The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-01 00:00:00

. _ THE . • SUN, _ . ...._..,...,..___ MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE NARKET— (TEIS DAY.) BRITISHPOSSESSIONS. 4 4.- - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Clorsicineg BusineS CITY, Two o'CLooK. I During the past few days there has been less Share Railways. paid. Closing i Busineeßusinessloo Atlantic &St Lawren c e all 84 80 Price. Done. i Bom.,Bar o d a &C en t I nd , stk 100 96 97 964 animation in the market for foreign and colonial 13.14 50 13Beirlfals18 Do, Do. B 134 1d 1 d produce. The better qualities of tea have slightly I t o a i n , cl a ß na al s lymena all 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 5 d Str. Val. all 8 84 20i Do. New declined in price, while sugars have receded about stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 70 72 10 Do. Preference ...... all 64 61 6d, per cwt. For coffee there has been a better 25 Blackburn 100 f Buffao,Brant&Godrich inn 75 25 Blyth and Tyne all 6p. Ct.t bds. Aug. 1, 1872 -- 80 inquiry, the finer descriptions of Plantation Ceylon 10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co all 61 71 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 stock Bristol and Exeterloo Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 having advanced 6d. per cwt. Rice has been in- stock Caledonian •• • • 100 1 97)4 1 9 ) 1 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30.1 d 1 p active. A limited business has been done in fruit 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. '- 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 2 11 d and spices. Saltpetre has continued in moderate 2 2 0 0 C c o o r r n k w , l i i l l l r l ock., &Passage all 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. m 74 11 5 d all 61 7 all request at steady rates, and tallow has exhibited 10 Dog 174 Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 1 d rather more activity, the quotations for forward r A gets no div. 10 Do A % until 6 pc pe r an. c all -- Y au. t all stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 102 1024 102 delivery having slightly advanced. '.,, hasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par i P 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par i p In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi- stock2,s Dun.. Perth, o &Ab. Juno. all 8 ...? .. 100 Do. 44 pC. Debentrs all 984 991 East Anglian lOO 16 17 10 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 1004 1011 nese continued moderately active, but prices were stock Eastern Counties lOO 534 544 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all 21 22 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 Geelong Cooration 6 depressed. The sales were 8,000 b a l es . s t oc k Do d o Bdo 100 25 27 sto. percent. 80nd5...... 100 A small quantity of gold, viz., £5,000, was sent r) Ea D s %TuTfC)lli E late U3ds. 84all _...-- —. stock Grand Trunk o f C a n a d a 100 314 32 311 2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 91 93 into the Bank of England yesterday. 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 70 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 78 80 An instalment of 25 per cent., amounting to stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 30 31 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 65 70 £343,250, is due to d e . on the Brazilian Loan 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 100 D o . do . 1872 .. all 65 70 y stock Furness .... .. . negotiated in March. stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 101 103 20 Do. New gua. sp.m .. 6 1d 1 d 10 14 11d 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland an 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) A steady demand for money is still reported, and stock GreatNorthernloo 116 117 1151 1 guaranteed 5 per cent. more activity is expected during the next two-or stockstoek no do A stock Po do B do 100 131 133 201- Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 125 121 121 201 Do. New three days, owing to the commercial engagements stock Gt. S. & IV. of Ireland 100 112 114 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 100 all 98 100 stock Great Western of the 4th of the month, and the provision that will Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . . all 98 100 have to be made for several heavy railway calls, 12 Irish South-eastern.... all stock Lancashire & Yorkshirc 100 1014 105 1041 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 92 04 the amount required for that purpose in the present stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 stock Lon., 13tright. & S Coast 100 114 115 1144 stock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 190 98 99 981 month being £2,490,095. 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 11 12 sto c k D o . 4 5 p . c . Extension 100 91 93 At the meeting of the proprietors of the London stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1001 1011 1011 1 1 20 D o . Fourth d 0........ 10 1 / d 124 Do eighths •,, Chartore , l 'Bank of Australia, held this day, a stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 93 94 9 31 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100 25 L'derry & Coleraine all Newßrunswick & Canda dividend at the rate for the, half- ear of 31 per 25 t'derry & Ennisto • • all 10 11 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc stock Ilan. Shef. & Lirroln cent. free of Income Tax, was unanimously agreed Class A Capital Share 50 Maryport and Carlisle all .. Do. do. Land do. ...... . to. 124 Do do 1 shares all 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... 113 Metropolitan .. Do. do. Land do. ...... all 5 7 There is very little business in progress at the s t oc k Mi dland Stock Exchange, and the markets continue heavy stock Do I , irming. & Derby r ail 94 96 stock Scinde ,;; •ez 100 994 1001 50 Mid. Gt. IV. of Ireland all — 2 O Do. Pnnjaub .... 7. g all 11 d 1 d at the reduced prices current yesterday afternoon, 25 Do A shares 25 Mid Kent stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. v,,,, , '. 100 941 954 Consols being 94=4 95. The position of affairs on 10 Do, Cray Line •••• • • • 'all -- -- 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all the Continent, and the depression of the French lo Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 5 d •25 New Aber. & Herefd all 10 11 Funds, produce an unfavourable eff e ct. The N e w to Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20,ck .T, o eN r v fo ry l r ic Warnpt. & Ros 1,,(1:11 54 5 - 6 545 Three per Cents. and the Reduced are flat at 93/ -7,"; stock 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 45 20 Ardennes all —p the New 21 per Cents. are 79; India Loan is 1061 50 Ni hn. Counties Union stock North British I ; ditto Debentures are firm at 961; and Exche- stock Nor.Dev.Rail&•Dkstoc, 100 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all stock D• A stk ; A recs no d. 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 —p es quer Bills remain at 7s. to 10s. prem. Bank Stock until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 _ 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 25 is firm at 228 and 2291. stock Do B stock ......... 100 100 Copiabo & all stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 961 964 961 6 10 Ditto Extension .... a l l 1 / 11d *1 Rather less firmness has been apparent in 25 Dodo, G.N.E. pu-.fchase 16134 11 f d 2O Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 55 65d 94 3 Foreign Securities, and the transactions have been stock e Do Yore Leeds . 100 52 524 521 20 Eastern of France .... a ll 2 24 100 801 801 801 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 limited. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 74 to 741 ; stoc , , North London p ditto New, 57 to 571. Portuguese have receded to North ,Tan Staffordshire.. hire. v ford i s l Ti 'teflon 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 61 61 5 441, Mexican to 211. Chilian are 1091 ; Buenos 12 Not. &Grantham Rail lO 6f 6f 20 It a li an J unc ti o n ...... all stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 44 46 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all Ayres, 851 861; and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth Ar® 99. 10 r i y moe y... ... stock Scottish Ceniral The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2 1 4 stock scot. N. E.,Aber. stock 100 341 351 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 85 85 prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, 11 1 prem. ; stock Do Scot. id. stock lOO 87 89 20 Do. 6p. c. Pret ........ all 191 194 stock Shropshire Union .. and the Universal ditto, / 1 prem. 10 Sittinebourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d 20 Do. New Shares ...... 12 stock South Devon A slight downward movement has been appa- stock South Eastern rent in the Railway Share Market, the decline, in stock Sonth Wales .... lOO 67 68 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 52 54 several instances, amounting to 1 to 1 per cent. , ,• 20 Staines Wok and Wok all 6 8 20 f Recife &S. Fran. fern. ( gua. 7_p. ct. Bin. ..... 13 2 11d Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Mid- 25 Stockton & Darlington all 184 394 25 Do do 9 8 9 p 20 Riga & Dunaburg, .. 10 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all land, and South-Eastern have receded 55.; Great Stockton & Hartlepool 165 20 Royal Danish .......... all 13 15 stock Taff Vale stock Do Pref . No 1 lO9 Northern, Great Western, end North Eastern (Ber- lOO 5 Royal Swedish ........ all I Do. 7 per cent. Pref. ... all wick), 10s. ; South Western have improved about 25 ThamesHavenl k&Rall 22 - 20 Sambre & Meuse . . 50 Ulster • • all 551 561 SS. 25 Do 12 10 Do .... : 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 f $d In the Foreign and Colonial markets the deal- 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 4d ip 114 5 stock Vale of NeatJa lags have been very limited. Lombardo-Venetian 13 Vi c t or i a S ta . an d P i m a ll 1 0 11 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2 t 81 West Flanders ........ all 51 55 have declined /to I ; Dutch Rhenish, / ; Grand stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Do. 61 p. c. Preference.. all 91 94 50 0 Waterford & Limerick all 20 IV. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 Trunk of Canada, /to -, 1 ; and Great Western of West Cornwall ... Canada, / to—,. East 2 lndian and Great Indian 20 West London.... • 10 Do let class .. :•• :•• : all '-- Peninsula each brought previous rates. 6 'Wiesbaden ...... ..... . all 20 Do 2nd class . . all 6 !Do. 8 per cent. Pref.... all — Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 121 Worcest.r & Her • e • fo • r :: 111 2 1 d 2O ' Zealand . . a ll 1— have been inactive. London Joint-Stock, however, PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. have improved to 33/ ; London and Westminster, to 611 ; Canada Land, to 122 and 123 ; and Peel Share ) Railways. !Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Share Mines. Closin.• I Business River Land, to 471. Paid.i Price.° Done. Share Railways. Paid. Closin gßusiness done Frice. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 84 80 om.,Baroda&.Cent Ind stk B 100 96 97 061 ( Gu. 5 psr cent 18 Do, Do. B 134 1d id 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 5 d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... all 64 64 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godridi 100 75 80 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 0 0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. d p 20 Cape,Eastn.Pro v . (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 2 14 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 14 a d 174 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 4 d stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 102 1024 102 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par P 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 4 p 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 984 994 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1004 1014 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 314 32 311 2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 62 61 100 Do. 7 per cent:1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 994 100 100 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 1d # d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 11 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 121 204 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 88 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 100 98 99 981 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 1 4 d 20 Do. d 0..... .. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share ▪ Do. do. Land do.. ... 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 5 7 ▪ Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) . stock Scinde ,;; , e z 100 994 1004 20 Do. Pnnjaub :t1 all li d 1 d 20 Do. Do. .... ? 5 d stork Do. Indus:St. Flo. 100 944 954 20 St. A n drews & Quehec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 a d FOREIGN RATLWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 44 20 Ardennes... .. all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 7 a 1d 64 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 4 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 —p 61 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 24 1 00 Copiabo &. all 1 10 Ditto Extension .. .. all 14 lld Si 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 51 61d 91 20 Grand Eastern o u f s France Guar. p ... c 6 _3 ... all 2 20 24 r 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 64 61 20 Italian Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .. .. all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 331 Maria Antonia ... all 10 Do. New , ....... ..... all a 20 Namur & I:iege ........ all 81 8a 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 19} 194 16 Northern of France.. all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 12 —— p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 0 s. 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36 344 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 52 54 20 Recife &S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7p. et. ..... 13 2 14d 20 Riga & Dunaburg .. 10 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all 20 Royal Danish .......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ........ all t] 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 84 a 20 San Paulo, lim, 7p. c 2 a ad 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 4d 4p 114 20 Southern of France all 20 2t 84 West Flanders 10 Do. 64 p. c. Preference all 91 94b 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all tc 6 !Wiesbaden . . ... . all 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 'Zealand 25 'Blythe and Tyne 10 per Alfrei Consols(Philack) l 2.ll.lo 31 41 c. pref. (issued at £5O all 20 r iti s h I ron BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. c stk flris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 96 98 lifford — 270 280 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 34 5 4 stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 101 103 ast Bassett (Illogan).. 30 120 130 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent... all E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 11 111 New 25 per Cent. Annuities India Stock — Great South 'reigns. ... 17s 121 13 .. • — stock E.Ang,n.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 101 10 G'.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9 11 11 Ditto 6 per Cent. . Ditto Debentures, 1858 96/ stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 109 112 G. Wheal Vor (Holston) 91 / 1 Grenville Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 100 110 112 Herod's- F00t....... .. 8.12 29 31 Ditto under £I,OOO stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 Hingston Downs 4.7.0 31 41 Cousols for Account Exchequer Bills, £I,OOO, lid Ditto £5OO 7lO stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 110 112 North Downs 2l 51 51 Ditto Small Diirso Advertised ,North_Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 8 9 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 1 00 -- FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. stock ,Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 c. 100 118 120 'Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 121 135 Brasilian 5 per Cent .. stock 'Grt at Northern, S P. et. 100 116 118 20 I Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 43 45 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 4 11 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1839 & 1859 stock IDo. 45 p. c. do. do. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 100 IDo. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 S 5 87 Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent. Stray Park 26.18.0 50 52 Mexican 3 per Cent — stock /p. ct. pref. stock.... ) 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 21 21 Ditto Account - 215 50 Great West. (Berks and 10 Tin Crott 9 45 5 P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. .. 445 Hants) Ext. sp. ct. . 6 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 138 6d 1 1 Spanish 3 per Cent stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. 100 09 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 89 91 West Basset (Illogan).. 2.4 19 20 Ditto Passive West Seaton Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 41, stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 103 105 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 150 160 Turkish 6 per Cent 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 91 104 .. —— 'Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 90 100 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 22 24 Ditto Account - Do. Chester gua. shares all 191 20 Wheal' Trelawney (Lis.) 51 26 28 Dividends on the above payable in London. 131 Do. do. dn. TWO O'CLOCK. 20 Do. do. do. stock T,an.kYork 6p. c. stock lOO 139 141 Consols, Money Ditto June Account 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ i p.) 27 1 stock L on. & Brig,.. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 116 118 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 :281 291 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 11 6 118 IREL AA' D. stock Do. gua. 6p. c. ••• stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 dis. 40 Cobra Copper all 42 44 stock Do. do. 45 per cen'. .... 100 102 104 16 11 13 DUBLIN, THURSDAY.— Copiapo 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. 24 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 1 THE IRISH PAPAL BRIGADE. stock Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 154 157 2 Fortuna. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 132 136 There are further accounts this morning of the stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 68 70 20 General all 23 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 5 d par success of the Pope's recruiting sergeants, and of 25 Lon. Chat, and Dover.. al 21 22 11 Ka undo (Limited) 1 15 11 p stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and resignations in the Irish constabulary, the men ex- Nuneaton, sp. ct.... 100 115 117 3 Linares all 105 111 changing the Queen's livery for the uniform of the stock Lon. & S.W, 7P. et. stock 100 1521 1571 5 Lusitanian, 2 4d 13 124 Londondy. & Cole. 4 s h. all 1 Mariqui tit all i 1 Irish Papal Brigade. The Limerick Examiner re- 125 Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh. all 12 121 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L los. 1d p ports as follows :—" Notwithstanding the recent stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127 20 Pontgibaud S ilver,Lead proclamation, the movement to raise in Ireland a 6 Do. £6 100 5 68 4 7il p Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6 stock Do. 31 per cents Port Philip 1 I 4 brigade for the service of the Pope is said to pro- 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent.. 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los, 1d p Kress with steadiness and rapidity. The North 121 Mary , ort & Car., 4p. c. all 282'81 United Mexican . has alread furnished a con -121 Do I .45 per cent all 1 Worthing (Limited).... all y 1 1 Riding of Tipperary stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. stock lOO 1 Do 19s. f siderable contingent, and in the south there are stock Do.Con.Bris. A.; Bir. 6 p.c. 100 140 142 numbers of young men of respectable families and stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 103 102/ JOINT - STOCK BAN KS. 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1 p position who profess themselves ready and willing stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. 100 94 96 100 Ag - racC:UnitedSeryice Bk 50 40 Australasia all to support the cause of the Pope. Throughout 1 , c Newport,Aber.&e.pref. 5 1 all 94 105 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 225 / p•c redeem at 5 p.c.pm. 100 Bank of London ..... Tipperary and Limerick the police are everywhere 10 Do.. Perpet. .6 p. c. with 20 Bank of Turkey 3 11 resigning. Yesterday morning 15 young men left option till 1 8 66....... all 115 121 50 British North American all Limerick en route for Rome." 12 10 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 9 i 1 51? 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 204 124 Do. do. 24 is. 21 P 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 The Cork. Examiner of Wednesday says :—" Up stock Norflk sp.c. E .x. st 1846 100 100 City to yesterday six sub-constables had tendered their stock Do. 54 n. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 100 Colonial 25 resignation, and it is stated that several others have stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada all —. stock North British, sp.c. .. 100 110 112 100 Commercial of London . 20 19 21 stock Do. New, oma. 5 it in co n t emp l a ti on t o f o ll ow t h e i r examp l e. S ome 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 161 p. c.... 100 20 Lou.Char.Bkof Austral all 2 3 5 231 of these h ave b een i n th e f orce s i x an d e i g ht years , 101 Do. Boriln. g. pf. she 1 i i 1) 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all and allege as a reason f or th e c h ange th e l ow salary stock 10 Do. do do all Nth.Devilail. & Dck.Co.. 100 60 London and County at present doled out to them, which is about equal stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 20 611 to the wages of the humblest labourer. They pur- stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 98 97 17 Do do do q 13.4. 1 1 d 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 pose emirating to a land where, it is hoped, their 20 Do.' Leeds p. c. No. I 13 20 Do. new g services will be more highly prized." 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. 9 50 National Bank A letter from. Drogheda remarks •.—" The enthu- 2520 North Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 id 5 p 20 New South Wales.. siasm for emigration to Italy still continues here in Staffordshire.... all 23 24 20 Do. new stock Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 123 125 1244 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all I-- Drogheda as well as i n th e neighbouring districts. stock Do. Redeem. al gua.... 100 20 Ottoma' Bank ... .. .. . There are 40 m em b ers o f t h e constabulary stationed stock Do. Irredeem. 2d gun.. 100 119 121 10 Rhvinney Guaranteed. all 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 — 10 Do. new. in this town, and out of the se no l ess th an 10 o f t h e sk S co tti s h C e ntral, ne w pf a ll . all 25 South Australia finest men in the lot have ju s t t en d ere d t h e i r res i g- stock Scottish North-Eastern 25 Union of Australia - nations in the usual way. Their withdrawal from 31 p. c. pref stock stock Do.Aberdee . n,gua.6 . p . ..c . . 1 1 01 — 73 7 - 5 50 Union o• London l2 the force at this particular time is ominous. Of stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 100 ;Unity Mutual 6O 1 10s. South Devon Ann.lOs. all 10 101 course, they have stated no cause which led them to D o. Fixed 44 per ent. a u COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Readi ng to come to such a resolution. About 30 out of the Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 1.14 116 40 members are Roman Catholics , and it is the Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO 101 103 Do. 6p. cent.. 1881 100 opinion of the people here that all the latter will S.-Yorkshire, si, D_ loay)ct o okro . . f. r , Cd l k& 1 8. zh p DKi e ra r ieri , c . k4eAnnpyts. percent,. o p. stock Do. Fixed ip.e. Ist is. 100 101 103 102 Do. tip. cent. 1882 100 L. s m t t2 oc 2ocss k k k resign and enrol themselves in the brigade, as there stock stoc =oath Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 89 91 Do. 6 P. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 100 99 101 991 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 • are very attractive promises held out to them in 5 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 102 1014 5 8628 2988 bounty and pay." gua.. c.. 1 : 0 11 ( Do. Scrip 34 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 321 331 N.B.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 1071 1081 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 DEATH OF LORD HEYTESBURY, G.C.B.—One 01 6 p.c. l a oo ll 4 3 4 2 4 3 8 3 s N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 991 100 . Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 991 1 the oldest diplomatic servants of the Crown, Lord Heytes. _ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. — Do. 5 p.c.,18.88 & upwchi 100 991 100 995 bury, has been removed by death. Ho died at an early Railways. I Paid.. I 1 Leasing ''rice. Business 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 1100 108 109 in Wiltshire, after a hour yesterday morning at his seat 1 1 Co.'s. 'rice. Done. S.Aus.Gt.6p.c.lB7B.tup. 100 1 110 112 - ;Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 I protracted illness. Bedford and Bletchley, all ILn&N.W ,____.........,,, _T TAT 174 WIZ . Enekino - h5tmQ1,4..,.. - i ..,,,, ... . -- DEATH OF LORD HEYTESBURY, G.C.B.—One,of the oldest diplomatic servants of the Crown, Lord Heytes. :Jury, has been removed by death. He died at an early hour yesterday morning at his seat in Wiltshire, after a protracted illness. DEPLORABLE CASE OF POISONING. --LIMERICK , Wednesday, May 30.—Between 7 and 8 o'clock this morn ing the inhabitants of Mungret-street and adjoining neigh bourhood were terribly alarmed by a report that a family, five in number, consisting of the mother and four children, who resided in an nnderground cellar, had been found dead in their beds, through poisoning or suffocation from the effect of an escape of gas. It appears that the head of the family, a man named Tom Connors, is a night watchman, and this morning, on returning home, he knocked as usual at the cellar door, but received no answer ; he knocked again and again without effect, until a man named Sul livan, who lived in the shop overhead, exclaimed that they were dead, else they would have heard him, and getting a crowbar he forced the passage, and on entering the cellar the stench of gas was almost unbearable, but he and the husband rushed to the beds, and there beheld the mother and children in an apparently lifeless state, quite prostrate and inanimate. Hor*orstriken by the spectacle, assistance was called in, and medical aid sent for to the City Infirmary. Dr. Bourke, resident apothecary, was in the act of hurry ing to the scene, whither he had been summoned by Head Constable. Moody, but on his wa y me t th e suffere rs, who were being conveyed on cars to Barrington's Hospital, and on entering the institution it was found that one child, a girl aged two years, was dead, and the remainder in such a lethargic state of insensibility and stupor, that it was unknown how soon they too would cease to exist, especially the mother, from whom the vital spark had almost fled. The proper remedies were assiduously applied by Dr. Bourke and Dr. Gelston, one of the leading physi cians of the hospital, who was quickly at the melancholy scene ; the most energetic measures were resorted to for - nne time, until at length the three children evinced symp toms of returning animation. The medical gentlemen named continued their opera+ ions for over three hours, until at length the children were pronounced out of danger; but up to the time I write (four o'clock) the mother continues insensible, without hope of recovery, This occurrence can only be aecountcd for by an escape of gas from a pipe which ran through the cellar, communi cating with the meter in the Shop above, but, the street having been dug up, an escape was. discovered seven feet from the gas meter. No doubt a searching examination will take place upon the occasion of the coroner's inquest, Which will be held to-morrow.—Dublin Freeman. t . Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W _ .! Buckinghamshire .... 100 L n &N.W 96 98 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 I'o 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 101 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 !I'.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Connts. 44 44 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra. 100 Caledonin - Do. New Gl o ster& Dean Forest all Gt. Wes . t.' Hartlpool.Dek.& Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby ... ... all Yk.N. Md. 110 112 1114 Do. 4 Shares Do. 4 Shares ... Lanc.& Carl. gua. s p.c lOO Ln.& N.W 205 208 London & Greenwich 100 S. East... t 63 65 1115 120 d " . 1 1 0 0 0 0 P i e% & Co) 94 97 Lon., • t 100 Norfolk — Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.O • Do. PreferencenbySSou.tien. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all L NW&M 21 31 Do. 6 per cent........ 100 Do. Mid. Bradford Prefer ewe Stock ..... ... 100 Midland 96 98 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5 . 6 E.Counts 4 I p guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do 5 Do. do. 6 per cent .. all Do. ...... _ Do. Fixed 5 per cent.. all Do 5 57 _ North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&NW & L yk . 1 —' Do. 4 Stares A all Do. t ..... - Roystn.Hitch., & Shep 100 Gt. North. 135 138 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 101 103 Do. Do. 1 ' South Staffordshire .. all M`Clean.. 104 11 r Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West, 9' 94 Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.& Brgtn 74 81 -- DOCKS. Share Docks. Paid.l Closing I Busin o66 Price. Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stook Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Mln East and West Indies London St. Katharine Southampton Victoria . Do New 100 100 i.. 100 100 100 100 2 - - 1 1100 102; THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1860. POLICE INTELLIGE2VCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A MILITARY RUFFIAN.—John Haley, a private of the second battalion of Grenadier Guards, was charged with assaulting two females in the Haymarket, as follows : Inspector Holden, of the C division, said the females were not in attendance, upon which Mr. Beadon ordered the con stable Hamahan, 51 C, to ba sworn, and he said that about three that morning he was told the prisoner, who was mad drunk, had assaulted two females by knocking them down, and that he had also while on the ground kicked one of them. The prisoner had also struck him, but in conse quence of the other charges he had not preferred any charge against him. The prisoner was so violent that it took eigh constables to get him to 'he station. Mr. Beadon said if the females had been present and complained he would have punished him severely—Fined 20s. or 7 days. GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT. - Mr. John Jackson, Crown Hotel, St. Martin's-lane ; Mr, Samuel Williams, Salutation Tavern, Newgate -street ; and Mr. John Roberts, of 10, Dorset-place, Clapham—the first two described as gentlemen, and the last named as a clerk—were charged with being drunk and fighting in Coventry-street, about one o'clock this morning, a large crowd of prostitutes and others being collected in consequence. The case was proved by a constable named Stuart and Inspector Holden, and the defendants fined ss. each. THAMES. HEARTLESS FRAUD ON A POOR WIDOW.—Mrs. Maria Devonshire, a poor but very respectable widow, who has seen better days, and is now dwelling at No. 5, Wentworth road, Bow-road, waited upon Mr. Selfe to expose a most cruel fraud which had been practised upon her by a scoundrel who has been going about waiting upon persons who have relatives in Australia and New Zealand, and after representing to them that a large sum of money and property has been left to them, has obtained various sums of money, in some instances as much as £l5, under pretence of requiring the moue) to pay customs' charges and duties. Mrs. Devonshire handed to the magistrate a letter from the Rev. Mr. Lea, the curate of Trinity Church, Mile-end, recommending her case to the favourable consideration of the magistrate, and speaking of her as a deserving woman. It appeared from her statement, that she was waited upon by a plausible fellow, 24 or 25 years of age, on Wednesday the 22d instant, who asked her if she had not some relative abroad, to which she replied that she had a brother in India and another in Boston, New York. He said that was correct, and, after detailing some particulars of her own history and where she had been living, which he must have elicited from the neighbours, he said that a legacy of £lOO had been left to her. He also said that two diamond rings, a gold watch, and a chain had been left to her. After some further conversation he hinted there were charges to be paid at the Custom House, and requested the widow to meet him at the Custom House next morning in the long room. She told him shehad not a farthing in the world, and he said she would certainly lose the property if she did not pay the charges, and induced her to borrow £6 10s. of her landlady, which she handed to him. He then promised to meet her and her landlady on the following day in the long room, and she could then have the diamond rings, the watch, and as much money as she wanted. She went there at the ap pointed time, only to ascertain that she had been the victim of a designing villain, and had never seen him since. Mrs. Devonshire also stated that she should have to sell her fur niture, and break up her little home, to raise the money to pay her landlady the money she had borrowed. She had three young children to maintain, and the blow that had fallen upon her was more than she could bear up against. Mr. Selfe said it was a very distressing case indeed, bite one in which he could not interfere. The applicant had better give information to the police, and he had no doubt the swindler would be looked after, and, if possible, brought to justice for obtaining money under false representations. Mills, a police constable, 306 K, said the fellow wlio victimised Mrs. Devonshire had swindled other persons of money under similar circumstances. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. An unusually small supply of English wheat was exhi bited on the stands to-day, coastwise and by land-carriage. The attendance of both town and country millers was small, and most kinds of wheat changed hands slowly, at Monday's currency. Upwards of 12,000 qrs. having come fresh to hand sales progressed slowly. In prices, however, no change took place. There was only a limited inquiry for floating cargoes. We have to report a very inactive demand for all de scriptions of barley, at Monday's decline. Fine malt moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at late rates. There was a fair consumptive demand for oats, but no change took place in the quotations. _ Beans, pens, and flour were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. The imports of the latter from the continent has been tolerably good. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whelt. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng,r1i5h.......... 910 70 1,230 I 1,090 ........ -- I 2,600 Foreign ........ —12,270 4,930 8,350 I 1,670 sacks STOI TINGI INTELLIG,ENCR. TATTERSALL' S—(YasTERDAY.) ASCOT CUP. 6to 4on Thermanby 6to 1 agst Promised Land (taken) 10 to 1 agst Gamester (offered) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) ASCOT STAKES. Bto 1 agst Flitch (offered) Bto 1 agst Ancient Briton (offered) 12 to 1 agst Duneany (offered) MANCHESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Phillips Handicap of 60 sous, for all ages ; certain winners extra. About five furlongs. Mr. Copeland's Lady Grosvenor, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. Dawson's Montrose, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Bullock) 2 Mr. Osborne's Gay Girl, 3 yrs, Est (Auckland) 3 The following also ran :—Lansquenet, Jessamine, La Hollandaise. Betting-2 to 1 agst Montrose, 3to 1 agst Lady Gros venor, 5 to 1 each agst Lansquenet and La Hollandaise. Won by half a length ; two lengths between seconi and third; same between third and fourth. Mr. Harland's Mirage, Bst, was weighed for, but did not go to the post. The Sapling Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sst 41b ; certain winners extra. 30 subs. Six furlongs. Col. Towneley's Doe Foot, by King of Trumps, Bst 41b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. Windsor's Amain, Bst 71b (Challener) 2 Mr. Gill's Lily, Bst 41b (Bullock) 3 The following also ran :—The Sage, Lopcatcher, Royal Princess, and Emblematic. Betting-5 to 4 ag3t The Sage, sto 2 agst Doe Foot, and 5 to 1 agst Royal Princess. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and third ; same between third and fourth. The Union Cup of 200 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweeptakes of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and up- wards. Certain winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs, Est llb (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Ripon, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Sir William, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Madden) 3 The following also ran Jack Spring, Master Bagot, Lansquenet, The Druid, Lady Mary gelding, Sut ton, Lady Elizabeth colt, Miss Lucy, and Libellous. . . , Betting -6 to 4 agst Sir William, 6to 1 agst Miss Lucy, 8 to 1 each agst Sutton and Rising Sun, 10 to 1 agst Druid, 100 to 8 agst Ripon, 100 to 7 each agst Clio and Master Bagot, and 20 to 1 agst Jack Spring. Won by a head ; same between the second and third ; Clio was beaten three lengths. Master Bagot was fifth : Sutton, sixth; and Miss Lucy next. Grimshaw, the rider of Ripon, broke a stirrup leather on entering the straight. The Tenth Manchester Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b and 51b allowances ; certain winners extra. 42 subs. Baron Rothschild's Restes, Bst 21b (Charlton) 1 Mr. I'Anson's Bab at the Bowster, Bst 41b(Withington) 2 Mr. Osborne's Birdcage, 7st 131 b Mr. Whitworth's Sister to Rylstone, Bst 41b (J. Snowden) 4 Betting-4 to lon Restos. Won by four lengths ; the others beaten off. The Trafford Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; cer- fain winners extra. One mile. 15 subs Mr. Copeland's Rameses, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Bolton) 1 Colonel Towneley's Griffin, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b.... (Snowden) 2 Mr. Rich's Adelaide, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Homeward Bound, Lustre, Miss Hawley, and Lazy Lass. Betting-3 to 1 agst Griffin, 7to 2 agst Lazy Lass, 4to 1 agst Miss Hawley, 11 to 2 agst Rameses, 6 to 1 agst Ado [aid e. Won by half a length; a length between the second and third. The Maiden Plate of 50 sous, for horses that have never won that sum at any one time ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter. Mr. I'Anson's Bab at the Bowater, 3 yrs, 6st 1 llb (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Bradshaw's Andy, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Osborne's Honeymoon, 3 yrs, Cat 1 11b. , (Challoner) 3 Mr. Cliff's Jasper, 3 yrs, 7st (Gardener) 4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT`. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the East Somerset Railway Bill, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. and Severn Valley Railways Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third reading. The Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway Bill, and North Kent Water Bill were read a third time. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Border Counties and North British Railway Companies; Dover Gas; Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby Junction Railway; Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies ; Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway ; Galashiels, Innerleithen, and Peebles Railway; Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poulnasherry Embankment ; and West of Fife Mineral Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying for the suppres sion of prize -fighting; for adopting means of purifying the Thames ; for the house maintaining its privileges intact in reference to the recent vote of the House of Lords, &c. CHINA. Lord J. RUSSELL laid on the table further correspon• dente with Mr. Bruce in reference to China. TAXATION. Lord FERMOY gave notice that on the motion for the adjournment of the house to-morrow be would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the House of Lords had rejected the bill for the repeal of the paper duty, he proposed to remit any other tax, considering that one penny per pound had been added to the income-tax. THE ACCIDENT AT THE CURRAGH. In reply to General PEEL, Mr. S. HERBERT said that he had received a letter, addressed to the Military Secretary from General Sir Geo. Brown, on the subject. The right hon. member read the letter in question, which stated that the officer in question, Captain Collis, had been shot while proceeding incautiously to the camp during the time rifle practice was going on at the Curragh. He acted against the order of the command ing officer, and inquiry would be instituted into all the circumstances connected with the unfortunate event. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. Major EDWARDS asked the Secretary of State for War, whether any correspondence had passed between the War Office and the Treasury, or any other department of the Government, respecting the omission from the army estimates of the usual vote for the annual training of the Yeomanry Cavalry ; and, if so, whether he had any ob jection to produce such correspondence. Ire drew th• attention of the house to the fact, that when the country was threatened with invasion by the first Napoleon, they had a force of 300,000 vo lunteers at their disposal. (Hear.) He believed that the omission proposed would have a most injurious effect on the cavalry force, and would prevent their retain ing as good horses as they would otherwise have done. He eulogised the volunteer force, and contended that notwith standing opinions to the contrary, they would be found brave and effective when an emergency which required their. services arose. The gallant gentleman cited the statement made by Pitt on the subject of providing ade quate defences for the country, and called on the house not to sanction a vote that would impair the efficiency of a con stitutional force that for two centuries had rendered the country good service. Sir J. TRELAWNY called attention to the selection of lieutenant-colonels of regiments upon the relative posi tions of the Guards and Line in cases of exchange; and asked whether the grade of salaried full colonels might not be abolished (as regards the future) without disadvantage, and so as to effect a considerable saving. General PEEL said he wished to offer a few observations before the hon. gentleman the Secretary of "War replied. He considered that it was most desirable there should be a permanent and adequate peace establishment, and he denied that the expenditure for war purposes justified the terms extravagant and unnecessary which had been applied to it. He referred to the opinions of some of the most eminent military authorities to prove that an increase in the army had become necessary, and he said that the Government of which he had been a member, acting on those opinions, increased the forces by over 6,000. The hon. and gallant member then entered into different details in support of his views. He contended that every opportunity should be afforded to the militia in order to render them efficient, considering the valuable services they might render the regular troops. He thought that if they were not made effective it would be better to abolish them altogether. lie ex pressed considerable approval of the volunteer force, and maintained that it would be impracticable to effect any re duction of the estimates dependent on the number of men iu the army. Notwithstanding this it was now proposed to reduce the army estimates by £lB,OOO, while they in creased the number of soldiers. There was also to be con sidered the expense that would be incurred by the erection of the barracks that was proposed. Mr. J. LOCKE called the attention of the house to the claims of the artificers of the Land Transport Corps en listed during the Crimean war, for the non-fulfilment of the conditions under which they were so enlisted ; and asked the Secretary of State for War, whether it was the intention of the Government to satisfy those claims, or to cause an inquiry to be made respecting them. He said that there had been an inadequate inquiry into this subject, and considered that there should be a commission composed of persons competent to de cide the claims made by the corps in question. This corps was enlisted under peculiar circumstances. In 1856 it was considered necessary to form a corps containing a body of artificers to serve in the Crimea. These men were earning a competency for themselves, and yet they came forward voluntarily to enlist. They were enlisted not by a common sergeant but by a captain in her Majesty's service, and placards were distributed amongst them stating that they would receive ss. or 6s. a-day. It was also stated to them that they were to serve for two years, and if they were required for a further period they were to serve for two years longer by an order of council. Thirty of these men had made a declaration to this effect on their oaths be fore a magistrate. Notwithstanding this agreement 130 of the men were discharged after seven months' service with a pound, which was all that would be given to a com mon soldier. Another body of 170 men had been sent from Malta to England, and discharged at Bristol, having been previously discharged at Bristol. He complained that the Government had broken faith with these men, and that they had been treated in a one-sided way in the inquiry that had been instituted. Alderman SALOMONS said that he was lord mayor at the time when these men were discharged, and when they applied to him they appeared all to be respectable artificers. They had been seduced from their employment by representations which were not realised, and he thought their case was one of great hardship and called for redress. Tt was true, according to the terms of the proclamation, that the Government reserved the right of discharging these men at the end of the war, but he contended that to all intents and purposes they were to be considered as hav ing had a yearly engagement. After a few words from Colonel NORTH, Mr. DEEDES expressed a hope that the Secretary of War would give an explicit answer with respect to the questions relating to the Militia. Col. LINDSAY called the attention of the house to the army promotion warrant of Oct., 1858, in respect to the position of certain general officers who accepted promotion on half-pay, in accordance with the terms of the general order of the 25th day of April, 1826, and - are now receiving only the half -pay of their former regimental commissions. And also to the medical warrant of the Ist day of October, 1858, in respect to its retrospective action upon certain efficient medical officers. GENERAL SIR C GREY'S APPOINTMENT. Sir D. L. EVANS, in rising to draw the attention of the house to the recent appointment of the Hon. General Sir C. Grey to the colonelcy of a regiment, observed :—A no tice stands in my name respecting the recent appointment of General the Hon. Sir C. Grey to the sinecure colonelcy of a regiment. That notice has been caused somewhat ac cidentally. In the Committee on Military Organization I took the liberty, a few days since, of asking the Secretary for War, in the course of his evidence, a question, which is reported in the following words : "In the highest appointments (for which you are re sponsible) you include, do you not, nominations to colonel cies of regiments ?—Yes. " There has been an appointment (to a colonelcy) which attracted a good deal of public attention ; did that appoint ment come under your notice ?—Certainly ; I am respon • sible for it. "I do not wish to press the question, but it might, per haps, be agreeable to you to state the reason for that ap pointment ?—I would sooner you 'pit that question to me in the House of Commons." Now, I consider this invitation as leaving me no option but that of submitting the question, which I now do, on the present motion. And, considering the very serious princi ple involved in this recent appointment, I am very glad that it has thus devolved to me to bring it to issue ; for, if it is to be regarded as a precedent, it is but right that the fact should be made known to the army and to the public. In 1633 a select committee was appointed to inquire into the grounds of similar sinecure nominations. In the evi dence of the late Lord Raglan (then Lord Fitzroy Somer set) before that committee, the following questions and an swets are recorded :-- "Do you not consider it essential to the good of the service that the C omma nder-in-Chief should have the power to select the most meritorious officers for those which are appointments of reward, and not exactly appointments to which duties are attached f--Yesl consider that the just reward of individuals i n a ll ranks, but particularly in the higher ranks, is a very im portant duty for the Commander-in -Chief to discharge, not only as it affects the officers of the King's service, but the credit of the country and the honour of his Majesty hi m _ self." "Supposing (his lordship was asked) that there was a general officer who had had short service, but who had had an opportunity of distinguishing himself in the field, mid that there was another officer of a longer service, but who had performed that service in the colonies and h a d no t h a d the same good fortune in distinguishing himself—which of those two classes would, as t h e gwaral principle, the Coln. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are fairly supplied with all kinds of meat, and the trade generally rules steady, at full prices : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. a. d. i a. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 4 3 6 Middling mutton 4 8 5 2 Middling d 0.... 3 8 3 10 Prime do . 5 4 5 6 Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Large pork 4 0 4 6 I amb.... ...... 5 10 6 8 Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are hell at full quotations, but all other kinds rule heavy, at barely late rates. The accounts from the plantations state that the bine is growing rapidly. The duty has been done at £lBO,OOO. Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent. 62s to 84s Sussex 62s to 76s 9, CO LONIAL. TEA.—The mark e t has been very quiet, and prices have undergone no alteration of improvement. SUGAR.—A further decline of about 6d per cwt has taken place on British West India, the demand for the better descriptions continuing' limited. Other qualities remain inactive at barely previous rates. COFFEE.—At-public sale there was a fair demand for Plantation Ceylon, which advanced 6d per cwt. Native Ceylon was also inquired for, and a few private sales have been effected at an advance of 3d to 6cl per cwt. RICE.—No dealings of importance have been recorded, and quotations are unaltered. SALTPETRE. —The market is firmer, but only a moderate business has been done at about late rates. TALLOW.—There has been a better demand for present delivery. P.Y.C. un the spot is quoted 525. 6d ; and for last three months' delivery, 51s 9d per cwt. TVS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Juno I . —Wind this day at noon—South -West; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, May 31.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Wasp, from the Downs. COWES, May 31.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—lda, from Iquique, and sailed for Hamburg. CARDIFF, May 31.—Wind S.L-Arrived—Alexander, from Baltimore, Sailed,-Anne, for St. Catherine; Ed ward, for Quebec. SOUTFIAMPTON, J une L—Arrived --Sultan, steamer, from Lisbon. DOVER, May 31.7-Wind S.W., calm.—Arr ived—Her Majesty's steamer Vivid, from Woolwich, and left for the Downs. CLYDE, June I.—Wind S W. — Arrived—Dyson, from 31.—Wind S.W.—S ailed—Superior, for Trinidad. Sailed — Henrietta, fur Ot ago , N ew Zealand; Jacob A. Mauler, f r New Y or k . PILL, LIMERICK, May 30.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Sussex, from Barbadoes. B EL FAST, May 30. —Wind S. W. — Arrived.—Crest of the Ocean, from Baltimore. Newfoundland. i'aMay (BY ELECTRIC TEL} RAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON", Friday Morning. M a y 31—Temora, st eamer, from , London ; Wind W.S.W. Courier, Aedrriv f;om Jersey ; Northumberland, and Marth, from steamer, s r for Cor unna ; Dublin and Dispatch, Cardiff. Arrived, June I — Sultan , steamer, from Li s b on . Temora, steamer, for pubn ; Pet, f or N ewcastle ; Valiant, J 3 e l r s — o C y i ; City T o o. f n E n t l e t g e , r , for Sunderland; Elizabeth and Brigand, f or C ar di ff ; steam, William, for Newport. (By SUBMARINE ANGD,RBIBvI2TsIBSNRDT,EFLnE.dGaRy APR.) Morning. Wind W. ; tide 3 1 hours flood ; fine. Arrived, May 31— Lord Strangford, from G uernsey; C oncor dia, steamer, from Rotterdam. Arrived, Neptune,June I—Flecha, steamer, from Gh ent ; Albion steamer, from Boulogne ; N eptune, steamer, f rom H am . burg;Edward, from Dantzie. Sailed—No. 1 , for Galtatz. DEAL, rriday Morning. Wind N.W., moderate. Anchored—Laura, of Southampton, from the North, for the West; Scioto, from Sunderland, for New York. JEROME NAPOLEON AND NAPLES. —We learn from a good source that Prince Jerome Napoleon was some few weeks ago on the point of starting for Central Italy, with the view of awaiting there the turn of events in Sicily and Naples, when Garibaldi, beingugoienrsaf.oerrmitetdowaosffotrhoeie order t has th ten e French edto e s ff us ee p t ielo hi u s s lamnodvinegmenints th of e te t l h a e ndbina P ffit ri irine n d ee t Government, at first, had Garibaldi so violently abused in e s t e a e l e l un a t n de of prevent any n F t r b e e c h its semi-official journals. Afterwards the parole was given to these latter to change their tone, the French Govern ment suddenly veering round in its policy, with a hope of , the better being able to claim a comp ensat i on. . we trust, however, that the expedition of , Garibaldi, as it has been already the means of foiling a Napoleonic intrigue, will, by its success, so strengthen the cause of Italian unity as to finally drive back French influence as well from the centre as from the north of the Peninstoa,-3fOrning 41vertior. . Nine others ran, but were not placed. Betting-5 to 2 agst Bab at the Bowater, 5 to 1 agst Honeymoon, 6 to 1 each agst Coroner and Ratan, 8 to 1 each agst Walkington and Baronet. Won by half a length; two lengths between the second and third. MANCHESTER.-YESTERDAY. TWO-YEAR OLD STAKES. Wynnstay Amain Four ran. TRADESMAN'S CUP. Ben Webster.. Itameses Bucephalus .... v... 3 Five ran. Won by a length; two lengths between the second and bird. SELLING HANDICAP. Mary Stuart.... Gammon Five ran. CITY HANDICAP. Lady Grosvenor 1 Griffin 2 Six ran. VOLUNT4ERiSTAKES. Ripon Jack Spring Three ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Corona.. Four ran. GOODWOOD CUP. WEIGHTS CALCULATED UP TO JUNE 2. Yrs st lb Daze of Richmond na Underhand 6 9 10 Mr. W. Day na The Promised Land... 4 9 7 Mr. Nichol's Phantom .. 4 9 0 Lord Stamford's Newcastle 4 9 0 Sir H. des Vosux's Comforter 4 9 0 Lord Bateman na Gladiolus Lord Bateman na Aston Mr..W. Day's Schism Mr. Gratwicke na Highwayman Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave (bred in France) 5 8 7 Mr. It. Ten Broeck's Starke (bred in America) 5 8 7 Mr. Merry's Thormanby 3 8 0 Mr. Ten Broeck's Satellite Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar na The Drone 3 7 7 Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce Lord Ailesbury's St. Alban's Mr. Crawfurd's Winton Lord Glasgow na Ben Webster Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway . _ 3 7 7 ..t.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge na The Rap .... 3 7 3 Mr. Alexander na Horror Lord Dalkeith na Sir William Lord Granville na Rupee 3 7 3 Col. Townsley na Butterfly Lord Coventry's Dana 3 7 3 Lord Clifden na Seclusion.. Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam na Avalanche Count F. de Lagrange's Dangu (bred in France) 3 6 7 Baron Rothschild's Gustave (bred in France) Mr. Saville na Umpire (bred in America) Duke of Beaufort's Optimist Lord Portsmouth, Lord H. Thynne, and Mr W. Day are subscribers, but did not name. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) June 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) June 7. Canada, &c. (via Cork) June 7. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) June 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) • • • • June 4. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. June 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto .. June 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. United States, C a lifornia, &c. (s ia Cork) .. June 6 . Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Tenerife .. June 10 West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. Jane 14. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AT BROMPTON.— The annual court of the governors of this excellent charity was held yesterday in the board-room of the hospital. The Marquis of Westminster was in the chair ; and it appeared from the report that during the last year 972 patients had been admitted, being an increase of 355 over the previous year ; 668 patients had been dismissed, many greatly benefited, and 124 had died. As so many deaths had oc curred during a short period, it was necessary that the governors should exercise more caution in the selection of patients for admission. A great deal of good had been done among the out-patients, and the number of cases prescribed for in 1859 was 4,649 ; in 1858 the number was 3,971. The annual subscriptions amounted to £3,832 195., and the do nations to £1,395 lls. 7d. The general income of the hospital amounted to £11,985 6s. 9d., and after the pay • ment of all expenses, a balance of £642 ss. 10d. was left in hand. On the motion of Mr. Hugham, seconded by Rev. W. Niven, the report was adopted. Several alterations were then made in the standing rules of the institution, and the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT I NORTHERN RAILWAY TERMINUS. —ln addition to the proceedings taken against Warrener, the guard, for being drunk and neglecting to perform his duty, whilst guard of a train on the Great Northern Railway, whereby the lives of several persons travelling by the train were endangered, at St. Pancras, on the evening of May 30, the directors have instituted a most stringent inquiry into the circum stances connected with the melancholy occurrence. The re sult will not be made known until the investigation termi nates. The locomotive (the Queen), which is the most powerful on the establishment of the Great Northern Com pany, will be minutely examined by competent engineers, in order to ascertain if any defect in the machinery led to the melancholy disaster. Information of the accident having been forwarded to the railway department of the Board of Trade, an officer of the Royal Engineers will com mence a separate investiration, assisted by several civil h engineers el eminence. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel. (Lim )' Cop. Hin. ofEng. & &Mtg Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 5 p. c. Perpet. Deben. Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship (Limited) .Do. 174 p. et. Preference Indian & Aust. Telegr. Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg: Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Dis. Co. (Lim.) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. N. Br. &NovaScotiaLand N. B. Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintlin.Steam(Lim.)A Ditto B. Ditto C. Peelß.Lnd,&Min.(Li m.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p c Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin, Inv, (Lim ) South Australian Luc' Submarine Tel, Scrip Do. do. Registered Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. yau Diemen'a Laud .. 100 all all all 5 214 15.14 30i 31i 4 5 37 39 19 21 13 15 11.) 123 6 8 22 27 24i 251 31 34 98 100 103 106 105 107 2 p 1 p 21 i I 1 d d 11 2f - 31 p 3 4 1 4d 14 1 d 101 15 1 1 t /d ; 45 48 l i 77 79 14 16 p id 20 22 5 6 49i 50i 120.130 0 10 11 1000 32 i 10 itock stock stock stock stock stock 100 stock 122 3 mander-in-Chief prefer in recommending for governments ? —I should say that the general officer whose service has been shorter, but who had the greater opportunity of dis tinguishing himself in the field, has been repeatedly exposed to danger, and has been wounded —one, in :fact,.,who has been in a situation of higher responsibility, would be the first class of officers to be considered." His lordship went on to say, that— " The next officer to be considered would be one who had accompanied his regiment to the colonies and had acquitted himself well in command of it." Then the general officers, he added, who had performed very respectable service, chiefly at home, would certainly come in the last of the three classes. Again, in the report of the Royal Commission of 1651, of which the present Sec retary of State for War was chairman, there is the folios:, - ing recommendation to her Majesty, viz. : " That the command of battalions in the Ordnance corps be given without reference to seniority, in the same manner as the colonelcies of regiments, to the officers who - se service■ appear the best to entitle them to such a distinction." In mentioning the name of General Sir C. Grey I have not the remotest intention or wish to undervalue the services of that officer. On the contrary, I have no doubt that the gallant officer has rendered very important services as pri vate secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort but the impression on my mind is that they were not im portant military services. I have heard that General Sir C. Grey has commanded with great propriety a regiment on home service, and far be it from me to diminish the gallant officer's claim on that account ; but to that description of claim Lord F. Somerset has given the last place. Attention has been attracted to the recent appointment of General Sir C. Grey by the public press, and it af pears that there are 14 officers senior to him who have seen a great deal of ser- vice in the field and in the colonies, some having been wounded. On the other hand, there are several generals who have commanded brigades, or even divisions, during thelndian mutiny er in the Crimea, who are without regi- raents. Then there is a great number of other officers less fortunate in arriving at the rank of general, but who have served longer than Sir C. Grey, and have performed distin guished services, yet the general officer selected for the re cent appointment has never, if I am rightlyinformed, served out of the United Kingdom. This is rather extraordinary. I have no doubt that Gen. Grey commanded a regiment per- fectly well on home service. Perhaps he mayalso have gone to the colonies. If so, the Secretary of War will not fail to state it. But according to Hart's Army List Gen. Grey virtually quitted the army 18 years ago to take a high and confidential appointment in the palace. lam far from wish ing to undervalue or depreciate the important services which he may have rendered, and no doubt has rendered, in that capacity. But again I say they were not military ser vices. I believe only two or three officers have been pro moted above him : but on this question of seniority I wish to draw the right hon. gentleman's attention to a report of a commission which sat in 1854, and of which he himself was the chairman. That commission recommended " that the command of battalions in the Ordnance corps be given without reference to seniority, in the same manner as the colonelcies of regiments, to the officer whose services appear the best to entitle them to such a distinction." It will be seen from this that the right hon. gentleman totallydiselaims the principle of seniority, unless in addition to seniority there is distinguished service. In the public prints eight or ten names of really distinguished officers have been men tioned who have been set aside on this occasion, some of them having held high commands. In short, I can hardly help believing that the whole of the matters connected with this case have not been brought under the notice of the right hon. gentleman as they ought to have been, because I am satisfied, with his high sense of justice and his strong desire for the good of the service, that he would have hesi tated before giving his assent to or accepting the responsi bility of this appointment. The right hon. gentleman de- Oared on the occasion to which I have referred that he was expressly responsible for this appointment. Probably there is some little omission here, for the Commander-in-Chief must surely have recommended the appointment to him, and he would not make it witho t such a recommendation. On speaking of this matter to some persons they said that the readiness of the right hon. gentleman to meet the ques Lion in the House of Commons probably arose from his be ing aware of General Grey's offer to serve in the Crimea. Well, I believe that all the general officers in the army of fered to serve there. (A. laugh.) But with regard to offers of service in the Crimean or ther wars let me drawattention a passage in the letters of tho Duke of Wellington, just now published, which is very decisive on this point. He was Secretary for Ireland in 1809. It was reported that an expedition would sail to the Peninsula. His appointment produced large emoluments—l believe some £6,000 or £7,000 a year ; but ho wrote directly to Lord Castlereagh, somewhat to this effect : " I hear it reported that an expedition to the Peninsula is being prepared. lam determined not to abandon my profession. I hold a very lucrative post. Whether you have the opportunity of appointing me to this expedition I cannot say, but this I have to say—you must be so good as to provide a substitute for me in the office of Secretary for Ireland, for I will not stay in that office, whether I go to the Peninsula or not. I should risk my character with the army if they could say that I had preferred a lucrative posi tion at home to serving in the field." And on another occasion he said : " There shall be no mistake about it. I won't continuo to hold this office, whether you give me military Gourmand or not. Provide another Irish Secretary, for 1 won't stop here." That was the military feeling of the Duke of Wellington ; and therefore I think that the mere offer of service in the Crimea, unless it was followed up with the vigour which Sir Arthur Wellesley evinced on that occasion, hardly fur nishes an adequate ground for the present appointment. These preferments are 135 in number, and really, unless it is found that they are dispensed in such a manner as to give satisfaction to military men, I doubt whether the country will acquiesce in the continuance of this definite number of them. (Hear.) I have never seen this house unwilling to reward active and approved services, and, in my humble opinion, several of the officers who have recently distin guished themselves in India are entitled not only to this kind of preferment, but to a great deal more. But the fact is, I believe, that several officers have succeeded in obtain ing these appointments whohave not seen any very arduous services. I said before there were not less than 14 General officers senior to General Grey who were not considered upon this occasion. Several of them went through almost the whole of the Peninsular War. Then, again, there is a list of other officers, not, indeed, senior to General Grey, but far superior to him as soldiers, who performed signal ser vices in the Crimea and in India, but who were also passed over. A few days since an old General officer called upon me while this notice was on the paper. He is one of the officers named in a recently-established military publica tion, the Army and .11ravg Gazette—General George Bell. I knew that he was a very old officer and had served most honestly and gallantly, and I asked him how his services had been rewarded, and whether he had received the command of a regiment. He replied that his services had not received the slightest word of encouragement, and that he despaired of any requital for them. " Have you any objection to my referring to them in the house ?" I asked. " Not the slightest," he said. He is a gallant old officer, and does not care one straw for anything which may be said,seeing that he speaks nothing but the truth. He has served for about fifty years, which is much longer than General Grey's mili tary career. Of these fifty years forty were passed upon active service in the Peninsula (where he was preset at a great number of battles), in the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean, Gibraltar, Nova Scotia, the Canada rebel lion, the Burmese war, and in the Crimea. General Bell says that undoubtedly there were others who, perhaps, ser ved longer than he did in the Peninsula, but who afterwards retired, but he has served up to the present time, and asks to serve again. During eleven years be commanded his regi- , ment (the Royals), and he was wounded more than once at the head of it. He was wounded also while commanding the troops (3,000 men) in the trenches before Sebastopol, and he also commanded a brigade in the Crimea. Surely such an officer as this, who has seen forty years of active service, is unfairly neglected when a general officer, twelve years younger in the army than he is, receives the command of a regiment, while he gets no encouragement. (Hear.) I pre. sume that the right hon. gentleman will be able to make out a good case. He appeared to have not the slightest doubt of doing so. At the same time, when the question of purchase was mooted, the great obstacle in the way of re moving that dishonour and disgrace to the British army was said to be the difficulty of making a selection. It was then given out by Lord Panmure and by the Commander. in- Chief that it would be most unpleasant to make . such a selec tion. Now, there is no doubt that malupg thes3ap pointments the principle of selection has to be resorted to, opSineciorentsarr concur, r 7 b a u r t have been a sa n t d is w fa h e e ti n on an am im o p u r g op th er s soefalecectrsionthiasnmas;y it causee issnmfoorrehdeius: tenant-colonelcies. Many other vary h ad verted to this evening, and a very important statement He seemed to madeh (G as ene b ral eell Peel). think that there could be no further economy in the present In b some h the of l h a i t s e from others I certainly must dissent, establishment. If he means that no economy can be effected ns e ,3 means savin g in ttht administrationt proposition.h ere i l s ben believe e v p oe f o t s th s h i ai as regards the numerical . strength of our forces I agree o ab w ri i ira t i h tyy, h ol i f m cs a nff . at ß isns u ge t nat i n f tyo h the estimates which are presented to us from year to year are in a state of great con f us i on. They d o no t sa ti s f ac t or ily explain the state of the administration. The object of them must be to make clear what is the expense of each officer in the service and in every department; but I will venture to say that few men, whether civilians or military men, are able to discover that distinctly. Almost every staff officer has three or four different items of pay, and unless they are sought out with great care in different parts of the estimates• it is impossible to find them out. I must do my hon. friend and also the hon. baronet opposite (Sir S. Northcote), the justice to say that the Treasury has several times remon strated with the War Department upon the confusion of the accounts, and the expediency of simplifying them. I will just state one instance of the delusive character of these ac counts. Take the first item in these accounts. The salary of the Commander-in-Chief is stated broadly at £3,300 a year, but if we look through the estimates we shall find there are three or four other items, which increase .hite emoluments to upwards of £6,000 a-year. I do n ot menhir n this in any invidious spirit, but simply because it is . the .rat item which presents itself. Then, staff ought to be paid in accordance with the imports , ace of 1 the duties which the officers have to perform, and I ue pay again, in my 01:m11 . 0 7 a the