The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Sept. 17, Two o'clock.—A fresh fall is
observable to-day, there being still a preponderance
of sales. Transactions are not numerous, dealers
being still engaged in the settlement of the bi-
monthly accounts. Threes have receded 15c., and
are quoted now at 69f. 25c. Italian Fives are weak
at 49f. 5c., a decline of 25c. Credit Mobilier shares
are at 270 fr. 50c., with a loss of 14f, 50c. Spanish
Mobilier at 185 f., with a loss of llf. 25c. Credit
Foncier loses 17f. 50c., at 1,340 f. Railway securi-
ties are rather offered. Lyons 898 f. 75e., Orleans
895 f., Lombard 385 f. English Consols without
change.

Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
Bank Shares 3360
Italian L0an.......„ 48 95
Do. end month 49
Mexican Loan ll 25
Do. Bonds lO5
Spanish Three! _ —
Homo Debt
Deferred
'AYS.

41 per Cents 9B 05
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 69 25
Do. end month 69 25
Credit Alobilier
Do. end Month 267 50
Credit Fonder 1350

Da. end month 1342 25
RAIL

For Account.
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 893
Southern 538 73
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 62 50
Austrian
Lombard 386 25
North of Spain
......
Saragossa —
Roman

London Association of the Correctors of
the Press.

A meeting of the members of the above associa-
tion was held last evening at the Salisbury Hotel,
Salisbury-square. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Charles Dickens. There was a crowded attendance.
Mr. C. DICKENS, on rising to address the meet-
ing, was received with loud cheers. He said :
Gentlemen,—As this meeting is convened, not to
hear me, but to hear a statement of facts and figures
very nearly affecting personally the interests of at
all events the great majority of those who compose
it, I feel that my share of the proceedings need be
very brief indeed. Of the details of the question at
issue I know of my own knowledge absolutely
nothing. I have consented to occupy this chair at
the request of the London Association of Correctors
of the Press for two reasons. Firstly, because I
think openness and publicity in such a cause a very
wholesome example—one very much needed at this
time, and highly becoming a body of men associated
with that great public safeguard the press.
(Cheers.) Secondly, because I know from some
slight practical experience what the duties of cor-
rectors of the press are, and how those duties are
usually discharged ; and I can testify, and do testify
here, that they are not mechanical, that they are
not mere matter of manipulation and routine, but
that they require from those who perform them
much natural intelligence, much superadded culti-
vation, readiness of reference, quickness of resources,
an excellent memory, and a clear understanding ;
and I most gratefully acknowledge that I have never
gone through the sheets of any book I hale written
without having presented to me by the correctors
of the press something that I had overlooked, some
slight inconsistency into which I had fallen, some
little lapse I had made—iu short, without having
set down in black and white some unquestion-
able indication that I had been closely followed
through my work bya patient and trained mind, and
not merely by a skilful eye. (Hear, hear.) In this
declaration I have not the slightest doubt that the
great body of my b• 3ther and sister writers would,
as a fair act of justice, heartily concur. (Cheers.)
Now, gentlemen, for these plain reasons, briefly, I
am here, and being here I beg to assure you that if
auy person in any way associated with the printing
trade should desire to address the meeting, he shall
receive from me, whatever his opinions, the readiest
attention, and I shall afford him the amplest oppor-
tunity. (Cheers.)
Mr. CIIALONER, secretary, stated that the asso-
ciation was not a trade union. (Hear, hear.) It had
been formed as an engagement agency, and a
medium of intercourse. They had never interfered
with the subject of wages. It was their desire that
it should be stated publicly what they did, what
they received for their labour, and what they consi-
dered they were entitled to. They had invited their

employers to attend that meeting—(hear, hear)—
and he trusted that if the request for increased
remuneration were not complied with, at least the
reasons for non-compliance would be stated. (Hear,
hear.) All they asked for was a fair and temperate
consideration of the memorial which would be sub-
mitted to the employers—that the question should
be fairly argued and fully gone into, and they were
content to abide by the result. (Cheers.) The
meeting had before them the report of the sub-com-
mittee appointed on the sth of August last to pre-
pare a report on the 7eresent position of readers, and
the means whereby that position might be improved.
The report in question contained, amongst others,
the following statements :

" Wages-195 bona fide readers receive weekly a
total of £394 125., being an average of £2 Os. 51d.
each. The salaries range from 365. to £3, but the
greater number are at £2 weekly. The details are
as follow :-33 readers receive 365. each weekly ;
37 receive 38s. ; 77 receive 40s. ; 13 receive 425. ; 1
receives 425. 6d. ; 2 receive 41s. ; 18 receive 455. ;
one receives 465. 6d. ; eight receive 50s. ; one re-
ceives 525. 6d. ; one receives 555. ; one receives
575. 6d. ; and two receive 603. each. Time : In 34
houses there are 19 variations in the number of hours
which constitute a week's work for the readers. In
one house the week consists of 454 hours' work ; in
one, 474 hours; in one, 484 hours; in one 49
hours ; in one, 491 hours ; in one, 51 hours ; in one,
51/ hours; in three, 52 hours; in three, 521 hours ;
in two, 53 hours; in one, 534 hours; in five, 54
hours ; in one, 511 hours ; in one, 55 hours ; in
one, 551 hours ; in three, 57 hours ; in one, 58
hours ;in one, 591 hours ;in five, 60 hours--in all,
34 houses, the average being 53 hours' work. The
reader's week is ordinarily counted as six hours less
than the compositor's, but is not al ways so favour-
able to him. When a man is promoted to the read-
ing-closet, his promotion usually stops ; and he is
compelled to stay there for life, unless he finds it
more profitable to go back to case, or leave the busi-
ness. When overseers are wanted, the choice very
seldom falls upon the reader, though on many
grounds he is likely to be the most suitable. Read-
ing is not a healthy employment. The reader is
subject to some of the most sad and most painful of
diseases, and that should he by chance live to be old
and past labour he is found to be altogether unpre-
pared in pocket to meet the contingency. Nor are
any of these misfortunes brought on by fair wear
and tear of time and healthy mental labour, but by
excessive application at times when authors and pub-
lishers are pressing ; then the day runs into the
night and the night into the day again, until the
overtasked and throbbing brain, having long vainly
complained, begins to reel, and the mind is little
better than a hazy conglomeration of unconnected
ideas. As to a reader's education, if it has not been
expensive to his parents—though that is the case in
some instances—it has been obtained by great
labour, and by the denial to himself of those recrea-
tions which other young men are free to enjoy. The
chief points in which the position of readers re-
quires improvement are (1) the amount of wages ;
(2) the length of time they are required to work.
The average of £2 Os. 54d. is without doubt too low
a sum to pay for a reader's work, being only a trifle
more than the wages received by good compositors,
and usually less than those'of overseers, with whom
readers ought rather to rank. Considering the
amount of mental toil involved in the right perfor-
mance of a reader's duties, the average of 53 hours
is too long a period for a week's work, especially as
there is a manifest tendency to lengthen the esta-
blished week, either by occasional and regular over-
time, or by a permanent extension of the daily time
of attendance at work. In some cases this last ob-
ject is sought without an equivalent increase in
salary. There is also a growing tendency to cram
a greater amount of work into a given time. It ap-
pears to the sub-committee, then, on the grounds
herein submitted, that the readers of London are
justified in asking of their employers either an in-
crease of salary, or a reduction of the hours of labour.
But the request must be practically confined to the
first point, as a week of about 50 hours appears to
be necessary to the proper despatch of business."
Mr. lIARPER moved the following resolution :
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the value
of the services rendered by the printers' readers of
London is not adequately recognised by their em-
ployers."

The CHAIRMAN announced that the resolution
would be seconded by Air., not Mrs., Harris. (Much
laughter.)

Mr. HARRIS having seconded the resolution, it
was put and carried unanimously.
The SECRETARY then read a memorial, intended
for presentation to the Masters' Association and to
the employers individually. The following is an
abstract of the memorial :—" The lower purchasing
power of money of late years has been the cause of
an advance of wages in most skilled trades. The
major part of the printing trade has shared in this
advance; but readers have been overlooked. Read-
ing being a mental operation, a reader's efficiency
depends upon his personal qualifications. A mini-
mum salary is not therefore fixed, but an advance
of 10 per cent. is requested. Overtime should be
better regulated, readers often getting a lower pay-
ment for night-work than compositors. The more
a reader learns the more valual'le he is to his em-
ployer. Study should therefore be encouraged by
liberal treatment. The recent advance having raised
the rate of the compositor, that of the reader should
be proportionately raised, so that the old distinction
should be at least maintained. Further, the employ-
ment is unwholesome, study is expensive, and a
reader's position and (if at all educated) tastes in-
volve a greater outlay in the necessaries and conve-
niences of life than those of other printers."
Mr. BEGG moved, and Mr. FORREST seconded, the
adoption of the memorial.
The motion was put and carried.

On the motion of Mr. PARRY, seconded by Mr.
KUSTER, Messrs. Adams, Challoner, Forrest, Parry,
Upjohn, and S. Whitwell, jun., were appointed as
a committee, with power to add to their number,
to sign and present the memorial to the master
printers of London, and if necessary to confer with
them thereon.

A cordial vote of thanks was then, on the motion
of Mr. CHALLONER, passed to Mr. Dickens for pre-
siding.

The CHAIRMAN, in acknowleding the vote, said—
Gentlemen, I beg to thank you very cordially for
your hearty response, and to assure you that you
have been most fully welcome to my small services.
I sincerely trust and believe that your very calm
and temperate proceedings will finally result in the
establishment of relations of perfect amity between
employers and employed, and consequently tend to
the general welfare. (Cheers.)
The meeting then separated.

ABUNDANCE OF lIERRINGS.—It is said that all
the herrings that man, by exercising the greatest
possible industry, can take from the sea are not of any
consequence whatever ; or, in other words, that they do
not in the slightest degree affect the supplies. Not to
speak of the havoc that the millions of cod and other fishes
make in the shoals, it has been calculated that the solan
geese of St. Kilda alone require an annual supply of
214,000,000 herring. This is equal to 305,714 barrels—
much more than the total average of herrings branded at
all the north-oast coast stations put together in any one
of the last three or four years. The quantities eaten by
fowls and fish, and the number destroyed by other equally
destructive agencies, aro no doubt in proportion to these
flgures.-3facmillan's Magazine.
THE SALMON RIVERS OF SOUTII WALES._Since
the passing of the Salmon Fishery Act, the locli conser
vators of South Wales have made every effort to carry out
the provisions of the act, and the effect has already been
seen in the greater abundance of salmon this year than
usual. Mr. Frank Bucklancl, one of the inspectors of
fisheries, has paid a visit to the south 'Welsh counties
during the past fortnight, and he was present at the
Eisteddfod held at Carmarthen, where ha made some
suitable remarks on the importance of salinon culture,
and there is little doubt that the suggestions he threw out
on the occasion will bo generally acted upou. Efforts are
now being made to prevent the deleterious refuse of iron,
tin, and other works being thrown into the rivers, and the
various inventions proposed for utilising the refuse, in-
stead of allowing it to run into the waters, aro being ge-
nerally adapted. Improved fish ladders are also being
erected at different points on the rivers, and the weirs
are being in several instances rendered loss obstructive.
The fishermen in many localities have hitherto suffer° 1
through the operations of the act, but ultimately it is
clear that they will be greatly benefited, and it is believed
that year by year there will be a gradual increase in the
, take pf salllloll.

Tfitat Chmrn

HER MAJESTY.

BAL3IORAL, Sept. 15.

The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian,
Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold attended
Divine Service in the morning in the parish church
of Crathie.

The Rev. Archibald Charteris, minister, of Glas-
gow, officiated.

Lady Frances Baillie and Mr. Hardy bad the
honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family•

MR. NE)VDEG'I7'E, ALP., ON REFORM

SUTTON COLDFIELD, Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Warwickshire Agri-
cultural Society was held this day in Sutton Cold-
field-park, where prizes to the extent of upwards of
£BOO were distributed. A large number of the
members and friends of the society dined together
in a splendid pavilion on the show ground. In the
absence of the Earl of Warwick (the president of
the society), the chair was taken by Lord Leigh,
and among the gentlemen by whom his lordship
was surrounded were Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr'
Wise, Mr. Greaves, Mr. V. Holbeckc, the Rev. Mr.
Kittoe, Mr. G. A. Hackett, &c.
The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having
been given and honoured,
Mr. GREAVES proposed the health of the members
for the county—Mr. Newdegate for the northern
division, and Mr. Wise for the southern division•
(This toast was received with loud and prolonged
cheering.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE, in responding to the toast, said
that out of the discussions on the Reform Bill bad
arisen a truth which ought to have been known be-
fore, which ought to have been felt before, but
which at the same time had not the cogency which
it had now attained, and it was this—that the county
members of England were not members of the
counties only. He had had the honour for four-and-
twenty years of representing in a large measure
the great town of Birmingham. He had also had
the honour of representing the city of Coventry,
and the truth was this, that the freeholders, the
householders, and the copyholders, resident and
qualified by property within these several cities
and boroughs, voted for the county members'
(Hear, hear.) They (the county members) were
the only members who could claim to be represen-
tatives of the whole community of the district which
they represented. (Cheers.) He felt it a great
honour to have his name connected with the agri-
culture of Warwickshire. The county might net
be represented so fully as it had been represented
on former occasions at meetings of this description.
But why was this? It was because they were
threatened with the cattle plague, and, for one, as
a part of his duty, he called upon the Government to
adopt such regulations with respect to the ports as
would establish certain ports only as ports for the
import of cattle. The Government had thought fit
to retain within their own discretion much more
than he would have allowed them. He regretted
that the House of Commons had not decided that
the Government should within a certain Peri°
name certain ports as those into which only cattle
should be imported from abroad, because if th°ge
ports had been designated, in those ports regu-
lations might have been adopted such as woel
have secured us from the importation of disease
from the Continent. (Hear, hear.) He hoped
that the representatives of the Liberal interest
would support those of the agricultural interest
in insisting that certain ports should be named into
which cattle should be imported, and in which Pro-
per regulations might be adopted. It was a knowe
fact that the disease had been suppressed in Eng-
land, and if it broke out again it must be imported
from abroad. (Hear.) So much as to the cause
which had limited the exhibition of the present Or
casion. Ile was not going to limit himself exactly
to the interests of agriculture. He must remind a.;"
present that a Reform Act had been passed. 11°
considered it a most fortunate thing for the count*"
that that measure had been passed. (Hear, hear.)
The truth was this—that the House of Commons--
and he spoke as a member of the House of Com-
mons, having been attached to it for the last 25
years—the House of Commons found that there Wss
an opinion largely prevailing out of the House that
it did not duly represent the people of England,
the consequence was that the House of Common'
lost confidence in itself and in its vigour. The
House of Commons was not sure that the pal
would believe that the opinion of the country would
sanction their decision, and the effect was this, that
influences that were not strictly English gained 00
large a powerin the House of Commons, and that Was
the reason that for eight years, as many of his consti-
tuents were aware, he had been anxious for a Reform
Act. If his constituents were to be represented as
they ought to be—being an important section of the
people of England—their representatives must
have confidence their commission was not doubted,
and therefore he sought for the passing of a Reform
Act. That Reform Act had been passed. Ile did
a
not say that it was perfect, but he asserted that It
was a great thing that the Legislature had done its
best to secure a real representation of the intern,
Bence of the people of England. (Cheers.) The
representatives of the people might have failed or
might have been mistaken, but this circumstance
was patent, that the House of Commons, which he
done its best
had now the honour to represent, had
to secure the county representation. By an inde-
pendent vote they increased the number of seats al-
--and this was a matter which ought to be remem-
bered by the cities and boroughs of England— at-
tended rather to the representation of the towns.
By adopting the proposition of Lord Cairns they
secured the recognition of minorities, and showed
that they attended rather to the towns than to the
counties. That was au answer to the assertion that
the House of Lords were only the representatives
of the agricultural interest. They asserted this
principle—that where the minority in towns is so
considerable that in point of numbers, to say nothing
of intelligence, they exceeded the whole of the con-
stituencies in many boroughs, the minority shoo
the
have a voice in the representation, and that was
great principle of the constitution of England as
distinguished from the constitution of other States)
for in this country it was considered most desirable
that where there was a large minority their voic°
lw a
should be represented in the Legislature—(hear)hitherto through the small boroughs, but a?rs
efficiently in the representative assembly of t
people. (Hear.) And now having touched °p
en
points, rejoicing in the fact that he represented
not only the opinion of a class, but of many classes
il
—rejoicing in the fact that he shared in the repre-
sentation of Birmingham and Coventry, while 0
was nominally the member for North Warwickslo
—he thanked all present for the honour they had
done the members for the county iu drinking theb
health, inasmuch as he appreciated the task wblico
devolved upon them of representing not only t
agricultural interest, but a variety of other inters i;
which, excepting the maritime interest, was a f 3
representation of all the interests of Eng- I
(Loud cheers.)

Mr. WISE also responded to the toast.
Mr. NEWDEGATE then proposed " PrOSPeritY to
the town of Sutton Coldtleld."
Several other toasts followed, and the par-Y. thell
separated.

e
GARIBALDI AND THE REFORM BANQUET. Ir
d
understand that General Garibaldi has definitely ref
tlo
t
the invitation to be present at the Reform banquet a tilt
Crystal Palace, fixed for the 30th inst., on the ground that
he
does not know what matters may be then ongagli3g
attention in Italy.
THE EASTERN FISHERIES. The quantities °f
herrings landed by the Great Yarmouth boats have Pre,
seated considerable fluctuations during the last few days'
but the quality has improved. Prices have ranged at fl I)Li'
£lO to £l7 per last (13,200 fish).
STABI3ING I z LIVERPOOL.—No less than five
cases
of stabbing were brought before the Liverpool inagigr3:;
yesterday. In one case a woman had nearly cut off,'
nose Of another virago. The prisoners were reizaziou'

NONEY

MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is no change to notice in the progress of
business in the general discount market. The sup-
Plies of capital continue abundant, and but few
first-class bills are on offer, the rates current still
ranging under the Bank minimum, being 1i per
Cent.

At the Bank of England yesterday there was a
further influx of £20,000 from the Brazils. The
silver continues quiet ; in dollars there is, however,
a decline of if.
The City of Boston, from New York, has brought
specie amounting to about £35,000.
Payment is announced of the Coupon of the Eng-
lish series K 5 per Cent. Debentures, Dutch Mort-
gage Bank, at the rate of £1 ss. each, at the offices
of Messrs. E. and A. -Worms.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have declined to 252 262, and the Consolidated
Alortgage Bonds, 2, to 22 23.
The following in reference to the hop trade is
from the annual circular of Messrs. Woolloton and
Son, of the Borough :—An attack of blight in several
districts of the home plantations gave, at one time,
much reason to fear that a very moderate crop would
be produced, but the seasonable weather of the last
few weeks has resulted in a recovery incredible to
those who are unmindful of similar changes in pre-
vious seasons, and it is gratifying to be assured that
the quality of the English growth is more than usually
choice. Still it is alleged by some that the amount
of improvement is exaggerated, and that the crop is
°llly equal to an old duty of £BO,OOO or £90,000,
while many, whose judgment is not less worthy of
respect, confidently affirm that a produce equal to
more than £200,000 may be relied upon. Probably
a moderate estimate of £lBO,OOO is fair and reason-
able, considering that 70,000 acres of land are now
under full cultivation. Fortunately the con-
tinental crop has never been so abundant,
and, for the first time since the abolition of hop
duties, consumers will reap the full advantage of
large importations. It cannot be doubted that the
°top on the Continent is so far beyond local require-
kents that more than 250,000 cwts. are available
for export. In America, although blight has at-
tacked the Eastern States, the produce of the whole
country will exceed the moderate crop of last year.
It is much to be regretted that in spite of recent legis-
lation and the vigilance of a London trade committee
consumers have no adequate protection against the
fraudulent mixtures of wild and worthless foreign
h°Ps, constantly offered at low prices, under
various fictitious designations. On the continent,
11°1 less than at home, the consumption
of hops has, from various causes, considerably
diminished during the past twelve months.
With an important surplus of yearlings and a growth
of new hops throughout the world, far larger than
i.he produce of 1866, it may be anticipated that even,
f the opening prices are temporarily sustained by
the firmness of holders of yearlings, the fortunate
Position of English growers, and the hurry of the
dual early demand, consumers, by exercising a pru-
dent reserve, need not pay the same high prices which
Were obtained for the growth of last year ; prices which
Yielded the most profit to producers, and have
everywhere tended largely further to increase the
amount of land under hop cultivation. To circulate
il° Plain a statement of facts in regard to the hop
trade may not be popular, but the interests of
growers, merchants, and consumers are really best
Served by the diffusion of information strictly accu-
rate, instead of propounding theories based upon a
BPeculative bias in favour of either an advance or a
decline in prices.

Two O'CLOCK.

The market for English Securities is rather
buoy ant, and Consols have advanced * per cent.
The
other markets also partake of this tendency to
improvement. The latest prices, therefore, are 941
for transfer, and 94,41 1 for the account.
4.,
rho New Threes are 931; Reduced Annuities,
3 ; New 21 per Cents. (1894), 77/ ; Bank
Stock, for the account, 2461 ; India ditto, 221 ;
ditto 5 per Cents., 1131 14 ; Enfaced ditto, 1041;
‘-itto per Cents., 109 1 ; ditto Rupee Deben-
tures,
l 1877, 1041 ; ditto £l,OOO Bonds, 655. to 70s.
14°. ; and ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 655. pm.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material alteration. South Austrian and Lombardo-
onetian are marked 151 ; Bombay and Baroda,
103 1031 ; East Indian, 1101 1 ; and Great Indian
,
.reninsula, 1101.
American Securities are quiet. Erie shares, how-
el'er, show an advance of 1, to 44 1 ; while Illinois
are unaltered at 771, and United States 5-20 Bonds
at 721 73.
The Foreign Stock Market opened this morning
Itith some depression, but prices have since re-
covered to some extent. Italian have declined I,
t°
48 I ; Mexican 1, to 15j ; and Turkish 5 per
dents. to 32 1 ; while Greek have advanced 1,
to 141 ; and Spanish Passive 1, to 191 20.
In the Railway Market a very moderate amount
(f business has been entered into, and a further
slight depression prevails. Great Northern, North
`Western, Metropolitan, and North Eastern (Ber-
A14;,14) have each receded 1, Midland I, and Great
'vesternl ; while Brighton and South Eastern have
e4oh. advanced 1.
Bank shares are very quiet. London Chartered
of Australia have receded to 231, and Union of Lon-
tlon. to 361 ; London and Westminster remain steady
4t 681 ; and London Joint-Stock have improved
to 35.

Miscellaneous and Finance shares are -without
change of importance. Viceroy of Egypt Mortgage
an, however, have improved to 73f 74 ; Anglo-
rierican Telegraph are steady at 17**; Hudson's
Oriental
Company, at 15i ii and Peninsular and
'rieutal Steam, at 48.

MINING MARKET.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

Continued activity prevails in the market to-day.
Ch°Wales have advanced to 5* buyers, and Gren-
►ille are firm at 245. 265. buyers. Setoa and East
41assell are also in demand. Annexed are the
tlosing. quotations :
„Iliverton Moor 5l 6 North Treskerby ll 1
E•'ll:outales Gold
Mord. Amalgamate 71 71 Providence Mines... 29 31
,altst Basset l5 17 South Caradon —
..,st Caradon 5l sir South Frances
.;East Lovell 8 81 Tincroft
';',.;_aat Wheal Grenville 21 21 West Chiverton
Qreatr Laxey l7l 18 West Seton
~ eat Retallick
illeat Wheal Vor ... 18 19 Wheal Chiverton ... 61 7
liftrke Valley s} 51 Wheal Grenville ... 24 26
erth. Crofty

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
1411 tient. Console
% 1)0. Account, Oct. 8 94f 4
eer Cent. Reduced 931 3 4
tiW 8 per Cent • 93 4
ty 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 771
A 1-'O. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 —
11,euities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
,'-'O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
"0 (Red Sea Televaph), Aub., 1908 —
Marcn. June.
}I/chequer Bills, £1,00(', 21 & 2 per Ct —pm —pm
Do £5OO —pm —Pm
b Do. £lOO & £2OO — pin 30 pm
4,111 Z of England Stock, 41 per Cent
"0. Account
1.., INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
`l.l.,,cliatlSLOCk, 104 per Cont., AprillB74 221 2
VO. Account
',.,0. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
~0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
„"0. Certificates —
"0. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
DO., 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
•0. 54 per Cent., May 1879 lO9 f 4
"0. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 lO3l
Do. do. 1877 10414
•,, Do. do. 188,
",-,0. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Vso. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
"0. under £1,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
etetrian Bond; 5 per Cent. 1859
DO.
5 per Cent lllO
'`.3. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
r• 5 per Cent., 1865
1-, Account 711., I
t 'JO. £lOO Bonds —
40
1,4°3 Ayres 6 per Cent _
u,,", J 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Q
"„S: 6 per
'th'"an 6 per Cent
"40. 41 per Cent
to. 6 per Cent., B -.
0., 1867 1 .--

Do., Scrip, £57 paid —
Do., 7 per Cent., 1BG6
Do., Scrip, £2O paid
Colombian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 ner Cent., 1825. , 4
Dinubian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
egyptian 7 per Cent — 4
Do. Second Issue

Do. £lOO Bonds B7l
po. Do. 1861
D0..£100 Bonds
Do Government Railway Debentures B6i 71 Gi
Greek 5 per Cents., 1821-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent . —
lt Han 5 per Ccr t., 1863 —
D^, Account ,
Do. Maremmana Railway —
1341-xicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1861 —
Pc 6 per Cont. Anglo-French .....
id outcxidero• 6 per Cent. .. —
Yloorish -Imperial 5 per Cent - .
Now Granada —
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Defer' d
•
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cont., 1865 -
Do Account 65 1 41 51
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3
Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St B5l *
Do 41 per Cent.. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. 1864, £lOO Bonds B4
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, £lOO Bonds BB/ I I
Sardinian, .5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Cent —
Do Account
Do New Deferred —
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account
Do Com. Cert. of Cou:-. not fuadod
Do Account
Turkish 6 per Cont., 1851
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1658 •
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cont., 1862 —
Do Account
Do £lO6 Bonds 63- 1
Do. - 1863 5Ol -
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Da Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1865 5O 1
D _I -1 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent. —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian,.4l - it cent., Ex. 25f •• •

~igian, _ _ pei ~, _ .. - ..
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... -
French Buttes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. —
Itaiitn, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251.
Do. Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 944 4
Do. Account, Oct. 8

NATIONAL REFOR3I FETE AND
BANQUET.

Another meeting of the committee of trades
delegates appointed to make the arrangements for
the proper carrying out of this fete and banquet
was held last evening at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey.
Mr. George Potter, the chairman of the committee,
presided.
The minutes of the previous meeting having
been read and approved of,
The CHAIRMAN, on the part of the sub-com-
mittee, reported what had been done since
last meeting. Everything, soressifnagr
in a
mostasthe
committee were aware, was progressing
satisfactory manner. Several letters had been re-
ceived from parties consenting to have their names
placed on the honorary committee, and expressing
their cordial concurrence in the objects the commit-
tee had in view. One of these letters was from Sir
J. Bowring, who gave his ready assent to have his
name on the committee, and stating that he would
be present at the banquet. Others had been received
from Rev. Dr. Massey, Mr. J. Haywood, late mem-
ber for South Lancashire, and Alderman Carter, of
Leeds, much to the same effect. He had also to state
that a circular embodying the resolution adopted at
the last meeting had been sent to all employers of
labour, suggesting to them, as far as practicable,
to give to their employes a holiday on the 30th inst. ,
so that they might have an opportunity of attendin,,
the celebration. To that circular he had every
reason to believe the employers would give a
favourable response. He had also to lay before the
committee a letter which he had received from Mr.
John Cunnington, one of the vice-presidents of the
Reform League, respecting the position taken up by
that body as regarded the fete. Mr. Cunning-
ton regretted much that any difference should
have arisen between the two bodies, and as
a means of binding up these differences he
suggested that the president of the League
Mr. Beales, should be asked to preside on the occa-
sion. It would therefore be for the committee to
consider that letter, and to come to some decision
respecting it. In regard to the differences alluded
to by Mr. Cunnington, they were all aware that
they were of the League's own making. The
Working Men's Association had done all in their
power to obtain the co-operation of the League,
but up to this time they had, unfortunately, been
unsuccessful. He could assure the committee that he
had always been most anxious to co-operate with the
League, and if the inviting Mr. Beales to preside
on the occasion of the fete would bring about a
reconciliation between the two bodies, ho would not
in any respect stand in the way, but would be most
willing to give place to Mr. Beales. (Hear, hear.)
It would, however, be for the committee to decide
what action they were to take respecting Mr.
Cunnington's letter.
Mr. JENKINS wanted to know whether Mr.
Beales, if asked, would consent to preside, as he
had stated in a letter which he had published on
the subject that he would not be in England at the
time of the banquet. _ . _

The CHAIRMAN replied that he had put that ques-
tion to Mr. Cunnington, who replied that he had
not seen Mr. Beales on the subject, but that he
would guarantee his acceptance of the office if
invited.

- -
Mr. PARDOE then moved a resolution to the effect
that the consideration of the question involved in
Mr. Cunnington's letter be adjourned to next meet-
ing, and that the thanks of the committee be given
to that gentleman, and to those that are acting with
him in this matter for their good intentions, and
trusted that, the object of reconciliation might be
effected.

The resolution was seconded by Mr. Stacy, and
having been supported by Mr. George Brooke, Mr.
Olding, and others, was adopted unanimously, it
being understood that the committee take no action
in the matter, but leave it to Mr. Cunnington and
his friends.

It having been stated that no answer had been
received from Mr. Gladstone as to whether he would
attend the banquet,
Mr. %Vim moved that a deputation of two be
appointed to wait on that gentleman, and get an
answer from him as to whether he would attend or
not.
Mr. JENKINS having seconded the motion,
Mr. BROOKE said though Mr. Gladstone had pre-
viously hesitated about attending the banquet, con-
sidering the public position he occupied, that hesita-
tion ought now to be put aside, for Mr. Disraeli had
consented to attend a similar banquet in Edinburgh,
and why should not Mr. Gladstone attend one here ?
In fact, he regretted that they had not invited Mr.'
Disraeli to this banquet. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then agreed to, and a deputation
of two appointed to wait on Mr. Gladstone.
Several matters of detail having been arranged,
the proceedings terminated.

A DISASTROUS LIST FOR UNDERWRITERS.—The
following list of shipping disasters was received in Liver-
pool yesterday :—The Jane and Margaret, bound from
Sunderland to Aberdeen, has been lost off Holy Island.
The Gracenti Capuli, Round to Buenos Ayres, has been
wrecked near Monte Video. The Spanish barque Ysabel,
bound from Corunua. to. Buenos Ayres, is reported to be a
total wreck near Fernando Po. The Antoniotta, bound
from Monte Video to Falmouth, has been lost in the Rio
Grande. The English barque Dolphin came into collision
on the 16th inst. with the French steamer Brazil, near
Marseilles, when the steamer sank. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Surat, which struck on a rock
near Suez, on the sth Sept., was towed off on the 14th, and
taken back to Suez, without sustaining any serious damage;
in order to lighten the vessel, however, 1,000 bales cargo,
destined for India and China, were thrown overboard.

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7 8
420 430
19 21
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9 10
2 2.3
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PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London and N.-IVestm 5 per cent., 107
North London 41 per cent. (Max. 5 per cent.), 98
LINES LEASED AT .FIX/CD RENTAL&
London and Blackwall, 85
Ditto, 41 per cent. et., 844
Nottingham and. Grantham R. and C, 91
FOREIGN RAIL wAyz.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 1.16
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151
FOREIGN MINX,
Anglo Braz lianGold, 9-16
Cape Copper, 71
Chontales Gold and Silver Xining, llm., 5 41 51
Don Pedro. Noi.h Del Rey, 1 13-16 PUI
Port Philip,
St. John del Rey, Rm., 60

BANNS:

Australasia, 66 1
Consolidated, lim., 4i
London Mink of sickle° and S. America, Ifni., S 1
London Chartered Bane of A.ustralla, 23k
London and County, 541
Ditto, new. 294
London Joint Stock, 35
London and 11 estmlnster, 671 81 7L
Ditto, Scrip, 30 Si}
Merchant Bank, lim , 1S 171
•
New South Wales, 43
Union of Australia, 48
Union of London, 361;71
MISCELLANEOUS: •
Anglo-American Telegraph, litu.,glTl 1 1
Atlantio Telegraph,— •
Ditto, 8 par Cent, 70
Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira., 5 3-15
tierlin Water Works, Um., 131 ; ,
Ceylon Company, •
Ditto, A shares, 3i
City of London Real Property, lim., 51
City Offices, lim.,
Credit Foncier of England. 'lna . 3 9-'6 I
East India Irrigation and Canal. 131 13
Et:glish and Australian Copper,
English and Foreign Credit, 3,
Gen. Credit and Discount, um., 5j 1
Home and (1 'lonia' A insurance, 11
Hudson's Bay, 151 1
Italian Irrigation (Canal CaYours,, 21 1
Madras Irr ;ration and canal (guaranteed 5 percent. by
Indian(Uonernment), 1011
Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lira., I 1
illwall Freehold Land and Hook, 43 41.;
Peninsula and Oriental aiteatn, 45
Ditto, new, 1855,48
Te7e,raph Construe. and Maintenance. lim 171
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 731 4 31