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London, England, 1868-05-28 00:00:00

Do 4 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 401 11
Do. do., 1' 67 —
Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid 2l

Russian 5 per Cent., 1812, £ St
Do 4i per Cent. 1850
Do 4ir per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ..... ,„.•
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0....
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BB i 7.1
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 641 i
Sardinian, 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Cen
Do Account
Do New Deferred ........... • ••• ••
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do Account
Do £10(' Bonds
Do. 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1866
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1866 - i 1 -I
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent. —
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch.2f per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, —

. 6.5 41

....... 661 i

Do Account —
French Relates, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. —
Austrmn 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florinb
Italia", 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 251. —
Do. Account 5l }
CLOSING PRICES
Consols, Money 96 }
Do. Account, 4th June .. 94} I

I.IANCHEtS7ER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The monthly meeting of the directors was held
yesterday ; Mr. Edmund Ashworth, vice president,
in the chair. The other members present were
Messrs. M. Ross, P. M'Laren, R. Johnson, J. A.
Bannerman, A. Cassels, J. Dorrington, and Samuel
Ogden. ' . .

A memorial, to be presented to Parliament on the
revision of the treaty of Tien-tsin, ordered at a pre-
vious meeting of the Chamber, was read and ap-
proved ; also one to the Postxnaster-General, on the
subject of postage to India.
Mr. A. CASSELS reported that a deputation of
which he, as representative of the Chamber, formed
part, had waited upon the Secretary of State for
India, on the subject of improved telegraphic
communication. The Government of India was
was not prepared to guarantee a dividend upon
the outlay, and although they had promised to
bear half the expense of carrying out an efficient
system, the Home Government, on the other
hand, had declined, but Sir Stafford North-
;cote had suggested that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer should be applied to. Whilst,.how-
ever, other lines of telegraph existed, and the Go-
vernment had in contemplation the exclusive use
of a wire to India, they were not willing to give any
independent support to another system.—it was
resolved, on the motion of Mr. Cassels, seconded by
Mr. Dorrington, that the secretary be directed to
address Mr. Bazley further on this subject ; and
that Mr. Crawford, M.P., should be seen by him
respecting any further steps which should be taken
in the matter, in order that the Board might render
its support.
The unexpected opposition to the bill on cotton
statistics which had arisen in the course of the dis-
cussion in the House of Lords the previous evening
was brought under the notice of the board. The
subject was considered at some length, and it was
ultimately resolved that the Secretary should write
to Mr. Bazley and Mr. E. W. Watkin, expressing
regret at the opposition in the present state of the
bill, and to ask in what way the Chamber could
act so as to strengthen the position of the promoters
of the measure.

The SECRETARY (Mr. Browning) reported the
receipt of a communication from the Macclesfield
Chamber of Commerce, and the steps he had taken
in connection with the 14th (the silk) clause of the
Railway Traffic Regulation Bill, which he was in-
formed had been abandoned, and another, which
was considered most objectionable, substituted.
The proceedings of the Macclesfield Chamber, in
connection with this subject, were also reported,
and the action of the Board of Trade was deemed
most unsatisfactory.
Among other communications which were read
were several on the subject of the increased postage
to India ; and one from the Falmouth Chamber of
Commerce, intimating that a new contract was
about to be entered into by the Government with
the West India Mail Company, and that it was
thought desirable in completing the contract that
power should be reserved for steamers calling at
Falmouth to land and embark mails, provided the
Treasury or the Post-office should hereafter deem it
desirable to make the most westerly port a station
for that purpose. The Board concurring with this
application, ordered that a memorial to Government
should be prepared.

With reference to the liability of shipping to
light dues, an instruction was given to the secre-
tary to seek for further information from Fal-
mouth, as to whether ships calling for orders
were charged ; also, if they were, what
was the rate per ship, on ships calling, and
if the dues were removed to cargo, how such charges
could be made and apportioned. This matter re-
mains over for final decision, it having been referred
to the opinion of the Liverpool Chamber.
The Secretary read some correspondence with
Mr. A. J. Mondella, of Nottingham, from whom a
letter at some length on the subject of courts of
arbitration had been received, together with the
rules of such courts already established in Notting-
ham and Leicestershire.

A letter was read from Mr. W. 11. Wood, secre-
tary to the Manchester and Salford Trades Council,
stating that at a meeting of that Council, represent-
ing 33 trades, numbering over 9,000 members,
all located in Manchester, it was resolved to
lay before the Chamber of Commerce the desire
of the operatives to form a court of arbitra-
tion in this city, for the settlement of all dis-
putes of any magnitude affecting trade societies and
employers of labour. After discussion, the following
resolution was passed :—" That this Chamber, re-
the importance of steps being taken to pre-
cvoegn
niststigrnikes or lock outsin the industries of this neigh-
bourhood, will be glad to have tha views of the
associated trades laid more clearly before them ;
and for this purpose will be happy to meet a depu-
tation from the societies on any day, and at any
hour which may be mutally convenient."
The remainder of the business was of no public
interest.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRA.VESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived.—Dover Castle, from Melbourne ; Martha, from
Frederickstadt ; Geldenlour, from Drams; Electra, from
Grenada ; Zealous, from St. Lucia ; Village Belle, from
Windau ; Vigilant, steamer, from Calais; Blanche, steamer,
from Dunkirk ; Beta, steamer, from Oporto ; Ranger,
steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from
Antwerp; Bilbao, from Gijon.
Sailed.—Concordia„ steamer, for Boulogne ; Blonde,
steamer, for Dunkirk; Sado, steamer, for Bordeaux;
Germania, steamer, for Hamburg rAPioneor, for Havre.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Passed, May 27.—U.M.5. Fox, from the river for the
wess ; Jessie Eaton, for Lagos; Forget-me-Not, for Swan
River—both from London ; H.M.S. Buzzard, from the
west for the river ; Elgin, of Picton, from New York ;
Minerva, screw steamer, from Palermo—both for London;
Fanny, of Colchester, from the north for the west; Hope,
from London, for Genoa.
Sailed—Tyburnia, for Shanghai; and all the outward
bound for the west.

EAST LONDON MUSEU3I.—In furtherance of the
project of a general popular subscription to com-
plete the fund for the purchase of the East London Mu •
seum site, a meeting was held last evening, in connection
with the Shadwell Temperance Society, at the Sailors'
Institute, Mercers'-street. The meeting was addressed,
on the part of the Public Museums and Free Libraries
Associatfon, by Mr. J. T. Dexter (secretary), and Mr. B.
Lucraft (one of the artisan members of council), whose
speeches were Liceived with hearty applause. Th. chair-
man, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Reeve also spoke, commending
warmly the proposal that the various societies in the east
of London should at once demonstrate their interest in tho
Museum which is to be founded at Be•hnal-green.
Thanks were unanimously and enthusiastically accorded
to the deputation,