The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

MARKET MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoclc. Consols are quiet to-day at 92} for money ditto, for Ac ()tint, 9241 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92f 3-; New rflrce per Cents, 92i Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 4 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per •, . Cent., 243 4f India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 2111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 f. Foreign stocks are very quiet, in sympathy with the relapse in Paris prices. The changes, however, are of little importance. A dull tone prevails in American Securities. The Bonds have declined i f, the Five-Twenties to 80}, and the Ten-Forties to 711. Railways firm, with a good business. The only feature in Banking shares is an im provement of 108. in London and County, the price being 50 to 51. In Miscellaneous Securities prices are without movement. Anglo-American Telegraph is quoted at 21! to 22 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents., 31 to 3i ; National Discount, 11 to 11i ; General Credit, to 14 dis.; and International and Hudson's Bay, 124 to 12!. The sum of £55,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday (including 35,000 sovereigns from Alexandria). The total sent in during the week since the last return has been, upon balance, £473,000. The Lansdowne, from Port Phillip, has brought £66,000, and the Hansa, from New York, £23,091. The Lansdowne has brought 2,000 cises of Aus tralian beef and mutton of about 70 tons' weight, being the tenth cargo that has arrived since the beginning of March. The consignees, Messrs. ikl'Call and Co., state that the demand for these provisions from the manufacturing districts is such as to engage each shipment long before its arrival. Mr. J. F. Lovering, the official liquidator of the Metropolitan Ice Company (Limited), has, after payin g all the creditors in full, been able to make a return of 3s. 10d. per share to the shareholders. There has been a very limited number of bills brought forward in the discount market, and the rate is easy at 4 k for the best three months' paper. The bonds of the Guatemala Six per Cent. Go vernment Loan of 1869 are announced by Messrs. Thomson, Bonar, and Co. as now ready to be issued in exchange for fully paid-up scrip. With reference to the prosecution of the direc tors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), it is understood that Dr. Thom, the prosecutor, and Mr. 11. G. Gordon, one of the defendants, are anxious to get the trial disposed of at the earliest Possible moment, but that the other defendants do not appear to concur in this view. In the event of Such concurrence being obtained from all parties, a decision from a special jury as to the guilt or innocmce of the accused may be given during next month. The Chancery suit, " Dandas v. the Directors and the Trustees of the late Mr. Gibb's Estate," has been ripe for hearing for some time Past, but the cum nittee, it is stated, have been un able to push the matter to a conclusion. Messrs. Watson and Sherbarn, spinners and Manufacturers, of Padiham, have called a meeting of their creditors. The liabilities are understood to be moderate, and a favourable liquidation is an ticipated. The London and North Western Railway traffic returns show this week an increase of £646 com pared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Midland, an increase of £392 ; the Great Northern, an increase of £2,293 ; the Great Eastern a decrease of £4,905 ; the Great Western, a de crease of £1,859 ; and thA London and South Western, an increase of £2,565. The mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia, via Marseilles, are expected to be distributed in London on Monday morning. The Government of Victoria invite tenders for the conveyance, monthly, of mails and emigrants between Great Britain and Melbourne, via the Cape of Good Hope, by steamships of not less than 2 ,500 tons register, and each possessing accommo dation for 500 steerage passengers. The Solicitors' Journal gives particulars of a re cent decision of the Court of Cassation with respect to the rights of the English in France as to trade names ani marks. From tali it appears that Eng lish manufacturers and traders may henceforth con fidently sue in France all usurpers of their trade ll ama, provided tney prove that they have been the first to make use of that name. "As to the male mark," it is added—" There could be no doubE, Upon th. 2 subject since the treaty, but the Englist► commercial public should be made to understand that no action can be brought on such a matter, either by a French subject or an alien, unless the trade mark has been previously registered and de- Posited in the proper form. Foreign trade marks are to be deposited at the Tribunal of the Seine, the seat of which is Paris. The Peruvian advices to the effect that it was / said at Lima that the revenue deficiencies for the Year " are to be covered with the produce of the bonds of 1865, reserved in the London market," appear to be another addition to the false state 41euts pertinaciously circulated regarding financial affairs in that country. There are no such bonds reserved in the London market, the whole of those belonging to the Government having long ago been sold. At the meeting of the African Steamship Com- Pany a dividend and bonus at the rate of 10s. per Share were declared for the half-year, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The directors of the National Provincial Bank of England notify that a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and a half-yearly Walls of 7 per cent., will be payable on the com pany's stock on the 12th of July. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. n UOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Ditto Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 8 per Cent. Reduced 92f 1 I New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Oen .1 mi. 1873 A.nnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -- Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908_ 20 Exchoquzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2f k 3 i or Ct, Do £lOO, £2OO & .C5OO 4 d Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent De. opening — Canada. i . 4 per Cont. Bonds — ' 4 ter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India 8 cock 10} per Cent., April 1874 Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 p e r Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent...... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....... — Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 -- DJ 5 per Cent., Rep. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — IL Tab., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 -- Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 . rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... kuitrien Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 _... lir azilian 5 per Cent — 10. q per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 18'43.... Do. do. 186 1 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 y , Do Account Bli 13 ands Ayres 6 per Cent. De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent 0 , 11 )4, 6 po* Cent. ..Illan 6 per Cent — no. 41 per Cent — Do. 8 per Cent., Do. 6 per cent 1867 — r , vo. 7 per Cent. , 1866 `-' lornbian 6 per Cent. n D • , ,-.sn, 3 per Cent., 1825 —, DLL Lien Principalities, 7 ler Cent 7 fl* Do 8 per Cent., 1867 9ll L gUkdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. 4Yrtian, 7 per Cent..., . ... 83 Do Fleeced Issue - /) ▪ 0..£51)1. Bonds — 110 . 4100 Bonds ..... 851 Do. 1864 Ts Do. Account .u„,0..£500 Bonds Vo. £lO6 Bonds B9; et i ,..0. 7 per Cent., 1868 =movernment Railway Debentures — Pe -IC int 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4i por Cent. (111:' , arren) Do 4t per Cent., 1862 •• . Do Account - P,ritzguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'60,'2.'; 35 Do. do. 1P•67 .... Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, X Sc Do .1i- u Ceut • 1850 .. 881 Do 4 per Ce-nt., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1882 ... 85 41 DO do, Scrip _ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds,. 893. Do. do. £Bl 15s. d0..,_ Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds — Co. do XBl 1.55. do — Do Nicolas Railway Bl4 Sardinian 5 per Cent 72i Spanish 3 per Con . _ Do. Acc , iunt .., Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferreu — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. nut funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 por Cent. . — _ . .. Do AccountB4 f Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do Xloe Bonds 69f70 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 661 I Do 4 per Cont., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venozuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Aces nut Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in lioudoT , Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per °Aut. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., -- Do. Account — French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — I t‘lial, 5 per Cont. 1861, Ea. 45f. D. Account s6i i CLOSING PRICES. J)nsole, Money 9214 id Do. Account, July 7 o'2l xd T.HE COMIC PAPERS. (From the Owl.) DIPLOMATIC HINTS. Dear Sir,—l send you your official instructions, which, as they instruct you in nothing, may keep you from error. It is as well to add a few private hints to regulate your conduct in the Old Country :- 1. The less you talk the better for us, and the less bad sherry you drink at public dinners the better for yourself. 2. Your historical knowledge may be of some assistance to you in a country where everything is historical, from a statesman's conscience to orange marmalade ; but you know, from experience, that history is not made by after dinner speeches stimulated by sentiments which have in them more of the Dutch than the Republican. 3. You may safely take a cocktail with Clarendon before dinner, and liquor-up occasionally with Otway. Both are safe ; but beware how you indulge in the fragrant Havana with the wily Hammond. He begins by nibbling, and ends in smoke. _ . . 4. In your intercourse with the British aristocracy you will conform to the usages of what they are pleased to call polite society by exchanging your Panama for a chimney pot, and endeavouring to wean yourself from the use of the spittoon. 5. If you find, as I guess you will, that the whole aris tocracy are ready to prostrate themselves before the repre sentative of the Star-spangled Banner, you will receive their advances with the dignity and reserve which becomes the envoy of a free people. On the other hand, if any effete scion of hereditary tyranny gives you the cold shoulder, you may rely upon your President if you unhesitatingly toss him up against the sun and scorch his back.—Yours respectfully, ULYSSES GRANT. To Mr. Motley. P.S.— You had better go to church re.gularly on Sunday, as Britishers like it. (From Punch.) THE NOBILITY AND THE NOBLE ANDlAL. — Another nobleman, and a duke, is done up by the Turf. His Grace has failed for upwards of £95,000. A man in the way of being ruined used to be said to be going to the dogs. In the same way, when a peer or any other person of property goes on the Turf, it had better become cus tomary to say that he is going to the horses. KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME.—" Oriental Bazaar, at the Queen's Rooms, Hanover-square, on behalf of the Palestine Christian T_Tnion Mission to the Arabs." Has not a word dropped out here ? Ought it not to be "to the Street Arabs?" Too many of them may be found in London, looking as though they sorely needed attention from some mission or other. Cannot Arabia wait until heathen London spews a little more improvement? SEAMANSHIP AND SPORTING.—A masterly letter on " The Turf" appeared the other day in the Times, occupy ing about a column and a third of the leading journal. It was signed "H. J. Rous, Admiral." " I have been on the Turf upwards of fifty years," says Admiral Rous therein. Truly the gallant Admiral may be regarded as the Patriarch of the Turf. There are Admirals of the Red, the White, and the Blue. Should not Admiral Rous be constituted Admiral of the Grey, or the Bay, or the Brown, or the Chesnut? There are even those who dare to whisper that the distinguished naval officer who pre sides over the Jockey Club deserves to be appointed, not without a proper increase of pay, Commander of the Horse Marines (From Fun.) WALL-EYED WISDOM.—To judge from the good pictures they rejected, and the bad ones they hung, the R.A.'s would seem to have been guided by the old saying, "Let the weakest go to the wall ! " A REALLY-ABLE TEACHER.—" A Schoolmaster," writing to the Public Schools Chronicle about the escape of the captive balloon, is quite as much abroad as the balloon. He says no " reliable " tidings have been received of the missing machine. Suaviter in modo we beg to tell him there's no such word in the English language, and if he uses it again he ought to be to the fortiter in, re-liable. DE LUNATICO.—" The Man in the Moon," we are informed in an ancient rhyme, " came down too soon to ask his way to Norwich." That must have been a very long time ago, for the recent disclosures before the com mittee for trying the Norwich election petition would seem to indicate that his services have been fully appre ciated there for many years. But this time he did not burn his mouth, but his fingers. (From Judy.) .YOR NAPOLEON'S REFLECTION—Rouge est Noir Too TRUE.—The blue ribbon of the Turf too often becomes the blue ruin of thousands ! MOTTO FOR THE AMERICAN EMBASSY—MotIey is, and Johnson were I THAT'S IT.—Brother Jonathan "cottons" to themiddle and lower orders in England. He only detests the aris tocracy—that is, the Lairds! A dreadful boiler explosion occurred on Wednesday at Bingley, near Bradford. Many persons were killed and much cottage property destroyed. The case of Saurin v. Starr, Kennedy, and others, the great convent case, came before the Chief Clerk and Vice- Chancellor Malins on Wednesday on an application cn the part of the plaintiff for the production and inspection of docu ments. The chief clerk said he supposed the convent was the place where the documents were deposited. As the Papers were in London he would make an order for their production in court, and if Mr. Blake objected he would go before the vice chancellor. A case was on Tuesday decided by the Richmond borough magistrates showing that a toll cannot be demanded for velocipedes. A young man named Harker was passing along the highway on a velocipede, and on coming to a toll gate near the town he was asked to pay a toll of 6d. He paid the money, and afterwards asked for it to be returned, but was refused, and he brought the case before the magis trates. The bench fined the tollgate-keeper 6d., and Bs. 6d. costs. On Tuesday a woman named Emily Parker, alias Bimmer, was brought before the Liverpool magistrates, c h arg ed with stealing two watches and £ 8 from a house in that town at which she had taken lodgings. On the magis trates inquiring if she was known to the police, Mr. Walter, the prosecu ting solicitor, informed the i r wor s hi p s that she had b een several times trie d for felon y . Some years ago she charged her mother and aunt Ns ith atteenpting to poison her. They were tried before the late Lord Campbell, convicted, and sentenced to death ; but it subsequently be i ng ascer• tained that the young woman's story rasa fabrication, they were reprieved. She was now remanded. At the Sheffield Town Hall on Tuesday two fruit dealers were charged with having in their possession a quan tity of figs wholly unfit for human food. In one of the cases the figs were in a state of decomposition in consequence of being eaten away IT a kind of parasite. When the fruit is consumed in such a state it causes the " intestinal itch," and also produces upon the skin a dis agreeable eruption. The bench inflicted a fine of 7s 6d. each for 113 boxes of this noxious fruit, making a total sum of £42 7s. 6d., costs also to be paid by the offender, and the figs, of course, to be destroyed. A retail dealer, who had bought some of the fruit from the first defendant, was fined fire guineas and oar.. THE SUN, LONDON, T H URSDAY ' ' Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 10 101 10 Do B . 10 21 3 50 Albion • 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo - Egyptian, lint all 20 '2l 211 1 20 Anglo-Iluu,garian 20 Auglo-Italian 1000, Ihnited 10 51 11 40 Australasian 20 Batik of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ;... 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. .. . lO 5 4 25 Bank of South Australia all 20 SI 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 Si) 371 10 Bank of IN ew Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 14 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 31. 32 20 City IA 111 121 100 Colonial 25 37 3i1 . : 10 Consolidated, lira 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East Loudon, lint 5 -.' 21 11 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. Inn 20 English, : - euttish, and Aus tralian Chartered ...... 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new 5l 21 24 100 Imperial, lint 2O 151 161 20 Imperial Ottom an lO 21 i 4 12k 1 z 5 lonian all 17 20 25 Do new 5 7 4 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 75 76 t 0 30 London Bank( of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, Inn. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 9 11 25 Do new "10 21 21p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 211 25 20 London and County 2O 50 51 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m,16 pd lt .. ... Loudon Joint Stock .... 1 X 3ll 321 London and South. African al 81 91 00 London ez S. - Western, Bin, 20 13 11 150 London & Venezuela, lint._ 121 ... ... 100 London and ‘VestrnMster 2O 621 631 63 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O ... ... 100 Merchant, 1ine........... 25 51 41 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 71 100 Midland, 1ine.....,,, 20 11 i 5 NatiOnal of Australia 21 National of Liverpool, lint l5 Id 1p 100 National Provine. of liludd 42 .. ... 10 Do • ... ..42 :".0 National..... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4 i 42 41 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 5 00 Provincial of Iraiand 25 83 00 10 D. new. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lien 25 14 li 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 43 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Auglo-Americau inn all 122; 22 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 10 121 13 13; 1 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 23 '4Ol 1 st Do. 6 per cent. st B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 156 163 st Electric tt Inter. Telegraph 100 241 245 10 Do. New 8 9 llp 25 Indo-European Tel., liux•( lO 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr ip 10 Meditcrra,. Exten. 'fel., lim all 31 31 25 Iteuter's Telegram all 6) 61 66 41 :0 Societe Transatlant.,l(il7, 17A st Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Maig.,lim; all 17-1 Ist- 181 19 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira. all 5 5 Do. 10 per cent:Pref. all 3 3413 MISCELLANT!:OUS. I .:: , 7 5 a *tint all 151 161 Lim all 11 11 141 22 10 55 A A n u g s Australian i°-3lexi A ca g u rieultural 5 1, d pr 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaug . : itin, lin , . 30 9 11 all t•= 4 i -q - .• 4 i i. id 110(01 Berlinßa ts . aa t L • i l a 'i. N c y 'l h e : ' r ‘t M , l e, e i : 1 : 1 r. Estates, v . 0 1nd 41 15 17 20 British inliau Tea, 1im...• all v. 3, , 20 British Ship Own er s ....1 29 Canada Company all 66 7) 5 5 Bombay pO. N G , t i. ,.. s , lint , 2l 2 1 d 5 10 ) British CanadianAniir a i c l u l a ' Ill.:dai Invest ment,2,oo Ce D yl o on A C k, o l in ta p r a c ti s Y, dal- ' . 1, 5 ) 4 i 34 2 ( . 1 d 10 City Discount. lint... 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty,4l 41.1 5 25 City of Moscow 50 City 011 ices, litre 25 26 '2sd 50 Colonial, lim. 2' ,1 Do. 30 City ot Il i a ' a l m u tt:T im ; im„, all 5 6 50 Commercia:.'inion (Assur) 5 il i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, Bin. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 191 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. ... 100 Corporation of Loudon Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882,44 per cent all 1031 104 100 20 22 et Do. Preference lOO 9, 10; .51t00 Credit Crystal rr siti at II I: Po o an n 1. . ao o cfp f eme az England, upertiuti:iD l i iem i n b so s r 1 :4321 iim ... ... a Land Credit 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all , 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and 5621000 East aaa p ssntt ° ed . r 6 Indian PA, Finance,: Darjeeling, i e a sn l a i i m i i : lim. . 5 3 d 271 111 101 d 100 EgC3u. ui. lial lu ni : 1)1 E . g per yp c t 'e . L.. Vi..° . U all 91 95 94 5 20 Egyptian Coin. & Trad. lint. 6 . - 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint . . 21 1 • i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 3,(1 100 Eng. and scut. ~ urine - lint. 8 ... ...ti 10 Fitirbaira En,giuceriug 50 G e L I l o i a vi n t r, Scrip,i . i . s . s . .. . ... . 4 . t.C .. 8 . 5 .. 8 2?) 8 ] . 88 11 5 2010 0 050 11 (( -3'.1-'1F:eo o: rr : 6 1 asaet6t:lsrle p. c. u i o r i tt. c,r l : l \ i " .lt l l . ii3 Ili l o: e l t i . r d v i .s r e . il i n .oi rl e. i n e .. . ) .. 1 .( u . i5 0i. 1 u5 ... 5 i.. ..f. u . t 'e .,. .. t . ' A 1 .. 1 1 1 iia.i.ii. Navigationali i ll l l l. '. ... 1' 1 1 1: 66 ' 5 2 i . 214 . 2 26 8 : i 12 . 11 .41 9 . 11 1 : ) a d 51 d s. 10 Hong Kong and China, Gas al l li 1134 1.18.. i 5 20 200 I twa Interns.iliimaunLl ia.Financialn7.( o..a.(Canal';; . a.i. S . o c.. e.a c .iv.e l o. i e. m ..m.r ; • 2 22 0 00 II Interns. Imperialu d s o u' s LL .l.l aa a i: ... a 5 511 1 3 4 °1 3 1 4 1 2 500 5 0 London LDnodl.B7o A' issue d fi•ic a u 3 'l 4 ' r i a... (1 .. i . 11 . i 5 27 . (1 1 1 P 121 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine:lnm - 10 b C :r o ol u nn u d t County Land vourek i s and in:llga lint.nc i g . A . E s : t o g . , i . 1 i:ii e.r 3 4 0 2 - 2 . i .. 1 .(1 Provincial o i v n:i e b ja us : :11 . i i m ... e a 2ll 1 2 1 2 p / r and Iron Ship, 1in2... •25 21 MI 5 1 0 0 Mauritius Land, Lsaiiiiijdop, Cin.rg.e:di.lit,m..l.ann.n.d. 9255 2 164;0 5 g LL N LN3lll: a atAßsjannli t tl:lu i agpdl(w o lurile. . Loud. n laGnd&laCL a s'eci n l oiaydr b n:l d i lGi i s ign: c laaa o :ll. . s u .:l n . C. t .(2. 1 12. o . 1: .°.: ' , . 6:1 1 i i :u6 m : a 1...-. 109104 105 544 1047:11 2 1 0 0 N er National budd a S c t e o a a u l i &l S iimi b u i . I : : : 25 National Prey. Marine, lint. 4 4 31 25 New Zealand Loan & . 6275 Northo Northern ce a o .Brit.m A r i s nA s e a u i s( n it ri, : lie: a r . . 1. ,. i : a . . 1: i m e . . 0 1 ).. ... 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 11 11d lint. all 91 101 5 N eNV Quebrada, cautileAgency,lini 24 4 4p m ... ii :. - 4 . .4. 6 0 3 :1 3 4 4 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira ......... 5:0 Oriental North Do. Brit.i3 Gas,tt. . litre,A .I . e r . c . ..a . ..n . .......1 . . n . . . I : 5 5 1 6 051 : i 4 17 9 178 2 : 11985311 17j ec . niGi.st A t 1 4.:6..71 a irm .e : ri l e f... ill . 50 Oriental Financial, litre alto FraenelamitaL,Naneaw&dZomeaihnten.::: 100 1 31 5 Do. N0w....,, 1 1 1 1 ) 10 Otago and Southland In,' vestment, lim .... id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim ........ ...• _ 5 ..... 1 Do. New ................. • 58 5 2 0 : p itit e iho n y i dD D : n u e : oij u . . ea . 6 Janeiro c Australi an Nel o :l.. rowrconi R. l a oo .. ... 17 18 DO. Gas, Urn 1 Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lo' - 83 83 22 81 24 7 81. Eifinpteir,elini 1 8 0 7 i 3 61 4 2 5 0 0 0 ••• .•• 25 South Australian Land sSo. Africane Societeie t 6 u F e i n n m. . do d ei l t . & Inv . , ii In 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim gi 10 Trust et Agency of Aus.,lirn 1 .. 1 . i P .10 Do - do. do.- all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada lip 50 Union Marine L'pool rn 5 s r , i rL n es e an ( , l di i i in . ) ~...1 .. a2 f ;l II 6 7 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, limn. a ll 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Inn, 1 1) 2 t d p cent. (Mortgage) Loan.,, all 79 80 821 50 . Warrant Finance,_hT. .. , 12 101 50 West India anti Pacific Steam, liin 2O 2 ; • 20 West London Wharves and 0 23 1 ViceroyVUUapnnpiveDerrlsAeamslOtafMari Assam Egypt, 7 per Warehouses lO u ,„. 4 LA.L. LIU V 1 ' 1 "N bi , UU I,ll't Df3letuilpt.l:Bl7l2:::::o"6:rit ------------100 102 101 100 ..., _ - Do. 1895.. 100 .... ..... - Cau.tioV.6p.o.Jan•'&July 167741 ..._ lO9 ._4(O 102 105 f - Do. 6p• 0 7013 '• (1 ' 1 "•!g• ••• 10 0 102 104 -.- 1)Do°..AP1.&0o1 1890-1900 100 111 113 100 68 co --- Do. I)Doo: 556 p. p o. Jan. inscribed it jd 'lBl kY .• : ICO 90 92 - Cape G. Hope, 6 P• 1873 o. I OO ' 102 101 do 1880-99 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 lit - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 .. 100 9 8 100 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.'.. 100 108 ile - Do. 1872, do—. 100 105 iv - Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1871,.. - Jan. and July 106 108 and Nc% __ 00 D . 0 1 . 80 18 2, 7 m 8 a . 5 . ,. ........ 4 llO 103 104 - NB.ta - Do. 1895, Feb. & A u g ,••• 10 108 108 - 51Q1bourn•-! Cif voratn.,„ - 1867-75, 6 per cm. - - N.l3.r op v.6 o l l ) : o A .J p a i l t &. o l u ct. 1) lo ooi ..._ - Do 6 pc.114 & It 'l••••• 1 0 1(6 103 - N. S. W. 5 p•c.. '7l to '7 , S loo 90 1 , 1 - Do. 5 p.c. 1868 to 18 . 9 P • 100 981 901 100 i - Do. 5 p.c. rd. 6: to , 5 - N.Zealand, 6p. 0 1, ' B9l 1(s0 _ ..... - Do.b percert.... DoJan,Aprl,July, 0 t lOO 93 94 951 1 - Do 6p c. Mar & tept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do June & Dec , 1 , 91 - t IDo frov. 1 Aucald. 1 ~, - f crie i 1& 2, 1a96 .. i 1 ` 0 - -- - NOVA Scotia 6p. c.Jan - and Jnly, 1875 - Lo 16 , =9.• •••• - Quneualud. 6p. c. '82.6 - lOO 1074 It 84 • Do 180 . • - Tasmanian 6 . per c. 1805 . • 106/ 1071 - Do 9 '97 . • - Victoria 6 er cent. lt9l i4o ii 3 114 - Do. April and 0ct.......__. 2.01 1 100 110 Ulf 1 SIIARR LIST. AND 13'110Clib. ;hare piid. Closing Business Price. done. at 13r:atol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 Est CaledJ ~i i‘n _ . s u,:aorl3li. 23 Cornwall *ill 21 3 • Dublin tt Belfast June l OO 77 79 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc ioo 70 72 2) East I..'_indon :0 Do 15 2) Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western 10) 97 9i it Great Eastern .. ! , t Do. E. Augi. No. 2 tOO st Uriiat North of Scotland lOO 15 8 at Great Northern lOO 1071 iO4 108 at Do. A . lOO 1081 10) 109 8/ Do. L1'314)04 lOO 124 at GAS, and W. of Ireland lOO 90 v 7 s: Gt. Western -original lOO 501 54 501 1 :t Do. 6011.1,i1 Wales et Do. W. Mid.-0 xtorn lOO 25 27 a , Do. Ncl,vport st Lancashire& 1 orxisniri) lto +241 20 1,11 st Lon., Brigh.,ik S.Coast lOO 43 451 431 f 0) Do , Scrip .... - - at lon., Chat., and Dover IGO 161 171 at Do. oletrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 st Lon. At North Western lOO 1181 181 1181 19 18; it Lon. ds South Western lOO 80 91 90 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln l9O 55 551 5 4 at sletrooolitan . lOO i7l 14 04 7i st Do ExteusiJii 10 Do. /New rd 10 Id p at ille rupolitan District. all 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 oo 1 6 - et ilLetiaud st Do, Birmin. & Dcrby st Njrttt British at Do. Ed., I"th., & Dun lO6 st is or. Eastern—Berwick lOO 1001 104 105 25 Do. 04. N.E purohasc 16.11,t at Do Leeds. ...... • lOO 61 63 st Do York lOO 96 07 st Do Carliile .... • ICO 122 125 at Do Stoe •• & 110 133 35 st North Lon ion 10 Do New 18,41 . 2 11 lip at North Staffordshire . . 100 53 37 at North and S.-W. Jnnction 100 98 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... • . at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 53 5) st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 74 74 at Staines, Wolehain,6t Wok all 12 13 at 'I: - Uo. C Waterford & hi tkentiy lOO Waterloo W hitelta.l 8 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE &LURES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ..• st Do. Scot. N.E., 4, per cent lOO ••• et Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ••• ••• et Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ••• ••• st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbruatii 100 ••• ••• 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... ..• st Dundee, Venn, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... ••• St Glas. 6.: S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... ••• st (-It. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 9 i 1,9 st Do do N 0.2 100 0 i 03 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10.) 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do du B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Nor folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wa,v.Val. 1847 100 ... st Great Northern, Spot cant 10 • st Du 5 p.c., rd 10 p. c. put. 100 ... st Du 4 1 do do do 103 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 par cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of SeUtlawl, Ist pi 100 st Great. South. and Western are laud) _ 7 l per cent lOO 90 97 st G chg., per gun. S p.c lOO 101 103 1021 st Do. Orig. (1.1. & 13. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 35 It .0 st Do do per cent. 1850 lOO 87 8 . ..) st Do do 4 du do st 1)0 do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 35 97 st Do do Birmingham gun lOO 63 72 st Do do do prof lOO at Do do Chester gui. lOO b() st Do do do 8 per cent. 100 ... st Do do do 5 do 100 93 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. DO st Do do 4, p.c lOO st Do do 4 1859 lOO ••• st Do do 5 st Do West mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 110 112 st Do do 20 gun. 100 107 111 st Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 10 12 st Do do 20 do 100 97 100 st Du gun. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle-11 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10,1 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1:k , 115 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 PS 100 St. London & Brichtou. sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... stj Do 5 per cent. gun. No. 2. lOU tit Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do Nu. •1 lOO ... st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 Bt Do 4 du 1859 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO •.. st London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge._ 100 ... st Do Shrewsb'y & 100 st Loudon and a W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 110 150 2s Do (Portsm. perp aus 266 d) all ... s Man., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c. 100 11► 117 Do £t. all par 1 pin a Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Du redeem. 6 percent. 5 ... st Elid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO li2 134 s Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 18 10J • Do 41 per cent. &redeem lOO 98 100 • Do Leicester & ll'elm,4 p.c. 100 80 et North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO st Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO ... st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per een.t lOO st Do Border Union, 5k p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cous. 4 p.c lOO Si SIP st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 fit Do U N.E. 4 per cent., IOU _ 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... Do York, 11. &S. purchase lu 10 101 Do Stcktn & 5 p.c lOO 106 108 st Do W, tlartlepool ii. and 11 100 64 86 20 North Stanordshire lOs a. Devon Annuities, 1.1 all 910 lOs Do Tavistock Anus, 10s all 8 9 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1,0.6. S. i..ast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at 'Pali Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE MARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. a ti t t 1 a l ) 0 0 Scot. 4 i Pen, p i rsss4eiirnsei m . eddsadipoouidfpen, do, edel er . 11.1d:888 7 ,4ca5666: p 4328.:P. .6..8 c .... te5CO C 11:1 1 1 :000000 0 0 0 61000000 0 0 051 8887. .8. • . 1. . . ‘ 53 . 487.:. * . 8.6.88.9 . 2. . . .. . 80:0i. t.. .... ; 9 13 8 5 8 t t: Great DD D o I L C s N t c e d :r o n w n . st Do st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... --* 103 103 S a s t t t Great D p o o W BostonJointes 1 . , o W 4 : p B . 25t0 D 0 0 0 Vdoale6NPeactliirpreedrp".lsBp66c 100 103 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B 100 5 Lane. and York New 41 per ••• •.. cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig &C., 41 pc, 1858 100 4: 1P at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• :7. at Do do 41 do, 1861 190 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... ". at .Do do 5 do, 1865 10 0 •*. st Do No. 6 5 do, 186 6 100 " st Do No. 7 s do a t Loud , Chat., &c., 2 d, 6 p.c a t Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c •,• a t London& N. Western , 5 p c 10 0 110 lii st Loudon &S. "Western, 41 p c 100 92 94 10 Man. b hef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1 65 all 8 884 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, A b per cent pref lOO 106 108 109 st Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv . New Shares all 18 i 19i igi t 22 .D 0 5p c con. into Old Stk-., Aug. 31, 18 72 Bl 11 2ip at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... ... Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & e i , No. 2, 5 p.c ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... ... at • North London, 41, per cent mat ag o tt t Northpppooo E.l I s E t o t & e s G k t ° r e: r .: 44, n (°N , D r° 4 d j a . 1 3 : 3 :13. ' . 5 ! ) r P D 4. c cent P . n . l e t: 100110 112 5 114 (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ..•... st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... ... at Do 8 do 1861 100 ... ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 ... at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. &Phallic°, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAILWAYS.-LLNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSI st 1371131 Mead ltir ay so 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer 10 all 9 9 2 101 0 2 D 4 st Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 5 I 0 sst 6 Do. 51 per cent. .. .. .. Do.at 11C17 VI/ st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... it Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Kass., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... it Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 .. st Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 98 80 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 94 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ... it Loudon, Chat. &c., 41 p c lOO ... it Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 ... st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO •.. ••• st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 5 51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 10 Northernt East., 5 percent all 53 56 10 Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. pref, bp c. 100 107 169 st Do B minimum 1:1 p.c.... 100 ... st Nutting. & Glranth. 0 lOO 91 93 25 Preston and 15 yro. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch. ' and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 21p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 96 st Do 4 per cent gua lO 78 80 it Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 119 at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 • Do do B all 20 Do du C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 118 121 Bt London and St. Katherine 100 42 44 181 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... Freehold Land at Dock lOO 20 30 at Southampton lOO 7.) 1 2 at ,Surrey Qoneniorelal * N. • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. EVENING, JUNE 10, 1.F69. MR. CAVE'S LIFE ASSURANCE BILL. There are four objections to the "Life Assurance Companies' Bill," to be discussed in the House to-morrow night, which not only impair its effici ency, but inflict great injustice, and practically drive respectaMe men away from the directorates of Insurance Companies, by which immense injury will he inflicted upon the public. Their six schedules appear to us so complicated that no man not an actuary could possibly under stand them, or form a correct judgment of any office by their means. The preparation would also entail upon an office an expense of not less than £5OO each time- they were made, a confiscation equivalent to a practical fine and malversation of the policy-holders' profits. These returns have to be made within thirty days after the termination of the financial year, a period in which it would be impossible for them to be completed, audited, submitted to a shareholders' meeting, and deposited with the Board of Trade ; yet a fine of £5O per day (another confiscation of policy-holders' profits) is to be the consequence of non-compliance. Why should the Policyholder, who has done no wrong, pay a penalty? These returns are required to be signed by the Chairman and Managing Director of the company, but these gentlemen cannot possibly of their own knowledge know the truth or falsehood of the statements put before them. Why should not the signature be by the Accountant, the only person who can really know ? But the fourth objection is the gravest of all. If the Chairman and Managing Director sign any statement " any particular" of which is "false," that is, not according to fact, whether with an intent to do wrong or not (and there are ten thousand par ticulars contained in the six voluminous schedules which it isimposible that any Chairman orManaging Director should knob of his own knowledge, and which he would be compelled in any event to sign on the faith of the statement, that it was correct by the Accountant) they are to suffer " FINE AND 131- P RISONMEFT." If this is Mr. Cave's notion of justice, it is rot ours. If this is a specimen of Mr. Cave's know ledge of Assurance business, we do nut think his efforts likely to benefit Life Assurance much. If this is the way he protects them, the Policyholders might use the simile of Pizzaro, and compare it to the protection the sheep receive from the butcher ; and if this is the way in which he would enlighten the public, it is the most extraordinary we have ever met with. Likevexatious legislative interference in connection with the "Limited Liability Act" caused the public to trust in Government protection with fatal results, and now in .connection with Life Assurance, where no grave abuse exists, where no policy claim has been dishonour, d ; to the public whose interests were never better cared for in any deparment or by any form of joint-stock enterprfz, the mischief 4 that this bid, if it become law, will do much far out weigh any god that can possibly result from it. At all events, in the MUD.; of COI:111113U selis, the schedules should be sitnp!itied, and the returns be signed by the Accountant of, the company, who should be held -responsible ; and, above all, no fine or imprisonment ought to be inflicted where no wrong was done or intended. If the de,ign of Mr. Cave's Bill is to render the understanding of the position of a Life Office itn. possible to the general public, the eamplicatel labyrinth of forms, schedules, queries, etc., will perfectly effect that end—if Mr. Cave's design is that every discontented Agent shall be able to put •his Company to the expense and trouble of au ex amination by the Board of Trade, the' 13th clause will also insure that object being com pletely Effected ; and if Mr. Cave's design is to drive all respectable Directors and. Actuaries from . .Assurance Companies and to hand the Companies over to unprincipled persons to manage in future, Clause 15 in connection with clause 8 requiring these multitudinous documents to be signed by the Chairman, Manager, &e., declaring if any particu lar (out of ten thousand) is false, they shall be liable to fine and imprisonment will carry out this design also. We do not believe that this bill proceeds from the pen of any man practically acquaiutel with Life As:uratice, and the preparation of it, which ly,s a fitvour of vindictiveaese, why we know not, ap pears to hare been ill considered and its enactments imprdcticable. It is not wonderful that a certain party should cling to protection, which means in this case place and patrouage, but it would be wonderful if the public should allow themselves to be wisled by such a specimen of amateur legislation. MARICE 7 5-7111 S D.IY Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Juno 10.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Tho market meady. RAIL IVA 1 INTELLIGENCE. CALEDONIAN. In the case of "Irving v. Caledonian Railway," a note has been placed in the Bill Chambers, Edin burgh, asking the Lord Ordinary to prohibit the issuing of the certificate of the refusal of interdict in this case, so as to enable the complainer to re claim against the recent judgment. ANGLO-MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPH. The first ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon -street—Lord W. hay in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, considering the company had only been working for seven months, he thought its posi tion must be highly satisfactory to the shareholders. The directors were occupied in making working arrangements with other companies for extending the operations of the company, by which they hoped to get additional traffic, and thus increase the net returns on their capital. Sir J. ANDERSON seconded the resolution. Mr. J. BENDER congratulated the directors on the success which had attended their efforts. They were pursuing a wise policy, and the results would be seen in the increasing prosperity of the company. He believed the arrangements with the British Indian Company Would be very advantageous to both companies. The report was adopted, and Messrs. Dever and Glass having been elected auditors, the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. NORTH BRITISH. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held to consider a bill conferring powers on the company to abandon certain works, to raise money, &c. ; and also a bill promoted by the City of Glas gow Union and the Glasgow and South Western Railway Companies. Mr. Stirling, the chairman, presided. _ After some discussion, formal resolutions approv ing the bills were carried. _ _ In reply to a question by a shareholder regarding the joint-purse agreement, The CHAIRMAN said he would mention the two points which he thought rendered it impossible for the North British directors to recommend acquies cence in the precise terms in which the proposal by the Caledonian Railway Company now stood. One of these was that the arbitration the Caledonian proposed for traffic was for future traffic, which was giving up bygones; and the other point was, that they proposed au arbitration outside the joint purse agreement altogether. One result of that would be that virtually the arbitration would be shut up from giving the North British anything for the Waverley route. Another meeting of the beard was to be held to consider the subject, and he exprcs,ed a hope that by Tuesday next some final arrangement would be made. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 251. 271. per LI bterling On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of iis. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe... - s that gold at the above price is of higher value in Loudon than In Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was on the 7th inst. about 09; per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. CORRESPONDENCE FROM FROM OLT. OWN CORRESPONDENT.' PARIS, WEDNESDAY, June 9. The one seat the result of which was unknown yester lay has been won by the Opposition. This makes a total )f thirty-five out of the fifty-nine circumscriptions. The :alculations of the various Liberal journals accord pretty nuch with my own. One puts the total strength of the Dpposition at 90, another at 91, another -at 93. These little discrepancies arise from the doubtful atti tude of some of the Independent deputies. Some enumerations place one or two of these in the ranks of the aovernmcut supporters ; others class them as Liberals. Nly calculation was 95, and I believe that on the auestion of personal government, for instance, at least that number would be found arrayed against the Emperor. The conduct of the police has borne its natural fruit. The riots of Monday, which were owing solely to the )fficious intervention of troops of sergents-de-rUle, have been renewed. It is natural for large crowds to collect 'n the main streets at the close of a general election, and especially such an election as this. In London the elec tion excitement is swallowed up in the immensity of the electoral boroughs. But then the people of your capital take much less interest in these contests, proportionately to the population, than do the citizens of Paris. In your ;minty boroughs, however, lively scenes are of frequent )ccurrence. Crowds and horse-play are supposed to be regular concomitants of a keen struggle. The practical jokes played are often more cruel than humorous, but it Is impossible to prevent a few incidents of this kind. Nobody would imagine that electoral effervescence in England could be kept down by ordering all the crowd to go home. But this is precisely what the police did in Paris on Monday. Large bodies of them were collected in different places. The crowd was immense, covering the whole of the leading boulevards. Its movement was all but impossible; nevertheless the police insisted upon the formula of " Move on !" Where the people could not move on they were hustled—and hence the shouting, pelting, and arrests. Yesterday these scenes were renewed to a certain extent, though by no means so seriously as the official papers represent. The Liberte says that about eleven o'clock last night " considerable agitation , was created on the Boulevard Montmartre by the presence of strong bodies of police occupying the pavement on the north side. The corner of the Faubourg Montmartre, in particular, was the centre of mime rows crowds, of whom the police formed the majority. Some timid cries, uttered by persons who took care to hide themselves, were uttered at very rare intervals. The sergents-de-ville were in quite a jolly humour, and appeared enchanted with the nocturnal promenade which the fear of the Rochefort partisans had procured them. Most of the shops in the neighbourhood were closed at half-past twelve, says the Gazette des Tribunaux, the crowds still keeping together, notwithstanding the efforts of the police. A battalion of the Paris Guard and a squadron of cavalry were brought up. These troops, commanded by a colonel, were preceded by drums and a commissary of police. Thanks to this shew of force tranquillity was restored. This is all that the Liberte finds to say about the riots. The Tenips has a similar narrative. It says that last night a large crowd collected, and that the noisy, but harmless, demonstrations of Monday were renewed. The police, as on the preceding evening, were in great force, and chased the people about with the same brutality. It adds that all this parade of force, the battalion and the squad ron, and the blows of the police were not deemed necessary at the first voting. There was certainly nothing to fear from a few workmen shouting " Vive Rochefort ! " and singing the "Marseillaise ;" and if the police bad had the good sense to keep quiet, as they did a fortnight ago, nothing would have happened. Numerous letters appear in the papers of to-day, com plaining of the brutality of the police to passers-by. One gentleman writes that whilst he was going alone towards the Place de la Bourse he was seized from behind, and maltreated by several scrgents-de-ville. He was struck on the head with some heavy instrument,which inflicted a wound from which the blood flowed freely. Another corre spondent says that he witnessed one charge made by the police down one side of the Boulevard Poissonire. The sergents-de-ville overturned everything on their route— tables, bottles, glasses, &c.—entered into the cafes, and struck some of the inmates. In this case there had been no provocation by songs or cries. Both these writers give their names and addresses. The Gazette des Tribunaux and the Patrie give fright. ful accounts of the breaking of windows and the dis mantling of railings, but these statements are directly denied by the Moniteur and other papers. The whole affair has clearly been another battle of Clichy. At Nantes much excitement was caused by the victory of M. Gaudin, the official candidate, over M. Guepin, the Liberal. Nantes had given a large majority in favour of the latter, but in this case, as in many others, the votes of the town population had been swamped by the rustics of districts which had no connection with Nantes whatever. The crowd was indignant, and well it might be. There was a good deal of uproar, which was speedily met by a charge of cavalry, sabre in hand, several persons being wounded. Here, too, the intervention was excessive. The same may be said of the disturbances at Bordeaux. M. Lavertujon, the Opposition candidate at that city—a highly-respected Liberal, whose failure all deplore—writes strongly, blaming the police. He says that a com paratively quiet population has been treated like a band of rioters. Cavalry, foot soldiers, and police were called out, charges made, and yet there was never serious danger of a disturbance. A strange event happened at the procession of Corpus Christi in the Church of the Madeleine. A fellow was standing with his hat on, and on being asked to take it off or quit the edifice, used insulting language, calling the congregation fools and idiots. One man, unable to con trol his indignation, stepped out and struck the fellow a blow on the face, breaking two of his teeth. Both were arrested. It then turned out that the defender of religious sanctity was a Jew. He said that he was present as a simple spectator, but had been disgusted at the inso lence of the brawler, and knowing that Christians are forbidden by their religious law to avenge injuries, he had interfered on their behalf. His generous interference may cost him something. The Bishop of Salisbury is reported to be somewhat improved in health. Lord Stanley of Alderley has considerably rallied aline Monday morning. Returns relating to the Patents Office, published on Wednesday, show that the annual excess of receipts over expenditure is, on an average, about £65,000 a year. This is paid into the Exchequer through the Stamp Office. The annual cost of printing is about £16,500, and the fees to the Attorney and Solicitor-General for England amount to £lO,OOO a-year. On Tuesday afternoon, three men, named William More, William Marsden, and John Burke, were killed by a fall of coal of thirty tons weight, at Rounds Hill Colliery, Princes End, Tipton. The unfortunate men were so terribly crushed that their remains had to be brought up in bags. Four hours were occupied in recovering the bodies. All the men were married and had families. The masons' strike continues at Halifax. The masters propose to pay 7d. per hour, on a week of 50k hours, which would make the wages 295. bid. instead of 295., as at present. The men, however, object to the hour system; and though the employers propose to postpone the settle ment of the dispute for two months, the men decline to ac cede to this compromise. Mr. Goldwin Smith's reply to Senator Sumner's speech was published on Wednesday by Mr. Rotten in a sixpenny pamphlet. It is very eloquent and forcible. The following is the last sentence :---" There is no living Eng lishman who has more reason to be grateful and attached to America than I have, but a man's attachment to an adopted country is worthless if he has no regard for the honour of his own." On Tuesday evening a handsome presentation was made to Col. Hogg, the late Conservative M.P. for the city of Bath, who was replaced by a Liberal at the late general election. The colonel represented Bath for four years, and his supporters, on their champion being beaten, resolved to present him with a testimonial. It consisted of a three quarter length portrait of himself and another of the Hon. Mrs. Hogg. The pictures were painted by the Hon. Hein.) Graves. There was also presented to the colonel a magni ficent silver centre-piece . two feet nine inches in height, with nine branches adapted for either lights or flowers. The centre piece is designed in the Italian style. One of the Liverpool County Court Judges, Ser geant Wheeler, has been engaged in trying Admiralty cages, under his new jurisdiction. In ono it was decided that tho delivery of certified copies of bills for disLurse ments to the agent for a vessel in a foreign port wa: equivalent to delivery to the owners; and a captain wh( se account was withheld by the mortgagees under such cir cumstances was awarded the full amount of his claim and reasonable remuneration for his detention here to prosecute the suit. In another case the Court held that there was no authority in ship's articles to change a cook and steward into a seaman, and to withhold his n ages when he refused to work in the new capacity. lie might be disrated and paid lower wages, but the nature of his employment, for which he had signed articles, could not be so ;vilely changed. The plaintiff, who sued Lis captain, recovered all he asked for—namely the full wages at which he shipped. It tran spired in cross-examination that he had been very brutally treated by,hie captain- 7 m leat this wtte the opinion of the Judge, - The Third Edition of " The Sue " of last Evening was publis - hed in !rime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day ASCOT HEATH MEETING—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) ST. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES. Dunbar Duke of Beaufort • Tasman Pandore Bruce... Five ran. SEVENTH NEW BIENNIAL. Badsworth.. Three rnn SIXTH NEW BIENNIAL. Typhon .. Antietam Brother to Ravioli Five ran. THE GOLD CUP. Brigs: Cue Blue Gown , Formosa Five ran. Thorwaidsen came in third, but was disqua lified for carryihg short weight. THE NEW S FAKES. Temple Atlantis . Green Riband Fourteen ran. ALL-AGED STAKES. Talk o' th' Hill w.o. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. June 4, at 9 a.m., Badsworth, Taraban, and The Spy, out of the Royal Hunt Cup, Ascot. Juno 4, about noon, Brennus, oat of the Prince of Wales's Stakes, Ascot. June 4, at 3.25 p.m., The /Eagan ont of the Gold Cap, Ascot. June 5, at 9 a.m., Ventnor, ont of all engagements. June 5, at 9 a.m., Yellow Rose, out of all handicaps publist ed to date. June 5, at 9 a.m., Fidelia, out of Windsor engagements. Juno 5, after 6 p.m., Perry Down, out of Prince of Wales's Stakes, Ascot. June 7, at 9 a.m., all Mr. W. S. Cartwright's horses, out of Ascot and Stockbridge engagements, 1869. June 7, at 0.15 p.m., See Saw, out of Windsor engage ments. June 8, at 9 a.m., Avenconrt and Prince George, out of Windsor engagements. June 8, al 0.30 a.m, Wamba. out of Windsor engage ments. June 8, at 11.20 a.m., Boundary and La Belle Belene, out of Ascot Stakes. June 8, at 1.13 p.m , The Drummer, out of Prince of Wales's Stakes, Ascot. June 8, at 3 p.m., Pretender, wit of Prince of • Wales's Stakes, Ascot. June 8, at 7.45 p.m., Casse Tats, out of all engagements. June 8, Gt 9 55 p.m., Dist..ff, out of the Eton HaLdic tp, Windsor. The following names bays been given ; —Mr. John Watson's c by Larabton, dam - by Newminst , r, out of 1:4:0- tette, 2 yrs - Uarnonstie ; Mr. John Watson's cby Loiter r, out of Qut on Bess, 2 yrs —The Bobby; Mr. EttuTs year ling colt by Beadsn.au, out of Flower of )flout Flowery Land. Colours of Ridors—Mr. J. C. Stuirt, brown and 0r.,n0 cap. Race Glasses, byVoigtl.inder, are now kW longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the groat demand fur photogiaphic lenses has diminished, au opportunity has been afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success, whereby the cost of th !se biantiiul at.d most perfect iustrutnents is red ucA in price iu sonic instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they aro now no dearer than those of the best French or English makers. At the depot Callaghan, 23e, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtlhuder at comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the quality is as ever matchless. RACING I fir, FIXTURES. NE. Bibury Club 28 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 New Forest Hunt ~.,.,~ - rgN vi iilD v i tn, _Lb._ SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK A scot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Beveley 9 Windsor 15, 16 llampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Odiham 22 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle !Tendon Pontefract l2, 13 Nottinglnun iouthampton ..13, 14 AUG Deauville 1 dipon .2 Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton 4 , Brighton Club Lewes 6, 7 5 1 Eguain lO, 11 1 Wolverhair pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 Bromley 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 Dover lB 1 SEPT] Margate 2 Ipswich 2 West Drayton .. 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVI harrow ...2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans 5, 6 I (Lyndhurst) 28 IChelmsford Liverpool Summer 29, 80 Sutton Park .....29, 80 LY Down Royal Corpo l4 Airdrie li lioadiug 15, 16 linutsford 16 Huntingdon 10 •21 St:tmfoi'd . . -'2. 23 Goodwood 9 7, 28,'19, 30 UST. Oxford Iluagerford 24 York 2[) 26 Croydon Pb mouth 4l;, */7 Scarborough _3o, 31. Baden Baden Ol Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 3l, Sep 1 Canterbury ...31, Sep. 1 :11BEIt. Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hondon 23 24 Monmouth_ - 23, 24 Newmarket !st Oct 28, Ice. Lanark... 29 30 BER. Cheltenham 19.2€ Curragh West Drayton 9 1, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket H'ton —25, Sre. 3,18 ER. Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ..... l5, 16 STEEPLECIIASE FIXTURES. JULY. liingsbury. OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 91, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 13, fl arro w 2, 3 Leamington hunt &c Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans __ .. _ -. 17 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF CONINIONS.—THis EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Consett Water, Dublin Port and Docks, King's Lynn Docks and Railway, Launceston and South Devon Rail way, Scinde Railway Company, Spotley Bridge and Con- Litt District Gas, and Southsea Railway. THE RAILWAY STATION AT STATION. Mr. HERMON asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention had been called to the defi cient platform accommodation at Preston railway station. Mr. BRIGHT said that the Preston was without excep tion the most inconvenient and discreditable in the coun try. If the hon. member wished it, the Government had no objection to the report being printed. THE COMMISSION ON COURTS-MARTIAL. Mr. ST.ACKPOLE asked thelSecretary for War if the second Report of the Commission on Courts Martial had been presented, and, if so, when it would be laid upon the table. Mr. CARDWELL said the report had been presented for consideration and it would at an early day be laid upon the table. TOE MAHARAJAH OF MYSORE. In reply to Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. GRANT DUFF said that official intelligence Lad been received that General Haines had resigned his office ; but no official intimation of the cause had accompanied it. ILEFT BITTING.] CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(this Day). OLD COURT. THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A POLICE coNsTABLE. The trial of Major Frederick Beswick, the chief con stable of Birkenhead, was resumed this morning at tho Central Criminal Court. Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury for the defence, and irgued that the prisoner had been imposed upon. The case was proceeding when we went to press. CILARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. John Etimson, until lately secretary to the Ancient .Society of Foresters; surrendered to an indictment, charge Mg hint with embezzling various SUMS of money, the pro ty of the society. The facts of the case have already been fully reported in our columns. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A fresh jury was then empanelled to try auother charge against the defendant. The trial was proceeding when we went to press. NARROW ESCAPE OP PRETENDER. —On Monday, during the transit of the Derby winner from Middleham to Ascot, his box was discovered to be on fire, but with co more serious result than a delay on the line for upwards of twelve Lours•