The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 21.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figuraa of the previous account
DEBTOR.

Feb. 21. Feb. 14.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) .. . 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation .41,021,813,875 1,037,704,825
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 14,146,870 88 13,520,118 52
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 241,250,095 83 231,036,814 72
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 1,820,592 75 2,063,283 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Feb. 21. Feb. 14.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 286,767,742 305,695,019 89
Do. branch banks 803,334,666 316,055,043
Advances on deposit of
bullion 34,544,700 33,228,900
Do. branch banks 8,778,700 8,726,900
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,631,200 13,614,600
Do. by branch banks 7,279,000 7,357,400
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 25,802,650 25,901,850
Do. on Credit Foncier
_.... ......

Bonds-_.,,.._.,
- ------
716,000 725,180
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
lientes Immobalisdes
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
-otel and furniture of
the lit.nk and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 265,716 28 263,705 93
Sundries

Total 1,675,386,038 30 1,685,403,207 41
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) Boy LAND.

Messrs. Defries' New Show Rooms.

The Messrs. Defrios Laving completed the restoration
of their premises in ilcundsditch, which were destroyed
by fire about a year ago, they specially invited a few
friends on Wednesday evening to inspect the new building
and its contents. To give even a brief description of the
matchless collection in the vast establishment, rivalling in
brilliancy, we should imagine, the abode of the genii of
Aladdin's lamp, one is almost bewildered at which point
to commence. Taking, however, the first striking object
that attracts attention on entering the splendid new show
room—the gigantic crystal jewelled candelabrum manu-
factured for his Highness the N izam of the Deccan, we have
no hesitation in saying a more splendid specimen of British
workmanship has never emanated from any establishment
in the kingdom. It is in height about 20 feet, of a sexagon
shape, the base of which is formed of a row of richly cut
diamond prisms, followed by immense pieces of solid
crystal, out of which are cut large mitre diamond knobs;
just above are inserted large jewels of various coloured
glass, producing a most tasteful and brilliant effect.
The main shaft of the candelabrum, is elaborately
cut, in unison with the ornamental charac-
ter of this beautiful structure in glass, but the
masterpiece of skill in crystal manufacture is the great
bowl, 26in. in diameter, the cutting in which is irre-
proachable for boldness, beauty, and execution. The two
tiers of arms aro constructed of coloured crystal,
and the whole is surmounted by the Royal Crown
of England sparkling with diamonds. Such a
specimen of art wo have never seen before, and
on its arrival in India it cannot but heighten
the already great reputation of the eminent firm by which
it has,been produced. In the splendid room in which this
matchless production stands are countless sets of table
glass of the most exquisite shape and form. Hero may be
seen decanters and wine-glasses of every conceivable pat--
tern, glass dishes and stems covered with bouquets and
wreaths of artificial flowers, vases, jewelled wino glasses,
lustres, dessert services, and all the incidental requisites
for use and grandeur in the salon and the banqueting-
room. The tout ensemble is as perfect as it is unique, and
through the agency of natural and artificial lights, reveals
as attractive a show as novelty couldsuggost and art accom-
pish. Rooms are also devoted to glass furniture, so that every
facility is afforded to the purchaser who requires a lamp
for the hall, the table, or the passage; a chandelier for the
drawing-room, the dining-room, the boudoir, or the vesti-
bule; a lamp for railway or roadway carriages ; nor is it
only in the variety of the articles, but in the strictly clas-
sical taste, which in bronze, ormolu, crystal, or any other
material in which they aro executed—Venetian or Corin-
thian, Italian or Grecian, the purchaser can make his op-
tion ; or, if he requires some speciality of his own
design, he has but to show that design, and an
artist is at his elbow to take instructions. He will
have to the very line and dimensions in reality that
which he has contemplated, in harmony with the
oak, Gothic, or Mediaeval furniture of his home.
A very important patented invention was also submitted
to the notice of the visitors ; it was the new arrangement
of footlights for the stage. In this novelty there are many
circumstances that contribute to render it an improvement
of the highest order, in printis those painfully shocking
accidents, so frequently recorded in the columns of our
journal, cannot possibly occur with this system of light-
ing ; the flame being completely shielded from the actors
and actresses, and, by the same means which obviates the
slightest chance of accident, the unpleasant heat, the
annoying glare and flickering, attendant upon the old
system, are entirely dispensed with, there being a most
perfect mode of ventilation, which is also a most
important consideration, conducive as it is to the
health, comfort, and convenience of tho actors,
the members of the orchestra, and the audience.
The novelty and effectiveness of the lighting by this most
useful invention is truly effective ; the body of the flame
being regulated by a touch, according to the brilliancy re-
quired, and light, in every variety of colour, can bo thrown
upon the stage by a cylindrical movement of the glass
mediums ; the float itself rising but three inches above the
rake of the stage,offers not the slightest obstruction to the
view, and by the use of the fish-tail, instead of the more
expensive argand burner, a saving of not less than
50 per cent. is effected in the consumption of gas, and
there are no chimney glasses to be constantly broken
The Lord Chamberlain has expressed his intention of
inspecting tho new invention, which doubtless in a short
time will be generally adopted in all theatres, both at home
and abroad. We were favoured with a view of the Messrs.
Defries's contribution to the Paris Exhibition, which for
costliness, magnificence, and taste exceeds anything that
has hitherto been displayed.

LITERATURE.

Manual of the Lives of the Popes. By John Charles
Earle. One Vol. Pp. 270. Richardson and
Son.
Mr. Earle's charmingly succinct and entertain-
ing, as well as instructive, Manual is a sort of
Ranke in little. It is the epitome in a few pages—
in less than 300 pages—of the history of the not far
short of 300 Popes of whom Macaulay wrote
years ago in the Edinburgh (when reviewing
"Ranke") as of "that august dynasty," the consecu-
tive line of which extends back until, as he expressed
it, it "was lost in the twilight of fable." "From
St. Peter to Pius IX." are the explanatory words
which Mr. Earle has appended to the very title of
his book as it appears there upon his title-page. From
St. Peter to Pius IX.—from A.D. 33 to A.D. 1846—
from the first Pope to the two hundred and fifty-
ninth—from the beginning of the first century
of the Christian era to the middle of the
nineteenth. The larger part of the work, as he
tells us himself, in his modest little, almost de-
precatory, Preface, has previously appeared some-
where—he does not say where—in a periodical
publication. It is here reproduced in a collective
form, and, as far as possible, in a form very care-
fully completed. It is anecdotal. It is entirely
uncontroversial. It is—as strictly as it well could
be rendered so—purely and exclusively historical.
It is steadily sequential throughout—carrying the
record down, link by link, reign after reign, age
after age, pontificate after pontificate. Every-
thing relating to the Papacy is touched upon—facts
and fables—the mythical Pope Joan and the
heroic Hildebrand. Supplemented to the text of
the work are several very acceptable Indices—one
of these being an alphabetical list of the
Popes, beginning with Adeodatus, and ending
with St. Zozimus— another being a chrono-
logical catalogue of their Holinesses ani
another an index of General Matter relating to the
one great subject of the book, matter so generalised
indeed in its character as to include within it such
names as those of Rienzi and Mazzini, of Haroun
Alraschid and Napoleon Bonaparte. Questions of
peculiar historical interest will be found to have
been very clearly epitomised and elucidated by Mr.
Earle often in just half a dozen sentences very well
worth the reading : such questions, let us say, as
those relating respectively to the Time of Keeping
Easter, to the rise of the Greek Schism, to the
adoption of the Gregorian Calendar, to the five
Propositions of Jansenius, to the (Ecumenical
Councils, and to the habitation for so long an
interval of the subterranean world of the Cata-
combs. The record—even as it is here given,
given slightly, that is to say, though it is, in this
brief and unpretentious narrative—is one that
carries the reader's imagination back, as by a single
flight, across the wide span of the eighteen centu-
ries intervening between the present hour and the
very dawn of the Christian epoch. Regarding it
from this point of view alone, the History of the
Popes possesses in itself an extraordinary interest
and value of its own in the eyes of every thought-
ful student of Modern History, of the whole his-
tory, indeed, of Christendom, from its beginning
downwards. For connecting together the more
important facts consituting, so to speak, the salient
points in that enthralling and momentous history,
and presenting them anew to us in a popularized
form, the readers of this Manual of Mr. Earle's can-
' not but feel indebted to him for the evident assi-
duity with which he has devoted himself to the
. grateful task of its intelligent compilation.

THE SECOND NUMBER OF " THE ST. STEPHENS."
—The New Political Weekly Magazine, recently
commenced by Mr. Bentley, her Majesty's Publisher
in Ordinary, more than simply confirms, it enhances
and advances the very favourable impression pro-
duced upon our judgment on our very areful exami-
nation of No. I. It is even bulkier than its predeces-
sor. The purchaser gets more for his money, and
certainly, to adopt the poet Philips' phrase, obtains
a " Splendid Shilling" 's
-worth. After a comment
upon the vexed question of the hour—that relating
in one and the same breath to " Ministerial
Responsibility and Reform"—The St. Stephen's
Chronicle gives an account of " Fenian Dis-
turbances"—aid a " Summary of Events of the
Week," a translation of the " Speech of the Em-
peror of the French," together with extracts from
some of the leading journals in regard to "Govern-
ment Policy," to " Our Poor Law," and to " The
Reform Demonstration"—the whole number wind-
ing up with a full and copious Report of the Pro-
ceedings and Debates in Parliament. The accuracy
of this report, upon the whole, appears to us to be
highly commendable : though, oddly enough, in two
instances we cannot but fancy that we detect
curious discrepancy between what is here said
to have fallen from the lips, and what
actually seemed in our own hearing to fall from
the lips of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Monday week. As we at any rate under-
stood Mr. Disraeli to say, while listening to that
speech of his in the House of Commons, he de-
scribed the Government of last year, not as he 10
here reported to have done, as a " moderate Liberal
Government," but as " an immoderate Liberal Go-
vernment"—the sentence running (as we heard it,
or fancied that we heard it)—" In the year 1866
there was a—a Government which I will, notwith-
standing the present rage for analysis, describe as
an immoderate Liberal Government, &c., &c."
Again, surely, the (closing words of his peroration
were, " and the wealth of nations is"—not as he is
here reported to have expressed it, " a thing of cor-
ruption and decay," but—" the lees of corruption
and decay." Otherwise, than in these two instances,
however, we have nowhere been able to detect the
slightest inaccuracy in these, as we have alreadf
described them, full and copious reports of the pro-
ceedings and debates in Parliament.
SIR EDWIN LANDSEEII'S LlONS—after having
been criticised and photographed, one would think,
from every imaginable point of view—have just no!!
elicited a rhythmical tribute from " An Old Sailor,
who affects (in his mode of putting it forth)
to be no other than Nelson himself. The lines to
which we are referring, and for the original publi-
cation of which we are indebted to one of our Glou-
cestershire contemporaries—the Looker on of Chel-
tenham—we are tempted to transfer, as it were,
from the top of the Nelson column to the middle ei
one of our own. One of the rhymes we can't help
wincing at—to wit, iron and lion—but otherwise
the verses may pass muster as a sequel to the jai
d'esprit given in the same quarter, and apparently
from the same hand, a year and a half ago—the J
sequel (as we have called it) now given to that O
d'esprit running as follows—signed "An Oldo
Sailor," dated from the "Athenaeum, 31st Januar'',
—and under the subjoined heading :

1867—NELSON LOQUITUR.
Bravo, my Boy ! you've heard my voice,
Let every British Tar rejoice,
You've nobly won the fight!
Let Englani speak, and proudly toll
Who did the deed, and did it well,
Sir Edwin Landseer, Knight !

Your paint may fade—your canvass rot,
They each may pass, tho'ne'er forgot,
But bronze can sever die,*
When touched by Genius such as thine,
It wins on earth a life divine,
An immortality.

Tho' woodon walls are changed to iron,
Iu hearts of oak tho British Lion,

Majestic—calm—and grand—
Still lives to guard in stern repose
Our native laud from all her foes.
As imaged by your hand.

Tho' lost the form, and hushed the roar
Of cannon which are seen no more,
Their soul and spirit live,
The past, and future, both are shrived
In forms which show your gifted mind,
And you alone could give !
* According to his way of thus putting it, --/1°.‘13:
ever, " An Old Sailor" must think rather depreel_ft
tingly, we are loft to imagine, of the familiar b°;),
of Horace about a certain very different niclOr
indeed, acre perennius I—ED. SUN.

The winter general meeting of the National
Association will he hold at Willis's Rooms on Wedoollol
the 13th of March, at 2.30; his Royal Highness tho
Du
vi Cambridge in the chair.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In the discount market to-day business is very
quiet, and the rates are without alteration.

There were no gold operations at the Bank
yesterday.
The Chariot of Fame has arrivod from Melbourne
with gold to the amount of £42,000.
An improvement is shown in the return of the
Bank of France for the past week. The Cash in
hand has increased £760,C0n, and the Private Ac-

counts £392,000 ; while there has been a decrease
in the Bills Discounted of £1,266,640, in the Ad-
vances £20,000, the Notes £600,000, and iu the
Treasury Balance of £160,000.
It is stated that the annual report of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway Company will be issued
at the end of the week, and that a public meeting
Of the parties interested will be convened for Tues-
day, the sth March.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days has remained very
inactive, and for most of the principal staples rather
lower rates have been current, particularly as re-
gards sugar, coffee, and tallow. Rice, however, has
been in good demand, and, owing to the smallness
of stocks on hand, full rates have been demanded
by holders.

Yesterday evening was issued a circular by the
Great Eastern Railway Company, announcing an
issue of £652,300 of Five per Cent. Debenture
capital, redeemable at £l2O per £lOO, the scrip to
be emitted against bankers' receipts for payment
of the deposit or instalments, which will be ex-
changed when fully paid up for the definitive
debentures. The company are authorised under
Parliamentary power to effect this operation. This
amount of debenture capital is issued against
£20,791,452 of authorised share capital, of which
£17,347,731 has been paid up. The first charge
on the line for debenture interest and rents of
leased lines will be £530,000 a-year, and with
the present traffic there is a margin. of £345,000
a-year net income over the total amount of first
charge. The advantage of a permanent de-
benture stock, redeemable by half-yearly re-
ductions in the nature of a sinking fund,
eo that repayment is secured by an annual payment
as well as interest, is apparent from the recent legal
decisions. The advantage to the shareholdersis obvi-
ous of a system which adds every year to the perma-
nent value of their property by extinguishing debt,
while a small addition to the interest, to be used as a
sinking fund, virtually costs nothing, being no more
than the average cost of stamps, commissions, &c., in
renewing short-dated bonds. The company will
Qornpound for the stamps, so that the debentures
will be transferable by indorsement without duty.
Each debenture will be convertible into ordinary
stock of the company at par, at the option of the
holder, at any time during its currency upon
giving three months' notice in writing. The price
iof each £lOO debenture is £lOO, payable as fol-
lc'vra:—Deposit, £lO on allotment ; Ist instalment,
£2O, on the Ist April ; 2d, £2O, on the Ist May ;
JuIY £2O, on the Ist Jane ; 4th, £2O, on the Ist
; and sth, £lO, on the Ist of August. Interest
at 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on pre-
Pay.alent of the whole on allotment, or on the re-
!llalulng instalments, at the date of any one of the
instalments. This, with the benefit of the coupon
from Ist January, 1867, makes the net price of the
£lOO debenture equal to £97 18s. 4d.
The report of the Commercial Union Assurance
h53111114113' has been issued prior to the meeting on
los e sth March. The fire branch it states exhibits a
es Consequence of numerous and extensive con-
aerations,
many of them of a very irregular cha-
racter, which have taken place. The operations
life branch are more satisfactory : 497
ew. policies were issued daring the year, as-
tiring £328,860, and producing hi new pre-
1111111oe £11,068. Five claims have been paid,
a_n!ounting to £3,500, and a further one for
X. 000 has been admitted, but not yet due. The
_total amount of assurances in force on the 31st
December was X 1,500,000, and the life fund invested
,111 special trust has been increased to £124,196.
The business of the marine branch has steadily in-
creased. Losses, however, during the year have
been usually heavy on first-class risks, and it is not
~ expected that the 1866 accounts will show any profit.
he directors further state that they do not ou this
Occasion recommend the distribution of a dividend-
?otrie. disappointment, they fear, will be caused
by. this result, but they confidently believe that
their decision will not affect the reliance which the
Public have hitherto evinced in the stability of the
Company.
20th
Bank of England return, completed to the
2 th February, is again of a favourable character,
as regards the increased strength of the establish-
ent, but fully indicates the depressed condition of
trade in most branches of business. The bullion
has been increased by £134 031 and there is an ad-
dition to the reserve of no'tes 'of £398 190. The
other securities have been diminished by, £116,192,
and a large increase has been made to the private
balances. Subjoined is our usual analyses
Public Deposits... ... 5G,870,n9t0
~ecrease .cBBB 812
Other Deposits ... 18,559,453 Increase ..•
791'330
X3fit
..! 8,562,259 Deereaso...... 2,606
On the other side of the account
Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration.
°LllOr Becuritios ... 18,201,350 Decrease
Notes UnempXl6,l92loyed ... 10,985,485 Increase ... 398190
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,295,590,
being a
decrease of £335,195 ; and the stock of
bullion in
both departments is £19,311,413, showing
increase of £134,031 when compared with the
former return.

Two O'CLOCK.
'43', t
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
he French Renter were 69f. 72c. Firm.
There is another decline of / per Cent. in Consols,
Yet the general condition of the market for the Bri-
ti'lh Funds is strong, the depreciation principally
4nrising from the paucity of business. Consols are
'Ci i for money, and 901 for the account.
Stocklncreased firmness has prevailed in the Foreign
Market. Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, have
Varleed i to 53:1 54 ; Greek Bonds 1 to 154 16 ;
Spanish
Passive, / to 221 .11 ; the Certificates 1 to
't
rll- ; and the Russian Loan Scrip, 1 to 21 21
ein. The Chilian and Danubian Loan Scripsi
lo°wwever; continue depressed, the former being 4
elis.er at 21 21 d.
is., and the latter 1 lower, at lOf
tn beene the
rituaiLlway Shares Market dullness has again
---g feature, and but few dealings have
Metroe entered into, Great Eastern have receded 1,
poliL,
—II' Midland, and South-Eastern each
andl' . al3(-1 Gre at `Western North A f ; while Great Northern
Arestern have each improved I.
13:Attericaa
Securities are flat. United States 5-2037
i , 4 ha,o receded i, 7311; Erie Shares i, to
' ....4.lad Illinois Shares remain at 771 78.
.1110,311._
active,
cellars and Finance shares are very in-
:nand without any material alteration to quote
le) nglo-Arnerican Telegraph being dealt
Por-i.", 15i ; City of Mexico Gas at 17 17+ ; Credit
c,o,„e'r °f England at 31 3 9-16ths ; Hudson's Bay
~-;PanY at 16+ 1.
fe;itue train, receipts on the East Indian Railway
ter the
ending Dec. 30, 1866, have amounted
wee'Col2l6 10s. 10d., and for the corresponding
ing ill the previous ear to £32,148 ls. 5c1., show
an increase of £6,073 9s. sd.
rer,,i4titic and Great Western Railway Debentures
Mortll rte at 30 32, and the Consolidated
T silgatge touch have further advancedl, to 25/ 26.
chall2e,/nreign and Colonial lines exhibit little
nlark— of importance. Great Luxembourg are
eiseo v 12 R
~' -an Paulo 131, Bahia and San Fran-
-21.3. 1 --,,, `Trand Trunk of Canada have improved to
Great' East Indian remain steady at 1061 i, and
B „ Indian Peninsula at 1051 i.
bew'nx Shares continue very quiet. Bank of Egypt,
to 43ev,er' bare improved to 33; London Joint Stock
at
64.2' ; while London and County remain steady

MINING
MARKET.
FRIDAY, Two o'Clock.
111 the Aliuing Maikeb there_bas been more ani-

mation. Great Retallick, Great Seton, Great
Laxey, and West Chiverton Moor brought enhanced
rates. Annexed aro the current quotations :

Carn Camborne, —8 —s ; Chiverton Moor, 64 7 ; Chon-
tales Gold, 2 24 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 5 54 ; Cooks'
Kitohen, —; Drakewells, —s —e; East Basset, 174 20 ;
East Caradon, b 4 ; East Cam Brea, 3 34 ; East Lovell
9 94; East Russcll, 84 ; East Wheal Grenville, 24 24;
Great Ducey, 16 17 ; Great North Downs, ——; Great
Retallack, 60s Od 62s 6d ; Great South Tolgus, 12e 14s ;
Great Wheal Tor, 16 17 ; Marko Talley, 4 44; North
Crotty, 44 5; North Roskoar, 64 7; North Treskerby,
24 2i; Prince of Wales, 33s 85s; Prosper United, 31 4;
Redmoor, 9s lls ; South Condurrolv, —s —d; South
Grenville, 8s 9s ; South Ilerodsfoot, —; Tinoroft,

—; West Caradon, ; West Chirerton, 61 63
West Drakewells, —a; Wheal Basset, 62 65; Wheal
Buller, ; Wheal Chiyerton, 8 8* ; Wheal GrenTille

—; Wheal Setou, 105 110.

BFUTIB.III FUNDS—ONIS O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, March 7 9oi i
3 per Cent. Roducral 9Ol 1
Now 3 per Cent 9Ol 1
Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
Do. S per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
&nullities 30 yrs, expire sth Jau. 1880
Do. far 130 yrs, expire sth April,
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
•,:xchequor Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent l7 pm
Do £5OO
71 .-- pm
Do £lOO & £2OO ,
Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 254 21
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
finnan Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... 215
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 por Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l,000
rossiem FUNDS—OITA O'CLOCK.
krgentine Republic, 6 per Cent
austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
3razilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 —

Do Account
Do. £lOO Bonds
Bumps Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
C -than 6 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Oent.
Do. 6 per Cent A
Do. e B .—
Do. „ 1867
1-
D°. ~ Scrip, £2O paid l2l dig
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
Juba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
D 3. 5 per Cent., 1864 .. 981
Jalubian Principalities, 7 per Cent . ..... 66i
elquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent...
Do., Provisional Land Warrant.........
Do Befell ed
Egyptian 7 per Cent B4l
Do. Second Issue —
Do. £lOO Bonds
Do. Do. 1864 B2}
Do. £lOO Bonds B3 I
Do Government Railway Debentures BOl 1
Greek 5 per Cents., 1821-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
D ~ Coupons
6
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Gent.
Italian 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account
Do. Maremmana Railway —
11,,xicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
qontevideau 6 per Cent. .
quorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada l2l
Do 3 per Cen
6
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account —

Do 4k per Cent., 1865
Do ili per Cent. (Urilia,rren)
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2, '3 424
ttussian 5 per Cent, 1822, .£ St —
Do 44 per Cent. 1850
Do 44 per cent. 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859
....

-
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B9} 90
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BB} I-
Do. do. £25 paid — Put
iardinian 5 per Cent
ipanish 3 per Cent
Do Accefunt
Do New Deferred —
Do. Account
Passive Do —
Do Acc.;.i.nt 2l I
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account
Swedish 4 per Cent. —
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
V urkish 6 per Cent. 1851 771
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 55- GI
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
......

Dividends on the above payable in Loudon.
Austrian, 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
41 per cont., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italia,n 8 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. Aceonnil 531
TITO OTILOOK.
filensolu, Money 9Ol
Dn. Account

THE PARIS GUIDE.—The " Guide," to be pub-
lished by the Librairie Internationale, Paris, early
in the month of March, will be of a very remark-
able character. All the leading French writers, in-
cluding Berryer, Victor Hugo, Jules Simon, E.
Augur, Jules Favre, Alex. Dumas, Laboulaye,
Jules Fanin, George Sand, A. Karr, Nelaton M.
Sainte-Beuvc, Pelleton Quinet, Michelet, Viollet-
Leduc, &c., &c., contribute towards its contents.
Paris described by such distinguished persons will
form a book of unrivalled interest, and one that
every visitor to the Exhibition must not fail to be-
come a purchaser. By its aid he will be enabled
to visit every place of interest in Paris, and at the
same eintimtheehamveositn
chnisteprotcateitnag bmooaknntehrat
worthy the attention of a stranger. everything
worthy
MR. BRIGHT ON THE REFORM RESOLUTIGNS.—
The following letter has been received by the secre-
tary to the Birmingham branch of the Reform League from
Mr. Bright :—" Rochdale, Feb. 18. Dear Sir,—l thank you
for your note, and for the copy of the resolutions passed at
the great meeting held on Tuesday last. I believe that all
you say about
the Government and resolutions offered to
the house is quite true, and I hope that no attempt at
legislation will be founded upon the resolutions. The
reform question cannot be dealt with in a manner satisfac-
tory to the people by the avowed enemies of reform, and
it will be better for us to wait till we have a Government
honestly favourable to reform before anything further is
sought to be done in the House of Commons. I hope all
classes of reformers in the country will combine to bring
about such an expression of opinion as to induce the Legis-
lature to deal honestly and generously with the question of
representation. In Birmingham I believe the middle
class is ready to work heartily with the working class ;
and I hope a thorough union may take place with you
and in all parts of the kingdom.—l am, very respectfully
yours, Jour BRIGHT. Mr. Roger Bateson, 12, Ann-street,
Birmingham."

It is generally understood that the accouchement
of the .Princess Christian may be expected to take
place in April, and that of the Princess Mary in May next.
We hear that in each case Dr. Arthur Farre is engaged to
attend, and that Dr. Priestley will be oalled upon in case
any assistance is required. It is said that Sir Charles Lo-
cock has promised to be present on the occasion of the
Princess Mary's confinement, although he will take no
active part in the oviduct of the case.—The Lancet.
FATAL DUEL AT VIENNA.—An unfortunate duel
took place on Saturday morning, in the Praior, between
Prince Bernard of Solms, captain of artillery iu the Austrian
service, and a nephew of the King of Hanover, and Count
Erhard Wedel, late captain and chef d'escadrou in the
Hanoverian Cuirassiers of the Guard, ana aide-de-camp to
the King of Hanover. Prince Sohns was shot through the
right lung, and died on Sunday morning at six o'clock.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At the monthly general

meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in Hanover-
square—Mr. George Sclatcr-Booth, M.P., in the chair—
Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Sheridan, and Messrs. Eugene Alberti,
Edward Henry Burnell, Alexander 11. Dennistoun, Alfred
M. Drummond, David Forbes, Richard Wheel; jun., Chas.
F. Skirrow, Henry C. Metcalfe, Morgan D. Treherne
Samuel Montagu, G. B. Worms, M. B. Worms, and Chas.
Cumberland were elected fellows of the society: Forty-
four candidates for the fellowship were proposed for ballot
at the next monthly meeting in March.
TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—Yesterday the Great Eas-
tern, which had been for several weeks beached on a grid-
iron above New Ferry, on the Cheshire side of the Mer-
sey, was safely removed to her moorings in the Sloyne.
While on the gridiron the big ship underwent a complete
cverhaul, so far as the external part of the hull is con-
cerned. Her bottom has been thoroughly cleaned, and her
plate-lines were yesterday as clear and distinot as the day
she loft the stocks at Alillyrall.