The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEAING, FEBRUARY 2, 1870.

SHARE LIS7.

ORDINARY 1311AICIIS AND STOCKS:

Paid. Closing klusine, a
Raliwsys, Price. done.
et Blistliana Exeter ...... 104 77 79 78 1
et Caledonian ........ 100 771 75 77/ 1 ;
et Cambrian . lOO 'l5 40
20 Cornwall. .. al: 21 31
et Dublin & Bellast Juno... 16 - - -
at Dun„l'erth,& Att.J nue... ioo 70 72
20 East London all 4 6 5
20 V° i 5 -_ -
20 Do 10 - -
st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 1( 9
et Great Eastern .. (OS 301 371 371
at Do. E. Ang;l. No. 2 lOO 61 71
et tireatNorthol Scotland lOO Ilb lo 16
at Greet Northern lOO 111 112 112
et Do. A stock
ut Do. B stock lO 121 14/
et GtS, and W. 01 _lreland lOO (.8 10u
st (it. Western -(JriL;ical llO 6 4 634 631 i
et Do. South Waits
et Do. W. Aliti.-UY.dord 1(;0 40 42
et Do. Newport lOO 31 :,6
at Lancashire& Yorlishirv lOO 12S 1-ol 1281 1
at Lou., Brigh.,/k S.Coast lOO 45 452 4:4
- Do Scrip - -
at Lou., Chat., and Dover luo 15 151
st Du. Metro!). Lx. A lOO 11 Is •
et Lon. ,st I:orlit Western lOO 1.34 rl-ti 1231 4
st Lou. & South Western lOO 03 04
Man., cruel., & Lincoln ILA; 1;11 52-i
st Met•ropolitan ... . lOO 78/ 7t.; :81 1
at Do Extension ..
5 Do. New rd .. - -
st Motrovolitan District. arr 35 36 361
lu Metrip. St. John's NI .ol 10 - -
at 31:uiund
st 1; 0. i3innin. ti. D.4rbs
st N.;rth British
st D ..,. 'td., Yth., & Dun lO9 - -
et Nor Kaateru-Berwios llO 1261 1271 128
25 D ti. N.E purchase-16.13.S - -
st 1), Leeds .......
st D u York lOO 12"1 211 126 51
at D °Carlisle .... . ICO - -
at D oStock. & Darling ICO 167 It 9
st North Loniou
10 Do New 1868. • 4 11 2 p
st North Staffordshire . . 100 61 :113 121
at North and S. W. Junction 100 0) 101
10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. 10;
at 111,:onney
st .:11aropshiro Uuion 1( 0 551 01
st South Devon ..
at South Eastern lOO 75,3- 764
at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 134 14
at '13.41 Vale
-- Do. C - -
- ll' uterlord & hiikenny 1(0 • - -
10 Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 - -

HAILVIAYS-PREFER riN CE SHARES AND STOCKS.

st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 8,)
at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ...
st Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent lOO
st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO
at Du. do. 7 per cent l9O
st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82
st Do. Midland
st Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100
20 Cornwall, per cent gua all
st Dundee, Perth, and Aber- _ _

111105000000 19,00. 8
i 1.4007 :as t
.t
1; fast
ticesuri. unction
7
s.lidgp.
ocUrae .ftes:pe. enNio:C..7l2 lOO
at Do
st Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113
at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100
at Do du B 6 do. 100
st Do do C 7 do. NO
at Do do No. 1, 3 p.c. 100
at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 .6; 72
at Do Nutfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1616 100
st Do do 5 p.e.Wav•Val.lB47 100
st Great Northern, .5 per cent 10)
at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 • ..•
D 0 41 do do do 100
st Do 5 do at 5 P.C. 100 •••
••• •••
at Du Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO
st 01. Nrth of Scotland, let pf
at Great South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 95 98
at Gt•West.—Orig.&Jut.-Itent
chg., per goal p.c lOO 106 108 1071
Do. Urig. (B. & 11. Lx). 5 p.c lOO 93 100
Do do 44 per cent. 1850 lOO 90 92
1)o do 4 do do
Dopo ddou 13iPreuinenegillita. greiculau l-10000 6t'B7 72
Du do do prof lOO
Du do Chester gua 1 0 63
Do do du 6 per cent lOO •••
Do do de 5 do 100 95 106
Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 •••
Do do 4i p.e lOO
st Do do 49 1859 lOO •••
at Do do 5
st Du West Mid. Oxford lstg. 104 110 118
at Do du 2d gua. 100 1 3 115
at Do Newport, Ist ,g. 5 p.e. 100 16 98
at Do do 2d du 100 ...
at Do gua. 53 per cent. 1863 100 •••
00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all
at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.e. 104 1
at Do Barnsley, 1:.5 3510 d p.c. 100 •••
at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135
st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100
ati Loudon & Brighton, 5 p.c
guaranteed, No 1 lOO
at Do 5 per cent. guts Nu. 2 lOO •••
at Do 6 do do lOO •••
at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO •..
st Do 7 per cent lOO
at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.1') 101)
at Do 4 do 1859 lOO •••
at London, Chatham, &Dover
5 per cent llO •••
at Loudon and N. W., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 11
at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO _ ..„
at Du Shrewsb'y & Welenia, 108
st Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,e
late 3d shares, lOO 145 130
a Du (Yortsm.perp ans 2561) all ...
a Man., Sher., &Lineln. 6 p.c..100
Do
a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66
1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5
st Slid. Consolidated ,6 p. c... 100 130 1.35
a Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. c lOO I;3 135
s Du 11 per scut. redeem 10t; tis 100
a Do 41 per cent. irredeem... 100 9.3 10)
a Do Leieester&lrchu,l p.c 100 &1 91
at North British, I p.c. Nu. 1... 100
at Du E. &G. 4p.e.S. & D lOO
at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100
st 110 Border Union, 51 p.c._ 100 _
st N.-Eaateru—Cons. 100 87 89
at Du 41 per emit. redeem__ 100 97 99
st Du G N.E. 4 per cent., BA •••
17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. ...
Do York, 11. &S. purchase. 10 10 103
Do Stektu & Biding. A 5 p.c. 100 107 105
at Do W, Hartlepool U. audit lOU 86 68
20 North Staffordshire all 203 2l
lOs i 3. Devon Annuities, 1 all 9 10
lUs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 54
10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 83
1 0.6. S. East. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23
at Do 41 percept lOO •••
at Do Fixed 43 per cent lOO •••
at Taff Vale N. 0.1 lOO 154 158
at Waterford si Kilkenny, 6pc 100 ..

RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each serdrate year

st Caledonian 41 p c gua.
at Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO ••
•••
at Do 41 p all
st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 7.
at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 Wt,
at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 00
at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8:i c 5 89
at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 87
at Great Northern, 5p e irred. 100
at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100
at Do Boston &Sleafd, 41 pe 100
at Great West., W. llidl., 5p c 100 ::
at Do Joint porpe. p c,1865 100 B'B ;it
at Do do 6p c irred., 1836 100 115 120
20 Do Vale N esti' perp. 5p c all •
•
st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
•.• ..•
••
5 Lane. and York New 4l per
cent till J uly, 1871 2 ip
st Loud., Brig &e., 41 pc, 1858 100
at Do do 4 do, 1860 100
st Do do 41 do, 1861 leo
st Do do 41 do, 1863 100
at Do do 5 do, 1865 100
st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100
at Do No. 7 sdo
st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c
at DDo o Metropdo C
6p. Ex., B 6 p.c
100 .„„
st London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110
at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 03 95 974
10 Man. bhef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91
st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104
at Midland, 11 5 per cent prof. 100 107 109
et Do B 5 do 100 107 109
13 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211
18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191
22 Do 5p c con. into Old
Stk., Aug. 31,1872 3l 11 24p
at North British, E. and G ,
No. 1, b per cent ...
at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ...
Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100
et Do 16.&G, No. 2, 5 p.c ... 100
st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ..„
st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100
at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100
at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 ICO
at Do Stock. & D ... 100 113 115
et North Loudon, 41, per cent
(Max. 5 per cent)
et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO
at South Eastern, 41 pe, 1859 100
at Do 5 do 1861 100
st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 •• •••
at Do 5 do, 1864
***
at Victoria St. & Phalico, 41 pc 100

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Business
Share' NAMF. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 121 12
19 L.
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 An:,-.:10 Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, liar all 211 2j 241
20 Anglo-Ling:lrian
20 Anglo-Italian ISOO, limited 10 34 2
40 Australasian -
20 Bank of British Columbia all 75 14
20 Do issued at 2 pm.... 5 34 21
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, line.
25 Bauk of South Australia all 321 331
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30
10 Bank of :.ew Zealand all 15 10
10 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia. end China
25 Chariered Merc. of India.
Loudon, and China all 32 33
20 City lO 11 111
100 Colonial - 25 41 43
10 Consolidated, liin.
50 Delhi and London, lint 25 •••
10 East London, lim
20 English and American, lieu 10 .• •••
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
noir°. lint lO 1
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 37 9
281 Do new ll4 41 54
lOU Imperial, lim 2O 3 '2
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 121
25 lonian all 23 22
20 Do new 5 6 3
Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 31
100 Do sp. e. Debs.lBo4, 30 all 76 76 50
JOO Loudon Bank of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 ;'.O
20 .Do new 74 45 41
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do new 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 2.,1 244 231
20 London and County 2O 401 504
50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• •
London Joint Stock 3ll 321 311
London and South African al
100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20
50 London & Venezuela, lim.,. 121 ••• •••
100 London and Westminster. 20 69 64
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, hill 25 04 51
10 Metropolitan, Hill all 74 74
00 Midland, lim 2O id
5 National of Australia
25 National ed Liverpool, lint l5 3d 1p
00 National Pro vine. of Eng'd 42 ... •••
10
50 National.. 3O
20 New South Wales all 41 43 18
'2O North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 441
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Bin. 10 01 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do now.. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, limn 25 14 13
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 46 4 ;
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of Loudon

all 1S 19

13 11

lu 35} 3ti~ 3'4

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

10 Aukilo-American Tei., lint all 1i lin 10
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.— 10 :tut 21 21; i
et Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 .10
at Do. 8 per cent.
et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., him 100 180 1i:0
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 207
10 Do. New 8 12 np
25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 2.4 25
0 Loud. Provincial Tel. inn all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ,
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 9 10 si
20 Reuter's Telegram all 82 t 7
2U Societe Trausatlant., lint all 18 IS} 1 a
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 1 i
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint ull 7 8 -
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all ,i i-. 1

THE 'MERCHANT AND HIS WIFE.

Under this title the following " Apologue for the Cob-
nial Office," appears in the new number of Fraser's Magr•

zine:

"My dear," said a distinguished merchant one day to
his wife, " you cost me a great deal of money. Why do
you not cultivate your own estates and relieve me of the
burden of you ?"
The wife was a little hurt at so abrupt an address.
Her property was magnificent, but she wanted help
to develop its resources. She had often applied to
her husband, and if he would have put his hand to
the work, he might have become the wealthiest man in
the world. But he suspected that after he had laid out his
clpital and labour, she would run away from him, and he
would have made a bad speculation.
His suspicions were groundless. She was heartily at-
tached to him—not an idea of desertion had floated before
her imagination for a moment. She exerted herself, how-
ever, as he desired; she paid for her dresses, she paid for
her carriage and her maid, she even took charge of such of
his children, as he could not himself provide for, and set
them up for life. The merchant ought to have been
satisfied, but ono morning he began again.
"My dear, you are now independent. I don't wish you
to leave me, but if you have any such desire yourself, I
shall not think of preventing you."
" Leave you." she said, " leave you! what are you talk-
ing about? What have I done to deserve that you should
speak to me in this way ?"
" Don't misunderstand me," he replied. " I have ob-
served great unhappiness to arise from compulsory unions.
I have taught you to depend upon yourself that you may
be your own mistress; you can now stand alone, and your
future is in your hands, to go or stay."
"Are you mad ?" she exclaimed; "who talks of going?
Why "—and here her voice choked a little—" why should
such a word be mentioned between you and me ?"
"My dear, don't be sentimental," he said. "The only
sure bond between human creatures is mutual interest.
As long as you consider it to be your interest to continue
under this roof, I shall be delighted to see you here,
and I think I am generous in allowing it. If I were alone,
a smaller establishment would suffice for my wants.
could sell myhouse, dismiss the servants,live in chambers,
and dine at the club."
"My dear husband," she cried, "do not speak such
dreadful words ! What family can hold together on such
terms as these? All I have, you well know, is yours; and
surely with your genius for business and your means my
property—"
" Don't talk to me of your property," he interrupted,
impatiently, " I have many times told you that I will have
nothing to do with it. Manage your matters your own
way. Do what you like, or go where you will. I inter-
fere with you in nothing—one thing only you must not do,
that is, ask me for money. lam not sending you away. I
shall be sorry to lose you if you go, but the lass will be
more yours than mine, and if you leave me, I shall endea-
vour to bear it."
It was long before the wife could believe him serious.
Day after day, however, he repeated the same lesson—at
breakfast and at dinner, before they went to sleep at
night, and before they rose in the morning. 'A wise
word, the merchant thought, could not be heard too
often.
At last ho wearied her. She saw that he had no real
affection for her. She was a high-spirited handsome
woman, and her husband was the only person who seemed
indifferent to her attractions. One day when he came home
from business he found that she had taken him at his
word, and had eloped with another man.
He professed to bo astonished. He declared that he had
allowed her her way in everything, and he complained that
she bad been deeply ungrateful to him. A neighbour, how-
ever, to whom he appealed for sympathy, told him that he
had been an infatuated ass.

THE MANCHESTER MEETING IN SUPPORT

OF THE GOVERNMENT.

-
The meeting in support of the Government held
at Manchester on Tuesday night, was a very crowded
one. It was called by the Manchester Reform Union, and
a successful attempt was made to make the assembly a re-
presentative one. It was attended by upwards of 500 dele-
gates from branches of the Union and from clubs, regis-
tration societies, and other political associations in 157
cities, boroughs, towns, and other centres of population in
various parts of the kingdom.. Mr. George Wilson, presi-
dent of the National Reform Union, presided, and amongthe
leading gentlemen who had accepted seats on the platform
were Sir Thomas Bazley, M.P., Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P.,
Messrs... Jacob Bright, M.P., R. N, Philips, M.P., Peter
Rylands, M.P., John Platt, M.P., E. Potter, M.P.,
W. T. Roden, M.P., G. 0. Morgan, Q.C., M.P., J. Whit-
well, M.P., W. S. Allen, M.P., Serjeant Simon, M.P.,
E. M. Richards, M.P., A. Johnson, M.P., A. Illingworth,
M.P., T. Whitworth, M.P., John Holms, M.P and T. B.
Potter, M.P.

The CILIIRMAN said, amid great cheering, that they were
met to give their support to her Majesty's Government.
He expressed his own deliberate and unshaken confidence
in a Government which contained such men as Mr. Glad-
stone and Mr. Bright. They had introduced various mea-
sures during the past session of great importance, which
successfully passed, among which one of the greatest was
intended to remove the sources of religious discord in Ire-
land. Notwithstanding what they had done in the past,
we knew that they had great measures in store for us in
the future.
Sir TuosrAs • BAZLEY moved the resolution of con-
fidence, whith was afterwards carried by the meeting.
It expressed the sense of satisfaction which was
felt on account of the passing of the Irish Church mea-
sure, and the trust in the Government's power and will to
amend the Irish land laws, to promote the trade of the
country by reducing taxation, to abolish the exclusive
restrictions of the universities, to improve the licensing
system, to introduce a measure that shall insure education
to every child in the land, and to give freedom to the
voter by adopting the Ballot. Sir Thomas, in his speech,
eulogised Mr. Gladstone, spoke highly of the present Par-
liament, and tried to combat the statements of the
Orangemen. His whole ire was aroused against
that " deluded class," the advocates of .reciprocity. He
pointed out that while in this country some were trying
to get the treaty repealed, the same thing was going on in
France. He would remind the manufacturers in France
that all their workpeople did not number two millions;
and that their simple object was to inflict a tax upon
twenty-eight millions of people for the advantage of the
two millions. In our own country the number of those
animated by this desire for reciprocity was much smaller
even than those in France. The silk trade in England, which
had the special sympathy of the reciprocitists, did not fur-
nish employment for half a million persons, and was it to
be supposed that the 29 or 30 millions of people in the
United Kingdom would submit to be taxed for the benefit
of half a million who had not the enterprise, energy, or
industry to rescue their trade from the 'successful competi-
tion of a continental neighbour? Referring to the work of
the approaching session, he said our first and foremost
duty was to do justice to Ireland. The land laws of that
country had long been a source of great oppression and
at length a crisis had arrived when the strong arm of the
law must do justice to the oppressed Irish people, and
their land and industry alike be set free. The Irish tenant
farmer must have a fair return for everyfarthing expended
by him, his family, and his servants in improving the
landlord's property. There must bo a settled system of
holding land, by which the occupier must not be depen-
dent upon the momentary caprice of the landowner, but
feel secure that he would receive the duo reward his
toil. Nothing should be allowed to prevent a fair contract
between the farmer and the landlord, but the law should
protect the weak, so as not to leave the weak in any way
dependent on the favour of the strong. He concurred in
the opinion of Professor Huxley that the different condi-
tion. of England and Ireland did not arise from radical dis•
tinctions in race.

Mr. JACOB BRIGHT, M.P., seconded the resolution. He
believed that in future the House of Commons would
legislate according to the reason of the people, and not
wait, as beforetime, to be coerced, and that by consequence
it would occupy a far higher position as a legislative
assembly than anything we had seen for generations back.
Three years ago they met in that hall to assail a hostile
government, and to devise all the means in their power to
bend it to their wishes, and they knew how they had suc-
ceeded. To-night they came there happily in a different
temper. They came to sympathise with a Government
not only friendly to the people but tllat was of the people.
Let no ono in the room, however, suppose that he was
satisfied with the present representation of the people.
There were still two considerable classes who were as
much excluded from the franchise as were many of those
present three years ago, viz., those who lived outside
our borough boundarieg, and occupied houses below
something like £l5 rental; and secondly, those
within or without our borough boundaries who happened
to be women householders. Our electoral machinery was
bad—the Ballot was wanted. We had in this country a
great body of political highwaymen, and he trusted that
the law which had been strong enough to suppress high-
waymen of another class would be able to deal effec-
tually with this class also. Why should a man not
be able to leave his home and go to the poll
without being assailed, cajoled, coerced, or insulted
by the men whom he called political highwaymen?
The hustings should be abolished as an antiquated
absurdity, and the expenditure at elections should be
further reduced by the cost of the polling booths and
other matters connected therewith being thrown upon the
laws. Then the use of cabs should be held to invalidate
an election, and this should apply to municipal as
well as parliamentary elections. What would be
accomplished during the next session would
depend very much upon whether the Land Bill went
smoothly through the House, and he believed it would
have a good chance of doing so if it was what all earnest
reformers expected it to be, a broad and comprehensive
measure. He did not want a:bill that should do injustice to
a single landlord in Ireland. He wanted one that should be
just to the community at large, and if it was so it would
be a novelty in this county so far as legislation on the land
was concerned. Mr. Bright also referred to the question of
national expenditure.
Sir WILFRID Lawsoss, M.P., supported the resolu-
tion, and in doing so spoke of the crying evil of intem-
perance.
Mr. Platt, M.P., Mr. Torr, and Mr Illingworth, M.P.,
also supported the resolution.
The motion was put and carried unanimously; and
the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

During the past month there sailed from the
Mersey under the Act 24 ships, all for the United States,
and carrying 3,095 passengers, of whom 1,939 were English,
160 Scotch, 363 Irish, and 680 foreigners. There were
also 21 ships not under the Act, which carried 439 passen-
gers to the following destinations :—United States, 301 ;
Victoria; 46; New Zealand, 21; West Indies, 2; South
America, 73 ; Africa, 25 ; East Indies, 12 ; Sandwich Islands,
6. The total emigration of the month was 3.584, being 239
in excess of the number last year.

Mr. Justice Mellor is unable to take his seat in the
Court of Queen's bench in consequence of illness.

It was rumoured in tho City last night that Mr.
Parson had resigned the chairmanship of the Metropolitan
Railway Company.
A statement that Mr. Roebuck intended to offer
himself as a candidate for Nottingham is authoritatively
contradicted.

Paris is threatened with another demonstration.
A deputation has arrived from Marseilles with an immense
crown, to be placed on the tomb of Victor Noir.. Deputies
Gambetta and, gaquirom are called upon to preside at the
fieTOZMY. ; • ; - • , ,