The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. During the past week business in the various manufacturing districts has been suspended, owing to the Whitsuntide holidays. At Mancb.ester, however, prices of both cloths and yarns have advanced. The woollen trade of Leeds has been dull, while at Bradford and Iluddersfiela no mate rial alteration can be recorded. in the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham the operations have been of a very restricted cha racter, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol verhampton increase.d dulness has prevailed. The iron trade of SPuth Staffordshire, however, has exhibited symptoms of renewed activity. There was an active inquiry for cotton in the Liverv t iool market on Saturday, and prices tended urfards. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. A call of £2 10s., amounting in the aggregate to £206,250, becomes due to-morrow on the shares of - the London,',Chatham, and Dover Metropolitan Ex tension Railway. Notice has been given by the London agency of the Commercial Bank of Cannada that a dividend, at the rate of 7 per cent., will be payable on and after the Ist pros. The Pera from Alexandria has brought £76,000 in specie. CITY NEWS-THIS DAY . Two O'CLOCK. The money market continues quiet, with ample supplies for the requirements of the mercantile community. The demand is necessarily limited, owing to the continued &Illness of trade and the absence of other descri - ptions of enterprise calcu lated to augment the general inquiry. The effect of the preliminary payments and early calls upon the shares of the new joint stock companies intro duced dnring tae last few weeks has now subsided, and the - prospect of an immediate advance in the rate PA'discount at the Bank of England has ceased firr the moment to engage the attention of specu lators, and others more particularly interested in the subject. Rather more firmness has been perceptible in the Stock Exchange Markets to-day, owing to an in creased demand on the part of speculators who have been influenced by the improvement in the weather, the übsence of further withdrawals of sovereigns from the Bank of England, and the , easier aspect of monetary affairs. Consols are Olt for money, and 911 for the account. The New Threes are firm at 915 4; the Reduced at 915 ; Excheciraer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. prem. India 5 per. Cent. Loan has improved to 1071 5. Some of the principal Foreign Securities have shown more buoyancy, but the transactions have continued limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 32i ; ditto 1858, 691 70t- ; ditto £lOO Bonds, 714; llexican are steady, at 305 d ; Egyptian Scrip has Ibirroved to 15 5 prem. ; Russian ditto, to 1 prem. ; ani, Turkish ditto, to 35 a prem. ; Italian 5 per Con's. are 711 725. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been exceedingly limited, and prices have shown little variation of importance. Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded 5 ; London, Chatham, and DMA', 5 1 and South Wales, 1; Bristol and Exeter, and North Eastern (Berwick), however, improved 4 ; Brighton, Midlands, and South Etta terns remained dt previous quotations. In the Foreign Market Royal Danish have de clined to 155 ; Sambre and Meuse to 115 5 ; Great Luxembourg realise 145 145 ; and South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have improved to 225. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained inactive ; Imperial Bank realise 6/ ; London and Brazilian, 55; London and County, Z 75 I ; Ottoman Bank, 24; Crystal Palace Stock, 34 5 5 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam im proved to 695. The Strand Hotel shares are 5 5 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONR O'CLOCK. 41 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91 Z per Cent. Consols Annuities .... , 9ll I New 3 per Cent. Annuities India stock Ditto 5 per Cent. 167/ / Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Accov; i t, July 10 . Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 3 6 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian 6 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent Ditto Paid-up Scrip .. 84i } Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account liussian, 6 per Cent 1822 £ St — Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip Ditto, Paid up Scrip Spanish. 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. Ditto Passive. ' Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded -Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account IJitto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. 70 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 1862 (Scrip) Ditto, Paid up Scrip Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f 9B Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, et 25f 7ll 21 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money .... Ditto Account .. .... THE BLAtRYRIARS ROAD TRAGEDY.—It had been intended to remove the bodies of the unhappy man Mockford and his children from the house in the Black friars-road co the premises of the undertaker during the night succeeding the inquest, and although it had been at first gen:Tally supposed that the removal had actually taken place. it subsequently became known that circumstances bad occurred to prevent it, and that the funeral was to take plane yesterday. In consequence of this large numbers of o' people assembled around the house between one and two .)'clock, and by half-past two, when the melancholy pro cession started, not less probably than 3,000 persons were present, most of whom apparently belonged to the respect able classes of society. The three coffins were placed in one hearse and tw o mourn i ng coaches followed, containing re • latives and f r i en d s of the deceased. The spectators stood patiently and respectfully, never decreasing in number de spite the rain, and when the coffins of the children were brought out of the house scores of women and young girls were affected to tears. The procession moved slowly along the road to Blackfriars-bridge, and then more rapidly to the Ilford Cemetery, where the bodies of father and children were interred together. No writing has been found about the a p a rtments affordi ng any pos i tive indication of Mock fore. s dr eadful intenti on; b ut various little incidents have come to light to show that his course was predetermined as well as to justif y the verdict of the jury that the shock ing domestic trag e d y was the result of mental aberration arising from the loss of his wife. ESCAPE OF THREE PRISONERS FROM HORSE MONGER-LANE GAOL.—On Saturd ay morning thro e - noto rious convicts made their escape from Hor.:..enaon er-lane Gaol. The gaol authorities refitse give inforniation as to the mode of escape, and all f lat can be stated is that it was effected with much ingenuity, and in spite of what were considered the most satisfactory precautions. The first of the three convicts is George Burrell, aged 24 years, committed from Lambeth Police Court on the 3d of March, to the -.tungsten Assizes, for burglary with violence, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. The second is Charles Frost (alias Alf r ed Walker), formerly residing in Grove -road, Brixton, comm itt e d from Richmond Police Court, on the 28th March, 1862, convicted at the Surrey Sessions f or housebreaking, and sentenced to six years' penal serv i tude. The third is George Rayson (al i as Hack man), aged .29, who formerly resided at Victoria -place, Poyla r, committed from Lambeth Police Court on the 2d of April f or l arceny, and sentenced to s i x years ' pena l ser vitude. Up to Saturday not the slightest clue had been obtained of the escaped convicts, although a most diligent search has been made by the police, and a reward offered for their apprehension. The presentation of the freedom of the City to George Peabody, Esq., unanimously voted by the Court of Common Council on the 22d ult., will take place on Thurs day, July 10th.—City Press. Incendiary fires are lamentably frequent in the French colony of La Martinique. A large manufactory and nine horses were lately burnt in a single night. One of the incendaries, named Jean Baptiste, committed sui cide. The governor, in the hop e o f c h ec ki ng th ese t err ibl e Cri mes, has declared that in future all incendiaries, or ac e°mPlioeB of incendiaries, who may be sentenced to hard labour, shall be sent to Toulon to undergo their punish ment. Canaries, thrush gs, partrid e g s ' --/ sk larks, pheasants, black allsn over the colony of vi e e l t ard . quails are now flying wild 7t o t, in Australia. The cricket fixtures this week are—Surrey v. Cambridgeshire, at Cambridr , c All England ♦. Univer sity Sixteen, at Oxford, and M g .. Ground v. Sussex, ana v brid , ge University at Lord's, on Monday; and Surrey ; Cambridge Fifteen, at the Oval; and All England Broughton Club, at Broughton, on Thursday, of 1, 7 , 7; "": SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOtAS - AYS 14 1 i i THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY, EVENING, JUNE 16, 1862. MARKETS---THIS DAY, SEEDS. Turnip,White,p.bus 11s to 14s Swede —8 —8 Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, 7sod 9sod Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Old per quarter 39s 42s Csnary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new —s Clover, Red Eng., et. 40a 64s White Foreign Red 4os 48s White s6s 80s Trefoil, new. 24s 26s TALLOW. OLD COURT. Zealand, 881 Algoa Day, arid 1,070 bales from Port Eliza beth. The business doing in seeds was extremely limited, and prices were barely supported; indeed, Calcutta linseed was lower to sell. For cakes the inquiry was much restricted at late rates. . Carraway •• •• ire • .. • ..-13 tO 6 Coriander .... ...... —8 —6l Hempseed, per qr.. • 460 48s Linseed,Eng.sowing 70s 72s Crushing ...... 60s 650 Baltic .......... 54s 58s Odessa ........ 53s 58s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo OBLIO 5s Foreign £9 lOs 10 105 Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 155 Rapeseed, per qr.... 64s 68s The tallow trade continues firm, and a further advance has taken place in prices compared with Monday last, P.Y.C. being quoted at 46s 9d per cwt. on the spot; and at 48s 9d for the last three months' delivery; rough fed, 4id per 81bs. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. - Stock this day.... 13,877 12, 1 76 25.515 65,400 36,3E4 Price of Y.C. 58s 6d to 55s 3d to 5283 d to 52sto Od d46s 9dto —s Od 55s 6d 52s t d Od Delivery last week 790 1,043 1,427 1,043 1,7 i 8 Ditto from June 1 9,296 2,278 4,402 2,169 1,307 Arrivals last week 1,433 1,148 3 750 565 Ditto from June 1 4,607 2,573 2,864 2,312 1,109 Price of Town .... 52s 9d 55s dO 53s 6d 52s 9d 47s 3d CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. The June sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman, and Sheriffs 4 The calendar contains the names of 100 prisoners, some of the offences being of a very serious nature. There is but one indictment for murder, via., that against Jas.;Law rence, whose trial was postponed from the last until the present session. There are three charges for manslaughter, 3 for feloniously wounding, 1 for feloniously administering poison, 1 for arson, and 4 for burglary; the other charges consisting of those of the usual description. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, referred to the principal cases contained in the caelndar, and at the conclusion of the learned gentleman's address the jury re tired to their room, and in a short time the trials com menced. S)- 13.14 Bir„ Wol., and Str. Val. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMidsCo Bristol and Exeter „ Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B tt pe.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stook'' Do East Saitolk lido do Edinburgh & Glasgow. Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland Great Western Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaekwall; Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover. Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sonth Western L'derrydo Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do * shares.. .. Metropolitan Midland ........ Do New Do Birming, & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland — iii,..lshares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newstle and Carlisle Norfolk North British N or.Dev.RailikDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do 3 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central ,Scot. N. R, stock' Do Soot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lane.Un South Eastern South Wales .... S. York. and River Stainee,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 `Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall West London Do let class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.dzß West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport' Do Hereford) 71 8 6 7 91 0 101 1081 61 7 1 2 5 6 41 43 10 11 201 211 551 56} 59 60 39 40 88 90 291 eol 101 103 140 145 1141 11511 100 110 132 134 105 106 72 723 55 57 1074 108 59 61 121 123 I I 45 47 94i 441 991 100}' 40 45 40 401 6; 9 1261 1271 1* ifp 9t? 99 1 73 75 611 62i 961 071 id 55 554 84 85 100 102 id }pm 4 1S d 101 11t 11S 120 45 47 102 104 45 47 34 36 834 84 65 67 99 101 6 7 38 39 8i 9 p 6 6i p, 145 148 isi 5 3 C 24 i d ip 90 92 134 138 12,10 62 7 45 47 39 41 87 83 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. B Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W IThekonhead lOO Do.&G.W 87 89 Buckingh - mghire lOO Do. 96 96 Chester & Holyhead lOO Do .. 55 56 Do. 51per oent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junoilon 100 Cledon • 102 104 E Colchester, Stour Val.. 100 E,15.&:C 65 67 E. Linoolnsh. gSpr C. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all IC.Counts. 44 4 2 Do. Woodbridge._ 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. • lOO CledOn Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West :: Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 198 200 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all Do ... 20 22 Do.Wn. Ext. A, 41 pa 611 ... 8 London & Greenwich 100 S.Eastern 62 84 Do. Preferen ^e Lon.,Tilb.& h, 'Abend 100 Peto & Co. 80 9$ Lowestoft gua. 4p a lOO Norfolk .. Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Itinc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock' all LN W& M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,l3uryEx gua . 5 per eent... 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p p pm Northu.&Eastn. sp. a. all Do.. 66 58 Do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 93 94 Preston and Wyre. I all L&N.W & L. y k. 44 48 Do. j shares - A. all Do. ••• • .. Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 137 Shrewsby & Herefords 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn , t Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paid.l d l°Bin g I Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. k Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 21 Cork it Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant— . Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun. Do. let Class Pref .. -. 1 E. Angn. Class A kr) E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. o. st Eastern Union, 4 p. o Do. 5 p. o. guar. Edin.&Glas.s p.o. shares Do. 1 p. (3.g - flan S. & ll„. Glas.& S. West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. 0 D 0.5 Ream.lop. pin Do. 44 p,o. dd Do.sp.O.Redrc.atsp.o.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Eat) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. ot Do. redeem. 4 p. Ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. et... Do. Do. 5 p. C. . redeem. pref. B s Do. Birm. pear . stocktock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. ChesterB p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnel.stLs 2s 10d pe Do. 6 p. o. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. L on. & B rig.s p.o.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent d 0...: Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p est(dly.detliP6s L on. Chat. &Dny. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. &. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent et., late 3d shares .... Londony. & Ennis. 4 she Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. Do. t 6 Do. 3-1 per cent ........ Do. redeem. 6percent .. Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. C. Do. 44 per cent ... ..... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4$ p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Da 4 per cent .... - ~ Do.Leio. andHit.4per ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.stlB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. . prf. shs. N th .Thrn.Rail. g &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock D o.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 pereent • South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) .... - Do. 46 per cent ........ Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent ... Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent ....... S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gun . Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. e Do. B6p.c Do. C 6 p. c atrld & Kilkny. 6 p. c W Mid. -Oxf Ist guastk v 57. W. Do. 2d do D D 0 0 .. N I, e e D w r p p oe. o t . r p 6 t p 5 .c .. . c t pi p iti fl BB e 66 51 69 . 1 94 96 zoi 21 6 6i 104 106 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 86 110 112 90 92 il6 118 ill 113 104 106 [O7 109 97 99 101 103 91 93 92 94 103 105 77 79 77 79 170 175 104 108 .38 140 [Olt 101 [l6 118 116 118 138 142 115 118 152 156 130 135 78 80 97 98 [24 126 I fpm 68 70 i 4pm .39 141 .03 105 94 96 110 112 108 110 1 16pm 101 103 96 98 1} f d •• •• par i p 22i 234 135 140 10 11 23 24 101 103 101 103 86 90 201 21 28 29 3 3 34 33 34 42 45 126 127 120 125 102 104 1122 124 119 122 stock stock stock stock stock stock st..ck COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Goy. 6 p.C.Ja. tJulyl 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4! 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aur. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. .k Sept. 100 106 10 1 8 Do. 6 per cent lOO 99 00i 99 1 Do. Inscribed stock 100 91 99 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0.1873 100 106 107 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 111 113 Do. Ceylon, J Gon a o n ,vN .. t o p y i . 0. 1 u 8 j 1 8 3 : , 1 1 6 j 89 u p 1 13 c . 1890 100 111 11 3 1 10 0 0 0 11_2 I_l4 100 106 108 Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Goy. sp. c.,1866 la PM 1011 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 1 - 60 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. ster:ing, 1875 lOO 107 109 Aus,G6p.c.lB73.&up 1 100 lea 110 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1168 110 =-• Do, do. 6 p.o. APALOot lO 11051 3,06 8.4.0 19.18.41 all all all all 100 72h 1071 122 i 46 971 8 P Divil st •Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 20 Cornwall 41 p.c. ga.perp all et 8, Anglian, ClO3, 6 p.c. 100 et * Do, ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 st Edin.Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 at Lond'n, &c.,4 per cent.. 1858 100 at Do. do. 4 per et 1860 100 at Do. do. 4i per ct 1861 100 5 Do, do. 4b per ct 1861' 31 lt Lon. & Chat'au, Metrop.! Ext. B, 6 p.c.........' 71 at Lon. &S.Wcstern 41 p.c. 100 10 (North British £lO Glut.' all Shares, 1861... at 40 ScottishCentral 41 p.c. 100 irred. pref... 10 S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859.. all 10 la). 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.)' 5 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.)l 31 Inure of full dividends i good out of the profits * Fi made in any ; of any BRITISH. MINES. ) tied Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Con.. ((Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... ;Etta Caria Brea... 'E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd.(Plhilack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant) Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs N N o s s ir t h h , Fr o3 a a r e s tigi ll o og 2;a a n n ) ) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence piny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer), S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard) West Soton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Whoa. Edward (Cale.)! Wheal Kitty (ll.Lelant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)l Wheal Trelawney (Lie.) 1. - O.T 7# 1.7.2 2.14.6 3.0.0 7.10.0 561 178 0.15.0 8.12 4.14 1.14.1 9i 4.3.0 2/ 2/ 12.3 2.3.0 2.2.9 1/ 10.6.7 5.11.6 18.1A.t 28.9. FOREIG: Australian BonAccord Copper, L im. Brazil Land & M1n.C0... Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo Capula Silver DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. Kapunda(Limited) Linares Lueitanian Mari qui Ea N". RinneCopoi S.Aus. L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara GldMine ,Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min East and West India London >••••• St. Katharine Southampton Victoria ........ i Do , New . 20 28 430 440 40 12 44 45 18* 181 2t 3* 10 18 41 5 6 62 6i 7i 39 41 a 3} 43 45 84 9 4 14. 1 41 31 41 2i 21 5 6 10 42 335 845 31 31 112 115 33 85 1 11 11 113 12 13 34 36 255 263 90 95 35 45 1# 11 105 115 13 15 13 15 NES. i 1 1 i I i dig. 25 29 7 8 d ipm 1 lip 21 I 3 } 22 24 d 7 7i f d par de 2 1 II 4 fpm 14 Wm 80 62 65 7 130 133 55 57 56 58 97 100 1d par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 40 A us tralasia 6 7 89 67 25 Bank of Egypt. all 22 23 100 Ba-ak of London 50 British North American a.l 20 Chtd.Bank of India, Arc. all — l9} 20 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 84 86 100 City 100 Colonial 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 171 18 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 241 e5l l . 20 Do. new all 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 Londop and S.African l2 4d }pm 115 I 100 Londeh & Westminster 20 795 801 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 1 d 1 p 100 at. Prov. of England , 12 20 Do. new 50 National Bank .... •• • 25 2G New South Wales-- . all 39 11 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 411 61 12000 Provincial ncialßankof Ireland .. 2 ..... al 5 l 1 8 3 9 5 2 9 4 1 1 2 4 10 Do. new 25 South Australia ..,... all 37 38 25 Union of Australia .... all 451 461 50 Union of London .., . 12 825 331 100 Unity Mutual... ..... .. 60 ~.• MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 171 !SI 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 24 26 241 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 25 30 20 Do. 8,7n.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all IS 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 321 Canada Land. all 110 114 10 China & Janan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 25 at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 13 16 st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference 12:5 1 tßiii iehetoondyy in. Janeiro Mail . aeuepisy ll htreiogntsio:tTietlnteanyvrm: m p t s • 100 107 110 at Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 107 110 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 7i 1G Do. B 7l 20 Elndialrrign. & Canal 1 par fpm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 4 21 2 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 14 26 27 1 Great Ship Limited) all 5 1 1 Do • 175 pct Preference all it I 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 41 31 34 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) al l 15 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 3 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 3i 41 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 4 1 P . 20 Nerbu.Coal&fron (Lim ) 5 Id 1P 0 t 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.e.Pref..iss.atl die. all 5 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaL and 81 12 14 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 5 1 1 oriental Gas (Limited). all 15 If 1 , Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 7 I t :, Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lira) 100 57 59 50 Do. New a & e:n& O i r n ie .T nta a l g S .4 t i e p a . m a. all all 1 6 8 9 1 71 194 691 30 9 11 2:2 aa a olu l l l 2 1 54 7 2741 28156 19 44 , 15 Do. New lron at. l2 I Scot . DTeol.ed Telegr a ph ((i Registered i .; : )) 100 135 4d 140 p r I 25 South ' Australian Land all 33 35 1 !Submarine Tel. Se jia 10 Do. do ... . • 1 all 4 1 61 10 Trust and Agen cy 01 Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 ld pr 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can. 6 - 1 1 4 I 5 U. K' dom Tel. Co. (Rm.) 1 100 Val) Ditmeu'o L. ud , 285 . , : 110 ÜBITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Iktiantio & st Lawrence 'ltom.,l3aroda&.Cent Ind, Gu. 5 per cent Buffalo_ and Lake Huron) Do. New .. . Do. Preference Buff alo,Brant,&Go'driell 6 p. et. .bets. Aug. 1, 1872, Do, do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. Junc 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S,Ettstn, (Liu:) CapeToWn Dock Scrii Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. DO. 7 rer cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Git.lnctaPehha.gua.sp.c. Do, New gua. 5 p. Gt. Soath.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 'Gt. W. ot Canada Sharee DaNew ... Do. 3 p.c. '73 witit't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1878. Andras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Do. 44 d 0........ 51c1b.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. I Newl3!unswickzt Canda Ry.&Land(Lirn.jg.6pc Class A. Capital Share Do. do. Land do ........ 80. do. B Capital Do. do. Land do. ... _. _ .. .. T.RLC'da 6 pc lat pf bits ;cinde ........ • . 4 4 )o. Punjaub .... , i 9 )0. Do. .... •. .. ca q )o. Indus. St. Flo. , Crinidad (Lim.) Scr ip'. an 100 f 100 15 all 100 Paid. 62 ea 3021 1031 .4! 8 9 80 85 7:* 82 76 E 0 103 105 106 108 105 106 106 107 I 1 22i 23 63 N 53 56 34 37 42 46 32 35 32 35 104 105 P 1021 1031 114 14 9 61 97 100 93 95 93 95 1021 1031 96 98 93 95 1062 24 3 1014 1 4 Closing Price. I Business done 5 7 4 6 85 68 I(4k 1051 24 . 20 ip 1 100 101 t3i 61- - .7 _7l) 1} 11 1 11 12 4i 4 11 21 12- 10 10 Si Si 20 1 414 12i 8 10 8 7 43 (44 50 62 5 4 d 15 16 11& 111 91 10 I I prai 4i 41 pi 33" 34 71 7} 10 10f 21 22 ANA S 7 of each II 103 105 120 123 130 133 81 83 103 105 92 95 103 105 }d ip 102 101 94 l 0 pr iom! pr pm given half- , subsequent MARK-LANE. English wheat, in the whole of the country markets held on Saturday, was very firm, and in most transactions an advance of is per quarter took place in prices. Fine barley and oats, including beans and peas, realised full quotations, and for dour there was a steady demand, on rather higher terms. On the Continent the corn trade has ruled inactive, but without leading to any material change in prices. At New York, according to our latest advices, a fair business was doing in wheat, flour, and maize, for shipment to Great Britain. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small. From foreign parts we received 14,439 quarters of wheat, 2,2E5 barley, 29,610 oats, 4,187 beans, 44 peas, 7,860 linseed, 2,080 rapeseed, 1,291 maize, 2,510 sundry, 6 sacks and 12,499 barrels of flour. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very small, but the condition of the samples was tolerably good. Owing to the continuance of unfavourable weather, factors wero very firm in their demands, and, compared with Monday last, an advance of 2s per quarter took place in the quotations. Generally speaking, however, the sup ply changed hands somewhat slowly. The show of samples of foreign wheat was seasonably good. All descriptions were in steady request, and the ouxrenoies improved is to 2s per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain were firm, and prices had an upward tendency. The supply of English barley was small; of foreign moderate. Most kinds met a steady sale, and the quota tions were well supported. The malt trade was steady, at about previous rates. Foreign oats were in fair supply, but the show of home grown qualities was small. Fine samples fairly supported last week's currency ; otherwise, the trade was dull, on rather easier terms. Beans and peas ruled firms, at the extreme rates of Mon day last. Very little English produce was on offer. For flour there was a tolerably active inquiry, and the currencies had an upward tendency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whoa —tesex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s — s Ditto, white, new . 556 56s Ditto, old _ _ _ _ _ —s —s Norfolli and Lincoln, red, old —8 —8 Ditto, new Talavera, ...... • 64s 668 Rye— 3Bs 42s Barley—Grinding 2BB 29s Malting 36s 428 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 66a Brown Kingstown and Ware 568 70s Chevalier 66s 258 Oats —Yorkshire and Line°lush., Feeding. 218 26s Potato - 24 s 36s Youghal and Cork, black .. 198 26s Cerk, white . .... Scotch, Feeding 23s 268 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White .. 39s 42s Boilers B9B 12e Flour—Town-made Suffolk ... ....... .... 3BB 42s Stockton and N0rf01k................ 38 8 398 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEI. There was a fair average supply of foreign stock on sale in our market to-day, and the whole of it found buyers at full prices. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were only mo derate in number, but goo& though not so soy prime, in quality. Prime Scots, crosses, and short-horns moved off freely, and in some instances the quotations had an upward tendency, the former breed having realised 4s 10d per 81b ; otherwise, the beef trade was inactive at last Monday's currency. Essex, and Cambridge orns, and crosses; foin h T i r h e e c o s u m p p p r l i y s ed from l6 N oo o r s f c o 0 1 k t , S s u h f f o r o t l h , Lincolnshire, 160 short-horns ; from other parts of Eng land, 600 various breeds; and from Scotland, 300 Soots and crosses. For the time of year, the show of sheep was moderately extensive, but really prime Downs and half-breds were rather scarce. Those breeds commanded a steady inquiry at extreme rates—the top figure for mutton being 53 per 81b ; but heavy sheep moved off slowly at barely late rates. Prime lambs were scarce, and in good request at very full prices ; otherwise, the lamb trade was in a sluggish state at the late decline in value. About 300 lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves—the supply of which was moderate—moved off from 4s to 5s per 81b, the demand for pigs. s t e w e d e i h y a a v t e Tt to u r s reportde y s c s u r firmnessrei :Ic y , in y In prices, however, very little change took place. Per Sib. to oink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 0 3 2 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 4 3 8 Puce. S'thdowndo.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 3 10 4 6 Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 6 PrimelScots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality clo. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers , 4 64 10 Lambs, 5s 4d to 7s 6d. Suckling calves, 10s to 245; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Sheep and lambs.... 15,670 Sheep and lambs Calves 336 Calves Pigs. 5lO Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 5,685 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, wo received 9,083—in 1860, 9,764—in 1859, 4,574 —in 1858, 5,229—in 1857, 4,432—in 1856, 3,580 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. 1 From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .• • . 80 ~ 1722 .. 526 .. 483 .. Harlingen .... 79 .. 704 .. 'l5 .. 136 .. 34 Hamburgh 12 .. 1,428 .. • .. Calais Coruna Dordt Amsterdam .. .. • • Vigo ^ .. SO Antwerp .. -- .. -- .. .. --- • • -- Carril .. -- .. .. .. -- •• - Boulogne — .. 16 .. .. .. - Oporto ..... -.. Nieu Diep . - • . """" • • • • ""'" • • Total .... 190 .. 3,997 .. 735 .. 629 .. 34 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 lO6O .. 6,332 .. 461 .. 798 .. 432 18R0 .. 906 .. 7,492 .. 601 .. 467 .. 299 1859 309 .. 3,257 .. 632 .. 859 .. 17 1858 426 .. 3,447 .. 742 .. 646 .. 68 1857 347 .. 2,982 .. 358 .. 692 .. 53 1856 — . • 61! 3 2 --. • • 551 6 ."". • • A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, June 17, 1861, and this day, Monday, June 16, 1862. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Juno 17, June 16, 1861. 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 3 oto 3 2 Second quality do. 3lO 4 2 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 310 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do .. 310 4 0 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 410 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. 310 4 4 4 0 4 6 PrimQ small do Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 410 4 6 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs 28,460 24,940 Calves Pigs.PON . .5 SALE, TUNE 18, 18 2 : 350 SUPPLIES 3, 5 7 0 80 ; sheep and lambs, 2,6080 ; calves, 319; pigs, 620. JUNE 20, 1859.—Beasts, 3,570; sheep and lambs, 30,640; calves, 312 ; pigs, 300. NEIVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supply of each kind of meat is moderate. The trade generally rules firm, and prices are well supported. Per 81b. by the carcase. adaa adod Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Middling 0.0. .. 3 2 3 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Prime lf.rge do. 3 6 3 10 Veal .. 3 10 4 8 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Large pork .... 4 0 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine samples of hops are in moderate, though by no means active, request at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull at about previous quotations. The plantation accounts are satisfactory, notwithstanding the continuance of unsettled weather. Last week's import was two bales from Hamburg. Mid and East Kents.. 126 s to 168 a per cwt. Weald of Kents .. 120 s 135 s „ Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIRLDS. Old potatoes aro in moderate supply, and move off heavily at 210 s to 240 s for flukes, 120 a to 140 a for rocks, and at 100 e to 120 s per ton for cups. The supply o f new ware i s seas onably good, for which there is a fair demand, at from 12s to 16s per cwt. The quotation for new foreign pota toes, of which a large import has taken place, is from 10s 14s per cwt. The arrival from abroad last week was :- 9,668 baskets fromitotterdem, 5,562 baskets from Dunkirk, 51 baskets from Antwerp, 217 from Boulogne, 6 from Ham bro, 481 from Guernsey, and 1,261 boxes from Lisbon. WOOL. Very little of tho new clip of English wool has as yet been brought to market, yet the trade is in a sluggish state, but without leading to any material change in prices com pared with last week. The next series of public sales of colonial wool will commence on or about the 31st proximo, when 100,000 bales will in all probability be offered. The stock at present is 60,000 bales, and about 40,000 bales are now on passage from the Australian and Cape colonies. Last week's import was 1,763 bales from Sydney, 1,606 New LIBEL. Mr. Mathew Orr, the printer and publisher of Orr's Kentish Journal, was indicted for having published a libel reflecting upon a gentleman named Starke. The oharge, it appears, arose out of an application made to a Kentish Board of Guardians by a female for the sup port of an illegitimate child. A report of the application appeared in the Kentish Journal, in which it was stated that the father of the child was the prosecutor, who held a a respectable situation in Woolwich. This was altogether unfounded, and the present proceedings were instituted accordingly. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but produced witnesses to show how the report was inserted in the newspaper. The Recorder fined the defendant £2O. ROBBING EMPLOYERS, Samuel Berry pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a quantity of staples, taps, Ix., the pro perty of the Imperial Gas Company. The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprison ment with hard labour. POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBpROUGH-STREET. SUNDAY PREACHING IN HYDE-PARK.—" RAISING TILE WlND."—Andrew Balfour Hepburn, described as a public lecturer from the East end of the town, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging in Hyde-park on Sunday. Sergeant Charles Fraser, 11 A, said that yesterday after noon he saw the prisoner standing on a seat preaching to a crowd of about 100 persons. He was telling the people an anecdote about how he " raised the wind" in Scotland some years back, and after some further remarks, said he did not think ho should " raise the wind" there, as the police were about. He then said he had lost the use of his arm and the sight of one eye, that he was not able to work and would not, and that he did not see any harm in the sight of God in taking money for his labour. He said he did not ask for any money, but he would take all he could get. The prisoner then held out his hand and received a shilling and a penny. He then took the prisoner into custody. _ _ _ Prisoner—You did not see me take a penny, for I did net get one on my oath in the park. It was a shilling and a sixpence I received. The penny I received outside the park gates. Officer—You got the penny after the shilling. Another constable confirmed the first witness. Prisoner—What did you hear me preach about, Witness —Against Mormonism. Mr. William Henry Ayling, a gentleman, residing in Somerset-street, Portman-square, said he gave the shilling, and perhaps had thus brought the prisoner into trouble. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case as nearly approached begging as possible, but he would discharge him this time, and he had better be careful for the future. Prisoner left the court, stating that he should continue to lecture, and should take all he could get. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL ATTACK UPON AN OLD MAN.—Thomas Dundan, a powerful rough-looking fellow, was charged with the following disgraceful outrage : George Hindes, of 7, Chaynes-road, Chelsea, a cab pro prietor, apparently nearly 70 years of age, said--On Thurs day morning week I was at Chelsea, near Duke-street. It was about six in the morning, and I was leading a horse to the farrier's to be shod. Suddenly a party of men came upon me, knocked the horse about, abused me, and struck me Violently. Mr. Arnold—How many were there of them ? Complainant—About ten. Mr. Arnold—Did you see where they came from ? Complainant—They came from the direetion of Cremorne gardens, and the first thing they did was to interfere with the horse I was leading. Defendant and another man both stopped ma and wanted to take the horse away from me, which I would not permit. Defendant then tried to get on the horse's back, and not succeeding in doing that, he began punching the horse violently in the stomach. I told him he ought not to do that, when he struck me a vio lent blow in the eye. I pointed the defendant out to a policeman,but he said he could not take him,as he had not seen him strike me. Mr. Arnold—Did you exhibit marks of the blow you had received? Complainant—Yes ; and in a few minutes afterwards my eye was entirely closed. Mr. Arnold--Did you get the defendant's name ? Complainant—No; he went away. He has since been apprehended by description. I I Mr. Arnold—This was the very case in which the police ought, upon sight of recent injury, to have taken into cus tody. A witness proved seeing the assault. Mr. Arnold—Was the defendant sober ? Complainant—Perfectly. Defendant—Others pushed me on to him. Mr. Arnold—Have you any witnesses? Defendant said he had not. He was remanded till Wednesday, to give him an oppor. tunity of calling any witness he can. SHIPPING--THIS DAY. LONDON, June 16.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and dull weather, with slight showers of rain. PORTSMOUTH, June 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Druid, from Havannah for Cowes; Heiress, from London for New York; Anglo-Indian, from Sunderland for Hong Kong; her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, from Plymouth. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Alecto, for Plymouth. Cowes, June 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Daniel, from Havannah. PLYMOUTH, June 15.—Wind W.—Arrived —Betty, from Liverpool for Havannah, with foremast sprung; Edith, screw steamer, from Trieste, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard. Sailed—Her Majesty's ships, Revenge, Emeralds, Emerald, and Chanticleer, for Queens town. NEWPORT, June 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Welling ton, from Garrucha. FALMOUTH, June 15. So Wind N.Vir.—Arriv"l, from —ller:- Ha gan von Brabant, from Matansas; uthport vannah. Arrived —lowa , from CLYI:T, June 14.—Wind W.— Montreal. LimEnicx, June 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mame, luke, from Now York. ----;--- lOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Maur i t i us , via Southampton .. June 18. —. via Marseilles ... Ju ne 12 . • p• • ....... July 4. Ascension, ad, St. Helena . July 2 drazil and Cava Verds, by British packet........ si n gapore, v outhampto . n.June 18 . . Cape of Good llope c i via Marseilles ...June 12. China, PenanF• and Falkland 151and5........ Gibraltar, via S o uthampton Juno J une 10. Juno 10. Ceylon, on . s In di a (Calcutta), and via Marseilles Juno 12. India (Bombay), 1;. 3 Southampton via Marseilles -- June 20. Lisbon June 11. Egypt, and Aden, via Southampt on Malta, June 10. via Marseilles July 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo • • . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 19 . by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. J tine 11. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe June 10. Bahamas, via New York July 3. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and Britiah Columbia,,.... a ..., , June 13. THE NEW GUN IN THE EXHIBITION. The new gun, shown in the Naval and Military Court by Sir William Armstrong, is a rifled breech- loading 70-pounder, but one in which the chamber ventpiece and screw are entirely dispensed with. There is no doubt liv hatever but that the ventpiece and the movement necessary to place and close it are the least perfect parts of Sir William's inven tion as applied to very heavy breech-loading ord nance. In this gun it is superseded by a mechanism so simple that it may almost be termed self-acting, and so massive that it cannot be injured by shot, and, above all, so evenly balanced and sliding on such true surfaces that a child's strength would suf fice to open and close the breech. The gun is built up of wrought-iron coils and rifled in the usual manner, but in the breech on both sides two narrow openings are cut, into which are fitted two wedge shaped masses of iron with handles. These, wh en drawn aside, have openings in them corresponding to the bore of the gun, which can then be se c , through from end to end, a hollow rifled tube. The shot and powder are then inserted in the ordinary way at the breech, and the foremost of the sliding iron wedges we have mentioned drawn across so es to close the tube. The second and more massive wedge is then drawn into its position so as to jamb both tight, and the gun is ready for firing. By a simple but most ingenious mechanical contrivance connected with the lock of the gun, which slides down a powerful steel bolt that keys the tw o wedges together, the piece cannot be fired till both wedges are in their places, nor can they be withdrawn until this again is lifted. It is difficult to convey to the general reader a clear idea of this beautiful piece of mechanism, and we fear our attempt to describe it has only made it seem a rather complex process to load the gun, when, in fact, only five`orais movements of the hand are re quired to load a 100 or 150-pounder. A gun of this construction has been severely tested, yet not the slightest escape of gas, or rather fire, has ever oc curred, and, while the breech is almost hermetically closed, a sufficient play is allowed for the wedges to permit of their expansion from the heat of rapid firing, This is, in our opinion, the finest breech loading piece of ordnance that Sir William Arm strong has yet invented. It has all the advantages as to range and strength of material of its previous inventions. It is cheaper because simpler in its method of construction, and can be fired much more rapidly, as it dispenses with the hitherto awkward necessity of lifting in and out the breech piece, which was, in fact, the only drawback on the use of his very heavy guns for sea service. This gun will, we think, before long supersede the first in vention as applied to the heaviest artillery, though the value of what we may now almost call the old method remains as great as ever for light ord nance. To lift in and out the breech-piece of al2 or 18-pounder is a trifling matter, but the duty re quires two men at the massive plug of a 100-poun der, a calibre which promises to become a compara tively light gun at the rate Sir' William has been advancing lately. Near this gun are shown sec tions of shells of all sizes, both time and percussion. The time•shell is adjusted by distance—that is, the fuse is cut short to burst the charge so many seconds after it leaves the gun, every second representing a space of 400 yards traversed. Thus, -after one or two sbots for "range," shell can be burst to a nicety of 50 feet. The per- cussion shell, as its name implies, explodes instan taneously on touching any obstacles after it leaves the gun. To effect this two concussions are neces sary. The first one, of immense force, takes place at the discharge of the piece, which breaks a strong brass pin in the base of the shell, and leaves it free to traverse up a hollow little tube to the top of the sone. The pin, while the shot is in full flight, re mains at the back, or bottorryof the shell, but on the slightest check occurring to the flight of the projec tile it is driven to the top, and touches detonating powder so exquisitely sensitive that it lights and ex plodes the powder in the missile instantaneously. So carefilly are the pm is adjusted That nothing but the tremendous force of the discharge in the gun will break the pin in the first instance; and, after that, touching a bag of shavings or a sheet of canvass will suffice to ignite the shell. The bursting charge of powder is very small—only sufficient to part the segments of cast iron of which it is built up inside. These are spread abroad like a fan by the rotatory motion of the shot, while they retain all the power of its onward velocity. The experiments tried with these shells against canvass partitions of the size and height of companies of infantry have shown in theory that their destructive effects were terrible, and the practice gained by the experience of the Chinese war proved that they were infinitely more destructive to an enemy than they were even supposed to be. The percussion shell is now almost an old idea, but if Sir William Arm strong had done nothing more than apply his scien tific principles to the construction and method of bursting shells he would have earned all the praise he has obtained in this country. His segment per cussion-shell is the most destructive missile that the science of modern war has yet brought to per fection. The visitor can judge at a glance of their tremendous power, for close by the shells is exhi bited a kind of large iron beehive, in which one of the small shells was exploded. There is scarcely a superficial inch of this in which one or more pieces of iron and lead are not sticking. Near this are the guns of Armstrong's great rival —Mr. Whitworth. The large 70-pounder, which sent its flat-headed shot clean through the iron sides of the Trusty (the only gun that ever accomplished such a feat till Sir William recently brought forth his 120-pounder at Shoeburyness), is not here, being required by the Government for a series of imiaor taut experiments. The Whitworth gun is still that which has attained the longest range and greatest accuracy, and is still the only piece that has 'sent as light a shot as 701 b. through 4$ inches of solid iron plate. The Blakeley gun, also in this Court, is a very good piece of rifled muzzle -loading ord inance, very similar in principle to the "eano n d which rays" of the French. Even, how ever, asp a muzzle-loader it is inferior to Whitworth s, rifle has the advantage of being a breech -loader as well. A large wrought-ircn g un is exhibited from the Mersey works, which, as a perfect triumph of forging, should have been shown side by side with the double-throw crank of the same firm in the Eastern Annexe. In the Military Court it scarcely deserves much notice as a weapon, amid the clai ms of its more important rivals. The shells of the monster mortar—shells which, when d, weighloade as much as 25 cwt., are a nother in stance of extra vagant invension of whic h this Court offer s as man y samples as any other in the building. Every kind of breech - loading small arm i s , of course, to be found h e re, and since our remarks Upon th e a b sur dity o f keep i n g the cases locked an attendant has been weapons a ppointed espon s t o t t o h e o p i n e n s p e t c h t e i o n i n of a' t d h o s s u e b l'nitter. e t s h t e e d various result of the comparative examination that is thus daily made has become almost conclusive as to the superiority of the American invention of Mr. Storm over others. In this piece there is nothing special in either the lock, or stock, or barrel, the only invention, in • fact, being the breech-loading ap paratus, which is applicable to any and every barrel, at a cost, it is stated, as low as some 16s. each. The breech, about an inch or an inch and a half in length, is fitted to the barrel by an ordinary hinge, which is thrown up or open by a movement of the finger or thumb, the charge inserted, and the breech closed. In fact, so per featly simple is the whole operation that one of the chief objections to its adoption in our ser vice is that the men could load and fire so quick ly that they would shoot away all their ammu nition before coming into action. There is much force in this objection as applied to the training of the men, though we can hardly see how it can affect the character of a weapon so easily used. The Fede ral Government have ordered a large number o f these rifles for the use of their troops , a nd the effect with which they have been used agai nst the Con federates is already spoken of. A breech -loading rifle is the great military desideratum now; so much so, that the Prussian army is entirely armed with r ones, it true, we apons of this class—very inferio is but infinitely better than any m uzzle-loader. Last year some wonderful shooti g D was made at the : f lift arm il.....••••••••■•• ••••••••••• Wimbledon meeting with breech-loaders of Mr, Storm's patent adapted td the Enfield and Whit worth rifles. Since then it has been tried by some of the highest professional authorities on musketry, and has been pronounced perfect. Its great advz.m tages may be summed up in the few words that it requires no special ammunition, is t ulaptable at the low cost we have mentioned to any rifle, which can then be loaded at either breech or muzzle, it is so simple in its mechanism that it can be fired easily from twelve to fifteen times a minute, and as rapidly in the dark as in the daylight. SPORTING ---THIS DAY. LATEST CITY BETTING, THIS DAY. ASCOT STARES. 7to 1 agst Knutsford (taken) sto 1 agst Schism (taken) 10 to I agst St. Lawreiwo (taken) 10 to 1 agst Highflyer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Fitz-Eva (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.- -- S ATItitnAT. For the Ascot Gold Cup, 6 to 4 was' offered against Asteroid ; 7to 4 would have been readily token. On tiie Ascot Stakes there was not a great amount of ~peculation. We eid not see less than 8 to 1 booked about.schistn. but she appeared in greater force than Plaything elso for this event. For the Royal Hunt Cap Lady Ripon waC , made favourite, and the ztf , at in request were Croagh and Q.E.D. Closing prices : trick ASCOT e'.TAKES. 6to 1 agst Canary (offe). - ed) 6to 1 agst Rapparee (taken and offered) Bto Igst Schism (taken) 12 to 1 agst Fits-Eva (taken) 12 to 1 agst Conundrum (taken) 12 to 1 agst Boabdil (taken) ROYAL gUIiT car. 12 to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken) 16 to 1 agst Croagh PatrlA (taken) 16 to 1 agst Q.E.D. (taken) 16 to 1 agst Silkstone (offered) 20 to 1 agst Queei2 of Spain (taketil 25 to 1 agst Canary (t.!klien) 25 to 1 agst Tresham (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lopeatcher (takon) 25 to 1 agst Queen of the Tale Coffered) 25 to 1 agst Atherstone (offered) 40 to 1 agst High Treason (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bosh (taken) ASCOT CCP: 6to 4 agst Asteroid (offered) 4to 1 agst Carbineer (taken) sto 1 agst Zetland (taken) NORTIZUMBERLA.ND PLATY,. sto 1 agst Brighton (offered) 10 to 1 agst Matador (taken) 12 to 1 agst Knutsford oaken) 16 to 1 agst Bernice (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (wanted) LATER MANCHESTER MERNNG. ASCOT STAKES. 13 to 2 agst Schism (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Rapparee (taken) 10 to 1 agst Canary (offered) POISONED CHE, In a former impression we gave an tzecount of the poison ing of between forty and fifty men belonerg- to the Burley (West Riding) Volunteer Corps, who parOok of . s e cheese at one of the inns at Skipt on, on Tuesday last. regret to learn that several men belonging to the 25. Riding Riding Volunteers, who were at Skipton on the 6=16 ail , have since been seized with illness —although in no case iS a fatal result apprehended. This a matter of considerable public importance; and, although the cheese partaken of at Skipton was an American one, it may be u seful to place before our readers the following report of Ptofessor Voelcker, of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirenceste r, who was requested a short time ago to analyse a portion of a cheese from the dairy of a Cheshire farmer, L amed Ratter : " This cheese presented nothing ins rPearanes which may be regarded as an indication of a spoiled condition . and unwholesome quality. The taste, it is true, is sharp and peculiar, and quite different from the rich and pungen!. - taste of well-ripened old cheese, but the taste alone is not sufficiently marked to serve as a guide for recognising its unquestionably poisonous properties. Having analysed at different times cheese which produced bad effects when taken in any quantity, I cautioned my assistants not to takes too much of it, inviting them to taste the cheese sent by Mr. White, with a view of ascertaining whether or not they could recognise certain chemicals which are sometimes put into cheese for the purpose of preventing it to heave, and which can, to a certain extent, he recogniseJ by the peculiar taste which they impart to the cheese. I myigelf tasted the cheese, and although 1 took a little pie ce of the sizo of a hazel nut, I felt the effects of the cheese for hours afto.c having tasted it. Both my assistants, who had taken not more than at the most a quarter of an ounce each, five hours afterwards were violent seized with vomiting and pain in the boWels. One of them was ill all night, and scarcely able to fol low as usual his work next day. Both complained of a peculiar nasty mercurial state, which seemed to remain with them for many hours after they had been taken ill, and both turned deadly pale five hours after partaking of the cheese. On a former occasion I found in a cheese which caused sickness sulphate of zinc or white vitriol ; and in another instance I detected in cheese sul phate of copper. My attention therefore naturally wag directed to the search for metallic poisons but though care-. fully operating on as large quantities of the cheese as a quarter of a pound I failed to detect in it oven traces of zinc, copper, mercury, antimony, arsenic or any of the me tallic poisons which might have possibly imparted inju rious properties to the cheese. Having failed to detect anY mineral poison, I next directed my attention to the exami nation of the organic constituents of this elmese.. The quantitative general analysis gavo_the following zi t Water 37.88 Organic constituents .. 68'01 Mineral constituents 4•08 100.00 Containing common salt .. 1.33 ....„. considering it must have been cut for some time ,n The proportion of water in this cheese is rather la r bs' ing lost water by evaporation. On further examining it, I in detect found it remarkably sour, and had no difficult , ' ing in it an unusally large quantity a fatty acids, which acids, if not poisonous themselves are the vehicle which conveys the peculiar organic poison will: 1 h it appears is d e nt ic a f l r om with coagulated s o and hay-, generated sometimes in cheese in undergoing A peculiar kind of fermentation. Probably the poison generated in, this modified decay ' called sausage poison which is sometimes found in German. sausages, especiallyofthØohseee 8e made is chiefly i blood. A. similar poison appears to be generated some. times i n pickled salmon, smoked sprats, tainted pork, ve al, bacon, and hams. Bacon and hams, when not per. f ea tly cured, and fat meat kept in a damp badly ventilated cellar, are very apt to become more or less injurious to health; and even butter, after it has turned rancid, and similar organic acids are liberated in it, which exist in the cheese which I examined for you in a free state, acts as a poison in most cases . Singular enough, some people — but it is quite the exception —are not affected by these subtle organic poisons . The poison of cheese was . in Ger many so lon g known ago as 1820, and probably even earlier, and. a great deal has been written on the subject; but we are yet as far as ever from knowing with great precision the properties or composition of this virulent poison, which pro.. bably has never as yet been completelyisolated. This, how ever, we knoit; that it is a poison which is developed when the curd of milk is kept too long exposed to the air before it is salted, or is kept in damp, badly-ventilated places, aud. too much whey is !aft in it. In fact, all the circumstanceB which tend to produce an acid curd, and to generate free fatty acids, are likewise apt to produce this peculiar poison. In old cheese it is true, we have similar fatty acids, but they are then united with ammonia, and in this combina tion harmless. What is more strange, poisonous cheese of the character possessed by that which 1 examined for yens on keeping until it becomes quite decayed, loses its poison ous properties and becomes wholesome. " * ' It hal been noticed that this peculiar organic poison is particula ri l apt to be generated when curd, before bein g salted, ie-16:° If for some time in a heap until it beg i ns t o ferment. cheese made of such curd ripens more readily than When de made in the ordinary way, but at a certain stage of its . cay, it is a dowmight poison which acts far snore onerf_'` cally than sulphate of zinc, or even sulphate of ma ppe r WOO: th ree constituents which I have found in cheese n o instances. It is to be regretted that we have no rea dy meanS of detesting this insidious poison. An indication, howe a che v ese er, I may observe, that something or othe a wrong in poisonous is to be found in the strong acid reaction which by litmus paper. A. cheese always exhibits, when tested slight acid reaction mark s all fresh cheese, but whilst the outside of good old chees e is ammoniacal, I find the outside of cheese in which this peculiar cheese poison occurs is acid. Further invuatigations aro needed before we can speak with certainty of the composition Of this virteent poison." 55.,..._.....2.21............•••••■•...!....____ and . rowingi appointments for this ..._ , Ya u ch e t r i s n ey g ßowing Club on Monday, London Row. The old-fashioned fours ") on Wednesday, Oxford week are — at Club on Thursday, Ranelagh Yacht Club atc (; h on Friday, and Royal London Yacht Club University o B:finairgisgcliu-asmb s yachts) on Saturday. In committee on fortifications and works on the 23d, Sir G. Lewis 'will move the following resolution : ~ That, towards proNiding a further sum for defraying the expenses of the construction of works for the defenCe of the royal dockyards and arsenals and the ports of Dover and m Portland, and for the creation of a central arsenal, not exceeding £1,200,000 be charged upon the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, and that the_ commissionerspowered t• of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised e arid empow ered rm not exceeding raise the said sum by annuities for land be payable out of the said consolidate d thirty years; and that such . annui annuities t shall be charged upon, Algerian 1.411.• Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Pran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail Coplapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... Italian J unction Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur A; Liege ........ Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. tot'mta ( Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) ma. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish— ........ Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per San Paulo, lim, g, 7 p. c. S.AllBt. &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... West Flanders Do. 5 p c. Preference.. W. ez N.W. of Prance .. rittFERENCE SII2 lends contingent on the FOREIGN RAIL all all all all _ _ kRE S Profit!' MI 711 all all all 'OCKS , parate Year. rear not to be half year. Share; Railways. Ir• • ci Closing Rosiness PricP, done. i lop. to go. 6. 100 100 100 all all 15“ 10% itk 20 10 100 1 17i stock stock stock etock stock 20 20i 100 100 stock stook stock stock stook stock 20 28.2,8! 'KS. 111 f `,l I