The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE KING OF .P.RUSsI4I. BEDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL EXPEN-
DITURE.

The mortal remains of the late King of Prussia
were consigned to the grave, at Potsdam, on Man-
day last, when, in conformity with the orders of
the present King, the ceremonial observed was in
accordance with that used at the interment of the
father of the deceased King, Frederic William 111.

As the Church of Peace, wherein the vault is
situated, is only about ten minutes' walk from
the palace, but little space was afforded for the
accommodation of the populace, who, notwith-
standing the severe weather, assembled in very
large numbers, especially from Berlin, which is
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17 miles from Potsdam. Long before the hoar
fixed for the commencement of the ceremony
the road along which the procession was to
pass, and which was strewed with branches
of fir-trees, was lined by the populace. In front
of the houses along the line of route stands were
erected, from which the occupants could witness
the cortege, and from these houses, as well as froin
the houses in the town, mourning banners were
suspended. The troops consisted of guards, infan-
try, and cavalry; and parties of artillery, with 16
guns, were ranged from the obelisk to the gates of
Sans Souci. The troops were in parade uniform,
the body guards wore their gilt cuirasses, and the
helmets of the officers were covered with crape,
whilst the colours, standards, drums, and trumpets
were similarly enveloped.
At ten o'clock the bells of the churches in the
town and outskirts, and those of the Church of Peace,
began to toll solemnly, announcing that the
funereal ceremony had commenced. The pro-
cession was arranged according to the programme
previously drawn up, but with some slight devia-
tion in consequence of the excessive coldness of the
weather. Thus the reigning and dowager Queens,
the royal princesses, and the ladies of their suites,
instead of following in the'procession, were driven
to the church in their carriages previously to the
cortege setting out. The procession was set in
motion about s quarter past twelve, when a body
of choristers chanted the hymn " Was Gott thut,
das ist wohigethan" (What God does is well done),
accompanied by muffled drums, and from time to
time salvoes of artillery were fired. A squadron
of Hussars of the Guard headed the line some
time in advance, and on arriving at the church
drew up in front. The coffin was richly
covered, and on it rested a helmet, mounted by
a golden crown, and other royal attributes.
The coffin was raised from the position it had pre-
viously occupied before the throne by 12 colonels,
and, preceded by the royal chamberlains, the mar-
shals, the Cabinet Ministers, wfio bore cushions on
which were the insignia of State, the field-marshal
carrying the electoral sword, and other personages.
it was theme through the various chambers and
down the central staircase, known as the staircase
of Frederick the Great, to the carriage upon which
it was to be conveyed to the grave. At this point
two of the late King's adjutants took up their
stations by the side of the carriage, laying
hands on the head of the coffin. Eight staff
officers, who had previously left the palace, now
held the reins of the horses drawing the car-
riage, and four Knights of the Order of the
Black Eagle, who were to hold the corners of
the pall, and the generals who were to
hold the cords of the canopy assumed their
posts. The 12 colonels who had borne the coffin
to the carriage placed themselves six on each side,
and near them were two staff officers and 12 captains,
and behind the carriage came the generals carry ing
the royal insignia. The exterior of the canopy
was covered with black silk, and it was lined with
white, whilst at each of its sides a black eagle was
emblazoned. Down the sides of the eight horses
which drew the carriage hung black velvet on
which the black eagle was embroidered on a white
ground. Single companies, squadrons, and bat-
talions of the troops in garrison at Potsdam.
Berlin, Spandau, and Charlottenburg opened the
procession, and immediately in front of the coffin
were court pages and pages of honour clothed
in red tunics embroidered in silver, and wear-
ing hats surmounted with black feathers ; hot
the magnificence of their costume was much dimmed
by being covered with crape. Immediately behind
Unarm* of +h. 4.1...n4"..a1 cturnra uoatt.i.a the King,
wearing a military overcoat, and on his head a
handsome helmet; near his Majesty was the King
of Hanover, conducted by Prince Charles; and
behind them were the suites in their immediate
seroice. As next mourners followed the Crown
Prince (Prince Frederic William), then the other
princes of the Prussian Royal Family, and the
foreign princes who had arrived to take part in the
mournful ceremony.
A numerous body of clergy appeared at the door
of the church, and there received the coffin, which
they conducted to a dais in front of the altar.
Before this altar a catafalque was erected on the
spot where later the body of the King was to repose
in the vault. Three steps led to the catafalque,
which was hung round with branches of cypress,
between which hundreds of wax lights were placed,
and the whole of the church was draped with black
cloth. The windows were darkened, so that the
only light was that from the wax lights around the
catafalque, and the seats and footstools were also
covered with black cloth. When the coffin
was conveyed into the church, the two
Queens, the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin, the Grand Duchess of Baden, and
the Prussian princesses were in their places
waiting to receive it; and when the King, the dis-
tinguished personages by whom his Majesty was
accompanied, and the other participators in the
procession had taken the places assigned them, it
being then about one o'clock, the funereal ceremony
was proceeded with. The choir of the cathedral
first sang the 130th Psalm, and then the local choir
sang a hymn. After this the Court chaplain, M.
Heyt. said the Litany, and at its conclusion the
Queen Dowager and the King mounted the dais,
knelt before the c )ffin, and prayed in silence for
a few moments, which pious example was fol-
lowed by the other chief mourners. About half-
pest one o'clock salvoes of artillery, taken up
by the troops in the streets without, and the tolling
of the church bells, announced that the last blessing
had been pronounced over the remains of the
deceased monarch.
The King and Queen, with most of the foreign
princes, then returned to Potsdam, and in the
evening their Majesties, the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess, the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Baden, and the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Weimar, arrived at Berlin by special
train. The King of Hanover left for his capital
the same evening, and the Grand Duke of Meck-
lenburg-Schwerin took leave on Tuesday morning.

21118 DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Jan. 11.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; light breeze and dull weather, with continued
frost.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind E.—Arrived—Wilhelm,
from Jamaica for Bremen.
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FALMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind E.—Sailed—Orient, for
Havannah.
CARDIFF, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Albertini, for
St.,Thomas.
MUMBLES, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Duke of
Northumberland, from Cuba.
DEAL, Jan. 10.—The' Claymore, from Aberdeen for
Alexandria, which went on the Goodwin Sands, came off
on the flood, and proceeded.
DUNDEE, Jan. 9.—The Holstein, from Dantzic to Perth,
which sailed about the 13th September, has not since been
heard of.
FALMOUTH, Jan. 9.—The John and Edward, from
Fowey to Newport, was abandoned this morning.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The Rockaway, from Liverpool,
which arrived at New Orleans on the ISth December, was
dismasted in a gale on the 2d, about 200 miles south-west
of Bermuda, and must go into dock to repair,

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Shannon, steamer, in tow of Trent; Alarm,
from London; Ouse, from Sunderland; Courier, steamer,
from Jersey; Temora, steamer, from London; Violante,
from Llanelly ' • Kathleen, from Sunderland ; Jessie, from
Shields ; Constantina, from Newcastle ; Vivid, from Lod-
don ; John Watson, from Cardiff.
Sailed—lsabella Croll, steamer, for Newport ; Temora,
steamer, for Dublin; Argyll , steamer, for Carentan ;
Southampton, steamer, for Jersey.
(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind S.E. ; weather thick, fog.
Arrived—H.M.S. Briton, from Sierra Leone.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Wind S.S.W., fresh; thick frost.
No arrivals.

The following communication to the Premier is
being circulated for signature amongst liberal
members of the House of Commons :
" TO THE RIGHT HON, VISCONT PALMERSTON, FIRST LOUD

OF THE TREASURY.
" My Lord—We feel it our duty, as members of the Libe-
ral party in the House of Commons, who have generally
supported your Government, respectfully to express to you
the anxious concern with which we view the present state

of the public expenditure, and to request for the subject the
very serious consideration of the Government in preparing

;he estimates for the next session.

" We cannot but hope that the enormous expenditure of
he current financial year was forced upon the Government

against their will by an unhappy combination of circum-
stances. Its amount, however, was so far beyond what has
ever been known when the country was not engaged in a
European war, that a great responsibility will rest on the
Government and the House of Commons if it should not be
materially reduced at the earliest opportunity.
" The foreign relations of the country at the close of the
year are such as to encourage a reasonable confidence in the
maintenance of peace. The war with China is at an end.
The Italian revolutions appear to be issuing in the estab-
lishment of the constitutional rule of Victor Emmanuel
over the Peninsula, whilst the neutrality which has been
observed by England is acknowledged both at home and
abroad to have been the policy of wisdom. Above all,
our relations with France have become decidedly amicable,
having obtained the guarantee of a Commercial Treaty
favourable to the interests of both countries, and being
made still more friendly by the abolition, on the part of the
Emperor, of the passport system in France, especially on
behalf of the subjects of her Majesty.
" Under these circumstances the country will naturally
expect a considerable reduction of our warlike establish-
ments from the extraordinary scale of the present year.
" We would also invite attention to the civil and miscel-

laneous expenditure of the country, which has for many
years been in course of rapid and extraordinary increase,
until it has reached an amount which loudly demands re-
vision and retrenchment.
"We are convinced that retrenchment will prove the
truest policy of the Government as the only method of
meeting the financial exigencies of the State, satisfying the
expectations of Parliament, conciliating the good opinion of
the commercial and monied interests, allaying the dissatis-
faction of the taxpayers, and preventing the loud outcry
which would inevitably arise in case of another unfavour-
able harvest or, any check to the public prosperity.
"We are compelled to say that we should view an ex-
penditure for the coming year approaching that of the cur-
rent year with great regret and disapprobation; and we
believe that that would be the feelings of our constituents
and of the country at large.
" We have, therefore, thought it right to offer these sug-
gestions in a fiiendly spirit to your lordship, and we trust
they may not be thought unworthy to receive the serious
consideration of the Government—We are, my lord, your
lordship's most obedient servants."
Amongst the signatures already obtained are those of Sir
James Duke, Mr. R. W. Crawford, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bris-
tow, Mr.Buxton, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Ewing, Mr, S. Gurney,
Mr. R. Hanbury, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Pilkington, Sir J.
Shelley, Colonel Sykes, and Mr. J. A. Turner.

TILE DROWAINO OF AN ARTILLERY-

ALAIY.-HARROIVING SCENE.

Particulars of the following distressing case
only now transpire. On the morning of the New
Year's-eve, a small dingy on Thorn Island, at the

entrance to Milford House, and which was used by
the men of the coast brigade for communicating
with their large boat anchored about 60 yards off,
was washed away by a heavy sea. Gunner Burke
having volunteered to swim off to the large boat
which his comrades were anxious to procure in
order to go after and recover the dingy, fastened a
rope round his waist, and giving the other end to a
comrades jumped into the sea ; but the rape being
too short by three or four yards, another piece was
immediately added. In the meantime Burke was
carried by a strong ebb tide below the boat, and
called out to his comrades to haul him on
shore. In attempting to do so, unfortunately,
the rope parted at the joining just made, and the
gallant fellow was left struggling against a
strong and a high sea, and hampered by the rope
round his waist, was drifted further from the

island, calling in vain for help. His poor wife, who
Was daily expecting her confieement, and her three •
children, were witnesses to the scene, and mingled '
their wild and frantic shrieks of despair with the
piteous gurgling cries of the drowning husband
and father.

At this moment Bombardier Kay, a married man,
with a wife and four young children, plunged into
the sea from a high rock, a sharp frost prevailing
cue Lune, to uruer, it possible, to save his com-
rade ; but although a good swimmer and a power-
fully-built man, six feet six inches in height, he
could not stem the strong current and terrific sea,
and after struggling for nearly a quarter of an hour
in the water, was himself nearly drowned, when
fortunately a huge sea dashed him, bruised and
senseless, 20 or 30 feet high among the rocks. The
moment he recovered his consciousness he endea-
voured to jump in again, but was restrained by his
comrades, who informed him that poor Burke had
just sunk between two seas. The latter rose to the
surface shortly afterwards quite dead, the back of
his head' and shoulders being visible over the water.

At this moment a large sea-gull perched on the body
and commenced picking at the head. Thus the body
of the drowned soldier, with its lonely freight,
remained in sight for nearly two hours, and was
gradually drifted out to sea and lost to the bewil-
dered gaze of the widow and her orphans. It has
not since been recovered.

Two days afterwards Mrs. Burke gave birth to
another child. Her forlorn condition, bereft of her
husband and only source of support, and left on the
world with four orphans,one of them a cripple, calls
for sympathy and compassion. It is to be hoped
that the Royal Humane Society will recognise
such noble conduct as that evinced by Bom-
bardier Kay. Subscriptions in aid of the widow
will be received by Col. Brown, Pembroke-dock,
commandant of the Royal Artillery in the district,
who is exerting herself on her behalf; and also by
the Rev. Charles Hort, chaplain to the Forces,Pern-
broke -dock, who has furnished us with the fore-
going narrative of this sad affair.

TBIS DAY'S _MARKET&

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MONEY MARWET AND CITY NEWS' SHARE 31ARKET.—(TIIIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
' • ' -. Closing'
Share! Railways. Paid. 'l tteinesadone
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Price.
CITY, Two o'CLocK. i
1 I Closing 1 Business 100 lAtiantic The transactions in the Foreign and Colonial „glare AL Si Lawrence ---a-11 73 75 74
Railways. I Paid.' Price. Done. Ak tc I Boin.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
Produce Markets during the last few days have _ ____ 1 Gu. 5 per F
16 11 11 d
c Do. ent.. .... . 100 92 93
been very much curtailed by the advance in the 50Th Beita,t _____and 13allvmena ) all f- - 18 Do, *
13.11 !Bin,' Wol , and Str. Val.! all q 51 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 5 d
value of money and the very severe weather. At b Lock !Birk., La., and ChJ Line! 100 80 S 2 201 Do. New
public sales of tea the biddings were inactive 25 BlLitllth UT It
the 25 I all 111 121 . 10 Do. Preference ...... all 6 . 7
'Myth and Ten, all - - ,09 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 80
and a further decline of td. told. per lb. took place 10 Bost. Skaf. and Mid.Co all 01 7 ' I 6 p, et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
stock Bristol and Exeter
in the value of ordinary and inferior qualities. The stock Caledonian
5100 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 4 Pr
dealings •
in sugars were only to supply the imme- rnt,lien t Cardigan all - _
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. - -
CCoarrkmaa Bandon all -
diate requirements of the trade, and prices were a 2200 Cork, Blrock., t•Passage, all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 14 d
Cornwall 1 all 6 6/ 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 7/ 14 4
shade flatter. For coffee there has been a fair171 Demerara all - -
10 Do A(A gets no div., (all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gii. sp. c 10 21 11d
demand, but owing to the foggy weather the public 10 IDo B 1 until 6pt peran.; al]
stock East Indian, ,9,11. sp. c. 100 98 99 981
( hasbeen • (I. toll, --- 20 Do. F Shares Ext all
sales were postponed until to-da Rice h been 5°
y. as 2 I Dublin & Belfast. June all - -
5 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lune. all 884 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - -
very inactive, and for fruit, cocoa, and spices easier stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. all 98 99
stock Eastern Counties lOO 514 621 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 100 101
quotations are current. Saltpetre has declined ls. stock Eastern' Union, A stock, 100 37 39
stcok Do 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all - -
,
to ls. 6d, per cwt while the tallow market has do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong Corporation
1 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 per cent. Bonds ...... 100 -
shown increased depression, P.Y.C. on the spot is stock East Suffolk - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 221 231 221
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 88 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 75 80
i now quoted at 605., March delivery 585., and last stock Edin. Perth, & 100 Do. 7 p Dundee 100 284 29 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 46 50
per cent. 1862 ..all 57 60
3 months 575. 6d. per cwt. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction
stock Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 60 54
100 Do. do. 1872 ~ all 48 52
A large amount of business was transacted in stock Glas,. and S. Western 1 100 116 118
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland! all - - stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 95 96 954
the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 11c1 1d 7
100 1108 109
stock Great Northern 1 100 'llll 1124
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim)
tended upwards. The sales were estimated at stock Do do A stock
stock Do do Bdo
25,000 bales. stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 1114 1124 20 Gt. W. of Cana a Shares all 101 11 101 1
stock Great Western 1 100 731 731 73/
About £BO,OOO in sovereigns was withdrawn stock Do Str Val gua. stock/ 100 61 64 20 Do New ..
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 18 91 91 d7l
from the Bank of England yesterday for exporta- 12 Irish South-eastern 1 all - - opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100
tion. stock Lancashire & Yorkshirel 100 1171 118 1181 174
stock London and Blackwall; 100 62 63 611 100 o. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96
100 116 117 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 88 82
The steamer Ellara,which leaves t 12th stock Lon., Bright. &S Coast stock Madras, guar.. 41 p. c lOO 83 85
..o-morrow, stock Lend., Chat., and Dover 100 49 51
inst., for Bombay, will take out L 381,387, of which stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 100 1001 1001 1 stock Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Lond. & Sth. Western.. 100 941 45/ stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 86 87
£365,027 consists of silver, and the remaining 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - 20 Do. Fourth do l5 11 11 d
£16,360 of gold. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 810
stock Man. Shet & Lincoln.. 100 55 56 116/ 20 Do. d 01...., - -
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO - - ~
-
A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors 52 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - 20 ewßrunswick & Conde
121 Do do 4 shares.... all - - Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
of Messrs. Holdsworth and Co., sugar refiners, when 10 Metropolitan 5 31 21d Class A Capital Share
idland
stock M
the liabilities were stated at L 27,019, and the assets 6.4.0. Do new - - 2 p 20 117 to. do. B Capital do.
... all 5 7
• at £3,549. The meeting was adjourned for a fort- stock Do i,irming. & Derby 100 108 110 .o. do. Land do. .....
20 Oude (Limited) - -
SO Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - -
night, in order to allow three inspectors and true- 25 Do 4 shares el - - stock cinde ... ...... I',,i 4 100 971 981
tees to clear off the small remaining stock, and to 25 Mid Kent. - -
all - - 20 Do. Puniau.l3 .... I Le. g lo 211 11+1 8
20 Do. Do. ........ a 9 a,ll - - 1
investigate the estate, B‘o. 10 Do, Cray Line
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - stock Do. In dus. St. Flo. gs; 100 92 91
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
At the half-yearly meeting of the East and 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 8 4'l
100 53 55
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all - -
stock Norfolk.... .• . • • .: •• • •
West India Dock Company, just held, a dividend 50 IVihn. Counties Union 3l FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
of 3 per cent. for the past six months, free of North British .. „ 100 65 651 65 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all i5l 51
• income-tax, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per stock
stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 1 100 - -
stock D, A stk ; A rocs no d.I 20 !Ardennes.... ..... .. all - -pi
20 )13a11.&S.Fran..iim.7 p.c. 10 14 114 84
until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 - - s inelqi.ui East. Junction all 1 1
annum, was 'declared. stock Do B stock .... •.- • • 20 Beziers to GraisSessac.. all -
The extent of the recent pressure upon the re- stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick) ;fig 104-1 10-41 MI 5
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase ,16134 1) 1P P 6 !Cir-neaux Mine & Rail all 11 12
sources of the Bank of France is fully exhibited in stock Do Leeds .............. I 100 631 441 651 4 100 Copiapo - ......& -- - all - -
100 94 941 94/ 10 • Ditto Extension .... all 3 241
the monthly return issued this morning, the Patti- stock North London .. 1 100 101 101 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 21 21.1
stock Do York,
milers of which have been received by telegraph. 10 Do new 1 5 - - 20 Eastern of France .... all 224 231
19.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 2i 211 151 1 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 -
There has been an increase in the bills discounted 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 10 20 Do. do. all - -
of 12,760,000, and in the bank notes of L 1,270 000 12 Not. & Grantham Rail 1
f I 10 trebles ,... ... -. •• • • 1 54 51 Si
all - - 20 Great Central of France all - -
20 Gt. Luxem., Con.. shs... all 61 7
While the bullion has fallen off about £3,293,300, Portsmouth - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all - -
10 Rhymney... .- -. •••• • • all - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - -
; the advances £90,000, and the Treasury balances stock Scottish Central - -
1 £2,045,000. stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 341 20 Lyons & Geneva ..".... all - -
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 331 Maria Antonia ........ all - -
10 Do. New ..... ... ..... all - -
• There is a fair demand for discount aecommoda- stock Shropshire Union
7 20 ,Namur & Liege ........ all 71 71
tion, but the market is comparativelyand the 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer.
110111 6
13
quiet,
r I , stock South Eastern
rates appear steady. 16 Do. New Shares ~ ... 15 - -
stock South Wales
It was resolved at a meeting of the Commercial stock S. York. and River Dun 100 80 s. ' 10 Norwetn an ' Trunk Pref.. all 7/ 61
20 Paris, Lyons,
& Mediter. all 35 36
I ' 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
Dock Company to-day to declare a dividend of 21 25 Stockton & Darlington all 421 431 20 aris & Orleans. .... all 53 55
ecife & S. Fran..(Pern.)
per cent. for the past half year. The report, whichDo do ll I 101 111 p 22 20 f
gua. 7p. et. 1im...... 13 31 21d
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Was unanimously adopted, was on the whole satin- stock Do Pref. No 1 too 1 - -
stock Taff Vale .............: 100 1 - -
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 -
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 I - - 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all - -
factory; the number of vessels which had entered 60 Ulster .. - - -
-'
• 5 ' oyal Swedish ......... all - -
the docks during the six months was 1,331, repro- 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -
12 10 Do -: .. ....
25 Do ........... ..... •
d P
renting an aggregate of 365,026 tons. The company20 Sambre & Meuse . .
10 so. 54 per cent. Pref all 81 q
e l3 Victoria Sta. and Pim.. all 111 111
stock Vale of Neath
20. San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 1 4d 24
has transacted a very large and profitable business stone Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
PI Waterford & Limerick all 1- - 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 11 14 d
e in grain, and the granaries now hold a more eaten- 5°
20 West Cr,rnwall .... •• • • all i 6 61 20 outhern of France.. - all 191 20
r sive supply than at any former period. 20 West London.. .. . • - -
10 Do Ist class •• •• all - - 81 West Flanders ........ all 5/ 61
10 so. 51p. c. Preference.. all 91 91
g There has not been much fluctuation to-day in 20 Do 2d class .• ,_ - - 20 '. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22
rs the market for Public Securities, but rather a heavy and Rail lOO - - 20 Western of Austria.... 6 _
20 Western of Switzet land all - -
8 . stock WestlTartlepoot Harbr .
6 Wiesbaden - _
. tone prevails and a slight decline has taken place, stock West Midland-Oxford 100 47 49 48
6 Vo. 8 per cent. Pref all -
`t ' stock Do. Newport' 100 42 44
Consols being 911 1 for money, and 911 92 for Hereford 100 83 85 2O Zealand - -
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a , February. The unfavourable Bank of France stock Do.
PREFERENCE SHARES. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
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a return has attracted the notice of the speculators. . 00 , A gra&UnitedService Bk 50 83 55
Paid Closing Business 40 Australasial all 72 74
Lg The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 919 Share! Railways. Price. Done. 25 'Bank of Egypt all 20 21
to
' lOO Bank of London 5O 51 63
i ; Long Annuities at 161 ; Bank Stock has im- 25 ,ii
ill i vthe and Tyne 10 per 20 Bank of Turkey
id proved to 232 and 234 ; India ditto is flat at 219 ; c. prof. (issued at £5O all - -
stk I Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 - - 50 IBritish North American all - -
20 Chtd.Bankl of India, &c. all 221 23
ditto 5 per Cent. Loan remains at 1001 ; and 25 ICILMer. of In: Lon.& Ch. all 34 25
n 20 !Do. do. do. Shares ...._. 14 - -
stock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 101 103 100 (City
Y• . Exchequer Bills are heavy ss. to is. din. stock Do. Quart Shares, No. 2. 100 100 'Colonial . . 25 40 41 i 401 40
18 Foreign Securities have been in moderate request, 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - 20'11 !Com. Bank of Canada all - - ,
a and prices are well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. 61 I Dun.Perth&Aber.Juri.. all 6 61
20 (Cornwall. 5 per cent. .. all 201 211 100 Commerciali of London. 20 21/ 221
20 Eno- Scot., & Aus. Ch all 16 161 161
Po are 70 to 701 ; ditto (1858) 56 to 561 ; ditto £lOO stock ,E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 99 101 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - -
10 stock , Do. do. Class B 6 pm._ 100 112 115 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231
50 London and County
20 ' Bonds have improved to 581, and the 4 per Cents. stock 'Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 106 108
stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. C. No.l 100 110 112 50 London Joint Stock - - 301
ea . to 101 i 102 ; Russian 41 per Cents. are 921 ; ditto stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 100 London & Westminster 20 - - , 644 4.
ed. 3 per Cents. 611 ; Mexican remain at 211 ; and stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - -
he Buenos Ayres at 96t stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 108 - -
stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 - - 20 Do. new l2 - ..... 129
50 National Bank -
ad • stock ,Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 112 114 20 New South Wales all - -
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co report the prices stock I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 n 20 IDo. new
~
stock lEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 - - 25 (Orient. B. Corporation . all 47 48
of American Securities as follows :
stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - 20 !Ottoman Bank ... .. .
Ln,
Lto Redeemable. Prices stock GI as.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 - - 100!Provincial of Ireland 25 - -
United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 - - stock "Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 115 117 10 IDo. new %II - -
ng Do. 6 per Cent Bonds 000 112 114
1 •25 South Australia - -
oa- , Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 88 90 stock i Do. 41 p. c. do. de . .... lO4 106
100 'Do. sp.e. Rwini. o p.c. pm 80 86 88 25 Union of Australia - - 421 i
50 Union o London
er- Pennsylvania 6 per Ct. Bonds 1877 84 85 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pi. 411 - - 100 'Unity Mutual 6O '
he Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 86 871 100 98 100
COLONIAL
ea, Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 86 87 .
Gt. Sn. •& w (Ireland) 4
p. ct. pref. stock... i GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES.
Mr De. shares, 80 dole. paid .... 32 31 din stock oscok
Great West (Berke and
Hants) Ext. sp. ct... 6 - - - Can. Gov. Gp.c.Ja..S.:July 100 109 114
, Michigan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 87 89 stock Co. Tledeemable,4l p.ct. 100 98 100
-_
.. .
Do.DO. 6
p.6c.p.Fceebn. scent:.
Aug.lBBiO
- Do. 6p. cent 1879 100 - -
:700 : -11 1-13
en Dodo_ shares
,nd New York Central 6 per Ct , , stock Do Irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - -
- Do. 6p. 0. Feb.
& Sept. 100 111 113
'he , not convertible.... lBB3 86 88 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103
New York Central 7 per Ct., 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 98 10 - c Do. 5 per cent lOO tot 102
ea- 10 Llt. Nr. Ches. s p.c. pf.sh. all 171 185
- Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 105 los
his convertible,- from June 15,
185749.... 1864 91 93 10 Do. do. 6p. et. pref . all 105 11
stock Do Birmg..mar. stock.. 100 76 78 - t Do. Scrip
-- N.B.GDovo:6 90 - -
p.c. Ja.,duB9l; 100100 10-4 106-5
Lad Do. do. shares • 75 77 261 , Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 105
the Now York and Erie, 7 per Ct., 13/ iDo. do. do.
all 181 151 16 - Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - -
of Ist mortgage
ter. Do. de., 2d mortgage 1859 89 90 stock T,an. &York 6p. c. stock. 100 138 140
stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 100 - ,-.- Do. sp. 0.,1871 to 1876 100 981 995
xly De. do., 3d mortgage lBB3 78 80 stoelt Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . • 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwcli 100 971 981 971 64
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
Do. do. convertible 1862 - - stock Lon. Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 116 118
)dy Do. do. shares 32 34 stock Do. sp. c No. 2 100 116 118 sterling, 1875 lOO 1051 1061
;ht, Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • stock Do. gust 6P. c• - S.Aus.G t. 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 - -
vas gage Str. Bonds, not cony.. 186.5 100 102 stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118
--
V—ilCioG.
bdy°l.
66
PPle.e.AjsP.
BRITISHT°uctY.IIOOOO MINES. 10-7
il-PB---
---1
91
Nil- Do. Co., 2d do. ....... ...... 1872 99 101 stock IDo. do. 41 per cen'. ... • 100 103 105
5 'Do. do. 41 p. c. shares all - -
has Business in the Railway Share Market continues stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 153 156
Closing Business
-very quiet, but prices have been steadily main-
stock Do.4p.c.S.(4llv.dettil '65) 100 69 71
stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134
Share Mines.
- - - . . . -. -1..:-...., .4.,,,4, Tam Chat. and Dover lOO 89 91 891 , Paid.
Price. Done
_ _

river
card,
fore,
,hieh
were

for
rano-
most
but

rates

Linda

Paid. Closing I Business
,;,bare, Railways. , Price. Done.
50 'Beifasi and Ballymena j all
13.1-1 :Thr., Wol , and Str. Val.! all 84 81
b Lock !Birk., La., and Ch. J unc I 100 80 82
25 built Mat:
25 'Myth and Tvi, all
10 Bost. Sleat: and Aid.Co all 61 7
stock Bristol and Exeter ... •
100 99 101 140
. 100 97 971 971
stock Caledonian
10 Carmarthen t Cardigan all
50 Cork and ila.n don all
IC(D:ooorrnkßw, Itirock.,ali. k• Passage, all
22g
- I all 6 64
10 ,Do A (~ gets no div.! all
10
,until 6pt peran. i i all
rhasbpen • (I. toil,
50 I Dublin & Belfast. -Juno. all
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 8 84
stock East Anglianloo 16 17
stock Eastern Counties lOO 511 621
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39
stcok Do do Bdo 100 26 28
25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 1:34
stock East Suffolk
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 88
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 281 29
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
stock Furness
stock Masc.. and S. Western 100 116 118
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all
stock Great Northern lOO 111 f 1124
stock Do do A stock
stock Do do B do
100 1114 lit/
stock Gt. S. & W. of Ireland
stock Great Western
stock Do Str Val gun. stock! 100 61 64
12 Trish South-eastern all
stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1174 118 114 174
stock London ad Blackwall 100 62 63 ilf
stock Lou., Bright— & S Coast 100 116 117
stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 49 11
stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 100 1004 1001
stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 94f 454
all
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 810
stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 55 56 116,4
50 Maryport and Carlisle all
12f Do do 4 shares all
10 Metropolitan 5 3i tiel
stock Midland
6.4.0. Do new
stock Do rmint'. & Derby 100 108 110
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all
25 Do 4 shares el
25 Mid Kent.
10 Do, Cray Line
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all
10 Newry & Armagh, deft . 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all
stock Norfolk .... .. •. • ..... _ 100 53 65
50 Nihn. Counties Union 34 d
stock North British .. 100 65 6.54 65
stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stockl 100
stock D, A stk ; A recs no d.l
until 6pchas beenpd•B 100
stock Do B stock ... _ _ 100
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick] 100 1041 1044 1041 5
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase;l6l34 1) 1P
stock Do Leeds .............. I 100 63f 444 631 4
stock Do York
stock North London ..
10 Do new 5
19.15.4 North Staffordshire l7l 2f 21 1
151 4
10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 10
12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 81 84 81
10 Peebles.. —•• •
Portsmouth
10 Rhymney ..... - ...... all
stock Scottish Central'
stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 34f
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89
stock Shropshire Union
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 6 7
stock South Devon ... •
stock South Eastern
stock South Wales .... lOO 62 64
stock S. York. and River Dun 100 80 83
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
25 Stockton & Darlington all . 42f 431
25 Do do •. 11 , 101 114 p 22
stock Taff Vale .._,. • , •....... 100 1
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO I
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 I
50 Ulster . "
25 Do ........... .....
12 10 Do . :.. ....
stock Vale of Neath
13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 11/
stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100
50 Waterford & Limerick all j
20 West Cornwall .... •
20 West London-- . •
10 Do Ist class
20 Do 2d class ~_
stock WestHartlepool Harbr !
and Rail lOO
stock West Midland—Oxford, 100 47 49 48
stock Do. Newport' 100 42 44
stock Do._____ Hereford 100 83 85

eras
value

25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per
1 c. pref. (issued at £s°
itk I Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock
)0 IDo. do. do. Shares ..
.A Caledon £lO, 44 per cent
~..k Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.
10 (Cornwall. 5 per cent. ..
64 I Don.Perth&Aber.Jun..
k lE.Antm.Class A 7 &sp.c.
:k Do. do. Class B 8 p.c....
k Do. do. Class C 7 p.c....
k E. Coon. Ex. sp. c. No.l
k Do. do. No. 2
.:k Do. New 6 per ct. stock.
ck Eastern Union,4 per ct
)ck Do. 5 per cent. guar...
2k Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares
,ck I Do. 4 p.c gua. S. &D.
stock lEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
k Furness, 5 per cent ....
k Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
k IGreaf Northern, 5 p. ct.
k I.',o.sp.e.Ttedm., 10 p.c.pm
k i Do. 44 p. c. do. do.. ....
J Do. sp.e. Roan'. 0 p.c. pm
0 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pr.
i, c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
'- / p. ct. pref. stock....
.0 Great West (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct...
!lc Co. tledeemable,4l p.ct.
ck Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct
ock Do Irredeemable, d 0...
.ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref.
8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares.
10 (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh.
O Do. do. 6p. et. pref
)ck Do Birlllg.ErUar. stock..
!Ai Do. Chester gua. shares
'3/ Do. do. do.
1 Do. do. do.
ick T,an. &York 6p. c. stock.
)ek Do.Barnsl.st.£s:3s 10d pc
11c Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) ..
k Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l
:k Do. 5 p. c No. 2
k Do. Fru& 6 p. c.
* Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4
,ck Do. do. 41 per cen'. ....
5 'Do. do. 41 p. c. shares..
.ck Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock.
)ek Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.)
)ck Do.4p.c.S.(4llv.dettil '65)
)ck Lon. Chat. and Dover..
)ck Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, 5 p. et.....
)ck Lon. & S.W. 7p. ct. stock
)ck Do. 44 per cent . .
6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl arms.
of 2s. 6d....
121 Londondy. & Cole. Ish
121 Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh.
)ck Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct.
6 Do. £6
0k Do. 34 per cent
10 Do. redeem. 6 Per cent
12 "laryoort & Car., 4p. c
12 Do. 4C
.4C 1 pern
o 6 p cent.3ct c. stock
)ck Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c.
nek Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock
6 Do. with option till 1860
ock Do. Leta & Hit. pref. at.
ock Norflk sp. c. Ex. at. 184
ock co. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 184
ock o.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47
ock orth British, sp. 0...
ock Do. New, gua. 6p. c....
101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she
10 , Do. do. do.
ock Nth. Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co.
ock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c.
ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.
17 Do. do. do
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1
121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848
15 Do. York, .& S. Purch
20 North Staffordshire
10 Bhp:me), Guaranteed
811 Scottish Central, new p
Scottish North-Easter
31 p. c. pref. stock
lc Do.Aberdeengua.6p.c.
ek Do. 7p. c. pref. stock
[Os. South Devon, Ann. 105.
10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent.
'A South Eastern (Reading
_ _.

let mortgage
Do. di., 2d mortgage
De. do., 3d mortgage
Do. do. convertible
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., let wort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony 1865 100 102
Do. do., 2d do 1872 99 101
Business in the Railway Share Market continues et,
-my quiet, but prices have been steadily main- 8.1
tained for several of the principal undertakings. etc
North Westerns, Midlands, North Staffords, and 14'
West Midlands have improved 55.; and Bristol and
Exeter, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. 2s
The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown no
change in values. et
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been ix limited request, at slightly reduced rates. et
Union of Australia have declined 50. ; Peel River,
10s. ; and Royal Mail Steam, £l. et
st

137 139
101 103

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
sank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 911 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l
India Stock. .. ,
Ditto b per Cent ..
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ,
Ditto 5 per Cent.
1 htto Debentures, 1858 951 1
Consols for Account, Feb. 7 92
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1}d2 5 1 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 971
Chilian 6 per Cent lO2l
• Ditto 41 per Cent B3
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 .. • •
.'.!-Ditto 3 per Cont.,. 1856, '7 and '9 4ll 4
Russian 6 per. Cent. 1822, £ St • •
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loin
Ditto Account
__ _

95 97

Xl2 114
[lO 111
I}p

100
100
100
'.13.4.

93 , 95
103 105
i iP

tot

auks
brio.

ivily,
ittac-

5. d.
3 10
5 0
4 8
5 4
0 0

iglish
t very

inac-
linary

publics
d and
aarket

CI-day,

,ations

ry re-
luoted

show-
mward
Aivery

vhole
ar that
.d been
eluded

Ditto 1100 Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCII.

Consols, Money . 9ll I
Ditto Account 9ll 02

RACING FIXTI
FEBR'

Lincoln. l3

LivNoterpool tingham
Sprin Sprg ..ing
.... 5
12
14
Shrewsbury

Northampton
Crorton Park
Epsom Spring ....11
Newmarket Craven 15

Chester 7
York l4
Malt= l6
Salisbury l6

'RES FOR 1861.
TARY.

Chelmsford 6
Beverley ._ ........ 5
Hungerford 6
Ascot 1
Hampton l9
Newton l9
__.

Derby Spring l9
,CH.

Warwick Spring l9
Coventry l9

stoci
stocl

IL.
Thirsk lB
Doncaster Spring 23
I Newmarket F S 29

Ann, 1.0.6)

@toe!
stud
stud
stoel
stoel

;IC Do. 44 per cent.
~k Do. Fixed 14p.c. Ist is.
~k south Wales, gua. 4 p.c.
k Do. 44 per cent.
k S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.
i Stock. & 19ar. A 5 p. c
i Do. B 6 ner cent
i Do. C 6 per cent
:k Witted & Kilkny, 6 p. c
~k IW.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stir!
,ck I Do. 2d do I
,cock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.l
stock Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866
stock Do. till 1869, Ist is.
12i Do. do. 2d is.

Newmarket ............ 2
Carlisle
Worcester ........ 4
Liverpool July .... 9
Abingdon.

kY.
Bath 2l.
Manchester 22
Harpenden 24
Epsom 2B
'NE.

ATJG

Lewes ....

Brighton
Brighton Club 9
Wolverhampton l2
Reading 14

stoci
stocl
stool

SEPT:

Warwick ...... 3
Stockton
Devon and Exeter
Derby
Doncaster • l7

OCTI

Odih, ........25
Newoastle 26
Bibury Club 26
Stockbridge
Winchester

Pontefract 11
-Nottingham 16
Stamford lB
Goodwood 3O

UST.
Egham ............ 2O
Oxford 22
York 2B
Plymouth 29

Newmarket F 0 ........ 1
Newmarket $ Os et•em 14

IMBER.
Richmond .............. 24
Leicester
Walsall ................ 25
Monmouth ......•.....26
Manchester Autumn.. "7
)BER:

id p
23 24

[23 12$
130 133
101 11

Paid. Closing Business
Done

- !Allred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 35 4
20 !British Iron
- (Clifford nil 205 215
- Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )• 1 410 420 412 15
- East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 115 120
- East Caradon ... ..
- E. W'l Russel (Tavlstk ), 7.4.0 95 101
- Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 545 25 27
- Great South Tolf.rus l7s 75 81
- ,G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 12.13.9 f 1
- IG. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 15 15
- Grenville 5.14.6 3 34
- Herod's-Foot 8.12 33 36
- I Hingsten Downs 1 4.10.8 34 al
-. Lady Bertha
- Margaret (Uny Lelant) 95 52 55
- (North Downs 2l 31 4
- (North Frances (Illogan) 111 4/ 51
- IN. Wh'l Basset (Illo,an) 15s 4 5
- 'North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 8 9
- Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 91 10
20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46
- ,Sortridae Cons. Min. Co. 14s I 1
- li3outh Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 300 310
- IS. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 35 31 4
1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all -
IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)18.1.9 155 0 16f 0
- (Stray Park 24.18.01 46 48
5 (Tamar Silv.& Lead Min '45 25 25
10 ,Tin Croft ~ 9 55 6
- ',Vale of Towey (farm 113 s 6d 4 5
- West Basset (Illop,-,an) 15 185 195
- W. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 78 80
- West: Salon
- !Wheal Basset (Illogan)i 51 1125 1175
- !Wheal Buller (Redruth , 5 145 155
- [Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 1/ 2
- ,Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 13 14 13
- I Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 21
- ;Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 55 lB 20
FOREIGN MINES.
20 i Australian , 75 1
1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim.; 15s 1 d
85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li p., 275
20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 26 27
5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all - ......
1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. f - die.
40 Cobre Copper al i 4.:1 45
- ICopiapo.. ..... il6 8 10
1 ~,u_enlloun.Cop.llling.Col all
2 ortuna
* all 21 3
20 neral all 21 23
2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 5 ip
11 Kapunda (Limited) I 15 15 p
8 Linares all 9 10
5 ,Lusitanian 2 p
1 \Mariquita all f 15
1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 11244.6 d. 5 d
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl
Mining and Smelt all 4 8
5 Port Philip 1 :.1 f
1 'rScottish Austrin. (L.) los. 15 d
281•85 United Mexican •
1 .Worthing (Limited).... all / 1
I 1 Do l9s. - -
MISCELLANEOUS.
.-...-......
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 13 14
1000 ,Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - -
25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 31
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5
50 British American Land 40 - -
50 'B.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37
20 I Do. 8,7p.0.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 ,Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15
321 'Canada Land all 110 113
10 IChan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all - -
stock ,Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg all - -
25 I Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 235 245
stock Crystal Palace
stock Do. Preference
stock ;Do. 6p. c. Pet jet. Deben. 100 107 109
stock 'Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5 2 1
5 Engli§si k Ans. Copper all 25 3 25
15 Gen. Steam Navigat m 14 - -
1 Great Ship I.imited) 1 all
1 Do. 174 pet Preferencel all I S
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim. - -
20 London Discount (Lim. 5 11 1 d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim all 1 15
20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 11 15
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - -
10 iMed. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 21 31
25 National Dig. Co. (Lim. 5 15 11,
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim. 5 3 2.i
10 Netherlands Land all 5 a
5 Do.S p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all
1
100 N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 80 - -
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 515
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 'lss. 5 pr
10 OrintLln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 - - .
10 Ditto B. - -
10 Ditto C. 2s. - -
- stook PeelltLnd.&Min.(Lim lOO 48 51 581 50
- 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam
50 Do. New 25 12 13
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e all 17 18 p
- 50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 5 6
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 48
stockf,Soot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 136 141
25 outh Australian Land all 34 35
1 übmarine Tel. Scrip all
1 Do. do. Registered
lo Do. do. , 1 all 5 I
.71
20 r. & Ln. CO.OfTi-pr.Can l 5 -••
;08 Yallineniesadaul o'l 38 9 10

Newmarket II 28

100
100
100
100
100

23! 24%
102 104
102 104
91 93
100 102
85 88
27 28%
12% 33%
32 33%
45 48
124 126
123 125
100 102
123 126
116 120

121;

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1861.

LAW INTELLIORNCE.

.(Tills DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

This being the first day of Term, the judges took their
seats at ten o'clock, without any preliminary ceremony.
There were present in the Court the Lord Chief Justice (Sir
A. Cockburn), Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cromp-
ton, and Mr. Justice Hill.

_FELLOWSHIPS AT ALL BOULS.

THE QUEEN V. TIIE OVERSEERS OF MINSHALL VERNON.
Mr. Gray moved, on behalf of the burial board of the
Middlewick Vestry, Cheshire, for a mandamus adrressed to
James Wright and Thomas Jones,the overseers of Minshall
Vernon, commanding them to pay the sum of £5B Bs, 7d. to
the burial board out of the poor rates of the township. It
would probably be a question whether the burial board was
properly constituted. The parish of Middlechurch consisted
of 15 townships and nothing else, each of these townships
having separate overseers, and separately maintaining its
own poor. There was only one vestry for the whole parish,
and the whole of the inhabitants attended. Until 1840
there was only one church in the whole parish, that churoh
being situate in the parish of Middlewick, but since 1840,
under the Church Building Acts, two churches had been
built in two of the townships, one of them being the town-
ship of Minshall Vernon. The parish had not been divided,
wad marriages were still sent to the principal church at
Middlewick. Although each of the two churches had
a burial ground attached to it, the persons who died in the
township cf Minshall Vernon were frequently taken to the
mother church at Middlechurch. In 1858 a meeting of the
vestry was properly called, and it was agreed that there
should be a new burial ground for the whole parish, the
old burial ground having been closed. At that meeting a
burial board was appointed for the parish under the Act of
Parliament, and it was arranged that a sum of £3,000
should be borrowed of the Public Loan Commissioners,
The money was to be paid off by instalments extending over
twenty years. When one or two of those instalments be-
came due, certificates in due form were issued to the over-
seers of the different townships calling upon them to pay
proportionate amounts for their townships. With the ex-
ception of Minshall Vernon all had paid their quotas, but the
overseers of Minshall Vernon refused to pay, and the only
answer that could be obtained from them was that Minshall
Vernon was not part of the parish of Middlechurch, and
could not be included in the burial board's expenses with-
their own consent.

For three days in the Hall of Lambeth Palace
the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Wensley-
dale, and Dr. Twins have been listening to the
most eminent counsel at the English Bar, And,
on few occasions have Sir Richard Bethel! and
Sir Hugh Cairns proved themselves more worthy
of their great reputation. The history of the
Fellowships at All Souls does not, at first sight,
seem a very attractive subject for the public; but
the truth is, that there never was a more important
question brought before a court of justice. It
may be well, therefore, to explain in a few sentences
the real question at issue, and the anxiety which is
naturally felt in the result. The judgment, indeed,
is still to be delivered, and under ordinary ciremn-
stanees it would be usual to delay discussion. We
shall, however, do little more than explain the
reasons which give the matter so much importance.
It is hardly necessary to recur to the old history
of All Souls College. Originally founded for poor
priests who were to sing perpetually for the souls
of the departed, it became in modern years a plea-
sant club. It filled in the High-street of Oxford the
place of White's in St. James's. The qualifications
for admission were neither learning, nor morals, nor
industry. Bene nati, bene vestal, et mediocriter docti,
was the proverbial description of those who aspired
to enter the walls of this agreeable society. And
it must be admitted that the Fellows of All Souls
succeeded admirably in their design. They got
together a set of most agreeable companions. But
the Royal Commissioners rudely broke in upon this
pleasant party. Acting upon the principle that
charities founded to promote religion and. learning
should be really devoted to that purpose, they
passed certain ordinances for the future government
of the various colleges at Oxford, The scholarships
and fellowships which had hitherto been confined to
candidates from particular counties and particular
families were thrown open. The general rule
was laid down that—saving any grave moral dis-
qualification—merit should prevail; and the elec-
tors were enjoined " to elect the candidate who,
after examination, should prove to be of the
greatest merit and most fit to be a Fellow of a Col-
lege as a place of religion and learning." • This
ordinance, imposed upon every college at Oxford,
has been hailed as a great reform. It has put an
end to nepotism and narrow rortriotiong. If a
young man of merit presents himself at Oxford,
come from whatever quarter he may, he is welcome.
Let him be as poor as friendship, as rustic in man-
ners as you will, he may still obtain the means of
indulging his genius for intellectual pursuits. It
has been the glory of the University of Oxford
that both in letter and in spirit this ordinance has
been obeyed by the Fellows of every college except
one, and chat one is All Souls. At every other
college there is an invitation addressed to all the
members of the University to become candidates, who
are examined by the Fellows of the college or by a
board appointed for the purpose, the members of
which alone take part in the voting; and that can-
didate is finally elected who proves his superiority
in the examination, provided there is nothing
serieus against his moral character. At the colleges
where this system is pursued not only perfect har-
mony has prevailed, but the cause of industry,
learning, and morality has been greatly advanced.
But at All Souls great is the difference. There,
indeed, the Commissioners, aware of the corrupt
spirit which prevailed, imposed peculiar restric-
tions. They did not think it expedient to
alter the ancient system whereby the col-
lege received no undergraduates. They did not
insist upon converting it into a place of education.
But they determined to make this foundation sub-
servient to the purpose of promoting the study of
Jurisprudence and Modern History. Their idea
seems to have been to convert it into a sort of
Diplomatic School. :And for this purpose they
ordained that the intellectual qualification should
be tested by an examination in the subjects of
Law and Modern History, and that the candidate
of the greatest merit in such examination should
be elected. Originally, indeed, the College of All
Souls had vigorously recalcitrated against all inter-
ference, and had protested with a latitude of ex-
pression which would have been amusing had it
been less culpable, against the reproaches with
which these practices were assailed. With a bold
casuistry which would have done no discredit to
Ignatius Loyola, they declared that their Fellows
had been elected by merit, which, according to their
vocabulary, means the qualities which go to make
up the gentleman, and that their choice had been
guided by a desire to obtain the fittest candidates
for Holy Orders—although fewer Fellows of All
Souls took these orders than the Fellows of any
other college. At the same time, after the new
Ordinances received the royal sanction they
voluntarily undertook to carry them into effect,
" both in letter and in spirit." Since that
promise was made several elections have taken
place. And it is curious, but not uuinstructive,
to observe the way in which men of refined
manner and ostentatious religious profession fulfil
the duties which they have undertaken. There
are thirty Fellows. All do not examine the can-
didates for fellowships, but a board of three is ap-
pointed for that purpose. It might naturally seem
that the chief duties of such a board would be to
report the result of that examination, in order to
guide those who have not formed an opinion for
themselves. Far from it. By a rule passed by
the majority of the Fellows, the examiners are not
permitted to report their opinion—they are not
allowed to arrange the candidates according to merit.
It is true that any one Fellow may ask questions of
any other Fellow. "If the blind lead the blind"—
but the saying is somewhat musty. The truth is,
that every Fellow is not fit to give his opinion upon
the results of the examination, and this is the very
reason why the examiners are appointed. It appears
therefore that although the new ordinance distinctly
ordains that the best candidates, as tested by the
examination, shall be elected, and although the
Warden and Fellows have professed their readiness
to obey the ordinance in letter and in spirit, the
same Warden and Fellows will not permit their own
examiners to declare their opinion of the candidates,
so that the best of them may obtain his due.
Against this course of proceeding three of the
Fellows —Messrs. Fremantle, Lushington, and
Watson, protest. To appoint examiners and then
refuse to hear their judgment, seemed to them,
as the Attorney-General declared, " a mockery
of common sense.* They, therefore, call upon the
Archbishop, as the Visitor of the College; to
insist upon the Warden and Fellows allowing the
examiners to name the candidates in order of
merit. Nor is this all. As things at present stand,
the election of Fellows is conducted at two meetings.
At the first, which takes place after the examination,
the personal merits of the candidate are discussed,
and the person to be elected is really settled. But
no Fellow is allowed to take part at this meeting
unless he binds himself to secrecy—unless he
solemnly promises that he never will divulge a
single syllable of what passed there. The electors
may have determined to elect a Fellow upon the
most scandalous grounds. The grossest job may
have been perpetrated, still, according to the system
of All Souls, no Fellow is ever to be allowed to
reveal one word uttered in that secret conclave,
even for the purpose of appealing to the Visitor for
redress. It is certainly a striking fact that at no '1
college at Oxford except All Souls is awe such
obligation of secrecy incurred. Even at those
colleges which do not profess to be guided by the
sole principle of excluding all except the most per-
fect gentlemen, no rule is needed to ensure that
reserve which is dictated by natural feeling and
the spirit of propriety. At All Souls alone has it
been attempted to make that secret compulsory
which is voluntary elsewhere. But the reason is
obvious. At no other college are scandals so gross
and jobs so flagrant likely to be perpetrated.
Men hate the light because their deeds are evil.
This, then, is the other point upon which' the
appeal has been made to the Archbishop. The
dissentient Fellows object to be bound by secrecy.
They insist that the merits of the candidates
should be discussed openly. They do not, of course,
pretend that every word that passes in the com-
mon-room shall be made public; but they claim to
!
be their own judges as to what they shall disclose
and what they shall conceal, and there are few who
will consider this demand unreasonable. At all
events it is impossible to maintain that rule which
at present prevails—that secrecy is of statutable
obligation—for clearly such a rule is contrary both
to common law and common sense.
It might, perhaps, scarcely seem requisite to
devote three days to the discussion of matters so
simple, and to waste the time of Archbishops and
Privy Councillors on such trivial questions. But
let not the public be deceived. The arguments of
the Warden and Fellows of All Souls may be
frivolous. They know that well enough. But
their real design is full of peril. These men Lave
entered into a conspiracy to defeat the intentions
of the Legislature and to nullify the reforms in
the University. They are determined, if they
possibly can, to override statutes and ordinances
in order to maintain that system of injustice
which it is the express object of recent legisla-
tion to abolish. They lament over the days when
they could elect their friends and relationsthmeir
the places which had just been vacated by
boon companion, their comrade in theh doed -
field, or their partner at cards. hunting
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termined to stick as closely as theyncdant teoythaerego
old system. If these events wereconfined to one
college they would not be so d
serious. h
in
Butt_e case let it
be observed, that if this can be one
of All Souls it may be done elsewhere. The
words which the Fellows of All Sinoutlhseinatttuieo upon
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misconstruing are the eery e

The Lord Chief Justice thought a sufficient prima case
had been made out. The inhabitants of Minshall Vernon
had been treated, and had traatea themPeltxes as integral
parts of the parish of Middlewick,.and it would now be for
them to show that they were not so.

all other colleges: The Archbishop of Canterbury
and Lord Wensleydale have only to pronounce that
thee words are not intended to secure the election
of the ablest candidate, and henceforth all that
encouragement to merit—all that independent
spirit which springs from victory gained in open
contest—must be regarded at Oxford at least as a
dream of the past.—Daily News.

ANNUAL RETURN OF FII?,.ES IN LONDON, 4.c.

Yesterday Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the
London Fire Brigade, made his annual return of the fires
during the year 1860, in what is termed the metropolitan
district, and we give an abstract of the report, which cannot
fail to be of great interest. Subjoined is also Mr. Sampson
' Low's official report of the fires attended during the year
by the conductors of the Royal Society's fire-escapes, and
the number of lives saved.
Mr. Braidwood states to the committee for managing the
London fire-engine establishment :—" 69, Watling-street,
January 9, 1861.—The fires in 1860, as compared with those
of 1859, have decreased by 33 ; on the average of the last 27
years the increase is 274. The number of fires in the list
of totally destroyed (27) is less by one than last year, and
in the proportional average of the last 27 years the decrease
is 9.4. Of the totally destroyed 12 were from two to seven
miles distant from the nearest magine-station ; 9 were the
workshops of carpenters and other dangerous trades ; and
the remainder were completely on fire before the arrival of
the firemen. Although the number of fires, and even that
of totally destroyed, is less than last year, several have oc-
curred of a very destructive character. I can only account
for this by the unusual prevalence of heavy gales of wind,
the constantly increasing use of gas (which dries up errjey-
thing within its reach), and the manner in which builijings
are now constructed. The firemen still continue to fitisplay
to the full the energy, skill, and attention which 1, have so
often remarked in former annual reports. The wb ole of the
land engines and apparatus are in good working ordtr, and
the steam floats are now in excellent working rzder. The
land steam fire-engine has been tried for nino months, and
in large fires, beyond the reach of the steam floats, has been
of very great service. The land steam engine has given
great satisfaction.