The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

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The impression that the quarrel between Turkey and Greece will be amicably adjusted gave business a better tone to-day, but there were very few trans actions in either English or foreign securities. In Spanish and Portuguese there was a slight fall, the latest news from that quarter not being deemed sa tisfactory. The rate of discount is nto 3 for first class bills. Consols are 92i for money; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 ; New Tree per Cents, India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, shut; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ;_ ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102 - 3 ; ditto Bondi£l,ooo, par; ditto under £l,OOO, 2 prem. In the Foreign Stock Market the prices are as follows .—Brazilian of 1665, 78+ to / ; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 8 ; Egyptian of 1864, 83 to 84 ; ditto of 1868, 731 to k ; Italian of 1861, 56 to I ; do• Tobacco Loan, 21 to 31 pm. ; Mexican, 141 to 15 ; Peruvian of 1865, 781 to 79/ ; Portuguese, 37+ to 38+ ; Russian of 1866, 89 to 90; ditto Nicolai, 641 to 54+ ; ditto Orel, 78 to I ; ditto Moscow- Jaroflaw, 771 to 78 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 3 to 21 dis.; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 14 to 1+ dis. ; Spanish of 1867, 321 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858, 601 to 618 ; ditto of 1862, 62 to 1 ; ditto of 185, 381 to 39/: In the railway market there has been a rise off to. per cent. Metropolitan and Caledonian, and a reduction of + in Brighton. London and .North Western, 1111 to 112 ; Great Western, 48+ to f ; Midland, 112 k to i t ; London and South Western, 87 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 401 to + ; Brighton, 48 to I ; South Eastern, 781 to 79 ; Metropolitan, 102} to ; Great Northern, 105 k to 106 f ; ditto A, 107+ to 4 ; Caledonian, 74/ to 75 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 131 to 17. American 5-20 Bonds are now 74 to +. Erie are 25} to 1, showing a decline of 1 per cent. ; Illinois Central, 96k to 97 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 40 to f ; and the Consolidated Mort gage-Bonds, 41/ to 421. _ In Bank Shares business has'been very limited City, 114 to 12+ ; Imperial, 174 to 18+ ; London and County, 50+ to 4 ; London and Westminster, 661 to I ; Union of London, 37f to 38+ ; Anglo- Austrian, tif to 9+ pm; and Imperial Ottoman, 1i to 11 pm. In Miscellaneous securities National Discount is quoted 11 to 121 ; General Credit, 2to 14 dis. ; International, 1+ to 11 die. ; Hudson's Bay, 13 to ; Telegraph Construction, 16f to + ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 3f to .1 ; Anglo-American, 211 to 21+. 'The Anglo-Austrian Bank have announced that they are prepared to pay on and after Ist January next coupon No. 6, due on that day, at the rate of Gs. 9d. per share (being 5 per cent. per annum on £6 for the first half-year and 5 per cent. per annum on £7 10s. for the second half-year) free of income tax. The following is the supplementary report of the Rink of Australia, to be presented to the share holders on the 15th January :—" At the annual general meeting in June last a resolution was passed for holding half-yearly meetings of the pro prietors which now receives the attention of the court of directors. They have accordingly to re f ort that the business of the bank has been of a restricted nature, owing to the long continued de pression in trade and the want of confidence prevail ing in South Australia. It isgratifying, however, that the capital is so employed that the bank's resources will be immediately available when an improvement occurs, signs of which have recently been manifested. The court have given careful attention to the posi tion of the branch banks with a view of reducing their number, if desirable. In the meantime the local authorities have deemed it expedient to open a branch at Strathalbyn, where it is hoped an ac cession of customers may be obtained, in an agri cultural district shortly to be brought into, improved communication with Adelaide. The colonial inspec tor, Mr. J. C. Dixon, bas intimated his wish to re tire. His career in the service has been highly hon ourable and successful ; the date of his appointment was in 1839, and he has, for the last fourteen years, filled the most responsible , offices of the establish ment. On the ground of failing health and advancing years, the court have been most reluctantly com pelled to aecept his reisguation. After anxious deliberation the court have appointed as his suc cessor, Mr. Francis Grey Smith, who has for a lengthened period held a high position in one of the largest Anglo-Australian banks. The directors congratulate the shareholders on the appointment of a gentleman of great practical experience ac quired in the most important of the Australian colo nies. An increasing demand for capital will, it is hoped, soon prevail ; but a further decline having occurred in the value of all ,colonial properties, it has been deemed incumbent to instruct the officers at large to exercise increased care in advances, and maintain a rigid adherence to sound rules of bank ing, by which means the court hope successfully to conduct the year's operations." " The traffic receipts of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending Dec. 19 amounted On 13,355 miles to £748,824, and for the corre sponding week of last year, on 13,039 miles, to £747,479, showing an increase of 316, miles, and of £1,345 in the receipts. The gross receipts in the 14 principal lines amounted in the aggregate, on 9,677 miles, to £632,591, and for the correspond ing week of last year, on 9,425 miles, and of £373 in the receipts. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines amounted, on 3,678 miles, to £116,233, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 3,614 miles, to £114,515, showing an increase of 64 miles, and of £1,718 in the receipts. The total receipts of the Week, as compared with the previous one ended the 12th December, exhibit an increase of £23,569. • During last week the specie movements have been on a very restricted scale. The imports, which have amounted to about £322,590, have included £49,532 from New York, by the Deutschland, and £4,012 by the liolsatia. The George Thompson, from Australia, has brought £121,724 ; the Poonah. from Bombay, £9,742 ; and about £131,580 in silver has been received from the Continent: The extorts have been confined to remittances to the Continent through private sources, and which are estimated to have been to the extent of about £l,OOO. Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co., of 71, Old I road-street, announce that they have received funds to provide for the payment of interest on the Bombay Municipal Blinds, due on the 31st instant. 321T.11111 FUllllll3—Tire O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Console Ditto for Account, B ...per Cent. Reduced 92+ 1 ~-( 4• w 3 per Cent glow 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 De. b per Cent. J an. 1873 - Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Rod Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908_ xehoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct De, £5OO Do. £lso & £2OO is.tuk of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds --, I nter-Colonial ()minim INDIAN CIOVERNMENT SECURITIEe India stock, 101 par Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - I Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Papta 4 per Cent — Do, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per 0:.--At. May 1879 — D 4 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 187 -, Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — 4.).... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,000 Do. under £l,OOO FOBJECIN ruNDs—nro O'CLOCK. 4r 4eutine Republic, f; per Cent - A 1) 0, Scrip £45 paid Au Arian Bonds 5 per cent tr Do. 1859 — azthan 5 per Cent — Do. O. d4l per Cent. , 18 . - 1852 — , ) ,3 h .-0 * do. , 180 "' do — L ., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account i 8 f Buecos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu' a, 6 per Cent. C,altan 6 per Cent — no. 4f per Cent 7ll Do. 3 per Cent~ Lc). 6 per ce-t. 1867 966 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Clo ibi: o i, 6 per Cent. • Dan sn 3 por Cent., 1825........ Dan tbian Principalities, 7 i.er Ceut • 731 D.) 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Uousolidatud, 1.pc..-r Cent i.!:43 , ptian, 7 per Cent -- Do Secoud Issue . n'. £s.u. Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds • • ••• -.. Do. 1864 - Do. Account D. , . I:300 Bonds Do. 4100 Bends — English Serip, - 1868 731 3 Do do. £45 pd — Government lladway Debenture^ Grace 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Itc. Account .. . Do. Coupons Do. Account gr tatetuaht 5 per Cent , , Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all i•d 10 oat. 5 per pert., 1865 — Do. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway — :eleiettn 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 3 per Cont. Anglo-French — uoutevideau 6 per Cent. ~ — boorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account • .. Po -tuguess 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7;'9,'6( 0 ,''2,': Do. ' do. ' . 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — ) issian 5 per Cent., 18::z, ..£ St • — Do 4f per Cent. 1850 Do 4f per Cent. , 1860 Do BP s er Cent.; 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bolide., 9 0 89 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do. do' £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 65 Sar Tinian to put- Cent — Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account _ .. Spanish 3 per Cen . , — Do. Accf,unt DO. 1867 Do. Account . Do. New Deferred 3l} Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Cow,. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — 1 Tur&ish 6 per Cent.! •• 1,..A. • BOl Da Account Do 6 par Cent: 1858 _ Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 62 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 6l+ Do 5 per ,)eat. 1865 — . Da Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 62 l i i. D,) t per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.. — Do. Acci ant Dividends on the auove payable in Lo.pt.. Austrmu d psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch *iA- per ()Ant. Ex. 12 Gail, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . ... — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — Account Itllia, 5 per (lent. 1831, El. zsi. Do. Account 5 ,3 TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 921 x d Do. Account, Jan. 5 92i I xd POLICE INTELLIGENCE-- This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. FRACAS AT TIIE ALHAMBRA FALACE.--Mr. Thomas Wingfield, bootseller, of No. 31, Queen's road, Brighton, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting a young man named Samuel Cowling, in the employ of the Alhambra Palace as a cellarman. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for tie prosecution, and having opened the case, called Samuel Cowling, who said that on Saturday evening he had orders from Mr.- Beeves, the supe rintendent of the Alambra, to go with another person named Basham and take possession of three seats in the stalls. He did so, and several gentlemen wanted the seats. He told them that the seats they were siting on and a vacant one between belonged to three friends, when a gentle man said they had no right to keep the seats, as there were no reserved seats. The defendant and a lady came and wanted the vacant seat, and he raf used to let them have it, and the defendant also said there were no reserved seats, and the defendant then sat down a seat or two off with the lady on his knee, and afterwards got up, put the lady on his seat, and struck him in the eye, and he could hardly see out of it. Edward Basham, also in the employ of the Alhambra Palace Company, gave similar evidence. Mr. Joseph Goodman, a gentleman residing in Gower-street, proved seeing the defendant strike Cowling, and said that he considered the assault a very unprovoked one, as the defendant was stand ing up and the complainant sitting down. The defendant said he went to the Alhambra with his niece and paid for two stall seats. lie told the complainant that he did not think it fair that he should keep a seat vacant ; when he (complainant) abused him, told him that he would give him a good thrashing, and his conduct became so irritant that at last he struck him, and it was because the com plainant found that he was too good for him that he was given in charge. Mr. Richard Cornish, of the New Vere-road, gave evidence, bearing out the defendant's state ment, and said that the complainant used most abusive and insulting language to the defendant and himself, and the defendant struck the com plainant, but he (Mr. Cornish) refrained from doing so, though he as well as others had been much in convenienced and annoyed by him and his com panion. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case he could soon dispose of by discharging the defendant. THAMES. BOXING DAY.—There were 45 prisoners this morning from the H and K Divisions, and among them 20 for drunkenness, to which was added in some cases, disorderly, assault, and wilful damage, and knocking at the doors. Many were discharged by the magistrate, Mr. Benson, and slight fines inflicted in other cases on account of the fes tive season of the year. Mr. Benson at the same time wished to state it was not to be the established rule to inflict small penalties in case of drunkenness. Charles Newton and %V illiam Hoare, cab-drivers, were each 55., the magistrate observing that their cases were worse than many others. Nothing could be more dangerous than drunken cab-drivers in the public streets. James Roof, a young man, was charged with being drunk, disorderly, and committing wilful damage in the Ellenthorp Arms public-house, in Ellenthorp-street, Poplar. Mr. Griffin Castlitch, the landlord of the Ellen thorp Arms, said he had made inquiries relating to the prisoner's family, and found he was a very re spectable man, and that his mother was very ill. The prisoner had promised to come to an arrange ment and pay for the loss and damage he had occa sioned. Under these circumstances he should with draw the charge, and at the same time he had to re quest the magistrate to permit him to contribute 10s. to the poor-box fund. Mr. Benson—You are a very good-natured man, and the prisoner ought to very grateful to you, for I see he has done a large amount of damage. The prisoner may be discharged. Mr. Cartlitch handed 10s. to the chid usher, for which the magistrate thanked him. EXECUTION OF A TVOMAN A 7 LINCOLN. (THIS DAY.) LINCOLN, Monday. The woman Priscilla Biggadyke, convicted at the Lincoln Assizes of the murder of her husband, was executec this morning in the private manner prescribed by the law. ,She made no confession of her guilt, although exhorted to do so if she were guilty. pa: SHARE LIST. iItDINARY cillA.ltEti AND STOCKS. Closing Busbies Share ' NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 121 11 Do B lO 5 6 5 1 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 1 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 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 19 Bank of New Zealand all SO British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ? nd China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial '2s 10 Consolidated, Rm. 4 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 5 20 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja- ,nare Railways. Paid. Closing Businese. Price. sane. at Bristol and Exeter IV :5 :7 at Caledonian ... 100 7 1 7.4 74; 1.1 • Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 31 a t it Dublin & Bellast June lOO 17 73 st Dun„l'erth.)l4. Ab.Junat lOO 70 72 2) East London . all 7 9 ago 15 2l Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western luy 00 41 st Great Eastern .. I t • Do. E. Angl. No. Z too 7 8 at lircat North ot Scotlanii lOO 15 6 et Urcat ;Northern lOO 1!:6 107 at Do. A stock • Do. B stock lOO 124 I.(i at Cita, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 06 97 tL Gt. Western -Lorig - Inal 1(.0 4.1 181 t Do. booth Wales s Do. W. 4411.1.—u/i lop , 100 '45 49 at Do. ;Newport Lou Ali ~1 rt Latio.Latorc a: 1 st Lon., (Iriola., aS. Coast lOO 49 44 181 8 10) Do Scrip .... st lon., Chat., anal Dove) it Do. 51etrup, Ex. A - st Lou. 3* -North Western lOO 1.11 1 2 111: 1 it Lon. & South IVestern IOU 8? ).1) -at Man., shel., as Lincoln lOO 471 4S st Metropolitan at Do Exteusi ,u 100 98 1 0 98 10 Lo. kleW rd 10 10 1 st 31e'xopolitan District. all 1 10 Metrop. at. John's Woo 1 6 - at Alabaud st Do, tBirmin. a Ditrb It° 79 81 st N/rth British st Do. Ed., l'th., & Dun lBO st N or. (Castern—Berwick 25 Do. G. N.E purohase 16.13.4 st Do Leeds ....... st Do Xork lOO t 7 88 st Do Carlisle • ... st Do Stoct. & Darling ICO 127 129 st North London 10 Do New 1868 . . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 54 5) st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New .010 shares at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 55 54 st Sputa Devon st South Eastern 10) 79 7 20 Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 13 at 't au *ale 10 Do. C . ' 5 3 at Waterlord & .. 100 it/ W aterloo & Whitelia 1.. 6 SS 4 6 4 31 33 S 7 39 17 19 81 69 20 21 !9} . 301 301 11 12 4U 42 1 . 4 Oj nein). lim 20 English, , cottish, and All 3 tralian Chartered .C.Bl Hong Kong cud Shanghai Bank Corporation.... 281 Do new. 100 Imperial, lim ...... .... 20 Imperial OttomAn.. .6 lonian 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lien 4 100 DO sp. c. Debs.lB6l , 30' all 76 30 London Bank of 61exico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lira, 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart, of Australia all 60 London and County 2O 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll 50 London Joint 5t0ck........; 1 20 London and south African al 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 50 London & Venezuela, Km_ 121 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 •Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 10 Metropolitan, Urn all 100 Midland, liin 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Km l5 100 National Proviuc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . ....... . 42 . f, 0 National., 5O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western , 2.5 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 Provinc. Bank: Ccirpo., lim. 10 6 61 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 91 93 10 Do . new., all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 40 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London ld pr 161 17 all 1 2u 10 11 4 17 18 1 - V' 29 pr 1p 3f 31 78 t 2 9 7 31 32 61 LA 7 9 221 231 ,n 75 g 4; iu 651 661 62f 6.4 7 & 6} 71 ld pr 2 3 RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ~, st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 70 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 .., 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference st Was. S; S. W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 117 DO st Do do N 0.2 100 06 9) it Do do 6 per cent 100 100 DM st Do East Anglian A4p. c. 100 lUU 103 it Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 tip 71 st Du Nur folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do du 5 p.c. Way. Val. 1817 100 st Great Nor tuern, 4 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 1U p. c. pm. 100 st Du 4, do du do 100 .st Do . do at sp.c. pm 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st; Gt. Nrth ui B,:otland, Ist pf 100 St Great Soutar. ani Western (Ireland) 4 per cent st Gt. i est.— Orig.& J nt.-11unt chg., per gua,.s p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. a; 11. Ex). 5 p.c. Du 05 10) st Do do 4 . per cent. 1650... 100 8 st Do du 4 du du ... 100 73 78 st Lo do 5 per cent. radem. 100 03 05 st Do du Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 st Du do do prat... 10,1 st Du do Chester gut luJ et Do do du 8 per cent lOO 140 I.jo it Du do do 5 do 100 05 100 it Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Si Do do 41 p.c lO3 ... .., st Do do 4, 1850 lOO st 1)6 do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 10i 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 106 Do st Du Newport, Ist g. p.c lOO 84 02 st Do do 2d 'do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Meditcr. Tel., lim 10 1 ip 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 1 6 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 23 st Do. S per cent. lOO 70 74 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lim 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 ed 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 1::1- 14 10 Do. New 6 8 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. • all 81 4 5 Do. New 4 11 01 5) British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 167 172 20 British In.ban Tea, lim all 21 31 2U British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 2* lid 20 Ceylon Company,. lint. .... 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 Si 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 81d 50 City of Milan Improv. lint, all b lv 25 City of MOSCW Lias, lim all 2• 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 21, 23,;,1 50 Colonial, Rm. Do. 50 Commercial. Union (Assail 5 ,10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. -(.1 20 Continental Union Uss, lim all 17 13 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1577, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1379, 4; per cent, all 104 1041 100 Do. 1332, 4 por cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all is 2 1C 2 1 1 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 1 0 8 2 d st Crystal Palace - lOO 1) 21 194 at Do. Preference lOO a.; 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. q 50 East Indian Laud Credit 100 9G 97 8 l~ 100 Lancaster dClarlisle 41 p.c. • all st Lancash. & Yorksh. c p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, .C 5 3s lOU p.c. 100 st Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.3 i st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 07 100 st London & Brighton, r P.C. , . guaranteed, - No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gun. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do N,.4 lOO at Do 7 per cent l.O st Do 6 du (V.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at Loudon and s.-W. 7 p,c late 31 shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Purism. pc rp aus. 256 d) all ... st Man., Shef., &Litwin. 6 p.c. 103 11 F 117 6 DO 0..6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 a) redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. 100 130 135 at Do Bristol& J3irin., 6p. c lOO 1 0 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 941 at; Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 92 st Do Leicester & 11' elm, 4p c lOO SO 91 at North Uritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... at Do E. it G. 4p.c.S. s; D._ 100 ... at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per eeu.t lOO at Do Border Union, 5!- p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Si at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 95 at Do ti.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital S 13.4. ... 25 Do York, U.& S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stcktn d Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do NV, Hartlepool 11. and lt lOO 87 SI 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 a.- all 91 101 108 Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 9 10 104 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. East. (Read. Aims., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO .., at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Tall Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st Waterford it Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 ...ti and Finance, Jim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, iim. ,00 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy .. ... Gua. by Egypt. GOT all 88 89 881 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 41 41 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 237 242 10 Do. New 8 1 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 I f 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 b 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. al arine, lint. S ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,litn l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 74 15 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Hums & Col Marine lu. lint 5 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-Europeau Tel., lint. lu 20 Interns,. Financial Soc. lira. 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lint. 6 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 50 Land Securities, 25 London African Trading., lO 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 10 London County Laud and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial T e l . lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 4 Loud.Gen.Omnibus.C o.lim. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 20 Lond. & Provincial Marino 2 st Madras Irriga. &Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. .... 100 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint.— • . ........... 11 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lina, all 50 Merchant Shipping, lina. _ all 50 Millwall Iron Works, 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ......... 9 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lint, 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 20 Nerbndda Coal & Iron, lint, 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 5 I\ ew Quebrada, ... ... 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer candle Agency,lim ......... 21 25 New Zealand Tr ust and Loan, lint ...................... 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 10 Do. B ..................... all at North Brit. Austral., lint_ 100 50 North Brit. & Merean. 1n,,, 6/ 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, ...... 11 5 Oriental Gas, ............ all 5 Do. New. .................... 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, .............. 2 5 Ottoman Gas, 1i nt........... all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian - R. Mail lint all 2 21 5 Do do. ...... ...... all 1 11 st Peel lt,Land& Minerl, 100 30 3 2 50 Pcninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 , 51 50 Do. New 1867 ........ 10 a pr 25 Reuter's Telegram.,..... 21 30 35p 40 Ithynaney Iron ............... all 19 20 la Do. New ............... all 5 1 6 25 Rio de Janeiro Cityline.all 171 184 20 Do. Gas, lint a ll 23 21 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 107 112 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte lint lO 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empira 01 3 50 S. African Mort. & Inv, lint 6 25 South Australian Land _ all at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 20 Telegraph Con. 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int..........,, 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim EI 10 Trust . & Agency of Aus.,iim. • 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada a 10 Union Marine L'pool, lint. S 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 15 United Discount Corp., lint, 6 S U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all • Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint. 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint. all 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 751 764 751 64 60 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 MI 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 4 3d Is 20 .stLondon 'Whams and Warehouses lO 83} 841 1131 '2 lf 23 21) 41 31d. 13; 13 4 131 f ... ...d 11 11 6 4LI J 1 N 31 4 63 c 5 31 2i ti 7 5,1 3+ 3+ f fp 23 221 11 2 22 17d ld pr 105 107 f id 4 41 33 33 31 20 12 12a -4 31 81 91 3 2il 11 Id 41 3/ 11 11 7 b 1' 2 46 51 16} 19} 141 15 71 if t iP id IP lt 23 7 6d 3 4p I ip 4 id 4 P ap 22 24.- 11 Oad 3i 3ip la 3 1 4 7 a 00LOMIAL Ii()YZANALICNI: SECUILITIE6 - British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872......... lOO .- - Do. 1895 l9O - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan.v&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb, & Aug lOO 105 10 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 105 10 - Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July lOO 93 v 4 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk ICO 90 92 - Cape IG. Hope, 61).0. 1873 - 100 102 102 - Do.Ap1.&001 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900. - Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 110 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1878, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 198 - Melbourne Corporatn., 1861 -75, 6 per ccnt - N.8.G0v.6 p.:•,.Ja.&July lOO 102 101 - Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct lOO 1071 - Do 6p c. 31,y &No 105 103 - N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to 100 99 tot - Do. 5 p.o. 1818 to 1896 lOO 99 ice 1 .. 01 - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '6: to '75 lOO Dv ICU - N.Zealand, 6p. cc. 1801 lOO • Do. 5 per cent.... - • DoJan, Apl, J tor, 0 t lOO 97 4 us l - DJ 6p c. Mar & 3ept '9l ZOO los 11 5 ▪ Da J w.e & Dec ,1 91 -j Uo l'ruv. 1 ALc 1 0 - eerie} 1 &2, 1696 .. - Nova Sootia op. o.Jan... - and Jnly, 1875 1)0 15e6.. .. 100 101 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5.. 100 lc 8 1(9 108 - Do 1891 .... 100 1054 1061 - S. Austral. 6 p 0.186 , J 77.. 100 _ Do 1x78.9? l OO 103 110 Do ,t 93 19vs 10) 107 118 - Tasmanian pP, 1:93 lOO 106 907 - Do rd. 1693 to 1 9/. lOO 117 1(1 - Victoria 6p.0. Ja.aJuly lOO _ Do. le9l lOO 112 113 - Do. do, Aprll4 Out lOO 100 012 103 Trl SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1868. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p e gua. at Do Scot. Cm loin. 7 p c lOO at Du 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p e eon. issued at St) 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. WU st Do 5 du, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Du du 5 do, 1561 lOO it Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent IOU st Do Boston 6; Sleald, 41 pc lOU st Great West., W. Ilia, 4p c 100 it Du Joint perpe. 5 p c, 1865 100 at Do do 6p e irred., 1866 10U 2) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B 101) 5 Lauc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 st Loud., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1853 WO st Du do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Du do 41 do, 156:3 100 st Do do '6 do, 1865 100 st Du Nu. 6 S de, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 bdo st Loud . Chat., &C., 2d, 6 p.c 100 at Do Iletrop. Ex., li 6 p.c 100 Du du C 6 p.e st London 6; .N. Western, up c 100 st London 6: S. Western, 41 p c lUU 11l Mau. z"ltel. a Liu., S pe, 1865 all it Metropolitan a per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO st Du B luo 13 Do 6p c opt. to contr. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1361) all 13 Do lueouT. Now Snares 16 22 Du p con. into Old Stk., - Aug. tit, 1872 Bl st North _British, E. Mud Li ; ,{ No. 1, per cont.... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 tit Do E. &lk , No. 2, i p.O b. Do N. 13.. b per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. s, 5 p.c st . Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 1.) a 100 st North Eastern, 4 par cout 100 st Do Stuck. k Dart., D 100 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. a per eallij at North Staffordshire bp C lOO at outh Eastern, 41 pc, 185:) 100 at Do 3 do 1461 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 180 100 at Do b do, 163-1 at Victoria. St.& Pimlico, pc 100 104 107 IJi 107 11 lip 1 1-1 P bb b 7 vi ter 112 114 101 103 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS„ st Birkenhead lOO a 2 IUO Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 wt Buckinglmuishirc st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 56 st Do. bl per cent. st Do. b do. lOO 111 113 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO Ft Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1371 I; 2U Gloster and Dean Forest all ▪ (21 t. Easu., No wui., Sc., b p.c lOU • Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 60 * 77; st Do. do. Wood brg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West , \V. Mid., Here lOO 95 u 7 450 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 at London and Illackwall lOO 93 0.5 wt Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, ::hat., &c., 41 pc. 100 .„ at Do. Com. Fund, ei do. 100 Si London ttud Greenwich ... 100 st 1)o. do. Preference... 100 st London, Tilbury, & South 100 st Lowestoft, gni' 4 per cent... 100 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 100 62 64 78 t 2 7V 83 Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk..: all 31 idlaud, Bralford, Pref 100 Mid licut Uray Line) b bi V 2 94 5;.3 e 6 50 NurthernS; East ,5 per ceut all .10 Du. do. ii do. all it N. Eastern—ilartlepoul lu) ... ... it N. West. A pop. pre), it p. c 100 103 110 at Du B minimum 1.1 p.c 100 ... ... it .Nutting...t Li rautti. lt.o; C 100 91 91 25 Preston and II yru. ..., Royston, Hitch. ' and Sliep lOO 133 135 ht Shrewsbury cud Hereford 100 131 1;;. - , 10 Do do 0 2.1 2 p ht S. Yorkih. and River Dun 100 96 lAA st Du 4 per emit gnu lO iv il. at Do a du at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 150 at Weat Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 11 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all it \Veyulouth and Portland lOO .1 ;:t Wilie aud Sum , er:AA DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 53 65 100 1) 013e1). stock, 4 per cent al ... ... Mill wall Frechohl Land at Dock lOO -31 3;► st Southampton lOO 71 7,i 41 surrey cQuiniervial 77 Si 8, 11 87 VO 84 8i 86 20 85 00 10i 105 19/ 201 I 1 10 110 U 3 9 S 81 54 66 42 44 33 36 93 S/8 i li 16 161 21 21 9 3i I I BITU.ALISM AT BRIGHTON. On Christmas .r..ve a midnight celebration was held at St. James's, Brighton. The church was partly filled by a respectable auditory ; the building itself profusely. deco rated with laurels, holly, and.flowers ; many large crosses being formed by the same. The altar was decorated with flowers, and on a side table was the usual light burning, but on this occasion surmounted by a carved figure of the Infant Saviour. The usual display of embroidered dresses, &0., was exhibited by the officiating priests and choristers. The proceedings commenced with the imposing procession, during which and throughout the entire service incense was freely scattered about. In fact, notwithstanding the recent decision of the rivy CounCil, lights, incense, bctviugs, &c., were upon the usual excessive scale. Many slightly suppressed sounds of discontent were heard throughout the service, both within and without the building ; but at the commencement of the offertory sen tences a gentleman who could no longer sit with indiffe renceas a spectator of such mummeries at last cried out, "It is perfect bosh ; I say perfect rubbish." Immediately . some of the vergers, with their oaken s!aves, rushed to the pew in which Ire was sitting ; the priests looked aghast, and the choristers and the congregation seemed terror-stricken. The gentleman proceeded to say, when efforts were made to expel him, " I expected this; I am not afraid to repeat my words : it is all perfect rubbish; leave me alone, I will go away without help." The vergers again attempted to take hold of him, when he again said, "It is perfect rubbish ; I came here to worship God according, to the tenets of the Church of England, not of• the Church of Rome ! This is all mockery and rubbish, Mr. Purchas." The last words he uttered while crossing the church and nearing the altar. On reaching the first (inner) doors of the building, two or three over•earnest vergers rather roughly pushed him into the outer lobby and thence into the street. The service was. then resumed, though the voice of the offi ciator was very tremulous, and side-long glances were taken by those in the choir at every murmuring sound from without. Many persons immediately left the build ing ; some ten or a dozen only remaining to partake of the Holy Communion, in the celebration of which exces sive bowings, lightings, and incensing» were most freely indulged in. The congregation separated about one o'clock ; but, owing to a detatlhment of police , that were stationed without, the crowd offered no personal violence to them as they dispersed.—Brighton Herald. THE IRISH CHURCH DIFFICULTY. There is a noteanie article in the Daily News on the Irish Church difficulty. Our contemporary remarks on the speculation which is afloat as to the ultimate destina tion of that past of th e revenues now b e l ong i ng to t h e Established Church in Ireland which it will seem just and wise to leave with its present owners. The difficulties foreseen by some writers on this subject will, the Daily News believes, be found to disappear whenever the Ir'sh Episcopalians are fully persuaded that Parliament means disestablishment. But there are questions of moment notwithstanding. There is the great question whether the trusts are to be defined by Parliament without reference to the Churchmen of Ireland, or by the Churchmen of Ireland themselves. It is often urged that the latter scheme would be found quite impracticable. Why it should be so we must confess ourselves unable to see. If these 700,000 Episcopalians had no customary organisa tion whatever, there might be a good deal of pre- liminary awkwardness. But inasmuch as they are distributed into dioceses and parishes, there is at least a nucleus which may easily be developed nto something that ill meet the case. Parliament could hardly go far wrong, for example, if it declared that it would regard a convention composed of clergy and laity as a fair representative of the Church of Ireland. If it is objected that it would have to define what is meant by such a convention, even this task does not transcend legislative ability. The principle of three Houses—one of bishops, one of clerical deputies, and one of lay deputies - - ..-has become familiar from American and colonial examples ; and if it were further declared that nothing should be included in the trust which had not received the sanction of all three Houses, we cannot see that any one of the 700,000 would have any reasonable cause of complaint. The other alternative is, that Parlia ment itself should define the trusts ; and if it is to under take this duty at all, it may be at once admitted that it can only do so by a reference to the Established Church in England. In this case the temporal courts, before whom all questions connected with property must neces sarily come in the last resort, would only have to inquire what is the law of the Church of England on this point. Upon this system, if an Irish bishop punished a clergyman for teaching heresy, or for practising some ritual peculiarity, the sufferer would apply to the Irish Court of Chancery for an injunction against his ecclesiastical superior, and the latter would have to prove that the particular doctrine or practice had been forbidden by the English Ecclesiastical Courts. Suppose that an Irish bishop deprives one of his clergy for teaching the sacrifice of the mass. The clergyman applies to the Court of Chancery to stay the proceedings. He alleges that a large number of clergymen in England are teaching the same doctrine, and that no proceedings have been taken against them. Is the Court of Chancery to tell the bishop to wait until a similar case has arisen and been decided in England, or is it to constitute itself an Ecclesiastical Court for the occasion, and proceed to decide the question on the merits? If the members of the Irish Church like such a settlement as this, there would be no objection to their having their' wish in the matter. All that need be stipulated for them is, that the scheme shall not be imposed on them without their own consent. But on the assumption that it is their wish to have the restraints of an Establish ment without its privileges, Parliament can probably devise some means of gratifying it. All that we care for is that the gold shall be washed off the fetters. If when that is, accomplished and the iron 's seen in : , tive ugliness, the Irish Church still hugs its c'iai s' !ter Irishmen nor Englishmen will wish to say it nay. : 'ler it will shew this singular preference is a matter w. ' the event can determine. The Sultan does not seem to be a man who entertains sanguine views of life, or of things in general. He is sad even when he dances, or at any rate when he composes music, or as he sometimes does, for others to dance to. A Milan publisher, we are informed, has for sale " a waltz of Sultan Abdul-Aziz," entitled " Melan choly." CHANGES IN THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. - During the brief time that has elapsed since the general election many alterations have taken place in the House of Commons. In consequence of the resignation of Ministers, thirteen elections have taken place, and others are shortly expected to occur. As many as sixty seats are imperilled by the election petitions that are pending, and the House will scarcely have settled down until the month of May or June, by which time a number of new elections will have taken place. A THOUGHTFUL BOY. —A certain Sunday-schoo 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 it. " Didn't you know that this was good for nothing?" said the teacher. " Yes," answered the boy ; "I didn't s'pose the little heathens *ould know the difference, so I thought it would be just as good for them." A QUALIFIED SCHOOLMASTER.--A. schoolmaster saving been advertised for for the Somerset county prison at Taunton, the governor has received the following appli cation :—"Sir, I have taken the pleasure of tighten to you Sir for the Situation as I sean on the paper i chold be very happey to embrase the Situation if think fit Sir i can have a good caricter frome of any of the geanteary of the Neberhood for the Last 20 years not a spot in my caricter. Sir i never tried for any offis be fore but bean %llways to hard to work i am a married man and my age is 36 years. Sir I be Long to a respectfell familey my father is leaving in Winsham parish a earpinter Somerset i am your abbea dent servant. W. D. With my own hand." THE QEEEN AND MR. BRIGHT.—Rumour says that there was something more than approbation of his being invited to join the Cabinet, and that the Queen took occasion to say a few words of gratitude to him for the kind expressions ho had used in her defence when she was accused of indulging in an excess of sorrow. Whether the rumour is true or not we do not pretend to know, but it is exceedingly probable that among her new Ministers the Queen—who naturally regards minute differences of social rank with the equal eyes of royalty—might have felt a marked degree of friendliness for a man whose pride in England as opposed to pride in the English upper classes, whose deep sense of family affection, whose tender memory of family sorrows, and whose passionate love for the poor RTC not without echoes in her own bosom.—Saturday Review. AN IMPORTANT DECTSTON.—An important deci ion was rendered in the Sup e ne Court at Richmond, Va., by Judge Underwood, on San day. A woman named Sally Anderson was brought before the court on a habeas corpus, she having rerzeived the death sentence for the crime of arson. It was contended in her behalf that one of the magistrates before whom she was tried was disqualified from holding office by the 11th amendment to Vie Constitution, he having been in the rebel service, and that consequently the court which sentenced her was llegally constituted. The judge sustained the plea and released the prisoner. One hundred and fifty-nine con victs, now in prison, and who were tried by courts simi larly constituted, will doubtless take advantage of this decision,—New York Tinto. Dec. 14. 4 11--16 IMPOBTA.NT CASE OF RITUALISM. Tbo Carlisle Consistory Court has neon engageu ror seven hours on one day on the legality of crosses, coloured screens, and similar decorations in the chancels of churches. The suit was brought by the churchwarden of B..rrow-in• Furnoss against the incumbent, and it was cmnplained that ho had made many innovations on the established forms and usages in an unwarrantable manner. The congrega tion was so dissatistiA with the changes that it dwindled down most rapidly. The case for the defen.lant was heard, and it was stated that nothing had ben done of an illegal character, and that the great St. Barral)as case had con tained a decision whieh authorised some of the Iruceedinc-v objected to by the complainant, and that the falling Off of the congregation bad not b: en nearly so great as it was re ported to hava been. Chancellor Butler announced that he would take time to consider his decision, as the case was one of considerable importance. THE DAMAGE TO WICK HARBOUR. Details are now to ha:u•l of the damage done by the storm to the harbour of Wick, u Lich we have already noted. It appears that the amount of injuries inflicted upon the new harbour works has been most considerable, but the exact particulars are not yet ascertained. These cannot be known until the weather becomes more moderate, and the portiaa under water can bo examined. The appearance of the place the morning after the severe gale had set in was most de plorable, and those who bad hoped that the building itself might have stood were greatly disappointed Nothing was left of the staging which ran out beyond the finished part of the breakwater, and more than 200 feet of the breakwater itself had gone down to the level of low-water mark. It is considered that a whole year's work was lost in the storm of ono night, and the mis= fortune is enhanced by the knowledge that many have been thrown out of employment. Altogether, this sad affair has been the greatest calamity that has occurred in Wick, although the place is noted for the severe storms that visit it, and which bring in their train many attending casual ties. TIIE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION A2' FAVERSHAM An inquest has been opened at the Oare Works, near FavershaM, on view of the body of William Wood, who died from the injuries he received at the explosion en Wednesday. Mr. Delasaux, the coroner, said that the inquest could only be opened ; and Mr. Tassell, solicitor to Messrs. Hall, the proprietors, said that ix order to sbew how impossible it was for them to prevent accident, he might say that they, having. fresh in their memory the sad explosion twelve months since, had determined upon stopping their works during the week, and really, to prevent the men being idle, they ordered the' machinery to be overhauled. It was in this overhauling that the explosion occurred. In the present case the origin of the accident could easily be accounted for, as several of the men who were present at the time were still alive, though suffering from their wounds. The evidence of the foreman was taken, and the jury examined the press-house, where the explosion occurred. The machinery was scarcely injured, as there was but a small quantity of powder in the crevices of the house. The explosion evidently occurred when au iron bolt was being sent home by a copper driver and sledge hammer. The bolt was of iron, to stand the pressure, amounting to two tons to the inch. After this inspection the inquest was - adjourned in order to take the evidence of Thomas Gutteridge, one of the mill- . wrights, who seems able to give the best account of the matter. The house had been standing for thirty-three years, and bad never been the scene of an accident, although in frequent use. Another death occured on Sunday in consequence of the explosion. The deceased, Daniel Anderson, was one of the men engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder, and his clothes were powdery. There were six " powder " men in the house, of whom two have died, and it is feared that some of the other " powder " men cannot recover. The millwrights, of whom there were three in the house, are not so much 'ziured. A MODERN OPEIR, A tale of marvel current in the boyhood of men now grown old, related the value of a dust-heap, situate some where at Battle Bridge, which turned out a very hand some dowry for the daughter of its owner, besides that, when cleared away, it left vacant a space of ground that, soon covered with houses, produced a considerable rental. One of the most thriving towns in the colony of Victoria is Ballarat, which also may be said to stand upon a heap of dust and fragments—but a mountain of gold must have furnished the material. A plan of the Ballarat gold fields before us sinews the position of the shafts and claims of the various mining companies now at work within the boundaries of the towns—for Ballarat contains three separate municipalities--and also the spots, whose now exhausted wealth poured riches into the pockets of their finders. Gold to the value of forty millions sterling has !nen extracted from the ground now intersected by the streets and houses of Ballarat. From one narrow belt of land, about the third of a mile. in length, three-quarter.; of a million sterling was brought to the surface. Twenty. two companies, still working, have returned £2,225,000 in dividends on a called-up capital of £890,000, to say nothing of the property the shareholders have vested in the plant, and the value of his stock to any one of them wishing to sell. As might be expected, fortune has not favoured all alike. One of the oldest of these companies, which has been in occupation of its ground since 1853, has paid £44,000 in dividends on a called-up capital of £73,000, whae the United Sir William Don, that has been in occupation since the more recent date of Feb. 1865, has distributed2l3l,ooo in dividends on a called-up capital of only £2,000. The United Extended Band of Hope has divided £446,000 on a called-up capital of 254,000. In March last this company amalgamated with the Albion, and success still attends their operations, for the calls have been nit, and the dividends £39,000. There seems no reason to conceive that these golden days are to be altogether things of the past. The explorations of the companies have effectually shewn the track the gold takes—the course, that is, of the bed of that now dried-up river which, in ages past, bore the glit tering particles in its waters. This bed haS yet to be followed many miles to the westward of Ballarat, and we understand that Englishmen at home will, early in the new year, be afforded an opportunity of taking part in operations already commenced for probing these "yellow sands," on a freehold to which the streets of Ballarat already run up, and which only waits for its gold to be extracted, in order that it may be handed over to the architect and mason. Hitherto the Australians have reaped the rich reward of such experiments themselves ; but, with more certain prospects, a much larger outlay of capital is justifiable and imperative, and hence the neces sity and the occasion for British capitalists to step in. "First-class New -York residences" now contain 4 billiard-room, a chapel, and a theatre or concert saloon. INFLUENCE OF EXCITEMENT.-1 suppose excite ment is a mood which stamps events clearly-marked and .vell-defined upon our minds. I think for the most part our lives are more wonderful, sadder, .and brighter, more beautiful and picturesque, than we have eyes to see or ears to understand, except at certain moments when a crisis comes to stir slow hearts, to brighten dim eyes to sight, and dull ears to the sounds that vibrate all about. So it is with happy people, and lookers-on at the history of others : for those who are in pain a merciful shadow falls at first, hiding, and covering, and tempering the cruel pangs of fear and passionate regret. —" Cornkill Magazine." SEVERE GALE IN THE METROPOLIS.—During the last few days a great deal of damage has been done in the metropolis and the suburbs by the unusually high winds which have prevailed. House property has suffered much injury, while in the parks and other open spaces trees have been uprooted. The fall of a large tree in Birdcage Walk, St. James's Park, severely injured a man who was looking on. On the river the gale occasioned several disasters, a collision between a sailing barge and a brig coming up the river proving fatal to two men. Off Greenwich a large steamer swamped a boat in which was a man and a boy. The man with great difficulty succeeded in saving both their lives. Along the railway lines the telegraph wires and posts have been a good deal damaged, though the communication has not been stopped. A NOVEL HARLEQUIN.—EIIiston, the theatrical manager, could humbug an audience better than any other manager of his day. Re once took a celebrated pantomime down to Portsmouth —company, scenery, dresses, and all ; but lo ! when the company were dressing for the evening it was found that the harlequin's dress was Mt behind. Elliston was equal to the emergency. He went More the curtain and addressed the audience in this wise :—" Ladies ant gentlemen, I have brought to this city—this celebrated naval depot of his most sacred majesty—my celebrated pantomime of `Jack and the Bean Stalk.' I wish to do honour to this maritime city, celebrated for its naval depot, its vast congregation of sailors, and ships of war. The costume of harlequin consists of a dress of many colours—a parti-colour dress. Now, we know of but one party in this country, and that is the party of our Sailor King." His Majesty - was a sailor. " This is a great naval depot. Most of its inhabitants get their living by the sea, and therefore I have resolved that my harlequin, instead of wearing his usual dress, shall appear in sailor's costume." The address was received with cheers, and thus Elliston got over the absence of the harlequin's costume. ,40 61111 41-11 HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dee. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday aftcr afternoon. The Queen, the Crown Prince and PtiIICO2S of Prusssia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service at Osborne this morning, MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE One hundred non-commissioned officers and men of the 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment left Chatham Garrison by special train on Saturday for Portsmouth, there to embark for India, to join the service companies of their companies of their regi ment in the Bengal Presidency. The officers em barking with the troops were Lieut. J. 11. Camp bell, Lieut. A. Iloyes, and Ensign F. F. R. 1 3urgess. The officers and troops were inspected previously to their leaving Chatham by M tjor- Gen. F. Murray. The Gibraltar Chronicle of th 3 18th iust. reports the presentation, by Lady Airey, of new colours, on the previous afternoon, on Alameda, to the 28th Regiment. After the usual preliminaries of bidding farewell to the old tattered colours of the regiment by trooping them for the last time had been pet - formed, Lady Airey handed the new colours to the regiment, after making a long address on its ser vices since 1694, when it was raised. Lieut.-Col. Daniel returned thanks for the regiment. The transport Allumbagh, W. J. Dale com mander, arrived all well at Madras on the 15tk instant. The Ariadne, screw frigate (Prince of Wales' yacht), 800 horse power, Capt. Colin A. Campbell, is appointed to sail this morning from Spithead for the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's screw steam storeship Megmra, Staff-Comm:m.ler J. Loane, arrived in the river Thames yesterday (Friday) from the westward and proceeded direct to Woolwich Dockyard. having landed the invalids, &c., at Portsmouth, where she had broughl to England from the island of Ascension. The Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power (nominal), fitting for service in the East Indies, is nearly complete in her equipment, and will shortly be ready to take her departure from the Nore. Her Royal Marine Artillery and detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry have joined from the Chit ham division. The court-martial ordered to assemble on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Captain WilnishnrA, R.N., has been post poned from t)-day until the 4th of January. The following appointments have been made the Admiralty :—Navigating-Lieutenant James B. Haines, in command, to the Vindictive; Henry Cooper, paymaster, to the Fisgard ; and Alfred Smith, assistant paymaster, to the„FisLard, assuper. numerary. 31.11:KE7 S —lllls D.IY. MARK LA NE. To- day's markvt was quite of a holiday character. no altendauce of buyers was very limited, and the amouLt business transacted was very small. The fresh supply of English wheat on the stands was very limited, but millers showed no disposition to operate, and, consequently, sales progressed slowly, at the rates of Mouthy last. In foreign wheat the transactions were few. Prices were without impel taut change. Tha supply on offer was mo derate. METROPODITAN CATTLE. We have a fair supply of beasts for the d.ty as to num bers, but the average quality is very middling. Choice qualities are consequently in demand at high prices. TALLOW. The market is steady. Town tallow, 47s 6d; Deeemkr 48s 6d ; January, 49s ; and March, 49s 6d, ForeizJa Mail Packet Lie. MAILS DUE.I .knstralia and New Zealand, via Boutbampton Jan. Ditto, via D2e. 25 Ditto, via PL.. ama ........ ......... D e Brazil.Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .... _ Jan. 4. Cape of Good kl pe. AFcenFlon, and St. lielena D_e. 23. Unitas. l'eaau g , nod Slug .pore. via Southampton. Jan 2. Gibraltar, via Southampton India,via Southampton ...... ......... ~...,, D e c. id. unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &c. Otto, Marseilles Dec. Matia... Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Bentham]; ton Ditto, Alarseilies Dm. 11 Newfoundland ...... „,.. ....... ....... Dec 30 eortuc , al Jan. 4. United States, Canada, Califoraia, dm., by British packet .Dec 19 Ditto, by Cauadiau packet Dea 25 Ditto, by L Lited tatea packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Indies and Pa3itio (except Mexico and Baha- mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Jan. 4 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico .... Dec. 29. Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1868. ISSUE DE 'ARTMENT. Notes issued .....C2,191,935 Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £32,191,935 X 32,191,935 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal X1.4,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. &PARTMENT. Governmt. Seen ' tities(including ' Dead Weight Annuity) £14,124,874 Other Securities 18,339,395 Notes 9,251,750 Ciold and Silver Coin .... 1,099,686 Aeconnts 6,899,705 Other Deposits 37,850,902 Seven Days and othor Bills 431 £42, .£42,814 . '70 The Price of Gold. The quotati.m of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 20c. per £1 sterling. Unconiparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lie. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold. it appea , s that gold i • abut 1.;011► per cent. dearer in London Clan in The course of exchange at New York on London for bill; at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 101 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gol rom the Uni ed DEATH OF MR. J OAN P RITCIIARD. —T h e .Northern Express announces the death of the talented tragedian, John Pritchard. He died, of fever, on Thursday, at Lie residence, Nursery Cottage, Newcastle, at the age of 40. Mr. Stanley first introduced Mr. Pritchard to Newcastle at the celebration of the Shaksperian tercentenary in the Town Hall, when they gave selections from " Mr. Stanley sustaining the character of Ingo, and Mr. Pritchard that of Othello. This and Virginius were his finest impersonations. As Othello he first made his bow at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, two seasons ago, and con tinued a groat favourite until he took his final farewell, .liortly after the close of last season. He leaves a young widow, herself a great favourite in Newcastle. NOVEL CHRISTMAS WEATHER. --On Saturday, shortly after four o'clock, Liverpool was visited by a sight storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain and elect. THE EASTERN FISHERIES. —lt appears that during the ]ata.horring "voyage" on the eastern coast 7,635 lasts, or 92,862,000 herrings, were landed at Lowestoft. The corresponding total for 1867 was 6,154 lasts, showing an increase this year of 881 lasts. The principal increase was in October ; in November there was a decrease; but the currant month again witnessed an increase. ECONOMY IN STEAM.—An inventor in New York city announces that lie has discovered a new and perfectly practicable method of propelling vessels by steam, whereby a saving of 75 per cent. of the power can be effected. The mechanical construction is said to be perfectly simP!e, consisting in a pair of steam oars so arranged that uhly the parts correspo Kling to the impinging surfaces of tbe glade come in contact with the water, the other sides never touching the water. It is ass , trted that a canal boat of 200 tons can be propelled two miles an hour with less than one-horse power of steam, :old larger boats with a speed varying as the square root. the horse-power employed.