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London, England, 1869-06-24 00:00:00

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Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
iloutevidoau C per Cent. .. —
410f.rish Imperial 5 per Cent —
Now Granain .... l7
Do 3 per Den —
Do. Deferred -
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 801 79i
Do 41 per Cont. (Ih:')arren)
Do 4i per Cont., 1862 -
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Po7t,!guese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.':
Do. do. 1867 - -
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Iluisian 5 tier Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 44 per Cent . 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
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Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Ben k., —
Do. do. £B4 158. do -
Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O
no. do £B4 15s. do. —
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Sar Tinian b per Cent —
Spauish 3 per Con
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Do. Account
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Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ...
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
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Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 •••
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 691 70

Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6f
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Acc.unt
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrtan o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2.4 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
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French Mites, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. —
Italia!, 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. -25 f.
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CLOSING PRICES.

Jonsols, Mon©y 92i xd
Do. Account, July 7

DESTRUC7IVE FIUE AT A LICENSED
FIC7UALLER'S.-7HIS DAY.

This morning (Thursday), about half-past four
o'clock, a fire, well nigh attended with a serious
loss of life, happened in the premises belonging to
Mr. J. Colgate, licensed victualler, and proprietor
of the Duke of York Tavern, Charlotte-street,
Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road. At the
time the police made the discovery the inmates
were in their bed-, and it was with the utmost dif-
ficulty that they could be saved from meeting a
horrible death. As it was, they were nearly stifled
with heated smoke. In a very short space of
time the engines, both steam and manual, at-
tended, and the plugs of the Grand Junc-
tion Company having been drawn, a plentiful
supply of water was at once procured and the
engines were set to work, but in spite of the exer-
tions of the firemen the flames continued to pro-
gress, and they rushed through the roof, causing
great alarm in the neighbourhood. Eventually the
fire was extinguished, but not btfore the tavern
was nearly gutted. The origin of the fire is un-
known. Mr. Colgate was insured in the County
and Royal Exchange fire offices.

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

WEDNESDAY.

We are getting anxious again about the railway ques-
tion, just as we were before the elections, and very
probably for the same reason. There is nothing else
at present to think of. In a few days the
short session of the Corps L6gislatif will open,
and then we may look for lively times ; but
at present things are stagnant. The Belgian railway
affair is the only question of the day, and, unfortunately,
it does afford ground for a little uneasiness, though not
alarm. The commissioners have sat and sat, and un-
doubtedly they have done nothing. The members met
yesterday, but without the slightest result. They
meet again to-day "to examine fresh proposals." How
many fresh proposals they have already examined it would
be hazardous to guess, but they have met with nothing
which would satisfy both Governments. It is to be hoped'
that I shall soon be able to announce the end of this
question, which is disquieting without possessing much
interest ; but the Temps expresses the feer that the com-
missioners will separate, having nothing better to offerthe
world than the status quo. It is strange, to say the least
of it, that a question of a purely domestic character, and
having, one would think, no connection with politics,
should be debated so persistently and yet so fruitlessly.
The Seventh Chamber continues to dispose slowly of
the rioters. The persons brought before it are of divers
professions. A good many plead guilty of having uttered
seditious cries, but at the same time they complain very
loudly of the rough conduct of the police. One who had
a knife in his possession was sentenced to three months'
imprisonment, and the others were dismissed with
sentences varying from three months to fifteen days.
One only was let off with six days. His crime had not
been great. He had seen the police, according to his own
statement, striking men and throwing down women, and
he had told the sergents-de-ville that they were scoundrels
for behaving in such a manner. Neither proces-verbal
nor witness could be found against this culprit, but he
admitted that he had used the word "scoundrel," and
six days was therefore the reward of his confession.
M. Lucien Dubois, editor of the Correspondance
Generale, was likewise disposed of in the Seventh
Chamber. This writer was accused of promulgating
false news, and of exciting to hatred and contempt of the
Government. It appears that unusual rigour was shown
in his case. M. Dubois was seized at his house, carried
off to Mazas, and there kept in secret confinement from
the 10th until yesterday. He was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and a fine of £2O.
M. Jouvencel, the Radical who was returned for the
Seine-et-Marne department, has been wounded in a duel,
and the report is now current that he is dead. It appears
that a former functionary of the Government of 1848 had
spread some disagreeable reports concerning the antece-
dents of the newly-elected deputy. A jury of honour was
empanelled to settle this quarrel, but, unfortunately, fresh
provocation was exchanged after the decision of the jury,
and the disputants appealed to arms. M. Jouvencel was
very seriously wounded.
A case of election fraud has been tried In the Assize
Court of the Saone-et-Loire. A schoolmaster in the little
commune of Saint Martin d'Auxy, which contains only
188 inhabitants and 49 registered electors, was employed
by the maire as a sort of secretary—the maire being
very illiterate, like others of his kind. Though the school.
master, Morin, had no great wit, he was employed in
drawing up all the principal papers relative to the
public business of the commune, and, amongst other
duties, he was entrusted with the important one of
seeing that the elections of the 23rd and 24th of May were
fairly carried out. He did his business in strange
style. The law prescribes that four assessors
shall sit at the receipt of votes ; but the school-
master went to the polling-booth and sat there
alone with the maire. He had the instructions of the
prefect before him, but he regarded them not, and the
maire it seems could neither read nor write. Forty-one
out of the forty-nine electors polled on the Sunday. Thinking
that no voter would present himself on the following day,
Morin imagined hewould save himself trouble by drawing
up his report beforehand, and he did so, getting the
signatures of three persons who had not acted as assessors.
He wanted a fourth, and asked a municipal coun-
cillor to sign, but the latter refused, and Morin
accordingly appended the name himself. Finally,
he carried off the box to his bedroom, opened
it, took out the voting-papers, and destroyed sixteen that
were in favour of M. Daron, substituting an equal number
in favour of M. Chagot. The poll had to be open the
next day (Monday), and accordingly the schoolmaster
presented himself with his box, received one more vote
in favour of M. Daron, and then proclaimed, with a loud
voice, that M. Chagot had obtained forty-one votes and
his competitor one ! Lastly, this genius, in his report, said
that all the votes had been given to M.
Chagot. The trial lasted a long time, but,
strange to say, though Morin confessed Isis guilt, the
jury returned a negative verdict on all points of the accu-
sation. The imbecility of the culprit seems to have
ensured his safety. Surely a maire who can neither read
nor write, and a schoolmaster who is half-mad, ought not to
be entrusted with the care of public business. There are
many such in France.
Some of your readers will remember the story of
Jeanneret, the Geneva nurse, who poisoned nine persons,
and was condemned several months ago to the not
excessive sentence of twenty years' imprisonment. This
lady has again been distinguishing herself. She had
been recklessly let out of her cell to do laundry work, and
speedily availed herself of her liberty to frightfully burn a
young girl with a hot iron,