The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-17 00:00:00

TT r 7 V Dr A IL E " AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'Ctocx. The following are the prices of Railway Stock : —Caledonian, 82 to 821; Great Eastern, 38i to 38i ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; Great Northern (A), 106 to 107 ; Great Western, 51} to 51g. American Securities are firm. United States Five-Twenty Bonds show a further rise of f, at 821 to 821 ; Illinois are 4 higher, at 93 to 93} ; and Erie Shares are steady at 19 to 19f. In Miscellaneous Securities, Anglo-American Telegraph is y better, at 211 to 22 ; Hudson's Bay is fiat, at 12/ to 124. General Credit is steady, at 1} to 1i dis. ; International Finance, 2 to 14 ; and National Discount, llf to 111. The sum of £95,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges the rates for Holland are somewhat lower, otherwise there is no material variation. The Delhi, from Alexandria, has brought 1491,667. A correspondent likely to be well-informed states that the rumour mentioned in the Levant Herald of an intention on the part of the Viceroy to attempt to raise a new Epyptian loan, in contravention of thd pledge given at the date of the last financial Operation, is entirely without foundation. The report of the Imperial Bank (Limited), to be presented on the 20th inst., shows an available total of £17,758, including a previous balance o £3,706, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. „..:The report of the Peel River Company, to be presented on the 23d inst., recommends an interim dividend of 1 per cent. The markets for colonial produce continue in a quiet state, but prices have experienced a slight decline. The reduction of the Bank rate to 3 per cent, has not had any effect upon trade generally. Arrivals of coffee have been numerous, and pend ing increased supplies, little business has been effected. East Indian and common kinds of Rio are rather lower, and native Ceylon is still de pressed, while plantation kinds have not maintained last weeks rates. The change of wind has caused extensive arrivEls of sugar. Some of the cargoes off the clast have been sold at rather lower prices. In other respects the market is steady. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. R. and W. Jackson, cotton spinners and manufacturers, of Lancaster and Preston, whose failure we re cently announced, it was resolved that the busi- ness be wound up under a deed of assignment. The liabilities were shown to be £33,000, and the meets, which consist almost exclusively of free hold mill buildings, machinery, and stock, a little over £26,000. The dividend to unsecured credi tors will amount to about 9s. in thr pound. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS.: +I per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 3 Per Cent. Reduced 921 f New w 3 per Cent Ne 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con J an. 1873 .. — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. - D o. for 30 yrs, exp i re sth April 1885 — -Do (Red Sea Telet,,raph), Aug., 1908 — , E xchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 r . ct. M arch 12 pm Do. 3 do. June D o £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4 D'ink of Enrland Stock, 4f per Cent ? . 1114 . openay , — ' 4 u.clo 4 per Cent. Bonds — In t or - Colonial Cranium INDIAN UOTLitiNatENT SEciatinEe India stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 2071D0. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 'per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaoed. Pape z 4 per 0 , - , ut...... 9 2 - ± Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....... — Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 — Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — u:.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argontine Republic, 6 per Cent 81; 1 1 Austrian Bonds 5 per cent Brazilian Do. 1859 5 per Cent .. . 73 O. q per Cent 1862 73 Do. do . 1858... — U Q uo. 1863 — Do. do., 1868 7Ol DO. 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account B4l 117enos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 p er Center Cent . (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 9ab 6 ,a . ‘),olian 6 or Cent — Do. 41 p erp Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., 1-) o• per cent. 1867 94 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 ci:):)_lo.aabiau, 6 per Cent. atit 3 per Cent, 1825 . — Dan"idan Principalities, 7 per Cent B2l 3 ,„ qu o 8 p er Cent, 1867 9ll z.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. 1; 3Yptian, 7 per Cent - — I ' o Setood Iss.ue I: 1 0. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 , Do. Account ~J-1 0 . £5OO Bonds — ,u(a , £ I9C Bonds 931 I '", ,O. 7 per Cent., 1868 Ore",Toernment Railway Debentures 5 per Cost 1824 5, ex Coups — 0. 9 .1 . ~ • Account O. Coupons • . uO. Account il"teirialit 5 per Cent . H at Rail.Losn.,lop. Ct., all pd .4 lia u _ a 3 6 per Cent., 1865 „so. Account .. — l4e ic 4'o Maremraana Railway at 3 per Cent — Di tto for Account -,.., Do 1864 — ..., 0 6 ' 43. „ per Cent. Anglo-French — }A'2t9vidoau 6 per Cent. • • — 4—°°rlsii Imperial 5 per Cent ef,Tv Granada l7f -:•° 3 per Cen. — 1 , "-'O. Deferred 6 : t rian 5 per Cent. 1865 D 0 Account .. 78 71 eA -} per Cent. (Ui:harren) J 4 4 per Cent., 1862 -.. — Pc) Account — , .I''dguese'3 per Ct. 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'8 34 31 - I; ° ' do. - ' 1867 34} 4°. do. Scrip, £2O paid — law 87f t ioA ii 5 per Cent., 18`2x , £ St ~ , -() Ai per Cent , 1850 1 ) „` ) 4 3 / per Cent, 1860 1: - „' ~ Per C en t ., 1 859 0 Per Cent., 1862 Do . D o „do, Scrip — to. An glo - Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 93; Lo , o do £B4 15s. do — 1. ' 93i 21 D o :' ' - ' 66 , £lOO Bond s do ~,siti)tioi Ni colas Railway £B4 los. do — 671 4"in51434 5 per Cent ..- Do. Ace•Gu per Uen . — 1 13 ) 0 ° . - 186 nt 301 7 A ccount Do. New Deferred — DOIL' ik ,ecomit ' 4 seive . 0 0112 ................. S W e A • Cert. of Coup. not funded I,ir edi -s•ccour i t b_ ,1,1 Provincial Mortgage Loan — ii; kxoveruniont, 1864 • Turki sh , do, 1868 Do . ® Cent , A __ 1 1 ) .. ........ • 2 %.-... • 1), . W O Di t .................... D 0 ° Per Cent. 1858 . — , Account 69 I-..!e £lOO Bonds to 6 cou nt ., 1862 D 0 A 671 i t? fIOC Bonda 691 8 e °, Per tent. 1865 D 0 Ae coUbt — O6 . 44} 4 D 0 per Cent., 1868 6} 1 ° 1 tier Cont., Guaranteed t t pran 0 Per Cont. Ex 10 Florins ,„ r .n, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. D 0 it per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. — 7, ° 4 Per Cent. Certificates — 0. Account rEn a .... )t,l„-_-I Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — .67 4 5 per Cent. 1831, E. z6f. - - liC eolliat 54/ I "' CLOSING PRICES. A t ° 10 ' Money 93 1) 0 ' ''''.°c °n ut, August 5 . . 93 l }} .. Consols are quiet to-day at 921 Si for money ; ditto, for Account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 New Tkree per Cents, 921 321 ; ditto 31 per Cent., 991; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 12 pm_ ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 1 12 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2431. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, 207} ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 2 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 1. In Foreign Stocks Turkish Five per Cents. are quoted 411 to 441 ; ditto Six per Cents., 66 to 66}, the former showing a rise of 3-16, and the latter a falloff. N ORDINARY tlllAttEr3 AND STOCKS. tare at Etrlstol sou Exeter ...... 103 77 70 8; Caledonian ........... lOU 82; 32j et u..siorian 2i COM VirAi 2l it Dublin Heiiaidt J 10 0 17 79 at Dun,,rerth,46.3AJ one_ ; 00 70 72 2J East /4911ti011 till 6i 71 7 z 0 1.0 15 -- 25 Do 10 et Glasgow S. Western.. 100 102 101 st Great Eastern .. at Do. Angi. No. 2 lO3 ... at Great 7.40rt1i of Snotlaul lOO 15 15 et Great Northern lOO 107 10i st Do. A stock at Do. B Coot .. lOO 5t GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 115 st Gt. Western —Original lOO 511 52 513 1 .t Do. South Wales luo 54 56 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 25 27 st Do. Newport lOl 25 10 at Lancashire. Yorkshiri IGO 1251 261 st Len., S.Coast lOO 46 47 45 0) Dj Scrip at lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 101 17; 17 et - Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO ,9 1 at Lon. North Western lOO 193 121 at Lon. .t South Western lOO 80 9i at Mau., Shel., 1(0 56 57 55a a at Metropolitan ... . lOO 10 1 102 1011 1 1 et Do Extension 100 101 101 WI 5 Do. New rd 10 i fd st Metropolitan District. all 10 Metrop. bt. John's 11 001 6 at ALuiand st Do, Birinin. ,i; Darby lOO 85 B 7 at Nlrth ...... 100 14 143 at Do. Ed., rth., .11 Dun.— 102 at Nor.Eastern—Berwies lOO 108 109 10.1 25 Do. G. N.E purchase —16.13.4 at Do Leeds. .. 100 63 63 st Do York lOO VS L 9 1001 st Do Car . lOO Stoe‹. & Darling lOO 130 138 st North Lon lou ..... 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire lOO 57 59 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 Sid 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • - st Rhymney st Shropshire Union. lOO 581 5'21 st South Devon" . st South Eastern lOO 77{ 781 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 st 'Van Vale loo 152 105 - Do. C - - Waterford & Kilkenny ICU - lo Waterloo .k Whitehml 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIARhS AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 0 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 bl at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st alas. et S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st (it. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 9.1 lot st Do do No. 2 100 9/ 1 .)0 at Do do 6 per cent 100 IU7 110 109 s. Do East Anglian- sp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 do. 109 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 70 75 st Do Not folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 10 , st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 du at Sp. c. pin. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st t.West.—Orig.&JM.-Bent, chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 IC4 st Do. Orig. (B.& H: Lx). 5 p.e WO 9,5 10J st Do do 4; per cent. 1650 lOO 87 b 9 et Do do 4 do do st Lo do 5 per cent. redem lOO 9.5 97 at Do do Birmingham gua l.OO 68 72 at Do do do pref 100 at Do do Chester gin lOO 85 S) st Do do do 8 per cent IJJ st Do do do 5 do 100 95 lie at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Du do 44 p.c l.oi) at Do do 4; 1350 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10,) 11U 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 'JO 92 st Do do do 100 97 lvJ st Do gun. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, .65 3a 10d p.c. 100 ... at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 4..11 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 54 London & Brighton, 5 p. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at! Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent luo st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1650 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent l9O at London and /1.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Du Shrowsb'y & Welchpl lO,l at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Portsm. perp ans 256 d) all a Mau., Shef., & Litwin. G p.c lOO Do Xi all par 1 pin a Do 33 per cent lOO 60 him 1 Do redeem. 6 per eclat 5 st . /lid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Du Bristol &Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 2 131 s Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 8 100 s Do 4t, per cent. irradeem lOO 96 1).1 s Du Leicester 6; Wean, 1 p.c lOO 8J 91 st North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 loo at Do E. &U.4p.e. S. d: D lOO st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, .5, 1 - p.c... 100 at N.-Eastern—Owls. 4 p.c..,. 100 87 S at Do 43 per cent. redeem..... 100 97 99 DJ at Do (3 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, U. &S. purchase lO 10 11 Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108 at Do W, liartlepool IL and It 100 81 86 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 108 s. Devon Annuities, I,s all 1) 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 8 11 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anns., 1.0.0 all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 43 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 141 153 at Waterford & ililkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 rata. Closing Bm Price. done. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7; tiu st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 69 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 87 t Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 86 t Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... at Do Boston &Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 st Great West., W. 31id1., 5p c 100 . . at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 lig) 8 . 8 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1566 100 103 103 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, IL. 100 ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 4 1p st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1838 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 • ... at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 . st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 . st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat, &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p 0 100 v 3 05 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 81 81 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 10.1 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 19f 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p _l9/ st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent . . at Do £lO guaranteed, 18k 100 ... Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 • st Do &G , N 0.2, 5 P.c •. 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 07 at Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 6 do 1861 100 ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 •• ••• at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ..„ RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS/ et Bitkenhead l6O az 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all RO 102 st Buckinghamshire of Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. b k per cent. st Do. 5 du. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. E.0.m., Newm., &c., 5 p. c 10 0 ..„ Do. E. 17. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do. do. Woodbrg.l4' c., do 100 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Here: 100 96 98 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2.G 216 114 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich st " Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 80 b 5 8l 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all at 111 idland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East. , 5 per cent all 53 .53 80 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N. West. A perp. pre!, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum 1/ p.c lOO at Notting. & G rauth. R. & C lOO 9l 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 13.: 133 10 Do do 8 2 :/}p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 ry at Do 4 per cent gua lO 78 30 at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlie.o lOO 173 10 at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 11 14 20 Do do B all ... 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. id East and West India lOO 119 121 st London and St. Katherine lOO 14 4G 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent all Freehold Land at Dock lOO 25 30 st Southampton lOO 6i 70 at SulTe3 Copt o.)r•ial JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ST. SIVITHIA"S DAY. Closing Busin ess Share NAuk. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra, Limited, A all lei 11.: al D.l B lO 34 U 30 Albion 00 Alliance, Llinited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 An lint . all 84 211 20 Auglo-ilanzarian 20 Auglo-Italial 1333, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Baal: of British Columbia , all 10 It. 20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. 5 6 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, limn. 25 Bank of South Australia_ all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 16 17 SO British North American .., all 501 511 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, rnd China all 13 19 25 Chartered Merc. of India Loudon, and China all 32 33 20 City 12 100 Colonial 25 118 41 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 5 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lint lO pr 1p 20 English, acottish, and Aus - tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .36 38 284 Do new sg 2: 24 100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 11 121 i 15 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3i 4 100 Du 5 p. c. Debs.l364, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank( of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do now 74 5 44 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 8 474 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 211 20 London and County 2O 491 50i 511 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m,16 pd. 11 ... .. London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 311 321 London and South African al 8: 91 100 London 8: S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint l2l . ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 62 601 i 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 6 5 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7i 00 Midland, 1int...... 2O 11 4 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3.1 1p 00 National Pro vine. ofEnt,•'d 42 ... ."10 Do 60 National., 3O ... . 20 New South Wales all 41 4:1 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 41 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 61 54 30 Provincial of Ireland 2.5 9J 91 10 Do now.. all ... .. 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 11 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 43 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 371 381 - .Vl,Viliit.L. (1.) 1 V EakiNtieLNAT 6MA J itIT 1 15.: Thursday was Saint Swithin's day. Mr. Plant, of Bir mingham, on that day made some calculations as to the trustworthiness of the old legend. Ms investigations do not tend to confirm its truth. Tbo weather has been often fine subsequent to a rainy ear cn the 15th of July, and on the other Land a long wet season hes traluently suc ceeded a fine Saint Swithiu's Day. On the 15th July, 1816, there was no rain in the locality, but the weather that followed was of a miserably cold rainy character, and we had the worst harvest ever known. In 1826 it rained hero on the 15th July, but the remainder of the month was fine and intensely hot. Again, in 1856, it was wet on St. Swithin's Day, and the rest of the month and part of August were fine. Coming nearer to the pre sent time, in 1861, it rained on the 15th of July, and the re nutinder of ,that month was wet; but was succeecled by a dry August and magnificent harvest. In 1862 it was again wet on St. Swithin's Day, but the following six weeks fine. In 1665 it was wet on St. Swithln'sDay, and a rainy season followed to the end of August. Whereas in 1866 it was find n the 15th July, suce4 eded by n wry wet period nod a bad harvest. In 1867 St. Swithin's I) ay was wit, and the rest of July was rainy, but August was fine and hot. In 1868, on the 15th of July, it rained here and in many parts of the Midland Counties, Cheshire, and Lancashire, and there was no more rain for three weeks. It was the dryest and hottest July every registered, and the harvest the ear liest since 1826. '~~ is THE LAWS AFFECTING SALMON BISEIERIES. The committee appointed to inqUire into the existing laws affecting salmon fisheries resumed their sitting on Friday in the House of Commons, Mr. Dodds in the chair. Before proceeding with the business of the day, the court was cleared, and on being reopened the chair man stated that in future members of the committee must rot supply reporters with copies of the evidence. The first witness called was Mr. Patterson, chairman of the Special Commission for Inquiring into Salmon Fisheries, who was examined touching the general working of the commission. He stated that the powers of the commissioners were pretty much the same as that , of justices of the peace. The best way of giving representation to greater numbers was by giving votes upon the electoral system. Both in the estuary or in the tide way there should be a power to put on a certain license on nets. The powers con ferred on water bailiffs were insufficient ; be thought they should have power at all times to inspect salmon rivers. He had never heard the proposal that nets should vary at different times. Those used in the English rivers were a little larger than those used in Ireland and Scotland, which were of a fair size. Some of the provisions of the Act were extended to trout. He knew that there were three sepa rate parties as inspectors of rivers--the Pollution Com missioners, themselves, and the inspectors of salmon fisheries ; but the Pollution Commissioners had more to do with sanitary measures. Some restriction should be made to any mode of fishing that obstructed the passage of fish. He objected to give local conservators the power of making bye-laws, as they might be led away by some predominant local influence, He would vest the power in a superior board. He had made several representations to the Home Office, but without any notice being taken of them. But for the appoint ment of the present committee, the views of some of the best-informed persons mould never have been made known. The committee adjourned. - Britt4ll Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... - - UO. 1885.. lOO - - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan. , &July 1677-84 Do. 6 p.o 20X & Aug leo tut )05 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104 - Do. Cp. o. Jan. & July lOO 68 tO - Do. sp. c. Inscribed ek ICO 90 92 - Cape, G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 101 - Do.Ap1.&001 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1890-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 - Do. 5 per °ant.. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 . foo 93 100 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 11c - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 10 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,- -- Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. lOO Ith; (OS - Do. 1832, Hay and 1:10. 00 106 103 - 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 196 - Melbourne Corporatn., - 1867-7.1, 6 per cent lOO 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly lot) 103 1..4 - Natal 6 p ot, &pi& Cot O.) . - DJ 6p u. 51. ty & Nov l.O 1 6 101 1072 - N. 8.15/.5 ire., '7l to 'N l9O 99 b 1 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896._ 103 981 994 081 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1801 ICO -- - - Do. 5 per cent—. - DoJan,Ap I,J u!y, 0 t lOO 9.3 94 94 - Do 6p c. slar & Bept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do June & Dec , 1 , 91 Do rrov. • l Aticzld. 1 0 - ( rie 1& 2, 11)6 .. ) - Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... - and Jnly. 1875 - Do 1,66.. - Qu9enaind. b p.c. 100 10;2 106: 1072 - Do 1891 . - Tasmanian 6 per c. 1893 .. 034 1071 - Do iB9 '97 .• 100 1)1} 1( 7 - Victoria 6 ier cent. 1341_ tl6 - I.e. April and Oct ...... 111 I. 2 112 The Prussian army is to have a new breech ) a !er. Au improved needle-gun. Mr. Bruce's bill for the Protection of Trade Union Funds has been l üblished. Its powers expire on th 3 31st August, 1870. THE MASTERSHIP OF THE T4.IIPLE.—The appoint ment of Dr. Vaughan to the Mastership of the Temple is gazetted. Mr. 11. A. Churchill,. C.D., just arrived in this country, speaks with confidence as to the safety of Dr. Livingstone, from whom Lo Las bad letters of a date more recent than that of his reported murder. The Birmingham papers repot a serious boatirg fatality, which happened et Lickey en Thursdu. Some work men, engaged in altering the Rose and Crown Hotel, went out for a row. They commenced "larking" in the boat, it capsized, and three of their number were drowned. A ci.ble telegram Ire m Ililadelphia states that there was an accident on Wt dnesday nighton the Erie Rail way to the New York express train, which was thrown from the track. The cars caught fire, and v.vai persons were 1 urnt to death. FIRE FROM TILE SCZA TlElT. — lnvestigations into e cause ( f a recent fire near Bradford disclosed the Lc that it bad been caused by the ignition, under the sun's rtt)is, of a couple of sparrow's nests, which were just beneath the Welsli slates. It is stated that forty members of the Iluuse of Commons nice► dud an Irish Literal me, f:ng: on Thursday. They passed a vote of confidence in Mr. Gladstone, but resolutions were carried urging him to leave open the question of appropriating the surplus until the country had time to pronounce upon it. 4r. Blake advocated that it should be applied to the promotion of lash railways and fisheries. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--The im. plement yard of the Ruyal Agricultural Society's show at Manchester was opened to the public on Friday morning. The attendance was rather limited, as usual on the first day, being a good deal confined to the visits of engineers and agriculturists, The visits of the general public will probably be reserved till Monday and the succeeding days of next week, when the show will be more complete, by the addition of a show of live stock and of hounds and hunters. THE COMPETITIVE SYSTEM. —While a good many people are grumbling at the extent to which the competi tive principle is applied in determining the qualifications of candidates fcr State employment, Sir John Lubbock is agitating for the extension of the system to the banker's and the merchant's counting-house. He proposes the formation of an examining board for clerks, whose duty it would be to ascertain the character, abilities, and "required limits of age" of persons presenting themselves as candidates for commercial appointments. A PAINTER'S PUNCTUATION.—At the door of a certain bat store in New York hangs the sign, "NV e block your hat, while you wait for 50 cents." Therein entered a countryman, the other day, and answered affir matively to the question of hat-blocking. The work was performed, and he was asked if he would have anything else in the hat line. He replied in the negative, but con tinued to "hang about," as though something was unsaid. At last the clerk asked what he was waiting for. " Waiting for that 50 cents," said he. He didn't get it. The painter had misplaced the comma. AN ACCIDENT TO ROYALTY.—On Friday after. noon the Prince and the Princess of Wales paid a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. On their return to town by the Great Western Railway the Princess was leaving the Queen's private waiting•room at the Windsor terminus, and was in the act of crossing the carpeted platform to the saloon carriage, when a humbly-dressed woman, who was running to catch the train, came into collision with her Royal Highness, and nearly threw her down. The Princess, recovering herself, smiled, and passed to the car riage. THE PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN CONFE RENCE AND LOCAL PREACHERS.—The Rev. S. R. Hall, president of the Wesleyan Conference, writes to a gentle. man living at Bfistol :—" I am in receipt of your commu nication of the 10th inst. in which you complain of the occupation by local preachers of the pulpits of the chief Wesleyan chapels when the recognised ministers are occasionally absent. As you propose sending your note to the Bristol newspapers, I must be excused if I treat your severe and unwarrantable strictures upon a most valuable class of men as unworthy of remark from me. I decline to appear before the public' upon your call ; and as you stand in no relation to our Church that gives you any right to disturb our long-established usages, I trust the ' public' of Bristol will discredit your unjust and obtrusive criticisms." PRINCE ARTHUR AT THE OPENING OF THE SAILORS' ORPHAN HOME.--Royalty has been doing much lately in the way of patronising charitable institutions. On Friday Prince Arthur connected the Royal Family with another institution. His Royal Highness, on behalf of her Maj►sty, opened a new home and school for the orphan girls of sailers. His Royal Highness arrived at a few minutes past three, i❑ one of her Majesty's carriages, with footmen and outriders in scarlet liveries, and was received in the first place by the inhabi tants of Hampstead, in crowds as2enibled, and in the second by the committee of management of the institution. When his Royal Highness had been con. ducted to a platform in a marquee set up for the occasion, an address was read setting forth the objects of the institu tion, and the reasons for the construction of the new build ing. When Prince Arthur had made a brief reply, sundry prayers were said by the Bishop of London. A large number of ladies, all youthful, some mere children, and all dressed in blue and white, now presented purses to his Royal Highness. The First Lord of the Admiralty delivered a short speech in eulogy of the charity. When the National Anthem had been sung, the Prince laid a memorial stone in the central hall of the building, and planted a tree in the garden. Ilia Royal Liialanois twit the chair at the dijcilner.,. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY IT, 1869. TILL' Lurens' PIZOTIZT A GiLLYSI' TIIE .1141.311 RILL. 'rho following protest has been entered against the third 'ending of the Irish Church Bill in the Lords : " Dissentient-1. Because this bill, for the first time since tho foundation of the British Monarchy, introduces, so far as Ireland is concerne,l, the principle, unrecog- nised in any other country in Europe, of an entire seve rance of the State from the support of any and every form of religious worship. " 2. Because the adoption of this principle with regard to Ireland cannot but give great encouragement to the designs of those who desire its extension to every part of the United Kingdom. " 3. Because it is a violent stretch of the power of Par liament to resume a grant made by itself in perpetuity; still more to confiscate property held by long prescription, and by a title independent of Parliament. " 4. Because if this principle be well founded as regards private property, it is Still more so with regard to that which has been solonnly set a; art for the purposes of religion and the service of Almighty God. " 5. Because the legislation attempted in this bill tends to shake confidence in all property, and espeCially in that which rests upon a parliamentary title, heretofore consi dered as the most unassailable of all. " G. Because it is impossible to place a Church, disesta- Unshed and disendowed, and bound together only by the tie of a voluntary association, on a fcoting of equality with the perfect organisation of the Church of Rome, whereby, especially in Ireland, the laity are made com pletely subservient to the priesthood, the priests to the bishops, and the bishops themselves are subject to the uncontrolled authority of a foreign potentate. "7. Because this bill will be felt as a grievous injustice • by the Protestants of Ireland, who, through their Irish Parliament, surrendered their political inde pendence by a treaty the fundamental condition of which was the greater security of the Protestant Establishment. "8. Because while this measure will tend to alienate those who have hitherto been the firmest supporters of the British Throne and British connection, so far from conciliating, much less satisfying, it will only stimu late to fresh demands that large portion of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland which looks forward to ulterior and very different objects, and, above all, to ultimate emancipation from the control of the British Legislature. " DERBY. ELLENBOROUGH. II ARROWBY. 11 EDESDALE. MARLBOROUGH. CLEMENTS. fur 1,2, 3,4, 5,7, BANDON. and S reasons. CHARLES B. Tuam. AI ALMESBURY. SALTOTJN. CHELMSFORD. li A RTIS3f ERE. DE Ros, MANCHESTER. G P.INSTEAD. MANSFIELD. WALSING BAIT. CAIRNS, for 1, 2, 3,4, FORESTER. • 5,7, and 8 reasons. DENMAN. KILMAINE. CLANCAUTY. COLCHESTER. G. A. LICHFIELD. TREDEGAR. BRODRICK. O'NEILL. STEWART OF GARLIES. BROOKE andWA RWICK. CLARINA. WYNFORD. KELLTE. GRAHAM. LAUDERDALE. MORT. D ARTM OUT IT. SILCIIESTER. 1I AWARDEN. COI.VILLE OF CUL. PANTRY. ROSS. A B ERCORN. EXETER. ATELv7LLE. A BERG AVENNT. A MH ERST. STRATHALLAN." SONDES. TELEG RAP II COMPANIES. 10 Afiglo-Anieiicau Tel., lim all ' ail 22f 10 Anglo Alediter Tel., 1im.,.. 10 IG 161 16 Ilf f st Atlantic Telegraph lO 20 25 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. andl. 3414ignetic Tel., lint lOO 172 177 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 2 7 10 Do. New 8 12 14p 25 Indo-European Tel., 1im..., 10 ... ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 41 51 25 Reuter's Telegram all 71 71 20 Societe Transatlant., lim... all 22i 23 221 111 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 20 Telegraph Con.. Main.,lim all 26} 2431 21761 1 1 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 61 7 613 10 -5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all if 4 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarait Tea Estates, lim : 3 5.1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14 111 10 Do. 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Preference lOO 92 97 at Do. 6p. c Pet petual Deb lO9 102 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 971 981 971 8 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lira 6 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 31d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 3 2d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lina l2 12 p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 88 8) 20 20 50 20 100 Gellivara, lim. 4O General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 11 id 6 7-16 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 Home & Col. Marine In. lira 5 2i 2 d Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's Bay all 14 13 j 121 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. Interna.Financial Soc. lira 6 2 Interns. Land Credit, Um 6 6 4d Italian Land 5 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued SO all 50 Land Securities, lim 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lend. Financial Asso., lim 80 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 et Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim... ll 50 Merchant Shippin g , li m all 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l 10 Natal Land and Col.:masa- ld p 3 3j 65 n 7 21 ld 7 5(1 211 20k 81 9 l 2k 2 13-11 21 161 id pr tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lhu. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, btu. 6 10 Now Consolidated Did. lim. 3 5 New Quebrada, lim. 4.8.0 25 New Zealand Loan & bier. cantile Agency,lint 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 10 Do. B Bt North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. Tn Q 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 60 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Gas, lint 10 Panama, New Zealand, and 103 104 11 id 32 37 7 G d 11 111 Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner', Bin 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 lO 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio do Janeiro City Int,lint all Do. Gas, lint all 100 Royal nail Steam CO Scottish Ause. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p c. Guar. I'ref lOO Societe Flu. d'Egypte, lim lO Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 50 S. African Mort. & Day., lira 6 25 South Australian Laud 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union M urine L'pool, lim 5 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lira 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim. all 30 Van Diemar's Laud 2Bl 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan. all 50 Warrant Finance, lim l2 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 20 WestLondou Wharves and Warehouses lO 91 104 31 3d If Ifd 44 41 ip 1 14 7 4 b $ 9 48 5 i 9 191 13 14 7 8 t 1p id fp n 2* 31 31 46 48 lid 01 22 24 61 7 17 18 21 2.; 44 14 ;8 Si Ed 2; 31 33 34 2; 3 IP Sp 41 5 p 22 24 11 41 11 2 p 14 2 6 7 5 :3 2'2 83 1311 31 3 11 10d THE _IRISH wry= DIVISIONS. In the fifit division on Thurs Jay night, when the Government triumphed by amajority of 124, the following Liberals went into the lobby with the minority :—Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Briscoe, Viscount Burke (cities' son of the Marquis of Clanricarde), Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Mr. De la Poer, lion. Dudley Forteseue, Sir George Grey, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Moore (Mayo), Mr. Nicholson, Sir noundell Palmer, and Mr. Pim. Per ecntra, the following Comervatives voted with the Ministry :—Mr. W. B. Beach, Mr. Cawley, Colonel Hon. James Grant, Mr. Henley, Mr. Holt, Mr. William Johnston (Belfast), Mr. Keown, Mr. James Lowther, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Albert Pell, and Mr. Tollemache (West Cheshire). Mr. Newdegate abstained from voting. The next division was taken on the proposal that the disposal of the surplus should be postponed. Mr. Tolle mache was the only Conservative who voted against his party ; the Liberals who went over to the Opposition were —Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Briscoe, Viscount Burke, Mr. Dc la Poor, Sir C. W. Dilke, Mr. W. H. Gregory, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Ma::well, Mr. George Moore, Mr. Shaw (Bandon), Mr. Stacpoole, Mr. Whalley, and Professor Fawcett. By a majority of 96, the House disagreed with the amendments introduced into Clause 15, providing annul• .• for curates disabled by sickness, age, or infirmity. Liberals supporting the proposal of the Peers were— Briscoe, Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Earl Grosvenor, Mr. l►es (Carnarvon), Sir A. Gil , son•Maitland, Mr. Alex well, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pim, and Mr. Whatman. Not a single Conservative supported the Government. tics The Mr. Tlnc. The f•rdal trial of s:rength w taken on Clause 27, Mr. Gladstone proposing to disagree with the Lords' amend ments giving the glebe-house:3 and glebes Ivithont payment. Whilst the Coneervatives Once more stuck together, the following desertions took p'ace on the Liberal side : —Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Ilight llon. W. P. Cowper (South Haut,), Mr. Dalway, Sion. C. W. Fitzwilliam (Maiton), Lion. H. W. Fitzwilliam (Wicklow), Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Nicholson, and Sir Roundel' Palmer, At the Limerick Assizes on Friday the action IT Mr. Nagle against Mr. Gilman, the proprietor of the Cork Herald., for publishing a libel contained in articles during the recent excitement about the late Mayor of Cork, resulted in a ver• dict for the plaintiff with £5O damages and costs. At a meeting of representatives of the various Nonconformist bodies in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, held in that town on Thursday, resolutions expressing con demnation of the attempt of the Meuse of Lords to contravene the principle on which the Irish Church Bill, as adopted by the 'louse of Commons, is based, w3ro agreed to. A "scene" was witnessed in the Central Criminal Court on Friday. Mr. Briefly, the eccentric or lunatic barrister who has made so much disturbance at the sex Sessions, came into court and demanded an apology of the Lord Chief Justice for having ordered him out of the court. He brought into the court several large stones, which, he said, were to protect himself. Lord Chief Justice Bovill told him to leave the court or he would commit him. He left. Sister to Milton (2 yrs) has been named Faith. Congratulator (3 yrs) has been named Cloth of Gold. Mr. Raleigh's colours are—Blue body, pink sleeves, blue sap. Butler did not ride at Reading, having left for France on Thursday. Mr George Angell has given Cupbearer to Parry, the jockey, for a hack. The Don (4 yrs) was sold at Reading yesterday to Mr Myers, for 16 guineas'. Mr H. Tuckwell purchased Lady Clinton at Reading on Thursday for 83 guineas. Mr Hodgman's colt by Vedette out of Sooloo (2 yrs) has been named Vandenhoff. The three year colt by Leamington out of Key of the Gate has been named Lockington. The following assumed names have been registered : Mr A. Raleigh and Mr John Frost. A special train will leave Huntingdon for Stamford at 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening. Miss Sheppard, who was second for the Nursery Plate at Reading, is trained by F. Kellow. First Emperor should not have been included in the acceptances for the Nottingham Handicap. Thunderclap, after winning a Selling Stakes at Read ing, was sold to &lr. T. Cliff for 105 guineas. GOODWOOD.—The Stewards' Cup has received 73 sub scribers, the Chesterfield Cup 53, and the Nursery 71. Fireball (3 yrs) w as p urc h ase d at Reading by Mr. Parlby, of Stoke-upon-Trent, for 16 guineas. Pear'feather, after being beaten in the Cavers ham Stakes at Reading, was_ claimed by M r . M un d ay. Manchester Autumn Meeting is fixed for Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, the week after Doncaster. The two year colt by Tim Whiffler out of Eblem met with an accident last week, and was is consequence de stroyed. The filly by British Prince out of Greenwich Fair (2 yrs) was sold at Reading, to Mr. Radcliffe, for 9 guineas. STEEPLECIIASE FORFEIT LIST. —The forfeits of the fol lowing horses have been paid :—Bodkin mare, Mario, and Flandrin. NAMED AT LAST.—Baron Rothschild's three year old colt by Tim Whiffler out of Hermione has been christened Midsummer. The Brighton Cup has closed with 15 subscribers, in cluding the celebrities Brigantine and Morna, and the Stakes with 33 subs. FORFEIT LlST.—Donation's forfeit in the Epsom Oaks, 1868, has been paid, subject to the opinion of the stewards as to whether Mr. J. G. Simpson is liable. Brother to Chiswick has been named Mortlake, and after winning the Stewards' Plate at Southampton on Thursday was sold to Mr. S. Reeves for 150 guineas. Mathews, who appeared as prosecutor of "Ginger'' Jones for the umbrella assault recently, was mobbed at Reading on Thursday for " welshing." a Hampstead Bo niface well known and respected o❑ the Turf. Our Epsom correspondent informs us that the Good wood St:tkes favourite Adolphus, accompanied 1-y Cecil, has left Nightingall's stables at Epsom for some other training quarters, the locality of which is at the present unknown. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle having resigned the stewardship of the Jockey Club, the other stewards have appointed Colonel Le wther to succeed him for the remain der of his term of office, subject to the approval of the club at their next general meeting, as required by Rule 2 of the Jockey Club. i PEILIAL VIILIL, 'A EN HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The Lonti CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Petitions were presented from 34 Chambers of Com me] ce in favour of the Bankreptcy •''GREEN%t ICH HOSPITAL BILL. This bill was read a second time without dismssion. THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of CARNARVON then proceeded to move a string of resolut , ous for the rearrangement of the seats in the houso with a view to increase the acoustic pro perties of the chamber. - After some remarks from Earl Stanhope, the Duke of Montrose, the Bishop of Oxford, the Dake of Cleveland, and other peers, the resolutions were withdrawn. Earl GRANVILLE said that if the Irish Church Bill came back from the other house, and could be printed to morrow morning (this day), he would propose that the Counuons' amendments to their .Lordshipa' amendments should be considered on Monday. The Alarqu's of SALISBURY protested against so un seemly a haste, which would not even have boon urged in an unimportant bill. Earl GRANVILLE agreed to fix Tuesday. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NE W COLUMBIA. Mr. MONSELL, in reply to Mr. Rathbone, said there was no intention to change the site of the capital in New Columbia. CHRISTIANS 1N CRETE. Mr. OTWAY said steps were being now taken by the Turkish Government to secure to the Christians in Crete civil and religious liberty. ADMISSION OF STRANGERS. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Herbert, said he pro posed to have the chairs in the ladies' gallery numbered, and that arrangement would prevent the ladies attending some time before the debates commenced. FRENCH . ATLA.NTIC CABLE. Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Mr. lismuno, said no intelli. gence had been received that the United States Govern ment had refused to permit the landing cf the French Atlantic Telegraph. There was, however, an opinion pre valent that it would be illegal to land it before permission had been granted, but the Government had received no further intelligence on the subject. TAE RIOTS AT POaTADOWN. Mr C. FORTESCUE said it was unfortunate that the adjourned inquest should not take place for so long a period as the 3d of August, but the Executive Govern ment had no control over the coroner. An Hos. MEMBER said the adjournment took place in accordance with the wish of the jury. IRISH CHURCH BILL. The further consideration of the Lords' amendments to this bill was then proceeded with. On the clause inserted by the Lords marked C, Air. GLADSTONE made some explanation to this clause, which related to private endowments, royal grants, and Ulster glebes, and moved that the date in the first put tion be altered from May to January, and that they further agree with the first portion of the clause down to the words £500,000 sterling. Mr. DISRAELI thought it was quite time that some clear understanding should be come to with respect to the future of the disestablishment of the Church in Ireland. By the bill the Protestant Church would be placed in competition with the most ancient hierarchy in England, governed by a temporal prince, which he thorgLt was, to ail intents, a State Church, and to say that the Protestant Church in Ireland was by the present bill placed on au equal footing with that, was a perfect to: ckery. He contended that the right hon. gentleman had first seized the whole of the revenues of the Church, and then he made them an offer of a small portion of the money back again, and wished it to be believed that he was doing a magnanimous apt. He contended that the arrangement made by the Lords with respect to the Royal grants, or Ulster glebes, was both modest and moderate, and therefore it ought to be agreed to. Ho wished it to be said whether or no the unfortunate institution which had been so despoiled was to be placed in competition with the Church of Rome. Mr. 0. FORTESCUE said the construction ha put upon the observations of the right hon. gentleman opposite was to give these Ulster glebes to the Protestants in that part of the United Kingdom as the only means of saving the Church from the see of Rome. He (Mr. Fortesque) as a member of the Protestant and at present Established Church, did not think there was any such danger. A free Protestant Episcopal Church in Leland if only libe rally supported by its members had, he felt certain, no thing to fear. He contended that the Ulster grants were made solely for the purposes of a State Church, and that they were not given for Protestant purposes was very clear, because the Presbyterians had nothing of the k:nd. Colonel WILSON- PATTEN considered that the taking away of the t ndowtnents of the Church in Ireland would be to place it most disadvantageously with the Romish Church. He had no fear for the Protestant Church if placed on au equality with other churches, but he must say that the proposa: of the Government was far from the generous and liberal manner in which members opposite stated it was to be treated when before their constituencies fur re-election. Mr WAITERS said he must protest against the lan guage of some of the hon. gentlemen opposite. He did not believe that they had given up all hope for the future. If the Churchmen in Iri•laLd showed the determination that had been exhibited by the Free Church in Scotland, there was still a great future before the Protestant Church in Ireland. Sir P. HEYGATE contended that the Ulster grants were given for Protestant purposes, and if the right hon. gentleman insisted on the confiscation of theta he would leave a sting in the bill, which it would take years and years to remove. Mr. MACLURE energetically protested against the Lords' amendments being agreed to. Sergeant DOWSE said, representing an Ulster consti tuency, he must give his vote against the amendment of the Lords. The effect of giving the Ulster globes would be, practically, to leave the Church in Ireland as it at pre sent stands, excepting the tithes, which he, of course, kneNt was a:great exception. He contended that the glebe lands originally belonged to the first Irish noblemen, and when they were first made over to the Protestant Church as glebes they were given as Kings could only make pre sents viz., out of the pockets of other people. (Laughter.) If they left the Ulster glebes the Catholics would still look upon this as a stigma of conquest and a badge of wrong. They had already given £300,000 to the Protestants, but if they left them the Ulster glebes, he would rather they left matters as they at present stood. He felt quite certain there need be no fear of the future of the Protestant Church in Ireland, and if the measure upon which they were then engaged be came law, he believed that Ireland would become a more efficient helpmate, and with Scotland matters would go on most prosperously, for he was one of those who did not not believe in the downfall of England. (Loud cheers.) Sir S. NORTHCOTE contended that the great object in the consideration of this bill should be the welfare of Ireland, but by the course pursued by her Majesty's Go vernment and their supporters, it seemed to be their desire to ascertain how great an injustice could be perpetrated. He hoped the house would well consider the proposal of the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury before it committed itself to sanction it as a principle. Mr. CHARLEY supported the amendments made by the House of Lords. On the proposition to disagree with the Lords' amend ment to retain the Ulster glebes, the house divided, the numbers being, for the motion, 341, against it 240—majo rity for the Ministry, 104. After a personal squabble between Mr. Bright, Mr. Charley, and Lord J. Manners, the motion to appoint a committee to draw up reasons for disagreeing with the Lords' amendments was agreed to amid Ministerial cheers. The members nominated on the committee were Mr. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Bruce, Mr Chichester Fortescue, the Attorney-General, Mr. W. E. Forster, and the Attorney- General for Ireland. The Telegraphs Bills was read a sacond time after a short discussion. The remaining business on the paper was rapidly gone through, and the house adjourned. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 2} ... 12 3 Do . Ms ... 12 2} ... 12 31 Rotterdam _ ... 12 2} ... 12 31 Antwerp _ ... 25 AU ... 25 47f Brussels — ... 25 40 ... 25 47i Hamburgh — ... 13 111 ... 13 111 Paris Ditto ~. ••• ➢Taiseilles _ 25_37} ... 25_ 42i- Frankfort-on-the-Main: V ienna ~_ 121 - .. -121 t ... 12 75 -. 12 80 Trieste Petersburg Copenhagen Berlin Le , li P orn __. . 12 75 80 -29 i ... 29f ..,. 9 24 9 21 • 6 28i 6 29 ▪ 48: 481 49 491, ... 26 40 .., 26 45 Milan. Genoa, Naples Palermo.. Messina, Lis'uon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York - 26 40 2G 45 - 2G 40 26 45 - 26 40 26 45 - 26 40 26 45 26 40 26 45 51 7 5 . ) - 51 ... 52f DuNvILLE and Co., Belfast, A are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brand:, Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belf V' t or 4, Beaufort-bv ,Strand, Loudon, W,C.—[Ad Terme neut :-POLTING INTELLIGENCr. STAND PLATE. La Rose ..... Dulcet Laird of Scotianl I Twelve aSERY STAKES Transgressor Miss Sheppard Valentine Fourteen ran. THAMES HANDICAP. Marshal Key llw eford Chawbacon Seventeen ran. SELLING STAKES. Thunderclap Luna Little Coates.. L ; F,urteen ran. ABBEY STAKES. Cest us Green Ribbon Pate 1 •• 3 Eight ran. STEWARDS' PLATE. April Morn Master Willie... Polisonne Eight ran. KING'S MEADOW STAKES. Acorn Contempt Traveller 3 Seven ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Bete Noir (taken) 11 to 2 agst Starter (taken) 100 to 15 agst Adolphus (taken) Bto 1 agst Robespierre (taken) 25 to I agst Cecil (taken) GOODWOOD ME Weights for the Goodwood (Calculate, Age at lb Kt. of the Garter... 5 9 7 Trocaddro ... 5 9 7 Formai° ... 5 9 7 Blinkhoolie ... 5 9 7 The Rake ... 5 9 7 See-Saw ... 4 9 0 Itosicrucian ... 4 9 0 i.;F:riNci —JULY 29. Cup; two miles and )d to date.] Age st, Loy d Hawthorn ... 3 7 7 St Mungo 3 7 7 The Drummer 3 7 Provider ... 3 7 7 Typhon ... ... 3 7 7 Martyrdom ... 3 7 Robespierre 3 7 7 Thor walsden 3 7 7 Rusin ... 3 7 7 Lancet ... S 7 7 Tabouret ... 4 9 0 Restitution 4 9 0 lilueskin ... 4 8 10 Brigantine... ... 3 7 10 The Good wood Stakes (Hai and only 5 if declared, W 1 subs, 26 of whom declared Age st lb 5 9 0 ... 5 8 9 ... 4 8 7 ... 5 8 5 ... 4 8 2 ...3 712 3 7 9 idicap) of 25 sons each, 15 ft, ith 100 ad.led. milos. St Blinkhoolie The Rake . Cecil ~ Taraban ~ Phoebus ~ Alpenstock Islam .. A l I Miss Gratwieke ... 4 ge 6 st 10b Provider ... 36 10 Venation g 4 6 6 Choral :.. 4 6 6 Y. Fenton ... 8 6 6 Adolphus ... 3 6 2 Storm King ... 3 6 Hobart 8 5 12 Queen of the Forest, by Atherstono 3 510 Starter ... 3 5 1t) Va ett um 8 5 9 Aubade 5 7 fudge 3 a Bracken 5 7 7 Rob,spierro ... 3 7 2 War „ ... 6 7 0 ...4.Bsineboine • ... 5 7 0 Our Mary Ann ... 4 6 12 BeteNoire_ ... 3 6 12 Make Haste ... 4 6 12 Amster 3 6 10 RACING FIXTURES. JULY Stamford .•.. "i 23 1 GoGawooti 9 i, 2i5, 29, 3u AUGUST. Deauville 1 1 Oxford Ripon 2 Llungerford 24 Bri b bion 3, 4 York 24, 23 2U Tiverton 4 1 Croydon Brighton Club 5 1 Pl.) mouth z6, 27 Lewes 6, 7 Searbor ) ugh SU, 31 Eguam lO, 11 Baden B a d en ll WolSTrhaar ptoit IU, 11 I Great Yarmouth SE 'Windsor 12, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep 1 Bromley 17, 18 I Weymouth 31, S. 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 Canterbury ..... ....3/, Sep. 1 Dover'....' 18 j SEPTEMBER. Margate 2 I Richmond 9 1, 22 Ipswich 2 Lichfield West Drayton 3 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 I Warwick... 7 , 8 Hendon 23 2-1 Ourragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 I Monmouth 23, 24 Abingdon 9 , 10 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, dec. Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Lanark... 29 30 Hampton 21, 9 2 OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 I Cheltenham l9 2( Edinburgh 6; 7, 8 1 Curragh l9, 2G, LI Leicester d,B I West Drayt on .........21., 22 Bromley 7 8 1 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d Uet,..11, dkc. 1 Monmouth 23, 21 Chelmsford. l9 20 i Newinark..t li'todi _25, &o. Kelso 19 20 j NOVEII3EI:.. Harrow . ...2, 3 I Egliuton limit 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 , Shrewsbury ..... l5, ltS STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES OCTOBEit. 7 I West Drayton 9 1 23 NU VEMBER. , Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15 Harrow *), 3 Leamington Hunt 23 Jre Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 Bromley... COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans... 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G. Ormesby 19, &c ►luntingdou Club.. 9 6, 2; YACHTING FIXTURES. JULY. 19—Prince Alfred Yacht Club: Channel Match, Bangor (Belfast) to Kingston 19, 20 —Goole.Regatta 211—Sailing Barge Regatta 20—Royal Dee Yacht Club Sailing Match 21, 22—Dublin Bay Regatta 24—Prince Alfred Yacht Club: First Class Match 23 (?)—Kingstown Regatta 27, 28 —Royal Western Yacht Club and Plymouth Royal Regatta 30—Royal Welsh Yacht Club Regatta AUGUST. 1, 2—Havre Regatta 2—Temple Yacht Club: Second Match 3—Victoria Model Yacht Club: First Class Match 3,4, 5, 6—Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta s—Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club: Regatta at Oulton 7—Cheshire Yacht Club: Third Match 9-14—Royal Victoria Licht Club Regatta 10—Great Yarmouth Regatta 13 —Shoreham Regatta 21—Clyde Yacht Club: Corinthian Match 21—Cheshire Yacht Club : Fourth Match 24, 25—Dartmouth Regatta 28—Clyde Yacht Club : Closing Cruise 27 Torbay Royal Regatta Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthamptoa.....Jaly 17. Ditto, 71a Marseilles Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video •••• Aug 4. Ditto, by Irrenoh packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . Aug. 4g Cape of Good Hype. Ascension, and Ht. Helena..... July 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Bouthampton July 17. taibraltar. via Southampton India, via Southampton .............. • JttlY.l7 Lyitto, via Marseilles • . July IV. Malta, Egypt, &a . July 17 DIM), Marseilles July 17 Newfoundland ...... ............ y 2l Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Scuthamg ton Ditto, Marseilles ~ kug 1 Portugal United States, Canada. California, &0., by British pack e t July 17 Ditto ditt c (Baltimore) •• Ditto, by L lifted States packet Ditto, by Inman packet July 11 West Indies and Pazilic (except Mexico and Baha mas) July 28 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July Cabs and Mexico .....Ju1y 29 Bermuda. via Halifax . . . ...July 28 Bahamas, via New York Aug. 11 MARKET S-21118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. July 17.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. The market quiet. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 9. The Queen was this day pleased 'to confer the honour of knighthood on RichardD;vios Hanson, Esq., Chief Jus tico of the colony of Sou ih Australia. The Queen was also pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on Joseph Heron, Esq., .Town-clork of Man chester. WHITEHALL, .TtTLY 16. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great 6eal GraLting, unto Charles John Vaughan, D.D., the office or place of Master of the Temple, in the room of Thomas Robinson, D.D., resigned. The high-priced yearlings bought at the Middle Park Sales by Mr. Bertram and M. Cavalier° were, it appears, for Mr. Graham, the owner of Formosa and The Drum mer. At auy rate, they are entered in the name of Mr G. J ones (the well-kdown racing sobriquet of Mr. Graham) in the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger, of 1871. The I,FOO - colt by Nowminster out of See-Saw's dam has beau named Crinon ; the 1,000. guinea colt by Newminster out of Battaglia appears as Church Militant ; while the fillies by Blair Athol out of Silkstone, and by Saunterer out o Alma, are at present unnamed.