The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

BOURSE, FEB. 6.—There is much business, and
the tone of the market is very cheerful ; all prices
are higher. There is, therefore, great animation.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
Bank Shares 3230
It&Pan Loan
End of month 43 40
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred —

4/- per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 65
Credit Mobilier 195
End of month l7B 75
Credit Foncier l3BO
End of month 1383 75 j
RAILWAI

Account

Orleans _ _______,.
886*
Northern 1163f
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 5lO
Western
Eastern
• •
Sardinian ... 3B
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain 7o*
Saragossa
Roman

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 6.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Feb. 6. Jan. 30.
fr. e• fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June
9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,202,412,825 1,212,072,175
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 68,631,036 05 73,156,675 32
Current accounts, Paris 366,545,723 10 368,996,018 02
Do. branch banks 44,202,204 43,254,288
Dividends payable...... 1,959,988 75 2,368,269 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
930,376 76
six mouths
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

33,659,143 23 33,524,732 02

Total . 1,943,734,762 24 1,960,223,895 29
CREDITOR.
1,063 f r,F8.4"6, 765.8 c 5.8 1, 042j,f6rain8., 03507. U2c
1;07953:919046 7587 278,110315,453131
Cash in hand and in
Coßnirmanecrliciablanbiklsls
due
8058
245
231,109,788 240,873,666
AdvancesD Commercialo.oubnrtaend
,cohnnboaat billsenpy koests
id.dt.iu.os. -of.
61,681,500 58,917,800
bullion
172;306005:440000
_11,211,877 -.. 11,473,277 _
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
36,773,300 36,601,900
12,230,8007558400 —.....
27,855,300 27,904,900
DD 00a..n by y
Securitiesl
3i.ralwc-ha.
debentures;b a.
sharesn. banks . ......
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
939,200 931,500
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
60,000,000
1857) — 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
-12,980,750 14 12,980,750
Do. disposable
serve 40,706,669 66 40,706,669 66
Rentes Immobalisees
100,000,000 --.
8,287,840
property branches 1008:020808,,010507 ....._
El 1
xot (Law,
pht eeel
Bsaansjndukonf
of manage-
andrnm 2 i
a unitBa• eg
.5
landed7oe
289,458 52 258,688 12
ment
19,621,203 72 20,184,202 42
Sundries

1,942,734,761 21 1,960,223,895 29
Certified Tbyotatll; ...
......... Governor of the Bank of Franco.
(Signed) ROULAND.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—A. meeting of the
principal members of the Conservative party in the
university was held yesterday at the Eagle Hotel.
The Rev. the Master of St. Peter's College occupied
the chair. Mr. Anthony Cleasby, Q.C., late fellow
of Trinity College, was selected as a candidate for
the vacancy caused by the elevation of Sir C. J.
Selwyn to the bench. The names of Mr. Beresford-
Hope and Mr. Cecil Raikes were also proposed, but
the majority of those present voted for Mr. Cleasby.
A committee was then formed for promoting
Mr. Cleasby's election, and was joined by the
most influential members present. The Master
of St. Peter's
.was appointed chairman, and the
vice-chairmen. Mr. Beresford-Hope's friends, how-
ever, have of K
declinedlng's and the Master of Clare,
to accept the above decision,
and a meeting in that gentleman's interest is con-
vened for to-morrow.

BRIGHTON.-lu consequence of a rumour which
has been extensively circulated that Lord Pelham,
eldest son of the Earl of Chichester, Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county, will be a candidate for
Brighton at the next general election, his lordship
has written to the secretary of the local Liberal
Association denying
the statement ; and ,adds,
" Under no circumstances will I endeavour to divide
the Liberal party by standing against the present
members for Brighton."

GERMAN LAW.—I have come across a judicial an-
ecdote, the scene of which lies in Germany, and it illus-
trates very ludicrously the matter-of-fact and methodical
nature of the Teutonic mind, as well as its severe adher-
ence to logic. A complaint was made to a magistrate that
a blow had been given in the conrse of an altercation, but
the witness who was relied on to prove the assault could
only say that he heard the blow given, as he was at the
time in a certain inn near which the occurrence had taken
place. The defendant, who denied
giving the blow, urged
that it was impossible, even if it had been given, that the
witness could have heard it from where ho was. The ma-
gistrate resolved to try the point by actual experiment,
and proceeded to the ins, while an officer of the court ac-
companied the comp ainant to the precise spot where the
quarrel had occurred, and there and then gave him a good
sound whack. The magistrate, on resmning his seat in
court, said he heard the blow perfectly well from inside
the inn, and the defendant must pay a double fine—one
for the original blow, the other for the experimental and
official thump.— Once a Week.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY, Feb. 6.

If you were to believe Parisian gossips, taking their cue
from M. Rouher's speech, the Press Law is only the first
of a series of Liberal measures which are to crown the
edifice. According to these quidnuncs, the next surprise
will be an Imperial letter setting up Ministerial responsi-
tility, attended with freedom of meetings and of political
agitation, to consummate demotracy in full play. They
point to the significant reference of M. Rouher to the
four millions of new electors who have entered the field
since the Second Empire was established ; and the
gradual accession of this new blood will render, accord-
ing to the Minister, the concession of fuller measures of
freedom necessary and safe. It is not to be denied that
the minority in the towns and the departments, though
small, is continually growing. Had the Army Bill been
one of the questions still before the country, it is impos-.
sible to say if that would not have brought up the minority
very near to the;winning side. Meanwhile, it is difficult
to explain the action of the Ministry in what they are
doing, unless they have really accepted a Liberal
programme as a necessity. The first article of
the bill already passed, in suppressing the preli-
minary authorisation hitherto required, opens up the
way for Opposition journals in the departments,
and these journals reproducing the attacks of the
independent Paris press, will not tend to strengthen
the hands of authority. At present the Opposition press
is hardly seen in the rural districts, and in the large towns
the Government are- losing. ground rapidly. Whatever
may be the ultimate effects of the new law, its first influ-
ence is an increase of the Emperor's popularity. The
public shew an unmistakeable satisfaction with the pro-
gress of the measure.
Apropos of the Lille election, the Avcnir Nationc6
attempts to shew that the dullness of French trade is due
to the external policy of the Government. It imagines
that the American markets are closed against French
goods on account of the Emperor's motion to recognise the
Southern States, and of Mexican intervention ; and it pro-
fesses to believe that the Italian League have been able to
induce the Italian people to abstain from purchases of
French goods on account of the second occupation of
Rome. Neither of these suppositions is tenable. The
exports of France to the United States have been checked
by the tariff of the country, and French manufacturers
may be assured that Italians and Mexicans, in spite of
their offended national pride, will buy the ohcapest goods
they can get, whoever may have made them.
On account of the attacks that have been recently and
foolishly made on the treaties of commerce, it is considered
not unlikely that M. Baudrillart will presently succeed
Paulin Limayrac in the conduct of the Constibttionnel.
M. Baudrillart is a political economist and a free-trader.
While you are discussing the question of technical
education for your young men, the French, baying per-
fected that work, are opening lades professionelles for
young ladies. Throughout France secondary and superior
education for young women is making great progress. In
the Rue Richelieu is a professional school for ladies, to
prepare them for artistic pursuits and commercial or
industrial careers. In this school or college the English
language and designing will be obligatory for each
pupil. Those who are intended for business must
learn German and Italian also. The school day is
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; examinations are to take
place every three months, and a public examina-
tion at the end of each year. What a learned gen:ration
the next one should be l

Our neighbours the Belgians have caught the war
panic. A Ministerial project is before the Chamber .of
Representatives which would make almost the entire male
Population subject to bear arms in defending the country
from invasion. This system of organisation does not give
universal satisfaction. The member for Antwerp protested
that Belgium was in no danger of invasion, and that he 4
small army was quite equal to her needs. He had sufa.
cient confidence to demand a general disarmament, and is
any case the abolition of the conscription.

rrom Naples we learn that Vesuvius has resumed itr
activity. Three successive shocks of earthquake wer4
experienced on the sth. The volcano was ejecting ashu
and lava.

I have previously referred to the uncertainty of affairs
in South America. The Borscnhalle of Hamburg publishes
a telegram stating that the Government of Colonel Prado
in Peru has been overthrown. The arrival of Canseco at
Lima was momentarily expected. The misfortune of
all these republics is, that their highest offices always pass
into the hands of military men.
A letter from Constantinople states that the Sultan hat
determined to become a subscriber to the 111uabir, the
organ of " Young Turkey," published in London. It is
supposed that the interdiction of its circulation in the
empire will be either wholly withdrawn or allowed to re-
main practically a dead letter.
There was an immense crowd at the ball given at the
Tuileries last night. An English lady attracted more
attention than admiration by wearing a dress of mauve
silk literally covered from bead to foot with green flowers.

The Paris corrocpondeut of the Daily News is informed
"on good authority" that diplomatic despatches have
lately been sent from Paris to Berlin demanding guarantees
that the " Customs" Parliament of Germany should not
treat of political subjects. As it is unlikely that M. de
Bismarck will listen for a moment to such interference,
this may explain the rumours that the relations between
France and Prussia are not so good as they were a few
days ago.

The expenses common to Austria and Hungary for the
next year have been fixed at £8,635,000. Of this amount
Austria contributes 70 and Hungary 30 per cent. The
estimates for the army and navy amount to £8,000,000.
Count Charles Arrivabene shocked the Italian Chamber
of Deputies with some revelations about the abominable
traffic in Italian bola which sends so many of them to the
streets of London and New York. This is an organised
white slave trade. Count Arrivabene declared that
there exists in England a regular company, having
at its head an Italian, who has made a large fortune
by this vile and cruel traffic. The present centre
of operations in Italy is on the Paral terri-
tory, but close to the Italian frontier, across
which agents are despatched into the poor and
mountainous districts of the Modenese, Parmesan, and
Bolognese Apennines, where they are able to purchase for
a few crowns children from the age of 7 or 8 up to that of
15 or 16 years. He gave a harrowing description of the
manner in which these young slaves are treated in the
lowest quarters of London and New York, of their being
huddled together in wretched cellars in wet and cold and
hunger, and beaten or turned into the street when their
gains are deemed insufficient. General Menabrea ad-
mitted the existence of the evil. Its source was the disor-
ganised state of the country, and the remedy was to
improve the condition of the labouring classes by restorin
credit and introducing foreign capital.
The Agent-General for South Australia, in London,
has received a letter which reports some important dis-
coveries made by the South Australian Exploring Expe-
dition. The explorations were made in the extreme
north of the continent. The most important is the explo-
ration of the mouth of the River Roper, which falls into
the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is said to be a fine stream,
fully answering the description of Leichhardt. Imme-
diately to the north of Probable Island, in a part hitherto
represented as being dry land, Captain Cadell sailed up a
bay twenty miles long by ten broad, with three large
rivers running into it. He recommends the estuary of the
Liverpool, on the northern coast, as the best site for the
capital of a colony. He is convinced of the possibility of
surveying the necessary 800,000 acres of land during the
good season of the S.E. monsoon of 1868. The aborigines
of this country were very kind to the explorers.
The Times Calcutta correspondent hopes there will be
sympathy for the Waghers whom our troops in India
have recently encountered and almost annihilated in
Kattywar. They have been buccaneers by land and sea
for centuries. The peninsula of Kattywar juts out on the
western coast between the gulfs of Cambay and Cutch. It
is about 150 miles long and as many broad, and its people
are the most backward in the dependency. In the en-
gagement which has just taken place, the leader, Dews
Manick, fell, and a large part of his force. The Ist
Light Cavalry lost Captain La Toucho and Captai
Hebbert, besides several Sepoys.
It is stated that the postal contract with the Peninsular
and Oriental Company has excited dissatisfaction in India.
Anglo-Indians do not like to be handed over to a monopoly
for twelve years. Its first act has been to refuse to allow
passengers who take its steamers only to Suez, that they
may proceed by Brindisi or Trieste, to send their heavy
baggage on to Southampton as hitherto. If there are
political reasons for giving the contract at so high a rate,to
the Peninsular and Oriental Company, it is said, should
not the general revenue bear the expense? Anglo-Indians
-ay that if the postal account between India alone (with.
out China) and England were fairly dealt with, were sub-
mitted to a bed; of arbiters at once impartial and informed,
the very serious tax of 3d. would not be put on Indiar
letters.

The great Protestant demonstration in Dublin is th 3
subject of leaders in most of the Irish papers. The Con.
;crvative journals speak of it in high terms, and prediok
great results from it. The Freeman, on the other hand,
maintains that the meeting was the embodiment of low
selfishness. But they must give up the spoils of conquest,
and be content to live on equal terms with Catholics and
Dissenters. Their exclusive privileges cannot be sus.
;,wined. A thousand Defence Associations and any
amount of "No surrender " would-fail to vivify what the
)pinion of the world ha 3 doomed and paralysis already
overtakes.

31R. GLADSTONE AN-D THE FI LABOUR
lUSGLSTRATION SOCIEIY.

The following correspondence has been published :
" Free Labour Registration Society, Jan. 30, 1868.

"Sir,—As I see by your letter to Mr. George Potter
that your only object is to inform yourself ' upon this
most important subject, and that for this purpose you
have consented to receive a deputation of unionists to
state their views of the case,' I would respectfully
suggest to you that you should, eith(r on that
or some subsequent early day, hear the other side
from men of the same class; and for this purpose I
respectfully offer to you the service of five artisans
to speak upon the five points touched upon by Mr. Potter's
clients. I have the honour to forward to you a copy of
our annual report, which will, perhaps, explain to you the
object of our society better than the limits of a short
letter will allow.—l am, sir, with deep respect, your most
obedient humble servant,

" F. C. MAUDE, Colonel, Hon. Sec.

"To the Eight Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., &e."

" llawarden, Jan. 31, 1863.

" Sir,—You have not been quite correctly informed
about the deputation which I am to receive on the 18th.
The members of it come to me to contend against certain
propositions which I have laid down.
"This can only be done vivci voce. Information of the
principles of their system, apart from this controversy, I
should have requested to receive in writing, and I shall be
most happy to receive any such information in that form
from those on whose behalf you act.
" I cordially wish well to those combinations of working
men which separate the benefit society from the rules
restraining labour, and wish well to all who object to such
rules when they interfere with individual freedom.
"In many cases I rejoice to see among the working
classes a reaction against much that belongs to trades
unions. But I am impressed with the belief that this
reaction, to be healthy, must be spontaneous, and that if
it appears to depend on the patronage or pecuniary aid of
employers or of the upper classes, it will never thrive.
" It is on this account that I have not connected myself
with any such movement. I , appreciate the motives of
those who act otherwise, yet I think the point to which I
have referred should Rot be lost sight of.
" Forgive this intrusion.—l remain, sir, your faithful
servant, "W. E. GLADSTONZ.

" To Colonel Maud, &c.
" Many thanks for your enclosures."

The Herald has reason to believe that if Mr. Forsyth's
candidature for the representation of the University of
Cambridge were likely to prove acceptable to the members
of Convocation, that gentleman would resign the appoint-
ment of standing counsel to the Secretary of State for
India, and thus free himself from any disqualification for
the vacant seat.

The Odd Fellows Graiid Lodge has reported the
strength of the Order in the -United States. It has 2,860
lodges, with 214,551 members, and 697 encampments with
34,842 members. During the year ending September
1867, the aggregate income of the order was 2,020,111 dols.,
of which 692,629 dols. was expended for various charitable
objects.

PRESENTATION OF A. BlRCH.—According to cus-
tom, the captain of the school recently presented,, with
much ceremony, a birch tied up with blue ribands to the
Rev. J. J. Horuby, M.A., the new head master of Eton
College. The birch was presented at the beginning of
eleven o'clock school, and the head master replied in a few
appropriate words, saying that he hoped he should be
seldom called upon to use it.

THE MURDER OF A GIRL IN DUMFRIES.—
Robert Smith, the young man who is charged with having
murdered a girl near Annan, and also with having
attempted to murder a woman near the same place, has
been examined at Dumfries, before Mr. Boyle Hope,
sheriff-substitute, first, on the charge of rape, murder, and
robbery; and, secondly, on the charge of attempt to
murder. It is understood that the prisoner made a full
confession of the whole of the crimes charged against

FEMALE DOCTORS. —A statement is going the
round of the papers to the effect that, as the Court of
Assistants of the Apothecaries' Company has decided not
to exclude women from their examination in Arts, there is
every probability that this concession will be followed by
admitting them unreservedly to the examination in Medi-
'tine. This latter statement is wholly incorrect. There is
not the slightest chance of any woman getting the license
3f the Apothecaries' Society under the regulations im-
posed by the Court of Examiners in Medicine.—Lancet.

THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.—Although her Majesty,
yielding to the wishes of her subjects, has consented to
'face the fatigue of personally holding a limited number of
drawing-rooms during the ensuing season, and is, we trust,
justified in making the effort by the state of her health,
yet we understand that the Queen is still far from having
entirely recovered her strength. The effort which the
Queen has made to renew more extended personal relations
with her people will assuredly be gratefully acknowledged;
and, if her strength should not be equal to the complete
fulfilment of these laborious ceremonials, a just and re-
spectful appreciation will not be wanting of the gracious-
ness with which the sovereign has endeavoured to re-enter
upon the task. —British Medical Journal.

DISTRESS AT THE EAST OF LONDON.—On Thurs'
day afternoon a meeting was held at Exeter Hall, under
the presidency of Lord Radstock, in reference to the pre-
vailing distress in the Eastern districts of London. The
noble chairman said he felt humbled for himself per-
sonally, and for the Church, for the state of things
which existed in the Eastern districts of this vast and
wealthy metropolis. An urgent appeal had recently been
sent out by a society (his lordship did not mention its
name), and an amount equal to one-half of a half-year's
income of many an individual member of the Church had
not been received. In addition to money, 250 personal
workers had been asked for, and he felt grateful to those
who had come forward. As a member of the Christian
Church, he was bound to admit that men might point to
'it and say, that, in reference to this great distress at the
East of London, it had produced no satisfactory results.
There was, indeed, amongst them a sentimental love of
the gospel, a desire to combine holy and beautiful things,
but there was no practical following in the footsteps of
Him who preached the sermon on the Mount, and who
intended that it should be a lesson for all ages. The
standard of Christians of the present day was an entirely
different one from that ; for Christ would never have
allowed tens of thousands of his fellow-creatures to be
starving while untold riches were abounding around
Him. It was 0, farce to talk of revivals of religion,
and to be careless of so much existing distress. Mr.
Baxter, the well-known parliamentary agent, and several
other gentlemen gave addresses, but no collection was
made.

The election of Professor of Political Economy at the
Oxford University, in the place of the Rev. 5. E. T.
Rogers, M.A., whose term of office had expired, took
place on Thursday. Mr. Rogers offered himself for re-
election, but having given offence to certain members of
the university by supposed dissenting proclivities, Mr.
Bonamy Pike was brought forward to oppose him. The
interest seemed almost as great as if a member of
Parliament were about to be returned ; and it is stated
that the town swarmed with country parsons, most of
whom, as the result shewed, voted in favour of Mr.
Bonamy Price. At the close of the poll that gentleman
was declared elected, the numbers being, for the successful
candidate, 620; for Mr. Rogers, 193. Among Mr. Price's
supporters were the following members of the House of
Peers : The Archbishop of York ; Earls Carnarvon,
Dartmouth, and Stanhope ; the Bishops of London, Peter-
borough, and Rochester ; and Lord Redesdale. Among
the members of Parliament we read--Viscountrranborne,
Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Cave, the Hon. A. Egerton, Mr.
Mowbray, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Sclater-Booth, Sir
M. Hicks Beach, Mr. G. W. Hunt, Sir E. Lechmere, and
Mr. W. H. Gore-Langton.

Mr. E. K. Karslake, M.P., brother of the Attorney-
General, made along speech at Colchester, on Thursday, at
the meeting-of the Junior Conservative Association. The
hon. gentleman thought that there was a very fair prospect for
the Conservative party, because the Liberals in the House
were so split up. There was the moderate section and the
advanced section, which Mr. Gladstone had to keep in
order. Mr. Karslake seemed to think that it was impos-
sible for the Opposition leader to do so, for any coalition
between him and the advanced party would produce a
secession of the moderate Liberals to the Conservative
ranks. The learned member did not anticipate a dissolu-
tion this year, and was of opinion that any attempt
to throw out the Government would be defeated.
There were, he said, a lot of " capital letter "
members in the House of Commons, whose only object
was to add the two letters " M.P." to their names, in
order that they might become chairmen of companies, &c.
These gentlemen being always opposed to a dissolution
would help the Conservative party. They did so—he was
obliged to confess—in the matter of the Reform Bill. As
a matter of court e, Mr. Karslake thought the present
Ministry to be a good one. Speaking of the possible
retirement of its head,' he suggested Lord Stanley
as the future Premier. Turning to Iceland, the hon.
member said he would rather go as a common soldier and
serve against the Irish as his enemies, than contemplate
the possibility of a severance between the two countries.
With regard to education, though he was opposed to the
compulsory system, he would rather have that than
nothing at all. He would support any proposal made by
the Government with regard to the representation of
Scotland, though he was against increasing the members
of tllg Ileg.se of Commons.

yk, ,k

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 6.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Christian.
Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied
by Princess Louise.

The Marquis of Lansdowne is gradually recover-
ing from the effects of his severe accident in the hunting
field.

The Earl and Countess of Bradford and family
aro expected at their residence in Belgrave-square early in
the ensuing week from Castle Bromwich.

The Earl and Countess of Tankerville are ex-
pected to arrive in town at the end of the ensuing week
for the season.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton intend to re-
main at Egerton louse, Melton Mowbray, till the first
week in April.

Lord Raglan has returned home from Vienna,
after attending the funeral of the Emperor Maximilian as
Lord in Waiting to the Queen.

Lady John Manners and infant son are pro-
gressing favourably.

THE LANDSLIP AT NAPLES.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
NAPLES, Jau. 30.

The terrible catastrophe in Santa Lucia has
created so much excitement that the Royal Dele-
gate, who now represents the Municipality, found
it necessary to issue a proclamation exhorting the
people to be calm. There is a wide-spread convic-
tion that there has been criminal negligence in
not anticipating the disaster, and his criminal
apathy in not having made efforts sufficiently
strong to rescue those who are still under the ruins.
Thirty-six hours were suffered to pass away in hesi-
tation and discussion, when it was at last decided
that nothing could be done to save life. On going
down this morning I found the same curious and ex.
cited crowd kept off by a barrier and by the troops,
but, showing my pass, I was admitted among the
ruins. Much progress has been made since yester-
day; a good deal of the debris has been removed, so
as to open a narrow path nearly to the entrance of
the Castello, and here the principal work was going
on. The road is obstructed in this direction by
tufa and mason work in large masses, rising to the
height of thirty or forty feet, and increasing as one
approaches the other side of the street at the base
of the mountain, against which was built the wine
shop. Here it is supposed were no fewer than 15
persons, who may, it is conjectured, have fled into
the cellars cut in the tufa at the back, and the
only thought which has occupied every one has
been how to get at them. At first an attempt was
made round the corner of the Santa Lucia side to
pierce through the walls of buried houses until the
cellars were reached, but as everything gave way
under the superincumbent weight it was aban-
, doned as too dangerous, though, had he been
allowed to do so, Signor Zampari would have
tunnelled not far from this spot 24 hours earlier.
It is due to this brave man, who is a native of
Udine, in the Venetian provinces, to say that,
with equal courage and humanity, he has never
ceased from urging the necessity of making the
attempt, and on Thursday morning, the disaster
having occurred on Tuesday evening, he ob-
tained the support and permission of the Due
d'Aosta. During the rest of the day and the following
night, when the works were carried on by the aid
of electric light, this brave man, with a few of
his followers, continued the operations. They were
commenced at the entrance to the Castello, the gate-
way of which is nearly blocked up with ruins, and
when I arrived nearly 40 feet had been already
tunnelled. Every now and then the sides and
the roof were shored up with strong poles, but,
with all the precautions taken, it was a fearful
risk. On entericg the tunnel I found it scarcely
wide enough for two men to stand abreast,
and except at the farthest extremity it was pitch
dark. Had the mass above and on the sides
been one solid material, the danger would have
been less, but formed as it was of loose matter,
huge pieces of mason work of sJveral tons weight,
of sand and sandstone, any shifting in the superin-
cumbent debris might have produced another disaster.
At the farthest extremity the workmen had met
with another obstacle in the form of a rock, which
compelled them to make a zigzag road, thus adding
to the labour and increasing the time necessary for
its completion; and though only 15ft. or 16ft. re-
mained to be bored, it was not believed that they
could arrive at the wineshop before midnight. Re-
turning to the entrance of the tunnel, and scaling
the debris which blocks up the gateway of the castle,
a view was obtained of another danger which
threatened the men at work. Just 27Cft. above
this spot there hang large masses of mason work,
detached from the mountain, which a strong vibra-
tion, a shock of earthquake, or heavy rains might
easily bring down, adding the weight of hundreds
of tons to the material which has already fallen.
Besides this the officers' quarters in the barracks
stand at the very verge of the mountain, which
is in a fragmentary condition. The public sym-
pathy is, therefore, as strongly awakened for those
who are working as it is for those they are trying
to save.

FEBRUARY 1.

I have just returned from the scene of the disaster,
which threatens to assume even larger proportions.
Much of the debris at the turn of Santa Lucia has
been removed, too much for the perfect safety of
the tunnel in construction, as it served to shore
up the material above. The tunnel has been car-
ried as far as the wine-shop, but unfortunately
against the walls of the house, instead of the door,
an error occasioned by the necessity of making a
zig-zag road. At the same time, another tunnel has
been constructed with somewhat more successful
results, under the direction of the city architects,
Enrico-Alvino, chief engineer ; Signor Faust Nic-
colini and Signor Giambarba. The last- named
gentleman had the courtesy to conduct me through
it. The entrance is near the border of the sea,
and passes first through a magazine which lies.
under the street ; the passage has been cut through
the tufa as far as a well which is under the house
of the wine merchant ; above it is a tenement,
divided into four compartments, in one of which,
which was perfect, was found a cat alive, as also
some glasses and bottles unbroken. The roofs of
two of the other compartments had been broken
in by the pressure of the soil above, and if any
persons were there they must all have perished.
The shop only remains, the state of which is un-
known as yet, but there is little expectation of
saving any one. As no one has been found in the
compartment behind, the probability is that the
unfortunate persons in the shop rushed to the door,
outside of which they must inevitably have met
their fate. As far as I could collect from the au.
thorities and engineers on the spot, there are at
least 20 persons missing, among whom are seven
soldiers, two sergeants, the family of the wine-seller,
and some other persons. As to those who were pass-
ing in this much, frequented thoroughfare nothing,
of course, is known.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH A FBEEMASO'N.-'
By a private letter just received from Australia, we learn
that the Duke of Edinburgh was about to become a mem-
ber of the Masonic brotherhood, preliminary to conducting
the ceremony of laying the foundation of a public hall in
Sydney. The initiation of this popular member of the
royal family into the order can scarcely fail to have a most
important influence on the future extension of free-
masonry, and its it.creasing patronage by all classes of her
Majesty's subjects, both at home and abroad.—Dumbarton
herald.

A CRUEL PARENT.—A shocking case, showing
what fearful consequences may arise from drunken 7
ness, has come under the notice of the Liverpool police.
A woman named Bridget Moylos, while in a drunken
frenzy, threw her daughter, a child twelve months old,
on the fire. A little boy who observed the occurrence
took the child off the fire, and a police-officer being called
it was at once conveyed to the Northern Hospital. It was
found that it had been burned on both arms and one of
the thighs, but fortunately the injuries were not of a
serious character. The doctor also examined the woman
who had committed the unnatural act, and found that she
was labouring under delirium tremens.

THE SUN, LONDO
_...
~...._____
Di 0 N :i:.; ~-1 Li __ ARKET Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 -
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 - SHARE LIST.-This Day.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885... - ______.-
AND Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aue;„ 1908... - ORDINARY 81:14111,ES AND STOCKS.
fYrt COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2& 24 per Ct.... 24 20 pm
Do £5OO 24 20 prn Share/
Railways. __
Do. £lOO Sc £2OO 24 20 pin
CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ..ank of England Stock, 44 per Cent 2184 I paid.] Crleosolle, I Buds:nnee.sa
at Anatol and Exeter .... 100 83 67 i
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to- Do. Account -
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SEouRITIES. at at C
Caleamdonian ..-...
100 . 100 77i 7.1 781 91 Si 71
brian 2O 30
day, the French Renter were 68f. 70c. Very firm. - Cork and 8and0n...... - - -
iau Stock, 104 per Cent., Apri11874... - 20 Cornwall all 3 4
b. 6. There is a fair demand for money at 14 per cent., Do. Account - at Dublin & Belfast June. 100 741 751
m, ac- . with exceptional transactions 4 per cent. lower. Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - -
Do. WO - - 0
Consols are steady at yesterday prices, at 931 to Do. Certificates
,parried 934 for money and account. New and Reduced Do. EnfaCed Paper 4 per Cent B7 at Great Eastern, Old.etk. 100 311 321 321 21li 1
Three per Cents., 934 to 934; India Five per Cents., Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
4 at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6i 71
Do. 54 per Cent, May 1879 - at Great North of Scotland 100 15 0
1114 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer. ~ p.Deb. ,
Do. 5 per Cent. Ru lB-2 _.. at Great Northern lOO 100 111 110 iB3
3cover- Bills, 20s. to 255. prem. Do. do. 1877 - at Do. A stock .. 100 11 111 111 101 1.1 10
at Do. B stock lee 1221 1,3
hunting - -
Do. do. 1882 1034
Of Foreign Stocks Egyptian, Peruvian, and Mexi- Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 10:.)
at Gt 6, and W. of Ireland 100 i 6 93
famil can are in chief demand. There is an advance of 4 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
y Do. under £l,OOO - Pin at Du. soual. Rail gua. 100 - -
in the Viceroy's Loan, at 754 to 76 ; and of 4 in the
early in FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. a h Wales .... lee 46 47 45
Egyptian Railway Loan, at 924 to 93. The Egyp- st Do. W. Mid.-Oktore 1110 20 3i
- at Do. Newport too 29 at
ire cx- Brailian 5 per Cent
tiau 1864 Bonds are without change, at 904 to 911. Do. 44 per Cent., 1852 - at . Do. Her eferd .. ... ... iOO - -
ig week Mexican have advanced 4, at 161 to 161 ; and Peru- - Do. do., 1858 - at Lancashire Yorkshire. 100 1261 127 127
Do. do., 18 io - at Linden and Blackwall 100 - -
vian (1865) are also i better, at 77 to 774. Greek Do. do., 1863 - at Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 10,.) le 16} Ici 6a 0
at I-on., Chat., and Dover M; 18 18i 18 1 17i 1,1
Ito re- are 13 to 134 ; New Spanish, 364 to 37 ; Turkish, Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 - at Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 100 11 14
the first 324 to 324 : Italian (1861), 43i to 434 ; and Peru- Do Account 774 at Lou. & North Wester,. 10 1,8 114 118 i II) 181 1
- st Lou. 4 South WesterD lee 89 88
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Vian (1862), 92 to 93. . Di 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - at Man., Shef., ,k Uncoil, luu 43 t 4
Tienna, - at Metropolitan ..... ..... all 111 111 1091 1 101 0
The New Honduras Loan is steady, at 4to 11 0 Jim" 6 per Cent. - -
Lilian as 4 Cuilian 6 per Cent - at Do. _Extension .. .. ~li 130 1(1 161
prem. Do. 44 per Cent - st ‘ Metropolitan Distriel. all - - 73
American Securities are flat. United States 5-20 110. 6 per Cent., B . - 20 t Do. do. do. 10 - -
re pro- Do., 1867 - -
Bonds are power, at 714 to 718 ; Erie Railroad Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866
and Illinois are also each 1 more, being quoted at Do., Scrip £32 paid - Do. £9 Share 7 - -
at Do, Birluin.. & Darby 100 73 27
C ~ mbian, 6 per Cent.
464 to 474 ane 87 to 88 respectively. - Aid Kent . . all - -
Denim, 3p tr Cont., 1825 . ... - at North British
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures DAnubian Principalities, 7 per Cent OB4 8 et Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 100 - -
have receded 4, to 27 to 28, And the Consolidated Do 8 per Cent., 1867 674 at l th. Eastern-Berwick 100 101 105 103
. 30. E ivador New Consolidated, Ipr Clem- - . 25 Do. G.N.E puroliaat 16.13.4 -
. Mortgage Bonds 1, to 25 to 254. olgyptian, 7 per Cent - at Do. Leeds ..... ..... luu 62 64
is has st Do. York lOO 95 97
The Railway Market is again firmer. The favour- Do. Second Issue
1 Delo- 121,,. £5OO Bonds - at De. Carlisle - -
at Do. Stock. & Darling all l';3 135 1541
able dividends being declared encourage purchases.
, found Do. £lO6 Bonds - 45 Do. do. 1860-61 IS -- p
There is an advance of lin Great Northern, at 1094 Do. 1861 - . at North London
ing the D0.15j0 Bonds at Do. do. 186* 5 - -
to 1104 ;of i Great Western, at 461 to 464 ;of 4 - Do. do. 1866 . 5 1 liii 83
comic- Do. £lOO Bonds s • ••• - 10 !North Staffordshire .. 100 58 60
in Great Northern A, at 1104 to 1114 ; of 4in Government Railway I.),bantures ..... 93
'nee in et N. &S. %V. Junction .. all 109 li i
Metropolitan, at 110 to 1104 ; and in Great Eastern Greek, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex Coups st Scottish Central - -
riminal • Do. Account -
Do. Scot, Mid. stack.. 100
- Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 -
32 to 324 ; and of / in Midland, at 1064 to 1071,
-
icientl Do. Coupons - -
y
in South Eastern at 71 to 71i ;in Brighton at 461 Do. Account - - Shropshire Union .... 100 58 69
0 ruins. bt South Devon lOO 43 15
to 464, and in Caledonian at 784 to 791; Sheffield G tatemala 5 per Ceut .. -
.61 South E.stern
in hesi- Honduras Gov. Rail. L oan., 10p. Ct., £25 p - 20 Staines, Wok., do Wok all 9 10
It tilan 5 per Cent., 1865
are steady, at 431 to 434 ; Lancashire and York-
decided - at rail Vale lOO 146 160 iis
shire, 1264 to 1271 ; and Bristol and Exeter, Do, Account ~ 704 10 Do. C,. - - •
a going Do. Maremniana Raiway - - Dale of Neath -
185 to 87 ; London and South Western are 4 lower- Waterford & Kilkenny 103 - -
nd ex. MAxicar.. 3 per Cent -
at 86 to 88. Ditto for Account -
trnrlng_ West Cornwall lOO - -

ind ex.
troops,
Ing the
yester-

oved, so
ance of

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ion by
to the
as one

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ed into
Ind the

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apt was
side to
ntil the

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Id have
earlier.
'five of
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:ing the
disaster
he oh-
ne Duc
Illowing
the aid

few of

ley were
he gate-
ins, and
already
des and
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fearful

scarcely
abreast,
as pitch
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weight,
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disaster.

lad met
c, which
adding
3sary for
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hat they

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scaling
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LRY 1.

In Bank Shares Agra (A), are quoted at 11 to
14 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Chartered Mercantile,
27i to 28f- ; Consolidated, Ito prem. ; Imperial,
171 to 17i ; Imperial Ottoman, 1' to dis. ;
London and County, 521 to 531 ; London and
Westminster, 39 to 40 ; London Joint Stock,
334 to 34i ex div. ; and Union of London, 33/
to 341. _ _

disaster,
p3rtious.

Among credit shares, National Discount are 11
to 14 ; International Finance, 2 to 11 dis. ; Gene-
ral Credit, 2i to 2i dis. ; and Credit Foucier, 31
to 31. _ _ _

ucia has
safety of
to shora

The annual general meeting of the Grosvenor
and West-end Railway Terminus Hotel Company
has been called for the 26th inst., to receive the
directors' report and to declare a dividend.
The ordinary annual meeting of the East Lin-
colnshire Railway Company will be held on the
21st inst., when the directors' report will be pre-
sented.

,een car-
tunately
the door,
aaking a
mud has

uccessful
.chitects,

The ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-lonian
Steam Navigation Company has been convened for
the 19th inst., to receive the directors' report, and
to declare a dividend.

.ust Nic-
,t• named
through
the sea,
hick lies
through
he house
enement,
,f which,
, as also
roofs of
i broken
d if any
perished.
ch is un-
tation of
id in the
that the
the door,
Lave met

a. the au4

;re are at

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK'
a The Bank return shows some important changes.
'Among them is a reduction of upwards of £172,000
in the private securities, and a decrease of more than
a million and a-half sterling in the amount of private
deposits. The inference from these conditions is, that
the Bank is practically out of the Discount Market,
and that it is wholly in the hands of its
competitors. This is the result of maintaining
the minimum at 2 per cent., when the market
18 doing business per cent. lower. There is a
large reduction in the Reserve, owing to the use
made of the private deposits, and it is satisfactory to
'IP( ()me signs of relief from stagnation. There is
also a reduction in the bullion, but the stock_remains
notmuch short of twenty-two millions. The following
are the principal changes :
Increase in circulation - £245,415
Increase in Public Deposits 565,113
Decrease in other Deposits
No change. in amount of Government Securities
Decrease in other Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest
Decrease in Reserve
Bullion in both Departments ...... - 21,755,234
Reserve of Notes and Coin 13,075,854
Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 24,327,678

The return of paid clearing for the week ending
IVednesday, Feb. 5, certified by Mr. George Derby-
shire, chief inspector, is as follows :--

.
Do. Maremmana Raiway —..-
MAxicar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 B} i
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
Slontevidoan 6 per Cent. . —
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Now Granada —
Do 3 per Con
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account 77
Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren)
4
p oDDr
tooti
gA4utecpsoeeur3nCpt eenritc. , t
.1,862
924
Do. do.,
Do. do., SllCB6rsipli, '6;170' p'9,:i6,10,'2,'3 4-444 4103 m
Ru9sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St, 874 8
Do 44 per Cent. 1850

Do 41 per Cent., 1860 • —
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds —
Do. do. £B4 15s. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 1
Do. do. £B4 los. do Bsk 5
Sardinian, 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cen .
Do Accfiunt .... 3Bl 1
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive —
Do Acct ant
Do Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded

Do Account
Tuckish 6 per Cent. -
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account ... 63}
Do .£lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do flOO Bonds 63}
Do. 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Da Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 541
Da 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Dividends on the above payable in Lundoz.
Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. —

COLONIAL GO VERNMENT. SECURITIES.
IBritieh Columbia, 6 per
oent., Dec.3l, 1672 100
Lian.Gov.6 p.c.J a.& July
1877-84
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l4 100 102
Du. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102
00. sp. o. Jan. & July 100 85 88 861 1 6
Do. sp. o. lnscribtd ek 100 85 87
Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 104
Do.Apl.&001. 1890-1900 100 106 108
1)0. do 1880-91 100 104 106
Do. Jan.&July, 100 107 109
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and IS Oct., 1000 lOO 95 a
Ces ion, Nov. 1888, 6 p.t lOO -
Do. 1878, do. 100 11) 1104
Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ...
uO. 1882, Mayls, Nov. I, 100 105 107
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 10v
Natal tiov. 6 per cent lOO IC4 106
N.B.Gor.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 11,3 105
N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,186u 100 -
- Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187 e 100 98 00 94
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 1.74 966 951 t
New Zealand, 6p. cent WO
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c
sterling, 1875 l9O 102 101
Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 104
S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868-0 100
Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 110 t 1 I
Vic,Gov. 6 p.O.Ja.&July 100
Do. do, April & Oet lOO 110 112

1101
_067838
104 761
021 i
11
00
4,41 9 i
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.`
Zou Atlantic & St. Lawrence all , 63 55
Born. Baroda, &Cen.ln. 100 104 105 1034 3 4
st gu.'s per cent... ,
20 Do. 8 shares 1 0 p 0
120041 S:BlorSelitteL,raaeknGeceoHaeurriochn
allai l
53 i 16
100
99 102
t 088 Ott CalcuttaDemerara, ,aleP.l
owiB4n7
721- p 3. Duck,.
-Bo
9.
: iej lira Pu. ; 111
vailgo
23301 I' 1 4 aat
itt . Indian,
J E Bengal,
t eggnous:lOsnsP.a.:: 11
100 500
1 o'o D. iro
a.
nEdqTu irpa.
1 charge 6 P.O
n Mort,ko f
Bonds Canada
8137
6518 16
100100 Do.po.
do
ot Pref.defe
110000
DD Po .D.
32dd
IP. r re ef f: deferred
rtilodnk Bonds d..s
.. .
aaa allllll
253-3: 325-291
2373
10010 Du,D o . dd
oo
1 deferredde tt'
rr
e d ..
..
..
allall - --
91:04 :.,4 tpl:. Indiaooo.: ledtoeh. a Fret,.Pd eentep. deterred
rruse tad;
ecsn.kp.t bp. c. laalollBoll 1-10_87 1120-81 1108941 410
Z 0 Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 2'
at cat. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
at D. 44 per cent lou 92 91 95
st Do 2
204 •Jreat Wes. of Canada all 15} 150
204 D. New ..., -
LOO Do. 6p. u Bus. pay. 1873 all 95 47
lOC Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8_ all 85 a?
at Madras, gin: 5 p.o ..., 100 100 10z 1034
at Do. 44 do lOO 93 05
st Do. 44 do lOO 89 91
21 Do. Fifth Extension 5
st 110). Cor 6p. c. Buds. 100
50 Mel. a Hobsoies Bay all
st iN.ltl.C'da.6po lstpf.ha 100 83 65
at Oude 4 Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.o• 100 1044 1054
at Scinde . lOO 100 101
at Do. Delhi lg cs NO 1004 1014 1004 4
20 Do. do ..... gi, 15 44 P
at Do. Punjaub ~ n .e, NO 99 100
at Do.lndus St.Flot ba 100 85 87
BRITOIL MINES.
Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1
Chiverton
Clifford Amalgamated, SO 54 64
Devon G. Cone. (Taoist. 1 4zu 430
Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 1
East Bassett (Illoga.n) 294 10 12
.East Caradon 2.14,0 5 6 5
East Carn BrPa 3l 2 24 24
East Grenville 2.14.0 14 2
East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 e
'East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9
E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2
Gam.& StAubyn(Gweu. 66 4 5
4 Great Laxey, limited,. all 17 18
Great South, Tolgus 0.14.6 --
Great Wheal Boay 14.9.6
G. Wheal Vor (Relstnu 40 20 21 204
Grenville 9.0.6 14 14
tlerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 35 37
... ilingston Downs 5.10.6 24 21
Margaret (Uny Lelant 18.17.6 6 8
Marke Valley 4.10.6 41 54
4 liwyndy Iron Ore, Lim 34 24 11
New S ton .......
North toskear .. .
N.WII Bassettallogan 4.4.0
North icheal Crotty
•.. Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24
Pruvidence kUnyLelant 10.6.7 29 31
S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 410
....
6.w
SouthheCai Fran.ondu ing
rro(wo...a.n 8.
. 1:.21v 37.804 a 4
421
Stray Park 35.16.6 I 6
l'ln Croft V 13 14
7lgra and Clugan, litn all
West Bassett (Mogan
_ W. Caradon (Ltakeard 1 : lu 12
West Chiver ton ll 67 69
_ West Seton 47.4 105 205
—. Wheal Bassett flllogan 55 85 95.. Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 10
Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20
Wheal Seton 584 85 90 88
_. Wheal Trelawnev CIA& 5.17.0 6 8

Jan. 30, Thursday £10,198,000
Jan. 31, Friday
Feb. 1, Saturday 13,012,004
Feb. 3, Monday 9,755,000
Feb. 4, Tuesday
Feb. 5, Wednesday

Total £76,195,000
This is the largest clearing in any week since the
Publication of the returns first commenced. The
aggregate is affected by a heavy settlement on th-,
Stock Exchange and by the engagements of the 4th,
.1,1-1 t independent of these conditions there is reason to
in that a moderate improvement is taking place
the clearings from the ordivary internal trade.
The Continental demand for gold continues, and in
thetaken absence of arrivals a further sum of £77,000 was
‘alren from the Bank yesterday.
The steamers which left New York yesterday for
Europe took £lOO,OOO in specie.
The prospectus has appeared of the Anglo-Hnn-
Bank, a new enterprize having for its object
ne extension of banking facilities to Hungary, in
Precisely the same manner as the Auglo-Austrian
LBank has established itself. It was at first thought
-r° form Hungarian branches to the Anglo-Austrian
4a, 1,
a 'la., but it was ultimately decided to form
- new company altogether. The capital is
£1
COO in £2O shares, of which forty per
tente is to be paid up before the company is entitled
commence business. Power is also given to in-
e_roase the capital. The new Bank will have its chief
_establishment at Pesth, and a Hungarian direction
l';'11 be assisted by a Committee in London. It is to
Rcel deposit and discount house, but it will also make
of vanoes on everything marketable, and has the power
dealing in bullion and coin. Subscriptions will be
reeived in London, Pesth, and Vienna, on Monday
"°(1 Tuesday next.
The dividend of the Clydesdale Bank (Glasgow) is
announced at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
tiAt the meeting yesterday of the South Condurrow
'toe a call of 2s per share was made.
t,he dividend of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
rupany for the past half-year is announced, at the
te of 4:1 per cent. per annum, carrying forward
1,165. For the corresponding period of 1866 the
dividend was 4i, and the amount brought into this
account was £550.
The Great Northern Railway Company announce
that the dividend for the past half-year is at the rate
of 7i per cent, per annum, comparing with 8 per
cent. This will allow £3 15s to be paid on the
Anginal stock, £3 on the B stock, and £4 lOs on the
in Stook. The distribution for the year is 6 per cent.
each case.
It The accounts of the London and North Western
61ilway Company permit of a dividend at the rate of
tPer cent, per annum, being the same as for the
u'respontiing period of 1866.
ItZ conspiracy to create a fictitious rise in Midland
lanesay stock has been defeated through the vigi-
of the London Stock Exchange. By the post a
or was received by the secretary, written on
thel4l paper, and stating among other things that
wt,;_ll(litors have nearly completed our accounts,
417oti_a indicate a dividend at the rate of £6 lOs per
‘,0..`°,1,1, for the past half-year. The letter was signed
to .L.N • Browne, Secretary." The conspirators omitted
seal4ll the letter in the way in which letters to the
okiiscl94 Stock Exchange are usually sealed. This
of wiV°o excited suspicion, and the letter, the object
desi,lch is perfectly clear, was not posted up as it was
Panel,ed to be. The directors of the Midland Corn-
ered a reward of £5O for the discovery
me offenders.
fe'sts• Napier and Sons, of the Clyde, are build-
ti3f:(l`ttrl);:atvliee Dutchoff Government a steam rain of about
hre in'°os, and a turret ship of 2,000 tons. They
Parat 'ended to be fitted with Skinner's steering ap-
qli,„.ll.-, similar to that successfully tested by H.l‘L's
414; Industry and Supply, by which one man
ease
t"a'lan steer in the most boisterous weather with
/a d free from danger.
of viYPears by the gold mining records of the colony
eapit,ita, that 12 mines, with an aggregate paid-up
frr, capital ofd'
£145,382, have given, at periods ranging
,clivoc,eNell months to five years, no less a sum in
liito`rs'ads out of their raisings of £1,878,907. The
(try
reSS
°f rolls
has never before shown such extra-

DJ Account
Italia). 5 per CAnt. 1831, E. 25i. •
Do. Account 431
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Do. Account, March .. 931

• rItEFERENCE SCARES.
Great Western, 4 per cent irred. 66
North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10}

.11.1TISII FUNDS CLOSING PRICES.
a h
B v 4
r 2
• (i_Ae eu , t,o:l(3l:Ftn, , Ns
T°l
FUNDS.
r' lic
hN D5B. ri3l i -11 i I
93 { il i
t 4,- -lent. Reduced D3i a-
-0 ' Per Cent
°IV 21 93i f
4 Per gent. Jan. 1894 —.

t'olllClGN'llitiL WA. !L..
Namur and Lime,San Paulo, II g ua. per cent., it3i
ua. g. 6 per cent.
South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian,
PL, 20

:FOI:CEIGN MINNS.
Chontale9 Gold and Sliver Mining, Rm., 4i
Lon Pedro, Nunn Del ;ley, 21
Port Phillip, 11
Rosati Grande, par
St. John del Rey, lim , 19i 201

DOCKS.
London and Si. Katharine, 43;

BANES.

Alliance, lim., 12/
Australasia, 67 61
Bank of British Columbia,
Ditto, new, 12
British 1N orth American. 49 a
City, 12j
Imperial Bank, lim.. 171
Imperial Ottoman, 91
Loudon and River Plate,

Ditto, new, 101
London Chartered Battu of Australia, 23k
London Joint Stock. 34 31
London and 11 estminster, 88i 8

Ditto, Scrip, 4 39)
Merchant Bank, lim., 16
National Provincial of England.:•—
Ditto, ,d and 3d issue, 3:4
Union of Australia, 5111
Union of Loudon, 41 4
MISCELLANEOUS;
Anglo American Telegraph, 191
Atlantic Telegraph,
Ditto, 8 pm* cent., 100 2f
City Discount, lira,
Cowmercial Union, lnsuranCe,
Crystal Palace, 23
Egyptian 11 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt.Govt.,9o
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 1,
Gen. Credit and Discount, tun., 5
London Financial Association, lim., 7
North British Australasian, 40
Peninsula and Oriental z6tearn, 55
Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 751

TIIE LATE GALE.—At a meeting of the Mersey
Docks and Harbour Board yesterday, a report from Mr.
Heartrup, of the Liverpool Observatory, was read, He
stated that on the Ist instant, during the height of the
gale, the pressure per square foot of the wind was from
501 b. to 701 b., and the velocity from 80 to 120 miles per
hour.

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON.—Ms Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief has consented to take
the chaii at the annual festival of this national society on
Saturday, the 21st March, being the anniversary of the
battle of Alexandria, at which the Highland regiments so
eminently distinguished themselves. It is believed his
royal highness will be supported by other members of the
oyal

THE SUN, LONDON", FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1808.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Pay.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
NELSON V. NELSON AND HOWSON.
This was a petition presented by the husband for
dissolution of marriage.

The parties after the marriage lived at Burton-
in-Londale, and kept a publichouse there for some
time. Unfortunately the wife became -subject to
intoxication, which of course led to the most unfor-
tunate consequences, and eventually the wife left her
husband, but not before she sold off the greater part
of his home. Mrs. Williamson, sister of the peti-
tioner, said she knew Mr. and Mrs. Nelson when
they lived at Burton-in-Londale. Mrs. Nelson
was very frequently intoxicated, and eventually her
brother had to leave the place in consequence of
the dissolute conduct of his wife. They afterwards
went to live at Liverpool, but here the old failing again
showed itself, aud the respondent there finally left her
husband, taking with her one of the children. Miss
Leigh said she knew the parties when they lived at
Liverpool, but she only corroborated the evidence
of the previous witness. Mrs. Wahnesley said she
had been in the habit of paying money to Mrs.
Nelson for her support. John Thomber said he
was asked by the respondent to draw up a paper by
which the co-respondent Howson agreed to
allow the respondent a weekly sum for the
support of herself and two children. A witness was
called, who fully established the painful allegation
in the petition, and his lordship made a decree nisi,
but without costs.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a meeting of the Common Council was
held at Guildhall for the despatch of business—the
Lord Mayor presiding.

THE GAOL OF NEB` GATE.

Deputy Fn asked whether there was any truth
in the report that an enlargement of the gaol of
Newgate was in contemplation by the Court of
Aldermen. Again, if that were not so, whether
the subject of removing the gaol to another locality
had ever been under the consideration of that
Court.

Alderman Sir Wm. ROSE repeated the statement
he made in the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last,
to the effect that £6OO was about to be expended in
alterations connected with the prison ; that it was a
house of detention as well as a gaol, and was used
as such in connection with the Central Criminal
Court, to which, as having a jurisdiction extending
over eight counties, besides that of, the Admiralty,
it was indispensable. There had never to his know-
ledge been any intention on the part of the Court
of Aldermen to remove the gaol to another loca-
lity. An inquiry had been before the Court as to
the property surrounding the gaol, but no action
was likdy to take place immediately upon that in-
quiry.

Mr. BONSEIVELL reminded the Court of the state-
ment in the Builder on the subject.
The LORD MAYOR said there was no foundation
whatever for the statement.

The subject was then allowei to drop.
On the motion of Mr. TERRY, Alderman Sir Wm.
Rose was unanimously re-elected to the office of
Governor of the Irish Society. Mr. John Anderson
Cotton was also elected to the office of deputy-
governor with like unanimity.
On the motion for affixing the official seal to a
new Commission of Sewers,

➢lr. MEDwor took occasion to hear testimony to
the public spirit which bad induced the late Com-
mission to adopt an entirely new system of sca-
venging throughout the city to the great saving of
the ratepayers, and also to the convenience of the
public.
The Court next re-elected the whole of the officers
of the corporation, 58 in number, for the ensuing
year, from the town clerk (Mr. Fred. Woodthorpe,
barrister-at-law), downwards, with the exception
of one (the corn shipper), who was appointed for
three months, pending au inquiry by a committee
into the manner in which the duties of the office
aro performed. A conversation arose incidentally
as to the precedence among the officers of the
High Bailiff of Southwark (Mr. Gresham), and
as to the omission from the paper of business of
the prefix " high" to the designation of his office.
Mr. Gresham said, from the reign of Edward
ILL downwards the officer holding the appointment
had always been styled high bailiff. He was asked
what amount of escheats on felons' goods and fines
had come into his hands during the time he had
held the appointment. He replied, "No amount."
It was explained that the omission of the prefix
" high " was a clerical error. The city tradesmen
were re-elected, but only for six months, and an
inquiry was directed to be instituted in the mean-
time into the working of the whole of the exist-
ing system of employing corporation tradesmen.