The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-26 00:00:00

ZIONI-f-NARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no material alt era ti on i n t h e Money Market nearly all the business being taken to the B ank of England. The specie movement during the week has been of an important character, consequent upon the arrival of large remittances from New York and the Co ntinent. Th e i mports have amounted to about £971,865, while the exports have been to the extent of £329,227. Ne w followi ng vessels have been announced from m ' e w York 0 this morning :—the S co ti a w ith 3,092,734, the Arago with $453,495, and the Borussi a with $122,300. £28,000 i n go ld was ta k en f rom the "The Ilk sum of y es terday ; and £23 , 000 was sent in, in cluding 20,000 sovereigns from Alexandria. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of _f the company, the lonian Bank was held yesterday, at the offices Great Winchester-street ; Mr. Lloyd in the chair. The report, which was 11,11allialcusly adopted, showed a balance to credit of p r ofit and loss on the Ist January, 1865, of •'..48,163 2s. 5d., and net profit for the year, after oeducting charges and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, £20,790 6s. 3d ; making to-' anther £68,953 Bs. Bd. The chairman stated that t he bank was progressing satisfactorily in every I..enPect, and that it h a d not suffered in the slightest cegree from those fluctuations which had so seriously cou affe cted commercial an d fi nanc i al operations in this nt ry. The report of the directors of the City of London Re Property C ompany states that the revenue a cc al ount for the year, with the amount previously of han d B7 , shows a bala nce i n f avour of the company 7,3, and a di v id en d i s recommended at the rate of 7 per cent. for the year, of which 31 per een t• has al rea d y b een pa i d, leaving a balance of £ 4 ,033 to be carried forward. Messrs. Cornborough and Co., of Liverpool, ex tensively engaged in the cotton trade, have sus pended payment. The liabilities are stated to a niount to £150,000. O'CLOCK. Ac cording to Reute r ' s telegram this Two morning, the French Rentes were 64f. 90c. Very firm. .and everything All the Stock Markets are particularly buoyant, at the close of the week is encourag inglng. Money is not easier, but confidence is greater, .e. there is a belief that the panic is nearly over. ne l'unds have risen / per cent., the prices of rnsols being 87/ for money, and 852. ifor the ac toll.ll.t " div• The New Threes and Reduced An ees have been dealt in at 85/ ; Exchequer Bills, Pa dll3'; India 5 per Cents., 105/ ; do. Enfaced Per, 101 ; and do. Bonds, 28s. prem. ~ .s p e cia l buoyancy h as preva il e d i n t h e F ore i gn - Aiarket . Greek, Spanish, and particularly Italian have attracted special notice, and their rise in Tarketable value has been very conspicuous. ditto 5 per Cents. are 30/ ; Mexican, 17/ ; . it to) New, 141 15/ ; Greek, 9410} ; Spanish Pas a8111; 19 1 ; Certific a t es , 14/ ; Italian, 40/ 41 ; i p ° ti Bra zilian Scrip, 8/ 8 di s . U n i te d S tates 5-20 1 7t 11(12 / 65 4 ; - Erie Shares, 411 42 ; an d Illi no i s, Ui 764. tusiness in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices generally show an u p• ward tendency. Great Western and South Eastern Pe each improved ss; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; North-Western, £1 55., and Metropolitan, 11 0 s. ; while Great Eastern have declined 55., 44(1 Great Northern A Stock, 10s. T he Foreign and Colonial lines remai n with „ ut material variation in prices. n ßa nk and Miscellaneous shares are dull, but in d i nstances prices are a shade firmer. Agra • Masterman are dealt in at 23 25 ; Cat 17 18 ; Ci ty Bank, at 15 17/ ; London 47. • d Co C redit unty at 56/ ; and U n io n o f L on d on a t 4 5} 2.1 Fonder and Mobilier of England are i N i at .a I ; Int ernational Financial at 24 3 ; an d lonal Discount Company at 11/ 12. ERITISII F UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GOVERNMENT Iruxus. 861 7 1 6 i 13,,0r ent. Consols a Nu°. Account, May 9 Bsi i 85 1 5 i s, r Cent. Reduced teW 3 per. Cent .. . t . .......... 4101 v 2i per C ent:Ta " n . .. . 1 . 9 . 4 .. _— Do 44 • 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 nuities, 0 Yrs, ex • sth Jan., 1880 D o f pre t • or 30 Se's, expire sth April,lBBs — ° cited T eph), Aug., 1908 D ITrch. tleheqUer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 5 5 13 1) ° £5OO ............ 5 ahit of £lOO and £2OO ji) a England Stock, 5 per Cent 11,1%,4°°0Unt Ina. NI GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. .„'iala Stock 14 per ' Cent., A.pnl 1874 — '-'°. Ace D o K °lmt .......................... t • ' Per Cent. July 1870 Q. 4 to Per Cent., Oct. 1888 DO, (61-tificates °•_. . nfaced Paper 4 per Cent D o. per Cent., Jan. 1872 0 0. ti Per Cent., May 1879 — 1) -Ob., Per Cent., Aug. 1866 I) -(AI4, Xl,000 o. under .£l,OOO I'°REIGN FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. rgeutioo Re - £l5 — pm 4 uNt ri i, public, 6 per Cent., pd __ Urtizettll44,sonds, r Cent, 1859 D o „ 4 , Per Cent 1 Per Cent 1852-5840 bo. ~ 1863 1) 33° . 1865 — tn.o°olccount _ s ei los eri P, £45 paid bo , Ayres 6 per Cent C hib a Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) to1)o 11 4 , 6 Per Cent :1 Per Cent DO Per Cent ...... V &,, . ............. die 01 0r, t b ‘ : " P 7 £oo paid eub,, (Jan aper Cent. _ _ 1)4411): 'pet 3 _ bfillubia Percent,Cent., 1825 _ tnoo. AollooPutririteipalities 1 1484 kr I,Tew, C onsolidated, 1 per Cent — I:1%, Provisional Land Warrant — ° i.l.,)eferred 0.,)"ail 7 per Cent 82f 31 jp Second Issue ° 41..„00 Bonds ID "Jo. 1864 17DO .£lOO Bonds . Ci.overnment Railway Debentures Coupons _ dis ti r u i l Xoo paid ..................... 1 1'4 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coup 0i 10 1)-0. Account -1,1). Coupons ... 7 (,4-ao. account ipaiteraala 5 per Cent. lian 5 per Cent 1865 e t ictin 3 per Cent 16. i i I 171 0. Account 1 , D o 1864 sle-Z..1 per Cent. Anglo-French e;:, 'xranada "1-ml'4n 5 per Cent., 1865 13° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) . .............. JD° !I Per Cent., 1862 Por t - It ' Per Cent Doo 15'llese 3 per Cent., 1853 . ..... ; ...... :: 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 , 6, ___- 44, 0: 4ccumat .1)8,:az1 5 per Cent, 1822, £St B4 83 I), 1 Per Cent. 1850 001 Per Cent., 1860 t o , per Cent. 1859 84 t o `,' Per Cent. 1862 NaNi o u. Per Cent. 1864 B7 1) 0 11 5 per Cent 'Dailio'e,count .................. to - 4 1 ' Per CZ.t. to i‘lec°llllt DoDo A e`4' Deferred 'Do ice°.Unt 4ssaVe Noi ,ee tUnt .. t . 13\vto so C ert. of ................... . t;ilded - ~,13eciAceount ....•- 0. " 4 11 , 1 Per Call ......... T tirkw Per Cent. 1864 • bo A 6 Per Cent 1854 -LP Do i'ceonilt ....... : .. Lo 1.),1e,„r Cent. 1858 bo 6 " Bonds .............................. DD o A .),Eq' Gent. 1862 ........................ boo :i,',.-onnt .................................... 57 . 9 00 6"0 Ponds ... • . ............. 60.1 5 Por Cent., 1863 ................... jI)Do Aced Per Cent ~ 1865 ..... ........ u-13...erip... uat • ~, ---, .. 301 i. 30 *ll.°e'z'llieli'er,Oent. Guaranteed — bitt 4 ' Per Cent. DO I.? aee°ll Ul . . 130. ) per C ent.: . iB6.i Deco ,0. 1864 p , J /ivid ..................... London. %Cial .4 , el lds on the above payable in Diteh'Tl per cent, , Ex. 25f 1)° 1%./,.(3,,,' (") " I, t.7 l ''x. 12 Guil — ~'r-,.1.„.4 F. ,ent. Certificates Auotas, . ente s 3 per cieut. . . N' A Per Cent., 1861 E .... . . ...Ceo ti, t ... , X. 0 . ..... •• . • -.... 111 .. c o ...... ..... .......... II • ••• ...... ARO/ 8 1 )0 . A for 4 , TWO O'CLOCK. tit, J 44 U e .th .......................... 87 } ......... 2.,,.. ......... 831 i x. a SHARE MARKETS.-- This Day. Share/ Railways. Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian st Cambrian .. 50 Cork and Bandon al 20 Corn wall al st Dublin & Belfast Juno 10( at Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc IC4 100 E.London, bcrip Certi all Do. 14 at Glasgow &S. Western 104 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 104 et Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 104 et Great North of Scotland 104 at Great Northern lOl st DJ. A stock . 10 , st Do. B stock 1(14 et Do. New, is. at 25 prn st Gt S, and W. of Ireland 100 st Gt. Western -Original 110 st Do. S. Val. Rail gua. 101 st Do. South Wales st Do. W. Mid.— Oxford 14 st Do. Newport st Do. He, eford st Lancashire & Yorkshire 104 at London and Blackwall 104 at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 101 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 101 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOl st Lun. & North Western 101 st Lou.' & South Western 104 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln 101 st Metropolitan al 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension Metropolitan District al . 100 Do. do. do. 1( 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd at Midland 9 Do. .£9 Share st Do, Rirmin.. & Derby 10 25 Mid Kent st North British st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO at Nth. Eastern—Berwicii 10 25 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.' st Do. Leeds at Do. York et Do. Carlisle .... 25 81i 91 )0 124 126 O 60 65 11 13 15 11 3 5 10 67 70 O 70 72 25 15d 112 114 36 38 6 7 )0 l2O 122 )0 129 131 0 62 63 )0 3 , 3 10 31 3i )0 1 - )0 1 118 il9 0 93 93 0 24 26 113 )11 91i 924 67 09 22 123 1i 2 p id 1p 85 90 10 11 1 7 8 11 ,0 6 119 120 It Iff 89 01 ►0 52 54 10 5 27 O 108 107 10 63 70 10 105 107 Do. Stock. & Darling. a. :5 Do. do. 1860-61 1 it North London .. lO 10 Do. do. 1864 10 Do. do. 1865 it North Staffordshire it N. &S. W. Junction it Scottish Central it Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 10( it Do. Scot, Mid. stook 10; it Shropshire Union it South Devon lO it 'South Eastern 10 Staines Wok., & Wok al it Taff Vale lOl IC Do c it Vale or Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 10 , 10 Waterloo & Whiteha it West Cornwall...- 11 35i 3 18 10 11 p )9 120 122 7 1 2p 7 1 2p )0 72 7.1 ll 108 112 0 148 150 JO 65 67 1 )0 46 49 ,0 68 70 11 7 8 10 140 143 3 1 3 i 10 1100 W 3 52 54 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 363 6 53i 3 1181 19 [l4k 15 [231 41 201 61 54 4 1051 7 [O6 7 731 2 p a i d. i Closing I Business Prioe. I done. BRITISH I' LW Attante& St. Lawrence a] at Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. 10 gu. 5 per cent.. • 20 Do. le shares `< 2 oi Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do. Preference al . 00 Buff.,Brant, dZ Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- t. • • ••• • • 114 st Calcutta .k b. E., Urn lOl st e Town & Dock, gu lOl 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p al . 3t Nast. Ben_ al, gu., 6do 10( 4t East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 1 01 20 Do. J E xtension at Grand Trunk of Canada 101 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al DO Do. Ist eref. Bonds al DO Do. do. deferred DO Do. 2d I'rd. Bonds al )0 Do. do. deferred )0 Do. 3d Pref. stook al . )0 Do.do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock al, 100 Do. do. deterred al at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 10 20 t 'o. Gun. 5 per cent 1 20 Do. New gua.. 5 p. at Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D.. 41 per cent lO% at Do 201 Great %V( s. of Canada.. all 204 Do. New ,00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all tOO IJO. St do. pay. 1877-8 all 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 st Madras, gua. 5 p.O „ „ 100 st Do. 41 do lOO at Do. 44 do lOO 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 st Uelb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 10C 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay., a/ at N. 111. C' da, 6pc l e t p i . ha, 101 at Scinde lb st Do. Delhi lc3 20 Do. do 4 fa. 1 st Do. Punjaub....l _.5 I , st Do.lndus St " rloz COLONIAL GOVERN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 101 Can.Gov.6 p. c.Ja. & July 1877-84 Do. 6g. c. Feb. & Aug lOl Do. 5 p.m. Mar. & Sept 10( Do. 6p. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 10( Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 oo.Agl. &Oct , 1890-1900 10( Do. do; 1880-90 101 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 10( Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 101 Do. 1878, do lOl Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it' 10 , Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 'I,QI Natal Gov. 8 per cent , IDi N. B. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja. &July lot N. S.W. Gov.spv.,lBBt, 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 le Do. 5 p.a. 1888 to 1802 10 New Zealand, 6p. cent 10 Do. 5 per cent.... 10 Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-1 10 Do. 1878 Sc upwards PI Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Jr July 10 Do. do, e pril Oat lO BRITISH 2 Cam. Consul. Cold, - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist - Drake walls 2.1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 2l - East Caradon 2.1 - East Cam Brea - 14;ast Grenville 2. - East Gunnislake 8.3 - East Loved - E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk JO, - Gam.& StAubyp(9 4 G G r r e c a a t t L so ix ta t, h l T , a. - 0.1 - Great Wheal Busy l4. - G. Wheal Vor (Heist u 41 Grenv r le. o . 0. t..... . . ..... 811 8 5. ..1 Elerod's , - Elingston Downs - Margaret (tiny Lelant 13.1 4 - 5 11 1 w a r y k n e Valleydyo rn Ore, um 4. 4 1 : - N eTv Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 4. Northosven United heCrofy 2.17 pr - Pr vidence UnyL. , lant 10. - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow 3.2 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 -• Stray Park . 35.1 - Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Cl,,gan, Jim al - West Bassett (Illogan - W. Caradon (Lkskeard 1 - West Chiverton ...... . • 1 - West Seton. ...... - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan - Wheal Buller (Itedruth li - Wheal Mary Ann (Alen. I - Wheal Beton •Wheal Trelawney (Lis INES. Fsi I 6 7 8 10 1 49) 510 1.0 91 1g 35 34.6 5 6 31 31 2 t 4.0 11 2 2 3.6 1 0.0 8 9 8.6 3 31 66 - 1 21 2 4.6 1 la .9.6 1 16 18 18.0 11 2 10.0 37 99 10.6 41 5 17.6 4 6 10.6 31 41 21 21 11d 31 35 45 381 2 4 .4.0 i 1 .6.: 27 2 ➢ 1} 350 375 Lo It t 18.9 ; , 5 20 15.6 9 9 11 11 3 5 14 1 2 9 6 7 ll 67& 72} i 74 125 135 5h 80 85 10 12} 174 8 3 5 )8a ►95 205 7 13 15 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Great Western, West Mid., Hereford, 101 Lancaster and Carlisle, 210 PIIEFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 45 per cent pf., 900 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, ILn., gua. 7 per eent.,ll4 Great Luxembourg, 15 San Paulo, Rm., gua. 6 per cent., 135 South Austrian and Lombardo Tenetian, 125 1 FOREIGN MINES. F Cape Copper, lim., 10 Fortuna (Jim.), 24 Scottish Australian, Jim- St. John del Rey, lim., 53 25 idananiutana of S. Australia, BANES, - Agra and Masterman's, lim., 25 6 3 5 3 Alliance, lim., 15 18 17 Bank of Egypt, 25 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 15 Chartered mer. of India, London, and China,_3s City. 18 175 5 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 6 5/ Imperial Bank, Bin., 25 4 Imperial Ottoman, 9 5 Land Mortgage Bank of India, LLoonaddoon. Banandkcoofullty.ir6 A m e r icaa B n 6 d i S., litn., 861 London and South-Western, lim., 15 London and 11 estminster, 90 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 1im.,181 National Provincial of England.,— Ditto, 2d and :id issue, 45 Oriental Bank Corporation, 125 1 South Australia, 18 Standard of British South Africa, 10 Union of Australia, 48 61 Union of London, 48 55 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 91 8f Ceylon Company, 81 City of Lonuon Real Property, lim., 31 Commercial Union, Insurance, 6 Credit t'oncler and Mobilier of England, 21 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 5 4# Discount Corporation. 6i East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 14.1. yptian Corn. and Trading, Inn., i 1 Pore-street Warehouse, lim., 11$ Gen. Credit and Finanle of London, 1im..:,151 Hudson's Bay, 15 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 75 7 International Financial .z.,ociety, lim„ 21 4 / London Financial Association, lim 4 5 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 11 Lott ou and Provincial Marine, 2 .dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 19 , Merchant shipping, lim., 9F 4 Nrtional Discount ompany, 10.1 Ditto, issued at 5 prem., of which 31 is to pay, 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 16 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 8 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 70 Ditto, new, 471 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 123 names and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira., 84 Warrant Finance Um., 15 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £d 11. 10 d. per ounce for standard. ;old, it appears that gold is about2-Kths per cent, dearer in ritria than in LOndOU ! ;;;;;. SSESSIONS. 64 56 )0 100 102 8 id ip 11 &I 4 1 11 8 9 76 80 PO 60 65 11 100 102 ite) 100 102 10 1014 102 5 -- iit 1 20 22 .1 85 87 .1 60 63 11 55 60 55 57 I 50 55 11 42 45 Ll 42 45 11 27 30 11 . . 108 169 t 6 I 1¢ 2 f 6 I 6 2 p, 99 101 91 93 141 1& 5 I a* e 6 83 e 6 1} Op 100 1(2 90 92 88 88 1 - 1 I 61 63 10 8 82 98 100 100 97 99 2 4 100 97 99 00 - 1011 14 13} 14 :ENT SECUR: 10 I 92 JO 90 10 90 10 77 10 76 10 102 )0 1 102 104 )0 1 102 104 )0 86 8) )0 1(0 102 10 IGS 1 7 10 1 102 )0 103 10 101 pip 104 10 99 io fie O 92 O 90 O 83 O 91 i 0 72 10 98 99 10 98 100 104 106 10 1 100 102 June. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE_ (This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Willes, Byles, and Smith.) SCATHE V. RUTLAND.-ATTORNEYS' FEES. The plaintiff in this case, which came before the Court on a motion on behalf of the defendant, was a solicitcn', who had agreed to get the defendant through the Bank ruptcy Court for a specified sum, but the parties differ ing about the amount commenced law proceedings. The facts of tho case were devoid of all interest, but the deci sion of the Court is of some importance to persons not familiar with the law between attorney and client. The Lord Chief Justice said that in case of a disputed contract the costs might be tried before action was com menced, and, whatever the terms of the contract, they were binding upon neither party, the taxation regulating the maximum of the fees. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, without Juries.) CHILLINGWORTH Y. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-CHILLING WORTH AND OTHERS (CITED.) In this case, which was part heard at the last sitting, the petitioner brought a suit, the object of which was to prove the validity of a marriage at Gretna• green, and the legitimacy of the issue of that marriage. The evidence proved the marriage, but was not consi dered sufficient in reference to the children, and the case stood over for the production of additional evidence. Dr. Tristram said that since the commencement of the suit one of the parties died, and the question of the legiti macy of the children would not be pressed. His lordship then decreed the legality of the marriage. MARKETS.—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is seasonably well supplied with both fruit and vegetables. The trade is steady, as follows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 2s Od to 3s; foreign do, Os to Os Od; filberts, 1s 9d to 2s Od per lb; apples, 2s 6d t o 4 s Od per half sieve; oranges, 4s to lOs ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VsaszAsus—Summer cabbages, 9d to is Gd; cauli flowers, is to 2s; horseradish, 1s to 2s per dozen heads; greens, 2s Od to 3s Od; turnips , 2s Od to 2s 6d • carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ,• turnip radishes, 9d to 1s 3d;' spring onions, 9d to is 3d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d per bundle ; forced asparagus, 3s to 6s per bundle • old onions, 2s Od to 2 s Gd per half sieve ; seakale, is dd to 2s 6d; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d p er punnet ; cucumbers, Gd to 3s each ; cos lettuce; 10d to 1s 6d per score ; new potatoes, 2d to 8d per lb. POULTRY. Goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od; geese, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, 3s Od to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, Os Od to Os Od ; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls 12s to 16s ; do. chickens, 8s to 11s; barn door fowls, 5s Od to 8s ; Guinea fowls, 7s to 8s per couple. English eggs, 7s to 9s ; French do., Os Od to is Od per 100. Fresh butter, is Od to is 2d per lb. Salmon, Os Od pe r lb ; soles, is Od to BILLINGSGATE. 4s to 8s Od ; brill, 3 s Od to 9s Od ; mulldts Os to Os ; doreys, 2s 6d to lOs each ; t ur b ot, 58 to 17s 6d each ; whitings, 38 to lOs ; haddock s , 4 s t o 208 per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s per 120 ; m ac k ere l , 40s to 60s per 120. NEWPORT. 6s per pair; cod, Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os 6d to 7s 6d; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d • - Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; vea l , 4 s 4i to 5s 4d; and pork, 48 Od to 53 Od per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 6d. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64. lbs, 2jd to 2'd ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 31d ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to aid ; 88 to Nibs. ' 3id to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od . to Od . H orse hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins_ (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od; downs, 7s 6d to 9s 6d ; lambs, 3s to 4s 9d ; shearlings, 5d to is 6d. All these reports were received and adopted, Court of Common Council. A special Court of the Council was held yester day at Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of electing a representative for the City of London at the Metropolitan Board of Works in the room of Alderman Finnis, who has resigned. Deputy SNELLING proposed Mr.• Alderman Stone to fill the vacancy. Deputy OBBARD said that before the court came to a decision he should be glad to be informed whether, in the event of the worthy alderman being elected, he would be able to spare the time that was required for the performance of the important duties that would devolve upon him as one of the repre sentatives of the City of London at the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Hear, hear.) Alderman STONE begged to be allowed to state that he had never solicited the appointment, and, in reply to the question that had been put by the worthy deputy, he could inform him that, although he could have wished that one of the senior alder men had been proposed to fill the vacancy, still, if the court should do him the honour to elect him as their representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works, he should have plenty of time to devote to the_ performance of the duties that would devolve upon him. (Hear, hear.) Alderman ROSE seconded the nomination of Alderman Stone. Mr. H. LOWMAN TAYLOR said that before the court came to a decision he should like to say a few words upon the subject, and make them aware of what they were doing. As one of the representa tives of the City at the Metropolitan Board he could inform them that it was most important that any gentleman who should be chosen to fill that position should be prepared to attend every meeting of the board. The court was aware that the Corporation had only three members to represent them. (An hon. member said, " Not enough.") This was quite true. The value of the rateable property in the city of London,. was £1,410,850, and they returned only three representatives to the Metropolitan Board ; whereas for Bethnal-green, Mile-end, St. Luke's, Fulham, Bermondsey, Woolwich, and one or two other places, in which the whole rateable value was only just equal to that of the city of London, nine members were returned, and it ap peared to him that the city of London ought at least to return the same number of representatives, and that at present it was most inadequately repre sented by having only three members at the board. Mr. MEDWIN said he thought the court was in debted to Mr. Lowman Taylor for the trouble he had taken to obtain the information he had given to the court ; and it appeared to him that the city of London was not only entitled to have a larger number of representatives at the Metropolitan Board of Works on a ccoun t of the value of rate able property in it, but also on the ground of popu lation. He did not allude to the night but to the day population, and if that were taken into conside ration it would be found to be much larger than that of the whole of the districts that had been referred to, and if the City was fairly treated it ought to have at least 10 or 12 members at the board instead of having only three. (Hear, hear.) Alderman Stone was then unanimously elected, and the court afterwards adjourned. United Service Institution. Yesterday Mr. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., chemist to the War Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, deli vered a lecture in the theatre of the institution upon gun cotton and other new explosive agents. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the lecture with his attendance, and arrived at tended by General Knollys and Major Teesdale. Next to the prince was seated his Royal Highness the Count of Paris, and the theatre was fully oc cupied by members of the two services, and others interested in the subject. The lecturer began by remarking that little, if any, change had ever been made in the manufacture of gunpowder since its first introduction as an explosive element, and, after describing various compounds of chlorate of potass, gum, resin, antimony, &c., and exhibiting the ex plosive properties of maay of them, he introduced nitro-glycerine, which had, he said, first been made practical :use of by a Swedish engineer. It was difficult to manage, and was peculiarly dangerous. It was liable to explode violently with almost a r scratch, and if subjected to a moderate high tem perature there was great danger of chemical changes taking place which led to spontaneous explosion. If it could be safely employed, it would be much more economical than gunpowder for blasting. The lecturer went on to say that a Prussian officer, Captain Schultz, had been commissioned to ex amine gun cotton, and had invented a combination of nitric acid and sawdust, which possessed much the same properties. He, however, finally made his explosive of half converted wood fibre, adding it to chlorate of potass or some other oxide, to make it more properly explosive. The lecturer exhibited the effects of the ignition of these compounds, and they left a good deal of ashes, and made a good deal of smoke. He came then to gun cotton, the manufacture of whi c h, b y Lenk's process, seemed hardly susceptible of improvement, and he explained how certain improvements in the arrangement of this material were now being tried. One, which the Messrs. Prentice of Stowmarket had introduced with good results, was to moderate the action of the gun cotton by weaving it in combination with ordinary cotton, thereby diluting as it were the material, and moderating its action. Another mode, in which he was conducting experiments, was to reduce the gun cotton to pulp and make paper of it, which was then formed into thick cart ridges. This seemed to promise to be very manage able. Mr. Abel exhibited specimens of gun cotton, which he had subjected for months to heat of 150 deg. Fahrenheit, and afterwards exposed to sun light for a long period without inducing any change in its structure. He also showed the safety with which it could be kept by wrapping up a red hot iron in a skein of damp gun cotton, which refused to burn, and by drilling a hole with a red hot wire in a damp cartridge. The lecture was illustrated by a number of other interesting experiments, and con cluded with a display of gun cotton fireworks. At the conclusion of the lecture his Royal Highness thanked' Mr. Abel, and stated that he had been highly interested. He said he had found the gun cotton cartridge very good for partridge shooting, and accepted from the lecturer some specimens o 1 his thick paper cartridges. THE GRASS-TREE. —There are few who have ever travelled any distance in Victoria but have met with the grass-tree (Xanthorea), which is to be found in nearly all parts of Australia. Up to a few months ago it was sup posed only to be a useless growth, encumbering the land. A few knew from the blacks that it contained a very tena cious gum—the blacks used it as a glue for joining parts of their weapons; but it is only within the last few months that the following valuable articles have been obtained, after great labour and expense, by a Mr. Dodd. St. Ronan's, the place where Mr. Dodd has erected his works to carry on the experiments, is situated about 18 miles in a southerly direction from Colac, and here for some months past expe riments have been carried on in connexion with the grass treo. The root is the portion used in these experiments, and usually weighs from 101 b. to 501 b. Tho root is com posed of the stems growing in a close mass around e the inner portion o r k erne l . From the outer port i on of the refuse gum-shellac iu l arge quant i t i es i s obtainable be made , refuse contains a lar ge quan tit y o f gas, an d can available for lighti ng th e wor k s. F rom th e inner b ual po o rt t i b on e is extracted, by p ress i ng or di s tilli ng, a spirit best brandy, also a l co h o l ; a ft er distilling,afqquantbite ex tracted. saccharine matter remains, from which sugar in the neigh bourhood can The present supply of grass-tree of St. Ronan's is computed to be equal to a sup ply of 600 tons per week for te next ten years. Great quantities of young grass-trees abound, which will keep the supply up, and doubtless cultivation would greatly en large the roots.--Melbourne Herald. 413, vagrants 161; military offenders 7 ; besides 355 prisoners in other prisons ; making a total of 1,961 male prisoners of this county. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, WEST3IINSTER. The report of the visiting justices of this prison was presented, which stated that the number of prisoners in custody was 661—felons 492, misde meanants 132, vagrants 37. THE HOUSE OF DETENTION, CLERBENWELL. The report of the visiting justices of this prison was presented. Number of prisoners this day in custody, 178, consisting of prisoners for trial, 36 ; for further examination, 96 ; for want of bail, 37 ; deserters, 9. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Tuesday in Glasgow—Mr. J. Lumsden in the chair. - Mr. o c l o V n a v i n e n w i r n i g g h t t h , e t m h e e e s t e i n e rge,tary, having read the n mit was to enable the company to ma The CHAIRMAN said the first bill h k e e ha an d a to m s a u i b n- - tain certain railways in the county of Ayr. It was promoted for the purpose of fulfilling an engage ment entered into last year with the Caledonian Company, and the promoters of the Ayr and Dou glas Railway, and was intended to develope an ex tensive mineral district. Mr. CLOUSTON seconded the motion approving the bill, and it was adopted. The next bill approved was for sanctioning the construction of certain portions of the authorised lines of the Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension, and of the company (Kilmarnock direct) railway. It was intended to give the Caledonian Company access from Stewarton to Kilmarnock. A bill to enable the Solway Junction Railway Company to raise further capital ; giving permissive powers to the Glasgow and S outh-Western and North British Railway Companies to subscribe £lOO,OOO each to wards the undertaking, was approved ; and also a bill was approved for making a railway from Long town to Brampton, in which p erm i ssive powers were given to the company, and to the North British Company to subscribe £30,000 each to the under taking, which was estimated to cost £ 1 20,000. The meeting was then adjourned to the 12th of June. LAUNCESTON AND SOUTH DEVON. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held at Launceston on Wednesday, when a bill was ap proved authorizing the company to convert a num ber of unappropriated shares into preferential stock, and to raise additional capital for laying down rail s on the narrow gauge. DAVIS V. DAVIS. This was an undefended suit, promoted by the wife for a dissolution of marriage with her husband, Bernard Davis, on the ground of his adultery and desertion. Dr. Spinks was for the petitioner, and stated the case. The defendant was the son of a jeweller, who had places of business both in Birmingham and London, and the peti tioner was respectably connected. In the August of 1855 the parties were married at Birmingham, where the de fendant worked for his father, and they resided there for two years, during which period the petitioner gave birth to a daughter. At the expiration of that time, without any ap parent cause, the respondent sold his furniture and left his wife, who with her infant child took refuge at her father's, where she had lived up to the present, and supported her self by teaching music. The respondent displeased his father and went to Montreal, where he remained a year and returned to England, but expressed no desire to re sume cohabitation with his wife ; and although he was in a position to maintain her, contributed only £5 to her sup port from the time of the separation. Letters which had passed between the parties were read, and from which it would appear that he was the most attached husband, and she a loving although deserted wife. The evidence proved the allegation in the petition, and the Court made a decree nisi with costs against the re spondent. The custody of the child will form the subject of a motion before the Court, as it could not be embodied in the decree. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, THAMES. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.—Thomas Carey, a young man, described as a waggoner, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 2171 b. of sugar, the property of John Mather and Co., carriers, Dock-street, Upper East Smithfield. On the 25th of last month, Alfred Stedman, a carman in the service of the prosecutors, was despatched with a van to fetch a hogshead of sugar from the West India Dock, and deliver it at Hoare's-wharf, Wapping, for tranship ment to Scotland. The hogshead of sugar was delivered in a perfectly sound state to Stedman, and its weight was then 16cwt. 2qrs. 211 b. When it was delivered at Hoare's wharf the weight was only 14cwt. 3qrs. A part of the head of the cask was knocked out, and a piece of tin nailed over a hole through which sugar was abstracted. The prisoner was a very long time on his journey from the dock to the wharf. He ought not to have been more than one hour. He was arrested by Dunaway, a detective officer, 11 H, and was convicted at the last Mid dlesex Sessions for stealing the sugar. After the convic tion he sent for Dunaway, who saw him in prison. Sted man made a full confession, and in consequence of his statement the prisoner Carey was taken into custody. Stedman was now brought up on a writ of habeas corpus to give evidence, and he made a full, circumstantial, and frank avowal of the robbery, and the respective parts he and Carey took in it. He said he was on his way to the West India Dock, and met the prisoner in Cable -street Whitechapel, and communicated his errand to him. The prisoner said, " Will you let me take the sugar out of the hogshead ?" to which he consented. The prisoner said he would get some tools, and meet him on his way from the dock. They met again opposite Limehouse Church, after he received the hogshead, of sugar. He drove his horse and van to Bow-common, where the robbery was effected. They put a sheet over the hogshead, and Carey. got under the sheet, cut a large hole in the head of the cask, and took the sugar out. The prisoner filled a bag with the sugar, and then nailed some tin over the hole he had made. He delivered the hogshead of sugar at Hoare's wharf, stopping on the way at a con fectioner's shop in Ratcliff-highway, where the stolen sugar was sold. He pleaded guilty at the sessions. He had been in Messrs. Mathers' service twelve months. Deborah Marshall, confectioner, of No. 17, St. George's street, better known as Ratcliff-highway, said that she bought a bag of sugar on the 25th of April of the prisoners and gave them £2 for it. She gave the money to Carey, who handed some of it to Stedman. She was in a hurry, and paid 255. first and 15s. afterwards. The prisoner made a long defence, admitting his share in the robbery. Stedman told him not to do (steal) more than 2 cwt. The woman Marshall, when she received the sugar, said the weight was only 1 cwt. 3 qrs., and that it came to £2 3s. She gave him 255., and he gave Stedman 225. out of it. After Stedman went away he drew 18s. more of Mrs. Marshall. Dunaway said this was a most unfortunate matter for the town carmen and carriers, who had been robbed of leads in transit to a great extent. Carey was privy to many of those robbeiies, and hid been hanging about the dock entrances for a long time. Mr. Partridge committed Carey for trial. Stedman was sent back to prison, and he will be a witness for the Crown when Carey is tried. IRELAND. a t: . r. rI , T, M Yesterday being th e anniversary 13 of the a g y Queen's birth the banks and other public establishments, as well as many shops, ,were closed. The weather was favourable for outdoor amusements, and there were many excursions to the country. The Royal Hor ticultural Society held its second show for the sea son in the Rotunda-gardens. In every department the display was magnificent, and won admiration from the crowds who thronged the tents. Two military bands were in attendance. Among the exhibitors who obtained prizes were the Lord-Lieu tenant, the Chief Secretary, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. W. 11. Fry, Mr. George Pim, &c. Mr. Palmer delivered a lecture yesterday at the Round Tower, Clondalkin, for the purpose of prov ing that the round towers were erected by the Phcenicians for the worship of Baal. A great number of alleged cases of cattle plague have been reported from different parts of the coun try, but the symptoms described have no resem blance to that disease. Mr. King, of Belfast, ex amined one of them, and found the disease to be fever, as the result of parturition. Professor Ferguson has received the report of a meeting held by the authorities of Glasgow, the Lord Provost in the chair. Professor M'Caul, Go vernment inspector, was present, and gave an account of his visit to the north of Ireland. In con sequence of this the committee directed that notice be now at once given that no cattle from Ireland shall be admitted into Scotland by the port of Glas gow, unless accompanied by certificates granted by duly qualified veterinary inspectors ; that intima tion of this resolution be :forwarded to the Irish Privy Council, also to the Mayors of Belfast and Londonderry, and sent to such other ports and places in Ireland as Professor M'Caul may deem proper. A proclamation to this effect has been posted in Glasgow, headed " Cattle Plague," and addressed to cattle-dealers, dairymen, and others. AIL John Moir was deputed by Professor Ferguson to wait on the local authority in Glasgow, and ascertain what means might be devised for mutual protection. He was assured that the local authority would readily sanction any measure for that purpose that Professors Ferguson and M'Caul might consider expedient under the circumstances. A man named John Dobbyn, a stranger, has been arrested at Tralee, county Kerry, on the Lord-Lieu tenant's warrant, and lodged in gaol. Warner is likely to recover from the effects of his wound. He was to have sailed for Canada, with his family, on the filst inst., of which the Fenian Assassination Club were, no doubt, aware. It is said that O'Connor, who was employed for the pur pose of killing him, is unknown to the police in con nexion with the Fenian movement. OLYMPIC TIIEATRE.—Mr. H. Neville will take his benefit on Tuesday next, when Sir E. B. Lytton's comedy "noney," will be performed far the first time at this theatre. 121 2 131 i ITIES. b 3 93 79 79 104 HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 108 ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 48 to £5 lOs ; clover, Trade heav 15s Od ; and str aw , £ 2 Os to £2 6s per load. y. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. .01.--- On Thursday a meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the transaction of the ordinary county business ; Mr. H. Pownall in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of magistrates. THE CORONERS AND THE MEDICAL WITNESSES. Mr. Nicholson, clerk of the peace, read the report of the Committee of Accounts and General Pur poses, which amongst other items contained the coroners' accounts for inquests held since the last county-day. The accounts were from Mr. J. Humphreys, Mr. E. Lankester, Mr. Bird, and Mr. C. St. Clare Bedford, and the report recommended that such accounts should be paid. Mr. KEMSHEAD, chairman of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes, in moving the adoption of the report, took occasion to advert to the manner in which medical witnesses were treated by the coroners, and said that there was one case that he wished particularly to refer to, and that was that of Dr. Sansome, who had given evidence be fore Dr. Lankester. After repeated applications, when all other means had failed, Dr. Sansome brought an action in the County Court for £2 2s. for making a post-mortem examination and giving evidence, when judgment was given against Dr. Lankester, who was ordered to pay the amount 'and the costs of the suit. A constable who was examined on oath admitted that the coro ner had not been in the habit at the time of paying the medical witnesses. Now, as the coroners did not have to wait long for their money, it was not too much to expect them to make advances to the medical witnesses, so that they might be paid as soon as they had given their evidence. In this case Dr. Lancaster had received the amount from the Court, and it had not been paid. It was also ascer tained that the beadles were in the habit of deduct ing 2s. from the fees of the medical witnesses, a sum which they had no right whatever to deduct ; and if the beadles were to have an interest in post-mortem examinations, they would soon find their bills would run up enormously. This was a subject which re quired further investigation, and especially so when he found that Dr. Lankester had held in six weeks 192 inquests at a cost of £484 148.6d.,which appeared to him (Mr. Kemshead) to be an enormous sum, and particularly so as Mr. Humphreys had held as many inquests within nine of those of Dr. Lankester, at a cost of only £354 6s. He wished to tell the Court a little more in reference to this subject, for he found that this coroner enforced a receipt from the medical witness before he got his money, which was presented to Mr. Wright, the clerk of the committee, and this led to the making up such large sums of money. Here a receipt had been given for money which was disputed when the demand for it was made. The court, however, decided in this case that Dr. Sansome was entitled to his fee. All these things were very gross and they ought to be inquired into. The CHAIRMAN said before he put the question he wished to state that on several occasions he had re ceived letters and verbal communications from medical witnesses complaining that they could not get their fees from the coroners for some months after they had given the receipts to the beadle for them. He held in his hand a letter he had received and which, without giving the name, he would read The letter was as follows : " March 13, 186 G. "Dear Sir,—Some 18 months since 1 ventured to trouble you with a little grievance of mine—the non-payment of a fee which had been owing to me some six months for giv ing evidence in the coroner's court. Soon afterwards that feo was paid. To-day I have given evidence before Mr. Humphreys' deputy at the Perseverance Tavern, South gate-road, signed the usual receipt for it, and the post mortem, and am told by the summoning officer that I must wait for it, as he has not been settled with since October last. Now this seems to me a monstrous proceeding ; and as chairman of the Middlesex magistrates, I beg to ask if such a practice meets with the approval of your honourable Court, and if not, whether an intimation from you will not prevent such seemingly irregular practices. I never have any trouble in Dr. Lankester's district, where I very fre quently appear as a witness, the fee there always being paid at the time. As a mere matter of business, having given a receipt, one naturally looks for the money, espe cially considering that the death of the beadle would in the face of my receipt shut mo out • from all claim. I have hardly liked trespassing upon your attention in this matter, but 1 feel assured that your high-minded sense of what is right and proper will at once perceive that such, to say the least, loose method of conducting an important county office ought not to be tolerated." In answer to a question from the Assistant-Judge, Mr. KEMSHEAD said that medical witnesses did not insist upon being paid their fees at the time, for if they did so it was probable they would not be called in on another occasion. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said he thought that this charge ought only to be made by the complainant upon affidavit, and then a difficulty would be obviated. Captain MORLEY thought that this was clearly a case that ought to be forwarded to the Home Secre tary, and he submitted an amendment to that effect. Mr. HEALEY seconded the amendment. It was then suggested that it would be better if in the first instance it was referred back to the Committee of accounts to make a further investi gation. This was acceded to, and Captain MORLEY withdrew the amendment, but with the understanding that when the report came they should then go the Home Office, if such a course should be deemed necessary. Mr. B. J. ARMSTRONG said it was not the first time such complaints had been broil& before the Court. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE was hi favour of the ques tion being referred back to the committee, who would have all the facts before them. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and the subject was referred back to committee. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDBATII-FIELDS. The report of the visiting justices of this prison showed that there were in custody in the prison 1,606, consisting of felons 1,025, misdemeanants MAURITIUS. The traffic receipts for the week ending April 8, on the North Line, 31 miles in length, amounted to £642, and on the Midland Line, 34 miles in length, to £7OB, making on the 65 miles £1,350 against £628 on 31 miles for the corresponding week last year; for the week ending the 15th of April the receipts on the North Line amounted to £578 against £655 for the corresponding week last year, showing a decrease of £77. The receipts on the Midland Line amounted to £695, which added to those on the North Line made £1,273 for the latter week. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipt' 1866 1865 1866. 180. z Belfast and N. Counties 9 Ol 994 1,8 X 74 1.85 6 Belfast and County Down 49 49 693 657 Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 2,426 2,489 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 3,201 3,018 Bristol and Exeter l2li 1211 7,676 7,0 , 3 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4l7f 408 28,012 20,223 Cambrian Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 314 518 2 4 Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 414 311 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 432 380 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6 ei 198 191 oOrk and Youghal Cornwall 6s} 654 2,103 2.(31 Deeside „ 17 17 376 408 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,448 1.400 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,677 2.030 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 914 3,207 3,159 Forth and Clyde Junction Furnes4, &c 5O Si 4,074 3.104 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 422 401 41,061 35,836 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,814 2.003 Do Branches 42 42 1,411 3,513 681 426 Great Western 3t t* .S l'l oU r t t h il n n lW W e e s s tr.( . l ( r i ln re d i ?) 12 38 0 %71 128 38 7 0 71 Hull & Hornsea 80 8 :7 6 81 6 6 8 3,8 65 54 2 Highland trash North-Western 145 145 1,883 3,751 Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 17,9 8 40.137 Limerick and Ennis.. 244 24f 206 135 Limerick and Foynes 264 264 131 22 Llanelly 461 451 774 778 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover; i 1351 1215 1 11,194 9,156 all Metropolitan Extension 1 124 114 j 2,876 2.500 Do. Kent Coast Lou., Tilbury, & Southend Aan.,Sheineld.& Lineolnsh .. 246 246 21,527 18,242 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham.. 94 . 95 1,582 1,542 liaryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,625 1.423 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6634 5 2,713 45.425 G . Midland t. Westn. of Irind 2604 2604 4.974 4.515 aionmouthsh. Hail. & Canal l4 44 3.187 3.459 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee . 7114 7071 27,026 25,140 N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12074 11604 74,201 69,807 North London ll 9 4,884 3 432 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,933 7,879 Pembroke and Tenby ll5 111 105 67 Ehymney 194 191 1.126 925 Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 6,480 5,557 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.809 1,012 South , Devon South-Eastern 315 308 25,162 22,058 Taff Vale 6l 61 6,371 5,126 Ulster lO5l 1054 2,898 2,427 _ _ Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 37.361 33,189 Bahia and Sax Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 266 266 330 363 Bombay, Baroda, az Cen. India 306 306 10,132 4,76.5 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 4,821 6,671 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 4,816 5,9 5 Eastern of France...—. 1665 1551 75,185 68,971 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,845 26,398 Great Central of Belgium 285 255 6,123 6.384 Great Indian Peninsula 6961 592 34,775 24,542 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,151 5.259 Great Southefn of India iireat Western of Canada 343 315 14,431 13,513 Madras Madrid, Saragossa SfAiicant 778 713 19,036 15,3 2 Northern of Canada Northern of France 764 724 62,311 57.706 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman ... 486 44 7nB 729 Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006 20 6 149,921 149,331 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 81.784 71,924 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 776 776 1,731 1,467 Sc,nde 10 31 77 10 156 194 331 386 1,205 1,213 E 57 695 Do. Punjab, dtc 253 45 2,070 342 South Austrian, etc .. . 1798 1646 87.6i7 56,5u9 Southern of France 9(O 823 33,715 31,276 Victoria Welland_ 25 __ 25 149 146 ___ __ ____ West it N-Wn. of France .. 1155 1046 5E,708 59,231 The Letter-Carriers and the Sabbath. The following memorial has been addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley, her Majesty's Postmaster- General : " The memorial of the members and friends of the Working Men's Lord's-day Rest Association, adopted at a large meeting held in Exeter Hall, on Thursday, the 17th of May, 1866, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair, " Sheweth,—That many of the provincial letter carriers and rural messengers are compelled to labour many hours on Sundays, walking long jour neys in all weathers with considerable burdens. " That such continuous labour is highly injurious to their physical and moral welfare, it being gene rally admitted that one day's rest in seven is neces sary to recruit the energies of the body and mind. " That the letter-carriers feel the Sunday work to be a great and grievous hardship. " That there is no real necessity for the Sunday delivery of letters, seeing that London, with all its momentous interests, and other places, dispense with the Sunday delivery. " That the rule which provides that a rural post shall be discontinued on Sundays at the request of the receivers of six-sevenths of the Sunday cor respondence is unfair, seeing that questions of mo mentoust importance in th e H ouses o f Parliament a mmen and other publi c b o di es are d ec id e d b y a sirupl jority. " That the no ti ce t o postmasters in whiche q uest for the di r ects that no attention shall be paid to any discontinuance of a Sunday delive r which the post master may have reason to believethe Postal Official Circular of April, 1866, has resulted from the solicitation the letter-carriers,' is a direct violation of the published of rules in the Postal Guide, w c h .i,eh cl office on Sundays, and in flicts on p er son can have his lett ers, & e the letter-carriers by requi r i ng them to deliver on fil e t s needless toil Sundays the letters of persons retained de ares in that tii any st. who do not wish them to be delivered on that day. " That the example to the nati on o f the Post office employing its servants on Sundays is decid edly bad, and the tendency of Sunday letter de livery is to tempt men to w or k t h emselves and to require their servants to work also. Your memorialists therefore humbly pray th a t your lordship will es t a bli sh a rule by which a Sun day post in any city, town, or district sh a ll b e abolished on the receipt by your lordship of a re quisition signed by two-third s of the householders of that city, town, or district ; and that all requests for the non-delivery of letters, &c., on Sundays may be granted according to the published rule in the British Postal Guide." THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK PRUSSIA. We learn from Stutgardt that at a Council pre. sided over by the King, it was decided that the men of the seventh and eighth year should be called out. In consequence, the entire army of Wurtemberg is to be put on a war footing. The horses for the artillery and cavalry are purchased, and have been arriving regularly ever since the 15th at the diffe. rent depots. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments, (From the Civil Service Gazette.) THE ADMIRALTY.—Mr. T. I. Thomas has been appointed to be a clerk, Whitehall ; Mr. G. W. White, to be a writer. PROBATE COURT.—Mr. C. Seppings has been ap pointed to be a clerk in the Divorce Department, London. THE POST -OFFICE.—Mr. A. Hunter has been ap pointed to be a temporary clerk, and Mr. H. Cur wan a temporary clerk in the Savings-bank Depart ment. Mr. Jolliffe has been promoted from the supplementary class to the second class of clerks, Bristol. INLAND REVENUE (Stamp and Taxj Branch). Messrs. H. Parker, A. G. Hope, W. M. Chute, and Mr. E. Harris have been appointed clerks in the Legacy Duty Department, Somerset-house ; and Mr. T. Quinney and Mr. P. Glover, assistant sur veyors of taxes. THE EAST INDIES.-Mr. D. Onslow, officer of the h s as th b cl e a of the nt D ed ep to art t m he en 4 t th o c f la A ss cco ; R C . al s c t u e t rn ta . , Stern dale has been appointed assistant to the Head Com missioner of Paper Currency at Calcutta, and t o rank as an officer of the 4thclass of the Depart ment of Account ; Mr. J. G Hewson, cont ro ll er o f the Money Order-office, has G. promoted to the sth class of the De partmen t o f Account ; Mr. D. reathm;liAffier.tow.b.esm. Wells to baend ef oi r e ct ourt to uf continueß a n coo f ma g is trate to and be Je e win e o a 0 1 l gr e i es c tor of Rajshaye ; M r . H. B. Lawo rd trate and collector of Backergunge, b to officiate as civil and s ess i on judge 0 f Lord H. U. Brown, magistrate and collector of Nud dea, to be magistrate and collector of the Ist grade; Mr. T. Walton to be magistrate and collector of th e 2d grade in Sylhet ; Mr. E. D. Lockwood to b e joint magistrate and deputy collector of Nuddea ; Mr. T. F. Bignold to be joint magistrate and de puty collector of Patna ; Mr. E. H. Whinfield to be joint magistrate and deputy collector of Sarun ; Mr. W. Wavell to be joint magistrate and deputy collector of the second grade ; Mr. J. H. Raven shaw, magistrate and collector of Maldah, to be magistrate and collector of the first grade ; Mr. W. Macpherson to be joint magistrate and deputy col lector of Moorshedabad ; Mr. G. S. Park to be joint magistrate and deputy collector of Hooghley ; Mr. P. A. Humphrey to be joint magistrate and deputy collector of the second grade, but to continue to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of Rajshaye ; Mr. J. Grose to be under-secretary to the Government in the Revenue Department, Madras ; Mr. J. -G. Thompson to be civil and session judge of Vizagapatam ; Mr. W. T. Blair to be civil and session judge of Cuddapah ; Mr. H. Morris to be civil and session judge of Rajahmundry ; Mr. A. Brown to be a member of the Bombay Legislative Council ; Mr. H. M. Birdwood, under-secretary to the Bombay Government in the Legislative and Judicial Departments, to act as first political as sistant in Kettywar ; Mr. C. G. Kemball to be judge and session judge of Canara, and to continue to act as judge and session judge of Surat; and Mr. A. Bosanquet to be judge and session judge of Kulladghee.—Civil Service Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—(Tits DAY), THE GRAND PARIS PRIZE. sto 2 agst Mazeppa (taken) 3 to 1 agst Ceylon (taken) 9to 2 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 100 to 1.5 agst Primate (taken) Bto 1 agst Bertie (taken) ASCOT STAKES. .5 to 1 agst Love Apple (taken) 6to 1 agat Forester (taken) ASCOT CUP. 7 to 4 on Gladiateur Very little betting. RACING FIXT' RES FOR 1866. Windsor Summer Newton Hampton 7 Kanturk 7 Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 JII Beverley l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle-on-Tyne 26 Worcester .LY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Reading Hundle by Nottingham Stamford l9 I Knutsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 I Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon I Goodwood 3l Us T. Jersey i Brighton 7 Brighton Club ... _ _ 1 York August 2l Dover 23 Plymouth West Drayton Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 Lei-es lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The market opens with fair inquiry. probably 8,000 bales. Sales The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yes terday forenoon. H ilsecßorye al Highnesse s in the afternoon presid e d . givenat th e R Royal United Serv i ce at a lecture In stitution, Whitehall. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. A deputation, consisting of Lord Boston, the Hon. H. W. Fitzmaurice, the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, the Hon. Col. Pennant, and Mr. Owen F. Meyrick, interview, had an interview with the Lord President of the Council, th e Right Hon. Sir George Grey .io a u n s d e, the aver"-his annual Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, at the Privy Council on thedsinnubjeercwt will l f tathkeecpalatetelestpwlaillisguei office yesterday, president,Colonelo n m o n d Monday i Harness, rn R. I. a m Ru Murchison, o : id' clock, 88 ' c o s a e n B ei ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the meet in g was d body amusingeo S f t ~ rhdilaliys herself a n Wilson,i n o n - F B:r h o O e m M ley on the bo address. The a nniversary Rooms at 60 30 p.m. a q g u e e F d s nest was i FATAL i i years. FALL held a t Whit-Monday upon a swim trees, and whilst taking a hi g h which was suspended from catch with one of her hands g swing she endeavoured to effort lost her hold with the a branch of a tree, and in the ground, striking other hand and fell to the her head ceived concussion of the against a tree, whereby she re ceived day. brain causing death on the Verdict—Accidentalfollow ing Death. SWARM OF C cuckoos, a bird whichU CUCKOOS IN SURREY.—A swarm of ' extraordinary us good tidings," assembled on the Surrey hills i their welcome notes n are x h t e r a a r o d rd f i e n r az en la y rg m e il n es umb l e t r i s, s and un usual for so large a flight of cuckoos to remain together after arriving from winter q uarters, but some naturalists ascribe it to the cold easterly winds, and think that a few sunny days would separate and disperse them over the country.—Norwood Post. A LOST CITY FOUND.—General Lyon, late of the Confederate Army, is said to have discovered another lost city of Mexico, in the district called by the Indians Metaltaloyuca, s ituated above 100 miles west of Tuzpau in the state of Vera Cruz. Trees, hundreds of years old, are growing amidstthe ruins. The walls of many houses are standing, and on them are paintings and other ornaments, and carved doorways and images abound in every street. There are several temples, and a statuette was found, upon the reverse of which was,a cross. The doors of the houses are generally closed with huge blocks of stone, and there are other indications that the abandon ment. of the city was due to a preconcerted movement. The Reader. aan SWING. GBed,.wurtilylhilnedgeitonlit AUG CS, ;s, of 38S 1 0 f 93 2 97 c 6 8 100 100 1 ..::1 ,