The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-11 00:00:00

KOiih3l AND CO tIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Government Securities to day somewhat im proved in value, and may now be quoted 6- per cent. higher. There was some inquiry after Spanish Stock, and although the price gave way at the early part of the day, it recovered towards the afternoon. Consols are 92/ 4 for money; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92i ; New Three per Cents, 92/ Exchequer Bills, £5OO, 24 per Cent., 6 prem. ; ditto £lOO and £2OO, 5 prem. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888. 1024 3 ; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 914 ; ditto, Bonds £l,OOO, 9 prem. ; ditto, under £l,OOO, 11 prem. In the Foreign Market prices are follows : Brazilian of 1865, 774 to 781; Chilian of 1867, 961 t o 4 ; Egyptian of 1864, £3l to .1 ; ditto of 1868, 734 741 ; Italian of 186 i 561 to 1 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 31 to 4 prem. ; Mexi can 158 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 891 to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 651 to 1; ditto Orel, 791 to 801 ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 78 4 to 72, ex div. ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 1 to Of dis ; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 4 dis. to 1 prem. ; Spanish of 1867, 321 to 1 ; Turkish of 1853, 6 31 to 641 ; ditto of 1862, 638 to 641 ; and ditto of 1865, 391 to 40i. In Railway stocks Metropolitan has declined per cant. Great Eastern and South Eastern are also f lower, Prices are quoted as follows : London and North Western, 1128 to 1 ; Great Western, 481 to 49 ; Midland, 1121 to 1 ; London and South Western, 87 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 401 to 44 ; Brighton, 481 to s ; South Eastern, 791 to 791 ; Metropolitan, 103} to 1031 ; Great North ern, 106 to 107 ; ditto A, 1071 to ; Caledonian, 741 t o ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 171. There is a rise of 1 to 4 per cent. in Atlantic and Great Western Debentures and Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, viz., to 404 to 41 and 42 to 1 respec tively. Erie shares, 254 to 26. In Bank Shares Citys are 11i to 121 ; Imperial, 174 to 181 ; London and County, 504 to 511 ; London Joint-Stock, 354 to 361 ; London and Westminster, 674 to 681 ; Union of London, 39; to -I. For Miscellaneous Securities prices are stationary. National Discount, - ,114 to 121 ; General Credit, to 2 die. ; International Financial, 11 to 11 din. ; Hudson's Bay, 13k to ; Telegraph Con struction, 15 to *; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per ,Cent. Preference, 3 11-16 to 13-16; and Anglo- Anaerican, 211 to About £16,000 in bar gold was purchased by the Bank, and 20,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for India. The Admiralty will reeeive tenders on the 21st instant for the supply of 300,000 lbs. of soap, 5,00 0 bushels of split peas, 2,500 bushels of oats, 50 0,000 lbs. of sugar, and 100,000 lbs. of tobacco. With reference to the Roumanian Railway Loan, it appears that the amount is £1,200,000, with in terest guaranteed at the rate of 7f per cent. The Price of emission is £7l per bond, and the whole is te deenaable in sixty years by a sinking fund of 1-10 th per cent. The line to be constructed is fr om Galatz to Bucharest, passing through the principal towns on the route. Subscription lists 41. ° Opened at Berlin and in Holland. In the long-protracted case of the Agriculturist C attle Insurance Company, notice is given that the Master of the Rolls intends, on the 18th instant, to flake a call on the contributories at the rate of no zees than £250 per share of £2O, and of £62 10s. Per share of £5. With all its defects and short eol4ings, the limited liability system has never yet produced so monstrous a case as this. It is notified that Vine-Chancellor Malins has aPPointed Mr. John Young, the accountant, to be liquidator of the Saint Nazaire Company (Limited). At the meeting of the Italian Irrigation (Canal eavour) Company held at Turin on Wednesday, the concordat was duly carried. This will put an end to the bankruptcy, and enable the company to resume payment of interest on the Ist January text. At the meeting of the African Steamship Coin- PanY the directors' report was adopted, and a divi dend of Bs. per share declared for the half-year, f ree of income tax, in addition to a further pay baent of 2s. from the surplus. The London and South Western Railway Corn tarlY have given notice that the new line from Ki ngston, Norbiton, Malden, Wimbledon, and T ooting, to Ludgate-hill, will be opened for traffic on the Ist January. The half-yearly meeting of the Ceylon Company (Limited) will be held on the 22d inst., " for the Purpose of declaring an interim dividend." T he Great Luxembourg Company have given notice that the annual drawing for the reimburse ment of the obligations and preference shares will aka place at Brussels on the 14th inst. T he report of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company for the half-year ending t rh June last has been issued, in anticipation of ," Meeting. The net revenue amounts to £98,838 19 a. 101, compared with £108,171 Bs. 4d. in the cor responding period of 1867. b 4 r. IL L. Bristowe, of the firm of Bristowe kir others, was yesterday elected a member of the c ommittee of the Stock Exchange, vice Mr. Aaron vo ldscaid, resigned. _Th4 retu rn f rom th e B an k of En g land for the Z s ek ended the 9th December gives the following Rent when compared with the previous week : 1 4 4 b,. £3,063,536 Decrease £5,100 Ale deposits Oer deposits 17,608,301 ... Decrease.. 477,577 th ia.‘ _ a other side of the account : ",vorament semi- Otr e B £15,074,874 ... No change. liwer securities 17,378,559 ... Increase ... 185,180 1 .,,t unemployed 8,563,815 Increase 66,530 j ) 7 amount of notes in circulation is £23,200,140, 1, Mon decrease of £309,970 ; and the stock of 4 in both departments is £1,7841,669, showing : decrease of £245,779, when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols an d i Fren c h Relates with the corresponding week of fat Year : Same Week At Present. last Year. Bull hese on r" 9,641,529 13,262,572 Not ate in circulation 28,200,140 23,400,985 (: 40 f discount %lois Fryer xontes 69f. 60c. INITISII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. QOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols a D itto for Ac coun t ler Cent. R e d uce d 921 1 , 1./;1 1 3 per Cent D 0 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 5 per tli luities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. r, O . for 3 0 yre, expire sth April 1885 — t x `', o (Iced Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do ( ' u ccitter Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — Pm D o £5OO iii,„C Sauk °f England Stock, 4 per Cent c 3440, acceuat Iht e 4 ' ta 4 per Cent. Bonds ' rCelonial Omnium 14,1• 111 rUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES iila C'toelc, 104 per Cent., April 1874 Shut ) i° o . Opening, for Account — p o ' .4 5 Per Cent. Oct 18SiO 1124 12 °o•' ** Per Cent., Oct. 1888 DoCertificates — . aced Pap e , 4 per Cent 9ll C o . 5 per C ent., Jau. 1872 D° * 51 per Ov a t. M ay 1379 — Dos per Cent ., Ru p . Deb. 1872 — do. 1877 — Le 0., n o b , do. 1882 _. b o . D , 5 per Cent., Aug. 18/ 3., — n ()ends, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO . 9 Pm 0. under .£I.OOU VOItRIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar , e ,,,,.• 130'`10e Repubhc, 6 per Cent 774 _ 4114;' S crip £45 paid .. _ lan bonds 5 per cent . 13 4 4 iii 1)0 . 1859 — D O, , a l l 5 Per Cent — 0 0: '1 Per C0nt.,1852 _ ° do . 1858.... 1 1 1' .... 0. do., 1860 — do., 1863 674 gat )ec. 10. i Beatrice ay after- Beatrice, sborough, Day. g the past :he magic' has been ummonsee —the that of :he magic' that the ,ture—one e a stereo' .he offers' contented lough al 3- .ty not so, men the he attend: pers, and :asions tbis d by 35 , umber 01 Dyers and a number luring the reason to irt will be complain t ient stauds it behoves h e matter. is likely to ately soul' ,üblic have ampty 0 14 the west, nd Dennis Mr. Kno x s of sockol F. Beville' said that had stole ° and foun d gentlems°' ver to 1311°' oyes, soc k g, shop, 031 ' ,fined he prison er intended t° er had F a go. th the pri• :',ellent elliv Hardy, 5! , mcher, ! a with t he t of 4oz• 0, , ice, and the t he )rted to a t y /nor pin o g il if riorning, he irouglo lly t of se were 11 ° 0 0 hat broke nuc isco! , o , ss in Wilii;oo a gr ea f the a rrival ° pel he stableoo.o t wide' will The 10 peel fire bgl e do cef P e lbanr r i‘ ig the vi ° : a r r a muse 11- a eel are e nb c id' ing t ile n htl o ;ed a I : l3 %ecif 'red s lee ' the tinielfilies stackin Ic If ch took Peet, X s :eol a did no t e-t quatttiti teti ,es_ re rC'V .0 t e l 4(' a do , wen ristAnt, a of 0 1 , s 21.fiscel'a ° ri a p ass its ; e ntleY , a ss t press P f o r thio P Dcooooo CD°C ss iefli r.J de serilonbto, V 0 re3s of 3c' '''r.j. INr. c.Oy theOi tY { os° j which is ro , , D e • 1 61119 :pure il f , i li Id t',l) (moulting t of frr im anY P.r effect nable d t° io!r sad 11" 0",01 se, *be a holds odw salneutotto:9ooo urCUtui6g Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 Do Account 7B B.lenos .Ayres 6 per Oent. D..) 2 lit; t..; ent.7 k. .uoterred o pui Uelit.) --- Cuba, 6 per Cent. C .ilian 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., 1 . 0. 6 per ce - A. 1867 — Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 Clo übiau, 6 per Cent. • Dau•sn, 3 per Cent., 1825 , — Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 7 .4 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ~ 85 41 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent — 1)o Second Issue 4. Do. Xsot, Bouds — Do. .£10t) Bonds Do. 1864 - Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds 1)o. 4106 Bonds B4l 5 English Scrip, 1868 741 4 Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Gree► - 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. ACczunt Do. Coupons Do. Aed‘inut Guatemala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 891, Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account . Do Marelimana Railway -- Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Gent. Anglo-French — siontevideau 6 per Cent .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l5/ Do 3 per Cen 3si Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 814 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'611,'2,': , 381- 9 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Sc Do 4i per Cent. 850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 18131, £lOO Bonds., 9O/ Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,, -- Do 1866, £lOO 80nd5....., — Do.' ' doZ £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian b per Cent — Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4 1 per Cent.. 1862 -, 2 - Do .A . .cCount... - - Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip PrE Turkish 6 per Cent. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do A..c.ount Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64} oi Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., U 65 631- Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteeu Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 t: Divideuas on the above payable in Lo.idon. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. . _ Do Account Italiah 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. z5l. Do. Account s6i TWO WaLOOK. Consuls,' lioney 921 x d Do. Account, Jan. 5 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 10. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 3. iDec. 10 . fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Dank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,292,306,100 1,285,132,500 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 33,259,070 G 7 32,691,825 51 Treasury account cur rent creditor 181,991,613 83 181,087,277 8-1 Current accounts, Paris 280,706,238 38 278,653,064 33 Do. branch banks 49,598,635 46,301,491 Dividends payable 786,031 761,129 Discounts and ;sundry 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 interests: Rediscounted the last 7,046,034 39 7,447,826 76 six months Surplus of receipts not 703,152 42 703,152 42 distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Dec. 3. Dec. 10. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over- 345,126 12 199,827 51 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 214,148,623 83 248,247,574 68 Do. branch banks 248,843,091 238,991,767 Advances on deposit of bullion 41,321,400 Do. branch banks 8,072,200 Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 40,157,100 - 7,943,800 - 12,123,700 - 11,977,700 - 7,191,600 - 7;62000 - 36,578,000 -- 28,168,600 - 912,900 - 913,300 - 908,700 - 913,800 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 2,655,066 58 2,687,028 61 Sundries 9,066,398 - 8,986,043 - Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAND. e o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Dec. 10.—Th] closed as follows : Bank Shares 3165 Italian Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 24 -- Do. Bonds - Spanish Threes 34 50 Home Debt Deferred — - RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans .... 917 i Northern /203- . ..... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6331 Western 636} Eastern Sardinian Austrian 650 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cont End of month 7l 32f Credit Mobilier 291 25 End of month 292 50 Credit Foncier 1520 End of month — Lombard 4lBl North of Spain 67 Saragossa ••• B2 Roman IMP 5B COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ... 11 191 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 25 32f ... 25 40 Brussels Raruburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 10' Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 12 10 ... 12 15 Trieste — ... 19 10 ... 12 15 Petersburg Copenhagen 9 16 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz -- ... 481 ... 481_ = 1;- Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon .. 27 5 ... 27 .5 ... 27 5 ... 27 15 ▪ 27 5 ... 27 15 ▪.. 27 5 ... 27 15 ... 27 5 27 15 ... 27 5 ... 27 15 • 523 521 LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S Hint Itzsronza OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops tho Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers Depot, 266, High Holborn TIIP, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1868. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. BANKS _ . Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 19 Do B lO 51 64 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 1 i 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian, 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., I ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lion. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 I() Bank of Jew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 20 21 201 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 42 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 10 East London, lim 5 11 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lim lO ld pr 20 English, ,y_. cottish, and Aug . tralian Chartered 281 How , Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . ... 28 Do . 1 f . . 100. 1 new hi Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 18 174 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 14 25 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new a pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 st st 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1861, 30 all i 76 78 82 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 46 32 27 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 2 4 26 Do new 10 14 14 12 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 60 London and County 2O 61 62 511 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ..- 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, I 351 36 4 3 4 20 London and south African al 1 , 12 100 London & S.-Westeru, lira, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 67 69 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O 614 654 (41 4 100 Merchant, lint 26 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 100 Midland, lim.. 5 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . ... iho National. Bl 44 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 461 434 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lira. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 69 91 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim '2O 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 49 481 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TITURSDAY, December 10. The rumours of Ministerial changes have been again revived, and M. Rouher is still the centre of them. The Emperor is said to be Anxious to have his first statesman at the head of the Foreign Ministry. The disproportion between the importance of M. Rouher and the functions of the office which he now holds becomes greater. The Ministry of State is virtually nil as regards departmental work. The replacing of the Minister of the Interior is also spoken of. Queen Isabella has made up her mind that she cannot return as a sovereign to her native land, and she has deter mined never to return as a subject. She has just pur chased for the sum of £68,000 a magnificent residence in the Avenue du Roi de Rome, one of the great streets that run from the Arc de Triomphe. This certainly does not look like poverty, but the Memorial .I):plomatique wishes to persuade us that her Majesty is poor. It denies that she accumulated money in anticipation of her downfall, or that she took away from Madrid the Crown diamonds. The commission charged with drawing up an inventory of the royal property is said to have found them intact, at Madrid, and to have deposited them at the National Bank by order of the Provisional Government. " The jewellery which her Majesty took from San Sebas tian is not even equal to that possessed by the wives of several rich bankers in Paris. Queen Isabella never cared about, money, and, so far from hoarding up, had in the last few years abandoned spontaneously more than one-half of the Crown revenues, to the profit of the State ; the allowance made to the Royal Household from the Budget was, indeed, hardly sufficient to cover the ex penses of the Court, the management of which, the fact cannot be denied, was anything but perfect. The only investments made by the Queen con cerned the annual dotations of three millions of reals granted to the Infanta Isabelle and the Prince of the Asturias. The amount of those payments was regularly sent to the Bank of England, and on the marriage of the Princess with the Count de Girgenti, he was authorised by his marriage contract to withdraw the share of his young wife. The portion of the Prince of the Asturias, now amounting to £330,000, is the only resource at the Queen's disposal." The Independance Beige says that the former Ministers of Queen Isabella have held a conference at her residence, and that they have recommended her abdication in favour of Don Carlos. The royal exile has not accepted this pro position, but it has been determined to aid a Carlist move ment in the north of Spain, simultaneously with the insurrection in the south. The Marquise de Caux, or Patti as she is still called, is suffering from hoarseness, and is forbidden for the present to resume professional duties. At Clamart, one of the souvenirs of the Revolution which are fast disappearing everywhere is now being demolished. This is the old cabaret where Condorcet stopped for refreshment the night of his arrest. He bad escaped from Paris without a passport, and had wandered about in the neighbouring country, hiding him self during the day, and suffering extreme hunger and thirst. At length he was compelled to enter this cabaret to procure something to cat, and, having ordered a repast, sat down to it. His dress, disordered and muddy, excited attention, and, in order to reassure his host, he drew out a splendid purse, the last remnant of his former luxury. This betrayed him. He was arrested, and he poisoned himself in prison the same night. The cabaret was entitled " The Travellers' Rest." Ten thousand gold florins have been found in the timber work of a ship which has been broken up at Trieste. This sum had been confided by a mercantile house to the vessel for conveyance eight or nine years ago, but, having been missing ever since, was generally supposed to have been stolen. THE TVEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. raid. C los ing Business Prise. ihare RailwayB. done. t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 et Caledonian lOO 741 75 at; Cambrian 2) Cornwall all 31 31 st. Dublin & Behest June lOO 77 79 at Dun„Pertli, & Ab.Junc iAO 70 72 2) East London. - all - 7 9 20 uo 15 2) Do 10 at (3-lasi : tow AS. Western lOO 91 02 st Great Eastern .. .00 41 411 41 40f et Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO 7 8 et Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 106 107 at Do. A stock lOO 1071 108 107/ at Do. B Block lOO 124 126 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 90 97 Si UL Western —Original lOO 481 I 1 et Do. South Wales lOO 50 18 a. Do. W. Mid.—Oxlore lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 21 et Lancashire a 'Yorkshire lOO 118 .2sl 1281 at Lou., lirigh.,dk S.Coast lOO 481 49 4_l 10) Do Scrip .... at Lou., Chat.. and Dove) lou 16; 174 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO Lou. A North Western lOO 112 1121 1121 at Lon. dt South Western lOO 87 i 9 871 at Man., Shel., A Lincoln lOO 471 48 471 at Metropolitan st Do Exteusi )n 10 Do. New rd 10 10 101 at Mo'.ropolitan District, all 10 Metrop. St. John's 00l 6 st Midiand st Do, Ilirmin. A Derby st- N)rth British . ..... 100 12 33 024 st Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun lOO at Nor.Eastern—Berwick lOO 801 1004 991 25 Do. U. N.E purchase-16.18,4 st Do Leeds ....... 100 541 15 1 at Do York at Do Carlisle at Do Stoc L & 140 127 129 st North Lon ion .. lOO 122 t 25 10 Do New 18(8 . 2 14 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 84 54 55 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • st Rhymney at Shropshire Union ICO /5 54 st South Devon . st South Eastern lOO 704 80 74 6 20 Staines, Wok'ha,m, ez Wok all 12 13 at Tail Vale 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERIA;NCE SHIRES AND 6TOCE.S. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4; per cont lOO ... et Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 80 st Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua etl Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 147 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Ghia. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO et Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 st Do do N 0.2 100 96 91 et Do du 6 per cent BA 100 108 et Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ~„ st Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 102 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 89 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. IS 16 100 t Du do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 et Great Northern, b per cent 10 , et Du 5 p.c., rd at 10p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4, do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 et Great South. mil Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 St ; G t.West.—Orig.k Jut-Rent chg., per gua. p.c lOO 102 104 et Do. urig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J st Do do 4, per cent. 1850 IOJ 8, 88 et Do do 4 do do st Lu do 5 per cent. ro,lcm. 100 93 95 931 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70 St Do (10 do pref 100 st Do do Chestor gua lO3 st Do do du 8 per cent lOO 150 109 st Do do do 5 do 100 56 10) st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 4 1859 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid.-Oxford 181 g. 101 lUS 112 st Do do 2d gua. 100 106 108 st Do Newport, Ist g. p.c. 100 83 92 st Do do 2d do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 lOU Lancaster 6; Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 u 135 St Do _Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 Ft Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 97 100 st London & Brighton, i p.c. guaranteed, No. 1 st Do I per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO st Do S do No. 4. 100 st Do 7 per cent l-0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 st Do 4 do 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 109 111 st Du Bedford &Cainbridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 st Loudon and b.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 141 146 25.60. Do (Portsm. peril ans. 2560) all ... at Man., Shef., &Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent st Mid. Consolidated., Gp. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 as st' Do 41 per cent. irredeem IUU 97 99 se Do Leicester 5. 11'ehu, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 st North Piritish, a p.c. Nu. 1 lOO ... st Du E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 5) p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Coos. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 93 95 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Barwick capital 8 13.4. ... . 25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase IU 10 ;0/ et Do Stektu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W, Hartlepool li. and R lOO 87 8.1 20 North Staffordshire lOs 5. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., 108 all 9 10 Ws Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 5 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent 10() st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p e gua. st Do Scot. Cen. win. 7 p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8i ti at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 V) st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 Si st Great Northern, 5 p cirred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. 3Lidl. , 5p a 100 86 YO st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1665 100 8 i 88 st Do do 6 p c irred., 1866 100 102 104 2J Do Vale N eath perp. ip c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 - 2 I 11 et Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... et Do do 4i do, 1863 100 et Do do 5 do, 156.5 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 5 do ee ••• st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c lOO . gl .. st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c lOO Do do C 6 p.c lOO st Loudon &N. Western, 5p c 100 105 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 9 i 10 Man. chef. & Lin., S pc, 1863 all 881 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per eent prof lOO 105 107 st Do B 5 do 100 105 107 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 11p 18 Do 'noon'''. New Shares 16 22 Do S p • con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1372 st North British, E. and (Ali No. 1, 1 per cent lOO ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do 11, P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E. & , No. 2, p,e lOO st Do N. 8.. S per cent, 1862 100 ... st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.e st Do E.& 0., (Urdiry) 41 p e 100 bi 57 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 1.5 87 'at Do Stuck. & Dart., D ..,. 100 111 113 it North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire Sp c lOO .„ st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ..• ..• st Do sdo (Ch : Cross) 1863 100 bt Do 6 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ZENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 92 91 IUU Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 St Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead RN 64 56 at Do. I/ per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO a t Colchester Stour Valley *** at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 138 131; 20 Closter and Dean Forest ali at Gt. Kam., Ne wm., &c., a p.c ioo ... *” . Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 r.c 100 61; 7 7 . / at Do. do. Woodbrg.E , L, - do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Here!. 100 yy 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster anti Carlisle lOO 21 t 213 at London aad Blackwall lOO 02 94 at Do- 41 per cent lOO Ht Leaden, Coat., &c., 41 pc. 100 _ ... st Do. Cum. Fund, a do. 100 .. . St London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO _ ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 82 801 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 8 3 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 41 Mauch., Buxton, & 3latlk all 5 54 a t Midland, Bradford, Prof., lOO 92 91' 10 Mid Kent ('moray Line) 50 Nortitern& East., 3 per cent all 5 . 4 a 10 Do. do. 6 do. all ... .. st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N. West. A perp. prof, 4p. C. 100 103 110 at Do B minimum 1/ p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. & Grauth. R.. & C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and 11 yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 134 115 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 133 10 Do do 8 21 2 p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 lOU at Do 4 per cent gua IU. 79 81 at Do 5 do • • all 07 99 at Viet. Station and Pimlico_ 100 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all `2O Do do C all . til . 1 st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 111 st London and St. Katherine 100 53 65 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent al Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 36 at Southampton lOO 71 7,1 at surrey Commercial MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira. all t.. ... 21f 1 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 id pr 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 28 10 et Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 6 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 13} 10 10 Do. New 6 8 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. b Do. New 4 it oi .5) British American Land 44 15 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 166 170 i 20 British Indian Tea, Rm all 21 21 'lO British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 79 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Um 2l 21 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 41 8 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all 5 10 25 City of Moscow (las, Inn all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint 25 22, 2114 50 Colonial, lint. Do. ... 50 Cummercia; Union (Assur) 5 p 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. 3 la 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 171 184 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. • all 5 7 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1682 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of 12:ngland, lim. all li 2 2 50 Credit Fou.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2(1 at Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference l.O 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 137 111 20 Darjeeling, lint. .10 Eastern Assam, lint. 50 East Indian Land Credit _ and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irrigit, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Um. 100 Egyptian 0 per cent. V'roy Cilia. by Egypt. Gov all 904 911 89t 90 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lim 6 41 4,1 d et Electric & Inter. Telegraph 109 235 240 10 Do. New 8 9 llp 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira. 24 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lira. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering i 14 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,liin l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at I:85 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 2 • It 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 35d 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 11 164 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lien. 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 ... 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lint 5 11 11 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land b 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) MIA '2 21 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 90 all GO 62 60 Land Securities, lim 25 London African Trading lO 7 sd. 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 •..d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial T e l . lint all 51 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 '11) 60 Loud. Financial A s so., lien 3O 23 221 4 Lond.Geu.Omnibus.Co.lira. all 1 i 2 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1ien.......,. 26 22 17 d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. p. c. by India Gov... 100 1041 1054 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, ............ 11 f id 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., li en, all 4 41 60 Merchant Shipping, lien .._ all 36 41 60 Millwall Iron Works, lien. 124 ..• 10 Natal Land and. Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Disco unt Co., lira 5 12 124 25 National Prov. Marine, lie , 4 4 ad 10 National Steam Ship, lien , all 84 9 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Jim. 6 3 '2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lien. 3 11 LI, 6 IN ew Quebrada, lim. 25 New Zealand L oan & bier. cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint. 5 7 5• 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim l9O 38 42 60 North Brit. & Mercan. In._ 64 10 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 19/ 50 Oriental Financial, - ...d Oriental Gas, ........... all 7 7 1 5 Do. New 1 is IP ..... 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, ld p 1ira.,,,,.,,....... Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lien all 2 21 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lira 100 32 34 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steal* all 54 66 60 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram........ 24 30 35p 40 mhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int lira all 134 191 20 Do. Gas, lint all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest., lien lOO 110 114 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO -• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte lien lO 7 6(1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 1 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 26 South Australian Land all 35 36 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. 5crip,,,,,,,, all jll 20 Telegraph Con. & Main., Jim all 15 t 164 20 Thames and Mersey Ma r i ne (Insurance), lint 2 21 21 4 4 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust &Agency of A.us.,lira 1 f 1 P 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Id p 60 Union Marine L'pcioi, lim 5 4 4tp 20 Union Steam Ship, lien all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all al 54 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all a it, :11 l a 10 20 lip Universal UpperAssam li r neea(,l lienn .) , lien 28 1 7 a 50 Van Dieman's Lan d 00 Vicery ol o o f rt E ga g g :, 7 per cent. Loan all 76 74 764 1 6 50 Warrant Finance, lien l2 12 10d 60 West India and Pacific 2 9 4 Steam, lien ad ..• 20 WwesatLreohnoduosuesWharves and 10 COLONIAL 00VBIINM-NNT 8111CUIIITI1C15. British Columbia, 6pel -7------------- Cent.,1872.... Do. 1895 lOO ...„ —.. - Can.erov.6p.c.Jan. o &Ju l y 1877-84 . ..... • lOO . 107 106 los Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 10 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 165 10 Do. sp, o. Jan. & July l OO 03 94 45 Do. sp. c. _l n scribed sir lOO 90 02 s Cap t, G. Hope, 6 P• 0 •187 3•• 100 102 104 Do.Ap1,&001 189049 00 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 it° Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July • .. 1 0 0 106 LOS - Do. 1882,May and Nov... 100 106 100 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 Ds Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1667-75, 6 per cent...... 100 _ .... N.13.G0v.0 p.o.Ja.&July.. 100 102 101 Natal 6 p or, Apl & 00t... 100 _ _ Do 6p c. May & Nov lOO 106 108 N. 5.19.5 p•c. ' '7l t 01 6.• 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO 99 100 100 k 101 Do. 5 p.c. rd. ',57 to '75 lOO 9 9 101 N.Zealand, Bp. ot. 1891 lOO _ ._ - Do. 5 percent.... DoJan, Ap 1, July, o.t lOO 974 98i DJ 6p c. Mar & el,t '9l lOO 10 8 110 Do Ju:le & Dec , lt9l IDoP. • 1 At.c!ad. 1 1s 0 t tcrie3l a 2 l 1196.. ) ..,.. Nova Scotia 6p. 04 au.. • and July, 1875 Do 18,6.. ... Queensind. 6p. c. 'B2 5 lOO 105 106 1081 Do 1801 .... . ... . B. Austral. 6 p 0.186 . .177 lOO _.. _ Do 1878 .92 lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1908 ... 1 0 ) 107 108 Tasmanian •, pO, 1095.... 1 00 106 107 Do rd. 1893 to 189/. lOO It 7 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July.. 100 _ _ Do. 1801 lOO 112 113 113 12j 7_7. Do. do, April & Out lOO 109 110 104 METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea • Friday, E F. I 0 Dec. 11, B. T. D. /I Ito F. W. W B. 30 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith fib ields Scarborough 29'07f. 40 (48 S.W. 5 8 S.S.W. o.e. 4 Yarmouth 29'33f. 48 45 S.S.W. 5 9 S.E. o.c. 6 Cuxhaven Skudesmes - - Ardrossan 28•99 f. 49 47 W.N.W. 1 9 S.S.W. 0.c.0'21 Green castle 29'1Cr. 44 j 43 N.N.E. 5 7 S.W. o.re;0•03 Holyhead Liver p00l - 12 Valentia 19'18f. 49 148 N. 5 10 S.S.W. r. 0'49; 5 Cape Clear 201.8f. 47 45 N.W. 7 9 I S.W. 0.c..0'32 5 Roche s Pt. 29•C8f. 46 45 IV. 2 9 S.W. c. 1033 3 Penzance I 2919 f. , W.S.W. 6 8 S.S.W. c.0.10'02i 7 Plymouth Weymouth 29'36f. 56 155 S.W. 5 6 1 S.W. 0.1. ! 0'04' 3 Portsmouth 29'3Cf. 55 1 52 S.W. 8 7 S.W. o.r. -- 7 London , 1 19'35f. 53 ,50 S.W. 7 8 S.W. c.bo o'o3 C'pearisliez 29 4Sf. 48 '4B S.W. 7 7 S.W. o. 4 Brest L'Orient — Boob e fort Biarritz Corunna — Brussels Paris — Strasbourg — Lyons Toulon _. 30•26f. 48 48 E. 7 7 E.S.E. c.f. 6 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) — ZXPLANA Barometer corrected and reduced to Z 2 deg. a sea level. The letter r.. rising; f., falling; L. steady—indicate direction of motionof t e mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed In shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: b.—blue shy; c.—clouds, detached: f.—fog ; h.—hal I.—lightning : m,—misty, hazy :o.—overcaa. dull ; r.—rain;s.—snow t.—thunder. Bain-fall, snow or bail (melted) during last 24 hours Bea disturbance. REMARKS. Atmospherical pressures are still lower than they were yesterday morning at all our stations : the diminution on the Channel coast has been Olin., and has been quickest during the night. Readings are now very low, especially in the N. of Great Britain and in Ireland. The difference between those at Rochefort and Leith is eight-tenths of an inch. Pressure at Cape Clear is also very low. Temperature has increased in the S. of England, but is lower on the Irish coast. Yesterday the gale from S. to S.W. prevailed on all coasts : it was heaviest in the S. of Ireland, where it ceased about midnight. The direction of the wind at Yarmouth was SE. This morning it is still blowing hard from S.W. on the Channel coast, but in the W. winds have veered to N., and moderated. A gale from the N.W. is re ported I. om Nairn. The weather is not more settled : the sky is cloudy, and rain is falling in the S. and W. In the Channel the sea is high. Warnings were issued to all coasts yesterday. DINNER TO MR. SMITH, M.P. FOR WESTMINSTER. The Conservatives of Westminster have been celebrating the return of Mr. Smith at a dinner, under the auspices of the Londcn and Westminster Working Men's Constitutional Association. Between 700 and 800 visitors were present, and the galleries of the hall (St. James's) were occupied by ladies. Lord George Hamilton, M.P., for Middlesex, was in the chair, and among the company were Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., the Earl of Longford, Henry Lord Lennox, M.P., Lord Vaughan, Admiral Hamilton, the Hon. Robert Grimston, Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., Mr. S. Vickers, M.P., Sir Henry Edwards, M.P., Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., Gen. the Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P., the Hon Colonel Stuart Knox, M.P., etc. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the evening, namely, "The Health of Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P.," con gratulated those present, and the electors of Westminster in general, upon the glorious triumph which they achieved when they succeeded in returning that gentleman. The victory which bad been achieved in Westminster in the return of Mr. Smith bad been appreciated throughout the length and breadth of the land. This was clear by a telegram which had been received that even ing from Salford, which said, " The working men of Salford congratulate the working men of Westminster on the glori ous victory which they have won." Mr. SMITH, in returning thanks, said he did not desire to speak in any spirit of bravado, but ho must say that he believed there had been a most powerful reaction in favour of constitutional principles, not only iu West minster, but in Middlesex, and certainly in Lancashire. It might bo said that he was connected with a party which, although recently in power, was now in a mino rity in the House of Commons. In reply, he could only say that however much he might personally regret that his noble friend (Lord Henry Lennox) was now leaving official life for a short time, yet he could not help think ing that the step which Mr. Disraeli had taken was the wisest which ho could have done under the circumstances. They had, at present, no cause to despair. The battle was not yet lost. it had still to be fought. There were many changes which bad overtaken political parties in the past, and he certainly believed that many snore changes would overtake political parties in the future, and he felt that there was abundant reasons for the Conservative party to be satis fied, and confidently await the result. On Tuesday night Earl Dudley gave a grand ball at Willey Court, in honour of his Royal guest, the Crown Prince of Prussia. The Duko and Duchess of Auinale, the Dec do Chartres, and M. Van de Weyer were amongst the guests. His Royal Highness visited Worcester on Wednesday and took an opportunity of inspecting the Cathedral, and the new works. Tho Rev. Canon Wood was luckily in the Cathedral when his Royal Highness arrived, and conducted the Prince over the building—the crypt and choir claiming the especial attention of the Prince, who, before leaving the Cathedral, signed his name in the visitors' book. His Royal Highness honoured Canon Wood with a visit to his house, and expressed his gratification at all he bad soon in _ Iho cathedral. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS DAY. HER MAJESTY'S APPROVAL OF THE SPEAKER. Mr Denison to-day appeared in the House o f Commons in a court suit, and what is called a " bobwig ;" and on the members being again sum moned by Black Rod to the House of Peers, the right hon. gentleman took precedence, and arriving at the bar, stated to the Lords Commissioners that, in obedience to her Majesty's commands, her Ma jesty's faithful Commons, in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges, had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and their choice had fallen upon himself. lie therefore submitted him self, with all humility, to her Majesty's most gra cious approbation. The LORD CHANCELLOR, addressing the right honourable gentleman by his name, assured him that her Majesty was fully sensible of his zeal for the public service, and of his sufficiency to perform the important duties he had been selected to dis charge and most readily approved and confirmed him as the Speaker of her faithful Commons. Mr. J. E. DENISON then bowed to her Majesty's command, and then laid claim on behalf of the Commons to their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, " especially to freedom from arrest and molestation of their persons and servants, to freedom of speech in debate, and free access to her Majesty whenever occasion shall require," concluding with the request that the most favourable construction might be put upon all their proceedings, and that any errors that might occur in the discharge of their duties might be imputed to himself alone, and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR then addressed the right hon. gentleman as " Mr. Speaker," and gave an assurance that her Majesty most readily con firmed all the rights and privileges which have been granted by her royal predecessors, and would be ever ready to put the most favourable construc tion upon the _right hon. gentleman's words and actions. The Speaker then returned to the House of Com mons and reported what had passed to the House of Peers, and thenceforward assumed his ordinary official garb, and the swearing in of members com menced, and was continued up to the hour of ad journment. SHIPPING 1N TEL LIG CE. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. GrArrived, Dec. 10—Cloustrue, from Rio Grande; Carl Gustav, from Nicolastadt ; Durham Packet, from Guern sey ; Napoleon and Saumon—both from Gravelines ; Ber lin, steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, Dec. 11.—Lionne, from Gravelines; Lord J. Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk; Velocity, steamer, from Calais ; Gezimi, and Lamberts—both from St. Petersburg ; Xarifa, from Dantzic ; Amelia, from Guernsey; Victoriue, from St. Malo ; Jeanie Douglas, from Calcutta ; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend; .oiana, steamer, from Amsterdam. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Coaster, of Grangemout b, Irons the west, f..r the north. 111ARKE7 S-1 Ills DAY. MARK LANE. Thera was a moderate quantity of English wheat on sale here to-day, in good condition. The trade was quiet for both red and white parcels, but prices ruled firm. Full average supplies of foreign wheat were on the stands. With a moderate attendance of millers, sales progressed slowly, at about the rates previously current. TALLOW. The market is steady. Town tallow, 48s 9d; Peters burg Y.C. on the spot, 50s; December, 51s; January, 51s 6d ; and March, 525. BOROUGH HOP: A steady demand for consumption for all descriptions of both English and foreign, at au advance of from os to lOs per cwt on last week's prices. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 11.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market steady. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE.! Australia and New Zealand, via Southaraptol Dec. 5. Ditto, via 41 r •trseilles Dec 2 Ditto, via Pi. Lama . Dce 29. Brazi E. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jul.4. Ditto, by French packet 64.00411 Cape Verdi, by Brazil packet ...... .l a . 4. • - Uape of Good tiupe. Ascension, and St. ileleria D,c. 13. China, Penan g , and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton India,via Southampton ..... . .... • • •.. ..... •• • • Dee. 5 unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &0. .. .... Dec. 5. Ditto, Marseilles Des. 7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scutharal ton Ditto, Marseilies ~ Dec. 13 Newfoundland ...... ... ........ ....... ....... Dec. 15 Portugal ... United States, ( anada, California, &c., by British packet .........Dec 5. Ditto, by Canadian packet .... . ..... ....pea 9 Ditto, by I. Lited States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .. West Indies and Pazilio (except Mexico and Baha- mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerilre Dec. 17. Faitland Islands 0.4,0 Cuba and Mexico ........ Deo. 29. Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax ....... The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 17c. per .£1 sterling. On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears tha6 gold is about the same priee in London and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for ball a at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1091 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Untied States. SUPPOSED DOUBLE SUlClDE.—Considerable ex citement was caused in the borough this morning by the report that a double suicide bad been committed at No. 45, High-street. The rumour was soon verified. About five o'clock this morning both husband and wife were seen to fall from the top window of the house in High street, to the pavement beneath. Both wore removed to Guy's Hospital, but death had already rendered medical aid of no avail. ANOTHER SEVERE GALE.—LOSS OF THE SHIP Gos- SAMER.—PRIWLE POINT, Dec. 10.—The large ship Gossa mer, of Liverpool, has gone ashore just above Prawle Sta tion this afternoon, loaded with general cargo ; total wreck; captain and wife drowned; particulars to-morrow. Coastguard at wreck now. AN IMPUDENT THIEF.--A few evenings since, Whilst a respectable young man was standing at his door Lower Union-street, Plymouth, a man having the ap pearance of a navvy passed quickly by, and taking off the young man's hat, threw back the old one in return, and made off at the top of his speed. Chase was immediately made after him, but he managed to elude his pursuer. MR. BRIGHT IN OFFICE.—Why Mr. Bright took office is explained by the right hon. gentleman himself in a letter which he has addressed to Mr. Henry Ibbetson, of Sheffield. "It is a great pleasure to me," Mr. Bright says, " to know that you and your friends in Sheffield are satisfied with the course I have taken in joining the new Administration. I have done it with extreme reluctanc e but the pressure put upon me was morn than I could with stand. I hope I have done what it seemed finally my duty to do." DIE SOUTH STAFFORDSIIIRE IRON TRADIC.-Bir mingham, Dec. 10 . —There was a good attendance of iron and coal masters at the Exchange to-day. The trade is reported quieter. At most of the works they are engaged on orders given out some time since, and there are not many fresh ones coming in. It is not improbable that there will be a measure of slackness in that respect for the next two or three weeks, but, all things considered, the trade is in a tolerably healthy state, and the list prices for the best brands of finished iron are fairly maintained. The preliminary meeting will be held in this town on the 24th inst. The new system of working hours directed by the Admiralty for adoption in the Royal dockyards will come into operation at Sheerness on the Ist of January next. The Admiralty have granted the loan of the hulk Helena to the Rev. 11. Whiteway for use as a floating chapel at Ipswich. The Helena is at pre sent at Portsmouth, but will shortly be brought to Sheerness. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, •are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Thoir Old Irish Whisky is ro 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. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Bee,ufort-buildingsi Strand, London W..9—[Ad vertisement.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KINGSBURY STEPLECHASES.—YESTERDAY. STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP OF 6 SUDS. Meerschaum Ilawkshaw.. Three ran. HUNT CUP. Othello Cawdor Aurifera... 3 Four ran. WELTER CUP. Ada HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE OF 20 SOWS. Brick 1 Sinito 2 Four ran. HURDLE RACE. Chippenham.. 1 Two ran. STEEPLECHASE PLATE OF 30 SOVS. Hawksbaw Woodbury MN 11. Fivo ran. HURDLE RACE HANDICAP. RovinglAlaid 1 Chipponham Othello .. Fire ran. WELTER HANDICAP. Warlike Rampart Fairfax Four ran. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. JANUARY. Manchester 1, 2 ,VARY. FEBR I Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 ,Cll. AP. Bromley 1, 2 Newmarket Craven.,.l2, &c. Streatham 16, 17 Eastbourne l9 Chester 4, 5,6, Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 JIB Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 West Drayton lB, 19 Durham 29, 30 1 Margate 29 1 Epsom 30, 31 JUL.' Lewes 9 0 21 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ i 6, &e. Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &c. 'NE. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury . 9, 10 Nottingham 13, 14 lt.oading 15, 16 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 liibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, '26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 LY. Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 2.? Stamford „. 22, 23 Goodwood „..„27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Stockton lB, 19, 20 Canterbury ,....21, 25 York 24, 25, 27 PI) mouth Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 AMER. Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Kingsbury... • 23, 24 Monmouth_ • 23, 21 Newmarket Ist &c. ALTO Brighton 3, 13riglitou Club Lewes 6, 7 Egnam lO, 11 Wolverhair ptun 11 Windsor 1 9 13 St. Albans SEPT: Abingdon 9 , 3 Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 9 2 Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9, 20 Leicester 7, 8 West Drayton 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d Uct...11, &c. Hereford 2l, 22 Chelmsford l9, 20 I Newmarket Irton ...25, Sze. NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 13, &e. Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 I Leamington Eunt &c. IRISH. MARCH. Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JANUARY. Manchester l, 2 1 Bt. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham R, 9 I Harrom e ' lB, 19 Lincoln IG, 17 1 Derby .. 23 MARC H. Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire M 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crewkerne 18, 19 APR . ! L. Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1 ' . . May. St. Albans . 13 West Drayton 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 WATERLOO MEETING—FEB.I7. (Over Alicar.) Patron—Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton. The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription of £25 each ; 64 subs; the winner to receive £5OO, and the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine E. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 87. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marfieet 12. Mr J. Brundritj 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. Hon. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr 11. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed j 18. Mr W. D. Daighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 54. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Hailey 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop C 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterlos Plate, ♦alue £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, G 4 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600-to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... £5OO ... 200 100 120 160 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plato 860 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under:—. 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto .011 ... 11.6 £lOO 4.11 1100 ..• 50 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... ... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ... ~. 30 ~. 40 ... 40 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under : 1. Winner to receive ... ... 1. Second ditto ... ... 2. Dogs to receive £7 10s each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... Dile Set/ 25 15 •.• ••• 20 Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending I ISSUE DEP -- £lOO Notes issued ....X31,763,985 ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1868. P ARTMENT. Governmt. Debt..£11,015,100 Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and £31,763,985 _ Bullion Silver Bullion BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 6,353,525 Other Deposits 17,608,301 Seven Days and other 507,100 £31,763,985 X 42,094,962 Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead "Weight Aunuity) £15,074,814 Other Securities 17,378,559 Notes 8,563,855 Gold and Silver Coin Z 12,094,962 3,1A1C, Chief Cashier.