The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-15 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Consols are higher to-day, at 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac!cunt, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1 ; New Thee per Cents, 921 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 pm. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 2111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 911. The Foreign Market is in no material particular altered since last night. The following prices are now current :—Argentine, 811 to 814 ; Egyptian (1864), 871 to 881 ; ditto (1868), 78 to 714 ; Ita lian, 561 to 562 ; Mexican, 121 to 121; Orel, 80 0 80 1 ; Charkof, 78 to 781. In railways, the changes of to-clay comprise a rise of 1 in Great Northern and London and South Western ;4 in Caledonian, and in Metropolitan and Great IV estern ; a fall of I in South E tstern, Midland, London and North Western, and Great Eastern. American Securities are in moderate demand, and prices generally are firmer. Unitied States Five- Twenty Bonds and ditto Ten-Forty Bonds are each higher, the former being dealt in at 808 to 801, and the latter at 711 to 72. Illinois are better, at 94 to 95 ; and Erie Shares at I, at 19f to 20. Bank shares have been without feature, business being very quiet. Among Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are very trifling, and no material alteration is marked in prices. The sum of £47,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. The Shannon, from thelVe3t Indies, has brought £92,000 in gold and £139,537 in silver, and the Allemania, from New York, £51,280. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states' that Cork advices received on Saturday mentioned the failure of a large milling establishment in that county. The liabilities are thought to be .1:70,00 0 From Peru it is stated that the loading of the guano at the Guaimpe Islands is going on, and that the Conitnissiouers recently sent thither to report upon its quality and other points have returned with the announcement that the greater part of the deposits will compare favourably with those from the Chincha Islands. According to the Panama Star, the news of th e loan for £500,000 (nominal) having been nego tiated in London had been received with general satisfaction in Guatemala, " as the Government can now undertake and complete several contemplated public works of importance." The agricultural prospects of the State were good, the cochineal crop especially being abundant. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,040 over last year, and the Brighton a decrease of £560. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 11th instant shows an increase of £2,483 over the corresponding week of last year. The following are the traffic returns of the Mel bourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway for the four weeks ending the 22d April :—For week ending April 1, 1869, £3,523 ; corresponding week, 1868, £3,419 ; for week ending April 8, 1869, £2,375 ; corresponding week, 1868, £2,113 ; for week ending April 15, 1869, £2,247; corresponding week, 1868, £`2,245, fer week ending April 22, 1869, £1,787 ; corresponding week, 1868, £1,854. The mail from South Australia brings advices to the 26th of April. The Northern Territory question still engages attention, and Port Dawson is now, it is said, represented to be an El Dorado. The surveys are rapidly advancing, and the pioneers will soon be expected back. But the question who is to colonize this tropical territory still apparently remains un answered. With regard to the legal contention, the discontented land-order holders are denounced as " obstructive, vexatious, and unreasonable in the evreine," and a course of colonial litigation, ulti mately to be carried to the Pi ivy Council, where the Government have " confidence that they will be able to wake out a good case against the present Cain:tants," seems to be fort shadowed. The South A.ustral'an - Alining Association (Burnt Barra) has been reconstituted. The proposal is to regard the present capital of £12,323 in 2,•164 shares of £5 each as equivalent to .F... 61,6000 ; or, in other voids, that every holder of one share is to have five shares in the new concern, and that further shares be issued to bring up the capital to £lOO,OOO. There is to be a register of shares in London, and an English Board of advice. The colonial revenue for the first quarter of 1869 had amounted to £184,387, and the expenditure to £206,382. The expendi ture during 1868 on public works was £244,052, of which £201,110 was borrowed. Wheat is quoted 4s. 11d. per bushel ; flour, £l3 per ton. The banks sold their,draughts on London at 60 days sight at per cent. pm., and bought at 1 per cent. discount. At the meeting yesterday of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company (limited) the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend of 17s. per share de clared, making, with the interim dividends already announced, a total payment of 475. for the year ending April last. The chairman stated that the average receipts have gone on increasing satisfac torily, and he expressed a belief that the company has nothing to fear from the competition of the French undertaking. Ile added that with the re duced tariff there will be a large increase in the number of messages, and that a very satisfactory arrangement had been come to with the Postmaster General with regard to the transmission of mes sages. BRITISII FUNDS-CLOHNG PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUND!. 3 per Cent. Consols - Ditto fur Account, July 7 3 per Cent. Reduced 92 1 New 3 per Cent New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Con J 9.n. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1885 -- Do (Red Sea Telet,,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exch.:yin-A' Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Ut Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4 d Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent Do. opening — Canals 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Oruntum INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECUItITIES. taciia Mock, 10} per Cent., April 1874.., Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Uent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Papua 4 per Cent....:. 9ll Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ~.., ~, — Do. Si psr Cent. May 1879 — D.) 5 pc; Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872 — .0o do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 _ __ . Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent luitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 67 Brazilian 5 per Cent — 03. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858 ••• Do. do. 186 ) Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account tlenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont — Cittlyt, 6 per. Cont. O .A.iian 6 per Cbilt . .0.4 i per Ce0t...,..... Do. 3 per Cent., .....• 1:0. 6 per co- t. 1867 PO. 7 per Cent., 1866 ••• 0 to ni);:in, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 p., Cent., 1825 — Dan", can Principalities, 7 lor Cent SOL 2 Do S per Cent., 1c:67 , 7 ''qua , hr New Gensolidated, 1 per Coo 1 -%gyftiati, 7 per Cent • ••• --- ! , c . 4 ecolid Issue ....y I >n• £5.,i. Bonds Do, £lOO Bonds ..... 16 , 1 Do. Account I.LuO Bowls I.IOC Eau& Do- 7 per Cent. Ib6B C) vornme nt Railway .I)obeniurot= Drees; 5 per Ccnt., 1624 5, cx Coups Coups D O . Acccuul D., I_,()UrOW Do. Acc:ont Qt atemala 5 per Cent . Do Account Do 4} per Cent. (I.li:'larren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 -. Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 ---- Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 par Cent., 1822, ..f., St Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip _ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 65 4 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .. 3l Do. ACC , AILIt ... - _- Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 pc‘r Cent. ...,... . — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do 6 per Cent.., 1c62 — Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds ' . 1;0 1 Do 5 per Oent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 6 71 7 Do 4 per Cent., Guarantecsi Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. - Do. Acc. ant Do 6 per Cent., 186' , Do 6 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... -- Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rennes, 3 per Cent., Ex 2.5 f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 2sf. Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Jonso!s, Money 921 4 xd Do. Account, July 7 THE LATE RIOTS IN FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. Yesterday Paris had entirely resumed its accustomed appearance. The crowd which always throngs the capital on Sunday circulated on the boulevards and in the other frequented parts of the city, but nowhere was there to be found the slightest trace of the agitation of the pre ceding days. At Belleville and Menilmontant there was not even a crowd, except at the entrance of one street, and this was composed chiefly of women. The autho rities, however, have not relaxed their vigour. The kfreil continues to be seized, accusations of circulating false news or exciting to hatred and contempt are preferred against numerous writers, several of the provincial papers are in trouble, and a very fair proportion of the Paris populace is in gaol. The Monde assures us that we shall speedily know all about the riots ; the authorities have got possession of important papers containing some exceedingly curious revelations, and the thread of this complicated affair will soon be unwound. The Monde says it is already proven that these distrzbances were not the work of chance, that they were not got up by rcughs for the mere sake of mischief, they were organised on a well studied plan, persistently recommenced every evening, and carried out by paid agents. The Pattie supports this statement. It, too, asserts that there has been a large seizure of papers, but that the inquiries of the authorities are not yet complete. Both journals ridicule the notion that the disturbances were got up by the Government. What bad Imperialism to gain by creating a row of this kind ? they ask ; but the difficulty is to divine who possibly could profit by the riots, unless it were the roughs who received payment for their agreeable services. It is possible that the adherents of Rochefort may have been guilty of these miserable enteutes; but Rochefort must have known that by countenancing such outbreaks he would destroy for ever his hope of sitting in the Corps Legislatif, of which he has still, barring insurrection, a very good chance. He has already been chosen the Red candidate for the reddest of the Paris circumscriptions—the first, vacant by Cambetta's election for Marseilles. Moreover, the journal identified with him has discountenanced the riot; if that be worth anything. Awaiting the result of these promising investigations, we may safely assume that the Parisians, as a people, have had nothing to do with these disturbances. The earlier tumults on Monday and Tuesday were rather agreeable than otherwise. They were a novelty. After so many years of complete tranquillity, the Parisians were pleased to have a little rioting, and they accordingly flocked in crowds to the Boulevard Montmartre and other standpoints. People may, however, have too much of a good thing. One or two nights' rioting was all very well ; but four nights of this dangerous sport, culminating as it did in the wanton mischief of Thursday, was decidedly too much. "On Thursday night," says the Damt.3 " the public began to be tired of the same spectacle renewed for three successive days, and then disquietude beset many people. It was rumoured that energetic measures were about to be adopted to repress the disturbances. The factwas known that during the day the police had emptied the gunmakers' shops, even in the quarters most distant from the tumult. A regiment of cuirassiers had arrived from Versailles. The whole day masses of people had succeeded each other on the boulevards, where the traces of the violence committed on the preceding night caused a painful impression. Seen in the broad day and in cool blood, these damages, at which the people laughed the previous evening, no longer amused anybody. In short, half from weariness, Paris had enough of disturbance. Thus the arrival of the cavalry on the Boulevard was very well received, and the pavement was cleared without resistance. The crowd would very willingly have aided the soldiers if the few agitators scattered amongst the groups had shewn any disposition to resist." This is a very fair history of the week's proceedings To many of the inhabitants these riots were no joke from the beginning,. They were far from being fun in the eyes of the poor people whose kiosks were overturned, or of the caf6 proprietors who were obliged to close at a time when their most remunerative business commences. And they are certainly no sport to the multitudes of miserable mortals who are now in prison, many of them having committed no offence beyond that of looking on. Evidence that the respectable classes rapidly grew disgusted with the whole affair is abundant. It is a fact that there is now lying at the Bourse Police Commissary's a petition, signed by 800 persons, praying to be enrolled as special constables after the English fashion. A letter is published in one of the Liberal papers from twenty-eight householders of Belle ville and Menilmontant, declaring that the people of their quarter were actuated by no seditious spirit, that the withurities made no real effort to put a stop to the distur bances, which, these householders do not hesitate to say, were got up to throw discredit upon the Socialists. I may further remark that, on Sunday night, when a mob of men in blouses came up in the Rue du Faubourg Mont martre, the inhabitants at once came out and ordered them off, calling up some sergents-de-ville. Some arrests effected just then sheaved the motive of, at least, some of the rioters. Many of them, poorly clad, had large sums of money on their persons. The damages caused to the kiosks, the markets, and the shops during the late riots is estimated at £2,400. But to this must be added the losses incurred at the cafes and other establishments on the boulevards, closed about eight o'clock, and thus deprived of the sale necessary to meet their enormous expenses. These people, you may be sure, are very little disposed to revolution. Worst of all has been the fate of the miserable wretches who have been hurried off to different places of confinement. The estimates differ considerably; but the Patric, a semi-official paper, puts the total number of arrests in round numbers at 1,100! This captive army is confined in the Fort of Bicetre, situated to the south of Paris. It is not easy to get admission to the stronghold, but some gentlemen Li the press have been there, and bring bank the general impression that the prisoners are very uncomfortable, and that many who have paid thus dearly for no offence worse than curiosity are very miserable. The fort is overcrowded with such a number, and those who have been con fined several days are in a state of great prostration. Domiciliary visits and arrests continue to be made. A member of Cambetta's electoral council, M. May, presi dent of the electoral meetings at the Salle Moll:re, and numerous writers and students, have been carried off from their homes. A disturbance which took place at St. Etienne was somewhat serious. In this neighbourhood a band of miners, about 200 in number, went about from place to place in the basin of the Loire on Friday, and spee.lily got up a great strike. Men left work in all directions, instigated, apparently, by the rumour that a great rebellion had taken place in the large towns. They male no demand for increased salary, or other requests of the kind. They committed grave excesses en Friday and the following day, but troops were sent for, and the news of order in Paris soon put an end to this singular riot. The Duc de Persigny's letter "To a Statesman" is the subject of comment in almost all the journals, and almost all express the same opinion upon it. The Duke rightly says that reforms are wanting, but he dues nut indicate in any way the precise change which be thinks best, nor does he mention a single statesman who might enter into tho coropaitim 9f the _NW Cabinet. T.HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. CR:Piing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 10 104 .0 Do B lO 31 31 34 i 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint. ..... 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 4 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 10 11 20 Do issued at 2 pm.....,... 6 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira lO 5 4 25 Bank of South Australis.- all 30 82 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 3J 10 Bank of New Zealand...-. all 10 17 50 British North American; 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, r nd China a ll 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial 26 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 Eagt Loudon, lint 5 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. Um lO 20 English, :cottisla, and Aus. tralian Chartered 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 284 Do new 54 100 Imperial, lint 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO ,5 lonian all 25 Do now 5 20 Lint Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp.c. Do 1)8.130 I, 30 all 76 ao London Bank! of Mexico anti South America, lint. 20 100 Loudon and Brazilian, Hui. 45 20 Do new 73 100 Loudon &River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new se 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all '0 Loudon , and County 2O 50 Do new is; at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 1 l London Joint sto c k 1 London and South African at 00 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim 124 100 London and \Vostminster 2o 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm '2o 100 Merchant, lim '2o 10 Metropolitan, lint all 100 Midland, lint. . , 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 10 Do .... 50 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western. .„, 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation an 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of Loudon ............ 15 81! 304 31s is 19 32 3 11 12 39 4',) 2i li 16 17 36 38 Y} 15i 161 2k 2} 7 10 3 1 31 76 t 7 6 dO 27 hi 4! 9 11 2 1 2 id 2i! 21 50 GI 50 31; :421 8} S} 8} 13 11 62A G3l 62 1 51 41 7; if 11 ld Ip 41 13 41 44 11.1 6 4 88 90 14 11 8 8 47 48 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-Am3rican Tel., lim aTi 22.1 J 21 i 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 121 13 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 2i 23 st Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 158 161 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 109 24 ) 245 10 Do. New 8 9 llp 25 Indo-European Tel., RM lO ... .., 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr 1p 10 Mediterre. Exten. Tel., lim all 31 31 25 Reuter's Telegram all 66 6 '4O Societe Transatlant., lim all 16f 17} 17+ at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 11 i 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 17f 181 SU. Kingdom TeL Co., lim all 5 Is. i 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 4 i OP WORK, WAGES, AND EMIGRATION. The fortnightly report of the Central Association m Operative Masons states that the strikes now pending, with the numbers on the respective strike rolls aro five, namely : —Birruingbarn, 28 ; B:rkenbead, 3 ; Bing ley, 6 ; Manchester, 257 ; Sunderland, 7 total, 300. Partial lock-outs still exist in fourteen towns, namely : Bolton, locked out, 9 ; Bristol, 95 ; Coventry, 6; Didsbury, 2 ; Fish Ponds, 23 ; Halifax, 61; Liverpool, 235; Leeds, 66; Lymm, 3; Old Swan, 9; Sheffield, 25; Wake field, 9 ; Wigan, 7 ; Wolverhampton, 9 ; total, 559 ; making, with those on strike, an aggregate of 839, showing a reduc tion of 21 members upon the funds since the last return. The gross total of members in the union, according to the last audit, is 18,281. Around Rochdale the colliers are giving way to the masters. Those of Chadwick Hall and Dearuley collieries resumed work, having consented, so wo wore informed, to be reduced ls. 6d. per score. It is expected colliers at other works now out of employment will also accept similar con• I 11p I ditions. The emigration movement still continues among the ope rative weavers at Preston, and it is expected that another batch of emigrants will bo sent off this week. It is stated that the spinners and minders are not so anxious to emigrate as the weavers. SHARE LIST. NS AND BTOCKb. Share Rallwaye. Paid. Closing Businem Price. dene. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 at Caledonian -.......... 100 761 77 77 Of at Cambrian 20 Cornwall at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 at Dun„l'erth.st A.b.Junc lOO 70 72 20 East London all 6 7 30 .15 - - 2) Do 10 - - at Glasgow dt S. Western lOO 97 98 st Great Eastern .. 1 00 371 33 371 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern ... 100 108 109 at Do. A stock...-. lOO 1081 10u it Do. B stock lOO st GtS. anti W. ol Ireland lOO 95 ,7 st (It. Western -Original lOO 501 s•:i Ft Do. South Wales luu 50 63 at 1)o. W. Ali:l.-Oxford- 100 25 27 st Do. Newport lOO t 5 10 at Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO 123 26 st Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 44 141 03 Do Scrip .... - - et I•on., Chat., and Dover lOO 101 171 at Do. 3letrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 at Lvn. North Western lOO 1181 155 1181 at Lou. 4 South Western lOO 89 91 at Man., Shel., le Lincoln lOO t 55 35f at Metro; . lOO ,71 98 st Do Extension .. 100 10 Do. At wrd „ 10 d p st 31e•uuoittan District.. all - - 1U Alctrop .at. John's Woo I 6 - - St 31..i.aud St t/o, Bimini. Dttruy St N tit lidtlell at 1/0. nil., 10. - - St : or. sLastern- Bermes lou 1031 (C6l 25 Do. tr. N.E put thasc 16.13.4 - - • st Do Leeds ...... at Do York at Do Carli,te . st Do Scot & ICO 1::4 320 at North Lou tUll 10 Do New 18:8 at North Staffordshire lOO 35 37 565 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 98 100 10 Do New .ClO shares 7 ... st Rhynmey st Shropshire Union 1(0 58 5) St South Devon' at South Eastern lOO 761 77 at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 10 . St v ale -11 c. C ... 6 - Watetiord le Kilkenny.. Ito - - lo Waterloo S. Whitehall.. 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARILS AND STOCKS. st Bripitol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 8d 8S st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4.. per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... et Do. d 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. dt. Ordinary lOO 75 82 st Do. Mid and st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 103 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Glas. 5 S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st qt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 9 i vu st Do do N 0.2 100 90 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10.; 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 ... at Du du B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 74 st Do Nutfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va.1.1847 100 ... at Great .Notthern, 5 per cent 10 ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pus. 100 ... at Do 4 1 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. ptn lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ••• 0•• st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (B. &IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4 ; per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redein lOO 95 97 st Do do BirminghaM gua lOO GS 72 st Do do do pref lOO ... st Du do Chester gua lOO 130 85 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 44 p.c lOO ... st Do do 4 ) 1859 100 st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 00 92 st Do do 25 do 100 97 100 st Do gua,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. a 11... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, 1:5 Os 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 13(3 1.35 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 st. London & Brighton. sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO stj Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... st Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (NV.E. & C.P.) luo st Do 4 do 1809 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ••• •.. st Loudon and 1;.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent— 100 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... st Do Shrowsb'y & Welchpl lOO ... st London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 B Do (Portsm.perp ans 2s6d) all s Man., Shef.,&Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 Do .t:4 all par Ipm s Do 34 per cent lOO GO 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 s t Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 s Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c IOU 1(2 134 s Do 44 per cent. redeem lOO b 8 100 s Do 14 per cent. 100 tfti I.IJ s Du Leicester .1: 'Penn, .1 p.c. 100 89 1 . 1 st Noma British, I p.c. No. L lOO st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Du N. 8., No. 2, 0 per cen.t ) t to st Do Border Union, 0 1 p.c loo st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 'a p.c lOO 07 Z st Do 4; per cent. rt.sle , :tn..... 100 95 UT st Do N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, IL& S. purchase lO 10 101 10 Du Stektu & Drliug. A 5 p.e lO O. 100 108 st Do W, tiartlepoolli.aud It 100 st st; 20 North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuities, 1 I all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistoek Anus., 10s all ii lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent - all 8 81 10.6. S. last. (item!. Anne., 1.0.6) all 22 23 221 st Du 41 percent lO- O Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 st Waterford &liilkeuuy, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. nun, 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeein all et Do 4p c con. issued at 8U 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 8.) st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 e st Do New 5 do, 1803 lOO 83 r st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO b 2 83 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per ce n t lOO st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 ... st Groat West., W. p c 100 st Do Jointporpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 s st Do do Gp c irred., 1806 100 103 108 2..) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 10 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, U lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 ip st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 . st Do do 5 do, 1865 1 0 0 .• st Do No. 6 5 do, 1366 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Load , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C G ?.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London& S. Western, 41 p c 100 t 3 DS 10 Man. bhet. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all Si 81 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO logy 102 st Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 106 104 18 ,t B 5 do 10 0 108 108 Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 20} 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 18* 193 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 2 4P st North British, E. and (.1 No. 1, 5 per cent lOO et Do 110 guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E. & No. 2 , 5 P.o ••• 100 * .. st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1 862 100 .• st Do E. & G., No. 3 , 5 p.c ••• st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 ••• ;at North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 V 5 97 st Do Stock. & Dart., D ... 100 112 114 et North London, 41, per cent - (Max. 5 per cent) et Ntath SI.. ffora..ihiru &p k, lOO at South Eastern, 4 1 pc, IMO 100 *** a t Do 5 do 1861 100 *** st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 *** **. at Do 6 do, 1864 at Victoria St. t Pimlico, 41 pa 100 ... ... RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItENTALSI Btl3li2ffi r neaa lob }uo Do. 4 per cent. Prefer all st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do 100 05-a -100 102 9: 91 51 56 117 113 111 113 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 20 Gloster and Doan Forest all a Gt. Easn., New m., &c., 5 p.c 100 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 et Gt. West, W. Mid., Hord 100 50 Hull and Selby all et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO st London and Blackmail lOO st Do. 41 per cent lOO t Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 at London and Greenwich st Do• do Preference lOO et Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. &Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 N urthern& East. , 5 per cent all f.,;) Do. do. 6 do. all et N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. pre, 5 p c. 100 at Da B rninirnunr 11 p.c.... 100 at Notting. & Grauth. It. 6: C lou 25 Preston and tt yre. all ... Royston, Hitch., and chap. 100 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 lU 1)u do 8 st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 131 13f 96 93 Ilu 112 210 2,5 93 95 61 63 83 ab 80 82 6 51 9.: 94 Ss as 167 169 91 93 44 46 132 134 131 134 2 2 P 96 u6 i 78 30 93 10J 175 UP 57 bi 13 14 st De 4 per cent gua IU et Do 5 do all at Viet. Station and Pimlico 100 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 20 Do du B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset to 8-t DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 118 121 at London and St. Katherine lOO 42 44 42 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 26 30 at Southampton lOO 7) 72 at Surrey commorctea ,« MISCELLA. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14! 151 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol IS Id 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Jim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, litn 9 3 6d 10 Berlin Water Works, Jim all 14 111 10 Do. New 6 d 4 100 liolckow Vaughan, Jim 3O 9 10 5 Bombay Gas, Jim. 5 Do. New 4 74 id 5) British American Land 44 lb 17 d 20 British Indian Tea, all 21 34 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Jim . 21 20 Ceylon Company, lim. ...... 10 Si 24l 66 7J 3ylon „ _ 20 Do. A sha - res . 5 3 10 a - 25 City of London Real Pro party, lint 9 51 414 30 City of Milan Improv. lint , all a G 2 Moscow Gas, ihn all 5 City ci ty o D f Discount, lira 5200 Eastan d Darjeeling,F Indian Finance, ne e Land , 50 City Offices, lint 25 27 261 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. a 20 Continental Union Gas, lint, all 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent, all 1 5 0 0 0 England, liin all 1 1 8 8 8 7 2 9 , , 4 4 1 p p e e r r cent, eent, all st Crystal Palace lOO et Do. Preference lOO st Do. 6 p. c Perpetual Deb, 109 100 10 Cr D ed o i ' t Fon. of . all a lin ct . * C .. a .. n .. a . ** all Gl Credit po Fon.of Mauritius lint. 10 1int......,,,. 8 Credit Iron, and per cent. V'roy. 271 321020 East a a tclB,o t tw e al r l.,\ n ,, aliAssam,lae lint. Is l t i re n i eg i , all 100 2 0 E E g g(l 3 3la l l 3 2) t t i i a ab u ny e l)E o i g n ) l i g ' T U' r i u r i y i . lint 6 . . . 3 Eng.& Aust rat. Copp er, li nt 21 1 • 1 15 Englishand Foreign Credit 7/ 41 3, i 100 Eug. and Scot. .0 urine, But. s ... ....1 10 Fa irbairn Engineering .5 3 2l 20 Fore-street Wllreliouse,lint l2 1 11p 100 For. & Col. Our. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1;85 all 874 881 50 Gellis - ara, lint 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 11 11 15 General Steant Navigation 14 27 2t? 50 nom:, ,t; Col Marine In. lint. 5 21 '<l I 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all lil 121 20 Imperial Land CO. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 luterna.FinancialSoe. lint. 5 2 11 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4 ' l SO Italian Land ....,.• 5 Id p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Carour) all 3 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 65 67 50 Land Securities, lien 5 21 11d 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ... •••d 10 London County La n d and Building, lint, 50 Loud. Financi a l Asso., lint 30 23 '4.1 4 Lond.Gen.O nanibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship lira 25 21 NJ 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 1-1 pr at Madras Irriga, & Canl. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov, lOO 104 106 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency,lirn.,, ... ll 11 1d 50 Merchant Shipping lint ..., all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ............... g 61 51d 25 National Discount Co., Jim 5 11 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 •• •• • 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 94 10) 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 38 3 'i 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 If 11d SIN ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loa n & Mer. eantile Agency,lim 2l i iP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 1int,,,,,,, 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 51 50 North Brit. & Moreau. In 64 9 1 9 4 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 I'l / i 50 Oriental Financial, lint 11 5 Oriental Gas, lint, 5 Do. New ....... 1 1 1p 10 Otago and Southland Da • vestment, lint ~,,,• ... id IP ..... 5 Ottoman Gas, li tn . 14 2/ 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. M ail lint ..! 5 Do. do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 lO 11,1 Of BO Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New .... I..na all 6 4 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City Jim all 17 18 Do. Gas, lint all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Stearn Scottish Aust. Invest, lint lOO 83 81 Do. 6p. C. Guar. Pref lOO ... ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 6d Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 2/ 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint, 8 ,„ 25 South Australian La n d 20 Thames and Mersev Marin e (insurance), nm.... 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint,,, 5 , .. 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim, 1 g . i . 1. 1) 10 Do do. do. all . 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 . , 50 Union Marine L'pool, ling s f i lIP p 20 Union Steam Ship, Rua__ a „ 4 all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint, 6 11 0 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lira, 5 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1im....... all 18 2 30 Van Diemar's Land ....... .. 281 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per cent. (Mortgage) Loan,,, all 79 80 50 Warrant Finance, 1int..,,,,, 12 12 10d 50 West India and Pacile Steam, lint ~ 20 4 2 20 Wat Warehouses and sLo 10 pr , p 2 I d 2) 2. 5 7 1031 1011 1041 1051 1031 104 21 21 31 2td 23 2i 93 100 108 112 ... ...d SI 40 111 MI 91j 95 9 q t;oLIIiSIALL (10 V 164 41INN1` biGt% British Columbia, 0 per 10 0 Do. 1895 . 100 - Cau.Gov. 6 p.o.Jan.,(S;J Lily 1877.84 • ••. 100 1(0 IC2 10b1 Do. 6p. c 7 eb. I Aug.... 100 102 IL4 Do. sp, 0. Mar. & Sept 100 102 104 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. it July, 100 88 90 Do. sp. a. Inscribed sk, 100 90 92 Cape G.llopei 6P- 0 - 1873 : Joe 102 101 Do.Apl..ltOot 1890-1900 Z 100 111 113 Do. do 18 89-91) , 100 107 1 Do. Jan.&July, 1891.., 100 108 llt -- Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lb Oct, 1900 ti 100 9 8 100 Coylon, Nov 1878, 6 p 100 lob tIE Do. 1872, do. • 100 106 icr Alauritiur,, 6p. 0, 1873„ Jan. and July Do. 1878 1)0 106 03 Do. 1882, May and NC k 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. dt Aug ..• 10 106 10d Mvlbourne Corporatn.,. 1400 - N. 1 11 0 .(4 7- o 7 v 6 . , 6 6 p p .o e . r J e a e .& n . tl 1 1 C O ° 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Natal 6 p ci, Apl & Oct . 03 Do 0p c. M4y st Nev. • • 1 o 1 6 108 N. S. W. 5 p*c.. '7 l 1 0 ' 75 . 100 Vti 1 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lO,l "i Do. 5 p.c. rd.'47 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 lOO Do. b per cent.... ••• • 1(0 - DoJan, Aprl,July, 0t in 93 94 95 Da 6p c. liar (St bept '9l :00 108 110 ---D., Jure & Deo 1 ' , 91 -• • 100 109 1: 1 SDo Prov. Auckld. - losca Scotia 6 p 2, Id , 95 1.0 - iv c. Jan.. and July, 1875 - Do 1856.. • 100 102 4 Q(mnelnd. sp. c. 'B24`. 1( ..100 1074 ( Do 189( Tasmanian 6 per c. 1895.. 1064 107 i Do .03'97 . , _ lOO 100 , 107 Victoria 6 er cent 1891..1G0 118 ' 11.4 D. 109 110 1111 7' H E TRUCK SYSTEM IX SCOTLAND. Some striking revelations of the truck system in Scot land have recently been made by the special commis sioners of the North Priti.ch Daily Mail. The system, with all its evils, prevails extensively in Lanarkshire, where the tommy-shops and truck-stores are answer able for much of the degradation, improvidence, and intemperance of the population. The men complain bitterly of the quality and the prices of the goods supplied them at the stores, and declare that 2s. 6d. does not go so far there as 2s. in the regular shops. The wages in some parts are paid monthly, and men dis charged between the " pays " have often to leave without a penny of money, only a truck ticket for the balance being given them. Where there are no stores in connection with the works, the employers often charge a shilling in the pound for interest, but they prefer this greatly to being compelled to take their supplies from the truck-shops. Should there be a store, the man is expected to give up the whole of his money, taking out as much as he requires in goods, and leaving the rest to his credit. It is with difficulty the men get hack any costs for their necessary expenses. Two shilliuga in the pound is the average allowed them. If the sZ;oreman has not the goods required, he sometimes gives the man an order on a local tradesman, and the latter charges a commission on the order. If the men or their wives sell the "lines" which they7get from the store man to testify that so much is due to them, they cannot get the full value. Even publicans will not give more than ls. 6d. for a 2s. line. If the man on receiving an advance at the pay-office spends the cash in a shop instead of taking it to the storekeeper, the next time he asks for an advance he is refused, and does not get taken into favour again without the intervention of the store keeper. This is called "sloping the store," and few but novices try it. The women try ingenious expedients to save a little ready money, and ask for the most useless and unlikely things, in the hope that the storekeeper will be obliged to refund the money. As a general rule, the managers have so completely monopolised the custom of their workmen that very little cash leaves their hands. The same money passes back and fore between the store and the office two or three times a day. On cashing days the pay clerk exhausts his floating capital, and has to steal out to the storeman to receive back his own coin. In this way £2O will keep a large work going for a whole month between the pays. The worst feature of the whole system, however, is that nearly all these stores have licenses to sell spirits and beer, and every facility is given to the workmen to drink. The men are prevented from subscribing to provident funds or clubs by their money being withheld from them, but they are welcome to spend as much as they like in drink. A BOY KILLED DY DRINKING WHISKY.—A boy named Patrick Hutton, ton years of age, died the other day from drinking a quantity of whisky which he stole from a cask at a public-house door, in Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland. PRINCE ARTHUR. —Under present arrangements, Prince Arthur will proceed to Canada in the autumn, where he will be attached to the Rifle Brigade. On his return, in the following spring, he will probably join a battalion of the same regiment which will be stationed at Woolwich. The India Council have sanctioned a building for the India Museum ; orders have been issued to the Board of Works to reserve the ground for it south of the India Office, and to Sir Dishy Wyatt to prepare the plans. The building is to provide rooms also for the geographical department of the India Office and the Iloyal Asiatic Society. DEATH OF ME. DRINKWATER MEADOWS.•— Another of our old actors has passed away. Mr. Drink. water Meadows, for many years a prominent comedian at Covent Garden Theatre, where he made his first appear. ance as Scrub in " The Beaux Stratagem," in September, 1821, died at his residence, Prairie Cottage, Barnes, on Saturday last, at the age of seventy-five. "ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SIIMMER."—.• Like the spendthrifts of old LEsop, we have rejoiced in a premature spring, and like him our experience has taught us that " one swallow does not make a summer." As I write I have two dead swallows before me, killed like a score or two of their fellow-wanderers by the "unkind" and bitter east winds which have prevailed during the last fortnight in May. I should like to know if this killing of the house martins has been noticed elsewhere. A fort night ago house-flies were common, now there is not one to be seen. —The Gardener's Magazine. How SIGNATURES AGAINST THE IRISH CHURCH BILL ARE OBTAINED.-A correspondent of a Bristol con temporary writes as follows :—" I sent my little boy, just twelve years of age, to a shop in Baptist Mills for an article there sold. The shopkeeper asked the little fellow if he could write. On his replying in the affirmative, he was asked to write his name on a sheet then presented to him. Of course he was only too glad to show his skill in penmanship, and down went the name, clear and legible. On returning from the shop, proud of his achievement, ho told me what he had done. Thinking I " smelt a rat " I walked to the shop. I there saw the name of my child, which, of course, I crossed off indignantly. These are facts. I leave others to draw the inferences.—THE FATHER OF THE CHILD." MORE USES FOR PAPER,.—Of late years the part played by paper in the manufacture of household goods has been amazingly extended. We have had paper collars and cuffs, paper waistcoats and wash-bowls, paper pails and pipes—indeed, when it comes to paper race boats, which are successfully rowed, and even paper " oil cloths," as they are sometimes called, habitually trodden upon—what limits are there to this industry? But now Mr. Pavy's new process for paper-making pro mises to carry the uses of this substance far beyond any thing hitherto looked for. He compounds it of several sorts of animal and vegetable substances hitherto not employed, and these being reduced to a pulp and bleached, the completed fabric is a sort of felt, or, as it is said, some thing much resembling what the Japanese use for hand “L.uluLcly u» vlie In 11,s application as the latter. It has pliancy, flexibility, strength ; it can be sewed with the needle as easily and as tightly as any of the woven fabrics which it is designed to replace. Already they have made of it table-cloths, quilts, shoes, petticoats (price 6d.), and hundreds of similar articles known to domestic economy. - New York Times. EXAMINATIONS BY THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT.—The annual science examinations of the Science and Art Department were brought to a close on Saturday, May 29. This was the ninth general examina tion that has been held since the establishment of the system of aid to instruction in science in 1859. The ex aminations are superintended by local committees. They were in this way held at 437 centres this year, whilst last year they were only held at 261. At that time there were about 15,000 students under instruction, this year there were 25,000, and the number of papers worked sbews a similar increase, having risen from 13,112 to 23,997. The number of candidates in the various subjects was as follows :—ln geometrical drawing there were 2,547, last year there were 1,337 ; in machine drawing 2,997, last year 1,671 ; in building, construction, and naval architecture 1,993, last year 1,206 ; in ele mentary mathematics 2,302, last year 1,390 ; in highs' mathematics 85, last year 33 ; in theoretical mechanics 631, last year 353 ; in applied mechanics 284, last year 167 ; in acoustics, light, and heat 1,350, last year 769 ; in magnetism and electricity 2,490, last year 1,033 ; in inor ganic chemistry 2,160, last year 904 ; in organic chemistry 210, last year 123; in geology, GO9, last year 309; in mineralogy 67, last year 38; in animal physiology 2,227, last year 1,182 ; in zoology 303, last year 293 ; in vegetable anatomy and physiology 144, last year 112: in systematic and economic botany 90, last year 73 ; in mining 48, last year 41 ; in metallurgy 120, last year 81 , in navigation 303, last year 219 ; in nautical astronomy 107, last year 86 ; in steam 148, last year . 106 ; and in physical geography 2,786, last year 1,516. This is the first examination at which the scholarships of £lOO pet annum, founded by Mr. Whitworth, have been compete(' for. There have been about 120 candidates for them, an.' as soon as the results of all the theoretical examinations have been made known the practical examination will bt proceeded with in the manner detailed in the minute of the Lords of thcCopinlitteo of Council on Zdtmkt4,_ '4O:V9 I 017 It rITI II it I, HER 1114:.rEST1'. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 13. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, went out yesterday morn. ing. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, drove out in the afternoon, attended by the Dowager Ductless of Athole. Princess Lruise, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald, went out driving. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marlborough HOU3t3 yesterday from Cooper's hill. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, June 15. The North German Lloyd steamer Main, from New York, passed the Nee lies at 12.10 p.m. to-d. GREENCASTLE, June 15 The Allan Company's steamer Hibernian, from Qaebec on the 15th, arrived in Lough Foyle at 9.29 this morning, witli 83 c 'bin and 80 steerage The London mails were lauded. passengers. EOURSE, June 11.—Th closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... —Fan Fives s't 15 3 per Cent Eud of month.— 71 23 Ottoman Loan 332 Credit Mobilier 246 25 ' Do. Debt.. 45 End of month._ 250 -- Spanish Threes -- Credit Foncior 1642 50 Dome Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern ... 1093 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 626f Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman— .ee o'clock—The market 763/ 511} 70 POLICE LVTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. WESTMINSTER. IMPRISONMENT FOR CRUELTY To A HORSE.—William Search, of 27, Cliurch•stroet, Chelsea, corn dealer, was charged on a summons with cruelly beating and torturing a horse. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. John Eckstein, a gentleman residing at 8, Argyll-terrace, Kensington, that on the 31st of May he saw the defendant driving a coal waggon, in which was a horse much exhausted and evi dently in bad condition, between Hydopark-corner and Sloane-street ; the defendant beat the horse [frost un mercifully, and struck it at least thirty or forty times; it was fearfully wealed and cut, and bore traces of defend ant's violence. Richard Sinclair, an officer of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, proved tLat the horse was old and had been very much knocked about; the cuts were visible when he saw it. Defendant said it was necessary to use the whip. Mr. Selfe said be gave men who beat women six months, and hu considered it worse to beat a dumb ani mal in this abominable way, because a woman could take her own part and a horso could not. He sentenced him to ten days' hard labour without a flue. T NAMES. A WHITECTIAPEL PICKPOCKET.—Martin Rooke, aged 19, who described himself as a tailor of Chatham, in Kent was charged with stealing a pocket handkerchief from th person of Stephen Joyce, a gas-fitter of No. 10, Sussex place, Leadeuhall-street. The prosecutor was passing along the Whitechapel-road, when the prisoner abstracted his handkerchief from his pocket. The prosecutor pur sued the prisoner, who was stopped by police-constable Brooke, No. 207, 11, and detained. The handker chief was produced. The prosecutor was fol lowed for about three-quarters of an hour before his handkerchief was stolen, and he was warned by a friend that a thief was on the point of robbing him. Air. Joyce, suspecting that the prisoner had something inure valuable is view than a handkerchief, transferred a bag of gold from one pocket to another, and had scarcely dorfh so whn•n his handkerchief disapp?ard. The police man believed the prisoner was au of London thief, and not a Chatham tailor. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and did not offer any ex• planation of who and whet ho was beyond the descriptive already given. He was svutvuced to six mouths' impri• 1501.1 n -wilt and hard la' our. prisoner —WI:: t? al! that fur a wipe (liandlierchi f ) ? 'l'►ie gaoler—Stan,] down. 111ARKE7 S-2 lIIS D !I. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. June 15.—Sules probably 8,000 bales, possiLly more The ma.ket quiet and une:Langed. COURSE OF EXCM.INGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 21 ... 12 21 Do Rotterdam ... — ... 12 41. ... 12 4-i Antwerp — ••• 25 47 i ... 25 52 Brussels llamburgn ... ... 13 121 ... 13 12} Paris _. .. _ ... .... ._. Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Maiu ... 121 f ... 122 Vienna — ... 12 70 —. 12 75 Trieste — ... 12 7U ... 12 75 Petersburg ... 30 ... 30} 09pen bagel] . • ......... Berlin ... 6 '2 8 i ... 6 29 Madrid•• ... 481 ... 49 Cadiz — ... 48f ... 49 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Gello3, Naples I'alernio — ... 26 55 ... 26 t 0 Messina Lisbon — Oporto — Rio J aneiro — New York — 51i Foreign Mail Yaeket List. MAILS DUE. !outrank and New Zealand, via Eoutliampton June 9 Ditto, via Arsenics Brasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena June 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June li. utbraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton ...... •••••• June 12 unto. via Karge. Ira • • •• • J/1.110 it Malta, egypt, Sce. June 14 Ditto, Ilared Iles June 19 Sewioui.d la . June 16 Mauritius, Cope of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthairs ton Ditto, Marseilles , July 4 Portugal ..... .. • ........... . ..... July 4. United States, anada, C litornia, &a., by British packet June 12 Ditto dittt (Baltimore) Ditto, by I_ Lited :_states packet Ditto, by Inman packet ....... . ....... ........ . June 16 iFet t Ladies and Paatic (except Mexico an .4 Bahl - ' rasa) • June 14 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ......June 17 Cuba and Mexico .... ....„... June 23 Bermuda, via 11a1itix.......... B4hamas, via New V ork LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. CROWN OFFICE, JUNE il. The Queen has been pleased by a Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap point Theodore Thring, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., barrister-at-law, one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankrupt , y iu the country, in the room of Henry James Perry, Esq, deceased. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 11. Sub-Lieutenant Vele Bernard Orelbar has been pro moted to the rank of Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of I,t June, 18G9. JUNE 1:). William Hewlett, Esq , has this day been promoted to the rank of Staff C9mautuder in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniolit) of 9thitthe, 180. The following officers have been promoted to the rank of Paymaster iu her Maj-sty's Fleet, with seniority of the `jd Jute, 180: henry Gribben, Esq. ; Edwarl Woodward Goldson, Esq.; Charles Edwin James, E q.; William Henry Hyde, Esq. ; and William Cope ll.vereux, Esq. BOTHWELL—This tine iearling colt, bred by M r. J. La Ifert, out of K a th er i ne L og i e, b y The Flying Dutch man, and got by Stockwel!, Las been sold for 600 guineas to Mr. Jardine, and has joined Mr. T. Dawson's string at Tupgill. MACEEREL.—Largelcatches of."; mackerel were taken un the Cornish coast during the past week, and some scores of tons wore forwarded to London, leaving an un usually good. supply for Cornwall agid Devon. Prices ranged from Ba, to Itn. per 1.20. THIRD EDITION. The Third 'Edition of " The Sun" of last Evesing was published in ,ime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day WINDSOR RACES—Tms DAY. TWO-YR-OLD PLATE. Lady Ifanbeth Hibernian C hil worth . 1 3 Nine ran. RAYS HANDICAP. L'onmaster , Bretby Harebell 1 S Nino ran. RA.CING STAKES. Sliurnanite Master Dick.. Wild Willie 3 }sell ran. HANDICAP PLATE. 5 fur. lereford... work.., Naunie.., Sev,ii ran. ETON HANDICAP. Skipjack Border Knight.. liouori3 3 Seven THAMES HANDICAP. Acorn Malcolm .• 2 Rutty Ten ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Half-a-mile. Titullus Glen Stuart 1 2 Eight ran. NURSERY PLATE. Queen of Hearts llonfieur Swift a inc ran. Race Glasses, byVolgtlinder, are now no longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic lenss has diminished, au opportunity has been afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success whereby the cast of these beautiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some instances to as lunch as 2U 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 patrons of the Derby may indulge their taste iu the pessessiou of a veritable Voigtlander at comparatively trilling cost. It is superfluous to sa.y the quality is as ever matchless. NOTTIN II .431 ELECTION -(7 HIS DAY). BY TELEGRAPH. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Seeley • e• Seymour ... ... 4,634 4,523 THE FRENCH ATLA.NTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., C. 8., Managing Dircctor of the Telegraph Construction and Main tenance Company, telegraphs from Brest as fol lows : " Tuesday, 12.50 p.m. "The Chiltern and Hawk have safely arrived this morning. We shall commence operations directly the weather moderates. IMPERIAL PARMA RENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The attendance in the house this evening was quite as numerous as that of last evening. The galleries on either side were fully occupied by ladies, and the space before the throne and the bar was taken up mostly by members of the House of Commons. THE IRISH CHURCH. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a number of peti tions against the bill. MR. BRIGHT'S LETTER. Lord CAIRNS presented 100 petitions against the bill, and then the noble lord gave notice that on Thursday next, before the time of public business, he should ask whether the letter which had appear,. d in the newspapers of that day, beering the signature of the President of the Board of Trade, was a genuine letter, ar.d whether her Majesty's Goveruneeit was prepared to endorse the statements contented in the said bete e (Loud cries of "Hear, hear," from the Opposiri,in side ef the houeo.) THE 1111511 CURCII BILL. On the resemi thin of the adjourned &Late, Earl GREY said he could rot say he was enlightened on the imi.ortant subject they were invited to discuss, and although he hal heard a great deal about the Coronation Oath but vety little eletut the bill. He thought he would have stated c:early the action the Government intended to take in the event of the house rejecting the bill, and not content himself with a few observations upon the pro visions of the measure. He felt the house was quite justified in rejecting the suspension bill last year, and if the present measure pass its second reading, he felt it would require a great deal of amendment iu committee before it ought to pass its other etages and become the law of the land (Hear, hear.) The noble earl then proceeded to state the condition of Ireland up to March, 1868, which he said was one of comparative peace, but since that time a spirit of antagonism had prevailed, and he could only attribute this state of things to party interests and party politics. The mischief had now been done, they were called upon to say whether they would accept or reject this bill, which it was said would restore in a great measure the peaceful state of things which was so much required. (Hear.) He hoped and trusted that the house would pass the second reading of the bill, but after that had been done he hoped their lordships would make great and insterial alterations in the bill in committee, and thus make the bill more likely to effect the object for which it was framed. (Hear, hear.) If the result of the general election with respect to this bill was the deliberate conviction of the country, he tasked them whether it would be prudent fur the House of Lords to set itself in deliberate opposition to that determination, and reject the bill. If they took that course what would be the bill ? Why, iu a short time, he would say in a very short time, they would have the bill again presented to them, and they would have to accept perhaps a more objectionable measure. He hoped, therefore, as there was nothing but delay fora few months to be obtained by the rejection of the bill, their lordships would not incur the inevitable consequences of rejecting the bill and expose themselves to the disadvantages that would result therefrom. FLEFT SPEAKING.] (It was fully expected that Lord Lytton would have resumed the adjourned debate, but Earl Grey said he had intended to move the adjournment of the debate last night and it was only that he thought Lord Lytton was going' to speak when he rose that he gave way. As the noble lord merely moved the adjournment of the debate, he had exercised his right.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tits DAY. Th© SPEAKER took the chair at tWO o'clock. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY STATION. After a discussion on the subject of the architectural elevation of the station of the Metropolitan Railway, during which Mr. Layard said the Government claimed, and would exercise the right of selection. BANKRUPTCY BILL. The house then wont into committee on the Bank ruptcy Bill, taking up the consideration of the measure at clause 19. The amendm.nt proposed by Mr. Rathbone to protect settlements on or for a wife or children of the settler of pro perty, within a given term previous to bankruptcy, pro vided the person nuking it was in a position to meet all his liabilities, and was in a solvent state when the ar - rangement of the prop3rty was made, was agreed to. A long discussion then followed, the object of the various amendments moved being to prevent false and fraudulent arrangements being made to the prejudice of Lana fide creditors, and to abolish, as far as was possible the system of making private arrangements, which it was stated was a mode wiiieb enabled fraudulent persons to re-enter trade and carry on business to a greater extent than before, and in I heel-en; of their speculations failinginvolving anum ber of huuest and honourable men. It was suggesied that provision might be made that all persons interest e d any person engaged in trade might kn ow on proper ntpihre affairs of operiuqUirythe exact position the trader o ccup i e d w i l e r e spect to any former bankruptcy. Tie discussion wits carried on up to seven o'clock, a t which hour iLe citing of the house was suspended. ANOTHER CASE FOR COURT-MARTIAL. The maxim of 'Q More haste, less speed," has been verified in the case of her Majesty's ship Barrosa. The ship, on the news of the mishap which occurred to the Cadmus, was immediately got in readiness at Sheerness to proceed to the relief of her sister ship, but on her way westward she also ran ashore, and will have to be subjected to the pro cess of docking at Devonport before she can be allowed to proceed to sea.—Army and Nary Gazette. The two year old filly by Dundee out of Prologue had been named Proeaptress, and as filch ran at Beverly on Wednesday and Thursday. • -