Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 14 février 1876, lundi 14 février 1876

[" m sî\\ x p 33 n t \\ c cs, INMAN STEAMSHIP CO\u2019V.STEAMSHIP limitki».ttn&L MÂILSTSAM1ES FraPi New York te Queenstown ansi Liverpool._____Piy5Mfæs&' ^ty of Brooklyn.,Saturday, Feb.5, 1 p.m.^}ty of MontrealSaturday, Feb.12, 7 a.m.J^ity of Paris__Saturday, Feb.10, 1 p.m.^fty of Richmond,Saturday, Feb.2i), 3 p.m.y-Aty of Antwerp.Saturday, Mar.4, Noon.t,itz of Brooklyn.Saturday, Mar.11,3 p.m.Pity of Montreal .Saturday, Mar.IS, 11 a.m P|ty of New York,Saturday, Mar.25, 3 p.tn.^ty of Richmond,Saturday,April 1,11, a.m BATES OF CABIN PASSAGE\u2014Gold.From.New York to Liverpool or Queenstown, $60, $80 & $100 ; to London, $65, $S5 and SI05 ; to Hamburg, Havre and Antwerp, $70, $90 and $110 ; to laris, Bremen, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, $30, $100 and $120.Children, between 2 and 12 years.Half Fare ; Servants, Half Fare; Infants, free.Round Trip to Liverpool or Queenstown, 5120, $145 and $175.Outward & Prepaid Steerage Passage, {Gold) ^\tFrom Montreal o Liverpool, Queenstown, Londonderry, ^nd Glasgow, or vice versa, $26.50 ; to London, or vice versa, $30.52 ; to Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, or vice versa, $30.25; to Havre, or vice versa, $31.33 ; to Bremen, or vice versa, $30.83 ; to Gottenberg, Christiania or Christiansand, or vice versa, $34; to Paris, or vice versa, $34.52.Children over one year and under twelve years.Half Fare; Infants, free.Sight Drafts on Great Britain and Ireland for sale.For further information and Passage ap^ly to\tJ.G.DALE, Agent, 15 Broadway, New York; Or to\tCOX & GREEN, Agents, r 13 and 15 Hospital St., Montreal.Tickets CEn also ba obtained by applying to J.N.BOCKUS, R.R.Office, St.Lawrence Hall.December 18\t90 VOL.LXVIII.4JV£ DAILY_ COMM^iClAL GAZETTE.MONTREAL, MONDAY, JHcitmsMp ll'-diccs.UNITED STATES MAIL LINE.Passage Pates X^eclixced.\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022:\"/A' sat THE STATE LINE To Glasxotv, Liverpool, Belfast, Londonderry, &e., &c., &c.State of Penksylvania, State of Virginia, State of Georgia, State of Florida, State of Nevada, State of Indiana, State of Alabama, State of Louisiana, State of Minnesota Sailing every alternate THURSDAY from EAGLE PIER, HOBOKEN, N.J.The accommodations wd provisions provided on these Ships are unsurpassed by those of any other line.RATES OF PASSAGE.First Cabin, $60, $70 and $80 ; return tickets, $120.Second Cabin, $15; return tickets, $30.Steerage at lowest rates.For dates of sailing, apnly to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Agents, 72 Broadway, New York.H.F.MAGEE, 136 State St., Boston.Or to\t1).A.ANSELL, -\t25 St.Sulpice Street, Montreal.November 29\tly 284 WHITE STAR LINE.Calling at Cork Harbour, Ireland.MAIL.Tire Finest Steamsliijis AHoat.Provided with every modern improvement.Sailing between NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, via Queenstown, are appointed to leave as follows REPUBLIC.Jan.\t29,\tat\t7\t00 A.M.GERMANIC.Feb.\t5,\tat\t1\t00 P.M.CELTIC.Feb.\t12,\tat\t7\t00 A.M.ADRIATIC.Feb.\t19,\tat\t1\t00 P.M.BALTIC.Feb.\t26,\tat\t6\t00 A.M.SALOON PASSAGE RATES.New York to Liverpool and Queenstown, $60, $80 and $100 gold.Return Tickets good till 31st March, 1876\u2014$120, $140 and $175 gold.Tickets to London, $8, and to Paris $20, gold, additional.Children between one and twelve years, and servants, half price.Infants free.STEERAGE PASSAGE.Outward and pro-paid from Montreal ' to Liverpool, $20.50 gold.Passengers booked, ria Liverpool, to all -inarts-c-f-finrope at moderate rates.For further information and passage, apply to R.J.CORTIS, Agent, 37 Broadway, New York.Or to B.J.COfiHLIX, 26 St.Sulpice Street, Montreal.October 13\t244 .STAR BALL LINE.United States and Brazil Mail Steamships, sailing regularly every month from Watson\u2019s Wharf, Brooklyn,N.Y.,for PARA, PERNAMBUCO, BAHIA and RIO JANEIRO, calling at ST.JOHNS, PORTO, RICO Tons.John Bramall, 2500, Wednesday, March 8 J.B.Walker, 2700, Saturday .April 8 Nellie Martin, 3000, Monday.May 8 When 23rd of month falls on Sunday, Steamers will sail the day previous.These Steamers are perfectly new, with all the latest improvements, having first-class Passenger accommodations.For Freight and Passage, at reduced rates, apply to J.S.TiICKEB & 00., Agents, 54 Pine Street, New York.December 18\tly 301 ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.Steam to Queenstown and Liverpool, Sailing every TUESDAY, from Pier 46 North River.Wisconsin.February 1,\t9.30\tA.M.Montana .February 8,\t3.00\tP.M.Nevada .February 22,\t3.00\tP.M.Idaho.February 29,\t8.00\tA.M Dakota .March 7,\t3.00\tP.M.Cabin, $65, $70 and $80 currency.Intermediate, $40.Steerage, $26.Passengers booked to and from Paris, Hamburg, Norway, Sweden, &c.Drafts on Ireland, England, France and G ermany at lowest rates.WILLIAMS & GVIOX, 29 Broadway, New York.January 28\t24 ivonanti îiU-ass èülovits.TRADE AND COMMERCE The Subscribers ALLAN LINE, Under Contract with the Government of Canada for the conveyance of the CANADIAN and UNITED STATES MAILS.IST5-\u201978.Winter Arrangements.1S75-78.This Company\u2019s Lines are composed of the undemoted First-class, Full-powered Clyde-built, Double-Engine, Iron Steamships :\u2014- Tons.Sardinian.4100 Lt.J.E.Dutton,R.N.E arcassian .3400\tCapt.J.Wylie Polynesian .4100\tCapt.Brown sarmatian .3600\tCapt.A.D.Aird Hibernian .3434\tLt.F.Archer, R.N.R Caspian.3200 Capt, Tracks Scandinavian .,3000 Lt.W.H.Smith,R.N.R Prussian.3000 Capt.J.Ritchie Austrian.2700 Capt.Urquhart Yestorian.2700 Capt* Barclay Moravian.2650 Capt.Graham Peruvian .2600\tCapt.R.S.Watts Manitoban.3150 Capt.H.Wylie .Vova Scotian.3200 Capt.Richardson Canadian.2800 Capt.Miller Corinthian.2400 Capt.Jas.Scott Acadian.1350 Capt, Cabet Valdensian.2800 Capt.J.G.Stephens Phoenician.2800 Capt.Menzios Newfoundland., 1500 Capt.Mylins From Portland.Caspian,.5th\tFebruary.Circassian.12th\t\u201c Scandinavian.19th\t\u201c Peruvian.!.!.20tii\t\" Prussian.4th March Sarmatian.nth\t\u201c Special Reduction in Rates of Passage During Winter Months f rom Montreal.Cabin-4.¦;.$37, $77, and $57 According to accommodation.intermediate.$40 00 Steerage.26 50 I ne Steamers of the Glasgow Line are in- j to sail between GLASGOW and \u2022at- a LAND at intervals during Season w niter Navigation.N BATES OF PASSAGE FROM PORTLAND.^abin.?\t$f>0 intermediate.40 Steerage.05 An experienced Surgeon carried on each \\ essel.Berths not secured until paid for.Corkage will be charged at the rata of 2s.oer.bottle to Cabin Passengers supplying heir own Wines or Liquors.For Freight or other particulars, apply in 1 ortland to H.& A.Allan, or J.L.J ARMER ; ill Qucbecto ALLANS, EaE & Co.; n Havre to John M.Currie, 21 Quai d\u2019Or -leans ; in Paris to Gustave Bossange, Hue lu Quatre Septembre ; in Antwerp to Aug.Schmitz & Co., or Bichard Berns; in Rotterdam to.G.P.Ittmann & Son, or jvuYs & Co.; in Hamburg to W.Gibson & cLugo ; m Bordeaux to Lafitte & Vander-truyce, or E.Depas & Co.; in Belfast to - Harley & Malcolm ; in London to Mont-iOmerie ,& Greenhorns, 17 Gracechurch street; in Glasgow to James & Alex.Allan, 70 Great Clyde Street; in Liverpool to Allan Brothers, James Street ; in Chi-ago to Allan & Co., 72 La Salle Street.If.& A.ALIAS, Corner of Youville and Common Street.December, 1875.\t99 Beg to notify the public that ROBERT MITCHELL, of this firm, has no connexion with the Steam Gauge Case, as erroneously stated recently by two City Newspapers.ALEXANDER MITCHELL,Iran Founder, is the party referred to.ROOT.MITCHELL & CO., Brass Founders, Coppersmiths, Steam Fitters, &e., Cor.Sï.PETEE & CRAIG STREETS, MONTREAL.February 8\tly 33 JOHN TAYLOR & BROTHER OFFER FOR SALE MORRIS TASKER & GO\u2019S RDBBER-C0ATEDI10N TDBI1 For Water, Steam-heating or Gas.It Is proof against rust or decay, and Is vulcanized to resist the effects of heat up to 600® Fall.Office and Warehouse\u201416 St.John Street.September 22\tly 22G CHANTELOÜP, IRONANDBRASS DEPARTURE OF OCEAN S.S.Abyssinia.Calabria.City of Paris .Adriatic.Amérique.Scandinavian .Nevada .New York, IGth Feb.\u201c\t16th Feb.19th Feb.\u201c\t19th Feb.\u201c\t19 th Feb.Portland, 19th Feb.New York, 22nd Feb.MA IL STEAMERS SAILED.Peruvian, 3x-d Feb., for Portland, 11 days out.December 8 ly 281 DOMINION LINE.^ This Line is composed of the following irst-class full-powered Clyde-built Steamships, and is intended to perform a regular service between LIVERPOOL, QUEBEC md MONTREAL in Summer, and LIVERPOOL and BOSTON in Winter Montreal.Dominion Ontario .Memphis.Texas .Mississipp Quebec.St.Louis ,.3250 Tons (Building) gÿgSSfc The General Transatlantic Company\u2019s Mall Steamships between New York & Havre, calling at Plymouth, G.B.The splendid vessels on this favourite route for the Continent (being more southerly than any other) will sail from Pier No.50, North River, as follows:\u2014 Amérique, Pouzolz.Saturday, Feb.19th Lafayette, Heliard.Saturday, Mar.7th Labrador, Sanglier.Saturday, Mar.18th Price of Passage in gold (including wine) First Cabin, $120 and $110, according to accommodation ; Second, $72 ; Third, $40.Return Tickets at reduced rates.Steerage, $23, with superior accommodations, and including all necessaries without extra charge.Steamers marked thus * do not carry Steerage Passengers.LOUIS DE BEBIAN, Agent, 55 Broadway, New York, And W.M.KNOWLES & C0\u201e Agents, 301 Commissioners Street, Montreal.March 30_____________________ly 75 CUNARD LINE.NOTICE.\u2014With the view of diminishing bhe chances of collision, the Steamers of -this Line take a specified course for all seasons of the year.On the Outward Passage from Queenstown to New York or Boston, crossing Meridian of 50 at 43 Lat., or nothing to the North of 43.On the Homeward Passage, crossing the Meridian of 50 at 42 Lat., or nothing to the North of 42.3200\t\u201c\tCapt.\tRoberts .3200\t\u201c\tCapt.\tBouchette 2500\t\u201c\tCapt.\tMellon 2350\t\u201c\tCapt.\tLaurenson .2200\t\u201c\tCapt.\tLindall .2200\t\u201c\tCapt.\tThearle .1824\t\u201c\tCapt.\tReid These vessels have very superior accommodation for Cabin and Steerage Passengers, and Prepaid Tickets are issued at re-luced prices to those desirous of bringing out their friends.Sailing from Liverpool every Wednesday, calling at Belfast Lough to take in Cargo md Passengers.The Steamers of this Line are intended to sail for Liverpool as follows :\u2014 FROM BOSTON.Dominion .5th February Rates of Passage;\u2014Cabin.$60 Steerage .24 Through Tickets can be had at all the principal Grand Trunk Railway Ticket Offices in Canada.For Freight and Passage, apply in Havre to H.Genestal & Dolzous, or C.Brown ; in Paris to H.Genestal & Dolzous, 55 Rue 1\u2019Hautville; in Hamburg to August Behrens; in Bordeaux to Messrs.Faure Frères ; in Copenhagen to P.M.Kolle, 18 Sanctan-næplads;_ in Bergen to Michael Kfonn, Consul ; in London to Bowring & Jamieson, Langboume Chambers, 17 Frenchchurch Street; in Belfast to Henry Gowan, Queen\u2019s Square; in Liverpool to Flinn, Main & Montgomery, Harvey Buildings, 24 James Street; in Quebec to W.M.Macpherson; in Boston to Thayer & Lincoln; and in Montreal to DAVID TORRANCE Si 00., Exchange Court.March 20\t284 ELECTRIC IRGLiR ALARMS LECLftNCHE BATTERIES, LINES, AND Instruments Made and Erected, CH ANTELOUP, 587 to 593 Oraig Street, MONTREAL.January 22\t81 fiker's GeletoaM Prize Meial Gras Meters, FOR SALE BY M\u2019liREN, Sole Agents for the Dominion.Consumers of Gas will find it advantageous to own their Meter, thus saving Gas Company\u2019s quarterly charge and ensuring accuracy of measurement.December 23\tly 309 Steam Engines, with variable Cut-off of superior class ; also Upright and Horizontal Slide Yalve Engines of Two-Horse Power and upwards ; Shafting, Pulleys, Hungers and general Machinery.Send for Circulars to THOS.WOESWICK, Ouelplx, Ont.June 30\tly 154 DOMINION SAFE IMNUFÂGTÜRY, First Prise at the Provincial Exhibition and First Prize Ottawa Exhibition.1875.GODFROI CHAPLEAU, Manufacturer of Firs-fh-oof Safes, Iron Bridges and Girders, and- every description of Fire and Burglar-proof Securities.The recent improvements made in my Safes guarantee them superior in Fire resisting and Burglar-proof qualities to those of any other make of Safes in the Dominion.Second-hand Safes always on hand.Also, Agent for Moody\u2019s Punching Machine.Office\u2014320 ST.LAWPVENCE STREET.Factory\u2014786 Ontario , Street, Montreal.May 14\t114 gardruavcy &c.THE NEW ENGLAND RANGE with Plate Warmer and Hot Water Front' \u2014the most complete in construction and the most perfect in finish.Also, THE COOL* NEWS RANGE, already well-known.Prices low.Call and examine them at MEILLEUR & GO\u2019S 652 Craig Street, near Bleury.August 6\tly 186 lluUuunj iluttcca The British and North American Royal Mail Steamships, between NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling at CORK HARBOUR.Fitosi Xew York.Fkosi New York.rartMa, Wed., Feb.9 Partliia.Wed., March 15 Calabria, Wed., Feb.16 Abyssinia,Wed.,Mar.22 Java, Wed-, Feb.23 Java, Wed., March 29 -Russia,Wed., March 1 Algeria,Wed., April 5 China, Wed., March S China, Wed., April 12 And every foljjiwmg Wednesday and Saturday from New York.Steamers marked thus * do not carry Steerage Passengers.R^tes op Passage.\u2014Cabin, $80, $100 and $130 gold, according to accommodation.Tickets to Paris, $15 gold, additional.Return Tickets on favourable terms.Steerage Tickets to and from all parts of Europe, at very low rates.Through Bills of Lading given for Bel fast, Glasgow, Havre, Antwerp and other Ports on the Continent, and for Mediter ranean Ports.For Freight and Cabin Passage, apply at the Company\u2019s Office, No;4 Bowling Green ; for Steerage Passage, No.Ill Broadway, Trinity Building.CHAS.G.FRANKLIN, Agent Or to\tTHOS.WILSON, 58 St.François Xavier Street.January 7\t___________6 MADAME LANG, Clairvoyant, Female Physician and Fortune-Teller, has arrived from New York, and is awaiting +he patronage of the people at No, \u2019 Dominique Street, corner Craig s Montreal.January 20 JÜSÏ RECEIVED EX S.S.MEGANTIC, NEW PATTERN WROUGHT IRON BED-STEADS, CRIBS and CRADLES, with Whitfield Patent Wrought Iron Joints.MEILLEUR & CO., 652 Craig Street, near Bleury.August 6\tly 186 THE OLIVE BRANCH COOK STOVE, For AVoort or Coal, with or without Plate Warmer and Hot Water, both for Kitchen and Bath purposes\u2014is first -class in every respect.References give; i.MEILLEUR & CO., 652 Craig Street, near Bleury.August 6\tly 186 BTOYHES.STOVES, Montreal, Saturday Evening.\u2014The Inland Revenue receipts to-day were $20,282.83.\u2014The promoters of the Montreal Canadian Stone Works Company give notice that they will shortly apply for a charter of incorporation.The capital will be $20,000 in 100 shares of $200 each.\u2014The furniture manufacturers of Cincinnati are about to establish an Exchange in that city, for the purpose of harmonizing and protecting the interests of manufacturers and dealers.\u2014The rice harvest has already been completed in many parts of Bengal, but the outturn has, in several districts, not been so good as was expected, owing to the early cessation of the rains.The winter crops in most parts would now be improved by rain.\u2014Trade between the Clyde and Australia and New Zealand was very brisk last year, and showed a great increase over previous years.The vessels despatched from the Clyde numbered 54, with a tonnage of 54,663, against 34 vessels of 36,716 tons in 1874, and 24 vessels of 24,622 tons in 1873.\u2014The imports of last year in the port of Gloucester,Eng.,wore larger thanin any corresponding period, while the.exports have-only been exceeded in one single year\u2014 that of 18/3.Of the ships which arrived there from foreign ports thirty-five wore steamers, conveying aggregate cargoes of more than 28,000 tons.\u2014The make of pig-iron in the Middles-borough district during 1875, as compared with that during 1873 and 1874, was :\u2014 1873,1,162,850 tons ; 1874, 1,119,251 tons ; 1875, 1,256,850 tons.During the same years the blast furnaces erected and in operation were :\u2014Number built in 1873, 77; 1874,85; 1875, 89.Number blowing in 1873, 74; 1874, 70; 1875, 77.\u2014An important national conference of iron-masters is convened to be held in London during the latter part of this month or the beginning of March, for the purpose of considering various questions which are now deemed to demand careful consideration.Trade wages in relation to foreign competition is one of these subjects, and will doubtless be seriously dealt with.It is expected that every district will be influentially represented.\u2014A parliamentary book just issued gives the names of all the English Joint-stock companies registered to June last.In the year 1874 the number of companies registered was 1,941, of which 1,223 were registered with a proposed capital of Æ110,-540,063, and 18 without nominal capital.In 1875, from January 1 to May 31, 504 companies were registered, of which there were 500 with a proposed capital of J!33,-173,145, and four without nominal capital.\u2014Since Sebastopool was declared a commercial port, just twelve months ago, new ajso been bmldi-ngiLnni baulev^U\t\"F J\u2014mprovementTwlnc! as if by magic.It is now the second com 1 granary in Southern Russia, and the Austrian Lloyd\u2019s has just gained a signal triumph, thanks to the indolence and mismanagement to the Russian shipping and railway companies.It has contracted with the Municipality to despatch a vessel twice a month to foreign ports, and if the trade increases, to carry on a weekly traffic, London Markets.\u2014There has been no new feature of interest in the Mincing Lane markets during the week.Buyers are still showing great want of confidence, hut prices, with few exceptions, have not suffered further depression.Sugar is very fiat.It is reported that there is a defici-en\u2019ey in Cuba, on account of drought, but it has had no influence here.Coffee is firm.Ceylon descriptions are rather dearer.Dut others are strong and inactive.Rio is quied:- At the StoekExchange there has been b ut little doing, though most of the changes in prices have been in an upward direction.American securities have generally been steady.There is less demand for money on the open market, but\" rates are generally maintained.There was no bullion movement at the Bank of England on Saturday.Export Trade of San Francisco.\u2014The exports of domestic merchandise and produce for the port of San Francisco during the month of January show a considerable falling off as compared with the corresponding month last year.The total value of and Com on passage and for shipment, firmly held ; arrivals of IViieat and Corn, off coast, small ; Liverpool spot Wheat, quiet ; spot Corn, unaltered.From a circular of Hodgson Bros., < Liverpool, dated the 29th ultimo, we learn that there was a good demand for Bacon and a slight advance was being paid on some ciits\u2014the supply being scarcely equal to the homo enquiry.Hams were the turn easier.Lard was inactive at a decline of Is.'per cwt.on the week.New Western being offered freely at 58s.6d.Pork was 2s.lower on uuAin CLENHENC\u2019S MADE FROM THE F I IV E S T 1 IlO .X., Scotch and American Mixed.Latest Designs.JJrlcos to suit tlio Times.in tierce: J the week.Western being offered at 77s.Gd.@ 80s., and Eastern at 90s.@ 92s.Gd.Cheese was selling freely at an improvement of Is.per cwt.on recent quotations.Butter was steady at 1163.@ 120s., with a slight improvement or medium qualities.The State of Trade in England.\u2014 Our advices from England by the Allan and Cunard mails report trade in most branches quiet.There were indications, however, of an improvement shortly in some lines.The week at Manchester had been quiet, and not free from depression, though prices were not in all cases lower.In the cloth market it became evident very early in the week that producers were more anxious for business than they were at the opening of the year, and that whore quotations were unaltered there was nevertheless a disposition to take lower prices if business could be done.The demand was very small.Even in shirtings, which had so long hold their ground, there was stagnation, while T cloths, mulls, jaconets, and printers were neglected.In many cases the prices of goods were nominally unchanged, but manufacturers were trusting rather to a revival of demand hereafter than to any prospect of selling soon at the present figures.In yarns the tendency of prices was rather more in the buyer\u2019s favour than previously.There was rather more doing at Wolverhampton in some descriptions of finished iron, but the general aspect of the iron trade of the district was very far from satisfactory.Prices were, however, well supported by the cost of production, and in the latter respect there was no probability of any immediate change.Pig iron was quoted d£3 to Ü3 5s.per ton, for common cinder, and Ü4 10s.to-£4 15s.for best native all-mine of hot-air make ; best cold-air foundry pigs were firm at £6 per ton.Quotations for finished iron remain on the basis of £10 for branded bars, and in the current transactions £9 10s.was the lowest figure at which orders for branded bars of reputed make were being accepted.Sheets, both plain and galvanized, were in quieter demand than last reported.At Birmingham, export orders were restricted in the hardware branches, but manufacturers were well employed on old orders and current requirements for the home market.Cape indents received were of full average extent for the various classes of hardware adapted to that colony, and there was also an improvement in the orders for India and China.With Canada, business was very dull.In the local gun and' jewelry branches,.business was very slack.The lull in the former branch was referable chiefly to the completion of the German Government contract for Manser rifles, which had cut adrift several hundred workmen.The manufacture of Martini-Henry guns for the British Government, suspended, pending certain icli wera'uhdei considSS-tion.Rolled metal for tubular and other brasswork, and for cartridge sheets, continues in good demand, but, owing to the great increase of productive power in this branch, many mills were only partially employed.There was considerable activity in all departments of the nail trade, and for safes and safe locks of the better class, for home and export, the orders were very satisfactory.Financial.\u2014The demand for money for commercial purposes continues fairly active.The supply is abundant, and bankers are desirous of obtaining profitable employment for it, but, as might be expected, after tbe experience of the past year, they are very conservative in their operations and only grant accommodation on unquestionable security.The ruling rates of discount arc 7 to 9 per cent, according to name and date.Call and short dated loans NO.3S total sales amounted to 104,700 of which 11,800 were in W.U-\u2019graph ; 36,800 in Lake Shore ; 3,400 La Parific Mail ; 6,500 in Ohio and Miss.; 3,009 in St, Pan!; 9,000 in Do.preferred ; kOQO m North West ; _6,000 in Do.preferred ; 5,200 in Erie ; 2,500 in Rock island, and 1,300 in Michigan Central.I he following table will show the lowest md highest points touched during the i:ly> an'l the opening and closing quotations ;\u2014.Opsn\u2019g.Lowest.Highest.Clos\u2019g D.Telegraph.77 j- Lake Shore.66j WA*® Mail.36 Omo&nj Miss.22 at.Paul.43\tj- Do.Preferred.!\u2019.793 N.\tY.ÇWrai.lia; O.\tC.&>I.c.5 Union Jaeific.68 i North-West .43j Do.Preferred.645 loi.and Wab.G Ewe.1.16 ,, i 66) 35| -M 42;-78 V 1134 St.Joe\u2019 Rock A & P Miss,; Pi Mich.20 aid.1095 |egraph 205 lific.135 ntral.60; 685 435 645 \u2022a 6 5\t165 19J .1095 1 \u2018>3 00 i 6\t104 G.T.R.T perct.stg Bds.\t\t\t\t C.&St.L.It.0 p.c.Bonds.\t\t\t9T\t94 S p.c.cy.do.\t\t\t\tIOO34 Montreal 6 p.c.Stocks.\t\t\t101)4\t100)} Montreal \\V.\\V\\ Bonds.\t.\t\tioiy\t100)6 Montreal T p.c.Stock\t\t\t\t\t116M Montreal 6 p.c.Stock.\t\t\t101\t1003k\t EXCHANGE.\t\t\t\t Bank, go days\t\t\t\t9% @9 X\t N.Y.Gold Drafts\t\t\t\t> een Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and Springfield, and Wagner\u2019s Sleeping Cars between St.Albans and New York, via L'roy.Pullman Drawing Room Cars on Day Ex-press trains between Montreal and Boston.h or i ickets and Freight Rates, apply at centrai Vermont Railroad Office, 136 St.lames Street.L W.HOBART, Gcnml Supt.St.Albans, November 20,1875\t277 tSrrÆINS>yYIM > iliMGOLDJH LOmOK-MAJR MR.STREETER, 18 Mew Bond Street, London, W., having completed extensive and important additions to the various machines used by him in the manufacture of GOLD ORNAMENTS, will supply, at greatly reduced prices for cash on delivery, the following articles : 18-Carat G-old Watch Chains, For Gentlemen, any pattern, at ^24 5s per ounce.18-Carat Gold Watch Chains, For Ladies, any pattern, at n .s maintained by the action of a large t .a worked Ashes, brls.Leather, rolls.Dressed Hogs.AVheat, bush.Flour, brls.Peas, bush.Butter, kegs.Tobacco, hhds.Barley, bush.Pork, brls.AV.and H.Wines, brts .40 1,302 306 6,000 300 3,000 231 24 3,000 79 5# MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH TO THE MONTREAL.HERALD.EUROPEAN.LONDON, Feb.12\u201412.30 p.m.\u2014Mone-fives, 106} ; tAry\u2014U.S._65\u2019s, 100; new Erie, pfd., 31.'\t\u201e\t.1.30 p.m.\u2014Consols, 94 3-10 for money, and 94 5-16 for account.4 p.m.\u2014PErKOLEUM\u2014Refined petroleum lOd.@ 10}d.Tallow\u201446s.6d.@46s.9d.LIVERPOOL, Feb.21, 12.30 p.m.\u2014Cot-ton\u2014Quiet and steady ; Uplands, 6 7-16d.; Orleans, 6!d.\t\u201e.1 30 p.m.\u2014Provisions\u2014Cheese, 59s.6d.per cwt.Lard, 59s.6d.per cwt.Bacon, 53s.9d.per cwt.for Short Clear Middles ; 54s.9d.per cwt.for long Clear Middles.UNITED STATES.CHICAGO, Ill., February 11.\u2014Flour.\u2014 Dull and unchanged.Grain\u2014AVheat\u2014In fair demand and lower; No.2 Spring at $1.02! bid for spot; $1.02} for February; |1.01} for Steamship SCANDINAVIAN, of Glasgow, of HORSE 1811 tons, Robert Brown, master, from Liverpool, January 27th, 1867 :\u2014 Calvin and Brock 10 brls linseed oil 30 kgs w leak; Dawson Bros 3 es; F E Grafton 2 prcls 1 cs; AV Croft 1 cs; Col Bethune 1 cs; Porteous & co 1 bdl steel; J W Skinver&eo 14\tpckgs e ware; J Summers 3 sacks seeds; W J Reid and co 2 csks 3 très; S H Thompson 36 csks 2 casos; Laslett and R19 bdls steel 125 bars iron; S H Thompson and co 3 cases p glass; Dun, AV and co 1 case; J East-wood 8 b{s p hangings; Mr Rivard 1 cs; A Mulhojland 6 bdls wire; J Taylor and Bros 15\tbis; Laslett and R 15 bdls 1 box steel 51 bundles steel 265 bundles steel 90 bundles steel; T Barker and eo 1 case; Geo Reaves, Montreal, 32 bdls tubs ; Laslett and Russell, do, 16 do steel rake teeth ; Montreal Rolling Mills, do, 20 csks white lead ; Wood and Leggatt, Hamilton, 42 bdls 246 plates steel ; Grathern and Caver-hill, Montreal, 1 csk; Mulholland and Baker, do, 5 csks ; W Kough, Owen Sound, 4 cases zinc ; Ferrier and co, Montreal, 1 csk ; Shearer, McKedie and co, do, 1 cs ; A McKeand, do, 6 bis wool ; A Roy and co, do, 2 cs ; Benney, McPherson and co, do.2 bis lines ; Lt Col H Littleton.Otfawa, les; Barry and Campbell, Montreal, 12 bis carpets ; McLaclilan bros, do, 9 cases ; Smith and Willey, Toronto, 1 truss, 1 bale, 1 case; Girtman, Morris and co, Montreal, 2 cases; P Rooney, do, 2 do ; Copp, Clarke and co, Toronto, 2 cases books ; Stephen, Davidson and co, Montreal, 5 cases; Seybolt and Moynes.Ottawa, 11 do; D Arnott, Toronto, 1 bale; Fish, Shepherd and co, Montreal, 6 cases ; W Grier, Ottawa, 18 do ; Garland Mulcaihor and co do 9 do; Mac-kay Bros Montreal 16 do; R Dunn and co do 13 do; E Harrison Belleville 2 bales; Latham and, Tribelcock Toronto 10 cases 1 bale; AY T Barker Trenton 6 bales; AV Samuel Montréal 1 case; J McLellan and co do 25 do; Faucher Fils and co do 1 csk; T Mussen do 3 cases; Kerry AVatson and eo do 1 csk L es; J C Brien and co do 5 bales 3 cases 1 bale; H Smith do 1 case; H and A Allan do 3 tranks; A Darling do 1 csk 1 hhd; N C AVhitney do-5 bales leather; L S Black and Thom do 25 cases; J Hutton and co do 2 do; M Cuddihy do 159 do fruit; J Donnelly and sons do 9 do 3 bales; Stevenson and eo do 2 bales 7 cases; Mr Beaudry do 1 case; A Prévost and co do 10 cases 1 bale; J S Evans and co do 1 bale; Government Stationery Office Ottawa 16 cases; Deputy Secretary of State do 1 do; Seybold and Moynes do 1 bale; D Arnott and co Toronto 2 bales 3 cases; A B Campbell do 7 do; AV Rennie Toronto 10 sacks seeds; T Long and Bros Collingwood 4 bis paper h\u2019ngs; McColl Bros London 21 seks seeds; McIntyre, F & co 23 cs 5 hies ; Perkins, J and co 40 hf chests tea 40 bags coffee ; Green R and co 8 bales 5 cases ; AVhite-head and F 1 cs ; McEldery Kennedy and co 2 cases ; M Fisher & Son 1 do 1 do ; A Hope and co 100 boxes Canada plates ; A and Reid 6 cases ; J Johnson and eo 19 cs 1\tble 8 cs 24 bales ; II Shorey & co 6 es 1 bale ; McIntyre, F and co 25 cases 6 bales-; Cassils, S and co 1 bale 4 cs ; McGinnis, K and co 1 pkge ; Whitehead and F 7 cs ; Lamarch, Demers, Prévost and co 1 brl 11 cases ; Evans M and cq 1 cask 1 case 1 keg; C K Rogers 1 trass skins ; S Carsley 1 case ; C II Hubbard 1 case gold leaf ; T W Kenny and Son 2 _ cases; J Eaton and cq 2 cases ; Cassils and Cameron 3 cases ; W A Smith and co 5 cases ; J Riddell 2 cases; G Winks and co 23 cs 1 bale; J Henderson and eo 2 cases; J Rhodes 2\tsacks seed; Haeugsen and Gnaeçlinger 81 cases; G Aitken-10 do; J Y Gilmour and co 2 do; S Greenshields Son and co 13 cases 1 bale; A AValker 10 cases 2 bales; Mrs Stephenson 4 cs } chests tea; Thibaudeau Bros and co 24 cases 5 bales; G Robertson and Son 10 bags walnuts 1 cask 3 bales cloves 4i bales coffee 3 bags; Ogilvy and eo 13 cases 11 bales; 28 cs 8 bales; F and i Leclaire and co 9 cases 2 bales; J G McKenzie and co 20 cases; AV J McMaster 19 cases 2 bat.s; A K McMaster and Bros 64 eases 1 /\" balcs;McNee and Waddell 19 cases 3 bales; S H and J Moss 1 case; Revd Dr Kyerson 19 cases; T J Claxton and co 18 bales 95 cases; Robertson Linton and co 89 cases 8 bales; Gault Bros and co 29 cases 6 bales, Hughes Bros 29 es 13 bales 1 brt; J & R O\u2019Neill 12 cs 5 bales; J Long and Bros 5 cs 6 bales; M Kortosk and co 19 es; N S AVhitney 4 cs; Magee and Russell 9 cs 1 bale; L S Black and Thom 7 cs; Smith and Keighley 68 bxs tea; Baillie Warnoek and co 29 cs; Peach and Goulding 9 cs; M and L Samuel 29 cs sheet iron 7 bales 1 csk 40 bdls rod iron; Stirling McCall and co 9 cs 1 \u201cale; Gillespie Moffatt and co 2,072 chests tea; Order 20 do do; do 110 bxs do; do 73 do do; J Guest 50 es eognqe; R Hay qndco 1 cs; N S AVhitney 2 do; Meyer Boad and eo 1 do; Gutman Morris and co 1 do; G W Buck-land and co 1 do 2 bales; Haa Richardson and co 1 do; E Chanteloup 2 do clocks; Beauchemin and Aralois 1 pkg mdse; Cassils Stimson and co 1 do do; A and E Ames 2 cs; L\u2019Abbe Rousselot 3 es; ï| R Rolland and Fils 1 do; Jas BHay -6 bales 1 case; F Mason 1 bale 1 case; R A Brown 4 bales, 1 A Simmonds 1 csej Haensgen and Gnaed- DROWNED SEWER, IN A From the San Francisco Call, January 25.A street-car horse was drowned in a sewer under peculiar circumstances on Sunday evening last, and his carcass made a journey of nearly eleven blocks undergrond before it was reeovered.It appears that about ten o\u2019clock the sewer at the intersection of Hayes and Buchanan streets gave way, making a hole in the road nearly twenty feet square.In the darkness a car of the Hayes , Valley line came near being wrecked in the opening.The driver was only able to cut loose and save one of the horses, and nearly lost his life in a vain attempt to extricate the other, which was carried down into the sewer and washed away in the roaring torrent of water.A little later the sewer broke through at Leavenworth and Market streets, and a car fell into the hole.Before it could be hauled out, the caicass of the horse, which had been sucked hi at Hayes and Buchanan streets, dashed up against the end of the car.Horse and car were fished out after considerable difficulty yesterday morning.TILE TRUE CUSTODIAN.AVhen a father of a family, whose labours and earnings have been devoted to the support and education of his children, sits down calmly to reflect that the time is coming, and perhaps very soon, when he can no longer stand between these loved ones and their financial foes ; when poverty, like an armed man, and temptation in myriad forms will come into a homo which he has thus far protected, it is not surprising that the prospect should be gloomy.Apd if there was no such beneficent provision as that which life insurance affords for exigencies of this very kind, the situation would, indeed, be hopeless.For, benevolent as may be the impulses of a certain portion of every community, it is none the less true that no one desires to put himself in the place of almoner to widows and children whose natural protectors have neglected to provide for them, It is as the guardians of unprotected families that our life insurance companies appear in their most attractive and honourable aspect.That which the father can no longer do for his loved ones, by bis daily toil, these institutions are able to do.The competence which could nob be saved during his life, the father may easily leave behind him in a policy securing comfort, and lenty, and happiness to his family.Life insurance is thus one of the most complete and trustworthy of earthly comforters, supplying consolation of that practical sort which sorrow and distress best appreciate.It is the friend in deed, because it becomes a friend in time of need.Its promises relieve the anxieties and solicitudes of the living ; its acts'assuage the grief and guard the future qf those whom death has bereaved of support.Those who flippantly decry life insurance companies and their industrious agents, little know how they decry the utility and public benefit of a system which, by the disbursement of twenty-five million dollars in a single year, has certainly elevated itself far above the most suscessful institutions of public or private benevolence that the world has ever known.They forget, too, that, independently of what life insurance is to the families of its patrons, it cultivates in the community sentiments of pin donee and the practice of economy.It is the great school for thrift and bank for savings; the bonded custodian of nearly four hundred million dollars of trust funds, which sum, with its gains from compound interest, is a legacy held in store for thousands of families.All that is needed, then, is that those proposing to insure their lives shall exercise common prudence in the selection of the company to whose guardianship they are about to entrust the future comfort of their families.This duty is as important as any other that belongs to our daily life, for mistake here means disappointment hereafter.The business condition of such companies as the Equitable Life Assurance Society is intelligible to all persons, and there is no leason why, where the path is so plain, the wayfarer should err in selecting such an institution to be the custodian of the future welfare of his family.Canadian Branch Office\u2014198 St.James Street.R, AY.GAI/E, Gaul.-Manager.SWINDLING mmî PRISONER TOPE EN TRAP IT ED.His Honor Judge Ramsay, was cn the bench punctually at 12 o\u2019clock on Salur day morning, to deliver judgment in the case of Charles Worms, whose extradit i,n is sought by the Postal authorities of tic United States.The prisoner exhibited much 'nervousness and anxiety previous to the openino-of court.\t0 Mr.Ken-, Q.C., Counsel for the United States, and Mr.Carter, Q.C.Mr.Archambault, Mr.Keller, and Mr.De Sala\u2019 .r.\\, lounsel for the prisoner, were also n court.Judge Ramsay said:\u2014This is an application to commit Charles AYorms, 'or extradition to the United States >f America, for the crime of forgery, md for uttering forged paper.The first, md most important question submitted is, whether certain papers, marked Z, and purporting to te admissible as evidence, mder the Sect.2, 31 ATic., Cap.94, can lip ulmitted.It is said, on the part of tlfe oriioner : 1st.That the depositions are not taken before the magistrate who purports olhave.signed the original warrant ; that hey are not.in effect depositions at all, but mly affidavits.2nd.That they are not :ertified by any one whose own signature s certified, but only by that of the magistrate, Mr.Doherty, who did not take them m l cannot certify them ; and 3rd.That he identity of AYorms is not established, as >eing the party referred to in these depositions.Section 2 does not say that he\tdepositions,\tof\twhich copies may bo received in evidence, must bo taken before the magistrate who authenticates them, and it is argued the originals must be the depositions on which he original warrant was granted in the United States, and that deposition taken at Washington, before Mr.AVeaver, a Justice of the Peace there, cannot be depositions on which Mr.Doherty could issue the original warrant at Philadelphia.I am with the defence on this point if Section 2 governs the case.That Section lets in, for the sake of convenience, as evidence, that which is not naturally evidence, and consequently it must be strictly followed.I am allowed to take as evidence what was evidence for Mr.Doherty, but I am not allowed to take as evidence anything and everything which he transmits to me whether it be evidence for him or not.The parties did not choose to cite authorities before me\tin\tsupport of their pretentious.This practice is not always convenient, and 1 have been obliged to have recourse solely to my own researches, but I would refer the gentlemen interested to the case of Caudleand Seymour, 1 Q.B.R., p.889.It was an action of damages against a magistrate in trespass, for assanlt and false imprisonment, and it appeared that there was no regular information, that the warrant did not state any information on oath, and that defendant went with his clerk to the complainant\u2019s residence, but never saw her ; the clerk took the deposition, but not in his presence.The matter of fact, therefore, said Dennier, C.J.\u201cOn which alone his defence could have been rested fails, and he has acted without jurisdiction.\u201d Patterson, J.j said:\u2014\u201cAs to the other point, magistrates should .be careful not to commit this part of the duty to a clerk.Depositions of this kind are not like affidavits lierè, which are made to be used or not, by a party in a cause as he sees fit.It is a matter of some discretion to determine how depositions are to be- acted upon, and they ought, therefore, to (have the Magistrates full consideration.\u201d And AVilliums.J., said : \u201cAn affidavit is adocument which is to speak for itself, and to avail or not, merely according to its contents ; the Court does not examine the party, but in the case of depositions, the Magistrate does.\u201d I may further add, that Mr.Doherty\u2019s certificate does not say that these depositions on which his warrant was granted, but that they are \u201cbefore him.\u201d The Rosenbaum case -was cited as admitting depositions similar to those produced here.In the first place, I don\u2019t think the question was raised in that case as it was here.The judgment was delivered at considerable length, and I find no illusion to the affidavits which would be rather strange if there had been any contestation as to them, for I ruled out the indictment found by the Grand Jury, because it was \u201c not one oî the copies mentioned in section 2 of our Act.\" I am further strengthened in the opinion that the point was not raised from the fact that the whole ease was reviewed in a Habeas granted by Mr.Justice Monde-let, and that learned Judge divided into four heads the question submitted to him, and no mention- is made of any irregularity in the depositions.I may also add that the depositions in the Rosenbaum case were of a totally different cU'\"11''*