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PRICK, OF STOCKS "rclrs DAY AT ON - o'Cf.O"K.
nk Stock
a Per Cent. Red.
3 89% 9 1,4 ;India Stock
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Cent. Cons 8314 lt;% Ditto Bonds 35 33 pm.
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Ditto Red. 96%%14 !Old Annuities
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4Per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751
iler Cent. 1826 ...... iO3tg 2% Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 57 58 P".
Bank Long Ann. to expire.' IDitto 500 57 58 pre.
`,,..Jan, 5,:186P ......... 1714 1-16 , Ditto Small
,410 Ct. 10, 1859 ...... 16 15-16 17 (Ditto Commercial. ...... .. Pin•
Jan 5, 1860 ......... 16X, 13-16 ' Ditto Advertised — Pm.
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account
,-• Apriis, 1880 — India for Account —
Jan. 5 1870 .............2._

PRICES OF SNARES THIS DAY AT ONE o'cLocr.
Paid. Per Share.
Anglo Mex. Min. Co. Liss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 12
Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 1374
Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) ea, 59%
nitto National 17% ma,/
Ditto St. John Del Rey
Ditto Cocaes 5 15q.
British Iron Mining Company
Columbkn Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 50 18%
English Mining Company 12% 26%
General Mining Association l2 8%
Mexican Mining Co £4B 9%
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Ditto New Scrip 5 14% 3,1
Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 10%
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Protector Insurance Comp.
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Australian Co.
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Canada CompanY •• .• 17
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General Stearn Navigation Co
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rationalrovincial Bank of England 5 4%
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? Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0
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We find the following in a Morning Paper :
log That oppressive system of raising men for the Militia be-
vothl4sPended, it is intended to complete that force by raising
th:4teers by beat of drum ; and, with a view to economy, as
len are enrolled to serve in the Militia generally, and not
is Particular corps, as the establishment of some regiments
to-` Present 1,200 men, whilst others are 754, it is also intended
eon,r°rai this Constitutional force into regiments of ten
e,,:_Panies, each 100 strong, making the establishment of
staff regiment 1,000 private men, by which means the
the,.." a number of regiments will be reduced. It is fur-
s!' t.'"ended to render this branch of his Majesty's service at
the !nes available to home service, and to form the depot for
,l'elfular army. This it is calculated will effect a great
re. g. as, by keeping the militia at all times complete and
reiTY for duty, any part of that force may be called out in a
oilt 1431) and disbanded again as occasion may require, with-
ramding to the dead weight of the country, as officers of the
sio-`l4
en their not be entitled to half-pay, or the men to pen-
being dismissed, and will enable Government to
Wh ally reduce the standing army, by ceasing to recruit,
'4 establishment is to be done away with."
We may add to this a rumour which we have
heard, that it is in contemplation to carry this
Principle of economy into the army. The number
°I. regiments is to be considerably reduced, by
which a great saving will be effected in the Staff.
the men of the reduced regiments will be
added in battalions to the standing regiments,
and a number of officers will be placed on half-
pay. • The total saving by this arrangement will,
It is expected, satisfy even Mr. HUME ; but how
It will please the army remains to be seen.

When labour and capital are thrown out of
employment, there must be " something rotten
in the state of Denmark."

Can any reflecting man hesitate to pronounce
the Bank monopoly one cause of this rottenness ?
117 raising home prices, does not the expansion
of the currency diminish home consumption, and
in proportion as home consumption is dimi-
nished, are not the producers of home articles of
industry thrown out of employment ? On the
other hand, by the contraction of the currency,
Is not the exchangeable value of all fixed capital,
as Well as of commodities, immediately brought
down ? and are not capitalists thus afraid
t. venture their capital in the pursuits of
'industry ? When the price of every thing
08 falling, can the high price of the public funds,
I: the high premium paid for Exchequer bills,
joe bi3therwise accounted for ? The Bank delights
nexchequer bills. It gives its notes freely in
%vane" to Government upon the issue of new
thee; and if its notes return too fast upon it, in
old ret,P ay ment of such advances, it purchases
Whtl"dxchequer bills in the market. Thus,
cents the Government is paying to it 2, per
public upon the Exchequer bills it holds, the
10t t are paying to it at least 3 per cent. more
chasenotes with which such bills were pur-
disens not to mention the discounts paid by
w hounnters of bills of exchange to bankers with
13— elleh notes go in deposit.
quepuit,,,why have we so large an amount of Exclie-
reso-pnis afloat, or why is the practice so often
The'`euto ofraising money upon Exchequer bills?
triodsecare in truth to the Government what accom-
and thl'' bills are to a merchant—both the one
to tn- e °ther may be resorted to upon a pinch
gene "eet a contingency or to overcome an emer-
to be continued.
but neither the one nor the other ought
De continued. What would be the fate of a
el:chant who had a large amount of accommo-
atwo bills in the circle, which he continued to
renew ? Would not the discounts paid to
bankers and the commission paid to bill brokers
ere long overwhelm him ? And is the case
different with reference to Exchequer bills ?
The Government indeed gets, and does not pay,
a premium upon the sale of Exchequer bills.
15tit who pays the premium ? The capitalist
Who is afraid to venture his capital in the pur-
!uits
of industry. Who suffer from it ? The
and promoted
whose labours should be asserted
promoted by the due application of such
Capital.
The
hall h country never can be righted until
.we
ei have a Ministry who understand the pun-
ad ea and the workings of industry, and above
Exicille u
unfit
citile we shall have a Chancellor of the
r who perceives how revenue is in-
cfhreease sole
by the extension of industry, which is
well as of the revon source f the income of individuals as
revenue of the State.

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rn°ng less interesting matter discussed in
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House of Lords last night, the Marquis of
ra°I4I3°III)ERRY asked Earl GREY a question
_spcti,,_
1 "8 Captaill NAPIER'S being still in the
,--'4.l.lglsh service, which his Lordship professed
11.1 s inability to answer. We are enabled to state
that, at
the time Earl GREY was speaking, Cap-
ttun
N "LER was ,‘ scratched off the list." We
do not know what authority, beyond common
nimcur, the Admiralty can have for assuming.
'Liu Captain NAPIER has entered the service of
on PEnrto ; but as we take it for granted that
they have precisely the same kind
of informa-
tion with respect to Captain ELLIOT'S having
entered the service of Don MIGUEL, we trust the

same justice will be meted out to the Conserva-
tive, as there has been to the Liberal adventurer.

We direct our readers' attention to a case of
flagrant outrage on the part of a policeman to-
wards a respectable individual—a lady, which
will be found in another column, under the
head, Marlborough-street POlice Report. The
complainant, a Mrs. MURRAY, was, it seems,
accompanying her sister home late on Sunday
night, when the policeman, C 98, came up to
her, threw his arm round her neck, and thrust
his hand into her bosom. On her expressing
her indignation at this outrageous conduct, the
brute instantly drove her forward to the police
station, threatening at the same time to have
her fined by a Magistrate for the assault. We
give the rest of the case in the words of the
report :
" When overcome by terror at the brutality she was ex-
periencing she screamed for assistance. Another police-
man came forward whom she implored to protect her,
stating ber willingness to go any where so that she was
not left alone with the other policeman. Policeman C
98, insisted upon going to the station-house, and defen-
dant accordingly proceeded with the policeman C, 67, to
the Vine-street station, and a charge of assault was made
by the first policeman, and entered by Inspector Drew.
She stated to the Inspector the real circumstances of the
case, informed him of the gross insult she bad sustained,
and begged him to send to her residence and ascertain her
respectability, or at least acquaint her friends with her
situation. The Inspector, however, would take the charge
of the policeman, and she was taken and thrust into a filthy
dungeon, amongst a number of the lowest description of
drunken prostitutes, whose horrible imprecations and conduct
so overcame her that she went into strong hysterics. She
continued relapsing into fits until about four o'clock, when
her mother came in the utmost consternation to the
station-house, to know what was to be done, having been
informed of the occurrence by her other daughter. The
officer on duty then was Inspector Abrahams, who con-
sented to take her mother's bail for her appearance, and
she was then released."

On hearing the above statement corroborated,
as it was, by the undoubted respectability of the
complainant, and the strong evidence she had
adduced, M. DYER instantly decided on hold-
ing the policeman to bail for the assault. So
far so good. But the case must not end here.
The fellow who could be guilty of so unmanly
an outrage, should be forthwith dismissed from
his situation, and the conduct of the Inspector
himself, who, after hearing the real circum-
stances of the case, preferred taking the charge
of one of his own fraternity, should be made the
subject of a rigid investigation. Of late the
police have been too much in the habit of as-
suming an insolent, swaggering air which cannot
be too soon or ton decidedly repressed.

The duties of customs having been consoli-
dated by Mr. HERRIES, the Bill now pending
for this purpose is of little importance as a mere
consolidation of the duties of customs, but ►night
be rendered a most useful measure as a modifi-
cation of them.

The duties of customs are the oldest grants
to the Crown, in the shape of tonnages and
poundage, originally granted in tenths and
fifteenths, and since increased by per centages
until, in many instances, the duty levied exceeds
the price of the article imported one hundred fold.
The present Bill appears to have been intrusted
to the Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Trade.
From a schedule of the alterations which he pro-
poses, laid upon the table of the House of Com-
mons a few days ago, he appears to be altogether
unfitted for the task. In place of their con-
fining the alterations to a few articles, it is
plain that the duty upon every article im-
ported ought to be proportioned to its pre-
sent price. Does Mr. POULETT THOMSON
require to be reminded of the immense in-
crease of duty which has arisen from lowering
the duty upon coffee ? Does he not know how
a great aggregate profit is derived by a merchant
from small profits upon a great number of
articles sold ; and ought he not also to know
that a great revenue is to be obtained from small
duties upon great quantities of a great number
of articles imported ?
Our worthy CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER appears to be equally behind hand in this
respect. Upon a petition lately presented from
the growers of currants in the lonian Islands,
praying a reductio►► of the duty (the dispro-
portion of which to the price of the article had
diminished the production, and, by necessary
consequence, the importation of currants five
fold), Lord ALT tioRP observed that currants
were an article luxury, and could, therefore,
bear a high duty. Does he not know that for
every article of luxury imported, articles of home
industry are exported, and that it is in this way
that the rich voluntarily contribute to the wants
of the State, and that home industry is also pro-
moted ? When it is remembered that in the
year 1775 the duties of customs did not pro-
duce two millions and a half per annum, and
when it is adverted to, that last year they were
about seventeen millions, we do not think we
over-rate the amount of revenue that might be
derived from this source, by a proper modifica-
tion of our duties of customs if we say that it
will exceed thirty millions, and that duties of
excise, and other duties which repress home
industry or press hard upon particular classes,
may thus be repealed, not only without danger
but with advantage to the fundholders.
It is plain that the first thing to be done is to
ascertain the present price of every article im-
ported, and then to apportion the duty to it, and
we trust the present Customs' Duties Bill will
not be allowed to be passed until this is done.
The industry of the country is not to be trifled
with.

The general rumour last night in the vicinity
of both Houses of Parliament, industriously
set afloat by one or two known Tory agents, was
that the House of Lords did not intend to
throw out the Irish Church Reform Bill to-
morrow. This rumour received countenance
from the language held by Sir ROBERT PEEr..
He spoke of the impossibility of their
knowing any thing with respect to the
intentions of the other House of Parliament
on the subject of the second reading of the
Bill, and of the impropriety of anticipating any
result which might imply that the Members of
the other House were not men of honour, and
did not exercise their privileges for the benefit
of the people. All this is-perfectly consistent
with the Lords cutting the Bill to tatters
in Committee ; but, joined with Lord AL-
THORP'S expressed wish that the motion
should be withdrawn, it induced the House of
Commons to vote against the proposed call on
Thursday. No doubt it would have had the
appearance of a menace, which, had Ministers
assented to it, might have given a handle
to certain parties to turn attention from
the real question which will be in dis-
pute to-morrow, and as by striking out the
147th clause, they had started upon the
principle of avoiding all cause of unnecessary

olTenee, it was, perhaps, well to persevere in it.
Should the Lords still persist in throwing
out, or materially impairing, the measure, the pre-
sent and past moderation of the Government will
only heap coals of fire upon the heads of their
enemies. It will be seen from the debate that
one or two of the radical Members, who voted
against the third reading of the Bill because it
did not go far enough, begin to find they
have placed themselves in a false position.
Mr. O'CONNELL, for instance, closed the
few observations he made in a curious man-
ner. He said, "No man less approved of the
Irish Church Bill than he did, for he conceived

it did not give any thing like the amount of re-
dress which he had a right to expect ; but yet,
if the Lords refused even this instalment of
church reform, what chance could he have for
the remainder ? (' Oh, oh !' and cries of
Why, then, did you vote against the Bill ?')"
Now, suppose the Radical Lords, what few
there are of them, should join with the
Tory Lords, and throw out the Bill for not
going far enough, what right could Mr.
O'CONNELL have to complain ? He refused
to take this small instalment ; may they not
also refuse to take it ? The fact is, that it is
always the true policy of a Reformer to take what
improvements he can get, and by departing from
it Mr. O'CONNELL has involved himself in
his present difficulty. His return to the right
path required an effort of manliness greater
than appears to be possessed by some other
Members who are equally conscious that they
have made a mistake, but who appear resolved
to stick by it. Let us hope that by Thursday
the majority of them will so far have reco-
vered their senses as no longer to play the
game of the party which wishes to " undo all
that has been done for the last three years."
They may judge of how much they ought to
regret their false step by seeing the joy it occa-
sions to their open enemy the Post.

The French Papers of Sunday contain no
news of moment, being chiefly filled with
extracts from the late parliamentary debates—
especially those on the Local Courts Bill. Up
to the departure of the estafette, Paris was per-
fectly tranquil.

The Committee on the Factories' Regulation
Bill is postponed till Thursday next.

It is said that the settlement of the Dutch
question is proceeding satisfactorily. At the
►neeting held yesterday unanimity was the order
of the day. Possibly the very decided turn
which Portuguese affairs have taken for the bet-
ter may have produced a more conciliatory dis-
position than usual with the representatives of the
Northern Courts.

It will be seen by the letter from the Foreign
Under Secretary of State, that our Government
have recognised the blockade of the coast of
Portugal, by the Regency acting in the name of
her Most Faithful MAJESTY ! The next and
concluding measure of justice will be, and the
sooner it is done the better, the full recognition
of Donna MARIA, as legitimate Queen of Por-
tugal.