The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-27 00:00:00

rnE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1869.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Buena'
Share: NAME. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11
Y') Do II lO 41 81
SO Albion l4 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Auglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 225 p 21}
20 Anglo-Ilungarian 8 11 2I
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited aft 5 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 +3
20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
53 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30
10 Bank of AN ew Zealand all 151 141
so British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, ,nd China all 17 13
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
Louden, and China all 31 32
20 City le 10 11 105
100 Colonial 25 1 41
IV Consolidated, lini.
50 Delhi and London, but
50 East London, limo S 2j 1y
20 English and Ami,rican, limn 10
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-

10 pr 1p

neiro. lim
20 English, z,cottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered •.# all 164 161
281 Hong Kong and Shanghui
Bank Corporation all $6 38
281 Do new lll 4 6
.00 Imperial, lim 2O 16 li;
20 Imperial Ottoman ll 24 21 1 f
_6 lonian ail t 0 22
25 Do new 5 6 3
Lud Mortgage of India' lim 4 34 34
100 Do 5 p. e. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 be
.00 London Bank, of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 Londonand Brazilian, lim. 45 35 Z.)
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do new 10 14 2'p
20 London Chart.of Australia all 231 241
20 London and County 2O 491 501
60 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... . .
London Joint Stock 3ll 324
London and South African al 8 9
100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ~.
100 London and Westminster 2O 574 584 54 1
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, tins 25 61 54
10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 71
00 Midland, lim 2O 11 4
b National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 3d 1p
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do
50 National. 3O ... ..
20 New South Wales all 41 43 334 f
20 North-Western 74
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42
60 Provinc. Dank. Corpo., lim. 10 61 61
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 80 92
10 Do new. all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 13 111
100 Do issued at 6 pin. It 6 6
24 Union of Australia all 46 43
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of Loudon lb 37 18 371

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

"ff Anglo-American Tei., iim in 161 1t.,/ :84 i
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., dm— .0 17j 17,3,
st Atlantic Telegraph le 10 12 121
st Do. 8 per cent. lOO )15 49 34
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. lee 174 1t.3
at Electric & inter. Telegraph 10 260 245
10 Do. New 8 12 14
2i Indo-European Tel., lint all 28 2 k
6 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 I p
10 Meditcrra. Exten. Tel., Hui all 6 61
25 Reuter' ti Telegram all 78 t• 0
to Societe Transatlaut., lint_ all 144 15 , 11/ f
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 11
5 U. Kingdom Tel: Co., lim all 7 71
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all .4 5 p

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 241 14f
25 Australian Agricultural
23 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, lint.
10 Batigaralt 'lea Estates, lint
10 Berlin Water Works, lint all
10 Do. New all
Its) Bolckow Vaughan, lint. ~, 30
Bombay Gas, lint.
5 Do. New 4
British American Laud 4l
20 British Indian Tea, lint all
20 British Ship Owners 7l
n Canada Company all
10 Canadian Loan and invz,st-
matt, lint 2l
20 Ceylon Company, lint.
20' Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lint 5
25 City of London Real Pro-
perty, lint 9
30 City of Milan Improv. lint. all
25• City of Moscow bias, lint— all
be City Offices, lint 23
50 Colonial, lint.
Do.
SO Conunercia: Union (Assur)
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lint
20 Continental Union Gas, lint all
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 7/ per cent,
100 Corporation of London
Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all
100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all
100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all
10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all
50 CreditFon.of Mauritiuslim. 10
at Crystal Palace
at Do. Preference lOO
at Do. 6 p. c Perpetual Deb lO9
20 Darjeeling, lint.
10 Eastern Assam, lint, 6l
50 East Indian Laud Credit
and Finance, lim.
20 East India Irriga, & Canal all
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lint.
100 Egyptian I) per cent. V'roy.
Glut. by Egypt. Gov all;
20 Egyptian Coin. &
3 Eng. & Lust ral. Copper, lint 21 A 4,
15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 31,1
100 Eng. and Soot. .11ariue, lint 8
10 Faithairu Engineering 5 3 2d
20 Fore-street W9.rehouse,iiin l2 1 2 p
100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and
Loan 13erip, issued at £B5 all 13 90 92
50 Gellivara, lint.
1G General Credit & Dis., lint 71 14 1,1 6 13-16
15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29
50 Home & Col Marino In. lint 6 21 zd
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all
20 Hudson's "lay all 12f 13
20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar
seilles, lint.
20 Interna.FinancialSoe. lint 5 2 lf
20 Interns. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4r.
50 Italian Land 5 111
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 84
100 Do. 6p. c, Bds., redeem
1870, issued 90 all 67 69
50 Land Securities, lien 2l If
25 London African Trading lO 7 bd
25 Lon. & Caled. Marino, lira 6 ... ...d
10 London County Land and
Building, lint.
50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21
4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21
50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, lint 25 21 16d
20 LoncL & Provincial Marina 2 id pr
at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus*
sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 108
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, Bin.— .. ll 11 14
50 Merchant Shipping, lint. all 32 37
60 Millwall Iron Works, lira. 121
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-

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3 .5d
lit 143

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5 Si
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15 17
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1014 1001
103 lul
21 2t
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24 24
95 100
147 112

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94 95 951 5

Lion Co., lira.
25 National Discount Co., line 6 loi 111
25 National Proy. Marine, lira. 4
10 National Steam Ship, lira. all
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lirn. e
10 New Consolidated Dia. lira. 3
5 New Quebrada, lira. 4B 0
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer

cantile Agency,lim 2l
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lim
10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5
10 Do. B
et North Brit. Austral., lim lOO
50 North Brit. & Moreau. In 6l
2b Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6
50 Oriental Financial, lim ll
5 Oriental Gas, Jim
b Do. New 1
10 Otago and Southland In.
vestment, lim
5 Ottoman Gas qui
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail tim
5 Do. do.
et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all
50 Do. New 1367
50 Rhymney Iron
1 Do. Now
2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim. all
Do. Gas, tim all
100 Royal Mail Steam CO
Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO
Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Prof lOO
Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO
Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot
50 S. African Mort. & Inv„ lim 6
25 South Australian Land
20 Telegraph Con. & Main„lim all
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance), lim 2
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim 3l
1.0 Trust & Agency of Aus„lim 1
10 Do do. do. all
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5
50 Union Marine L'pool, Tim 5
20 Union Steam Ship, lim all
15 United Discount Corp., Um 6
20 Universal Marine(lu.), liui 5
10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all
30 Vau Diemar's Laud 231
100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per
cent. (Mortgage) Loan , all
50 Warrant Finance, lim
50 West India and Pacific
Steam, lim 25
20 WestLontlon Wharves and
Warehouses lO

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31 3d
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DritWi Columbia, 6 per
100
Do. 18115 lOO
Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan.•&July
1b77-64 • lOO 1041 1071 107/
Do. p. .7eb. & Aug lOO 102 II)*
Do. sp. e. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104
Do. P.C. Jan. & July lOO 92/ 231
- Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92
Cape 11. Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lO6 102 101
Do.Ap1.&001 1690-1900 lOO 111 113
- Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 UN
- Do. Jan.&July, 1891
- Do. 5 per cent. 16 April
end 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100
- Ceylon, Nov 1878, 0 p.c lOO 108 IN
- Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
- .51aurltitm, 62. a, 1878,
- Jan. and July
- Do. 1878 ... lOO 105 106
Do. 1882, May and Nc• 1 OO 106 108
- D 0.1395, Feb. t Aug..- LOS 01.
Melbourne Corporatn
- 1887-75, 6 per cent..._ 1(0 100 100
- N.8.G0v.5 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 103 104
Natal 6 p et, Apht Oet OO
Do 6p c. 51,ty & Nov l_o It 6 105
N. S.W. 5 p•c., '7l to 'M 1)0 89 101
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 . 100 S 9 100 108
Do. 5 p.c. rd.'ll; to '75
N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.1891 lOO - -
Do. 5 per cent....
100 91 82
- Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110
-- Do Juee Sc Dec., 1.591 100 100 ill
- Do L'rov. • 1 Auclad. 1 I, 0
ucriei 1 & 2, 180... )
- Nova Scotia ti p. c.Jau
- and July, 1875
- Do ISA.. 100 is:
- Qulenslnd. 6p. c. 100 .O 7 1081
- Do 1691 ......... lOO 107 logs
- Tasmanian 6per a I. 895.. . ly7 109
- Do ti,93 97 ~ IGO -)8 109
- Victoria, Gi or cont. 1811.. LAG -14 115
- Do, 4.prilaud Vet , )11 112 110/

PARTS CORRESPONDENCE.

SUNDAY,

The long-expected resignation of Ministers is confidently
reported to have taken place. On Christmas Day, M. de
Forcade was summoned to the Tuileries, and on his return
to Beauveau he made a quasi official announcement
of his retirement. The council of Ministers which
usually assembles on Wednesday is this week to meet on
Tuesday, so that if report be truo the Journal Officiel will
announce the resignation of Ministers on Wednesday
morning. The very day on which he finally lays down
his portfolio, M. de Forcade will start for
Lot-et-Garonne, whose suffrages he is anxious to
obtain. Ho has already issued his electoral address
which, as you may suppose, has excited some interest. In
it the Minister of the Interior remarks with manifest
complacency that his political opinions are well known,
and takes credit to himself for his share in
preparing and sustaining the Senatus-Consultum
which " consecrates the alliance of the empire
with liberty." There is nothing like putting a good face
upon matters, and so the Minister, who is regarded not
unjustly, as the embodiment of the reactionary
policy of the Cabinet, is now basing his claim to
the popular suffrages on his share in those verreteforms
to which he was understood to give a most reluctant con-
sent. Certainly M. de Forcade thus affords the electors of
Lot-et-Garonne an opportunity of admiring his dexterity
in making the worse appear the better cause. Tho
candidate declares that questions affecting commerce,
industry, and agriculture, have long been his
especial study, and he reminds them that he has filled
official posts connected with them. He announces his in-
tention of defending " the great commercial reform which
has developed between the nations reciprocal interests
and which secures to the agricultural products of France
the outlets necessary for her rrosperity."
The Journal des bikes thinks it would have been better
taste on the part of M. de Forcade to have deferred present-
ing his manifesto to the electors until after his 'res'gnation.
The Debats satirically observes that the unhappy electors of
Lot-et-Garonne may well feel uneasy at the idea of a
Minister of State claiming their suffrages. After the
recent revelations of the official tortures prepared for
recreant voters, what may not those reckless individuals
expect who reject a candidate plus Ara'e que l'Arabie—not
the Minister's nominee, but the Minister himself ?
We are told to look for an Oilivier Cabinet, but
there has been, as I have previously told you, a rumour of
M. Magne as the new chief. This is very improbable.
In Saturday's sitting of the Senate some explana-
tions were exchanged between M. de Maupas and
M. de Sacy respecting a petition relative to Article
75. M. de Martpas means to provoke a grand debate
on this question. Another point of interest was raised by
M. Rouland, Governor of the Bank, who is uneasy with
regard to the decisions to be arrived at by the (Ecumenical
Council. He is apprehensive that such decisions may be
opposed either to the principles of the Concordat, or to
the national rights, and he calls upon the Senate to pre-
serve intact the relations between Church and State.
Only one election remains to be verified, that of M.
Isaac Pereire, so that the extraordinary session will have
concluded its labours to-morrow. It will be immediately
succeeded by the opening of the ordinary session. The
first act of the latter must, of course, he the election cf its
bureau. M. de Schneider is likely to retain his position,
tho Ugh the candidature of M. ,Throme David, now one of
the Vice-Presidents, is talked of.
Tibaldi, the Italian prisoner, who was implicated in the
affair which kept Ledru-Rollin so long out of France, has
written a letter to M. Charles Deleseluze, the editor of the
Retell, which has been reproduced by moss of the Liberal
journals of Paris. The Lilerte affirms that the Emperor has
read the letter, and given orders that Tibaldi should be
included in the amnesty of last August.
M. Gambetta has prepared a grand speech on the com-
mercial question, which has interested the country so
much of late, and which will shortly excite the Legisla-
tive Chambers when it resumes its sittings after Christ-
mas. M. Gambetta will enter into the fullest chnsidei a-
tion of treaties of commerce, free exchange, and the pro -
t.xtive system.
The village of Sardon, Puy de Dome, has been nearly
destroyed by fire, and the inhabitants aro plunged in the
deepest misery.
The Madrid Correspondenzia contradicts the announce-
ment that was made of the supposed reconciliation
between the ex-Queen of Spain and. the Duke of Mont-

nensier.
A denial has also been given to the statement that
Victor Emmanuel had written to Francis 11., and that a
representative of the Italian Government would be sent
to Rome to confer with a representative of the King of
Naples as to the restitution of the property of the
latter.

EXTRAORDLYARY FORGERIES ON LORD

S 7. LEONARDS.

Lord St. Leonards writes to the Times a letter disclosing
extraordinary forgeries systematically made upon him.
" I and my family (he says) have for the last twelve
months been the indirect subjects of attack by false
telegrams and false orders to professional gentlemen
of eminence, and first-class London tradesmen of
every description, by which many of them have
been put to serious inconvenience. We ourselves have
suffered by false telegrams and letters to the absent mem-
bers of the family. After a time there was a lull. Then
an order was sent to one house to make great marble
alterations to a tomb in the adjoining churchyard, describ-
ing the sort of marble and the length and breadth of the
slabs, with a copy of the actual inscription, and a jeweller
on the opposite side of the road was directed to send hero
diamonds of considerable value. Again these attacks ceased,
and now an attempt has been made to procure diamonds of
value by, for the first time, a forged signature of mine,
which is perfect, and has been produced by tracing. I en-
close the letter. lam not sure that the writer did not
intend to steal the diamonds. This, like most of the other
attempts, has failed, because steps were taken to ascertain
whether the order was genuine. The affair has for a
long time been under the °are of the best detective of
Scotland-yard. As all other means had failed, the gen-
tlemen who have been addressed think that I ought to
endeavour to stop the evil by publishing the last letter.
The ' last letter" referred to is dated "Atheneum Club,
Pall Mall, Doc. 22,
is addressed to the Messrs. Emanuel,
signed "your obedient servant, St. Leonard's," and reads
as follows :—"I wish to present my seven daughters
with a locket each, in black enamel and diamonds. I shall
feel obliged by your executing the order for me. I wish
them to be round, and with my coronet (a Baron's) and
initials on them in diamonds, not to exceed £3O each. I
leave it all to you, as I do not understand this kind of
thing, and will you kindly acknowledge to me at this club,
as lam leaving home for a few days ? I wish to present
them on the 6th of January. I will write in a week to
let you know where they are to be sent to me, as I am not
likely to be at home for some time."

THREE VACANT SEATS.—Three county seats are
now vacant—Longford and Queen's County, through the
elevation of Colonel Greville-Nugont and Mr. Fitzpatrick
to the peerage ; and Merionethshire, through the death of
Mr. David Williams. The last occupants of the three
seats were Liberals, and in each case a Liberal candidate is
in the field. Longford has not been contested since March
1862, when Major Myles O'Reilly, the present senior mem-
ber, defeated Colonel Luke White, on his appealing for
re-election after his appointment as a Lord of the Treasury
in the Palmerston Administration. Merionethshire
was represented by a long succession of Tory members
until the general election of last year, when the late Mr.
Williams, who had been twice unsuccessful, was returned
without opposition. Queen's County has been fought by
the two political parties with varying fortune. Mr. Fitz-
patrick, now Lord Castleton, was first elected in 1837,
retired from the representation in 1841, was elected with-
out opposition in 1847, again retired in 1852, was unsuc-
cessful in 1857, and was re-elected in 1805. From that
date the right hon. gentleman retained the seat until his
elevation to the peerage.—Daily News.

The following naval cadets, having completed
their instruction on board her Majesty's ship
Britannia, Captain John Corbett, C. 8., were, on
the 22d of December, awarded certificates of quali-
fication for sea service :—Twelve Months' Sea
Time.—ll. Evans (Admiralty prize for study.)
Nine Months' Sea Time.—W. Pigot (Admiralty
prizes for seamanship drawing), F. S. Pelham, F. P.
Graves, H. J. D. Laxton, F. E. J. Totten-
ham, E. B. D. O'Aplin, S. W. A. H. Gray, A. L.
K. Knapton, A. H. Loring. Six Months'
Sea Time.—G. Langford, J. A. M. Fraser, K.
Wade, J. C. Farie, C. H. Dare, W. 11.
H. Moutresor, J. M. Stokes, A. Meldrum, J.
11. P. Shackwell, A. C. A. Bacon, F. E. E. Brock,
R. P. ;Cochran, W. N. Hoare. Three Months'
Sea Time—G. de Hoghton, J. A. P. Robeson, G.
S. S. Wemyss, B. Dickinson, M. K. Wodehouse.
Lord Muskerry, George Heat (Admiralty prize for
French). No Sea Time—P. A. Bentley, A. H.
Shirley, F. Slight, R. IL Walpole, C. G. May, R.
de la P. B. Peirse. Cadets for Navigating Duties.
—Nine Months' Sea Time—W. A. Patterson, 11.
Dockrail. Three Months' Sea Time—W. S. Bas-
tard, T. J. S. MacEvers, H. N. Rolfe, A. Leeper.
No Tiine—H. T. P. Sill.

POLICE 11VTELLIGENCE.,