The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

AfOicEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Thei has been very little activity in the foreign and col :onial produce markets during the last few days; ) most of the principal staples however have mainta;u - ned previous values. Tea continues firm, but the dealings have been of an unimportant cha racter. The better descriptions of sugar have been in modetrate demand at full rates, and for the finer qualities; of coffee there has been an active demand, chiefly for home consumption. Rice has been dull, but spices generally have been in fair demand at improved rates. For saltpetre there has been a very limited inquiry, and tallow has exhibited a slight upward tendency. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market 27esterday closed with a rather dull appear ance, tine 6,000 bales were sold at previous rates. In Railvr.ay Shares only a very moderate amount of businoss was transacted, and prices of all the leading lines exhibited a slight decline. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of importance. Silver is in moderate demand, at previous rates. The general appearance of the money market continues favourable, and all who require accom modation have to pay very easy terms, provided the securities they offer are of an unexceptioneble character. The bankers, as well as the discount houses, have ample means at their disposal, which they are willing to employ on moderate terms, rather than allow them to remain idle and unpro ductive. There was a special meeting to-day of the Medi terranean Extension Telegraph Company, at Which Sir James Carmichael, Bart., took the chair. for considering the propriety of accepting the Neapolitan concession lately granted to the direc tors for conducting telegraphic communication between Malta and Sicily. The term is for thirty Tears, and the company will have the power to use the English language, and will b e allowed a quarter part of the price of all through messages to or from Malta passing over the Neapolitan lines. Her Majesty's Govern- Ilea have extended the guarantee of 6 per cent. to this additional line, so long as communication is kept open by either route, instead of being de. Pendant as at present on the integrity of the Malta, Cagliari, and Corfu line. The Chairman said he had no doubt this new line would even then earn i te dividend, and that it ought to be constructed for their own protection. The concession was agreed to, and a resolution was passed for issuing 1,60 0 preference shares of £lO each, at an interest o f 8 per cent. per annum. There has been very little activity in the market f or Public Securities to-day, speculation being dull, and bona fide business inactive, but a general im provement has taken place. From the extreme Point of depression attained yesterday afternoon, When the markets were very feeble, the fund s Lave rallied to the extent of 4 per cent., and " 413 movement, although limited, has exer "ed a beneficial influence upon other secu "ea. The decline, which was scarcely war tUted, has induced purchasers to come forward, a nd hence the reactionary tendency. Consols have d ento 921 1 for the Bth proximo. The New T hreeL per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are -e . °ay at 921 93, and Exchequer Bills at 235. and 2 ‘ 2 8 . prem. ; India Loan Debentures are flat at 942 ; ditto Scrip at 931, and the Bonds at 10s. discount. In Foreign Securities the transactions have been v a very restricted character, and, in most instances, r°ees show a slight advance; Turkish 6 per Cents., 6 I ,!vever, are firm at 74 to 75 ; ditto New at 60 to ; but the 4 per Cents. have receded to 1022 ; l eXican to 18}; Portuguese to 431 ; and Grenada De ferred to 5 ; Spanish Deferred has improved to 29a . Rather more firmness has been apparent in the I Rai lway Share Market, some of the principal lines 11, l i rWing an improvement o f abed 1 to 1 per cent. ttnchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and North tern (York) have advanced ss. ; Caledonian, 'eat Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10, • ; East Lancashire, Brighton an d O x f or d, Wor 'v , 4ter and Wolverhampton declined about 10s. k ln the Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal- I r o have been extremely limited. Lombardo elletian New Shares are at 6 1 to 6 1 ; and k nt werP and Rotterdam, at 3 4. Grand Trunk tt C anada are steady at 341 to 342 ; and Great L%ter n of Canada, at 141. Ceylon Guaran ittej.°lllt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ezeeediugly quiet at about previous rates. firCe BRntTISH FUNnnuDS—CLOSING PRICES 92II . 3 I Reduced Annuities i 111 3 Per Cent. Annuities litlia Stock 14,te riebentures b i :te, Loan Scrip k i le Bonds, £l,OOO C o " under £l,OOO l ' l ,, Rols for Account (July 8) - I 1 I brilequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 6 p 1)i t % ' ) £5OO 23 6 p 4 Small, 11-d. 81.„FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. D itto 5 per Cent. 'itto 41 per Cent. Dada . .. kbittr, Deferred New Active, 31 per Cent. -te xt 5 V et % 3 per Cent it A ccount ek to vi 18 i 18 b. an 41 per Cent — Nrt u itt ° Account itPose, 1853, 3 per Cent. lit ' ' 0 Account Bid i,_, ,"1 1 , 1822, £ St., a per Cent lohf t bit"t o la ' l l 6 per Cent 801 p11i.., Account I)i2° 3 per Cent bit 7 Account l'lttk i ° New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 291 Di tto 6 per Cent 7 33 ijit. Account Dit t :llew Loan b i ,, o Account ''' Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Console fo Account, July 8 .... 921 i a d ,Z 1 I° ZICE INTELLIGENCE.-(T.HIS DAY.) THAMES. hAatoz OP STABBING.--JOhII Maury, a seaman, was L l itht befdre Mr. Selfe, charged with stabbing a young Nil 0. woman named Julia Donovan, No. 16, Perseverance let, St. George-in -the-East. Ll'he complainant, wh o b e l ongs t o th e c l ass terme d un :-11a.ate, and who has been f requen tly a t thi s cour t on , I t tes of assault and robbery, said s h e went i n t o th e B e ll '4 l l lll ehous e , i n R a t c liff e -hi g h wa y, w ith a friend last night. ki t e Prisoner and another man wer e quarre lli ng w ith t wo la, and the prisoner struck at every one right and ',And took out a knife, with which he struck her on the It hd inflicted a severe wound. She was taken to the Z r "Y of Mr. Croucher, who dressed the wound. 4. 4 other woman confirmed the statement of the prosecu 111,' 841 :1 Elijah Long, a police-constable, No. 380 K, said N I 44 called into the Bell, wh ere grea t con f us i on p re - Nt 6:l ; The prosecutrix was bleeding profusely from a ti 4l the he a d. m C harles Young, who defended the prisoner, said that etal row was going on in the Bell, and a woman, 4 44 0 1 1 °ra the sailor had been staying, accused him of her, and said she had not paid him, a n d s t ruc k ‘ 1 14 . 1 , T here we r e s everal loose women beating the priso ner , kigl i — t e , ll ad to defend himself the best way he could, and t itt,,,,,,"'Ve stru c k the complainant with his fist, but he did not use a knife. o f sailor, who gave the name of William Fisher, kkfl,Zitionce in confirmation of Mr. Young's statement, Al the prisoner had no knife in his hand. `tlo th . l'elfe s a id th e pr i soner was s t r iking at every one in_ 414 tehlately, and no doubt struck the woman Donovan 4, her w ith the ring on his finger. He advise d the 01ero c t t l os ompensate the woman; he must give her at Ti le • P r isoner paid the money and was discharged. ! 1 11.gh 4 , 441 -ETatiNr BY A NEws-Boy.--Leonard Horner, a : iee ;Zhing boy aged 12 years, and formerly in the ser.. `") 're. Eliza ' Ann Parks, news-agent and bookseller, %tor—gruercial-place, Commercial-road East, was brought kti 4 Selfe, c h arge d w ith embezzling various sums o f 1 :h0 c7 7 , he had recei ve d f or an d on account of his mistress, , s 411 1 ;. 8 * r espectable y oun g widow, and has been struggling '40 4 pee the d ea th o f h er h us b an d t o m aintain herself and The d e the upon her. Agi n prisoner was in the service of Mrs. Parks from the 141 .0 t •, 11 :g of March until a fortnight ago, when he was :he ° the City f or news p a p er s and never returned. . 41 o Pt°4telltri z afterwards discovered that he had received kad iZ s _solus of money from her customers f or news papers, t cl never accounted f or th e same . He admitted, on t tea l of ak eh into custody, that he had defrauded his mis %kbe,,l3l°lleY to the amount of £3 Ils. Several cases of fe t enient were made out, and the boy was committed SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Susinese harei Railways. Price. .2.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Juiwtionl 10 5} 51 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 3.11 13 ir., Wol., and Str. Val all 7 8 tosk Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 67 69 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85 lock Bristol and Exeter 100 93 05 944 4 lock Caledonian Lock Chester and Holyhead , 100 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 4 5 10 Do. A A roves. no div. 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. all hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 7* 84 ,ock East Anglian lOO 134 14 ock Eastern Counties lOO 554 564 56 ock Eastern Union A Stock 100 37 42 ock Do. do. B Stock 100 26 28 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent lock East Lancashire lOO 8 7 89 RS 20 East Suffolk 10 Do ock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 72 73 ock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 25 26 254 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all bock Furness bock Glasgow & South M'estn lOO 91 93 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 ock Great Northern lOO 9 8 99 98 5 ock Do. do. A Stock lOO 79 81 ock Do. do. B Stock lOO 130 132 ock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 104 106 ock Great Western ock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 50 55 [2 Irish South Eastern. all i 0 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 82 86 165 Do. Thirds 13 4 'Do. New Thirds l6 10 11 p ock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 69 9 0 4 89 5 90. 1 90 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1 1 d 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 1 d 3 Do. West Riding Union 5 10 Do. Southport ock London and Blackwall all 62 DT "us' z Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — 111 112 111 12 ock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 ock London & North Wester 100 89 90 90 I 89 1 24 Do. Eighths )ck London& South-Westn lOO 89 4 9 0 4 90 '5 L'derry & Coleraine :5 L'derry & Enniskillen all 5 7 „, ock Man., Slid., & Lincoln lOO 35 86 2 O Metropolitan 3 d oak Midland lOO 98 4 99 4 99 5 98 5 ock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 77 O Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 5 Do. sShares all O Newcastle and Carlisle all 5 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 O Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 0 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all )ck Norfolk lOO 56 58 0 North. Counties Union 34 34 3 d , ck North British lOO 53 5 64 53 5 4 , ck Nor.Dev.ltail.&Dk. Stk lOO , ek Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 )ck Do. B Stock „, )ck North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 88 88 1 '5 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 2 15 d >ek Do. Leeds lOO 44 451 45 41 ck Do. York lOO 71 725 711 2 )ck North London lOO 100 102 3 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd and City Junction £3 Is. North Staffordshire 174 4f 4f d 1 3 ) North-Western ) No. & Sou. W. Junction all 6 6 (ck Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 30 31 305 30 ) Peebles all ) Portsmouth ) Rhymney lO ck Scottish Central lOO 109 111 ck Sooth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 234 244 ck Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 79 81 80 ck Shropshire Union lOO 43 44 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d ck South Devon lOO 41 43 ck South-Eastern lOO 66 4 67 4 665 ck South Wales I SouthYorks.&Riv.Dua all 63 67 I Do. do lB I Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 „„, Stockton & Darlington all 36 4 37 4 'i u g Do. do. 1855 7 Do. do. 1858 7 • Stockton & llartlepool 165 ck Taff Vale lOO ck Do. Preference, No. 1 100 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 ck Vale of Neath lOO 65 70 ok Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal, all Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 Do. B all 7 West London all Do. Ist Class all Do. 2d Class ... all PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at 250) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent ;Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun lE.Anp.x. 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 Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin.Perthok Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Ghia. &S West.g a• 5 Pe Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 41 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. shares - - Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.ll Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 21 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 41 L on. & N. W.Cov. & Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. nock Do. Con. Bri s. &Bir. 6 p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lein. & Hit.pref. et. Newport,Aber,&o.pret.s p. c. redeem, at sp. c• m Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares ] Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46' Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847, North British, 5 per cent, Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth. Dev. Rail.& Dek.Co., N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846. Po. York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua stock. D .6 10s. S ou th Devon, South Eastern (Read in g r 0 0 0. 7. Fixedp. pr A ef n. n•cent. c. 44 per Ann., 1.0.61 Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua.4 p.c. , Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 'Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Closing Business Paid. ' Price. Done. 49 M 95 97 LO2 101 5 1 6i 99 101 110 114 107 111 112 114 111 113 127 129 80 83 69 71 112 114 119 121 111 113 103 105 62 64 11 11i all }lOO 6 100 100 100 100 all 94 96 86 ES 87 89 [OO 102 9} 10 161 171 91 10 71 73 18 9* 1 19} 1 131 1 0 41 [39 141 1158 162 / 9 120 125 67 i 03 iP all all 10e. 100 100 100 1011 100 100 100 8.13.4, 140 142 [Ol 103 p a p 92 9/ 10 11 11i [O9 111 96 N 11 1p i Id 23 24 120 125 120 122 100 101 72 74 118 122 Ll 5 120 lot lot 231 241 101 103 101 103 10k II 28 29 32 33 47 53 T FIXED RENTALS. ----___ oinel l; Paid. Leasing I Closing BD Co.'s. Price. one. Ln& N.W Ln& N.W. Caledonin E.U.&E CI Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. IDo. IDo. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. 97 99 100 102 , 16 17 136 139 4i 4] 2} 2! 97 99 IF 66 58 L&N W 1 & L.Yk..5 Do. I Gt.North. Lan.& Yk I T Brassey 111PCIcan . ii;tk.& Dar iDo. Gt. West eati V •rgt 1 DOCKS. 1133 138 9 ai 10 11 88 90 8 9 110 112 64 68 115 120 93 95 Closing Business Paid Price. Done. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 103 18 LINES LEASED Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. E Union,liarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.tiNeils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rall Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Midsb.& R eder, g.6p.c. Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g. s p.c. ShrQwsbrv& Hereford South Stairordshire Wear Valley, g• 6p. c. Do. do.. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 pere,mt- .Prt 1 Stock East and West India Stock 'London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do New . Share) 12.10 13.14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock 16f 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock THE SUN, LOND LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS .DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice Hill and a Special Jury.) ASHWORTH V. LANE. This was an action for £73 Is. 7d. for non-performance of a contract for casting columns for the Thames Wharf, Essex-street, Strand—£l3 ls. ld. paid into court—balance £6O. Mr. Lane, of Birmingham, was called and examined, and said he entered into a contract with the plaintiffs to cast cer tain columns for a wharf for them on the Thames. The written contract was produced, by which plaintiff was bound to complete the works on the Thames on the 15th of January, 1858, for the sum of £2,246, er £2O per day in default, besides damages. They com pleted the works in June, but they were supposed to be done in February. They made deductions of £575 at the settlement, in 1859, after an action was brought. Mr. Spall, in London, managed the business. He came up to London on the 22d of December. He was then shown certain columns which were rejected, and found they were unsound. About three or four had been re jected. He complained of the delay, and of holes being cast in them. Ho was again in London in January, and saw Mr. Ashworth. He complained, and, as we wanted the columns, we offered a pound per : ton more. Ho and his partner, Mr. Lane, did not say that the contract should be set aside if the penalties were not forgiven. The columns were all delivered by the 13th of February, and the delay was caused by the non-delivery of the columns up to the 19th January. He could not say how many times he came to London to examine the works at Essex wharf. He was there when some of the columns were delivered. He demanded extras above the contract price, about £4OO. Mr. Gwyne claimed £1,500 for damages for excess of time. It was not claimed for insufficient construction, so far as he knew. It was finished on 12th June. Cannot say that the delay from February to June was f rom want of columns, but there was delay in December. He saw the patterns be fore the columns were cast, and believedi he asked Mr. Lane to have the columns made lighter, and they were so made. The caps of the columns were smaller than those shown in the building. He did not order shoos to be put on the columns (shown a pencil order to that effect). Cannot re collect whether he ordered or put up the shoes or made the pencil writing now shown. Does not recollect that he put up shoes or brackets. Brackets are on the plan but not shoes. Did not direct boles to be drilled in them; they are not on the plan tracings. Re-examined—Those pillars were to support the roof. They were about six inches in diameter. The caps aro smaller than those shown on the plan. There were shoes added to the caps of those of the late delivery. Henry Lane, one of the defendants, visited the works on 29th December. There was ono column up and some lying on the ground. Ho called on Mr. Ashworth to see if the columns were in hand. He said it was a very bad job, and he was offered a pound per column additional. He promised to get them down as fast as he could. No thing was said in his conversation with him at Clerken well about penalties. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—He interfered very little with the works. A journeyman engineer in the employ .of Messrs. Wynn and Co., said he tested the columns and rejected about half a dozen as unsound. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—Some of the rejected columns were brought back but not passed. Some of them had holes drilled in them, but they were sent back. He tested them with the hammer. Cannot recollect any column puttied in holes and painted over. Re-examined—Holes were in some of them. By a juryman—Some of them had honeycomb or cast blisters in them ; these were not sound, and rejected. The solicitor for Messrs. Lane and Lewis said £450 was taken instead of £1,500, to compromise the action. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., addressed the jury. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £6O, over and above £l3 is. 7d. paid into Court. RUCK V. STILWORTH AND ANOTHER. This is an action of damages against the defendant, as a surgeon, for giving a false certificate of lunacy against the plaintiff, contrary to the act of Parliament, by which ho was confined for a period of ten months in a lunatic asylum. Mr. E. James, Q.C., epened the case for the plaintiff, an independent gentleman of fortune, married, and has a wife and six children in Wales. Mr. Ruck was called as a witness, and is now under examination. SHERTFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.) MY WIFR'S PORTRAIT.-A FINE ARTS JURY.-BROWN Y. MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELE GRAPH COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was held this day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the present position of the company. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair. The report issued by the directors was as follows : " In calling this special general meeting at the request of an influential body of shareholders, for the purpose of considering the present position and future prospects of the company, the directors have great pleasure in submitting, for the approval of the proprietary, a scheme which, in their opinion, will materially conduce to the prosperity of their undertaking ; and, under the amended conditions now sanctioned by her Majesty's Government, tend to impart a security and value to their property, which experience and the depreciated value of their shares in the market have shown that it did not possess in public estimation when depending solely upon the efficient working of one long sub marine lino. " Deeply impressed with the necessity of providing, as far as possible, against an interruption of business such as was caused by the breaks in the line between Malta and Cagliari in December, and again in March last, and keeping in view the unavoidable delay which must occur in repairing damages at such a distance from England, the directors have turned their attention to the importance of establishing a communication by tele , raph to be kept open by either route, instead of being dependent, as at present, on the integrity of the Malta, Cagliari, and Corfu line alone ; and the direc tors must congratulate the shareholders on the prospect of such additional security being given to their property at so small a cost. " The length of the proposed Sicilian line would be about 60 miles, and the estimated cost of such a cable as the com pany's present one, £8,500 ; but, with a view to obviating risk of breakage, the directors would recommend the adoption of a stronger cable, which would cost from £lO,OOO to £ll,OOO, and for the purpose of raising the necessary capital and placing the undertaking upon a satisfactory and sound basis, they further recommend the following scheme—viz., that they be authorised to issue 1,500 preference shares of the value of £lO each, bearing 8 per cent. yearly interest. That these shares be in the first instance offered to existing shareholders, who shall be entitled to subscribe for 12i per cent., or one-eighth of the amount of their holding of erdi nary shares. That the amount not so taken up be divided pro rota amongst those shareholders who may have applied for more than theirproportion. That should any of these pre. ference shares still remain unplaced the directors be em powered to dispose of them, on the best terms they can ob tain, with the understanding that those shareholders wh o shall have already subscribed, shall participate equally in any advantages which it may be found necessary to give, in order to place the remainder, and, lastly, that power be retained to redeem these preference shares, on repayment of the capital with 25 per cent. premium. " The directors confidently leave this matter in the hands of the shareholders, earnestly recemmending them to co operate in raising the necessary capital, and, by a wise and liberal policy, to restore their property to its just value, and strengthen the general position of the company. " It now becomes the duty of the directors to give a short account of what has happened since the 7th of February, when they last met the shareholders. The cable, which they were then able to announce as having been repaired, con tinued in working order until the 6th of March, when a second interruption occurred. This fault was soon ascer tained to be very near the spot of the original breakage; but taking into consideration the great expense which the company had already been put to in repairing the previous damage, the directors felt bound to make every possible in quiry as to the probable cause of injury before again incur ring such a large outlay. " With this view, inquiries were instituted among the different consuls and other persons on the neighbouring coast, and particularly as to the possibility of the coral fisheries being in fault ; but no certain information was elicited which could assist in forming an opinion, except the fact that such fisheries were blameless. The directors, in the meanwhile, had attempted to secure the services of the Elba, which was about to be sent back to the Mediterranean with telegraph cables, by Messrs. Newall and Co., but were unable to do so, They next put themselves in communication with Mr. Hen ley, the telegraphic engineer, and finally, on the Bth of April, accepted his tender to supply the requisite length of cable and a steamer fitted with all the necessary appliances for laying and picking up a cable in deep water. They further made arrangements that Mr. Andrews, their super,. intendent at Malta—in whose skill and energy they have every confidence, should have charge of the expedition, and they had every reason to expect that the operation of re pairing the line would have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion before this time; but owing to the difficulty of getting a suitable vessel, and from various unforeseen delays on the part of the contractor, the expedition did not sail from England until the 10th instant. This delay, how ever, vexatious as it has been, the directors ha ve th e l ess reason to regret, as from the advanced season of the year there is now reason to apprehend a recurrence of that bad weather which so greatly increased the difficulties en countered by the Elba while repairing the first breakage, and which, indeed, in the opinion of many may have been the primary cause of this second accident. " Before concluding this report, the directors would again revert to some of the advantages to be expected from the proposed Sicilian line. In consequence of arrangements made at Naples, the working expenses of this line may bo set down at a trifling additional amount •, for no sensible increase will be required in the staff and expense of our Malta station, while the Neapo litan Government undertakes all the expenses at the Sicilian' end of the cable. These latter have likewise promised to put up a separate wire from the Sicilian coast to Naples, for the exclusive use of through messages from Malta, which will thereby avoid all unnecessary delay. Besides this, considerable local business may be expected between Malta and Sicily—which places have extensive trading relations with each other ; and the bottom on which the cable will lie is known to be even and highly favourable to the laying of a submarine telegraph, the soundings in no place exceeding 70 or 80 fathoms. " But in order to secure these advantages, it is necessary that energetic action should be immediately taken, the period for carrying out the concession being limited. The advantages to be derived, however, from the line when completed, are so great, and the risk and outlay to be in curred so small, when compared with the security and value which it will confer on the company's property, that the directors confidently anticipate that their proposition will meet with the unanimous approval of the shareholders." The CHAIRMAN said what the directors intended to sub mit to the proprietors was a resolution to carry the recom mendations mentioned in the report into effect. He thought it would be best to hear the remarks of the shareholders, and then proceed to answer them. A SHAREHOLDER complained of the time the directors had allowed to elapse before the damage to the cable bad been remedied. The accident occurred on the 7th Feb ruary and it was not remedied till June ; and such being so, he thought the directors had not used that diligence which they ought to have done. He also objected to the resolution moved by the chairman, as detrimental to the best interests of the company. The effect of it would be to reduce the value of their 6 per cent. guarantee to about 4 or 41 per cent. - - The CHAIRMAN said with respect to the complaint of delay made by the proprietors, every exertion had been made by the board to remedy the derangement to the cable, but it was not so easy to obtain and ship a cable as was supposed. There were but three houses indeed until lately only two capable of taking a contract for laying a cable. The directors had applied to Messrs. Newall, and also to Messrs. Glasse and Elliot, both said they could not take upon themselves the task as early as the directors wished. They then applied to Mr. Henley, and he undertook to set about repairing the damage as soon as he could obtain a paddlewheel steam-ship to carry out the cable. The directors had done their best to carry the tele graph from Malta to Alexandria, and that it was not done was no fault of the directors. With respect to the new line to Sicily, it was quite in the hands of the directors; all he (the chairman) knew was, that the Government wished to have the line made. The resolution was, after a short discussion, agreed to, and the meeting separated. THE WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND. GLASGOW, Saturday Evening. —The following proposal from Mr. Dunlop, of Clyde, for himself and other directors of the late unfortunate Western Bank, is just about to be submitted to the share holders : 97, West George-street, Glasgow, June 18. Mr. Dunlop begs leave to submit for your consideration the within copies of a proposal and relative letter, which have been laid before the liquidators of the Western Bank of Scotland and their advising committee TENNANT. This was an action to recover £2 55., the balance of a claim of £3 10s., agreed to be paid to plaintiff for painting a portrait of defendant's wife. It will be remembered that this case cams before his Honour some time since, and was by him referred to a jury. Plaintiff said he was an artist and portrait painter of 50 years' standing. He had exhibited 30 years ago at the Royal Academy, and exercised his abilities from the cot tage to the palace. Twenty years ago he painted defen dant's portrait, which gave great satisfaction, and Mrs. Tennant even now saw a likeness between that and the original. He was engaged to "paint" Mrs. Tennant, and as the work want on he received, by instalments, 255. ; but, when the picture was sent home, a party of ladies applied to it adverse criticism, and declared that "it wasn't a bit like." (Laughter.) One lady went so far as to say that the picture represented "a twenty-stone woman (laughter)—and that the features were twice the size of Mrs. Tennant's." Plaintiff offered t• measure Mrs. Ten nant's features, and compare them with the portrait, but this was refused, and also payment, hence the present action. Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, said that the picture was not like Mrs. Tennant, and that defendant wished to have a correct likeness. He should produce the picture and Mrs. Tennant, and after comparing the two the jury would say if it was a picture that could possibly be taken. Upon this Mrs. Tennant divested her herd of the tiny covering, named by courtesy a bonnet, and having put on the cap in which she was "painted," stepped into tho wit ness-box, defendant at the same time unfolding the paint ing. Some difference then arose as to where the painting should be hung for judgment, and his Honour suggested that it should be held a little way from the jury, as "dis tance might lend enchantment to the view." (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Buchanan (pointing to two sweeps in sooty garments and unwashed faces)—lf the picture were placed on the heads of these two gentlemen, " by very contrast we might get a good result." (Roars of laughter.) Mrs. Tennant indignantly complained that the painter had given her a beard, and, amid shouts of laughter, dis claimed all possession of such hirsute appendage. The artist said it was only the " shade." His Honour then summed up, and the jury found for defendant. SINGULAR CASE.-DEANE AND ANOTHER V. JONES. This was an action to recover £9 12s. from defendant as executor of his brother, deceased. Mr. Buchanan, for plaintiffs, said this was a very pecu liar case, and the summons was for a judgment obtained in this court. Defendant had taken his brother's business and his effects, and had actually, upon the hearing of the original cause, appeared for his brother. Mr. Hubert Wood, of Coleman-street-buildings, for de fendant, said that defendant did appear for his brother, who was even then, as judgment was delivered, in his last sleep, and when the present defendant arrived with the re sult of the trial he was told his brother had been dead nearly an hour. Defendant was called, and deposed to these statements. Mr. Buchanan cross-examined him as to his possession of the property of deceased, and he said that he bought it of the widow, who had not taken out letters of administra tion. There was no will. His Honour—Then the widow had no right to them. (To Mr. Buchanan)—Why don't you levy upon them ? Mr. Buchanan—So we have done, but the bailiff of this court was told they belonged to the widow. Mr. Wood suggested that if defendant's story were true, no one could make him liable, and His Honour nonsuited plaintiffs without costs, telling them they could levy. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.-111eadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s ; clove; do., £4 5s to £ 5 8 s ; and straw, £ 1 4s to £1 8s p er l oad. Trade dull. Supplies rather short. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10a ; clover do., £4 5s to L 5 8s ; and straw, £1 4s to 11 8s per lead. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 5s to £5 8s; and st raw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. A low inquiry. COLONIAL. - - - per lb. prices are firm. Common congou is quoted . e iiiia l c s ti d ve state, but T s TI E G A A . TEA.--The S T . — h There marketh have v e continues b een b ut es ' and only a per rea lised quantity has been offered at public sale, it Refined Market lised about former quotations. In the e 1 ustained there is very little activity, late rates beingbare in a sustained. fe Y \V er l y lNlllrl COPPEE.—Native Ceylon has been in fair demand, chiefly for exportation, and plantati on C e ylon of good quality has slightly improved in value. St oc k s i n h a nd, compared wi th those at the same period of last y ea r, show a deficiency of nearly 4,000 tons. COCOA.—There has beon rather more inquiry for the common and medium qualities, and prices are firmer. RICE.—The transactions have been unimportant, and the few sales effected have been at about former quotations. SPICES.—The demand for pepper, ginger, and cloves has been active, and improved rates have been realised at public sale. SALTPETRE.—The dealings in the private market have been limited, as a rather large quantity is announced for public sale, and prices have shown little variation. TALLOW.—The market has been steady and prices have been well sustained. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 55s 64 to Os 9d, and last three months 66a 6d per ewt, N I TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1859. " PROPOSAL. "I beg, on behalf of my friends and myself, to submit the following proposal to the consideration of the share holders of the Western Bank of Scotland, viz.:— " Provided all the shares of the bank are made over to us, and that all the rights and claims connected with the shares are also made over (or in our opinion discharged), so as to put us in the -right and place of the holders of these shares, and relative claims : We will— _ _ "I. At one and the same time with mg placed in that position, pay to the shareholders who have settled, and thereafter, from time to time, to those who may settle, the calls on their respective shares in full, the sum of MO per share. " 11. Consent that the surplus proceeds (if any) of the liquidation of the bank, after payment of its debts and re imbursement to us, of the said sum of £3O per share and interest, be divided among the said shareholders, it being understood that the liquidation under the Act is to con tinue. " JAMES DUNLOP." i‘plaggow, June 17. " Gentlemen,—ln submitting the foregeing . Proposal' I beg to state, for obviating misconstruction, that it pro ceeds from the desire of my friends and myself to facilitate the liquidation of the bank, by allowing the liquidators to concentrate their undivided energies upon its proper affairs, and at the same time to give the shareholders payment of the utmost value of their remaining interest in the bank, and the material amount thereof immediately, in place of subjecting them to the disadvantage of waiting for an inde finite time to receive—what we are persuaded will then be —a diminished sum. To this explanation it is hardly necessary to add that the Proposal' is not to infer any re linquishment of the rights of those who promote it, or any change in their continued resolute defence and protection of these, should the proposal not be assented to.—l am, gen tlemen, your very obedient servant, "JAMES DUNLOP. " Messrs. the Liquidators of the Western Bank of Scotland." OFFICIAL CHANGES IN EDINBURGH.—It is quite understood that the Dean of Faculty will resume the office of Lord-Advocate and Mr. Maitland that of Solicitor-Gene ral, which they held during the last Whig Ministry. It is, we believe, also settled that the Lord Provost, Mr. Mel ville, is to be appointed Crown Agent. Rumour had pre viously named Mr. Charles Morton, W. S., or Mr. Murray, of Murray and Beath, to that important situation.—.2Vorth British " Summer Time, in the South of Essex," H. B. Willis.—Summer is here celebrated by a group of cattle on a site raised slightly, but sufficiently to bring them up against the lower sky and the airy distance. The animals, especially the horses, display perfect knowledge of the ana tomy and form ; and tho work is, altogether, one of very considerable merit.—Art Journal. _ - - The Echo de r Est says—" Th e T?, —mperer, after the combat of Malegnano, promoted on the field of battle Colonel Anselme, chief of the staff of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, to the rank of General of Brigad e , grac i ou sly exprosaiag his regret that it had not been sooner." SPORTING NOTES. HAMPTON HO! Many pleasant incidents characterised the Ascot meeting. They alike amused the spectator " who never bets," and the thorough-going racing man who had large interests involved in the dif ferent events. The authorities had omitted nothing which could tend to promote the comfort of \ the visitors, and Mr. Edward Hibburd was not only active and indefatigable in attending to the present exigencies of the meeting, but to insure its future prosperity. He had not only to superintend the arrangements on the course, but he was compelled personally to canvass for subscribers for the Stakes next year. Indeed, Lord Sandwich, the recent Master of the Buckhounds, did little to promote the popularity of the meeting; and during the four days I never once saw him with the race-book in hand soliciting nominations. I have already referred to the principal two-year-old races, and I have no thing to add to the brief notes which I made on them. The only important incident since my last communication was the double triumph of old Fisherman on the Cup day. Cockneydom will be fully represented at Hampton to-morrow and Thursday, an d the programme is really attractive enough to excite the interest and curiosity not only of holiday folks, but of racing men. The Stakes, which closed last night, obtained a satisfac tory number of entries, and altogether the racing will not be below the average. Either Mountain Dew (late Gin) or Mushroom will win the Inn keepers' Plate. Should Contadina start for the Claremont Stakes I do not fancy her penalty suffi cient to destroy her chance. For the Stand Plate I shall give my preference to Mr. Mellish's in tended. The original weights for the Surrey and Middle sex. Stakes will be raised fifteen pounds. Ido not see anything " left in" more formidable than Fright. For the Visitors' Plate I shall select Nereus and Sentinel. Either Tame Deer or Indulgence may win the Richmond Plate, and the Queen's Plate I shall assign to Wild Rose. The Newton Meeting presents more legitimate racing attractions than the. Hampton gathering, and it will doubtless be well attended by sporting men. Should Sedbury run for the Trial Stakes I see nothing among the entries to beat him. Lady Falconer's 51bs. extra will scarcely prevent her from carrying off the Golbourne Stakes. The Great Newton Handicap will perhaps com mand a numerous field. The most attractive names are, to my thinking, Gladiolus and Brown Holland. Jack Spring and Buttercup shall represent my interest for the Makerfield Handicay. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY. The afternoon was almost entirely taken up with settling the Ascot accounts, and the business of paying and re ceiving progressed most satisfactorily. The subjoined quotations require no comment : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 3to 1 agst Hepatica (taken) 6to 1 agst Paul (taken) 100 to 8 agst Underhand (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Promised Land (taken) DERBY. 26 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 25 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 30 to 1 Canezou colt (taken) 40 to 1 Brother to Rainbow (taken) 40 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hartley Wintney (taken) 60 to 1 agst Vesta (taken) 50 to 1 agst Van Streom (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Oxford 7to 1 agst Mainstone and Thormanby, coupled (taken) The following notice has been posted in the room : " It having been stated to us officially that Mr. William son has satisfied his creditors, we are of opinion that all persons indebted to Mr. Williamson are bound to pay his just claims. " H. J. RODS. " H. LOWTHER. " F. MAGENIS. " C. GREVILLE." THE DISPUTED RACES AT LUDLOW. Both the disputed races at Ludlow have been bettled in favour of Misty Morn. AQUATICS. APPRENTICES' SCULLERS RACE. A race between two apprentices, named Woodie and Wright, from the Old Barge-house, Blackfriars, for £lO a-side, from Putney to Mortlake, came off yesterday after noon, despite the heavy showers falling at the time. Woodie was piloted by Joe Leech, and had the best sta tion, and Wright was taken up by Kibsley ; Richard Ellis was referee. Woodie started very badly, and Wright took a good lead, which he held well to Finch's, when Woodie came up, and after rowing scull and-scull, went a head, and Wright breaking his scull at the Crab Tree, left Woodie to win as he liked. The winner trained at Salter's. TILE NAVY. The reports from Malta reach to the 15th of June, and announce that the only naval movements at that port since the departure, on the sth, of the Commander-in-Chief for Naples, were the departure, on the Bth, of the Caradoc for Corfu, which re turned on the 13th with the m a il s ; th e departure for Naples, on the Bth, of the Terrible, and of the St. Jean d'Acre and Orion, on the 9th, to cruise in the offing of Malta; the arrival on the 11th, from Portsmouth, of the Hannibal, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Rodney Mundy, the second in command, and having on board, for garrison duty at Malta, Lieut. Harrington and Ensign Boyle, with 101 non-commissioned officers and pri vates of the 4th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. Also, the arrival on the 13th of the Assurance from England and Gibraltar, and of the Lapwing from Naples and Messina, bringing the announcement that the fleet under Vice-Admiral Fanshawe were, pursuant to orders from England, to leave Naples on the 11th, but for what destination was not known. The Melbourne, steam transport, arrived on the 7th, and the Sir William Peel steamer, on the 13th, both from Corfu ; the former left for Eng land on the Bth, the latter for Marseilles on the 13th. On the 15th the Hannibal, 91, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Rodney Mundy, and the Hi bernia receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Codrington, the Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, the Assurance, 4, Lapwing, 4, Kertch and Azoff (sailing) gunboats, Caradoc despatch vessel, Boxer sloop, and Hearty steam-tug, were in Valetta harbour; the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, and Orion, 91, cruising in the offing of Malta, and the Doris, 32, and Banshee despatch vessel, hourly looked for from England. On the 11th the Marl borough, 131, bearing the flag of the Commander in -Chief, Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, with the Con queror, 101, the Princess Royal, 91, Renown, 91, Victor Emmanuel, 91, Brunswick, 80, Centurion, 80, Euryalus, 51, and Terrible, 21, were at Naples ; the Gannet, 11, was at Leghorn ; the Coquette, 4, at Marseilles ; the Argus, 6, and Vigilant, 4, in the Adriatic ; the Racoon, 21, at Corfu ; the Osprey, 4, at the Piraeus of Athens • the Medina, 4, surveying vessel, at Candia ; th e Tartarus, 4, surveying vessel, at Alexandretta ; the Scourge, 6, at Alex andria ; the Wanderer, 4, at Constantinople ; the Recruit, 6, at the mouth of the Danube ; the Sup ply, 2, storeship, at Boudroun • the Vulture, 6, and the Growler and Quail gunboats, and Bustler steamtug, at Gibraltar. Another French prize was brought into Malta on her way to Marseilles on the 13th of June-the Austrian bark Catarina, 'Capt. Santega, of 372 tons burden, laden with wheat from Taganrog, captured on the 25th of May, in the vicinity of Tenedos, by the Pomone, French steam frigate. Upwards of 60 Austrian vessels are now collected at Malta, which have contrived to escape French cruisers. The Gorgon, 6 guns, paddlewheel steamvessel, remains at Sheerness, waiting Admiralty orders for her destination. The Scylla, new screw steam corvette, was put out of No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness yesterday, after having bad her feed-pipes, propeller gear, & c . overhauled. She remains in the fitting basin, an d will forthwith be proceeded with to complete her equipment for immediate active service. An Admiralty order has been received at Sheer ness, ordering the artificers and labourers to cease, from and after Saturday, to work over hours, ex cept in any cases of emergency that may hereafter arise. The following shipbuilding firms have contracted with the Government for the supply of new gun boats :—Mr. Pitcher, 1 ; Scott Russell Ad Co., 3; Thames Shipbuilding Company, 2 ; Miller and Co., 2, These vessels are required for speed, therefore they will have fine lines and light scantling, and be fitted with engi nes of 80-horse power. From the specifications it would appear that they are in tended to carry Armstrong' s guns . The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles Murphy, to the Excellent ; Lieut. Sidney Metcalf, to the Dauntless ; Lieut. Joshua Palmer, to the Neptune ; Lieut. C. A. J. Heysham, to the Ajax; J. W. W. Green, p . aymaster, additional, to the Trafalgar ; Andrew Murray, surgeo,9,,to the_ Aboukir ; and. A. R. - Turner, Midshipman, to the Hero. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFIC_E, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING). Lord REDESDALE, as Deputy Speaker of the house in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the woolsack at four o'clock. There was a very full attendance of peers on the Opposi tion side, but the Ministerial side was very thinly at tended. None of the new Ministers were present. After a few petitions had been presented, Lord REDESDALE rose to move the adjournment of the house until Thursday next, observing that the house would only then meet for the transaction of judicial busi ness. Public business would not be commenced until Thursday week. The motion was agreed to, and the house adjourried. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tuffs EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. SIR ARCHDALE WILSON. A letter was read from Sir Archdale Wilson acknow ledging, in grateful terms, the vote of thanks of the House for his services in India. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lands Improvement Company Bill, and the Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill were read a third time and passed. On the motion for the third reading of the Charing-cross Railway Bill, Sir DE LACY EVANS moved that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously pleased to appoint a commission to investigate and report upon the various railway projects of which the ter mini are proposed to be established within or in the imme diate vicinity of the metropolis. The hon. and gallant member made some observations in support of his motion which were not audible. Mr. TITE seconded the motion. Sir W. CUBITT said that any delay of the bill at the present time would be fatal to its passing this session, con sidering the different stages through which it would have to go in the House of Lords. There had been abundant evidence before the Royal Commission, and there was no testimony given to show that it would injure the market in the neighbourhood, one of the grounds on which the pre sent motion for a commission was founded. Mr. TITE said that he felt bound to support the motion of the hon. and gallant member in his capacity of governor of St. Thomas's Hospital. He passed no opinion on the subject himself; but from the statement of the highest medical authorities it appeared that some of the wards, if not the whole of the hospital, would be ren dered useless if the proposed line of approach to the Brighton and South Coast Railway were carried out. Such was the unanimous opinion of the medical board of the hospital at a recent meeting, and he thought a little delay at the present time would be of no consequence, while considerable benefit might result from the investiga tion of another commission. (Cries of " Divide.") Col. WILSON FATTEN objected to the motion of the hon. and gallant member, as being !nest irregular. After some further conversation the amendment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion for the second reading of the London (City) Gas Bill, Mr. Alderman CUBITT opposed the motion, on the part of the Commissioners of Sewers. He contended that, if the proposed bill were carried out it would be injurious to the public health, and he would propose that it be read a second time this day three months. Col. NORTH supported the second reading of the bill, and quoted from the evidence before the House of Lords to show that, in a sanitary point of view, no detriment would ensue to the public from the establishment of gas works in the locality where it was proposed to erect them under the provisions of the present bill. He would mention that this day a petition, signed by 400 ratepayers and other persons, had been deposited at the private bill office in favour of the proposed measure, and setting forth that they did not con sider any injury would result from the establishment of the proposed works. (Hear, hear.) After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time. On the motion of Colonel W. PATTEN, the following was agreed to :—That in the case of unopposed private bills, suspended in the last Parliament, of which members had charge who are not members of the present Parliament, the Committee of Selection have power to refer them to the chairman of Ways and :Means, and one member for the place to which the bill refers, and one member not locally or otherwise interested. NAVY (SHIP-BUILDING DEPARTMENT.) Lord C. PAGET, in withdrawing his notice of motion for a select committee to inquire into this subject, said he hoped the house would not attribute to him any desire to shirk this important subject, but that the house would place confidence in the noble duke at the head of the Navy Department and himself. EAST INDIA JUDICIAL OATHS. Mr. KINNAIRD moved an address for copy of despatch dated the 12th day of May, 1859, from the Secretary of State for India in Council, in regard to judicial oaths in India.—Agreed to. THE ADMIRALTY. Sir C. NAPIER said he would postpone for a fortnight his motion for a select committee to inquire into the state of the Admiralty, in consequence of the absence of her Mejotty's Ministers. He would, in the meantime, see how thel Admiralty would conduct itself. (Laugh ter.) He hoped that in reducing expenses the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not diminish the defences of the conntry, but that, on the contrary, he would en deavour to render them more efficient. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Government would follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and place the navy on its proper footing. When they saw Sardinia and France preparing for a great struggle, when they saw the efforts which Austria was making and the position of the Ger man States, he thought it was evident that the question was assuming the greatest importance. It was a fact that the fleet of the French was nearly equal to, and that of Russsia larger than that of England. (Hear, hear.) He would impress on the present Government the necessity of placing the navy in that position that would enable this country to meet' any other in the event of being engaged in hostilities, and no one could say what would occur in the course of the next three months. Mr. 'WILLIAMS thought that the question was brought forward prematurely, and observed that the hon. and gallant member was the only naval officer in the king dom who seemed to apprehend an invasion. The subject then dropped. POOR LAW BOARDS. The Earl of MARCH moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the payment of debts incurred by boards of guardians in unions and parishes, and boards of manage ment in school districts.—Agreed to. CONSTITUENCIES. Mr. KNIGHTLEY moved for an address for return of all the large constituencies in the United Kingdom which contain more than 4,000 electors ; with the names of the members elected by them to serve in this present Parlia ment. And, of all the small constituencies which contain less than 400 eleotors ; with the names of their present representatives.—Agreed to. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion for the reading of the orders of the day, Mr. BRAND said it was the desire of her Majesty's Government that there should be no unnecessary delay in the resumption of business, and he would move to-morrow that the new writs rendered necessary by the occupation of office should issue. Those writs would not be returnable before Thursday week next, and he moved that the house at its rising to-morrow should adjourn until that day, and that the orders of the day should also be postponed until the same day. The motion was agreed to. ELECTION PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against the returns for the following boroughs and counties :—Roscommon, Great Yarmouth, Sandwyth, Athlone, Cheltenham, Bridgewater, Kidderminster, Lyme Regis, Kingston-upon- Hull, Newry, Frome, Weymouth, Preston, Windsor, Merioneth, Beverley, Carlisle, Dundalk, Dover, Bodmin, Carlow, Kent, and Barnstaple. The house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of this evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 18. • The Queen has been graciously pleased to confirm the grant of the decoration of the Victoria Cross to the under mentioned officer of her Majesty's army, which decoration has been provisionally conferred upon him by the Com mander-in-Chief in India, in accordance with the rules laid down in her Majesty's Warrant instituting the same, for an act of bravery performed by him in that country, when serving under his personal command, as recorded against his name, viz. : Lieutenant Francis Edward Henry Farquharson--42d Regiment—For conspicuous bravery, when engaged before Lucknow, on the 9th March, in having led a portion of his company, stormed a bastion mounting two guns, an d sp ik e d the guns, by which the advanced position, held during the night of the 9th of March, was rendered secure from the fire of Artillery. Lieutenant Farquharson was severely wounded, while holding an advanced position, on the morn ing of the 10th of March. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to signifY her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross Military have been and lndiansubmitted on the undermenti one d off i cers and privates of her Maje st y' s Army a for h F e o r rc m es, a jwehstyose,Belaimapprsovtaoi.t on ac ,he same h count of acts of bravery performed by them in India, as re corded against their several names; viz. Privates Walter Cook and Male= Millar, 42d Regi ment—ln the action at Maylah Ghaut, on the 15th Jan., 1859, Brigadier-General Walpole reports that the conduct of Privates Ceok and Millar deserves to be particularly pointed out. At the time the fight was the severest, and the few men of the 42d Regiment were skirmishing so close to the enemy (who were in great numbers) that some of the men were wounded by sword cuts, and the only officer with the 42d was carried to the rear, severely wounded, and the Colour-Serjeant was killed, these soldiers went to the front, took a prominent part in directing the Company, and displayed a courage, coolness, and discipline w hi c h was the admiration of all who witnessed it. Lieutenant William George Cubitt, 13th Bengal Native i n f a ntry—For having on the retreat from Chinhut, on the 30th June, 1857, saved the lives of three men of . the 32d Regiment, at the risk of his own. Lieutenant Hanson Chambers Taylor Jarrett, 26th Ben gal Native Infantry—For an act of bravery at the village of Baroun, on the 14th October, 1858, on an occasion when about 70 sepoys were defending themselves in a brick building, the only approach to which was up a very narrow street, in having called on the men of his regi ment to follow him, when, backed by only some four men, he made a dash at the narrow entrance, where, though a shower of balls was poured upon him, he pushed his way up to the wall of the house, and beating up the bayonets of the rebels with his sword, endeavoured to get in. Private John M‘Govern, Ist Bengal Fusiliers—For gallant conduct during the operations before Delhi, but more especially on the 23d, June, 1857,__ when he carries into camp a'wounded'ecdhallo Under a veryshel(vy fire (font the enemy's battery, at the risk of Ills own life. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of Juno, 1859, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty, upon a representation of the Right Honour able the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, was this day pleased to appoint the Reverend Nevill Gream, M.A., Curate of Tetbury, in the county of Glou cester, to be one of her Majesty's Assistant Inspectors of Schools. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JUNE 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon ourable Edward Granville, Earl of St. Germans, G.C.8., to be Lord Stewaid of her Majesty's Household in the room of the Most Honourable Brownlow, Marquis of Exeter, K.G., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 21 The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart., K.C.8., General the Earl Cathcart, K.C.8., General Sir William Maynard Gomm, K.C.B. and General Sir Robert William Gardindr, K.C.8.. to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and of General Henry Wyndham and Lieutenant-General John. Aitchison, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Class. or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order. WHITEHALL, JUNE 13. The Queen has been pleased' to appoint Francis Skey, Esq., to be Surgeon in the Artillery Company of London, for the term of five years from the date hereof. WHITEHALL, JUNE 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, K.T., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Earl of Winton. WAR-OFFTCE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 21. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Commissary- General William Henry Drake, C.8.,,t0 be Commissary- General. • C HAP LAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Edward J. Rogers, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain. of the Third Class. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Gloucester—William Montague Baillie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 90th, or Stirlingshire, Highland Borderers Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant John Henderson to be Captain, vice Robert Stuart McGregor, resigned.. 7th Regiment of Lancashire Militia—Lieutenant John Hamilton to be Captain, vice George Davison Bland, re signed; Ensign George Edward Gorton to be Lieutenant, vice John Hamilton, promoted. Gth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Clarke Swanton, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Royal, North Lincoln Militia—Charles Frederick Sharp, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—George Hill, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Western Regiment of Suffolk Militia—Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey to be Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Carter, corn merchant, Fen Stanton, Hunting donshire, to surrender, June 28, at eleven, and July 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Trump, wine merchant, Wellington, July 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Armond Stannard, livery-stable keeper, Little Cadogan. place, Chelsea July 1, at two, and July 29, at one, at the Court of Ban k ruptcy. Robert Davies, innkeeper, Llandrillo-yn-rhos, Denbigh shire, July 6 and 27, at 12, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Freeman Cotterrell, linen draper, Paddington, Middlesex, June 28, at one, and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. David Sillar and John Charles Sillar, merchants, Liver- pool, and Shanghai, China, July 6, and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. William Dennis Shutt, ironmonger, 116, High-street, Shoreditch, July 6, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Goodchild Mordey, farmer, Dunse. David Ballantyne, spirit dealer, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. John Dunn, flesher, Glasgow. James Hendry, merchant, Airdrie. James Galloway, carrier, Abington, Lanarkshire. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15 11 151 Antwerp Brussels — 25 122 25 22f Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 272 25 32f Frankfort on Maine — 1151 1161 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa 33 331 49 49 491 49 29 90 29 96 25 70 25 75 Naples Palermo — 122 122} Messina — 1221 1221 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York . • • • • E.L Co's bls. House ble. 60d; Calcutta, Co.'s rupee • • • . Bombay ditto - • .. .• Madras ditto • . • • East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 2d to the 9th June. ' Bengal Madras Bombay £543 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 543 6 8 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. L 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars • „ 0 5 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) •• 0 5 2 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON ' June 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; fresh breeze, with finoi cool weather. SOUTlikmrrow, Juno 20.—Wind W.—Sailed—Co lumbo, steamer, for Alexandria. FA.Lmoutu, June 20.—Wind N.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's steamer Simoem, for Plymouth; Berbice, for Deme rara. SWANSEA, Juno 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—La, Serina, from Coquimbo. PORTSMOUTH, June 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Simoom, from Plymouth. CLYDE, June 20.—Wind W.—Arrived—Vila, and Emilia, from Matanzas ; James Stewart, from Barbadoes and Newfoundland ; Antelope, from Newfoundland. Sailed —City. of New York, for Calcutta. OFF FALMOUTII, June 20.—Wind N.—Arrived — Bourse d'Anvers, from Havannah for Antwerp. OFF SCILLY, June 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Peve ril of the Peak, from Liverpool for Calcutta; Runnymede, from Liverpool for Africa. OFF DOVER, June 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Maria Iquazes, from Havannah for Antwerp. POOLE, June 20.—Wind W.—Sailed—Jessy, for New foundland. OFF PORTLAND, June 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Director, from Jamaica. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUREARY Morning, Wind W.N.W. Arrived. June 20—Estaffette, from Bordeaux; Runge rian, screw steamer, from Montreal; Christina, screw steamer, from Alexandria ; Pelican, screw steamer, from Rotterdam ; Adelgunde, from St. Domingo. Arrived, June 21—Greyhound, from Melbourne ; Devon, frcm Apalachicola. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide four hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, June 20 .—Resolute, from Melbourne. Matilda, Arrived, June 21.—Essex, from Melbourne ; from Ibrail ; Active, from Abbeville ; trel, from Caen; • Fergus, from Nan,'toun "." Lady Elizabeth, from Louvain; P e trel, Schwaffel, from Stralsund. Sailed, June 20.—North Clay, for Malt a " Dratz, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W.; fresh. Passed, June 20.—CeeroPs, from London for Batavia ; Alarm, from Sunderland for Aden; Barham, from Madras for London. ship, from New York Cov London. Anehored.—lgogn l, Passed, prot h esa , from London for Corfu. It appears that a forced paper currency' to the amount of £5,000,000 is about to be issued by the Austrian authorities at Mantua. Of course this currency cannot circulate beyond its market value, which will depend upon the prospects of the Austrians maintaining their ground ; but the Government are, doubtless, not insensible to the f a ct that they will enlist the interests of the population in their success just to the extent to which they may be able to R ut it forth. THE CROPS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. —Since our e all ve s ry oru thinf o cr th o a p t s co . last report, says the B r i s t o l Times, the weather has been luxuriant vegetation, and should we be blessed with a con ulTdhebecodunesi country to' p r omote the growth of tinuance of such favourable weather the crop s in this county no w presents a picture of will continue to present a most promising appearance. Mr. Robert Kettle, of Glasgow, having left some tracts at the house of a friend, he found them, on s teo.alolineif ofa few days after, serving the purpose of paper see ye aide o' use o' the tracts, only ye has put them on the young ladies. 6, Well," said he, " I the ye made your head, lassie." Court of Session in reference for some years pending in the h by p assengers landing SUNDAY SAILING ON THE CLYDE.—A lawsuit to the use of the piers at Garoloc _ When the been brought to a termination. Sunday s t eamer from steamers plying on the Clyde on Sundays hex just was first started on the Clyde, in 1853, Sir James Colqu houn, proprietor of the piers of Garelochead, Row, and Row more, took forcible measures to prevent the landing of the passengers there, and for several Sundays the piers were the scene of unseemly contests between the passengers at tempting to land and the servants of the proprietor resist ing the attempt. Legal measures were then taken on the one side to interdict, and on the other to claim, the use of the pier by the public on Sundays. The Court in the first instance refused to interdict the public use of the pier on Sundays until the proprietor had established his rights in a possessory action to exclude the public. In the action as ultimately brought it was ad mitted by the defenders (Baton and others, owner s of the s t ea mer Efuperor) that the th ree p i ers i n question had all and the question at issue was w h e th er th e piers been built by Sir James Colquhoun at his own. expense, by the public on the six days of the week the public were entitled also to use them on the seventh. The Court held that in the circumstances in which these piers had been erected the proprietor was entitled, in virtue,,of possession and of usage previous to 1853, did not necessarily sacrifice his being us t o res trjet the Public int o r f the piers in the way he sought to do, and that the prop ri te e port public access to the piers, there being n o . gran tthe defenders 311th'e- c( le• The court therefore interdicted from lauding passengers. at the piers in question in vessels leasing and returning to Glasgow on Sundays. private rights b o li free g_ th Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stook) Shared Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock; Stock! Stock! Stock; Stock) Stock 12) 14 Stock Stock 121 121 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock) Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8k Stock Stock Stock Stock 10e. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 Stock