The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-18 00:00:00

,rtist, 3 riOt ief of n tho Drgan A the India :cept- Exa- been ry has Law- ;'s re- We ;went Lei= )y the El o re- itemS oro in iggest other 6 man as the him• posi- India quiet )para huu- va o y coo ly the L o rd rerage at the On for i hiel" d pre- India, r n re- t with 3agUe s r have ust be ild be ritry if Jcutta: L o rd w hich, party other agly d very resolu - cour3e, ibilities tke of It the ed hicn )abinet exre n with ration. e jute- 1 some age, istone as gr Ives s ill, pro" r moll pitch' oundeS cabinet as the een leoa job i t aga i n st mere l y ich W 5 n--g the iris alte far t° r-Gen e ‘ i n glo' :s issues \le t if y: ra l o o the 0 0 o f 3 r0Y 311 e4 fere , a eBf to enter upon the discharge of the duties which were so hastily and injudiciously entrusted to his appointed care is what few have ventured to antici- Pate during the past fortnight. Should the Govern ment determine to cancel his appointment, theipub lie will feel less surprise than relief. If John Law rence agrees to place his services at the country's dis posal for another year, he will add another to the many claims he has upon his country's gratitude. At this moment there are signs which give the skilled observers of Indian affairs no little concern. The restlessness of the Wahabees is at once marked and ominous. No apprehension need be enter tained as to the consequences so long as Sir John Lawrence is at the head of affairs, nor would the Public have any ground for alarm were the Marquis of Salisbury, or. some administrator of tried firm ness and acknowledged ability, responsible for the peace of our Eastern Empire. The public may rest assured that, whatever the ultimate decision may be, the gravity of the question at issue is thoroughly felt by the present Government. MONEY MABEET A ND CO UItIERCIAL INTALLiG.BNCI3, CITY, Two o'CLock. Business to-day had a downward tendency, and in the foreign market Turkish, Italian, and Greek securities experienced a fall. In railway shares prices, with very trifling exceptions, remained as last quoted. The demand for money is active, and the rate still keeps up to 2} to 3. Consols are 92k i for money; Three per Cent! Reduced, 921 ; New Three per Cents, 921 1; ditto 5 per Cent., Jan., 1873, 1031; ditto Annui ties, April, 1885, 121 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cont., 240 1. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 91 1 ; ditto 5 per Cent., Jan., 1 872, 104 1 ; ditto, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 109 i. In the Foreign Market Stocks are going down. Peruvian Five per Cents. have fallen 4, Turkish Five per Cents. 5-16, and Italian Five per Cents. and Greek Bonds 1. The prices are now :—lta -561 56} ; Greek, 111 12 ; Mexican, 15 154 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 321 324 ; Peru -791 80 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 381 384 ; and Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1868, 734 744 The Honduras Loan stands at 90 901. Italian Scrip is 34 3f prem. ; the Charkoff-Azof Railway Scrip is i lower, at 2 1i dis. ; and the Charkoff-Krementschug Loan has dropped to di s. In the Railway market business is very dull. Caledonian are better, Metropolitan k, Brighton ; London and North Western, Great Western, and South Eastern are k lower. The quota tions,._ stand thus :—Caledonian, 73i 4 ; Great Western, 48 k ; Great Eastern 41 4; Great Nor thern, 106 7 ; ditto A, 108 k 4 ; Lancashire, 1274 8 k; Metropolitan, 1014 21 ; Midland, 1114 124 ; Sheffield, 47i ; Brighton, 48k 9 ; North Bri tish, 32 3 ; North Western, 'lllk 12 ; North fasten], 99k ICO ;',South Eastern, 784 9 ; Chatham and Dover, 16k 17. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved the price being now 74j 741 ; the Bonds of 1 , 8 85 steady, at 72j, 73k ; and the Ten-Forty 150 11ds, at 71 71k. Atlantic and Great Western Debentures are 40f 40 ; :and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 411 2 i ; Eries are also unchanged at 27 27k ; and 4 littois Central Stock is 1 better at 96 96k. Anglo-American Telegraph are marked 211 to 4 1 -1 ; the Eigh tper Cent. Preference shares at 31 t° ; the original stock at 28 to 29. The sum of £B,OOO in gold was taken to the "'lank of England yesterday. The figures in the return for the week ending the , 16 th inst. from theßankers' Clearing-house are : 4 hursday, Dec. 10th, £8,311,000; Friday, 11th, X 9,414,000; Saturday,l2th, £10,889,000; Monday, 14 th, £9,821,000 ; Tuesday, 15th, £25,927,000 ; a nd Wednesday, 16th, £10,546,000 ; total for the W e -k, £74,908,000. • An interim distribution of 10s. per share is an nounced by the Imperial Ottoman Bank, payable on and after the let of January next. Mr. James Williams, of the Great Western Rail way, has been appointed secretary to the Midland R ailway Company. A meeting of the shareholders of the National Discount Company (Limited) is called for the 20th (4 January, for the declaration of a dividend. On the 13th of October last it was stated that an attachment had been issued in the Lord Mayor's Court at the suit of the North Australian Company a gainst the property of the Government of South A gstralia in England. An order has now been sued discharging that attachment. The Master of the Rolls has ordered a further di vidend of 6d. i n the pound to be paid on the 21st L 4111 t. by the official liquidator, Mr. R. P. Harding, ' 0 the creditors of the Joint-Stock Discount Coin rnY (Limited), making, with previous dividends, °B. 6d. in the pound. ci The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Fre :lick Whinney, of the firm of Harding, Whinney, ebbons, and Co., official liquidator of the United rvice Company (Limited). A meeting was held yesterday with the ;view of e stablishi ng a Shareholders' Protection Associa tel°4 ; Mr. Henry Brookes in the chair. After 2nae discussion, resolutions were adopted declaring wie necessity for such an association, in order that ti ntreholders might obtain intelligence respecting co mpanies in which they were interested, procure ‘n.o best legal advice, and institute prosecutions in e ase of well-ascertained frauds. A committee was "PPointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. 'lle Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Tu esday, the 22d instant, a special settling day in th e i scrip of the Charkow Krementschug Railroad 2 1 zpany's 5 per cent. loan for £716,000, and the vest Wi scons i n R a il wa y Company's 7 per cent. l oan for £200,000, both of which are to be marked In the official list. a The Committee of the Stock Exchange yester -5Y decided that th e It a li an t o bacco loan should be 04f acially quo t e d, th e o pp os iti on o n th e part of the I talian Irrigation Company and the Sardinian rail „'aYs having been withdrawn, the latter on a satisfac 16rY intimation from the Minister. One of those 4 t terested complains, however, that the grievances 0 the shareholders of the Roman Railway, which !ere again placed before the committee, were w holly i gnore d— a c i rcums t a nce, he consid ers , f a t a l t ° t, the future maintenance of rule 57 of the Stock Ichange. r , It is notified with r e ga rd to the Russian 3 per i'ent L oan o f 1859 t h at no answer has yet been re ilrned co the question, " Has the promised kinking h c tl d of 1i p er cen t. b een annua ll y l a id out by pur. teasers in the open market ?" 11 : 4 4 return from the Bank of England for th ' 4 : ended the 16th December gives the following n its when compared with the previous week at £3,072,807 ... Increase £9,271 t4 e iie deposits r , oteposits 17,972,453 Increase .. 364,152 4 0 : 111 (i other side of the account : ti:rainent securi- Not?_th~,B e ' securities 17,494,978 ... Increase 116,419 1; 1 unemployed 9,176,515 ... Increase ... 612,670 b e te amount of notes in circulation is £22,724,675, hull a decrease of £75,465 ; and the stock of . 104 in both departments is £18,158,315, showing I , re l nerease of £316,646, when compared with the s ee ding return. tL ilb ioined is a comparison of the present position htl ,,"_e Bank o f E ng l an d an d th e pr i ces o f C onso l s l ast wench Rentes with the corresponding week of Year Sarno Week At Present. tulli last Year. • R ese o, “ No t rv e • it k 4 's in simulation 22,721,67.5 ... 22,888,620 ,o4Bols of discount .. 921 921 Erorioll. Relates th,4 ex traordinary meeting of the proprietors of East L ondon Bank (Limited) will be held on fol e s 24th inst., when resolutions will be submitted ellauging the name of the undertaking, to "the Central Bank of London (Limited), for reducing the capital and altering the regulations contained in the articles of association. The directors of the Scinde Railway Company have issued their report for the half year ending the 30th June last. The receipts of the Scinde Rail way in that period amounted to £58,428, 9s. ld., and the working expenses•to £38,974 13s. 3d., leav ing a net revenue of £19,453 153. 10d. The work ing expenses in the half year amounted to 64.19 per cent. of the gross receipts. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols A 921 1 xd Ditto for Account, I per Cent. Reduced 921 I New 3 per Cant New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cora. ~an. 1873 A. inuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2l Do (lied Sea Telet,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et - pm De. £5OO Do. £llO & .£2OO — pm Beak of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. acc•uit Canada 4 por Cent. Bonds later-Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India £took, 10f per Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening s for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 18110 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1828 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Palm. 4 por °mut 9l * Do. i per Cant., Jan. 1872 Do. bk per Cant. May 1879 lo9* D. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — . Da. do. 3477 — Do. do. 1882 — D.:. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 De. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, F per Cent 76/ Do., Scrip £45 paid Austrian Bonds b per teat Do. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Coat Do. if per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858. . Do. do., 1860 Do. do 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. ()..ilian 6 per Cent no. 4i per Cent.... Do. 3 per Cent., 6 per ce-t. 1867 I o. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan sty ; 3 per Cent., 1825... ..... , Danubian Principalities, 7 I,ar Cent DJ 8 per Cent., 1867 . ••••••.• 84} Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. -- Egyptian, 7 per Cent ... Do Second Issue .• . 79* Do. £sut. Bonds Do. XlOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds ... Do. £lO6 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 74 31 Do do. £45 pd dis Government Railway Dobeutures, 96} 5f Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It iiian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account . B2l Do Mkremmana Railway Ilexicat, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French 7} tiontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 791 80} Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'8 381 ; 1867 Do. do. 'Scrip, £2O paid — Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., ; Do. . do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. dol £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sar linian 5 per Cent 7l } Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account - Spanish 3 per Cen ; .._. — Do. Accliunt • Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforrua 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.; ... . 32a D Account Do G per Cont. 1858 ••• Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1E62 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 63i 4 Do 5 per Cont. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cont., 1860 Dividenus on the aboy* payable in Louuon Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins — Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch lq per Ottnt. Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. — Do Account — Italian 5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. z,51. Do. Account s6} i CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 92 xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 92i xd BOURSE, Dec. 16.—Th, closed as follows : Lree o'clock.—The market ti per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cant End of month 7O 70 Credit Mobilier End of month 298 75 Credit Foncier 1542 End of month — Bank Shares 3175 Ital 4 an Loan End of mouth — Mexican Loan 24 50 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 32 RAILwAY S. Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... s7lf Western Eastern • . 66lf Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4l7* North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman 55 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOLS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gee. st Do Scot. Con. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 El at Do 5 do, 1862 100 3 , sl at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 67 80 at Do do i do, 1504 lOO 84 8i et Great Northern, ip c irred. 100 a a sB t t : G r D DD e a O OO t BostonpermanentjWo i c u s t t 0 . , \ & r V p B . e l l I . : : ) d t :l l . e 'r , , 4c s l 4e B p ni u ) l e e . 1 0 00 0 0 00 0 . 8 8 : 8 6 90 90 at Do do 6p c irred., 1366 100 103 105 WI 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1853 100. at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Du do 41 du, 1861 100 at Do do 44 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do i do, 1865 100 ... at Do No. 6 i do, 1866 100 ~. at Do No. 7 i do at Lund , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.o at Do Metrop, Ex., B 6 p.c Do du 0 6 p.o 100 ... at London &N. Western, 5p s 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 ps DO 90 94 10 Mau. bhef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1365 all 11 Si at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 at Do B 5 do 100 108 107 13 Do 5p o opt. to cony. to Ord. Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 up: is Do lucony. New Share. IS fp 22 Doi p s con, into Old Stk., Aug. 41, 1372 Bl 1 lip at North 13ritien, E. and No. 1, i per cent—. 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 • ••• at Do E., P., & 'Dun., 2d, 4p a 1 00 ..• st Do & Gt, No. 2, p.s lOO ". at Do N. 8.. i per cent, 1862 100 ••• at at Do po E E ..dc & O G .Ao N rdity s ) l 4p e l l O O OO 6 " 7 : ••• ••• ',at North Eastern, 41 p er cent 100 sS 97 - at Do Stock. & Dan., D 100 112 114 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) st North Stanurdshire ip c lOO at South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 *** st Do 5 do 1801 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pa 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSI st Birkennead lOO a 2 91 100 Du. 41 por cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 wt Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 56 st Do. 61 per cent. st Do. 5 au. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley ... st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c l9O 113 Di; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 6 p.c. 100 ... ..• ,„ Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 10 , ,i $i 73 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 sit Gt. West ,W. Mid., 1101%.1f lOO 95 97 SO Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213 st London and 131:1cl:wall lOO 98 9 5 ,t Do. .4 per cent lOO •.• ••• st London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... atDo.noci n ... C an on d s. G .b r ' e un en d w , 6 ica d . o lOOlOO 62 iii do. Preference lOO ... st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 i London, 'Lopo Tilbury, & South 100 78 ih ' St Do. du. 6 do. 61 Munch., Buxton, & liatlk all 5 751 st blidlan, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 21 # 10 Mid _Kent Cray Line) 50 Nurtherut East., b per cent all 5.3 56 50 Do. do. __ 6 do. all ... .._ at. N. Eastern—Hartlepool iiii at N. Webt. A perp. pref, 6p. c 100 1113 110 at Du B minimum 11 p.c IUU ... . at Notting. & Urrautli.lt.a; C IUU y 2 ui 25 Preston and %I yre.. all 44 46 ... Royston, Ditch. ' uud Shep. 100 133 135 a t Shrewsbury and Hereford IUU 133 I;ts 10 Do do $ 21 2 p at S. Yorkah. and River Dun 100 33 100 at Du 4 per cent gea 10; 70 81 at D o I do .., all y 7 yy at Viet. Station and Pimlico 101 175 130 at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 z 0 Do du B all 20 Do du C all 6—• ••• 4 7f at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 213 213 1 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel Um.— 10 f lip D t 10 A.nglo-Mexican Mint all 15 1i it Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 it Do. 8 per cent. lOO 78 76 25 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land aid Finaace, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 0 7 id 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 13;114 • 11 10 Do. New I 1 11 100 1301ckow Vaughan, lim. b Bombay Gas, lim. S Do. New 4 14 01 60 British American Laad 44 17 fm at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOl 16i 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l .. „. 29 Canada Company all Gi 72 10 Canadian Loan and InTest ment, lim 24 ri lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 ft 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 Sid SO City of Milan Improy. lim all g is 25 City of Moscow (+as, lira.— all 2 11 60 City Officea, lim 26 2t 284 d i . 60 Colonial, lim. Do. 60 Commercial Union (Assur) 4 p ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union (las, lint all 171 181 25 Copper Minors of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bends, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1379, 41 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1822, 4 per cent. all 103/ 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 14 24 24 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 it Do. Preference lOO 96 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 11() 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• ••• 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 64 ... ...d 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Ihn 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 13 82 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 891 891 8.1 1 20 Egyptian Coin.&Trad. lim 6 41 41d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 10 Do. New 8 9 llp 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim. 21 16 English and Foreign Credit 74 6 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Alarins, lien. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p , 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 881 841 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., Rm 74 2 14 24 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 60 Roma SL Col. Marine In. lim 6 41 3jd 10 Hong Kong and China Gae all 20 Hudson's Bay all] 13 141 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint__ 10 20 Interne,. Financial Soc. lira 6 11 11 34 20 Interne. Land Credit, lint . 6 6 4.1 50 Italian Land 5 1 id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) 2 21 34 100 Do. 6p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90.......,.. all 63 116 50 Land Securities, lim 25 London African Trading lO 7 Id 25 Lon. & Calod. Marine, lim 6 ... 10 London County Land and Building, lira.. .. .. . 5 Lond. Provincial T el. lien all 3# 3/ 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all # iP 60 Lond. Financial Aliso., lint 30 23 2 JI 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1ira.., ,,,,,,. 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gus. bp.c. by India Goy. ..... 100 ,105, 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint ... _. . ... . ... 11 4 4d 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lima all 4 4 4 50 Merchant Shipping, all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lira. 124 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonise_ tion Co., ... 25 National Discount C o . , lir a 5 12 124 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 8 4 9 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lien. 3 11 Id.: 5 /N ow Quebrada, lina .. . . ~,4.4.0 44 i f 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cautile Agency,lina ........ ' 21 11 1 1 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim ................... 14 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, um 5 7 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim .. 60 North Brit. & Moreau. In._ 64 184 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 144 15 be Oriental Financial, lim b Oriental Gas, lim. ........ all 7 7 4 it Do. New. . .••.• ........ 10 Otago and •Soutniand vestment, lint ~,,,,~• .. 6 Ottoman Gas, lim ........ all 14 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail un i a u 2 24 5 DO. do. .... at Peel B. Land & Minerl, ..... 100 82 34 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 64 20 60 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram ..... . 60 Rhymney Iron. ........ . 15 Do. New ...... tip , all 64 4 25 Rio de Janeiro City all 174 184 20 Do. Gas, 100 Royal Mail Steam ... ... at Scottish Aust. Invest., Um. 100 107 113 st Do. I p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 • • 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. $ 11 4p 60 S. African Mort. & Inv., Hu t . 25 South Australian Land au 36 36 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all k 14 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,ira all 1.61 16 144 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int.. , ........, 2 2/ 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira B 4 • 10 Trust & Agency of A.us.,lina, 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 4d • p SO Union Marine L'pool, lira. 5 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 14 oid SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint. all 44 5 , 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all gi a 6 1 l i p 11 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim 20 Universal Marine(ln.), 30 Nan Dieman's Land 231 7 $ 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 por cent. (Mortgage) Loan... all 751 764 74 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pam • Steam, lim 2O 4 3d Warehouses 20 West London Wharves and 10 CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). Minnie Edwards, 20, spinster, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male infant child. After some evidence had been given, the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. MARKE7 S-IHIS DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark-lano to-day there was not an extensive at tendance of the trade, but the general tone of the trade was firmer. The wheat, though not actually dearer, was held for rathetf' more money, and an advance in quotations may take place before the end of the day. Barley was firm, and malting qualities could not be bought for the same money as last market day. Oats wore in fair request at an advance of 3d. to 6d. Maize was rather dearer. COLONIAL. The colonial markets this morning are quiet, but steady. Tin is firm and again dearer, .£lO7 having been paid for Straits. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat trade is not so good, and prices have given way about 2d per stone all round. This fall is oc casioned by the mild state of the weather, and the large supplies. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The inquiry is moderately active, at previous rates. BOROUGH HOP. _ _ The demand for all descriptions of both English and foreign hops keeps good, and stocks much reduced. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 18.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. Brighton, on Saturday week, was a scene of " a great competitive examination" among the Goldsmiths of the United Kingdom, who there contended for the Brighton Race Cup, of the value of 400 guineas, and the richest racing prize given on the turf. After a long exa mination of the various designs submitted to them, the Brighton Committee selected the one of Messrs. 0. F. Han cock, Son, and Co., of New Bond-street, which repre sented a gt oup of ancient Britons preparing to resist the invasion of England by Julius Cwsar. The piece of plate is designed by Signor Monti, and is worthy of his genius and taste.—From the Morning Post of Dec. 14, 1868. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, P6B. SHARE LIST. BANKS Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A ......... all 111 121 19 Do B lO 54 64 60 Albion IJO Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim alll 15 19 171 ; 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 111 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 4 . • • 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 11 83 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 32 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 80 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Merc. of India London, and China ' all 30 31 30 1 20 City lO 11 12 121 100 Colonial 25 40 4: 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, tins 50 East Loudon, lira hi 11 0, 20 English and American, lira 19 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. bin l9 id pr 20 English, :-cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new 6l 4 I 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 .20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 14 114 4 25 lonian all 31 29 25 Do new . I pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 S/ St 1146 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 10 all 76 78 82 79 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 St 82 20 Do new 71 61 31 100 London & River Plate, li m. 40 7 9 26 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 281 14/ 50 London and County 2O 40 61 20 Do new, las at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• ••• 60 London Joint Stock 1 , Sii 16 20 London and South African al 11 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 96 58 67 100 Do Scrip, lee at 10 pm 2O Oil 644 64 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 5 10 Metropolitan, lira all I) 7 4 100 Midland, lint..,, 29 id pr 6 National of Australia . . 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 60 National, se 64 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l .. ... 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 44-4111 - 42/ 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim ii 6 et 100 Provincial of Ireland 95 119 91 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 40 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of London l6 184 14 181 I MISCELLANEOUS. THE QUEENS INCOME. So much nonsense is constantly talked, and such erro neous notioni are held, respecting the Queen's income, that it can hardly be considered a work of supererogation to put the precise facts before the public. By an Act passed soon after her Majesty's accession, in which the Queen waives her right to and interest in certain heredi tary rates, charges, duties, and revenues which by her prerogative she might have claimed, the civil list, i.e., her income, is fixed at £385,000 per annum. Many people have an idea that this sum is actually paid to the Queen every year. Such is not the case. The civil list is divided into six classes, to each of which we will briefly refer. Class 1 really represents the amount of money paid to her Majesty for her private use. This amount is £60,000, which is payable in monthly instal ments so long as her Majesty lives. Class 2, which appro priates £131,260, is for the payment of the salaries of her Majesty's household. This business is conducted by an official called the Paymaster of the Household ; and when it is considered what a multiplicity of offices there are connected with the Court—from the lord of the bedchamber to the page of tho backstairs—it can readily be imagined how easily the sum is expended. Class 3 appropriates a still higher sum of £172,500, and is for the expenses of the household. Royal housekeeping and royal parties and balls must be kept up on a royal scale, and anyone who has visited the Buckingham Palace mews and the Windsor stables—not to mention the royal kitchen—will not wonder that this sum finds plenty of channels for its disposal. The amount of Class 4 is small, 'and its purposes are almost entirely charitable. Out of the sum of £13,200, £9,000 is devoted to the payment of what are termed " Royal bounty grants " and "special service awards." Grants from the royal bounty fund, which are in the gift of the Premier, are generally made to distressed literary men or women, or to the necessitous - relations of deceased military or naval officers, or to others who have claims on the Government. "Special service " covers extraordinary payments, such, for instance, as the award made to the officer who first landed in England with the Abyssinian despatches from General Napier. The alms, or " Maunday " money, also comes from Class 4, and to the amount of £2,000 are dis tributed by the Bishop of Oxford as Lord High Almoner. A further item of £1,200 is devoted to the pay ment of pensions to distressed ladies. These pen sions, as they fall in through death, are in the gift of the wife of the Prime Minister for the time being. Class 5, which consists of the payments made as pensions to deserving literary and scientific persons, or to any that have deserved the gratitude of their country, does not come out of the £385,000, but by a special clause in the Act before referred to, the sum of £1,200 is set apart from the Consolidated Fund in each year of the sovereign's reign for this purpose. The civil list pensions now amount to £17,000, after allowing for deaths. • Class 6 may be regarded as a sort of reserve fund. The amount of it is £8,040, and it may be used towards meeting a deficiency in any of the other classes. THE MANUFACTURE OF ARMOUR PLATES. A correspondent of the Birmingham Daily Post writes As follows :—" On Tuesday kit I visited the Phcenix Works, Millfields, Bilston (Claridge, North, and Co.), for the purpose of witnessing thu process of casting the second a pair of leviathan rolls, for rolling the increased size of armour plates at Sir John Brown's works, Sheffield. It nay be well to state, by way of preface, that hitherto a Loll of 10 tons in weight has been deemed prodigious ; and when, some years ago, Messrs. Claridge and Co. pro duced a pair each weighing 13 tons, for a foreign copper mill, the event was regarded as quite an era in the history of the trade. The largest plate-mill in America cannot boast a roll of more than 11 tons, although in the Western World everything is done on so large a scale. Some idea, then, of the pair of rolls now being produced at the Phcenix Foundry may be gleaned from the fact that in extreme length they are 15 feet 6 inches, in diameter nearly three feet, and in weight 18 tons, or 36 tons the pair. The process of casting the roll on Tuesday occu pied four furnaces, each connected by a channel in sand, called by the workpeople a 'runner.' The largest of these furnaces was tapped at 2.00, and a stream of molten iron, liquid as water, came hissing on its fiery way, and after a rapid flow of 40 feet, emptied itself into a huge iron mould— about the size and shape of Guy's punch-bowl at Warwick—which ',at 2.30 was filled to the brim with the seething metal. This mould, or Black Country punch-bowl, was then hoisted by a powerful crane, some six or eight feet, and then tilted so as to discharge its con tents into a second channel, in connection with two similar ' runners ' proceeding from the other furnaces. By this time the smaller furnaces had been tapped, and now three rivers of fire were bounding to mingle their tributary streams into one vast channel in the direction of the monster mould in which the mass of iron was to shape itself and cool. This mould, seventeen feet deep, was at 2.38 full to the brim, and the work was successfully com pleted amidst a loud and general " Hurrah " from the anxious and excited tbrong of workpeople who had crowded to see the " finish " of a roll-casting unequalled for dimensions in the whole world. The process was superintended by Mr. George Claridge, who has been practically engaged in the trade of roll-snaking for more •tan thirty years." ORDINARY isflAitlslti_AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Badness 'hare Railways. Prim. (lane. s t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 75 st Caledonian luo 7,1 74 a; Oilubrian 23 Cornwall all 61 If at Dublin & Belle.st June lOO 77 fit Diul„Perth,,Si Ab. June lOO 70 72 21 East Loudon all 7 9 20 Do 16 21 Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lO9 90 01 at Great Eastern .. .03 411 411 41 1 at 'Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO 7 8 et Great Northol Sootlanil lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 1081 at Du. A stock lOO 108 109 1081 at Do. B Moak— at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO id W 7 s t. Western —Original lOO lq 481 at Do. South Wales luo 60 18 s Do. W. 1118.—Oxford lOO 26 28 st Do. Newport .103 28 11 at Lancashire & Yorkshlrk lOO 1271 12c1 at Lou., Brigh.,4 S.Ceast lOO 481 421 181 10, Do Scrip .... at I on., Chat., and Dove, at Do. Metrop. Es. A lO- at Lon. de. North Weistern lOO 112 1121 1111 of Lon. 4 South Western lOO 87 89 87 at Man., Shel., 4 Lincoln lOO 471 42 et Metropolitan at Do Extension 103 98 Ivo 10 Do. New rd at Metropolitan District. all 10 Metrop. St. John's on 1 —2/ at 11.a,aud et Do, Birmin. & Derby lOO 7e. 81 at IsLotli British at Do. & Dun lO9 at Nor. alastern—Berwice lOO tin 100 991 26 Do. G. N.E purohase —16.13.4 at Do Leeds ....... at Do York . 100 87 ES at Do Cards to . lOO 124 130 at Do Stock. & Darling... 100 127 129- et North London 10 Do New 1868. 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 44 66 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 lei 10 Do New £lO shares 7 .. • • at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 44 MI at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 79 74 20 Staines, Wok'hani, 6c Wok all 12 le at 'Lad Vale .0 Do. C at Wateriord & Kilkenny.. lOU • 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND STOCKIii. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 36 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cont l9O st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOl et Do. do. 7 per coat lo* st DO. do. Ordinary llO 7$ 61 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroatk 191 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gas— all ct) Dundee, ferth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 et Do. let Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct llO st (lt. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No. 1 191 97 110 st Do do No. 2 101 96 9) at Do do 6 'per cent 101 118 118 st Do East Anglian Aip. c. 190 100 113 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do • C 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, i p.c. 100 110 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. DO 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 111 st Do do p.c.WaY.Val.lB47 100 .. 4 et Great Northern, i per cent 10 st Do .5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 101 wt Do 4 s do do do 101 „ 4 at Doi do at ip.c. pm lOO ••• ••• 107 61 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO al Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st Great South. and. Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 98 17 stl G tWest.— Orig.& Jut.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 102 104 1031 st Do. Orig. (B. £H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 98 100 et Do do 4 4 per cent. 1850— 100 Si 118 st Do do 4 do do st Lo do 5 per cent. redo= 100 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gum lOO 65 70 at Do do do pref lOO ••• ••• st Do do Chester gua lOl at Do do do 8 por cent lOO 150 161 ct Do do do 5 do 100 15 100 at Do South Wales, gun,. 4 p.c. 100 4 .. st Do do 41 p.c lO9 •• ••• ct Do do 4 4 1859 lOO . 44 st Do do 5 ct Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g lOl 103 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 106 193 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO S 3 92 at Do do 23 slo 100 .. 4 st Do gua. 5} per cent. 1863 101 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. a p.c. 100 1 • 135 st Do Barnsley, Ss 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 138 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 97 Il e it London & Brighton, ip. C. guaranteed, No. 1 - 100 st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 6 da Ns. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) IJO at Da 4 do 1853 lOO at London, Chatham, &Dover i per cent ICO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 103 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge- lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 et London and 6.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 2g.61 Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... 21 st Man., Slid., &Liucln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 lie 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 6 ..• ••• at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 138 at Do _Bristol& /3irin., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 at Do 44 per cent. redeem lOO 97 93 atj Do 41 par cent. irrodeem lOO 97 9$ st Do Leicester &Helm, 4 p.c lOO 83 91 at North British, i p.c. No. 1 lOO st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO _ st Do N. 13., No. 2, 6 per con.t lOO at Do Border Union, bi p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 is at Do 44 per cent. redeem-- 100 93 96 at Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 104 at Do Stcktn &Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, liartlepool IL and it lOO 87 81 20 North Staffordshire all 26 21. be S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 94 10/ 108 Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 916 10s Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 44 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l • ••• ••• 100 145 160 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine IOJ 53 55 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent al . ... ... liillwa,ll Freehold Land ' st Dock lOO 31 36 st Southampton lOO 71 76 st Surrey Comniercial COLONIAL GO VAIMMICNT SECURITIE: _ britivb Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872 _ Do. 1895.. l9O Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan. i &Ju l y 1877-54 Do. 6 1). 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 165 10 • Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO ley 10 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & Juiy.• 1 00 93 oo Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO go 92 Cape (i.110pe.61). 0 . 1873 .• ice 102 104 Do.Apl.&oot 1690-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 log Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 ...... . 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 116 Do. 1872, do l OO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aue..•. 100 106 108 Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1667-75, 6 per e5ut...... 100 _ _ D1.11.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July .. 100 le 2 101 Natal 6 p or, Apl& Oct... 100 _ _ Do 6p c. Mgy & Nov ... .. 100 106 IZ.B N. S. W. 5 ire. ' '7l to '75.. 1 00 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18 88 to 184 , 6.. 100 9 9 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75.. 100 9 9 lot N.Zealand, 6p. ot. ibill.. 100 __ _ • Do. 5 per cent.... ..... 100 974 084 -- DoJan,Api I,July, 0A... 100 974 984 e 96 Da 6p c. Mar & sept '91.. 1 0 0 108 110 -- Do J title & Dec , 1,91 .... 100 109 ,ii 107 fDo eruy. 1 Aix :Id. 1 1(1) ( 1,0 - le:I &2, 1:00 .. _, A ova Scotia 6p. c.J art — and Jnly, 1875 Do 18-6. .... ` — Queenslnd. ip. C. 'B2-5 lOO 1.8 1(9 1081 Do 1891 . ... S. Austral. 6 p 0.1809 77 lOO _ 2 Do 1678.9 x lOO 108 110 Do 1693 1908. 10) 107 ICB Tasmanian ap c, 1895 lOO 106 107 Do rti. 1693 to 169/ Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July lOO _ Do. 1801 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 109 110 1004 4 4 RAILWAY FARES. On Thursday evening a paper was read at the Inventors' Institute, by Mr. R. Brandon, on " Consolidation of Management of Railways, and Uniformity of Fares for all Distances." Mr. Brandon having pointed out the errors in the present system of railway management and scale of fares, proceeded to argue that rail ways should be placed under one management, Govern ment or otherwise, and should charge a uniform rate of feres. The analogy of the Post Office was exact especially now when it was a book and parcel delivery and also a transmitter of money. Government was also about to take possession of the telegraphs, and had only to make one step more and undertake the railways. Ile shewed that the present relations between shareholders and rail way property were most unsatisfactory, the average dividend on £500,000,000 sterling having been last year only 3i per cent. At present the fares averaged ls. for each person ; but by his plan the fares would be is. first class, 6d. second, and 3d. third ; and he calculated that the number of passengers would be increased sixfold. He would propose that all luggage should be paid for, as, if a man got from London to York for 6d., he could hardly expect to get a hundredweight of luggage, which required porterage, carried for nothing. By his plan, taken as a whole, he expected the following results : Single tickets, 17 millions sterling; annual, 18 millions; express trains, 11 millions ; 3d. fares, half a million; luggage barge, 4 millions; saving in management by amalgama tion, 3i millions ; total contemplated revenue, 55 millions, being an excess over the present gross revenue of 38 mil lions sterling. He had not entered into any calculations as to goods trains, as ho did not think they would be much affected by the proposed change. To show that he was not too sanguine in his anticipations, he might mention that in the old coaching days 80,000 passengers were daily carried in 3,000 coaches, whereas in 1865 the trains carried 850,000 daily. He believed, therefore, that his cal culations would prove correct, but even if the increase should be only three-fold, there would still be an enormous pecuniary advantage, whilst the benefits to the public of all classes would be enormous, especially to the labourers, who were now often shut out from their market by the cost of railway travelling. He preferred that Government should take the whole of the railway capital at a value based on a seven years' average of quotations, and that the interest should be 4 and 2-sths per cent. Deferred shares and bondholders would be paid out of the surplus revenue after the payment of the above charges. The chairman (Mr. H. Williams), whilst inviting discussion, de murred to Mr. Brandon's calculations. There would be a great increase of expenditure in providing increased accommodation, in meeting greater wear and tear, and the requirements of increased traction. The expenses of management must also be heavy, as firstrate men always required large salaries. 'The North-Western Railway Company gave its inspecting engineer £5,000 a year. lie had no doubt, however, but that great advantage to the public would be the result of uni formity of management and reduction of fares in the case of the metropolitan lines. There was also the question of compensation for accidents which must be considered. The North-Western Company had paid in one year £148,000 in compensation. It was true they only paid £5,000 for the Abergele accident, but in that case the claimants were all burnt up. He believed that the law on this subject must be revised, and that a fixed scale of compensation must be established, based on the class by which the passenger had travelled. He denied the analogy between the carriage of letters and passengers altogether. A discussion followed, in which Mr. Varley, Mr, F. W. Campion, and others took part; and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr. Brandon. R I PON ELECTION. —Lord John Hay, who has seen appointed one of the Lords f the Treasury, has issued an address to the e'ectors of Ripon, in which he says: "Naturally I have viewed with satisfaction the large majority whi h has been returned to Parliament in support of the present Government, while I do not think it is to be regretted that the Conservative ranks are coin. pact and numerous enough to perform with effect the legitimate duties of a minority in Opposition." The no mination will be on Monday, and there will be no oppo sition, IHE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. -~- A letter from Madrid, dated Dec. 14, says : It would be rather difficult to give you a fair idea of the joy with which the people of Madrid received the news of the unconditional surrender of the Cadiz insurgents.. It was more than gladness—it was exultation. The good tidings transpired in the afternoon of Sunday, by four o'clock. But in the evening it circulated freely in the clubs and cafes, and this morning at daybreak it was cried out in the streets by a host of bulletin sellers. Ever since the Madrilones are congratulating each other, and seem to breathe with full lungs. The Cadiz insur rection was a national nightmare, rendered still more oppressive by the scanty and contradictory news about the real state of affairs in Andalusia. The Government is accused of having concealed from the public what was passing at Cadiz, and of having misled the people by the erroneous reports published in the newspapers deriving their informa tion from official sources. Be that as it may, it is undeniable that the mcmbers'of the Provisional Go vernment have displayed in that mo.st trying emer gency a foresight, a wisdom, a moderation, and a spirit of conciliation most comendable. In my letter of the 11th I told you the reasons leading to the conclusion that the insurgents would surrender at discretion. They had not the slightest chance, and the Government, acting upon the fact, renewed the armistice to avert further effusion of blood. The French have a proverb whichays, a quelque chose malheur est bon. T:-.e insurrection of Cadiz will have for Spain and her Government this happy result, that it proved the strength of the latter, and that it will prevent further hostile demonstrations. Now that the Cadiz insurrection has terminated so happily, the truth begins to peep out about its real origin and true character. It is generally averred that it was Republican, and not Reactionist; however, it appears certain that it was supported by the gold of Israel. So much for its charac ter. It arose thus. The civil governor of Cadiz received the order to disarm the people at Puerto Santa Maria and at Cadiz, as was done at Madrid. The volunteers refused to deliver their arms, and those of Puerto Santa Maria marched on Cadiz ; that was on the sth. Now, the events at Puerto were known at Cadiz the same day at noon. It was also known that a bando had been drawn for disarming the volunteers of Cadiz. Almost im mediately the people met in arms at the San Juan Place, vociferating menances and seditious cries against the Government. The Republicans here contend that the civil go vernor of Cadiz addressed provocations to the De mocratic party ; that this official is a creature of Gonzales Bravo; that he is an ardent Reactionist ; and that he was appointed by the traitors who have contrived to sneak in amongst the Provisional Go vernment. It is the first time that the Republicans charge the civil governor of Cadiz with having caused the insurrection by his provocations. What those pro vocations were they do not tell. The insurrection having burst out when Cadiz was without troops (they had been despatehei to Puerto Santa Maria) that governor must. have committed a huge blunder in provoking the Republicans just at the moment when he was without a single soldier. Again, had that governor (Gonzales de la Vega is his name) provoked an insurrection by his violence against the Republicans of Cadiz, how is it that the Repub licans of Madrid and of the other Spanish towns could be ignorant of it; how is it that knowing it, they protested against the Cadiz insurrection, that they indignantly repulsed any connection with it ? However, it is with unfeigned satisfaction that I hasten to tell you that the Cadiz insurrection is free from most of the excesses laid at its door by false or much exaggerated reports, which, unfortunately, obtained credence for the time in well-informed circles here, and found their way into the papers more or less connected with the Government. The following diary from en impartial witness may also prove interesting to your readers : " Cadiz, Dec. 5, 2.30 p.m.—The artillery has been despatched to Puerto Santa Maria, to com pletely reduce the insurgents. The armed volun teers oppos3d the departure of the column, at tacked it at the San Juan Place, whilst others fired at the picket instructed with the publication of bando. The' troops posted on the rampart returned the fire of the insurgents. " Evening.—The insurgents. whns numbcro have been greatly increased by men who came from Xeres and other neighbouring towns, have taken possession of the town-house and other public buildings ; the troops extended along the ramparts, and held communication with the artillery park and the forts. 6th.--A great agitation prevailed during the night, and from daybreak the fire was very bri6k on both sides. At 4.30 the Madrid riflemen, who were at Puerto Santa Maria, landed here. When the insur rection burst out the Cadiz authorities had at their disposal but 600 men of the Gerona regiment, 300 artillerymen, and 40 civil guards. The reinforce ments received during the day are but six com panies, some of which numbering only 30 men. The Gerona regiment fought at Alcolea under Novalichez. " 7th.—The insurgents, who had taken the ar tillery park at the outset of the rebellion are well provided with arms and ammunition. They have compelled the men able to bear arms to fight on their side. They occupy the central part of the town, and specially the districts of La Viva and of Santa Maria. The insurgents, numbering at least 6,000 men, threw from the balconies even pieces of furniture on the troops. The troops fought with courage ; but, above all, they took care to occupy the strategical points. General Laserna entered Cadiz this day at the head of six companies more, and the troops are now from 1,300 to 1,400 strong. They bravely attacked the town-hall, but were repulsed, and suffered heavy losses. It is not exactly known who are the leaders of the insurrection, but the insurgents mention Tunco, Marimon, Viesca, Cuenca, and Cuesta. Tne cries are contradictory. At first they cried ' Viva la Republic l' then Viva Isabella!' and even Viva Carlos 1' To-day many Catalans, armed with American rifles, were perceived among the in surgents. Since nightfall the fire was less brisk ; but from time to time, and from different directions, are heard cannon and musket firing. " Bth.—At Bin the morning, the Consuls, seeing that the naval forces were making ready to fire at the town, came in a body to the superior authori ties, and asked in the name of humanity and of the material interests of the inhabitants to grant an armistice to the insurgents to give them time to ac• knowledge their error, to surrender their arras, and to allow women and children to leave the town. The authorities granted an armistice of 48 huurs. During the day a good number of people availed themselves of the armistice to abandon the place. The troops were reinforced by 200 men of the Gerona regiment and by a detachment of Carabi neers. The troops and the insurgents maintain their respective positions." The diary ends here. You will perceive that it mentions nowhere the presence of libarated con victs in the ranks of the insurgents. However, they are spoken of in the first conditions that the insurgents submitted on the 9th for their surrender —they asked a free pardon for themselves and the convicts sot free at the beginning of the conflict, and General Caballero de Roda would not even discuss them. Another version, put forth by the Republicans, is that the convicts were taken again to the presidios by the Republicans of •Cadiz. However, that important point will soon be cleared up. At all events, the Cadiz insurrection has greatly damaged the Republican cause in Spain. My per sonal opinion is that its chances never were very great. The Coustituentes Cortes will be 4o ; I do not think that the Republicans will send more than 30 representatives. SACRED HAI3IONIC SOClETY.—Handel's Messiah will be performed by this society at Exeter-hall on Mon day evening next, with Miss Edith Wynne, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Verr►on Rigby, and Mr. Santley as the principal vocalists. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Duuyille and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand,:London yernserawat TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. "THE SUN" WILL BE PUBLISHED AS USUAL ON CHRISTMAS-DAY. THIRD EDI/10Ni SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 9. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of fiLighthood on George Hayes, Esq., one of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wilhelm Alexander Braho as Consul at Melbourne for the North German Confederation. ADMIRALTY. DEC. 16. Mr. Samson Grundy has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of st December, 1868. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ... 11 191 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 42 } Brussels — ... 25 37i ... 25 42f Elamburgh — ... 13 10- ... 13 101 Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 20 ... 12 3U Trieste — ... 12 20 ••• 12 32k Petersburg Copenhagen... ...... Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 48 ... 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Genoa — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Naples Palermo — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Messina Lisbon — ... 521 ... 521 Oporto ltio Janeiro — ••• •.. Now York A zkio a c t w i nk 11 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 17. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), Princess Leopold, and the other members of the Royal family, attended by their suite, left the Castle this morning for Osborne. POLICE INTELLIGENCE— This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INCORRIGIBLE.—Jane Baldock, a girl about 16 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with robbing a child, and after hearing the evidence of Rhoda Greathurst, Mr. Knox remanded her with the view of finding a reformatory to send her to. On being again brought to the court, Welsh, the office keeper, having succeeded in obtaining a promise from Miss Nichols, the lady superinten dent of the Protestant Reformatory for Girls, Church-row, Hampstead, that she should be admitted, he at once recoguizad her as a girl who, about three years ago, he took to an industrial school in Lissou-street, and after being there a short time she attempted to burn down the build ing, having got up in the dead of the night and laid a train for the purpose and then gone to bed again. She was tried at the sessions and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, but after being there six months, her conduct being good, the rest of her term of iMprisonment was abandoned, and she was discharged. There were two other charges against the prisoner of robbing children. The prisoner ustia (hat if forgiven this time she would never come to the court again. Mr. Knox said he would hear another case against the prisoner. A little boy named Hiscock, the son of a police constable, deposed to being robbed of a shilling by the prisoner while on an errand for his mother. Mr. Knox said he scarcely knew what to do with the prisoner. He had made arrangements for her to be taken to the reformatory, and Miss Nicholls would have taken her in, but after what he had heard about her attempting to set fire to the insti tution in Lisson-street he could not think of send ing her to another, as the aext thing that would be heard of was of the place being burnt down. The only thing he could do was to send her to prison for two terms of three mouths each. Welsh said that in consequence of the prisoner's attempting to set fire to the institution the com mittee had to leave the house and withdraw the Government certificate. THAMES.. A DEFECT IN THE DOCK COMPANIES' ACTS.—W. Hart, a labourer, was charged with being drunk on a wine quay in the St. Katharine Dock. It was suspected he had been drinking sherry wine, of which he smelt very strongly. Mr. Woolrych—l have no power to punish the prisoner for being drunk in any one of the docks. He is discharged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• RACING FIXTi JAN IRES FOR 1869. ARY. Manchester 1, 2 UARY. FEBI Streatham ll, 12 I Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 I Mansfield 18 I Nottingham Spring 28, 24 Chelmsford... 25, 2t3 Derby Spring 25, 26 MA. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury.. 12, 13 Northampton l6, 17 \Vest Drayton lB, 19 \Vest Somerset 18, 19 Margate og Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, S 1 IL. Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Eastbourne l9 Lesvos 2U 21 Croydon... 2/ 23 isiowniarket Ist Spring 26, &c. MAY. AP. Bromley 1 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk 6 7 Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4, 5, 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 9 , 3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer —.15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club Lewes West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 2U, 21 Croydon 20, 21 Harpenden 2l EpEQui 6tunmer „ ...2h, eze. NE. Newcastle) 22 , -28 24 I Oldham 22 Bibury Club 93 Stockbridge 24,25, 26 Chelmsford Suttou Park .....29, 80 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 23 Stamford ... 22, 23 Uoodwood 27, 26, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 2 York 24, 25, 27 Plymouth _26 I Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Eguain lO, 11 Wolvorharr ptou lO, 11 Windsor 1 ) 13 - St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: 7, 8 Abingdon (1, 10 Doncaster l4, 13, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lich:hold CII. L, Y. IIL'EIZ. Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Kingsbury . 23, 24 Monmouth—. ...23, 2-1 Newmarket Ist OCTOBER. Badford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham lO, 20 Edinburgh G, 7, 8 1 West Dcaytua 9 1, 22 Leicester 7, 8 i Hereford 2l, 22 _Newmarket 2d 0et...11, ST,e. I Monmouth 9 3, 24 Chelmsford lO, 20 I Newmarket. 11'tou —25, 3.10. NOVEMBER,. Worcester 3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, fie. Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 13 Lemuiegtou Hunt ....23) MARCH. 18, 19 Izthloyle First Spring .=EI him ,ring r we with )11a- over d in cur- Iney niu eit. ever ph's g al suc- sent stain lama holly r no- ;rind :ling, The tiest,