24 OCTOBER 1868, page 3

Lord Westbury Is Evidently One Of Those Men Who Think

it grace- ful and natural to write or say what is not true, if it is convenient to do so, and who does not even •wish to conceal, or see any object in concealing, that he did......

It Is Stated That The Rates Of Insurance For Sea-going

vessels -are now double what they were thirty years ago, and are unprofit- able even then, the cause being the recklessness of the small -owners, who buy unseaworthy ships,......

The Investigation Committee Appointed To Inquire Into The...

the Royal Bank of Liverpool have presented their report, and a most extraordinary document it is. All real power seems to have been monopolized by the two managing directors,......

The Consol Market Was Firm At The Commencement Of The

week, but on a general fall in the Foreign Exchanges and an -anticipated revival in the export demand for gold prices receded +. The clos- ing quotation yesterday was 941 1.......

The Times Has Received A Telegram From Its American Corre-

spondent announcing that the Democrats have finally rejected a proposal to exchange Mr. Seymour for Mr. Chase. In other words, they are resolved not to give up State......

The Commission On International Coinage Has Presented Its...

amounts in brief to this: things must be let alone. An international coinage is impossible, unless we alter our pound, or the world accepts that as the unit. We cannot alter it......

Mr. Grant Duff Delivered His Annual Address To His...

-on Tuesday. It was as incisive as usual, but its main point was s denunciation of " that terrible Moloch, more destructive than the God of War himself, an armed peace." He......

Mr. Mill Has Published A Long And Very Able Letter

in defence of his interference in the Kilmarnock election. He cannot see, he says, why he should refrain from giving his opinion when asked, -and though keenly sensible of the......

The Latest Accounts From The Plate Affirm That Lopez Has

evacuated his new position on the Tebionary, and has retreated towards Villa Rica, which is believed to be splendidly fortified. He is pursued by the Brazilian Army,—which,......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading Foreign Bonds Left

off at the annexed quotations :— Oct. 16. Oct. 28. Oct. 15. Oct. 23. Brazilian, 1865 73 781 Russian (Anglo-Dutch) 911 911 Egyptian, 1884 83 82 Spanish, 1867 831 33( Italian,......