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FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A. BABE COMBINATION. Tl , e FARE COMBINATION of FXCEI, LENGE with CDEAPNESS will be foun I in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all %lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarb.ntee a faultless fit. Orders from persona who are not known to the firm should l•e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not approved of will be cheer fully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Ilo,,iery and Drapery, Hats an l Car. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses :of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, 3IINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, A LDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGAT/ 87, ALDGATE BS, ALDGATE SD, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. AO6, NEW OXFORD-STREET .07, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET D, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 131, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Backstone. THIS F.VENING, FAMILY JABS : Mr. Ccmpton and Mrs F, tzwillirm, After which, MARY WARNER: Messrs. 'Rowe, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, and Clark; Mesdames Bateman, C. Hill,White, Ls,ys, &c. And 111 ;II LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Messrs. Backstone, Howe, Kendal; Mesdames F. Wright, and F. Uly , „ -- 02n. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. FIHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT. 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Eel more and Mrs. Leigh Murray. At 8 o'clock, EVE. Mr. Benjamin Webster: Messrs. Henry Neville, J. G. Taylor; Miss Furtado, Miss Lillie lee, and Mrs A lfrel Mellon. And DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBER WELL: Mr. G. Belmure, Mrs. L. Murray THEATRE -ROYAL, HOLBORN. Sole Leeeee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN - - EVERY EVENING, at 7.30, tL•e very laughable fare THE SMOKED MISER. At 8 o'clock, Sheridan's inimitable Comedy of TFIE SC FlOOl, FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated artistes :—Barzy Sullivan, J. C. Cowper. George honey, W. 11. Stephens, Charles Coglan, D. Evans, Lin Layne, A. Bernard, E. Dyas, and W. Arthur; Mrs. Ffermann Vezin. Miss Jane Rig,nold, Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Fawsitt, and Mrs. Charles Horsman Acting Manager—Axon SIILUVAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole T.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.10, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. 7,lLrlte and Belford; Mesdames Button and Hughes. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. 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FHE LATE 'EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington,"Wellington-street, r.' and. pHE THIRD EDITION OF 4, THE SUN," II Riving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen at JEM MY MANTON'S house, " The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. , 'l l l-1E LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " I suppplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W fLEXAN DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Navendish street, Oxford-street. UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice Garden. Four minutes' walk to 'Bus and Ra 1 to City and West-end.-44; St. Faul's-raod, Camden-square, N.W. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LTFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, .£220,000 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who effect Policies cn the PaTticieating Scale refore June 30th, 1869, will he entitled et the NEXT BONUS to one year's additional Share of Profits over later Entre ntP. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 1:3, St. James's-square, London, S.W. 1 OLIN (40SNELL nntl CO.'S - CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly tknperior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whitenesg, protects the enamel from deely,' and imparts a plcaoant fragrance to the treaty. Price lg. 6d.—Led Bull - Wharf, 03, Upper Thane street. London- NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair xi.- to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wood - L.lllll liquid. It is now otlered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower Trice. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. •ncluding brush. Red hiull Wharf, An ; ,. .ssago, 93, Upper Thames straet London, B.C. 147 , 61111 T Olt A m* ••••• ' 1.4 CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES, of Matchless quality.. 23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street). N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE LA_ to introduce comniodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. L ONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBEN- TUBE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Corn' any into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to applicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Com pany's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly ou the 15th January and 15th July by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Deb .titure Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (.£30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (£3.000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, July, 1859. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. The BRANCH LINE of Railway from CARNARVON to LLANBERIS is NOW OPEN for Passenger Traffic. For particulars as to Trains sea the Company's Time books. W. CAWKWELL, General ;Manager. Euston Station, July, 1869. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Deck Company H E RE BY GIVE NOTICE, That a half-yearly Court or General Meeting of the said Company will be held— pursuant to the directions of Act Ist and 2nd William IV., cap. 52—at the Dock House No. 8, Billiter-square, on FRIDAY, the 1 th day of July next, for the purpose of choosing and appoint ing Directors in the room of those going out of office by rotation. The Directors retiring by rotation on the present occasion offer themselves for re-election. At this Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the Half-year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, Gth July, 1869. N B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'clock precisely. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPtTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Eeq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Eaq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P. Charles F. Devas, ESq Francis if art Dyke, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Goodson, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq Thomson Hankey. Esq John Martin, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq James Morris, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Henry Vigne, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacb, Esq. ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. N.B.— Fire Policies which expire at Midsummer must be re newed at the Head Office or with the agents, on oe before the 9th of July. The full benefit of the Abolition of the Government Duty will be aff riled to Insurers. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal free on application to the Company's Agents, or to the Secretary. COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN L., may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGF RS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, ncl an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACLU ENTS ALONE may be provided against %y Insurance Tickets for Slagle or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Rsilway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, COftstaLL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary, B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing fp:wares of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. J OHN MESSENT, Manager. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF P ITUR 14 POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.C.,j NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies In Wceks. issued. 1 , n3 ... 3 ... 86 —£14,250 18G0 ... .„ 108 19,451 Exec:4a 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks eudiu April 7th, 1.F.,G3 _3,105 —X539,442 TIIE "SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. niE SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE REST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The peculiar simplicity of thess 3lachines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a tew hours. Illustra!ed Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CBE kPSIDE. Branch Dests or Loca Agents in every Town THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tx/t3 EVENING, BLUE DEVILS : Mr Compton and Mrs Fitzwilliam. After which, MARY WA RNER : Miss Hill, Miss Bateman, Messrs. H owe. Compton, &c. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, Kendal; Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynn. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT. Tuts EVENING, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, EVE: Mr Benjamin Web ster, Mr H. Neville. Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred Mellon. &n And MD YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN, THIS EVENING, at - . 30, THE SMOKED MISER. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Cov per, Mr. 0. Honey, Mr. C. Coghlan, Mrs. HermanuVezin, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. Lila EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; %, esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Button. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tins EVENING, at 7, GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 1C.15, Mabille Scene from the " Cor ! sican Bothers." 10..5, The Owl's Roost, from " So.lety." ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. Mrs Ev ENING, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by A ROVING COMMISSION. And THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the ➢lanagement of Miss Marie Wilton THfSEVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Baneroft ; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD_ And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRIS'TY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year romad. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-of open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GI ARDENS, Regent's-pack. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. 641. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1869. The' childish pottering" over the Life Peerages Bill came to an end last evening. Three months after the date of its introduction by Earl ltussELL, it has been thrown out by the house of Lords on the motion for the third reading. It bad been carried safely through the perilous ordeal of all the previous stages. It had been passed, after discussior, on the Gast reading. It had been passed, after discussion, on the second reading. It has been considered piece in cal—clause by clause— in committee. But after all, at the close of the new debate upon it yesterday evening, it was summarily, and yet very deliberately, thrown out by a clear majority of 29, in a llouie of 183-77 voting for and 106 against the third read ing. Could it but find voice for the articulation of its own epitaph, Lord RUSSELL'S little Bill might— might echo the serio-comic couplet, inscribed by tl•e epigrammatistover the graveof the new-born infant-- "So soon I'm done for, I wonder what I was begun for." Lord RUSSELL of late years has been tolerably THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 9, .1869. familiar with defeat in his attempts at legislation. At one time he felt these disappointments rather poignantly. He has now apparently become accus tomed to them. He takes them in good part. Even the impertinence of Mr. BRIGHT, in speaking, or rather in wri ing, about the " childish pottering" applied to the scheme involved in this very measure of the Life Peerages Bill, the Veteran ex-Premier and ex-Leader of the Liberal Party, of the Party of the Reformers, could sweep aside with a jest expressive simply of good humoured indifference. The Bill itself was really a matter of comparatively very small importance. It was singularly modest in its pretensions. It proposed merely to legalize the creation of two life Peerages a year, on the understanding that a fixed aggregate number should never come to be exceeded. It was designed to effect systematically, and upon the authority of a distinct enactment, what was mainly attempted to be done a few years since through an extraordinary exercise of the power of the Crown, and without any such authorization on the part of the Legislature, in the memorable instance of Lord WENSLEYDALE. Objections to the proposed arrangement have, undoubtedly, been visible all through. Life Peerages would obviously place those accepting them very invidiously indeed in the midst of a hereditary aristocracy. The possessor of a life peer age would stand upon a lower level than the other members of the Upper House of Parliament. The family of a Life Peer would—outside the House--be in a wholly false position. The recipients of these very left-hauded honours, would, in some instance, would, in themajority of instances, be marked with the brand, be ticketted with the badge, of Poverty. They and their immediate relations would be neither of the class of nobles, nor of the class of commoners. And what is somewhat remarkable, Earl RUSSELL himself —the introducer of the Bill—distinctly repudiated the notion of his having proposed, for one instant, by means of this Bill, to raise the reputation of the House of Lords. " I never pretended," he said, " that this House required anything of the kind"— adding, very reasonably under the circumstances, that, " after the debate which has recently occurred, this would be about the worst moment for questioning its capacity or character in managing our legislative business." The principal object held in view by the Bill was in point of fact to meet, through it, the case of persons who would be considerable ornaments to that House, and who would do more than merely adorn the House, who would be very useful in the discussion of particular questions, and yet who would be precluded from the occupation of a heredi tary peerage by reason of their not possessing sufficient means for the adequate maintenance of the dignity of a peerage of a hereditary character. Ac cording to Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE'S calculation—as Lord DENMAN took occasion to remind the House last evening, immediately afterwards—" no Duke should have less than £B,OOO, no Marquis less than £7,000, no Earl less than £5,000, and no Baron less than £4,000 entailed upon his family." No mention being made of a Viscount, by Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE, we presume his annual income ought to be some £5,500, or thereabouts. It was upon the motion of the Earl of MALIIESBURY to the effect that the third reading should be postponed for another quarter that the bill was eventually thrown out decisively for this session at least in the manner intimated. During the course of Lord I MALmEsuunv's remarks in support of his amendment, the noble earl vindicated very felicitously, as we conceive, the character of the House of Lords as a representative chamber. His argument was that the Peers are not simply landowners. And, in en forcing this argument, Lord MALMESBURY went on to say, with considerable emphasis—" Property of every kind belongs to members of this House. We are not only owners of land, but owners and even lts.sees of mines and other industrial property. Among us there are also bankers, railway directors, and men most eminent in their knowledge of com mercial affairs, such as the noble marquis (SALIs - BURY) and other peers. There are eminent officers of the army and navy, who are ready to enter upon discussions of interest to your lordships relative to those professions. There are more than fifty peers who have been eminent an,l distin guished members of the House of Commons. There are eminent diplomatist?, like Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE and Lord COWLEY, whom I may mention as they are not now present: , There are historians, among whom I may mention my noble friend behind me (Earl STANHOPE), who, if ever your lordships were mistaken on any point of history, would set you right. There are writers both of prose and poetry, including my noble friend opposite (Lord Houorrrox) and another noble lord (LvrroN), than whom no English writer can be, more dis tinguished. There are twelve or fifteen peers who pos sess immense property in this metropolis, and who can assist us in discussions on property, and who are conversant with the wants of the middle and lower classes. There are eminent lawyers, and a great number of magistrates accustomed to judicial de.. cisions, many of them being chairmen of quarter sessions." The very reasonable conclusion arrived at from all this, being—that the House of Lords (pace Mr. BRIGHT) is not only a hereditary but a distinctly representative institution. IF any future biographer shoulddofor Postmasters- General what Lord CAMPBELL has done for Lord- Chancellors, he would have to write that the first member of the House of Commons who held the former office had to propose in the first year of his holding it one of the most important changes ever made in his department. It is quite the most important since the penny postage was author ised just thirty years ago. When we remem ber all the years during which we have advocated the acquisition of the telegraphs by the Government, we cannot but feel satisfaction at the approaching coro nation of this edifice. The satisfaction will be all the greater because the consummation will have been attained only after great obstacles. It is no secret that the acquisition was met, not only with no favour, but with absolute dislike, by the members of the pre sent Government. Last year the present PRESIDENT of the POOR-LAW BOARD did his utmost to stifle the scheme in select committee. This year its promoters have had little but coldness and discouragement from the PRESIDENT of the BOARD Of TRADE and the CHANCEL- Lon of the ExcrtEurEn. It is mainly through the efforts of the last Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons, and those of Mr. ScUDAMORE outside the House, that this great adminstrative reform has been brought to its present stage of all but completion. Yet probably the efforts of both those gentlemen would have failed had not the Press throughout the kingdom, without respect of politics, urged the Government to undertake this new department of labour. The Marquis of EIARTINGTON has now delivered his budget, and we do not think that even the M.P. who lately denounced the purchase to his con stituents as a " scandalous job " can find fault with it. Under the searching investigation of the arbitrators the purchase money has been reduced by nearly 20 per cent. upon the price originally asked. For G millions the whole of the telegraphs in the kingdom, exclusive of private telegraphs, will become the property of the nation. The gross revenue from that property is estimated at about 10 per cent. of that amount; the net profit, after paying all expenses, is a little under 5 per cent. Against this must be placed the interest of the purchase money, which at 31- per cent. would leave the nation with a clear surplus of £77,000 a year. This is but a very small proportion of the advantage which will be gained. The min benefit will ar'sf3 from the bringing of telegraphic communica tion within the reach of all persons who are not absolutely paulers. If instead of bringing in a revenue of ever a million a year, the Post Office involved a loss we should not on that account regret the reducti.n of postage to a penny. So with regard to the te'.graphs, if it should prove that the purchase of then, instead of leaving us with R 77,000 to play with, should involve a loss to that amount, we shall not wira ourselves off our bargain when every little town has its telegraph office, and when in the great twins the transmission and the delivery of telegram; is effected with as little trouble and with as greatregularity as the transmis sion and the delivery of letters. There is not the smallest reason to anticipate such loss. The deficit anticipated when the penny postage was introduced has turned out a very handsome surplus. There is no reason why, when a surplus is anticipated, it should not be more thin realised. The details of Lord HARTINGTON'S measure do not call for any partictlar comment. He has wisely left himself free to rid* the required sum in any or all of four different ways. No doubt he will consult with Mr. LowE on the important point, and pro bably that great authority will tell him that for economy there is nothing like the sweet simplicity of the Three per Cents. We cannot com plain that the Government asks for a mono poly of telegraphic business. It is necessary that at first starting in a new undertaking of the kind the Government should be protected from rivalry. Nevertheless, we trust that Ministers will be con tented with limiting their demand to a specific period. We shall be much mistaken if, in the course of a few years, the Telegraph Department is not able to do without alladventitious support of this kind. SHARPNEL VERSUS SEGMENT SHELL. The Times has a long articled propos to the experi ments being carried on on Dartmoor upon the long agitated question, " Which is the better, shrapnel or segment shell ?" After giving the arguments on each side, the Times says that the moderate party must come to the following conclusion :—" Shrapnel shell, when served with deliberation, is, doubtless, more effective than segment shell under certain conditions. • On the other hand, the segment shell fitted with a concussion fuse is always ready to hand, and is certainlymore simpleand decidedlycheaper than shrapnel. Probably two segment shells, with a simple concussion fuse, could be bought at the price of one shrapnel. Again, segment shells, when fired with concussion fuses, have proved themselves very formidable projectiles against abattis, guns, stockades, and troops under the cover of low walls and breastworks. It is very improbable that the leaden bullets of the shrapnel would have much effect in cutting to pieces the wheels of gun carriages or the struts of a stockade. We have fired segment shells with concussion fuses in real warfare, and all officers who have used them, or witnessed their use, speak most highly in their praise. It is notorious that both the Russians and Prussians look on shrapnel shells with disfavour ; even the Austrians, who use a pattern almost identical with our own, are said to have considerably reduced the proportion of shrapnel carried by their field batteries. Now, this course has been adopted, not from the results of a fire against inanimate two-inch wooden planks, but against warm flesh and blood ; and, although we may have our insular prejudices on following or regarding the opinion of foreigners, we should proceed with due caution and do nothing hastily. The Boxer shrapnel is an admi rable projectile, and we are justly proud of the inventor ; but will it satisfy all the requirements of the service? If we adopt an exclusive employment of shrapnel, are we right and all the rest of the world wrong ? On the other hand, suppose both are right, would it not be advisable to have some of both projectiles ? " ARREST OF AZT ALLEGED ASSASSIN. The man Denis Fahey, charged with the murder of Mr. James Neille, his landlord, a wealthy farmer, near Emly, county Tipperary, on the let inst., has been appre hended. The arrest was effected by officers of the Irish constabulary in Liverpool, and the accused has been taken over to Ireland. Fahey, who is a native of Bally looley, county Limerick, was a tenant of the deceased gentleman, and oceup!ed land. It will be remembered that some geese belonging to Fahey had strayed upon the land of Mr. Nellie, and that the latter went to Fahey to remonstrate with him for permitting the trespass. Some angry words ensued, which resulted in Fahey striking Mr. Neille a violent blow under the ear, from the effects of which he died shortly afterwards. It is supposed that Fahey had a stone or some other weapon in the hand with which ho struck his landlord. Seeing the fatal result of the blow, Fahey left Ireland, and it is said he had been in Liverpool since last Saturday. THE BUIIh'ING OF THE BLUE JACKET. A full account of the burning of the Blue Jacket has been received from one of the survivors of that terrible catastrophe, who writes from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. He is one of eight survivors of the second mate's boat who were picked up by a passing vessel after prolonged and terrible sufferings. The Blue Jacket left Lyttelton on February 13, having on board sixty-two persons and seven children. She made a good passage to the Horn, and on the 7th of March passed the Falkland Islands, the writer of this narrative little thinking how soon he should revisit them. On the 9th of March the fire broke out in the fore hatchway. Every effort was made at the pumps, and after several hours the crew and passengers hoped they would extinguish it.. About nine at night, however, the coals in the fore part caught fire, and the fate of the ship was sealed. The boats were got out, the women and chil dren and passengers going in the yacht, and the rest in the two lifeboats. The captain was very unwilling to leave the ship, but was at last induced to do so, and soon after the vessel was a mass of flames. The boats kept together during the next day and night, but lost sight of each other subsequently. There were fifteen persons in the second mate's boat, and 27 persons with the seven children in the yacht. This survivor gives a painful account of the sufferings which the party in the boat endured. The thirst was terrible, and two or three men and boys died raving from drinking salt water. Their feet were frost bitten from cold And exposure, and they were obliged to cut off their- boots. Their stock of provisions was almost exhausted when one of them descried a sail, and all for the moment forgot their pain and exhaustion. The rest of the story is told in a somewhat confused manner, no doubt from the illness and exhaustion of the writer, but it appears that the captain of the ship which picked them up was prejudiced against them on account of the boxes of gold which they had with them, rescued from the specie which the unfortunate 13'n Jacket had on hoard. The captain put soma of the miserable sufferers in irons, and when they reached the Falkland Islands, he said that from what he could make out, these shipwrecked men had murdered everyone on board the ship they had left, and had taken the gold. Three more of the boat's crew died on board this ship, leaving eight survivors of the fifteen who first embarked. Those who were still alive when they reached the Islands' were kindly cared for, and great indignation was expressed against the captain when they exonerated themselves from the charges brought against them. Some of them are lamed by frostbite, and all have suffered severely. The writer of this letter, who writes to his mother, declares he would commit suicide rather than go through such scenes again. That portion of the treaty of commerce between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands which relates to whale ships visiting the ports of the latter State has Leen cancelled. The remainder of the treaty has been renewed for seven years. A iparey of distressed workmen, with their wives and families, amounting in all to 157 persons, embarked on board the steamship Cleopatra (Captain James), at the Vic toria Docks on Thursday, bound for Canada. The whole of these were assisted in going oat by the British and Colo nial Emigration Fund. A collector of the Commercial Gas Company at Tower Hamlets, is said to have absconded with a large sum of money belonging to the company. It has been ascer tained that ho is now on his way to America. His securi ties have made up the deficiency, and consequently thore will be no loss to the company or shareholders. At a meeting of the Fenian Prisoners' Amnesty Ass ciation in Dublin, it was determined that, "as tLe object of the contemplated meeting at Mallow was the unconditional release of the political prisoners, the people should bo strongly advised that no bands or banners, or any semblance of party emblems, should be used." Same of the officers of the emigrant ship James Foster have been tried and punished severely for the out rages practiced upon the crew and passengers during tho recent voyage from Liverpool to New York. The carpenter Glynn, has been sentenced to fifteen years, tho boatswain, Crutbers, to seven years, and the third mate, Murghy, to five years imprisonment. The Leeds Mercury understands that arrangements aro now in progress forholding meetings in Leeds and other large towns of the West Riding, with the object of support ing the Government in rejecting the amendments intro duced into the Irish Church Bill by the House of Lords. No date has yet been fixed for the Leeds meeting, but it is likely to be hold in the early part of next week. On Wednesday a boy while birds'-nesting in a wheat-field near Wimbledon, saw tho body of a man lying by the side of a tree with his throat cut. A medical gentle man was called, who, after inspecting the body, said that the man had bun dead about two months. He bad taken off his necktie and coat, and, as a razor was found lying by his side, there seems little doubt that he had com mitted suicide. He appeared to bo between forty and fifty years of age. At Colchester on Wednesday a private in the 3rd (Pi ince of Wales's)Dragoon Guards, named George P ulloy,was late for morning drill, and, mounting his horse, he rode as fast as he could towards the riding school. Re had only recently joined tho regiment, and was not up in horse• manship. When near the riding school he lost all control over his horse, and was thrown headforomost against the wall. Whoa picked up ho was insensible, and died in a fcw Lours. THE PURCHASE SYSTEM IN THE ARMY.— It is generally surmised and currently reported in official circles that the Government con templates the early introduction of some scheme to abolish, or at least greatly modify, the purchase system in the army. Rumour even goes so far as to name the members of the Government who are specially engaged in framing this scheme, and are the most inte rested in its success. We are not in a position to state that these surmises and reports are totally without foun dation, although we have every reason to believe that they are premature. I)UNVILLE. and Ca, Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; Cr 4, Beaufort.buthlings , Strand, Loudon, W, C. [Ad vo tisenieut • THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. The great outcry made about food had better have been made about figures. As compared with last, the statis tical department this year is undeniably weak. The cor rectness of the official returns of the shooting no one can impugn, their completeness is another matter altogether. No contest going on in Camp excites more interest than that confined to breechloaders, but if the Volunteer or visitor wants to know what is done at the targets, he must find it out for himself. The highest score at the 200 yards distance is that of Sir C. Shakerley, consisting of 4 bull's-eyes, 17 centres, 20 outers, 107 points, made with a Westley-Richards- Henry rifle. At the 500 yards range Captain Burt made 84 with 6 bull's-eyes, 10 centres, and 15 outers. The accidental discharge - of a breechloader in his own tent, by which Corporal Peake, 6th Lancashire, has become disqualified to shoot for any prize during the present meeting, will necessitate a change in the English Twenty. Who will supply his place is not yet known. Let things go on as they have done, and Peake and misfortune will become synonymous terms. To have been debarred receiving the Queen's Prize, which he had won, according to score, last year, to be cut out of taking part in the competition for the Interna tional Enfield Challenge Trophy, and to have to forfeit a very excellent chance of winning the gold medal of the association, to say nothing of minor prizes this year, are calamities which the corporal will need all his philosophy to bear with equanimity. If wise, he will con fort himself with the reflection that though the live cartridge he discharged instead of a dummy passed through four or five tents, it did no personal damage to any of the occupants. The tie for the wine cabinet, given as a second prize in connection with the Daily Telegraph Cup was shot off yesterday morning by Lieut. Eddison, Leeds Rifle Volun• teers, and Private M`Cann, sth Lancashire, who had each scored 18 points. In this final competition the York shire-man made a centre, and the Lancashire man missed the target. The Camp hitherto has been strong in amuse ments. This evening, however, a reading of Shakspere's play of the " Tempest," with incidental =joie sung by M iss. Edith Wynne and a choir of 100 voices, willbe given by Mrs. Stirling, in a e large tent of the association. Lord Eleho has some pleasant receptions in his tent every afternoon. Shooting at the NO yards range for the Queen's Prize was one of the items en the programme of yesterday's proceed. fags, and, as usual, the contest was watched with keen interest. Progress was also made in the competitions for the Martini Cup, the Enfield Association Cup, the Small bore Breechloading Prizes, the first stage of Military Breechloader Prizes, the Windmill Prizes, and the second series Enfield Extra Prizes, amongst which are a piece of plate and a Britannia sewing machine. The great event of the day was the Lords' and Commons' match. The Commons won by 38 points. The hull Magistrates Lave cortmittoi a man to prison for forty days for cruelly beating a horse. The man used a strap iu correcting the animal. Ife had praviou ly been fined for similar (deuces. The Northern Daily Eapress tells a strange story of an eccentric woman, the wife of a soldier, at Martin, who is fond of taking to the woods and hiding herself there. She is now again missing and has not been seen for fifteen or sixteen days, and it is feared that she has perished. )ne of Bishop Bloomfield's latest bon snots was uttered during his last illness. He inquired what had been the subject of his two archdeacon's charges, and vas told that one was on the art of making sermons and the other on churchyards. "Oh 1 I see," said the bishop, " compo'sition and decomposition." THE UXBRIDGE MIIRDERS.—The man Murray, who is charged with the murder of William Redrup, • at Uxbridge, has been committed for trial on an indictment of wilful murder. The boy who caused the death of his Playmate, by throwing a knife at him, has been com mitted on a charge of manslaughter. THE SUTHERLAND GOLDFIELDS.—The diggings on Kildonan Burn were deserted last week by a number of the diggers, who, on the expiry of their monthly license, packed everything up and left. A good many of the men had to leave for the purpose of preparing for the coming herring fishing, but many of the old colonial hands left in consequence of the small yield of gold and a refusal to extend the ground so as to give them a chance on new claims. At Suisgill, however, many of the diggers continued to make pretty fair earnings.—Northern Ensign. A Frome paper states that during the recent dedi cation festival of the parish church in that town a bell was rung at the consecration of the elements in the communion service, that the Host was elevated, and the Sanctus hell struck three times at each elevation. Mr. Bennett commu•• nicated alone. The preacher, Mr. Neville, of Butleigh, thanked God that " never during the past 300 years had the blessed doctrines of holy baptism, priestly absolution, and the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist been so widely taught and so generally accepted in the English Church as at the present time." We understand that Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton are preparing to publish very shortly a volume of essays written by several distinguished Congregational minis ters. They will treat of topics which are of absorbing inte rest, and will represent the theological and ecclesiastical position of the Free Churches. The volume will be edited by the Rev. Dr. Reynolds, President of CheAiunt College. He will be assisted by the Rev. Dr. Stoughton, Rev. R. W. Dale, M.A., Rev. IL Allon, Rev. J. Baldwin Brown, 8.A., Rev. Dr. Mullene, Rev. Dr. Simon, Rev. J. G. Rogers, M.A., Rev. R. Thompson, and Rev. E. R. Condor, M.A.—English Independent. NEWTON'S ABSENCE OF MlND.—Doctor Stukely one day, by appointment, paid a visit to Sir Isaac Newton. The servant said he was in his study, and no one was per mitted to disturb him there ; but as it was near his dinner time, the visitor sat down to wait for him. In a short time a boiled chicken under cover was brought in for dinner ; an hour passed, and Sir Isaac did not appear. The doctor then ate the fowl, and covered up the empty dish, and desired the servant to get another dressed for his master. Before that was ready the great man came down ; he apologised for his delay, and added, " Give me but leave to take my short dinner, and I shall be at your service ; lam fatigued and faint." Saying this, he lifted up the cover, and without any emotion turned about to Stukel3 ith a smile, "See," he said, "what we studious people are; I forgot that I had dined." Some of the papers publish a letter from Mr. arenville Murray in reference to the proceedings a: Marlborough-street police court, iu which ho says : There can be no possibility of any mistake about the handwriting of the article alleged to refer to Len d Carington, for it was not :produced in court at. all. I plainly de.n:ed it; and with respect to an article headed The Duke of Farebrother,' which was submitted to me, 1 said Lot only that I bad not written it, but that I would sooner have struck off my right hand than have done so,' I beg to say that the statement that some of my partisans the instant the case was over made a sudden dash at the box containing thi; papers in order to pess.•ss themselves of it by force, is en tirely a misrepresentation. The truth is that the soli citor for the troprictors of the Queen's Messenger re quested the police to take possession of the box, and that was done, whereupon Lord Carington and his friends commence d a fight with the police, using sticks and fists in all directions, not only on the police, but also on several gentlemen who tried to protect them in the execu tion of their duty. They were, however, overpowere], and several of Lord Caringtou's friends were locked up, and afterwards charged with assaulting the police in the..ex,,cu lion of their duty." RURAL EDUCATION AND THE REVISED CODE. On Thursday afternoon a deputation waited by appoint ment upon the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Vice- President of the Privy Council of Education, at his official residence, Downing-steeet, the members of which sought to urge upon the Government the necessity for the entire removal from the Revised Code of article 135, which the deputation and those it represents consider absolutely necessary, in order to secure a fair trial of the ambulatory experiment. The article in question has never been put in force in respect to the Torquay group of aural schools, and those interested in the matter seek for its entire removal, in order that other groups may not be injuriously affected. The deputation, which was intro duced by Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., consisted of thr Venerable Archdeacon of Middlesex, the Rev. Canon Sandford (chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury), the Rev. 11. Baker, Rev. J. M. Collier, Rev. S. 0. Norris, Rev. P. If. Barnes, Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., Mr. A. K. Shuttleworth, and Mr. R. Robinson. Sir STAFFOItD NORTHCOTE, M.P., said his first duty in introducing the deputation was to express his regret at the unavoidable absence of several influential personages whose warmest sympathies were enlisted on the side of the deputation, amongst others the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of Oxford, all of whom approved of the proposed alteration being made. There were, as was well known, many compara tively small schools in districts where it was impossible to have regularly organised national schools, and the depu tation sought to obtain for these schools the assistance of competent masters, who would inspect them and assist in promoting the education in a group. It was quite true this had been provided for in the Revised Code, but then the provision was fettered with certain conditions which effectually shut out many of the schools, and it was this evil which the deputation sought to bring under the notice of the Council, and to ask for the removal of the restrictions. The Rev. R. H. BARNES, M.A., said that article 135 n served to prevent any new groups being formed at pre sent, but if that article were removed, groups would readily be formed in many places ; and Mr. A. K. SHIITTLEWORTH, on behalf of his father, expressed satis faction at what was being done in reference to the Tor quay group, and his parent's earnest hope that the restric tion to which the deputation called attention would be removed in order that other groups might be formed. Mr. FORSTER said, in reply, that it was impossible to do anything in the matter this year, for two reasons, the first of which was that the Council had promised to make a new minute this year, and the second that the Govern ment intended, if it could, next year to bring in a bill dealing with the whole question, and therefore they were averse to any tinkering at the code of minutes this year. If the Government were able to bring in a bill next session, there would be several things to be considered and provided for. Of course he could not pledge the Government by saying that the relaxations which the deputation sought should be made, but he could promise that the fullest attention should be given to the matter, and he was very glad to have it brought under his notice. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. The .Daily Telegraph, in an article on "The Field am, the Homestead," gives its opinion on the wheat crop. The very low temperature and the cloudy sky which has prey ailed throughout the month have sealed the fate of the wheat crop in the forward districts as considerably below an average ; but the weather of the remaining part of July and of the early part of August may yet bring the later crops up to an average. As to quality of the grain, we cannot look for samples comparable to those of last harvest ; and the proportion of inferior corn must be large, from the circumstance that so many weak-strawed crops are storm-broken— that is, apparently upstanding wheats are found, upon examination, to be deceptive, because a considerable proportion of the stems is beaten down, and, as the farmers say, "kinked" at the bottom. The Board of Trade, following the lead of Mr. Caird, find that the corn producing and the grazing provinces of England may be divided by a curved line running in a direction generally north and south, having the principal wheat districts on the eastern side and the more pastoral coun ties on the west. in the former, one-fifth of the acreage under crop is in wheat ; in the latter only one tenth. It is, therefore, the ccndition of the wheat crop in the eastern division of England that is most important in determining the abun dance or deficiency of our harvest. In the East Riding of Yorkshire the wheat is now in bloom ; on the best lands the crop is expected to be an average ; but so many crops have a weak straw, broken by the rains, that the general result will be below an average. Barley is injured by the cold and wet, and will probably be less than an average crop ; but oats are expected to yield well. Harvest will be late. In Lincolnshire the wheats are light upon the clays ; poor crops upon the light lands, but bulky and promising in the fens. Barley will be a short crop, and oats not above an average. Harvest must he late. In Nottinghamshire the wheats appear considerably b e l ow an average, but are very variable ; both barley and oats are short crops, starved, and thin on the land ; and harvest will be later than usual. In Leicestershire the wheat may be an average, but the barley is much below, and good crops are rarely to be found. In Northamptonshire the wheats are reported to promise average yields on the strong lands and on the fens, but considerably less than an average on the light soils. Barley threatens a still won() result, and oats, too, are not well spoken of. In Huntingdonshire wheat promises to be about an average ; barleys have improved, and, like oats, may probably produce an average. In Cambridgeshire the wheats are extremely variable, but generally the crop is not expected to exceed an average ; and the barleys are backward and defective. In Norfolk the wheats are for the most part weak and the ears small, and the harvest will be late. The barleys cannot yield more than an average produce. The Suffolk reports tell of wheats and barleys coming very irregularly into ear, and only on the best-farmed lands bidding fair to I equal an average. And harvest there will also be late. On good soils in Essex the wheat is expected to yield a full average, but the plant is very thin upon the gravelly soils, and there the produce must be poor. Barley looks well on the good soils, but on poor land the yield will be very much short of an ave rage. Harvest is late. In Bedfordshire there is more than an average wheat crop upon well-farmed heavy lands, but on the light soils below an average. Barley will probably be an average. Buckinghamshire sends a similar report. From Oxfordshire we learn that the very variable wheats and barleys both promise to come some what short of an average. In Berkshire both wheats and barleys have been so injured by the rains and lowness of temperature that the straw is weak, the ears are small, and the yields must fall short of an average. Oats promise well. In Hampshire the wheat crop is bad upon wet lands aricl.poor thin clays, and far from good upon the loamy and gravelly soils, though better upon the chalk. The produce must be under an average, and reaping -time late. Barley looks like an average, and oats above an average. In Sussex the wheat is reported so deficient that much of it will not be over half a crop; but it is hoped that the later wheats will turn out better. Barley will scarcely give an average yield ; but oats are good and promising. Kent reports wheat crops injured by the low temperature ; on sands, gravels, and chalk there is a very deficient crop ; the straw is almost everywhere short, and the ears arelmall. Barley promises little better. Thus, the prospects of both wheat and barley upon the principal corn-growing areas of England certainly indicate deficient production; but, at present, it is too early to form anything like an esti mate of the proportion of the deficiency. CHEAP MATRIMONY.—A country clergyman says he has married but one couple in a year, and. that they paid him nothing, stayed to dinner as it was a rainy day, and then borrowed his umbrella when they left, which he has never seen since. THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE.—The _Trish Times professes to give some of the details decided upon in relation to the halfpenny postage. The halfpenny is to suffice for any weight. The stamps may be either im pressed or adhesive, and the latter will be obtainable at all places where newspapers are sold. The stamp, however, will be obliterated on the transmission of any newspaper once through the post office. The rule which prohibits the delivery of newspapers bearing an impressed stamp within the limits of the town in which it is published will be abrogated. It is believed by many writers that no word is more frequently omitted by authors, and its absence over looked by printers, than the impel taut syllable "no." A curious and early illustration of this idea presents itself in an odd tract, of which there is a copy in the British Museum Library, " Sir C. Lucas his Last Speech," E. 41;2-20, which appears to have been pub lished by authority of the Long. Parliament, and con tains the reply, by "C. R.," one of Fairfax's officers at the taking of • Colchester, to the last speech of Sir C. Lucas when about to be shot by the conqueror's order. The knight complains of his sentence, as contrary to the con di. ions of surrender, which, as he alleged, promised or implied that quarter should be given without reserve. On the other hand, the officer is reported to have said these conditions were, "that you should be rendered to us with (no) certaine assurance of quarter, so 0.3 the Lord General may be free to put any of you to the sword," The inTalu• able little word "no" was, strangely enough, left out of the report of this bpeeell ; the context clearly ahem what was meant, it. rra GM ,'J.s - Z„ ti alg a • • HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 8. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High. nesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, went out this morning. LATEST 'NULL [&-ENOE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, July 8. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 136 ; the highest quotation dar n the day was 136; the lowest, 1351. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2ll. " 1885 llBB. Ci " 1867 ll6B. 10-40 it Illinois 143. Erie 2B. Cotton—Mil upland 34*e. Petroleum—Standard White 3llc. Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80e. Corn, old mixed, 100 e. QUEENSTOWN, July 9. The National Steamship Company's steamer Virginia, from Liverpool, arrived here last night. She embarked passengers and proceeded for New York. All well. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer China, from New York, arrived here at 6.30 a.m. to-day with 114 cabin passengers and $53,500 in specie. She landed 75 sacks of mails and 33 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool immediately. All well. FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. FORT MINOU, near BREST, July 8, 10 p.m., Greenwich time. Mr. Forde telegraphs to Reuter as follows : Communication with Great Eastern continues satisfactory, and tests very steady. Ship should be in about 600 fathoms to-morrow (Friday) at noon. PORTUGAL. LISBON, July 8. Her Majesty's despatch steamer Helicon has just arrived from Madeira, where a rumour is current of a conflict having taken place at Funchal between the populace and the military in connection with the increase of taxes. SPAIN. MADRID, July 8 (Evening.) In to-clay's sitting of the Constituent Cortes, Senor Figueras asked the Minister of War what motives had led to the abrupt dismissal of the Captain-General of Catalonia. Senor Zorilla, in the absence of General Prim, the Minister of War, replied that :.he Captain' General of Catalonia had been superseded in the regular way. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, July 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, with the above mail, has arrived here with 13 4 passengers, £5,503 in specie, and a general cargo• GIBRALTAR, July 4. Exchange on London, 494 to j. ; on Paris, 5.26 ; Madrid par. Her Majesty's gunboats, Skylark and R e drolel were in the harbour. GIBRALTAR, July 7• The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam' ship Ceylon, from Southampton, 31 inst., arrived at Gibraltar at five o'clock, and leaves for Alex andria at eight this afternoon. All well. FRANCE. BOURSE, July B.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 7l 321 Credit Alobilier 243 ... --- End of month... Credit Foncier —1602 -- End of month... Bank Shares 2915 Ital'an Fives 56 40 End of month — Ottoman Loan 922 °' Do. Debt 44 Spanish Threes Rome Debt 2l ' Deferred RAILWA' Orleans , Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western . Eastern . Sardinian Austrian 760 Lombard 532f North of Spain 53 Saragossa Roman 55 Cash, 940 1075 958 k 607* 595 IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETISI BIRMINGHAM, Thursday evening. The quarterly assembly of the ironmasters of thil district was held in the Town-hall here this after noon. The trade w a s re p resen t e d, as usua l, by 1 who are in any way interested, whether as produce r° in other districts, or consumers, or shippers, but the attendance was, upon the whole, below the av er : age, and the business, commencing late, was ov e r earlier than it ordinarily is. So far as relates t ° contracts made in the hall, it was unquestionably quiet quarter-day ; that fact was admitted even by the principal firms, but on that a ccoun t it m ust o° .t be inferred that the trade is worse, for it is much 1 0° the custom now than it formerly was for customers to buy largely at these meetings. Orders are to li sent in to the works from time to time, as a part icti : lar make of iron is required, circumstances rende r ; ing it more imperative of late years that the turn eb the market should be gauged as carefully as possi ble ; The result is that the quarterly assemblies beco in more and more merely conversational ; such was t he case to-day, for most assuredly the quantity of i r°o sold .was inconsiderable, yet the tone was that °1 cheerfulness rather than depression ; indeed, re 3l3Y O of those present inclined to the opinion that t a trade has undergone a slight improvement, 3° there are various circumstances to justify the ee ry elusion that such is the fact. The price of all d.eci scriptions of " marked" iron is firm; rods are 031 to be from 2s. 6d. to ss. per ton higher than the y might have been bought at three months ago ; for merchant iron generally the demand is be.t te u than it was at that time. At the Round ° 3 Works (Earl Dudley's) they are all well engag ed ' A subject much discussed yesterday was t o orders in the district for rails ; they are sai d amount, in the aggregate, to many thousand W i n d in all probability that is an excessive estimate, 3 1 , South Staffordshire, having all but abandoned making for several years, has to recover the fa e ' o ties for manufacture which the W e l s h makers, frig being constantly engaged in that line, have alc la , i. J f possessed. A ranarkablc circumst a nce which 17, be mentioned is, that the undoubtedly g reat ite j [nand for rails for so me ti me past has not res t ' io in a more active demand for sheets and plates Sough Staffordshire. The transactions reported in Staffordshi re er mine pig to-day were at £3 is. 6d. to £3 10 ; : " ie fi e ron, the most famous make r s command that P r to , cinder pi g it i s no t wor th w hil e t o quo te, the lity is so various. Shropshire hot-blast iron. a t £3 10s. per ton ; cold-blast, v 4 55., delivere'_ict, Wolverhampton, but the iron tradc of that d istr . taken in the aggregate, is only a very small °ffa rte t, The North Staffordshire iron trade was reP,%eil of unfavourably; in fact, it is in a state ci ° 0 ° borderin upon depression The m g eeting passed off . without any rumours whatever. f