The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-13 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

During the week the demand for all descriptions of now
hops, both English and forrign, has been considerably
more active.

COLONIAL.

There is no change in the market. Sugar is very quiet,
and coffee shows lese activity than of late.

COTTON.
LIYERPOOL, November 13.—Sales probably 10,000
bales. Market quiet and unchanged.

The knee of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per £1 sterling.
On cmparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Os. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, it appe4rs that
is nearly I.loth pex tUyt,dearer inParis than ini49ndini.

st East and West India lOO 116:118
st London and St. Katherine 100 6.5 57 if}
100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent al ... ...
Millwall Freehold Land
st Dock lOO 87 39 37
Ht Southampton lOO 71 73
st Surrey CoanlerciP4l

British Columbia, 6 per
0ent.,1172. • ••• 4100 ..-
- Do. 1895.. lOO
- Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.v& July
1877.84
Do. 6P. o. Feb. & Aug... 100 104 lug
Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept.. 100 lei 106
Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July.. 100 03 847 tit 31
Do. sp. c. Inscribed 100 go 92.
Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873.. 100 102 104
- Do.Apl.&oot 1890-1900.. 100 111 113
Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 too
Do. Jan.&July, 1891 .... 100 108 110
Do. 6 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 ....... 100 100 102
Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110
Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 101
Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,..
Jan. and July ........ 100 104 106
Do. 1878 .•. 100 106 tog
Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108
Do. 1895, Feb. .8 Aug.... 100 106 FA
Melbourne Corporate., • •
1867-75, 6 per cent..... 100 _
N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July.. 100 102 104
- Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct... 100
Do 6p c. May & N0v..... 160 106 1(5
-- N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to '73.. 100 99 101 102
Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1890.. 100 99 103 11011
Do. 5 p.c. rd. 'O7 to '75.. 100 99 101
N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891.. 100
Do. 5 per cent.... -• ... 100 971 981
- DoJan, prl, Oft .. 100 974 98} 07}
--- Do 6 p c. Mar & Sept '91.. :CO 108 110
-- Do Jure & Dec , 1•91 .... 100 :109 111
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Do Prov. i Auceld. )
I'.o
——
14t 2, 1896
/Nova Sootia 6p. o.Jan...
- and Jnly, 1875
Do 1886.. .. .
Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 100 105 106
Do 1891 .
B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _
Do 1678.92 lOO 108 110
Do '8931903
Tasmanian ti pc, 1695 lOO lug 107
Do rd. 1893 to 189/. ..
Victoria 6 p.o. Ja..tiuly lOO _
Do. 1891 -1•30 113 104-
P 9. di', April sk Do

THE CONTINENSAL TOUR OF THE PRINCE
AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and the Princess
of Wales, with some of their children, will leave
Marlborough House next Tuesday, the 17th inst., for
Copenhagen, on a visit to their Majesties the King and
Queen of Denmark. Their Royal Highnesses and suite
will, on quitting Marlborough House, drive to the Charing.
cross terminus, and leave London by the 8.30 p.m.
train on the South Eastern Railway for Dover, whence
the Prince and Princess will cross to Calais, and proceed
direct to Paris, where the royal party will arrive early on
Wednesday morning, and drive to their hotel. The Prince
and Princess will remain for a few days in the French
capital, and are expected to visit, their Majesties the
Emperor and Empress of the French. At the expiration
of their stay in Paris, their Royal Highnesses will proceed
direct for Denmark, and it is anticipated that the journey
to Copenhagen will occupy about three days. As the
guests of their Majesties the King and Queen of Den-
mark, the Prince and Princess of Wales will reside at
Copenhagen for about a month, and upon the conclusion
of their visit will set out for the south of Europe, travel-
ling through Germany, either to Venice or Trieste, when
a British frigate will be in readiness to receive the illus-
trious travellers, and convey them to Alexandria, where
they will land, and proceed by train to Cairo. After
a short stay at this city, during which it is anticipated
that their Royal Highnesses will visit the Viceroy
of Egypt, the Prince and Princess will make a
trip up the waters of the Nile as far as the second
cataract. Having accomplished this pilgrimage, their
Royal Highnesses will return to Cairo, and not unlikely
visit the King of Greece (brother of the Princess of
Wales) at Athens. Their Royal Highnesses are expected
to make a short stay at Athens, after which it is under-
stood that Naples, Rome, and Florence will be visited on
the return journey to England. The Prince and
Princess will be absent on their tour about three or four
months.

CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE

CLERGY.

The annual general meeting of the governors of this
corporation was held on Thursday at Bloomsbury, when
the Rev. Dr. Vivian, sen., treasurer, having taken
the chair, and called attention in feeling terms to the
lamented deaths of the president and vice-president
(the late Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Cranworth)
since the last court of governors in May, when both
were present in good health, it was resolved unani-
mously, "That this court cannot record on the minutes the
deaths of the president and vice-president without express-
ing deep regret for the loss which the corporation has
thus sustained. The court feel it a melancholy duty
gratefully to acknowledge the valuable services which these
two eminent and excellent men rendered to this great
charity during the respective periods they presided
over it—services which were uniformly given with
much obliging readiness, and with the kindness and
courtesy for which they were both remarkable."
Archbishop Longley, as president also of the anniversary
festival, gave much attention to its proceedings, and with
dignified hospitality and urbanity annually entertained at
his table the stewards of the festival, many of whom the
more cheerfully undertook the office in consequence of the
respect they felt for the character of the archbishop.
The following noblemen and gentlemen, among others,
were elected life governors, viz. :—The Earls of
Chichester and Eldon, the Bishops of Worcester and
Lichfield, Lord Rollo, Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.8.,
Sir J. B. Karslake, Attorney-General, Archdeacon Ran-
dall, Revs. Professor Selwyn, D.D., Canon Blomfield,
George Dowell, John Olive, Edward Payne, John Eger-
ton, A. C. Havilard, J. Lucy, G. B. Moore, Frederick
Reade, G. A. Sainsbury, and W. J. Yonge ; Mr. Alderman
Allen, late Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Stone and Mr.
M'Arthur, late sheriffs. The court unanimously elected
Lord Chelmsford vice-president for the year ensuing, in
the room of Lord Cranworth ; and the Rev. Dr. Vivian,
Mr. Pownall, and Sir Thomas Tilson having been re-
elected treasurers for the ensuing year, the• Earl of
Harrowby, K. G., Lord Rollo, the Right Hon. Sir William
Erle, the Rev. George Ainslie, Mr. Alderman Gibbons,
and Messrs. Money Wigram and T. G. Sambrooke, were
elected members of the Court of Assistants. Mr. Baker
reported that during the last twelve months more than
1,300 applicants from various parts of England and
Wales, clergymen and clergymen's widows, aged single
daughters, and children, had been assisted by pensions
and donations. Although the total amount thus distri-
buted was £13,138, yet the sum given to each applicant
was small, and often afforded very inadequate relief.
The corporation will distribute next month benefac-
tions to poor curates, and in the summer other more
considerable benefactions are given away to poor clergy-
men with large families. The governors meet every month
to consider pressing cases in every class of persons eligible
for grants.

A memorial has been transmitted to the Treasury
from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, praying that
the postage on circulars, small pamphlets, newspapers, and
other printed matter not exceeding 2oz. in weight, might be
reduced to id.

PRIVATE BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.—The
number of private bills which will come before Parliament
during the forthcoming session will exceed 300. Amongst
others there will be found, it is said, three direct lines to
Brighton.
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The Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Association,
:oused to action by the activity of the Permissive Bill advo-
cates, have been sounding the borough candidates as to their
views on the liquor traffic. They do not appear, however,
to be very well satisfied with the result, and have deter-
mined to subject the candidates to a further examination.
" It is now confirmed," says the Nord," that the
Isthmus of Suez Canal will be opened regularly on the Ist
of October next. The state of the works at the last visit
bad led to the supposition that the date might bo advanced,
but the board of directors bas preferred to adhere to the
period already decided on, in order that the preparations
may be complete."
A new kind of gunpowder has been invented by
Mr. Hahn. It consists of 367'5 parts of chlorate of
potash, 163'3 of sulphuret of antimony, 18 parts of char-
coal, and 46 parts of spermacetti. This gunpowder can
be conveyed without any danger of an explosion, provided
the chlorate be added only at the moment of using it, in
the proportion of 46 parts of that substance to 29 of the
others.

Mr. Mill stated at a meeting the other night that
Mr. Gladstone was the best abused man in England. A wag
thereupon called out that he bad heard Mr. Mill accused of
forging an order for a theatre. Amid shouts of laughter
Mr. Mill indignantly repudiaied the charge, and gave it as
an additional proof that " the Tories would stick at nothing
It must have been done, he said, by some one of the same
name. According to a contemporary, it was Mr. Mill's secre-
tary who brought-the accusation.

Several papers having circulated a report that Mr.
Gladstone was a trustee for £200,000 for Roman Catholic
purposes ; that his daughter had given £lO,OOO for the pro-
motion of Roman Catholic principles; and that his son was
a confirmed Roman Catholic; a voter in Stalybridge has
written to Mr. Gtadstone on the subject, and received the
following brief but characteristic reply :—" Three sheer
falsehoods.—W. E. Gladstone, Nov. Bth, 1868."

Her Majesty has granted a royal charter incor-
porating the " Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland." The
practice of granting such charters has of late years been
discontinued, and the royal charter of incorporation has
been granted in this instance as a special concession, for
the encouragement and consolidation of the actuarial pro-
fession. The charter is dated September 21st, and was
registered and sealed on the 15th October, and was granted
in compliance with a petition presented to her Majesty by
the members of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland,
setting forth the importance of their profession.

Mr. Smith applied to the Court of Queen's Bench
yesterday, on behalf of certain burgesses of Tamworth,
for a rule to show cause why a certiorari should not issue to
bring up an order for the payment of £l5O out of the borough
fund for the purpose of its being quashed. The order had
been made for the payment of certain costs and charges in
the defence of an action for trespass against the Mayor of
Tamworth and others with reference to certain alleged cor-
porate property, which proceedings it was said were for the
benefit of the borough. The learned counsel contended that the
amount eould not be legally paid out of the borough fund; and
as showing the character of the proceedings which the mayor
countenanced, and that they were not for the benefit of the
burgesses, he stated that a sum of £136 was spent i❑ beer,
brandy, &c., distributed by the Farties who took part in the
trespass. Rule granted.

ACTION OF WATER ON LEAD.—Professor Parkes,
F.R.S., of Netley, calls attention to the fact that it has
always been seen that the action or non-action of water on
lead could not be entirely accounted for by the usual state-
ments on the subject, and lately Dr. Frankland has made
a curious observation, which may throw light on the sub-
ject. He found that water which acted on lead lost this
power after passing through a alter of animal charcoal. He
discovered this tobe owing to a minute quantity of phosphat,
of lime passing into the water from the charcoal ; on com-
paring two natural waters, that of the River Kent, which
acts violently on lead, and that of the River Vyrnwy,
which, though very soft, has no action on lead, he found
that the latter water contained an appreciable amount of
phosphate of lime, while none could be detected in the
Kent water. This observation may probably explain
ranch of the,discrepancy of evidence in respect of the action
of aoltwittz 91;1100,