The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Conso7s are steady to-day at 92i for money ; ditto, for Ac.:ount, 92/ ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92i / ; New Three per Cents, 92i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par 4 prem ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £3OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 241. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111-i- ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 k; ditto Eufaced Paper, 5 per per sent., ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, —. In Foreign Government Bonds, Turkish, Spanish, and Egyptian are fractionally higher, while Peru vian, Mexican, and Italian are not so good. The prices no current are as follows :—Argentine, 804 to 811 ; Egyptian (1861), 88 to 881 ; ditto (1868), 78 to 78} ; Viceroy Seven per Cents., 82 to 84 ; ditto Niue per Cents., 91' 1 to 951-; Italian, 55i to 56k. In E.Ailways there is an advance of / in Berwick, and i f in South Eastern, Midland, and Lancashire Yorkshire ; and Brighton and Great Northern are 1 lower, and Great Western The following are the prices :—Caledonian, 77 to 779 ; Great Eastern, 391 to 894 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ; and ditto A, 108 f to;109. American Securities are flat. The Five-Twenty Bonds are 1 lower, at 804 ; and there is a decline of a in Erie, at 19f to 20. Illinois remain at 94 to 95. An advance of ss. has taken place in French Cable Shares, the price now being 19i 19k. The dealings in banking shares are very mode rate, and prices are little altered. Agra (A) is better, at 10i to 10i. Alliance is steady, at 13i to 14i ; Anglo-Austrian, 19 to 20 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 33 ; Consolidated, 4 1 1 to 48. The transactions in Miscellaneous Securities arc very limited, and prices generally are without movement. Anglo-American Telegraph is inquired for at 20f to 241 ex div. ; General Credit is quiet at 1/ to 11 dis. ; International Finance, 2 to dis. ; National Discount, 11i to llf ; and Hudson's Bay, 12i- to 124. The sum of £119,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. The Weser, from New York, has brought £6,660, the Manhattan £lO,OOO, and the Calabar, from the West Coast of Africa, £5,380. Adyiees from Alexandria describe complete stag nation in business. The present is always the quiet season in Egypt, when exports and imports are at a stand, and this year the dullness is greater than usual. It is only with the rising of the Nile that protuce begins to come down from Upper Egypt, and the cotton crop does not commence until late i❑ the autumn. Two new banks have been opened lately at Alexandria, each witd £1,000,000 nominal capital, 40 per cent. paid up, and -both under Austrian patronage. With regard to the Suez Canal a rumour is current that the opening has been put off, first to the 15th of November and now to the Ist of January, 1870, on account of some dredges having given way and sunk in the canal, but nothing certain can be ascertained, as the parties connected with the canal remain silent on the subject. Sir Samuel Baker will start on his expedition in the beginning of September. The fact of the Sultan having conferred upon him the title of Pasha has been regarded, it appears, with great satisfaction at Alexandria, as showing that his Majesty approves and supports the Viceroy's en terprise. Mr. Bruulees, having returned from an inspec tion of the Mont Cenis Railway, reports that the damages caused by the late floods have been so far repaired that the service is being again con ducted with regularity and certainty. The report of John Brown & Co. (Limited), to be presented at Sheffield on the 28th instant, recommends a dividend of £4 18s. 3d. per share. The contract for the Portuguese loan with Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen has been approved at Lisbon by the Chamber of Deputies, but has now to sass the Senate. The annual meeting of the East Indian Railway Company will be held on the Ist of J uly. An ex traordinary meeting is called for the same day, " for the purpose of considering, and if deemed advisable, of passing a resolution or resolutions, authorising the board of directors to create and issue Debenture Stock in lieu of ordinary deben tures, under the powers of Act 31 Vie., cap. 26." At the meeting of the Duuaburg and Witepik Railway Company (Limited), a resolution was Passed authorising the raising of additional capital, not exceeding £500,000, for the purchase of further rolling stock. The half-yearly meeting of the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Company is called for the 9th of July. In the matter of the Hercules Insurance Com pany, in liquidation, Mr. Greenwood, one of the liquidators appointed by the Court of Chancery, having resigned, Vice-Chancellor Malins has, by an order dated the 10th inst., appointed Mr. W. J. White sole official liquidator. The announcement that the important work of submerging the French Atlantic Cable has actually commenced, the Great Eastern having quitted the French coast, occasioned a demand for the shares of the French Cable Company. With reference to the Ottoman General 5 per Cent. Debt, the Imperial Ottoman Bank have issued the usual notice, informing bondholders who intend to receive the current half-yearly interest in Europe that they must declare such intention at the agencies of the bank between the 23d inst. and the 3d cf July. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOTEB,NMENT fUND S. p r f s , ll:Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 per Cent. Reduced 921 14 Ow 3 per Cent New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 187 3 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs ; expire sth April 1885 -- Do (Red Seal ele6rapli), Aug., 1908 — Exchoqu;.r Bills, £l,OOO, clz 3 per Ut Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO Bank of England Stock, 41. per Cent DQ. opening Calada 4 per Cont. Bonds Inter-Colonial Cranium . INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. trldia V.LOCIC, 101 par Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per lent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfacod Pape. 4 per CAnt.. ...... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ,„ — D 9. 8 per °mt. May 1879 — D.) 5 per Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 — Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republlo, 6 per Cent . IlhAntrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 661 Brazilian 5 per Cent 00. 4f per Cent. 1852 Do. do. 1858.. . Do. do. 1860 Do. do., 1863 6B Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account B2 13 it nos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ; °W)a, 6 pee,Cent. Cutlian 6 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent .. — Do. 8 per Cent., 1 a. 6 per cent. 1867 — Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 a lo nbian, 6 pet Cent. Danish, 3 pr Cent., 1825.-- . Datv , tiata Principalities, 7 per Cent Do 8 per Cent:, 1867 kqualor New Con.wlidated, 1 per Cent...... E;;yytian, 7 per Cent... • ••• Snood Issue •• •• 15ut. Bondy DD. £lOO Bonds ..••• 86 Do. 1864 • Do. Account Do. .C.OO Bonds ~ 'no. i. 101; Bonds PO Do. 7 per Cent. ' 1868 Government liailwav tiebeutures Greek 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ox Coups — Dc. Account ,. Do. Coupons ~.. Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — iloaduras Gov Rail. Les n., 10p. Ct., all pd 86 I .tsiian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~. Do Ilsreraraana Railway .., — iiexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — llontevidean 6 per Cent. .. — 11 , 3crish Imperial 5 per Cent . New Granada — Do 3 per Gen — Do. Deferred : re:uvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 801. Do 44 per Cent. ([ll:' , arron) ••• Da 44 per Cent., 1862 •• — Do Account — Port .Tuese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 354 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian. 5 e or Cont.., 182 z, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 11 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., IJ5r) Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.. 891 Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0..,. 894 Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds - Do. do £Bl 15s do - DJ Nicolas Railway 65 L- Sarainian 5 p,r Cent — Span;sh 3 per Con Do. A ref,unt .... 3Ol Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Cont. , not funded — Do. Ac&mnt. Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent. - DJ Account Po 6 per Cent. 1838 .. Do Account - - Do . £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• Do Account Do XIOC Bonds i 0 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Londot,. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins - Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, 56 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... -- Do. Account — French Routes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. z5l. Do Account 56 CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols, Money 921 i- xd Do. Account, July 7 . .. 924 xd NARROW ESCAPE OF A LION-TAMER• An unrehearsed scene, very nearly ending in a tragedy, was enacted a day or two ago at Bradford. Amongst the incidents which at present appear to be regarded as essen tial accompaniments of a menagerie are performances described as lion - hunts. At Bradford this portion of the programme was being gone through, when performing lioness, instead of responding to the order of its keeper to leap over his shoulder, seized and dragged the man down, and attempted to seize his throat. At this critical moment, amidst the alarm of the spectators, the male lion rushed up(.n his companion, and the fight that succeeded between the two undoubtedly saved the life of the keeper. The latter having regained his confi dence and control over the lions, continued and finished his performance whilst the blood flowed from his wounds. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BING-LEY. Mr. Lavingtou E. Flet,ln.r, chief engineer to the Steam Users' Association, Mancl:es;er, has issued a repent on tto steam toiler explosion which occurred at B:ngley on the Oth it.st., by which fifteen persons were killed and between twenty and thil ty others injured. In his report Mr. Fletcher eta tes that the boiler had bet n in use elsewhere for eight or nine years - previously, end bad become extremely thinned and weakened by corrosion. It was bought as a " cheap" boiler, and - repaired, but the repairs did not extend far enough. It was in one of those thin places that the rent commenced. In addition to this, the safety-valve had been replaced by one having only one.forrth of the requisite area, and which, on account of its dangerous construc tion, had been discarded. Mr. Fletcher condemns in very strong terms the purchase of "cheap" boilers, so called. as a national loss. In the churches of Ireland on Sunday special refer ence was made to the pcsition of the Church to the State, Opropos to the prayers for her Majesty's accessiou. The case of Leverson v. Stack, heard before Mr. Tustice Batmen and a common jury, in the Court of Queen's Bcrch, was cc.)nclu:led Noudny. lis lordsh7p having summed up at great length, the jury, after a short consulta tion, found a vordict for the plaintiff for £l2O and costs, On the Ist July next, and thenceforward, money orders may bo obtained at any 11011 , 7 Order OlEce in the United Kingdom, payable at any place in Belgium. The commission chargeable will bo the same as on money orders issued and paid within the United Kingdom. A NEW BLASTING PowDEß.—lt is stated that new description of blasting powder, called ammoniac powder, has been introduced into Swedea with successful results. The Prussian newspapers speak of it as being superior to dynamite, nitro-glycerine, and explosives of that nature. It is said to combine considerable explosive force with a tardy inflammability ; that it cannot be exploded by percussion ; and that it does not deteriorate from the effects of climate. These advantages are so contradictory that we must receive the report with caution. If such a powder has been invented, it will doubtless soon find its way into the markets of this country. CORFORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. — The Archbishop of Canterbury presided at a meeting of the governors of this corporation, at their house, 2, Bloomsbury-place, \V.C., on Saturday. The main object of the meeting was to distribute the annual income on certain benefactions held by the corporation in trust for poor clergymen, beneficed or not, in England or Wales, who have at least three children. The number of clergy. men so ( i valified applying on the present occasion was 141, and the total number of their children being 985, the average of every family was very little short of seven. Twenty other clergymen applied for aid, who, not being eligible for these benefactions, received grants from other funds. The total sum distributed was £2,559, leaving a very small sum (less than usual) in the hands of the governors to meet the numerous cases of distress which are sure to arise during the next few months. LAW BUSINESS.—The state of the Nisi Prins business is positively alarming. In the three courts in Middlesex the aggregate number of causes at the com mencement of the after term sittings was no less than 395. Of these upwards of 200 are marked to be tried by special juries. Now, if all the eighteen judges had attacked this mass of business, each would have had twenty-two cases to get through in the allotted four teen days. As it is there are but six of them actually trying causes, which gives each one an average of sixty-six to try, and in the Queen's Bench the disposal of the first cause, which is going on at the time we write, has already absorbed four days. Therefore, taking the above average, the learned judge has sixty-five causes to try in the nine following days. If he disposes of a dozen it is as much as he can do, withdrawals and settlements being put aside, and it is terrible to contemplate what will happen next November when the arrears are augmented by new causes. The great waste of judicial power is in the Exchequer Chamber. That court has been sitting during the past week, taking away six judges from the Nisi Prius courts. We say taking them away, but if they were available it is difficult to see where they could sit. If they were available, perhaps some attempt might - be made to accommodate them. The first step, therefore, is to release them from their present appellate duties. That this must soon be done is obvious. It is far more impor tant to the profession that causes should be tried with despatch than that there should be an intermediate court of appeal.—Lazo Times. The Western Times devotes nearly two columns of its space to an editorial article highly eulogis ing the effect of the completion of the mansion of Marley, nearly Exmouth, built for one of England's most wealthy commoners—Mr. John Bryce. A visit to this palatial structure fully corroborates the praises our contemporary has bestowed upon it, Mr. Benmore, the architect, having certainly acquitted himself in a manner which combines that which is noble and magnificent with a pureelegance and refined taste. In the interior decorations, which have boen entrusted to Mr. F. Sang, we find that accomplished artist outvieing his previous and most important works, and even the Conservative Club, the Royal Exchange, Hat field, and the famous Stratheden House, all from the same hand, fail to prepare the spectator for the rich display of chromatic harmony and exquisite playfulness of •pencil which are hero so conspicuous. It would seem, indeed, as if the edifice had been especially designed to do honour to the sister arts of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, the attributes of each being 50 intimately blended that the happy consummation which has arisen upon the lovely shores of Devon has already ob tained the distinguished title of the Gem of the West. DoNvILLE and Co., 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 CabOS for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to 3lessrs. Danville and Co Belfast; Cr 4, Loaufortrbviltrtzs,Strand,..Lmtua , Tertlllo2lo74l RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCK SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1869. ARE LIST. :4.III'‘ARY ciiiikAlCb AND EITOCKZ. Blare hallways. p aid. Closing StisinsuiS Price. dens. st Bristol and Exeter .....4 100 77 79 at Caledonian -.. ... 100 771 774 at e:allibT13.1 l 2) Cornwall. all 21 3 ,t Dublin di Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun,.L'ertl.. a Ah.J nue 7OO 70 72 24 East London all 6 7 20 Do 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - st Glasgow AS. Western 10) 93 100 et Great Eastern .. 4 00 391 4') 3)1 1 1 st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO ... ... st Great North 441 Sootlan4 lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 108 109 1081 1,1 t Do. A stock st Do. IS stock lOO st tit S, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 111 7 s Gt. Western -Original lOO 10, 61 41. Do. South Wales et Do. W. -liid.-Oxford lOO 24 27 24} st Do. Newport lOO fls 70 st Lancashire & 1 oritshirv lOO 126 17 1264 st Lon., 13righ.,& S.Coast lOO 441 44 4 k 01 Do Scrip .... - - at 1 on., Chat., and novel lO2 161 17 st Do. Jletrop. Ex. A lOO it 11 et Lou. & North Westexh lOO 1184 15 1184 191 st Lon. & South Western lOO 1311 91 8 4 st Mau., She)., & Lincoln 1(0 (5} 154 st Metro' o dtau j..... at Do Exteusi4u .. 10 Du. New rd .. st Me';:l.nvolitsn DitArict. all - - to Metrop .)t. John's V. 00 1 6 - - st I51... Land st Go, tlirmin. & Duruj leo tl J4l st N ..rtti British - 14; st Go. En., rth., & Dun... 10. - - st r or. s:astern- litrwick lOO 1054 1(64 106 bi 23 Do. G. N. E puron&st •• 1 6.1 1 . 4 - - st Do Leeds . .... 100 61 03 st Do York lOO U 6 vs st Do Carlide .... . st Do Stoe :. & Darling lOO 134 43) st North Lou lon 10 Do New 1858 at North Staffordshire lOO 55 a st North and S.-W. Junction 10) IPS 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... - at Rhymuey st Shropshire Union ICO 58 53 st South Devon st South Eastern lOO 78 78} st Staines, Wok'hani, & Wok all 12 13 st Tau ' ale -- Do. 0 ... - - - Waterlord dt. Kilkenny ICO - - 10 Waterloo & Whitehail 6 - - EtAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. _ _ st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scut. N.E., 4,1 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 75 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per et 'lOO HO} et Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 9 i ti 9 st Do do N 0.2 100 9.3 93 st Do do G per cent 100 10) 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... st Do do B 6 do. 103 st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua,. 100 70 75 st Do Not full: 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do du 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... st Great Not thern, 5 per cent 10 111 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 98 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO 107 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 9G 97 at Git.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per vua.s p.c lOO 102 1; 4 at Do. Orig. (B 7&. IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lli 87 a 0 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 95 97 at 1)o do Birmingham gua lOO 63 72 st Do do do prof lOO at Do do Cheater gu9. lOO 80 85 at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 45 p.c lOO ..„ st Do do 44 1859 lOO at 1)o do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 110 112 at Do do 2(1 gua lOO 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 110 92 at Do do 25 do 100 97 1,1.;0 at Do gua. 55 per cont. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 155 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 101 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 45 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 at. London & Brighton, sp. c. guarautea,i, No 1 lOO ... sti Do 5 por cent. gua.. Nu. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4. 100 ... at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... at Di 4 do 1859 lOO ... at London, Chatham, &DuTer 5 per cent lOO st London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 11) 111 at Do Beilliird &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO st London and 6 W. 7 p,c -•-- - - .. - late 3d ..,aares, lOO 140 153 s Do (Portsin.perp aus 230) all ... a Mtn., Slid., 5; Litwin. 6 p.c lOO Do 8 Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 too a Do Bristol& liirti., op. c lOO 132 134 Do 4.4 per cont. rode,m 10) 1,8 101 s Do 4C per cent. irredeem lOO VS 100 s Do Leicester & lfehu,4 p.c. 100 ail t'l st North British, 5 p.c. N 4,0.1 lOO st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & 1) lOO ... st Do N. 14., N 0.2, 5 per comt lOO „, at Do Dopier Union, 5' p.c loo st N.-Eastern—Conti. 4p. e too st Do 41 per cent.. redoem lOO 95 97 at 1)o ti N.B. 4 per teat., lOO 17 Do Iltr.vick capital 1)o Yorx, I_l. &S. purchase lO 10 loi Do I.el;.tu & Drling. A. 0 p.c lOO 106 I , :s at Do W, Llartlepool 1.1. and 11 100 81 86 24 North Staffordshire 10a S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 10 10s Du Tavistock Anus., 10s all 8 10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all S 81 40.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 21 24 at Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vats N. 0.1 lOO 14, 153 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 44 bt Caledonian 41 pc gas,. at Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all ... st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 8o t Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 88 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 r at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO b 2 85 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 42 pc 100 ... st Greta tWest., W. Midi., 5p e 100 ... st Do Jointporpe. b p c,1665 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 103 103 103 2) Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all 10 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, N lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 ip at Loral., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 WO at Do do 41 do, 1361 100 at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., 136 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.e at Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st Laudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 03 95 cie 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 82 84 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO Wu 104 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 Is Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 184 19 2 19/ 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent 1 00 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4po 100 :** st Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 P.e 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1362 100 at Do E. & G., No. a, 5 p.c fi t Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 26 97 951 at Do Stock. & Dark, D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 ogi t Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS! 7 3 tEN eErrd ---1-15--" Arg 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 110 102 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, Oa. 6p. c lOO 131 13k 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all El Gt. Ease., Newtn., Sc., 5 p.c 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... et Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. st Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 96 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2:5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO et, London, Chat, &c., 41 p c lOO ... et Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO st Loncloa, Tilbury, & South 100 83 8 . 5 at Lowestoft, sus. 4 percent lOO 80 82 at Do. do. 6 do. b& Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref , 100 94 94 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) s 0 Northern& East., 5 percent all 33 56 30 1)o. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern--Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. pret, bp c. 100 107 109 at Do B sniniinwn 11 p.c.— 100 2sts Notting. a & n U d r4 W il ) th ro . (- 10 a 1 11 2 44 1 9 46 ... Royston, hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Sllrev, - sbury and Hereford 100 131 133 10 Do do 8 2 .in at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 9 7 st De 4 per cent gua 10) 7g 8 0 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 lee at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 DD 00 0 n u a t mouth o a n n i d d e d r oo p , e o Portland.,, t a Ol3 . ... ............... s 20 2iA 8C 82 s t : N W V i e l t Y s li la DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 118 121 st London and St. Katherine lOO 42 44 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 2G 30 st Southam_pton Bt Arrey.commorgi&l I ; ~,, •• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. LI - 601ng Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 10 101 l'J Do B lO 31 1 - 4 31 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 201 '2ll 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 61 4.4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 10 It 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 $ 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all :Al 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 811 19 Bank of New Zealand all 15 17 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China 20 City IJ 11 12 100 Colonial 2B 1;$ 41 10 Consolidated, lira... 50 Delhi and London, lint ... 80 East London, lira 20 English and American, lisp 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim lO pr I p 20 English, ecottish, and Aug • ,-.. . ti : alian Chartered all 161 17 261 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new 51 24 21 100 Imperial, lint 2O lb 16 20 Imperial Ottom tit lO 24 21 121 25 luniau all 19 21 23 Do new b 6 8 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 ;:1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, au all 76 76 30 London Banki of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 14 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 17 20 Do new 71 b 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 8 23 Do new 10 11 2 p 11/ 20 London Chart.of Australia all 28} 2,1 20 London and County 491 t b 0 50 Do new, iss at 20 p. tu, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 311 421 321 London and South African al 8: 9 94 9 00 Loudon &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 140 London 3: Venezuela, lint_ 121 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 61 62 61 2 100 Do Scrip, iss at 1U pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint. 100 Midland, 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 8.1 a lp 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do . ...... 42 ... 50 National..... 20 New South Wales all 41 48 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 00 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 61 141 81 / 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 :1.1 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of. Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 18 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l 4 att . 351 26 51 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Angtoeircan - Ta, lien ii,n ---7 214mirriT 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,11m.... 10 131 141 141 14 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 241 st Do. 8 per cont. .. 100 75 80 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., dim. 100 165 170 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 260 10 Do. New 8 9 Ilp 25 Indo-European Tel., lien lO ... ... b Lond. Provincial Tel. dim all 21 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr #p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lan all 111 st 25 Reuter's Telegram all 66 6) 10 Societe Transatlant., lim all 1• 19 191 i st Submarine Telegraph lOO 1274 1321 1 Do. scrip 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 17% 181 2s i 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all oi 7 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all ji 4 p --'-- AfISCELLAV-EDI 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all i 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and _ -- ---.--___ Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 3 5.1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14 111 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. NewAd 50 British Ameri can Land 44 10 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 si 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 66 7 ) 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 •• ••• 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 31 . - • 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 441 30 City of Milan Improv: lien all 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira all 50 City Offices, lim 25 27 264 50 Colonial, lim. D o. 50 Commercial lJnion (Assur) 5 pr i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 20 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 Nil 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1041 i 053 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent, all 1031 1011 a n u g r la it n iu d s , 1 1111 : all y 8 2 5 1 2 2 44 1 2 9-16 58 1 too Crystal rr Credit si ti at IFFPOO Palace 1: ao o ef f em E 100 21 23 at Do. Preference lOO 95 103 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint , 8 51 40 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. rroy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 911 954 95, 41 20 Egyptian Cum.& Trail. lim. 6 .. .. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 25 1 4 15 English aud Foreign Occult 74 41 3 ; ,1 100 Eug. and Scot. Marine, lien. 8 ... ...1 10 Fairbsirri Engineering 5 3 11 2 20 Foro-streetWarehouse,li nt l2 1 15p 100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1.:85 all 871 8 8 4 50 Gellivara, lint.. •. ............... 20 .. ... 10 General Credit & Die,, lint, . 71 11 11 6 I 15 General Steam Navigation 11 27 29 50 Horns a Col Mariue In. lim. 5 21 -1( 1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... .. 20 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, limn. 20 Interna.FinaueialSoc. lieu 5 2 18 3 1-15 5 2 52 220 0 00 55 ItalianllLLlntymnnieni Land i n Bo n l&s il . ic i A : L r ag,i n l i si a r : resi ( ll : atu . e C ii ia. issued .11 C. , .oa., Marine,ll. . lien Eer. C d a..th i a.. ' v i. . . u n i g i l u l . l e r l .). lien.lr 1 a a 6 034 6 6 1 1 1 l 6:7. 6 2 1 3 5 : . 5 1 .6. .5.1 1 7 3 .. : : 1 3 0 3 5 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 10 London Co Gs u hi n ai t p : o. La im tul and . 50 Lend. Financial Assn . " lint lim 30 23 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omn ibus.Co . .lim. all 2 21 ruPodurovincial Marine 2 2 5 2 5 1, 1 16 1: 1 r 2 Caul. Gua. 2 6 5 0 : I Loud.a a nn d d d r ' Madras Irriga. & sp.c. by India Gov, lOO 104 106 10 Mauritius Laud, Credit, and 1 a 2 11 4 82 37 Agency,lim.... • . : 0 0 Merchant lr S o h n ip w pin ogr o ,miim •• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 11 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ... .. 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 15 lld 5 /sow Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar. motile Agency,lim 2l i IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 6 7 5 1 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 51 50' North Brit. & Moreau. In , 6/ V 19 5 25 Ocean Marina (Insuran 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial , lim ll • ... .. 6 Oriental Gas, Inn. 6 Do. New......., 1 i 1 P 10 Otago and Southl an d I n . vestment, Bin 44 ip 5 Ottoman Gas, lira ll 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail Jim .... 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Mince, lira 100 81 34 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 lO 15d 0 4 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lint. all 17 18 Do. Gas, Lim all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 42 lb 44 Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 83 8; Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ... ... Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 64 Societe Clen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 21 35 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... . 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 6 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Jim, Bl ... ... 30 Trust & Agency of - Aus.,lim 1 f IP 10 Do do. do. all • 1 13-16 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 6 .•• . all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim. 6 i i id 20 Universal Marineau.), lim. 5 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim. all 31 2 ema p. o Land 2Bl 6 7 5020 Union n n S M te a a r m ine Stp P° , ° ll l L iim 5 24 rp 1 3 00 0 Van v.i: ee cent. Dot. Viceroy 12 12 104 ' (Mortgage) Loan all 79 80 8q 1 I 50 West India and Steam, lim 2O 4 2 20 WestLondou Wharves and 10 Warehouses 50 Warrant oFfinaEngypce,tlinp7acpilieor 01,w ", 1, t+OYMILIVAINNT StAJUktl'l'll+.6 r. 8:Intim!) Coiumbia, 6 per 100 -. - Do. 1835 lOO .... Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan. , & July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. o 2eb. & Aug.... 100 12 n 75 105/ 61 Do. sp. a. Mar. & Sept.. 100 102 104 - Do. 6p. 0. Jan. & July.. 100 99 a o - Do. 50. c. Inscribed ek., 100 90 92 - Cape G.Hope, 6p.0.1873.. 100 102 101 - Do.Apl.&Oot 169 0- 19 00 " 100 111 11 3 - Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&Jnly, 1891... 100 108 111 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 . 100 08 100 - Caylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 !It - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 10? - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1872,.. - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... • .... •.• 110 106 108 - Do. 1882, May and NO. - 1)o.1895, Feb. k Aug lO 109 1')8 - Melbourne Corporatn., - _lBO7-75, 6 per cent ico 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July • 100 103 1 1 4 - Natal 6 p cr. Apl & Oct OO - - Do 6p c. May & Nov l.O 1. 6 108 - N. S. W. 5 p. 0., '7l to '75 lOO 99 1 , 1 - Do. 5 p.c. 1881 to 1890._ 103 vEI 991 UN 1 - Do. 5 p.o. rd.l7 to '75., - N.Zealand, 6 p.0t.1891 ICO - - Do. 5 per cent-- - Do Jan, Aprl, July, Oct - Do op C. Mar &Sept 91 lOO 108 110 - Do June da Deo', 1291 - IDo Prov. t Anekld. I C 0 ••••• t t oriel 1& 2, 1895... - I'lova Soot's 6p , - and July. 1876 . ... 190 10 803 - Do 1886.. .••••• • •t. • 100 102 104 1041 - Qulenslnd. S. '8245.. 100 1071 1081 1101 .• Do 1801 ..... 100 1074 108 1 • Tasmanian 6 por 0.1895..... 081 1071 - Do 1893 '97 .••• .... 100 134 1073 109 I .... Victoria 6 per Mt. 1891. . toe 115 11.6 I I Do ! Avilexlo3...•lft• toiX3l 11t 311 t SPIRI7 OF THE PUBLIC:JOURNALS. IMPERIAL 2AILIA idENT' The Times remarks that the highest order ot. English HOUSE OF LORDS.--This EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolBaek nobility fills no unworthy position in the division-2 5 " of Friday night. Out of twenty dukes in the peerage of ta' - ' e at five o'clock. 0f THE s t IRISH A FTE C s 1 8 1 t t y a I nave I LL. o Earl United Kingdom, not being of the blood royal, no less notice that in than sixteen took part in the great struggle. Among those absent were the Dukes of Hamilton and Newcastle, the om g n i i v u e t n ation to of Liosnetrmth.. ' e (i on el t ,i l u ie s l s ri l s y li he C re h i L:rch! bill he should move the interests be m o. clauses ?nay life both young men, both inheritors of illustrious names, the and both the victims of the same ruinous propensity greater longevity ,of the clergy. It was also his in which has wrecked so many noble families within tention, the event of the secularization of the surplus living memory. At the very time when the whole (''‘ s i e ll n ci ' l e ll e e ing u ncl affirmed, under clause u ehat all p p a a r g 7p l ph i l o ni o n in nt it o t r e e d d I nu tc d ) country was awaiting the verdict of the Upper House I clauses be substituted providing that such surplus should on an issue, as some thought of constitutional life be treated as a fund for 44 ranting small loans at a mode or death, and the most frivolous peers felt an un- r l a r tl) .,n in d terest, on adequate security, to the peasantry of wonted thrill of patriotic responsibility, " the last of the Duke of Newcastle's horses, comprising broad mares, stal lions, horses in training, and yearlings, were sold at Chunber, in the presence of a large assemblage," not, as we need hardly add, for his own benefit, but for that of Mr. Padwisk and his other creditors. Never, probably, since the treasures of Stowe and the historic accumula tions of centuries were put up to auction, has the interior of a ducal residence been turned so ruthlessly inside out fur the satisfaction of vulgar curiosity. Not a keepsake valuable only to its owner, not a crucifix or sacred engraving, not a family picture or precious memento of travel, except those relics which the provi dent care of the Duke's father or no may have designaed as heirlooms, would appear to have been excepted from the inventory. Not a bedroom is closed against the inroads of that squalid crowd of brokers and bargain-seekers which seems to be called into existence by auctions, just as birds of prey flock to a carcass from invisible regions of the atmosphere. Everything is pulled about and discussed with the coarse familiarity which loves to have aristocratic grandeur at its mercy, and the purse-proud -cynicism which is willing to pay a fancy price for a token of aristocratic humiliation. For such infatuation there may be pity, but there can be no excuse or reticence. The influence of aristocratic spendthrifts would indeed be pernicious if a veil were to be cast over the disgrace which generally overtakes them, and part of the amends which they owe to society is to serve as a warning to others. ENDOWED CIIOOL, - ; BILL. Earl DE GREY ga,, , ;tiolico that ho should tako the second reading of this bill on Monday next. BEERHOUSES BILL. On the motion of the 31arquis of SALISBURY, this bill passed, and was reported with a few verbal amend ments. THE POOR. IN ENGLAND AND WALES. The Marquis of TOWNSH END moved an humble ad dress to ht-r Majt , sty, pr:tying for the issue of a Royal commission to inquire into tim operation and administra tion of tho laws fur the relief of the poor in Eng:and end Wales. Earl GRANVILLE siid there had been frequent in quiries into the op.A - at:on (1 the poor laws, and under all the circumstances it would be unnecessary to issue such a c,aumission. _ . THE APPLAUSE IN THE STRANGERS GALLERY. Lord 1:0M1I.L1.' called attention to the demonstration of applause IN hid' took place in dm Strangers Gallery during the late debate on the Irish Church Bill. He said it was a sub ect that called fur immediate atten tion, and if disregarded might lead the most unpleasant consequences. He thought it highly important that some steps should be taken to stop the expression of opinion, as it was most important nothing should be done to overawe the debates in that house. Ho thought it would be very easy to stop the demonstrations of ap plause by the instant removal of the persons making it, but without proceeding to that step at first he would sug gest that an intimation be affixed in the gallery, stating that such demonstrations of opinion were not allowed. Earl GRANVILLE said it was improper that such de monstrations should take place, and he thought it would be desirable that the doorkeepers and others should do all in their power to check them in every way that was pos sible. The Star remarks that the inclement weather has raised fears for the wheat crop ; which means, in other words, that farmers and holders have taken the opportunity to ask higher prices for grain. Fortunately, the supply of food is not now subject to any laws but those of nature and trade ; the people are no longer taxed to keep the food grown in other lands from their lips, in order that famine prices may be maintained at home. When the market in Mark-lane went up on Monday about three shillings per quarter, the telegraph was at once put in operation to all the great corn-growing districts of Europe, and supplies were ordered which may help to keep down the price even while the merchant is properly and intelligently grasping the profit which the rise liasalready given him. It may be, as the bad weather is said to be general over Europe, Lord CAIRNS agreed that that the practice was ex tremely improper, but probably it arose from the exube rant John Bnllism of those present. (Laughter.) The. Marquis of SALISBURY . said he desired to say a word for those at the other side of the bar. He was afraid there was more conversation carried on in the house amogst the Peers present than amongst the strangers. (Laughter.) It havitig been suggested that some additional power should be given to the Lord Chancellor, the subject dropped. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 2 o'clock. THE AANKRUPTCY BILL. The house again went into committee on this bill, and proceeded to consider the amendments proposed to the clauses. The discussion was dull and uninteresting dur ing the early part of the day. . The principal point taken into discussion was payment of the costs of the sheriff, after a levying made by him, and he had been displaced by the Bankruptcy Court. It was proposed that he should be pail by the official assignee out of the costs of the estate, but the proposal was nega tived. that the price may go up abroad as well as here. The grower in Bessarabia or East Prussia is as much interested in the Mark-lane market as the farmers of Norfolk or Essex. The Atlantic cable and the tele graph would takes the news West to the prairies, and send out the farmer of Illinois to calculate the probable result of his crop with greater glee. We have even found a new source of supply of late, where we thought the earth produced nothing but nuggets. California yields us not only the gold which serves to represent our wealth, but the corn without which man might perish while wal lowing miser-like in heaps of treasure. But if we have to encounter an indifferent harvest, the Budget of the Government has, at all events, swept away literally the last shilling which stood between us and a perfectly free importation of grain. All has been done to ensure a steady and plentiful supply of food which the wisdom of man can do, and if, after all, corn becomes dear, it is the result of natural causes, and not of an artificial scarcity produced by ignorance. The committee continued its deliberatien up to the hour at which the sitting was suspended. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JUNE 22. 2d R,egiincut ef Life Guards—George Percy to be Cornet. sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward Conant to be Lieu tenant. tlx Dragoon Guards—Cornet Richard Rees to be Lieuten ant, Charles Johnson to be Cornet. 17th Lancers—Major John Malony to be Major, Captain Walter Nolan to be Major, Lip utenant "Wm. Wahnesley to be Capain, Cornet James Alexander to be Lieutenant. Royal Regiment of Artillery - Staff Surgeon Miles to be Surgeon. 4;h Foot—Ensign William Little to be Ensign. The herald says that unauthentic being the compouni., householder was again before the House of Commons on Monday night. Ministers have a plan for restoring hint to his legitimate place in the Constitution. He would never have been put out of it except for the amendments of the Liberal party. But Mr. Gladstone now professes that he always felt an affection for this class, and looked upon them as a corner-stone and sustaining pillar of the realm. When, however, on Monday evening, Mr. Vernon Harcourt moved that owners should pay rates where occupiers were not certain for three months Mr. Goschen and the Premier agreed in an angry protest. They declared that the object was to destroy electoral inde pendence. The President of the Poor-law Board will have the compound householder back again, pure and simple, even though he should prove to be little better or more substantial than a ghost. Such courage must be praised. Still, surve3 ing the list of amendments, nomi nally aimed against the prii ciples of an Assessed Rates Bill, but practically intended to held the Reform Act of of 18(7 intact, we deeply doubt the policy of Ministers in endeavouring to force upon Parliament at an ill-chosen time a measure of reaction. They cannot pass their bill in the course of the present session. The experience of Mist Monday Ty.ust have convinced them upon that point. The Standard refers to the recent prosecutions against letting louses, and asks whether it is intended to forbid tug altogether. Is it the purp,;se of the Executive to suppress this species of gambling, as it supposes itself, futilely enough, to have suppressed lotteries? If so, then the shutters ought to be put up at Tattersall's. if not, these prosecutions seem to carry with them an appearance of hypocrisy. Of one thing we may be sure—so long as there are races so long will there be bets. Nearly all the word encourages them. From the thou sand to one which ruins a duke to the pair of gloves which pleases a lady, every sporting season brings its million of wagers, and no legislation can inter fere with a habit so national. What is the meaning of this sudden energy? We are all aware of the evils which exist ; of the dupes and worse who are brought to misery or to crime by their foolish hazards ; of the destruction wrought at the bidding of those veiled prophets who pre side over the Turf, andevho now strike down a coronet and then lay low a banker's clerk ; of the fearful mischief dons to families by misguided persons leaving their steady and sure pursuits in the blind idea of rme:,,ng a fortune by a venture; but how much of this can be prevented by police intervention? For that is the actual question. We are not blaming the authorities fur acting under the law; indeed, it would be lamentable if whole nests of betting-offices were to spring up ire special neighbourhoods. All we would emphasise is, that these prosecutions will not deter the public from betting, or from employing agents to invest their ventures for them. Improve the morality, decrease the uncertainties, regu late the legislation, and satisfy the justice, so to speak, of the Turf, and there will be less of reckless, and, therefore, less of dishonourable gambling. What shall be done to honour the name and the memory of Michael Faraday? asks the Telegraph. The meeting just held in the theatre of the Royal institution was, in itself, indeed a beautiful and noble t r ibute to the great discoverer. There, in the building where he lived— around the very table of green baize from which, time after time, he announced new and glorious triumphs of research were gathered almost all his old as sociates of science, with the Heir-Apparent of England at their head, to consider this question. The Prince occupied the actual spot in which the good grey head, the bright, inspired eyes, and the tenderly-wise smile of Faraday used to be seen ; while all around the royal chair man were men whose names are high upon the roll of scientific renown, every one of them the personal friend of the illustrious dead, and his fellow-worker on this or that pathway of philosophy. France, too, did homage to his genius by sending as her representative the perpetual secretary of her " Institut," M. Dumas, who pronounced an eulogy upon Faraday's character and labours, in which earnest admiration for the devoted student of nature was linked with warm and just praises of the good and upright man. Such a gathering—the heartfelt obsequies paid by living intellect to the Newton of electrical and magnetic science, as modest as be was renowned, a man as gentle as he was great and wise—has in it more real celebra tion than marble or bronze could ever express. The proper monument to the memory of Faraday would be a Faraday institution, where young intel lects that spewed high capacity for scientific re search might receive a thorough training, and that early help upon the pathways of truth which the assis tant of Davy so nearly missed. Perhaps there is private gratitude and intelligence enough among us to make the memorial list surpass the intentions of its projectors suf ficiently to render practicable the idea of founding such an institution. If not, there could be no educational grant more sure to hear a rich harvest; while nothing would be more worthy of the land honoured with Faraday's birth and career, than that the contributions of private purses towards a memorial so congenial to the man whom we would commemorate should be swelled by a grant from the national coffers. Thus would the pious duty of affec tionate friends be transformed into the solemn thanks and tribute of a country elevated and enriched by hi m whom the wisest and noblest in the land delight to honour. • 7th Foot —Cap(Lin Alfred Daubeny to be 31 ajr, Lieutenant Henry Paddon to be Captain, Ensign the lion. Matthew Aylmer to he Lieutenant, John Thomas Gent., to be Ensign. 16th Foot—Ensign Henley Griffith to be Lieutenant, Jas. Lesley, Gent., to be Ensign. 27th Foot—Major Richard Freer to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain John O'Donnell to be Major. Lieutenant James Cotton to be Captain, Ensign John Mecham to be Lieu- tenant. 38th Foot— Captai❑ Henry Evans to be Major; Lieut. Henry Beal to be Captain ; Ensign John Thomas to be Lieutenant; Edmund Francis Cuppaze to be Ensign. 49th Foot— GPorge Thomas Fipon to b; Ensign. 45th Foot—Lieut. Albert Pollaid to be Lieutenant. 56th Foot —Henry Rickets to be Ensign. 63d Foot Nuthall to be Instructor of Musketry. 66th Foot-- Lieut. Charles Underwood to be Lieutenunt. 67th Foot—Lieut. Dudley to be Lieutenant. 71st Foot—Ensign Henry Lacon to be Lieutenant. 81st Foot—John Flood to be Ensign. 89th Foot—Lieut. Richard Hublan;ty to be Captain, Lieut. Charles Ilitssall to be Captain, Ensign Irwin Charles llaling to be 1 ieuti•nant, Ensign joint Cutlibi.irt, to be Lit utey ant, Ensign Chitties Barker to lie Lieutenant, John Alexattliir Vi, an to be Ensign, Lilgar Brown to be Ensign, and llob:•rt. Ellis to lie Ensign. BBLITT.— The utolernientioncd officers having completed the qualif . Ning -cervice with the rank of Lii.ut.-Colonel to he Colonels: —o:tptain and Lent.-Col. thu Honour_ bb'e Richard Mona - , Cold,tream Guards; James Clerk Rattray, :;Oth Foot; Littut—Col. situ: rt Furneaux, 1.03 d Foot. - The Daily News thinks that it may be a question worth co nsidering . by those who ha v e the charge of such matters, whether it is justifiable on grounds of humanity, or even advisable as a matter of profit, to deprive sheep of their natural covering in such weather as that which for some weeks past has chilled and saddened our early summer? The calendar may say that it is turned the middle of June ; but our feelings tell 113 it is winter. Under ordinary circumstances, the great agricultural festival of shearing— about which poets and pastoral writers have painted so many pleasant imaginary pictures—takes place very properly in the present month ; but when the temperatare is not much above freezing 'point (indeed, there has been actual snow in the North, and that to no slight amount), it is cruelty to expose sheep and lambs de- fenceless to the piercing wind. " Sheep clipped on Tues day," says a paragraph of news from Yorkshire, "were turned out into the rain and cold, to be found dead under the lte2.ges next morning ; and even on Thursday clipped sheep were to be seen huddled in the ditches for is little shelter." Later intelligence from the same county says :—" Numerous other reports of starved sheep come to hand ; one farmer has lost thirty-seven sheep by starva tion. In the_ north the fells are stated to be seven inches deep in snow." One would think that in such weather a reasonable and humane farmer would no more think of shearing his sheep and turning them out into the cold, than he would of stripping his children and compelling them to sleep naked in the fields. To pursue such a course is to trust rather too literally to the often quoted phrase, "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." It is following too closely on the charity of the Bishop in Pope, who, in considering the poor, " Mug* 4414 icyCs Providence e g4*e t , . I'EICE, Ul' GULL). The quotation of gold at P. - trls is about at par, and t .c short exchange on London is 2M. 25% per £1 o n c ji nparing these rates with the Kriglish Mint price of toid. per ounce for standard t zo la, it appe..rs that gold at the above price is of hightr value in London than iu l'aris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight was on the 14th inst. about 0:1 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United SWAT. Foreign Mail Pactiet List. MAILS DUE. Matralia and New Zealand, via Bouthamptos July 3 Ditto, via 3' Iraeille s .............. July 14 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 4 Ditto, by French packet........... . June 22 Cape' Verds. by Brazil paostet .•• Cape of Good 11.4)e. ABCCIIBIOI3. and St. Helena... June 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. July 3. bibrattar, via Southampton India. via South amnton .............. . ..........June 26 vitt°, via Ararseil.ce .. June 28 Malta. Egypt, June 22 Newfoundlanc ...... ....... ....... ....... June 30 msuritfue, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via licutharriton•Ditto. Marseilles ~ July 1 Portugal eliited States, t anada, California, te., by British • . _ pack et . . June 26 Ditto ditt ( Bal ti more) Ditto, by l sited States packet Ditto, by Innaim packet ....... . ....... ..... ....June 28 West Indies and Pa.ilie (except Mexico an Baha mas) . June 23 Wast Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ......June 28 Cuba and Mexico .............June 28 Bermuda, via Ha1ifax.......... Bshamas, via New York July 1 FOURTH EDITION. MA RKE7 S---7 HIS D.4l'. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. June 22.—Sales probably 15,000 bales, possibly more. The market quiet and unchanged. A magnificent pair of shears, built up of wrought iron and worked by double cylinder steam crabs, has been erected at " Hobbs's Point," Pembroke Dockyard, during the past week, by Messrs. James Taylor and Co., of Birkenhead, the firm that has supplied, under Admiralty contract, the steam traction locomotives and steam cranes to her Majesty's dockyard. The shears erected at Pem broke are 121 feet in height, and have been con structed to carry 75 tons suslended from their greatest elevation. They passed their test most satisfactorily, under the supervision of Captain R. Hall, C. 8., RN., and Mr. J. J. Fincham, of Pem broke Dockyard. A newly-arrived emigrant in America, in soliciting work, stated that he wanted the money he hoped to earn to send home to Ireland ; " where," be added, "I have a wife and seven children, and never saw one of them." This seemed such a bold and stupid falsehood that the person to whom he was making application for work angrily exclaimed, "How dare you tell ma such stuff! How could you have a wife and seven children in Ireland without ever having seen one of them ?" "Because, your honour, the one I never saw was born afthr I sailed fur Ameriky." A breach of prom , s2 case is on trial in New York, where a wish-bone is the only evidence of the gentleman's "promise" to marry a lady for the breach of which she sued him for $5,000. The lady testifies that at her brother's house the defendant found a dry wish-bone and proposed that they should pull it. When the bone broke the cen tral part fell upon the floor. This was interpreted, as the plaintiff asserts, by the defendant that they should marry soon, as he remarked, "It seems that we are to be mar ried at the same time ; wouldn't you like it ?" To which the plaintiff replied, " I'll bet I would !" [A DVERTISEMENT. olloway's fills.—B;liuusness. Diseases of the Liven—Through imperfect erail age or uncleanly habits the summer's sun will cause the atmos phere to be surcharged with deleterious exhalations, which will produce fevers and irritation of the bowels. To check the undue action of the liver, usually the first indication of febrile complaint s , th e pill s i n vented by Professor Hollo way stand un r i va ll e d. Th e pills aro so easily and so cheaply purchased that none need suffer either from nausea, indigestion, disordered liver, dizziness, or torpid bowels, or, in a word, from any functionalirregularity. These pills produce a happier effcot on the digestive organs than any other medicinal compound, whetber mineral or ~vegetable. y theslimeans any person can enply secure aPPIUitiAX4W • (!"--1111 I) 1) "'ION , .1. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening waa published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7j o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day -.... _ NEWCASTLE MEETING —This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) TRIAL STAKES. Vulcan Port ngal Lector Dryad Consternation Thorwaldsen , Four ran. 1 s NORTH DERBY. 1 2 3 ODIJIAM MEETING—Tins DAT. GREYWELL HILL PLATE. Toy King-ley Q.ueou of Darkuuss 2 Seven ra . DOGMERSFIELD PARK STAKES. Aguos Snowdon ..... ..... 1 Hyacinth a Twelve ran. lIURSTBOURNE PLATE. lrackler ..... 1 Salliett . 2 Chore of Belle Eleven ran. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 F.M. NEWCASTLE RACES--THIS DAY. FOURTH STEPHENSON BIENNIAL La Rine Syrian Exciseman Five ran. 111 EMBERS' PLATE. Aggravator 1 Stella Kelvin Grove ODIHAM. RACES—Tins DAT. STEWARDS' STAKES. Prophetes 1 Goldhanger Master Dick Seven ran. ODIHAM HANDICAP. Catnerou: 1 Silenus • . Sulky Bet 8 ENLit ran. STAND PLATE. Wombat f Thunderclap Choice 3 Six ran. NAN OR PLATE. Sal Nett • • Contempt Feodor 3 Eight ran. LONDON BETTING.—Tits DAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2to 1 agst Spy (offered-9 to 4 taken) 7to 2 agst Mexico (offered-4 to 1 taken) 4to 1 agst Myosotis (offered) sto 1 agst Minster Bell (taken) 12 to 1 agst King's Cross (taken and offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 9 agst Robespierre (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Bete Noir (taken) 100 to 6 agst Adolphus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Bracken (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Pretender (offered) sto 1 eget Pero Gomez (offered) ACCEPTANCES FOIL T 1 [E Nonrr lIUM BERL IND TL. Agectll, Tabouret 4 8 1.1 Hotiesti,ll 8 9 Three Lunt t; 8 9 King'. Crogs 5 8 4 Fair Wind— 5 8 3 Tiie Spy ... 4 is 3 !Ads. 3 7 13 Britelt:n 7 11 'no Drummer 3 7 11 St. MuLgo 3 7 11 Minstcr Mexico l'lont liussiau Boar 4 7 4 Tramp (It Agrippa) 3 6 1.1 Number Nip 3 6 11 rtio thud Vanail tast Crocui 3 6 Pomfret ... 3 6 7 Jovti •.. hiss Chapman Emerald 8 6 a Itlyosotis E 6 d LIVERPOOL SUMMER lIEETING. TUESDAY, June '29. Weights for the Liverpool Cup of 200 sovs in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 25 sovs each ; certain winncid extra. One mile and a half. Age st lb Kt. of the Garter... 5 9 12 Llontsty 6 9 0 Romping Girl ... 5 8 Fortunio ... 5 8 3 Tabouret ... 4 8 0 Knight Errant ... 5 8 0 EdinburBh a 7 10 Locksley 5 7 8 Taraban ... 5 7 8 Honestish 5 7 6 Van Amburg ... 5 7 6 Dalby a 7 6 Cecil ... ... 4 7 6 Ploughboy ... 5 7 6 Lady ilenriette ... 4 7 4 Viscount ... 4 7 4 King's Cross ... 5 7 2 Th e spy 4 7 2 St. Ilungo... ... 3 7 2 T horwaldeen ... 3 7 0 Fair Wind... ... 5 7 0 Mariner ... ... 4 7 0 Lord Hawthorn ... 4 6 12 13 T i e r r d r s o e r o k 0 r 4 6 6 6 1 1 2 2 Rejoinder ... 5 6 12 The Skipper ... 5 6 1 - z Robespierre ... 3 6 12 Border Knight ... 3 6 10 Donaldhain ... 4 6 10 The Sawyer 4 6 10 Curio ... ... 5 6 10 Make Haste ... 4 6 8 Vortigern ... 4 6 8 Mount Palatine ... 6 6 8 Age et lb 1 Islam .. 6 8 I t lung of the Fairies 5 6 8 Minster Bell: ... 5 6 8 George Osbaldeston 3 6 8 Jerry Hawthorn ... 3 6 6 The Laird... ... 4 6 6 Argyle ... ... 3 6 6 2Egean ... 3 6 4 Acaster ... 3 6 i Bete Noir ... ... 8 6 2 Stella ... 4 6 0 Croon Princess ... 4 6 U F by Toxophilite out of Miss Sarah 4 6 0 Percussion ... 4 6 0 Tim Bobbin ... 8 5 12 Crocus 8 5 13 Sorceress ... 3 5 12 Lord of the Valley 8 5 12 Aftermath... ... 8 5 12 Lady Rose ... 4 5 12 Pomfret ... 8 spt Ajax ... 4 5 lit Cocoa Nut... ... 3 5 11 ... 3 5 1;1 The Alfas 3 5 9 Sportsman... „. 6 5 9 Alicia 5 7 Miss Theo... 3 5 7 Itvd Ribbon ... 3 5 1 Prior 3 5 7 Messenger... ... 3 5 7 Sovereign ... $ 5 7 Lady Evelyn f. ... 8 5 7 Netherwood ... 8 5 7 GOODWOOD ME Weights for the Goodwood (Calculate) Age st lb Kt. of the Garter... 5 9 7 Trocadero 5 9 7 Fortunio 5 9 7 Blinkhoolie 5 9 7 ti. Rake ... 5 9 7 See-Saw 4 9 0 Rosicrucian ... 4 9 0 Tabouret ... 4 9 RibAitutiou 4 9 0 Blueskin ... 4 8 1 0 Brigantine... ... 3 710 Weights for the Cloud wood Stakes (Handicap) of 23 coyA each, 15 ft, and only sif declared, with 100 added. 2i miles. 51 subs. :ETING—JuLT 29. Cup ; two miles and a half. ,d to date.] 'Age et lb Loy d Hawthorn ... 3 7 7 St Mungo ... 8 7 7 The Drummer ... 3 7 7 Provider ... ... 8 7 7 Typhon ... 3 7 7 Martyrdom ... 3 7 7 Robespierre 3 7 7 Thor walsden 8 7 7 Rupert 3 7 3 Lancet ... 3 7 3 Aga et lb Blinkhoolie ... 5 9 0 Fortunio .., 5 8 12 Tab3uret ... 4 8 10 The Rake 3 8 9 Ploughboy 5 8 7 Cecil ... ... 4 8 7 Epworth 8 7 Blueskin ... 4 8 6 Taraban 5 8 5 Thorwaldsen 8 8 3 Aneroid ... ... 5 8 2 Phoebus ... 4 - 8 2 Cap-a-Pie ... 4 . 8 — 2 Lord Hawthorn ... 8 8 2 Locksley . fr 8 1 Tormentor ... 6 8 0 Fair Wind ... 5 7 12 Alpenstock ~. 3 7 12 Islam 3 7 9 The Sawyer ... 4 7 9 Tim Bobbin 8 7 7 Bracken ... 5 7 7 Citron ... 4 7 5 Lanett ... 8 7 4 Robespierre ••• 8 War ... Gardener ... a 7 0 Lord Vivian end Lord but did not name. Age st lb Assineboine 5 7 1.1 Ruric ... 4 6 1 I Vortigorn . . ... 4 6 1 3 Our Mary Ann ... 4 6 13 lieteNoire 3 6 13 Make Haste 4 6 12 Amster 3 6 Itl Miss Gratwicke 4 6 1 ,1 Provider 3 6 10 Tramp (1. Agrippa) 8 6 10 1 Vallation g 4 6 d Fertullagh 6 6 7 Argyle ... 3 6 1 . Choral ... 4 6 6 Crown Princess ••• 3 6 4 Y. Fenton... ... a 6 3 storm fling 6 6 8 3 6 6 2 to 01 H Queen of the Forest, by Itherstone ... 8 6 10 Starter ... ••• 8 61) Vacuum 8 5 9 Aubade 8 5 7 Judge ... 8 5 7 St. Mungo... ... 8 (pd) 'estmorland are subscribers RACING Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Hendon Pontefract l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 SEPT. Margate 2 Ipswich 2 West Drayton 3 Warwick. 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster ....4.14, 13, 16,17 lUMPtgattioisimishosAll 22 'IXTIJ RES. Down Royal Corpo. l4 Alrdrie;,...... 1-5 Roading 16,1,1 1 Knutaford lei ; Ilioutingdon ..20, 2i. Stamford ... ..... ~ .......,2..1, 211 Goodwood 27, 28, 79, 30 'EMBER. Richmond ...21, 22 Lichtiold Western (Ayr) 20, 23 liondon 23 21 Monmouth....-, 28.2{ NewpaukA I St Opt 26, itc. 144( 1 4146. 4ti4ilasiis44l429 34