The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-11 00:00:00

O Aa rra: tl,O lAL -o CITT, Two o'CLock. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day the French Rented were 68f. 85c. The Stock Markets are perfectly inactive. The attendance is small, and no disposition is shown to engage in fresh transactions. Some degree of firm ness is shown by the Funds, and Railways are nut SO well supported as they were at the opening. Foreign Stocks, in some cases, show a partial re lapse. There is no improvement in Foreign Stocks, but on the contrary the speculative kinds continue to be offered. The present quotations are as follow They show a relapse of 1- in Turkish and Italian ; Mexican, 151 to 15; ; Greek, 12 to 12/ ; New. Spanish, 341 to 35 ; Turkish (1865), 29i to 304 ; Italian (1861), 411 to 411 ; Portuguese Scrip, / to 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway, 90 to 91. The Discount Market is very quiet, with rates unaltered, at 14 to 11 per cent. Consols are firm at yesterday's prices at 921 to 9 2; for money, aed 91 to 91; for account; New and. Reduced Three per Cents., 92; to 921 ; India YiY. per Cents., 111 to 1111; Bank Stock, 240 to 242 ; Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem. In American Securities, United States Five- Twenty Bonds are steady at 711 to 73/. Erie Rail way are lower, at 494 to 504 ; Illinois, 1, 874 to 884. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have risen 1, to 23 24, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds 4 , to 20 21. - English railways opened steady at last night's ad. 'ranee, hut there has since been a slight falling off. Great Northern arel lower, Caledonian /, Midland 4, and Sheffield and Metropolitan /. The prices are— 'Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 to 1231 ; Midland,. 103440103/ ; South Eastern, 67/ to d 8; London and 'North Western, 114 to 114/ ; Great Northern, 105 i to 1061 ; ditto A, 1071 to 1081 ; Great Eastern, 29/ to 29/ ; Great Western, 451 to 46 ; I3righton, 48 to 481 ; Sheffield, 44/ to 441 ; Cale donian, 73 to 73/ ; Metropolitan, 115 f to 116 ; and Chatham, 18 to 181. Alliance Bank Shares are dull, at the decline of £2 los:, which took place yesterday ; the price is now 14 dis. London and County, 54 to 55 ; and Imperial shares are 10s. lower, at 18-1 to 181 dis. London Fi nanc i a l Sh ar es are 24 to 22 dis. ; Atlantic Telegraph New Preference I prem. ; and St. John del Rey, 34 to 36. CITY, TWELYI O'CLOCK. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of ' ll 4:land yesterday. The Pera has arrived from Alexandria with £7,428 in Specie. Mr. Stebbing, the chairm an o f th e N ew Y or k St oc k 4 ' 4ol "nge, has been elected chairman of the Atlantic and Gre a t W estern Railway, and Mr. E. F. Satter thwaite, of Austinfriars, has been elected a director. It is rumoured that the Midland Railway directors ''v o signed the contract for the construction of the Carlisle and Lettle line since the publication of their t,eport. The r e p ort to b e presented at the meet i ng to held on Tuesd a y nex t s t a t es t h a t th e pro fit s , l ess a Internest paid to customers, as w ill b e perce i ve d f rom annexed statement, amount to £27,757 17s. After de ducting the current charges making provision for bad an d doubtful debts, and allowing rebate on bills discounted t due,a sum 0f.£15,278 Ils 4d remains,from which "le directors recommend £11,250 to be applied to Paanient of a di v id en d at t h e ra t e o f 5 per cen t. p er 2a n n tlin, free of income tax, and that the residue, zi -, u 2 8 lis 4d, b e carried forward to profit and loss -vcr account. The directors announce that they have aPPointed Mr. Alfred Brown, who has been connected with the b ank from its commencement, to the mice of manager. The di rectors of the East India Railway Company 4 'ave called up their third installment of £5 per share 9 1 1, the is a oualedonian proprietors of the. "L" Extension Shares. It yable on the 18th February. at is expected that a special general meeting of the Railway Company will be held in Glasgow t1 11 ; , t ,lle 30th inst., to consider the report of the Coin " Lee of Investigation, and, in particular, the recom- Inend• t• 4 lon reCo that the B oar d o f Di rec t ors s h ou ld b e n structed the' B oard as to " secure a change of policy at C,,„ %he 'annual general meeting of the India Carrying tr a ;" l34ll 3' has been called for the 21st inst., for the tri a ctinn of the ordinary business of the company. house'Lie lien of meeting of the Fore-street Ware fl.4.k Company has been convened for the 22d inst., ( I Q ue purpose of receiving the directors' report and g a dividend. co e ce of the ris eclu n Glasgow and South Western "tr,q,(Jonipany having arranged with the directors -e Caledonian for the line between Glasgow -n".Rilniarnock Barrhead, becoming joint property,th, thus involving the abandonment of sparahnel with Ailmarnock direct line, the call of £2 les per 5 s per share premium, due on the £lO c o ' r es of the Glasgow and South Western Railway qu l ll PanY on the 10th of February, will not be rc zd for at least two years. 4..-I,he directors of John Crossley and Sons propose ;::leclare a dividend of 15s per share for the half- Year, whi ch) with the interim dividend paid in int,gust last, will make 15 per cent. per annum, leav funda balance of £6,771 to be added to the reserve ela Th Union Bahl: of Manchester (Limited) has de ter eu dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 8 A c e,T?t• per annuin, and a bonus of 3s per share. p e Z . °widen d of 5 per cent. will be paid, on th e I s t Illinois un') to the holde rs o f th e f u ll- pa id s h ares i n t h e Central It• 1 • The General Bo ar d of Directors of the Thames and ble ' ri ",,eY Marine Insurance Company (limited), recom resol Ti 7 Payment of 23. per share for the half-year. directors of the Union Rink of Australia have ti led upon a dividend of £2 2s 6d per share, being zx.er cent. for the half-year. Zae dividend of the British and Foreign Marine insurance Company is 4s per share. That, ill of per share is to be made on the 28th Assuranceollhe contributories or the Professional Life The annual ompa ny . tthu_tion. was report of the National Provident lush issued this morning. The following are Vanlpay a b le .pal papers :—Besides the annual premiums e in respect of 1,032 new policies issued during ,?_l 3B -st year, amounting to £16,576, the sum of ' o d,u3l 5s Id has been received in single payments ,r annuities effected during the same period. In the Course of the year, 271 members have died, on whose lives 354 policies had been effected, being a reduction of twelve in the deaths compared with the Preceding year. The claims which have thus arisen are : Original sums assured, £149,013 17s ; bonus addi tions thereon, £13,814 16s. Twenty-eight policies, been d Payabl e on the me m b ers attaining a given age, have `alsO fallen-due, am ount i ng to £9,448 18s, which:has uly paid. The accounts for the year show a balance of receipts over disbursements of £149,388 6.3 10d, or an i ncrease of £39,755 compared with the preceding year. BRITISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES. 8 GO VERNMENT FUNDS. Psr ()OM. Consols tDo. A ccount, Feb. 6 per Cent. R e d uce d 92 1 x ," e el,. w 8 2 1 per Cent • 921`2 1 'l per Cent. Jan. 1894 D O. 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — • annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P — 1) ,0. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — D O (Bed S ea Teleh,raph), Au g ., 1908 — -" ellecpter Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2Cper Ct 22 pin Do. £ 5OO — in £lOO & £2OO pin Do of Engl an d Stock. 41. per Cent — Do. Account .1 INDI AN GOVERNMENT SECUR I T IES . illau stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 216 xd -uO. Account SDo O . Per Cent. July, 1880 —O. Certificates • 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 tip , • Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — ,` - ', 15 . 5 per Cent:, Jan. 1872 ~c ). r, D; 01 per Cent.. Me ...., ...ay 1879 10 . s )Or Cent., Rap. Deb., 1872 — 150. do. 1877 — D° D Do. 2 ._do. 188 eb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...., ...._ O. Blinds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 1)0. under .£l,000 83 pm tfOREIGN FUND CLOSING PRICES 41';'entine Reoubhc, 6 per Cent — A, •,, ketrzan Bonds 5 per Cent. 1854 .. — .0r..44'1* I, A. mu o per ,e 3°. 4 i• per Cent, nt 1852-58-60 , . 1 ., bo. 1863 • ' - ' O . 5 p er Cont., i. 865 '-h, Aci!ount 751 'i• £1,)(113)-0 • u.. (.1 s ... : ... . " 1 ' ,10, ' , ii Tres 8 •)or Cent r , 1 )) 2 Pei- C ent(l)...;ferr.".d. 3 per Ceut' • % `",,, ' l t, 6 per Cent. uk,lliti 6 0. 4 per Cent per Cent 1 ,1)0lo. 6 per Cent., B ........................ ~ 1867 ...... , ....... ,"°, 7 p.r ,Cent., 1866 0 i i •' , Sc-i l '32 • I .., , , ... plif . . - • , t. 6 ,:k.1.4,511, 3p• •r Ce n t. , 1 825. "knuidan P rincipalities, 7 per Cent 631 Do 8 Per Cent., 1867 ................ PO cave ofes ithe ►ct a rove cer- ►llox, abdi dens, 1, of laj or ctiv o atiou enian f the n yet L that who to ill irmed s will kment of the erday sum rney- ietor, should atious a ex -The com- ;oners Lead ay Police- War- . ly after ready vaiting C 011" ran ar county , grapb• peetta La-dog e force r cola d con- ngton• o froni way of 0, co._ op' arate Eivador New Consolidated, 1 par Cent... r.4y .t.i;tv, 7 per Cent B6l )o. Sez OA , I 18S 11” D s ; £5OO Bonds Do. .£IOC Bonds — . I q. .4:5 , r 1 Pools B7l Do. £lOO Bonds , .... 88* 1 Government Hail wav Debentures ..... Greek, 5 per Cont., 182415, ex Coups...—. Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account ( attentabt 5 per cent .. Honduras Gov.Rail.Loan., 7p. Ct.,.£lspd pm It ~ ian a p.-t re r t., lbw, ... Do. Account . — Do. Marenamana ilaiway — Ni • 7 0..n,r. 3 per Cont — Ditto for Accuurt ~,,-,„ 1864 — Dc A per Cont. Anglo-French — blouteN idc , a.: , 17. per Cent. . — 11. , roristi imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada_ — Oo 3 por Con • Do. Doforn.4,l Wurrauts 1, 11ot:tares) Par trial. 5 per lent. 1865 — Oo Account 6Bl Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 i' Cont., 1862 Do Account Rnitiguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, '7, '9,'6u,'2,%; 37 I Russian "5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St B6l Do 41 por Cent. 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1362 Do. Anglo-Duteli, 1861, £lOO Bonds Do. do. £B4 15s. do. 00 Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5.... Do. do. £84155. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent -.... Span;sit 3 per Cen Do Account ... Do New Deferract Do Account Do Passive — Do Ace s ant Do Corn. Cert. of Court not funded Do Account Tu kish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 = - Do ACOOIIII i; - 561 6, Do fIOC Bonds 5Bl fk Do. 1863 Do 5 per Oent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Da 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Da Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 -r Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividenas on the above payable w Lotto. , Austral' a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Balthan, 44 per cent. Ex. 25f. ... zper Pant. 12 Gui l • Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... French lieutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. Italia), 5 per Cont. 1831, E. zsf. Do. Account 414 TWO t/ttg,OCK. Consols, Money 921 -I Do. Account LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY OF LONDON COURT. (Before R. M. Kerr, Esq.) AN UNGENTLEMANLY BET ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN HALL V. O'REILLY. This was an action to recover £4 14s. 6d. balance of a sum of £5, which defendant said he did not owe. H i s H on our (Mr. Kerr) —How was this, plain tiff ? Plaintiff—He asked me to lend him 15, and I did so. Defendant—l deny it. It arises out of a betting transaction. His Honour--What kind of a betting transac tion ? Defendant—About a young woman. His Honour—lt is very improper to make bets about young women. How did this arise ? Defendant—We bad some conversation about a young woman we both knew. Plaintiff said she would not go to the theatre with him, but I said I was sure she would, upon which plaintiff said he would bet £5 she would not go. The bet was made and the money staked, and I went to see the young woman and told her to go with plaintiff, which she did. The money was then handed to me, and I kept it. Plaintiff—l deny it. I lent the money.' His Honour—lf the transaction took pJace as related by the defendant, it is - bothAinaiorat, lin= proper, and I ant surprised to hear that any such thing could have taken place. &ccording to de fendant's own showing he is not entitled to keep the money, which I shall order to be returned to the plaintiff forthwith with costs. Verdict for plaintiff with costs. MARKETS—(shis Day.) COVENT GARDEN. Fityrr.—Apples, 4s Od to 8s ; chesnuts, Os to Os ; walnuts, 10s to 18s per bushel ; cobnuts, is ; grapes, 49 Od to 8s ; pine apples, 3s to 6s per lb ; lemons, 2s 6d to 7s ; oranges, 4s to 8s per 100; pears, 2s to 4s per dozen. VEGETABLES.—Artichokes, 2s to 3s ; beet, is to 2s ; cabbages, Os 3d to 2s ; cauliflowers, Os to Os; parsnips, 9d to is per dozen , carrots, Gd to 8d ; herbs, 2d to 4d ; leeks, Od to Od ; turnips, 3d to 4d per bunch ; celery, is to is 6d; horseradish, 3s to 5s per bundle; endive, is 6d to 2s ; lettuces, is to is 6d per score ; onions, 4s Od to ss; spinach, 2s Od to 3s per bushel; potatoes, 80s to 160 s per tun. POULTRY. -- - Turkeys, 5s to 15s; geese, 5s to 7s Od •, ducks, 3s 04 to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is to Is 9d; wild ditto, is to is 3d ; pi , re, , ns, 9d to ls ; pheasants, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; partridges, is 9d to 2s 6d ; hares, 3s td to 4s 6d ; wild ducks, Is 9d to 2s; widgeons, is 3d to is 6d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to lls ; ditto chickens, Gs to 8s; barn door fowls, 5s to 7s per couple. English eggs, 13s to —s ; French ditto, lls to 12s per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d per lb. NEWPORT. Beef 3 4 to 4 81 V ea l 3 10 to 4 8 Mutton Per Blbs by . the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. goof Mutton 3 2 to I 0 I Pork 3 0 to 4 2 Per 81b by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Sid; 721 b to 801 b, 30 to 31d; 801 b to 881 b, 34 to 4d; 88Ib to 961 b, 4.d to 4dj ; 961 b to 104 lb, Od to Od ; horse hides, 9s 6d to I.os 6d.: calf skins, light, 2s to 3s Od.; do. full, 7s Od. Sheepskins, polled, 7s 6d to 9s Od ; half-breds, Gs Od to 78 Od ; downs, 4s 9d to 5s 6d. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clover, 60s to 105 s ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s to Eis 6d ; clover, 60s to 105 s Od; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A slow trade. WRITECHAPEL—Meadow bay, 55s to 87s Gd ; clover, 60s to 107 s Gd ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. Demand in active. LIVERPOOL COTTON 1114RKE'3`--7his Day. - • Market opens with a good demand at rather firmer prices. Sales probably 12,000 bales. SNIPPING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 10.—Baron Osy, steamer, from Ostend ; Ironside, steamer, from Odessa; Cleator, steamer, from Lisbon; Frederick Snowdon, steamer, from Marseilles ; Johanna, from trddewalla ; Mignonette, from Berbice. Arrived, Jan. 11.—John and Ann, from Dunkirk; Pre cursor, from New York ; Express, from Rouen ; Con cordia, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Fiery Queen, steamer, from Dieppe; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. _ _ DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Nanhoran, from London, for Bermuda. Sailed.—Esk, screw steamer, for London, after repair ing damage. Foreign Mail Packet LI3L, MAILS DUE. iatstralia and New Zealand, vis Hontliamptoa. ...Jan. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles „,. ...Jan. 13. Ditto, via Panama . ...Jar. Brasil, Bassos .tyres, a2d Monte Vimi)o .....Jan. —. Ditto, by irenz,•ll packet •••• JAI 2! Caps % r abic by Brazil paezet J mu Oape of Good mk94ensioa. sad St. lieleua Jac 7 Uttina, Penang, and 31n1:spore. via so4ctivriptad Jall 11. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands . Jan. —. •itbraltar, via Southampton • • • Jan. 13. India. via Southampton ... • ..... Jan 13 Ditto, via Har.eil es Nialta, &gyp t, . • .. J a 9 Ditto, Marsdlles.. His Excellency Mr. Edward Thornton, the re ceutly-appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Washing ton, iu place of the late Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce, left town yesterday for Liverpool, to embark for ffew York, on his way to Washington, to enter on his diplomatic functions. The mortal remains of Sir Henry W. des Vceux, Bart., will b 3 deposited to-day in the family vault at Drake low. The funeral will be conducted with the greatest simplicity, but many intimate personal friellgi i4t9nd to attend the obsequies. - ['REFERENCE SUARES. North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail.. 821 rICNIFERENCE 521ARE0 AND STOCKS Great Eastern 41 per cent., Ditto, 5 per cent., 1863, 57 LIKES LEASED AT 'FIXED RENTAL a. London and caeenwich, Ditto, rrderence„ 10 FOLLEJON RAIL WA Y Dutch Rhenish. Ditto, new. 2 9.16. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 131 FOIL NUM ma g i ia .. Don Pedro, North Dcl Rcy. 2/ pm St John del Key, lien , 371 5 United ➢fexican, lint., Yucianaulutaaa of South Australia, lira BANkiz, Agra, Urn.. A, Ditto, B, 91 • Colonial, 38 Consolidated, lim., 9f English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17 Imperial Bank, lira.. 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Dm., 3 London anti by eatininster, 7.6 Ditto, Scrip, 40 Midland Bank, lim., 194 National Provincial of Enzland. -- Ditto, d and 301 Oriental Bank Corporation, Union of Ireland, 17 Union ',f London, a MISCEL %AN ;N(1 Anglo American Telegraph, 2...) At Isntic Telegraph, 4)4 Lit o, s p,r zeut , 10.1111C0 80,,,bay Gaa, titn., 4 - - . Ditto, ilea% 2 B. and I. Ma . ' netio Telegraph, Um.. 12 '1 Credit I' oriciiir of Ent:law , . inn.. 3} East India Irrigation and Canal. 17& Fore-street Warehouse, lim., iludson's Bay, 141 International Finane!al society, lim.. Madras Irrigation and: Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. ty Indian-Government), 201 Ocean ~arine Insuranec), 2 it oyal M d Steam, 61 Thames and Mersey Marine. Insurance, lim.. 4 3-!6 rust and Loa,' Company k,f Upper Canada, 41 United Kingdom Tel graph Co., lira., 3 6-i6 Vice: oy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage, L9an, 63. j What! am I to take internally the same preparation I use as a liuiineat ? "Why not ?" we ask. "Is it necessary that a liniment should be poisonous ?" That many of those in common use are, we admit. But the Pain Killer is a purely vegetable melieine, and contains no poisonous in gredient. And although it is principally used to take in ternally, it is, nevertheless, one of the most powerful and best liniments in the word. Be sure you get the right article. None are genuine without Perry Davis and Sou's trade mark, PAIN KILLER, on the Government stamp. Sold by chemists generally. Principal depot, 17, Southamp s9,itor Holbixn, A meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of the county of Antrim, has been held in E !fast for the purpose of con sidering the question of the purchase of Irish railways by the Government. The High Sheriff, Sir Edward Coey, presided. Mr. Galt contrasted the railway charges in England and Ireland to show that they are excessive in Ireland, and that nothing can remedy the evil except Government interference. He mentioned the fact that there was no great obstacle presented to Govern ment interference and management by the extent of railway property in Ireland, for all the traffic of all the Irish railways amounted in the course of the year to but £1,700,008, which was little more than a fourth of that of one of the English railways alone— the London and North-Western. Last year 44 com panies of the poorer class in Ireland applied to Govern ment for loans of money to pay their debts, under taking that, if they got the advances they sought, they would make large reductions in their charges, and by that means effect a good deal for the public. But most of these lines were in an incomplete state, and if they got the loans they would then come into direct competition with lines like the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway or the Great Southern and Western Railway, which do not require any money.—Colonel Shafto Adair, who moved the first resolution, said his impression was that if the plan of purchase were to be of any value at all, it should be carried out in its entirety, so that there should be one well-understood, uniform, and responsible system of rail way administration, aid that it should become a substan tive department of the public service. He would like to see the railway system becOme Governmental, and its managers have greatet-power to carry out its_ plans than individuals could have.--,-Mr. J. J. Murphy, who seconded the resolu tion, thought they should not stop until the fares every day were as low as the cheapest excursion fares now charged.—Mr. M`Gildowney moved a resolution recom mending the adoption of the scale of fares suggested by the Earl of Lucan in his evidence before the Royal Com mission—namely, id. for first-class, id. for second-class, and id. for third-class - passengers per mile.— Mr. Thomas Lindsay, in seconding the resolution, advised all railway companies to reduce their fares from 50 to 33 per cent.— Mr. Stannus, J.P., who followed, remarked how much better it would Be for Ireland if members of Parliament, instead of frittering away session after session in proposals of wild schemes for setting the landlord and tenant in op position to each other and disendowing our fixed establish ments, came forward one and all to insist upon the Govern ment taking up the Irish railways. He proposed, and Mr. Jackson seconded, a resolution urging the advantage of reducing the fares for the transit of cattle and goods. —A vote of thanks was passed to the Parliamentary Committee. This brought up Mr. Lanyon, M.P., who spoke hopefully of the prospect of being able to over come the difficulties in the way of a settlement of the question THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. OINAItY :311AU1:S AND STOCK-. IsilW ay r Faith! Closing - 8305 74 73 20 SO 2 4 74 754 70 72 05 17 27i 23 0 9 15 16 105 IT tC7 10i 123 lcs 96 93 if Ili 25 ,3;) 2 3, 122 124 43 4) 18 19 114 )15, 76 78 44 14i ,i 4 115 - - 101 103 10•ZI 7t 73 - - 33 35 - - 98 99 59 6 90 9: 29, 2 15 1211 .1 iti k 114 i Busineet d•ene. 73/ 4 3_j nr►etoi and itliceter [Caledonian e,taioriad. Cork and Bandon...—. Cornwall Dublin & Beliaat Junc Dun„rerth, & Ab.J ial.Londou, 1)0. Glasgow dt S. Western iGreat Eastern, Ord. s 1.141. Do. E. Aug'. at. No. , Ureat Northot Scotian Great Northern Du. A stuck Do. II 31.00: 00. New, is. at '45 pui and W. oi Weidern -Original Vu. S. Val.' Kati gu.i. Du. South Water , Uo. W. Al►d.—Uatoruu i)o. :Newport_ :teal ord ..... (Lane &shire & Lsniflun and Bla,:kwall IL on. , Brigh., & S Coast' ehat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & or 1.11 W eater ► Lon. ..t South IVeatert. Shet., & Lincolu Atetropolitan.... Do. New Do. Exteusiou,..... netrupolitan Diatriet 00. do. do. 00. and :it. John'elV Aidiaud Do. ZO Share Dvrb3 iid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., et Dun. Nastern—Berwiel. Do. (i.N•E purohb.e. Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. ertrliale Po. StOck.ez Darling Do. 10. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1861 5 . Do. do. 1866 tiorth Staffordshire I`..h S. W. Junction Scottish Central ii cot. N. E , ADer. atoe, Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union :...,,•! i South Devon 'iolitti Eastern - itsines, Wok s ., ds Wok Vail V:,kle Do. C Vale of . igeath .. ..... ' i Waterford & Killee n : Waterloo At, Wllltelia .Vest uorn w.il, 0 LOSInL tiSli tiriti4b Columbia, 6 pe, cent., i)eo. 31, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.J a. Sa J ul: 1877-e4 I Do. p.c. Au;;. ID). sp. c. ticp •IJ. p. c. : J4ll, ti Jiti Itz.v:ribr a a; IS7 LI-iol. vt..A pi. & C A:1 16;90- I ww• I 1 )o. do 1b61:4• I Do. Jau.&Juty, ISSu-. 4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 Apri 1 anti t 5 yet., 1v00... Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do 1 Mauritius, 6 p. a, 1873,1 Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ',Jo. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. 18il5, Feb. & Aug 1 Natal 'iov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186s' Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876, Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1895 , New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Go►. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 aeensland G-ov. 6 p. a .Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Uov. 6 p.o.Ja &July Do. do, It pril Sr Oot• • 130 132 113 116 1 10 5) 61 113 115 ~67 42 14 68 , G 7 4 94 :45 .59 NILF,NT •SECUIi as Ice, lOU 1021 100 IU2I 8d SS •ei• it,2; IC4 1 It 6 104 IL6 107 it 4 14 il7 11) t 101 L• 3 166 LOS 105 107 107 109 1(4 106 113 105 98 99 97! 9 98 99 102 104 103 1(5 110 11 1 110 112 WORKING MEN AND .POLITICS:, The first general meeting of the London Working Men's Association for the .3ar has just been held, Mr. George Potter presiding. In opening the proceeding, the chair man said that it had been resolved upon by a sub-committee that an agitation should be organised with a view to secure the repeal of the ratepaying clause of the Reform Bill. Working men complainedthat theybad to pay rates in addi tion to their rents. The section of the new Reform Bill to which he had alluded, entailed an increase of is. or is. 6d. a week in excess of what they formerly paid, and even the vestries felt themselves incapable of completing their collections. The association had also resolved on promoting the labour registration scheme, and several influential members of Parliament had expressed their approval of the, movement. One of their number had already issued an address to the eleotors of one of the metropolitan boroughs. He did not know whether the proposal he was about to make would meet with the ap proval of the society. They bad resolved that the committee should consist altogether of working men, and that the board of trustees should be formed of gentlemen, among whom were Mr. M`Cullagh Torrens and other prominent The present aspect of things was far from encouraging. The Working Men's Association had no sympathy with any physical force movement. The working men of England had now sufficient power to procure a redress of their grieVances by moral, legitimate, and con stitutional means. He regretted that the oligarchy of the country were still unwilling to give up any portion of the power of which they had the monopoly so long, and he was sorry to have to add that great apathy existed among the working men of England regarding the objects the asso ciation was seeking to advance. He believed that on the reassembling of Parliament several members of the House of Commons would become honorary members of the association, and there was no doubt that they would then receive a considerable accession to their numbers. They would endeavour to promote the subject of education, and the Irish Church and the Irish land question would also engage their most earnest attention. It was a disgrace to our civilisation that only one in forty of the people of England could read and write. He trusted that in a shOrt time their children would be able to obtain as good,a, secular and rational 'education as the youth of any other country. They would soon - put prominently before the public the true principles of trades union societies. The oppo nents of trades unions should remember that these associ ations had superseded secret societies, and the proportion of working men who now advocated physical force against those who differed from them was very insignificant com paratively with the number which would have advised that course of -procedure some few years ago. A resolution was then passed condemnatory of " a proposed loyal and anti-Fenian meeting," organised by the Metropolitan Conservative Working Men's Association. One of the delegates present (Mr. Gilmore) remarked that Mr. Digby Seymour's appeal to the Irishmen in Loudon to sign an address asserting their loyalty to the Throne was an insult to those to whom the appeal was particularly directed, and the resolution was altered to comprise the opinion ex pressed by Mr. Gilmore. PURCHASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS. ---..--- FISHING TACKLE, ETC., AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. (From Land and Water.) Following upon the exhibitions. of fishing gear, fish-culture, and fish-products held at Arcachon and Boulogne, it was to be expected that the Paris Exhibition would contain a highly interesting col lection of these objects, and accordingly I devoted no little time to the search after and examination of such things as appertain to the res piscaria et piscaloria, with what result I will briefly state. Piscicultural apparatus figured largely in the cata logue, but with the exception of a few specimens of fish-hatching exhibited in the subterranean aqua rium in the French g,arden, which have . been de scribed by your Paris correspondent, there was little to be seen. The liuningue establishment sent a complete set of apparatus which seemed to puzzle the spectators as to their application, particularly the blow-pipes and egg-carriers. There was also a very complete series of fresh-water fish alive in the aquariums, but these have also ben done ample justice to by your Paris:correspondent. But, like your Paris correspondent, I wandered upstairs and downstairs searching for the salt-water fish " all alive," which were promised by the catalogue, but with the same result. 'We could not see them for the same reason that Mr. Toots could not see Sol Gills, because, as Captain Cattle said; he was " inwincible." In the interior of the building there were several fish-hatching apparatus, particularly those of Car bonnier of Paris ; but, as far as I saw, they were but a " beggarly account of empty boxes." The Irish Fisheries Company sent a number of models of fish passes and ladders, but they were in a remote and back settlement, and there was no attendant to give any information about them. Howbeit they obtained a medal. Perhaps their best models were illustrations of various methods of preventing sal mon from approaching mill wheels, such as iron - :wire gates, and revolving drums of wire, which would prevent the fish ascending without stopping the flow of water. English flybooks. Poor Massas and his cannes ru bannes were not visible, but I saw many beautiful specimens of the red and bamboo rods. Walking stick rods there were, and I saw an umbrella-rod, which I have often dreamt of, but never supposed a possible combination. French gut is much thicker than ours, but also much stronger than that which has been lately im ported into England. I fancy the Spaniards must be playing some trick with the manufacture. I fancy they arc taking to fishing, as I saw a collec tion of trout-fly, feathers, and flies sent by one Val gonia from Spain. j!idgiiig by the flits, the fisli must be still very unsophisticate I there. ENTRIES FOR THE SPRINU HANDICAPS. [The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yester day evening.] THE CITY AND SUBURBAN II kNDICA.P. Of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared by the time to bo named when the weights appear, with 200 sore added. The last mile and a quarter. 141 subs. The weights to be published in due time. The Pr-liner, Wolsey, Cotytto, Goojerat, Captain Kidd, Citron, Tremble, Charuwood, Lozenge, Leap Year, Slan derer, Fire-entor, Thu Breach, Speculum, Corinne, Silenus, Chtiron, Lt galia, Stralbroke, Ravioli, Snowdrop, Pur veyor Cz tr, Bandmaster, Woath:r Milton, Gut-- nianitute, Veadone, Wane Wiae, Coaua drum, Attack - c, Bon Nevis, Rittlehol ,, er, Aggravator, Priority, Stokeley, Manoeuvre t, llippia, Nyanza, Itassian Bear, Dt:ke of York, Lady Civoutry, lues, Van Am!largli, Lueetta, Cautial +u, Lord Paluterst St. R.m.in, Veda, Kui,lti of tno Garter, Eleouora, Special, Duchess, All in the Dark, Sour Grapes, The Shrew, Peodor, Chivalry, Grey Stock ing, Vortigern, Thu Curvoral, The Doan, Eastley, Con tempt, lunerdale, Ciernenco, A ctma, Leases, Litter, Choral, Louis of Hesse, Westwick, War, Belzoni, The Student, M tyflowor, The Parson, Child of the Is lands, Lady Rosehill, Kingsland, Honestish, Lord Lyon, Gipsy King, Catiline, Lord of the Dales, Loga rithm, Lady Diana, Ceylon, Viridis, Seville, Rldbourne, Caucasus, Aquila, Papillon, Flela colt, Franchise, Pic-nit-, Catton, Tormentor, Melbourne, Birdseeker, Paul Jones, Vigorous, Chelsea, Adam Bade, Fitz-Ivan, Lionel, Aber geldie, Ifedivivus, Ailesbury, Bessie Dixon, - Redcap, Chel tenham, Kiug Charming, Musician, Miss Harriette, Pirate Chief, Cavalier, Knight Errant, Numa Pompilius, Romp ing Girl, Thalia, Demon, Foresight, Rabbit Trap, Proser pine, The Returned, Laneret, Licymnia, Vespit.sian, Clarice, Prince Regent, Wild Moor, Skipjack, Brother to Knight of the Crescent, Dragon, Montagnard, Nemea, Montgoubert, and Victorieuse.* * This filly was entered as Victorious°, with her pedi gree, in th , 3 plate for which she ran on Saturday in the last Houghton Meeting, but she is erroneously described in the Book Calendar of Races Past as Victorieuse 11. Her name has not been changed, and the figure was added to identify her with the filly running in France as Vic torieuse 11. There is a•regulation in France which re quires that horses of the ,same name shall be distinguished in the Bulletin Official, by a number denoting the order in which they have received the name, but as there is no such regulation in England, she is here properly described as Victurieuse. DREADFUL TIP AGED.} iN FINSBURY. k little boy named James Strangeways, was found dead in a house in Clifton-street, Finsbury, on Thursday even ing, under circumstances which tend to show that he had hewn barbarously murdered. The deceased boy, who was wily 13 years old, was the son of a vellum binder, living at No. 55, Clifton-street. On Thursday afternoon his mother gave him permission to invite another boy, also 13 years of age, to play with hiro, and to take tea. The other boy was named J. Loader. He came according to the invitation, and Mrs. Strangeways left him playing amicably with her son, and went out. A/ter some two or three hours' absence she returned at about half-past six, d knocked at the door , an expecting to find the two boys ready for their tea. No answer, however, responded to her knocks, and when at length an entrance was gained by means of the neighbours, the b o y L oa d er was f oun d not to be in the house, and Jam es St rangeways ' b o dy was in the back parlour quite d ea d. There was a f r i g htf u l knife wound in the groin, and th ere was a quan tity of blood splashed bout- The tongs, and a hammer, and a clasp knife lay bout, as if there had been a regular fight in the room. Dr. Chandler was' sent for, but, of course, he could do nothing for the deceased. He pronounced death to be the result d the wound in the groin, and said that the body had been dead at least an hour or two, Inquiries were forthwith 'nstituted with respect to the boy James Loader, and.the, ^esult was ..hat.,,.he was apprehended on the charge of .nurdering the deceased. It appeared that he had returned' home some two hours before the discovery of the body of his companion, and had merely said that he had been play ing with Strangeways, but that he had not got his tea. He took tea at his parents', and still said nothing of any casualty. Afterwards, however: when spoken to about the death of Strangeways, he said that while they were both playing together in the afternoon they were alarmed by a noise as if thieves had entered the house. They both apened their peeket-knivos, and went out into the passage to see what was the matter. The deceased by some awkwardness struck the handle of the knife against the wall, and drove the blade into his stomach. He (Loader) then took him into the parlour, and placed him on the chair, and left him sitting there, being afraid to tell anyone what had happened. It is a singular -cir cumstance, however, that there is no sign of blood in the passage. Neither, on the other hand, arc there any marks of blood on the accused's clothes. The boy Loader posi tively denies having injured the deceased in any way. THE WIDOW OF SERGEANT BRETT. —lt is stated by Captain Palin, Chief Constable of Manchester, that a sufficient sum has been collected to afford a comfortable provision for life for Mrs. Brett, the widow of the police man murdered by the Fenians at Manchester. We are glad to hear it. Only this week it was announced that the total subscriptions was £196, a very insufficient sum. DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OF BEDFORD.— The death is announced of the Venerable Henry Tattam, LL.D., who was for many years Archdeacon of Bedford. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, for which he received the degree of LL.D. The degree of D.D. he ob tained from Gottingen, and that of Ph.D. from Leyden. In 1822 he was presented by Lord Eldon, then Lord Chancellor, to the rectory of St. Cuthbert's, Bedford, and in 1831 to the rectory of Great Woolstrme, near Newport Pagnel, and both these benefices he held up to 1849, when he was presented to the Crown living of Stanford Rivers, Essex. In 1844 he was presented by Dr. Allen, Bishop of Ely, to the Archdeaconry of Bedford, and resigned it in 1866. Archdeacon Tattam was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was the author of several theological works in Coptic and English, Coptic and Latin, and Coptic and Arabi% . There were several attempts in the Exhibition to show a collection of the fishes of particular rivers in countries. Thus there was a collection of stuffed fishes by Capt. Michell, of the East Indies, also of Australian fishes including the Murray cod, cat fish, Murray turtle, and crawfish (Astacus astacoides). There was a collection of the fishes of the Loire and Sarthe, in spirits, very flabby and ghastly ; and among other fish products an immense quantity of cod-liver oil from Nova Scotia, Denmark, Nor way, and other maritime countries, and many kinds of gueldres and rogues (uo lack of the latter in the exhibition) for attracting sardines, anchovies, and mackerel. Preserved fish was there in every variety, lobsters, salmon, mackerel, tunny, anchovy, red mullet, herring, oysters, and sardines, met one at every turn, pickle or oil, dried or smoked. With regard to the sardines, which are the best known foreign comestible in England, I may remark that the former, which are most renowned in England, are not those which have the best name in France. Poor John Bull thinks he gets the pick of the mar ket in this article as in claret, champagne, cognac, &c. ; and perhaps his ignorance is bliss. Perhaps I ought to include the pearls, corals, and sponges, among the products of fisheries, and cer tainly there were splendid specimens of each, par ticularly the sponges of Greece; but I must proceed to speak of fishing tackle and gear, les instruments de travail proprement dits. And first of fishing boats. There were some very interesting models of the fishing boats of Norway and Denmark, very shallow and crank with great square sails ; also of an Irish trawl-broat, very strong and stiff-looking, with tarred sails ; and the National Lifeboat Institution of Great B.itain sent models of their improved fishing boat, five of which have been placed at various stations as models from which local boats may- be built. The safety prin ciple of these boats consists in making the usual fore cabin a water-tight compartment, as like•.vise the stern locker ; and in turning a side-deck along each side of the otherwise open boat, so that a hatchway is formed which can be covered when neco.ssztay with portable hatches and a water-tight tarpaulin.. Those who know the recklessness of our fishermen, their disregard of storm signal and barometrical warnings, and the annual loss of life consequent upon this recklessness, will be glad to promote in every way the adoption of fishing boats on this safety principle. Next in importance may be placed the diving apparatus of Messrs. Rouquayrol and Denayrouye, specially adapted to the coral and sponge fisheries. Every visitor to the exhibition will remember their elaborate display of working models and the unfortu nate diver who made grimaces at the little port ' holes in the diving bell cistern. Coupled with this was a submarine lamp for attracting fish, which must be an improvement on "burning the water,' , and rival " the sun's perpendicular rays which illu mined the depths of the sea." Coining still closer to fishing tackle, I remarked an immense variety of nets and cordage of all nations, seines, trammels, and casting nets, with innumerable traps and en gines for captivating the finny prey. Our net makers were, as far as I could see, represented only by Hounsell, of Bridport ; but for strength and neatness his bore the palm. The Norwegian nets were all good, and were pro vided with glass globes for floats ; they seemed very strong and durable, and with care would last out endless relays of cork. In the collection called the " History of Labour" were to be seen fishing implements, hooks, and harpoons of the stone and bronze ages, and some bits of charred netting from the lacustrine dwellings. They are, of course, very rough and rude ; indeed, it would seem as if the shrewedness of the fish kept pace with the march of intellect of their pur suers. Scarcely less rude were the huge spinning tackles exhibited by Derrien Cana, of Primpol, the leaded shanks about eight or ten inches long, fa shioned into a rough imitation of a fi,h, and armed with immense hooks. Among the Norway tackle I saw a capital instrument for arranging trot hooks, for want of which many a fisherman has had his hands grievously wounded, and some, as I have been told, dragged overboard and drowned. The hooks are confined by a split rod, similar to the wooden game-carriers, and can be delivered out without fouling, no slight boon in a long line with five or six hundred hooks. I have already noticed in your columns the harpoons, and the harpoon guns, and the explosive balls which throw out barbs when they strike the fish. These are to be had of Devisme, the famous Paris guumaker. Hav ing now mentioned most of the remarkable imple ments of sea-fishing, I may now speak of fresh water fishing tackle ; and here, again, lam sorry to say our countrymen did not come out so strong as they should have done in their special line, Class 49, Group 6. Ryder, of Birmingham, sent some capital reels; Buchanan, of Glasgow, sets of hooks ; Aldred, of London, a very handsome collection of tackle cases, and rods, with modern improvements, glued-up tops, telescopic, and perforated joints; and Charles Farlow, a set of beautiful rods, and specimens of all the best salmon peal and trout flies, with spinning baits of all kinds ; but the show, though every article was of the best quality, was insignificant, and Aldred, probably, owed his medal more to his archery than his fishing tackle, or at any rate to the union of both in the same case. There were scores of French fishing tackle-makers who exhibited more than all our English makers put together, and some of the tackle very good and cheap. Moriceau and Blanchard, of Paris, in particular, had a very large show of tackle, including ready fitted boxes of tackle for £6, rods of all sizes and prices, from th.A. canne roseau at 10 francs, to a salmon rod at 100 francs. Robillard's show was principally remarkable for highly ornamented floats emblazoned with arms of all nations, and ledger lines with the leads and corks similarly embellished. Your French fisherman neglects no detail ; some of the floats are grotesque figures of Punch, or a fat priest, or sometimes a graceful water nymph. There were very good imitations of grasshoppers, shrimps, molecrickets, &c., and spin ning baits or tue-diables of various monstrosity. Among the provincial exhibitors, Clerot, of Av • ranches, and Loisin Arne, of Morlaix, were the best, both a Whom had eyidently tAkon, leayoa ou t of In these days, when sham Fenians have made that ancient and venerable name a term of reproach throughout the world, it may interest your readers to learn how genuine Fenians of the old bree I oc cupy their leisure in their native land. According to all Gaelic traditions, Campbells, and many other families of their stock. who live ia Argyleshire and elsewhere, descend from Diarmid who was the nephew of Fionn, who was "nigh na Feinne," king or leader of those ancient Fenians of whose exploits and adventures all Celtic tradition in Scotland and Ireland is full. On Friday, the 3d of January, a picked body of dwellers on the banks of Loch Lyue met to play once more the game which Cuchullin and Oscar Diarmid and Fionn .used to play in the olden time. It was to be a peaceful battle between dwellers on opposite sides of the beautiful loch, and the men were headed as of yore, by the gentry of the old country which they love so well. The Cowal men were headed by George Callander of Ardkinglas, and his guest, Mr. Maitland ; the Inverary men by Lord Archi bald Campbell and his brother, Lord Walter ; and 39 picked men on each side - made a total of 82. The ground chosen has seen many a sturdy fight. For untold time the old grey stone, which stands in the green turf among the old trees, beneath the Castle walls, has been 'the gathering-place of the district in peace and in war. For hundreds of years a shinty match has been played beside the old pillar at the New Year; but this was some thing more important than usual, and the excite ment was in proportion. Lords and labourers, Volunteers and their officers, farmers, burgesses, fishermen, shepherds, tradesmen, all armed with shinties, clustered about_ the old stone ; stripped to their work, while spectators clustered under the trees and hung in clumps on the turf slopes wherever a view of the coming battle could best be obtained. In that bright, clear, frosty morning it was some thing to stir the blood of old and young to see men who hang together as these do, gathering for mimic fray, where their fathers had gathered time out of mind, and the sight brought out many an old me mory carefully preserved by the old race. There was Macarthur, a tenant whose ancestors have held the same farm for 500 years, who was proud to say that one of his people had preserved the Argyll title deeds when theAthole men made a stable for horses of the castle of Maccalain, his chief. There was Munro, whose forbears had held the farm which he now holds for the same time ; and many of their stamp leaned on their sticks and told their old-world histories to all who cared to hear. But the players had other work in hand. At half-past 11 the ball a block of birch root cut out with a knife, according to immemorial custom—was thrown up by the umpire, between the two leaders, with the old battle cry of " Cothrom and Feinne"—Fenians' opportu nity—which stands for fair play—and at it they went, .as if they were fighting for dear life, instead of barren hsnour. The goals were two pairs of flags, 12 yards apart, and the distance from goal to goal was about 450 yards. For more than an hour 82 men ran after the birch ball, and smote it and each other, and shouted and cheered, and worked for fun and fame as no men ever worked for pay. Hugh Brodie, a farmer on Ardkinglas, about 80 years of age, acted general on one side, and Willie Mackenzie, ground officer, who is nearly 70, marshalled the Inverary men. With white hair streaming in the wind, and clear bright eyes glittering in the sunshine, they rushed through the nie'lje, shouting their orders, and praising those who did well ; while the young leaders plunged into the thick of the fight, and did all they could to win. The judges and the um pire did all they could to follow and see fair play, and they, too, had to keep moving. Many a hard blow was given and well taken ; many a man rolled prostrate and rose again with honourable scars ; but at the end of the first hour the whole party were still fit for work, and Inverary had gained one goal. Now came a pause, and the heaving of deep chests showed how hard the work had been. Inverary now struck off from between the goals which they had won, and the game went on very keenly for another hour with varying success and many,casual ties. Lord Archibald was partially stunned by a blow on the head. Lord Walter had his upper lip split by the wooden ball. George Fergusson, clerk in the Chamberlain's-office, lamed in a previous game, was forced to give in. Dugald Mackenzie, son of the luverary general, got two very bad blows on the mouth from shinties, and, being asked if he meant to retire, declined with strong language. Two Ardkinglas men, names unknown, were con siderably damaged ; and many others had hard knocks, of which they took small heed. At last an Ardkinglas man caught the ball in his hand in the first hop, threw in through the goals, and so the game was made even at the end of the second hour. Ardkinglas now struck off, and. by good luck and right good play the Inverary men won the third goal in about five minutes, and gained the day. And so this mimic war ended in perfect good humour; the players were entertained at the inn, and drunk many toasts, . after which the pipers struck up, and many reels were danced on the road. The two leaders danced with their aged generals, who showed that years had not ex tinguished their youthful fire. The judges danced with the umpire, the rival players with each other, young maids and matrons of mature age joined in and danced with boys or old grandfathers with equal joy; and so the fun went on till the bell of the little steamer warned the Cowal men to depart, and away they went, cheering and happy, to tell their friends at home of the glorious shinty match at Inverary. And as they went the setting sun lit up the grand old hills and woods with glorious colours of orange and purple and green and gold, and the smooth loch mirrored a scene of beauty that many will remember as long as they live. Surely this kind of Fenian play is a good school for stout soldiers, and better than treason-felony and Greek fire.—Glasgow Daily Herald. THE POISON OF THE COBWA.—Our readers will recollect that some interesting experiments have lately been made in India relative to the action of the poison of the cobra, by Dr. Shortt. This gentleman, having regard to the numerous lives that were lost an nually in India from the bite of this snake, was mainly anxious to discover some antidote 4or its poison, and sot about testing its various remedies in repute for that ob ject. After much expense, and no little risk to himself, he has found that all are valueless. Still, thinking that some effective agent might be known to the natives, he offered a reward of 500 rupees for its production, stipu lating that he (Dr. Shortt) should find the cobras and conduct the experiments, which were to be three in num ber. The prize still remains unawarded. Recently Dr. Shortt has received a communication from Sir T. Madava Row, the Dewar] of Travancore, intimating that his Serene Highness the Maharajah has taken much interest in the question, and begs to offer a reward of 1,000 rupees, under such conditions as Dr. Shortt may think desirable, to the person who can produce a remedy, and satisfy him that it is effectual against snake bite. The prize, there fore, now amounts to £l5O. The discoverer, whoever he may be, will servo the cause of humanity greatly ; and this announcement, wo hope, will awaken an interest in the question that may lead to some satisfactory result. Dr. Shortt has been good enough to say that he will be glad to facilitate the conduction of experiments (or to re ceive any suggestions thereon), and that he will consign to us, for the use of any gentleman disposed to investigate the question, heads of cobras, uninjured, preserved in spirits or simply dried, or in any other way that may be desirable ; and, should we advise it—the idea is exceedingly unplea sant, but if science demand wo must obey—he will send one or more cobras themselves for experiment, on our be ing satisfied that every precaution will be taken to prevent the likelihood of any accident occurring. Certainly never were conditions more favourable for experiment, ugly though it may be. We therefore hope the result will be the discovery of an antidote to a poison which kills so many IttlUlall DoiDgs ivory pan—Love. Of 25 sovs each, loft, and only 5 if declared by a time to be fixed when the weights appear, with 200 sovs added. Two miles and a quarter. Cotytto, Captain Kidd, Safety, Leap Year, Misa Have lock, Speculum, Clairun, Blueskin, Wellow, The Pope, Roquefort, Patricien, La Favorite, Dragon, Longchamps, 3luntagnard, Bandmaster, Weather Isle, Milton, Germa nique, L'Escurial, Rhine Wine, Attack colt, Tkorndyke, Kettleholder, Aggravator, Mariner, Stokely, Manoeuvre filly, Hippie., Nyanza, Jezabel, Duke of York, Stephen Langton, Demonstration, Midwife, Carnage, Blinkhoolio, Nannie, Special, Viscount St. Albans, Feodor, Mandrake, Contempt, Clemente, Angus, Black Diamond, Lictor, For tunio, Fervacques, Westwick, War, Child of the Islands, Kingsland, Gipsy King, Lord of the Dales, Logarithm, Gomera, Ceylon, Viridis, Seville, Caucasus, Aquila, Papil lon, Franchise, Picnic, b g by Do Clare—Maid of Kent, Tormentor, Birdseeker, Chelsea, Fitz-Ivan, Abergeldie, Bessie Dixon, Adamant, Planet, Powderham, Adam Bede, Merry Andrew, Cavalier, Guy of Warwick, Numa Pom pilius, Romping Girl, Thalia, Demon, Rabbit Trap, b g by Vedette—Vixen, Proserpine, The Returned, Runic, Prince Regent, Clarice, Nino Elms, Ailesbury, and Tynedale. THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES Of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 sovs ft. Two miles. 96 subs. Leap Year, br m by Young Melbourne out of Maid of Masham, Safety, Esca, Tibicen, Damon, Romping Girl, Vixen gelding, Proserpine, Sister to 'Vedette, Wol soy, Miss Havelock, Captain Kidd, Attack colt, Sealskin, Roquefort, The Pope, Wellow, Moleskin,,Blueskin, Gulden Gift, Purveyor, Auguste, La Favorite, Longchamps, Ne mea, Montagnard, Aggravator, Kettleholder, Maneauvre filly, Stephen Langton ; King Alfred; Nyanza, Jezabel, Rurie, Beauty, Special, Mandrake, Tynedale, Adam Bode, Elmira, Angus, Lecturer, Belzoni, Lord Lyon, Lord of the Dales, Ceylon, Saville, Maid of Kent b g, Christmas Carol, Wandering Minstrel, Lucifer, Paul Jones, Ackworth, Ischia f, Rabbit Trap, Ailesbury, Achievement, Cavalier, Guy of Warwick, Red Riband, Rose Stock, Stokeley, Mariner, Lord Hastings, Midwife, Glengarnock, Fer vacques, Redbourne, Neroli, Feodor, Biinkhoolie, Hobe, The 1 - cue, Sweet Willie, Moldavia, Nutrition, Band master, Weather Isle, Baeswing, Gipsy King, Tormentor, Niue Elms, Stradbroke, Slieve Care', Beatrico Grey, Portunio, Merry Andrew, Blue Peter, Beaudesert, Nidder dale, Douro, Julie, Tribune, acd Black Diamond. THE SONIERSETSIIIRE STAKES Of '23 s9vs. each, 15 ft. ; two miles and a distanco (48 su ' s). Damon, Vixen g., Prostrpitie, Captain Kidd, Safety, Miss Havelock, Flying Scud, Golden Gift, Puff, John Bull, Yard-arm, Our Mary Ann, Special, Adam Bede, Angus, Lord of the Dales, Lord Lyon, Black Diamond, Elmira, Gomera, Ceylon, Seville, Caucasus, Aquila, Papil lon, Beeswing, Ackworth, Ailesbury, Othello, Guy of Warwick, Achievement, Romping Girl, Thalia, Phaeton, Blinkhoolie, Tavistock, Mariner, Triana, Spurgeon, Child of the Mist filly, Neroli, Stokeley, Vortigern, Dalby, Ploughboy, Tormentor, Bandmaster, and Weather Isle. THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP Of 25 sous each, 15 ft. From the starting-post of the R. 1.1 to the end of B.C. 69 subs. Lais, Tho Peer, Leap Year, Slanderer, Maid of Masham mare, Miss Havelock, Flying Scud, Regalia, Sealskin, Blueskin, Moleskin, Wellow, Atalante, Dragon, Montag nard, Longchamps, Auguste, La Favorite, Bertie, Snow drop, Attack colt, Kettleholder, Ben Nevis, King Alfred, Nyanza, S tokeley,Mariner, Jezabel, Pyrrhic, Demonstration, Manoeuvre f, Feodor, Cattle, Contempt, Angus, Bandmas ter, Weather Isle, Sweet Willie, Tribune, Leases, Lietor, Black Diamond, Strafford's dam c, Miss Sarah c, Venom ous, Signal f, Lord Lyon, Tormentor, Ceylon, Caucasus, Aquila, Othello, Cavalier, Knight Errant, Guy of War wick, Beauclork, Nine Elms, Adam Bede, Maid of Kent c, Kidderminster, Achievement, Prince Regent, Porter's Knot, Bagpipe, Brown Bread, Paul Jones, Handsome Jack, Stephen Langton, and Cauthloen. RACING FIXTURES FOR 18CS. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring I Harrow 2O Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring M.... 3 Margate 1 Chelmsford Spring M. 10 Epsom. Spring Meeting 24 Shrewsbury Spring ... 10 Croxton Park Nest Drayton l2 I Northampton Warwick Spring APRIL. Northampton (continued) 1 Bromloy 6 Aldershot Knighton l4 A bergavonny . , 16 Catterick Durham 13 Hendon l3 Newcastle Spring, Newmarket Craven I Lewes Spring 1 Thirsk Curragh April I Newmarket Ist Spring 27 LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING, FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has boon graciously pleased to appoint Francis Gerhard Myturgh, Esq., now her Majesty's Con sul at Kanagawa, to be her Majesty's Consul at lhogo and Osaka. The Queen has also been graciously pleas‘A to appoint Lachland Fletcher, Esq., to be her MajeAy's Consul at Yedo and at Kanagawa. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint William Willis, E-q. to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Yedo and at Ka nagawa. The t4ueen has also been graciously pleased to appoint John Frederic Lowder, Esq., to be Ler Majesty's Vice-Consul at Hiogo and at Osaka. JAN. 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sid ney Locock, Esq., now S._cretttry to her Majosty's Lega tion in Japan, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Log,:tlon. at The Hague. The Q:Liou has also been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Otti we ll Ad ams. now a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secre tary to her Maj ~sty's Legation in Japan. JAN. 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Rodolphe Kummerer as Consul at Sydney for his Majesty the King of Bavaria The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Guillermo Jorje Anderson as Consul at Cape Town for the Republic of Chile. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Benrique Meyerhein as Vice-Consul at Manchester for his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves. ADMIRALTY, JAX. 8. Lieutenant Albert Elms Kay has this day boon pro moted to the rank of Commander, with seniority twin th September, 1867, for services whilst iu command of her Majesty's steam vessel Investigator during an expedi tion up the river Niger. The Rev. Alfred Simonet Malet has been appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE ''OF EXCIIAN G-E.-1 - 4 as t, Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 Of 12 Of Rotterdam Antwerp —2 r: 32± 25 37 25 32± 25 40 _ _ .. Brussels - - - Hburg 13 9 4 - --. 4. 13 91 ; am •.. Short 25 121 25 221 Paris . Ditto 3 Months. 25 3U 25 30 Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine —120 i Vienna --12 30 12 45 Trieste — 12 30 12 45 Petersburgn - 31 7 . 32 Berlin Madrid . —48 i Cadiz Leghorn Milan - 29 45 29 60 Genoa Naples ..: 29 45 29 60 Palermo ... 29 45 29 60 Messina . — 29 45 29 60 Lisbon —51 k Or o it 9 imittlissittlistiolio " Oli 511 YOSBEBBIU.N 8. 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 63 65 sty Rom.,Baroda, eti Cen.ln. 100 IC4 105 1(2 gu. 5_ per cent... 20 Do. F shares lO p p 401 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 6 ,0 91 3 89 .04 1(522 1021 tOO Bull Brant,S;Goderich I 6 P.c. ,872-3-4 l oo 68 71 at Calcutta 8. E., lira lOO - - 0085 t i 6 4 1 te at . e e r i i a o e r: l a 4 n a 7 4 :p , D . g o p c . k e r' g a p u i . 1 1 a 0 0 1 0 0 1 it East Indian, gu. l s p.c. 100 110 1104 10 0 1 984 1 10 Do. J Extension - - at Grand Trunkof Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Banda 1 charge 6 p.c alt 83 85 600 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred all - - 100 De. 2d I'ref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock alt 191 204 100 Do. do. deterred - - at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 107 108 1071 7 ?3 o. Gus. 5 per cent lB - 2t• 40 Do. New gua. sp.c , !, 6- - 2 at tit. South of India gua. 6 ,per cent st D‘i. 44 per cent lov 112 94 st Do 201 great Wcs. of Canada all 151 151 161 201 Do. New . all - - 100 Do. 6p. o Bt.s . pay. 1873 all 95 47 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8., all 85 E 7 10 Indian Branch,. limited 3 t st Madras, gua. 5 p.c 100 100 102 at Do. 41 do ... 100 93 65 st Do. 44 do 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - - at Alelb. Cor 6p. c. Buda. 100 - - 50 Mel. k Hubson's Bay all - at Isl.l.l.l.C'tla,6pc Litpt.ba 100 83 85 at Seinde ..... 100 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do .144, 15 P st Do. Puniaub.... 0,1 100 GO 100 100 st Do.lndus St.Flot 4 10') 83 87 BUITIBI.I MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Ili& 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 6; - Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 4,0 430 - orake walla 2.1.0 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 nt Caradon t. uN t: L i .,L - ( 6 ::t b a r uis r u l t rtakeu n nua ti ti. u t e r ib l :4 e yi a k 2 8 .. 3 1 5 4 . k 1 ..0 1 2 4 1 2 2 4 4 n (T o av w tt i • i lt t.7.4 11 8 1 4 2 , 9 i 4 neat 1.-txey, limited a:l 17 • 18 teat South Tolgus e. - - Great Wheal nosy... 14. u., - 1. Wheal ti or t Heist 10 17 19 - . renvilie - .ierod's Foot - Ilingaton oowns 5.10.6 24 24 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.0 6 Marke Valley- 4 awyndy Iron Ore, lint 31 24 11 - New 8 ton North toskear NI.Wh Bassett(lllogan - - North Wheal Crotty VrOtiper United....... 8.11.0 2 24 er,vidence,UnyLehuti 10.6.; 29 St S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 190 410 - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 424 - Stray Park . 36.15.6 4 6 fin Croft l3 14 - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - • - West Bassett (Mogan Caradon (Liskeard 1: 10 12 - West Chi verton ...... 11 60 68 - West Seton - Wh ea l Bassett (Mogan 5 4 65 9; - Wheal Buller (Hedruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 Wheal Solon Whe.ti Tr:,,lawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 115! 11 15k 1031 21 ITinl 1101 i 11 T /N 6rE/1.-111,Y. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN HANDICAP ). .day has ex- The st of arty fICS9 oath Sir ife," the the vork play We &rti ;ady inity new sure BUC nte- mes r the Lmily from t ores table )usin iage. Ler is , ay it sieve Tre 7ner. , Mr lied may le to Rifle mey, veil.. igton i the the , acs pers, the esta a the a F , at- ;yea h for , er of ting aeral n, of eriti- ptain lens, arish laced s, aS • 7,,,re 20 St 100 190 100 100 luo 100 100 98 96 51