The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SAI URDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1868.

SHAT E LlST.—This Day

ORDINARY SHARk'S AND STOCKS.

Sharei
Railways. raid.' Closing Business
price. done.
art Bristol anu f.a.eter 64 86
at Caledonian lOO 741 75 74; 1 1
et Cambrian
- Cork and Bandon - - -
20 Cornwall all 2 4
st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 741 754
st ,Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72
100 E.London, zerip Cnti all - -
00. 100 - -d
at Glasgow &S. Western 100 03 95
at Great Eastern, Ord. et k. 100 201 291 j 291 /
et Do. E. Augl. at. No. 2 100 6 8
at Great Northof Scotland 100 15 6
st Great Northern lOO 1004 1071 107
st Do. A stock lOO 107 10S 1081
at Do, B stock lOO 1221
at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 100 - -
at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOU 96 98
et Gt. Western -Original 100 45 451 47 61 I 1
et Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - -
at Do. South \Vales - -
et Do. IV. .511d.-Oxloni 100 25 30
st Do. Newport lOO 29 31
at Do. Hereford lOO ' - -
st Lancashire. Yorkshire' 100 123 124
at London and Blackwall 100 - -
at Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast' 100 474 471
at 1-on., Chat., and Dove) 109 18 19 181
at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - -
at Lon. &ti orth Western 100 114 115 1151 1 141 15
et Lon. & South Western 100 76 78 781
st Man., 6110., & Lincoln 100 44 i4l 441
at Metropolitan.... all 115 117 1181 171 117
at Do. New lO - -
et Do. Extension.— • all 102 103 104
st f Metropolitan District. all -
20 ( Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 Do. and St. John's W'tl 6 - -
at Midland -
- Do. £9 Share 7 - -
st Do, Birmin.. & Thal)) 100 72 74
- Mid Kent - -
at North British ...... 100 33 35 34
at Do. lOd., Pth., & Dun. 100 - -
at N th. Eastern-lierwick 100 98 99 100 1
25 Do. G.N'E purohast 16.13.1 - -
et Do. Leeds ..... 100 59 61
st Do. York lOO 91 93
st Do. Carlisle - -
at Do. Stock. & Darling. all 129 131
26 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - p
at North London
st Do. do. 1864 5 -
Do. do. 1866
10 North Staffordshire ~ 100 53 61
at IV. &S. W. Junction
at ,Scottish Central
- B.cot. N. E , Aber. stocl 100 -
Do. Soot, Mid. stook 100 -
- Shropshire Union 100 56 67
et South Devon lOO 42 14
t South Eastern
40 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 84 94
st Taff Vale lOO 145 150
10 Do. C - -
- V ale of Neuf'. - -
- Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -- -
10 Waterloo & Whitcha. i 6 - -
West Cornwall lOO - -

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
!British Columbia, 6 per}
cent., Dec. 31, 1372 } 100
- Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1877-84 } 100 08 100 084 04
jDo. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug ' 110 100 102 10:t
'Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102
:Go. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 88 86
}Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 85 87
}Cape (*.Rope, 6 p. 0.1873: 100 102 104
Do.Ap1.&001, 1890-11100 j 100 106 108 1074 7
Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106
Do. Jan.&July, 1800-9 i 100 107 109
Do. 5 per cent. 15. April
and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 15 l 7
Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p., lOO -
- Do. 1878, do ' 100 11!) 1104 1101
Mauritius, C, p. 0, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 .. lOO 100 118
)o. 1832, Mayls, Nov. it 100 105 107
! Go. 1895, Feb. & Aug } 100 107 109
!Natal Gov. (I per cent I 100 1(4 106
.N.8.G0v.6p.0.Ja.&J ul) 100 103 les
N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1860 100
- } Do. 5 p.c. 13;1 to 1870: 100 08 00 j 081
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1805: 100 074 934 t/ 61
New Zealand, 6p. cent! 100 -
Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 98 99 974
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o
sterling, 1875 lOO lt2 104
}.4ueensland Gov. 6p. e lOO 103 1(5 102
- 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1808-0 100 -
- Do. 1378 & upwards 1(0 110 At 107
} Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100
- Do. do. April & Oct , 100 110 112 1114

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador, Count
Bernstorff, will deliver his credentials in his capacity as
Ambassador for the North German Confederation upon
her Majesty's return from Osborne.

LORD JUSTICE ROLT.—A rumour has crept into
the pages of some of our contemporaries that Lord Justice
Rolt, whose illness we noticed last week, has tendered his
resignation of his judicial office. That rumour is, we are
happy to say, wholly without foundation. The Lord
Justice is progressing towards recovery as favourably as
could have been expected. The medical report of Thurs-
day anticipated a gradual recovery within a moderate
period. --Sot ic itors' Journal.

THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. —The Rev. H. W.
Andrew, of Wood Hall, Hethersett, Norfolk, has received
a letter from the Bev. H. A. Sterne, one of the Abys-
sinian captives. Mr. Sterne, who writes from Magdala,
December 9, says :—" I thank you and every member of
your church and family who have been and are still
pleading for me. Assure them that their intercessions
and those of other Christian friends have been the
greatest comfort and support to me in all my afflictions.
If forecasting indications are a safe guide, I believe the
day is not far distant when I shall be able (God willing) to
express to them in person the depth of my sincere gra•
titude."

CONTEMPLATED LAW AMENDMENTS.--We Under.
stand that at the annual meeting of the Faculty of Advo-
cates the Lord Advocate announced his intention of intro.
clueing into Parliament a bill for the consolidation of the
conveyancing statutes, another relating to the law of pre-
scription, and a third for regulating the procedure of the
Court of Session. With reference to the last, his lordship
stated that, while he deemed it proper to lay his bill on
the table of the House before submitting it for the con-
sideration of the Faculty, he should be glad to receive any
suggestions which members of the Faculty might haye to
offer.—Edinburgh Courant.

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—Lord Robert Montagu,
M.P., writing to the Hon. J. M. Henniker-Major, M.P.,
with reference ro the retrospective compensation granted
for cattle slaughtered by order of inspectors between Aug.
26 and Nov. 23, 1865, says : " With reference to the delay
in the payment of compensation claims, considerable time
must necessarily be occupied before these claims can be
settled, and we have usually deferred making any pay.
ments to local authorities until the greater part, if not all,
the claims within their jurisdiction have been decided. Tho
amount at the disposal of the Privy Council for compensa-
tion is £25,000. We have received applications from up-
wards of 1,200 claimants for compensation for more than
8,000 cattle, valued at upwards of £llO,OOO. The evidence
in each of these cases has to be gone into separately. For
this purpose reference has to be made to the returns and
papers of the period, amounting to more than 70,000 in
number, and relating to about 76,000 head of cattle. About
four-fifths of these claims have been settled, and upwards
of £19,000 awarded."

A MAN'S EYES BURNED OUT BY VITRIOL-CM-
siderable excitement has been caused in Coatbridge, near
Glasgow, by the commission of a crime of a very serious
character. For nearly two years past a man named
Thomas Hayes has been courting a girl named 111`Taggart
A marriage had been arranged for, and a day was fixed for
the " booking "—a social gathering with which the work-
ing classes there generally celebrate the event of giving in
their names to the session clerk for proclamation. For
some cause Hayes changed his mind, and neither the
" booking " nor the wedding came off. A few weeks since
a decree was granted against Hayes for the support of a
child of 111`Taggart's. Not satisfied with this, the girl
went to Coatbridge and bought half a pint of vitriol, and
put it into a small can. She then sent for Hayes, and,
having procured a meeting, she threw about the man all
the vitriol contained in the can. Hayes, as soon as the
mixture had been thrown upon him, rushed for his own
house, only a few yards distant. He was fearfully burned.
One eye was completely burned out, and it is hardly ex-
pected that the sight of the other will be saved. It is not
considered, however, that his life is in danger. 111`Taggart,
who is only 18 years of age, was at once apprehended and
conveyed to prison at Coatbridge. She expresses no con-
trition for the act. While passing the house where Hayes
lives, on her way to prison, she shouted, " I've get re-
venge so far, but I'm not content yet," or words to a
similar effect.

PROTECTION OF THE METROPOLIS. —ln consequence
of some anonymous letters received at Woolwich garrison,
the authorities have ordered all superfluous stocks of arms
and ammunition from the store.s and factories in and about
the vicinity of the metropolis to be removed to Woolwich
for greater security. On Thursday evening three of Pick-
ford's heavy trucks drove into Woolwich Arsenal laden
with 750,000 rounds of revolver cartridges to be stored on
board the floating magazines moored in the Thames. The
cartridges, said to be manufactured for the supply of Colt's
revolver pistols, are contained in 150 cases holding 5,000
each, and weigh eleven tons. On account of the late-
ness of the hour on their reaching the wharf, the trucks
together with their loads, were covered with tarpaulins'
and placed in special charge of the police on duty. On
examination of the cases on Friday morning it was dis-
covered that they were incautiously closed with brass
screws and iron nails, against the Government regulations,
and are consequently to be removed to the Royal Labora-
tory in the Arsenal to be re-packed. They were trans-
ferred from the establishment of Mr. Gladstone, in the
Greenwich-marsh.

Txp 'REFORM LEIGUE.—A special meeting of the
Council of the Reform League has been held, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the present position
of the League in connection with certain discussions which
have taken place in the Council with reference to the
Irish question. Mr. Beaks occupied the chair, and in
the course of a long speech said that certain discussions
in the Council had given umbrage to many of their friends
and supporters who went thoroughly with them as to
the propriety of assisting the Irish people to gain their
just rights, but who disapproved their entering into
discussions on questions respecting, not the reformation
but the dismemberment of the Imperial. Parliament:
the repeal of the Union, and the setting up of a separate
domestic legislation for Ireland—questions involving,
perhaps, a conflict of nationalities, and it might be of
religions. The Executive Committee had carefully con-
sidered those matters, and had come to the following reso-
lutions, which were now submitted for the approval of
the Council :-1. "That the president be requested to
limit the discussions of this Council to its present pro-
gramme- namely, to repeal the ratepaying clauses of the
Act of last session ; to obtain for the voter the protection
of the ballot ; to obtain just and good Reform Bills for
Ireland and Scotland ; to assist time new voters in getting
on the register; to aid in the return of Radical Reformers 1
to Parliament ; to obtain an equitable redistribution of '
seats." 2. " That a sub-committee of five be appointed to
consider and recommend the best course the League can
adopt on the Irish question under the present circum-
stances, and to report to this Executive Committee." The
resolutions were adopted by the Council,

important meeting has been held in the Council
Chamber, Oxford, in order to consider the question of
university extension in relation to middle-class education.
The Principal of St. Mary's Hall, who opened the question,
considered the impediments which stood in the way of
university extension as to be of a twofold nature—firstly,
the necessity of belonging to some college or hall ; and,
secondly, of residing in some college or hall, If this were
done away with, young men who came to the university
would be entitled to the benefits of the whole professional
staff on payment of so small a suni of 21 a year.
There must be an examination of some sort, and that
examination was wholly irrespective of residence, so
that a man could carry off the honours of the university
without being in residence a single term. With regard
to the necessity of residing in some college or hall,
he thought there were but few parents who would send
young men of 17 or 18 years of age to the university to
reside in buildings where they could not he placed under
proper supervision. He was led by experience to believe
that it was not so much lack of money that prevented
persons passing through the university, as the considera-
tion of the time they were compelled to spend there.
Under the present system of university training, there
were many difficulties to be surmounted, and some of the
existing restrictions must be abandoned before there
could be a sufficient extension of university education.—
Mr. Neate, M.P., thought that the university out of
their large revenues ought to provide for the education of
a large number of people by giving them the means of
primary instruction ; although that would be a division of
the funds, it would be but a very small instalment of the
debt the university owed to the middle classes. If the
middle classes were admitted as undergraduates, he be-
lieved they would carry off more than their share of the
honours of the university ; and as regarded those classes gene-
rally, he would merely add on their behalf that they deserved
the warmest support of all who felt an interest in the cause
of education.—Professor Rogers said that the question
had been asked whether the people of Oxford could be
brought within the university in order that they might
partake of a portion of its benefits. He believed the first
thing they had to do was to introduce a free grammar
school into the city, and then it would be asked where the
money was to come from. That was readily answered ;it
should come from those detestable local charities. If they
took those charities away, and tried to establish good
middle-class schools with the money, great good would be
effected, for at present the proceeds.of those charities were
only breeding paupers.—The meeting was adjourned for a
fortnight,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MONMOUTH STEEPLECHASES.-FRIDAY.

Stewards—Al:minis of Worcester, Sir If. Croft, Bart. ;
A Rolls, W. H. P. Jenkins, C. Bailey, juu., J. A. Rolls,
and R. Herbert, Esqs. ; Col. P. Somerset, M.P., C. 8.,
and the following Masters of Hounds : W. R. Stretton,
Esq., MAUI. ; Captain Heywood, M.H.H.; Captain
Dighton, M.D. F. 11.; and A. Dowle, Esq., 31.71. H.
Judge and Clerk of the Scales—Mr. F. Minton.
Starter—Mr. Rees.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; four yr
olds list, five list Sib, six and aged 124 ; the winner to
be sold for 50 sovs, if for 30 allowed 71b, 20 141 b. About
two miles and a half. G subs.
Mr. P. Rice's The Lawyer, aged, list (20 sovs)__

(G.-liolman) 1
Mr. E. M. Currie's ch g Augur, aged, 12st (50)
Vim 13artropp) 2
Mr. 11. Stellery's bin Miss Franklin (11 b), 6 yrs, 11st
71b (30)
Betting-2 to lon The Lawyer. Won by two lengths.
Miss Franklin refused. The winner was bought iu for
40 guineas.

The Local Stakes of 2 soya each, with 20 added, for horses
belonging to bona fide tenant humors or tradesmen re-
siding in the county of Monmouth, &c. ; 12st each ; not
exceeding 14 hands allowed 141 b ; to be ridden by gen-
tlemen, farmers, or tradesmen, or their sons, who have
never ridden for hire. Two miles and a half.
Mr. Water's The Usk, aged, 12st (Owner) 1
Mr. Hibberd's Little Bunny, 12st
Mr. Hooper's Sportsman, 6 yrs, 12st
Itr. Powell's Creeping Jenny, aged, 12st ... (Pritchard) 0
Mr. Lane's Sam, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 0
Mr. H. Stephen's Star of the Forest, aged, 12st (Teague) 0
Mr. Warner's The Dandy, aged, 12st
Mr. Sivell's Ellen, 6 yrs, 12st (Seville) 0
Mr. Higgin's horse, 12st
Won by a head ; a bad third.
The Maiden Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added,
for horses bona fide the property of residents in South
Wales, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, or Gloucester-
shire, 12st each ; to be ridden by gentlemen farmers,
tradesmen, or their sons, who have never ridden for
hire ; professionals or gentlemen who have ridden the
winner of a stake worth 100 soya 71b extra; starters
three titn s in the above district without winning al-
lowed 91b; about two miles and a half; 5 subs.
Mr. P. Rice's The Lawyer, aged, list 121 b (G. Holman) 1
Skylark, 12st (Mr. Goodwin) 2
Bantam, 12st
(Owner) 3
The Wye, 12st (Mr. Vallonder) 0
Betting-5 to 4on The Lawyer, and 3to 1 agst any
other. Won by six lengths; a bad third.

The Monmouth Open Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sous
each, with 50 added; winners after Dec. 2G (at 10 a.m.)
Sib, twice, or of 100 sovs, 101 b extra. About three miles.
4 subs.