The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-15 00:00:00

• .MONEY MARE. ET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE OIARICET.--( THIS DAY.) • .ts- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Share Railways. /Paid. Clos ee ing Puniness An increased inquiry for money has been occa sioned by the Indian loan instalment of £1,000,000, 12.10 Amberg-., Notting. Bost. and Eastern .711Pr4i013 10 51 54 and the current requirements of the commercial 50 ReVast and Ballymena.. all - - n, Wol., and Str. V a l. all 7 8 classes, whose operations towards the end of the 13.14 Bi Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh quarter usually create an additional d eman d. Junct i on lOO 67 69 , 671 The discount market, nevertheless, is exceed- 25 1 1 31;t b a u n r g i l T A II e all .32 3.5 ingly easy ; its resources are superabundant, Stock tc Bristol and Exeter eete Chester Caledonian and H 0 ly Bo 804 80 and good trade bills are negotiated on Stock head . 100 - very moderate terms. Indeed, the applications v. Co r r t. ,, ll i i d r r o ) c a i n c don 20 Cornwall alt ,&Passage all - - ' at the Bank are unusually limited, because the Do. A e A roves. no div. all 4 5 joint•stock establishments and private firms offer le ° Do. B ntil6p.c.per an. glapistoß. I all - all - - greater facilities than the Threadneedle-street autho- 50 Dublin a h n a dt e all - cities. During the next two or three weeks the 25 Dun.,Perth o t Abr.Junc e : all 74 il Stock East Anglian lOO 14 144 14 4 market may present more activity, but subsequently Stock Eastern Counties lOO 55 56 55 4 Stock EasternDo. do . Union co . t 3. Stock t g o o 37 42 renewed quietude may result from the release of the dividends, not only on consols, b u t on i n t eres t- 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3d s ) 8 5 - - 25 East Kent all 12 14 bearing securities of every denomination. Stock East Lancashire lOO 87 89 87 The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, 20 East Suffolk - - a - - exhibited a slight advance in the rate on St. Stock Edinburg and Gla sgow 100 1 l 72 73 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 25 26 Petersburgh. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - At the Bank of Enland, yesterday there were Stocke , Furness - ggrow& South Westn la) 91 93 no bullion operations of importance. About 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Grai !.o. t sT o o . r illr t l ic 81 899 1 £lOO,OOO of the £258,000 by the Canada has arrived in London, of which £lO,OOO in English Stogy Do. do. B Stock lOO 127 132 Stool: Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 IC4 106 gold will be retained here. The remaining , Stock Great Western c' Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 50 55 ' £90,000 has been taken for the Continent. 12 Irish South Eastern all - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 82 86 - Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton . 161 Do. Thirds - Market yesterday closed very firmly, and 6,000 1613 4 Do. Ne w Thi r d s l- 10 11 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 90 91 904 bales were sold at fully previous rates. In the 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1/ 14d Railway Share Market a fair amount of business 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1t 1 d 3 Do. West Ridin g Union 4 was transacted, and prices exhibited a further im- 20 Do. Southport - - Stock London and Blackwall. all 64 66 634 provement. - Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh - - - To-day a call of 20 per cent, is due on the Great S S t t o o c c k k lln. ciee ßrighton &S.Coast 100 10 112 111 & North Westn 100 90 91 Northern Debenture Stock, and £5 per share on 125 Do. Eighths the Portadown Junction Rail w a Stock London& South-West n lOO 90 91 90 y. 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - The assets of the Alliance Bank are of such a S t 2 " 5 0 c k L'derryan h & ef . Elin i lkillgi all 35i, 8617 352 doubtful character, that it is feared the liquidation 10 Metropolitan nn - --d will leave nothing for the unfortunate shareholders. Stocke ?L id . l lr d ing. & Derby. Ng ri. 100 99 The concern has been grossly mismanaged, and the -24 ?Lid. Gt. si West. (Ireland) all - - investments made have included securities which 100 Ne•CVtastl'e re a s nd Carlisle all -: -- 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 are at present wholly unmarketable. 10 Newry & Armagh l ef.) 9 - - ' In , the market for English Securities to-day a ? NorfolklN wrY 0 e WarPt " & n B 170 55 - Stock 57 moderate business has been transacted, but the 50 North. Counties Union 35 34 3 d Stock North British lOO 55 56 , quotations have shown some unfavourable changes. stock Nor.Dey.llail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - ! At first the Funds were tolerably steady, at prices S tock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div until 6p.e.hasbeenpdß 100 - - only a trifle lower, but since then the decline of 2 Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 884 4 per cent. reported in the Rentes (which are tele- Stock North-Ea . st . do. G isT7E - . - P B u e rch a n s k e 1 1 6 0 1 0 3 4 88 891 d 4 4 d graphed at 62.05 and 62.25), and the statement Stock Do. ,eI Leeds rc 1 00 45 454 100 72 73 72 that the Emperor has sent for reinforcements, S tock North London lOO 100 103 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd have caused increased depression. Consols, and City Junction E3 is. - - Which were 93. to 931, have descended to 20 North Staffordshire 175 45 -15 d 92i sellers, being now 92Z 931. This alteration, 20 North-Western t I z l.. s W ee ester W. n Junction all 13 14 8 although comparatively limited, has completely S r o ck V e x e fg e d e , W,0r.,& Wolver 1:11 30 31 changed the complexion of the market ; some of the 20 Portsmouth 1 - - Other securities are also flatter. Bank Stock has St oc k Scoll i i i r Central l O OO 108 110 improved to 221 ; the New Threes and the Reduced Stocke re. ti s i e . o NitPi'siiihecf. Stack Stock 12 N 4 111 4 have receded to 931 -I ; India Loan Debentures are S tock Shropshire Union lOO 42 44 steady at 95 ; ditto Scrip is flat at 932 1, and Ex- Stock iSouthttiito v u e rn n e & Sheer : all 4 :5 a d chequer Bills are firm at 245. to 275. prem. Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 Do. do moderately active, and a further improvement has 20 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all — 8 - 11 been apparent in values, although they are now 25 Stockton & Darlington all 366 374 364 Do. do. 1855 7 - - somewhat flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents, have 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - - - Stockton & ilartlepooln 164 - - advanced to 77 and 79 ; ditto New, 63 to 65 ; and the Stock Taff Vale , lOO - - 4 per Cents. to 1031 Z ; Spanish Passive to 82_ ; st 2 o s ck r l r tamPreestEer. irence, No.k&Rall 1 - - Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 86 ; ditto 3 per Cents. Stock Vale of Nee y t e h nD 1.01 63 - 67 - to 66 ; ditto Uribarren, remains firm at 80; Bra- St s o o ck Waterford eeer && Kilkenny 100 ___- ___- Zilian 41 per Cents. (1852), have improved to 91f7 /g ( :) , West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - but ditto (1858) are flat, at 914 lex div. 5 Do:A.-Arecv.noalv.till The settlement of the Account in the Railway 5 Do7.P/. has been pd. to B s ell ll 1 Share Market continues to progress in a satisfac- 20 /g gr e esar e o e n all - - all - - tory manner, and most of the principal lines have 20 Do. 2d Class all - been at a further advance, but symptoms of heavi- PREFERENCE SHARES. :. tress are now apparent. Eastern Counties, and Great Western, have improved ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, lOs ; South Eastern, 155.; and Caledonian, £l. North Eastern, Berwick, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been moderately active. Lombardo-Venetian shares, however, are at slightly reduced rates; the Old shares are dealt in at 61 7, and the New at Share Railways. 15 Blythe and Tyne 1(. per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet4p.et.StoclJ 20 Do. do. do.. Shares itock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. at 67 Cork & Bandon, 5/ p. c 0 Dun, Perth,& Aber. Jun 'took E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc took Do. do. Class B 6 pc ,cock Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... • Stock - E. Coup. Ex. 5 pot. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock took Eastern Union, 4 per ct. `,ock East Lanc. 6 per ct 6 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths ;ock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares bock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Lock Furness, 5 per cent :ock Glas. &S West. a. spe ,ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct ock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm bock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf tock j Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock 50 rest West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.a took Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct bock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct bock Do. Irredeemable, do.. lock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref took Do Binning. guar. stock 26f Do.- Chester guar. shares 131 . Do. do. do . 20 Do. do. do. bock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock took Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l bock Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 bock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct took Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 bock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct took Lon.&S, W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 121 k Londondy & Cole, 1 shs 12 Londoudy.& Ennis Ish toe Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et 6 Do. £6 tock Do. 31 per dent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c 21 f Do. Do. 4 per cent ,ock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock, ,ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et bock Do. 41 p. e. pref. stock 8 Do. with option, till 1860 took Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 10 I Newport, Aber,&c. pret.s 30. c. redeem, at sp. c. m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. o. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares took Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 took Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 took Do. Way.VatEx.Sk 1847 took North British, 5 per cent took Do. New, gua. 5 per cent took Nth.Dev.Rail.& 1011 ak.Co. took N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. took Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Po. York, 11. &S. Parch 20 North Staffordshire .. took Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g tock Do. do. do., 2d gua took Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 81 Scottish Central, new pr took Scottish N.-Eastern deb bock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock bock Do. Aberdeen. gua. 6 pc. took Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s, South Devon, Ann. 108. 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. .0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) to oo c k k D D 0 0 .F .4/ ix p e e d r 4i ce pu t took Do, New do., 2d issue e. Ist is bock South Wales, gua.4 p.c ,ock Do. 11 per cent 10 S.-YOrkshire, 4 p.c. gua 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 1 Do. 6 per cent StockiWaterford & Kilkenny, I 6 per oent. Paris and Lyons realise 331 ; North of France, 301. I East Indian are steady at 1011 102, and Punjaub at 31 4. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a , at slightly improved quotations. Bank of Aus• tralasia have advanced 10s.; London and County, gl Bs. ; and Ottoman Bank, ss. st st BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 ± I I i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities )nclia Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto Loan Scrip Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Consols for Account (July 8) F xchequer Bills; £l,OOO, lid 24 7 4 p Ditto Snytll, 11d FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I ".razilian 6 per Cent. :Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 Ditto 1858, 44 per Cent. 9l/ 1 k Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. A_ Ditto Deferred Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent B6 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 66 .Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 'Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account ' Spanish 3 per Cent 421 Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent. 77 91 81 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 5 per Cent. — Ditto D e f erre d l7 Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. NC:,'onsila for Account, July 8 •• • • 921 3 x THIS.DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 15• Wind this day at noon, N.W.; b 1 light breeze, with fine weather. 2 DOVER, .inUt3 14.—Wind E.—Sailed—Her Majesty's 1 gunboat ----, for Southampton. The Maria, schooner, '' Which foundered about two miles off here yesterday after- Q ! noon, was bound from Requejad er to Antwerp; crew '' saved. St DARTMOUTH, June 14.—Wind W.s.mr.__Off port— St General de Thiers, from Samaraug for Rotterd am . St , SOUTHAMPTON, June 14.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Bremen, St ateamer, for New York. St Qu ERNBTO ,, , J une 13.—Word N•lV.—Arrived St Magnet, from St. John's, N.B. I CLYDE, June 14.—Wind N.N .W.— Arrived—Eli za 1 1 'Greene, from Matanzas •L. L. Tully, from St. John' s , IsT:B. 7 Sti OFP DONAGHADEE, June 14.—Arrived—North Ame- Sto rice screw steamer, from Quebec. St, OFF DOVER, June 14.—Arrived —City of Baltimore, gt , nerew steamer, from New York,• for Liverpool ; Glorisa, from Laguna. - SUNDERLAND, June 14.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Hen rietta, for Mauritius. PETERHEAD, June 13.—Wind W. — Arr ived—Gem, from Greenland, with 30 tuns oil; Albert, with three tuns; and Perseverance, with 40 seals. The Active is reported with 60 tuns. Paid I Closing Business ' Price. Done. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. western Kennedy, steamer, from Cardiff; South western, s t ea mer, from Jersey ; D u k e of Cornwall, ateaimer, from Dublin ; Lewis Castle, from Cardiff; Genova, steamer, from Liverpool. Sailed—Bremen, steamer, for New York ; Duke of Corn- Sall, steamer, for London. • LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. all 1100 Wind N.W. -AaTived, June 14.—Anna Dorothea, from Bombay; Josephine, Callao ; John Stewart, from New Orleans ; from Nantes ; Eliza Caroline, from Alexan dria • Mistletoe, from Rio Janeiro; Phoenix, from Riga; Carl'Frederiek,from Dansie. Arrived, June 15. Lydia, from Antigua; Elivy, from uelva • Voluntina, from Nantes. 100 100 100 100 all 139 k 1401 (BY SIMMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. • tide second hour's flood ; wea ther fine. Arrived, W. 14.—Ariel, from Gergenti • Clara Pries, Mauritius; Stockholm; Decision, from Dunkirk; 'Armies, from Alphington, from Colombo; St. Hilda, from " D t• Übes ; Union, from Antwerp ; Nautilus, from St. Kitts ; Harmonie, from St. Petersburg ; Medea, from J amaica ; Vigilant, from St Petersburg. Arrived, Juno 15.—Brilliant, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed, June 15.—Sir Edward Banks, steamer, for Calais ; 7 i .ir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Charlotte, f or Ri o "ateiro ; Bilboa, steamer, for Bilboa. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate: No arrivals. la The finan c i a l convention between the Russian f c ' v erntnent and Messrs. Rothschild is understood to have 1 9 1. its immediate object the opening of credits in Paris and - ' 4o ndon, to enable bills to be drawn from St. Petersburg, fias to bring about a recovery in the rate of exchange. lthoperation it therefore nearly analogous to that effected the B an k o f F rance b y t h e B an k of England about,l6 f.ears ago. According to some accounts the first transao -I(Ms will not exceed £500,000, but whatever debt may be reclatracted will doubtless ultimately be adjusted by the 44111 8 of a loan. 49 51 95 97 102 104 5/ fil 99 101 110 114 105 110 112 114 111 113 127 129 80 82 69 70 112 114 119 121 110 112 103 105 62 64 11 11i 94 96 86 88 87 89 99 101 91 10 ie 171 91} 10 71 73 181 191 9 1 Pi 13f 141 139 141 1158 162 7 9 120 122 fr 66" 68 140 142 100 102 p ip 9:2 94 Of 10 11 11i 140 112 96 V 8 li 1p d 23 24 118 120 118 122 100 101 101 102 23} 24 101 102 104 102 274 284 31 33 47 53 LTNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid.' Leasing Closing' Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Blotchley all 11,n & N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire„ ciyde sdai e j o o tio i) .. lOO ILn & N.W 97 99 61 z r ac 100 kC l a .u led .sz o E nin 100 102 Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g. E Union,Harwiohsha. all i,(l.4pc f:it c.i...NNe N ivo.doi: oi tdt. h i.l : ,...: 1 1_1: 3_ 1 04 6: 1 1 1_1: 3 1 2 9:i , Do. Woodbridge . Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra . , l i a:000 ° : Ill Do. New G u l ar os t r p r o & oi D .D e o a k n . & Fo ß r a e i s i t a ll Hull and Selby Do.. Shares Do. 1 Shares 100 0 1l D D o o : .. ....: .. 1 115 - 1' - London&Greellwich • 100 S. 8a ' 5 . t . ..... 64 -- - aa • Do. Preference L on. ,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. 120 03 Do, Barking Shares an Do. . . 05 Lowestoft, gua, 4p• ct lOO NorfolV.: = - Do. 6 per cent... ,•, , , 100 D 0....... ___ -.-. 3fanc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all IN A 1 2 , ni Midab,lik Bedcr, g.op.e. all Stk.& Dar -- 4 " Mirl,Bradfordßrf,Stk. 100 Midland . 96 98 Newmarkt„BuryEx guaranteed 5p.C. 5. 6.6, 141 * Counts . Pi p pm Northm& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do do. 6 per cent. ... all Do. Do. Fi3INI 5 per cent. all Do. P res ton and Wytc. t all , U z L. yk . 3 - -' Do. i Shares ' A , all Do. ..„.. - _ Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 138 mg Slif.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan;& Yk - • _ Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 9 34 South Staffordshire .. all 3PClean . 101 loi wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. all V tk.& Dar - - Do. do. . ............ all Do. - - Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt, West. 87 89 Wimbledon& Croydn. all LABrgtn 8 9 DOCK. - - - Docks. Share! ~,, Closing Business 1 Paid Price. Dome. 1 -- Stook_S t kD o 4 CommercialperC, en t . Pref .31in. 100 00 mock last and West India... 100 Mock London Southampton London - Stock St. Katharine - - 100 - . , 1 11 1 09 1 00 - 101 ; 9gi f S Te o klv D i o ct N o c r w ia . - ...MOON •••.••• -- .77.: I ALLEGED ACCIDENTAL POISONING. Share! Railways. i pap. Closing 1 Business Price. Done. lAtlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 79 81 791 i 161 17, gu. 5 per cent ... Do Do. Addit. Capital AI Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buiralo,Brant.&Godrich p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) !Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.m Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt. S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "/3 without opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land d 0... Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip .... Oude (Limited) Scinde Do, 1i 1 d 1/ 1 d 1f Si d 54. 6id id par 11 01 - -d , l WI 101 102 1 Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. , St. Andrews dr Quel Trinidad(Limited) becl Scrip THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1859, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of 'Prance Gt. Luxein., Con. As Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref: Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lynns, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) 1 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... j Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati .... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 51p. c. Preference . W.& N.W. of France.. Western of Austria .... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden IDo 8 per cent. Pref.... IZealand , 99 100 18 20 34 36 72 74 91 93 97 98 1 d 1/ 1 141 141 6 61. i 98 102 98 102 98 10? 94 97 16/ 174 164 / 17 1 1874/ / 1 d 11 1} d - -dl —d d :19 20 14 I d 11 1 d I} 11d, ,AILWAY S. 3i. 4 - P 2 14 2 21 61 6 d 23 24 —P II (51 ga 11 lidl 74 81 17/ 18/ 30 37 p . 9 10 32 33, 48 50 31 n el, 5 5i 81 St 18. 19} 5. 6 8 94 19. 20& BRITISH MINES, Share!' Mines. Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 51 61 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 440 450 - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 160 170 -- Great South Tolgus l7s 13 14 G.Whcal Alfd.(Phillack; 11.18.8 11 2 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7 a • - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogal nil. 74 81 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy 11 121 131 Porkellis Unit. (Wend. 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. es 4 / • SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 22.5 235 -• Sor 4 - 11 C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 24 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 175 183 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 2 2i 10 Tin Croft 9 44 1 Unitedi%lines(Gwennap) 40 - - Vale of Towel , (Carm.) 12s 6d f West Basset (Illogan) 2l 22 W. Caradon - (Liskeard) lO 105 115 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 115 110 • Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 54 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 10 11 WWI Mary Ann (Menhe 8 43 45 41'1 Trelawney (Lisk. 4/ 311 81e1 '3ll FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7O 0 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. lOs Id 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 f 11 20 Do.St.Johndellley,Lim. 15 9 11 jlO 5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobro'Coppor all 37 39 Copiapo l6 9 11 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 9 10 9/ 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all f 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 United Mexican all if 25 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Pank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo 00 British North American 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 100 City 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch 20 • Gen. Bk. of Switzerland 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 100 Nat: I'rov. of England 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia 25 Do. New 5O Union of London 100 Unity Mutual 100 Western Bk of London Paid ' C P lo ri s ce in . g I B D us o i n n e e . ss 68 71 83 85 20 22 56 2 58 1 di 62 64 15 16 21i 22i 48 50 15& 18i 71 73 10i i 151 29 374 i 16 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, Share Securities. Paid.' Closing Business Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 112. 113} 1121 13 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Au(Y. 100 111 113 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 111 113 • N.8.G0v.6p. c. J a. &Ju y 10C 108 149 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. o. Deb. 106 99. Mk NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 109 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 110 Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Share - Miactllaneous. Paid. W ice in . g iZnainesa done 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 00 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin water Works 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 50 British American Land 20 Do. B, 7p. C. till 1802 20 Do. C.• 00 Canada Land Lock Islands TeL(Litn ) 50 Brit, & Irish Mag.Tel.A 10 Chan. En &S raltg ewe 71 per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference 25CDoope p r i e n r . e o r t 20 Eastern Steam ock Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Auet. Cop.St.CO 1 0 Europ. & Ind.Junct,Tei 9 Europ,&Am.Stm,(Lim.) 20 Gl,lron SorewC o l.(Lill l 15 Oen, Steam Navigation 20 London Discount 4 Lond,Cien, Omnibus Co 1.0 Mediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) 25 National Discount 10 Netherland s Land Co 10 Do d0... )0 5 Do p.cref.Sa.a N.Br.&NovaScotiLa d 1 N.B.Australasiaia (Li n ) 20 North of Europe Stearn 1 Oriental Gm, Do. New Share;. 5 Peel River Land & * Mt 50 Pen. & Orie n t al Steam, 50 Do. New ......... 10 Red Sea & Ind. Tele,;* SO Rhymney Iron ..... • l 5 Dp. New .. . . . 10 Royal Mail Steam 1 Scot. Austrin,lnv.(Lim.) 15 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Registered • 10 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot:Upr. C an )0 I van Diemen's Land all 100 all 108, all all 14 15 100 210 29_ 31 33 35 19 21 12 14 111 115 8 9 - - 23 24 1 it, 4 5 all all all 158. all all 59 102 lAr 4P! - - ! (1 I t lt 5 6 1 14 1i ell ! 11 - I i par n 75 91 3 16 15. 21 23 1 d 55 51 54 Ll 5 130 36 3a I 1 10 NARROW ESCAPE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. HOUSE OF LORDS-APPEALS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor (Chelmsford), Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other peers. Judges present Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Baron Watson. LORD WATERPARK V. FENNEL (IN ERROR). Mr. Baron Martin delivered the opinions of the consulted judges, concurring in the opinions of the judges, formerly delivered, to the effect that there was evidence produced at the trial of this cause which the judge who tried the cause in Ireland ought to have allowed to go to the jury. The Lord Chancellor tendered the thanks of the house to the consulted judges for the very learned and excellent I opinions delivered by them in this difficult and intricate case; and ordered the opinions of the consulted judges to be printed, and the further consideration of the case to be adjourned sine die. (First and Second Appeals.) LIVINGSTONE (OR FENTON) V. LIVINGSTONE. The further hearing of these important appeals was re. sumed this morning. These are appeals from a decision of the first division of the Court of Session in Scotland, sustaining the validity of a marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Mr. James Anderson, Q.C., is now being heard for the appellant. COURT OF QUEEN'S' BENCH. UNIVERSITY OP LONDON ELECTION'. Lord• Campbell delivered the unanimous opinion of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench to the effect, that the election of 'Dr. Storrar, by the officials of the Univer sity was a good and valid election, and that, it was not necessary to have an election by the undergraduates of the University. His lordship confirmed the election of Dr. Storrar by the senators of the University. RAMSGATE COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Harward.) BARER v. WILLIAMS.-MARINERS' APPRENTICES.- IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. This was an action to recover £37 4s. ld., and was tried at the last Court day, his honour reserving judgment till yesterday. It appeared that plaintiff is a mariner's apprentice, bound to defendant, who is a seafaring man. In the month of February last, a brig, called the Glide, was reported in distress, about 70 miles from Ramsgate, in the North Sea. Defendant manned a boat, taking 5 men, in addition to himself and plaintiff; and proceeded to recover the distressed vessel. Their assistance was effectual, and salvage money, £250, was handed to defendant, who divided it into six shares, thus excluding plaintiff, who sought to recover his just due. For the plaintiff it had been argued that this was a matter out of the usual course of an apprentice's duty. That he was not bound to risk life and limb, and that by doing s' he was clearly entitled to_ his share of the salvage money. For the defence, Mr. Buchanan insisted that it was part and parcel of plaintiff's duty to attend his master in the course of all work to be done, and that though mariners had been known in such cases to give apprentices a small gra tuity, yet the latter could not demand anything as a right. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff could not re cover, and nonsuited him, with costs for defendant. He nonsuited him so that he might apply before the expiration of 28 days under the 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 99, sect. 25, an act to make gratuities claims. Nonsuited accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.,-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Bull, a pot man, in the employ of Wm. Ray, of the York Minster, North Audley-street, was charged, before Mr. Bingham, with violently assaulting Joseph Henry Handett: A constable said the wounded man was unable, in conse quence of his injuries, to attend, and handed in a certificate from a surgeon, stating " that from loss of blood, owing to a severe scalp wound, he was not in a fit condition to attend the court." Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, ap peared for the prisoner. Mary Isaacs, widow, a charwoman, having the care of 35 A, Hertford-street, said that on the previous night, a little before nine, she saw the prisoner knock the injured man down, his shoulders being on the kerb and his head in the kennel, but she did not know why it was done. The injured man, who was a perfect stranger, bled very much from a wound on the head. The constable said he did not seeanything of the assault, merely having picked the man up. Mr. Lewis said the prisoner's master was present, and would be bail for the prisoner's attendance, and he believed that he should be able to show thatthe affair was accidental. Mr. Ray said the prisoner had been in his employ for two years, and he would be bail for his reappearance. The prisoner was then remanded, his employer's bail being taken. The neighbourhood of Finsbury and Bishopsgate has been considerably alarmed at the intelligence of the acci dental poisoning of a couple named Paxton, residing in New .street. The matter is in the hands of two surgeons, and from what can be gathered it appears that, some short time back, Mr. Paxton purchased a quantity of what he took to be epsom salts. Having mixed the compound, he administered a good dose to Mrs. Paxton, and took a like quantity himself. It was his intention to have given a dose each to eight children living in the house, but almost immediately upon taking his own, both he and his wife were seized with purging, accompanied with frightful pains. Two surgeons were at once called in, and the remainder of the packet con taining the supposed epsom salts taken away. After lying in a most precarious state for some days, Mr. Paxton is gradually recovering, but Mrs. Paxton is still suffering. It is stated that the largeness of the dose was the only cir cumstance that saved the unfortunate persons from death. The contents of the stomach are in the hands of the sur geons, who are analysing the matter, but it is positively stated that oxalic acid is mixed with the epsom salts. THAMES. CHARGE OF W O UNDING.-AGerman glazier, who gave the name of Joseph Sharper, was brought before Mr. Yard ley, charged with assaulting and wounding Emma Lewis, a married woman. The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said that she was in a beer. shop in Whitechapel yesterday afternoon, fiom three until four o'clock. The prisoner and some other Germans were there, and were very noisy and violent. The prisoner was carrying a frame containing window-glass, and in passing, her gown accidentally caught the frame and turned it on one side. The prisoner immediately struck her several times across the back with a wooden rule, and then hit her upon the head with the same instrument, and inflicted a severe wound, which bled profusely. It was found necessary to send for a doctor to dress the wound. William Brown, a police-constable, No. 82 H, said that he was informed a woman's throat was cut in a beer-shop. Mr. Yardley—Her throat cut ? Witness—Yes, sir, that was the information brought to me. I went to the beer-shop and found the woman bleed ing profusely and two men holding her. The prisoner was very violent and noisy, and said he would kill the woman. Mr. Yardley asked Mrs. Lewis if she was sober when the transaction in question took place ? Mrs. Lewis—l was not drunk. Mr. Yardley—Were you sober ? Mrs. Lewis—Well, I had a pot of beer with my husband. Th 3 police-constable, Brown, said the woman was per fectly sober. The prisoner was drunk. _ _ Mr. Yardley said the woman was not quite satisfied of her own sobriety, and he would not decide this case till he had received further evidence. He could not rely on the evidence of a woman who was partially intoxicated. He remanded the prisoner until Friday, but if the prisoner thought proper to compensate the woman he could do sir and then he would be discharged. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. Llvratrooli—JUNE 14. The market was very good to-day, with a demand for stock for the new account. The account was light, and nontangos nominal. At the close prices were rather easier. —Birkenheads, 69 70—Leeds Northern, 44 s—Blackburn, 11 1 4--North British, 65/ 64—Great Western of Canadal4—G, rand Trunk of Canada,. 9— GreatWestern, 541- - 'heffields, 36a---Qaleclouians, 811 —Lan cas hi re an d York shire, 90 — Lo n d on an d North-esterns, 904 I—Dutch Rhenish, 6i A dis.—East Lancashire, 861- 74-13erwicks, 88 9—Midlands, 991 100—Chester and Holyheads, 46 7—• . Eastern Counties, 111—,Dovers, 204 I. MAN OTIESTOR--4 UNE 'l4. There was a Arm business doing most of the day, fthd especially, for next account. Dovers, 2% 5-16 next aciount —Dirkenheads, 68A—Leeds, 90 n.a.—Sheffields, 35 4 xi. a. —Londons, 9O n. a.—Grand Trunks, 9 n. a.-314astern C oun ti es , 111 Ptef., 121 —Great Western of Canada, new, 5 15-16 dig. n. a.—Londen. Eighths, 1 11- 16 dis.—Blacicburns, 11$—Berwieks, 88 n. a.—Chester Guaranteed, 19---r.Orest Westerns, 55 n. a. lambs—JUNE 14, Tb o -ro. was HUN. doing, but pricesvelosed rather firm.— Con,sol#,, 93 sAo—North Eastern area York, 72 5.16. BIRMINGHAM—JUNE 14. There was more business done to-day in this market than of late. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 711—London and North Westerns, 90—Birmingham Bank Co., 27—Birmingham Canals, 92. PRIMITIVE METFIODISM. A statistical review was recently given in the Times of the present position of the Society of Wesleyan Methodists. Similar returns have just been submitted to the conference of the offshoot of the society, styled the "Primitive Methodist Gmnexion," and it appears that this body now comprises 123,863 members, being an increase of 7,647 as compared with 1858. The connexion has no fewer than 10,838 "local p i reachers," or one preacher to every 12 hearers. The chapels number 3,176, and seven have been built during the past year. In connexion with this vigorous branch of Methodism there are 1,910 Sunday schools, with 159,251 scholars and 29,183 teachers. ASCOT .RACES.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FERNHILL STAKES. Lady Falconer Actaeon Spicebox 3 Six ran. CORONATION STAKES. Cantine May Morning 2 Heroine of Lucknow. 3 HUNT CUP. Dead heat with Schism and King-at-Arms. Brother to Sydney Thirty-five ran. £lOO PLATE. Ardour .. Herman Rom soy Sixteen ran. ARRIVED. - Thunderbolt, Traducer, Barometer, and Contract. LATEST BETTING. HUNT CUP. 6to 1 agst Sam Spode (taken) 100 to 18 agst any other (offered) MANCHESTER RACES-(THIS DAY.) 03Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRAFFORD HANDICAP. Jack Spring Knockburn Eight ran. Won easy. NINTH PRODUCE 'STMiES. Little Agnes . Red Eagle ... The Squire ... Canty Bay ... UNION CUP. Tunstall Maid Meg Merrilees Thornhill .... , Twelve ran. LATEST BETTING. UNION CUP. 4to 1 agst Tunstall Maid 4to 1 agst Meg Merrilies 10 to 1 agst Mrs. Stowe TRADESMEN'S CUP. 7to 4 agst Gladiolus. 4to 1 agst Underhand. SPORTING NOTES. FROM ASCOT. A glorious day's sport was celebrated yesterday amidst glorious weather. The Heath was not too crowded, and the company was distinguished• . by that aristocratic cha racter and that calm enjoyment which renders a trip to the Heath so pleasant. The racing possessed much importance, for it was marked by more than a transient interest. The overthrow of Lupullus by Thormanby for the Biennial Stakes strengthened the opinion which many people entertain respecting Lupullus's lack of staying powers, whilst Thormanby's running satisfactorily proved his stoutness. The youngsters brought out yesterday were perhaps as good looking a lot as we are likely to see on one day. King of Diamonds is a fine, slashing colt, with much of the cut of his sire, King Tom, about him. In the last race Leprochaun was made the favourite, but he disappointed his party. He will, I take it, however, yet do something worthy of the reputation which preceded him from Malton. Lady Falconer improves daily, and the filly by Longbow out of Venus has nothing particular about her. The defeat of Leamington for the Vase has altered the betting on the Cup materially. Saun terer may now be sent for it, and should the black'un be in trim he will, I fancy, put out the light of North Lincoln. Still, as I am writing in uncertainty about him, I shall throw in my net with Fisherman, whom I have seen gallop as strong and as well as he did on his best day. Still he will have to meet North Lincoln on 71bs better terms than he did at Epsom ; but the Baron's colt is not • a sticker, and I do not think the extra weight will make much difference to " old Fish." Indeed of the three years old I prefer Bevis. Thormanby, despite kis 51bs extra, will, I fancy, carry off the New Stakes. I have, however, been cautioned about Thunderbolt. A. FRESH MEN, Sunuing-hill, Wednesday Morning. CRIMINAL COURT.-(77116' DAY.) • OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and Baron Bramwell.) Prancis Ingham surrendered from last session to an in dictment preferred - tinder the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, by order of the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, for misdemeanour by making a false representation' of his ac counts with intent to defraud his creditors. The defendant pleaded not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that the bankrupt had, in order to surmount the difficulty of explaining the item of Douse and personal expenses, made up a book in which e.tertain items were increased, so as to bring itp the sum un accounted for, namely, £349. '6ounsel for the defendant contended that he had corn to itted a foolish act but not a fraud, and that there was not a tittle of evidence to show he had defrauded his creditors; fru the contrary, it proved quite the reverse. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of g uilty, but judgment was respited until the question raised b y the defendant's counsel, viz., whether it was an offence N 7ithin the Act of Parliament shall have been further! e rgued. In the meantime the defendant was allowed to go e ,t large on bail. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) ROBBING A FATHER. Mary Ann Dixie was indicted for stealing a quantity o Tearing apparel, the property of her father, Edward Dixie. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The father was, by request of the judge, called into c ourt, and in answer to certain questions said ho had done all a father could do to save his child from ruin. He had 1 or eighteen months, although his means were extremely [limited, maintained her in a reformatoiy, but immediately she quitted that establishment she returned home, and afte r robbing him of a quantity of clothing, went off to Chathan with a man. He thought she had been led away by bad, associates. The learned Judge,in passing sentence, feelingly addressed. the prisoner, and remarked that she must be an exceedingly ungrateful person to rob her father, who had for a consider-. able time impoverished himself by trying to bring her to a true sense of her shame by maintaining her in a reformal• tory asylum. He thought the only chance of the prisoner changing her mode of life was to separate her from her companions. She was then sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. BURGLARY. William Pilgrim pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing him with burglary. The learned judge said it was fortunate the prisoner was riot known, or he would have received a much severer riunishment. He was then sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Edward Cavanagh was also indicted for a burglary in a dwelling house. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Previous to passing sentence, the learned Commissioner asked if the prisoner was known ? Police-constable 171 D said he had been in prison some time ago for four months. Ho had also been in two refor matories for some months. The Judge, addressing the prisoner, said it was clear he well knew the danger he was incurring in again returning to crime. The sentence of the Court might appear severe, yet it was, in fact, a merciful one, as it would remove him from a gang that would eventually be brought to justice. It was, that he kept in penal servitude for six years. THIS DArs MARKETS . CORN EXCHANGE. Nearly the whole of Monday's supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market. The attendance of buyers was rather limited, and sales progressed slowly, at 3s to 4s per quarter beneath last Friday's currency. - We were rather heavily supplied with foreign wheat. Even the finest samples were quite neglected, aid prices, generally, were nominal. ..•••• In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. There was a moderate business doing in barley, at late rates. Malt was very dull, but not cheaper: Oats moved off slowly, at Monday's decline in value. Beaus, peas, and flour were very dull, at barely stationary prices. ARRIVALS TATS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats Flour. .nglish 9lO 1 ; 1,220 . ; 1 7 9v i 690 Irish 3,850 3,530 slag Foreign I I 1 I 1)1> WVHITECHAPEL• The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand : rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 48 4d; mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s Gd.; lamb, 4s Gd to 5s Gd ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 ' 1 2d to 4s 2d per 81 ' ,., by the carcase. t , - [; THE CROPS. — The heavy storm of Sunday after , ;: noon has, we regret to hear, knocked down the growing corn. 1./ in many places, although this effect is stated to have been. 1 ;1" very partial. It has also much flattened the crops of grass, which are generally very heavy through the county.—South IT Eastern Gazette. RIFLE CORPS. A movement has been set on foot by the Right Hon. Sir J. Coleridge, the Hon. W. W. Addington, and other influential gentlemen, with a view of inducing the agriculturists and labourers to join in the formation of rifle corps in the towns and vil lages of 'the district where the above gentlemen reside. A public meeting for that purpose was held at Honiton (Devonshire) on Saturday. Sir J. COLERIDGE presided, and in opening the proceedings said—Gentlemen, I have no doubt you are sufficiently aware of the general objects of our meeting together to-day. I, for one, having only heard of it last night, certainly felt that, although an old man, and having been a judge, I should not at all be out of my place in coming here for the purpose of advancing the objects of the meeting. (Hear, hear.) lam as fond of peace, and God knows that I am as anxious that peace should be preserved, as any man can possibly be. (Hear, hear.) If I thought that I should be assist ing to disturb the peace of Europe, or to bring upon us the horrors of war, or, what is still worse, an invasion of our pe ace f u l shores, instead of being here I should have come forward and have lifted my feeble voice, as loudly and energetically as I could, for the purpose of preventing anything of the kind being done. (Hear, hear.) It is because I believe in the truth of the maxim—" to be fore. warned is to be forearmed"—and that if we are prepared for the horrors of war we are the less likely to encounter them, that I am here to advance the objects of the meeting. (Hear, hear.) I see ministers of the Gospel here, and I believe they are equally in their place, and I could only wish that more were present. (Hear, hear.) You are aware, gentlemen, that although we have a very powerful army and navy, and not only powerful, but as brave an army and navy as can be, and I trust and believe as well governed and com manded as any army and navy can be, yet that the population of this country has, from various cir cumstances, been a singularly unarmed population. (Hear, hear.) It is a population less familir pro bably with the use of offensive weapons than any other population in Europe. (Hear hear.) I think this has indirectly been the consequence of several things which have grown out of the con stitution of the country. Perhaps the game laws have contributed in some measure to the less familiar use of the gun by the peasantry of the country. It is also owing partly to our insular posi tion, partly to the smallness of our army as com pared with the armies on the Continent, and partly, blessed be God, to the little use we have had for our army in a defensive way for centuries and centuries. (Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, in consequence of these things, the population of the country is essentially an unarmed popula tion, and a population little acquainted with the use of offensive weapons. (Hear.) Now, if the time should ever come when the people of this country should be exposed to the horrors of an in vasion by a large hostile force, I put it to you what would be the difference in the situation of England, with a population unused to arms, and the situa. tion of any other country where there is an 'armed population ? I will illustrate this by reference to a country on the other side of the Atlantic, the institutions of which are more congenial with our own than those of many European nations— I speak of the United States. There the people are proverbially hostile to anything like a standing army; indeed, they have the smallest standing army of any nation in the world, in proportion to the population and size of the country. (Hear, hear.) The American army is something so small that it would sound in the ears of European poten tates. almost ridiculous when we talk of an army of 9,000 or 10,000 men ; but, gentlemen, they had - in that country, until within a few years, a large militia force, and they came to a resolution some time ago to discontinue that force, and that the male population generally should become accustomed to the use of the rifle. The conse quence is this—that, although their standing army is small, it is commanded by a remarkably well trained corps of officers. I have had it, I believe; on the best authority, that the military training of the United States is as severe, as scientific, and as careful as that of any nation in the world. They have therefore the nucleus of a large defensive force, and, if necessary, they can turn out at the shortest possible notice, I believe, from what I have heard, I may say without exaggeration a half million of men ; of course not ,all assembled together in one place, but all of them accustomed to the use of the rifle. (Hear, hear.) Consider, gentlemen, what the effect of that must' be in defending their country in case of aggression ? You have thus a body of men, knowing the country, knowing those with whom they act, famfliar with the use of the rifle, employed in the way for' which they are most fitted, and calculated to do the greatest possible It irm to an aggressive force. (Hear.) It seems to nib to be a worthy example for a country like this to follow: (Hear, hear.) Let us arm ourselves in the same way ; let us be effec tive as a defensive force, and yet not capable of being used by an ambitious Minister, or a strong warlike party, for the purpose of foreign aggression. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is in that view of the case that I think we are called upon to view the resolu tion which wink proposed to you to-day. And let it not be supposed that in doing this we ought to give offence to any of our neighbours. (Hear, hear.) For their purposes they have thought it right to do what they have. They have set on foot enor mous military forces, and who can tell, if these forces are in the hands of an irresponsible power, considering the nearness of this country to France, considering the altered state of the passage between the two countries—the introduction of steam, and the immense advancement of the French navy-- who can say that out of mere caprice, or for the in dulgence of a mad unreasoning prejudice or passion on the part of the army, some attempt may not be made on this country ? (Hear, hear.) As long as we limit ourselves to the rifle corps, as it is in tended, we are best enabling ourselves to meet an attack of that kind ; we are doing no damage to our neighbours, or in any way giving offence to them. (Hear, hear.) I trust that this movement, which is spreading through the country, will con tinue to spread ; and I hope that in this my native county it will be received with corresponding en thusiasm and spirit. (Cheers.) lam afraid I have trespassed on your time. (" No, no.") Forgive me, then, for one moment longer. lam much the oldest man in this room, and I am old enough to remember how, when an invasion was contemplated in this coun try as a probable event, it was met by the people of the country. We had an enormous volunteer force. There was not a town in this county that in one did not produce companies of f rom 70 to 80:men, and in some cases there were two companies town. (Hear, hear.) They were regimentally trained ; they went out and acted with the militia and the regular troops of the country in learning their duty in a very serviceable way, and so they continued up to the close of the war. I know it was the opinion of at least one very considerable authority—the commander-in-chief of this district —that he had under his command a force which co uld oppose a very serious resistance to any invasion which might have been attempted at that time. I possess, I think, among my papers a letter in which General Simcoe, when he acted as commander of the district, addressed the volunteers under his command ; and as it is so much to the purpose, it might not be inconvenient at the present time to make a republication of it, with a view of Winging people's minds back to that which existed among us in times gone by. (Hear.) I trust we shall show' ourselves not to have degenerated in point of patriotism and courage, and that we shall show that although we have gradually extended our power and empiYe—that although we have certainly in creased in wealth, and I am afraid also in luxury and indulgence, yet that this has not been followed by that which might have been apprehended—by a degeneracy in the sentiments, the wills, and the hearts of the English people. The late wars in which our army and navy were engaged have shown that our soldiers and sailors are not deficient in skill, courage, and patient endurance, but are capable of sustaining, and did sustain incredible hardships. (Hear, hear.) I hope we shall not allow it to be said that we suffered the whole burden to fall upon them, but that we shall be ready t o t a ke our part, both by personal and pecuniary assistance, in doing all that is necessary for the salvation of our dear DD an . d beloved country. (Loud cheers.) W. A_INGTON moved the first reso e i "That thisn follows u t T i ohne il , as q : takine , into consideration the dan g er t o which this country niay b e come exposed from?. sudden act of hostile aggression , approves the gener al principle op t o I meeting, establishing volunteer rifle corps throughout the county. While be did not apprehend any danger of invasion, he strongly u of being prepared for any emergency,for the engenderedfeel was by rged the necessity , i m mediate ing of bitterness that v the reverses which the French Nas metwith in the Peninsula and elsewhere h a d not yet expired. (Hear, hear.) CoLERIDGE seconded the motion, The Rev. J. -r -and it was carried. Other resolut ions of a p ractical character fol in a patriotic lowed, and t he meeting was addressed spirit by se veral other gentlemen. Before tho meeting was conclud ed , Sir J. COLE RIDGE asked permission to make a few additional observations respecting the real danger of an inva sion. He ardently honed that England would not be exposed to that which some people verily be lieved it would be exposed to—viz., the horrors of an invasion, to which it had for centuries. been un used. They must consider that, however efficient their navy might be—and it was efficient—yet that I science had introduced a great change therein. He .1 a - • remembered many years agb travelling from Turin of which they now heard so much, in a French dili gence, and among the company was a French colonel' upon half-pay. They entered into conversa ti on ;, he (Sir J. Coleridge) being John Bull in his notions and the gallant colonel being Napoleonic. It was at the time when Napoleon was at Elba. The colonel said—" It is all very well for you to talk, but it is nothing but the Channel that has saved you. We should have been upon you but for that, and then all resistance would have been at an end." He (Sir J. Coleridge) said in reply,—" Well, but you know the Channel is just as open to you as it is to us. It is just like a turnpike-gate. Why don't you cross the Channel ?" The answer was, " Your. navy prevents us." (Hear.) They could then, in the absence of s t eam , and with an enormously superior navy, depend upon the " wooden walls of old England." (Hear, hear.) Now, the "wooden walls of old England" had as fine hearts in them and as much skill as in those days, and they were as good wooden walls as they could be ; but steam had come in, and it had been the policy of the French Emperor to raise his navy ship for ship with this country, and rather indeed to increase it. (Hear, hear.) As had been well said, he might direct his navy (and by an accident against which no mortal skill could provide) bring, over an in vading army to that part of the coast where there were very little means of resisting an enemy. (Hear, hear.) He only wished to say, without raising any unnecessary alarm, that they must bear that in mind. (Hear, hear.) There was another thing to which Mr. Addington had alluded, which was this—what was it that enabled this ' country, when it was not in its present prosperous state, when it had not its colonies and its great wealth —what was it that enabled this little coun try (exclusive, be it remembered, of Scotland and Ireland) to maintain its position against the House of Austria and the kingdom of France ? Why, mainly the hearts of English people, and their constant and familiar practice with the bow. It was part of ' the law of the land that in every parish two butts should be set up, and the population were obliged to turn out and practise the use of the long bow. It was this that made the English the most effective force with the bow in the world, and the English yeomen and archers to be respected all over the world. (Cheers.) What then was true of the bowmen of the olden time let it be true of the riflemen now. (Cheers.) Let them be familiar with the use of the rifle, and then there could be no reason why they should not stand in the same situation as in the days long past. (Cheers.) • Stocli 100 100 Stock Stook 20i 201 100 lall 1 13i all 161 ] 100 100 100 1. 3.0. I 2s. 12s. 6d, 1011 2 all 1 100 all all all all all all 100} 100 lz SUIT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE IN ST. LOUIS. A breach of promise case of a very interesting character has just been concluded in St. Louis, in which the plaintiff recovered the unprecedented sum in damages of 100,000 dols. The plaintiff is a New York lady—Miss Effie C. Carstang, a daughter of the Rev. Gideon 'Carstang, for many years a Methodist preacher in this city and Brooklyn. The lady, who is botween 25 and 30 years old, it appears, removed to St. Louis some years ago, where she resided with her aunt and sister. Here she made the acquaintance of a very wealthy gentleman of about 65, named Henry Shaw, who paid her very marked attentions for two years, and finally pro posed for her in marriage, and was accepted. For some reason or other, however, he changed his mind and broke off the engagement, whereupon she brought a suit against him for 10,000 dols. damages ; but subsequently, by the advice of her counsel, laid the damages at 100,000 dols., the entire amount of which the jury thought she was entitled to upon hearing the evidence. The de fendant put in as a plea the character of Miss Carstang, which he alleged had been bad during a previous residence in Charleston, S.C., and more recently in St. Louis, but he failed to sustain the allegation by the testimony. He also offered a letter of the plaintiff's written to him in the spring of 1858, which he claimed was a release from his promise to marry. The Court would not receive the letter in evidence ; therefore it made no part of the proceedings ; but as it details a perfect history of the courtship and conduct of Mr. Shaw, we give it here:— LITTER OF MISS CARSTANG TO MR. SHAW. " When I last saw you I said that I would see you again to write to you, but delayed doing either, as I hoped your own sense of right would lead you to seek an interview with me. I write to you now, not because it is a pleasz.nt task, nor do I do it to annoy you, for I believe I am so constituted that it is my disposition always to heal rather than wound ; but, at the same time, I consider myself, under all circum stances, as bound to protect and defend my own person, honour, and reputation, let who will suffer. I write now to remind you that by your attentions the last two years to me, and our engagement, and your subsequent desertion of me, you have attacked and compromised all three. It is unnecessary for me to say that I am much put out and dis satisfied, though perhaps you think I ought to have had better sense than to have believed you. It is over two yea:s since you sought my acquaintanc e an d reques t e d per mission to visit me, and offered me references as to your character and position, and very soon after came your proposal to marry. You said your wealth and business did not answer for company ; you were very lonesome; that your mother was too old to live with you ; that your single sister would probably die, even before your mother, and Mrs. Morisse had her husband for company. After delaying some time to test the sincerity.of your offers, becoming satisfied that you really desired me for your wife, I accepted you, and from that time you were a constant visitor. You sent me flowers and fruit, and made me presents from time to time, and frequently invited me to ride, and seemed to desire that our relation should be made public. You invited me to meet friends at your house in the city, and to ride out to your country seat. you sent me a piano, and desired that I should employe telcher. You told sister that you were gqing to take me away, and finally named the time when we would marry, and I madepreparations forthe same. The time arrived and you postponed it on account of your desire to perfect your arrangements in relation to the botanical garden. You removed the piano to your own house under the pretenee that you desired it on account of a musical party to be held there. Finally you cease to visit me, and when I become solicitous for fear you are ill, and call at your house, you insult me with a proposition which any true woman would reject. During our engagement I have avoided general society, and declined the attentions of others, and have endeavoured to please you in every way. Your attentions have been remarked by many, and I am now subjected to all the unhappiness and mortification arising from your desertion of me. Had you called on me treatment, reasonab y l o e u eic fro cus m e t f his or this to release en gagement, and assigned no reason, I trust I should have simply asked e k r e e d d m an y e a and offered o r gentleman,si ly had too much pride not to have complied at once ; but your I desertion, as it is, deserves whatever punishment the opi nion of a just public may visit upon its a u th or, an d you m ay rest assured that if my counsel so advises, such repa ration shall be demanded of you as our laws grant to my sex under the circumstances. E. C. CARSTANG." It was proved on the trial E by the testimony of one of the assessors that Mr. Shaw owned property to the amount of a million and a half of dollars, and this fact, no doubt, influenced the jury materially in making up their verdict. The banking-house of Messrs. Fuller and Co., of Moorgate-street, is to amalgamate at the end of the present month with that of Messrs. Sapte, Banbury, and Co., of Lombard -street, Mr. Sa pte retires in consequence of his advanced years, and Mr. William W. Fuller from ill health. Mr. George Arthur Fuller will remain, and the firm is henceforth to be Fuller, Banbury, Nix, and Mathie son, and will be conducted at 77, Lombard -street. A special meeting of the Mediterranean Exten sion Telegraph Company is called for the 21st inst., " for the purpose of considering the present position and future prospects of the company, and also for taking into conside ration a concession obtained by the company from the Neapolitan Government for uniting Malta with Sicily, and the arrangement which her Majesty's Government has assented to with respect to such line, and of determining upon the expediency or otherwise of constructing the same, and upon the best means to be adopted for raising the 1 necessary capital for this and other purposes of the com pany." The Malta and Sicily cable will cost about £lO,OOO, and will involve no increase in the standing texe penses, since the Sicily end will be taken chargte theof by the Neapolitan Government, whilst the terminus will be performed by the is n now out of company's Malta and Cagliari line, which that the order. The British Government have consented subsidy of £7,200 per annum clerks Bi C ee ll a lyed on the old to apply equally to the Malta and nn! ic i lly fo li re ne e when the be the h one does not work. hC m y bet be laid by the SubmarinehaTeeegrap 0 made considerable pr gr ween Folkestone and Boulogne The manufacture of thelcable which is about to erties —streng - t- and lira i i 1-. d lii'l Ind ia . —being con structed prop unusual thickness, as may be gat erect from the structed of . This cable will present in an eminent degree those u. • unity from the effects of such accidents as the factthat its weight is 10 tons to the mile. The object is to secure immunity dragging of a ship'? anchor , which upon at least one occa sio n caused the suspension of telegraphic communication on the Dover and Calais route. lis point of " insulation," a vast using a double composition. A cgoaa in ti ng is o s f t a t g E u d tta to p b er e cha deri an ved d t p h a r te ou nf h soft bed for the iron wires is provided in the shape of hemp well saturated in Stockholm tar. When this cable is laid, the facilities for communicating between London and Paris will be greatly increased , for the existing cable between Dover and Calais consists of only four wires whereas the new one between Folkestone and Boulogne will consist of six wires—making ten in all. It is hoped that with the change of Ministry the obstacles which, strangely enough, have been thrown in the way of this important commercial work will be obviated. With the exception of about forty miles, the same company's cable destined to connect Nor folk with Tonning, in Denmark, is now manufactured. When completed, it will be coiled on board the steamer William Cory, now lying in the Thames, and the work of submersion will commence. SHOCKING HOMICIDE.—On Saturday evening' several men were occupiid on a farm in the parish of Wool hope, between Hereford and Ledbury, in hosing beans and potatoes. Among these persons was a young man of weak intellect, named George Bull. Some altercation took k f i l l l e ie n between the parties, when words came to blows, The assailed idiot, excited into a state of frenzy, rushed at a fello e man and struck furiously at him with a hoe. y anwork th' e blows as retreated towards the hedgerow, warding . off th e considerable well as he could, though-not-without re blow X he severed one of the down his opponent, and with a injury. The idiot still did not relax then finding that he had to ears from his head. The his endeavours to cut a ' his brains abou t ' the struck the idiot on the head, scatteringhim of feet, and of course instantly depriving of ground at his fight for his life, seizedlarge_ stake, out of the hedge and have not thought proper to apprehend him. life. The man is hims elf so much in j ured that the police