The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, P 69

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing 13usine,
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 11: 124 11:
10 Do B lO 41 51 41 1
60 Alb:on
100 Alliance, Limited
30 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all,i 17 15 14 4
29 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5
40 Australasian .
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2pm 5 ... ...
23 Bank of Egypt , ~ all 88 4 )
20 Bank of Otago, Um.
25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 33
10 Bank of ;yew Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, nd China all 201 211
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China
20 City
100 Colonial 26 49 4z
10 Consolidated, lira.
50 Delhi and London, lint ~, 25 ... ...
50 East London, lint
20 English and American, lint 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro, lint - 10 10 pr
20 English, , ruttish, and Aug.
traliau Chartered
~,-.8; Hung Kong and Shanghai
Bank C0rp0rati0n.......,, all ... ...
281 Do new....... 51 1 4
100 Imperial, lint 29 17 lt; 18
'2O Imperial 0tt0man..........., 10 1 1 i
k 5 lonian. all 27 29 26
25 Do new
29 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3: 3/
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 78 75
30 Loudon Bank of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 9 7
100 London and Brazilian, lint, 45 32 28
20 Do new 74 64 64
100 London &River Plate, lint. 401 71 91
25 Do now 10 If 11
20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 221 231 23 2:
60 London and C0unty.,,,,,,-, 23 491 301
20 Do now, issat 23 p.m, 16pd. 11 ... ...
50 Loudon Joint Stock ..... .... 1 36 36 311
20 London and South African al 1 , 12
100 London &S.-Western, lhn, 20 ... ... 11 104
50 London & Venezuela, Rm... 121 ... ...
100 London and Westminster. 29 61; 55 654 1
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm...,,,,,, 20 61 63 631 3
100 Merchant, lint .................. 25 7 5
10 Metropolitan, lint ............. all 61 74 71
100 Midland, Bin.- ............ 20 lit pr 191 ,
5 National of Australia ...... 4 2 3
25 National of Liverpool, lint, 15 3 1 d
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "'
10 Da • ... 42 ... ... 301
LO National.. as 46 48
20 New South Wales all 42 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 491 411 43
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., litre. 1* 6 54
100 Provincial of Ireland 26 8* *1 894
10 Do new., all ... ...
100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 -1 ;
100 Do issued at 5 pm. 1* ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48, 491
100 Union of Ireland, liin
50 Union of Loadon

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS,

;FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY, January 19.
The Emperor's speech has met with a generally favour
able reception. The Opposition journals, of course, hay,
their usual throw, but it is much milder this time I
usual. The absence of all allusion to an amnesty for
press condemnations, or rather a pretty plain allusion
the will be no amnesty, seems to cause the greatcs
diszatieraction. Otherwise the criticisms are of the olc
stamp. No one can deny that the entire document if
clear and unambiguous ; in fact, perhaps the best corn
position the Emperor ever read. In the Liberte, M. Emile
de Girardin says that justice and impartiality NVOU:(:
be violated if it were not acknowledged that a great
change has been brought about during the past
year—a change greater, perhaps, in the determine:
tion of the Government than in its laws. M. de Girarclir
says that the discourse of 1887 raised in all Liberal minds
the most legitimate distrust of the Imperial policy ; the
discourse of 1849 has removed it. The Liberte is, in fact
the Emperor's strongest supporter•—perhaps justly.
The Etendard adds its evidence to that of the
Constitutionnel against the statement that the Treaty
of Commerce with England would be brought to an end
in 1870. Both journals are equally emphatic in
their contradiction. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine what
ground has been discovered for the report. Even suppos•
ing the French Government were dissatisfied with the
treaty, it has certainly, so far as I can discover, given
no signs of its dissatisfaction. The fact is, the
Government has always supported the treaty. During
the last session it was discussed for eight days,
M. Rouher giving it the most unequivocal sup-
port. He said : " After the tenth year the treaty
will be carried on only from year to year, and you
will be able to discuss it annually in this Chamber—you
can even provoke a condemnation of it. We are ready to dis-
cuss it whenever you please, but we will never condemn it,
or suffer any condemnation." Lastly, M. Rouher an•
nounced that all modifications of the tariff would be sub-
mitted to the Corps Ltislatif.
I had not space yesterday to notice a very noteworthy
article in the Public. This, it is hardly necessary to say, is
M. Rouher's organ, but its comment on the recent pro-
ceedings in the Island of Reunion, could hardly have been
more severe if it had appeared in the Libcrte or the Tenzps.
It says that the Government is not disposed to conceal the
gravity of the recent events in Reunion. They have
led to a useless effusion of blood, and they have
once more reopened the vexed question of colonial
government. "We cannot now go at length into this
matter, but we have no hesitation in saying this much—
that our colonists in general do not appear contented, and
that it is absolutely necessary to content them." The
Public then exhorts the Government to inquire as to the
best means of giving the colonists a regime with which
they will be satisfied, remembering that the efforts of the
last fifteen years have not attained the object in view.
" We shall, perhaps, be told that the agitation in the
colonies is factitious, and the work only of individual
ambition and turbulent minorities. Be it so. But
is it impossible to paralyse the influence of these
minorities by largely satisfying the desires and interests of
the majority? It is very certain that in the colonies, as
elsewhere, the Government will never please everybody;
but there more than anywhere else its duty is to give the
least offence possible. There is, therefore, every reason to
reform resolutely and liberally." This is truly remark-
able writing for M. Rouher's journal. When such
an article as this appears in a paper wholly
under the control—in fact, the editorship—of the
Minister of State, it is impossible to resist the conclu-
sion that changes in colonial government are forthcoming,
and that the announcement respecting Algeria is not at
all unlike'y to be followed by decisive action. The
problem, too, is not difficult. At present the colonies are
under personal government from Paris, as is all the rest of
the Empire. What they require is a truly representative
Government on the spot, knowing local necessities, and
having the power to provide for them, but still answerable
to the Emperor. It is to be hoped that the blood shed
Reunion will at least bring about this benefit.
A telegram to the effect that Hobart Pasha had sunk

the Enosis caused great excitement on the Bourse a few
days ago. This message, it appears, was a fabrication,
and, according to the Figaro, a very extraordinary origin
it had. It was manufactured at one of the great depart-
ments for the purpose of ascertaining whether a certain
telegraph clerk was in the habit of selling secrets to the
Bourse. This telegram was sent to his station, and in a
very short time it found its way to the Bourse, and was
traced to the culprit. This is a very ingenious mode of
detection, and, no doubt, highly advantageous to the
authorities, but is it equally profitable to the public ? Has
the Government ever given a thought to the thousands
that may be lost and won through the gambling produced
by one of these " cooked" messages? To make the public
pay heavily for the catching of a suspected clerk is but
another instance of that indifference to private interests as
compared with official convenience
.which is so strongly
prevalent in this country.

Once more the tidings of the young Duke of Brabant
are alarming. The change for the better has given way,
and during the last few days the Prince has grown worse.
The malady seems to have entered upon a new phase, and
for some days a serous matter has flowed from both legs.
The Princess Charlotte is reported to be better—that is,

quieter. She lies in bed the greater part of the day, and
is said to be getting very stout.
The ghost of Sir Richard Mayne seems to have invaded
the headquarters of the serjents-de-ville here. A raid
upon wandering dogs has commenced—hitherto, I am told,
with " great success." Every day about a hundred dogs
are conducted to the pound which has been established in
the Rue Pontoise, and all old or valueless animals are
strangled if not reclaimed within twenty-four hours. The
system is very simple : a cord is passed round the
animal's neck and tightened, a blow on the nose follows,
and—rizit. This summary process is not carried out in
the case of valuable dogs. These are boarded and lodged
for eight days, and then sold.

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