The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AID D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday continued very heavy, and prices of American declined fully id. per lb. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,500 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations ttnded down wards. The amount of gold taken out of the Bank yes terday was not important, viz., about 11,0001. The Norfolk has arrived from Australia with 33 0,280/. Some of the other vessels known to be °II their way from the colonies will, no doubt, soon Make their appearance, and although a portion of the specie they convey will probably be taken for the Continent, the remainder will be likely to find its way into the Bank vaults. The next weekly return from that establishment is expected to show rather a large falling off in the item of bullion some large withdrawals having taken place. The prin cipal part of the amount thus diverted will be ap plied to the purchase of silver, a large quantity of Which is required for exportation to the East. There is still an active demand for discount ac commodation, and until the payments of the 4th of the month are provided for there is a probability of its being fully maintained. The terms still range from. 2i per cent., but it is only the best descrip tions of bills that are negotiated at that rate. Al though there may be greater activity in the open Market, the applications at the Bank of England co. Winne moderate, and there is consequently no i mmediate prospect of any alteration in the mini nlinn quotation. Meeting of the proprietors of the National Provincial Bank of England took place to-day, 'I. F. Laurie, Esq., in the chair, to confirm the re- Bolution of the former meeting for increasing the r emuneration of the directors, which having been done, the meeting adjourned. The market for the English Funds has been rather depressed to-day. After manifesting rather more firmness, the quotations gave way on the Pressure of a few sales, and the decline amounted to nearly 4 per cent. The speculators, although evidently disinclined to deal to any large extent, seem more disposed to operate for a fall than otherwise. Consols have been 951 buyers, 413 c1 since then 951 The New Threes and t he Reduced are 95i 96. India Debentures 9 9 i 4. T he March Exchequer Bills, 325. pm., the June di tto I'7 to 21 pin., and the Bonds, 1004 101. 'auk Stock is 2195 221. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6f ; Mexi- L ai l 3 per Cents., 20f ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 6g7 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 66 68 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 47 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 n ' 3 ; ditto 45 per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per 445 451 ; and ditto New Deferred, 27± 4. I r °reign Stocks are moderately steady, at about pr evious quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 4 r, ; Ditto 4 per Cents., 104/ ; Chillian 6 per Ce uta., 1041 ; Grenada Deferred, 6 ; Sardinian 5 tr Cents., 90i ; French 44 per Cents., 93 f. ; 15e lgia/1 45 per Cents., 981 ; and Brazilian Loan is /14 7 heavy, viz., to 1 discount. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to " day, are in round figures as under : Ore 5t lB5B. 1857. Western £0,5548 £34,058 r th-Western t ! I t'll-Western I ,,Nhton . 14,690 15,119 irdland 64 th - East _ sut em 1 4 , Northern 19,740 21,241 fl l e%shire and Yorkshire 23,770 24,437 C heater and Exeter 6,928 7,503 jollater and Holyhead 5,455 5,788 11 Lancashire 6,819 6,892 ireaater and Car ' iele 4„ale,hester Sheffield, & Lincoln lO,Oll 10,016 4 -4 4-Eastern ,.... 33,808 36,213 n 4 th Stafford Vord, W orcester , an d W o l ve r, 4,274 4,258 Yt,at Rartlepool Zilll t iburgb and Glasgow ...... 5,612 5,8 05 01tow a n d S out h-W es t ern G reat North of Scotland 1,260 1,231 Gr and Trunk of Canada t Gr eat Western of Canada. tubardo-Venetian orthere of France t . very limited business has been reported in the & il waY . Share Mat ket this morning, and a furt her CPression t oo k pl a ce in values. Great Western base declined ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, t : r th - Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin (P) North-Eastern (Berwick), and North-Eastern v e : r k), 10s. ; Caledonian, 15s ; and Shropshire ~,I ll °l l ,l/. The foreign lines have been at improved Zs'iotations. Northern of France have advanced t,,, ; Faris and Lyons, ss. ; Southern of France, market, East East ern of France, ss. In the colonial T: r 2cet, East Indian have declined ss. ; Grand Ca nada, of Canada, 108., and Great Western of i r l acia, 10s. Mines,lle Banks, and Miscellaneous shares have el l dealt in to a limited extent, and there is little kit er ation of importance to note in values. Londo n 4 il lt Stock have declined about 55., and Union of Loudon improved ss. hail SR FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl OCK. k (Prom the Ohficu4l List:) k 4t k Stock 219. 21 ONir qe v , 0 7, ent. Reduced Allliklltioo 951 6 1 4 : .) Per C en t. L Annuities ' I I% b it Loan Debentures 99s It id to Scrip C c :* Sond e . ziouli .......... ......... ...... Auer for A ccoun t ecitier 131112, lid. March. June. 100032 1 18 21 17 I , :ttu . —. 35 32 1 17 21 %.4..11 ,r.. zeil • .... • .. 32 117 21 . Ditto, () quer Bends, 1858, 3i per Cent.... 1 —OO Ic,r, i 1 l'lt i „ ' 11 - ' 4B OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. r Anti " Dl 5 Per Cent. tile° 1 858, 4i per Cent. Scrip ,tir eti ntlonds, 6 per Cent li tt:ii: Aisle:el:v:11 Active, 2 } per Cent. Tt i in lan Bonds 5 per Cent. rkith n ! i t , per cent — 95 .itto G uaranteed, 4 p er Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. trt'i.ch Iterates, 4. per Cent. 11 14 4 2i per Cent., ex. 25 francs - Itto , 4i per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Cosasola for account LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) agl i Ctolq, Juno 17.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; kb et .ureeze, and cloudy, with a few drops of rain ; appear are in favour of a shower, but the glass is very dIe °aT IIAMPTON, June 16.—Arrived—Colombo (s), from 11, 13 14 ridri a . frog DOPER June IG—Arrived—Queen of tho North, pol2.underland for Shanghai. li,ortiralAOUTll, June 16.—Wind W.N.N.—Arrived— ao l ig Glory, from Callao and Valparaiso ; Southern 4, calla°. 110 4 4 18 11 1 . , June 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Countess or Cuba. tLikt ciSrowN June 16. Ai rived — Cuttiguire, from /'4l ~k o ° . ° 4 ; Lad y Flora Hastings, from Liverpool for Monte (BY ELIOTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 9c' SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. 1, "tio l Ti ti " iv ••. rain. A heavy thunderstorm of brief du , Ti le Passed ov er a bout 8 o'clock last night. 41441 sc rew steamer Borussia has arrived from Hamburg Te °lll in, and leaves for New York to-morrow. A .v alne g of the specie brought by the Colombo, which _ CI LO‘ 4 ,, la st night with the India Mails, is 6,0001. On the he i .• ; ''t• ! lat long. 9 E., the Colombo spoke Atish ship • Bre . chin Castle. LITERPOOL, Thursday Morning. 4 ive A " W • Ovr e • June W.—British Queen, screw steamer, from 11 e a, 1 Pe, screw steamer, from Lisbon; Catherine, ""a ; Confidence, from Marans ; Ruby, from ~aii'd r, tl o) e e , - ; June 16.—Anglo Saxon, and John Howel, for "g q j lad Tidings, tor New 'Yolk ; Eliza Morrison, eeil e ee Marchmount, for Bathurst. j One 17.—Lord Raglan, for Gibraltar and Hong "at SUBMARINE AND BR TISII TEUEGRAPII.) vim cal GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. ; tide five hours' ebb ; weather fine. T June 17.—X. L. from Dunkirk ; .Onke , Win- Al 'lba ; I3arcn Rosie, Antwerp ; Fortitude, Win -4°t411---b'tjan a ' R iga ; Alarm, Rotterdam Wesle y, 474,,i en x; Der Obiokit Mindet, and Alfin, from Riga a ; I.4 laC t 'en, Santa Cruz; Alhalia, Sannesund ; Amelia n June 16 . —Aurora, steamer, for Rotterdam. 44 . steJime Sarah Newman, for Calcutta; Del " r "l', O tend; Elwood Walter, Aden. DEAL, Thursday Morning. moderate. ` 4 4d a Empire, from Madras, for London ; ' ".)uriderlaud, Suez ; Suttoca, Odessa, Ipswich. 1 3onefr escort of all proved ;tics of Persia, )8 from o more ye reel eset us failed, fathers matice ; Raines, ing lesi to drive unpro• jlerk P uto :.ond place ne in th ig long (,ea h ri en that t• rnEno' a p. - f a l feel' the Pu bile i the va ce % his P l° )idly risng, of a lawni s ound, $ 4l , —O4-orion' other heer f ne ighb ;s IT r , Melle b : ie e rlf ble W e- oat ack, of the ",,, t jogt be '°D 1 1 8 o : E f,lif ited this Rai g htoiht .v oi ,rt i nt , e o o ll : three s°9 wahi t ot two rs 3 hre il r • 0 0 1 I W* ; thUn - e wer ther e pee distu r b s be' iotervde about neeeh d a boll t c e3se co ber 13‘j a rera e- f WO' space °rep". i n to ,c10 0;. ° re 6 a ° bout in bire a e atereP e r° t neld. udde iiriE . S UN, LONDON, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr.l Paid RAILWAYS. c Leasing Closing Prices Business , . ompanies yester is s , this day. St. 1100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 99 101 St. 100 Clydesdale•Te Caledon... 101 103 25 all Col.Stonr Vy E.U.dtE.O 13 15 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 138 140 5 all E. 17n. lI.Sh. E. Count. 4 5 St. 1 100 Glas.• Barr. dr Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 1.00 Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn — 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lO9 111 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12. all Do. I Shares. Do • ••• 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastorn l3 14• 20 all Do. Preference Do St. 100 ILon. Til., &S; Peto &Co 9B 100 10 I 10 ,Do. Bark. Sh. Do •• ••• 5i all Manch.Baton. La.&N.W and Matlock dg Midld 2i 21 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland._ 97 99 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count . 4 i - p 50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 57 9 50 all IDo. 6 per ct.. Do 50 I all IDo.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all 'Prost. & Wyre L. &N. W — 12i all Do. Shrs. Do St. 100 Roystn.dx Hit. Gt.Northn 'l3B 140 10 I all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8i 8i 12 all S. Staflordsh.. M. MClean 9 10 50 , all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 all De Do 32 33 St. 100 ,Wilts&Somrst Gt•Westn 9O 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. :5 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50i.) It. 100 Brig.& Ex. 4 P.C. St. 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares..: 100 Caledn. £lO 4# p. WO Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork &Bandonsip.c. all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 100 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. [OO Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 100 Do. No. 2 ....... 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10g. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash.6 p. eta. all E.&W. York. J. sth , 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. o 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. C. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom.... 100 Do. 4i per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. C. prem. all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPrt all Gt. S di W. (Ireland) all Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 5 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4 P.C. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per sent. 100 Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Sp. .P. S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 100 Lan. dr York. 6 pc. St 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 100 D0.,P.,5 p.c.St„No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Do. do, sp. c., N 0.4 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. dz Nuneaton 5 r. et 100 Lon. dr S. W. 7 perct late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. Sh all Londy. &Ennis. Sh 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent 46 Do. do. do. £6 1100 Do. do. 3i per cent. all Marypt. itCarl. 4 p.c. all Do. 44 per cent 10i Do. do. 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bit 6 p.c. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. 100 Do. L. &11. Pref. St. all New.,Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm. all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. all Norfk. Deb. 4p. 0. Sh. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p..,1847 100 North British 3i Do. 7i. Preference 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Si Do. do, do 13 'Do. Leeda 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York 1.14 S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar 100 Do. do. Debeutr. St. all Scot. Cent. New Prof 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. Pt St. 100 Do. do.3j p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 44 pr cont all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 so. Ati per cent 100 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh 100 Do. New 4i pr. cent 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. e 100 IDo. do. 4i p. all J S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. C. 19 Po. do. do. Jt. 1100 jWaterfd&Kilk. 6pc 48 - 50 95 - 97 100 - 102 ••• .....' ••• 6 - 61 112 -. 115 107 - 110 115 - 118 113 - 116 132 - 134 79 - 81 lio li. 1112 - 114 64 -- C 6 10i -11 i ci 91 -- 93 85 -- 87 85 -- 87 100 -- 102 1 91 -- 104 16 -- 17 91 -- 10! 721 -- -- 73 18. 19 9 -- 91 13. -14 f 138 -- 142 26f 13 20 . St. 160 - 165 121 - 123 66 - 68 St. 12 12 12t St. 137 - 139 102 - 104 92 - 94 • •• -..... ••• lli ..'.. 141 los 9 - 7 - 99 1 - i ••• •" • St: St. St. 25 10 LO.( - 24 231 St. St. St. 20 25 119 121 101 le6 101 103 BRITISH 120 - 122 125 - 130 73 - 75 10 - 10? 224 - 234 101 - 193 101 - 103 1191 100 - 102 15 - 17 27} - Vq 42 - 48 SH 111.A.aziETS (This Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWATs. Closing Cris yesterday Bosiasse done this day. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymens Bfrmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. Cheshire Junct Blackburn ...... Bluth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do.B Dnblin&BelfastJuno Dun. P. &Aber Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A.stk Do., do. B. Do. Now A East Kent East Lancashire ..... East Suffolk Do. ,Edinburgh& Glasgow 'Edinb.Prth.&Dund Ne Forth and Clyde June. Furness ... - iGlasgow & S.WesterU Great N. of Scotland Great Northern IDo., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. Do. Str. V. R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds..... 'Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwall. Do. New, iss. 51.105. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Wester. Do. Eighths London & S.Weatern Lndndrry. &Col oraino Lndndrry. & Ennialr. Manch . She f. &Lineln. Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derb y Midland G.W oat .(Ir.) Do. Shares . ...... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt..A berg.&llrfd Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. G. N. E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.& S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. . North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymnoy Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union all Sitingbourne &Sheer. 100 ISouth Dev0n....... ... 100 ,South Ea5tern....... .. 100 South Wales 1 S. Yorksh. River Dur 14 D 0.... ............... all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 20 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 100 iTaff Vale. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 !tames Hay. D. &R 100 Vale of Neath 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Coinwall.. all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class Paid 2 1 1O 10,) 15 all 15 all 5 1 - Gi 7 - 68 - 70 9i - 10 26i - 27i' 88 - 90 81i - 82 33 - 35 4i - 5 16 - 17 61 - 62 46 - 48 31 - 33 14A - 15, 89 - 91 ••• .-"" •1 63 64; 26 - 28 ... ''' .' 94 - 95 9 - 10 101 i - 102 88 ." 90 128 - 13( 103 - 105 50 - 50! 56 - 58 85 88 10A 114; , 101 lli; 89 904 1 d a ••• 6 - 10t 109 la yi , 'a 93 94 39 2 ld 92 92 61 • - 66 ... ...... .. ••• """"' .. •.. -- ... 12 - 13 60 - 62 3 - 3 49i - 50, ... '"'^ .. 91 - 92 2 - 1 45 - 46 : 71 - 72 95 - 98 5i 5 d 8 9 29 - 31 7 — 4 . a 109 - 111 26 - 28 81 - 83 44 - 46 2i - - 35. 68 - 69 79 - 81 13 - 15 7 - 5 ' 8 - 10 34 - 35 ••• ..... ... ..".. .. ... .... ~ • •• .... • ••• - ••• 98 - 100 ••• 6. um -- iv ... """ Iv 2f 3. 61 -6: • •* ... .... C ISSESSIONS. }d— j pi d par , 7 8 183 88 75 80 74 78 ... -... ••• i ... li 10d -- parl 1i -- 1656 BP lEti 194 45 47 79 81 21 214 par -1.,, 174 18 4 3 d 105 liia 104 107 105 -- 107 18 -- 19 201 -20 i 1 d -- d id— p .•• ....... i .--• i .pal BRITISH Pi all Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. all Do. Additional A all Buffalo & Lake Bur. 'lOO Buff. Brut& Godch. 100 6p. Ads., 1 Atig..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '7'3 'lOO Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lim ) 2 Ceylon A shares all Demerara. 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian all Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. do. all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'si all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 port. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.o. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 13 Do. Now all Do. Bds. payable '57 all Do. do., "76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all IDo. do., '73, without! 20i 100 100 20 20 20 20 1051} 46i 6 17 i 1 i 9i option all Madras, guar. 4. p.c all Do. do., 5 per c 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ss. Oude (Limited) 15 S>eincle, guar. 5 per c all Do FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 54 - 51 20 all Ardennes ..• ••• 20 3 Bahia & Francisco par 1p 5 all Belgian East. Junct — 11 20 all BezierstoGraissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2. —2/ 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 241 —25 1251 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... ..! 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 71 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all 1....•Ke Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 34 3/7 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 231 241 33 , ), all Maria Antenla 10 all Do. Now 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2l 211 16 all Northern of France 37 371 374 8 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons,, 3Ol 301( 311 1 20 all Ditto New . ••• 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 20 9 Recife & San Frau ; (Ferman.) g. 7 p. c. 0 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Roma and Frascati.. ••• 20 all Royal Danish ••• ••• 5 all Royal Swedish ••• ••• 4 all Do. 7 per cent. ••,,• 20 all Sambre and Meuse ! ,4 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref Bl •—• 20 all Southern of Franco 194 20/ 201 8/ all West Flanders 4/ 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prof , • 9 91 20 all W.& A.W. of France 23 24 20 6 Western of Austria — ••• 20 all West, of Switzerland 6 all Wiestaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. 20 ale 'Zealand ......... JOINT-STOCK • BANKS. 100 50 \Agra & United Serv. 40 all kustralasia BO 81 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 47 40 all Bri. Col. Bk. diLn. Co 50 all British N. American, 20 10 C.Bk.of lnd.Au.dgCh 31 24 100 50 City 56 58 100 25 Colonial I •" ••• 201 all ICommercialof Canada 100 120 \ Commercial of Lond. 20 all I Eug • Scot.diAus•Cut. l 18 IEI 20 all Lcin•Cli. Bk.ofAast.l 191 194 3 50 20 London and County ! 50 10 London Joint Stock. 01 294 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 45d 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp ,35 37 20 all Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 63 65 10 all Do. view 25 all South A astralia ▪ 25 15 Do. New , ••• ••• 25 all Union of Australia :47 49 15 Do. New , 32 33 50 10 Union of London ) —• 17 231 241 241 • 100 50 *Unity Mutual •• ••• 100 Westrußk Fond 19 d 2112 Alfred Cons, (Phi'k e )' 14 'British Iron 20 Clondurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cush. (Tay. ) 30 East Basset (Illogan) 17s ,Great South Tolgus 111 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7i 'Grt. W, Vor (11elstn. ) 17s 1 Lady Bertha 8 N. Frances (Mogan) ... N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkeilis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2i S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 4 i Tam. S. &L. lain. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 lin.Mines (Gwennap) 12s 6 V. of Towey (Camar.) 1i W. Basset (Illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). tai Wh. Edward(Calstck 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.! 4 Wh. Trelawnoy (Lis.' :0 7 1 lOs. 15 27 :0 15 1 A D all 16 1 all 2 all ',O all 3 all 5 1i 1 all 1 all 1 all M all :5 19 LO all [0 all LO 2 50 j 40 )0 I, 324' It. 100 it. all i 5 all 5 all 5 all 4 all ;0 all ;t. 100 1 all 5 all ' LO 10s. 9 all •11 15 14 FOREIGN ,Australian ~ Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilianlmp.(iisued , at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes do Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop•H per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Novean Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt Port Philip ,Santiago de Cuba United Mexican iC all L6l 141 L6l 15' 3t. 100 L 6 6 9 7 3 1 !O all [li all 1 it. 100 St. 100 .2 It. 100 5 all S 5 i all It. 100 .0 1 It. 100 It. 100 '0 all 5 all )01 all :5 all l 0 9 ;t. 1 100' >t. 1 100 100 4. 100 ;t, 100 5 165 4. 100 it 100 3t. 100 .0 31.1 17_i .0 I all ;t. 100 20 I a: 20 20 601 11 1 !SO 491 501 491 90 *9l X9 Ol 3 91f 2} 1 St. 1 100 9 0 1 46 761 1 MINES. 10 - 11 1 3 - 4 GO .- 70 460 - 480 90 - 95 14i - 154 5 - 6 11 - 1 1 .--- 11 6 -, 7 9i - 10} 5 - 6 1 10 - 20 it - 395 3 - 4 230 -- 240 --11 - 3i - 4 80 - 100' 1 - 24i - 100 -110 1 210 1280 - 29) 4A - 5 9 - - 10 44 - 46 25 - 27 MINES. - I P - 21 •.• ''''". ••• 12 - 13 42 - 44 11 - 13 1 - 2i - 23 - 2i 9A -- 10 - I - 1 - I ... -- .• 5 - 7• • .ii - 2 . 31 - 31 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) !Australian Agricult. !Australis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do. New iss. at 5/. d !Brit. Aynerican Land Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&Julyl ,Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prcf. 7; p. cent ' Crystal Palace DO. Preference Crystal Pal. of France. Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Ire lEn.ttAust.Cop.SmCo l Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. iEur.&Am.Stin.(lim,) I Gen. Ir. Se. Col.(lim. I Gen. Steam Navigat.' London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus IMagdalena St. Navig. blediteran. Elec. Tel. I Do. Extension Teleg. Mexican& S.Americn INat. Discount Co.._ Netherlands Land Do. Do. .. Do.B p.e.PLiss.at 1 (1: Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land IN.S.W. Gov.s N. B. Australasian... Nrtli.of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do New Shares Peelßr, La. & Miurl 1 Peninsular Qt Oriental Do. New Rhymnoy Iron Royal Mail Stcam Scot. Austral. Invest S.Aus, Gov. 6 South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Seri} Do. Registered Tru s. Ln. Co. Up. Can. 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The house went into committee on the India resolu tions : Lord STANLEY moved the following resolution : "That the members of the nominated portion of the council shall be selected by her Majesty, subject, as a general rule, to the qualification above expressed, and one-half at the least of the elected members shall pos, sees the like qualification." He said the vote of Monday had placed the house in same difficulty , relative to this subject. Not only had the house decided that permanent legislation should take place in the course of the present session, but bad fixed the number of the council, and that the manner of electing should not be exclusively that of the Crown. Speaking of the proposition of looking to India for the appointment of a portion of its council, the noble lord said that neither the Governor-General nor the Governor of the Indian presidencies could feel anything but an indirect interest in the efficiency of the Indian council at home ; and, on the other hand, they did and must feel a direct and strong interest in that which was immediately under their eyes, and subject to their management, in the efficiency of the civil and mili tary service of India on the spot. There was the danger that if they trusted to the Indian authorities to select any portion of the Indian council here, it could hardly be expected they would make so great a sacrifice as to deprive themselves of the ser vices of the most eminent and efficient men, but that they would send home men for whom they desired to provide honourable retirement ; and there was a great risk that, under such a plan, the portion of the council so chosen would be made a sort of shelf—a sort of honourable retirement for those whom the Governor-General of India had no desire further to employ. If, however, a contrary result occurred, it was quite obvious another result equally as inconvenient would be arrived at—that of obtaining a maximum of efficiency in the council hero only at the sacrifice of a maximum efficiency in the civil and military services of India. Against the adoption of that plan there had been a plan suggested by the honourable lord the member for Carlisle. The Government bad con sidered that proposition, and they were of opinion it would not meet all the difficulties of the case. Her Majesty's Government considered such a plan as that suggested by the right hon. baronet would be open to many and grave abuses. What was it, then, her Ma jesty's Government proposed ? They thought by the decision of the committee on a former occasion that part of the council should be nominated and a part elected, that the real desire of the council was that the exclusive right of nominating should not rest in the bands of the Crown—(hear, hear)—so as to lessen the amount of patronage in the hands of the Secretary of State for India. (Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Go vernment were prepared to accept the number of 15 councillors, and they proposed that in the first instance eight of them should be nominated, and the remaining seven, following to a certain extent the principle of 1853, elected from among their own number by the Court of Directors, and the subsequent appointments filled up alternately by the nomination of the Crown and by election—the right of election to be confined to the remaining members of the council. Such a plan would get rid of the abuses that sometimes existed in self-elected bodies. Lord PALMERSTON considered that before the committee was called upon to give a vote on this plan, it should he embodied in a resolution and printed with the votes for the consi deration of h on. members. He condemned the idea tha t they were to le g islat e fo r I n di a in a different spirit to the constitution of this country. He asked her Majesty's Government and the,committee to deal with this council on the established principle of the British constitution, and give to her Majesty's ad visers the power of naming the council the same as they did the judges of the land, governors-general of colo nies, and other officers, which made her Majesty's advisers responsible for them. He was opposed to any hocus-pocus system of nominating certain portions of plan proposed the Crown would the council. By the have the majority of nominations, and he asked the committee not to depart from the principles of the British Constitution in theory, whilst in practice, by the election of the council, they would adopt it. He called upon her Majesty's Government to oome forward and support the principles of the constitution in the creation of the council, and not depart from it in order to obtain a few votes. Mr. WALPOLE said that the plan proposed was not a departure from the principles of the constitution, and reminded the committee that the struggle between Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox was of a similar character to that now before the committee. He approved of the plan for various reasons, and especially that it would give independence of action to the council more than any other plan. Sir J. GRAHAM said the noble lord, in moving his resolution, had not touched on the tenour of office, the salary to be paid, and other matters—important ques tions that must be embraced in any scheme before the committee cou'-d . adopt it, especially in one possessing a mixed plan of nomination and election. He thought the committee should not this day be called upon to come to a decision on the plan before the committee, which entirely did away with the seven resolutions on the paper. He congratulated the noble lord the member for Tiverton at drawing every debate,closer and closer to the view of the hon. member for Birmingham, and if they went on debating this question much longer he (Sir J. Graham) felt confident the opinion of the hon. member for Birmingham and the hon. member for Sheffield would prevail. (Hear.) He considered India should be governed by a responsible minister, with assistants. He was glad the Government had given up the seventh resolution. Tne scheme, however, before the committee nearly approached direct nomination, the elective prin ciple being embraced in it. Under the present system the Crown nominated five of the Court of Directors. By this scheme eight were to be immediately nomi nated, and in the choice of the seven, five nominees would exercise a voice in the election. It was expedient that the scheme should be fully developed in resolutions ; and he suggested the matter should stand over till Monday, when they should sit on consecutively till they came to a decision on them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sub. mitted it would be better to let the 6th and 7th resolu tion, stand over, and get rid of the remainder at this sitting. By so doing a bill might be introduced this week and read a second time on Monday, when the pro posed scheme tor the council, the term of office, salary, &0., could be discussed better tban at present, and legis lation for India thereby be completed this session. Mr. BRIGHT said the mode proposed by the Chanceller of the Exchequer wee both ingenious and just. He proposed to get rid of the difficulty by their sa ying nothing more about it -(hear, hear)—and the , dropping the resolution. (Laugoter.) Resolutions were determined on to discuss the question, so as not to • I change her Majesty's Government on a discussion on lan Indian bill, but as there was to be no change of Government before India legislation had been com pleted he thought it would be desirable to bring as soon as possible. lie ap in the bill as p r oposed proved of the proposition before the committee, and be was arxious to get to a second reading of an India Bill that he might address some observations generally on the government of India at home and in that coonntry. After souse remarks from Lord PALMERSTON, Mr. GLADSTONE said it appeared to be the desire of the committee Lot to come to a decision on the question to-day, and the Chancellor of the Exchequi r wishedithe comrnitttes not to further consider the sub. jest the , . He (Mr. Gladstone) thought if that plan were adopted they ought to drop discussion on the remain ing resolutions altogether, and wait for the bill. They were not going to decide on the principle of election or nomination, the tenure of the councillors, whether they might have seats in parliament ; whether there should be a secret committee, and what amount of salary should be g iven, wh ich , though it sounded very much like details, were matters of importance, because they were closely connected with the _ rank, consideration, and (17gcitY of the coun cil, and the class of men w ho were to constitute the council. If they conceded the Proposition of the council they conceded all these points. If they agreed to the suggestion of the Government in this instance he saw no reason for discussing the remaibing resolutions, which, to a great extent, were resolutions of details. Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with the suggesion of the right hon. gentleman, and thought it would be better now to p roceed as soon as Possible by bill. He looked upon the scheme of the Government as a scheme of nomination by the Crown. He asked an explanation from the noble lord the President of the Board of Control relative to patronage, which would lessen discussion on this point—whe ther cadets were to be appointed by con petition ; and whether the council was to have communi cated to them the dispatchs on foreign affairs, as we ll as these relating to the internal affairs of India. It was necessary the council should possess a full knowledge of all that referred to India, and some restraint should be placed on their going to war. He should raise discus sion on the bill on these questions if the explanation was not satisfactory to him. He thought the remaining resolutions might be reported to the house that a bill might be brought in as soon as possible. Lord STANLEY said it was never the intention of her Majesty's Government to take a final decision to-day on the plan he bad submitted to the committee, but to give them time and opportunity for its discussion and consideration. (Hear.) He did not consider the mode of election proposed was an indirect mode of nomination. The principle of open competition was valuable, and might be beneffcial in its results on the distribu'ion of military patronage, ought to have a fair trial ; at the same time, he considered it was an expe riment, and one which the government ought not to undertake to do, more than to give it a fair trial, on a scale sufficiently liberal to permit its being properly and thoroughly tested. The old patronage ought to remain as at present as much as possible. The minister should have a share of it, but the great mass of it should remain in the bands of the council. Ho could not then give a definite opinion as to the second ques tion of the noble lord the member for the city of London ; and with reference to war, he thought it would be impossible to lay down any definite plan, because war might arise from local circumstances, which it would be impossible to avoid before a cornrou nic,►tion could be made t', this country and instructions vent i Ist. He thought the resolutiora before the house had answered the purpose for which they were intended. (Laughter.) Enough had been elic'ted in debate on this question, on which to introduce a bill, and her Majesty's Government were prepared to adopt the suggestion and and bring in a bill as soon as possible. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MANGLES approved of the plan now before the committee. He thought it would work better than a council merely nominated or ent'ry;y electcd. [LEFT SITTING I LAW INTELLIGENCE—(f his Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Sitting of the full Court—Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Williams, and Sir C. Cresswell, judge ordinary.) EVANS V. EVANS AND ROBINSON. This was a petition of the husband against the wife for divorce, on the ground of adultery. The parties re sided at Cheltenham, and the eve, it will be recollect€d, has been repeatedly before the public. Two actions for crim. con. were tried at Liverpool. On one occasion the verdict was for the plaintiff, with 5001. damages ; and on the new trial the verdict was for the defendant. Pro ceedings were afterwards taken in the Eccie:iastical Court for a divorce, but failed, and afterwards the case was tried over again before Lord Campbell at Guild hall, on a charge of perjury against Robinson, founded on the affidavits filed by Robinson in that court in de nial of the adultery, and on that occasion the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. The case was set down for trial this morning in this court on a petition of the husband against the wife for a divorce, on the ground of adultery. A jury had been summoned to try the facte, but as a sufficient number of jurymen did not answer to their names, the petition could not be proceeded with, and for the present the pro ceedings are at an end. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) THE ROBBERY AT LORD FOLEY'S.—Henry Whtt stone, Thorns,. De Purzey, George Cherry, Thomas Par tridge, arid Margaret Prickett, were in.iicted for steal ing from the dwelling-house of L'.rd Foley, 58 silver plates, and other articles, weighing, together, 4,500 ounces, valued at 3,0001., and Samuel BeijAmin was in dicted for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it be stolen. Mr. Bodkin aad Mr. Gifford appeared for the prose cution ; Whetstone was defended by Mr. Sleigh, Benja min by Mr. Edwin James., Q.C., and Mr. Lewis, De Puz-ey and Prickett by Mr. Metcaf, Cherry by Mr. Ribton, and Partridge by Mr. Phillips. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. There was no further evidence adduced than what has already appeared in The Sun. The case is expected to last till a late hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. ATTEMPTING TO STA]; A FOREIGNER THROUGH JEA LOUSY.—Louis Gabriel Geiger, of 64, Dean-street, Soho, a tailor, was charged with attempting to stab Reuben Brizard, of 9, Sherrard-street, with a spear. From the evidence of the prosecutor (which was in terpreted by M. Albert) it appeared that the wife of the prisoner, who was then i❑ the penitentiary at Milbank, where he had been sent for robbing the consul at Jersey, went to the prosecutor for work, which he gave her, at the same time doing all he could to get her husband out of prison. He then took the wife into his house its housekeeper, and on Thursday last she, fearing he would do her some harm, left, and he took a room for her at 17, Pauton•streer, Haymarket ; since which the prison, r had tried all he could, by correspondence, to get her to come back to him. Last night, at midnight, the pri soner came into the room in Panton-etreet, where he (prosecutor) happened to be at the time, and without say ing a word pulled out the sword from the cane and made a violent thrust at him, but, fortunately it only slightly touched him. He then threw the prisoner down, and the landlord coming up, he was given into custody. The sword originally belonged to him, but he had given it to the prisoner. In defence, the prisoner said that when he came from Paris he found the prosecutor living in open adultery with his wife, and that, wishing to be sivisfied of the fao', he went on the previous night to the place, where he found them, and a struggle took place, in the course of which the sword was drawn. So far from wishing to injure the prosecutor, if the letters at his lodgings were read it would be toted there were no threats in them. He intended to commit suicide. He wished to get to France. The prosecutor said he would readily pay his passage. The prisoner said if he would do so he was willing to go. The prosecutor said he would give the money at once, and the prisoner, by permission of Mr. Bingham, WAR allowed to put in bail till he could make urragements to depart. THAMES. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND DI S PUTED CAB FARE. — Benjamin Cowdetay, a cab-'river, came before Mr. Yard ley to obtain a summons against a person named Mann, a boarding-house keeper, of Liigh-street, Poplar. The cab-driver was before Mr. Yardley last week, and he said that three weeks preQiouly a little boy named Mann was run over by a country waggon in the East India-road, and his legs having got between the spokes of one of the wheels he was dreadfully crushed. The police in the road called him off the stand, and directed him to convey the injured boy to the London Hospital. He did so, and the boy was ad mitted into the hospital, where he subsequently died. Upon waiting on the police constable who engaged him he was recommended to wait upon the father of the deceased child, and the father referred him ba , k to the police. _ _ Mr. Yardley said the police badacted most humanely and properly in sending the wounded child to the hoe • pital, and the cab-driver ought to be paid his fare. He would pay the fare out of the poor-box rather than he should lose it, but he thought the father of the child ought to pay the fare. Ile directed Taplin, an officer of the court, to wait upo❑ the father of the deceased child and convey to him the magistrate's sentiments on the subject. Taplin now repotted that he had waited upon Mr. Mann, who said that he would pay the cabman for Lis fare and loss of time if he waited upon him, Cowderay—l waited on Mrs. Mann on Monday last, and asked her for my fare, and she refused to pay me. Mr. Yardley said that cab-drivers were bound to con vey a wounded person to any of the hospitals in the me tropolis when called upon to do so by the police, but they were entitled to their fare for so doing. He asked Taplin when be waited up)n the parents of the deceased child. Taplin—A. week ago, sir. Mr. Yardley—When did you see the parents of the child, Cowderay ? Mr. Cowderay-0a Monday, your worship. Mr. Yardley—Then you shall have a summons against Mann. Mr. Villiers, who would have voted for the Annuity Tax Bill, was accidentally shut out of the divikion yes terday. Sir James Matheson was prevented by indisposition from attending to vote on the second reading of Mr. B'ack's Edinburgh, &c., Annuity Tax Bill. The King and Queen of Greece left Athens on the sth for an t xcursion in their dominions. The following is their itinerary :—Thebes, Livadia, Macrocambi, Lamia, and Chalcie. It is after bis return tbat the Bing will set out for Germany. • ENGAGEMENT OP' MADLLE. TITIENS.—Our musical readers will learn with regret that the direction of the Imperial Theatre at Vienna have refused to grant any extension of this lady's leave of absence, which expires on Satur:lay, the 26th inst. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Night.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamship Colombo, Captain Field, has arrived in the River with these mails, in charge cf Lieutenant Payne, R.N. Her dates are—Alexandria, June 5 ; Malta, 8 ; and Gibraltar, 12. She brings 120 passen gers, 7 packages of specie, value not stated ; 272 bales of cotton, 67 bales and 5 cases of silk, and general cargo, including 19 packages from the Ave. Fine weather, with generally light winds, throughout the voyage. HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, SOHO-SQUARE. —Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of this charity was held at the institution in Sobo-etuare, Lord Henry Cholmon delay in the chair. After a few preliminary observa tions from the noble chairman, in which he urged the claims of the institution on the public, the secretary read the 15th annual report of the committee, which stated that at the last meeting the committee announced that notwithstanding the accumulating evidence of the usefulness of the hospital, yet they were not in a pos.- tion to ask for funds to effect such alterations as would give accommodation for 40 in-patients, as suggested by the medical officers, until the remainder of the mortgage debt (5001.) had been liquidated, and that there should be an increase in the income to meet the neces sary additional annual expenditure of 1,000/, for that purpose. In consequence of the liberal donation of 3001. from the trus'ees f the K e nn edy Fund, and a bequest of 1001. from the late C. geeing, Esq. , that debt had teen liquidated ; but although it was congratulatory to announce that the hospital was out of debt, yet a large s um was required for repairs, &c., until which are done raanisoinmobetrheorfopatients addng must i b a e n r o e t f h u e s r ed floor, admission, accommoda tion might be given to 40 or 50 patie n ts. The number of in-patients received into the h os pital during the year 1857 was 127, cf . whom 40 were discharged cured , 47 as b y were much relieved, 3 were incurable, 5 died, and 23 re mained under treatment in the wards. The number of new patients applying for out-door relief during the year had been 926, being 409 more than the two preceding years. The receipts for the year hadjbeen 1,5911. se. 4d., and the expendituee 1,5491. 4s. 4d., leaving a balance of 421. ls. in hand. The medical officers had effected great reduction in the expenditure, and were thanked for their gratuitous services. Dr. P. Smith having read the medi sal reports, the Hon. Capt. F. Maude moved their adop tion, and the same having been carried, thanks were voted to the noble chairman, and the meeting separated. 17, .16 b. ' METB 0 DICA I MEN DIGITY. Of all unprofitable methods of almsgiving that of bestowing incliserimina , e charity upon the beggars in the st,eets of London is perhaps the worit. Mendicity, unfortunately, 'is a profession or trade, and a profitable one too. The beggars have their regular beats. They have special methods •of working upon the sympathieS and tender feelings of charitable persons ; they look to the steady prosecution. of their c4ling for a rubsistenct which can scarcely be called precarious. The office of interfering between the oulstt e'ched hand of charity and the wretched crea ture who t, all appearance is sunk in the lowest depth of human misery is an ungracious one, but it is one which, fa the sake of_ the deserving poor should not be neglected. There are, un doubtedly, to be met with in the streets of London objects worthy of all cominiseration, but how are we to distinguish between re4l and fictitious misery? Tile Flianoes are as about ninety to one that a. L n- don beggar is an ritrinPator. There are some per sons of excelleet • intention who.would say " For the sake of that one turn not away from the ninety." It is added. that we ought het in any case, save one of notorious and patent imposture, to harden ouihearps against thespectacle of human misery, lest in the end we prove too successful, and become, in fact, indifferent to the sufferings of our fellow-creatures. Now suggestions of this descrip are very captivating at first sight. There are few persons removed themselves from absolule misety who would not be disposed to afford a certain mea sure of relief to any poor creature who might be in their way, could they feel the assurance that by so doing they were not encouraging imposture. It is not from want of compassion, but flo ur the absence of certainty, that men who know this town well have brought themselves to turn a deaf ear to the beggar in the public streets. Even men like Lord Shaftesbury, who have made charity, as it were, a career, have told the public that if they would not work more evil than good they must rush past the street beggars withoUt any idea of affording them relief. They are for the most part mere impostors. Just the same' is the case of the begging letter writers, and of other who toll Choir piteous stories to the public through the advertising columns of the daily journals. To make our meaning clear with reference to this last class we will take a few headings from the Men dicity Society's report, such as are commonly em ployed in this form of application To the charitable, benevolent, or affluent;" "To the humane and benevolent ;" "To those who can feel for the sick and hungry ;" " Awful distress of a clergyman's daughter ;" " Distress of a widow with a large famdy—unparalleled suf ferings—literally starving." Against all such head ings, and the applications to which they serve as introductions, we pray all our benevolent readers to be continually ou their guard. If they should be 53 ill-advised as to attend to any of these heart• rending requests, the probabilities are that they wiil be merely affording encouracement to some idle and profligate person to continue a career of vice and shame. The question then arises, "What is to be done?" Is is pretended that misery does not exist in the back streets and blind alleys of London ? Surely not ; misery is there to be found in many very terrible forms, and misery which requires all the assistance which can be spared by those who have been blessed with more abundant means. If it is desired to,deal with it—in the first place, we would say let every one attend in the first instance to those cases of distress which fall within his own immediate knowledge. How few of us are there who are able to do all we would wish to do in alleviation of the well-ascertained misery around us which we know to be real ! In the next place, there are the metropolitan wagistrates, who are among the best almoners that wealihy and cha ritably-disposed persons can find. Not 5 per cent. of the contributions to the poor-boxes of the police-courts is expended upon impos tors. There are the great Hospitals—there are the clergy in the more distressed quarters cf the town. There can be no difficulty in applying any spare sovereign to the relief of real distress. But if any one should desire to be his own almoner he can become so with safety if he will but call in to his assistance the organization of the Men dicity Society. By the outlay of a very trifling sum in the form of an annual subscription to this most useful institution any ore can procure that every application to him for alms, either in person or by letter, shall be thoroughly investigated. There are persons employed by the society well acquaint ed with the chronicles as well as with the con temporary history of London Rascalism, who will follow the applicant to his home and test the value of his assertions. If he conies well out of the inveAigation steps can be taken for his relief with confidence—if not, an impostor is unmasked. It is some time since we have seen any public document half so interesting as the Fortieth Report of the Society for .the Suppression of Mendicity, which has just been published. Well nigh every form of imposture practised by the London mendicants is herein discussed, and suitable cautions are given to unweary Samaritans. For example, the society tell us that since the commencement of the late war a system of fraud has been practised by a gang of im postors, " who, on hearing of the death of any officer in the army or navy, find out his relatives, and make unfounded claims for debts pretended to have been contracted by him, either for money lent or goods supplied, and remaining unpaid." Rather than submit to unp'easant proceedings, which might iuvelve the good name of a deceased relative, his family discharge the claim, and only find out their mistake when it is too late. Then we are told of Dr. Dewhurst, now styling himself Brier, who is bringing out a pub lication of enormous general interest, but, unfortu nately, there is a breakdown about the preliminary expenses. There is the "American Dodge" too, which should not be altogether ignored. A pack of swindlers on the other side of the Atlantic are in the h :bit of addi essing letters to " dead men" in this country, dated, let us say, "Gaol Hospital," and commencing, "Dear —," or, "Kind and Honourable Benefactor." It may at first excite surprise that these fellows should select their corre spondents from the churchyard, but their hope is to extract a remittance from the piety of surviving relatives, out of respect for the memory of the deceased. To described the multifarious forms which Lon- don mendicity, whether personal or literary, as sumes, would be to transcribe the report with which we are now dealing. Let us, however, en treat our readers to be on their guard against all persons unknown to them who come to their houses with begging petitions. Their object is a great co it. With regard to the beggars who expose their sores in the public streets, we would only say that vitriol, judiciously applied, can do a good deal. Then, again, about the pale , p iteous widows with children, who look so wan that a man at first feels like a ruffian when h e p asses them by without re- , lieving their apparently dire distress. TB us e are hired —by the hour, and the day ! Twins com mand a ready market. There are also many unfor tunates who have just escaped shipwreck ; a good many of them are involved in marine misfortunes off the Kentish coast, and are only saved by the exertions and well-known gallantry of the Deal Loatmen. Not a few noble relics of the various searches after Sir J. Franklin are still extant among us—it is fair and natural that they should apply to t' us for relief. They need never be hindered by any difficulty of expression, for in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane and o , her such places petitions exactly suited to every category of human misery can be bought by the gross. —Times. POLITE ATTENTION TO FRANCE. (From Punch ) Our firm ally is arming fast Against some foe unknown ; 'Twould be an inattention vast To let him arm alone. His foe, of course, must needs be ours, His battle we must share ' • But which of all the foreign Powers To fight shall we prepare t A steam fleet must invasion mean, But whom will he invade ? No matter ; put our own marine In case his force to aid ; To aid, and just a little more; With ample odds to meet. In short, to guard Britannia's shorn, Get up a Channel fleet. Gibraltar is the key of Spain ; Look out, it you are wise ! Alarm, perhaps, is weak and vain, For we are close allies. For arming 'gainst a sudden stroke Our cause may turn out none. Then our Ally has had his joke, And armed himself for fun. But hie example we should take If but to be polite, And ample preparation make With any foe to fight ; The compliment at least to pay Of walking in his track, While 'tis impossible to say Whose shores he may attack. The detachment of Royal Marines, under Us command of Lieutenant M`Meekan, paid off from her Majesty's ship Monarch, yesterd a y rece i ve d wages at Woolwich, each man receiving an amount ranging from 301, to 601. DREADFLL MuJWIW AND SUICIDE Ar MLINGT(IN. Yeaqr i cfaY another Of those dreadful deeurrences which have -too- often of late shoekid the'publio wind in connection With the great qt . t?O`sigti of "the social evil," was brought to light, atd cause gnat excitement and sensation in the parish of Itlngton and the immediate neighbourhood, . it having be come known that a dreadful muri.'er of a fclnalp had been committed by a man, who is at present un known, and that the victim was an " unfortunate," of the name of Phillips, better known in O l e neigh!. b heod as "Mrs. Cooke," who, e sit 10, Park-road, Barnsbury-read, a plac© of a pp aren tl y great resreetability. The circumstances connected with ,this case are of the most melancholy description, at once show ing that the commission of the dreadf u l cr i me was premeditated, and actuated by jealousy. The un. fortunioe female was one of that vast number who swell the "social evil" of the metropolis ; but al though not iu the habit of throwing herself in tiro way of her admirers by common parade, she was, to all intents, one of that number. She made assign ations, and thus carried on her means of livelihood. She was about 32 years of age, of somewhat mas culine appearance, nothing particularly prepo- Bess. ing in feature, but dressed fashionably and gay ; and although, it is supposed, under the care of one gentleman, she received the attention of others. Her house was handsomely furnished. It was not what was generally known as a " common," but as i a "gay" house, and' the neighbours affirmed that broughams, gentlemen on horseback, and o here moving in a high sphere of society ; were constant vt,itors, and that a female lodger had there resided' about three months. A wealthy tradesman in the neighbourhood was &so stated as being one of her numerous admirers, and it was at first thought that the deceased was his son. A most melancholy portion of this tragic scene is that themale deceased, although his mind must have been fully prepared to commit this drea iful murder and suicide, a short time previously to its commission actually ac companied a street organ with his voice in its per f nauance of the " Old Hundredth," at the same time having in his possession a loaded-six-barrelled revolver—the instrument with which he intended to carry out his murderous designs, and a new clasp-handled knife with a blade fully six inches in length. The cause of this shocking affair was pro bably jealousy, as in the pocket-book of the man was found a document, on which the following words were wri.ten in a very legible hand :—" I said it should not last a twelvemonth. Mr. Els mere and Mr. Horlick ate to blame, and I leave them to the everlasting curse of a dying man." On the back of the document there was written, "In Chancery' At the suit or ' very.'" The supposi tion is that the unfortunate man was attached to the law. On searching the male deceased, in his pockets were found the portrait of a ballet-girl, and in his pocket-book several poetical effusions, illus trative of his love of female society were also found, as also several receipes and matters connected with science. He was very fashionably attired, and from the connection of the female withlhimself there did not appear to have been the slightest mistrust on her part, as on Thursday next there was an ap pointment existing between them for visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent's-park. ut 12 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Inspector Judge, of the N division, was informed that something was believed to be wrong at the above house, in consequence of the oily other lodger in the house, a female of the name of Sarah Scott, not having seen her landlady or "her friend" about during the morning. In the most prompt manner Mr. Judge, accompanied by Sergeant Witberiugton, 24 N, and Police-constable Ryan, 157 N, proceeded to the house in question, and having knocked at the back parlour door, found they could not gain admittance. Finding that the door could not be forced the in sp. ctor directed the constable to procure a ladder, which having been done, an entry by the back par lour window was effected. In that small room, about eight feet wide by ten feet long, a most hor rible sight met their gaze. Ou the bed was disco vered the lifeless body of a young man, fully dressed, with a revolver having still a charge in it, weltering in blood, and by his aide the victim of his jealousy, dreadfully wounded, and quite dead. The top part of the bed and the floor presented a very dreadful appearance, both being literally covered wilt blood. Mr. Judge at once sent off for medical assistance, and Mr. J. W. Wilson, surgeon, of 22, Brunswick place, Barnsbury-road, arr►ved shortly after one o'clock, and proceeded to make an examination of the bodies. Mr. Wilson found on the female two pistol wouods above the left ear, each would being about an inch from each other. There was a great amount of effusion of blood under the left eye-lid, which causei it to have the appearance of having received a severe blow, with rigidity of the body, showing the deceasedi had been dead some hours ; the body, however, at the lime Leinga little :arm. Ou examining the body of the female be found no external marks of violence, although this cannot be clearly ascertained until the pest mortem examina tion takes place. It may be stated that the deceased had every appearance of being pregnant, although this could not be easily ascertained, as the police at present could not allow the bodies to be re moved. On examining the body of the man, it was discoveted that both his hands were much con tracted, and one of them was blackened by the effEcts of the powder. The police took the re volver, which was firmly clenched in deco .ed's right baud, and on removing it, proceeded to examine the body as to the spot of the mortal wound. This was not a matter of much time, for, although the escape of blood presented a frightful appearance, yet its source was easily and at once to be traced, a large pistol shot wound with laceration of the in teguments being found in the front of the forehead, the wound penetrating the skull. Mr. Wilson's opinion , s that the deceased must have placed tie pistol direct to his forehead, and without a mo ment's thought h.ve discharged it, the ball passing into the skull, and completely shattering the brain. No mark of the ball could be observed as having passed through the back of the head. The mouth was next examined, for the purpose of ascertainingpistol therein, but fr m the appearances presented there is not the slightest reason for so supposing, as the teeth are not in the least disturbed, nor the mouth blackened or smelling of powder. There is every reasonable telief that the man destroyed himself in the way described, and that death must have resulted instantaneously. From the calm and com posed appearance of the unfortunate woman, the supposition is that her life was taken during sleep, as she was lying in bed undressed. The only lodger at present in the house, Mrs. Sarah Scott, who states that she is a married woman, but not residing with her husband, informed Inspector Judge that she only knew the deceased man by hearing the unfor tunate female call him " her dear friend Henry." Last night he came to see her and had with them some " old Tom." She left them, as usual, sitting in the parlour, and then retired to rest, her Ledroo t n b ein g o n the floor immediately over that in which the tragical occurrence hap pened. She, being a round sleeper, was not, dis turbed in bed during the night, and in the morning got, up and went down stairs about nine o'clock. She went about the house and did her work in the ordinary wanner, and when she had finished was rather surprised that she had seen n_oraht the eard door any thing of either party. She kn ocked answerthe sister of the stairs, and f eling alarmed sent h for i . sortie time, and not receiving any went up residing at 19, date neighbourhood. d T t r c i e n a it s y ed_ s , ti M ee r t s : i 1. 40 or th era im P mer ll l ips , policebreak were then sent fo r. s t hu arrived, ut av avail , and and tri e dt the o e open the door , b Although She shortly afteruwtarwdi that three shots were fired, Mrs. Scott it has been previ ouslysays that she never heard the least n oise or disturb. mice whatever. stated That the noise of the explosions was beard is plainly proved by the following statement, volun teered by a female residing three doors off, and which was given in our reporter's hearing. She :—" This morning, abut two o'clock, I was it ting up in bed with the face-ache. It was light ning at the time. I heard a report, which I at first thought was thunder, although it did not sound so strong, and it caused the dog to bark. About two minutes afterwards I heard a second report, and after the same interval I heard another. After that all was quiet." Other and closer neighbours, it may be remarked, also heard the noise of the explosions. As the deceased man is not known, we give the following description of him, premising that the whole of his linen is !talked "U. R. H. ' He is rather thin, of light compl ex i on, a b ou t five feet ten inches in height, has light and bushy whiskers, grey eyes, perfect teeth, and hair light and inclining to be sandy. He is dressed in Twee 4 pepper-and-salt coat, dark Tweed waistcoat, and doeskin trousers, with a small plaid pattern an d stripe dow n th e s id e. Hi s nec ktie as what _ generally kn own as th e " Cambridge blue," al! d he is had a tourist's brown hat without the maker's name, The revolver, which is not a new one, is a Six barrel one, also without the maker's name. the cool and delibera te manner w Great praise is due to Mr. Inspector hi ch e carried h Judge for in out his arrangements, and for the efforts he made to identify the body of the deceased man. The inquest will be held, it is stated, on Sstur• day morning. - 74 on an cn he ti 116 1