The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. - - CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Ccsols advanced to-day, at 92/ 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac iz)unt, 93 / ; Three per Cent. Re dueedn/ 3 2i ; New Dime per Cents, 92/ 3 2i 3 ; Excheqer Bills £l,OOO, 2 preru. par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, tid £5OO, 3 dis. par ; Bank of England Stock, 4ner Cent., 242- 1. India itock, 10k per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 ier Cent., July, 1880, 114 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Cct., 1888, 100/ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per per Cent., 1051 k; ditto Debentures, 113-i ; ditto Bents £l,OOO, 10 prem... . . The Foreign Market is dill still, owing to the quietness of thß Paris Bov'se. Egyptian, Argen tine, Italian, and SpaniFa are quoted a point stronger. Turkish are c ull. Argentine Bonds are quoted 804 to 811; E g yptian (1864), 88 to 88f ; ditto (1868), 781 to ; Italian, 58i to 56k. United States Fi•a-Twenty Bonds are k lower, at 80k. The Tenjorties are unchanged at 71k to 72. Erie are 191 There are a fev sales going forward in railways, and prices are barely so firm in consequence. Great Norther'. and Caleonian are -1 lower, and South-Eastern, Metropolitan, and Brighton, have fallen k. In Miscellaneous Securities there is little busi ness doing, and tEe only feature is an improvement of i t in Anglo-Anerican Telegraph, the price being 20i to 20k. Bank spar- 3 are scarcely so firm, and the deal ings are vPY limited. London and Westminster and Crinktal are each 10s. lower, the former being quote?at 61 to 62, at the latter at 40} to 41k. ip the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon bilti generally were in demand, and the rates a B lade lower than those by last post. The sum of £28,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. It is understood that the National Bank have signed an arrangement for the settlement of the affairs of Charles Laffitte and Co. (Limited), and that all the parties thoroughly conversant with the case are satisfied that Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Henshaw will be found in every stage of it to have acted with perfect good faith, and to have been among the chief sufferers by the deceptions con nected with it. Advices from Lima, via New York, confirm the fact of Peru having granted belligerent rights to the Cuban insurgents. Advices from Honduras, also via New York, state that Mr. Robert Fitz Roy has completed his survey of the Honduras Interoceanic Railroad, and that from his report it appears the total cost of constructing the line, 240 miles in length, will be $1,885,413. The steamer Peruvian has arrived from Quebec with a small parcel of specie, value £260, and the Ville de Paris, of the Transatlantic line, has reached Brest from New York, with £40,000 in specie. _ At the meeting of the Atlantic and Great Western bond and debenture holders, after lengthened explanations by the chairman as to the state of the company and the position in which it has been placed by the Erie Directors, a committee was appointed representing all classes of the holders of its s.!curities to take such steps as might be thought advisable for the protection and settlement of their claims. A plan was proposed and agreel to in substitution of that initiated by Mr. Lucas. The report of the Imperial Ottoman Bank re commends a dividend of 15s. per share, making with the previous distribution 12} per cent. for the year 1868, and leaving £7,952 to ba carried forward. Mexican advices to the 26th of May state that telegraphic communication across Mexico, via the capital, was complete from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A conducta with £600,000 in gold was said to be on the way from the capital to Vera Cruz. The traffic of the Metropolitan Railway shows an increase of £2,769. In the case of the Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway the increase is £Bl. The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan District Railway represent £BB6. The return of the Lon don, Brighton, and south Cuust Railway shows a decrcaao of £1,680. The traffic of the Great Luxemburg Railway exhibits an increase of £2,411. The Telegraph Construction M ct UL luiuLcivam..., Company are informed by their agent in Tasmania, per telegram, via Galle, dated the 14th inst., that their submarine telegraph cable between Tasmania and Victoria was successfully laid from their ship Investigator on the Ist ult., and that the electrical tests and working conditions are highly satis factory. BRITISH I'UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 3 per Cent. Reduced 921 3 21 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Con Jan. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequz.r Bills, £l,OOO, 2f & 3 per Ct 2 pin Do £lOO, £2ou £5OO 3 d Balk of England Stock, 41 per Cent De. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Omnnun INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURI'IItB. India itock, 101 per Gent., April 1879 Shut Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 1 per Lent. July, 1880 Do. 4 por Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pap. 4 per Cant.. ; ... — Do. 5 per Cott., Jan. 1872 ........ los}i Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 — Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do . lBB2 ll3} IL,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES._: Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent .. Au Arian Bonds b per cent Do. 1869 Brazilian 5 per Cent 00. 4} per Cent. 1852 Do. do. 1858., ,,. — Do. do. 186) Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per dent., 1865 Do Account BlEnos Ayres 6 per Cent. D+ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 peLCent. Catlian 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — Do. 8 per Cent. ; Do. 6 per cent. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 10-nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 8 per Cent., 1825........, — Dawbian Principalities, 7 per Cent 79 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 92 Equador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Da Ptecoad Issue •• •• 000000 Do. .£SOC Bonds Do. 41.01.1 Bonds ••••• 86 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. #5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds 9O 891 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Government Railway Debentures lOO Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. Ds. Account . Ds. Coupons Pc Acco unt i.temftla 5 per Cent . — HClnduras Gov Rail. Los n., 10p. Ct., all pd 86 Ittslian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ... — Do Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 por Cont. Anglo-French noutevidgau 6 per Cent. Mccrish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Pe :avian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account BO/ Do 4 per Cent. (th :tarron) Do 1 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account Po-ttiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6U,'2.': 354. Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, .£2O paid Russian 5 ~er C0nt,,1822, S Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4, per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1801, £lOO 80nd6., 90 Do. du. £B4 15s. do - Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 65 i Sardinian 5 pbr Cent — Bpanish 3 per Con . — HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 221 The Queen, accompanied by his Royal High. ness Prince Leopold and the Princesses, went out in the grounds this morning. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—IIiS Imperial Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, accompanied by Nubar Pasha, Mustapha Bey, Abdul Kader Bey, Ratip Bey, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir John Cowell, Colonel Staun ton, and Colonel Cavendish, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with his presence last evening. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71tis Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BETTING HOUSES AND THE POLlCE.—Thomas Haw kins, tobacconist, of No. 268 A, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with keeping and using his house as a betting-house, contrary to the 16th and 17th Viet. cap. 119, and Robert Scott, shirt-maker, of No. 15, North Audley-street, was charged with being in the house. Mr. Thomas Beard appeared for the defence. Superintendent Dunlop, of the C division, having pro duced the warrant of the Commissioner.; of Police to enter the house of Hawkins, said that on approaching the house last night he saw Hawkins and Scott leaving. He told them that he was a superintendent of police, and that they must return to the house with him, and they did so, Haw kins handing Scott a letter from Newmarket, relating to horses which had left there, and which Hawkins said he had received from a friend. Ho then t.)14.1 Hawkins and cott that they must consider themselves is custody, and directed the officers within to search the place ; and they did so, and the prisoners were taken to the station, Inspector Morgan said that in a small box behind the door in the shop parlour he found a subscription card of the Beaufort Club, in the house of Thomas Hawkins up stairs a card of the same club, in the house of Wilson some telegraphic message receipts, a memorandum book with "Newmarket Craven" in it, and one memoranda re lating to telegraphic messages from Newmarket. Police-sergeant Todman, C Division, proved finding a card relating to the Marylebono Club, but there appeared to be nothing in it relating to betting. Police-constable Butcher, 137 0, proved going to Haw kins's shop with another man and asking the price of Bri gantine for the gold Cup at Ascot, and on being told that it was 6s. to 45., backing it, and paying the money—two sums of ss. each—in a public-house next door; the bets being made in the name of Brown. Brigantine won, and the next day they west and backed Romping Girl for the Alexandra Plate after settling the previous bet, and Haw kins entered the bets in a book similar to tho..e used by betting men. Wm. Boyle, 77 X, proved going to Hawkins's shop and asking the price of Brigantine, and afterwards stepping out of the shop on to the pavement and backing it, and Edward Stillmin, a young man, also proved backing Brigantine with Hawkins. Mr. Beard contended that there was no case against the prisoner, the case being one of the weakest description. It was not sufficient because a tradesman indulged in a little betting that he was to be proceeded against under a stringent act of Parliament and charged with keeping it betting-hous-. He considered that the preselat was unlike some of the cases which had lately been brought forward, th e n onl ;an nes for betting, and that before the police took these proceoumg. to have satisfied themselves there was sufficient evi dence to suppom t the charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho would take time to consider the evidence before giving his decision as far as Hawkins was concerned, but Scott would be discharged. Do. Accf,iint Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforrou Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 "rurkish 6 per Cent.. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £loe Bonds 691 Do 5 per Oent. 1865 Do Account D 9 6 per Cent., 186 a 67i Do 1 par Cent., Guaranteed Lard Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acchunt Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1664 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch :if per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. !Wien 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex.Zsf. Do Account 56 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsuls, Money 924 3 xd Do. Account, July 7 q 3 xd - I 4 .3) tqllPrt (6111111/1.4 THAMES. CHARGE OF STEALING A BOlLER.—henry Hassuk, a metal deal.er and brassfounder, of No. 1, Tooks-place, West Ferry-road, Poplar, and who was also stated to be deputy-chairman of the Eastern Music-hall, was brought before Mr. Benson, on remand, charged with feloniously receiving,well knowing to be stolen, a large copper boiler the property of Mr. Edwin Wright, a rope-maker, in Poplar. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that the copper boiler stolen from his yard was said to be worth £l5, on the first investiga tion its actual value was .£25. It was in his yard when stolen, and Mr. Richard Bray, foreman to Mr. Wright, said the copper boiler was stolen on Saturday the 12th instant, and he gave information to the police. He sub sequently traced the copper to the premises of the prisoner. The prisoner declined to give any information about his possession of the copper boiler, and said it is a matter of indifference to you how 1 became possessed of the boiler or how long I have had it. It has been in my possession 18 months or two years. Mr. Benson said he must have a better account of the prisoner's possession of the boiler. It could not have been stolen and removed by one person. He remanded the pri soner for another week. He would accept of substantial bail. HUGO PIERSON'S NAVAL ODE. The musical public will no doubt be glad to learn, on authority, some particulars regarding a patriotic song which has recently excited much attention. Hugo Pierson's naval ode, " Ye Mariners of Eng land," was written at Wurzburg in 1859 ; the war between France and Austria had just commenced, and the director of the Vocal Society (Liedertafel) at Wurzburg, Herr Brand, who was about to give a concert for the benefit of the wounded in the Austrian army, requested Pierson to let this song, with a German translation of the words by the cele brated lyric poet (Ludwig Bauer) be included in the programme. The performance, with chorus and orchestra on a large scale, was very successful (though there was no time for more than a hurried rehearsal), and was received with enthu siasm and a double da capo. The music was first published under the title of " Beharrlich," at Wurzburg ; subsequently the German copyright was purchased by a great firm (Schuberth and Co.) at Leipzig, and the piece soon became a standing favourite with all the vocal societies of Germany and America. It then appeared, with Campbell's poetry, in London, as song and mixed chorus or quartet, and was first performed (under the direc tion of Mr. Benedict) at St. James's Hall and the Crystal Palace, where it was received with acclama tions. A year later ii was given at a banquet at the Freemasons"ravern, when the Swedish Ambassador, who was present, was so struck with it that he remarked, " It is no wonder that the British navy s h ou ld b e i nv i nc ible if such music as that is composed in its praise." "Ye Mariners" was performed at the Norwich Musical Festival in 1860 with the same result, viz., enthu siastic applause, and "Da Capo," the audience joining in with the chorus in the last verse. In the Leipzig edition this song is entitled " Deutsche Volksliymne" (German popular anthem), and is published at New York as " the Ametican Banner, patriotic hymn of the United States." There are nine different editions of it extant, of which four are German, three American, and two English. At Paris, where it was performed some months ago at a soirée musicale given by M. de Vitry, it was una nimously pronounced " the German Marseillaise." "Ye Mariners" is, however, decided:y English in character, and could only have been written by an English composer. The flue poem attached to it as " the American Banner" is (though this is not ge nerally known) by Mr. Dallas.—Musica l Standard. SHARE LIST. dii.AILLIS AND STOCKS. raid. CloBlng Basti on ;oars !tutu/aye. Prtoe. dons. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 77 70 at Caledonian l4O 771 77; at C.inorian 23 Cornwall all 21 3 st Dubtin & Bellast June lOO 77 79 it, Dun„l'erth,& Ab.Juiac ioo 70 72 2) East London all 6 7 tO uo 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - st Glasgow & S. Western 10) 93 100 st Great Eastern .. , 00 331 33} st Do. E. Angl. No. o lOO st Great Northol Scotism" lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 118 109 at Do. &stock. .... lOO 108 109 st UO. it stock lOO .. at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 95 t 7 at (it. ‘Vebtern -Original lOO 50 691 501 st Do. South Wales luo b 3 55 at Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 16 27 26 at Do. Newport lOO :5 10 26 71 6 7 at Lancashire dt Yorkshire lOO 126 17 st Lou., Brigh.,& S.Coaat IGO 441 15 45 0') Do Scrip .... - - at I•on., Chat., and Dover luu 17 171 lff 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 at Lou. oz th Western., 100 1161 191 1191 f it Lon. 4C South Western lOO 89 91 83 1 st Man., She!., 0; Lincoln lOO 05 551 55 at Metropolitan....... lOO .8 081 98 at Do Extonsi )n 100 63 93 10 Do. New rd at Metropolitan District. all - 10 Metrop St. John's Ni col 6 - - st 11Luitsud at Do, 13irmin..k Derby lOO 84 80 st North British at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun... 107 - - st Icor.Eastern-Bervvick lOO 1051 1061 104 25 Do. U. N.E purohasv -16.171,1 - - at Do Leeds st Do York . 100 96 t 8 97 at Do Carlisle . . lOO 122 125 at Do Stoc c. & Darling... 100 134 136 at North London .... 100 117 .20 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire...." 100 55 67 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 98 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... at Ithymney at Shropshire Union llO 68 5) at South Devon:.. at South Eastern lOO 76 781 761 at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 st Tact Vale lOO 118 153 -- Do. C .. 6 - Wateriord A. hilkenny.. ICO 10 Waterloo & Whiteliail.. 6 - - • 7.sl(isirar; - Et:silicas. Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited„ . A all 10 104 101.1 il Do B '' lO 85 34 '. 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 201 211 21. 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30 10 Bauk of .New Zealand all 14 17 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China all 32 33 :'l 20 City 100 Colonial 2B 38 42 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East London, lint 5 21 11 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint 20 English, :_ , cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered . all 61 17 161 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 33 281 Do now 6/ 21 21 100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 21 121 1 1 s 5 lonian. all 19 22 25 Do new 6 8 3 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 84 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 76 t 0 80 London Bankl of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 8 25 Do new ie 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 211 20 London and County 2O 801 601 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... ... London Joint Stock 1 311 321 82 1 London and South African al 8: 8 00 London dt S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 8 150 Loudon & Venezuela, lint 124 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 61 62 61 11 100 Do Scrip, his at 10 pin 2O 100 Merchant, 1int..,.,, 25 6 5 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7/ 100 Midland, lint. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3,1 a lp 100 National I'rovinc. of Ent.'d 42 ... .. 10 Da . ... • 42 ... ... 50 National.. 3O ... .. - --- 20 New South Wales all 41 43 - 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 41 50 Provine. Bank.. Corpo., lint. 10 61 61 00 Provincial of Ireland. .... 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 1.3 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, Him 50 Union of Loudon RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 83 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st 10'). do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. let Class preference lOO ... at Was. &: S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st 44t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 91 99 st Do do N 0.2 luU 93 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 101 112 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1,.5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua,. 100 70 78 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 43 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. anl Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at G t.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 IC4 et Do. Orig. (B.& 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do du 4) per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 at Do do 4 do do at ho du 5 per cent. rede.n lOO 95 97 st Do du Birmingham gua lOO GS 72 at Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gni, lOO bu 85 st Do do do 8 per cent. 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1353 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford latg. 100 110 112 at Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 2d do 100 97 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1363 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 45 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 115 at Do Barnsley, £5 35103 p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 at, London Ii Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at! Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do No. 4. 100 st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ~. at Da 4 do 18.53 lOO ... at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 111 112 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ~„ at Do Shrewslly & Welehp'l lO3 „,, at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 140 150 a Do (Portsm.perpans '256d) all a Man., Shof.,&Lincln. 6 p.c lOO Do s Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 at Slid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 115 a Du Bristol & Bina., 6p. e lOO 1(2 134 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 18 103 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 I.io a Do Leicester & li*chu, Ip c. 100 8J st North 13ritish, 5 p.c. No.l lOO „, st Do E. & (..1. 4p.e.S. & D lOO ,„ st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ~, ~, st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO „, at N.-Easteru--Cous. 4 p.c lOO 87 tir, at De 4.%..0.e.r. emit. rodeo m„„ lOO p . l az 17 Do ISt r wick capital 3.11.4. Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Du Stektu & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 106 103 at Do W, tiartlepoola. and .1.1 100 31 86 841 20 North Staffordshire 10s 6. Devon Annuities, 1 all 9 10 1013 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 8 11 10s Du Fixed 45 per cent all 8 83 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Amis., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO et Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14i 153 lat Waterford& Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. et Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irreduem all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 8:1 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 68 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 e 6 st Do do 5 du, 1861 lOO b 2 85 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 6 per cent lOO ... ... 106 st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 at Great West., W. Midl., 5p o 100 ... et Do Joint perpe. 6 p c,1865 100 88 92 et Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 106 103 24 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 6 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1p at Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at D 3 do 41 do, 1864 100 st Do do 5 du, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B G p.e Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 85 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 6 pc, 1866 all 8/ 64 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 13 et Do 6p c opt. t 0 cDo B do ony. to 100 106 108 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 181 191 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 2ip et North British, E. and GT - No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO at Do 1:10 guaranteed, 1861 100 ". Do E ,P.,& Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 8, 5 p.c 100 *" at Do E. &G., (Ordiry) 4/ p c 100 a t North Eastern, 4/ per ce n t 1 00 95 ;7 st Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 111 113 at North London, 4/, 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 *** "• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 „ st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ~„ RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS] at V&liftgread - — los — Argr" DO Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.,, all 100 102 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 45 k 66 at Do. 54 per cent. at Do. 5 do. ... t Clydesdale, V ntee le d y 100 I°° s ea t t East Clen L e i s n te co r lSn guaranteed g a a eian u rr . al 6 p. c..., 100 131 13 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera 100 96 96 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 at London and Blackwall lOO 98 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO „. st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 st . London and Greenwich st Du. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 156 at Lowest.oft„gua. 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all * 5 " 1;1 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 91 10 Mid lient Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 percent all 53 58 SO Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West.A perp. prof, 5p c. 100 167 109 at Do B minimum 14 p.c.... 100 at Notting. & Urauth. R. x C lOO 91 94 25 Preston and Wyre. Royston, Hitch. ' and Shop. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 ill 10 Do do 8 2 21p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 tie at Do 4 per cent gun JO 73 s o st Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 IV. st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 14 1 4 20 Do do B all 20 Do du at Weymouth and Portland_ 100 st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Westlndia lOO 118 121 st London and St. Katherine lOO 43 4$ 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... .. Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 26 30 st Southampton lOO 7 j 72 st ,Surrey Oommfacial TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. lu 'Audio-American "Tel., lint all 201 701 201 i 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 is 14} 14 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 23 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 165 170 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 260 10 Do. New 8 9 Ilp 25 Indo-European Tel., inn— lO ... „. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr fp 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 31 st 25 Reuter's Telegram all 66 6J 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 19 194 19} I at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. et Main.,lim all 171 In 201 11 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all t',l 7 5 Do. 10 por cent. Prof all 4# 4 p MISCELLAgEDITS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all u 14 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, line. 10 Baugarah 'Att. Estates, lien 9 3 od 10 Berlin Water Works, line all 14 111 111 j 10 Do. New 6 8 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lien. 5 Bombay Gee, lien. 5 Do. New 4 1 U id 5J British American Land 44 13 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 66 7j 10 Canadian Loau and Invest ment, lim 2} . ... 20 Ceylon Company, line. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lien 6 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 4;.1 30 City of Milan linprov. lien all 4 6 25 City of Moscow Use, lim all 50 City Offices, lien 25 27 26,1 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Amer) 6 pr i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lien all 20 21 24 25 Copper Minors of England, pref. 71 per cent. 10a Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4/ per cent. all 10 lj 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 ,), 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 2,,7, .. et Crystal Palace lOO 2 t 23 et Do. Preference lOO 95 104 et Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Uua. by Egypt. Gov all 944 951 95. i 20 Egyptian Coin. & Trad. lint 6 .„ 3 Eng. &Aust rat. Copper, lint 24 4 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 44 34.1 100 Eng. and Scot. 1! urine, lint. 8 .., ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 3 2,1 44 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 1 14p 100 For. & Col. Cloy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .CB5 all 871 88f 50 G !UAL - 15 General Steam Navigation 11 le 50 Home & Col Marine In. lint 5 21 ' , 1 , 1 10 Hong Kong and Chins. Gas all •• 20 Hudson's Bay ............ all 14 121 121 1 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. ...... ..... . 129 .. ••• Interna. Financi a l Soc. line 5 . 2 It 3 i 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land........ 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 ai 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 65 67 1 5 50 Land Securities, lint 5 21 11(1 25 London African Trading 10 7 5d 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 8 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint 4 ... ...d 50 Lend. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 2.5 21 161 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr 2 et Madras Irriga. & Canl. Chia. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 106 1051 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int....~. . 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim l2l 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ........ 25 National Discou n t Co., litu 5 11 111 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ... 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 91 101 20 Nerbuddo. Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 11 ltd 5 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar. cantile Agency,lim 2l i 11) 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint ................ . 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint. 5 7 5 10 Do. B. . et; North Brit. Austral., Wm , 100 48 53 54 North Brit. & Mama. Tn 6l 9 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint, all 7 8 5 Do. New......... . 10 Otago and Southl and In• vestment, lien id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, li nt 14 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint 3 Do do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 81 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 lO 145 0 1 so Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City all 17 18 Do. Gas, lint all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Stea m 6O 42 15 Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 83 8 S Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint 10 7 6d Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 24 3/ 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lien. 6 25 South Australian Land all 84 36 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insure.nco), lim .... . 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint. „ 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aue.,lim. 1 IP 10 Do do. do. all •• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Ca na d a 6 . fp 51 16 50 Union Marine 5 41 5 p L' 20 Union Steam Ship pool , lint. . 22 24 is United Discount Corp., lint, all 11 id 20 Universal Marineau.), lint. 5 _ 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 2 281 7 1 86 3 00 0 : I V N, Van vv i cs c aee e trs enr r t p a o at Viceroy 13noldaofiimPrat. Finance,tgaLs g y n a e p d) t l d , 4 7 aa en il e 2a10121 71402 812004 8 4 c 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ,tiLvAl/5. 1 4 (1 °" 4 " 119 ;1IT BXCURITIJ66 - r o i e t n i h o C B o 7 l 2 a . y :1 ; 0000 7 000 vc..; Dui 61 D C: 0 0l- l in (5 76(1.7 p : : 819 : 1. . 68117P M 5:.b a .j i. dian & A. Sept 100 102 104 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. a July 100 88 90 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ilk 100 90 92 Cape G.llOPc• 6 P• 0 •187 3•• 10 6 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 100 111 113 Do. do 1680-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 Ile Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 i co Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 10 8 lit Do. 1872, do lOO 105 lot Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1 873 , -- Jan. and July Do. 1878 . • .. 1)0 10 6 los Do. 1882, Hay and NO- •• °O 108 iOB Do. 1805, Feb. 8 Aug.... 10 106 08 - Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 144743, 6 per cent..... 1(0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July.. 100 103 le4 Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct... 00 _ Do 6pc. M ty & Nor— ... 1.0 1( 6 103 N. S. %V. 5 p•o., '7l to '76.. 100 99 1 , 1 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1896... 103 Vb} 99} 1001 } Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891.. ICO Do. 5 percent.... ..... leo Do Jan, Ap , I, July, 0•:t... 100 93 94 95_} Do 6p c. Mar & oept '91.. 100 108 110 Do June & Deo ' l ' ol •• 100 109 ,t 1 - Do Prov. Aucald. _ (a - d r Si ; c n .o l it y i& , a l 2 B 4 7 l) ; cs.la.ni'.. . 1 90 1(0 10 — 10 - 8 Do 1886.. . 100 102 104 104} Quvuelnd. 6p. c. '62.G.. 100 107} 1085 11t.} - Do 1891 . Tasmanian 6 per c. 1895 .. 04} 107 k Do ,t 9 i '97 .•• • •• Victoria 61 er cent. 1891 l,O 115 It 9 Do. April stud Oct 1 .93 111 112 1111 1 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times, in reterring to the visit of the Egyptian Viceroy to this country, remarks that there is generally in the public mind a lingering apprehension that some. thing awkward and shabby will mark the reception of any one who comes to see us. One thing, at least, is satisfac tory—lsmail Pasha has been lodged in the royal palace, and will receive due attention from members of the Royal Family. Indeed, the Prince of . Wales, to whom the Viceroy chewed a few months since so princely a hospitality, may be trusted to do the honours of England with appropriate dignity. It is said that the Government, anxious to evince its recognition of the fact, presented anew to its notice and the notice of other European Courts by the Porte, that the Viceroy is not a Sovereign Prince, but a vassal of the Sultan, is disposed to be particular in meting out to the Viceroy his exact modicum of courtesy. But there is no such indication of a desire for independence on the part of the Egyptian family as should make it necessary for even so Conservative a Power as England to regulate its courtesies with cautious nicety. Most people will think that if we were to err on the side of liberality and politeness, no great harm would be done by so very unusual a fault. Sovereign or no sovereign, Ismail Pasha received the Prince of Wales with the most splendid magnificence ; troops were drawn up on his arrival, guards and escorts were numerous and well-appointed, and the general conduct of the business was grand and princely. Let us not fall short in return. If Ismail Pasha be not a crowned head, no more was the Prince of Wales, and yet his position was not marked by a stinted ceremonial. A due distinction may be observed without the obtrusion of anything that is niggardly and ungraceful. The Standard says that some very ardent opponents of Mr. Gladstone's bill are greatly dissatisfied with the acceptance of the second reading, and in their disappoint ment seem disposed to look somewhat coldly ou the efforts made to remove some of its worst features in committee. They were more zealous for the privileges than for the property of the Church ; for the State recognition of Protestantism than for the interests of a particular Pro testant communion. 'We think, however, that few will be so unreasonable as not to acknowledge, on reflection, the great importance of that for which the Conservative party has yet to contend. Disestablishment is a question of policy; and however we may disapprove the policy as applied to Ireland, we cannot deny that precedents may be found for it in our recent legislation, and that it is not intrinsi cally and necessarily iniquitous. Disendowment is a question of public morality and political justice; and the " disendowment" of a Church which is charged with no fault, whose continued existence is allowed and desired, which is now what she always was, the Church of the minority, is an act per se wrongful and unjust. If it be too late to save all that the Church may fairly claim, it is, at least, a duty to save all we can. It is possible for the Church to be as flourishing, as independent, as dignified as ever without the State's aid or recognition; it is not possible for her to retain her present character and dis tinctive qualities as a communion dependent on the volun tary principle. The Post comments on the difficulty of governing Ire land. Whether he be a Southerner or a Northerner, whether he be Celt or Anglo-Saxon, Romanist or Protes tant, an Irishman persists in living in the past, ignoring the present, and absolutely declining all attempt at fore casting the future. The Celtic peasant plots alike with his fellows and with foreigners to compass the reproduc tion of the days of Malachi, with his collar of gold, and the Ulster colonist is for ever trying to make a substantial feast out of libations poured forth to the memory of Protestant ascendancy, as he in terprets the phrase. Now, at this moment, at this of all other moments, just as we have somewhat repressed actual murder and spoken rebellion in the South, and are striving by even-handed justice to seek peace and establish it, up bound the Orangemen of the North to fix a day when with wild yells and screaming choruses to old songs they may shriek new defiance to their countrymen in the West and South, and remind them how, three hundred years ago, they put their feet on their necks, trampled on their religion, ravaged their fields, and harried their homes. On the 12th of next month these people are going to enact this folly and commit this wickedness. A member of Parliament, a representative legislator, has sent forth the Fiery Cross, summoning "the Orangemen of Ireland to assemble on that day in their tens of thousands, emphatically to commemorate the glorious triumphs of the past." Civil war is not a matter for glorification but always for regret, generally for shame as well as sorrow. And so long as gentlemen of education, with the reponsibilities which position and property entail upon them, see it in any other light, or conceive that its victories or defeats, with all their terrible and bloody results, furnish proper occa sions fur commemorative gatherings, for feastings and fireworks, and calling into fresh play the hatreds that the centuries ought to be piled over, so lung will it be in vain for the statesmen of England to struggle, and her people to make sacrifices, in order to give unity and pacification to Ireland. A rainy June, observes the licrald, does not necessarily Ce l / l UMVACYMi f enister66 l sbhink l irintgB condition, except, of course, on badly-favoured soils, which are no criterion. True, prices are going up, and the supply for a while threatens to fall short, unless it be supplemented from abroad. But although the atmo sphere has been watery, the ground saturated, and the temperature cold, there has been less of insect and vermin ravage than usual. The harvest may be late, because the season has fluctuated and the planting was irregular. Will the sun shine when the flowering takes place? That is the question. No mortal —not Sidrophel himself—can reply to it. Meteorology may foretell storms, but it cannot anticipate the evidence of the dial. lion ever, the backward state of most crops is, upon the whole, a favourable symptom. South of the Humber the wheat is not expected to be in ear before the first day of next month. Afterwards comes the flowering ; then follows the crisis. May we hope for a few warm, placid, and genial days? Upon that chance depends in a great degree the harvest of 1869. There is reason to think, however, that much uncertainty prevails in the agricul tural districts. Inquiries are being made with respect to the probable yield of France, the north of Europe, Hun gary, South Russia, Turkey, and Algeria. The appre hension, we think, is premature. There is no good ground for doubting that the corn returns will be satisfactory. One lowering day after another is likely to discourage us ; but the vicissitudes of the English climate are too familiar,and our experience of them is too varied, to forbid the possibility of a blazing autumn after this humid and vaporous June. The Daily News fears that Mr. Bruce's answer to the question about Murphy's arrest at Birmingham can not be said to be entirely satisfactory. The Mayor's excuse is one which the country at large will probably accept, but it must not be forgotten that it is an excuse and not a justification. We are quite willing to confess our profound sympathy with the Mayor of Birmingham in his difficulty, but it must be allowed that he cut the knot instead of untying it. He is responsible for the peace of the town, and that peace was heldtobe in danger. But while we readily admit all this, we are obliged to confess that his zeal outran his discretion. Probably, if there is any case in which we might look leniently on a little stretching of the law in the interests of peace, order, and freedom, it would be in the case of such a malignant as this Orange emissary ; but any stretching of the law at all is exceedingly dangerous, and must be protested against. While, therefore, not at all satisfied that Murphy was in the right, we are convinced that, if the Mayor acted without some clear law to execute or some distinct precedent to justify him, he was in the wrong. Of course, in saying this we give the Mayor of Birming abundant credit for the purest and simplest desire to do what the best interests of the town seemed to require ; we even admire the courage which took the hazard from the peace of the town to transfer it to himself, and we believe that the verdict of public opinion will be " Served him right—but don't do it again." The Telegraph declares that Lord Palmerston's statue at Westminster is a complete victory for the realistic school. There is exceedingly little in the statue to remind us of the statesman—everything to bring back the man. We have not the Premier of eighty, but the " jaunty Viscount." Instead of Palmerston, the Foreign Secretary who for years made England influential in Europe, we have the popular Lord, the country gentleman, the genial, happy member of Parliament, with his hand and joke and laugh always ready. In fact, Mr. Wooln..r, has not called up Palmerston, he has ..kindly given us " Old Pam." The result is not altogether satisfactory. Palmerston was not made Premier by his bon homie, though it rendered him a pleasant Prime Minister. His underlying qualities were as heroic as if the man hp,a been taciturn and grave. It was a credit to Engl a nd, ever apt to overrate solemnity of manner as if it it:dicated greatness of soul, that it recognised his essential worth under the trifling easy manner and th e gay good humour of his life. We must be content to think that Palmerston the statesman will live, as lie truly was, the page ', l the historian --a lofty sphere—wathev than iv 11Ir. Woolner's street bronze, such horrible garme; . 4'ta a d 44- if e cl 11 0 111 "9 to be real, 11\4 "'""" ruse will wear what is a sculv.ko; t o 0, - w Q - , deputationa to, our politicians, t.s e l , it is true, sen d great, and request them to - • "" e ` dress to the gradually grew adjust their ress necessities of art in the fut or We might piteously entreat Mr. Gladston e had Atr Disraeli to forswear trousers, if they w ou ld u, mind the . i blind to I go about like Flab tinconvenience, and ;natius, in a blanket with holes, giving up their for wide -awakes or cowls. Then we could have, after years, statues that would be at once artistic ar: 4 l true ; and the souls of future Woolners would not be perplexed. Taking the statue as it is, however, we can assttrelhe sculptor, that if he has not immortalised the late I : . ). rernier, he has given us an excellent likeness, not of rue clothes merely, but of the man as most men knevf him. And as compared with the month ending the 23rd of May, 1868, the above returns show a decrease of £475,299 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £17,601 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue ..• £1,216,082 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 804,019 Total below fixed issue in England .£1 520 019 The Scotch b an k s are above their fixed issue... 2,181,970 , The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... 289,177 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 19th of May was £16,733,898, being a decrease of £465,352 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,795,159 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 22nd of May : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,891,234 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,316,716 £5,207,950 Being a decrease of £93,951 as compared with the pre vious return, artti!an increase:of:.£2l2,29B when compared with the cornsponding period last year. T 1 - 1111,1) E_EDITION The Third Edition of " The Sua " of last Erouing was published in Sirno for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7, O'CLOCK. THE FRENCH A7LANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has just been received from Captain Donaldson of the steamer William Cory : Sr. PIERRE (Newfoundland), June 23. Arrived here to-day, all well ; will leave this evening to proceed with the work of laying the St. Pierre shore eud. IMPERIAL PARLIA :JENT --4--- HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THis DAT. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. MONEY LAWS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. DELARUNTY, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that Ireland, having lost her local Parliament, is entitled to the benefits and advantages of equal legislation in England, and that as the union of 1800, being based upon the assumption of different and independent interests, has led to the enactment of separate laws for the two countries, which have not worked beneficially for Ireland, it bas become necessary to try the principle of legislative equality. While the financial and money laws were the same in both countries the manufactures in Ireland were as one to four compared with Groat Britain, and the popu lation as:111 to 20 compared with England and Wales, but since 1826, when different money laws first prevailed, both productions and population have decreased in Ire land by one-half. Notwithstanding the many measures of improvement which have been inaugurated since Ireland has become comparatively depressed and depopulated, The object of the bill now before the house was to put a stop to the issue of small paper notes by -gradual sten; and so to promote the better circulation of gold currency, whereby industrial development may be greatly promoted. In 1826 Lord King had attributed the existing embar rassments to the existence of one and two-pound notes. The Marquis of Lonadowne, the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Brougham, and several Chancellors of the Exchequer, had at various periods expressed a similar opinion. Sir Robert Peel also said that the consequence of the circu lation of small notes would inevitably be the dis appearance of the gold currency from circulation. He be lieved the passing of the bill would be of great benefit to the country, and would tend to produce, in some measure, renewed progress in manufactures; and he appealed to the Government to support it. Sir F. HEYGATE denied that the small note system was any hindrance to the development of Irish commerce, and said that in Scotland, where the same system pre vailed, the results were most encouraging and satisfac tory. He moved, as an amendment, that the bill be road a second time this day three months. Mr. BLAKE supported th• second reading of the measure. Mr. AND FAISON said ho had been requested by the inhabitants of the South of Ireland to oppose the bill, and ho readily did so, because he believed it would inflict groat injury up.m the country by depriving her of the means of purchasing raw material with which to carry on her ma nufactures. Mr. LOWE failed to see the pract!cul difference be tween a paper and a metallic currency, providing thy► fer►ier was based upon solid security. If the bill were passed the effect would be to withdraw three millions and a half of money from circulation iu Ire land, and the greatest injury would, iu consequence, be inflicted upon the poor classcs of the population. The Clovermnent could not consent to the adoption of such a course, and he Loped the Louse would at once proceed with the more imp.)rtant business on the paper. After a few remarks from Sir J. ELnirssroNE and Mr. Pis, Mr. DEL AHUNT Y replied in a very animated speech, Ns hick provoked much laughter, and the bill was then withdrawn. MEDICAL OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. BRADY moved the second reading of this bill, -in favour of which he presented several petitions, and argued that something ought to be done to improve the position of the medical officers appointed in Ireland by the Poor Law authorities su as to place them on an equality wish their more fortunate brethren in the other branches of the public service. After some discussion, the bi 1 was read a second time, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 2 o'clock. THE BANKRUPTCY 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 port of the day. The principal point taken into discussion was payment of the costs of the sheriff, after a levying made by him, and ho bud been displaced by the Bankruptcy Court. It was proposed that he should b 3 paid by the official assignee el . • CVII , I 11140,1—• tived. The committee continued its deliberation up to the hour at which the sitting was suspended. On resuming at nine o'clock, Mr. RYLANDS moved that it was expedient that any measure for the general amendment of the laws for licens ing public-houses, beer-houses, and refreshment-houses should include the prohibition of the sale of liquors on Sunday. Mr. T. COLLINS seconded the motion. Mr. LOCKE was opposed to the bill, and in the course of a ♦ery humorous speech, which provoked much mirth, he commented on the fact that he had seen the mover of this resolution in the dining- room of the house " much the better for liquor." Why then should he try to de prive his poor and industrious neighbour of his humbler drink ? The motion, after a few words from Mr. llumEnT, was then withdrawn. Mr. GL ADSTONE moved for and obtained a select committee to inquire into the site and charge of the New Courts of Law ; and explained the reasons which had in duced the Government to prefer the Thames Embankment to the Carey-street site. The remaining orders of the day were formally disposed of, and the house adjourned. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 22nd of May. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 19th of May (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : April 24.' May 22, 1869. 1869. Increase. Decrease. ; Bank of England 23,752,873 23,614,046 , 413 ,82 k Private Banks 2,863.9 - 2,826,544 1 37,361 Joint-stock Banks 2,469,879 2,434,621 35, 58 - Total in England. 29,086,6'0 , 28,874,21+ y 211,446 Scotland. 4,497,847! 4,931,211 433,391, Ireland e,629,684 6,64.3,671 13,4:87 —, United Kingdom. 4^,214,191 1 40,450,128, £235,935 United Kingdom. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 25.3. per £1 sterling On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .£3 118.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is of high , r value in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight was on the 14th inst. about 091 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. I )uisrvlLLE and Co., Belfast, Me the largest holders of Whisky in the woad. Their 014 Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession itt p r eference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application :to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, W,C.—[Ad `.! YCI tlss Meal rELLIGENOE—This Day NETCASTLE MEETING-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) STEPHENSON BIENNIAL. Nurnter Nip Dryad George Osbaldeston Four ran. TYRO STAKES. Agility ,,, ,, La Rine Fearnought Rine ran. CORPORATION PLATE. Atreus Attaebo Good Hope Eight ran. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Spy Myosotis King's Cross Seven ran. GATESHEAD SELLING STAKES. Lackland ..... Catalonia ,.. 2 Siege Train Ten ran. BIBURY CLUB RACES-THIS DAY. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Emerald Bonnie Katie 2 lelam Seven ran. BIBURY STAKES. Young Fenton 1 Viscount St. Albans • • 2 Juanita 3 PLATE OF 50 SOPS. Out-and-Outer Grillade e 0 2 'Aintree CHAMPAGNE SrAKES. Searboro' St. Leonard's 2 Medoia f 3 Four ran. SELLING WELTER PLATE. ELEVENTH BIENNIAL. Swift Golden Horn • .•••... 2 High Church 3 Ten ran. SCURRY WELTER HANDICAP. Maze— W.O. SELLING WELTER. Redivivus........ 1 Venice . Aintree Four ran. LIVERPOOL SUMMER MEETING. Ikauttsu.ty, July 1. Tho, Liverpool Cup of 200 soya in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 25 soya each ; certain winners extra. one mile and a half. 69 subs, 50 of whom pay 3 soya each to the fund. Age st lb Romping Girl ... 5 ti 12 Fortuuio 8 1U Tabouret 4 8 7 Cecil ... ... 4 7 13 ... 5 7 13 The Sp} ... 4 7 St. Muugo... ... 3 7 9 Fair ... 5 7 7 Mount Palatine 6 7 1 Islam .. 3 7 1 Ago st lb King of the Fairies 5 7 1 Minster Bell ; ... 7 1 The Laird... ... 4 6 13 Acaster ... 3 6 10 Bete Noir ... 3 6 9 Stella 4 ti Crocus ... ... 3 G 5 Aftermath... 3 6 5 Sportsman... ... 6 6 2 GOODWOOD ME Weights for the Goodwood [ - Calculate, Ago st lb !:ETIN(.I- —JeLY - 29. Cup ; two miles sail a half. ,(1 to date.] Age st lb Loi d Hawthorn ... 3 7 7 St Muugo ... 3 7 7 The Drummer 3 7 7 Provider ... ... 3 7 7 Typhon 3 7 7 Martyrdom 7 7 Robespierre ... 3 7 7 Thorwalsden 3 7 7 Rupt t ... 3 7 Lancet ... 5 7 Kt. of the Garter... f 9 7 Trocadero ... b 9 7 Fortuuio ... 5 9 7 Blinkhoolie ... 5 9 7 The Rake ... ... 5 9 7 See-Saw ... 4 9 0 Rosicrucian .9- 9 'l'abouret ... 4 9 0 Roktitution 4 9 Blueskin 4 8 10 Brigantine... ... 3 7 10 Weights for the Goodwood Stakes (Handicap) of 25 sov each, 15 ft, and only sif declared, with lOU added. 21. miles. 51 subs. Age at lb Blinkhoolie ... 5 9 0 Fortunio 5 8 12 TabAiret ... 4 8 10 The Rake ... 5 8 9 Ploughboy ... 5 8 7 Cecil ... 4 8 7 Epworth ... 4 8 7 Btueskia 4 8 6 Tarabau e r. Thor w iseu 3 8 3 Aneroid ... 5 8 2 Phiebus 4 8 2 Cap-a-Pie 4 8 2 Lord Hawthorn ... 3 8 2 Lockslev ... 5 8 1 Tormentor ... 6 8 0 .aipeun v Vair Win .' d . 5 7 12 u. Islam ... 3 7 9 The Sawyer 4 7 9 Tim Bobbin ... 3 7 7 Bracken ... 5 7 7 Citron ... ... 4 7 5 Lancet ... 3 7 4 Robespierre ... 3 7 2 War ... 6 7 0 Gardener ... ... a 7 0 Lord Vivian and Lord Westmorland are subscribers but did not name. Age st Assinehoine 5 7 Ruric 4 6 Vurtigern ... 4 6 13 Our Mary Ann 4 6 12 Bete Noir° ... 3 6 12 Make !last° ... 4 6 12 Acaster 3 6 1() Miss Gratwicks ... 4 6 1J 'l'ra►np 0. Agrippa) 3 G 10 Vallatiou g 4 G 8 Fertullagh 6 6 7 Argyle 3 6 7 Choral ... 4 6 6 Crown Princess ... 3 6 5 V. Fenton._ 3 6 3 Adolphus 3 6 2 Hobart ... ... 3 512 Queen of the Forest, by Atherstone ... 3 5 10 Starter ... ... 3 510 Vacuum ... ... 3 5 9 Aubade ... ... 3 5 7 Judge ... ... 3 .5 7 St. Mungo ... ... 3 (pd) RACING 'IXTU RES. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Hendon ~... 9, 10 Pontefract l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 Down Royal Corpo. l4 Airdrie in Reading 15, 16 Knutsford 16 Huntingdon 2U, 21 Stamford ... "2, 23 Goodwood 4 7, 28,29, 30 SEP'L Margate 2 Ipswich 2 West Drayton 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 10 Doncaster ' 14, lb, 16, 17 Hampton 2l, 22 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 4, 23 Hendon 23 21 Monmouth.... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist Oct 28, tire. Lanark... 29 3U AUG Deauville 1 Ripon 2 Brighton B , 4 Tiverton 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egtiam lO, 11 Wolverhairpton lO, II Windsor 12, 18 Bromley 17, 18 Stockton lB, 10, 20 Dover .... lii OCT' B.dford b, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &e. Chelmsford i.l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVI Harrow .„2, 3 Worcester B, 4 St. Albans • 5, 6 Oxford Huugerford 24 York 24, 25, 26 Croydon Plymouth l6, 21 Scarborough „BO, 31 Baden Baden 3l Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 31, ►Sep. 1 Cheltenham Cnrragh l9, 26, $1 West Drayton Hereford 2l, 2,2 Monmouth t 5, 24 Newmarket H'ton 6. 'ST. :BER. - 7 - 7 --- Efllnton hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ..... 15, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury. 9 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I Weat Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 13, Harrow 2 , 3 I Leamington hunt ....23 &c Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Bt. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 57 6 . Orraosby 19, ,tc 26, •27 Huntingdon Club.. COURSE OF EXCH-4NGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 2 ... 12 2f "Do Rotterdam - --... 12 4 ... 12 4 Antwerp -- ••• 25 Adi ... 25 52 25 471 ... 25 5 9 ! Brussels Hamburgh —. ••• 13 12 ... 13 12f Paris Short ... 25 40 ... 25 45 Ditto Marseilles ......... ~ Frankfort-on-the -Main ... 1211 ... 121 i Vienna Trieste ... 29f ... 30 Petersburg Copenhagen. Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz ... ... 49 ... 44 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 GO ... 26 70 Genoa Naples Palermo ... 26 GO ... 26 70 Messina Lisbon ... 51/ .... 52 Oporto ... 51} ... 52 Rio J aneiro — ItIAItKE7 S-21 - 118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. June 23.—Sales probably 15,000 bales, possibly more. The market quiet and tuacbauged. 1 •HE SVN, idONbOlki, WEDNESDAt EiMNt 4 lO-, JUNE n, 1869.