The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-14 00:00:00

rx**.. , ••• •ll ' Tat Louise, ur, and acess of church des and Prince n thea- g-cross, Wistock nale, of ith id Hard le after ndatits with 3 i tbera listarb hey re last to 3d with. inst the at- street h e male id they Le, and ra y, he, ble said ling 011 0 d to do ble . then vino the . i telling at they ision of lad been erwardo stitutes, , and a 0 ion. log 10 0 at there i seeing 's awal , reat di3- nection police, fendant, get the e defers- m e time Richard .. — This magi' dad the on oath ed by 3 iatUrdal ,gistrate clerk, 3 Court. e llous° division• ;sura,9ce a, that vidence, corning, Devon . ,g been , stated aokley , No. 8 , laturdaY was is prisoner An and and the to men fight/ .1 it Wil l and be in 1i ruck Me .1t I wao . then , f Shad lie 1° uld ask t o from_ m, and PraS ° D stand ref usa l , d mad© struck out hi° on the aw titre o ; ed roan e in hi s hira at s state , would ► one an 1 at the yer and nd. al' J. for 3 sinkfog ,d. 01° Cho su b ' 3 to fou l ' Into tbo ivices 1° end has iderablo firo 14.3° 15tbf . 00 dai s very teo evening )11i Ps° vho die ( ' I that 04 adonio - tt tor, thy aulti by silly 04 vow ractocl and DeAt' 'all" Vi 131% 64 ;I>y ig r° l ; Frene exPortg'- and Co , C X 6 / 4 11 1- MARTiET AND C°IIMERCHAL crrY, Two o'CLocr. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to naY, the French Rentes were 69f. 55c. The satisfactory tone of the news from abroad , . as given fi rmness to the mar k e t , a n d also incre ased the am oun t o f b us iness transacted. Th e f to tl d le t that at Mark-lane pr i ces h ave b egu n r° °l; and the pro s p ec t of a large amount of gold II a s hort time bei n g returned to the Bank pas I ncr eased th e present sat i sfactory s t a t e o f th e mar t' The Ne w an d R e d uce d Th re e per Cents. par ve ::Pating in th e sa ti s f ac t or y state of affairs, have ' e° I, and the home railways have experienced an ;rnPetus - which must be regarded as high l y 4a rourabi e. s upply of money in the discount market the crlngely increased, owing to the payment of b lvide nda, and the best three months' bills have h l e en takea in some cases at 11 per cent., or e- Th tb e Bank 'minimum. The rate for advances . the Sto ck Government securities has receded in r ,' l nk Exchange to 1 per cent per annum. Ni cc soia are quoted 941 to 1 for money, and t° for the account (Nov. 5) ; and the Three 93 tCoein.ts. Redu ce d an d N e w Three per Cents., h a ill the Foreign market Peruvian Bonds of 1865 , v 4 e .,. i inProved 1 per cent., Brazilian of 1865, ; talian of 1861, Mexican, Spanish of 1867, and I, ll „ ritis h of 1865, i f . The Orel Vitebsk Railway -111) however, has declined 1. Subjoined are the quo :—Brazilian of 1865, 771 to 1 ; Chiliau : 1 867, 94 to 3 ; Egyptian of 1864, 811 to 821, ex "; Italia n o f 1861, 51/ to 521 ; M ex i can , 161 9 ` ) I ; P eruvian of 1865, 79 to 1; Russian of 1 866 , Orele to 91; Ni cola i Railway Loan, 6 7 1 to 1; ditto s , 8 4 to ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 82 to 1 ; t. o l4 , fl ieh of 1867, 333 to ; Turkish of 1851, 66 ; dittoof 1862, 88k to 1 • and ditto of 18 65, 40 i to 214 111 4 ° I ndian Ten and a Half per Cents. are at 1 -- ' 0 217 ; th e F i ve, 1141 t o 115 ; th e F our , totleyhoeluttoureslo4 ; the bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; the 2 0a 1051 to 1 ; and Exchequer Bills, 15s. prem. Bank Stock, 242 to 244. b ." ( he new Italian Tobacco Loan is 1,1/ prem., lag it better. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 90 91. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four P er Cent. Debenture Stock is 94/ 951. h . tli ted States Five-Twenty Bonds have im -a„,ev,ed it, and those of 1855 1. The quotations - I ' 4 l for the former and 73 1 for the latter. 41 ) 1 the railway market, the principal change is kal3e of i per cent. in Metropolitan. Midland and nehester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire are bette ' h a r 7 but Great Western and South Eastern Poll declined 1 to 1. Prices are quoted as I°lv n :— Caledonian, 71 to 3. ; London and e nr ih W est e rn, 1121 to 3. ; Great West jr:ol;„ 48 1 to 49 ; Midl an d, 1123 to 1 ; and 77 South-Western, 873 to 883 ; Great t aste rn, 401 t o 41 ; B r i g h ton , 521 t o 3 ; South i r to 3 ; Metropolitan, 1071 to 1; seat Northern, 1073 to 1081; ditto A, 103 to k L ancashi re an d Y or k s hi re, 1281 t o 4; Loo ter 11 ' Chatham, an d D over, 171 t o 3 ; and Manches ,' Sheffield, and Lineolnshire, 48 to 1. he :enders for the South Australian Govern- N ee t t S ix per Cent. Loan for £400,000 were opened littA e claY, at the Bank of South Australia. The 42 -11 0 cl ance was very numerous, and more than ti n ' w o v°,oo o were tendered. Tenders at prices from ril - v° 10 3 . to £lO7 ss. will receive partial allot -2ell„t as follows :-12,000 at £8 10s. per cent., at £8 is. per cent., £7,000 at £8 per cent., p t- is ''° o at £7 18s. per cent., £79,000 at £7 16s. i e, c ent., £11,500 at £7 15s. 6d. per cent., c)000 at £7 15s. per cent., £202,000 at £7 13s. & Per cent., £B,OOO at £7 lls. per cent., £lO,OOO 7 103. 61. per cent., £9,900 at £7 10s. per 4 t eet , £6,000 at £7 6s. per cent., and £l,OOO at at ? i 7;• 6 d. per cent—total, £346,300 ; £53,700, 411 53 • per cent., b e ing the balance, will be T t ed from t en d ers amounting to £ 401,000. Th e by , C .,, c1 p a per containing the minimum price fixed `ue A gent-General was not opened. 1re:(1:t the ge% Bullion-office of the Bank of England p orta4ce. there were no gold transactions of fin thleVith regard to the statement at Frankfort as to graht, terms paid for the recent accommodation of uoi t o Portugal th e f o ll ow i ng are the conditions 1 2 " contract :—lnterest 1 per cent. per month, 1 110 4 1) th e ce nt. ; per cent. commission per three mea t 2 per cent. ; bill s t o b e renewe d ever y three h e i""s at the rate of 25f. (the quotation at Paris of 11 now 2 5f. 25c.), 4 per cent.—making a total Th. Per cent. A • . • 44, 40 ,joint committee of management of the paIZ ' A merican and Atlantic Telegraph Com ber liea ha ve resolved, on an d after the Ist of Novem insteae,z% to Count cable messages by words only, b o f countin g b y wor d s an d b y l e tt ers , as at ' re sent. Th e e f or biati e urse of ex c h ange a t N ew Y or k on L on don rata th at 6 0 days' sight is about 1091. At this !tuba N ew is no profit on the importation of gold el, York. I ne u e i tl the 30 th instant the tenth ordinary general A fe _ng of the Standard Bank of British South A lea will be held at the offices of the company. th e 15 t h of £3O p er cen t. f a ll s d ue on Th ur sday, l'fay p th in st., on the London and Brighton Rail at 9 5 °lir- and-a-Half per Cent. Debentures, issuedhle 0 ' I:cak ing £35 paid. The total amount pays rthil thi s Call is 1550,000. sorb trame return of th e L on don, B r i g hton, and sad the,°BBt Railway sh ow s an i ncr e a s e of £2,084, cre ase of the Gre a t L uxem b ourg presen t s an in- A: of th e 13 4 meeting of the Shareholders' Committee of Li cio . a a nk of London yesterday, the Committee of 4``atien, Messrs. D. Chadwick, P. Robb, and Ntotll,,actlair, reported that the assets of the bank ce rab ' enable them to pay all the liabilities in De ka,. e ! without a call, and that a considerable sum ilinitiniately be expected. th e It ! steamer Halley, at Liverpool yesterday from 17th vet Plate and Brazil, brings news up to the to 19 4. 11 , 4 ' from Bahia. Exchange was then 183 d. atlvi c :"' Cotton had advanced since the receipt of d ull, a. Per French ma il steamer. F r eights were 25 a• to th e Ch anne l. has ,„ise Ti:" ac iviees from Frankfort state that the Bourse IletiOnt7ll an increase of animation, and that trans ia "ave become more numerous, particularly aor oe - I t lcan Se cur iti es. A ustr i an St oc k s a l s o are floth:fuat better. B an k Sh ares h ave r i s en 50 l 'eque s ß ; Fr ench -Austrian Railway Shares are in nia o .,: - "' and the Italian Tobacco Loan has had 44;14 snbscribers at Frankfort as well as in South fo et ali a nY, mo st l y f or investment. This is the first d e f e o f an Italian Government loan having favour with F ran kf ort cap i ta li s t s. Th e w i ne iesvtreves to b e o f excellent quality. t e i„ er daY at the publi c sa l e a t th e O pen St oc k kg ~,,llge (Limited), Alk am b raCon • pany (L i m i ted), 13feedre'veitcle, siitoalt(les n, a 4 l a b4s. to £5 ss. per share ; Con -1863, $5OO Bonds, interest 7 pan g ' 3 S• per bond • Hercules Insurance Com -1/istid(lo-4rittlited), £2 paid, 3s. per share ; Hodges's s hare. y Company (Limited), £2O paid, 41 per Paid , 1 int-stock Coal Company (Limited), 15s. aldNi9:loclgiitipliegshare ; National Tea Consumers' share;44(llrB, Company, 10s. fully paid, 2s. 6d. per gy d, Royal Sea . House Hotel Com e ), £3 103. pald, 10s. per share. FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 8 (iovEltNv - T Per e ' -, tNT .euNns. q-11 I bitt e" ' Consols 94:i 4 , r 9 for ccount, Nor. 5 93-1- i :Niic° sent• Reduced 93± . 4 t „„ ‘ 9,., Per Cent 60.1 per Cent. Jan. 189-1 hatluii. Per Cont. t) an. 1873 e. ' f lee ! SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — D o ,P . 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 zeb, ed Sea Tele6raph), kug., 1908 — 17 bo.Nubr Bills, 4 1,000, 2 per Ut , o. X5OO a a'ik £lOO & £2OO 242 t), of tnaland Stock, 4 per Coot (~kti %account ................................... li lt 4ua per Cent. Bonds ex‘seWollial Unanium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India %Lock, 14 per Cent., AprillB74 -- Do. Opening, for. Account — Do. 5 pox . Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pap,. 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1679 — Do 5 por Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Da. do. 1882 — IX.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO - n3 1)o. under £l. 000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Ilepublic, 0 per Cent ... . Austrian Bonds 5 por Cent. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — OD. 4i er Cent., 1852 p Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 18-10 Do. do., 1863 67} Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do AcCoue Buenos Ayros 6 per Cent. Da 2 per Cent. (Doferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6per Cont. Catitan 6 per Cent — Do. 4k per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 l o „7 per Cant., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid ... — C , Lubian, 6 per Cent. — D Lnisn, 3 per - Cent., 1825. Danubian Principalitios, 7 ler Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ~., ... 82f elluador New Con4olidated, 1 per o,:ni. F4yptian, 7 per Cent — Du Second Issue ••• D. £5OO Bonds ,- 1 Do. 2106 Bonds Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £6ut. Bonds B2f Do. .£lod Bonds ..... 84 5 4} English Scrip, 1868 72 Do , do. £3O pd 32i i die liGovernmad - Railway Deb mtures . 96 Greet 5 per Cont., 1 8 24 - 5, ex Coups. — Do. Account , - Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p , it.) lian 5 per Cent., 1665 — Do. Account . _ Do laaremmana Railway — nexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevidean 6 per Cent. .. .... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Kew Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — PeruYia.n 5 per Cent. 1865 . Do Account .. 391 9 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4 per Cent., 1862 -, • 96 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondr„„ 91 Do. do. £B4 15s. de..., Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5..... — Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 671 .1 I Sar !mien b per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc , Junt Da. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred •. Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Account Do. Cum. Cert. of Coup. not funded —. Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do . do, 1868 Do do, Scrip 85? m Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account . Co Xl.OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 69 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 7Ol i Do. 1863 • Do 5 per Cent., 1865 4Ol D i Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Datch . 2l per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil , — Do Ad.Ount „ French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 5 per (lent. 1831, E. zsi. Do. Accoun t 5ll 2 CLOSING PRICES. C)suls, Money Oll Do. Account, Nov. 5 .ree o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Oct. 14.—Th closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month -- 3 per Cent per of month 69 571 Credit Mobilier End of month 282 50 Credit Fonder 1435 End of month — - RALLWAI Bank Shares 2395 ItAl'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt .— - Deferred 321 s. Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 572 Western 5BB Eastern .. 5 75 Sardinian • 43 Austrian 567 Lombard 4IU North of Spain 55 Saragossa 44 Roman MARKE7S-7HIS DAY. MARE-LANE. Notwithstanding that only moderate supplies of Eng lish wheat were on sale here to-day, very little animation prevailed in the demand for either red or white samples. The attendance of millers was limited, and sales were not without dificulty concluded at Monday's decline in value. Full average supplies of foreign wheat were on the stands. The transactions were in retail, and about late currencies. Floating cargoes of wheat were difficult to sell. Maize and other descriptions of produce afloat com manded full prices. The barley tad; was firm, and for fine malting produce as much as 52s per qr. was paid. Grinding and distilling sorts were unaltered in value. Malt, the supply of which was seasonably extensive, changed hands to a fair extent on former terms. In oats sales progressed steadily, and prices were sup ported. Beans were firm and quito as dear. Peas sold at late rates. The flour trade was heavy, on former terms. On the whole, the market for seeds, as well as cakes, was steady. TALLOW. The market is firm. 1 .1;;;;iallow, 49s 6d; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 495; October to December, 495; Decem ber, 49s 3d ; January, 498 61; March, 50s. BOROUGH HOP. _ _ Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a retail demand for all descriptions at late rates. COTTON. Lryzuroor.„ October 14.—Sales probably 12,000 bales, Market steady. SNIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 13.—Lizzie, from Cardenas. Arrived, Oct. 14.—Waterloo, steamer, Batavier, steamer, Deborah, and Olive—all from Rotterdam ; City of Brus sels, steamer, and Leopard, steamer, both from Antwerp ; Chloe, steamer, from Calais; Dagny, from Dram. Sailed—Normandie, steamer, for Dunkirk; Argus, for Calais, DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Euromedha, from London, for Brisbane ; Satel lite, from London, for Malta ; Geraldine, of Weymouth, from the west, for the north. The Price of Gold. •••••• '1 ho quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and tie short exchange on London is 251.220. per £1 sterling Un cmaparin;; these rates with the English Hint price 01 ,s. ioid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than is Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for tills at 60 days' eight was on the last date about 109} per cent At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEU3l.—Visitors during the week ending Oct. 10:—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 16,596 ; on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission Gd.), from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., 2,345—t0ta1, 18,941 ; average of corre sponding week in former . years, 12,045—t0tal from the opening of the Museum, 7,832,719. Patent-office Museum. Number of visitors for the week ending Oct. 10, 5,776 ; total number since the opening of the Museum, free daily, May 12, 1858, 1,408,927. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each soparate yoar. VIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, ISGSS SHARE LIST. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lira.— 7 .10 Anglo-Mexican .Mint all st Atlantic Telegraph lOO st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finartce, rim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 10 Berlin Water Works, Pm all 10 Do. New a 109 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lira. 5 Do. New 4 5 / British American Land 4l stE B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 20 British 1 ud:an Tea, lira all 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 20 Ceylon Company, lira lO 20. Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50. City Offices, lira 25 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (A sfiur) 4 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 25 Copper Minors of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4f per cent. all 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 100 Do. 1882, 4f pet cent, all 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO at Crystal Palace lOO st Do. Preference lOO at Do. 6p. c. Perpetual Deb. 109 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 64 50 East • Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gila. by Egypt. Gov all 20 Egyptian Corn. & Trad. lint 6 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 10 Do. New 8 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim. 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 100 Eng. and Scot. M arine, lint. 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering,.,,,, 5 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim. 12 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and ~. Loan Scrip, issued ii £B5 all 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lira. 71 15 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Home & Col Marine In. lira. 5 10 Hong I.Cong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay • all 20. Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim 25 Indo-European Tel., lim , 10 20 Interns. Financial Soc. Rm - 5 20 Interns. Land Credit, lira 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6 p. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lim 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 4 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim. all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 por cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Aeso., lim. 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 50 Lend. and Glasg. Enginoor and Iron Ship, lira 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 at mactra 4 k Canl. GU& p, c, by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim lf 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., Um all 50 M °reliant Shipping, him—. all 50 31illwall Iron Works, lint 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 95 National I'VoY, Mashie, hat , 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 20 Nerimdda Coal (t Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Die. lim 3 ow Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 9 5 •New 'Zealand Loan & Mer cantile 4gency,linl 24 25 New Zualuud Trust . And Loan, Ijm 5 10 Northern Assana l Tea, lira. 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. Tn 64 2 , 1 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 1 10 Opiertial Financial, ll Oriental Gas, 5 Do, New 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lien . all 5 Do do. st Peel It. Land & Miner', lim lOO 50 Pennant.. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 lO 25 Renter's Telegram 24 50 Rhymney Iron. 15 Do. New 25 Rio do Janeiro City Im.,lim all 20 Do. Gas, lira all 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O et Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO et Do. 6 p c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 20 Societe Gen.do l'Empire 01 8 50 S. African Mort. & 6 25 South Australian Land all et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine 83 81 ". 51 27 29 41 315 13 114 15 141 ••• ••• 11 14 6 4d 11 Id 2 21 4G 47 31 244 7 5d 31 34 iP 23 225 11 2 22 174 14 pr 103 104 4 id 4 41 36 41 111 34 13 214 4 34 81 94 3 2d 11 1,1 41 3i 14 1 1/ 1/ 7 1 2 38 42 161 174 1 4 ! 14 7 71 ip iP 11 2$ 2 1 11 32 34 51 .53 521 30 35 pr p 94 19 20 54 6 131 191 23 24 62 61 54 331 111 116 . G 5 3 4p 35 36 93 93 14 154 161 (Insurance), litn 2 21 2f 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim S/ ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 f 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 fd p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 5 4 4lp 20 Union Steam Ship, lira all 22 24 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 41 5i 5 1 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3t 31P 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Wm 5 1 llp Of 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira , all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Ilortgage) Loan all 74 74i 74/ 50 Warrant Finance, lira l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lira. 2O 4 3d 2Q West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... fi:',TOPICS OF THE DAY. -_______ _ -.v. _-__ •THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance or the special telegram which we have received and publish elsewhere. The Republicans have carried the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and lowa by large majorities. The election of General Grant to the Presidency may now, therefore, be considered secure. ENGI, 4 .ND AND TIM UNITED STATES. There nre three questions at issue between our selves and the United States. The first to be settled is of the most recent origin. It is the naturalisation question, which, as we have already mentioned, has been virtually adjusted. The second is a - very old difficulty. It reters to the boundary line at Van couver's Island, and dates from 1846. On this sub ject negotiations are proceeding. The third is the Alabama question, concerning which Mr. Reverdy Johnson has received - instructions of a very pacific kind. ORDINARY MAIMS AND STOCK& ihara Railways. Paid. 7 . o ri a ce g in . . Bu d a e i n n e. eas at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) ;6 :8 77 6 at Caledonian tinurian 2) Cornw.tll. all 31 11 at. Dublin & Belfast Jun:; lOO 76 78 at Dun,.l'erth,&A.b.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London 20 16 - 2) Do 10 - Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 95 at Great Last^rn* )00 404 41 401 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 71 81 at Great Northol Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern .. 100 117 108 at Do. A stock st Do. B stock lO3 - - st UtS. and W. of Ireland lOO 96 97 a - Gt. Western -Original lOO 481 491 481 ft Do. South Wales lOO 60 68 . Do. W. Mid.-Oxfore,„ 100 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 32 Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 1241 129 at Lon., Brigh..l2 8. Coast lOO 521 t,2t 521 101 Do Send - - at lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 171 18 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A - at Lou. 4 North Wester) at Lon. 4 South Western lOO 87 br at Man., Shat., & Lincoli , lOO 471 4SI 48 at Metropolitan. . . 1 ,.;0 106 k to7l 1071 at Do. Extendon... lOO 10; 1 9 19 Do. New rd lO pr 4p at Metropolitan District all 71 73 1) Do. and St. John's W 'Li 6 - - at Midland at Do, Birmin.. & at North British at Do. Ed., 1.111., & Dun lO9 - - t Nth. Eastern-Berwioi 25 Do. ki-.N•E purchasc 16.13.1 - - st Do. Leeds st Do. York . 100 ES; 8. 1 at Do. Carlisle KO 128 132 at Do. Stook. & Darling 1:0 127 129 at North London at Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire 100 57 19 at N. &S. W. Junction 10 Do new .610 shares 6 - - at Shropshire Union et South Devon lOO 44 46 at South Eastern .. 14.0 771 774 771 20 Statues, Wok., & Wok .. all 111 121 at Taff Vale 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I 6 - - RAILIVAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. p,ceut. Po 85 87 Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... Do. Scot. N.E., 4 per cent lOO Do. Aberdeen, gua. G p.c lOO ... Do. do. 7 per cent lOO D. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 Do. Midland Do. Dundee and Arbroath. 100 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua all ... Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 DTiaClass preference 100 ... Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et 100 ... (It. Eastern, B.C. Ex. No.l 100 9 . 98 Do do • N 0.2 100 92 97 Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 Do do C 7 do. 100 115 120 Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 86 69 Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 Do do *5 p.e.Way.Val. 1847 100 Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 Do 5 p.c., rd. at 10 p, c, pm. IQO Do 4 do do do 100 Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO .., Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 Ot.West.—frig.&Jut: chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J Do do 4, per cent. 1850 lOO 83 86 Do do 4 do do 1, odo 5 per Cent, redem lOO 92 94 Do do 130Miughaul gull l4O 65 67 Do do do prof„ lOO 110 114 Do do Chester girt lOO 75 () Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 160 Do do do 5 do 100 90 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 DO 110 41 p.c lOO ... Do do 41 1859 m 100 ... Do do 8 Do West Slid. Oxford Ist g 10) 11: 114 Do do 2(1 gua lOO 111 113 Do Newport, Ist g. b p.c lOO 83 92 Do do 2,1 do 100 ... „, Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... Lancaster & Carlisle 44 p.c. all Laneash. & Yorksh, 6 p.c. 100 140 135 Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d P.C. 100 ... Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 131 Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 97 100 London & Brighton, 5 p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... 'Do 6 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO Do 6 do do lOO Do 5 d 3 No. 4 lOO Do 7 per cent....... Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1 , 0 ... Da 4 do 1859 lOO London, Chatham, & Dover 100 6 per cent London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent., lOO ... Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO Is 90 Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 90 London and 7 p,c , late 3d shares, lOO 140 145 , Do (Portsm. perp ens. 2s6d) all Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO Do 1: Do 31 per cent lOO 60 60 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 0 132 Do 43 per cent. redeem lOO 93 15 Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 t 5 Do Leicester & Irchn, 4 p.c lOO 88 90 North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO Do E.& G. 4 p. c. S. & D lOO Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO ... Do Border Union, 54 p.c lOO ... N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c lOO 85 87 Do 44 per cent. redeem-- 100 94 95 Do G.N.E. 4 per cen r t chase 81 1 101 00 Do Berwick 10030 30 101 Do 0.4. Do York, york,H ca .ts p . it r a o l 105 107 86 88 DDoo NorthTSid vtac.vki Staffordshirelst a n t or & t e 1 k e l ' A O l o i t n n l g H s . A :a i t o d: R c . a al u l 20 9 2 1 1 0 S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 S. Nast. (Read. Anne., 1.0.6) all 22 23 Do 41 per cent lOO Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO Taff Vale No.l ••• ••• 100 145 150 Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 at Caledonian 41 p c gun,. at Do Scot. Cen., min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p c irredeem .. at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 85 at Great Eastern, 41 per cent, 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Groat Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 4} pc 100 at Great West, W. lidl., 5p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 83 87 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 102 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5 ][3 c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... I .!. k at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do b do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Lond., Chat, &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop, Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 ... at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 109 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 90 93 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 103 10 . 5 at Do B 5 do 100 103 104 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 11p 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 1 fl) 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 Bl 1 1 1 1P at North British, E. and G , No. 1, 5 per cent.... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 a t Do E.& G., N 0.2, 5 p.c et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 54 66 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 107 109 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordahiro 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 6 do 1861 100 •.. ..• at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 74 78 85 88 84 88 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 63 65 Et Do. 51 per cent. i t Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO • at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 130 132 25 Gloater and Dean Forest all , at Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 P.c lOO at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO 6:; 68 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 63 6 8 at Gt. West., W. M id., Her at , lOO 95 87 50 Hull and Selby all 102 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 t 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 92 84 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• st London, Chat., &c., 4p p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund. sdo lOO "• at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO , st London, Tilbury, & South lOO is 1; at Lowestoft, gua. 4 percent lOO 78 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 100 5/ Manch., Buxton, & Matlk , all 6 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 91 93 ' 10 Mid-Sent (Cray Line) 50 Northern & East , 5 per cent all 52 55 50 Do; do. 6 do. all „. st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c. 100 107 109 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO „. st Notting. &Granth. It. &C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and It yra. _ _ _ ....._ . Royston, Hitch., and Shop 100 130 132 at Snrcwsbury and Hereford 100 130 132 10 Do do S 2} 22p 10i at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 10J 97 99 st Do 4 per cent gua 10 79 81 at Do 5 do all 97 st Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 175 80 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all el 7 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 118 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 54 5G 541 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cont all .„ ~. NEllwall Freehold Land 100 35 38 at Dock at Southampton lOO 73 iri at Surrey Commercial COLONIAL GOVEUNAINNT S 1 OURITIE6. British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872......... llOO - - Do. 1895 l9O Can•(4ov.6 p.c.Jan.t&July 1877-84 " • lOO 1051 IC6i 1!6j 61 6 Do. 6g. o. Feb. & Aug.. .„ 100 104 It 6 Do. sp. o. Mnr. & Sept lOO lot 106 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July lOO 92 93 921 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk ICO 90 92 Cape o.llopc, 6 p.c.187 lOO 102 1 0 4 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-190 V lOO 11l 113 Do. do 1880-9 o lOO 107 100 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 6 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 ..... Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do l .OO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 Melbourne Corporatn., 1837-75, 6 per nen t...‘ - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July IGO 102 104 .. Natal 6 p Or, Apt& Oct.— 100 - Do 6p a. 111 , 1 & Nov lOO 105 118 N. S. W. 5 wo., '7l to '76 lOO 99 101 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 109 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 9) 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO - Do. 6 per cent.. .. --Do Jan, A prl, July, 100 976 984 9 8 3 - DJ 6p o. Mar & Sept '9l ICO 118 110 Do June & Deo , 1-91 jDo Prov. ui Atiokld. 1 seriei 1 462, 1896.. j 1 0 - Nova Scotia 6p. o.J an and Jnly, 1375 Do 18 6.. ....... . . Queenelnd. 6p. a 'B2 5 Do 1891 . S. Austral. 4 0.1869 77 lOO Do 1878.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1093 1908 Tasmanian 6p e, 1596 lOO 196 167 107 Do rd. 1893 to 1394 lOO 1(5 105 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.& July 100 Do. 1801 Do. do. April & Oct— lOO 111 114 110 93 MR. GLADSIONE AT WARRINGTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, hlr. Gladstone, in his speech at Warring ton, described the Grant to Maynooth, and the Re gium Donum to the Presbyterians, as buttresses of the Irish National Church. I know not in what sense the Regium Donum may be considered as a buttress, but this I know that the sense in which the Grant to Maynooth is commonly considered as a buttress is not the true one. It isgenerally assumed that the grant to May nooth of £30,000 per annum is justified as being a sort of set-off against the tithes enjoyed by the clergy of the Protestant establishment, so that if the tithes are to be abolished the grant must also dis appear. This is a:fallacy. The Maynooth Grant is not a set-off against the tithes. It is, on the face of it, absurd to suppose that £30,000 per annum can be considered as a set-off against ten times that amount. But, nevertheless, this is the view strenu ously insisted upon by the upholders of the Church establishment. The Maynooth Grant is the true set-off against the State endowments of the University of Dublin. The magnificent endowments of the University, extending over 199,000 acres of land, in addition to Parliamentary grants of money for the University buildings, &c., were bestowed in the first instance in order to provide for the education of the Pro testant clergy of Ireland, and Were they are, almost without exceptiol, educated accordingly. The Maynooth Grant was bestowed by Parlia ment upon the Catholics for a similar purpo3o. If the State were to withdraw either, it must also take away the other. They must stand or fall together. To mix up the question of the Maynooth Grant with that of the possessions of the Church Estab lishment is to raise a false issue, and to confuse two things totally distinct. These seem to be the favourite tactics of the sup porters of the Irish Church Establishment at pre sent, and they cannot be exposed too seon.—l am, sir, faithfully yours, VISTA. Arthur's Club, Oct. 13. TIIE CABINET COUNCIL. The first Cabinet Council of the season has been held. It is unusually early, and it seems rather to discourage the idea that the elections will be post poned until December. It would rather imply that Ministers anticipate a session before Christmas, and are preparing for it. Three Ministers were absent from the Council, but their absence is, for the most part, capable of explanation. Lord Mayo, for instance, is no longer a member .of the Cabinet ; Colonel Patten is, no doubt, in Ireland. Lord John Manners's absence is not accounted for. Mr. Corry was present, havipg returned from the Continent with improved health. THE REPRESENTATION OF oxronn UNIVERSITY. The Liberals of Oxford have resolved that they will not give up their university to the Conservatives without making one more effort. They have deter mined to present a requisition to Sir Roundell Palmer asking him to become a candidate. It remains to be seen if the ex-Attorney-General .will consider his somewhat anomalous position—that of a Liberal on every question except the most important one of the day—a bar to his candidature in the Liberal interest. The invitation must be very tempting to a statesman who now sits for a close borough by the favour of its patron, Sir Roundell took a first-class in classics, was Ireland Scholar, and carried off the prize for Latin verse and English verse. Mr. Mowbray, his opponent, merely took a second-class in classics. POLITICAL MALIGNITY. The Standard considers that the election of Sir Roundell Palmer for Oxford would be a national calamity. In order to damage him it inserts letter insinuating that he refused to vote tr kr. Glad stone's Suspensory Bill because he had Sir William Heathcote's retirement in view, Can the force of political malignity farther go ? Here is a man whom all parties believe to be chivalrously loyal to his convictions so conscientious that nothing will make him swerve from the course which ho believes right, even though party ties, personal friendship, and a splendid career all tempted him to do so ; a man who has deliberately renounced the highest prize of his profession, just as it was within his grasp, rather than commit, as he thinks, an injustice t o th e Ch urc h ; an d yet this noble-minded man—this hero in days when heroes are all too few—is made the subject of a malignant insinuation from an adherent of that party which sacrificed consistency, honour, the cherished creed of ages ; which played a desperate experiment with the Constitution whose name they take in vain—and all to " dish " their opponents and keep office for a few months longer. But we have no right to expect anything else. It is absurd to be indignant with these men. The traitor is always suspecting treachery. Only for very shame he should keep his suspicions to himself. THE METROPOLITAN ELECTIONS. The agents of Mr. Smith, the Conservative candi date for Westminster, seem to be doing all they San to ensure his rejection. They have been putting on the list of committees men who have given them no authority whatever. In one case some correspondence took place, and the secretary, apologising, promised to take the name off. Yet in the next issue of the list there it was still. The same thing is done in Chelsea, the list for which constituency is said to have some thirty-nine gentlemen who are well-known Liberals, whose names have been used without their sanction. THE MINORITY CLAUSE. Mr. R. N. Fowler, chairman of the committee of the " Constitutional" candidates, has written a letter to the electors of the City of London pointing out that the minority clause, so far from being due to the Conservative party, as the chairman of the Liberal committee implies, was originated by Lord Russell in his Reform Bill of 1854, was sanctioned then by Mr. Gladstone, Sir George Comma. Lewis, Sir (sec) Sidney Herbert, Mr. Cardwell, Lord Gran ville, and Lord Clarendon ; and recently by Professor Fawcett, Mr. Mill, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Knatch.bull- Hugcssen. It has also been advocated by the Times and the Daily Telegraph. We confess that we cannot understand the opposition which is now being offered to this clause by Mr. Bright. It looks as though he allowed local incidents to outweigh imperial conside rations. AN OLD STORY RETOLD. Our readers will remember that in DecemberlB6o. when Mr. Bovill was made Chief Justice of the, Common Pleas, and Mr. Garth came forward as Conservative candidate for the seat thus vacated at Guildford, that gentleman made certain slanderous charges against Mr. Bright. It was the fashion then to abuse Mr. Bright, for the Conservatives had not become converted to household suffrage, nor had they learnt to "repose trust and confidence in the working classes," as they now profess to do. B u t, accustomed as r. Bright was to Conservative slanders, Mr. Garth's tale was more than the member for Birmingham could submit to. He called upon the candidate for Guildford to prove his charge or to retract it. The summons threw Mr. Garth and his friends into dire confusion. They could not prove their statement ; they did not like to retract it. Mr. Rogers, late Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, has been making this little matter the text of a sermon to the electors of Guildford, in which borough there is to be a severe contest. Mr. Avers said that some time ago, when work was slack in Rochdale, " Mr. Bright and his brother called together their factory hands, and informed them that they were only able to give them two days' work in each week at the ordinary rates, and that the mills would have to remain idle the remaining four days. It was at the same time considerately proposed to the men that they might if they chose draw four days' wages for the two days' work during the slackness of business, provided th e y wou ld prom i se to pay the money thus advanced to them back as soon as they became fully employed. The hands, of course, were glad to agree to such a proposal. So much money was really therefore lent to those men during the time of the depression of trade. Mr. Bright had told him that every one of those workmen, except one, had since then paid every penny of the money that was advanced to them. And this was the man Mr. Garth dared to slander, and, when the slander was made apparent, refused to apologise." MR. ROEBUCK. The junior member for Sheffield is not a man with whom we feel much sympathy. Yet we cannot re frain from expressing our admiration of his courage in denouncing rattcning and ruffianism before a meeting of working men. Mr. Roebuck knows that his seat is in danger, and that a " Constitutional " candidate is endeavouring to supplant him by curry ing favour with the Broadheads and the Crookes, just as other Constitutional candidates are making com mon cause with the Irish Fenians. Nevertheless, Mr. Roebuck has spoken boldly and decisively. As a reward for his plain speaking a dense meeting of electors refused to hear either him or his chairman, and when at last he left the hall they followed him hooting. We did not suppose it possible a little while ago that under any circumstances we could wish to see Mr. Roebuck returned at the head of the poll. Sheffield ruffianism will shortly effect that. MR. NEWDEGATE'S ELECTION ADDRESS. Mr. Newdegate has issued his election address. It is, as usual, full of his favourite panic—the encroach ments of Rome. The curious part of this address is, that Mr. Newdegate sees in the endeavour to dises tablish all churches in Ireland a certain token of the supremacy of the Roman Church. Does he mean that having disestablished we shall begin to establish again P or has he so little faith in his own Church and its pure creed as to believe that they will be swamped by an erring Church with a corrupt creed— that though " great is truth " it will not " prevail ?" " TILE IRISH CHURCH "-GAIN AND LOSS. The conversion of a clergyman to Mr. Gladstone's Irish Church policy is hailed with delight by the Liberal agents all over the country. No election placard seems to " go down " so well as the opinion of a clergyman, that the English Church ill gain strength by the disestablishment of the Irish. To these, then we commend the letter of the R ev . W. F. Wilkinson, vicar of. St. Warbureh's. Derby. The rev. gentleman concludes an address to his parishioners as follows: "I feel bound to advocate the disestablishment of the Irish Church as a British citizen, a Churchman, a Protestant, and a Christian; for it promises to put an end for ever to a state of things which has too long been an anomaly in our Constitution, an encumbrance to the Church of England, an embarrassment and hindrance to the spread of the Gospel in Ireland, and a scandal and reproach to Protestantism all over the world." On the other hand, a distinguished Liberal layman, Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, formerly M.P. for Bath, has come to the same conclusion as Sir Roundell Palmer with regard to the Irish Church, and has written a pamphlet against Mr. Gladstone's policy. ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON CHURCH AND STATE. Archbishop Manning has been lecturiue t Salfor4 on the rope's recent letter respecting the (Ecumeni cal Council. He took occasion to answer the criticism of the Pall Mall Gazette upon that invita tie n, and insisted, in opposition to that journal, that society was founded on religion, and could not exit without it. This, he said, was of course a very differ` zt thing from a mere union between Church and State,and thesooncr thatuaion carnetoan end in Ireland the bgt - kr. After speaking of several theories which had. been advanced for the settlement of the Church question in Ireland by concession to the Roman Catholics, he said he would recommend them not 'to waste their time upon advancing such ar, - cunients. No State gift in the world would com promise one iota of the liberty of their Church. THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. The annual meeting of the United Kingdom Alliance has been more than usually successful. Two notable adherents to the Alliance cause took part in the proceedings—Archbishbp Manning and Mr. Ca., lender, chairman of the Conservative Election Opln mittee in Manchester. Archbishop Manning hat 'before now taken much interest in the temperare question, but hitherto has declared hinr,e'lf unable to go beyond moral suasion. I,lp now announces that the report of Mr. Abel Smith's select committee, though adverse to legislation, has converted him by its arguments to legislation. Mr. Callender s adhesion proves that the Alliance party are so strong in Manchester that it is absolutely necessary for politicians of all parties to support the Permissive Bill. The three Liberal candidates had already declared themselves favourable to it. 25.6 d, lOs 1.0.6. CONVOCATION AND INTEMPERANCE. The Convocation of Canterbury has taken up the question of drunkenness. A committee has been appointed to inquire into the causes and extent of the evil, and to devise means by wbi.Sh. intemperance may be eradicated. The Deans of Westminster, Canterbury, and Chichester, Archdeacon Sandford, of Coventry, and those of Ely, Exeter, Leicester, Not tingham, .and Salop are on the committee. Into every parish there have been sent forms to be filled up, so that every beneficed clergyman will give his views on the subject. The governors and chaplains of prisons are also invited to do the same. TILE EPISCOPATE. As we anticipated yesterday, we have a fresh announcement to make to-day respecting Mr. Macrorie. Some of our conteriporaries announce) that this gentleman will J consecrated on All Saints Day, November 1 , an d th a t at t h e same time the episcopate wit be conferred upon Dr. Magee, Dean Douglp-s, and Mr. Turner, respectively Bishops desigul!,e of Peterborough, Bombay, and Grafton and A .3.rmidale. There is, however, a saving clause—" if the necessary arrangements can be made in time." The "if " is rather an important element in Mr. Macrorie's case. Who knows but what he was the primary came of the early Cabinet Council ? MR. PURCHAS. There may be two opinions on the Ritual contro versy ; there ought to be only one with regard to the conduct of certain ultra-Ritualists. Having began with the doctrine of the divine right of bishops, they are now become so revolutionary as to set the bishops at defiance. First of all they set at naught their fatherly counsel, then they despise their warning reproof, and they wind up with openly daring their " Fathers in God," without wh om, as they declare, there can be no Church. Here is Mr. Purchas, for instance, who, having been inhibited by his diocesan from performing clerical functions in the diocese of Chichester, tells the bishop that he means to perform them next Sunday, and, if the Times be correct, intends to have a more extravagant ritual than ever. It is impossible to justify such insubordination on any ground. Even if Mr. Purchas believes he has the legal right to mutilate the Church service at pleasure and to invent new services of his own, he ought to remember that he has taken a solemn vow to obey the monitions of his bishop. The case is the more flagrant because Dr. Gilbert is not a tyrannical bishop like Dr. Lee, but has shewn the widest toleration towards those of his clergy who love ornate services. ,There is, clearly, a point beyond which the bishops cannot allow their clergy to go, and that point is passed when the clergy take upon themselves to set aside the authorised Church services and to substitute compilations of their own ; when, in fact, the clergy ostentatiously declare themselves dissenters from the Church in everything except the holding of Church preferments. THE BISHOP OF ELY ON CHURCH QUESTIONS. Dr. Harold Browne, one of the ablest men on the episcopal bench, i s holding a series of conferences in his diocese. One has just been• held at Bury St. Edmunds, where his lordship sa id th a t h o did not f ear disestablilment, being persuaded that the Church, if disestablished, would be able to rise to the occasion. What he did fear was, the divisions among Church men, in the face of the assaults of inridelity on the. one side and Romanism on the other. He lamentcl the formation of such societies as the English Qurch Union, the Church Association, the, F:vangelical Alliance, believing that these wrrld foster and stimulate sectarianism and part ians hip. He urged his hearers to do all the" could to render their Church as comprehensi7: e aspossible, so that it might not incur the rerloach of excluding any such men as another f is h op Andrews, another John Wesley, anotirjr Thomas Arnold. The Duke of Rutland was among the lay speakers, and he supported the bishop's argument by exhorting Churchmen to lay aside their differences. Sad to say, both bishop and duke produced little effect. Mr. Molyneux l of Sudbury, began a speech in defence of Ritualism, and was hissed down. VOLUNTARYISM IN SCOTLAND. Mr. Henry Varley, in a letter to the Daily .21 7. ews, Anis summarises the work which voluntaryism has done in Scotland : " The Free Church of Scotland, since its separation from the Establishment in 1843, when nearly 500 clergymen voluntarily resigned their homes and livings, has built 900 churches, 050 manses, three theological colleges, two normal or training in stitutions, and 500 schools. Her average annual income for the three years previous to 1808 has been £370,000, and during her twenty-five years of exist ence without State support the sum raised by her amounts to over £8,000,000 sterling.' GITARDIANS OF THE POOR, Has Lord Devon tried the work of reforming the guardians of Bermondsey yet ? We trow not, or his much-vaunted Poor-law Amendment Act is a failure indeed. The last meeting of the board was engaged in the discussion of the question whether or not the milk given to the children should continue as it has been all along, to be watered something after the rate of 85 per cent. The doctors had opposed the diluted mixture, and had pleaded for something stronger. But then the doctors themselves were at war with the board. Hitherto they have been remunerated after the rate of 2/d. for each case, cases on an average requiring twelve days' attendance. " The pale, sickly children of the workhouse" is a h ouse h o ld phrase, and hardly a week passes without a case of pauper neglect on the part of the doctor. What else can be expected from such a system ? WHOLESALE MAN 8 LAUGHTER. The Registrar-General's returns for the past week thew that the average annual rate of mortality in London and thirteen other large towns was 25 per 1,000. But this average gives no idea of the local mortality. In Birmingham it was 18, in Salford 41. What is the cause of this amazing and shameful difference ? Here are two large manufacturing towns, differing apparently in no essential particular, and yet for three persons who die in Birmingham seven die in Salford. Even comparing Salford with Man chester we find an enormous difference, although the two towns are virtually one. In the first the mor tality is ten in the 1,000 more than in the second. Who is guilty of this frightful sacrifice of life ? Are there no persons who can be held responsible ior.this wholesale manslaughter ? THE SOUTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE FUND. The City is coming out well in behalf of the sur viving sufferers by the great earthquake in Peru and Ecuador. The meeting was attended by most of the City magnates, and five of the great houses—. Barings • Rothschilds ; Thomson, Bonar, and C o . ; Fred. Huth and Co. ; and A. Gibbs and Sons—led off with £l,OOO each. Mr. Meinertzhagen also con tributed the same amount. Altogether more than £ll,OOO has been subscribed. The distribution of the find is to be entrusted to our diplomatic representa tatives at the two republics. FOREIGN NOTES. DISARMAMENT. The German papers believe that the Emperor Napoleon is about to open a diplomatic campaign in the interests of peace. Public opinion in France and the unanimous desire of Europe have at length triumphed. The Emperor is preparing a great manife'sto at Biarritz. By this he will invite Europe to a general affiance and to a common understanding, by which the necessity for arma ments will cease, and France, as well as other nations, will be relieved from the burden which presses upon them so heavily. The report is too good to gain much credence. SPO2,TING INTELLIGE ICE.—This Day --.§..-- CLIELTENHANI RACES—TiIIs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WEL'Er.:II, PLATE. A Welter Plato of 34 s 'vs, for hunters that, have not been in a traiuinz stably) Bitted the let of January, 18tH ;•thr..e year ul.ls 13. it 311); foor list 11b, five and upwards list 101 b; mares aad gelling 3 allowed 31b; half-bre.di 71i). Two mil.3s. Romney • . Clara Little Annie 3 Eight ran. NURSERY SELLING HANDICAP. A Nursery Selling Handicap of 5 sovs eadb, 2 ft (to the second horse), with 30 ad led; winners of a handicap after Oct 8 (at ten a.m.) ilb extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. About half a mile. 11 subs. Brontia • Adolphus Mathilde 1 Five ran. COUNTY CUP. Tho County Cup (handicap) value 100 soya, by subscrip- tion of 10 sous each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 50 added; the second to save his stake; winners after Oct. 1 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of the Gloucestershire Stakes 101 b extra; Cup Course (about 1 mile 5 fur). 24 subs 15 of whom declared. Belfast Wild Briar Two ran. MARLEHILL PLATE. The Marie Hill Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; winner of the Cleave Hill Plate 51b extra ; about half a mile. Grand Turk Linkboy Lucina.., t Fiva ran. HEWLE rrs STAKES. The Hewletts Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st Mb, four and upwards lOst ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya; if entered for 80, sovs allowed 51b, 60 101 b, 40 Mb, 20 211 b. T.Y.C. Cockboat Man-of-War Sapling , 2 N URSERY HANDICAP. The Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the ir.e3nd) with 30 added; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) Sib extra. T.Y.C. (6 fur.) 27 subs. Kicksey WickEey Gipsy Daylight c Eight ran. PRESTBjJR,Y STAKES. The Prestbury Stakes (handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 a tried; winners of 50 sous ait.)r 0 8 (at ten a.m.) 5.b, of tho.. Gloucestershire Stakes lUlo extra; T.Y.C (G fur); 9 subs. Finesse Lady Ilighthorn 1 CHELMSFORD RACES--TIIIS DAY. SECOND-CLASS NURSERY. The Second-Class Nursery Handicap of 5 sous each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 30-added, for two year olds ; winners of any race (matches excepted) after declaration of the weights 51b extra ; half a mile. PRINCE ALFRED. The Frenoh journals still occupy themselves with the chances of the candidature of Prince Alfred for the throne of Spain. Liberal and official organs alike jealously pro nounce against it. The Liberia is enabled, "on positive authority," to state that if the idea of offering the Crown to the English Prince is entertained by any of the leading SpaniP,rds, none of them has as yet ventured to publicly make the proposition. Have they ventured to make a STAMPED NEWSPAPERS.—In the financial year ending the 31bt of March, 1868, 27,892,769 newspaper stamps were issued from the Stamp-office, giving free transmission of newspapers by post in. the United King dom. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocz. NOTICE. The Thin Maim of " The Suit " of last Evening-, taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Chelinsford and Cheltenham, was pnblished in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. Lampoon Nanny Thormauby • Envelops 1 3 Eight ran. COUNTY MEMBERS' HANDICAP. The County Members' Handicap of 5 so vs each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 40 added, for two year olds and upwards; three-quarters of a mile. Acorn .. Aptitudo . • . Tina _. . . Eight ran. INNKEEPERS' STAKES. The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); winners of any Handicap after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) filb extra; half a mile. Hue and Cry beat Harebell. THE GALLEYWOOD PLATE. The Galloywood Plato of 30 Boys, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 says each ; two year olds ist, three Bst 10lb; fillies. and geldings allowo.l 3lb ; mai len two year olds having started twice allowed Sib, and three your olds which have never won 100 sous allowed 101 b; the winetr to be sold for 100 sues; if entered for 50 soya allowed 71b over and above other aluwauces; five furlongs. Retirement Cheddington Arkedi.. , 0 Seven ran. HURDLE HANDICAP. The Hurdle Handicap of 5 sovs etch, 2 ft (to the fund) with 30 added, for three year olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs; two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Burlington 1 Arkadi Feint Heart Five ran. ~... 3 VICTORIA CLUB BELTING.—TeIIs DAT. CAMBRIDGESIIIILE. 11 to 2 agst Cecil (offered-6 to 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Restitution (offered-11 to 1 taken) 100 to 7 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 100 to 7 agst Wolsey (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mortemer (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Boanerges (taken-1000 to 50 taken once) 25 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Snowdrop (offered) 25 to 1 agst Actea (1,000 to 30 taker.) 500 to 15 agst Warrington (taken) 40 to 1 agst Kingsland (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst See Saw (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Special (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Jeannie Deans (offered) 500 to 5 agst Kettleholder (taken and offered) 1000 to 5 agst Bel Giornio (take 1000 to 4) 1000 to 5 agst Palmer (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Suffolk (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Paul Jones (offered) sto 1 agst Lady Coventry, 1,2, 3 (taken) sto 1 agst Wolsey, 1, 23 (taken) 10 to 1 agst Warrington, 1,2, 3 (taken) AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) • NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 6 a.m. Out of 21 members of Congress voted for in Pennsylvania the Republicans have elected 18. Of the 19 Congressional districts of Ohio the Republicans have carried 13. The Democrats have elected T. H. Hoag, in the 10th Ohio District, to Congress. The Republican can3idate in this district was the Hon. J. M. Ash ley, who at present represents the district in Con gress, and who initiated the impeachment move ment against President Johnson. The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, the Democratic candidate for the third district of Ohio, has been defeated by General Schenck, who was r enomi nated by the Republicans. The Republicans have re-elected Judge Bing ham, who was one of the House Managers during the Impeachment trial, as member of Congress from the 16th District of Ohio. Of 11 members of Congress, voted for in In diana, the Republicans have elected eight. The elections have passed off quietly up to the present, with the exception of some rioting at Philadelphia. The Republicans have carried Nebraska, electing the Governor and the member for Congress. REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. Anitip, Oct. 15 (Evening.) The body of Sen. Vallin, who was shot during the first days of the rising at Montoro has been brought here, and interred with much ceremony, three Ministers being present on the occasion. Mar shal Serrano, ia his speech over the grave, said Vallin was assassinated whilzt carrying out a most difficult mission which had been intrusted to him. The Speaker was interrupted by some persons pre sent who cried out " Vengeance ! vengeance !" Marshal Serrano replied, saying, " Let us leave the work of punishment to the justice of Heaven." He further conjured all parties to bo united. The speech was much applauded. An official denial has been given to the rumours that the Government intend to levy a tax upon the public funds of Spain. b.).2.