The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-05 00:00:00

• ------ _ ..-., -...-....................... -HONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE M ARKET -(MI8 DAY.) Lble, • CITY, Two o'CLocK. • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. )ant, nost There has not been much animation in the Foreign R-zilways. Paid. Closing I Business t hur and Colonial Preduc.e Markets during the last few Sharel , I PAIN. Done. ed a days. Tea, however, has been in steady request, :, for and prices have:been well supported. The finer de- 5 ° Belfast and Ballymena all - - 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 81 'oofs seriptions of sugars suitable to home consumption stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 70 72 orty 25 Blackburn Blyth and Tyne all 111 121 3S of 25 have been fairly dealt in at late prices, while the all - - the transactions in low and inferior qualities have been 10 Bost. Shet and Mid. Co all 61 71 stock Bristol and Exeter 'fits. unimportant, the largo quantity announced for stock Caledonian With public sale having depressed values. For coffee the 3 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 - - 50 Cork ' and Bandon all - - his enquiries have been limited, and little change can 1 0 00 Cp c o o or r n k Aw , l i tl lA r l ock., &Passage all - - hile be recorded in prices ;the stocks on hand, compared i all - - thatgets no div. , until 6pc peran. all - - with those of the same period of last year, show- 10 Do B ity. hasbeen pd. toB 'OW, ing an increase of about 1,400 tons. Rice has been 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all - - 25 Dun.. Perth, &A b. June all 8 9 ie a in more request, and full rates have been realised stock lEast Anglian lOO 16 17 161 I 4 re- for all descriptions. No business of any importance stock Eastern Counties lOO 54 55 54 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 con - has been e n t ere d i n t o i n sa ltp e t re , an d th e d e alings stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27 261 'tens 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 84 - - in tallow have been to a moderate extent, prices for 20 East Suffolk - - len- - de- both present and forward delivery showing an up- '° D° stock Edinburoth & Glasgow 100 78 79 Ibe ward tendency. stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 30 31 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - ugh Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester- stock Furness .... .......... 100 - - nost day was moderately active, and prices were un- stock Glasg. and S. Western 10 1 103 105 103 4 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - :UM- altered. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. stock Great Northern lOO 116 1161 117 161 can stock Do do A stock lark Small quantities of gold continue to be sent into s to c k P o d o B d o suck the Bank of England, about £3,000 having been stock Gt. Q. Cos of Ireland 109 111 113 stock Great ern seal, received there yesterday. stock Do Str Val gus. stock 100 60 65 12 Irish South-eastern - - the Calls on the following railways become due to. aght day, viz., 30 per cent., amounting to £333,450 on stock Lanca ' shire & Torkshi 100 101 i 1054 1054 51 5 stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 1 100 1141 1151 115 1 yno the Grand Trunk of Canada 2d Preference shares, 25 Lond., Chat., and Doverl all 101 111 11 the stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1011 1( 2 101/ 21 11 £2 10s. per share, or £23,000 on the Dublin and 124 Do eighths ex ; not Meath, and £1 10s. or £60,000 on the Charing stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 93 94 934 434 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - ~ e ll- Cross. 25 L'derry & Enniskt all 10 11 101 heir A call of ss. per share has been made, by the st s o o ck ). „ Tan Shef. &II livoln 100 411 421 - who Directors of the Great Ship Company, on the in- .ffarYport and Carlisle:: all - 121 Do do 4 shares all - - Var, 10 Metropolitan creased and preferential capital of £lOO,OOO. stock Midland stock Do iiirming. & Derby 100 94 96 l evil imit The commercial engagements due yesterday, the 50 nirl. G. W. Of Ireland all - all - - ways 4th of th e mon th, were me t in a very satisfactory 25 Do 4 shares 25 Mid Kent.......... all - - but manner, no f a ilures of importance having taken 10 D o, C ra y Li ne .. - all - - thur place. Money has been rather more in request, 100 Newca , tle and Cirlisle all - - 25 New., Aber. & Herefd„ all 10 11 eely but the effect upon the rates has been unimportant. 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d lives stock Newry,. „ Warnpt. & Ros. „ all - - dis- At the meeting of the Bank of British North 1 Norfolk.. ...... ........ .00 54 56 America to-day, the directors declared a half-year) 50 N , hn. Counties Union.. 35 34 3 d man - - stock North British lOO 614 62 611 2 ntry dividend, payable on and after the sth July next, stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoes 100 - - stock D) A stk ; A recs no d. with at the rate of six per cent. per annum, free of In- until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 - - the come Tax. stock Do B stock ........ 100 - - stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 9 6 1 061 96 1 1 I in is There has also been a meeting of the proprietors 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 11 14 1 d corn-100 52 525 521 1 of the African Steam Ship Company, when a divi- stocks. Do fork MO dend of 7s. per share, being at the rate of 7 p er stock North London ss, a 20 North Staffordshire._ 174 134 131 pled cent. per annum, was declared. 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9 1 9 6 6 they The market for Public Securities opened with a 12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO s , stock Oxf Wor. & WolKerptn 100 44 46 45. 5 )lain buoy ant appearance, owi ng t o th e a d vance a t 10 Peebles ...... - - 20 Portsmouth td to which the Rentes closed yesterday afternoon. io Rhymney - - f the When the telegrams arrived to-day, however, stock Scottish Central stock IScot. N. E.. Aber. stock 100 341 355 35 ding it was ascertained that a flatter tone per- stock 'Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 what stock Shropshire Union him- vaded the Paris Bourse, and the markets 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d Vines here immediate) sympathized. Consols have stock South Devon ... . y stock South Eastern been 951 -,-1- for money, and 95/ 1 for ac- stock c South Wales ..... . so York. and River Dun 100 78 80 count ; they are now 95 to 95i, and 95,1 1 respec- 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all ' 6 8 tivel 25 Stockton & Darlington all 385 394 y. The New Three per Cents. are firmer at 25 Do do 9 8 9 p Dom- 931 t-; and the Reduced at 93: 1 ; India Stock is - Stockton & Hartlepool 163 , - - stock Taff Vale .... , lOO ' - - from flat at 222; ditto New Loan has improved to stock Do Pref. No 1. ifs) I - - 106 I; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is steady 25 ThamesHavent k&Rail 22 I - - 50 Ulster • • viral . 12 10 Do at 97; 98 ; and Bank Stock has advanced to 228 25 Do 2O 2. 3. p rages and. 2291 ; but Exchequer Bills remain at 7s. to stock Vale of Neath 55 (I 60 p lence 10s. 13 (Victoria Ste. and Pim all 10 11 short stock 'Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Rather more activity has been exhibited in the 50 Waterford & Limerick all - 20 West C r all 55 6 - is for Foreign Stock Market, and prices tend upwards. 20 West L0nd0n.....::.:. all , - - LI, Sir Tur l Aish 6 per Cents. are 751- to 751 ; ditto New; 10 Do Ist class heer- 58- to 581 ; and the 4 p er C en t s . rema in at 102 ; 20 Do 2nd class . . a 12$ 'Worcester &llet:e . fo . ;d:: 11 1 i i 2 - - 1 d lS M. , Mrexican, at 211 -,•?:, ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 101, PREFERENCE SHARES. Peruvian (Uribarren) have improved to 831 ; Per- , 1.„ I , I Closing Business tock, tuguese, to 45 ; Spanish, to 481- ; and Russian 41 Share Railways. i. au. I Price. Done. I sived per Cents., to 971 '-L' ; ditto 5 per Cents. are fiat, at 25 'l3ly the and Tyne 10 per alder 108 ; and Brazilian at 100. 1 c. pret: (issued at £5O all - -- rd. The Ocean M ar i ne I nsurance Sh ares are 24 I 2 t e k 'g r o i . s. d & o. ijox.e. i l i f ie c s t.stock 1 1 0 4 0 _95 98_ crew Prem.; the Tham es an d M ersey ditt o, 1 1 2 prem. ; stock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 101 103 aken l and e nd the Universal ditto, 1:- prem.; the Imperial 12.10 Do. guar. Shares, No. 2. all - - 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - 464 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. all - - Thessalian Mining Shares are 'it prem. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 54 64 ship More animation has prevailed in the Railway stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e. 100 101 103 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... 1 0 0 . 112 1 1 5 tided Share Market, several of the principal undertak- stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 103 112 ings having b een d ea lt i n a t i m t k E. Conn. Ex. sp. a No.l 100 110 112 110 proved prices. stock soc Do. do. No. rt 10 0 10 1 9 111 - tring Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, Spit-stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 Lancashire and Yorkshi re , B r i g ht on , S ou th-W es - stoc k Do. 5 pert -2. t. guar... 100 - - ruing, s,have advanced tern, Midland, and Sout h-Easterns, stock Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 light ss, ; Great Northern and North-Western, 10s. ; stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 76 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - and South - Wales, £l. stock ,Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 118 120 a•day stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 116 118 'The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have f en- stock Do.sp.c.Redm.,lo p.c.pm 100 111 112 beim rather inactive. Lombardo-Venetian, how- stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 'man, 100 , Do. sp.c. Redm 5 .c. m 8') 86 58 pay- ever, are nominally quoted par t o 1 prem.; Buenos 10 Gt. Nit. of Scot . icl. P lst p pf. all - - i Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 1 100 97 99 445 • en L. Ayres and San Fernando advanced ss. • East stock p. et. stock Ldne ; Illflian, 55.; and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ' 50 Great West. (Berks and rthur'Tants) Ext. sp. et 6 - - ward Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are stock 'Do. Redeemable,4l p.et lOO 99 101 1001 934 flat. Bank of Australia declined to 66 • London stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO EQ 91 stock st o o Do. DO 5 ot tz Irredeemable, edoem. d 0.., and Westminster to 614 •; and Union of London ' toloo 91 105 914 4 24 ; Crystal Palace advanced to 321 ; and Madras 8 ;Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 94 104 5 Irt:igation remained steady at 41. to lilt. R - . Ches. 8 p.c. IA sh. all 17 18 10 IDodc 5 p. ct. pref all 105 10/ rid of _ stock IDo Birmr.guar. stock lOO 74 76 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 19f 201 imon Damk Stock g in- 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 1 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock l6O 139 141 C. 8., 3.lper Cent. Consols Annuities - - ding Nerw 3 per Cent. Annuities - - ment New 25 per Cent. Annuities 1 the Ana tuities, 30 y rs , exp i re sth J an 1880 - stock Do. s p . c No. 2 100 116 118 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April:lBB.s.- 17 5-16 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. tent- Indi a S tock 022 stork Do. do. sp. c No. 4 100 116 118 . tant- Ditto 6 p er C en t. - - imp ; Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 p er C en t. - stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 154 157 by a. Ditto 5 per Cent. - Ditto 65 per Cent 1025 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 OS 70 sIOW 25 Lou. Chat. and Dover.. .11 21 22 Ditto Debentures, 1858 I inci- D i tto 1859 961 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 rhich Ditto Bonds £I,OOO t. stock 100 1521 1575 155 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 15d ~ H e Consols for Account - - 124 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. all 12 124 121 rein g Ditto .£5OO lO p stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 100 1251 1274 bodi- D i tto Sma l l had FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stoc r Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 i p ,nder Br asilian 6 per Cent - - 2 into 1 )itto 45 per Cent. 1860 - - 11l as Da) iish 5 per Cent., 1825 - - stock Do.Con.Bris. &Bir. 6 p.c. 100 140 142 redit Me xican 3 per Cent _ stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 1021 2 1 )itto Account regi- stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 Peruvian 45 per Cent - glO D , il-to (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. , f the Pavrtugue se 3 p er C en t., 1853. fisted :Ditto Account Cher, Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St lOB 12 10 Do. till 1869, let is. 9 I 1 4 P Ditto 45 per Cent. - - P arne , Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 - - turn Sardinian 5 per Cent. - - . 1 fiord S punish 3 per Cent... - - stock North British, sp.a .. 100 110 112 'our- Ditto Account - - the Titrkish 6 per Cent .. - 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 5 4 p Ditto Account - - rned. Ditto New Loan - stock Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. 100 - - Ditto Account ',Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 17 Do. do. do 13.4.4 1 1 d . Dividends on the above payable in London. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 13 - - batch Exchange 12 Gull. 21 per Cent - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 - - !ary, • Dil to Certificates,' 4 per Cent. n. THREE O'CLOCK. 20 North Staffordshi re .... all 23 24 stock Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 123 125 LtiOn Consols, Mo ney - - 1214 Ditto Account .... •ese -10 Rhymney Guaranteed: all - - NO. AfIrRDEROUS ASSAULT.-A German sugar-baker, stock Scottish Central, new pf all - - larse Scottish North-Eastern named Fidler, was this morning brought before Mr. Yardley 31 P. e. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 en- a t th e Th ames P o li ce court, charged with mur . derously stock Do.Aberdeen,gaia.6p.c. 100 - - For- assaulting a fellow -countryman, named Stanworde. The stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock 100 - - 10s. South o Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 105 6 1... D• injured man was unable to attend, and the prisoner was 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - - - reminuded. LUM- 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading THE GREAT EASTERN.-In consequence of the Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 41 per cent. all 231 231 late tempestuous weather having much retarded the corn- 100 101 103 south Wales, 'lp.c. Ist is. 100 101 103 pietism of the upper-deck fittings and rigging of this vessel, s s l o oc ci l most her departure for New York has been postponed. The stock Do. 41 pers, o , o g n uli. 4p. c. 100 89 I n. Sun- . start now is not likely to take place before the 20th inst., stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 86 88 ester, though it will certainly not be delayed beyond the 23d, as 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 icon- long er detention would again lose the high tides over the 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 33 5 34 5 hap- bar at New York. The delay is, perhaps , on the whole not 25 Do. C 6 p er cent all 321 331 , the BO unfortunate as it appears, inasmuch as we believe that stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 44 43 near adVazitage will be taken of it prior to starting to give a brief, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ' was though most thorough, trial of the engines by a run down ----- Th s onl 1 c , Closin g lo• Business Chan nel and back to Southampton. Railways. , Paid. Leasing have , GALLANT RESCUE. -Yesterday afternoon a bov 1 1 Co.'s. I Price. Done. and_ .. , ...- T.HE GREAT EASTERN.—In consequence of the late tempestuous weather having much retarded the com pletion of the upper-deck fittings and rigging of this vessel, her departure for New York has been postponed. The start now is not likely to take place before the 20th inst., though it will certainly not be delayed beyond the 23d, as longer detention would again' lose the high tides over the bar at New York. The delay i 3, perhaps, on the whole not so unfortunate as it appears, inasmuch as we believe that advantage will be taken of it prior to starting to give a brief, though most thorough, trial of 'the engines by a run down Chan nel and back to Southampton. GALLANT RESClTE.—Yesterday afternoon a boy fell ixito the river between the Westminster pier and the bridge, and was drowning, when a young man stripped off his coat, rushed into the water, and rescued him, bringing him to the shore, amid the applause of the spectators. His tune was not ascertained. THE PULiINGER FRAIIDS.—At the meeting of th • Stock Exchange Committee yesterday, the resolution for the suspension of Messrs. Scrimgeour was formally con firmed. The report giving the result of the committee's in- Wry into Pullinger's transactions in the Stock Exchange Is expected to be issued to-morrow. A WINDFALL.—A man named John Rowe, a journeyman painter at Newport, and a very steady, up right, and deserving old man, has just become the possessor of the magnificent fortune of £40,000 by the decease of an uncle in Australia. He has been employed by Mr. Walter Brown, of this t own , and by his father and uncle before him for more than 40 years without intermission.—Staford shire Advertiser. Bedford and Bletchley, all Buckinghamshire 100 Chester & Holyhead.. ; 100 Do. do. 5} per cent! 100 Do. do. 5 per cent., 100 Clydesdale Junction..' 100 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.Lincolnshire,,g.6 p.c. 100 E.Union,Harwich Shs, all Ln&N.W Ln &N.W 96 98 Do. 514 52 Do. 125 127 Do . 113 115 Caledonin E.U.&E C 16 17 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Counts.•4} 44 Do. WOodbridge • Gle.Barr..k Neil s,Drci. — Do. New .... :.....1 Gloster& Deep Forest Caledonia' Do. .. Gt. West Yk.N. &Tir, Yk.N. Md. 1 Do. Do. Ln.&N.W S. East. Do. fartfpool.Dck.& Rail. all Hull and Selby alt Do. 4 Shares all Do. I Shares all Lanc.& Carl. ua.s p.c 100 London & Greenwich 100 Do. Preference . 100 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Do. 6 per cent ... • • 100 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all Mid. Bradford Prefer • ence Stock.... • lOO Newmarkt.,Bury•Ex 1 ,5 5.6 gu aranteed sp. c. ' Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 0 per cent all Do. Fixed 5 per cent all North Western Preston and Wyre. I all Do. 4 Stares A all Roystn.llitch.,& Shep 100 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 Do. Do. 1 South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Wimbledon& Croydn all Peto & Co. N'rfolk IDo. IL NIV&3I THE GREAT NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—A fortnight since we reported an interview between Lord Palmerston and an influential deputation, respecting the projected line of telegraph to America via the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. We under nth ud that the noble lord has responded to the request then laid before him by grantinc, the ste ams hi p B u ll dog for the purpose of making a complete survey and sound%gs of the prot)Jsed route, and that Sir Leopold M'Clintock has, been appointed by the Admiralty to the command of the Bull dog-. The preparations for the departure of the expedition will be entered upon forthwith. Amongst the preparations for the war in China, we notice that the Admiralty invite tenders on the 12th inst., .for the supply of 20,000 tons of South Wales coal, deliver. able at Hong Kong. "Midland E.Counts Do. ,Do. Do.' .... _ Midland LerlsWl L.Yk. Do. Gt.Nortli. T.Brassey APClean.. Gt. West. L.& Brgtn ECCLESIASTIC — AL PROPERTY IN THE METRO ?ous.--The gross annual income of the Ecclesiastical Commiasioners, received from all property situate within the above limits vested in them, is £24,129 7s. 7d. The net annital income of the commissioners received from the same property is £22,965 7s. We ( Oxford Journal) have reason to believe that Lord Brougham will visit Oxford at the approaching com memoration' and that the honorary degree of D.C.L. will be conferred on him. His lordship will, we understand, be the guest of the Bishop of Oxford. DOCKS. Docks. stork Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min stock East and West Indies stock London stock St. Katharine stock Southampton stock Victoria . 30 DO New Share :111 113 206 209 63 65 115 120 91 97 2/ 31 96 98 * i P 55 571 141 14f 135 138 102 104 P 11 9! 94 71 81 Closing Paid. Price. 100 100 1:34 100 100 100 100 100 2 - 102 j Business Done. 661 6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, IS6O. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business done 100 BAotmlan, Frice. B tic artd B a t &.o so stk i • i 100 961 971 961 7 Gu. 5 psr cent I 18 Do, Do. B 131 4d 4 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 5 d Lawrence tind 1 all .85 87 20/ Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... . all 61 61 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godricli 100 75 80 ' 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 5 d 41 3 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 2 14 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 14 4 d 174 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 4 d stock East Indian, gm. sp. c. 100 102 102 k 1024 4 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par i p 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 1 p 100 Do. 41. pc. Debentrs all 081 091 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864_ all 101 102 1014 1 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 314 324 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 03 911 21 2 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 62 01 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 991 1004 1004 4 100 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 6 4 d 4 d 54 20 Gt. South.Of India (Lim) 10 11 11d 114 i guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 124 124 201 Do. New • ' Do. Bonds pay '76, with 100 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 do. stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 88 90 stock Do. d 0.5 per cent lOO 93 99 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 20 Do. Fourth do _9 1 20 Do. d 0..... stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds lOO 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) ........ ss. stock Scinde 20 Do. Pnnjaub .... e 9 all 14 d 1 d 31 1 20 Do. D). ..... .. ,e 9 5 d t stock ;Do. Indus. St. Flo. ~.,,,,.... 100 914 954 954 20 ISt. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) scrip.. 1 1 1 d t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .5. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 44 20 Ardennes ......... all —p 1 20 Bali.&S.Fran 1.im.7 p.c. 7 1 4d r Belgians East Junction all 4 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 p 7/ 1 1 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2.5 25 100 ;Copiabo ........&...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 11 11d b 20 IDutch Rhenish ........ 15 54 540 20 Eastern of France .... all 231 244 o 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 tl 20 Do. do. all it 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs... all 61 64 tl 20 Italian Junction .. ... all CI 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 23 !Lyons & Turnhout .... all b i 20 !Lyons & Geneva 334 'Maria Antonia .... 10 'Do. New . ....... 20 Namur & I:iege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of Franc e a ll 3S/ 394 20 Do. New Shares .. l2 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 3'4 341 20 IParis & Orleans ..... 20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) at ( gua. 7p. ct. lim l3 2 14d 114 4 20 Riga & Dunaburg lO 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish ....... all of 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all B 20 Sambre & Meuse . . ad 65 51 , bi 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 81 81 20 San Paulo, lim, v. 7p. c 2 4 id 14 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 pr 4p , 124 20 Southern of France all 20 21 ' B 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 64 p. o. Preference all 9 4 94 R 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden WI 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.. mi 20 Zeal Ind Share Mines, 5 28.2.81 Agra&UnitedService Bkj Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch City Colonial ...... Corn. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Etig., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County .. London Joint Stock .. London Westminster Nat. l'rov. of England . Do. new . . National Bank New South Wales Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new South Australia Union of Australia Union o. London Unity Mutual. !OLONIAL GOVERI ,an. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July, Do. 6p. cent. 18S Do. 6p. cent. 1881 Do. 6p. cent. ISB2 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. l l Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..t,Tuly Do. 6p. c. Ap. A; Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 ! Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up i Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, Da do 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 211 21 ,-, 2 52 64 19i 20 30 32 19 21 16 1611 231 231 - 17 18 'iool 13i 14i 30i 311 4i 5 37 '39 19 21 13 15 120 125 6 8 22' 27 24i 251 31 34 98 100 103 106 106 108 p p 4 21 stock stock stock stock stock 201 I.# 33} 61} 43 1 171 24 } RITIES. d 1 Old 21 3 p 1 Ofd , 1i 1 d 10 l5 ; i i } i s stock 95 48 76 78 13 15 p id p 20 22 5 6 50 51 120 130 341 35 stock S 10 102 k 44f lOilf 1001 100} 100 1071 7 34 17} 1 NEW FLORAL HALL, COVENT GARDEN. EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. On WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, June 13 and 14, a Grand Exhibition of FLOWERS will take place in the NEW FLORAL HALL, COVENT GARDEN. ADMISSION HALF-A-CROWN. From 10 in the Morning until 7 in the Evening. PRIVATE VIEW. The Exhibition will be arranged and the Floral Hall illumi nated on the evening previously to the two public days above announced, viz., on Tuesday evening, June 12. That evening will be set apart for the exclusive admission to the Flower Show of the Subscribers to the Opera present, as well as to the visitors to the Boxes, Pit Stalls, or _Pit, all of whom will be presented with a card of entree. 'THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. EINIPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tins EVENING.) The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Boschetti's Estate and the Cardiff Water bills were read a second time. The BouriCM-on-the 'Water Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. FURIOUS D The Marquis of WESTAIEATH brought in a bill to amend the law with respact to furious driving. The bill was read a first time. CHURCH RATES. Lord LYVEDON presented petitions from places in Wales in favour of the abolition of church rates. Lord BELPER presented similar petitions from Not tingham. Lord BROUGHAM presented similar petitions from Denbigh and other places. The Earl of CLARENDON presented 23 similar peti tions from places in Glamorganshire. Lord LYTTLETON presented petitions from 'Worcester against the abolition of church rates. THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour of the establishment of the Maine Liquor Law in districts where three-fourths of the inhabitants were desirous of such being done. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. On the motion for the second reading of this bill a short conversation ensued. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should oppose the second reading, but he - thought that after the bi I had passed that stage it had better be referred to a select com mittee, as it was open to great improvement. This suggestion was agreed to and the bill was read a second time. SELLING AND HAWKING GOODS ON SUNDAY. Lord CHELMSFORD moved the third reading of this bill. Earl ST. GERMAINS said he still entertained great objections to this bill,and felt certain that it would disappoint• the expectations of those who expected good to result from its passing. He thought the bill totally at variance with the existing law, and that being so, he should say " not content" to the motion for the third reading. Lord TEYNHAM opposed the further progress of the bill. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tins EVENING ) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Deviations and New Lines, &c ), and Watchet Harbour. The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill was considered and ordered for third reading. Mr. C. FOSTER moved that the order of the 15th day of February last, that the Portsmouth New Railways, &c. Bill be committed. be read, and discharged ; and that the bill be withdrawn.— Agreed to. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Reform Bill, and praying the house to pass the measure without delay; against the Highways Bill ; against the Medical Relief Bill; against any alteration in the Marriage Law, &c. ' ducted by Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. WHITEHALL, JUNE 2. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Morris, C. 8., late of the Royal Artillery, her Majesty's Royal licence and per mission that he may accept and wear the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour of the Fifth Class, which his Majesty the Emperor of the French hath been pleased to confer upon him, as a mark of his Imperial Ma jesty's approbation of his distinguished services before the enemy during the l a t e war with Russia. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Farquhar Shand, Esq., to be Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Island of Mauritius, Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Elisee Nolan, Esq., to be Crown Solicitor for the Island of Mau ritius. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 5. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTAIENT.—Assistant Commissary- General John William Bovell to be Deputy-Commissary- General. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—ChapIain to the Forces the Rev. Hugh Huleatt to be Chaplain of the Second Class. Her Majesty has been pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission of Chaplain to the Forces the Reverend William Walrond Jackson, on his being appointed:Bishop of Antigua. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Toynbee, hotel keeper, 4, Southwick-street, Hyde-park, to surrender June 15, at twelve, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George James Heald, money scrivener, Manchester, June 22, and July 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. William Herring, Confectioner, Liverpool, June 15, and July 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. John Addinell, confectioner, Stockton-upon-Tees, June 14 and July 18, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Robert Carruthers and George Carruthers, Drapers, Liverpool, June 13, and July 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. William Bayley, jun., and Richard Bowden Newsom, gold beaters, Pentonville, Middlesex, June 19, at half-past twelve, and July 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Lush King, tailor, Ryde, Isle of Wight, June 20 and July 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Yates, grocer, Oldbury, Wnrcestershire, June 20 and July 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Grinling Goodwin, draper, Upper Marylebone street, June 13, at half-past one, and July 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Job Goodman Sheppard, brewer, Towcester, Northamp tonshire, June 20 and July 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Guthrie, wright, Glasgow. William Milne, grocer, Aberdeen. William Laing, innkeeper, Milnathort, Kinross-shire. John Clark, ham curer, Glasgow. John Ferguson, ship carpenter, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Turs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 161 Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 llamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 34/ Madrid Cadiz — 4 9 i 50 Leghorn — 30 35 30 40 Milan — 25 40 25 45 Genoa — 25 40 25 45 Naples Pal, ermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York •• .• Foreign Gold in Bars (St an d ar d) . ...p er oz . 13 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 1 South American Doublons 52a 52,1 152 a 63 ASCOT RACES.—(77as Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE TRIAL STAKES. Cock-a-Hoop Rouge Dragon Maid of Peru Twenty-two ran. EIGHTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. Mouravieff St. Clarence May Morning Five ran. GOLD VASE. Horror Avalanche Magnum .. . Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. General Hesse Baron Munchausen Speculation Twenty-nine tan. ASCOT STAKE 4. Mouravieff Farmer's Daughter colt Clydesdale Sixteen ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Diophantus Lupus Wing • 3 Fourteen ran. Thormauby is scratched for all engagements at Ascot. LAW INTELLIGENOE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Justice Willes.) MATHEWS V. MATHEWS. This snit was instituted by the wife for a judicial separa tion on the ground of her husband's cruelty, and the re spondent entered an appearance. The case was tried be fore the Judge Ordinary, who dismissed the petition, and an appeal was made from his decree to the full Court. Sir C. Cresswell read the notes of the evidence, and ac cording to the statement of the petitioner, she was married to the respondent in 1815. They were in the grocery business at Bratsford, and continued to cohabit until Octo ber, 1853, when a deed of separation was executed, after which they lived apart, and the respondent enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, while the petitioner imported herself and family by her own exertions. During their co-habitation the respondent, who was very intemperate, was in the habit of ill-treating the petitioner, who conducted the busi ness herself, and amongst the acts to which she swore were pulling her out of bed, pinching her, knocking her down, striking Ir>r with a poker, threatening to blow up the house with gunpowder, and some of these acts were committed while she was in a state of pregnancy. She added that she suffered so severely from his violence on several occasions that she required medical treatment, and was laid up for some weeks. This statement was in 'part supported by corroborative evidence, and witnesses were examined also on the other side en behalf of the respondent, who denied the cruelty alleged. On his part it was contended that, according to the practice of the old Ecclesiastical Court, whose jurisdic tion the present court inherited, the petitioner having sepa rated from her husband under the power of a deed, and having since lived apart from him, as well as having per mitted so long a time to elapse before instituting proceed ings, she was not entitled to the relief for which she prayed. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Prentice, was heard this morning in support of the appeal, and Dr. Spinks and Mr. Field on the other side. The court confirmed the decree of the Judge-Ordinary, both with reference to the evidence and the legal points. TBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June s.—Wind this day at noon—West- South-West ; strong breeze, with alternate cloudy and sunshiny weather. PORTSMOUTH, June 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Claret, from Hartlepool for Brest, with sails split. Sailed— Her Majesty's steamer Edgar, for the Downs. SOUTHAMPTON, June 4.—Wind W.—Sailed—Hammo nia, steamer, for New York; Ceylon, steamer, for Alex andria. CARDIFF, June 4.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Munster, for Singapore; Surate, for Madras; Morning Star, for Antigua; Homer, for Quebec. CLYDE, June 4.—Wind S.W. — Sailed—Norval, for Newfoundland. SWANSEA, June 4.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rose of England, from the West Coast of South America; James Brook, from Bilboa. FALMOUTH, June 4 —The Pride, schooner, of and for Exeter from Porthcawle, sprung a leak, and foundered on the night of the 2d inst. ; crew landed here. I ;RAMSGATE, June 4.—The Forest Queen, from London to Guernsey, which ca p s i ze d on the 2d inst., off Beachy Head, was towed in here last night, a derelict, with masts carried away ani waterlogged. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., with occasional heavy showers of rain. Arrived—Brothers, from Shields; Emma, from New port; Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Equity, from Sun derland ; James, from Glasgow ; Bhee Vein, from Lynn ; Sparrowhawk, from Cardiff-; the steamer from Dublin, for London. Sailed—Hammonia, for New York; Havre, steamer, for Havre; Despatch, and Atalanta, steamers, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. • tide low water; weather moderate a n d fi ne . Arrived, Yana 4—Maynards, from Algoa Bay ; Poisidon, from Porto Rico ; Friends of the Isles, from Guernsey ; Lady Havelock, from Algoa Bay; Whirlwind, from Deme rara ; Madowsta, from Belize ; Kent, from Jamaica ; Viola, from Maunzas ; Duke of Wellington, from Calcutta. Arrived, June s—lmp, from Kaske. Sailed, June s—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Wye, for Mogadore. 'A vessel was picked up at sea, abandoned, towing by:the R. M. Mills, with cargo of coals and iron; going to Victoria Dock, BRITISH MINES. &lire t Consols (Philack) British Iron !Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) l East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon I E. WI ;Russel (Tavistk.); Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack), G. Wheal. Vor (Helston) l Grenville ......... Herod's- illingston Downs Lady Bertha '3lirp, - aret (Uny Lelant)! 'North Downs North Frances (Illogan)1 Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Many)! Providence (Uny Lelnt.) , I Sortrith,re Cons. Min. Co. ;South Caradon(St.Cleer). IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim 1 , S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) . Stray Park Tama r & Lead 31in Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Curet ) 'West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (I . skeard), West Seaton IWheal Basset (l llogan) ,Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Calla.), 'Wheel Kitty (U.Lelant)r Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)l 'Wheal Trelawney 17; 12.13.9 91 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 9.18.9 10.6.7 12s all 26.18.0; 13s &1 2.4 1 FOREIGN MI Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. 'Brazil. Imp. (is. at X p.) Do. St.Johndel Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining - Co. Clarendon Con s.ltlinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.3.ling - .do Fortuna. !General :Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr llcapunda (Limited) (Linares !Lusitanian Mariquira IN.lthineCopotS.Aus.L ,P2nt,gibaud Silver,Lead and L 4 meit.. IPort . . . Scottish Astrin. (L.).. United Mexican ........ Worthing (Limited).... Do • JOINT-STOP all 1 10s, ail all 19s. Paid./ Closing i Business Price. Done. N 1 2 - 270 280 445 455 110: 115 8 1S 11 111 39 41 124 13 la , 1i 3 31 29 31 31 4 2 1 24. 1 41 46 54 61 4 5 5 6 8 9 12i 13i 44 44 112} 131 71- 8 i li 11 295 305 31 31 1 14 1621 164 50 52 21 21 4f 5 19 20 1 76 78 330 340 150 160 90 100 21 31 141 15 22 21 26 28 i P iP 7284 24 die, 42 44 11 13 11 1 501 50 1 I. 2/ 3} 23 25 I d par 1k l p 10k 11i d p t d p 43} 4 5 6 7, d f 14 2 p i 1 K BANKS. 2111. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. LINDSAY gave notice that this day fortnight he would move that it was the duty of her Majesty's Govern ment to adopt the recommendation of the committee ap pointed in 18.58, relative to the establishment of harbours of refuge on the coasts of England and Wales. CAVALRY COMMISSIONS. Captain D. O'CONNELL asked the Secretary of State for War if lie was aware that, since the reduction in the price of commissions in the cavalry, the amount paid over regulation had increased : And if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to enforce the act of George the Third, which makes it illegal to give or receive any amount in excess of the regulation price for commissions in the army ? 11fr. S. HERBERT said he was not aware that any such increase in the prices of commissions had taken place. With respect to the second question, he considered that Gover..ment were bound to adopt steps to reduce the pre sent price of commissions, but he doubted whether the act of George 111. gave them the power necessary to do so. CLERK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in case of any appointment of a successor to the office of Clerk to the Privy Council, he will suspend the decision of the salary to be allowed to the office until the house has had the opportunity of considering the subject in the Civil Service Estimates ? Lord PALMERSTON said that Mr. Helps was to succeed the present clerk, who was about to retire, and that his salary would be continued at £1,200 a year, but the duties of another office would be transferred to him, which would effect a saving to the country of £5OO a year. SURVEY OF THE NORTMERN SEAS. In reply to Mr. WYLD, Lord PALMERSTON said that the Lords of the Admi ralty would have no objection to furnish ships for a portion of the survey, but they would not undertake to supply ves sels for the whole of the survey that was proposed. _ TRANSPORT SERVICE. - .a. • a. • Mr. LINDSAY moved fora select committee to inquire into the organization and management of those branches of the Admiralty, War Office, India O ffi ce, and Emigra tion Board, by which the business of transporting, by means of shipping, troops, convicts, emigrants, materials of war, stores, and any' other similar ser vices, is now performed, with a view of adopting some uniform system by which such services may be economically and efficiently conducted under the authority of one consolidated and responsible department He said he understood there would be no opposition-to his motion. By the present system they had different depart ments of Government comreting for ships, and when there were rumours ci war with Russia there was no responsible department of Government to attend to the important ques tion of the transport of troops. The transport of soldiers to the Crimea in one year cost £5,000,000, and the whole cost no less than 15,000,000. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of Newca s tl e suggested th at the Minister of War should be responsible for the transport of troops, and in 1851 a transport board was organised ; but that board was not established permanently. In consequence of want of proper organisation, at the breaking out of the war, our men were dying for want of food. When the transport board came into operation, the expense of vessels em ployed in the transport service was considerably re duced, which showed the benefit of proper organisation in a matter of this description. Raving referred to the present defective mode that prevailed in reference to procuring vessels for the conveyance of troops, the hon. member said that the sending out to India and bringing home of eaoh soldier cost the country £4O 18s. Mr. Wood, a gentle man of considerable knowledge in respect to this subject, asserted that the cost could be reduced to £25 per head. Other competent authorities had stated that the cost could be considerably diminished. An organisation that would effect that object would be of advantage at the present time, when the number of troops it would be necessary to send to India would be so much larger than previously. Ho con tended that the most practical means of dealing with the subject would be to revive the emigration office, which would discharge their functions so effectually, and the ma chinery of which was still in existence. That board might be presided over by the Minister of War or by the First Lord of the Admiralty, ment. as might be arranged by Govern- Lord C. PAGET said it was not the intention of the Government to offer any opposition to the motion bit he thought the hon. member would find difficulties in the working of the Emigration board which he proposed to revise. He believed that at the present time there was a proper understanding between the War office and the Admiralty on the subject, at least he had heard no complaints at the latter with respect to the for mer. lie suggested that the hon. member should leave out the words from "performed" to the end of the motion. After a few words from Mr. Baillie, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir C. Napier, Sir J. Elphinston, and other hon. members, Sir J. PAKINGTON said he did not think this was a proper time to enter on the discussion of this subject. The only question really before them was whether there was not ample ground for inquiry into the sub ject. As far as he was concerned, he considered there were the strongest reasons fersuacnhy2iinniqupririov,eanmedntthiant it would be productive of benefit, as the system of transport would lead to a corresponding im provement in the condition of the troops, who sometimes were exposed to inconvenience and delay. Mr. LINDSAY consented to the omission proposed by the noble Lord (Lord C. Paget,) The motion was then agreed. to. CIV IL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. Mr. COCHRANE moved that, for the futu re th e Ci v il Service Commissioners shall publish, with their annual report, all the examination Papers Submitted to candidates ; specifying the proportion in which the maximum of marks assigned to each branch of knowledge is divided among the questions contain e d i n each paper. The hon. gentleman contended that the only other country where competitive examinations prevailed was China, and he quoted the opinions of Sir John Bowring and Lord Monteagle against the present system. He quoted some of the questions which candidates were required to answer in the examination of persons applying for Government situations, which excited much amusement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the examination was not retrospective, and therefore could not inflict any hardship on thesis who had previously been in the public service. It should be remembered there was a great jobbing interest in this country, of which members of Par liament might unwittingly be made the instruments, and it was necessary to guard against such a result. This was an object of the establishment of the co mpet i tive examination, and he was happy to sa), since that establishment several gentlemen had entered into the civil service who were an honour to that service. He objected to the motion on other grounds. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). BUCKINGHAM _PALACE, JUNE 1 This day had audience of her Majesty The Sovereign Prince of Lichtenstein. His Serene Highness was accompanied by the Count Apponyi, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Ma jesty the Emperorof Austria ; Also, the Prince Louis and the Prince Henry of" Hesse Darmstadt. Their Grand Ducal Highnesses were accom panied by the Count de Bernstorff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Prussia; To which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con• .MENT ;;ECU 100 114 116 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 110 100 110 100 101} 42 i - 100 'lOB 100 - 100 ' 100 100 100 100 100 112 112 1024 'lOB 109 110 112 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.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop. Min.ofEng. &Smltg Do. Pref. 7i 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. ct. Preference Indian & Aust. Telegr. Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg 1 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ' Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B dis N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. N ew Shares (Lim.) . Orlnt I. In. Stea m ( Li m .)A I Ditto B. Ditto C. Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4ip.c Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. R.gistered Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. Van Diemen's Land .., 20'11 100 2.11.10 16 I 2.14.5 7.4.0 CAPTURE OF SLAVERS. Intelligence had reached the Navy Department of the capture of the slaver William of Baltimore by the United States' cruiser Wyandotte, off the Isle of Pines. She was under American colours when seized, and had 570 negroes on board. When she left the Congo River the number was 744. She had been in communication with the land, and at the time of her capture a Spanish Custom-house officer was on board. The negroes were all young, but greatly emaciated. They were to be landed at Key West, where a number of other liberated slaves were being kept. It was reported that a Spanish cruiser had also captured a slaver near the Isle of Pines. The authorities at New York had seized a vessel called the Cora, her cargo and fittings having led to the suspicion that she was intended for the slave trade. In reference to such captares as the above, President Buchanan had thought it necessary to send the following message to Con gress : "To TILE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. " On the 26th day of April last Lieut. Craven, of the United States steamer Mohawk, captured the slaver Wildfire, on the coast of Cuba, with 507 African negroes on board. The prize was brought into Key West on the 30th of April, and the negroes were delivered into the custody of Fernando J. Moreno, Marshal of the Southern District of Florida. " The question which now demands immediate decision is, what disposition shall be made of these Africans ? In the annual message to Congress of Dec. 6, 1858, I expressed my opinion in regard to the construction of the Act of March 3, 1819, in addition to the Acts prohibiting the slave trade,' so far as the same is applicable to the present case. From this I make the following extract : " Under the second section of this Act the Pre sident is authorised to make such regulations and arrangements as he may deem expedient for the safe keeping, support, and removal beyond the limits of the United States of all such negroes, mulattoes, or persons of colour captured by vessels of the United States, as may be delivered to the marshal of the district into which they are brought, and to appoint a person or persons residing upon the coast of Africa as agent or agents for receiving the negroes, mulattoes, or persons of colour delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave trade by commanders of the United States' armed vessels."' " Mr. Monroe, in his special message of Dec. 17, 1819, at the first session after the Act was passed, announced to Congress what, in his opinion, was its true construction. He believed it to be his duty under it to follow these unfortunates into Africa, and make provision for them there until they should be able to provide for themselves. " Adopting this construction of President Mon roe, I entered an agreement with the Colonisation Society, dated Sept. 7, 1858, to receive the Africans who had been captured on the slaver Echo from the agent of the United States in Liberia; to furnish them during the period of one year thereafter with comfortable shelter, clothing, and provisions, and to cause them to be instructed in the arts of civilised life suitable to their condition, at the rate of 150 dols. for each individual. It was believed that within that period they would be prepared to be come citizens of Liberia, and to take care of them selves. As Congress was not then in session, and as there was no outstanding appropriation applicable to this purpose, the Society were obliged to depend for payment on the future action of that body: I recommended this appropriation, and 75,000 dols. were granted by the Act of the 3d of March, 1859 (the Consular and Diplomatic Bill), to enable the President of the United States to carry into effect the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1819, and any subsequent Acts now in force for the suppres sion of the slave trade.' " Of this appropriation there remains unexpended the sum of twenty-four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars and ninety cents. (24,350 dols. 90c.), after deducting from it an advance made by the Secretary of the Interior out of the judiciary fund of eleven thousand three hundred and forty-eight dollars and ten cents. (11,348 dols. 10c.) " I regret to say that, under the mode adopted in regard to the Africans captured on board the Echo, the expense will be large ; but this seems to a great extent to be inevitable, without a violation of the laws of humanity. The expenditure upon this scale for those captured on board the Wildfire will not be less than 100,000 dols., and may considerably exceed that sum. Still it ought to be observed that, during the period when the Government itself, through its own agents, undertook the task of pro viding for captured negroes in Africa, the cost per head was much greater than that which I agreed to pay the Colonisation Society. " But it will not be sufficient for Congress to limit the amount appropriated to the case of the Wild fire. It is probable, judging from the increased activity of the slave trade and the vigilance of our cruisers, that several similar captures may be made before the end of the year. An appropriation ought therefore to be granted, large enough to cover such contingencies. _ " The period has arrived when it is indispensable to provide some specific legislation for the guidance of the Executive on this s u bj ec t. With this view, I would suggest that Congress might authorise the President to enter into a general agreement with the Colonisation Society, binding them to receive on the Coast of Africa from our agent there all the captured Africans who may be delivered to him, and to maintain them for a limited period, upon such terms and conditions as may combine humanity towards these unfortunates with a just economy. This would obviate the necessity of mak • ing a new • bargain with every new capture, and would prevent delay and avoid expense in the dis position of the captured. The law might then pro vide that, in all cases where this may be practic able, the captor should carry the negroes directly to Africa, and deliver them to the American agent there, afterwards bringing the captured vessel to the United States for adjudication. " The capturing officer, in case he should bring his prize directly to the United. States, ought to be required to land the negroes in some one or more ports to be designated by Congress, where the pre vailing health throughout the year is good. At these ports cheap but permanent accommodations might be provided for the negroes until they could be sent away, without incurring the expense of erecting such accommodations at every port where the capturing officer may think proper to enter. On the present occasion these negroes have been brought to Key West, and, according to the esti mate presented by the Marshal of the Southern District of Florida to the Secretary of the Interior, the cost of providing temporary quarters for them will be 2,500 dols., and the aggregate expenses for the single month of May will amount to 12,000 dols. But this is far from being the worst evil. Within a few weeks the yellow fever will most probably prevail at Key West, and hence the Marshal urges their removal from their present quarters at an early day, which must be done in any event as soon as practicable. For these reasons earnestly com mend this subject to the immediate attention of Congress. " It is truly lamentable that Great Britain and the United States should ba obliged to expend such a vast amount of blood and treasure for the sup pression of the African slavetrade, and this when the only portions of the civilised world where it is tolerated and encouraged are the Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. " JAMES BUCHANAN. Washington, May 19, 1860." THIS DAPS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--MOSIdOW hay, £3 Os to 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CumnEuLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 7a to £1 14s per lead. A heavy demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, Os to £1 10s per load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—A fair amount of business has been done, and late prices have been fully maintained for all qualities. SUGAR.—The general tone of the market has been quiet, owing to the large quantity announced for public sale during the present week. Prices, however, are steady, and in the refined market no material variation can be recorded in values. COFFEE.—In the private market the dealings have been very restricted, a large quantity of various qualities being announced for public sale. Orders, geaerally, are steady for all descriptions. Rrcc.-1 better demand has been experienced, and slightly enhanced prices have been obtained for the finer qualities suitable for home consumption. SALTPEThE.—No sales of any importance have been reported during the last few dlys, and prices are un altered. TALLow.—There has been a steady amount of business transacted, and quotations in most instances h ave b een fully maintained for both consumption and on sp ecu l at i ve account. P.Y.C., on the spot, is 525. 6d., and the last three months delivery 535. per cwt. Mr. ItAREY'S LECTURES.—We understand that in consequence of the numerous and urgent applications made to Mr. Rarey to repeat his course of lectures, he h as agreed to do so at the Alhambra, and will recommence the course on Monday week, the 18th inst. We are also in formed that Mr. Rarey has accepted a challenge sent to him to tame a Welsh horse, named Burndale, which is said to be quite as vicious and uumauageable as the celebrated Cruiser, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. Mr. BENTINCK then moved—" That it be an instruc tion to the committee that they have power to make provi sion for the better prevention of bribery and corruption at elections." He contended that the effect of the proposed Re form Bill would be to promote bribery and corruption at elections. He concluded by moving an instruction. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection whatever to the introduction of any clauses that would tend to re strain and diminish corruption and bribery at elections. He denied, however, that there was anything in the bill which he had introduced calculated to promote bribery and corruption, and that the instruction of the hon. mem ber would not have the effect he proposed. Mr. KNIGHTLEY thought the motion of his hon. friend the member for Norfolk was deserving the consideration of the house. Mr. WILD had listened with much satisfaction to the remarks of the hon. gentleman the member for Norfolk, and thought his observations as to the extent of bribery were very forcible; but when the hon. member moved an in struction to the committee on the subject, he regretted that he did not also move a remedy to cure the evil of bribery and corruption. Now he (Mr. Wild) would move an amendment, namely, that the votes at elections be taken by ballot—(hear, hear)—and he hoped he would have the hon. gentleman's vote in support of his amendment. The hon. gentleman stated that bribery existed and was practised in boroughs, and not in counties, where ho submitted they had no bribery ; but the hon. gentleman seemed to forget that they had intimidation in full operation there. Now he (Mr. Wild) contended that bribery ani corruption existed, if not in the hon. gentleman's part of the country, certainly in other parts of it, and to a groat extent. (Hear, hear.) He, therefore, proposed as a remedy against such practices, the incorporation of the ballot in the bill of the noble lord —a bill which he was quite sure would extend instead of curtail bribery at elections. (Hear.) The SPEAKER said the hon. member, if he chose, had power to introduce a clause in committee, or to bring in a bill on the subject. But at present the hon. member was out of order. Mr. MELLOR believed that no man could be more anxi ous than he was to see bribery and corruption discouraged, and by law put an end to ; but he felt that a more inoppor tune moment could not be chosen than the present for ob truding those matters upon the consideration of the house, and he had no hesitation in saying that he did not think the hon. gentleman was sincere in his motion, and that his object was to defeat the bill of the noble lord. Lord R. CECIL hoped the house would entertain the motion of his hon. friend the member for Norfolk, calculated, as it was, to lessen the danger and the evils that would otherwise attend hasty and inconsiderate change. (Hear.) Mr. BO UVERIE could not help thinking that if these eight pages of amendments should be discussed, the effect would be to endanger the passing of the bill through the house, and to prevent it from going to "another place." (Hear.) Sir G GREY said his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) had merely intimated that he had no objection to assent to the motion for instruction suggested, without pledging himself to its details. His noble friend had said if the hon. member should press his amendment on the committee, that he would net shut him out from doing so; but to that extent only. Mr. A. MILLS said that on the part of himself and hon. gentlemen near him, he disclaimed the imputations which had been cast upon them by the right honourable gentlemen oppos . tt. Ire declared conscientiously that it was monstrous and unfair, when they were sincerely desir ous that the bill should be moulded in a form that would be satisfactory to the country, that it should be imputed to them that their opposition was based upon a desire to ob struct its passing. (Conservative cheers.) Let them make an effort to improve the representation in the quarter where it most needed it—viz., in the principles on which hon. members attempted to obtain the s ffrages of their consti tuents. (Hear, hear.) If they voluntarily closed their eyes to the corrupt tendencies of their own acts, what was the use of legislating against them ? If they did, however, at tempt legislation, let them not merely trust to chance, but attempt it by a great and comprehensive measure of reform. Sir J. HANMER thought the best way of putting down bribery was greatly to extend the franchise, because, accord ing to his experience, the most honest of the electors were the scot and lot voters. (Laughter.) That he could assure hon. gentleman was a simple fact. (Renewed laughter.) The hon. gentleman having drawn a comparison -between bribery and the dry rot, proceeded to remark that it ought to be treated in a similar manner, by being " put down" as soon as discovered. (Great laughter.) The best way would be to put in force the laws against bribery. The process of disfranchisement ought to be resorted to oftener than at present, and if that had been done it would have removed the necessity for that Reform Bill, which was troubling everybody. (Roars of laughter from the Conservative side.) As soon as a constituency had been proved to be corrupt, it should be wholly or partially disfranchised, an the vacant seat should not be suspended, as in the cases of Sudbury and St. Alban's, but transferred to a more deserving body of electors. Had that been done in times past, a considerable impression would have been made, not only upon corrupt practices, but upon the representation generally. If a Re form Bill were to pass at all, he maintained now, as he had years ago declared, that the most extensive one was the best. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. H. BERKELEY said that, though he was not a great admirer of the bill, he would accept it ; but he de sired that it should be k own throughout the country that the obstruction it had met with did not lie on that (the Government) side of the house. (Opposition cheers and laughter, and cries of " Oh.") Nothing could be more mean than the opposition to that bill on the other side. (Cries of " Order," from the Opposition.) The SPEAKER having intimated to the hon. gentle man, as was understood, that he was not in order in using the term "mean," Mr. F. H. BERKELEY proceeded to say that, correct ing himself, nothing could be more improper than the band . ing together of the great party opposite, and the indirect manner in which they had opposed it. (sheers.) He said that after the numerous speeches they had heard, none of them ending with any resolution whatever, and after the numerous adjournments they had had, it was rather calling too much on their credulity to ask them to believe now that they desired to introduce purity of election as a prominent feature into the bill, and that that was the reason why they sought to amend it. The country was aware that the bill was exceedingly distasteful to the hon. gentlemen opposite, and that they would do everything in their power to pre vent its passing. Something had been said about protect ing people by means of voting papers. If the noble lord were decidedly in earnest in desiring to correct the impuri ties that creep into our system of elections, he would not talk of voting papers, but he would adopt the only real remedy, namely, the ballot. (Derisive cheers from the Opposition.) That bill would certainly be thrown out, for it assuredly could not stand against the delays that had arisen in its progress. It was perfectly understood that it would be thrown out by indirect means. He did not think the Government were in fault. (Ironical cheers.) They had done their best to pass it. (Renewed cheers from the Opposition.) All he would say was, let those hon. gentle men who thought proper to reject it take the consequences with the people on their own shoulders. Mr. COLLINS thought that the expenses of "purify ing the country" should beborne by the Consolidated Fund. Were that done, the constituencies would become more guarded in their conduct at elections. Lord J. MANNERS protestedagainst the charge which had been brought against the party with which he had the honour and the privilege to act, and said if there had been any unnecessary delay in the progress of the bill through the house, it was to be:attributed, not to hon. gentlemen on that (the Conservative) side of the house—but to the un popularity which had attended it from the day of its in troduction. (Conservative cheers.) Mr. A. STEUART said it was admitted that the pro posed instruction to the committee should be agreed to, but he thought something more was expected on the part of the Government than a bare admission of that description. It was the duty of the noble lord, after what had been as certained with regrrd to corruption in municipal elections, to bring in a special enactmentparo passu with the Reform Bill to put an end to those nefarious practices. After a few words from Mr. Slaney, Mr. D. Griffith, and Mr. Farquhar, the motion was negatived without a division. There were two other instructions to the committee on the paper, in the names of the hon. members for Waterford and Athlone, relative to a uniform oath to be administered to all members on taking their seats ; but the Speaker having declared them to be out of order, they were with drawn. 3. RVSSELL—I now rise t o move that the house Lord go into committee on this bill, and in doing so I cannot re - fain from noticing the objecti ons that have been made, not in this house but out of doo rs , to our proceeding withthis b 11, and stating the course which the Government intend to take. Now in the first place I will answer a question which was asked some time ago by an hon. gentleman sit ting on this side of the house. He asked me whether it was our intention to proceed with the Scotch and Irish bills in the course of the present session. I could not give him an answer at the time, but I stattd I would on a future occa sion tell him the views of the Government on the subject I now say, that considering that according to our opinion the English bill should go into committee, and that th franchise to be settled by that bill should be agreed upon, and in fact assented to by Parliament before those bills are proceeded with, we cannot expect that we can proceed with either the Scotch or the Irish bills in the course of the pre sent session. (Hear.) That, however, does not appear to us to be any reason for not proceeding with the bill that stands for committee this evening. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the present bill, I must state the position of th Government and of this house in respect to it. lam not going to state the position of cne side of the house or the other—to make any reproach to the other side of the house with regard to their conduct as to this bill ; but I am going to state the position of the house generally, including both sides, on this question. In doing do so I w ish seriously to the ma= charactere a llth eattention o fth e e o o f y th e r e um h house is et o involved o s l u v b e j a ec b t, y because if the