The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-23 00:00:00

M ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. It is scarcely less than a holiday in the City, so far as relates to monetary, commercial, and Stock Exchage affairs. The inquiries for discounts are limited in all quarters, Bank included. The attendance in all departments is below what might be considered a Saturday minimum, and few have seemed disposed to work "at any price." So there is nothing at all of importance to report with regard to all the subjects to which reference is made in this column. A short time ago we had ahnost too much to report, and now upon the prin ciple of the vis inertie scarcely anything can be said with regard to business. The share movement during the past week has been on an extensive scale, consequent upon large arrivals from America. The imports have amounted to about £1,976,597, while the exports have been to the extent of £767,317, chiefly remittances to the Continent through private sources. Two o'CLocx. According to Reuter's telegrams this morning, the French Rentes were 63f. 10c. Firm and inani mate. The week, so far as Stock Exchange affairs are concerned, has closed very favourably. All the principal Securities, viz., the Funds, the chief of the Foreign Bonds, Railways, Finance, and Miscellane ous are higher. Consols closed at 861 1 for money, and 861 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are quoted at 851 ; Exchequer Bills for June, 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 103/ ; and ditto Bonds, ss. dis. to ss. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market there has been an improvement, and prices show an upward ten dency. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 281 ; Mexican, 141 ; ditto New, 11/ 12 ; Greek, 101 11; Spanish Passive, i l9l ; the Certificates, 1411; Ita -39 ; ditto New, 49 51 ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 541 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are 651 ; Erie Shares, 411 ; and Illinois, 76 1. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been on a very moderate scale, but prices generally have shown an upward movement. Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire have each improved 1; Great Northern A Stock and North Western each 1; Great Eastern 1; Great Western South and Eastern each 1; Metropolitan 11 ; and Midland 1/. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material variation, with the exception of Lombardo- Venetian, which have improved 1 and Great Western of Canada 1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet. Alliance have advanced to 20 ; Chartered Mercan tile of India, London, and China to 321; Consoli dated Bank to 3/ 41 ; and Oriental Bank Corporation to 35/ 36 ; Union of London are steady at 44145; ; General Credit and Finance are quoted 2/ dis. ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 214 dis. ; London Financial, 17 dis. ; and National Discount Company, 61 prem. The appointmentment of Mr. 11. H. Cannan as voluntary liquidator of the Agra and Mastermau's Bank (Limited) has this day been confirmed by Vice-Chancellor Page Wood. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT IrUNDs. 8 Der Cent. Consols - Do. Account, July 10 . 8 per Cent. Reduced 854 I 3- • New 3 per Cent 8 54 i 4 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 d)o. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do Cited Sea Telegraph), Aug., Mar 1908.° , _— ch. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent....... Do. £5001 ... . . ............. Do £lOO ad ....... 1 3ank of England Stock, 5 p er Cent ...... Do Account .............. .................... 11D/AN GOVERNMENT bECURITISS. Indian Stock, 10} per Cent., A pr il 1374... Shut Do. Account . . . ... . .................. Do. 5 per Cent. July , 18 70 ............... 1031 Do. 4 per Cent., Oc t. 1888 ............... Do. Certificates .............................. Do. Educed Paper 4 per Cent............ Cent............— Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ............... Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 ............... Do. n o b., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 . ..... Do. Bonds, £l,OOO .. . ............ . ........... Do under .£l,OOO ........................... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., .£l5 pd.. -- p m Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ......... Brazilian 5 per Cent.......................... — Do. 41 1 . per Cent 1852-58-60 ............ Do. 186 3 ..................... • Do. 1865 ...................... Do Account .................................. 701 69} Do. Scrip, £55 paid , 5 4 des ''‘lTlos Ayres ti per Cent ..................... Lk) £lOO Bonds ............ .. . ........ ...... Do 1 per C en t. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) uhilian 6- sr Cent. ........................ J) Per 0 . 1- per Cent Do. 6 per. Cent — „ Do Sc r ip, £5O paid Colombian 6 pm Per Cent. 6 r r dsent. — D a a ll - 11 per. Cent., 1825 — /, 1 11bian Principalities ~ 0 . Account ........................ — uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Def erred erred — Aypttan 7 per Cent Second Issue — J- 1 0 .£lOO Bonds — Do. 18 64 Do £lOO Bonds 7B 71 Do. Government Railway Debentures 761 Creole X6O paid die .17k per Cents., 1824-5, cx Co u p ons Do. Account .............................. 101 Do. Coupons e * Account — it nternala 5 per Cent — atl an 5 per Cent 1865 — Do Account — zit Maremmana Railway 3 per Cent — 0. Account l4l 15 141 Do 1861 .. „ l2 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ri o ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Imperial 5 per Cent N o Land Warrants (Hectares) — &Granada P 2 per Cent n rvian 5 per Cent., 1865 — n. Account .. 671 6 71 Do 3 per Cent. ............ — -Do 4} per Cent., 1862 — Do Account — r ortsguese 3 per Cent, 1853 ....... ' 1:)° per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62, '3, „ Do. Acc o unt . 421 AUssian 5 per Cont., 1822, St — • Do per Cent. 1 850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 -791 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account .... . Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account ..... . ° oafish Cert. of Coup not funded 6 pe i ; Do Account • 'w.,,edish 4 per Cent. a 4r Cent. 861 kish per Cent. l 1854 i,r Account • 80 • 1) 3 .6 per Cent. 1858 De. Account Do £lOO Bonds Po 6 per Cent. 1862" Do Account D° £ lOO Bonds Do- per Cent., 186 3 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — : 4D e Acc ount ount ................. . ! en° . per Cent. Guaranteed 3 per Cent. ........................ ( . 10 account ................................. D o , Per Cont., 1862 ........................ Itm i Dividends on the above payable in London. Do. 5 per Cent., 1861, EL 25f.......... • Account Ce ti TWO O'CLOCK. De for money 4 -' 0 - Account B6l 1 86f 1 at FIFTEEN SPECIAL JURYMEN FlNED.—Yesterday, „ " ecappensation case before the High Bailiff of West- Z i t t . ister, 15 spec i a l jurymen were fined £lO each for non tieadauce. The fines will be paid to the Metropo litan triet Rail way t owar d s th e legal expenses of the case, as di rected by the Lands Clauses Act. t TI TE LATE M R . JONAS WEBS.--The statue to e h e Memory of this eminent breeder of sheep has just been i Zted in the market-place at Cambridge. The likeness is , adn airable one, ono of Baron Af a rochetti's best effurts. ii:olves pla ce d on th e pedes t a l a t an early hour on Thursday S,:tling, in the presence of the Mayor of Cambridge (Mr. aun Murrell) and other members of the committee. IiELSTON ELECTION COMMITTEE. —Yesterday was 13,, e „ cla Y named for the inquiry into the petition of Mr. of against th e re t urn of Mr. Campbell for the borough th e ' elet°n • The committee have been selected, but as o f P h were tot s worn i n con sequence of the adjournment e House of Commons, the inquiry has been postponed ukt next week. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share, Railways. Bristol ant Exeter .... Caledonian Cambrian ...7ork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„rerth, & A b.Junc .London, scrip Certi Do. ,Ilasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. gg 91 126 127 65 65 13 15 467 1 0 70 72 - -d i 112 111 36 37 6 7 Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock i2l 122 130 13: Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland ;it. Western -Origins; Dn. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtoro GO 5 Do. Newport Do. Deraord Lancashire .t Yorkshirc L)ndon and Black wall Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dov,x Do. Mctrop. Ex. A Lon. & North WesterL ion. do South Westeru Shet., & Lincoln Do. New Do. Extension...... Iletropolitan District. Do. do. - do. • On. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share _ & Derby tiiid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., dr Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purely's& Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61..... Sorth London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. la S. W. Junction ' Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. at :)ck Shropshire Union south Devon mouth Na stein.. itaines, Wok., & Wok rain Vale 50. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeon) Waterloo & Whiteha ; West Cornwall YOBS 34 3i - - 12 ► 122 9t 93 24 25 114 )16 gi 92 58 60 126 127 2 211 , 6 11 0 87 L. 2 123 14 11 93 15 55 57 4 26 107 109 69 7 1 105 107 35 33 10 11 1. 120. i 22 1 2p 1 2p 72 74 108 112 148 150 65 67 41 48 61 63 - 8 0 142 145 2 3 1 100 103 52 54 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• 317 511 1 2 1151 161 911 85591 128 : i Si i I 1231 i i I T 3 I p aid. ' Closing I Business Prim done. mil 24 noti BRITISH Atlantic Ze St. La wrence Bom.,liaroda. Cen.ln. gu. sjper cent... ..... Do. F 811 area . ..... Buffalo & Lake UurOn _ . Do. Preference ...... B uff. , Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- t• • • ••• • • Calcutta dz 8. E., lim.. ,;ape Town & Dock, gu• Demerara, 7 p.c• per. p' East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .• Grand Morianada Do. Equipßonds 1 charge 6 p.c ...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do deferred ..•• De. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .. • • Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred ..• • Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred . • • • G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India .... • • gua. 5 per cent D.•. 41 per cent Do - H;reat Wt s. of Canada.. Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o • Do. 4, do Do. 4A do Do. } itch Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. C. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'da , 6po Ist pt. bs Soinde ...... Cl Do. Deihl ......d Do. d 0... ... . Do. runisub.... Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VERIS 113r(iOftimbia, 0 per cent., Dec. 31, 1972, . Can.Gov. o p.c.Ja.d; July - 1877 1 4 . t .......... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. do Aug.. D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. it July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed at. Cape G.Llope. 6 p.c. 1873 :.)o.Apl.&Oct .180-100 t, Do. do; 1:,80-0t. Do. Jan.StJuly, 1890-9, DO. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900..... Ceylon, Nov. 18 68 , 6 p. , o. 1878, do.. llsuritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and Jcly ...... Tc: 1 , 78 ••••.... 00. 1882, Blayls, Nov. 'II Do. 1895, Feb. . Au 2.. Natal , iov. 6 per cent.. N.8.G0v.6p.0.Ja.& .1u1 y N. S.W. Gov. 5 we., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 c Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.. • • •• • Nova ScAia Go.ov. 6 p. s terling, ....... Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,e Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct.. BEITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist crake walls East Bassett (Illogan).• East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. `V'l Russell (Tavistk Gam .& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey• Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy. • G. Wheal Vor (Heist .1. Grenvill Foot...... Herod's Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant I Marke alley .••••••••• Ilwyndy Iron Ore , New Seton North Roskear . Bassett(lllogan North Whe4. Crotty Prosper United.....• • • Pr.xidenee.Uny Lulant Caradon (St. Cleer) South CondurroW ray Fran. tlllog,im stray Park .......••• .. I Tin Cr0ft. ........... Vigra and Clogsn, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton . West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton. Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 2.1.0 294 2.14. e 3i 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.0.0 6 7 7 9 140 460 14 ll 6 8 9 1 21 21 f 1 27 2 9 350 375 if e ,5 20 9 I 3 5 1 2 ., 67 6 1 7214 125 135 80 ' 65 12i • 17 „i 3 i7O 18) 11 13 171 18 PREFERENCE SHARES. Ot.Western , Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stook. 1 1[6 1 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 78 9 brea t Northern 44 per cent., rd. at 10 p er cent. pin.. North Nor th Eastern , pref., 4 per cent., D.tto 4) per cent., rd., 93) PREFERENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackvrall, 4i per cent. stk.. 91$ London, Brighton, dm, 41 per cent. 1658, 90 London, Brighton..kc , new 44 per cent., 1663, f 0 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead. 67 Grea t Western, West Mid., Hereford, 101 Manchester. Buxton, and Matiock,ol West London, Claes B, 23} • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 16 Great Luxembourv., , , 111 S a n Paulo, Rm., gua. 6 per cent.. U South Austrian anFAßEardo Venetian, 11 IGN SINE& Cape Copper. lim.. 91 Chontales Gold an d Silver ld Min n ~ ing, 3/ Fron tino and iSoltvia Go, 1 St. John del Rey, lim., 49 BANKS. Agra and Ulsterman's, Rm., 41 5 Alliance, lim.. 20 Anglo Austrian, 41 1 Bank oi Queensland, lim, 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 13 121 Chartered.,‘ler.lof India, London. and China, 3211 Consolidated Bank, lim., 4 31 44 I I NI I, i rinti Anglo-Americandi Di wouinasnt3atititatoin,Chi i:ia , , r eainedgrJaappba, n 0,11,11 Imperial Ottoman, 71 Ditto, new. 61 Land Mortgage Bank of India. lim., 31 London and Brazilian (lim.), 39 81 Ditto. new, 6 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 201 I London and County. 67 6 7 . London and South-Western, lim .. 15 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11M., 121 131 Midland Bank, lim., 17 National provincia of England, Ditto, 2.1 and 3d issue, 41 1 Oriental Dana Corporation. 36 5) Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 3/ Union of Australia. 441 If Union ot_Loudon, 45 41 MISCELLANEOUS. A tlantiO Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 31 Australian Agricultural, 15 Kerlin Water Works, 11m., 8 Ceylon CompanY. 8 i City Offices, lim., 2411 -Commercial Union, losuranoe, 5 4 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 31 4 Ebbw Vale, 01 14;ryptian Com. and Trading, lim., 2 4 Gen. Credit and Finance ol Landon. 1im..13 1 Home and e lonial I ssurance, 1im,.1/ Hudson's Bay, 161 International Financial Society, lim.,-21 2 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour . 31 3 London Financial Association, Urn , 21 London General Omnibus CompanY , lir° , 2 1 3 i Fr eehold :lui..lniillsesac::aut4emnit , : L a nd 1 ns a i n m. 1 1.2, and . Dan, 4 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 66 8 7 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 21 vir j ': ° l:a r a m ra l es and 51ez say M a rin e, Insurance, iiin, 4bi ;issIONS. 52 re/ 101 102 Id iP 41 4f 8 V 76 80 58 60 100 102 100 102 11,2 103 18 20 85 87 58 62 55 10 50 65 48 S 2 40 45 37 41 24 2 6 22 25 107 109 t f 11}I. pg 101 91 93 141 5i 515 91 2 3 83 85 101 1 1 . 2 91 9 3 0 88. g 82 98 100 93 9 9 1 • 97 99 fT SECUE 45 07 t 2 1 5 92 95 78 80 78 80 99 101 IG2 101 102 104 102 104 86 8) ILO 102 11.5 1 7 102 IC4 103 1 05 101 103 104 106 99 100 91 9 4 92 9► 90 9 5 83 88 93 93 74 76 96 99 96 100 104 106 1(2 104 ,ITIICS. 11 MINTS• th 7 41 3 31 21 22 18 2 0 it 2 37 39 5 4 6 lid 31 45 2 4 THE SUN, LONDO/S, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1800. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ---This Day. . . THAMES. A VIOLENT CIIARACTER.—ATTEMET TO DROWN A CON STABLE.—WiIIiam Onion, r. tall, strong, and powerful fel low, was charged with violently assaulting Win. Brown, a police constable, No. 82 11. The prisoner is a most desperate and ferocious fellow. David, a police-sergeant No 3 11, said Onion had been convicted eight times for assaults on the police, and once for beating and disabling a publican, for which he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour, On Friday afternoon the prisoner was intoxicated in the London Dock. Ho was reeling about on one of the bridges, and Brown requested him to leave the Dock, and to be careful of himself and not fall in the water. The pri soner immediately attacked tho policeman, and said he would put him in the water. Ho made use of the most foul language and threats, and after striking the constable on the •head he endeavoured to force him back into the dock. He had nearly succeeded,_ when the con stable drew his truncheon from his pocket and knocked him down, and if ho had not done so he would have been drowned. The prisoner continued his violence all the way to the station-house. Inspector Ellis, of the London Dock police, said the pri soner was a perfect fury when drunk. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. Railway and Other Companies. CALEDONIAN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, in Glasgow, Mr. D. Ainslie in the chair. The CHAIRSIAN said the first bill he had to submit was for amalgamation of the Scottish North-Eastern Railway Company with the Caledonian Railway Company. It had been very strongly opposed by the North British Railway Company. The direc tors of the Caledonian believed that the proposed amalgamation would prove equally beneficial to the public and to the companies interested. They were willing to give every reasonable facility to the North British and all other companies carrying traffic over their lines. A formal resolutipn approving the bill was agreed to. The next bill was for enabling the Caledonian Company to make certain branch railways in the counties of Lanark, Renfrew,and Mid-Lothian (the Wishaw Branches Bill). On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. J. WILSON, the bill was approved; and the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, the 26th inst. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors states that the only unfinished works of importance on the main line were the bridge over the Jumna at Delhi, and the station arrangements in that city, and those were progress ing satisfactorily. The works on the Jubbulpore line, under contract to Messrs. Warring, Brothers, and Hunt, were proceeding to the entire satisfaction of the board. The permanent way and works on the opened line had been thoroughly well maintained, partly by contract and partly by the company's own officers, at a cost of 9d. per train mile. The work ing expenses for the half year ended the 31st of December last were 46.69 per cent., against 51.96 per cent. in the corresponding half •of ,1864. The total number of passengers carried during the past ball year was 2,066,299, of which 1,833,999 were third class, 174,777 intermediate class, 41,866 second class, and 15,657 first class. The increase in the total number of passengers was 114,673, as compared with the corresponding half of last year. The total nu.nber of passengers carried during the year 1865 had been 4,249,618, against 4,015,718 in 1864, showing an increase of 233,900, the aver age mileage opened in 1864 being 1,059 and in 1865 1,127 miles. The tonnage in goods and minerals had been in 1865, 683,290 tons against 607,350 tons iu 1864. The gross receipts for the half year ended the 31st of December last had been £852,766 against £620,428 in the corresponding half of 18i34, showing an increase of £232,338. The gross receipts for the year 1865 had been £1,678,944 against £1,272,576 in 1864 showing an increase of £406,368. The net traffic receipts since the opening of the line had been as follows :—From Aug. 15, 1854, to Dec. 31, 1862, to £1,123,426; for 1863 to £439,964, for 1864 to £625,895; for 1865 to £928,751: total, £3,117,036. The gross receipts for the first 18 weeks in 1865 were £621,954 ; ditto for 1866, £799,059: showing an increase of £177,105. The board attributed this fact mainly to improved man agement in the use of the stock, which was the na tural result of experience. They were of opinion that the locomotive and rolling stock they had already sent out was quite ample to carry the traffic which had offered. In order to strengthen the management in India the board had thought right to associate Mr. C. Stephenson, late deputy agent, and Mr. S. Power, their chief engineer in Bengal, with Mr. Palmer, and those gentlemen now formed the Board of Agency. The capital account to Dec. 31, 1865, showed that £24,017,534 had been re ceived, and £21,219,18 1 expended, leaving a balance of £2,798,353. The revenue account for the half year ending Dec. 31 showed that £852,766 had been received, and £398,099, or 46.69 per cent. ex pended, leaving a balance of £454,667. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. VICTORIA. CLUB BETTING—This DAT. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2to 1 agst Primate (taken) 3to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) sto 1 agst Red Earl (taken) 12 to 1 agst Missile (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lady Durham (taken) . 14 to 1 agst Honesty (taken) . Caithness scratched. The Imbecile. _.r Thursday, in accordance with annual custom, the sub scribers to Earlswood, the Asylurh for Idiots, situate a short drive froth the Rcdhill junction of the London and Brighton Railway, were invited to witness and participate in a summer fete for the amusement of the inmates. It was, however, the attendtince of visitors in largo numbers, and the special preparations incident thereto, rather than the actual amusements, which constituted thefi;te. Inquiring visitors were distinctly told, "What you see is as nearly as possible part and parcel of our ordinary life, for in recrea tion we find a moral stimulus to good, our only punishment being the deprivation of pleasure." While the events of the day afforded gratification they derived their solid interest from the indications they afforded of the work which the institution is doing and of the spirit in which it is done. The late Prince Consort laid the first stone of the build ing at Earlswood in 1853, and opened it in 1856. It is in tended for the reception of idiotic children, under the age of 16, a fundamental rule being that the number of those who are supported by the payments of their friends shall not exceed the number of those whose parents or friends, although not paupers, are too poor to pay fur them. Of the latter 60 were elected last year, and 30 morn cn the day of the annual meeting in April. This made the total number of inmates 446, of whom nearly 300 are males, and to the inmates are to be added 120 officers, attendants, and servants. The proportion between the elected and the pay ing patients shows that the institution is not only half, but fully two-thirds a charity; and the numbers of the two elasses correspond with the items that relate to them in the statement of income and expenditure. The parents or friends of pupils, who pay varying rates proportioned to their means, contributed .£B,OOO last year ; the annual and life subscriptions, the donations, legacies, and profits of gardens and farm brought up the income to £22,000. The expenditure allowed .£4,000 to be canied to capital account, but that only represents the amount of life payments that have been received. The great fact which the board desire to impress upon the public is that the asylum is now full, while applications for admission con tinue to be made at the rate of 500 a year. Under these circumstances, what it is proposed to do is simply to double the institution by degrees, without incui.ing debt, and therefore in proportion to the sum contributed ; and this it is proposed to accomplish by erOcting a parallel wing, with a not thorn aspect, and with an Italian façade corre sponding to that which, facing the south, commands the flower garden, the slope, and the extensive lawn or plea sure ground on which the file of yesterday took place. It commenced at one o'clock, with games of cricket, croquet, Aunt Salty, Red, White, and Blue, football, and a Punch and Judy show manipulated by one of the inmates. In two hours these were followed by racing and jumping matches for prizes, and a peculiarity of the contest was that boys of the same trades and girls of the same classes ran in the same races. The resident physician and superintend ent, Dr. Down, acted as starter by striking a gong. Mr. Alderman Abbiss, one of the board of management, was con sidered to be the winning-post, and the races wore most ex citing from the eager wildness with which some of the com petitors ran. The winfters generally displayed unbounded delight when the prize was put into their hands. The classi fication of the competitors corresponded with that of the patients employed in industrial occupations, and it appears that there are 13 carpenters, 15 shoemakers, 80 mat-weavers and helpers in mat shops, a baskotmaker, 28 tailors, 16 who labour on the farm and in the gardens, a plumber, and a baker, while 26 of the males are employed in household work and Bin the hum& Jr. Of 34 females 2 are assistant-. nurses, 2 repair clothes, 9 aro otherwise engaged in needle work, and 21 in household work. With regard to school, there is a whole time system for the younger children and a half-time for the majority, one-half the day being spent in school and the other half in work. It may be conve niently added here that in regard to food and clothing, the institution is as nearly as possible self-dependent; almost everything required is produced or made on the spot by the co-opera:ion with the patients of their attendants, who are elected in double capacities, and this utilisation of the staff extends to onto' tainments, even to discovering who among the female domestics possess good voices, training them to sing in tho weekly concerts. Several tents of various sizes, of excellent materials, tasteful design, and good make, afforded special accommodation on Thursday ; even these were home made, under the superintendence of the steward, a man whose love of his work developes every kind of use fulness to the delight of inmates and officers, and the eco nomical administration of funds. There were " wheels of fortune," by means of which the surplus stock of past bazaars was partly disposed of. A largo refreshment tent was pretty Iwell filled all afternoon. The inmates had their tea on the lawn, the boys in one company and the girls in another. After tea the choral union of the establishment, consisting of inmates and attendants, sang some of their glees from an orchestra raised on the slope, and then the Earlswood " troupe," sini;larly constituted, gave " negro melodies." The band of the Coldstream Guards played near the refreshment tont during the afternoon. The ascent of a fire balloon was reserved for the darkness of evening. All the patients were under admirable control, and tilt arrangements of the day were carried out by the ordinary staff of the establishment, assisted by a few of the board. Authority is maintained by combined firmness and kindness, and it could be seen that the patients re spected rather than feared their attendants. No punish ment is allowed, and indeed the servants are liable to dismissal for any resort to violence. No strait waistcoat, chain, or strap is kept on the premises with a view to sub jecting an inmate to restraint. But it is not many years since a boy was conveyed to the institution by two police ' men manacled in such a way as to be powerless, and when he was set at liberty and led off through the garden by an attendant the officers wore equally alarmed and surprised that their worst fears were not realised. We mention this circumstance to suggest the contrast between the restraint and neglect from which imbeciles too often suffer while in charge of their friends with the happy freedom and thorough supervision which they enjoy in Earlswood Asylum, one of the largest, if not the largest, of its class in Europe, and one the history and con d uc t o f w hi c h h as exc it e d con ti nen t a l interest. The industrial parts of tho building were closed on Thursday, but dining-rooms and dormitories wereopen. The establishment has just been visited by Messrs. Forster and Nairne, Commissioners in Lunacy, and they have made a most satisfactory entry in the visitors' book. We quote one fact which that entryrecords. Of those c ases discharged during the , year, six had been treated with such success as to suable the children to do something in future for their own support ; and there was on e case o f a you th w h o h a d received so much benefit fr om hi s t reatment t h a t a t th e time of his discharge he was considered to be both self reliant and self-suppdriing. The cases of many individual inmates aro interesting. There is one man who has an ac curate knowledge of dates and events in ancient and modern history, how obtained is a mystery. Thera is another whose drawings sell at high prices, and who has made perhaps the most complete model of a ship that was ever constructed, which he exhibits with justifiable pride, and attempts to describe with great volubility, although scarcely able to utter a word which a stranger can understand. There are no " show" days at the asylum; it is always in the samecondition, and open to inspection ; and Dr. Down will be happy at any time to receive visitors, or Mr. Nicho las, the secretai y, to afford information, at the office in the Poultiy. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 14 11 15 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 1 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 47 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris -1 ort 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 M oaths. 25 35 25 471 Marseilles . 25 40 25 50 Frankfort on tho Maine 1171 1185 Vienna — 14 0 14 50 Trieste — 14 0 14 50 Petersburgn - 241 241 Berlin Madrid — 441 45 Cadiz Leghorn Milan FGenoa Naples — 30 0 30 30 80 50 SO 0 DESTRUCTIVE FII:ES.-08. Thursday evening a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. G. Morrison, a picture frame maker, at 50, New Compton-street, St. Giles's, destroying in a short time a building of four floors used as workshops, and extending to some of the adjoin ing property, to which, however, it did comparatively little damage. Next to Mr. Morrison, the principal sufferer was Mr. Mann, a gilt metal worker. The Metropolitan Fire Bi;gade turned out on receiving the alarm about 9 o'clock, and rendered what aid they could in the emergency. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. Some of the pro perty was insured in the Phoenix and County offices, and some of it was uninsured. On Wednesday night, about 10 o'clock, a house of six rooms, in the occupation of Mr. Hay ward, furniture broker, at 8, Whitmore-road, Iroxton, caught fire, and was almost wholly destroyed. An ad joining house, occupied by Mr. J. 'l'. Bullock, being also I scorched in froht, and the furniture damaged by hasty removal. THE TRAFFIC WITII TIIE CONTINENT.—TIIC follow ing is a copy of a telegram received from M. Belmar, gene ral manager, Rhenish Railway, Cologne, by Mr. J. S. Forbes, general manager, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, Victoria Station :—" The communication to Ha nover, Hamburg, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Breslau is not, interrupted." MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Large supplies of vegetables are on sale, whilst the sup plies of fruit have increasediconsiderably. A fair average business is passing in most qualities, as follows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 3s • Od to Gs ; cherries, Os Gd to is Gd per lb ; apples, 3s Od to 4s Od ; gooseberries, 2s Gd to 35 Gd per half sieve ; oranges, Gs to 12s; lemons, 4s Od to 8s per 100; strawberries, is to 2s per punnet. VEGETABLEs—Summer cabbages, 10d to is 9(1; cauli flowers, is Gd to 3s ; horse radish, 9d to is Gd per doz heads ; greens, 2s Gd to 3s Od turnips, ' 2s Od to 3s Od • carrots, 4s Od to 5s Od • turnip radishes , Gd to Os 8d; spring onions, 9d to is Gd per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 9d per bundle ; asparagus, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ' • old onions, Os Od to Os Od p er half sieve ; seakale, Os Od to Os Od; mushrooms, Od to Os Od per punnet ; cucumbers, 4d to is Od each ; cos lettuces, 8d to ls Od per score ; new potatoes, 2d to Gd per lb; peas, ls 3d to ls Gd per half sieve. . POULTRY. Goslings, 5s Od to 7s 6d; geese, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od; wild do, Os Od to Os Od; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls, lOs to 14s ; do. chickens, 6s to 10s - ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 8s ' • Guinea fowls, Os to Os per couple. English eggs, 7 s 6 d to 88 ; French do., 6s to is Od per 100. Fresh butter, is Od to is 2d perlb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb; soles, 1s to 2s 6d per pair; cod, 2s Od to 10s ; brill, as Od to 7s Od ; mullets Os to Os ; doroys, 2s 6d to lOs each ; turbot, 5s to 17s 6d each ; whitings, 3s to 9s ; haddocks, 4s to 12s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s per 120; mackerel, 40s to 50s per 120. NEWPORT. • • . . Per 81b. by the carcase. Beof ......... 3s 4d to 5s Od Mutton ... 4s 2d to 5s 10d Vea1......... 4s Od L to amb 58, 6s 4d 4 I d Pork 6d. 4s 2.J. to 5s 6d .7s • • -WHITECHAPEL. • Per 811. by the carcaso : Beef ......... . 8s 6d to 5s Od I Mutton ... 4s 4d to 6s Od Vea1......... 4s 0(1 L to 5s amb, Gs 8d Id P o rk Bd. 4s Od to 5s 8d 7s BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8.1. to sp. ; of household ditto, 6}d. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 2FI; 64 to 72 lbs, to 3d ; 72 to 8 01 bs, 3 d t o 3 i d ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 31d ; 88 to 961bs. 31d to 4d; 96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. liorso bid e s, 9s 'to - I.os Od calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, polled sheep , Os Ud to Os Od; baif-brods, 'Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs, 3s to 4s 9d •; shearlings, is 7d to is 9d. HAY. _ SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, .£4 Os to Ao lOs ; clover, £3 Os to 16 12s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 ls per load. Trade steady. CumßEßLAND.—Afeadow hay,clover, .E 5 Os to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. A good demand. WiIITECHAPEL.—MOadOW hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade firm. Liverpool:Cotton Market—(This Day.) The market opens strong at i to It advance. Sales probably 15,000 bales. The Late Inquiry at Jamaica. The Report of the Jamaica Commissioners and the despatch of Mr. Cardwell - are now before the public, and, in our opinion, they tend to exculpate Governor Eyre on an important point on which he is condemned. The position in which the Governor was placed at the outbreak of the rebellion is minutely described, and the Commissioners consider him to be entitled to praise for-his prompt, judicious, and energetic action. As a proof of the forbearance with which he acted, instances are recited in which he, resisted attempts of other officials to extend the jurisdiction of martial law ; and they commend his calmness and self-command in the panic and in de clining the aid of the Governor of Cuba. Both the Colonial Secretary and the Commis sioners condemned most strongly the excessive severity with which martial law was administered, and it is on this point that Governor Eyre is cen sured. Mr. Cardwell undertakes to explain the object of martial law, and it is a pity that he did not proceed further and explain what martial law is. It is very easy for us to sit down at home, with a sheet of paper before us, and theorise on the proceedings of men compelled to act in grave emer gencies; but there are few of us can tell until we are tried how we would act ourselves. Indeed, the same man will not always act in the same way when the circumstances which call for action are precisely similar. The main point, however, is this —it is the naval and military authorities who convened those courts, and carried out their sen tences, 'who are responsible for the atrocities they are said to have committed, and not the Governor. The declaration of martial law in a district means the suspension of all law there, and the substitution of the will of the officer commanding the troops. On that officer, so long as absolute power remains in his hands, rests also the responsibility. The officer on whom this duty must devolve is nominated by the Horse Guards, not by the Governor. It • is in that officer's power to hang, shoot, or pardon men at his pleasure without any form of trial whatever. Most forms of trial under martial law are a mere farce. It must be clearly understood that martial law does not mean military law ; military, as well as civil law, being suspended under its operation. If the nation decrees that in times of revolt such a system should be permitted to be in force in a district, it should decree also that those who administer it should be responsible for the use they make of their power. A civil Governor, away from the spot, can exercise very little control. Theoretically he may be supposed to do so, but practically he cannot. He may suspend the law, but he cannot control its working while it is in force. The late Lord Canning earned a high ;and just meed of praise for his humane conduct during the Indian Mutiny ; yet, we venture to assert, that there are scarcely any instances on re cord where martial law was administered with more terrible severity than under his rule in India. His lordship did everything he coull to stop the executions, and mitigate the horrors of these punish ments, but his efforts were of scarcely any avail, and he simply gained for himself the titles of " Clemency Canning" and "White Pandy." The case of Mr. Gordon is altogether another affair, and one for whose cruelty and illegality Mr. Eyre may be highly to blame. But for the ordi nary administration of martial law we contend that the officer commanding the troops, and not the Governor, is responsible ; and 'we wish to see the principle laid down and adhered to, that those who act, and are alone capable of action—with these extraordinary powers in their hands--should be wholly responsible for their administration, and not permitted for a moment to escape the penalty of cruelty by a nation —ignorant on the subject— hallooing on the wrong scent. A Governor's responsibility consists in proclaim ing martial law, not in the administration of it. He is responsible also for its continuance, and Governor Eyre may have been justly censured for permitting it to be continued in Jamaica beyond a necessary period; but this is an error of judgment, not a charge of cruelty. Even in this the chief respon sibility rests with the officer in command, whose duty it is. to report to and advise the officer admi nistering the G o ve6ment.—Anglo-American Times. Her Majesty's screw troopships Tamar and Megmra arc both hourly expected at Spithead, on their return to England from rounds of foreign troop service. SMYRNA. AND CASSABA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines amounted for the week ending May 27 to £982, in cluding £245 for merchandise ; and the receipts for the week ending the 3d inst. amounted to £1,054, including £316 for merchandise. The length of line opened for passenger traffic was 61 miles, and for goods traffic 40 inqes. Railway Traffic*Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Receipt' Railways. 180. 180. 113i6 tBCS _ _ . .£ Z Belfast and N. Countles 9)l 991 2,071 2.010 Belfast and County Down 49 49 660 15313 Blyth and Tyne 3O 86 2,432 2,150 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1213 1211 7,182 1.826 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4l7f 408 27,21)3 25,8 6 Cambrian l3) 121 2,311 2,113 Cockermouth IC & Penrith Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 456 426 scooorrrkkn,waiiirlykroocugkiit Passage 36 6 5 4 36:. : • 3 t 2 2 622 2 130 1 1.6 2 v76 0 91 Deeside l7 17 403 50 Do Extension .. Dublin & Reliant ..) unction 63 63 1,392 1.4 u Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,727 1.930 Dublin and Meath Dub. & iVicklow and Wexld lO6 106 3,170 3.538 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 51 3,918 3.572 Glasgow & South-Western - 249 0,837 13 . 5 0 Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 422 401 33,973 38,483 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,615 1,6.0 Do Branches 42 46 1,281 1,310 (IL Northn. & IVestn.(lrel.) B2l 711 818 I'B2 lt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 8873 8.614 8.139 Great Western 1292 1280 75,347 74.1 5 [lull & Ilornsea Highland ' 2413 248 3,4 7 3,214 Irish North-IVestern 145 1 1 5 1,782 1,755 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 4 0 3 48.361 42 34/ Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 261 26 t 141 98 Llanelly 461 461 843 705 Llynvl Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lend. Brighton, &8. CoasL London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 1351 124 / 11.324 10.796 a ll Metropolitan Extension / 12 111 J 2,931 2,630 Do. Kent coast Lan., Tilbury, & Southend 11.an..Sheflieki, & Lineolnsh )lane((. S.Jun.& A Itrincham 93 91 1,441 1,493 Waryport and Carlisle ileidepuil ',WI Midland (in& N.-Western) 6773 0633 50,509 41,660 Midland (I L Westn. of I rind 2103 2603 8,029 6.458 Monmouthsh. Rall. & Canal 44 44 2.9:5 2,821 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dail 12071 11711 74 47 , 88.808 North London North Staffordshire 258 258 !•,5)l 7.t61 Pembroke and Tenby ll3 111 140 126 lthymney l9l 191 1,220 029 Soottish North-Eastern ll3 138 6,480 11,557 Somerset and Dorset 6B 65 1,238 v 32 South , Devon South-Eastern 315 3(' B 21,88, 21 698 Taff Vale 6l 61 6,650 5,617 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 181 200 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 405 4 3 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1.197 4,3 , 4 Irhaven,Cleator,& Eg mut lO 10 b 77 63.1 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Austrian B2B 828 4%212 31,374 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction.- 203 263 313 410 Bombay, Baroda,& Cen. India 308 3013 10,559 5.773 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 8,2 :1 6.323 „ Dutch Rhenish' lOBl ' 1(81 5,632 6,029 Easturn of France 1655 1551 7481 , 72,7.6 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 23,9:8 23,615 Great Central of Belgium 285 2 1 5 - - Great Indian Peninsula 69 62 590 4 1 ,229 2 1 ,999 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,628 5.159 Great Southern of India .. • • 79 79 727 613 Great Western of Canada 346 315 12,157 11.491 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 1 7 8 7 42 8 41. 1 7 84 1 1 3 48 2 83 0 0:0. 2 25 1 80 : 1 6 9 9 ,. 8 4 .:7 4 : 1 7 Madras ......... .• • Northern of Canada ....• • Northern of France 7Ol :24 19,3.4 60.174 Norwegian Trunk Ottomen - - Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn- • • 2006 20 6 143,732 123,930 Paris and Orleans 1 71 6 7'01 4 355 6 / 23 4 j:7 . 9 E 14 2 825 1 5 13 8 : , 8801 :7 12 2 64 spßoeco.n.idfreeuanniadb!a&n:raneisco.&c 1217705975383 South Austrian, &c Southern of France 9lO 823 33,834 24,155 Victoria .' 1 1 ,757 10,122 Welland 25 25 519 SOS West & N-Wn. of France A R3iY RECRUITING.—The Royal Commissioners on Army Recruiting reassembled at tho War-office yester day, and it was arranged that . there should be au adjourn ment until Tuesday next, when they intend to assemble at the camp at Aldershot to take any supplementary ev:dence that may be considered necessary. A NEW COLONY.---A Bill before the House of Commons provides that the Straits Settlements—that is to say, the island of Singapore, Prince of Wales's Island, and Malacca—shall, at a time to be fixed by order in Council, cease to be part of India ; and her Majesty in Council may establish laws and constitute courts for the government of these settlements. This transfer from the Indian to the Home Administration is made at the desire of the merchants is the settlements. It will not entail any charge on the finances of this country—the settlements will be self-sup porting. Sir Herculesßobinson was instructed by the late Duke of Newcastle to report upon the subject of this change, and the report, which was made two years ago, recommends that the three settlements be incorporated into one Crown colony, under ono governor, with an Exe cutive Council, and-that for all legislative purposes there should be ono council, composed, as in Ceylon and Hong kong, of official and un-official members nominated by the Crown, the governor to be enjoined to visit Penang and Malacca, for a certain portion of every year. Sonthern Immigration. While the officials at Washington are puzzling their brains upon the subject of " reconstruction," it is gratifying to observe that hattheciwtizeh no littlensofthe States lately in rebellion are engaged , with their and r s e a e y t S i n to , develope the agricultural resources ea o n f s and revive, as speedily as possible, theory that voluntary prosperity. Adopting the their former servitude, so far as the blacks are concerned, is not the speediest means of recuperation, there appears to be a genera l di spos i t i on on the part of the planters to encou rage th e introduction of white labour from Europe, and already we are advised of the organisation of Immigration Societies in most of the Southern States, similar to those which have existed for many years in the North. Whether or not the assumption that negro labour cannot be rendered as profitable in their new relation as in the old we shall not stop to argue, believing that in either case the necessity exists for urgent efforts to increase the white population of the South by opening th e way for au industrious and enter prising class of emi grants. That the proposed enterprise will be favourably entertained on this side of the Atlantic we have not the slightest doubt, as the abolishment of slavery has obliterated the prejudic.3s existing in the minds of Europeans against the Southern States ; and if the necessary inducements are offered it will not be long before the tide of immigration will be partially diverted from the North to the land of cotton, sugar, and tobacco. The South not only requires labour : she requires citizens ; and, therefore; it is highly important that in inaugurating her i mmigration policy she should exercise a certain degree of care in the selection of what, in the course of time, will constitute an impor tant element of her society. The working classes of England and Scotland will perhaps off er th e most desirable material, taking this view of the case, of any portion of Europe, Inasmuch as Che.y speak the same language, and would readily assimi late with the people among whom they would be thrown. Possessing in an eminent degree the energy, industry, and intelligence requisite for the proper development of the resources of a country not surpassed in the world for fertility of soil and salubrity of climate, there seems to be a natural reason for the Southern States in future receiving a liberal share of the surplus population of Great Britain. ADVANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS ON GOTTINGEN. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, Juue 22. • The two Prussian corps under the command of Generals Falkenstein and Manteuffel, coming from Hanover, and the corps under General Beyer, coming from Cassel, are now marching towards Gottingen. The Prussians have occupied all the available passages of the river Worra. CASSEL, June 22. The Electoral Hessian Minister of 'War has been arrested by the Prussians and conveyed to the for tress of Minden (Prussia). THE BANK O.P. FiILNKFOR.T. FRANKFORT, June 22. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 7 to 6 per cent. Germany and America. England and America are united to the German Fatherland by closer ties than those of the common brotherhood of the human race. The vast com mercial intercourse which this century has deve loped has drawn them together in a more than ordinary community of interests. But, above and beyond - these, there is a close affinity of race--a cousinship of these three great nations—and much that is common in the genius, and thoughts, and feelings of the peoples. England and Germany were cousins from time immemorial. Americans are principally of Saxon blood, but the German element in the race has been reinforced in the United States by the immigration and commingling of millions of our cousins from the old German Fatherland. In this great crisis of the destiny of the world we cannot think of these affinities with out strong emotion. How much that is great and good in the world do we owe to Germany and to England, and how vast are our expectations for the future of the United States ! In America a great crisis has just gone by—in Germany a great crisis has just begun. And these crises are not so unlike as the superficial might suppose. Omitting for the present the Italian question, which is an unfortu nate outside complication, the ptesent struggle in Germany has many points of similarity to that which has happily closed in America. Prussia has defied law and justice for unholy ends, as did the Southern States for the barbarous institution of Slavery. In doing this the rulers have gone contrary to the wishes of the people as did the Southern leaders. But the German war will make the Prussians prac tically unanimous, as the American war did the people of the South. They have been dragged in— they can see no other course than to fight their way out. The American war was a rebellion of several States against the constitution and common law of the nation --the German war is no less the rebellion of a mighty offender, against the laws which bound him to the German nation. It is very true that the is aati much nacare closer i organic e ct, laws a n o d f the union ; but, nevertheless, there are definite laws at G t e ,h r e m A an m C er o i n ca led n i e having their foundations in the strictest justice, and these laws have been defied by Prussia. The Southern leaders not only defied the laws, but they seized Federal property—they took forcible posses sion of Federal forts—they overran neighbouring states with military forces before the Federal Go vernment had time to act, and the Prussians in Germany have, in all these respects, followed pre cisely in their footsteps. Prussian, like Southern audacity, has secured vast advantages at the very commencement of the war—it remains to be seen whether the parallel of final defeat will hold equally true. In this respect we cannot venture a predic tion. The outside complications are so numerous that a general war seems inevitable. As the cir cumstances vary, our hopes, and fears, and sym pathies must, in some degree, change, but as far as the present is an internal 'German war, our sym pathies are, and must necessarily continue to be, wholly on the side of Federal law and justice.-- Anglo-American Times. The United States Treasury. Tho following report of the United States Secretary of the Treasury will be found of interest under present cir cumstances :—" The sales of gold belonging to the United States during the month of May, made by tbo Assistant Treasurer of Now York under general authority given him by the Treasury Department, amounted to the sum of $35,410,000. The rates at which gold was sold was as fellows : —526,635,000 at 130 i ; $6,350,000 at 1301; $50,000 at 1301 ; $2,000,000 at 131 ; $315,000 at 1311. Those constitute all the sales made by the Treasury De partment since the month of February last. The Secre tary says that the coin received into the Treasury has been permitted for some time past to accumulate, to be held for the purpose of facilitating a return to specie payment, or to be disposed of in any emergency which might render the disposition of it necessary for the protection of the national credit, or for the prevention of a depreciation of the national currency to such an extent as would affect in juriously the interests of the country, and especially the interests of the labouring classes. Ho says that it has been his purpose, either by holding or selling, to keep the mar ket steady until the industry of the country, diverted by the war from its legitimate character, should be brought again into full productive activity, and thus prepare tho way for a permanent resumption. In the exercise of the discretion conferred upon him, Mr. Van Dyck has found it necessary for many months past to make few sales, and had it not been for the demand which arose in the latter part of February, based upon apprehended political com plications, and not upon commercial necessities, and the existing and unexpected financial crisis in Europe, the gold in the Treasury would have been permitted to ac cumulate up to the present time. The demand in February was met by the sale of £15,000,000 at a premium between 37 and 38 per cent., at which the rate gradually declined to 241 percent., but again advanced to near 30 per cent., beyond which point it was not deemed advisable that it should go ; and as there was little commercial demand, no sales by the Government were necessary until un favourable financial intelligence was received from Europe. The receipt of tho latter catiiied an active dwnand, but it was not without a heavy depletion of the Treasury. The disastrous news by the Cuba caused the demand to a ssume a more serious character. This news reached New York late in the afternoon, but before the Stock Board had closed. It was then too late to obtain instructions from this Department, and sales were resolutely continued, amid unparalleled excitement. Had there been time for Mr. Van Dyck to advise me in regard to the news brought over by the Cuba, and to receive my instructions, the probability is that sales would have been suspended before so largo an amount of coin had boon disposed of ; but in the light of facts since developed I concur in the opinion expressed by Mr. Van Dyck, that a suspension of sales before the demand had been fully supplied would have added to the excitement, and resulted in a panic which would have produced a serious and extensive disaster." The Secretary says that he received the intelligence of the unexpected heavy sales with regret, but he had since be come satisfied that the action of the Assistant-Treasurer and his agent was not only, under the circumstances, courageous, but judicious. This opiniou, as be is advised, is entertained by most of the soundest merchants and bankers of New York. The correctness or incorrectness of it can be better determined when the effect of the sales and the heavy shipments of coin upon the English market and the reactive influence thereof upon our own shall be fully ascertained." A bust of the late Mr. Cobden, executed by Mr. Thomas Woolmer, and said to be a very perfect likeness, is about to be placed in Westminster Ab bey. The petition for the Dean's permission was signed by Disraeli and Gladstone, Dickens and Tennyson, besides many of the leading men of the country. THE FORESHORE QUESTION.—The judges of the S.3cond Division at Edinburgh on Thursday laid down an important principle as to the lateral boundaries of proper ties on the seashore. It has been the rule for 50 years, as first suggested by Lord Meadowbank, that, when it becomes necessary to divide the foreshore between two adjoining properties on a tidal river or estuary, that must bo done neither by extending their land boundary in a straight line nor by taking the nearest line to the lowwater mark, but by dropping a perpendicular from the termination of the land boundary upon a lino representing the average direction of the firth or narrow sea at low water. It has now been fixed not only that this principle does not apply to the open sea—which indeed was self-evident—but that it is not applicable to a march on the shore of a bay where one bank is not substantially parallel with the other. This case, which will be a leading 'authority on similar questions, fixes that in the open sea the march onthe fore shore is to be formed by drawing a perpendicular from the termination of the land march to a line representing the average direction of the coast. It will, however, depend on the circumstances of each case, and will often be a quesiou merely of degree, whether the one principle or the other is to bo applied.—Scotsman. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM—On Thursday even ing a meeting wits held at the Free Library,Nor wich, to take into consideration the present critical condi- On the motion of Mr. Alderman tiou of Parliamentary a ff a i the following resolution —Air. C. J. Ranting presided. Morgan, n tio T n ill w att, se ad cond t e d d by unani mously Mr. :—" That the Norwich Political Unionpbeeg to ex press to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone their heartfelt gratitude far the measure of reform introduced by him, and earnestly hope that the Government will persevere in their efforts to carry the franchise clauses in their integrity, and, if necessary, appeal to the country, being sure that the great mass of the people are fully prepared to support them." REFORM MEETING IN LAMBETIL—Last evening a meeting of the electors and non-electors of Lam beth was held at the Horns Tavot n, Kennington—Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., in the chair —in relation to the present state of the reform question. The chid_ wan said the meeting had been called in support of the present Government, which he conscientiously believed to be one of the best this country had possessed for some time. Their Reform Bill was a veil moderato measure, but it was an honest mea sure, and the blame of its de feat rested not with the Oppo sition so much as with men belonging to the Liberal party, who had betrayed all the premises they had made at the hustings. (Cheers.) Mr. E. Rogers moved a resolution to the effect that the Government having been frustrated in its endeavours to pass a Preform Bill by the treachery of professed Liberals, the meeting, called upon the Govern ment to advise her Majesty to dissolve Parliament. The Rev. Mr. Doxart seconded the resolution, which was car ried amidst great cheering. Mr. John Richardson, com mon councilman, then moved a resolution, thanking Mr. Hughes for the honest and consistent support he had given to the Reform Bill in Parliament. Mr. Solway seconded the resolution, which was also carried. On Saturday last tho Argyleshire mountains were covered with snow. LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE it The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, C. 8., now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, K.C.8., now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Portugal. JUNE 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Victor de Magnus, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul-Gene ral at Berlin. JUNE 16. Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Savile Lumley, Esq., now secretary to her Majesty's Em bassy at• St. Petersburg, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony. JUNE 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. W. May, jun., as Consul-Geseral in London for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. This Day. LET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. i Porrsmounr, Saturday Morning. The American double-turreted ship Miantonomoh, Cap tain Beaumont, accompanied by a paddle steamer, has arrived at Spithead from Queenstown. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, June 23.—Perseverance, from New York; James Shepherd, from Shanghai. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Juno 22.—Bellona, screw steamer, from New York, for London. Passed, June 23.—International, for Canaries ; Venus for Sierra Leone; Clyde for Madras—all from London. Sailed—Albura, for Shanghai. AMERICAN SHIPPING. Quebec, Juno s.—Arrived—Fleetwing, Bruce, froth Greenock. The Quebec is ashore at Griffin Cove, Gaspe, and full of water. New York, June s.—Per Cuba (s.s.).—Teutonia (s.s.), from Hamburg, here on the 2d; Hermann (s.s.), from Bremen, and Marathon (s.s.), from Liverpool, both on the 3d; City of Loudon (s.s.), from Liverpool, and United Kingdom (s.s.), from Glasg ow, both on the 4th ; Nova Scotian (s.s.), from Liverpoo, at Father Point ; P ro p on tis, (s.s.), from Liverpool, via Boston, at Phil a d e l p hi a; Florid a, (s.s.) from Liverpool, at New Orleans, on the 4th. New York, June, 9.—Per City of London (s.s.)—Arrived —Ville de Paris, from Havre, and Delaware, from stoLiver pool,n both on the sth ; Africa, from Liverpool, a t _ Carolina, from Liverpool ; and Erin, at Quebec, on the 7th ; Cella, fr,99 l ; bc 3 il ltic (s.s.), from from Liverpool, both - on the Ma Glasgow, the 9th. The on Nova Scotia , London, Liverpool, ship Bremen; Hibernia, o,"! ashore near Amsterdam, ashore at the mouth of ba Ga rg lv u e e sto W n7 dwaril' from Baltimore for Pa n ta l s a rier. Bth.--Per St. David.—Arrived : Millicete, orfr "' Galveston. dl ands ' fI T m h e Peter""----"Ig June t Norwood, Kelvin, Venskabet, and St. Maxwell, Liverpool. Augusta, St.. Lawrence, Devenick, all; i fr"a and Radcliffe, all from the Clyde. Her Scotia, Virq..AD u ncan , and Wolverine, both arrived 9 ships Majesty s .---. _ . here on the 9th instant. VESSELS Prospero, and Ell en . F or CA J D an IN e GKIriNnogRLysN.DON FOR AMERICAN .. anfax (N.s.)—Unionist, Alicia; and Fi rst F ruit. For l w f o undland—Harrier. For New York—C. A. Farwell, At a lanta, Villa Franca, and Rhin e . For Quebec and Mon treal - St. Lawrence, and Ottawa. F or Ph il adelphia Jupiter. Forßo sto Ln VESSELS LOADING IN LIVERPOOL FOR AMER ICAN PORTS So Fo d r B o a d l t i (via C ar diff) —David Stewart, Theobald, moQueenre Victoria. Fo r B at h —Crescent City and l i, a Clara Ann. For Boston —S, Morton Levanter, Penis Roden, and J. B. Duffries. F or Ci ty P o i nt (Vir.)— W. H. Bigelow. For Gal veston —Navasota, and Hannibal. For Halifax (N.S.) —Pallas, Celeste, Eudymion, and Michael. For Mobile —Sea Gem. For Boston and Halifax— Cuba (s.) For Montreal (via Newport)—May Dundas, Zimi, and Cordelia. For Montreal and Quebec—Damascus (s.) For Ne.v Orleans—Abbotsford, Mauldsie, &putrid°, Fire Queen (s.) and Emily. For New Yerk (via Glasgow)— City of Montreal, Chancellor, England (s.), Alexander, Carolus Magnus, Oily of Limerick- es.), Columbia Emerald, Virginia (a.), Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ellen Hood, Wm. City of Manchester (s.), Jeremiah Thompso n , Sunrise, and. Aleppo (s.) For Philadelphia—Chi e tt a i n, Fannie, Sarrabee, Cobourg, and Governor Langdon. For Picton ria Newport— Cabot. For Quebec—Bombay Packet, Lady Russell, Juno, Belleamig, Calista, flaws, and Wellington. For San Francisco—Zanga, Fort George, Hilton Castle, Calabar, Bogota, Sharpshooter, Mystery, Aldebaran, and Kati. For Savann a h—C atherine. For St. John's tN.B.)-.Huron, William Fenwick, March, and Burmah. The paddle frigate Terrible, Capt. Commerell, V.C., has gone into Portsmouth harbour, from Spit head, to land part of her armament, and fill up with coal and other stores preparatory to accompanying the Great Eastern on the Atlantic Telegraph expo I dition. 100 at I 20 201 10 too 1 20 20 400 LOC 100 tOO 100 all 100 100 tOO 10v 2 all 100 100 100 100 31E Zil 190 100 100 it 0 100 100 15 r 97 8 Ift I E 7 6j i 8; 8