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

.11101V.EY .11:ARKET AND .CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. An increased inquiry for money has been occa sioned by the Indian loan instalment of £1,000,000, and 'the current requirements of the commercial classes, whose operations towards the end. of the quarter usually create an additional demand. The discount market, nevertheless, is exceed ingly easy ; its resources are superabundant, and good trade bills are negotiated on very moderate terms. Indeed, the applications at the Bank are unusually limited, because the joint•stock establishments and private firms offer greater facilitiesthan the Threadneedle-street autho rities. During the next two or three weeks the market may present more activity, but subsequently renewed quietude may result from the release of the dividends, not only on consols, but on interest bearing securities of every denomination. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited a slight advance in the rate on St. Petersburgh. At the Bank of England, yesterday there were no bullion operations of importance. About £lOO,OOO of the £258,000 by the Canada has arrived in London, of which £lO,OOO in English gold will be retained . here. The remaining £90,000 has been taken for the Continent. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and 6,000 bales . were sold at fully previoys rates. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices exhibited a further im- provement. To-day a call of 20 per cent. is due on the Great Northern Debenture Stock, and £5 per share on the Portadown Junction Railway. _ The assets of the Alliance Bank are of such a doubtful character, that it is feared the liquidation will leave nothing for the unfortunate shareholders. The concern has been grossly mismanaged, and the investments made have included securities which are at-present-wholly unmarketable. In the market for English Securities to-day a Moderate business has been transacted, but the quotations have shown some unfavourable changes. At first the Funds were tolerably steady, at prices only a trifle lower, but since then the decline of 1 per cent. reported in the Bentes (which are tele graphed at 62.05 and 62.25), and the statement that the Emperor has sent for reinforcements, have caused increased depression. Consols, Which were 93 to 931, have descended to 921 sellers, being now 921939. This alteration, although comparatively limited, has completely changed the complexion of the market ; some of the other securities are also flatter. Bank Stock has improved to 221; the New Threes and the Reduced have receded to 931 4 ; India Loan Debentures are steady at 95; ditto Scrip is flat at 934 1, and Ex chequer Bills are firm at 245. to 275. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been Moderately active, and a further improvement has been apparent in values, although they are no w somewhat flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 77 and 79 ; ditto New, 63 to 65 ; and the 4 per Cents. to 1031 1 ; Spanish Passive to 8t- ; Peruvian 44 per Cents. to 86 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 66 ; ditto Uribarren, remains firm at 80 ; Bra .4ian 41 per Cents. (1852), have improved to 911, but ditto (1858) are fiat, at 911 1 ex div. The settlement of the Account in the Railway Share Market' continues to progress in a satisfac tory manner, and most of the principal lines have been at a further advance, but symptoms of heavi ness are now apparent. Eastern Counties, and Great Western, have improved ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 10s ; 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 6 7, and the New at 69. Paris and Lyons realise 331 ; North of France, 361. East Indian are steady at 1011,102, and Punjaub at 3; 4. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at slightly improved quotations. Bank of Aus tralasia have advanced 10s. ; London and County, 6 8. ; • and Ottoman Bank, ss. IRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. hank Stock a s . Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 a 1 aew 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto Loan Scrip - Ditto Bonds £l,ooo Console for A cc ount (July 8) p 3l 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 24 7 p Ditto Small, lid. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent. 1852 Ditto 1808, 41 per Cent. 9ll 1 / Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 41 p er C en t Ditto (Uribarren), 4X per Cent. Ditto 3 per Ce n t. 2 66 Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive 8/ Turkish 6 per Cent. 77 91 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred l7 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Congas for Account, July 8 .... 92/ 3/ xel THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, 'June 15.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; li ght breeze, with fine weather. tiovE ß , June 14._Wind E.—Sailed —Her Majesty's gtul, .boat —, for Southampton. The Maria, schooner, 'watch foundered about two miles off here yesterday after 11°°112 was bound from Requejader to Antwerp crew 'UMW. DARTMOUTH, June 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Off port — General de Thiers, from Samarang for Rotterdam. SOUTHAMPTON, June 14.—Wind &E.—Sailed —Bremen, steamer, for New York. QuEzwarowN, June 13.—Wind N.W.—Anived— blagnet, from St. John's, N.B. CLYDE, June 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived —Eliza Greene, from Matanzas ; L. L. Tully, from St. John's, • N.B. • OFF DONAGHADEE, June 14.—Arrived—North Ame ' rica, screw steamer, from Quebec. OPF DOVER, June 14 . — Arrived—City of Baltimore, screw steamer, from New York, for Li verpoo l ; Gl or i s a, from Laguna. SUNDERLAND, June 14.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Hen rietta, for Mauritius. _ _ PETERHEAD, June 13.—Wind W.—Arrived —Gem, from Greenland, with 30 tuns oil; Albert, with three tuns; and Perseverance, with 40 seals. The Active is reported with 60 tuns. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived.—James Kennedy, steamer, from Cardiff ; South Western, steamer. from Jersey ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin ; Lewis Castle, from Cardiff; Genova, steamer, from Liverpool. Sailed—Bremen, steamer, for New York ; Duke of Corn wall, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, June 14.—Anna Dorothea , from Bombay ; l lagara, from Callao ; John Stewart, f rom New Orleans ; Josephine, from Nantes ; Eliza Caroline, from Alexan dria, ; Mistletoe, from Rio Janeiro ; Phoenix, from Riga; Carl Frederick, from Dansic. Arrived, June 15. Lydia, from Antigua; Elivy, from Huelva; Voluntina, from Nantes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. • tide second hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived, une 14.—Ariel, from Gergenti ; Clara Pries, from.. Stockholm Decision, from Dunkirk Annies, front Mauritius • Al hino•ton from Colombo ; St. H ilda, from ub ' L m St. P. i t , es; on, from Antwerp ; Nautilus , from St. ; Harmonic from St. Petersburg ; Medea, from Jamaica; Vigilant, from St Petersburg. Arrived, June 15.—Brilliant, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed, June 15.—Sir Edward Banks, ste amer, for Calais ; Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Charl otte, for Rio J aneiro ; Bilboa, steamer, for Bilboa. DEAL, Wednesday Morning,. Wind S.W., moderate. No arrivals. The financial convention between the Russian rwernment and Messrs. Rothschild is understood to have !pr its immediate object the opening of credits in Paris and Agourlon, to enable bills to be drawn from St. Petersburg, ;LA as to bring about a recovery in the rate of exchange. The operation is therefore nearly analogous to that effected With the Ba n k of France by the Bank o England about 16 t ; e ara ago. According to some accounts the first transaa 'ills will not exceed £500,000, but whatever debt may be e( Ptracted will doubtless ultimately • Ile adjusted by the rais ing of a loan. TAE CROPS.—The heavy storm c f Sunday efter -7,°°7lhas, we regret to bear, knocked down the growing corn many places, although this effect is stated to havo been eery partial. It has also much flattened flit crops of grass, Which arojenerally very heavy through the cQunty.—South •Q altern Gazette. SHARE MARKET.-( THIB ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. li.ailways. Paid. Closing Price. Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern JuPt•tiOnl r4elfar,t and Baliymena..l sir., Rol., and Str. Val. Birk., Lane., and Ches h. Junction Blackburn ißlyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A (A roves. no div until6p.c.per an Dm B I hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelf ast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South. & W stn. (Ireld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Glut. Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newi ss. at £slosp. sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen 'Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Netitastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn. — Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbotirne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vide Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rial Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. let Class Do. 2d Class Share 12.10 5 i 7 8 67 69 14 11& 32 85 91 93 80 80i 4 5 7i 8i 14 14 55 56 37 42 26 28 12 14 87 89 71 '23 25 26 91 93 10 104 994 104 81 83 127 132 104 106 534 544 50 55 82 843 10 11 p 10 11 p 89 90 lid li 1 d 64 66 110 111 90 91 14 li 90 91 5 7 351 301 - - 99 100 74 76 9 11 55 67 3i 8 d 54 65} 88 - 89 '24 I (1 1 45 15 f 4 72 73 ' 101 103 ti 41d 13 14 - 6 6 30 31 108 110 23 24i 79 81 42 44 ti 4 d 41 43 67 67} 59 61 63 67 8 11 36 37 C 3 67 Si 6 i 3 31 7 7* Business 67f stock! 100 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES, Share! Railways. (Blythe and Tyne It per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5i pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lanc. 6 per ct . E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths 14.1din.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... G 1 as. 4, , S West. ‘r a. 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p., et. Do. 5 Itcdm.,lop.c.pm pc Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pin Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf jGt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock neat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. tockl Stockl Stook Stock' Stock, Stock stock 100 Stock 50 Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock ! Stock Stock Stock 121 12i Stock Stocla 12/1 Stock Stock' Stock Paid.i Closing Business Price. Done. ) all 100 an 100 6 100 100 100 100 all shares Do do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock ( Do. Chester guar.shares I Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&l3rig.spc. gu. No.ll ` Do. pref., 5 P. C. ...No. 2 1 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct 1 Do. do. 5 p. c No. 41 Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun - 1 caton, 5 p. Ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. IDo. 4 per cent 161 171 91 10 71 73 18 191 9 91 11 141 129 141 !158 162 7 9 120 122 661 68I P Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. C. stock Do. Con. Brie. & Ilir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.r. m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 • Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, e - ua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.R ail. & Dek.Co. N- E as t. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. . Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. 139 1411 .100 102 92 94 P Stock 10{ •10 Stock Stock Stock Stock; Stock! Stock Stock Stock 9i 10 11 11i Stock' Stock Stocl - Si Stock Stock, Stock Stock 1: - 0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 107 100 96 98 li 1 p Do. Leeds f r , wo 6 . or sz p. ss6 c h.pc . irr N .eui o r.s . c.t l h.g . : Do. do. Quarters, 1846 (7 T xo o Yo r r .s k H Staffordshire Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. s tk.fn perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4, per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann. 1.0.0.) ...1 Do Al per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gm. Stockton and ar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent {Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent d 23 24 118 120 118 122 100 101 lo] 23i 24 101 102 1101 102 271 281 31 33 2511 251 ' Stock 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ......„ Paid. Leas ing Closing Businna R ailways. Co.'s. Price. Done. i Bedford and Bletchleyl all Ln & N.Vi r • • „,,.• Buckinvliamshire 1 100 !Ln & N.W' 97 " ClydesdakJunction : 100 Caledonin 1 00 102 Colchester, Stour Val ' all .E.U.SLE C 16 17 E.Lincohishire,z6p.c 1 100 Gt. North. 136 139 E Union,ilarwichShs ' all E.C ou nts. 44 q Do. Woodbridge . lOO Gls . B a N ea e kn i 1 . s &; ;;eit i t yG C , fil .. e Nw d . o sie n silt i , n .r ; 100 Do. — Ha I n aors o ttiep N ro&o eN ip v . De 100 a ll Hull and Selby Do. i Shares all D 0...... --- Do. i Shares all D o . .. .. L on don&Greenwich Do. Preference L o n.,Tilby.&Solitend lOO Peto &Co. 93 95 Do. Barking Shares all D 0....... _.Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk . --_, Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. . .... _ 3:lane., il u xtn. & 3latk all LN ;iv,i,AT 21 2j l Mid s b.& 11 edcr, g. 6 p.c. all Stk.& Dar ' 31id. B ra df 0 rdPrf. Stk.i 100 Midland . 96 98 5. 5. O. E.Counts. p 1p Pa i 1 5 r y r } . l: :. 1 56 58 Do. do. 6 pe r cent. N is.' cog'rnytmahrnaa.rn&kt te E . ej l a d stn . 5 p.c. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. L& N W W". P res ton and all & Lyk. -- -- - Do. 4 Shares ......1. all Do. — Boys tn,llitch.,& Shep, 100 Gt.North.' 133 138 Y , Shf.Rotli.&Gol.f.r.sp.c.'lB 11 61Lan.& Yk i can Staffordshire .. all 1 3PC1 . Shrows b r y& Hereford all s 7 Brassay 9 94 South , 6p c all HStk.& Dar 104 101 Wear Valley, g. . . all I D t.. 100 :Gt. West. 87 89 Wilts and Somersed all L.&Brgtn 8 9 Wimbledon& Croy n. Do. do. ............. a o. DOCKS, ~, Closing Business Paid Price. Dose. 98 100 v 9 t Docks. Share' Stock Commercial ......... I Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pret .IA in Stock East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria " Do New i ••• 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 23 Is. 17} all all 100 all 49 51 95 97 1102 104 99 et 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 BRITISH POSSESSIONS, Share Railwa " Closing i Business ys. . Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 79 81 791 Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Beroda&Cent.lnd 131 16 17 gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 2 11 18 Do. Do. B 9 2 1 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 51 d' 201 Do. New l6l 51 6/(1 t 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 ___ 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 20 Ckutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. id par 20 Cape, Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 25. 14 lid, 20 Central Oude (Limited) 25. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 7/ d 174 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 14 Icl Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 100 101 1014 2 20 Do. C Shares all 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 - - 141 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'so all 98 100 20 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 18 19 sto f Geelong Corporation 6 100 • t per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 36 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 72 74 73 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 90 92 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 97 98 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 d 20 Do. do 20 I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 2s 2 11 aranteed 5 per cent. 20 Gt. gm W. of Canada Shares all 14 144 204 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I all 100 103 opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 103 100 Do. do. '?3 without opt all 100 103 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 16 17 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 17 18 20 Do. 4/v. c. Extension l5 16. 17 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 1 14 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunawick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g-.6pc ¶ 10 —d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do , 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - d .. Do. do. Land do 20 Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip 2s. 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde -.4 15 —d d 20 Do. g all 184 194 20 Do. New lO 2 14d 20 Do. Punianb a 3, 5 14 14 d 3/ 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. te„'"' ,10 2 I.ld 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 34 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 11 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all -- 5 Carmeaux Mine & Ra il all 2 2 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 64 61 d 6 Eastern of France all 24 25 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 5 51 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1/ 7 20 Lucea & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.f all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 334 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 7 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 174 18 16 Northern of France all 361 37 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 94 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33 34 ) 20 Paris and Orleans all 48 50 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 31 2} d gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati. 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 5 51 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 8 84 20 Southern of France 8/ West Flanders all 5 6 51 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 19 204 20 Western of Austria .. 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Cprlesiceln! Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St. Cleer) ..opth C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Tamar Silver and Lead 6 7 2 3 445 455 175 185 13 14 1i 21 1 11 74 8 C 7 - 7 8 12 i 1 34 230 210 185 195 • Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Li skeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.): . Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) Trelawney (Lisle.) 4 211 21 i 6 2 24 110 115 180 190 105 115 1i 2 10 11 45 47 31 33 9 11 37 39 9 11 14 2 23 25 84 9 1 I d iP 3 4 n 24 FOREIG: Australian Bon AccordCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.)l Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. Do. Land and Minim:Co. Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Miiing and Smelt.... Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican Business Done. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shari Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. i Closing Business I Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 71 40 Australasia all 83 85 854 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 22 100 Pank of London 5O - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 90 British North American all 56 58 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 2 1 d 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 15 16 14: 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 214 224 50 London and County - 29 50 London Joint Stock - 100 London & Westminster. 20 - 100 Nat. Prov. of Eagland. 3.5 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - - 374 20 Ottoman Bank all 154 164 161 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia - - 25 !Do. New - - 25 'Union of Australia all - - 25 Do. New 2O - 50 Union of London lO - 100 Unity Mutual 6O - 100 Western Bk of London 50 - d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. p aid. ' Closing Business Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.& July 100 1124 1134 1121 13 - Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 111 113 - Do. 6p.c.Mr..V Sep. 100 111 113 - N.R.Gov.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 108 110 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 108 99 100 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S.:: Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 109 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - MISCELLAj EOUS, Paid. ClOB in g ~ Share c Miscellaneous,iscellaneous. Price. Business done L 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 160 210 25 ,Australian Agricultural 19 29 31 10 jAustralian Roy al Mail . all 1 4. 10 (Berlin Water Works ... a ll 2 10 IDo New, Issued at £5 die z _ __ 50 i British American Land Vs, 50 ( Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 33.35 a al ll l 8 9 c l O l a n i I I 20 'Do. B, 7P. C. till 1862 .. all 19 21 20 Do. C., all 12 14 100 Canada Land . 32i 112 116 Stock • ' • 25 Do. Preferenc e 7} p er ct all 231 244 c4a rtg .) 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preferenc e 10 C p i s n l a o n t d E s n 'l g ' all all 4 5 h Stock Electric Telegrap c 100 98 102 10 Eu ro ff p. & Aust Co & Ind..Tunp.c .St. e all 'par ip 5 En. ' • t Tel 10s. - 9 Enrop.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) 11 - 20 Eastern Steam 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 20 London Discount 4 Lon d.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 1 1 20 Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim all _. a __ 51 1 d 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 6 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) al l 5 , , 25 National Discount Co 5 9 'ff u 10 Netherlands Land 6 10 Do do 1 2 00 250 0 North N Pße . e ß edl r R d ' e o i aNvf River EuropeLai all 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all I a 5 5 00 Pen. Rhy m il e o y rl l e r n o t n a . l . S . t . e . ana .. 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 1 4 1 Oriental Gas ll 2 : 91 831 1 Do. New Shares 15 e . i d par I n s a c d t T i eii:' Steame. a s,, r i . n d . 8 oa l a 01l all - 1 2: 4 1 12 i l d 50 Do. New .......... 10 10 12 15 Do. New . 25 South A ustralian Land. all 5i 6} 100 Royal Mail Wt .. ************ 1 Soot.Austrin.lny,fil *', 60 53 55 all 115 130 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 35 37 1 Do. do Registered.,;,'l ~f, 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot:Upr. eau - 7 1 100 ,Van Diemen's LA1 . 1 4 1 04 im . I — lO -," - 14 } 55 88 1 d 5 30 28.2.81 2.11.1 e 17s 11.18.8 9f 18s 6d, 8i 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 9 40 128 6d MIN' ALLEGED ACUDENTAL 'POISONING. NARROW ESCAPE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. The neighbourhood of Finsbury and Bishopsgatii has been considerably alarmed at the intelligence of the acci dental poisoning of a cauple named Paxton, residing in New-street. The matter is in the hands ,of two surgeons, and from wh a t 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. eumstance that saved the unfortunate persons from death. The contents of the stomach are in the hands of el/sur geons, who are analysing the matter, but it is positively stated that oxalic acid is mixed with the epsom salts. LAW 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 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 PENTON) 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 OF 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.) EAGER 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 so 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 Or 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 Found, 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 bai being taken. THAMES. CHARGE GP WOUNDING.—A German 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, from 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 Brawn, a police-constdble, 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 ♦ery 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 Ths 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 so and then he would be discharged. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--JUNE 14. The market was very good to-day, with a demand for stock for the new account. The account was light, and o,ontangos nominal. At the close prices were rather easier. —Birkenheads, 69 70—Leeds Northern, 44 s—Blackburns, 111 I—North British, 551 61—Great Western of Canada, 10 I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 8i 9—GreatWestern, 54i-- -Sheffields, 36i—Caledonians, 811—Lancashire. and York shire, 90—London and North-Westerns, 901 I—Dutch Rhenish, 6t dis.—East Lancashire, 861 71—Berwicks, 88 9—Midlands, 991 100—Chester and Holyheads, 46 7 Eastern Counties, 111—Dovers, 201 I. MANCHESTER-JUNE 14. There was a firm business doing most of the day, and especially for next account. Dovers, 204 5-16 next account —Birkenheads, 64—Leeds, 90 n. a.—Sheffields, 351 n. a. —Londons, 902 n. a.—Grand Trunks, 9 n. a.—Eastern Counties, 111 n. a.—Sheffields, Pref., 121—Great Western of Canada, new, 5 15-16 dis. n. a.—London Eighths, 1 11- 16 dis.—Blackburns, 11—Berwicks, 881 n. a.—Chester Guaranteed, 19—Great Westerns, 55 n. a. LEEDS—JUNE 14. There was little doing, but prices closed rather firm, Consols, 93 5-16—North Eastern and York, 72 5.16. BIRMINGHAM-JUNE 14. There was more business done to-day in this market than of late. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 714 —London and North Westerns, 90—Birmingham Bank Co., 27—Birmingham Canals, 92. 'PRIMITIVE METIIODISM.—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 Connexion," and it appears that this body now comprises 123,863 members, being an increase of 7,647 as compared with 18.58. The connexion has no fewer than 10,838 "local preachers," or one preacher to every 12 hearers. The chapels number 3,176, and seven have been built durinc , the past year. In connexion with this vigorous branch of Met h o di sm there are 1,910 Sunday schoos, with 159,251 scholars and 29,183 teachers. ASCOT .RACES.-(,THIS DA Y.) , (BY ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH.) FERNHILL STAKES. Lady Falconer Actaeon Spicebox Six ran. LATEST BETTING. HUNT CUP. sto 1 agst Sam Spode (taken) 100 to 18 agst any other (offered) MANCHESTER RACES-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Arrived—linockburn, Welshman, Law, Loyal, and ISt. Patrick. 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 Melton. 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 his slbs extra, will, I fancy, carry off the New Stakes. I have, however, been cautioned about Thunderbolt. • A FRESH MAN. Sunning-hill, Wednesday Morning. CRIMINAL CO URT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and Baron Bramwell.) Francis Ingham surrendered from last session to an in dictment preferred under 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 house and personal expenses, made up a book in which certain items were increased, so as to bring up the sum un accounted for, namely, £349. Counsel for the defendant contended that he had com mitted a foolish act but not a fraud, and that there was not tittle of evidence to show he had defrauded his creditors; on the contrary, it proved quite the reverse. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, but judgment was respited until the question raised by the defendant's counsel, viz., whether it was an offence within the Act of Parliament shall have been further argued. In the meantime the defendant was allowed to go at large on bail. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) ROBBING A FATHER. Mary Ann Dixie was indicted for stealing a quantity o wearing apparel, the property of her father, Edward Dixie. The prisoner pleaded guilty. _ . . The father v as, by request of the judge, called into court, and in answer to certain questions said he had done all a father could do to save his child from ruin. He had for eighteen months, although his means were extremely limited, maintained her in a reformatory, but immediately she quitted that establishment she returned home, and after robbing him of a quantity of clothing, went off to Chatham 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 reforma 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 not known, or he would have received a much severer punishment. 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. g THIS DAY'S 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, and 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. Beans, peas, and flour were very dull, at barely stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats Flour. English 9lO t 1,220 760. 690 Irish F ore ign 6, 0 -60 1 2,300 3,850 i 3,530 sks blw WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 2d to 48 2d per 8110., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market has b eco me heavy, and prices are almost nominal. Duty, £160,000. ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTERDAY. Amsterdam Short. 11 121 11 131 • Ditto :3 Months. 11 15 11 15 Rotterdam........: — 11 15 11 15 i Antwerp Brussels — 25 121 25 171 13 3t 13 4 Hamburgh Paris 3 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —115 i Vienna Trieste P e t e rsburgh — 33 33-; Madrid Cadiz — 491 Leghorn — 29 95 Genoa.. — 25 70 Naples Palermo — 1211 M ess i na — 1211 Lisbon 61 491 30 0 25 80 41 1211 122 51i 511- -Oporto Rio Janeiro GO days at. New York E.I. Co's ble. House 23i bis. 60d . _ Calcutta, Co.'s rupee Boihbay ditto ..... Madras ditto .• • East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 11th to the 25th May. Ben.;al Madras " 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bombay .. ... £634 19 11 Foreign Gold in Ba rx (St an dard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Stan l aard) ,, 00 0 RIFLE CORPS. A movement has been set on foot by the Right Hon. Sir J. Coleridge ; the Hon. W. W. Addi ng ton, -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 peaceful 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 i s b ecause I believe in the truth of the maxim—" to be fore warned is to be forearmed"—and that if we are 1 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 na , vy 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 tor )gether in one place, but all of them accustomed 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, knowhig those with whom they act, familiar with the use of the rifle, employed in the way for which they are most fitted, and calculated to do the greatest possible harm to an aggressive force. (Hear.) It seems to me 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 will be 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 ieceived 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 did not produce companies of from 70 to 80 men, and in some cases there were two companies in one 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 c ommander-in-chief of this district —that he had under his command a force which could oppose a very serious resistance to any invasion which might think, been attempted at that time. I possess, I 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 bringing 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 empire—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 eapable 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 to take our part, both by personal and pecuniary assistance, in doing all that is necessary for the salvation of our dear and beloved country. (Loud cheers.) The Hon. W. ADDINGTON moved the first reso lution, as follows : "That this meeting, taking into consideration the danger to which this country may become exposed from a sudden act ct . host il e a ggression, approves the general principle of establishing volunteer rifle corps throughout the county." While he did not apprehend any immediate danger of invasion, he strongly urged the necessity of being prepared for any emergency, for the feel ing of bitterness that was engendered by the reverses which the French met- with in th d e Peninsula and elsewhere had not yet expire (Hear, hear.) The Rev. J. J. COLERIDGE seconded the motion, and it was carried. low O e t d h,earnresolutionsmeeting of was spractical a ddr e ss e d C i h n a r a a p c t a e t r r o f t o i l e spirit by several other gentlemen. d danger g fewer of a additional t o n n v a a R ob m se G rv E at a i s o k n e s d r Before tho meeting. was makeconcluded;Sir I. COLE sion. respecting real He ardently hoped that England would not P es e p rin ec i t s in si be exposed to that which tsootnevizpeotphleehvoerrriolyrsb:f lieved it wo uld be exposed an invasion, to which it had for centuries been un used. They must consider that , however effi cient their navy might be—and it was efficient—yet that science had introduced a great change therein. lie remembered many years ago 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 c on versa tion ; he (Sir J. Coleridge) being John B u ll i n hi s not i ons 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,—" 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 9" The answer was, " Your navy prevents us." (Hear.) They could then, in the absence of steam, and with an enormously superior navy, depend upon the " wooden walls of old England." (Hear, hear.) Now, the " wooden walls of old E ng l an d" h a d as fi ne h ear t s in them and as much skill as in those days, and they were as good wooden walls as they could ba ; but steam had come in, and it had been the policy of the French, Emp eror to ra i se hi s navy s hi p f or 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 acc id ent aga i nst wh i ch 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 enabl e d t hi s 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 P 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 th e 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.) 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 between 25 and 30 years old, it appears, removed to St. Louis some years acre, 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 cha nge d 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 pleasant 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 yeas since you sought my acquaintance and requested per mission to visit me, and offered me references as to your character and position, and very soon after came your I proposal to marry. You said yburVealth-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 employ a teacher. You told sister that you were going to take me away, and finally named the time when we would marry, and I made preparations for the 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 as a gentleman, and offered any reasonable excuse for this treatment, or simply asked me to release you from this en gagement, and assigned no reason, I trust I should have had too much pride not to have complied at once ; but your desertion, as it is, deserves whatever punishment the opi nionsus o s n o i a t d s v s a u e t s h , o s r u , c and e y p e a u . visit may y restof a assured just p thatubl ie f m m ay y ' 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 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 'resent month with that of Messrs. Sapte, Banbury, and Co., of Lombard-street, Mr. S tpte retires in consequence of hie 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 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 ex penses, s i n ce the Sicily end will be taken charge of by the Neapolitan Government, whilst the service at the Malta terminus will be performed by the clerks employed on the company's Malta and Cagliari line, which is now out of order. The British Government have consented that the subsidy of £7,200 per annum now in force shall be held to Malta and Sicily line when the old p T e hi ns s a ce e l p e be The laid b manufacture thesubmari o n f e th T e ei c egra abl p e h w c h e i ni ch pa is y a p b bero o grt u w t ees t es o n. Folkestone and Boulogne has made conside rab le may be gat hered from the r wi ope li rt P ie r s e -- se s n t t re ln llg a t n h structed of unusual thickness, a s eile. The object is to factthat its weight is 10 tons h eminent eudtur.d_etyt_thboesiengincdoins: dragging of a ship's . anchor, ik f tlegraphic communication on the caused the suspension o In point of "insulation," a vast secure immunity from the effec ts of cl pp s n uc a h t le ar st id o e n n e t ec as as t i h pn e Dover and Calais rout e e. double co us rapo ing siti a on. coating of go tt a - wires is provided in the shape of hemp soft bed for the iron communicating between London and Paris gain is stated to pberehdaerianvedd patent t gh the facilities for e l ; for the cable existing between d Calais consists of only four wines, whereas the Dover an new one between Folkestone and Boulogne will consist of six w i res —making ten in all. It is hoped that with the will be greatly increas e c han g e of Ministr y the obstacles whi c h, 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 Ponning, 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 occupied on a farm in the parish of Wool hope, between Hereford and Ledbury, in hoeing beans and potatoes. Among these persons was a young man of weak intellect, named George t u n. Some altercation took place between the parti es , w h en wor d s came to bl ows , and the idiot, excited into a state of frenzy, rushed at a fellow-work man and struck furiously at him with a hoe. The assailed retreated towards the hedgerow, warding off the blows as well as he injury. The idiot still did not relax his endeavours to c ut could, though not without receiving considera ble down his opponent, and with a blow he severed one of the ears from his head. The man then f in ding that he had to fight for his life, seized a large stake out of the bed_ ge,,a,r. struck the idiot on the head, scattering his brailis . ano.u. l 2 l- f: ground at his feet, and of course instantly deprivingheniponilicoul life. The man is himself so much injured that t have not thought proper to apprehend him. 1 13.14 Stoek Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1613 - 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 Stock Stocki Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1859,