The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

MONEY MAREET AND ~ 3 0 MMERCIAL iNTXLIJIGAis4uI•„ CITY, Two o'CLocK. For a Saturday business has been more active than usual, and Consols have increased is price. We have to record a trifling fall in Railway Stock, but not to any serious ex tent. Loans are obtainable on 'Change at 1- to 2 per cent., and best paper is discounted at i per Cent. below the Bank rate. Consols are 94 31 41 for money; ditto, for Ac ,,e°unt, 94 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9 2 1 ; New Three per Cents, 92-a 4 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 per Cent., 13 12 prem.; ditto, £5OO, 14 prow. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2 453. India Stock, 103 per Cent., April, 1874, 220 ; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92. 111 the Foreign Market Orel Railway Loan has declined 4, and Brazilian of 1865, Moscow-Jaros low, and Turkish of 1158 and 1865 ito a. The p r ices are now as follows :—Brazilian of 1865, 77 i to 78 ; Chilian of 1867, 964 to 964 ; Egyptian of 1864, 82 to 83 ; ditto of 1868, 734 to 748 ; Italian of 1861, 561 to 4- ; ditto of 1868, 24 t o 38 prem ; Mexican, 164 to a ; Peruvian of 1865 9 814 to 82 ; Russian of 1866, 894 to 904 ; ditto Nicolai, 65} to 4 ; ditto Orel, 801 to 3 ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 813 to 82 ; Spanish of 1867, 344 to f ; Turkish of 1858, 663 to 673 ; ditto of 1862, 67 to 68 ; and ditto of 1865, 41i t o I. In railway stocks Metropolitan are inquired after at improved prices, 103 104 ; London and North- Western, Great Western, and Brighton have im proved*l; while Great Eastern and Caledonian have receded 1; Midland are 1113 to a ; London and South Western, 873 to 883 ; Great Easter, 414- to it; South Eastern, 791 to i f . ; Metropolitan, 103 to ; Great Northern, A, 1053 to 106; Chatham, and Dover, 16* to 17*. United States 5-20 Bonds show no movement at 748 to 4. The scrip of Charkow-Krenaentscbug Railway Loan is at +to prem. Prices of other Securities, including banking and financial shares, are unaltered. The Mexican dollars brought by the West India packet have been sold for China at 590. per ounce, showing an advance of id. upon the price realised for the last arrivals. In the interim sales had been effected at 59id. A parcel of Maria • Theresa dollars just arrived has been sold at 54 9 -16 d. per ounce. It is understood that Mr. George Lyall will be recommended as the next Deputy Governor of the B ank of England,, the election for which office is in April next. The folowing relates to the New Granada debt : " Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the fo llowing remittances on account of New Gra nada dividends, viz., from Savanilla, £489 ; from Santa Marta, £1,280 ; from Cartagena, £734 ; from 4 " e g°ta, £l,OOO ; total, £3,503.—N0v. 27, 1868." The directors of the Cape Copper Mining Com pany (Litnited) have announced a further dividend Of 158 per share, making, with the interim dividend of 108, per share paid in February last, a total dis tribution of 255. per share for the year ending the 31st of December. themeeting of the phareholders and creditors of London Offices Company (Limited), now in q uid ation, is called for the Ist December, "to cons ider the aff a i rs o f the co m pa n y, and to pass resolutions with reference to the winding up." WA petition for the winding up of the North e, st of Engl an d Chi na St one an d Cl a y C om p an y (Li t mited) is to b e h ear d b e f o re the Master of the oils on the sth of December. At ' A . meeting of th e p ro prietors of the City of °B eow Gas C ompany h as b ee n adjourned until the 3d December. -Lond general meeting of the proprietors of the on Joint-Stock Bank is called for the 21st of January. An extraordi nar y genera l mee ti ng of th e share holders of the Chartered Bank of Australia is con yelled for the 11th of December, for the declaration of a dividend. The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and North British railways shows this week an increase of £2,661 over last year. Mr. William Henry Hodges has been appointed manager and secretary to the Commercial Indem nity Corporation of Great Britain. The numbers are published of 4,225 bonds of 4 ' 2 0 each, amounting to £84,500, of the Ottoman , S ix per C en t. L oan of 18G5, which have been drawn for repayment at par on the let of January neat. The steamer Massilia takes £75,749 in specie for the East. Th e part i cu l ars are as f o llows, viz., for u (.. 7 1Il haY, bar silver, £ll,OOO ; ditto, gold, £2,600 ; a lle, gold, £30,191; M a d ras , go ld, £2,270 ; -Calcutta, gold £5,000 • and Hong Kong, dollars, 24 ,688 r . T he prosp ec t us o f a l oan f or th e com pl e ti on o f a :4l ~way in Russi a , b e t ween Od es s a , St. Petersburg, Muscow called " The Charkow-Krementschug Railway,„ has been issued and will be fou n d in our y advertisi ng co l umns. Th e company i s un d er r u e especial tprotection of the Emperor, who gua 144tees the p r i nc i pa l an d i n t eres t o f t h e l oan . Th e e ?gth of th e li ne i s a b out 175 m il es. Th e roa d c h ill c hiefly lie in the provinces of Pultawa and "arkovv, where most of the grain grows which is ex ported f rom Odessa. The amount of the present au la £ 1 ,716,000, of which £1,300,000 is re served for ler London. Bonds will be issued bear 'ele Imperi a l R uss i an s t am p o f £lOO, £5OO, and Bt , s )° ,. The price of issue is 80, in a 5 per cent. C f e K) with interest in favour of subscribers from S eptember last. Subscriptions must be paid 5 I; cent• on app li ca ti on, 10 on a ll otmen t, 15 on 1 5 th January, 1869, 15 on March Ist (less coupon), '°nl st April, 30 on Ist May. Subscribers can bay all the instalments at once, under discount of re Per cent. R ec k on i ng th e accrue d i n t erest an d bat e of discou n t, the price is reduced to 77i. h l3 l o an, granted as it is doubtless, will be acceptc-d rst-clas s security. rilaafhe following is a li s t o f p r i ce s o bt a i ne d a t Fu bli c e of the Open Stock Exchange (Limited), yes rday Alhambra Company (Limited), £lO fully 1 1 T 11 : 1 ) Bold at £7 14s. to £7lss. per share ; Brighton (st el Company (Limited), £5 fully paid, 28s. e : share ; City Discount Company (Limited), 1, - Paid, 17s. 6d. per share ; City of Milan per (Limited), £3O fully paid, 7 8-16ths '„er. sh are; Consolidated Land Company of France rinited), £lO fully paid, 10s. 3d. per share ; East 2s°l4-Stock Bank (Limited), £5, paid, per share ; "2014-Stock Coal Company (Limited), 15s. .paid, f u s i,P e r share ; Oriental Hotels Company (Limited), tY paid, £2 6s. per share ; Price's Candle Com -114,311Y (Limited), £2O fully paid, 5f per share; 2 8 71 SWedish Railway Company, £5 fully paid, d• per share. BR ITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. un 8 - VERNSIE NT FUNDS. 94 n 41. te r Coat. Consols 94 8 4)44) for Account, Dec 1 92} } klat,Ceat. Reduced N s- , . per Cent ...._ 4 i r 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ea . f t r , °r 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t x ,,, - v-wii Set Tele6raph), Aug., 1908- 1 - 3 12 p ''equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 1-1 0 . ..i., Do . £ 5OO .u tt : £lOO & £2OO — P c. ac e _ of E ngland stock, 4 per Cent ottbe nxt . lat er a 4 Per C ent. B onds — Colonial Uranium Int "1)411 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Do. (I)tock, 0i per Cont., April 1874 220 Do , Pentng, for Account D u. per ueut. July, 1880 n ° ' 4 Pel - Cent 888 Do.p. e • • , O ct. ' ~ ertthcates 02 1-1 Eufaced Pae, 4 per Cent _ , 0 per Cant., Jan. 1872 ___ ::!, • 5 1 per Cent., Dlay 167 q .I.),) 5 per Cent Ruo Deb. 1872 _ 1) °- .' d 0 ... 1877 _ Do. do. 1882 Ih• Deb. 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .., — Do,oo, Bond's, 4 per Cent., .£l,000 umer Xl,000 .41.,,0 iett lrin O o ßElG N FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ' D o Republ ic, 8 per Cent ..... Scrip * X4S paid .. ..... • _ Aqua"4ll Benda 0 per cent ~ Nr. -. 26. eatrice, on from .1k ed in Italian at the ouday. her in- another tster at La nager Brecon £l,OOO Ise." st, died he fur at the xt Mr. ime. 3adler's 3Vening ire act- ma en- It is to taining ,nn will rt a few in gS at iled on Theatre extra- 1 by the ,evising as been as been A asso ni ig a Corona once. clay 811 presen t ernacla he cor- at Mr . 0 case, r a son for his atoning id hear he cbil without !Cturer, of your )lace at )Nveve r, bowing bile the ; i ng the bing of illus' , c turer's , n , that uvenile Le usual -- • n ot 0. of ai l ' of "re in the reinS iri ' hipPil i g Os has ram° so yak ns hat e ng, afl aOOO. aof utga g rego goof sio or ba ° ; limi t ad to' at, a° ,, clot° 4:)reie 0 , 0 0i13g 111 ;1 . al . - VOY word s ' 20 , OA 3 n; of Dr 0 ~,. Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Jo. li per Cent., 1852 Do. do. . 1858....- — Do. do., 1860 7ll Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — B ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cont. C..ilian 6 per Cent — per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 6 per cert. 1867 961 Do. 7 par Cent., 1866 Col nibian, 6 per Cent. Dan'sn, 3 pr Cent., 1825........, Dan•ibian Principalities, 7 I,sr Cent 74 D. 8 per Cent., 1867 e:quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do. Bonds Do. .£lOO Bonds • ••• Do. 1.864 - Do. Account • 82 } Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds B5 l- English Scrip, 1868 Do do. X-15 pd Government Railway Debentures 971 Greet( 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Acccunr Do. Coupons Do. Account G 5 per ()eta .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all IA 90} It titan 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do Maremniana Railway 4.,xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Aontevideau 6 per Cent. goorish Imperial 5 per Cent Nev.' Granada Do 3 per Con, Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 814 i PortNgnese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9 '6O '2 ''s , 1 , Do. do. 1867 s Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — it assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent; 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonde,. Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 i Sardinian 5 pia Cent — Oo 4I- per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 , — Do Account Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pnc Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6Bl Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 651 51 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Acchnut Dividends on the above puyanle in Lond( n. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. D., Account It%Han 5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25i. Do. Account 55: CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 94 Do. Account, Doc. 1 94 RAILTVAI LVIELLIGENCE. The chief engineer of the lntercolonial Railroad announced that plans, specifications, &c., for three sections of the line, one in each of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, would be ready for inspection on and after the 7tli at the following places, viz. :—Ottawa, Rimouski, Dalhousie, St. John's, and Halifax. The grading and masonry along the entire line of the Louisville and Cincinnati Railroad have been completed, and 36 miles of the track laid. All the bridges have been completed in the shops, and nearly all of them delivered along the line. The longest bridge on the road is the one over Banklick Creek, about nine miles from Covington, which is now building. It is 750 feet in length and 115 feet high. At a meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, it was unanitnously resolved to procure the necessary legislation and action for the city of La Crosse to issue $200,000 of bonds to aid in the construction of one hundred and three miles of railroad between La Crosse and Mineral Point—sufficient aid from other sources having been pledged to secure the construction of this road within two years. The distance from La Crosse and Chicago will be about 23 miles shorter via Mineral Point than by the existing routes. The Illinois Central Railroad and the Galena division of the Chicago and North- Western Railway will both be greatly benefited by the opening of this new route to the Upper Missis sippi Valley. Cornelius Vanderbilt is largely inte rested in the Mineral Point Railroad, and its stocks and bonds are in the hands of wealthy capitalists. The following table shows the receipts from the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the per centage upon its gross receipts since its organisa tion : To Oct. 31, '55... $22,751 59 For Six Months, ending For Six Months, ending April 30, '62 $74,465 34 April 30, '56 ... 31,529 00 Oct. 31, 'G2 ... 137,709 26 Oct. 31, '56 46,102 66 April 30, '63 126,634 83 April 30, '57 ... 59,196 82 Oct. 31, '63 ... 173,759 75 Oct. 31, '57 ... 86,449 02 April 30, '64 170,055 08 April 30, '5B ... 60,255 76 Oct. 31, '64 ... 235,458 96 Oct. 31, '5B ... 71,749 .77 April3o, '65 ... 240,553 84 April 30, '59 ... 51,137 68 Oct. 31,'65 255,936 00 Oct. 31, '59 73,966 78 April 30, '66 ... 205,501 70 April 30, '6O 89,612 56 Oct. 31, '66 221,574 05 Oct. 31, '6O 96,944 66 April 30, '67 201,169 70 April 30, '6l ... 84,934 36 Oct. 31, '67 236,838 04 Oct. 31, '6l 92,828 65 April 30, '6B ... 194,603 01 Total.., ... $3,345,213..67 Articles of association have been filed for the Detroit, Eel River, and Illinois Railroad Company. The contemplated road will pass through the Coun ties of De Kalb, Noble, Allen, Whitley, Kosciusko, Miami, Cass, Carroll, White, Tippecanoe, and Benton, in Indiana. The capital stock is $1,000,000, and the length of the road in the State is one hun dred and sixty-two miles. The transfer books of the New York Central Railroad Company were closed on the 9th instant, preparatory to the annual election for directors of the company, appointed to be held on the 9th day of December next, and will be re-opened on the morning of Thursday, the 10th day of December next. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company was to be held at the office, on November 18th ; of the Howard Insu rance Company, on December 7th ; of the Inter national Ocean Telegraph Company, on December Ist ; and of the Buffalo, New York, and Erie Rail road Company, at Buffalo, on December Ist. Another 20 mile section of the Central Pacific Railroad of California has been completed, making the 390th mile east of Sacramento. The Union Pacific Railroad, going from the east-west, reports the completion of its 900th mile, and only 400 miles more remain to be finished before the entire line i? completed ; and most of this is graded. An American paper is not complimentary to Ignatius Donnelly; but if this man chooses to make him self conspicuous for gross abuse he cannot himself escape the consequences. " The defeat of the vulgar Congres sional blackguard Donnelly, in Minnesota, is confirmed. His character, and his determination to rule or ruin, lost the district to the Republicans ; but that will be a useful lesson. The Democrat chosen served honourably in the war, and is a gentleman as well as a soldier. He will pru bably be found supporting the Grant Administration." General Kilpatrick, American Minister to Chili, has had his leave of absence extended three months, and in the meantime will deliver addressee in various parts of the country. He refuses to apologize for calling Forrest a bandit, or a ruffian, or some name of that sort, asserting its strict and undeniable truth, and he refuses as well to fight Forrest, ac least so writes General Whittaker to Shackelford. ------------ The following is among the records of crime and punishment :—Kate Johnson, who hacked Pfidget M‘Der mot to death at Buffalo, New York, while drunk, about three months ago, has been sentenced to be hung Dec. 18. The second trial of General Cole, of Syracuse, New York, for the murder of L. Harris Hiscock, the seducer of his wife, has commenced at Albany, but is not finished. The most noticeable murder this week is that of Henry Hannah, of Brocklyn, on his own housetop, by a burglar whom be had discovered there about to enter his house. Abel Larkin, of Esperance, New York, was shot nearly to death on the piazza of his own house the other evening, and his wife and daughter have been arrested for attempt ing the murder." We may add what looks uncommonly like a murder, although it was against the Indians in Arizona—" The head chief of the Apache Mohaves and several of his followers, who have always professed to be friendly to the whites, were killed at La Paz, Arizona, and the excuse for their murder is that they were re sponsible for all the depredations committed between La Paz and Frocott." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1868, DOCKS. b 6 88 78 Sit 96 97 102 108 103 2} Di 100 83 8 i 74 78 J:3 9G 87} 65 70 160 lu• V 5 100 103 112 107 10) SS $l2 1 0 135 140 135 1/7 100 109 111 8 91 63 91 143 140 11} 117 par 3 pin 80 6 13U 134 • 1 0 13‘ 97 av 97 V 1 B'J 91 85 87 93 95 10 101 108 110 87 SJ 10 21 ys 103 9 10 8 1 22 23 145 150 42 45 BANKS, Closi Share . NAME. Paid. Price. ng Business done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 121 12 10 Do B lO 41 61 40 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 19 2 ) 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ..... , 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 40 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 40 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, snd China all 29 21 2C4 26 Chartered Mere, of India, Louden, and China all 29 301 301 20 City 100 Colonial '2s 37 374 10 Consolidated, lira. 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 5 11 0 i 20 English and American, lim 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim l6 ld pr 20 English, z•cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 D o new 100 Imperial, lion 29 17 IS 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 111 .5 lonian all 25 28 25 Do new s 4d .1d 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 4 Si 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 1p 8 30 London Bank of 'Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 BO 25 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London ; River Plate, Rm 4O 2 4 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart, of Australia all 231 241 50 London and County 2O 51 52 20 Do new. iss at 20 p in, 16 pd ll ... .- 30 London Joint 5t0ck.......„ 1 824 334 20 London and south African al 12 13 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... 100 London and Westmi nster 2O 66 37 684 100 Do Scrip, is satlo pm 2O 65 G i 651 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 S I() Metropolitan, lira all I 7 100 Midland, lim 29 id pr 6 National of Australia . . 25 National of Liverpool, lira, 14 ... .- 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 1341 10 Do . 42 ... 10 National., SO 54 46 20 New South Wales all 41 43 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 1 41 • 100 Provincial of Ireland 26 S 9 9,1 10 Do. new. all -- -- 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 13 11 100 Do • issued at 6 pm. 19 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l 5 341 351 37 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. --British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872...• ••••••••• • • 100 •-•- -- Do. 1895.. .... . .... • • 120 - Cal.Grov.6p.c.Jan. , &July 1877-84 .. • lOO 10 7 len - Do. 6 is. 0. ..... & Aug.. •• 10 0 105 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept.. 100 1 0 5 10 - Do. sp. o. Jan. t July.. 100 93 94 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed ek.. 100 90 02 - Cape allope, 6 p.c.187 3 .. 100 102 104 - 1)o.6.pl.&001, 1890-19 00 .. 100 lit 113 - Do. do 1880-9 0 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 • 100 108 1/ 0 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 100 100 102 - Caylon, Nov. 1878,6 p.c 100 108 116 - Do. 1872, do 100 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 187 3 ,- - Jan. and July lOO 104 106 - Do. 1878 .. lOO 106 108 - Do. 1882, May and Nov 100 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug•••• 10 0 106 08 - Melbourne Corporatn.• • • 1867-75, 6 per cent 100 - - N.8.G0T.6 p.o.Ja.&July •• 100 102 104 - Natal 6 p ct, Apl & Oct 100 _ - Do 6p o. May & Nov 100 106 108 - N. S. VV. 5 p•c., '7l to '75 100 99 101 1011 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 100 99 109 101 - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75•• 100 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891 100 - - Do. 5 percent.... lOO 971 98i - DoJan,Aprl,July, OA- 100 974 984 97 -• Do 6p c. Mar &:., , ept '9l" 100 1 0 8 110 -- Do June & Dec , 1,91 100 100 la -f Do rm. ( t Auctld. l 1 . 0 - - t heries 1& 2, 1P.,96 .• ) - I " 4o va Scotia 6p. c.Jan - and July, 1875 l9O 101 tO3 18t6.. lOO 101 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 6 100 105 106 - Do 1891 „.. lOO 1054 1064 109/ - S. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 100 _ _ Do 1878.92..........•• 100 108 110 Do 1893 1908 10) 106 109 - Tasmanian 6p e, 1895.. •• 100 106 107 - Do rd. 1893 to 189/ 100 107 108 - Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July 100 - _ Do. len lOO 112 113 = Do: 40, April a (Muse 149 108 $lO 1093 I=?lrPßAcTraiff,' toTcl Chelsea writes to a contemporary, - apropoi tc the story about the detective employed to watch the pro. ceedings of Sir Sydney Waterlow, that these kind of practices are by no means confined to the Conservatives. He (a Conservative) went down to Lancashire to con• test the borough of Bury, " a complete stranger." He had been but a few days in the town before he was informed that the Radicals had sent an emissary to Lon don to " ferret out all the details of his private life," with a view, if possible, of blackening his character before the electors of Bury, The embassy failed in its object, partly because his character was proof against any such inspection, but mainly, he adds, because the emissary got drunk on his arrival in London, and was immediately locked up - a circumstance which no doubt narrowed most inconveniently his sphere of observation." THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN ~-- Hardly has the last body been recovered from the Oaks Colliery than we have to record another and very disas trous colliery explosion. Warnings have within the last few days appeared in nearly all the papers, cautioning colliery managers to be on the aka to prevent the freaks of the atmosphere from playing with the gases of the several mines. But though forewarned—and, it is hoped, in this case for the gases have asserted their dominion. As we stated yesterday, the colliery in which this disaster has taken place is worked by a limited company. The former owner was Mr. John Scowcroft, and the new company calls itselt by that gentleman's name. The mine in which the explosion has taken place is called the Arley Mine of the Hindley Green Colliery, It is situated some three-and-a-half or four miles from Wigan, in the centre of the Lancashire coalfields. Hitherto it has borne an excellent name. The Colliery is an old one, but the mine itself is com paratively new, having only been worked for some five or six years, No complaints have been made of the coal giving out too much gas, nor, it is stated, had the managing authorities any ground for anticipating such a calamity. The system of employment prevailing in the pit, as in most collieries, of one man working with and receiving pay for two or more boys or other assistants, the principal of each party being the one registered in the company's books, makes it impossible tostate the precise number of persons who were in the mine at the time of the accident, but, as nearly as can.be ascertained, about 300 persons were em ployed in the mine, and of these at leazt 150 were lowered into the shaft on that morning at six o'clock. The pit is worked in four sections, known as the north east, north-west, south-east, and south-west sections. All are worked on the same levels, but the workings are divided, as respects ventilation, into two halves. The same shafts supply and carry off the exhausted air, but at the bottom of the pit the ventilating apparatus is divided into two branches. It was in the north-west section, in which from sixty to seventy men were engaged, that the explo sion took place, Of the explosion itself very little is stated. It appears that at six o'clock in the morning the fireman made his rounds and found all safe, and yet before nine o'clock the explosion had occurred. It could hardly have been very violent, though it is said that it was felt a mile and a half away. Be this as it may, many of the men working in the east portion of the colliery knew not that anything alarming had happened, and continued their work for two hours after the event. But at the mouth of the pit it was immediately clear by the smoke and el6bris which were shot into the air that " something had gone wrong," and relatives came pour ing in from all quarters to see if their friends were hurt. Those who went to work to find the dead found their task difficult. The explosion altogether deranged the plan for ventilating the mine. The current of air was reversed, and for some time there were doubts as to whether the colliery was on fire. The engines were got out, and every prepara tion waS made to extinguish the " destroying element." But, happily, it was discovered that there was no fire ; and after a short interval the air began to rush along the usual channels. The cage then descended, and several miners were found waiting at the bottom of the shaft, having providentially escaped through the choke damp,which stifled so many of those who were unable to free themselves from it in time. Mr. Thomas Southworth, the manager, with an underlooker named Ellis, who had given the alarm, then commenced the search for the bodies. The ventilation Iyas still exceedingly imperfect, so that their work was arduous and dangerous as well as painful. The first who were found to have suffered were some persons at work near the upcast shaft ; they were burned owing to the flames from the furnace having been driven along the workings. Some few were found still alive, of whom a small proportion were able to help themselves. These latter esear2d, but several were dying and never got alive to the mouth of the pit. Here energetic labour did good service. One man was apparently dead when he came from below. But for ten minutes artificial respiration was produced, and breath was, so to speak, brought back to the body, and the sufferer lives. For six hours the search was continued. The condition of the corpses varied considerably. Many of the boys who were killed had clean faces, and the features were as placid as if the healthy looking lads were merely slumbering. Some of the men were dreadfully wounded ; others were much burned, and in one instance the flesh had been burned to the bone off a man's fingers. Many of the killed were relatives. In the workshop on Thurday night lay the corpses of two brothers named Tyldesley. They were two of the four sons of a widow who only lost her husband quite recently. The other two sons were in the pit at the time of the explosion ; one escaped without injury, but the other had to be taken home. One man had his hat blown off his head and his lamp extinguished by the explosion, but he escaped uninjured. Nearly all the dead bodies were found in such a position as to make it certain that they had left their working places, and were making their way to the shaft. Some bodies were taken up alive, and borne to their homes, which they just reached to die. But the details of this case are heartrending and sicken ing. Suffice it to say that there were taken up dead, when found, some 54 bodies, the last being recovered about six hours after the occurrence. These arc arranged in rooms adjoining the shaft, and have all been identified. Altogether the ascertained deaths are set down at from 57 to 60—the former number being the one which from the facts seems nearest the truth. It is supposed that two men, said to be named Beasley and Shannon, are still in the pit, it having been stated by some of those who have been rescued that they were seen going in the direction of the shaft, and, by another person, that he had heard men calling out that they were in the "sump," or " dib-hole "—a large cavity filled with water at the bottom of the shaft. The " dib-hole " will he pumped dry, in order to test the truth of this statement, and rescue, if possible, the missing bodies. Another boy is also reported missing. On the meteorological part of this subject Mr. IL T. Negretti writes to a contemporary, apologising somewhat for seeming to puff his trade (meteorological instrument maker), but giving what he considers good advice. Meteorological observations, he most positively de clares, ought to be taken at every mine. " Expe rience proves it in this case, as it has done in almost every other, At every mine there should be at least one barometer, The late Admiral Fitzroy often spoke to me on the subject, and had he lived I doubt not but he would have placed barometers at every coal mine for the guidance of the miners, as he did in all the fishing villages for the benefit of fisher men. True, he was laughed at at first, and by the very men he intended to save; but bow is it now? Fishermen never put to sea when the barometer plainly indicates they should not. It would be the same with the miners ; let there be a barometer hung at the mouth of the pit; let there be explanations and directions printed in large type close to it, the miners will soon understand it, we should soon have less lamp-trimming, lamp-opening, and pipe-smoking in mines. Do not believe that I wish to recommend any special instrument." The death is announced of Sir John Dorney Harding, Q.C., D.C.L., formerly her Majesty's Advocate. The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, who are guardians of the spiritualities of the archbishopric during the vacancy, have appointed the Bishop of London to be President of the forthcoming Convocation. His lordship will therefore take the chair at the apprcaching meetings, and will continuo to preside in that capacity until after his enthronement, when ho will, of course, take the chair in his capacity of Archbishop of the province, Whilst two officers of the 14th Hussars—Captain Campbell and Lieutenant Bulkeley—were sitting in a room in the White Horse Hotel at Drogheda on Tuesday evening, some Sligo ruffian fired a gun loaded with slugs into the room where they wore sitting, evidently mistaking the window of one room for the other, as the twa rooms are separated only by folding doors, captain Campbell clad Lieutenant Bulkeley bad only returned that evening with their troop from election (Wks at Dundalk and C..rriekma.- cross. No damage was done beyond tilt) broakinz of some panes of glass, ANoT=It (ialiTllAQT,—The contract for the con• etruation of the engines and tho machinery for the iron. clad turret-ship Olatton, a, 600 horsepower, building At Chatham, has been glyen by the MinimltY to Mesere • Laird Tirothers, 131ricenheati, irli9 engines oto machinery for the ironclad broadside 1-11Mgg tans, 1,200 horee•power (nomlng, nw l g r construction A Vi 4, will he Tnamtfagtort4 by Memo; John Penn 6114 SON; 00 rhAli§B t i 4 HOU, fcr 014 gcrimieg) SHARE LIST. 3ti,.'l:24,s_AND STOCKS. clea nes e. 8 Paid. Closing ng Share hallways . Price. Bust at Bristol and Exeter 100 76 78 at Caledonian lOO 74 741 73j at Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 3} 31 st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„Yerth, 86 Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 2 Do 10 ,t Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 92 it Great Eastern .. 'oo 41f 421 411 st Do. E. Angl. No. 2.... 100 8 80 t great North of SCotlaniii.. 100 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 103 ,107 st Do. A. stook lOO 106 100 at Do. B stock lOO 12.1 125 st GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 90 97 s Ut. Western —Original lOO 99 450 41 9 et Do. South Wales luo s . Do. W. 100 25 28 It Do. Newport lOO 1:8 32 et Lancashire. I tirkshirv lOO 12q .25 1281 1 at Lon., Brigh.,.lt S.Coast lOO 481 4) 43 10) Do Scrip .... • st Lon., Chat., and Doves 1,..) 17 171 14 at Do. Mctrop. Ex. A lOO 9t Lun. A ,North VVesteri et Lou. do South Wesicr t,7 by 87 t Man., IoJ 371 48 it Maropolitan . l(s 1151 104 31 st Do Extension .. 100 1..1 I'2 10 ljo. Ziev, rd 10 10 1 k 4 Me, r“politan District. all 70 ;2 10 Metrop. at. John's %I 00 1 6 st Df u,s,l st o,3,l3irmin. Durbs 10) 7s t 1 st N ,rth British ...... 100 12 33 st Do. Ed., I'(h., & Dun— 100 st Nor. :astern--Berwick.. 100 1)4 1004 991 23 D0..3. N. 16 purchase —16.13.4 st Do Leeds. lOO 545 46 ; st Do York • lOO 88 82.: st Do Curds ,e .... . . st Do Stues. & Darling 1:.0 lz i MI st North Lon lon .. IOU 122 121 10 Do Lew 1868 . . 2 II 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 511 bl st North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 • • • • st Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 Sbi edit st South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 791 t•O 791 20 Staines, Wok'hom, & Wok all 14 LI st 1411 S ale lOO 145 it.e .0 DO. C ... st Waterlord & Kilkenny lou i 0 Waterloo & Whitelia.l 0 RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND &TOOLS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lO9 st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cont lO st Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO at Do. . do. 7 per cant lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 par cent gaa all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. let Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at (it. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No. 1 100 at Do do No. 2 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 st Do Norfolk .1 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.WaT.Val. 1847 100 at Groat Northern, 5 per cent 10 , at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pm. 100 at Do 4 i do do do 100 at Doi do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 par cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland. let pf 100 t Great South. and Westo/1 __ _ ~ (lreland) 4 per out stj Cit.West.—Orig.oLJut.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1500 lOO st Do do 4 do do st Do do I per cent. redom lOO st Do do Birmingham gua lOO st Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do S per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1819 lOO st Do do f Et Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g. 10i et Do do 2d gua. 100 st Do Newport, let g. 5 p.c. 100 st Do du 2d do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... leo Lauctister &()arlisle 41 p.c. all st Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, £0 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 1 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do i do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l.O st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do ISO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per Cent-- 100 st Do Bedford & Cambridge 100 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welehp'l 100 st Loudon and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, r)o 2s.Gd. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man., Shef., & Liucln. 6 p.c lOO 6 Do st Do 3.1 per cent lOO 10 Do redeem. G percent st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c 100 st 1)o Bristol & Birin., 6p. c 100 .st Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 std Do 41 percent. irredeum 100 st Do Leicester & Ifehn, 4 p.c. 100 st North t.lritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 100 st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D 100 st Do N. 13., No. 2, 5, per ceu.t 100 st Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c 100 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 st Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 23 Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO st Do Stektu & Drliug. A 3 p.c lOO st Du \V, hlartlepool 1.1. and R lOO 20 North Staffordshire 103 S. Devon. Annuities, 1.. s all 103 Do Tavistock Anus., lOs all lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all st Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taft Vale No.l lOO st Waterford & liilkenuy, 6pe 100 1.5 IC 97 lOU 96 99 106 108 99 102 100 102 09 71 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gun. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p i redeem__ all st Do 4p c con, issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 por cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO st Great Northern, 5p e irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midi., 5p o 100 st Do Joint I.,erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2./ Do Vale Neath perp. 5p e all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO L 5 Lane. and York - . New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &C., 41 pc, 1858 101 st Do du 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 4; do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1365 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Me trop. Ea., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 st Loudon &S. Western, 41 p a 100 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOl at Do B 5 do 100 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. itk., Sept. 1, 1862 all 18 Do Incony. New Shares 11 22 Po 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 11, 1867 8; st North Britian, E. and G ; i No. 1, 6 per cent lOO at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 28, 4pe 100 st Do E. & U., No. 2, 6 p.e at Do N. 8.. i per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G. , No. 3, 5 p.c 100 st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p a 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cant) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 4; pc, 1851 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 6 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pe 100 103 107 106 107 11 lb 11, 11 , 11 lip bi 4.4 111 113 101 103 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO s 2 91 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 44 66 st Do. 54 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed No at Colchester Stour Valley leo st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 138 25 Gloster and Dean Forest ai at Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c lOO •" at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO . 4 at Do. do. Wood hrg. Ex., do lOO 69 72 st Gt. Nest, W. Mid., Here 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 14 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 92 91 a t Do. 44 per cent lOO at London, Gnat., &c., 44 pc. 100 at Do. Corn. Fund, b do. 100 sc London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South. 100 at Lowestoft, gua,. 4 per cent loo at Do. do. 6 do. Si blanch., Buxton, &Malik._ all at blidland, Bradford, Pref IOU le Mid Kent (Cray Line) 50 N ortkern& East., 5 per cant all 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern —Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prof, Sp. c lOO 10; ,110 at Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO „, at Notting. & Granth. 11.6: C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and Wyre all 44 46 . Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 136 10 Do do 3 24 2 p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 st Do 4 per cent gua le ) 79 81 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 64 7f st Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset 611. 63 Fti 72 79 83 ki 92 94 ••• ••• 52 56 77 81 $1 11 83 91 86 90 84 88 102 104 lot 201 —.—. 4 li 103 lla 93 9i 8 Si st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine lOO 54 16 101 Do Deb. stock, 41w cent al ~„ Freehom Land st Dock lOO 31 37 Nt Southampton lOO 71 76 st Surrey C9ll.lMenifil MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint, all 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lira 7 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all st Atlantic Telegraph lO et Do. 3 per cent. lOO 26 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 10 Do. New 6 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 6 Bombay Gas, lim. Do. New 4 50 British American Land 44 it B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 20 British Indian Tea, Mu— all 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim ll 20 Ceylon Company, lira. ll 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira 6 25 City of London Real Pro perty, Urn 8 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira all 50 City Offices, lira 25 50 Colonial, lira. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. DO Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4, per cent. all 100 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 10 Credit Fon. of England, lira. all 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lira lO it Crystal Palace lOO st Do. Preference lOO at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. SO East Indian Land. Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India - wigs,. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 it Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 10 Do. New 8 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 16 English and Foreign Credit 71 100 Eng. and Scot. 11 arine, lira 8 10 Fairbairu Engineering 20 Fore-streetWe.rehouse,lim l2 100 For. & Col. GOT. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 50 Gellivara, lien. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lien. 71 15 General Steam Navigation 11 50 Horns & Col Marine In. lien 4 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lien. 25 Indo-European Tel., 1U 20 Int.rna, Financial Soc. lien. - 6 20 Interns. Land Credit, lien 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6 p. c &Is., redeem. 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lien 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Galati. Marine, lien, 6 10 London County Land and Building, lien. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 60 Lond. Financial Asso., inn. 30 4 Lond.Geu.Oinnibus.Colirn. all 40 Lund. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, line 25 20 Loud, & Provincial Marine 2 st 31 adras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. 5 p. c. by India G0v..,,,,, 100 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1ien........,..... 11 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lien, all 50 Merchant Shipping, lien, all 50 Millwall Iron Works, lien. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lien. Co., 9 25 National Discount Co., lim 25 National Prov. Marine, 'nu. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lien, all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lirn. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 6 ew Quebrada, ...... . 4.4.6 25 New Zealand Loan & her cantile Agency,lim 26 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lien 16 Northern Assam Tea, lien, 5 10 Do. B ............... all .. st North Brit. Austr a l. , 100 60 North Brit. & Moreau. 1n.., 61 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 4 50 Oriental Financial, 1ie,,,,,, 11 5 Oriental Gas, lien. 5 Do. New .................... 1 10 Of and Soy-• 211 211 Od jp 16 17 31 82 77 80 771 18 17 pr j p 7 id 14 14( 2 21 • ip If 41 11 Of li 17 165 170 J 21 64 6772 21 1 14 3 2d 2i 11d 41 if 41 24d 6 10 3 4 21 22 211 d 4 $ P #l 3 I Id 17/ 181 • 7 1081 1041 104 108 1031 1041 2 2d 24 24 2 23 25 97 102 107 111 ... 4 4d 17 18 20/ 124 121 d 941 95 91 901 4 4 41d 225 230 • 10p • 4d d 14 1111 pr 1p 121 Aago ann iouthland In vestment, 1int..,.,,,,,.. 2 a ll l id 2 1P Kin 5 Ottoman Gas, ..... . 10 Panama, New Zealand, . Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 Do do. all 1 11 st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 32 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 56 30 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 35p 50 Rhymney Iron ............. all 19 20 15 Do. New all Si 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City rat all 134 10 4 20 Do. Gas, 1int,,,,,, all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 5 0 52 50 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint 100 111 116 st Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref 100 ••• 20 Societi Fin. d'Egypte, lint 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot a 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Izv ., lira 25 South Australian Laud all 35 : 6 3 4 6 st Submarine Telegraph 100 93 93 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 151 184 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 2 4 2 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, sk • 10 Trust & Agency of 1 1 1p le Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lion 5 4 4 IP 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 4 11 e/d 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 42 5.1 5i Do. 10 per cent. Pr of all 31 alp 20 Universal Marineau.), l ion 5 1 11p 30 Upper Assam Tea, lint all a 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per all cent. ( Mortgage) Loan l •51 751 75 50 Warrant Finance, lion l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim. 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses POLICE _INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WHAT ARE THE POOR To Do ?—Samuel Fleming, an elderly man, was charged before Mr. D'Eyn court with begging in Regent-street. The case having been proved by Police-constable Hayes, 75 C, Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the prisoner what he had to say. The prisoner said he did not deny begging, but he had no option. He went to the police-station and asked for an order for the workhouse, but could not get one. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he would commit the pri soner for ten days, and the prisoner seemed quite contented with the decision. WESTNIINS . I'ER. WILFUL DAMAGE.—Joseph Carmichael, a rough looking fellow, was charged with uttering a coun terfeit sixpence at Mr. Charles Norman's, the Rose and Crown, 16, High-road, linig'itsbrid c ;e ; he was further charged with assaulting Mr. Norman, and further with ‘vilfuly damaging a pane of gl tzs, value 10s., at the public-house. Prisoner said he had carried coppers in his pocket for months to avoid having bad silver ; he had been harrassed and ill-used all his life, and had a book of 370 pages of the misfortunes and privations he had endured. • Mr. Metcalfe sentenced him to a month's hard labour. THAMES. FRAUD ON THE STEPNEY UNlON.—Edward De Courcy, an Irish labourer, was charged that he being wholly or in part able to maintain himself, did apply for and obtain relief from the Board of Guardians of the Stepney Union. He was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment. MARKE7 S-211.1S DAY. COVENT GARDEN. Business still remains stagnant. Supplies of hothouse and other fruit aro ample. American New-town pippins foreign melons, Almeira grapes, oranges, cobs, and fil berts, are abundant. The potato trade is dull, except for best samples. Flowers, as last week, chiefly consists of orchids, asters, pelargoniums, fuchsias, mignonette, and roses. HAY. Smithfield—Prime clover, from £5 10s to .£6 Gs ; infe rior ditto, £4 .5s to £5 ; prime hay, £5 5s to £5 15s ; in ferior ditto, £4 5s to .£4 15s ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 14s per load. TALLOW. The market is quiet. Town tallow, 48s 9d ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 50s 9d ; December, 50s 9d ; January, 51s 6d ; and March, 525. Town tallow, 51s 3d ; fat by ditto, 2s. 51d.; yellow Russian, 525. 6d.; melted stuff, 355.; rough ditto, 18s. 9d.; greaves, 18s. ; good dregs, 6s. Imports for the week amount to 4,889 casks. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, NoTember 284 Sales prolmbly 10,000 bales. Market steady. SKIPPING INTELLIVENCE. GBATESENA Saturday Morning. Arrived.—Eleanor, from Hamburg ; Zivener, from Groningen ; Hendrilla Obeline, from Stockholm ; Ann Staniland, from Sierra Leone ; Taurus, steamer, from Tonning; Storm Queen, steamer, and Lord J. Russell, steamer, both from Dunkirk; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp ; Triton, steamer, from Ostend ; Pamper°, from Nagasaki; Imatra, from Christianstadt. Sriled—North Star, steamer, for Christiania; Planet, steamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Nov, 27—Zennia, from London for Pernam buco ; Mary Ann, from London, for Corfu ; Alipede, from London, for Lisbon; Hildu, from London, for Cardiff. Passed, Nov. 28 (in tow)—Hudson, from New York, for London. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evenzny. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18j . 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 - 4 1 -, ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... '25 40 Brussels Hamburg la Short ... 20 121 25 22i Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Maiu 120 ... 120 i Vienna — 11 95 ... 12 5 Trieste ... 11 9.5 32 10 Petersburg Copenhagen 9 18 ... 9 Beilin ._27f Madrid. 47i - ... (Jadi7 Leghorn Milan 27 fo ... 27 2 . 0 27 12 1 ... 27 20 - . Genoa — ... 27 ,121 ... 27 20 Naples Merino ... 27 121 ... 27 20 Messina Lisbon Oporto — ... 52i ... b2f Rio Janeiro ... -- .., - New York • ... Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zcaland, via Southamptou.....Dec. 5. Ditto, via Y . Arsenics ••• Nov 30 Ditto, via I'LL ama ........ ......... ........ Nov 28. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Dec. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ..•••• . Dec. 4. Cape of Good Elope. Ascension. and St. lielena Dec. 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dee. 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov 23 india,via Southampton Nov. 23 uitto, via 51arseiLes . ••• •• .• .. Nov. 21. Malta, Egypt, .tio. ......... Dec. 4. Ditto, Marseilles.. Nov. 23 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Sc. uthami ton Ditto, Marseilies Deo. 13 . Sewfoundland Dec 2 Yortu,sral ••• Do z. 4. United States, t anada, California, dm., by British packet ......N0v 25 Ditto. by Canadian packet Ditto, by l Lited Ttates packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Indies and PS.:lliO (except Mexico and Baha mas) West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 4 Falkland Islands Cuba and 31exioo Bahamas, via New I ork Duo. 2. Bermuda. via Halifax ....... . Dee. 18. ENDOWED CHARITIES.—A. list of the endowed charities of the county of Berke has been issued in accord ance with an application to the House of Commons, made by Lord Robert Montagu. It appears, therefrom, the total amounts to £27,417 18s. 9d.; the amount paid to other parishes, £1,304 ls. 3d., the amount paid from other parishes, £1,727 Is. 3d.—leaving a gross income of £26,991 ls. 9d. OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOL.—The prizes awarded to the pupils who have distinguished themselves in the annual examinations of this school, and the certificates gained at the University examinations of 1E63, will be dis tributed by the Lord Bishop of Oxford on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 4.30, p.m. The school will break up for the holidays on Friday, Dec. 1. CHATHAM CONVICT PI:ISON.—A batch of convicts will leave the convict establishment, St. Mary's, Chatham, in the course of the ensuing week, for Gibraltar, where the y are to be employed on the defences and other public works now in progress at the station. The convicts will be con veyed to Gibraltar in the chartered ship Warwick, which will also receive on board parties of convicts from Ports mouth and Portland. Among the convicts to be de spatched from Chatham are several of those undergoing their punishment for being concerned in the Fenian move ments. The convict establishment at Chatham is to un dergo considerable enlargement, so as to accommodate 1,650 convicts instead of 1,400, the number at pfesent under confinement. The new buildings will be erected by the convicts themselves, under the superintendence of officials employed for the purpose. WRECK OF THE iNANDA.—The bark Inanda, of and for Liverpool, from Lagos, Coast of Africa, with a cargo of palm oil and palm nuts, which was stranded on the Long-bank, Wexford, has since capsized off the bank, and been towed into the South Bay by a tug, assisted by the lifeboat St. Patrick. About twenty casks of oil have been already saved by fishing boats; and banded over to the authorities at Wex ford. Should the weather moderate a large portion of the cargo will be salved. The captain and the crew, consist ing of seven men, were rescued with very great difficulty by tho Rosslau pilot-boat. The accident was due to the master supposing the Lucifer Ligh—which is only re cently stationed to mark that shoal—to be the Tuskar. The crew are sickly, all having suffered from coast fever and shortness of provisions. Three men died on the voyage. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville Mid Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildingel Strand, Loudon, NIT.G.—[Ad Ttrtiscsaent.) Pari.. , THE GENERAL ELECTION. POLLING THIS DAY. SURREY (WEST)-1 o'CLocK. Cubitt (C) ... ... ... . ... 2126 Briscoe (L) ... ... ... ... ... 2045 Pennington (L) ... ... ... ... 1256 YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING, EASTERN DIVISION)-12. Thompson (L) Holden (L) . Denison (C) , Eielden (C) ... ... 2651 ... ... 2616 ... ... 3219 ... ... 3216 THE BEL GIORNO CASE AT WARWICK. The stewards of the late Warwick Meeting baying soli cited Admiral IZons's oriNion on the matter, the subjoined notice was posted at Tatter all's Subscription Room on Monday last : "The objection made by Mr. Hughes to the three lead ing horses in the Winding-up Free Handicap has been submitted by the stewards to Admiral Rous. " OBJECTION. " el jest to the fir.t three liores in the Winding -up Handicap on the ground of their carrying the wrong weight, and I claim the race for Seriugapatam, as carry ing the proper weight. T. HUGHES.' It appears that Mr. Hughes started two horses, Serin gapatam and Macduff ; they weighed out, according to the official card, 7st 31b and 6st 13; but Mr Hughes, being aware that, according to the 39th Rule, when there are less than twenty acceptances the weights must be raised t Bst 101 b, ordered the rider of Seringapatam surrepti tiously to drop 21b, leaving Macduff to carry Gst 131 b, which arreed with the standard weight of Bst 121 b. "The 39th Rule, which raises the top weight to Bst 101 b when there are not twenty subscribers, does not prohibit the racing authorities from raising the weights to any standard they may think desirable. Tho penalty of die qualification rests upon a minimum scale; if, for instance there had been twenty acceptances, and the stewards had placed the top weight at Bst 101 b, the race would have been nullified. In 1866 Moulsey won the identical stakes, carrying Bst 121 b, with only 15 subscribers." Since the above notice was posted at Tattersall's we have received the following communication from Admiral Rous TO THE EDITOR OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. Nov. 25, 1868. DEAR SlR,—The clerk at Tattersall's, copying out my verdict, omitted the sentence which I add.—l am, truly yours, 11. L. Roll's. "I am of opinion, that by the 39th Rule the stewards were justified in raising the standard weight to Bst 121 b in the Winding-up Handicap, as there were above twenty subscribers although only seventeen acceptances. As no horse owner objected to this scale, according to which every horse weighed out, these weights on the official card amounted to a public declaration. Bel Giorno is the legal winner. Seringapatam is not entitled to the fourth place, having carried 21b under his weight. "11. I. Rovs. " 13, Berkeley-square, Nov. 23, 1868." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WATERLOO ME. (Over Patron-Right Hon. The Waterloo Cup, value £l, of £25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 8. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marfleet 1?.. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. don. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J.lEvans 52. MrN. Saxton. 21. Lord Gurlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 51. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Sviinburne 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn GU. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyuer 31. Mr J. hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop C 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterlos Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten doss in the first ties for tho Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600-to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto ••• ••• 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... :ETING—FEB. 17. iltcar.) . the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription wiener to receive X5OO, and ... £3OO ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Parse and Waterloo Plate 360 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to .£260, to bt) divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ...£lOO 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... ... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... ... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ... ... 30 ... 40 •.• 40 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under : 1. Winner to receive „.. ... 1. Second ditto 4.68. •• • 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ~. ... £4O ... 25 ... 20 £lOO RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring 23 Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsbury Spring APRIL. Newmarket Craven l2 i Newmarket First Spring 25 MAY. Chester I Bath SEPTEMBER. Doncaster JUNE. Ascot . 8 Sum.-- 15 Liverpool Windsor ummer ,sibury alb Scocknridge Hampton liibtr • Club 23 Jl , LY. Newmarket July Nottingham Huntingdon AUUUS'f. Brighton _Brighton Club Eguam OCT Bedford Leicester 013 EIS. Newmarket Second Oct. lo I Newmaret Houghton 21 LuNDON GAZETTE-L&ST EVENING• WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to ho passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the undermentioned gentlemen, and the re spective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, namely : Francis Arthur Knox-Gore, of Belleck Manor, in the county of Mayo, Esq., her Majesty's Lieutenant of the county of Sligo. Smith Child, of Newfield and of Stallington, in the county of Stafford, and of Dunlosset, Islay, in the county of Argyll, Esq. Robert John Harvey Harvey, of Crown Point, in the parish of Trowse, in the county of Norfolk, Esq. James Walker, of Saud Hutton, in the North Riding of the county of York, and of Beachampton, in the county of Buckingham, Esq. THE BANK OF BOMBAY COMMISSION.—Yesterday Sir C. Jackson, on taking his seat with Major M'Leod lunes, the other Commissioner, announced that they would not again sit till Thursday, when they hoped to be joined by their colleague, Mr. Melville, who from illness had not been for some time able to attend. At the request of Sir Q. Jack son, the secretary read a letter from Col. Ballard, one of the Government directors, residing in Scotland, in answer to an application to attend the sittings and give evidence. He would answer any question, but rather not come to Loudon unless requested. The chairman of the share holders, in answer to the Chief Commissioner, said it was desired to examine him in reference to some shares he had held. The inquiry was adjourned to Thursday next. IRON SHIPBUILDING ON THE THAMES.—Mr. Samuda, M.P., the well-known shipbuilder, of Millwall, is about to construct two ironclad rams of large dimensions for the Spanish UoYernment. A 1 S. KITS• MI