The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-25 00:00:00

tones ,veral round ?.rs of their ly a s= .they , and say them- We 'awe- trates El y be which tens 1 our e the ) such BANKING D. oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 5,29%213 Other Deposits 17,202,923 Seven Day and other Bills 739,448 £41,012,063 W. July 24, 1862. ALLEGED FRAUD BY A TRUSTEE.—Yesterday James Macroft Osbourn, a cattle dealer at Chelmsford, charged by authority of the Attorney- General and under the Fraudulent Trustees Act, with appropriating to his own use £2,300 in Bank of England stock, which he held as trustee for the legatees under a will, was placed at the bar before Alderman Gabriel and Alderman Copeland, at the Mansion house, for further examination. Alderman Gabriel com mitted the prisoner to Nesgai o for trial, and peremptorily refused to entertain an application to admit him to bail. A hippopotamus was born a few days buck at the zoolo2,ical gardens of Amsterdam. Hopes were at first entertained of bringing it up, as for some hours afer its birth it was playing about, the dam at the same time watching its movements, and treating it with the greatest care. The male, however, which was separated from the female by a partition, became greatly agitated and made every effort to reach the young one; the mother in the meantime driving back the cub each time that in playing it approached too near the partirion dividing them from the male. In the evening of the fol owing day the male became furious, refused to take any food, and made violent efforts to climb the hoarding, seven feet high. The anxiety of the mother now became intense, and each time that the young one rose she drove it with force to the farther side of the enclosure, that, with the hope of saving its life, it was removed. The male and female then became quiet, and fed as usual. New milk was given to the young one, but it died on the following day. It is to be regretted that more efficacious means had not been adopted to separate the male from the female, as had it been possible to leave the young with the latter its life would probably have been preserved. The Feuil let of Kiakhla publishes the following statistics of the trade of Russia with China, in 1861:—The exports from Russia amounted to 7,629,069 roubles. The importations from China into Russia n_ached the value of 7,785,415 roubles, of which 7,405,428 were of Chinese mer chandise, 333,255 of Mongol productions, and 20,333 of European articles. COTTON FROM TURKEY. —The week's advices from the provinces (says the Levant Herald of the 16th instant), concur in reporting a great extension in the cultivation of cotton this season throughout both Roumelia and Anatolia. The encouragement arising from the large advance which has taken place in the price of the ar ticle, caused by the disastrous course of events in Ame rica, in addition to the fact that the crop is now better handled in this country than it has hitherto been, renders it a matter of certainty that more attention will be devoted to its preparation for the future. It is an interesting and gratifying fact that cotton now forms, for the first time in the commercial history of the place, a regu lar article of export from the Golden Horn. The Liver pool steamers which sailed hence during the past few weeks have taken away a large number of bales; the It alian for example, which left on Saturday, had 250 bales, and the Calpe, which is to leave next Saturday, will have a still larger quantity. This intelligence will be satisfactory to those who have taken an interest in promoting the growth of cotton in the country, furnishing as it does, encouraging proof that their exertions have not been in vain. The mortal remains of Prince Jerome, which had been temporarily deposited in a vault at the Hotel des la valides, were on Wednesday removed to a tomb which Prince Napoleon has had built in the Chapel St. Jerome, close to the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon I. The abso lution was given by the Abbe Gambier, Cure of the Inva lides. The ceremony, which was strictly private, took place in presence of Prince Napoleon and some of the officers of his household, and the staff of the Invalides. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARMA MENT.—Yesterday, in committee of the Lords, the case for the promoters of the Great Western Company's Ellesmere and Oswestry line was continued, Mr. Grierson, traffic manager, and Mr. Fowler, the engineer, being examined at considerable length, the committee requesting the counsel ' not to encumber the case with cumulative evidence. Mr. Chorley, engineer for the millowners, was examined in the committee of the Commons against the Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver Navigations. THE BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.—A Wash ington letter has the following :—" The President has informed a member of the Senate Military Committee that our loss in kilted, wounded, and missing, in the late series of battles before Richmond, would not exceed 15,000. This is, probably, a correct estimate. The President found the army much stronger in numbers than has been reported, and in a very effective condition." NEW ORLEANS.—GeneraI Shepley, military commandant at New Orleans, addresses an order to the bakers :—" Head quarters Military Commandant, Orleans, City-hall, June 1. The price of flour being this day 24 dols. per barrel, bakers are requested to give, during the ensuing week, commenc i ng on M on d ay, 23d instant, as follows, until further notice :-24 ounces of bread for 20c., 12 ounce; for 10c., six ounces ' for Sc. Purchasers of bread from whom a higher price is exacted will report their names, the name of the baker, and leave a loaf of the bread purchased and a stat ement of the price paid, at any po li ce station, or with any assistant provost-marshal." The wife of General Beauregard has died at New Orleans. SUFFOCATION IN FLOUR. —Yesterday morning an inquest was held by Mr. Pa t yne ,at the Bell Tavern, Upper Thames-street, agedl9 ; a miller's les respecting labourer, he d eath of 'William Heathe, h Nv i as i suffocated beneath a p e p win re g d shec for th hi e n ds m of s h an e c es mr. mass of flour at the City Flour-mills, Inls,llames-street, on checking c e i n rcu t t Tuesdayl. v Edwin,last under solicitor,th e ea following de ceased. It appeared from the evidence that it was the duty of deceased to receive the flour and prevent any t stoppage in the shoots when it was sent down from the ree at the top of the sieam mills in q uestio n. On Tu: i e e sd g a • ll y e h o e r was receiving as usual in a chamber or ,‘ p ort i n flour accumulating the hei g ht of 6 feet from the floor, and ,h e ' directed a person to o p en the shoot underneath, so ash to allow a portion to be cart ied off. This was done, and deceased was carried down through the shoot in the midst of an im mense mass of flour, and the first that was known of the occurrence was his lifeless body being dug from out of the pile of flour on the lower floor. His mouth and nostrils were stuffed with flour, and death must have been instanta neous. It was supposed that he stood too nearly over the shoot, in consequence of there being nothing to indicate its position when the leer was covered with the flour. Mr. William Waite, the foreman of the mills, admitted, in cross-examination, that two men had been previously suffo cated, but not under the present proprietors. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death," and recommended th a t p ro p er guards should be constructed to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable accidents. Mr. Hadley, one o , i'prop r i e t ors o f the mills. said that he s hould give instruc t;o ria to the engineer to carry out the recommendation. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING', JULY 25, 1862. MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. It is ten years since the Bank of England rate of discount was at the lcw point now witnessed. On the 22d of April, 1852, a step exactly similar to the present was taken, the rate being lowered from 2 to 2 per cent. The Bank's resources were then much larger than they are now, the eoin and bul lion being then £19,591,784 (now £18,060,617), the reserve of notes £11,526,200 (now £9,652,160), and the " other" securities only £11,225,844 (now £19,581,822). At 2 per cent. the rate remained for nearly nine months, viz., until the 6th of Jan. 1853, when an advance to 21 oozorred. At this latter date the " other" securities had risen to £15,875,756, and the reserve of notes had sunk to £10,960.495, but the coin and bullion, being £20,527.662, were more than on the previous 22d of May, when, as already stated, e descent from 21 to 2 per cent. had taken place. The reduction in the Bank of England rate has not yet led to any increase in the applications for discount at that establishment. The business there to-day was very limited. In Lombard -street the rate for good bills was only 1 per cent., and in other quarters transactions are said to have taken place as low as 18. In consequence of the alteration at the Bauk, the joint-stack banks have reduced the rate allowed for deposits from 11 to 1 per cent. The discount esta blishments will henceforward give 1 per cent. (in stead of "at call," and 1i (instead of 11) "at notice" At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 68.42, and closed at 68.60 for money and 68.45 for the account, being sc. better than yesterday. A general meeting of shareholders in the Bank of Egypt is called for the 6th of August. The half -yearly meeting of the Blackwall Rail way Company is convened for the 12th of August. A general meeting of the City of London Brewery Company is called for the 7th of August to declare a half -yearly dividend. An instalment of 10 per cent. fell due to-day on the Italian Five per Cent. Maremmana Railway Loan for £1,338,000 sterling. The final instalment of 9 per cent. is payable on the 27th of August. The Ottoman Bank have received advices froth Co nstantinople that a further sum equal to about £16,000 in various descriptions of Turkish cur rency has been paid into their branch at that capital from the proceeds of the customs duties, hypothe cated to the 1858 Loan, on account of the ap proaching September dividend. The gold taken to the Bank to-day was £30,000. The influx of specie from New York continues on an extraordinary scale. The arrival was announced this afternoon of the City of Baltimore with no less than £450,000. The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day was very quiet. The transactions were limited to 3,500 baits. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 23d instant, as generally anticipated, exhibits some very • favourable changes. The bullion shows a rather large addition, while there is a considerable augmentation in the reserve of notes. A further falling off is apparent in the other securities. The 'Public and private deposits show no alteration of importance. The various items of the balance sheet, and the charges they present, are exhibited in the subjoined table Active Circulation .. £22,203,055 Decrease .. • • 155 , 335 Bullion 18,060,617 Increase .. :188,727 Rest 3 , 255 , 479 Increase 13,650 Public Deposits .. 5 , 291 , 213 Increase .. 67,833 Other Deposits.. .. 17,202,923 Increase .. • 139,293 Seven Day and other Bills .. 739,448 Increase .. . 12,429 Government Securities .. 10,952,679 No alteration. Other Securities .. .. 19,581,822 Decrease .. 310,857 Notes Unemployed .. 9,952,160 Increase 552,105 During the last few days there has been a mode rate amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, without, however, Producing any material change in the value of the Principal staples. Tea has been at full rates ; sugars have slightly adi'aneed, while good and fine descrip tions of coffee have been inquired for, at a slight advance on former prices. Rice, fruit, and spices have remained at about previous quotations. The Tallow Market has been more active, and opera tions for b o th presen t an d f orwar d delivery have bee n negotiated to some extent at enhanced quota tions. P .Y.C.v on the spot is marked 49s 3d to 49s 6d, and last three months' delivery 50s 6d to 50s 9d Per c ent. I nterest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be paid ; In th e Algerine Railway shares on and after the Ist Proximo. The dir ec t ors o f t h e B a hi a G as C ompany h ave mad e a f i nal call of £2 per share, payable on or before the 21st of August next. wNotice has been given that Vice-Chancellor °d will make a call of £5 per share on the 2d p r o x i m o on th e contr ib utor i es o f t h e Place= Life Assurance Company, now winding up in Chancery. -- Etulk. St 238 B RITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ock ... f 3. Per ' C ent- Redu ce d A nnu iti es " a per C ent. Consols Annuities 931 ,er C ent. _1 1 5 10 5.16 ~ Annuities :tici)uliauttiotiC ; 10 1 3 %) y y rrss: expireexpire , 1 1 8 8 8 8 0 5 ...... 1 0 I .I t t t t o o ,5 6 per Cent. „. :1,),_.,1!tt1t0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — per Cent 0 61 per Cent llOl Litto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 Ditto Di tto ditto April, 1864 1001 . Bonds Xl, ouooo Aug. 7 27 29 Reonsols for Accnt, pm q3l 4thequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 21 pm Di tto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 38 Lhiliau 6 per Cent . Ditto 44 per C en t. 'Lgyptian 7 per Cent., Scrip Ditto Paid-up Scrip .. Italian 5 p er C en t. (Nlaremnaana Railway) 72t New Grenada, 2 per Cent 2s± Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account !4rtsslan 5 per Cent 1822 £ St Ditto 1862 (Scrip) .3 t Ditto, Paid up Scrip 93 a Bp:0116n 3 per Cent :Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred )itto Account Ditto Passive.. A -panish. Cert. of Coup. not funded Ttuki s h 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account __ - 6 — pe - r -- jt. 1858 I) itto Account 731 1 4 -'ditto 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip 2 $ * ~„:9 itte, paid up Scrip 7O 69i ' lezuela 3per Cent — D itto Account' 'into 1 pei Cent I tal . D.vidends on the above nay in London. 1411 ) per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. C ola ;.° lB , Money " •••• T wo O'CLOW.• 1 q 3 i itto Account 93i 1 nt There i s st il l a very quiet demarrnlld'of°o'rCdLi°sCciOu._ acco mmodation, no t w i t h stan li ng th e increased fa cilities now offered. The Bank for the momen t are receiving very few applications, for a l t h oug h t he minimum has been reduced to 2 per cent. ac commodation is obtainable elsewhere as low as & Per cent. In creased b uoyancy pervades the Stock Exchange -111 ark e t s, and although the transactions are limited th ere is a strong upward tendency. This, of course. I n s attributable to the uneasiness of money, and the lavemable weather for the crops. For some de scriptions of securities there is an extraordinary u el zand, but speculation generally continues quiet, nd the investments are not sufficient to create , g , 'teneral activity. Consols are 93f L.- for m oney and 'k e n „ "u pro x i mo , s h ow i ng an a d vance of per . on the improved quotations of the previous afternoon. The New Threes and tbo Reduced hive ad vanced to 93A ; Exchequer Bills t o 17 s. • Prem. ; B an k S toc k h as r i sen t o 2 38; and ` 11( lia Fiv e per Cent. Loan to 1087,- 4 - • g3ll)tian Scrip now attracts most attention in the foreign department : it closed yesterday at 84 9/ prem., and this morning, owing to en extraordi nary demand, it has advanced to llf 12/ prem. The other principal securities have also shown con siderable buoyancy. Italian 5 per Cents. have improved to 7O 71 ; Russian New Loon 'Scrip to prem. ; Portuguese to 46 ; Venezuelan to 241 ; ditto 11 per Cents. to 121 ; Turkish 6 per Cents,, 1851, to 85/ ; ditto 6 per Cents., 1858, to 734 74 ; and the New Loan Scrip to n- S prem. The New Portuguese Loan is 2 prem., being a furthe advance. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, and most of the principal lines have advanced about to per cent Cale donians, Great Northerns, Blackwall, Midlands, and South-Easterns have improved 108.; and Great Westerns, North Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain firm at about previous quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally aer at slightly enhanced prices. SHIPPING ---THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH). __ .. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 24—Sarnian Gem, from Trinidad; Astrea, from Nassau; Marianne, from Quebec; Massonic, from Mayaguez. led—Josepia, for Bremen; Conflict, for Calcutta; Juan, for Marseilles ; Roebuck, for Cal diff and Alexandria; Greenwick, for Algoa Bay; Sea Belle, for Colombo. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Sarnian Gem, from Trinidad ; Ocean Bride, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Percy Douglas, from Colombo ; Eclipse, from Trinidad ; Euphrates, from Ber muda ; Victoria, from St. Kitt's ; Minerva, screw steamer, and Westphalia, from West ; Ellenborough, from Calcutta ; Mereda, from West; Manchester, from Jamaica—all for London; S WM, from Porto Rico, for Hamburg; Akbar, from London, for Kurrachee. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending of July, 1862: IBSTIE DE' ,Notes issued ........X31,853,215, £31,855,21& he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 23d day 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 17,205,215 Silver Bullion .... X 31,655,215 :PIR.RTNIENT. Government Seed- ritles (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,952,679 Other Securities 19,581,822 Notes Gold and Silver b 55,402 Coin £41,042,063 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. 2s. Gd. SIfARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuLS. railways. Paid.l Price. Closing 1 Business Share,' - I done. ' 13.1418ir., Wol., and Str. V al., all 8 85 10 Itost.,Sleaf.,andMidA:o.' all 6 7 st Bristol and Exeter lOO 91 92 oti st Caledonian l OO 105 106.3 1061 S 50 Cork and Bandon , all —-- 20 Cornwall all €1 7 A 2.ets no div : all 1 2 10 Do A 1 till 8p c.p an.hasi 10 Do. B been pa id t o 8.1 all 5 6 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno all 10 11 st East Anglian 1100 211 225 st Eastern Counties lOO 58 L 9 595 1 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 st Do Bdo do 100 - st East Suffolk i 100 st Edinburg,h & Glasgow. 100 864 87/ st Edin., Perth, & Dundee! 100 291 301 St Glasg. and S. Western.! 100 101 103 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotlandi 100 140 145 st Great Northern... st Do A stock lOO 116 117 1161 i 1 1 St Do Bdo st Gt. S. an 'W. of Ireland; 100 1051 1061 st Great Western ' 100 721 734 734 1 3 st Do Str Val gua. stock' 100 55 57 st Lancashire & Yorkshire' 160 107 1071 1071 4 st London and Illackwall 100 60 62 62 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast! 100 124 125 st Lon., Chat., mad Dover' 100 454 464 464 st Lon. & North Western! 190 95 654 95* 4 st Lon. & South Western! 100 1021 1034 1025 2/ st L 'derry & Enniskillen. 100 40 45 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 38 39 181 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all "- 124 Do t shares all 1 0 Metropolitan all 8 84 st Midland st Do Birming. & Derby, P .100 8f 0 928 1294 1291 it 6.4.0 Do New 10.,14. 14 qP 93/ 50 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland all 1 25 Do. 1 shares all 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all et Norfolk lOO 74 76 st North British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 st Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 -- st Do B stock lOO 13.4 d st Nth. Eastern—Berwlok 100 904 874 974 5 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 60 1 1 01 54 554 56 d st Do Leeds st Do York st North London 10 Do new 5 p ipm 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 109 111 st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 17 43 st Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 1(2 104 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 35 37 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 96 99 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 191 404 25 Do l5 9 10p 25 Do New, 1860 6 61 74 p st Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 44 44 I, 10 Do C . 3 21 21 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 I D o st !Vale of Neath„, lOO 85 88 st Victoria staancl Pim lOO 138 142 st Waterford & Kilkenny) 100 20 West Cornwall ' all 64 7 st West Midland Oxtord 100 44 46 st AN. Hartlepool Hanel. 100 st Do Newport, 100 39 41 st Do Hereford 100 87 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe and Tyne .0 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. Exet. 4p.c. st Do. shares 'aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per et nt... Dun. Perth, & Abet ,Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref.. E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. • Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. share, 110. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Nortlwrn, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.e.pm ;t.. Nh. of scot. Ist pref Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock ')o. Birm. pref. stock Do. Cho.; ter guar. shares Do. Chester s p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 4i p p.c. pre! Lan. & York. 6 p.c. 9toct Do.Barnast£s 3s 10dre Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.a.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 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 c.st.(div.deLliP6.s Lon.Chat.&Dov.sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 94 96 20i 2li 6 6i 05 ICB 112 114 111 113 128 130 82 84 110 112 90 92 117 119 112 114 [O5 107 108 110 97 99 [OO 102 90 92 91 9 3 103 1(5 77 79 77 79 170 176 104 106 - - [35 138 103 105 [l7 119 [l7 119 [4O 145 [l7 119 [53 157 130 135 78 80 [OO 101 et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anns. of 2s. 6(21.) ~ ondony. & Ennis. -4 eh , Man. Sb. & Lin. 8 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent .. Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4i per cent ....... Midland Con. 6 p.. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& 13Ir. 6 p.c Do. 4a p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable Do. 42 per cent . Do.Leic. andllit4per ct N‘irfllt. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 184 C• Do. 5i p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB4; wort British, 5 per cent. Do. New rua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. sha N th. Dvn. Rail. & Diek. Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pret Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quartcrs, 1848.. Do. York, FL & S. Pura'. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.op.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock' South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 45 per cent Do. do. 1859 10. 6 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. atrt d & Kilkny, 6 p. c W. -Oxf let ; - ua stl Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Po. till 1869 100 100 100 all all all 1 0 100 100 100 21 /2; 125 127 I rpm . 67 69 fpm Share) 100 stk 1 204 10 100 1 17A stock stock stock 100 ICO 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20. 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock Divii * M made LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing (Closing' Business Co. s Price. Done. ---..., ---- - -- -- 1 Bedford and Bletchleyl all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., 1 100 Do.&G.W 87 89 Buekinghhestersz io i ms . J , : y , t r i e e . a . d 110000 D0D0.... 95 55 0 0 7 c Do. 55per cent 100 Do. 114 116 100 00 C D re:don E.Colchester,Lpinoc.olClydesdalen . Junction t u . ongue,ritlV:rna c l : } I g G E. t U .Ntr } t l. h C .ll3 6 7 7 1 6 39 9 E.Union,HarwichShel all E.Counts.l 41 4f - Do. WoodbridLYe....! 100 .. .. .. s s GlosterG s. Ba r r t . Sg e a e n i I s F . Do Forest all 100 a11 ,C G,T i tt e . B d i ,N o ri. n ,yaeskss . t.e y :1 .. 33 .. 1 .. n 11101 and Selby I all i Yk.N. Mid 111 111 s Lancaster & Carlisle 100 ILn.&N.W 201 204 8 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B' s 6 per cent ...... all Lon.&Cht 11; 12 11; 8 Do. Bromley. 6 per c i all Do. ..... • .. .. 11; Do. New ShlB6l, 41p.c 1 all D 0........ 21 23 8 Do.Wki • Ext. A, 41 p c all London & Greenwic,,l 100 S.Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen ,?, . I 100 Do. Lon.,Tilb.& S. -thend; 100 Peto &Co B6 68 Lowestoft gua. 4pc • .' 100 Norfolk., .. • • Do 6 per cent ...... 1 100 Do. 3lnc.,Bxtn.,&3latlockl all LNW& 31 3; 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 1 p gua. 5 per cent... N N . o p r Eo t a l . i s nC ir E :Ff a c s : t rn n tt . ic s p p . 0. . c. all Do. p m North Western o — l 11. 1 0 1 all Midland 161 17 Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 95 96 951 6 n ib l y li sE tch ll ..t er S e l f t o ep. 100 Gt. North. 136 139 Preston and Wyre. I all L&I4.W 1 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all l a o l o l , d c sh i s ir A e .. laolsol W.Ln.ExLnik.W ..... . 2 . 1 2_ .. P s ßoy lire s w t w South D e s o t . L so tna d D iroo o nr . Do do B all Ln&N.W.' Do do C all &Gt.Wst. Wilts — and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 91 JWNT-STOCK. RANKS. tun IA e-ra&United Service RI , 50 88 89 100 !Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool 7 5 1 5 1P 12 1 ii I 40 AustrAlasia all 67 19 68 25 Bank ot Egypt all 15 t 6 100 Da•ak of London -q) 81 26 50 Pritish North Ameri,9, a d _ _ 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 5 p i p 20 k,litd.liank ot Iwtia, &,, all 204 21 25 !Ch.lllcr. ot In. Lon.& Ch all 34 r,6 100 ;City 100 ;C010nia1........ .... .• • 25 40 42 7.0'11 !Com. Bank. oi Cana . da all 20 (Eng., Scot., Ac Aus. Ch all 18 18; 20 Gen.' Bk .ot Swit7erlar d all 100 Imperial' Bank Limited 7 5 Ips; a 100 Londcr , and Brazilian . 5 14 2 p 7 2 2522 0 0000 L IN( i) 0 00ra n nint e. . ddu c loot ; ni l , : London Joint and 0 . .I cio l n k ofts o : cp. t s. tEtAori:taci.iikstac. Corporation ,;.. R 114 1 12 0 11221. 2 3. . . .... : 5 51 1 1 3 / 4 ;%.. . . .55.64:55 15128 50 !London and County • • 20 391 401 39; 1. , 1 2 2 : 50 N N ae Ottot, ! ofoaanul South 181 • t aw n n k ka ; e . . . s. . .. . . 100 London & W-estminste, 20 79 81 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. • 50 Do. new ...... . ' 10 Provincial of Ireland . ... NDD i : j . E. ......... 5. :. 5: 8. : 3 25 Do. new.... •• •• ' 0 25 South Australia . . . all 35 37 50 Union of Australia • . x d all 4 Union of London _ • •,. 1 3 i 331xd 321 1 . 12 . 2 X d 100 Unity Kutual.. .... I .... • 60 1.. a1a3210:511 —4°8501 182_12: 194 10 Eai I ways atlantic ez St Lawrence Barodat.Cent hid Gu. 5 per cent........ Buffalo and Lave Huron Do. New Do. Preteronce Buffalo, Brant,&Godric), n p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, IN . 2 Do. do. July 1, 1873 !,) 0 . do. June 1, icutta..tS.Eastn. Cape Town er Dock Seri,' Demerara— . Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. , Ea.t Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. G- E,t..... Do. do. H do .. I Grand Trunk of Canada I Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt./ndiaPcnin.gua.sp.c Do. New e..rta. 5 n. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharec. Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. is7R . . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 4 , , do 51c1b.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds Newßr answack a Can& Ry.ctLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share ~. I Do. do. Land do 20 o. do. B Capital do .. o. do. Land do. .Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds stout debacle .... •• • • ~i.z 20 Do. Punjaub .... m:; ~.. cu stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. Paid. all 100 { 100 15 all 100 CI mai _Price. a 8 62 ICOi toli 5 sid E Si SC 85 75 80 75 f 0 100 102 107 108 103 104 104 105 iP 21 22 60 63 50 53 31 33 10 44 30 33 30 33 102 103 it BP 100 i 1011 124 12i 84 8 97 100 90 42 9 ,0 02 dis par Dui 104 90 95 90 £0 5 7 4 e 85 f 8 1(2 103 pr p 20 20} 97 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Business don• 21} 614 1 1011 Share) Railways. p a id . Closing Business Price. Done. Antwerpßotterdam. 'Ardennes.... • • • • • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim. 7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Commix Mine 4 Rail Copiapo .... •• • • ••• • • E • Ditto Extension .. • • ,Dutch Rhenish . • Do. ............. • Eastern of France •• Grand Rus cliiar• p. v. Gt. Luxem., Con. kits.— Italian Junction ••• • • • !Namur & liege .. • • •• • • Do. ii p. c. Pref. .. • • • • • • Northern of France .. • • Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Parts,Lyons, k Mcditer. Paris.: Orleans...• • • • • Recife & S. Fran. (Vern.) zua, 7 p. et. lim•• • • • • Riga & Duna.burg.. • • • • Royal Danish. ..... Royal Swedish ..•• Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lirn, 2*. 7 p. c S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin East rortim - al 7 p ct. Turin and Savona I southern of France 1 W es t Flanders • • 1 Do. 54 p c. Preference.. I W. 44/ N.W. of France .. PREFERENCE SW dends contingent on the %.RE S Profits ei 7* 2 p I: 2 10i Eli 41 1 4 1 I} PI eli 14i lg. 81 194 204 3 9 io 8 to 8 7ct 48 40 42i 434 14 15 , 15 16 101 lot' i 4 10 1k lbir t 4h fpl 21 31/ 32A 71 7/ 10 1(A 211 22/ AN D Si of each si 4Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 l l * Cornwll4p.c. ga.perp all E. Anglian , ClBll, +, p.c. 100 1* Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 ,Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4P.c. 100 ILond'n, Brig'tn, per cent.... • .BlB 100 !Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 Do. do. 4 , per et 1801 100 Do. do. 4 per t 1861, 31 Lon. & Chat'm,Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c... all 'Lon. &S.Western 4a p.c. 100 North British £lO Guar ail 103 1i,5 711 9 : - i 32f f 'OCKS parate Year. Shares, 1801... 1 *Sootti shCentral46 P.C 100 irred. pref.... IS.-Eastern 46 p.c. 1859 all Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 6 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 6 Vale of Neath • • all glure of full dividends in good out ot the profits of anyy 122 126 132 136 63 t,5 103 105 92 g 5 103 to 10 10i 104 106 pr ip m pr ip m 201 211 given Wt. , ' subsequent rear not to b e half year. BRITISH 51/N ES. Clifford ............... nil 26 27 i ) ( won (Tavio 1 435 445 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. pa r 4p P;kitit tht6tiett (1110gali1• • " 15 1 7 East Caradon ...... .• • . 45 Ifs 454 East Carn Brea 3. 1 . 0 151 161 ist E. WI Russel (Tavistk 7.12 6 35 4 3 , 4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen t 7, 164 174 Great South Tolgus 178 41 4a Wheel Vor (Ilelston .40 84 44 Grenvilk 0.15.6 6 6 4 6 Ilerod's-Foot ........ 44 .12 38 40 11 ingston Downs 4.14 21 si Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 1 4 1 43 Marke Valley'. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2i 1 05 North Downs 25 31 4 4 north Frances (Illoga , 12.3 Ilasset(lllo4an 1.9 0 4 45 ortli Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 31 44 Par Consols (R. Blaney 14 5 6 20 i'rovidence(Uny Leint 10.6.7 40 42 -;ortridcfs Cons. Min.CG. 1 H 5 South Cars don(St.Cleer 14 335 45 S. C'arr. Brea (Illoaan).. .1.11.8 28 3 Fran. (Illnan 18.1•-.1 100 105 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 1 1 10 rin Croft 9 11 11 5 West Basset (Illozan) l5 124 135 W Caradon (Liskeard 5 34 36 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan 54 876 925 Wheal Buller(Redrutlr 5 526 576 Wheat Edward (Cats.) 71 11 is Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 105 116 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 - Wheal Tretawney (Lls ) 7 15 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 6 Brazil Land 31na.Co a ll 4 40 Cobre Copper all 22 21 20 Copiapo IR 7 8 2 Capula Silver. los. pr Ipm DunMoun.Cep. Min P:. all 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 I. 2 Fortuna. all 33/ x d 20 (-7,eneral all 21 23 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 11 I d Kapunda " f) x d I Linares all 61 76 5 Lueitanian . 2 1 d car 1 Mariquira all I \ .IthineCopotS.Aufi.L /. I ds W l'ontg,ribaud Silver,Lead Minim , and Smelt.., all 2 4 6 Port Philip Santaßarbara tad Mine 1 I pm 1 -cottiah Austrin. los. 16 ltom 20 St. John del Rey 15 58 60xd 60 59 4 28.2.83 United Mexican 1 worthing (TAmited)• - • 911 1 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all , 24 24 21 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..liJuly 1877-52 Du 6p. ceut.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 100 105 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. .4& Sept. 100 105 1(7 Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 96 xd 95 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 93 95xd Cape G. H ope. 6P c. 1873 100 ,074 1084 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, 100 111 113 Do. 189 u ion 111 li3 ;Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112xd 'Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 IN.l3.tiov. 6 p.c..) a.&July 100 102 le4zd 101 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c.,1860 100 .99 100 I Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 981 99xd Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 98 99 984 4 - New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 106 108 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p, I ster;ing, 1875 1100 - IS. Aus,G6p.c.lB7B.&up lOO 1107 109 1 VicGOv. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 1 100 ilc4 106 to D.O. AD-A 4OO, 100 jIC3 1084 1084 DOCKS. stock Commercial ! 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.3lin. , 100 stock East and West India .• 'pa 128 in ....•. stock !London stock 'St Katharine. , 100 56 58 stock 'Southampton • 100 st,ck jVietoria .. ........ ..- 100 20 i1)o 4 New. '.-- 2 96 98 1d par 108) f 2 4 3 p i 1 12 14 6it II ni 55 67 70 72 10 12 196 20} 17 19 46 54 28,1 29 Si t i e 1 3 0 140 32 34 20 fi 100 211 1 21 .21. _3 x in DEEP SEA FISHING. Our old friend, Mr. Dempster, of deep sea fishing notoriety, we observe, has been making a tour lately at several fishing towns and villages, urging fisheries and fish market reform. The Sunderland limes inserts the following letter from him : " There are few subjects interest us more than a good and wholesome supply of food. Most persons try to procure for themselves not only an abundance of food, but to please the palate as well as appease the appetite, by having it richly flavoured and of prime quality. There are different degrees of quality of almost every description of food produced on land. Beef, mutton, pork, veal, lamb, &c., may be had good, bad, and indifferent ; so may bread and vegetables. But, singular to reflect over, in the article fish there is very little choice in our markets, particularly at ports where the fishermen only use open boats to pursue their calling. The natural habits of all white fish are to keep far out at sea in deep water, when in their strong, healthy, and best condition, that is, at the time when the roe and melt are forming within them ; or when, as the fishermen say, t hey are filling fish. The distance from land where fish are found in this prime state is too far for open boat fishermen to proceed with safety ; they invariably wait until the fish have left the deep, and come inshore to per form the function of spawning, which they do when the roes and melts are well developed. To pro ceed far out to sea and capture the finny tribes when in their prime condition, fishermen ought to be furnished with strong built decked vessels, fitted with wells for keeping the fish alive after they have been caught. There are plenty of such craft sail out of the river Thames and the Humber; but from Whitby, in Yorkshire, to John o'Groate, in the north of Scotland, nearly all the fishermen are furnished with nothing but open boats and cobles. One great advantage decked vessels afford to fishermen is that they are much safer, and a great deal more comfortable on board of them than they are on board of small ope❑ boats ; and are also able to keep at sea during all weathers, whereby they can employ their time fully, and capture many more fish of first-rate quality. Within the last six months a party of gentlemen, merchants and shipowners, at Leith, being con vinced of the propriety of urging forward fishery extension and fish market improvement, now that railways are opening up such extensive . markets for fishermen's produce throughout the country, have formed a company ; built one decked welled trawler, fitted up with auxiliary (screw) steam power ; have had her tested, and she has proved to be a complete success. The capstan being driven by steam whilst winding up the trawl, is a great improvement; and the well for keeping the fish living in until required for the market is an other. The objectio❑ at one time started against employing steam for trawling purposes, that the noise of the paddles or screw would frighten the fish, has been proved by this experimental vessel, fitted up at Leith to be quite unfounded. _ _ " To reform the fisheries of Great Britain and bring them up to the standard of what they ought to be, will require a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether. Scarcity and dearness is now the general complaint about white fish. If the public want a better and fuller supply than what they have now got, and fish of superior quality, they need not put any dependence on the fishing communities supplying them with what they want, unless urged onward to improvement by outside pressure. The po!icy of all fishermen, as well as nearly all other producers of food and necessaries of life, is scarcity and dearness, not abundance and cheapness. The selfish principle of " Man mind thyself," seems to be everywhere predominant, and open boat fishermen in particular are not behind hand in seeking the domestic comforts of a feather bed and fireside. " The wholesale fish marketing system at Bil lingsgate market, London, where the trade is di vided into three distinct branches, namely, pro ducer, wholesale, and retail dealer, gives a full and fair division of labour, and is unquestionably the prime cause for promoting fishery improvements about the river Thames. The wholesalesmen or brokers in Billingsgate-market are a class of respect able and responsible men, who stand between the fishermen and the public to see that justice is done to both. They roup off the fish in his to the best ad vantage for the fishermen's interests, and see they are in good ciondition before disposing of them to the public. As the broker's living depends upon the quantity and quality of the fish brought to market, he has always an eye on the fishermen, urging and encouraging them on to enterprising pursuits. Where there is a system of brokerage like this, and when capitalists have no trouble with the disposal of fish, there are plenty of gentlemen who have embarked in fishing enterprises, by building decked -welled vessels, hiring crews for them, and sending them to sea for cargoes of living fi s h. When the vessel arrives, the cargo is con - signed to a broker, who, after rouping it off to retail dealers, deducts his per tentage from the sales, and immediately hands over the balance to the owner of the fishing vessel. By such a system the trade is conducted in a respectable and clean looking manner. Sea port towns which are without a wholesale fish market, and where the fisheries are conducted with small open cables, and the fishermen's wives and daughters interfere with selling fish as retail dealers, are far behind what they ought to be in this enlightened age of ours." With reference to Billingsgate Fish-market Mr. Dempster says!—" There are tilt ee times the quan tity of fish now comes to Billingsgate market than what there were previous to railways, but the quality has sadly disappeared." This he attributes to the facilities afforded to open boat fishermen sending to London their along-shore caught fish. Mr. Dempster advocates that a fisherman ought to be supplied with decked welled vessels, and proceed far out to sea and capture fish when in their strong, firm, and best condition. GROSS MILITARY BARBARITY. Considerable excitement now prevails in the town of Woolwich arising from an act of refined cruelty which has taken place at the garrison, and is now under the consideration of the mili tary authorities. It appears that a few nights since a man who hat been apprehended by the military police, on sus picion of being a deserter, was conveyed to the guardroom at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Whilst there it is stated that he committed some act which offended Prov st Sergeant Ashton, the chief officer of the force named, who thereupon took upon himself to order that the prisoner should be re moved to the cells, stripped naked, and scrubbed with sand and water. This abominable abuse of authority appears to have been carried out to the fullest extent—the task of " scrubbing" being delegated to two marines, who were also prisoners, and who so exerted themselves that the unfortunate sufferer was completely covered with abrasions and sores, being in fact in such a sad condition that he was removed to the hospital. Here the facts of the ease came to the knowleage of one of the medical officers, who at once reported it, and the result was that Major-General Sir R. Dacres, the commandant, immediately ordered Sergeant Ashton to be suspended from his duties and confined to his quarters pending a representation to the superior military authorities and their decision thereon. It is said that the man upon whom the cruelty was inflicted has not turned out to be a deserter, and although he has now been under careful treatment for three days, he is still in a dreadful state of suffering at the Ordnance Hospital. SIR RICHARD MAYNE AND THE OMNIBUSES. — The Chief Commissioner of Police and h the directors of the London General Omnibus Company have collision, and all sorts of hostile proceedings are threatened. It is known to those who are in the habit of ascending omnibuses and taking their seat on the " knifeboard" that there is an iron railing running along each side of the car riage against which they generally place their feet. This part of the omnibus the directors determined to utilise, and accordingly they turned it to advertising purposes, so that now large boards are placed against this iron railing on the top of the omnibuses, giving the carriage the appearance of immense height, and making them look like huge adver tising vans. Sir Richard Mayne in the first instance gently , at present remo nstrated against this bold innovation upon old estab lished vehicular customs, but the directors, more aliv e t o profits than to the Com missioner ' s suggestions, treater? hi m with contemptuous silence. A more decided rem ; remov e th e ag rl then taken, and the directors were ordered to one uns i g htly boa, ds, but they refused to do so, a the matter is in lite, the Commissioner of Polihuce being re solved that the omnibuses shall not be turned into adver tising vans, and the directors being determined, on the other hand, that they will not forego so profitable a source of income. CRYSTAL PALACE. --One Shilling day,—Yester day the admissions on payment well 8.)?,76; by season tickets, 812; total, 9,688, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1 HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack art five o'clock. THE MARRIAGE LAWS. Lord STANLEY of ALDER LEY presented several petitions in favour of legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. FIRST READINGS. The Highland Roads, Lunatic Law Amendment, and the Militia Ballot Suspension Bills were read a first time. THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE. Lord REDESDALE defended the manner in which the journals of the house were kept. He did so in consequence of a statement which had been made in another place, that the journals were a year and a half in arrear. The only thing in which there was, in fact, any delay, was in the publication of the judgments of the house, and this was occasioned by the necessity of their having to underg o careful revision. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENT BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to regulate the assess•• ment of property, there being in some instances a difference between the actual and rating value of from 20, 30, and even 50 per cent. It was objected that there would be a very great expense occasioned by the bill, namely, for a revaluation of parochial property. Now in many parishes that revaluation had already taken place, so in those places it would therefore be unnecessary, and in such places where a revaluation was required, before being done the assessment committee to be appointed by the bill would have to give their sanction to such a proceeding, The measure would effect that which was urgently required, viz., uniformity of rating, and as it was generally approved of by nearly all the boards of guardians throughout the kingdom he hoped their lordships would give their assent to the second reading. Lord PORTMAN thought, before the measure passed, it was absolutely necessary that some alteration should be made in the 15th clause. The Marquis of BATH objected to the bill, as he looked upon it as the first step towards establishing a system of union rating. Lord REDESDALE doubted whether there was time during the present session to give adequate attention to this bill. He objected to the machinery of the measure, and he was of epinion if the bill passed it would give the same satisfaction as the system which it was now sought to get rid of. Lord EGERTON suggested that the further considers don of this bill be delayed till next year. A short discussion ensued, and ultimately the bill was read a second time. Tho Coal Mines Bill, the Police and Improvement (Scot land) Bill, and the Parochial Building (Scotland) Bill were severally read a third time and passed. The Savings Banks (Ireland) Bill, the Weights and Measures (Ireland) Act Amendment Btll, the County Sur veyors (Ireland) Bill, and the Divorce Court Bill, were read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Dulas Valley Mineral Railway, and the Waterford and Limerick and Ennis Railway Bills were read a third time and passed. THE POACHING PREVENTION BILL. Several petitions were presented against this bill from different parts of the country, ARMY COMMISSIONS. On the motion of Sir DE LACY EVANS a return rela tive to the sale of commissions for commuted or other sums within the last seven years by parties who had neither pur-. chased nor completed 20 years service was ordered. FEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Colonel WILSON PATTEN returns on this subject were ordered. MILITARY RESERVE FUND. In reply to General PEEL, Sir G. LEWIS said that this subject bad been under the consideration of the Government, as he had stated on a previous occasion, and had also been considered by his pre decessor. It had been decided, with the concurrence of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, that payments out of this fund should be made with respect to the merits of the claimants and the circumstances under which they left the service, such as illness or other sufficient causes. METROPOLITAN TURNPIKES. In reply to Mr. WHITE, Sir G. GREY said that the abolition of the metropolitan turnpikes had been under the consideration of Government, and a bill on the subject would be introduced next session. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. Viscount ENFIELD asked the Vile-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he would consider the advisability of making the districts connected with the Committee of Council on Education smaller ; and whether there was any intention of promoting the masters in these schools to the post of examiners ? Mr. LOWE said that both subjects were under con sideration, and he was at present unable to give any definite answer in reference to them. 39 141 04 106 94 96 111 113 109 111 1 16pm 93 95 101 103 96 98 11 01 d i €l. i p 23 24 140 145 10 11 231 24 103 105 103 105 R 6 90 20t 21} 284 29, 334 346 334 344 42 45 128 130 123 126 103 105 123 126 120 122 MISCELLANEOUS. tinglo...MoKican Mint .. A tlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) Bombay Gas Limited. British American Land B.& Liking. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7n,c.ti1 11852 (L imi Do. C. (timited) ........ Canada Land .......... China & Janan Coast & River Steam Navi,g•ft. C o p.Min.otEng.&Slriltg ., Do. Pref. 1 per cent.. • Crystal Palace ........ Do. Pretereneg ........ Do. II p et. Perpet. Deb. E.lndia &oon. Ship A. D B. E.lndialrrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph ..• • Do. New ........•••" English &Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigati m Great Slip Limited)... Do 174 p et Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lon. Districael. (Lim.' LG. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Lon. & S.lrel.D t.Tel. L. )ladras irr. and Canal.. lied. Exten. Tel. (Lim. Do. 8 per cent. pref.. Nair:nal Die. Co. (Lim. , Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) Netherlands Land,Bp.e. N. lir.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim) f Or i e utal Gas (Limit ed). orintl. In. Steam(mPeellieLnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New ............. Red Sea,Szln.Tel.g.4ip.e. Rhymney Iron ........ Do. Nesc ............ . Rio Janeiro City Impts. Do. do. ......... . Royal Mail Steam .. ! .. . I Scot. Austin, Inv.(Lim.) South Australian Land Subraarine Tel. Scrip.. Do. do. Registered .. • • Do. do ..... . -.. Telegraph to Ind a (L.) 1 Trust and. Agency c Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 Tr.& Ln.Co. 01 Upr.Can. 5 O. jkcioni Tel. Co. (litr.) 3 Van P i t men's L.nd— 28i all all all 100 all 18 18i 2 3 ? , 1 23 4f 54 i dis ip 43 52 :4 GU 31 ri 21 3 42i 100 105 13 16 34 15 1 04 1(8 104 108 par ip m 1 0 0 103 2 21 26 27 I i 1 4 1 6 1 I id id pr 1 1 i 1 d pr 11 13 ~. ._ •_. THE CORPS OF GENTLEMEN-AN-ARMS. In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS, Sir G. LEWIS said that some arrangement had been made for compensating this corps out of the reserved hind for their services, The subject of the continuance or recti fication of that fund was under consideration. THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. In reply to Mr. WHALLEY, Sir R. PEEL said that he saw no reason why the calen dar should not be published according to the recommenda tion of the commissioners, but the consent of the Roman Catholics was necessary for that purpose, and he need not say that he (Sir R. Peel) had no influence with that body. (Laughter.) With respect to the other subject, he had a return in his hand, which he would lay on the table in the course of the evening. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH BELGIUM. In reply to Mr. M. voRSTER, Mr. LAYARD said he was happy to state that a treaty between this country and Belgium had been signed yester day, but he could not lay the text on the table at present. THE BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEED FOREIGN-OFFICE. Mr. 13. COCHRANEasl;dwhat steps the Government proposed to take with respect to the houses in the imme diate neighbourhood of the site of the new foreign-office , as he understood the proprietors of these buildings were making improvements in order to obtain higher prices tor their premises, being under the impression that they must ba purchased by Government. Mr. COWPER st id that it was no doubt desirable that certain premises in fling-street. and Parliament-street should eventually be purchased, but the Government had already purchased as much ground as they required. PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRELAND. Captain ARCHDALE drew attention to a statement which had appeared in the newspapers, to the effect that certain parties had been prosecuted in Antrim for carrying orange flags, while other persons were allowed to carry cockades with impunity. Sir R. PEEL said that if notice of this question had been given he would have been prepared to answer it; and he could merely state that, as he understood, there had been no infringement of the law in the way in which the hon. member described. UNION RELIEF AID BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. POTTER said he thought the Govornment should carry out their intention of affording relief to the distressed operatives in Lancashire other than the bill proposed, see ing that no less than 300,000 of the best artizans of the country, whose conditions it was intended to ameliorate, were suffering the greatcst.distress. Col. W. PATTEN would not oppose the bill, but con sidered it was insufficient, and thought there should be a loan granted to the millowners, to enable them to assist the unfortunate operatives in Lancashire. Mr. J. B. SMITH thought that the bill should be read a second time in order that the different constituencies of the kingdom might be prepared to consider its provisions before it went into committee. Lord STANLEY objected to the principle of the bill. Alderman SIDNEY would not oppose the second read _ . _ _ __ - --- 1 -....--__ big of the bill, but considered it could be materially im- I proved in committee. l\ir. HENLEY was of opinion that th ey oug h t not to de• part from the act of Elizabeth, and alter the law merely to meet what he hoped was a temporary emergency. Re thought the subject of any alteration in the present state of the Poor Law should be postponed until next session. Mr. COBDEN said that the observations of the right hon. gentleman who had Just addressed the house convinced him that hon. members gt!,nerally did not understand the subject of the distress in the cotton districts. The fallacy was, that it was proposed by certain honourable members to te• x this district to meet the local distress, but it was in a state of collapse. Ther e must be production before there could be taxation, anti. as to the district to which he referred, unless man u t iactures were carried on, they_ would no more be able to if ive the struck with sterility pay taxes than Orordshire it . Let Parliament, thereforelgfs' cultic, people a chance of tiding over the trernendo c u i l or twelve which were befert.; them during the mouths, by erial• ling the boards money on the . set_;uriiy of the rates,: of a rate in. aid proposed by the also suggested t hat the guardians grant small loans to the w otkpe a l nit'Aration of relief more facile h it % might be empowe to ; o f addition u to to raiseplan guardians d a :. co r e d b a l e unobjectionable e taodmthie- poor. Mr. LYGON censured the Government for having de layed the iutroduction of the bill until so late a period of the session. Be doubted if the distress was so severe as and as it had arisen from excep had been repre sented, tional ca ns es care sld absolutely necessary. He truste d, be taken that these causes did not last longer than was therefore, that as that was dependent upon the continuance of the war in America, the Government would not abstain from into rven tion for a longer period than was required b 3 internatlo•nal law and international justice. Mr. E. P. BOUVERIE deprecated an alarm that was not just, field by the facts of the case, and argued that loans and public grants were not to be thought of, and that the only course of proceeding was to legislate in the spirit of Elizabethan statute. After some observations from Mr. HUBERT :and the Masquis of HAILTINGTON, Mr. BOVILL point d out sev era l d e f ec t s i n th e details 1 of the bill ; and with regard to the principle of the rma,ure itself stated that in its present shape it would throw the charge, not upon the owners of property, but upon the occupiers, who were least able to bear the burden. Mr. C. VILLIERS was only anxious to make the bill as 1 effective as possible, and with that object in view he was willing to adopt any practical suggestion for its improve ment. He was ready, therefore, to reconsider the sugges tion to provide, either as an alternative or substitute, that parishes should be allowed to raise money by a mortgage of the rates. Upon that subject, however, a great difference of opinion prevailed even in. Lancashire itself. The case was not an ordinary, but an extraordinary case of manufac turing distress ; and it would be ridiculous, when the house was considering how best to alleviate the suffering, to be too strict or rigid in one's views so long as the evil was not aggravated. He nroposed to go into committee on the bill on 'Monday next. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY expressed himself favourable to raising loans on t h e security of the rates. It wou ld thus become the interest of the local authorities to practise eco nomy, at the same time that their own good feeling and knowledge of the wants of the applicants would be a suffi cient guarantee that they would administer the fund in a spirit of humanity. The bill was then read a second time. The Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill was also read a second time. The Militia Pay Bill, the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act Continuance Bill, an the Court of Common Pleas (Officer for Acknowledgment of Deeds) Bill were passed through committee. The Gunpowder Act Amendment Bill and the Consoli dated Fund (Appropriati , n) Bill were read a second time. The Poor Removal Bill, and the Mutual Surrender of Criminals (Denmark) Bill were read a third time and passed. The Night Poaching Prevention Bill was again com mitted, and its cDnsideration resumed at the first clause, the verbal amendments to which occupied several hours' discussion. It was half-past one o'clock when, after nu merous divisions and the adoption of some material altera tions, the clause was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 2 was struck out, and the remaining portion of the bill having been agreed to, the house resumed. During the last two hours that the bill was under discussion, not a single member of the Cabinet was present, and the sole oc cr.pants of the Treasury bench were Mr. Brand and one or two Ministerial subordinates. Other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house ad journed. VARIETIES. Who was Scipio's wife ?-111issis-sippi-o of course. GROUND RENTS.—The chasms left by an earthquake. When is beef not beef ?—When it is boiled to a rag. Rulers weild the people, but schoolmasters weild rulers. Why do women like stays ? Because they feel so-laced by them. An American editor, in speaking of a blind sawyer, says : —" Although he can't see he can saw." If a man bumped Ys head against the top of a room, what article of stationery would he be supplied with ? Ceiling whacks. The lions of the forest are said to live a century. The lions of fashionable society are generally lions of only a season. Please honour me, most charming of ladies, with the gift of that pretty daisy."—" Oh, certainly, sir, for you are very lack-a-daisy -cal." A greengrocer having unexpectedly come into property, sends for a tailor to come and measure him fora coat-of arms. There will always be quarrelling in the world so long as there are two persons to quarrel, and two straws to quarrel about. The Spanish proverb says that a melon and a wife are hard to choose. Of coure the moral is, that "we cannot judge by appearances only." A tradesman, the other day, would not pay the carpen ter's bill for a new counter in his shop under the pretext that he was nothing but a counterfitter. "Pray don't attempt to darn your cobwebs," was Swift's advice to a gentleman of strong imagination and weak memory, who was laboriously explaining himself. A lady who had a silk gown spoilt in being re-coloured brought an action against the establishment, and summoned several of the workmen to give their dyeing testimony. A temperance editor, in drawing attention to an article against ardent spirits in one of the inner pages of his paper, says, "For the effects of intemperance see our inside !" " Well, Sambo, V how do yon like your new place ?" "0, berry well, Massa." " What did you have for break fast this morning ?" " Why, you see mise;s biled tree eggs for self and gave me do broff."—Pottsville Journal. EDITOR'S WIVES.—An editor says his attention was first drawn to matrimony by the skilful manner in which a pretty girl handled a broom. A brother editor says the manner in which his wife handles a broom is not so very pleasing.— American Paper. A German Prince, in a dream, seeing three rats—one fat, the second lean, and the third blind—seat for a cele brated " wise man" and demanded an explanation. " The fat rat," ,aid the sorcerer, "is your prime minister; the lean rat your people ; and the blind rat yourself.'' One of the Federal soldiers who was in the Pittsburg Landing battle happened to be inordinately find of cards. During the fight he had three of his fingers shot off. Hold ing up his mangled hand, he gazed at it with a look of in effable sorrow, and exclaimed as a big tear stole into the corner of his eye, "I shall never be able to hold a full hand again." An eccentric American pastor once addressed his congre gation as follows :—" Fellow-sinners, if you were told that by going to the top of yonder stairs (pointing to an unused ricketty pair at one end of the church), you might secure your eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But let any man proclaim that there were 500 dollars up there for you, and I'll be bound there would be such a getting up stairs as you never did see." THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The attendance of visitors at the Exhibition was, as usual on Thursday, very good. The total admis sions were 59.467, of which 5,130 were by season tickets, and 54,337 by payments. The numbers for the same day in 1851 were 45,721, giving a conspi cuous minority as compared with the attractions of the present display. Yesterday all the domestic and farm servants employ ed on the estate at Osborne visited the Exhibition, the entire expenses of their trip being defrayed by her Majesty. The children of the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wranstead, and the children of the Woodford Parish School were afforded a similar day's enjoyment at the expense of their respective managing committees, Mr. Scholeqeld paid the expense of the visit of the children of l'he Wraysbury School ; Lady Palmerston sent up tl. e and children of the Romsey National School, the p for Governors of the Romsey British Sch pupils. determined sea son the visitticket of holderfth eir yhoausng summoned Com missioners to the County Court at Bromepton, pton, on 6th of August, to recover from them h the sum of one penny, charged for the car e ofs umbrella wh ot i h le ee the owner was in the pi c t ure galleries. The Com missionersse, def e h n a d v courthe of and will, of e the acceptedjustiee t t h u e re c m h charge. They are d empowered by their charter o make such rules and regulations from time to time them expedient, and this oh as may on esepe Peony n y for taking care of articles of anyrge of one sticks, parcels, and umbrellas—is one of them, and thousands cheerfully pay their penn y every day. Supposing, how eve r, for argument's sake, that season ticketholders or the public generally could establish their right to take their sticks and um brellas into the picture galleries, what would be the result? Before such a right had been exercised A fortnight half the pictures would be removed by their owners. It must not be forgotten that dut ing the first week or 10 days after the opening the com missioners did allow sticks end umbrellas to be taken into the picture galleries with a view of see jug if the e xperiment could be continued through out the Exhibition. During the very first week of the permission it was seen that the experiment had failed, and before the first week was over the owners of the most valuable works of art remonstrated against the danger to which their masterpieces were exposed from enthusiastic admirers who would trace out their beauties with a walking-stick held within half an inch of the canvass. It was then, and then only, and entirely out of consideration 13r those who had entrusted those priceless works to their care, that the commissioners decided that no sticks or umbrellas should be taken into the pic ture galleries. If it were possible to overrule their decision we believe, as we have said, that the gal leries —certainly the English ones—would be almost empty in a fortnight afterwards. DECIDEDLY IRISH.—A Dublin journal ob3erves that a handbill annoucinz a public meeting in that cll t sta tes, with boundless liberality, t h a t " t h e l a dies, Nod °u distinction of sex, are invited to attend." saYs PITHY AND TRl.TE.—Henry Ward Beec b re 6r o bliged "Life would be ono the insinutv, a perpetual flea-hunt, if n to run down all the inuendos, the inveracituti.l2;i tiona, the suspicions, which an uttered Lor 0- k - Dn .a ,ed de ial /MS tics, ,3 of ion. , the uro, pre- in ob- lon. sus - :ion, ired. mall ient, ared im- hick our Ch a ether nder