The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Continued activity and firmness are still the principal features of the Money Market. A large amount of business is negotiated daily both at the Bank of England and in other channels, but up to the present moment the rates, although fully maintained, have not exhibited any symptoms of an advance. At the Stock Exchange the inquiry has been stimulated by the recent sales of stock, which has diminished the available supply of money in this department of business. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The interest has been advertised for payment on the Canadian Consolidated 5 per Cent. Stock, and the State of Alabama 5 per Cent. Sterling Bonds; Tuesday, the 3d proximo, has been appointed a special settling day in the shares of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, and business is to be recorded in the official list. _ _ _ A meeting has been convened of the London Dock Company, for the election of direct ors, and to declare a dividend ; and also of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company for the consideration of the an nual report on the affairs of the company and other business. Rather more activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but prices were very irre gular. The sales were 10,000 bales. The City of Baltimore has been announced this morning from New York with £22,000. The half-yearly meeting of the Canada Company has just been held, and Mr. C. Franks presided. The report was adopted, and a dividend of £4 a share out of the assets in hand was declared. At the meeting of the Marine Insurance Com pany to-day, a dividend of 7 per cent. and a bonus of 1 per cent. were declared. The transactions in the market for Public Secu rities have not been very extensive, but the ten dency of the quotations is more favourable than it was at the close of business yesterday, and a frac tional improvement has taken place. Consols, which opened at 931 I, being 931 =l-, the New Three per Cents and the Reduced are steady at 928 931; Bank Stock remains at 229 ; India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 96f, ditto 51- per Cent. ditto 102, being flat, and Exchequer Bills are par 4s. prem. In Foreign Securities a moderate amount of busi ness has been transacted, and prices, in some in stances, are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 77; ; ditto New, 60 to 601 ; Spanish have improved to 49i; Mexican to 201 21 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents., 1860, to 871 88 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. remain at 66; and Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 694; but Russian 41 per Cents. are heavy at 95f. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 10 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey 1t prem. ; and the Universal t prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1860. 1859. Great Western North-Western 82,832 77,224 South-Western Brighton 19,209 20,602 Midland south. Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 7,007 8,440 North-Eastern 7,733 34,680 Manchester and Sheffield 12,437 9,366 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,453 4,438 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,949 5,575 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns, with one or two exceptions, show a decided improvement, On the Great Western the increase amounts to £3,888 ; the North- Western to £5,608 ; the South-Western to £375; the Midland to £7,317 ; the South-Eastern to £669 ; the Great Northern to £2,093 ; the Lanca shire and Yorkshire to £3,210 ; the North-Eastern to £3,053 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £3,071 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow to £374 ; and the Grand Trunk of Canada to £2,956. On the Brighton there is a decrease of £1,393, and on the Great Western of Canada of £689. It is generally supposed that the Russian Loan will not succeed ; the nominal quotations is about par. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been very limlt.a.ml tions in; connection with the settlement ; prices, however, are firmer owing to the favourable charac ter of the traffic returns. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, North-Western, South-Western, Mid land, North-Eastern (Berwick), and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton have improved 55.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. In the Foreign Market South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian are steady at 118 12. The Colonial lines are fiat. Grand Trunk of Canada havo receded to 26-I I and 251- ; Great Western of Canada to 101 ; and 108. East Indian are heavy, at 102. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinue very inactive. Oriental Bank realise 43i y. - Crystal Palace have declined to 31; and Royal Mail Steam are at 51. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A nnuities 93 2/ 3/ New 3 per Cent. Annu ities India Stock . Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cen t. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 185 8 961 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 11 12 d Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, 10th July 931 / India Stock, 5 per cent. Ditto Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto Small YORBIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brasilian 5 per Cent . • Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860 Mexican per Cent 2Ol / 1 Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 4i per Cent 951 5 Spanish 3 per Cent 491 Ditto Passive Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 41 Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div. 931 / THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. OXFORD, JUNE 27. The annual meeting aof the British Association commen ced this day by grand gathering of savans and others in the Sheldonion Theatre, one of the ornaments of this ancient city. The theatre was well filled in every part, with the exception of the upper gallery, which might have contained double the number that actually occupied it. Fully one third of those present were ladies, who by their gay costumes greatly enlivened and diversified the assemblage. Among the savans present in the semi-circle was observed Sir David Brewster, Lord Wrottesley, Dr. Whewell, Professor Phillis, Professor Sedgwick, Mr. W. Grove , Q. 0., the Bishop of Oxford, Dean Liddell, Dr. Acland, Professor Walker, Mr. Prestwich, &c. The theatre began to fill soon after 3 o'clock ; at 10 minutes past 4 the great doors were thrown open, and the procession entered. Immediately after the Uni versity Bedels came his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, President of the Association; next came Lord Derby, Chancellor of the University ' • then Dr. Jenne, Master of Pembroke College, and Vice chancellor ; and finally some members of the Prince's suite. His Royal Highness on entering was greeted with prolonged applause, which he repeatedly. acknowledged. After taking his seat in the chair, he rose and very briefly addressed the assembly, expressing a hope that the interests of science had not suffered in his hands, and pay ing a graceful compliment to his successor in the presidency. Lord Wrottesley, having been duly installed in the chair, delivered his address. The Duchess of was expected on an elec tioneering visit, not very long since, at a certain house not far from the town of Norwich. The servant was particu larly directed, when he showed her into the drawing. room, to say, " Your Grace." Her Grace having alighted, the servant said, "This way, this way, ma'am I And for what we are going to receive the Lord make us truly thankful I" —Western Daily Mercury. THE GUANO ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL. —Peter Purcell, James Catterall, and Richard Creagh were y es a ter • day (Wednesday) committed by the Liverpo ol magistrtes, on a charge of stealing two tons of guano, the property of Messrs. Amott Brothers, in whose service Catterall acted as warehouseman. Creagli, who was the preprietor of a da maged goods store, was charged with receiving the guano knowing it to be stolen. SHARE NARKET.-(T1118 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing I Business Railways. Paid.! P r i ce . Done. Belfast and Ballymena IVol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co ,Bristol and Exeter ;Caledonian [Carmarthen k Cardigan 'Cork and Bandon !Cork, lilrock., &Passage l 'Cornwall Do 2. ~ (A Er et s no div. [ , unlit t) pc persn. " en hash pd. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &A b. June. !East Anglian [Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds. Diet Suffolk 8 8 74 76 114 124 7+ 104 106 921 921 0 1 921 1 I 13/1 7 Do ;Edinburgh .t Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee ;Forth & Clyde Junction 'Furness Glass. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A. stock Po do B do Gt. 5..& W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gus. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshirr London and Blackwell Lon., Brit.r.ht.. S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western Do eighths Lond..t ~t h. Western L'derry rt Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaa Man. Shet. & Lin-oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do a shares ) Metropolitan Midland Do P rmi n & Derby' gid. Gt. IV. of Ireland Po shares Mid Do, Cray Line Newea , tle and Cu.lisle New., Aber. & fferefd Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk ........ Ni hn. Counties "Union North British.. Nor.Dev.RailAsDk.stoe , ' , D • stk ; A rees no d. until tlpchas beenpd.B Do 13 stock . . Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase no Leeds .. Do Yor'r North London . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail I Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn ' Peebles .. Portsmouth 11,hymney - .. . Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union.. Sittin f 2 bourne & Sheer. South Devon .... • • • • • • South Eastern ... • • • • • South Wales .. . • • • • • • • S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale . ..... Do Pref. No 1 ThainesllavenLk&llaill !Ulster . • • D 0.... Do Vale of Death Victoria Sta. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C •rnwall . West L0nd0n.......... Do Ist class ........ Do 2nd class ........ Worcester & Hereford.. 8 9 16i 174 544 554 36 38 25 27 77 78 30 31 103 105 114 115 114 115 130 132 1134 1146 69 69i 60 65 104} 1042 70 71 113 114 11 12 101 94i 102 d ip 9 10 11 401 414 3 2 d 117,E 118 95 97 10 11 7 6d 54 56 3 / 4 3d, 62 3 / 4 63 N 964 11 g d 51t 521 81 811 104 106 4 . 31 (11 .81 .0 44 - 45 114 116 33 335 87 89 49 51 4 3d 44 45 85 85i 67 611 78 80 6 8 381 39} 85 9 p 551 55 2 d_ p 1 53 ° 58' 104 11 5 61 2 I d 16f 100 100 li 100 all 100 all all all all all 111 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. 1 Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Rags. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Don.Perth&Aber..Tun l E.Anfrn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ;Do. do. Class C 7 p.c I E. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pea ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. gun. S. & D. F.din. Perth & Dun. 4 p.c. ;Furness, 5 per cent .... ;Glos.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Greht, Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.ltedm., 10 p.c.pm, ;Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et. Do. Reneematme, 44 p.Cf. ,Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. ;Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. firm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. DO d c sp. ct. pref Do Birm2 - .guar. stock Do. Chester gala. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.kYork 6 p. c. stock ,Do.Barnsl.st - 05 :Is 10d pc 'Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No 1 Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gala. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen' - . Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 n. ct. stock Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. .Z 6 Do. 3 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent Mary , ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. G stock ;Do.Con.Bris. &Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock ;Do. with option till 1860 [Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. Newport, A ber. &c.pref. 5 p.c.redeem.st 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1866 ..... • • Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d i;. INorfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 'Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st. lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c.... Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do.I Nth.Dev.l2 ail. &Dck.Co. l N-East.Cons.Pret. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. (a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, IT. & S. Porch North Staffordshire Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. Ist g. Do. Redeem. 2d gua Do. Irredeem. 2d trim Rhymney Guaranteed. 'Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. e. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,g,um6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent. Do. Fixed /p.c. Ist is. youth Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. 'Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 0 per cent Watrfd & icilkny, 6 p. c 91 93 964 977 1 f , P i 23 24 124 124 120 123 73 75 10 11 233 24 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 86 88 28 29 33i 34i 33 34 45 50 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid . , Leasing 1 Closing I Business Co.'s. Price. Done. dford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W .. . • Buckinghamshire - - 100 Ln & N.W 06 98 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.SzE C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 139 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 44 4 4 Do. Woodbridge ..• 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin - Do. New - . . Glos t e r& Dean Forest all Gt. Wefh. 1 Hartipool.Dek.&Rail. all Ykyk:NN:dzmlldr. 111 113 Hull and Selby ... • • • Do. 4 Shares .• • • Do. I Shares .. ••. . . all Do. ....., _ London Carl. ,tG rgueea.nswpic.ch. 100100 L s. n E .dz as N t ..W 2O B 63 2 66 11 63 115 120 L D 0 o n . ~ TP referencen by. 1. ® OO 1 1 13 N Pe:t if . o 0 1 k C . o _94 _97 96 Lowestoft, . 100 iDo. Do. 6 per cent.. ••• • • I L Nvi&M 21 34 dzoSa.ou.4ipe.n..ed.t.: 100 , Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all Mid. Bradford Prefer ewnceSrtkoct.km..u.r.y.E.x. . 1 . 6 6 6 1 . 00 N eina . guaranteed sp. c. IS ' E I I . c d l o a u n n d t 8 9 i 41 r p Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. .55 57 Do. do. 6 per cent .. . all Do. -, Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. . North Western Preston and Wyre. i al Do. 4 Stares -. A. al i l Do. .. Y ..... .. Y . Wt .l -- -- - Roystn.llitch., & Shep 100 Gt. North.. 135 138 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 103 106 Do. Do. 1 i South Staffordshire . all M'Clean. 104 11 Wilts and Somerset .. ) , 100 Gt. West. 93 95 k Wimbledon & Croycln , all L.& Bret). 7} 8•1 ' - ------ DOCKS. Share! Docks. I Paid. C p lo r ii e i e n . g 1 114Disoinnee.s raid. Closing ThisinesS Price. Done. stork Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.llin lOO stock East and West Indies l'.)2 stock London lOO stock St. Katharine lOO stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria so Do New 2 i 4 ili 96 98 10L 103 51 61 101 103 114 11.6 109 112 110 112 109 11l 125 127 81 83 110 112 90 92 75 76 118 120 117 119 111 112 105 107 85 87 97 99 'lOll 109 90 92 92 9t 104 106 91 101 17 18 10/ 11 74 76 20 20 gt 10 15 15/ 139 141 [l6 118 116 1 1 18 140 145 [l6 118 103 105 154 157 [32 136 68 70 20 22 16 118 524 1574 12 12! .26 128 63 70 P' 140 142 103 105 i 1 P 94 96 9i 101 lid li pll 121 I .10 112 it I r :tic )20 stock 12.10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 2( Vi stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12:4 12N stock 6 stoc'; 124 124 stock stock stock 6 stock [2 1( 1?i stock stitk stock stock stock - 10 1 10 stock stock stock st cck stock stock 8} stock stock stock los. 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock all 100 34 100 100 100 100 100 [6 13 4 100 100 100 174 all all 1100 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1860. IBusiness done 'WAYS. 41 4 1 --` 1 21 21 li lid 51 Sid 231 241 61 7 8k 81 191 20 3,34 391 1 - 8 - 9 3ti 35 52 54 2 11 d 13 15 5i 5} 84 Sf t id id ip 20 2t 4 3 22 23 1014 274 65 90 49 7 lot 12 11i 13i 14i 21 39 4i 5 37 39 19 21 13 15 118 123 6 8 22 27 24i 251 81 33 49 100 104 106 107 10 p 21 21 }d i ip I I l 1 f&dl O 2 1 34p 24 3i ft ald 11 lid 101 15 i I I } pr 45 48 71 73 11 13 p id p 20 22 501 21i 120 130 SPORTING INTELEIGENCE: NEWCASTLE RACE 3.—(Titis DAY.) The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, two-yr-olds, 6st 121 b ; three, Bst 121 b ; f and g allowed 31b. T.Y.C. Sir C. Monck's Prudence, by Voltigeur, 2 yrs, (Grimshaw) 1 Mr Nicholl's The Dutchman, 2 yrs (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Wintrix gham's Sambe, 2 yrs (car. 41b extra) (Bullock) 3 The following also ran, but were not placed :—Maid of Masham colt, The Tiger, sister to Horace, Stockton, and Stanton. Betting—Even on Sambo, 4 to 1 apt Prudence, and 6 Lo I each agat Dutchman and Stanton. Tiger led at a rattling pace to the distance, when Sru dance headed him, and galloped in an easy winner by three and a half lengths. Sambo was pulled up lame. The Commercial Visitors' Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 30 added ; two-year-olds, 6st 101 b; three, Bst 71b; four, 9st. 71b. ; five, 9 t. 121 b ; six and aged, 10st. ;:m and g allowed 31b. ; selling allowances. T.Y.C. Mr. Dawson's Spiteful Dick, aged (125) Bullock) 1 Mr. Reay's Breeze, aged (160) (Withington) 2 Mr• Wilkins's Amy Scott, 3 yrs (125) (Doyle) 3 Honeymoon, Gammon, and Fast Runner also ran. Betting :—7 to 4 agst Spiteful Dick, 3 to 1 agst Amy Scott, 4 to 1 agst Fast Runner, and 5 to 1 agst Gammon. Spiteful Dick made all the running, and won by a length; two 106 g -the between the second and third. The winner was bought in for 40 guineas. Northumberland Plate of 200 sovs, added to a handicap stakes of 15 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Two miles. Mr. Whittaker's First Lord, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Page) Mr. Eastwood's Butterfly, 3 yrs, Cat 71b (in. 91b extra) (Snowden) Lord Zetland's Bivouac, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (car. Oat) (Grimshaw) Sir C. Monk's Hepatica, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Bullock) Mr. Forster's Underhand, 6 yrs, 9st 51b (Aldcroft) Lord Zetland'a Volatile, 4 yrs, 6at 101 b (car. 6st 11Ib) (Marchant) Mr. Merry's Apollyon, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Covey: Mr. Sharpe's Captain Wedderburn, 5 yrs, sst 1111 (carried Est) (Madden Mr. Tullett's Edmund Kean, 3 yrs, Sat 61b.. (J. French; Mr. Jackson's Walkington ' 3 yrs, sst 21b (Doyle: Mr. Chilton's Rosamond, 3 yrs, sst (Whiteley', Parsons weighed for Widgeon, but on going down to start Underhand struck out, caught her on the fore arm, and she did not run. Betting-3 to 1 agst Butterfly, 7 to 2 agst Edmund Kean, 9 to 2 agst First Lord, 10 to 1 agst Underhand, 12 to 1 each against Bivouac and Hepatica, 16 to 1 each agst Captain Wedderburn and Apollyon, and 25 to 1 agst Rosamond. At the first attempt a capital start was effected. Bivouac jumped away in advance, but in a few strides Edmund Kean rushed to the head of the ruck, closely followed by Rosamond, First Lord, Bivouac, Hepatica, Captain Wed derburn, Volatile, and Apollyon, with Underhand, out raced at the start, lying away. On passing the Stand, Rosamend shot to the fore, and, going into the Cut, was hotly pursued by Edmund Kean and First Lord. Emerg ing from the Cut, Rosamond still led, and the pace having told its tale, the lot was scattered. Along the roadside they took closer order ; at the Blue House turn Rosamond com pounded, and on nearing the straight Bivouac and First Lord were the leaders, Butterfly, Hepatica, and Edmund Kean being in near company. At the distance, Bivouac and First Lord came on together, and at the half distance Butterfly joined the pair. A magnificent race between the three now ensued. First Lord having slightly the best of the struggle all the way up, and winning by a head ; the same distance separated Butterfly from Bivouac. Hepatica was a good fourth ; Edmund Kean fifth, Underhand sixth, Volatile seventh, and the last pair were Rosamond and Captain Wedderburn. The Licensed Victuallers' Handicap of 50 sovs. Six furlongs. Mr. Jackson's Syringe, by the Cure, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Robinson's Grenadier, 3 yrs, 7st 21b....(Challoner) 2 Mr. T. Anson's Hegira, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b .... (Robertson) 3 The fallowing also ran :—Stanton, Miss Longley, Ancient Andrew, Malpas, • filly by Roscius, Damsel, and Johnny Gray. Betting-2 to 1 agst Stanton, 7to2ag at Hegira, sto 1 each agst Syringe, Malpas, and Grenadier. Grenadier, Malpas, and Ancient Andrew lay in front to the distance, where Syringe joined issue, and, after a good race, he won by a neck, half a length separating Grenadier from Hegira. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs; three-year-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 101 b ; fire, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 71b. Three miles. Lord Zetland's Sabreur, 3 yrs (Marchant) 1 Colonel Towneley's Ticket of Leave, 4 yrs (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Dawson's The Baronet, 3 yrs (Bullock) 3 Also ran : Duneany, Moss Rose, and Punch. Betting-5 to 4 agst Duneany, 2to 1 agst the Baronet, and d to 1 agst Sabreur. Sabreur cut out all the work, and won by half a distance. CHELMSFORD RACES.-WEDNESDAY. A Scurry Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, for all ages. Half a milt. Mr.. Saxon's Orcus, by Bay Middleton, 4 yrs, 9st (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Mundy's Wee Polly, 2 yrs, 6st (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Fuller's Polly, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Wiltshire) 3 Foretop ana oneor coif also ran. Betting-5 and 6to 4 agst Orcus, 9to 4 agst Wee Polly, 5 to 1 agst Foretop. - - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKRII took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The amendments of the House of Lords on the Buildings Improvement Company Bill were agreed to. .._. The amendment; of the House of Lords on the Dorset Central Railway (Extension of Time) Bill were agreed to. The Caledonian Railway (Branches to Lanark, &c.) Bill, was read a third time. The Forest of Dean Central Railway Bill was discharged from the paper. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. KEKEWICFI gave notice of his intention to ask the hon. Home Secretary on Friday next, if he had received any information relative to the disturbances NNhich had re cently taken place at St. George's-in-the-East, and, if so, whether he had taken any step to secure the prevention of their recurrence in future ? LABOURERS COTTAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. HEWITT this bill, which pro • vides for tha,improvement of the cottages of farm labourers in Scotland, was considered and amended in committee. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. An amendment on the first clause, excluding its operation from the open air linen bleaching works in Ireland and Scotland, having been moved, Mr. CROOK opposed the amendment, contending that such a bill as this was shown by the evidence before the house on this matter: to be necessary in these bleaching establishments as well as elsewhere. Mr. PEEL DAWSON supported the amendment, on the ground that the situation of the bleach works in Ireland was extremely healthy. He contended that it would be very injurious to force this act on the Irish dyers, as the works were there set in operation by means of water wheels and to enact that they should only be in operation at certain times would close them entirely, as the manufacturers were obliged to work their machinery when the water could be made available. He also pointed out that much of the work was performed in the open air, and was of a very healthy character. Sir H. CAIRNS supported the amendment, pointing out that it only affected linen bleach works, the employ ment in which was clearly shown by the evidence given before the committee of the house to be of a healthy character. Moreover the operatives had petitioned the house not to interfere. The effect of this bill if extended to these open air works would be to force the works to be carried on in the morning when there was io sun, which was absolutely necessary to open air bleaching, and then close them when the sun was shining. It was a great advantage to the bleach works that they shoul4 be worked by water power, which was paid for highly, and that being so must be made available at such times as it was possible. It was unlike steam power, which could be put in operation by the light ing of the fire at any moment, in this respect also the re striction as to time would be injurious. He also pointed out that the works in which boys and females were em ployed was of a very light character, and far more suit able to them than other kinds of labour, and if this bill were allowed to pass in the present form, these boys and women would be discharged, and their places supplied by fewer men, and thus the children would have to go to work of a more laborious character, and far less suitable for them. Sir G. LEWIS called attention to another amendment to be moved by the hon. member for Bolton, to the effect that nothing in the amendment should extend or affect any per son when employed in the open air. He thought the point they were now considering should be taken as identical. Sir H. CAIRNS did not think the amendment referred to was identical with the one then before the house. Sir G. LEWIS said the only difference was that the amendment now under discussion included certain processes which were only subsidiary to the process of bleaching in the open air. That amendment appeared to him a very fair one, and he should therefore support it. Mr. ROE BUCK fully admitted that the process was healthy. All bleaching was a healthy process. The bleaching works he had seen were places where a man might pass his life very comfortably if he were doomed to labour there. He admitted that the master dyers desired as much as possible to alleviate the condition of labour. But the question was as to the length of time persons should be employed. (Hear.) Why should persons be employed for a greater number of hours in bleaching linen to that of bleaohing cotton. It was the being worked for 18 or 20 hours a day that was the mischief. A girl whom he saw in one of the bleaching works told him that she came at six and left off at ten o'clock at night, having two hours for her meals. He asked her if it was hard work, and she said it was not hard, but added, in a very expressive word, that it was very " jading " work. (Hear, hear.) Most hon. gentle men would find it jading work to sit for the same number of hours even in that house. He hoped the house would not be alarmed at being told that the operations of trade would be stopped by this bill. The very same language had been used with regard to the factory act, which was passed in spite of the doleful lamentations of the manufacturers, and which had nevertheless done them no harm, but great good. He trusted the bill would be passed in its integrity. Mr. BAXTER said the hon. member for Sheffield had asked why there should be a distinction between the bleach ing of linen and cotton. The reason was cotton and woollens were bleached under covers, whereas linens must be exposed in the open air. Lord J. MANNERS considered that sufficient evidence was produced before the select committee to show that an exception might be given to linen bleaching in Scotland as well as in Ireland. The amendment would affect that ob ject, and would not go on much further. Sir G. LEWIS said it was difficult to understand the exact effect of the amendment. ' Sir H. CAIRNS explained that according to the tech nical interpretation of the words to the amendment it would apply to works in which the bleaching was commenced upon the bleaching ground in the open air. Mr. ROEBUCK said his objection was not yet answered. Sir H. CAIRNS said this was a bill declaring that the factory act should be included in it, which act said that the work people should work from six o'clock in the morning until six at night, and that system was not applicable to the bleachino• of linen. After a ma'am atscussion, in wfLe.a. nut* Lord C. HAMILTON took part. Sir C. LEWIS said he desired to know exactly what they were going to vote upon. The bleaching of linen from brown to white was carried on in the open air, but subsidiary operations took place afterwards under cover. He understood that the amendment only applied to pro cesses carried on in the open air. Sir H. CAIRNS said the amendment was not confined to the conversion of the colour of the linen, but included the subsidiary process. The committee divided — For the amendment. Against it Majority —l42 The amendment was therefore carried. Mr. A. EGERTON moved in line 18 of the same clause to leave out from the word " that " to the end of the clause, and insert the following : _ i" It shall be lawful to employ females and young persons n bleaching and dyeing works as follows (that is to say) : from six of the clock in the forenoon until eight of the clock in the afternoon on every working day except on Saturdays, and on Saturdays from six of the clock in the forenoon - until half an hour after four of the clock in the afternoon : provided, that there be allowed for meals half an hour at any time of the day between the hours of six and eleven of the clock in the forenoon, one hour between eleven of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon, and (except on Saturdays) half an hour between the hours of four and eight of the clock in the afternoon." Mr. CROOK opposed the amendment, which he said was decidedly opposed to the Factory Act. The effect of the amendment would be to annul and reverse the decision the house came to on the second reading of this bill. Lord J. MANNERS trusted the house would not accede to the amendment. Mr. ROEBUCK expressed his'entire concurrence in the wish of the noble lord that the house would not accede to his amendment. He wanted to know what gentlemen would think if they themselves were put in the position in which they wished to place women and children. They went to work at six o'clock in the morning, and they did not leave these bleaching works except for two hours, when they took their meals, until eight o'clock at night. That was 14 hours' labour, which was too much for any woman. (Hear, hear.) Rather than submit his countrymen to such horrible atrocity—(hear)—he would rather see the bleach ing works altogether done away with. He sincerely hoped the house would not accede to the amendment. Mr. J. B. SMITH and Mr. C. LEM( supported the amend ment. Mr. BUTT said if the house had due regard to health and higher considerations, twelve hours labour was more than they could really impose upon young persons. He should decidedly vote against the amendment. Mr. COBBETT opposed the amendment. If it was passed they would fix twelve hours a day as the time dur ing which young people might be worked in bleach works. It had been said that the work was light, but he thought that assertion had been sufficiently answered. Sir G. LEWIS thought it was quite open to the com mittee to consider any special exemptions or limitations as regarded time, and he thought the committee on the last question had come to a right conclusion. But that, how ever, did not at all trench upon the general principle under consideration, and therefore he could not assent to the principle involved in the amendment. If it could be shown clearly that the transition was too rapid, to-..fhar a lancer time should not be accorded to the trade, and the hour of work be maintained for a somewhat more lengthened period of time than was proposed by the provision in the first clause of the bill. Mr. CROSSLEY said that the objections which had been raised to the bill were that dyeing and bleaching were only executed to order, and these orders came in frequently so fast or at such a push as to compel bleachers and dyers to make extraordinary exertions on certain occasions. He contended that these very circumstances furnished the grounds why the present law should be passed, because the !merchant frequently postponed the pur chase of goods until the last moment, in order perhaps to obtain another month's credit, and then pushed the dyers and bleachers to get the orders done as quickly as possible, thereby forcing the working people to labour at unseasonable hours. Mr. A TURNER considered the limitation of the hours of labour to 12 very reasonable. The demands were so fluctuating that it would be quite impossible to keep the bleach works continually in operation for 12 hours a day, but a 12 hours' bill did not necessitate working for that period continuously day after day, and he believed that for many months, at least for many weeks, the average would not be more than six hours a day. In reply to the hon. member for the West Riding (Mr. Cross ley) he remarked that no prudent merchant gave orders until he himself had received orders from abroad, and therefore it was not on the merchant that the time when orders were given depended. He complained that the Board of Trade had not ex pressed an opinion upon this subject any more than upon the proposal made by Mr. Wilson in his finan cial scheme for India, and that in addition to laying a tax oz iumnpbolesacedhaedcuatl3i,coofg2osi.n9gdo.uptlatoceldndeina,itthwehreenshboluealdchalsobe . Mr. PALK d thought the amendment completely contra dicted the principle of the bill, and therefore he felt bound to oppose it. After some further discussion, the committee divided— .. For the amendment 2 42 56 Against Majority .. —214 Col. W. PATTEN proposed to add the following proviso to the clause :—Provided also that nothing in this act con tained shall extend er apply to any premises, either open, inclosed, or covered, or to be used bona fide for the purpose of carrying on the process, occupat i o n, tra de , or business of Turkeyrryired dyeing, or to any employment connected there with, or necessary or incident thereto, or to the occupier of such premises, or to the employment of any such child, female, or young person engaged or employed la Any huh process, occupation, trade, business, or employment as aforesaid. A short conversation ensued and the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. BUCHANAN moved, at the end of clause 1, to add the following proviso : Provided also, That nothing in this act contained shall extend or apply to any premises, either open, inclosed, or covered, or to be used bona fide for the purpose of 'carrying on the process, occupation, trade, or business of dyeing fancy or other colours, or to any employ ment connected therewith or necessary or incident thereto, or to the occupier of such premises, or to the employment of any such child, female, or young person, engaged or em ployed in any such process, occupation, trade, business, or employment as aforesaid." He said that tiese colours were so evanescent that any limitation of time would utterly defeat the object of the bill. After some discussion the hon. member withdrew the amendment, with the intention that he would raise the question again when the report was brought up. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 2, with some amendments, was agreed to, as well as clause 3. The clauses to 5 inclusive were also agreed to. On clause 6 some discussion took place, and Mr. CROOK explained that it was introduced to enable bleachers to employ new hands contemporaneously with those who had been previously employed. The clause was agreed to, as was also clause 7. Mr. A. EGERTON moved the following as an addition to the clause : " Provided also thlt nothing in this act con tained shall extend or apply to any premises used in carrying on the process of royal blue dye ing, or to any employment connected therewith or ne cessary thereto, or to the employment of any such child, female, or young person in such prove's aforesaid." The committee divided, and the numbers were— For the additional clause Against Majority The house then resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and le house adjourned at six o'clock. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 psr cent..... Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Ea stn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. pc. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong - & Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 18722 Gt.lndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c Do. New g - ua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O ... Do. do. '73 till '6O. Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 4. p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 41 p. c. Ex tension Do. Fourth d 0........ Do. d 0... .. Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Buds. Newßrunswick Canda Ry. &L an d(Lim.),c,r.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do ........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... lOude (Limited) ........ I Scinde . . . 'Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ c.! Do. Indus. St. Flo. ? L g. St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 134 all all all 100 100 100 1. 3 0, 1 all Closing Frice. 84 86 961 97/ id d 4 4/d 6 61 75 80 70 75 68 73 i d ip 2 11 d 11 d 1 f d 102 1024 par ar p 99 90} 101 101 i; 21 22 28 29 89 91 50 55 68 73 58 62 58 62 991 100 id Id l 1i 11d1 11 111 91 91d 97 99 100 all 5 11100 97 99 97 99 92 94 88 00 984 991 92 93 11 1d ATL' 5 7 5 7 100} 1011 d 1d —d 954 964 4 1d FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardenne5.............. Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabci & Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. ,Great Central of France ,'Gt. Luxem., Con. she... 'ltalian Junction .... • • Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... 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Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 I ;Grenville Herod's- Foot 8.12 271 291 'Hingston Downs 4.7.0 35 4 Lady Bertha IMlrgaret (Uny Lelant) 9 40 45 North Downs 25 5 55 INorth Frances (Mogan) ! 11 4 5 Basset (Ill° an)l 5s 54 6 - ,North Wheal Crotty jParConsols(St.Blazey)l 1n 125 135 10 I Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 47 49 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 14 15 ' South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1% 290 295 IS. Cant Brea (Illooun) 3 3 55 1 IS. Dev. Iron &Gen b ., Lim. all 5 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 ~ 9 165 170 Stray Park 26.18.0 56 59 5 I?am sr Silv. & Lead Min 44 24 2 10 Tin Croft 9 41 44 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s Od I West Basset (11logan) 2.4 19 10 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 67 70 West Seaton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 150 160 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 90 95 iWheal Edward (Cals.) 6} 14 2 iWheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 145 155 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), 8 21 22 IWheal Trelawney (Lis.)f 54 27 28 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim lss 4 d pr 35 Brazil. Imp. 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Char.Bkof Austral all 225 23 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 10 100 London .S 6 Westminster 20 ' 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank all 175 184 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new — 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union or London l2 100 Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Uan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &Jul!' 100 115 117 Do. 6p. cent. 188 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 , - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1024 1024 1021 I Do. Scrip 42 I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 ,108 109 Do. 6p. o. Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866, 100 1005 1014 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 1005 1015 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwdsl 100 100 101 1004 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 I 100 1085 1095 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 110 112 ,Vlc. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I - - Do. do. 6 n.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1075 108 1071 sterling, 1875 I I S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up ' Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap. &Oct. '107,1 108 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. TeL A. (Lim.)' Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deben. Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati m Great Ship 1 imited) Do. 174 p. at Preference Indian & Aust. Telegr. Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Dis. Co. (Lim.) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B. Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) . Orintl.ln.Steam(Lira.)A Ditto B . Ditto C Peelß.Lnd.lalin.(Lim ) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New RedSeadand.Tel.g.4ipm Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Repstered Tr. lz Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. Van Dienien'a Land 100 all all all 5 284 34 351 T 10. Won by a length and a half. The others beaten off. _ _ _ The Cup Stakes of 50 soya, added to a Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft ; certain winners extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 17 subs. Mr. J. Smith's Kinnersley, by Fernhill, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (D. Plumb) 1 Mr. Saxon's York, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. H. Jones's Metior, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Claire, Dreadnought, and Rose Middleton. Betting-6 to 4 agst York, 7to 2 agst Dreadnought, 4to 1 agst Claire, 6 to 1 agst Rose Middleton, 10 to 1 agst Mellor. Won by half a length; bad third. The Marks Hall Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 31b ; fillies, Bst. The winner to be sold by auction for 50 Boys. Half a mile. Mr. Hitchen's Chelmsford, by Alarm—sr7nette, Bst 31b (Plumb) 1 Mr. Mundy'a Lord of Tees, Bst 31b D. Hughes) 2 Sir T. B. Leonard's Menzies, B s t ( L . Snowden) 3 Ribald also ran. Betting—Even on Chelmsford, 3 to 1 aget Lord of Tees. Won by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Fleming for 130 guineas. The Town Plate handicap of 50 soya, for three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile. Mr. Fuller's Ambush, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (H. Bradley) 1 Mr. Pallett's The Gem, 4 yrs, 7st (A. Sadler) 2 Mr. W. Bevill's Audrey, 2 yrs, Bst 131 b (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Rope Dancer, Mellor, Royal Oak, and Contention. Betting-2 to 1 agst Contention, 3to 1 agst The Gem, 6 to 1 each agst Audrey and Rope Dancer. Wm by three lengths; a bad third. Contention's saddle slipped round at the turn, and Plumb with difficulty kept his seat to the distance, where he dismounted. s O Plal b o ; f ei l x oo an g a s ; ag th ed re , e 9 - s Y r t 9 -° 1 b i d . Th 9 e st Qen ; u fi e ve : at Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 y rs, 7 st 71 b ( Ed war d s ) 1 Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longl egs , 3 Yrs, 7st 71b (L. Snowden ) 2 Mr. Ingham's Predictor, 3 yrs, 7 s t 71b s, Tat Tw 7 0 1 1 3 33 : iie fo s u . r, (Perry) 3 Count Batthyany's Orlanda, 4 y rs , 9st„ „ .... (Wells) 0 Betting-5 to 4 each agst Predictor and Weatherbound, 5 to 1 agst Jenny Longlegs. Won by a length ; three lengths between the second and third. Orlanda was pulled up at the distance, and walked in. The Maldon Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; op tional selling weights, &o. Half a mile, Mr. G. Milnes's Tadworth, 3 yrs (R4O), 7st 71b.. (Sadler) 1 Mr. Roe's Foretop, 3 yrs, (L 4O ), Tat 41b (Mills) 2 Mr. Fuller's Polly, 2 yrs (£4O), Sat 71b .... (Wiltshire) 3 Mr. C. Hilton's f by Alarm, dam by Footstool, 3 yrs (£4O), 7st 71b (H. Bradley) 4 Botting—.s to 4. ogat Tadworth, 7 to 4 agst Polly. Won by two lengths. I. The Welter Handicap did not produce a race. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 28. Wind this day at noon— S.W. ; moderate breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. OFF PORTSMOUTH, June 27.—Arrived—Juila, from Cal cutta ; Humboldt, from New York to Hamburg ; Agin court, from Loudon, for Madras; American Congress, from Westward, for New York. COWES June 27.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Siam, from Bombay. DARTMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John and Mary, from Liverpool, for Gibraltar —leaky. HULL, June 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Goffrede, from Monte Video. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—John, from Saundersfo ot ; City of Exeter and Dispatch, steamers, from Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Euroclydon and William Inglis, from Sunder land ; Rhoda Jemima, from Swanage ; Margaret, from Waterford ; Lady Constance, from Sunderland ; Cornet, from Littlehampton. Sailed.—Horcules, for Christiana : Sultan, steamer, for Lisbon. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. ; tide first hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, June 27.—Coleroon, from Sydney ; Venilla, from Melbourne. Arrived, June 28—Marshal Pelisier, from Mauritius; Solid, from Aarhuus. Sailed—Cicely, for Sunderland. DEAL, Thursday Morning. _ . Wind W.N.W., moderate. Anchored—Marathon, from Sunderland, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Jason, of Folkestone, from the north, for the west. A schooner has been entangled with the Goodwin Sands this morning, and is now in tow for the Down; name un known. DOVER, Thursday Morning. Paw(' up at 9.2o.—Laramergeir, of Liverpool, P P Ci - Q. 101! 94-1 4 Mg d 441 i ADMIRALTY TREATMENT OF INVENTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,----Last week Lord Raynham asked the Se cretary of the Admiralty " Why the description of anchor, reported by the Anchor Committee of 1352 as the most approved, and now used on board her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, had not been generally adopted in the:Royal Navy ?" To which question Lord Clarence Paget is said to have re plied, " There was no objection to any officer hav ing one of these anchors supplied to him, if he asked for it; but there are few officers who do not object to the use of them, and they are objected to generally by the profession." Fortunately, I am enabled to transmit herewith a Parliamentary return, printed by order of the House of Commons, February the 7th, 1860, wherein it is stated, " No reports have been re ceived at the Admiralty from any officer of the Royal Navy, or from the Hon. Captain Denman, on Trotman's anchors, as supplied her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert." It also furnishes a copy of Captain Sir William Peel's application to their lordships for a Trot man's anchor to be supplied her Majesty's ship Dia mond, also the official stereotyped reply to all si milar applications from officers—viz., " to be sup plied if in store, but no new anchors can be ordered, as the establishment of anchors is complete." Now, sir, I solemnly declare there is not, and never has been, a single Trotman's anchor supplied into store or used in the Royal Navy save the one Od which the Royal yacht still depends for her safety, and 'the security of that noble vessel neces sarily must depend upon the anchor in question being equal to every emergency. Nevertheless, they hesitate to permit its use in the fleet, though con siderably less costly than the established anchor of the navy, which their own committee have con demned as wanting in all the essentials looked for in a good anchor. The said Admiralty Anchor Committee, com prising some of the most distinguished officers in the service, were appointed by their lordships in 1852 specially to investigate and determine the re lative merits of different descriptions of anchors, and they were unanimous in their decision that Trotman's anchor was superior to all others. This may be seen from the following extract from the official report : " 29. The committee here beg to recapitulate the order in which they consider the anchors to stand, together with their relative percentage of inferiority or superiority to the Admiralty anchor, the value of which as given in the fore going table (18 17) being takeu as the standard or unit : Superior to Admiralty Anchor. Trotman Rodgers 1.26 or 26 do. Nitcheson Lenox PI3 or 13 do. lloniball(orPorter's) PO9 or 9 do. 1 ()it or 0 Admiralty 1. = the standard. Isaacs •73 = 27 per cent. inferior to Admiralty." The cost of these trials iu preliminary and actual expenses entailed an outlay upon me exceeding £4OO, and I naturally looked torward to being indirectly reimbursed by the adoption of my anchor in the Royal Navy. From that day to the present, however, I have sought from successive Boards of Admiralty the adoption of my improved anchor, but all in vain. I have further expressed my wil lingness to submit to a competent committee of their Lordships' selection, but whose decision shall be deemed final, a Trotman's anchor of 50 cwt., costing £OO, to be tested at my own risk and cost against any anchor now in her Majesty's dock yards of 100 cwt. or more, the contract value of which exceeds £305. It shall sustain a higher proof of strength, possess greater holding-power, and perform in a more efficient manner every duty required in the larger anchor, such as bringing a ship to, holding-on at long or short scope of cable ; in fact that it may be subjected to the most severe tests professional ingenuity can devise, in order to ascertain the relative qualities and values of the Admiralty anchor and Trotman's, this latter anchor being half the weight and one-fourth the cost of the former. It will be seen by my correspondence with the Admiralty that I have proffered plans and all the necessary specifications (without fee or reward) for making my anchors in her Majesty's dockyards. In return, I ask only for truth and justice at their Lordships' hands. Indeed, no harder lot can be reserved for any man than that of endeavouring by his skill and enterprise to improve any branch of the naval service, and uphold his invention against every official mis-statement or prejudice.—l have the honour, &c., JOHN TROTMAN. 42, Cornhill. (From the Times.) A reasonable man would suppose that if there were a worse kind of anchor, and a better which, after long and repeated trials, had been proved to possess qualities of which the other was almost devoid, it would be not altogether impolitic to make use of the contrivance which would afford the best security to the ship. If, in addition to the security so obtained, it was found that the better anchor of the two could be supplied at one-fourth the ec:t of the loss efficient one, there would appear to be an end of argument upon the matter. Or course, a certain first loss would have to be incurred, but this loss would not, in all probability, be a matter of very serious account when it is con sidered that the new anchor, used in place of the old one, would cost the nation only about one fourth of the price, and that the principal value of the old anchors is in the iron of which they are made. Indeed, the difference of cost and weight is so great that it may be doubted if in the end the nation would not be a gainer by the transaction, even considering it simply as a question of anchor account, and without the smallest reference to the security of the ships, which, after all, is the only reason for having anchors at all. Now, in the year 1852 a committee, entitled " the Anchor Committee," sat to inquire into the inventions of rival inventors, and generally into this most important matter. They reported that, assum ing that the Admiralty anchor the standard, it was the least efficient anchor brought under their notice, saving one of which we need not further speak, as the Ad miralt y have not, luckily, adopted it in consequence of the report. Of the other anchors, the best—Trotman's—was 28 per cent. better than the Admiralty one ; the worst— Aylen's—was 9 per cent, better. Rodgers' anchor stood second on the list, and was put at 26 per cent. better than the Admiralty standard. The only practical result has been that Trotman's anchor has been adopted on board the Queen's yacht, the 'Vic toria and Albert, but has been consistently frowned upon, for some inscrutable reason, by the authorities at the Admiralty. A very practical illustration of the advantages of the invention may be given merely by mentioning that in the terrific storm of last autumn the Great Eastern rode securely in Holy head Harbour, held in position by her anchors, a n d these were supplied by Mr. Trotman. Now, if that enormous surface of metal, acted on by that furious gale, was held in its place by these anchors, it seems probable enough that under circumstances equally , trying they might do the same good service for our ships of war. The other night Lord Raynham asked the Secretary of the Admiralty why the Trot man anchor had not been adopted generally in the Navy ? The reply was, that there was no ob jection to any naval officer having one of these anchors supplied to him, if he asked for it, but that the use of them was generally objected to by the pro fession. Upon this point Mr. Trotman addressed a letter to this journal, which was printed in the Times of last Monday, and it is only fair that his statement sbosld be laid before the public, not only in justice to himself, but, what is of far more importance, in justice to the English nation, who could have a better anchor to insure the safety of their ships, and are compelled to have a worse one. Mr. Trotman solemnly declares " that there is not, and never has been, a single Trotman's anchor supplied into store, or used in the Navy, save the one on which the Royal yacht still de pends for her safety." Mr. Trotman further quotes an instance of an officer who applied for one of his anchors—the late Sir William Peel,—who asked for one for the Diamond. The answer he received was " to be supplied if in store, but no new anchors can be ordered, as the establishment of anchors is complete." There were no Trotman's anchors in store, as the writer of that disingenuous order was perfectly aware, but this was the roundabout me thod employed to reconcile an absolute refusal of the anchor with an ostensible regard to the report of the Anchor Committee. What Mr. Trotman now asks does not seem very unreasonable, if the Admiralty refuse to be bound by the report of the former committee. He says, let us have another trial, and let it be a final one. Let the Lords of the Admiralty select their own com m itt ee , an d th e y shall be the judges. He will then supply an anchor of his own, weighing 50 cwt., and costing £9O to be tested, at his own risk and costs, against any anchor now in the Royal Dockyards of 100 cwt. or more, the contract value of which ex ceeds £365. He undertakes that his anchor shall sustain a higher proof of strength, that it shall possess a greater holding power, that it shall bring a ship to in a more efficient manner, holding on at a long or a short scope of cable. In a word, what Mr. Trotman asks for is a final and decisive trial between the Admiralty anchor and his own, the latter being one-half the s eight and one-fourth the cost of the former. Why is this not done ? The trial would not cost the country one sixpenee, un less the old-fashioned anchor should be damaged in the process, and even then the cost would be well repaid by the knowledge of which really was the best anchor. We recommend the subject to Lord Raynham's attention again. It is clear that Lord Clarence Paget was misinformed when he gave his reply to the question put to him the other night, and it would be very easy to frame it so as to relieve the Secretary of the Admiralty of all formal difficulty about the reply. Lord Clarence Paget has not as yet answered the expectations which were formed of him when he was appointed to his present office. He was to be a great naval reformer, and he has not done anything to justify the opinion of his friends. As yet the public know him but as a man good at excuses, and, ac cording to the famous saying of the great Duke, " a man who is good at excuses "is not often good at anything else." POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAL) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A DIAMOND LOCKET AT A JEWELLERS.— James Barber and Caleb Hall, the former giving his ad dress, 24, Fore-street, Leith, and the latter 4 Nova Scotia Gardens, Hackney, were charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing a diamond and torquoise locket of the value of Lll, the property of Mr. John Turner, jeweller. 58 and 59 Bond - street. Mr. Edward Lewis, assistant to Mr. Turner, said that about 4 the previous afternoon the two prisoners entered the shop, and Barber asked to be shown some of the Mal tese Crosses. Not liking their appearance he told them ho did not keep anything of the kind. They did not seem sa tisfied with this, but moved down the centre till they came to a tray when Barber said, " Oh here's the Crosses. Here's a nice locket, what is the price." He told him £ll. Suspecting he had got something in his hand he took up another locket, and said, " Here's a nice one," thinking he might open his hand to take it from him. He then moved his hand on the tray in a particular manner, and afterwards turning to his com panion Hall, said, " I don't think there's anything that wiil suit us—we will send the lady to choose for herself." They then moved towards the door; upon which he went up to Barber and said he should be obliged if he would hand over the locket he had in his hand. Ther prisoner Barber at first denied having it, but afterwards threw it on the floor. Evidence of a confirmatory nature having been given by Mr. Richards, manager to Mr. Turner, The constable, who took the prisoners into custody, hav ing proved that he found only about lls., and Sergeant Cole having stated that he believed they were well known, they wore remanded. T LI A AIRR IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—James blarney, a youth about IS years, was brought before Mr. Yardley on the follow ng charge : Sarah Abbott said she was shopwoman to her father, a linendraper, of No. 193, High-street, Poplar. Last night, about a quarter before ten o'clock, the prisoner came into her father's shop and asked for two halfpence for a penny. She declined to accede to his request, and he left the shop. He came into the shop a second time ten minutes after wards, and, in consequence of what she heard, she went after the prisoner and picked up some goods which he dropped. They were valued at 10s., an consisted of 124 yards of printed cotton and some flannel. The goods were stolen from a pile in the shop, and were folded up. The prisoner—l did not steal the things. There was another person in the shop when the property was stolen. Miss Abbott—There was no one else in the shop. I saw the prisoner in the street with the print and flannel under his arm. Sarah Wheeler, a young lady staying upon business with Mr. 'Wheeler, stated that she saw the prisoner take tho goods and run away l‘ith them. Chadwick, a police-constable, 350 K, said the prisoner was summarily convicted on Feb. 21 last, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner was the most audacious thief in the district. The prisoner, after repeatedly protesting his innoeence, said he would be tried at once, and pleaded guilty. Mr. Yardley—You have been already convicted once, and I now sentence you to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. bit ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 578 Od ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 278 5d ; rye, 388 9d ; beans, 458 10d ; and peas, 418 4d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 548 Od ; barley, 35s 7d; oats, 26s 9d; rye, 37s 9d; beans, 45s 2d; peas, 408 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 105,421 ; barley, 1,036 ; oats, 3,183 ; rye, 45 ; beans, 2,589 ; peas, 333 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market, to-day, was but moderately supplied with beasts. Prime breeds were in steady request, at very full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at late rates. Sheep—the show of which was tolerably good—commanded a fair inquiry, at Monday's currency. We have to report a dull sale for lambs, at the late decline in value. The supply was tolerably good. There was a fair sale for calves, at full prices. The ',numbers were moderately extensive. Pigs and milch cows moved off slowly, but without change in value. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 4 2 4 4 Second quality do. 4 8 5 0 Prime large oxen 5 2 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 2 Pme. S'thdown do. 5 4 5 6 Large orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime small dO 6 2 5 6 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 )d to 6s 6d. and quarter•eld store pigs, Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 20$ to 23s 23s to 30$. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,050 Sheep and lambs 11,400 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 240 Sheep •..•..1,500 Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOITE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of neat are moderate, and the trade rules dull, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton 38 8d to 58 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6 s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; pork, 4s 2d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 27.—. The supplies of Eltotk here to day were only moderate. Generally speaking, the trade ruled inactive, as follows : Beef from to 6s (scl; veal, 4s ed from 4s 0 , 1 to 58 4d ; mutton 4s Od to 5s Gd ; 6 lamb, 5s to 5s 4d; pork, 4s Gd to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. ItOMFORD, June 27.—Prime stock sold :steadily, and all other kinds rather slowly, at our quotations : Beef, from 4s 2d to 5s 6d; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; veal 4s 8d to 58 4d ; and pork, 4s 6d to 5s Od per Sibs; suckling calves, 15s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milt ;h cows, £l5 Oe to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..--MeatlOW hay, £3 Os tA ) £5 5s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 Ss :to £1 16s per load, Trade firm. CUNIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s t o £5 ss; clover, £4 Os to aOsOd ; and straw, £1 8s to . 16s per lead. Trade steady. WITITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, ES 3s t o£s 58 Oci; Clon r £4 108 to £6 680 d ; and straw, £ 1 8s tq £1 1 moderato supply, and a fair demand. 68 per louu. 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