The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

hesi- !cided going ►d ex-. roops, g the ester- ed, so nee. of going ma by to the as one a base wine an 15 d into id the ae has pt was ide to til the re way aban- e been l have 3arlier. ive of that, never ng the Header ie ob e Due lowing the aid few of were e gate is, and already les and s, but, fearful carcely abreast, s pitch e sides Id have matter, weight, uperin- Lisaster. ad met , which adding nary for .6ft. re [at they t. Re sealing e castle, which above 11 work, g vibra a might undreds r fallen. ►arracks , which Le sym or those e trying fly r. disaster, 3DrtionS. ucia has - safety of to shore een car tunately he door, asking a umel has uccessful 'chitects, ust Nic ,t• named through the sea, 'hick lies through he house enement, I which, , as also roofs of broken d if any perished. Lch is un tation of ad in the that the the door, 'aye met a the au• are are at MONEY LARKET AND qOMMEROIAL TNTMLLTRENCB, CITY, Two o'CLoCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 68f. 70c. Very firm. There is a fair demand for money at 11 per cent., with exceptional transactions 1 per cent. lower. Consols are steady at yesterday prices, at 93} to 931 for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 931 to 931; India Five per Cents., 1111 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 255. prem. Of Foreign Stocks Egyptian, Peruvian, and Mexi can are in chief demand. There is an advance of in the Viceroy's Loan, at 755 to 76 ; and of 5 in the Egyptian Railway Loan, at 924 to 93. The Egyp tian 1864 Bonds are without change, at 90; to 911. Mexican have advanced 5, at 165 to 165 ; and Peru vian (1865) are also better, at 77 to 774. Greek are 13 to 135 ; New Spanish, 364 to 37 ; Turkish, 325 to 325: Italian (1861), 43i to 434 ; and Peru vian (1862), 92 to 93. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at I to 11 prem. American Securities are flat. United States 5-20 Bonds are * lower, at 711 to 71* ; Erie Railroad and Iliinois are also each I more, being quoted at 46* to 47i ane 87 to 88 respectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded 4, to 27 to 28, and the Consolidated .Mortgage Bonds 1, to 25 to 25f. The Railway Market is again firmer. The favour able dividends being declared encourage purchases. There is an advance of 1 in Great Northern, at 1091 to 1104 ;of Great Western, at 461 to 46/ ; of in Great Northern A, at 1104 to 1114 ; of 4 in Metropolitan, at 110 to 1101; and in Great Eastern 32 to 321; and of in Midland, at 1061 to 1071, in South Eastern at 71 to 714 ; in Brighton at 461 to 461, and in Caledonian at 781 to 791 ; Sheffield are steady, at 431 to 43/ ; Lancashire and York shire, 1264 to 1271 ; and Bristol and Exeter, 85 to 87 ; London and South Western are 4 lower at 86 to 88. In Bank Shares Agra (A), are quoted at 11 to 11 i ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27f to 28f ; Consolidated, to prem. ; Imperial, 17i to 174 ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to t dis. ; London and County, 52! to 53f ; London and Westminster, 39 to 40 ; London Joint Stock, 33 i - to 34} ex div. ; and Union of London, 33} to 34f. Among credit shares, National Discount are 11 to 14 ; International Finance, 2to 11 dis. ; Gen e ral Credit, 21 to 21 dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 31 to 31. . _ The annual general meeting of the Grosvenor and West-end Railway Terminus Hotel Company has been called for the 26th inst., to receive the directors' report and to declare a dividend. The ordinary annual meeting of the East Lin colnshire Railway Company will be held on the 21st inst., when the directors' report will be pre sented. The ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-lonian Steam Navigation Company has been convened for the 19th inst., to receive the directors' report, and to declare a dividend. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK• The Bank return shows some important changes. Among them is a reduction of upwards of £172,000 in the private securities, and a decrease of more than a million and a-half sterling in the amount of private deposit,. The inference from these conditions is, that the Bank is practically out of the Discount Market, and that it is wholly in the hands of its eo rapetitors. This is the result of maintaining the. minimum at 2 per cent., when the market sdoing business i per cent. lower. There is a large reduction in the Reserve, owing to the use ,made i of th e pr i vate d epos i ts, an d i t i s sa ti s f ac t or y t o fins some sinsg of relief from stagnation. There is also a reduction in•the bullion, but the stock remains not much short of twenty-two millions. The following are the principal changes : Increase in circulation '' - £245, 415 Increase in Public Deposits ... 565,113 Decrease in other Depo s it s ... 1,564,102 No change in amount of Government Securities Decrease in other Securities . 172,623 Decrease in Bullion Increase in Rest Decrease in Reserve Bullion in both Departments .21,755,234 Reserve of Notes and Coin 13,075,854 Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 24, 327, 678 The return of paid clearing for the week ending W.ednesday, Feb. 5, certified by Mr. George Derby shire, chief inspector, is as follows :-- Jan. 30, Thursday £10,193,000 Jan. 31, Friday Feb. 1, Saturday 13,012,004 Feb. 3, Monday 9,755,000 Feb. 4, Tuesday Feb. 5, Wednesday Total £76,195,000 This is the largest clearing in any week since the publication of the returns first commenced. The aggregate is affected by a heavy settlement on ths Stock Exchange and by the engagements of the 4th, bbut independent of these conditions there is reason to e lieve that a moderate improvement is taking plac e the clearings from the ordinary internal trade. The Continental demand for gold continu es , an d i n the absence of arrivals a further sum of £77,000 was ta ken from the Bank yesterday. „ The steamers which left New York y es t er d a y f or turope took £lOO,OOO in specie. The prospectus has appeared of the Anglo-Hun- Rarian Bank, a new enterprize having for its object t he extension of banking facilities to Hungary, in Precisely the same manner as the Anglo-Austrian 45 , link, h as esta bli s h e d i tse lf . I t was at first thought II) form Hungarian branches to the A ng lo-Au s t rian a ` l nk) but it was ultimately decided to form new company altogether. The capital is :400,000 in £2O shares, of which forty per cent is to be paid up before the comp an y i s en ti t l e d e commence business. Power is also given to in crease the capital. The new Bank will have its chief est ablishment at Pesth, and a Hungarian direction . be assisted by a Committee in London. It is to 0 a deposit and di scoun t h ouse , b u t it w ill a l so ma k e adv ances on everything marketable, and h as th e p ower redealing i n b u l l i on an d co i n. Subscriptions will be received in L on d on , P est h , an d Vi enna, on M onday da Tuesday next. The dividend of the Clydesdale Bank (Glasgow) is announced at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. At the meeting yesterday of the South Condurrow 'line a call of 2s per share was made. aThe dividend of the Bristol and Exeter Railway °M pany for the past half-year is announc e d, a t th e rate of 4i per cent. per annum, carrying forward 4,165. For the corresponding period of 1866 the dividend was 0-, and the amount brought into this account was £550. The Great Northern Railway Company announce that the dividend for the past half-year is at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum, comparing with 8 per .cent. This will allow £3 15s to be paid on the original stock, £3 on the B stock, and £4 lOs on the ./k stock. The distribution for the year is 6 per cent. In each case. The accounts of the London and N or th W es t ern 4,ailway Company permit of a dividend at the rate of Per cent. pe r annum , b e i ng th e same as for the corr esponding period of 1866. - } , 1 . 1 -, conspiracy to create a fictitious rise in Midland rh a „waY stock h a s b een d e f ea t e d th roug h th e vigi ee of the L on d on S toc k E xc h ange . B y t h e post a lat m ter was received by the secretary, written on th e tal paper, and stating among other things that wi ?. auditors have nearly completed our accounts, all len indi ca t e a d i v i dend at the rate of £ 6 10s per c 64 1 .11 1 ,1 1, for the p as t h a lf- year . Th e l e tt er was s i gne d t o '• Browne, Secretary." The conspirators omitted ::o;lichth is e letter in the way in which letters to the 041 1 2" n Stock Exchange are usually sealed. This 0111ssion excited suspicion, and the letter, the object perfectly clear, was not posted up as it was p o i gned to be. The directors of the Midland Com t.,Y have offered a reward of £5O for the discovery the offenders. ale s n„ srs. Napier and So n s, o f the Clyde, are build .), for the Dutch Government a steam ram of about 0,00 0 t ss e ; ens, and a turret ship of 2,000 tons. They 1 )441 1' 1 4 e/1(1yd to be fitted with Skinner's steering ap shit) 18 , , similar to that successfully tested by H.M.'s alo t 4 industry and Supply, by which one man e ase " can steer in the most boisterous weather with it , and free from danger. of r a PPears by the gold mining records of the colony ea nii i i tcria, that 12 mines, with an aggregate paid-up fr o of £145,382, have given, at periods ranging di • s even months to five years, no less a turn in hi eto 'it-is out of their raistogs of £1,878,907. The ry 0 - 1 (Ni t nining has never before shown such extra arY results. O'CLOCK. B RITISH FUNDS—TWO 8 Itll3 'PA RN MIMI' FUNDS. tient. Consols a 'lO. Account, March 5 93 I; ,Per Cent. Reduced 93i N ab per Cent ""r 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 18941111111141111•1101111 wer- Luting Etmily rl5 , in o re- e first enna, ian as 30. has Dele found g the mvic- ice in min al ieutly ruins. are seven ine-seller, were pus a nothing, ;MASON. - "' a, We learn me a mera conducting iblie ball in aber of the have a moA a of free- Lasses of her -Dumbarton showing L drunken' pool police• a drunke n aonths old/ occurrence oeing called tal. It was and one )re not of a the wo man Lnd that 6' Do. 5 per Cent..fan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188(' Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au g ., 1908 — Eschuquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct 24 20 pin Do £5OO 24 20 pm Do. £lOO & £2OO 24 20 pm -auk of England Stock, 4i per Oent 2Bl Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iau Stock, 10f per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 188 U Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 5 per Cent., Rap. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 lO3l Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —TWO CLOCK. Brazlian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 1858.... Do. do., 18 , io — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1.865 'Jo Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cout — Do '2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cout ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Cnilian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 934 Do., Scrip.£32 paid C , mbian, 6 per Cent. Danisn 3 p it. Cent., 1825 D inubian Principalities, 7 per Cent (84;8 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 674. Etuador New Consolidated, 1 per Celli — elgyptian, 7 per Cent — i io. Second Issue . D '. .£5lO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds Do. 1864 Do. X 5 )0 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds a • ••• - Government Railway Debentures . ... 93 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups Do. Account DJ. Coupons • . Do. Account ..• -- G iatemala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Itiiiau 5 per Cent., 1865 — De, Account Do. Maremmana Itaiway — 54 , 1iticau 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account ... l6l 4 1 Do. 1864 Bl it De 8 per Cont. Anglo-French thutevideax C per Cent. . — Itoorish imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 77 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,' 6 , ' 7 , '9,'60,'2,73 101 Do. do., 1r67 404 40 Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid — pm Rnesiau 5 per Cent., 18z2, £ St B7l 8 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do. £B4 15s. do 854 5 Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Oen . . 381 1 Do Account -- Do New Deferract Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded... Do Account Tuckish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ' 63f Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 63f Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 - 541 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Do Account ' - Ittliah 5 per (lent. 1881, Ev• zsf. Do. Account 43f TWO OVLOOK. Consols, Money 93f I Do. Account, March 93i SPECIAL CONSTABLES. thegpDs a roee L r nps d H a s aeu e int n re t yte sa Division , noo s le o p ll dn e special Sargent, a amy nu constables os Aat was hmoero ncg sHohatmewtl those a ssre t : w v iQve e Lir n us ing a meeting of the F, or Covent f uperintendents Barringer, J. F. Findla ter, Webster ie , iaeor:C H tte,.or ad -olsCof' don, Rocking, Petley, and H. New ; Assistant-Superintendents Thomas, Mi chord, Bellamy, E. Draper, and a number of other gentlemen. The division was formed into a brigade, consisting of nearly 4,000 constables, and Colonel Sargent was appointed Superintendent-in- Chief of the force. The different divisions were directed to be commanded as follows:—Covent garden, Superintendent Corscarden ; Somerset house, Major Hawker ; the Commissionaires, Capt. Walter ; Tottenham-court-road, Mr. Shoolbred ; Rolls and Record-office, Mr. R. F. Few ; and Drury-lane Theatre, Mr. J. B. Chatterton. Colonel Mayne was appointed Staff Officer of the brigade, and Drs. Duncan and Pearl consented to act as honorary surgeons. Superintendent Corscardeu was unable to attend the meeting through illness, but his duties were most efficiently transacted by his energetic deputy, Mr. New. The organisation of this division is now so perfect that it is proposed in a short time to parade the 4,000 members in Westminster Hall for inspection by Lieut.-Colonel Ewart, when it is anticipated that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will be present. The swearing in before the magistrates, J. Still well, Esq., and White, Esq., still continues to be carried on with the greatest spirit. THE VOLUNTEERS.—The 2d Middlesex (her Ma jesty's Customs) Artillery Volunteers, held their seventh annual general meeting at the Custom-house on Tuesday, February 4, Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Cox in the chair. About 120 members were present. The report stated that the funds were healthy, the balance in favour of the corps being £297. The number of efficients was over 80 per cent. The corps prizes were then presented. WINDFALL.—A prisoner in Taunton gaol, whose term of imprisonment eTpires in a short time, has just been left a legacy of .C 16,000. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.—The challenge from the Cambridge University Boat Club reached the hands of Mr. Willan, the President of the Oxford Univer sity Boat Club, yesterday afternoon. There is little doubt of the race being rowed on the Saturday preceding Good Friday—viz., April 4. The difficult task of selecting the crew will at once be proceeded with. Judging from present appearances, Oxford will have an excellent crew, the men being tall and powerful. THE DISASTERS FROM THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.— A. telegraphic despatch from Naples states that the eruption of Vesuvius has broken out with fresh violence. In the morning of the sth great quantities of ashes were ejected, together with lava, and in the evening some shocks of earthquake were felt. The terrible catastrophe in Santa Lucia created so much excitement in Naples that the Royal Delegate, who now repre sents the Municipality, found it necessary toissue a pro clamation exhorting the people to be calm. A Napl es correspondent says:—" There is a w idespread conviction that there has been criminal negligence in not antici pating the disaster, and criminal apathy in not having made efforts sufficiently strong to rescue those who are still under the ruins. Thirty-six hours were suffered to pass away in hesitation and discussion, when it was at last de cided that nothing could be done to save life. I have just (Feb. 1) returned from the scene of the disaster, which threatens to assume even larger proportions. Much of the debris at the turn of Santa Lucia has been removed, too much fur the perfect safety of the tunnel in construc tion, as it served to shore up the ma'erial above. The tunnel has been carried as far as the wine shop, but unfor tunately against the walls of the house instead of the door, an error occ:isionA by the necessity of making a zigzag road. At the same time, another tunnel has been constructed .ith somewhat rncre successful results. The entrance is near the border of the sea, and passes fist . through a magazine which lies under the street ; the pas sage has been cut throug'l the tufa as far as a well which is under the house of the wine merchant; above it is a tene ment divided into four compartments, in one of v•hielt, which was perfect, was found a cat alive, as Also some glasses and bottles unbroken. The roofs of two of the other compartments had been broken in by the pressure of- the soil above, and if any persons were there they must have all perished. The shop only remains, the state of which is unknown as yet, but there is little expectation of saving any one. As no one has been found in the compartment behind, the proba bility is that the unfortunate persons in the shop rushed to time door, outside of. w hi c h they roust inevitably have met their fate. There arc at least twenty persons missing, among whom are seven soldie r s, two sergeants, the family of the wine-seller, and some other persons. As to those who were passing in th is muc h-f requ en ted thorou g hfa r e nothing, of coarse, to kilown.". THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN FEBRUARY 7, 1868 . SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY tiliAlt.h:b AND STOCKS. Share Railways. at Bristol and Exeter .... F lo a o id./ Cj B .l s r°l3cein :7 BudS('-i4111:3 at Caledonian -..... 100 79 80 78j 91 81 st Cambrian - Cork and Bandon - - 20 Cornwall all 3 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 741 751 . at Dan„Perth,&Ab.June lOO 70 72 100 E.London, Scrip Certi all - 100 - - d at - Glasgow &S. Western 100 98 10,./ at Great Eastern, Ord.stk. iou 5:1 52 321 21 1/ at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 8 at Great North of Scotland 100 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 109 111 110 6PI at Do. A stock .. 100 111 112 111 10j I.lloj at Do. 11 stock lOO 1224 la at Do. New, Is. at 25 pm 10: - - at Gt S, and W. or Ireland 100 97 9 at Gt. Western -Original Ito 40 46 461 st Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - st Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.-Oxloru WO 25 .31 at Do. Newport lOO 29 SI at Do. Hereford..... 100 - - st Lancashire& Yorkshirk 100 1161 12:I 127 at Landon and Blackwall 100 - - at Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 100 46 461 4f4 6 at I-on., Chat., and Dovel 10 , .) 18 16.! 18 a 171 'at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 14 at Lon. & North Westeri, 100 1,9 1194 -1181 19 184 at Lon. & South Wester. 100 80 88 at Man., 6110., & Lincoio 100 13 14 at Metropolitan.... all ill 11?. 1092 1 1 0 4 94 at Do. New lO - - at Do. Extemion•.... ail • IJJ 101 1 1 at Iletrupolitan Distri ct all • - - 73 IC Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. anl St. John'aW' 6 - - at Midland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - at Do, Birmin.. & Derb) 100 75 77 acid Ilent . - - at North British st Do. Ed., Pib., & Dun. 10K . - - at Nth. Eastern-- litzwiei. 100 104 105 105 • 25 Do. Ci.N•E purolias. 10.13.1 - - at Do. Leeds at Do. York lOO 95 97 at Do. Carlisle . .... 100 - - at Do. Stock. & 25 Do. do. 1860-61 l2 - at North London .. lOl 111 110 at Do. do. 1861 5 . . lO - - Do. do. 1866 10 morth Stailordshire at N. &S. W. Junction .. all 109 11, at Scottish Central - Scot. N. E , Aber. noel, 100 - uo. Scot, Mid. stock lO./ - - - Shropshire Union • lOO 58 69 st south Devon lOO 43 t 5 • st South Eastern 20 81aines, Wok., .k Wok all 9 10 at tall Vale • tO Do. C - ale 04 Neath - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & ‘Viiitelia. 1 8 - - vVest Cornwall lOO - - LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This ray. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) NELSON V. NELSON AND HOWSON. This was a petition presented by the husband for dissolution of marriage. The parties after the marriage lived at Burton in-Londale, and kept a publichouse there for some time. Unfortunately the wife became subject to intoxication, which of course led to the most unfor tunate consequences, and eventually the wife left her husband, but not before she sold off the greater part of his home. Mrs. Williamson, sister of the peti tioner, said she knew Mr. and Mrs. Nelson when they lived at Burton-in-Londale. Mrs. Nelson was very frequently intoxicated, and eventually her brother had to leave the place in consequence of the dissolute conduct of his wife. They afterwards went to live at Liverpool, but here the old failing again showed itself, and the respondent there finally left her husband, taking with her one of the children. Miss Leigh said she knew the parties when they lived at Liverpool, but she only corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. Mrs. Walmesley said she had been in the habit of paying money to Mrs. Nelson for her support. John Thoinber said he was asked by the respondent to draw up a paper by which the co-respondent Howson agreed to allow the respondent a weekly sum for the support of herself and two children. A witness was called, who fully established the painful allegation in the petition, and his lordship made a decree nisi, but without costs. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a meeting of the Common Council was held at Guildhall for the despatch of business—the Lord Mayor presiding. THE GAOL OF NEWGATE. Deputy FRY asked whether there was any truth in the report that an enlargement of the gaol of Newgate was in contemplation by the Court of Aldermen. Again, if that were not so, whether the subject of removing the gaol to another locality had ever been under the consideration of that Court. Alderman Sir W3l. ROSE repeated the statement he made in the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last, to the effect that £6OO was about to be expended in alterations connected with the prison ; that it was a house of detention as well as a gaol, and was used as such in connection with the Central Criminal Court, to which, as having a jurisdiction extending over eight counties, besides that of the Admiralty, it was indispensable. There had never to his know ledge been any intention on the part of the Court of Aldermen to remove the gaol to another loca lity. Au inquiry had been before the Court as to the property surrounding the gaol, but no action was likely to take place immediately upon that in quiry. Mr. BONNEWELL reminded the Court of the state ment in the Builder on the subject. The LORD Alaywt said there was no foundation whatever for the statement. The subject was then allowed to drop. On the motion of Mr. TERRY, Alderman Sir Wm. Rose was unanimously re-elected to the office of Governor of the Irish Society. Mr. John Anderson Cotton was also elected to the office of deputy governor with like unanimity. On the motion for affixing the official seal to a new Commission of Sewers, COLOSIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ;British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l.O 100 102! Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 100 1021 00. s p. c. Jan. & July 100 80 88 864 f Do. sp. c. Inscribed at 100 85 •87 Cape G. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Uo.Apl.& Oct .1890-19 00 100 1(,6 108 Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 Do. Jau.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 95 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t 100 Do. 1878, do lOO 110 1104 51auritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 •)0. 1882, Mayls, Nov..b 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 Natal , iov. 6 per cent lOO 104 106 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J 160 IC3 105 N. S.W. Gov.s p•c., 1860 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 98 00 94 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 974 984 901 I New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a. sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 103 105 104 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 110 111 Vio,Uov. 6 p.O. Ja &July 100 - Do. do. April & 001 lOO 110 112 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atiantic& St.LaWrelloo all 63 65' 8, 1 Bom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln. 100 104 105 1034 " gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. F shares lO p 4p 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 6 100 RulL,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-0 .. 1(10 68 71 st Calcutta &B. E., lim.. 100 at Jat , e Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, all 99 102 st East Bengal, gu. sdo 10 0 : 03 1(14 104 4 at East Indian, gu. , 5 p.c. 100 110 1104 104 9 20 Do. J Extension .. 15 st urand Trankof Canada 100 17 18 16 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 60 52 100 Do. do deferred all 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Dv. do. deferred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock _ all 194 204 100 Do. do. deterred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 107 108 1001 ?0 1:o. Gua. 5 per cent lB -- 2 p tO Do. New gua. 6p. o 6 2 at tt. South of India gua. 5 per cent st Do. 44 per cent lov 92 91 25 o — 404 treat Wes. of Canada ai l 154 154 204 D. New .. - tOO Do. 6p. c 13(.6. pay. 1873 all 95 47 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 e 7 st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 at Do. 1: do lOO 93 05 at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Filth Extension 5 at tlelb. Cor 6p. C. Buds. 1 0 0 50 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all et ; N. Itl.C'da.6pc Ist pf.bs 100 83 85 at (Jude &Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.O 100 1J44 R5l st Sclnde 100 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do : 4 4, 1 5 I at Do. Punjaub.... a.o 100 99 100 I at Do.lndus St.Fl o t 66 lOO 85 87 BRITISH MINES. - Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. 1 - - - Ohivertan - Cli ff ord Amalg ama t e d 3O 55 64 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 4.0 430 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 5 - :East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 - ENast Caradon 2.11.0 5 6 ast Carn Brea 35 2 24 - East Grenville ..... - East Gunnisl a k e . 8.3.6 1 4 - East Lovell 3.9.0 8 11 - E. Wil Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 15 2 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 4 5 4 Urcat Laxey, limited., all 17 18 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 - -- - Great Wheal Basy 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Helstow iti 17 19 - drenville 9.0.6 11 11 - Herod's Foot •• . 8.10.1. 35 37 -. Elingston Downs S.W., ti 21 - Margaret (Uny Lelaut 15.17.6 6 8 - Alarke Valley *.10.6 4/ 51 4 tiwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 25 1{ .- ~ e - x S ton - Sorth loskear - i.Wh Bassettailogan 1.4.9 - - - North Wheal Crotty - i'rosper United....... 8.11.0 2 21 _ eruvidenee ,UnyLelant 10.6.7 29 31 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll ;590 410 _ South Coadurrow _ S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1859 375 42t zitray Park 35.15.6 a 6 fin Croft V 13 14 _ - 7igra and Clogan, lim a ll - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 1t 1J i 2 West Chiverton ll 67 69 West 5et0n....... 474 195 205 _ . Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 85 95 -... Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 1 J Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawnev (Lis. 5.17.0 6 8 YitEFERENCE S UA.REs, . . Great Virestern, 4 per cent irred. 66 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 :YOREIGN"KIIILWAYr. N a mur and Liege , gua. 6 per cent. pl., 20 Sou th AUStriall and Lombardo Venetian, 11} S a n Paulo, gua. 6 per cent., :FOREIGN MINICB. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, u m . , 4, V on Pedro, North D el hey, 2~. 1 - Port Phillip, If Bosse Grande, par St. John del hey, lim I9i 204 DOCKS. London and Si. Katharine,:436 BANES: Alliance, lim.. Australasia, 67 61 Bank of British Columbia, Ditto, new, 12 British North American. 49 City, 121 Imperial Bank, Um., 171 Imperial Ottoman, 94 London and River 'late, Ditto, new, 101 London Chartered Bang of Australia, 23/ London Joint Stock, 34 31 London and W estminster, 68/ 8 Ditto, Scrip, 4 393 Merchant Bank, lira., 16 National Provincial of England .: Ditto. cd and 3d issue, 3d4 Union of Australia, 514 j Union of London, 341 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo American Telegraph, 19k Atlantic Telegraph, Ditto, 8 per tent., 100 21 City Discount, lim, 21 Cotitmercial Union, Insurance. 5 4 Crystal Palace, 23 Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. Govt. /) Fore-street Warehouse, lim., it/ Gen. Credit and Discount, I un.. 5 London Financial Association, lim., 7 North British Australasian, 40 Peninsula and Oriental oiteant. 56 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 751 THE LATE GALE.—At a meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board yesterday, a report from Mr. Heartrup, of the Liverpool Observatory, was read, H e stated that on the Ist instant, during the height of the gale, the pressure per square foot of the wind was from 501 b. to 701 b., and the velocity from 80 to 120 miles per hour. -- --- HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON.—His Royal Highness the Commander-in-thief has consented to take the chair at the annual festival of this national society on Saturday, the 21st March, being the anniversary of the battle of Alexandria, at which the Highland regiments so eminently distinguished themselves. It is believed his royal highness will be supported by other members of the oval STEVENS V. STEVENS AND STANLEY. This case, which was for dissolution of marriage, was partly proceeded with, but adjourned in order that evidence as to the marriage of the parties might be proved. DAVIS V. DAVIS. This was a petition presented by the wife praying for di;:solution of marriage. The petitioner was called and examined as to the desertion. She said after the marriage with her husband she lived at Nottingham, but eventually they came to live in London, but afterwards re turned to Nottingham. Her husband left her for the society of other females. She forgave him many thufls, but eventually he deserted her with out the slightest support. In 1862 she discovered her husband was living at• Peterborough, and she went to him to ask for some means of, support he told her to go to the workhouse, as he was not going to allow her any money. Since 1865 her husband had quite dis appeared, but she had since ascertained that he was living at Huntingdon. A witness was called, who stated that he was the owner of the house in which Mr. Davis lived. He always looked upon him as a married man, as there was a female living in the same house, who called herself Mrs. Davis. That person was not the petitioner, whom he had never seen until to-day, when he saw her in that court. He recollected one occasion, when be went to the respondent at Nottingham, he told him that his old woman had gone to her mother's with the two children, but that when the returned there would be three. Decree nisi, with costs. Tin; RIGHTS or CnEurfous.--A question to decide the rights of the creditors of an intestate was raised in the suit of Holroyd v. Garnett, in the court of Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The plaintiff some two or three years since lent certain sums of money, to the amount of £1,200, to the deceased husband of the defendant. For a year after his death the claim was allowed to stand without being pressed against the estate. At the conclusion of that time, the defendant, who had been carrying on the basinessof the deceased, finding that it was not so success ful as she had anticipated, called a meeting of creditors for the purpose of effecting an arrangement. It was alleged that the moneys due to these creditors represented debts that had been contracted by the defendant since her husband's decease. It was argued for the plaintiff that his claim had a priority, and that he had a right to the appointment of a receiver for the adielinis tration of the estate and for carrying on the business. On the other side it was contended that the action taken by the creditors at their meet ing, when a committee of management was appointed over the business, was the most proper course to be adopted. It was denied that the meeting was other than a mccting of the creditors cf the i n t e state, and it was urf,-,e,1 that the defendant was the most fitting person to manage the business, collect the assets, and a dminister the estate. The Vice-Chancellor held that tile plaintiff was jus tified in filing the bill for the administration of the estate, and made an order and appointed a receiver, as asked, the question of costs to be dealt with in chambers. PROMOTING A CONTRACTORS' LINr.-At the Nisi Prius sittings, in the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury, the case of Wyatt v. Prance came on for hearing. This was an action to recover f. 109 Ss. 6d., the amount of a bill and costs of a firm of parliamentary ag en t s . The defendant pleaded not indebted.—Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. H. Lloyd appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Shaw for the defendant. — The plaintiffs, Messrs. Wyatt and Metcalfe, were Parlia mentary agents in Parliament-street, and the defendant was a solicitor in Lincoln's-inn-fields, and acted in that capacity in promoting a bill • for a railway half a mile in length, from Epsom to the Downs. It was said that this was a contractor's line, pro jected by a Mr. Garrett, who intended, when he had obtained the bill, to transfer the scheme to the Brighton Company, and, if possible, to obtain from them the con tract for its construction. The bill was, however, thrown out, and the plaintiffs now sought to make the defendant liable for their claina.—A. Ir. Wyatt said, as it was impos sible to work a line of half a mile independently, the probability was th at i t woul d h ave been offered to the Brighton Comp any, and if they took it they would have had to pay all th e expenses of o b ta i n ing the bill.. It did not follow that the promoter would have had the contract for making the line, but if he did not they would have had to buy him off. Upon the conclusion of this witness's ex amination, the Lord Chief Baron held that there was no evidence of a retainer of the plaintiffs by the defendant, and directed a nonsuit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. AN OLD TRICK. —A man named Ebenezer Morgan was charged at the Westminster Police-court with obtaining Inoney under false pretences. The prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Fry, cheesemonger, 11, Ebury-street, Pimlico, and said he had come there to order some cheese. Having tasted and selected 31b., he directed it to be sent, with change of a half-sovereign, to 5, Grosvenor-place. Edwin Watkins, Mr. Fry's boy, went with the cheese immediately, and was met at the door of the house in Grosvenor-place by the prisoner, who said, " Have you got the cheese and the change ? " The boy replied that he had, when the prisoner observed, "Here is the half sovereign ; give me the change, and deliver the cheese indoors." He then handed the boy something wrapped in paper, and the boy gave him Cs. l 0 4d. Prisoner walked away a few paces and then began running. This excited the boy's suspicion, and instead of de livering the cheese he followed him. Prisoner ran in the direction of Mr. Fry's house, and was met by him and secured, when he pressed him to take back the change, and invited him to come with him in a cab to his lodgings for further compensa tion.—Mr. Ingham : What was in the paper the prisoner gave you ?—Prosecutor : A gilt counter, not worth a farthing.—Prisoner : I gave the m e d a l b y m i s t a k e , thinking it Was a half-sovereign, and that was the reason why I offered to take the prosecutor to my lodgings.— Sergeant Lewes, 1 B : I found other similar medals upon his person.—Prisoner was remanded till .Monday. mARKETS—(2 his Day.) CORN. The trade continues quiet without much change in prices. The country markets for the most part are quoted rathe easier. At Mark-lane to -day there was only a limited attend ance, and trade was quiet. English and foreign wheat moved off slowly, buyers in some cases having the turn of prices in their favour. Flour met a slow sale, but not forced off at any appre ciable decline. Barley, beans, and peas sold in retail quantity at about late sates. • Oats in little demand, at Monday's rates generally. COLONINL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Stone.—The market remains without appreciablo change. COFFEE maintains its value, and has a steady sale. TEA.—But little is passing. TALLOW. The market is quiet, but steady. Spot, 42s ; March, 425; and last three months, 43s 3d to 43s 6d. COTTON MARKET. LivEnrooL, Feb. 7.—Market opens fuln. Sales pro bably 15,000 baleo. Mr. Muff's took occasion to bear testimony to the public spirit which had • induced the late Com mission to adopt an entirely new system of sca venging throughout the city to the great saving of the ratepayers, and also to the convenience of the public. The Court next re-elected the whole of the officers of the corporation, 58 in number, for the ensuing year, from the town clerk (Mr. Fred. Woodthorpe, barrister-at-law), downwards, with the exception of one (the corn shipper), who was appointed for three months, pending an inquiry by a committee into the manner in which the duties of the office are performed. A conversation arose incidentally as to the precedence among the officers of the High Bailiff of Southwark (Mr. Gresham), and as to the omission from the paper of business of the prefix " high" to the designation of his office. Mr. Gresham said, from the reign of Edward ' 111. downwards the officer holding the appointment had always been styled high bailiff. He was asked what amount of escheats on felons' goods and fines had come into his hands during the time he had held the appointment. He replied, "No amount." It was explained that the omission of the prefix " high" was a clerical error. The city tradesmen were re-elected, but only for six months, and an inquiry was directed to be instituted in the mean time into the working of the whole of the exist ing system of employing corporation tradesmen. THE CORPORATION ADDRESS TO THE THRONE. The TOWN CLERK read a letter addressed to the Remembrancer on the 29th ult. by the Hon. Augus tus Liddell, who stated that he had been directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to inform the Remem brancer that the Queen was then unable to name a day for the presentation of the Address which had been voted to her Majesty by the Court of Common Council of the City of London on the late Fenian outrages, but her Majesty would do so on her return to Windsor Castle in February. THE SUPPLY OF GAS. presentedrmfroa J. B m theS o p n e t c e ial s), Gas to CommitteeA report by was the ir chaian ( g w a h t o io m h nso a f d abpeeentitrieofnerorfeddelfeogracteosnsriedperreastei onntinthgesaelvlee-- r m a o l n par i o s u h n e s e i o l r t e h l e a t m i v e e t metropolis, i e s , s u p p r e p s l e y n o t e f d g t a o s h a e n d C o cer tainn into t o b p i a l l r s l i o a n n a the en t s u , j h e e c t c w o h m i c m h had ee b s t e a e t n e d i n t ly r t d h u c r e e d . spect to the petition their opinion that it would assist the committee in the objects for which they were appointed if a grant not exceeding £3OO were made to the delegates. They also reported that the Metropolitan Gas Companies' Amalgamation Bill aimed at providing for the amalgamation of the companies subject to the Metropolitan Gas Act, 1860, and for the appointment of commissioners with extensive powers for fixing the illuminating power and the price of gas, and also for the appoint ment of metropolitan gas referees and examiners. The bill likewise provided that the maximum price should be sixpence per thousand cubic feet less than the minimum price of gas fixed by the Act of 1860, and that the illumina ting power of the gas should after this year be two candles more than that fixed by that Act. The committee asked for powers to petition against the bill, so that they might be able to appear before a committee of the House of Commons with a view altogether to oppose the bill, or to obtain the insertion of clauses to protect the interests of the Corporation and the citizens. The Gas Light and Coke Companies Bill was to authorise the company to erect new gasworks in the parishes of Barking and Woolwich, and to raise further moneys, and for other purposes. Among those purposes was a power for the City Gas Com pany to subscribe part of the money required by the Gas Light and Coke Company. The bill like wise contained a clause for capitalising a sum of £360,000 in respect of profits alleged to have been expended on their works. The committee said they had twice succeeded in obtaining the rejection of a clause like that in former bills, and they were of opinion that they should be empowered to appear before the House of Commons and altogether oppose the bill, or to procure the alteration or rejection of clauses now in the bill, and the insertion of others for the protection of the Corporation and the inte rests of the citizens. The report was agreed to, and referred back to the committee for execution. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL. A petition was presented by Deputy MALCOL3I, of inhabitants of the ward of Tower, against the Metropolitan District Railways Bill in Parliament, and praying the Court to take such steps as might be deemed advisable to oppose its being passed into a law. It was referred to a committee for conside ratio❑ and report. A motion by Deputy ATKINS to vote an addi tional sum of £250 towards the interior decoration of the Mansion house gave rise to some opposition, not on the ground that the money would not be well spent, but because, as was alleged, between £6OO and £7OO for a similar purpose had been hastily voted at their last meeting, towards the end of a long sitting, and under circumstances which did not admit of due consideration, and because upwards of £2,000 was voted at a meeting of the Court a few months ago for the embellishment of the interior of the Egyptian Hall and the saloon, and was now in course of expenditure in that way. The further consideration of the matter eventu ally stood adjourned until Monday, and the meet ing separated. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury iu Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlbo rough, the Earl of 31altnesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorue Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcoto, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the ,Right Hon. 11. T. L. Corry, the Duko of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following members of the College, having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in mid wifery, at a meeting of the board on the sth lust : Messrs. Duncan M‘Larty, M.D. Victoria College, Toronto of St. Thomas, Ontario, diploma of membership dated Jan' 22, 1868, of St. Thomas's Hospital; Hugh Munro APElay . M.D. Victoria College, Toronto, .Woodstock, Ontario, Jan' 22, 1868, of St. Thomas's Hospital; Richard Henry Prior: L.S.A. Chichester, January 21, 1868, of King's College . : and William Douglas, Belfast, January 23, 1868, of the Edinburgh and Belfast Schools. It is stated that two can. didates failed to acquit themselves to the satisfaction of the Board. am. Mr. Willis—Well, did you hear the word " shive reens?"—Witness--Yes, "shivereens" or " smithe- reens." Mr. Willis—Well, I will ask you one more ques tion. Are you still in the police ?—Witness—l Mr. Willis--Were you not once dismissed ? —Witness—No, I left to benefit myself. I will swear I was not dismissed because I trumped up a case against a respectable man, the bill of which was thrown out. Re-examined by Mr. Wontner—When I said the men were talking in Irish I meant broken Irish. I will swear that I left the force to benefit my- Felf, and that I sent in my resignation in the usual way. Charles Digby said he was inspector of the It division, and was in charge of the Deptford po lice-station. He remembered the Sunday even ing 19th January. From information he received he went to the prisoner M'Carthy's house at five o'clock the next morning. M'Carthy came out of his house about half-past seven. He had known him before as a labourer in Deptford Dockyard. Witness went up to him and said, " I believe your name is Florence Al‘Carthy ?" He replied, " That's my name." Witness said, " I believe you were in company with Lyttelton and others yesterday afternoon when an illegal oath was administered, first to a man named O'Leary, and then by O'Leary to a man named James Boutell. Prisoner replied, " Yes, I was." Witness then said, " I must request you to go to the station with me." Prisoner said, " Won't it do when I come out to my dinner ?" Witness replied, " No, you must come at once." Witness took him to the station, and afterwards re turned and searched his house in company with Police-constable Ling. In the front bed-room witness found in a hat-box two wood-cut likenesses (produced) of Burke and Duffy. In the same box was a savings' bank-book, and on the window ledge of the same room there was a subscription list (pro duced.) Inside the mattress of the,bed there were 26 copies of the Irishman. On the mantelpiece in the room there was a Testament. It was lying on top of another book, which was covered with dust. The Testament was quite free from dust. Witness had seen the witness Boutell once or twice before. Once at the station and once in High-street. Cross-examined—Witness first saw Boutell on the 17th or 18th ult. Witness knew that Ling was watching Lyttelton. Ling was with Boutell when witness first saw him. Ling and Yardley were with him on the second time witness saw him. Witness never saw Boutell in company with Lyt telton. Boutell never made any report to witness. He did not know Boutell was in Deptford before he saw him. Witness was not getting up the case —be was simply a witness. 111‘Carthy, he believed, took in lodgers. Sergeant George Cadwell, 8 R, deposed that he had seen Boutell. He was on duty at Deptford Station on Sunday the 19th of January. He was taken in about half-past three that afternoon by the prisoners Florence M' earthy, James Richardson, and a man named Daniel O'Leary. O'Leary pre ferred a charge against Boutell of being a Fenian. Ile said he had heard Boutell speak of Fenianism ou Saturday night. Witness asked O'Leary why he had not given information to the police. He said he did not think it was necessary, as he had a special constable in his house. Boutell said if they wished for any reference respecting him he should refer them to Detective Ling. Witness knew Macarthy by sight, but he did not know Richardson. They both told me they were special constables. M'Carthy said that he and Richardson had been called upon by O'Leary to take Boutell into cus tody at the King William, and being special con stables they thought they were justified in doing so. Witness had seen Boutell before this ; but he had not had any conversation with him. He, however, had previously received information about him, and in consequence of that information he declined to take the charge. He took the names and addresses of all of them, and gave Boutell's to O'Leary. Witness afterwards made the report of what had happened to Inspector Digby. Cross-examined—Boutell was charged with being a Fenian. The reason witness declined to take the charge against Boutell was because he had seen him about with Ling. He did not know that Bou tell had made a report. He had seen Boutell in the streets by himself. After some evidence had been taken, the pri soners were fully committed for trial. THE FENIAN ARRESTS 11V DEPT FORD. The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yesterday evening:— - - - • At the Greenwich Police Court, to-day, Maurice Lyttelton, Florence Macarthy, and James Richard son, were further examined, charged with attempt ing to administer a Fenian oath tc one James Boutell, an American citizen, with the view of in ducing him to commit treason-felony. Mr. Wontner, jun., prosecuted on behalf of the Crown ; Mr. Willis defended the prisoners Lyttel ton and Macarthy ; and Mr. Pulling the prisoner Richardson. The prisoner Lyttelton said—l wish to pass a remark, your worship, which is that I think it a very unsightly thing that we should be brought into court without a pint of water to wash ourselves or a comb even to smooth our hair. At Maidstone we are fed like swine and treated like oxen. Mr. Maude--The visiting justices are the per sons to whom representations of that kind should be made. I,yttelton--Well, sir, it seems as if England was prostituting her vaunted liberties in the prosecution of her Irish subjects. Police-constable Yardley, 228 H, examined by Woutner, said—l hr. ve known Lyttelton eight weeks. On the night of the 22d of December I saw him with three other men at the bar of the Boar's Head public-house. Mr. Wontner—Tell us what occurred on the night of the 22d of December ? _ _ Witness continued—Upon leaving the Boar's Head Lyttelton and three men turned down King street. 'lwo of the men went on, and one re mained with Lyttelton, who put his hand upon that man's shoulder, and said, " You know now what you are, and what you have to do." He replied, " Yes, Maurict, I know I am a Fenian, and I shall stand by you." After other conversation they went into the Rodney public-house, where they remained some time. Upon leaving Lyttelton one of the men knocked at a shop door. The witness then proceeded to detail the movements of the two men, all of which was stated by the witness Ling last week. He corroborated all that officer had stated. Cross-examined by Mr. Willis—Witness heard the conversation of the men as he stood behind the bricks. The conversation was all in broken Irish. Mr. Willis—Well, tell us now what they said.— Wituess—l have told you. Mr. Willis—No, you haven't told a word of Irish, —Witness—Oh, yes, I have. Mr. Maude—No, you have not. You have told us all in English. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN TIIE BOROUGH. This morning a very destructive fire broke out in the neighbourhood of High-street, Borough. It originated in the cocoa nut fibre manufacture carried on by Mr. P. Madden, in somewhat extensive premises. On account of the character of the goods stored therein it burned with extraordinary intensity and quickly extended to no less than 13 houses abut ting on the factory, mostly occupied by tradespeople. The fire showed a great reflection in the air, and was observable from all parts of the metropolis, attracting the main body of the London fire brigade to the scene. The engines laboured some hours before the fire was got under. The flames, how ever, did not extend a s soon as th e eng i nes had been got fully in play. The extent of property destroyed was as follows • No. 212, High-street, Borough, in the occupation of Mr. P. Madden, cocoa nut fibre manufacturer. The manufactory and stores, two buildings of two and three floors, 150 feet long by 40 feet in depth, burned out and roof off ; rest of building and con tents damaged by fire, water, and removal. The origin of tho are could not be explained. CARMARTHEN STEEPLECHASES—TuunsDAY. The Flying Stakes, a selling race of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; four year old; lOst 101 b ; five, 12st 31b ; six and aged, 12st 131 b ; the winner to bo sold for £l5O ; if for £lOO allowed 71b, for £7O 141 b, for £4O 211 b. About 2 miles. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tim DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst King Charming (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Cauthleen (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Mount Palatine (offered) 33 to 1 agst Rhine Wine (taken)] LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 14 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Tennyson (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Tusculanurn (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Daisy (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered) 25 to 1 agst Helen (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thalassius (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Despatch (offered) 50 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Beeswing (taken) 22 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered—take 25 to 1) 1000 to 35 agst Dalby (taken) 33 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Deceit (taken and offered) 1300 to 20 agst Bracken (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rhine Wine (taken) TWO THOC3AND. 100 to 8 agst Typhoeus (t.tken) 1000 to 26 agst St. Rinan (taken) DERBY. 16 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 45 to 1 agst See Saw (taken) 1000 to 15 agst St. Ronan (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Courtmantle (taken) 2000 to 20 agst Iffanchise (taken) TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 4 agst The Plover (taken) 33 to 1 agst Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Helen (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 5 agst Abergeldie (taken) 125 to 5 agst Beeswing (taken) 200 to 6 agst Weather Star (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 1000 to SO agst Typhceus (offered—take 1000 to 70) DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Rabican (offered—take 1000 to 20) 40 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) DERBY, 1869. 10,000 to 140 agst Defender (taken) 10,000 to 110 agst Black Jenny (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Chance, by Gamma, jun.—Romance, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b (Hitchings) 1 Violet, aged, 12st 31b (B. Land) 2 The Whip, aged, list 101 b (Mr. Flatter) 3 Batting -6 to 4on Violet and 2to 1 agst Chance. Won, after a good race, by half a length; bad third. Winner bought in for 50 guineas. The Carmarthenshire Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared on or before Tuesday, Jan. 21, with 80 added ; winners of any steeplechase handicap value 50 sovs after Jan. 15 (at ten a.m.) 71b, the winner of the County Members' Stakes 101 b extra (not to be accumulative) ; about four miles. Albrighton, by Knight of Kars—Cripple, 6 yrs, 10st 131 b (inc 101 b extra) (W. White) 1 Imogene, 6 yrs, 10st 31b (Mr. Wilson, jun.) 2 Lisette, 6 yrs, lOst 71b (G. Harding) 3 Corkscrew, 6 yss, lOst 91b (Murphy) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Albrighton, 6to 4 agst Imogene, 5 to 1 agst Corkscrew. Won, after a good race, by three quarters of a length. Lisette, who walked in a bad third, did not pass the post. The Borough Members' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 50 added, for horses the property of residents in South Wales, that have been regularly hunted, &c. ; four year-olds, lOst 71b; five, 12st; six and aged, 12st 71b. About 3 miles. Tempest, by Thunderbolt—Miss Eva, 4 yrs, lOst 71b _ _ (.1. Pope) 1 Spaniel, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr. Flutter) 2 The Doubt, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 3 Betting—Even on Spaniel, 6 to 4 agst :tempest (at first 6to 4 on). Won easily by three lengths; bad third. The Ladies' Stakes (Free Handicap) of 5 sous each. About three miles. Flatcatcher, 5 yrs, by King Tom—Trickstress, lOst hing s) / Flyfisher, aged, 12st 7lb (J (Hitc. Pope) 2 Cabin Boy, aged, list 31b. (Owner) 0 Minosa, aged, lOst 21b (F. Martin) 0 Betting—Even on Flyfisher, 6 to 4 agst Cabin Boy, 5 to 1 each agst Flatcatcher and Minosa. Flatcatcher came in alone, bat was afterwards objected to for being in the Forfeit List, and the decision remains in abeyance. Bank of England RI ,turns,—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to oap. 32, for the week ending :he Act ith and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1868. PARTMENT. ISSUE DE: Notes issued .. ...f. 35,643,785 Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and . Bullion Silver Bullion £35,642,785 £35,642,7851 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 i Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Bank; Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits 20,949,243 Seven Days and other Bills 648,298 Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £14,068,248 Other Securities 16,443,736 Notes 11,963,405 Gold and Silver i Coin . 4 „ 1,112,419 £13,587,836 £43,567,836 Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS D LIE. instralla and New Zealand, via Southampton.-- Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles l3. Ditto, via Panama Feb. B. Brazil, Buenos•Ayres, and Monte Video Mar.h 5. Ditto, by Frenoh puke . ...... . . F b 2z cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... . March 5. Uape of Good gape. Ascension, and St. ilvlena Feb z 7 china, Penang, and Singtpore, via Southampton Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands llibraltar, via Southampton Feb 11 India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseiles Malta, Egypt, &o. Feb. 13. Ditto, Marseilles.. Feb. 7. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Feb. 12. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 13. Newfoundland . Portugal Ditto, by prier to ship to Oporto ... ....... 31Fe March h. 12 i • • • Ditto t 4th to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet Feb. 10. Ditto, by L nited States packet • Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto dittc (Baltimore) •• Ditto, by Canadian packet .................... Feb. 14: West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerifre ...... Feb. 16. West Indies and Pazifio (except Mexico and Baha- mae) Cubs and Mexico ........... . .............. Feb. 23. B atiamae, via New Yom. .. ...... Marchßermuda. via Halifax ....... . . Feb 12. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This most wonderful Exhibition continues to attract innumerable visitors to its spacious magnificent galleries, including, as they do, many rare and costly objects of the greatest possible interest to the sightseer. Here are models of all the Kings and Queens of England, life size, besides the greater portion of the European monarchs; all being attired in the costumes of the respective periods in which they lived. The model of the late lamented tragedian Charles Kean will doubt less continue to be an object of great interest to his host of admirers. • A SUTTEE PREVENTED.—Wo hear from Rajpoo tana that a suttee was attempted at Oodeypore in the be ginning of the present month, by the widow of a mahajun. Her determination was strong, and she was only prevented from carrying out her purpose by main force, a guard of sowars and sepoys having been placed over her house for four days ; she refused to suckle her child, or to take any food, declaring that she would starve herself to death, but her resolution failed her, and she eventually relinquished her mad design.—Delhi Gazette. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Pros. sia (Princess Royal of Great Britain) has, like the Em press of the French, signified her intention to send some contributions for the bazaar in aid of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution. PRESENTATI ON TO A SEA CAPTAIN.—ThO Liver pool Local Marine Board met yesterday, and a telescope was presented to Mr. F. S. Haram, at the time master of the screw steamer Darien, for saving life on two occasions by assistance rendered to the ship General Williams, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and the schooner Harmony, of Cardigan. ~~ 6. ac- tnied ex week pro-