The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-09 00:00:00

M 0 N E- .14 A R K-E-T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. ~ GOYEICNNIENT FUNDS. ° per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 3 per Cent. Reduced 921 I I Now 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con J sn. 1873 A•nnuities, JO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 U — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., MA_ 20 Exchcqu:x Bills, £l,OOO, 21 .k 3 per Ct. Do £lOO, X2O & .ibuu — . 151,1 k of England Stock, 41 per Cent Canad a -De. opening — 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Omni= - INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Mock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 213 Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per °Aut..... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..........• — Do. 61 per Dent. May 1879 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — I):.. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar.;entine Republic, t; per Cent 1. uitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 66} lir tzilian 5 per Cent ' -1 •)o. 41 per Cent. 1852 7 31 Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 186' — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 BDo Account - .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu . )a, 6 por. Cent. C4dian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 por Cent — Do. 3 per Cent~ to. 6 per ce ,, t. 1867 — U. 7 per Cent., 1866 ,-; kubiau, 6 per Cent. .Danish, 3 per Cent . l D 182" •••••••• Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 791 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. -- k:quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. 4 gYvtian, 7 per Cent Bl iio zecoiid Issue Do. £5Ol. Bonds Da. £lOO Bonds ..... 841 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £3OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds B9 1 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Uovernn.ent Railway Debentures Gre ek 5 por Oct., 1824 5, ox Coups — Dc. Account - Do. CouponF. • • Du. Account 2kl•iternala 5 per Cent .. — 11 °Ilduras GOV Rail. 1.0 n., 10 p. Ct., all pd (t , i :hut 5 per Cc ^t., 1865 — " 1 0. Account • — Do NlA.retutuana li:liiway Mt3xicar. 3 per Cont Ditto for Account - „ Do. 1864 — " 0 fl per Cont. Anglo-French — onievi&au 6 per Cent. ~lc ":ti Imperial 5 per Cent .• 971 ew Granada — Jo 3 per Gen — , Do. Deferred - ,- 0 uvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 7'J i i D o 4i per Cont. (Ui2'arreu) Do 4i per Cont., 1862 • Consols are steady to-day at 924 4 for money; ditto, for Ac ount, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 8 ; New Thee per Cents, 924 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and /500, 1 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 243 44. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 212 1 11 4; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1008. In American &curities, United States Five- Twenty Fond are at 804 80/ ; ditto Ten-Forty 130ad,2, 711 721 ; Erie Shares, 181119 ; and Illinois Centrals , 934 to 941. lii the railway share market a firmer tone pre vai's consequent upon the continuance of fine weather. North Western arc at 118 to 118/ ; Great Western, 50 to 51/ ; Midland, 116 to 1161 ; Great Eastern, 374 to 378 ; Brighton, 451 to 451 ; S ,uth Eastern, 751 to 76 ; Metropolitan, 971 to 981 ; Great Northern A Stock, 1081 to 1081 ; Caledo nian, 77 to 771 ; and Loudon, Chatham, and Dover, 161 171. In Canadian and Indian Lines there is very little change. Grand Trunk of Canada are at 14 to 144 ; Great Western of Canada, 141 to 144 ; East Indian, 1091 to 1101 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1064 to 107. In Bank Shares there is very little animation. London and Westminster are at 62 to 64 ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; London Joint Stock, 311 to 324; Union of London, 341 to 351 ; Anglo- Austrian, 181 to 191 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 2,4 prem. ; and Consolidated, 8 to 8 prem. • In Miscellaneous Securities, Hudson's Bay are at 12i to 12i ; Telegraph Construction and Mainten ance, 18i to 19i t ; National Discount, 11 to 114 ; Anglo-American Telegraph, 21k to 22 ; and At lantic Eight per Cents., 31 to 33. The sum of £12,000 in sovereigns was with drawn from the Bank yesterday for Brazil. The Manchester markets this week have opened with au improvement in tone. It is believed that the liabilities of Messrs. S. Isaac Campbell and Co., whose suspension was an nounced yesterday, amount to about £140,000, and an unfavourable liquidation seems to be anticipated. At an independent meeting of bond and share holders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, a resolution was passed to the effect that the administration of the undertaking has been so un satisfactory, that a considerable change in the management, both in England and Canada, will be beneficial to the proprietors, and a committee was appointed. Application for space in the Altona Exhibition of Machinery, Agricultural Implements, and Ma nufactures is to be made on or before the 15th instant. A private telegram, dated Madras, the 4th inst., States as follows :—Grey shirtings, 39 inch, 81 lbs., rs. 6.8 ; mule twist, No. 4u's, steady, rs. 3.14 to 4.4 per 51b. bundle ; cotton, fair Westerns, rs. 81 per lb. cot and freight. Cotton a little stronger and steadier. It is stated that a meeting of the promoters of the project for a Brighton and Metropolitan Railway, Which was introduced last autumn, was held yester day, and that it was determined to renew the ap plication to Parliament for an Act of Incorporation in the ensuing Session. Mr. Brunlees, the en gineer, explained some modifications in his plans of the mode by which the proposed line would enter Brighton, which he thought would be acceptable to the town and reduce the cost of construction. ,At the meeting of the Anglo-Mediterranean r lelegraph Company (Limited) a dividend of 4s. 61 per share was declared, making 10 per cent. from the 16th of September last. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lonion and River Plate Bank (Limited) the usual interim dividend of 5 per cent. was declared. Mr. Frederick .Nlaynard, the official liquidator of the International Life Assurance Society, pro poses on the 18th inst. to settle the list of coutri butolies. Creditors of the Imperial Land Company cf Maiseilles (Limited) are requested to send the par ticulars of their aims to the liquidators by the 2 6th inst., the 26th July having bceu appointed by Vice-Chancellor Malins for adjudicating upon the m. Letters from Frankfort state that the liquidation on the Bourse at the end of May proved that tha market is overstocked with all kinds of speculative securities. Still, as soon as it was over, shares which were never dealt in before were introduced, and a new start for a rise was made. Of Aus trian speculative securities Credit Shares and Lom bard Railway have been firmly maintained, the former because 4011. per share are likely to be re funded next month ; the latter, because by the Mont Cenis tunnel the Lombard Railway will be brought in connexion with the French lines. An experiment, made in the neighbourhood of Frankfort to introduce the culture of the Japanese silkworm, has failed, as they eat only the leaf of a certain species of oak, and breed only in dark rooms. On the German corn-market prices have bad an upward tendency, owing to recent heavy Do Account - • —5. PJ 'l,!.:gueso 3 per Ct.,1853, '6, 7, '9,'30,'2,' Do. do. 1P67.. - Do. do. Scrip, £2O paitl — itussian 5 i .,er Cent., 18'22, 4: St i . Do 4 per Cent 1850 _-_,. Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip Bll -,,-..' Do. Anglu-Dutch, 1861, £lOO tonth. 00 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do — Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 65 i 41 Sardinian a per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cr3ll . - Do. ACC , AIIa : Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrer Do. Account Do. PaFsive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1804 Do de, 1868 Turki6ll 0 pr Cont. D,, Account -1i Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do A •count 1.00 Bonds 7ll Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 1:10C Bonds 7O 691 Do 5 per Gent. 1865 Do Account Do 0 per Cent., 1860 . Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 51 Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 251. Do Account TWO O'CLOCK. Jansols, Money 921 4 xd Do. Account, July 7 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR7—(?his Day). OLD COURT. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER ON THE HIGH SEAS. John Cranby, a Prussian sailor, was indlcted for killing and slaying his superior officer, George Alfred Willcs, on the high seas. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was a seaman on board the ship Herefordshire in a voyage to San Francisco. On the 15th September last, when the ship was south of the line, some bottled beer was missed from the cargo, aid the deceased and second mate charged the prisoner with having drank it. This lel to a quarrel, during which the prisoner got knocked down, and after wards it was admitted by some of the witnesses that he got kicked severely in the struggle. On getting up he was very much excite 1, and then he drew a knife and made a rush at the second mate, and stabbed him in the abdomen, from the effect of which injury be died. The pri soner was secured on Loaid ship and taken to Sau Francisco, and from there he was brought to Eng land, b.ing kept in irons the whole of the voyage. 'The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, on the ground of the provocation he hal received. The learned Judge sentenced him to a month's imprisonment. NEW COURT. A clergyman, named Irving, was indicted for keeping an unlicensed lunatic asylum, at Wands worth. The defendant, by the advice of his coun sel, Mr. Metcalf, pleaded guilty. It appeared that a lady had been residing in the house of the defendant for the last eleven years, but although she was of very eccentric habits it was not the fact that at that time she was insane, but very ►ately she had met with a very severe inju►y, which had caused her intellect, which before was not very strong, entirely to give way, and the fact had not been intimated. The learned Judge said he should read over the whole of the depositions before he passed any sen tence. In the meantime the defendant would be allowed to enter into his own recognizances to come up for judgment when called upon. THE CHARGE AGAINST CHIEF CONSTABLE BESWICK. The trial of Major Buswick, the chief constable of Birkenhead, who stood undefended, with forging a power of attorney for the transfer of £4,000 worth of certain stock, with intent to defraud the directors of the Bank of England. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and the defence raised was that he had been misled by the misre presentations of a person named Mexted. The facts have already been fully reported. The case will not be concluied to-day. POLICE lATELLIGENCE.-7his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SUSPECTED PERSON IN THE GARDENS OF APSLEY HOUSE.— James Francis King, a young man, described as a barman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being found in the gardens at the rear of Apsley House (the Duke of Wellington's), supposed for the purpose of com mitting a felony. A young man said that seeing the prisoner in the gar dens at the rear of Apsley House at an early hour that morning he spoke to a constable. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said the pri soner said that he had walked into the gardens, but that he must have got over the railings six feet high, sur mounted with spikes. Lambert, 254 A, said that he saw the prisoner in the gardens—having turned him out of the park twenty minutes previously--and when he asked what business he had there he said it was a drunken freak, but he was quite sober. The prisoner first said th a t h e li ve d i n Bethnal green, but afterwards that he lived in Lisle-street, Leices ter-square, but he did not reside at the latter address, though he had done so 12 months ago. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said that the prisoner's conduct was full of suspicion, and he should remand him that inquiries might be made respecting him. WESTMINSTER. A LADY CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS.—A handsomely dressed lady, giving the name of Emma Jackson, was charged with being drunk and incapable. Police-constable 223 T said that at two o'clock this morning he was on duty at the Police-station in the King's road, Chelsea, when the lady was brought there in a cab. She was so drunk that she was unable to leave the cab, and the driver then lifted her out, but she could not go away. She was then taken into custody and locked up. Mr. Arnold—Where does she live ? Inspector Holmes—We have not been able to get a clue to her name until this morning, and she refuses to give her address. Mr. Arnold—What have you to say to the charge of being drunk ? Defendant—Nothing. Mr. Arnold--W here do you live ? Defendant (in a low tone)- 5, Manor-street, Chelsea. Mr. Arnold - What are you ? Defendant—A married woman. She was fined 53. PORTR.4IT OF THE FIRST CONSUL. His complexion is remarkably sallow ; his coun tenance expressive, but stern ; his figure lithe, but well 'nide ; and his whole person, like the mind which it contains, singular and remarkable. If I were compelled to compare him to any one, I should name Kemble the actor. Though Bonaparte is less in size, and less handsome than that respectable performer, yet, in the construction of the features and the general expression, there is a strong resemblance. The picture of Bonaparte at the review, exhibited some time back in Piccadilly, and the bust in Sevres china, which is very com mon in Paris, and has probably become equally so in London, are the best likenesses I have seen. As to his dress, he wore the grand costume of his office, that is to say, a scarlet velvet coat, profusely embroidered with gold. To this ho had added leather breeches, jockey boots, and a little plain cocked-hat, the only ornament to which was a national cockade. His hair, unpowdered, was cut close to his neck.—Dickens's "All the Year Round.' • - - Rossini's " Stabat Mater" and a Selection will be given at the last performance this season by the National Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin, on Wednesday next, at Exeter Hall. Miss Arabella Smyth, Miss Lucy Franklein, Signor Gardoni, and Mr. Lander are among the principal vocalists engaged. In the Selection will be included " The Lord is a Man of War," sung by nearly 300 male voices, which was so favourably received at the recent, perfordiance of "Israel in Egypt" by this society. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDRESDAY EVENING,"JUNE 9, 1869. SHARE LIST. OADINAIix .I:llLAii.b AND STOCKS. Stiare Railways. Paid. Closing Buiiness Price. dine. t Bristol au d Exeter...... 100 77 78 at esleclomAn --..... 100 77 771 771 a. t.:41110I1A11... ..... lOO 18 40 20 Cornwall alt 21 3 st Dublin . Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„Perth, & Ab.Jllll4 ioo 70 72 ) East .London. 20 en) 15 Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western lOl 97 913 st Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. No st Great North vl Scott:111,1 lOO p ia el st Great Northern ... 100 107 Iff4 It Do. A stock ..... 190 10.11 lUSI 1081 9 st Do. 13 stock lOO st (itS, and W. of lreiand lou 95 :7 i“ Gt. Western -urigi nal lOO 4 A 50 601 t DO. south Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO v.. 5 27 tf•• Do. Newport at Lancashire av Ito itshire lOO ;23 14 1.41 st bon., llrigh.,& S.Coast lOO 40 451 451 1 0/ Do Scrip . alt - et 1 on., Utnee., and Dover lOO 16; 171 17 st 00. Metrop. Ex. A tut to 11 8t Lan. & Western lOO 115 181 st Lou. at South Western 1;0 89 9. et Sian., suet.„ I,IIICOIII 1 0 k 45 55 at M..trotnillali. 3••• • lO :74 971 98 1 st Do Extensi .. 100 V 5 97 951 10 Do. Ae% rd 10 p st Metropolitan District. all 40 10 Metrop. at. John's oo 1 6 - st Miu.Aud .00 115; 1161 116 k st Do, tiirmiu. & Derby lOO b 3 8 st North _British st Do. Ed., PtLi., & Duu... 109 st N or. Eastern —.Ber wick 25 Do. Li. N. 11; purchase - st Do Leeds. ...... st Do York lOO 94 97 st Do Carli.le . IGO 122 125 st Do Stoot. & Darling 1(.0 11:,3 35 IA North Lon lon 10 Do New 181;8 . 2 11 Itp 119 et North Staffordshire . . 100 65 57 st North and S.-W. Junction 10) 91 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1(0 58 59 st South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 7EI 751 70 st Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 at Tall Vale -- 1)0. C Waterlord & Kilkenny I(U 10 Waterloo & Whitelta,l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. '2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per eeut lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 2U Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... at Glas. & S.W. gua.s per et lOO ... at (it. Eastern, E.G . Ex. No.l 100 9 19 at Do do Nu. 2 100 90 98 at Do do 6 per cent 100 109 112 st Du East Anglian A 5 p. e. 100 ... at Do du 13 6 du. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va.1.1647 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Du 5 do at sp. c.pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist IA 100 at Great South. au.l Western (Ireland) 4 per cent st Gt. West.— Orig.& J nt.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 103 103 2 at Do. Orig. (13. &H. Ex).s p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4 ; per cent. 1650. 100 87 t 9 at Do do 4 du do st Lu do 5 per cent. redem lOO 95 97 at Du du Birmingham gua IOJ 63 72 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua 11) au 85 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... st Du du do 5 do 1 0 0 tr) IJC at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... at Do du 4. p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1659 llO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10U 110 112 at Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, lstg. 5 p.c. 100 90 02 st Du du 211 du 100 97 lt)) at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1831 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail at Lanea.sh. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 103 1 3 135 st Do Ilerualey, £5 Is 101 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East _Lancashire) 100 130 110 at Do 41 (Biackburu purch). 100 93 100 at . Loudon & Brighton. 5 P.C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent l9O st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) liU at DJ 4 du 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st Loudon and 17. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO at Loudon and 0 W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 2s Du (Portsm. perp ens 2s6d) all ... a Mau., Sher., & Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 Do s Do 31 per Cent lOO 61 to 1 Do re _seem. 6 per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol& Bina., 6 p.c lOO 132 HI a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 18 10) a Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 03 1 ),.) a Do Leicester & Wenn, 4 p.c lOO 8J 91 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 luU at Do E. &G. 4p.e.S. & D lOO et Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cuus. 4 p.c lOO 87 8J at Du 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 st Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ,„, 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ••• Do York, H.& S. purchase. 10 10 101 Du 6"tektu & Drliug. A 5 p.c. 100 106 108 at Do W, Hartlepool If. and It 10J 9l 86 (b 9 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 lUs .'L. Devon Annuities, 1 all 910 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 8 9 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 21 at Do 41 per cent lOO ... ... 1 at Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14 7 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 4y p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. miu. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p c con.. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 6v ... t Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 88 at Do New 5 do, 1363 100 84 87 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO b 3 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 **' st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston &Sleafd, 11 pc 100 *** st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 at Do Joiutprpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 a; 90 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 108 1 6 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13 lOO 5 Lane. and York .New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 f: p st Loud., Brig &e., 41 pc,1658 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Da do 4 1 do, 1863 100 **. *** at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 *** *** st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 1 00 at Do No. 7 sdo a t Load , Chat., &c. , 2 d , 6 p.c ,„100 *** *** a t Do Metrop. " **. B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 9 2 10 Man. ohef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 84 at Metropolitan a per cent lOO 100 104 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 a t Do B 5 do 100 106 103 13 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 9fl 201 18 Do InconY . New Shares all 184 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31 , 1872 B4 14 21p at North Br itish, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £ lO gu aranteed, 1861 100 • Do E ,P., & Du n., 2d, 4 p c 100 2 e ' ti 5 p.c 100 t, 1862 100 at ... N 0.3, p.c 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 ;,at North Easte rn, 44 per cent 100 95 97 sa tt DDoo Do E. 11 ;0 s:per cent, at Do Stock. & Darl., 1) at North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ,„ at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ..at Do 5 do, 1 861 at Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS' st r 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 9 101 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 53 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. ... at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ... a Ut. Eases., Newnt., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 at Gt. Nest, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 98 95 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle DO 210 2.5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Du. 41 per cent lOO ... at London, Chat., &c., 41 p C lOO at Do. Coin. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 80 82 at Do. du. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 500 Nurthernt East., 5 percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Easter 4— Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. pret, 5p c. 100 107 109 at Du B unninium 11 p.c.... 100 ... Hereford 1 1 132 131 1 1 3 34 1 Shrewsburyst t Notting. & Uranth. & C IOU 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 Royston,Bitch., andt a c u h t S hoP 10 Do do 8 2 Zip at S. Yorksh. and River Duu 100 96 9s st Dc 4 per cent gua 7B 80 at Do 5 du at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 Lie at West Curowall bleat Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 B all ... 20 DJ do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 118 121 st London and St. Katherine lOO 42 41 100 DoDeb : stock, 4 per cent , all ... 2didivall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 2G 30 st Southampton lOO 1..) 72 fit Surrey U'outmorcial JOINT-STOCK BANKS. . - - Closing bll3lnts3 Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 10 101 1(* cO Do B lO 21 3 3 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 20 21 211 1 20 Auglo-Hungarian 20 Auglo-Italiau 1366, limited 10 5l 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 pat ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 20 Bank of South Australia all - 29 31 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia '2O 37 33 10 Bank of Aew Zealand all 151 ICI 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, •nd China all 13 10 25 Chartered Mere, of India. London, and China all 31 32 20 City 100 Colonial 23 37 3J 3) 10 Consolidated inn. 50 Delhi and London~ lim bo East Lond on, li nt 0 2; n 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ..• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. bin 20 English, .7. coltish, and Aus. traliau Chartered 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 28 231 Do new 5l '2l '2* BO Imperial, lim 2O 151 161 20 Imperial Ottoman IU '2l '2l 121 I z. 5 lonian all 17 20 25 Do new 5 7 4 20 Lud Mortgage of India, Bin 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c.Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 10 30 London Bank! of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 Loudonaud Brazilian, lim. 45 20 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 2; 21p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 25 241 5 20 Loudon and County 2O 50 51 50 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 311 321 321 1 London and South African al 81 91 00 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 13 11 7* 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... .. 100 London and Westminster 2O 621 G3l fa I 100 Do Scrip, iss at Io pm 100 Merchant, lint 25 51 41 10 Metropolitan, lint all 7; ii 100 Midland, 1int...... 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, li m. 15 ld 1p 100 National pro vine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... • 10 Do . . to Nationa1.... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 4, 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4 t 42 42 50 frovinc. 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In a paper read eecentlybefore the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society, by Mr. Arthur Pain, C.E., on the principal building atones used in the metropolis, the author, after treating fully on all the different sorts of stone as they came into use chronologically, and illustrating his paper with a large map skewing the position and distance of the quarries from the great centre, also a table compiled fry various sources giving detailed information as to the weights, description, chemical analysis, prices, and other various information of each sort of stone, drew the attention of the society to the remarkable fact that neatly all the prin cipal buildings in the neighbourhood of the various quarries were in an excellent state of preservation, while structures built out of the district and of the same kind of stone were more or less in a state of rapid decay. This, he believed, was owing to the architect, builder, and stonemason, in the that, case, knowing all about the stone, and being able to reject the bad, while in the second instance they often knew nothing of its good or bad qualities, and the stone was put in without proper selection. He mentioned, as an instance of the evil of non-selection, the Houses of Parliament. the consequence of which was we bad a building fast crumbling to decay; on the other hand, the Geological Museum, Jermyn street, front built of the same stone, is in excellent preservation, because it was carefully selected. He did not blame architects, engineers, masters, and work. men for not knowing more about stone, because he knew the difficulty of obtaining information. He considered that the cause of technical education in that particular and important branch would be greatly advanced if the heads of the professions of architect, civil engineer, and the trades connected therewith would appoint an architect, civil engineer, chymist, geologist, builder, and practical stonemason, and get the Govern ment to make them Royal Commissioners, with the usual powers, to report on all the principal quarries in the United Kingdom, and collect specimens, such speci mens and report to be placed in the public museums in every large town throughout the country. Until that was done he felt convinced that we should continue to build our public and private structures of good and bad stone mixed up together, with the same miserable results. THE ASCOT VASE DAY. Whatever may occur elsewhere, Ascot will not be "dis established." The Heath, which is immortalised on the canvas of Sir Francis Grant (who is, we hear, about to paint Mr. Anstruther Thomson, on Iris, for the Pytchely Hunt), as the scene of the "Meet of the Royal Buck hounds," is still the very Almacks of the racing " upper ten," and if the fashion does not descend, as in the days of the Regent, to promenade on the Course between the races, it is still to be found in the boxes or•on the lawn. Each year the long stand and enclosure line seems to lengthen out, and the added money has swelled to upwards of five thousand. The booth men say that they have annually to pay more per foot, and they were congratulating themselves that the elements were kinder than at Epsom, "when the rain swept in at the side of our booth, and washed us out for evermore." Kost of them let off their front age to the list-keepers ; and if the booth proprietor did not "skin the lamb" in his lets, in one -or two instances he had evidently been killing his own lamb, ready for his customers on the Cup Day. The four-in-hands, among which the Duke of Beaufort's and Earl Macclesfield's were conspicuous, numbered pretty well in the old spot, and so did " dogcart, buggy, phaeton, curricle or tandem ;" but the roads were deep in dust, and many of the horses could hardly raise a trot for the avenue as they toiled along the Heath and through the side bars to their position. There was rather a lack of amusement on the Course. Improvisatorcs were scarce, and Jimmy, who "does the donkey to please the aristocracy, and not the common people," was absent. Minstrels sang " Ten little Nigger Boys" and " She loved a Barber ;" but the old Ascot humorists, with their cocked hats, their eye-glasses, their parasols, and their salientrepartees were wholly lacking. The royal party arrived soon after the saddling bell had rung for the Trial Stakes. Lord Cork, as Master of the Buckhounds, led the way, with the silver couples across his shoulders, on a beautiful bay ' with a white face, which might, from its look, have been Orlando, and Harry King, the huntsman, followed on his brown, with Bartlett, the first whip, at his side, and two more behind. Three open carriages, each drawn by four bays, and with outriders on bays or chestnuts, and then two small carriages with grey ponies and outriders mounted to match, formed the cavalcade. The Princess of "Wales was dressed in mauve, like three other ladies of her party, which made her identity at times rather difficult to the crowd, who took a protracted survey as usual in front of the Royal Stand. Old Honesty declined the Trial Stakes, for which a , Thormanby—Griselda colt, carrying "an infant," who made up his 6st. lib. with nearly 3st. of saddle and saddle cloths, ran last to Sir Joseph Hawley's Vagabond. Very different luck awaited the Thormanby blood in the Bien nial Stakes, which Fordham—fresh from Paris, and the stumble which cost him three lengths and the Grand Prix with the Drummer—won on a nice colt of Mr. Bevill's. Mr. Bowes, who has only won £75 so far this season, started Nobleman, who has good promise about him, but could not live up the hill with the leaders. Countryman bears very little resemblance to his brother Rustic. Mr. Johnstone brought out rather a nice-looking Glengarry, by Blair Athol, bandaged in both fore legs, as many of the horses were. The Vedette colt had no looks to recommend him, and Stanhope, although rather slight in his make, was full of quality. A handsome silver flagon was the Royal Vase of the day. Thorwald sen bad evidently been " well slipped into" on Middleham Moor since Epsom ; but Tom Dawson again ran him in blinkers, and kept him so far away from the others when he was saddled, that the Epsom privacy would seem to have been on his account rather than Pretender's. He still bears on his off hip traces of the slight injury which he received in the railway box when be first came south. St. Mungo seemed short of work, and "broke out "as he went down to the start. Hence we doubt his chance of winning ; but below the distance, the sinews of his off hind leg gave way ; and Jeffrey rode him past the post and then instantly jumped off. It was all the poor black could do to limp away, as he could barely put his toe to the ground, and departed like a dog on three legs. Thus ended the career of perhaps the finest three year-old stayer of the year. Thorwaldsen ran very straight and well, and if he is fifteen hands high it will be the outside. The 51b. penalty enabled Wells to ride Pero Gomez for the Prince of Wales Stakes, and so great was the prestige of that colt's name that even £l,OOO added, and money for second and third, failed in tempting more than four to face him. The Derby second looked well, but still his big quarters, as Will Chifney warned George IV. when he thought of buying The Colonel to win the Cup, were certain to tire up the Ascot hill. And so it proved when he came to race with Martyrdom, and a report went round that Sir Joseph had been hit for nearly £lO,OOO. Thus, the unfortunate Sunday trip with The Drummer only ends in his being beaten a head. and flinging away a very fine chance for this rich nrize. Newspapers in China are circulated from hand to hand after being copied by clerks. It is now proposed to establish an extensive press and type foundry at Suchow, and adopt the foreign mode of printing. ANOTHER ARREST IN CORK.—News from Cork 4tatea that on Tuesday William Johnson, a printer, not of Cork, decently dressed, was arrested for circulating seditious letters and placards amongst the soldiers in the streets. The documents were for the most part fanatical rhapsodies. The prisoner has been remanded pending inquiries. The affair is believed to be an insane freak. THE TRAGEDY NEAR HARROW.-011 Tuesday Dr. Diplock held an inquest on the body of Bethiah Midson, who was shot by her husband on Sunday last under circumstances which have been already reported. The evidence already given was reproduced, with the %ddition that the cause of quarrel on this particular occasion was that the prisoner had not got up early enough in the morning to please the deceased. The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Lewis Midson. DEATH UNDER REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.— Mr. Johnson, coroner, of Stockport, has held an inquest at the Stockport Infirmary on the body of George Vaughan, 17 years of age, under the following circumstances : Deceased was a hatter, and on Thursday he cut his finger with a knife. He was advised by an overlooker to put it into a cistern of cold water. He did so. In an instant he tumbled headlong into a cistern of boiling water, eighteen inches deep, used in the preparation of hat bodies. It is supposed that the sight of the blood caused him to faint. He died on the following day. THE PUBLIC lIEALTII.—Last week the annual rate of mortality was 22 per 1,000 in London, or two lower than in thirteen other large towns in the United Kingdom. In the metropolis there were 2,100 births and 1,355 deaths, the latter being 47 over the estimated number. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 285, the corrected average number being 309. Three persons died from smallpox, 24 from measles, 62 from scarlet fever, three from diphtheria, 89 from whooping-cough, 15 from typhus fever, 15 from enteric fever, 6 from simple continued fever, and 22 from diarrhoea. The mortality from scarlet fever was greater than in many previous weeks. The deaths of children under five years of age numbered 532. The mean temperature during the week was 53'3 or 31 below the average. Between the highest day and the lowest night temperature there was a range of more than 38 degree.J• IMPERIAL PARLI A lIENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This DAY Tho SPEAKER . took the chair at 12 o'clock. SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY (IRELAND) BILL, Th house went into committee on this hill, and the discuss'ou of the details o: the various ciatiscs wits pro ceeded with. Mr. MURPHY said in his opinion the mode which the bill proposed to adult would only aggravate the evil in stead of lessening it. Ile believed the Home Secretary intended to introduce in the next ECSSOII a measure to deal with the licensing systcut, and he would appeal to hoe. mtuthers to support his motion, to let the niatr.e.i rest until that had been done. rtErT •-tp HOITSE OF LORDS.-LAST The LORD CuAscELLou took his seat on the wcoliaek at five o'clock. The Stanneries Bill passed through committee. The Recorders' Deputies Bill, on the motion of Lott] CuEntcroitn, was read a sccnnd time. LIFE PEEIIAG ES. On the report of the amendments iu the Life Peerages being brought. The Duke of ARGYLL regretted the house had not passed a bill more worthy of the object in view, for he was quite sensible of having the constitution of their house the subject of discussion iu another place. The Earl of MALMESBURY defended the amend ments, and said all that was necessary had been done and nothing more. [IT he amendment was withdrawn, an 1 after some remarks from Earl GREY, the report was received. The Earl of HARROWBY gave notice that on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill he should move that it be read a second time that d-iy six months. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—LAsT EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. THE BANKI►IPTCY BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, Mr. Don- SON in the chair. Clauses 29, 30, and 31 were agreed to, but on clause 32, giving power to the landlord to distrain for rent due for a term of twelve months, Mr. MORLEY moved an amendment to reduce the term to six months. The A'I'TORNEY-GENERAL said he did not object to the proposition, therefore ho should not oppose it. The amendment was agreed to. Clauses 33 and 34 were agreed to. On clause 35, providing that interest for any debt might be allowed by a trustee, Mr. GREGORY moved the omission of the clause, but after a short discussion the amendment was negatived, and the clause ordered to stand part of the bill. The following clauses up to clause 45 were agreed to. On clause 46 being proposed, Mr. RATIIBONE moved an amendment, making the future property of a bankrupt liable for the liquidation of his old debts. Mr. W. FOWLER thought the great thing to get rid of was the "arrangement by deed." They were generally the most obj , ctionable cases, and ho felt quite certain they never would have a good bankruptcy law until there was a full inquiry itlto all the eirmnistances attent:itig the bankruptcy. The question was whether they would leave the bankrupt with a millstone round his neck, or allow him tJ go free under cert.t.in circumstances. lie could not support the amendment. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said the Government were quito alive to the evils pointed out, but it would be dealt with i❑ another part of tilt, bill. Mr. WALPOLE thought thl p.ops , sition of the Govern meLt iu the bill the most valnah!e pArt of the clallso, and therefore he could nut support the proposal substituted in the amendment. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. PEEK thoucht that a hard ani fast line of 10s. being paid bj a bankrupt was ebjectiouable, and he moved an amendment, the effect of which was to set out iu the discharge of tho bankrupt that he had rot been giClty of rash speculation, gaining, extravagance, or dis honest and improvident conduct. Alderman LAWRENCE hoped the Attorney-General would reject tho amendment and keep the clause as it stood. It was, by the bill as it stood, quite open to give the bankrupt his discharge if he had been struck down by misfortune and could not pay 10s. in the pound. Alderman LUSK wasiU favour of the clause as it stcod. In his opinion it was quite fair and just. he ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was set out that a bankrupt should pay ten shillings in the pound before he get a discharge, but there were powers given in the bill for the creditors to give a recommendation that the bankrupt should have his dis charge under certain circumstances, even should he only pay ls. to the pound. The clause was agreed to after the words had been somewhat modified. The. house was occupied in considering the remaining clauses of the bill until the hour at which the sitting was suspended. On the order of the day for going into committee on the 31 trriage with a Deceased Wife'e Sister Bill, Mr. 'l'. COLLINS considered that it should be an in struction to the committee that they may have power to make provision for a man to marry his deceased wife's brother's or sister's daughter. A lengthened discussion ensued on a motion made for the adjournment of the house, which was negatived by 98 to 63, and the debate was adjourned till this day. The other business was rapidly disposed of, and the house adjourned. STAFFORD ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Salt ... Talbot ... Evans ... Whitworth ... . 1206 1130 . 954 943 AMERICA. WASHINGTON, June 8. At the municipal election which took place here yesterday, the Republicans succeeded in electing the Collector, Surveyor, and Register. The latter and seven members of the City Council are negroes. The Radical negroes mobbed a Democratic negro, and attacked the police who were protecting him. The police used their revolvers and dispersed the negroes, killing one and wounding many. President Grant, in response to an application of a delegation of the Georgia Republicans, has ordered the removal of the negro Postmaster at Macon, who was represented as obnoxious to the entire white population. The National Depository at Santafe has been robbed cf a quarter of a million of dollars, and the person in charge of the building murdered. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 7. Her Majesty's Minister at Buenos Ayres reports, in a despatch dated April 23, that a Mixed Commission has been appointed by the Allied Generals at Asungion, for the purpose of deciding upon claims to property in that city. JUNE 5. The Qneen has been pleased to approve of Don Federico Walters as Consul at Liverpool for the Republic of Chili°. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 4. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Col. James Ainstie Stewart, late Royal Marines, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen tlemen-at-Arms, vice Brevet-Major J. Leith, deceased. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ". 12 21 ... 12 21 Do . 3 31s ". 12 41 ... 12 41 Rotterdam - —. :12 41. ... 12 4 Autwwp —.. ._ 25 4 4 ... 25 52 Brussels - ... 25 47f -. 25 52 Hamburgh - ". 13 12} .. 13 12 Paris Short —. 25 25 _. 25 321 , .7 Ditto . 3 ms. ... 25 42i ... 25 47 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 121 ... 122 Vienna — ••• 12 40 ... 12 75 Trieste — .., 12 •70 ... 12 77} Petersburg 00 0000000000000 ••• 29i ... Bpi Copenhagen.. — ~9 20 ... 9 29 Berlin Madrid.. 49 ... 49 1 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 55 ... 2G 60 Genoa — ... 26 55 ... 26 CO Naples PaiOrmu — ... 26 55 ... 26 c 0 Messina Lisbon — ... 51f ._. 52 Oporto — 511 ... 52 Tho Janeiro — New York: PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 2710. per .C 1 sterling On comparing these rates with the English MLA price of £3 lis.loo. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is of higher value in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for hills at GO days sight was on the 7th inst. about !Oa- per cont. At this rate there is no profit ou the importation of gold from the United States. S i'ORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Dly ASCO r HEATH MEE fING —Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) VISITORS' PLATE. Winchilsea Locksley Miss Th, 0 Eight ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. ROYAL HUNT CUP. sto 1 agst See Saw (taken) 7to 1 aget Red Rice (taken) 10 to 1 bar two (offer(d) EPOETING INTELLIGENCE. _ l-- s M:COP RACES—YEsnr.DAy. TRIAL SFAKES. Vagabond Fumy Boy. Performer._ Twelve lan. TWELFTH ASCOT BIENNIAL. Blue Bell c 1 Mont Blanc Sooloo Eleven ran. THE GOLD VASE. Thorwaldsen Morna Lancet St. Mungo St. Mungo broke down. PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES'. Martyrdom Pero Gomel Typhon Consul and King Cophetua also ran. QUEEN'S SIAM) PLATE. ~. 1 Gertrudo King Victor 2 Plaudit 3 Ten ran. ASCOT STAKES. Bete Noir Ambitious King Alfred Thirteen ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Waif Flyaway Jack Sister to Polly Perkins Twenty-three ran. FIFTEENTH ASCOT TRIENNIAL. Formosa.. Restitution .. Blueskin Laird Race Glasses, byVoigthinder, are now kw longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic louses has diminished, an opportunity has been atfurded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success, whereby the cost of these beautiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price iu some instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the best French or English makers. At the depot Callaghan, 23A, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the patrous uf the Derby may indulge their taste in tie possession of a veritable Vugtliiuder at comparatively trilling cost. It is superfluous to say tha quality is as ever matchless. RACING II XTU RES. J i r.N.E. Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 1 liibury Club 23 Beveley 9 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 New Furst 'Nut Hampton l7, Iti (Lyudhurst) 28 Curragh 2_', 23, 21 Cueluisford Newcastle 9 2, 2s, 24 Liverpool Summer 29, 30 Odihain 22 Sutton Park __l:4, . 0 Jl , LY IVorcester l, 2 I Down Royal C.3po. -4 Newtuarket July 6, ,tc. Airdrie 14 Carlisle llondon ... • Pontefract l2, 13 I I futitiugdon 2O 21. Nottingham l3, 14 Stamford ... '::; 23 Southampton 13 11 4 Joodwood 27, 26, 29, 30 AUGUST. Deauville 1 1 Oxford Lipou Brighton 3, 4 York 24, '2), 26 Tiverton 4 1 Croydon Brighton Utub 5 1 Plymouth z6, !6 Lewes 6, 7 1 Scarborough —3o, 31 Eguam lO, II Baden Baden 3l Wolverhairptun lO, 11 Great Yarmouth '3l Windsox P 2, 13 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Bromley 17, 18 1 Weymouth 31, Sep 1 Stockton l6, 19, 20 1 Canterbury ..... ....31, Sep. 1 Dover 18 1 SEPTEIIBER. Margate 2 I Richmond 21, 22 Ipswich 2 Liehtiold West Drayton 3 I Western (Ayr)........22, 23 \Varwiek .. 7, 8 1 1 - I.oudou Curragti (Royal) 7, :,, 1 I Monmouth... 23, 24 Abingdon to, to Newmarket , st 0et....26, &r. Doueastor 14, 15, 16, 17 Lanark... 29 36 H I Hampton - )1, 22 OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham 1 :1 2E Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 Curragh l9, 2t,, k 1 Leicester 7, 8 I West Drayton .....,...21, 22 Bromley._ 7 8 I Hereford 4 1 2.! Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. 1 Monmouth ' 4 3, , 24 Chelmsford l9 20 t Newmark.‘ lftun ...25, ,1; c. Kelso 19 20 i NOVEMBER. Harrow ...2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrewsbury ... . STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury ~... z OCTOBER. Bromley 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury.. 16, I Harrow 2, 3 Lemiaingtoa Littut ....23 ,te Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 1 COURSLNG FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans - 17 OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughb;,Lincolnshire 5, 6. Orniosby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. DESTRUC7IVE FlRE.—(7his Day.) This morning between the hours of one and two o'clock considerable sensation was created in con sequence of the outbreak of a destructive fire, which nearly resulted in the loss of several lives, which occurred on the extensive premises of Mr. Tilman, china and glass warehouse, No. 172, Barnsbury road, Islington. The fire was discovered by a girl waking up her father for a drink of water, when the flames rushed in at the bed-room door. Mr and Mrs. Tilman, the child, and servant girl made for the windows and cried piteously for help. At this moment James Hodson, conductor of the fire escape, arrived from Highbury with his escape, and instantly pitched it against the burn ing building and rescued the before mentioned par ties amidst the cheers of the bystanders. The engines from the Essex-road, Farringdon-street, and Holloway Volunteer Fire Brigade were remark ably early in their arrival, and got to work in first rate style, with a good supply of water from the mains of the New River Company, but it was not extinguished until considerable damage was done. Cause and insurance is unknown. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand; via Soathamptou......June ' 9. Ditto, via Y 'weenies --............June 14 Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 4. Ditto, by French packet . June 22, crape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... , _ July 4. Cape of Good Elope. Ascension. and St. Helena June 12. Uhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton„June 1). la tbrultar, Via Southampton .• Jl/238 12 lndla,via Southampton ..... ~..June 12 unto, via Marseilles Italia, Egypt, .to. .. ........ ........ .............. Julie 12 June 7 Ditto, Marseilles ,Juno 16 Newtoundla n d Mauritius, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal, via tie utliatniton Ditto, Marseilles July Portugal .......... ................. •.• .• Tune 4. United States, (*nada, Ca lifornia, &cs.. by Britian packet ................................ _j un , 12 Ditto daft (Saltiniore) Ditto, by L aited thtates packet Ditto, by Inman packet ........ ....... ..,Juna 9 %Vest Coast .4 AWL u, Madeira, and Tenerlffe June 17 Bstia_nas, via New York West Indies and ,except Mexico an i Satu rnu) ...... June 11 Cuba aud Mexico Bermuda, via lla.itax MIRKE7 5 —2 llls Di 1. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Juno 9.—Salos Probably 10,000 bales. 'rho market steady. I)uNviLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re - commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports, tion Quotations on application to Tilestsre. Dunville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufortrbuiainge,Strand,.„London, W,C.— [Ad- Tv:um...nem.]