The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1869.

SHARE LIST.

31;;DINA1 I allis.XS AND STOCKS.

share Railways. raid. Closing Business
rrioe. dens.
at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10 ;5 17 701
at Caledonian lOO 761 77 78 '4 64 7
B`, Carnbrian
20 Corn wall all 3
at Duodu s llcilaat Juno— 100 77 79
at Due„terth.& iOO 70 72
2.. East London all 7 9
20 U 0 15
2 ; Do 10
at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 91
it. Great Eastern .. .00 411 411 414 11 1
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 b
at tircat North ol Scotland lOO 15 6
st Great Northern lOO 1(6 107 171 7
at Do. A atock lOO 107 108 10,4
a. Do. Bat ook lOO 124
st GIS. and W. of Ireland lOO 1;0 97
a:, Gt. Western 100 481 49 1•
,t Do. South Wales
a. Do. W. aid.—Waore luo 28
at Do. Newport
at LallOtla lure a loraciilru lOO .1.8 12r1
at Lou., Brigh.,4/ S.cuaat lOO 491 by 514
10i Do Scrip
at Lon., Chat., and Doier IOJ 17 171
et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO -
at Lon. & North Weatere lOO 1121 1131 113
et Lon. h. South I.leGtern lOO b 7 19 884
at Man., Shet., & Lincoln luo 47 471 48 71
at Metropolitan ;100 1061 107 1074 81
at Do Extousi
10 Do. New rd 10 10 1
at Metropolitan Distriet. all
10 Motrop. St. John's 11 oo 1 6
st Midland
at Do, Birtniu. St Derby.. 100 81 83 831
at Nana British
at DJ. Yth., & Dun... 104
at Nor. s;astern—Berwiok.. 104 941 1004 1001
25 Do. G. N.E purchase-19.13A
at Do Leeds
at Do York lOO 17 81
at Do Carliate
at Do Stool. & Darling lOO 117 120
at North Lou ,ou .. lOO 122 /21 123
10 Do Aew 1868 . 2 11 2
at North Staffordshire lute 45 57
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 104 105
10 Do New £lO snares 7 ...
st Rhymnoy
at Shropshire Union ICO 51 61
at South Devon
at South Eastern lOO 794 04 794 1 1
20 Staines, Wok'hani, & Wok all 12 13
at 'tai u nle lOO 115 150
.0 Do. C
at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO •
10 Waterloo Whitehall 6

RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKW.

at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 66 88
at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl
at Do. Scot. N.L., 4) per cent lO6
at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOll ...
at Do. do. 7 per coat lOO
at 1)0. do. Ordinary ill 78 80
at Do. Midland
at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all
e 4 Dundee, Perth, suit Aber-
deen Junction lO6 105 167
at Do. Ist Class preferen.3.— 100
at S.W. gua. 5 per Ct l6O
at lit. Eastern, E.C. Ex, No.l DM 93 151
at Do do N 0.2 106 97 100
at Do du 6 per cent 106 1116 118
at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 leo 193
at Do do B 6 do. 100 ..„ „.
st Du do 0 7 do. 100
at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 108
at Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 109 69 71
st Do Norfolk a p.c. Ex. 1846 lee
st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ,„
st Great Nortuern, 5 per cent 16 „,
at Do 5 p.c., rd at 11)p. c. pm. 106 ,„
at Do 4j do do du 106 „,
at Do b do at sp. c.pin lOO ~„
at Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO
at Gt. NN nil of Scotland, let pf 100 ,„
at, Great South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent lOl 93 97
at; t.West.—Orig.& Jut-Rent
wig., per gua. 5p c
st Do. orig. (B. .e ii. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 94 103
st Do du 4, per cent. 1850... 100 8 t 83
at Do do 4 do 'do lOO 74 75
st LA, do I per cent. re .teat. 100 08 93
at Du do Birininghaut gua 100 68 72
at Do do du prof... 100 „,
st Do do Chester gua IJ9
at Du do do 3 per cent l9O 151 LA
at DJ do di 5 do 100 93 190
at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ,„
st Do du 41 p.c lO6 ~, ~,
at Do do 4, 1850 lOO „,
st Do do b
it DJ West Mid. Oxford let g. JO 107 1 9
at Do do 2d gua. 100 106 188
at Du Newport, la t ,g. p.c. 100 83 92
st Do do 20 do 100 1.0 10;
at 1)o gua. 51 per cent. 1883 100 „,
100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all
at Laucash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 111 135
at Do Barnsley, 1;5 3s 10d p.c. 103
at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 103
at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 112
at London & Brighton, 5 P.C.
guaranteed, No. 1 lOO
st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ,„
st Do 6 do do lOO „,
at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ,„
' at Do 7 per cent
at Do 6 do (W.E. it C.P.) luo „, ,„
at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ~. ~,
at Loudon, Chatham, it Dover
5 per cent ICO
at Loudon and /LW., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110
at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91
at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l 11)0 83 91
at London and 7 p,e
late 3d shares lOO 141 146
25.60. Do (PortsuLperpaus.2s6.l) all
at Mau., Shef., &Litwin. t; p.c lOO 11► 117
6 Du £6 all par 1 pin
at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 64
10 DJ redeem. 6 percent 6
at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c 100 130 135
at Do _Bristol& Birur., 6p. c lOO 1 0 133
at Do 41 per cent. redeem 11)0 97 98 991
atj Du 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 99
at Du Leicester & 4 p.c lOO 83 91
at North British, S p.c. No.l lOO
a
Du
a
a
t7ottt s k
i:BNEve.e..,:irrkotsie.v.,aitji.tire.,.:_olue4.e.peaaloti.oictiiti.p.etia. Se
; eon 11U0k0)
r,t Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO
ent.,
Du
IE3
sl 4. s
nd IZ. t)10031.4.
.88.18.70
.83
x dg
.oaoooll 971
2ast Dl° Y4lorle,r.ticlittt3sri
12006
Dv TuvistvckDNoorlt,nixSoata4fliu:
100911 108,, Hi;
1.0.6) 2 all !
2.93
halkeuny, 6 pc
st Do 41 percent
hleilre:hase lO 10 101
st Tall Vale Nat Do Prxed .0
1 1 per cent 10°0!
4..1'
st Waterford & 100 145 150

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

bt Culedoniau4l p c sun,.
Lo Scot. Cen. win. 7p c IOU ...
at Do 41 p irredecan
at 80 65 ...
at Great Eastern 41 per cent lOO 77 81
at Do 6 do, 1862 lOO 87 ; 0
at Do New I do, 1863 lOO 8i LO
at Do do 5 do, 1864 100 b 4 83
at Do Pe
at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ..•
at Do Bostonrhianent &
Slearti 5 per
4c/c ent. 100 ...
p 100 ... ..•
at Great West., W.Slid!. sp c 100 86 90
at Do Joint I..erpe. 5 p c,1865 lOU 86 80
at Do do 6p e irred., 1866 100 103 105
2 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 191 201
at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ...
,5 Lane. and York. New 41 per
cent till July, 1871....... 2 1
lat Lond., Brig., &c 41 pc 11858 100
st Do do , 4 do, 1860 100
at Do
at Da do 41 do, 1861 100
do 41 do 1861 100
at Do do .6 do, 1565 100
at Do No. 6 do,,
1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 sdo
at Lord , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c
...
...
at Do Iletrop. Ex., 136 p.c 100 ... Do do C p.c 100 ... at London& N. Western, 5p e 100 101 11U
at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96
10 Man. bhef. & Lin., 5 pe, 1865 all
at Metropolitan a per cent
... at
B 5 Midland, A 6 per cent pref lOO 106 108
st do is .v 0 Sp • opt. to cony, to 100 10d 103
Ord.
is Do Lawny'. , Newt' 1, 1869 all 14 lip
Shares 16 2.1, Do p con. into Old I 11'
stk., Aug. 31, 1372
No. 1, 6 per cent .... 101
,t Do .410 guaranteed, 1861 101
tt. North
ippp ouoo BBN11:'4, "
a:BriPu, 6s&::htperi'Doi
r°llno c 2.3.
yan.s62)utdpP4, c:.414:8:1121.1111110.00000:0
4... :6::
atat Do
a
•
st
',oil)) Eastern, 41 per cowl 100 Ls 97
:at stuck-. & Danl., D 100 111 113
100 102 104
1). Staffordshire p c... 100
at North
nth Bastern, 41 p 1859 100 at So--5 do 1861 100
Northat 1- aLondon,
p r cent)4l , p •
Du
at
at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100
1864
at 3-)° "
at Victoria St. &Pimlico, 48 po 100
„..

lath svAys.—LL.NES LEASED AT FIXED ILENTA.LS,

iii----Ri,.l untheiTil lt/M)
100 Do. 42 per cent. Prefer._ All 101 111'
at Buckinghamshire
at Ckester and Holyhead lO9 91
6 i 58
at Do. b per cent.
100 iis 120
st Do. b do.
at
tt culvethhettieer,
sgtuoaurra
Valleyiztee d
...
..
at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 12.7; IT
20 Gloater and Dean Fureat all a
a Gt. Easn., Newm., etc., bp.e 109 ..." •••
a Du. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6; i;
at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72
at Gt. Weal, W. Slid., Herat 100 95 87
N Hull and Selby all 109 iii
et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213
at London and Blackmail lOO 93 85
at Do. 42 per cent lOO
at London, Chat., 6:c., 41 pc. 100 ...
at Du. Corn. Fund, 6 do. 100 . . '"
it Londe' and Greenwich
at Do. do. Preference lOO ...
at London, Tilbury, & South 100 7d t7i,
at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83
st Do. du. 6 do.
bi Mauch., Buxton; &31atlk all 6 i,
at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 al*
10 Slid Kent Uray Line)
b 0 .NortheruN; East.,b percent all 6,i, .sa
SW Do. do. 6 do. all •• ~,..
st N. Eastern—Hartlepool
...
at N.West. A perp. pro, sp. c. 100 19, 14
at Do 13 unuimunill p.c lO9 ...
.; .
it I\ otting. ,tUratitti. lt..x. C l9O 92 14
26 Preatou and it yre.
... Royston, Hitch., and Snap IOU 113 135
at 61irewsbury awicreford 100 113 135
lti Du du 8 24 2
P
at 6. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 99 HA
at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 di
st Du 5 du
it Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO no 160
at West Cornwall
20 West London, Class A ail 13 14
20 Du du 13 all
2t) Do do C all .(jj, "it
at Weymouth and Portland lOO
at Wills and Solnerset
t 1 88

DOCKS.

at East and West India lOO 117 11J
st London and St. Katherina 100 63 65
100 11l oDeb. stock, 4 per cent al, ~. ...
Millwall Freehold Land
st Dock lOO 31 32
.. ...

st Southampton lOO 7k 7,5
bt Surrey cyrtutiercial
40 MI

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Businesa
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
_
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121
a') Do B lO 41 51 41
50 Albion
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 14
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 6
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at '2 pm ~.. 6 •••
20 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Utago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 6) 32
60 Bank of Vic'oria, Australia 25 n 39
10 Bank of .' ew Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, and China all ?0 21 211
25 Chartered Mere, of India,
Loudon, and China all 29 30 25
20 City
100 Colonial 25 40 4:
10 Consolidated, lim.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lint 5
20 English and American, lim 19
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-

li 01

ld pr

neiro. lim
20 English, cottieh, and Aue
tralian Chartered
l'.Bl Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all .I
..
I
2SI Do new i
100 Imperial, lim
20 Imperial Ottoman ls 11 11 11 1
t 5 lonian all 27 29
25 Do now 5 pr 1p
20 Lud Mortgage of India, lim 4 at at
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, SO all 76 78 b 2
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 11 7
100 London and Brazilian, Him 45 81 a 2
20 Do new 74 61 bi
100 London &River Plate, Um. 40 7 9
25 Do new 10 14 11
20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231
50 London and County 2O 60 51
20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll
50 London Joint Stock 1
20 London and South African al
100 I.on :ion & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ...
SO London & Venezuela, Um._ 121 ... ...
100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 65 67 6i i
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 631
100 Merchant, lint 25 7 b
10 Metropolitan, lint all ;64 71 7 1
100 Midland, lint 2B ld pr
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "'
10 Do
t 0 National.. MI 54 b 4
20 New South Wales all 42 46
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 441
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 61
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 81 AS
10 Do new
100 stand. of Brit. S. Africa, limn 25 14 12
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 43
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Uniou of Lou ton

161 171

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 213 211 1
10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 } fp 10} *
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 16 14 1
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 23
at Do. 8 per cent.
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian 3lort. Land and
Finance, lin.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 5d
10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 14
10 Do. New 6 8 Si
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim.
5 Bombay Gas, lira.
6 Do. New 4 1} 61
5) British American Laud 44 1G IS
at B. and L Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 167 172
20 British Indian Toa, lint..., all ,i 31
20 British Ship Owners
29 Canada Company all 67 72
10 Canadian Loan and luTest-
ment, lint 2l 25 lid
20 Ceylon Company, lim.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lint 5 41 31 1
25 City of London Iteal Pro-
perty, Ihn 8 41 30
30 City of Milan Impror. lint all A le}
25 City of Moscow tins, lint all 2 S 8
50 City Odices, lint 2.5 21, 2535 oj
50 Colonial, lint.
Do.
60 Com atercia. 'Jnion (Assur) 5 1 'lp
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lint.
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 17 13 17 i
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref 71 per cent.
100 Corporatixa of London
~

BLJuds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105
100 Do. 1879, 4, por cent. all 104 1051
100 Do. 1882, 4i, per cent. all 10;;; lot;
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim, all li 2,t 2j
50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lien lO 3 2,l
st Crystal Palace lOO 1.1 21
st Do. Preference lOO 9,3 9g
st Du. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 102 lta
20 Darjeeling, lim.
I 0 Eastern Assam, lieu.
...d
50 East Indian Land Credit

and Finance, Mu.
20 East India taiga, & Canal all 17 16
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lim.
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy
Una. by Egypt. Gov all 88 89 90; 1
20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4d
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 240
10 Do. New 8 10 12p
3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint; 24 i 4 z
18 English and Foreign Credit 71 g
100 Eng. and Scot. arino, lim. 8
...d
10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 'la
20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p
100 For. & Col. Cloy. Trust and

- - - I.;o:uScrii),issued at ,CB5 all 831 841 644 4
50 Gellivara, lim. '2o ... ...
10 General Credit & Die., lint 71 2 lf
15 General Steam Navigation 14 2i 29
50 Rom:: it Col Marine lu. lint. 5 41 310
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all .., _.
20 Hudson's Bay all 13,; 134 134 1
20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar-
seilles, lim.
25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ••• ...
20 Interim. Financial Sec. lim 6 11 11
20 Intermit. Land Credit, lim 6 6 43
50 Italian Laud 6 11 1,1
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Ca your) all 3; 4
100 Do. 6p. c 11,14., redeem
1870, is.iuc3:l Vo all 63 ‘'.s
50 Laud Securities, lint b 31 214
25 London African Trading lO 7 bd.
25 Lon. & Called. Marine, Inn 6 ••• •••(1
10 London County Land and
Building, lim.
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all •31 34 SI
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all f fp li
50 Loud. Financial Alibo., Um BO 23 221
4 Lond.Geu.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2
50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, lint 25 22 17d
20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr
at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua.
sp.c. by India Goy. lOO 105 107 1031
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, lim
10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lim all 4 41
50 Merchant Shipping, Jim all 33 38
50 Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l ••• •••
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co., Hut
25 National Discount Co., lim 5 12 124 12
25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d
10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 20
10 New Consolidated Dis. Jim. 3 11 hi 41
5 ..I\ ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 44 84
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer •
cantile Agency,lim 2l 2 'P
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lim b 11 11
10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 6
10 Do. B
st North Brit. Austral., Jim— 100 47 be
50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 20
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) b 111 15
50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••cl
b Oriental Gas, lint, all 71 71
5 Do. New 1 4 IP if
10 Otago and Southland In-
vestment, lint 2 id ip
5 Ottoman Gas, lint all If 21
19 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail lirn all 2/
5 Do do.
at Peel R. Land & Annul, lim 100 89 32
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 bl 501
60 Do. New 1867 ii Id d
25 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 31p
50 ithymney Iron
15 Do. Nevv
25 Rio do Janeiro City Int.,lim all 17 18
20 Do. Gas, Um__ all 231 241
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 41 '46
at Scottish Auat. Invest., lint lOO 107 112
at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• •••
20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d
20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 8 4p
SO S. African Mort. & Inv., lint I •••
25 South Australian Land
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all i 14
20 Telegraph Con. & Main ,lim all 101 17
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance), lit 2 21 24
20 Trinidad Petroleum, li.lll Bl ••• •••
10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 4 IP
is Do do. do. all ... ...
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 Id p
50 Union Marine L'pool, lit 6 4 41p
20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24
15 United Diseount Corp., lint 6 11 01d
6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 6
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 34 alp
20 Universal Marine (In.), lina 5 1 lip
10 Upper Assam Tea, lint. .....• all 21 31
30 Van Dieman's Laud
00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per
cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 751 761 781 8
50 Warrant Finance, Jim l2 12 lOtt
50 West India and Pacide
Steam, lim. 2s 4 ad
20 WestLondou Wharves sad
Warehouses lO ___

coLosiAL GovicnrimsaT SECUIITIX6

Britbib Columbia, 6 per
0ent.,1872................ 100

18505..

- Van.(4 0v.6 p.c.J an.'4l; July
1877-84 . ........ 100 107 108
- Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug.... luo 105 14.7
Do. 5 p.O. Mar. 3; Sept.. 100 1t4"106
Do. 6 p.O. Jan. •ts WY.. 100 93 94
Do. sp. c. Inscribed Ek.. ICO 90 92
cape G.Hopc, 6 p•o•1873.. 100 102 101
- Do.Apl.&001 1890-15100.. 100 111 113
Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 109
Do. Jan.&July, Mit .... 100 108 lle
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and t 5 Oct., 1900 .. 10u 10) 102
Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 pa... 100 108 110
Do. 1872, d 0.... too 105 107
Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,..
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 . • .. 100 106 IOS
Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108
Do. 1895, Feb. .1 Am: ... 100 loti via
. bourn, Corperatn
18i67-741, 6 pc,* t•u•• .... 100 -
N.13.Guv.6 p.o.Ja..t.tuly.. 100 102 104
Natal 6 p Ot, Apl ai Oct... Ito
Do 6pc. M ••y Sc N0v..... 100 106 IrB
-- N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '76.. 100 99 101 041
Do. 6 p.c. 18E8 to 1806.. 100 90 WO 98
Do. 5 p.c. ra.'67 to '75.. 100 lilt 101
- IN.Zeulatiti, 6p. ot. 1801..
• Do. 5 percent.... ..... 100 976 081
DoJan,Ap I,Jul, 0 t.. 100 976 986 911
6p c. Mar Ai ceYt '91.. :t0 108 110
.._ Do j & Dec, 1.91.... 100 109 lil
—j
Do Yrov. t Auc
&tie, 1 .o'd, 1:06 .. 1 0
Nova Scotia 6p.
and July. 1375
- Do 1,.6..
Queenalnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 lOO 18" 100 10 5
Do 189, .••• 100 1054
Do. 1801 6) 0.186 lOO
- Do. do. A 2...... 100 108 110
Do rd. 183 to M.—.
Victoria 6p.0. 1b103... 100 106 107

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

The Tim? remarks that the secret history of trades or
professions is always a popular topic, and recently the
ground has been explored to very good purpose in the dis-
cussions respecting the treatment of professed criminals.
We know a great deal more about the habits, practices,
and careers of professed thieves than we knew some
months ago, • and though our mode of dealing
with them is still uncertain, the accumulation
of facts is likely to be useful. We do not
see, indeed, what more can be required in the
way of information, especially as nobody has thrown any
doubt upon the facts on which the question was raised.
Here, in the midst of us, in tolerably well-known numbers,
are these professed and undisguised criminals—men who
do, indeed, attempt to screen themselves from observation
in the very act of crime, but who attempt not the slightest
concealment of their " tendencies" or pursuits—what are
we to do with them ? At present, it seems, we allow a clever
practitioner to ply his trade for three months, at an average
rate of four thefts a week, until we arrest him, and
then, after a term of detention, we turn him loose to take
another spell on terms still more favourable. That system
has been at length condemned as intolerable, but what
system is to be substituted for it? It bespeaks the diffi-
culty of the case when even our friend Mr. Measor
cannot reconcile himself to one of the alternatives sug-
gested. He thinks it very hard that a man " with
a prison character " should be accused of crime
simply because be cannot find honest work. This
is putting the case in rather mild words. A "prison
character" means a man or boy who has been not less
than twice convicted We venture to think that
such a person may, without much injustice, be put under
certain disabilities ; but, even on Mr. Measor's own sup-
position, he could hardly suffer much wrong. Let us
imagine that on the strength of his " prison character"
he is arrested by the police, brought before a magistrate,
and interrogated as to his means of subsistence. He
replies that he has no honest work, having been unable to
find any. But how, then, does he subsist at all ? If he is
found starving or destitute, that of itself would be a pre-
sumption of his not being still a thief—the only question
before the court. If, on the other hand, he has been
suffering no privation, whence did he obtain his living?
It seems to us that the attempt to discover cases of hard-
ship under the proposed system has been singularly un-
successful, though we still maintain that even if such risks
existed they might be counterbalanced by the rightful
claims of society.

The Standard attributes the present agitation respecting
the cession of Gibraltar to an unusual dearth of political
news, since the subject is curiously inappropriate to the
time. What principle of public justice, it is asked, or
what sentiment of equity, will be served by our giving
Gibraltar to the Spaniards ? We have paid its value ten
times over to Spain, and where is our reward ? It is urged
that we ought not to insult the patriotic sentiment of Spain
by retaining our hold on Spanish territory. But even if we
allow that Spain has a better moral right to Gibraltar than
England has, are we to consider the patriotic sentiment of
each of our neighbours to the extent of giving back to
every one the conquests we have made ? In that case it is
clear that we cannot stop at Gibraltar. We are bound to
abandon Canada to the French, the Cape of Good Hope
and Ceylon to the Dutch, Trinidad also to the Spaniards,
Singapore to the Malays, New Zealand to the Maories,
Hong-Kong to the Chinese, the Punjaub to his Highness
Dhuleep Singh. There is a still better argument for restor-
ing- Jersey to France. Nay, it is certain that we ought not
to hold Ireland ; that the possession of Wales is an insult
to the Celtic inhabitants, and our title to Cornwall only
moderately equitable. If we are to retain nothing but
what is not desired by some of our neighbours—nothing
but what is not an insult, an offence, or a menace to ome
one, we shall hardly escape with our thirty n:ne counties.
If through the advance in military science, or a change in
the circumstances of the Mediterranean, or from any other
cause, Gibraltar has ceased to be as valuable to us as a
fortress-seaport as it once was, that is no sufficient reason
for giving it up to others, who may or may not be able
to make it of more worth to themselves. If Gibraltar
is still a place the possession of which is of use in
time of war, we shall best consult the peace of Europe
by. keeping it in our own Lands. Whatever our enemies
or rivals may say of us, we are unquestionably the least
aggressive and the least warlike of all the European
Powers. We have no ambitious designs against any ofi
our neighbours ; we have nothing to desire of any one oen4
them, and have no thought or hope of territorial aggran-
disement at their expense. For this reason, therefore,
unless better cause can be shewn than any which has
hitherto been produced, Gibraltar is safer in our hands
than in the hands of anyone else—safer not for European
interests only, but for the interests of European peace
and harmony.

The Daily Arms remarks that the old Liberal policy for
Ireland, which Mr. Gladstone has been the first to make
his own, is already producing peaceful and harmonising
effects. The shadow thrown before, which was substan-
tial enough to eject Mr. Disraeli from office, has had
strength to disarm and divide the two rival powers which
have struggled for ascendancy in Ireland.- Ultramon-
tanism is melting away in the prospect of equal justice
to all churches. From the beginning it has been an
affair of the Court of Rome, and of the influence which
the Court of Rome can exert. Speaking of public opinion
in Ireland, as shewn by recent events, it observes that
the election of Mr. Johnson, member for Belfast, to the
office of Grand Master of his lodge, and of the Rev. Dr.
Drew to the post of Grand Chaplain, both gentlemen
being champions of tenant-right in its extremest
form, is a very remarkable phenomenon. Political
democracy and ecclesiastiA ascendancy are principles
which cannot be long held in the same mind. On every
question except that of the Church, Orange democracy
and English Radicalism are at one. On the Church
question, Mr. Disraeli, in conniving at the principle of
Roman Catholic endowment, has materially helped the
process of conversion. If Orangemen have to choose
between the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church
and the dis-establishment of the Anglican Church in Ire-
land—and to this issue, as they begin to perceive, matters
have at length come— they will have no difficulty in
making up their minds. The elections in Belfast,
Londonderry, Newry, and other centres of Protestant
feeling in Ulster, are indications of opinion which cannot
be mistaken, except by those who are solicitous to be in
the wrong.

The Herald says that in every point or view tne
Arab is a very unpleasant person. He has all the evil
characteristics of his Eastern prototype, without any of
his redeeming features. Happily, the days when society
heard these things and yet passed by on the other side
have gone, we trust, for ever. The indifference begotten
of culpable ignorance with which the degradation of vast
masses of the population was formerly regarded exists no
longer. The agencies and efforts with which the name of
Lord Shaftesbury is so honourably identified have borne
and are bearing fruit. Such a meeting as that held last
Tuesday in Great Queen-street assures us of better things
than the City Arabs of the past could ever have dreamed
of. Serjeant Cox, the member for Taunton, presided
over a dinner party, select enough in a certain sense,
though not exactly that in which we should apply the
term to an assemblage of diners at the far-famed hotel in
the same neighbourhood. The guests were 160 boys and
girls who not so very long ago were on the high road to
ruin, but who have been gathered into the refuges
for homeless and destitute children which have
been provided by a society specially established for
the purpose. And these 160 were but the representatives
of nearly 500 whom the society has at present on its hands,
At Ealing it has fifty-five weaklings whom it is trying tp
build up into strong and sturdy workers by country air and
country fare. At Broad-street it has fifty-six girls, and at
Great Queen-street 160 boys, all of whom are being trained
for honest business in life ; while in its school ship, the
Chichester, it has no fewer than 190 lads in course of prepa.
ration for the sea.

The Star comments upon the speech recently deliverec
by Mr. G. Trevelyan on his being re-elected for the
Border Burghs. It says that the subordinate members of
a Government are precluded from speaking very often,
and Mr. Trevelyan doubtless had an eye to future reticence
when he made his bold speech. Had he been discreet he:
would have avoided all allusion to the Horse Guards, at
least in a direct manner, and contented himself with gene
ralities. He has, however, made himself master of the
subject, and spoken out with great earnestness. He
declares that the Minister for War and his principal
subordinates have a terrible task before them because two
tremendous influences are opposed to them—the influence
of the aristocracy and the influence of the court. Follow.
ing upon this he remarks that it is not desirable that "
royal duke should be placed permanently in such
position as that of Commander-in-Chief." Upon this th
Star observes that it unquestionably is not to the public
advantage that the Commander-in-Chief should be a-per-
manent official, and his rank so exalted as to render him
practically irresponsible. The illustrious Prince Consort
never exhibited a truer perception of the relation in which
a member of the Royal Family should stand towards
the country than when, refusing to yield to an honourable
ambition, he steadfastly declined to accept the position
of Commander-in-Chief. The objections in his case
were greater than those which can fairly be urged
against the Duke of Cambridge. But it is only a ques-
tion
of degree. The principle involved is identical ;
for as a matter of fact the Duke is not responsible to
Parliament, and cannot be superseded like a minister or
any other servant of the Crown. In making these remarks
we do not wish to say one word that is disrespectful of his
Royal Highness. He is a frank and gallant soldier, who
has won the good will of ths nation ; but the public have
A right to de emit that every office in the State shall be
filled by the Most competent men, and the Horse Guards
especially thoroughly subordinated to the department
whose Minister, in the person of Mr. Cardwell, is respon-
3ible, from his place in Parliament, to the taxpayers of the
United Kingdom.