The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

NONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL N TILL LIGEN Cli. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Quietude is now the principal characteristic of the money market. Very few bills are brought for ward for negotiation, but the brokers will only take those which are of first class. These are negotiable at about 2 per cent. below the Bank of England rate of 10 per cent. At the Bullion Department of the Bank yester day there was no movement of importance. An interim dividend of 8 per cent. had been de clared by the Westminster Brewery Company. The Bank of France returns for the past week shows an increase of £746,640 in the bullion, of £136,000 in the commercial bills discounted, of £BB,OOO in the advances, of £2,344,000 in the notes in circulation, and of £1,380,000 in the current accounts. A decrease of £2,064,000 has taken place in the Treasury balances. The return issued by the Bank of England shows the effect which the quarterly salaries, &c., have had upon the position of the establishment. The gold and reserve notes have been reduced, and there is also a diminution in the other principal items of the account. The following is our usual analysis Active Circulation Increase Bullion ...X25,811,865 - 987,875 ... 13,876,945 Rost Dec—mass' ... 165,454 3,614,140 .. • ••• is e ••• Public Deposits . .. .. ••• Decrease ••• Other Deposits ... ... Decrease ... Seven Day and Other Bills Increase ••• Government Securities ... Decrease •" Other Securities • ••• Notes Decrease ••• Unemployed ... Decrease ••• ... • 80,866 • 6,800,251 1,165,080 ▪ 19,939,607 • 900,143 ... 685,759 ... 126,441 ... 10,778,123 570,331 30,749,554 134,256 ... 3,335,800 1,010,745 Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the French Rentes were 68f. 10c. All appears uneasiness. The English Stock Market has exhibited slight reactionary symptoms from the high prices of yes terday, but later some active purchases have been made, and quotations have generally returned to their former level. Consols are 871 a for money and the 10th inst., and 871 4 for August. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 244 ; India Stock, 207 ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 1031 1. In the Foreign Stock Market sales have gene rally predominated, and prices have receded. The Turkish 5 per Cents. are lower. New Mexican 1, at 114 121; Greek 4, at 11 12 ; Spanish Passive 1, at 191 ; and Italian 11, at 54 1. American Securities also exhibit weakness. United States 5-20 Bonds have declined I to 67 11; Erie Shares, 11 to 371 ; and Illinois 1, to 671 771. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been on a very moderate scale, and in several instances prices have shown a slight decline. North- Western and Metropolitan have each receded ss. ; Great Western and Midland each 10s. ; and Great Eastern, £1 ss. ; while London, Chatham, and Dover have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little change of importance. South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian, however, have receded to 151 I. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain generally at steady prices. Alliance are marked 231 ; Bank of Australasia, 65 66 ; Consolidated Bank, 51 Imperi a l B ank, 27 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 1 ; Union o f L on d on 46 47 ; Cred i t F onc i er an d Mobilie r of England are at 1 dis ; International Financial at 14 dis. ; and National Discount Com pany, at 8 81 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. A ccount, July 10. 87f i li, 3 per Cont. R educed 86* New 3 per Cent B6l i New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 :_.— March. Juno. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — D o. £5OO — Do ' £lOO and £2OO ...... - B ank of Engl an d St oc k , 5 per C en t Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,. In dian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 207 Do. Account 1 7 031 } Do. 5 per C en t. J u l y , 1870 Do. 4 per C en t., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates _ Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent _ Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb 4per Cent., Aug. 1866 Deb., — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. un d er £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent _ Do. 44 per Cent. , 1852-58-60 150. , 1863 _ Do. 1865 _ Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds _ Do. Scrip, £5O paid Do £lOO B uenos Ayr Bonds es 6 per Cent — _ Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ° hllian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent D o ,010 l Scrip, £5O p a id ~ übian er Cent. — p Cuba, 6 per C li ent Danish 3 per Cent. 18').5 Danubian • - P rincipalities Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ' Do. Provision a l L an d Warrant — Do Deferred g gyptian 7 p er C ent B4 Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Bll 1 2 1 Do £lOO B onds D„o. Gov ernment Railway Debentures. 83 21. t , uo. i reek £6O paid 5 per Cents.. 1824-5, ex Coupon- D o. Account , ...... 12}. 12 Do. Coupons Do. A ccount Guatemala 5 per Cent. it 'lian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 641 5 Do. Mar emmana Railway — exicn 3 per Cent De. Account 15 141 Dn 1864 l2 1 oo 6 per Cent. A ng l o -F rench Mo ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per C ent , Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ew Granada— Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred .. • e - tivian 5 per C ent ., 1865 Do. Account 631 21 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Poe Account Portnguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DDo 3 p er C ent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, .'3 o. Acc oun t , 431 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St ...... Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 DDo 5 o 5 per Cent. 1862 . per . Sardinian 5 per Cent Cent lB64 Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive — D o Account l9l i i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Ac count 15 1 Sw edish 4 pe r C ent. — Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Do Account B3i D 6 per Cent. 1858 Po £lOO Bond s Do 6 p er Cent. 1862 DDo Account o £lOO Bonds ... o 6 per Cent., 1863....,,, Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do A ccount 30 i• V en Do. 4 pe C r ent. Guaranteed ezuel a 3 per Cent. D itto account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 0 per Cent, 1864 331 3 AusDividenas on the above payable i n L ondon. tri: - n, opr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins B4.lgian, 4+, per cent., Ex. 25f. ut:11 21 per Omit., Ex. 12 Gull — Preach Rentes 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. - Do. Account C TWO O'CLO CK Consols for money Do. Account - -.- -- ' B7l Dcfr. August Vii I• - . LiNKs LP:ASKI) AT NIXED Ltit!NTALa Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, r 9 ttAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. gi Recite and San Francisco, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 131 Dutch rtheutsh, 19i at Lax,..obour;_, 131 Namur and Li , ge gua. 141 per annum, SE South Austrian and Lorultartio Venetian, 15f I F , lii,r;l4tiS HUN NO. Cobre Copper. 11 rontino ..nct itolivla 601e1..11m.. g f St. Jobn gel Hey, tim.. 4.", 9 DO. :1(3. 1 ondon and St. Katharine, Gli BAN AB. Alliance, lint. 23 Australasia, 66 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 17 i t Chartered +ler. of India. London, and China, 34 Consolidated Bank, 5 if Hindustan, China. and Japan, ilm.,, Imperial Bank, lint.. 27 Imperial Ottoman. 8/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 31 London 13.tiak of Mexico and S. America. 1im,, 14 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 20; 1 London and County, 67 London and 11 estminster, 2} 4 nriental Banx Corporation, 43i Provincial of Ireland, 80} Union of Australia. 48 74 Union of London, 47 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., Of Bo 3,bay Gas, lim., Commercial Union, Insurance, 151 Crielit r oncier and gobilier of England, 31 4 Ebbw Vale, Egyptian Com. and Trading, Um., 3} Fairbairn Engineering, 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 41 Hudson's Bay, I? 16/ Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 1/ 01 International Financial society, Inn., 3 it London Financial Association, lim , 8 London iieneral Omnibus Company, lira, ?f I Yillwall Freehold:Land and Dock, 5/ / Nrtional Discount Company, 13 /I l'eninsula and Oriental steam, 651 Some information has at length appeared on what occurred last week in Portugal. The Jornal de Comercio of Lisbon says:—" It is indubitable that a discovery has been made of a conspiracy in more than one regiment, and that some officers are compromised. The Government has taken measures to maintain public order. We do not know what the flag of the conspirators was. The Government could not yield to any pressure, and is sure to have the sup port of all honest patriots ; let it but be energetic, and it can count on the entire nation." CHARGE OF E3IBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A LIVER POOL CASHIER.—WiIIiam Henry Harris, cashier to Messrs. Schilizzi and Co., Greek merchants, was charged before the Liverpool magistrates on Wednesday with embezzling £ l ,267 . belongitlg to - th6,i firth. The'prisoner had been 10 Y °4l " in their 0 41 3 PloY• Tho coI was L - omandod. - 0 SHARE MARKETS, —This Day. Share, l Railways. I Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian .. • Cam brian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June ' Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc L. London, bcrip 89 91 24 126 35 95 13 15 4 8 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow di S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B stock 112 111 31} 314 5 6 120 128 132 Do. , ew, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland 6t. Western Original D.. , ..5. V.v. [tail gua Do. South Wales . Do. W 31.id.—Ostord Do. Newport ...'o. lie eford 10u ).0 100 1 U too 00 GI/ 52 34 Si L Inc :shire Yorkshire) 'L - mclon and Blackwair Lou., lirign.,k, 8 Coast Lon., ~ hat., and Dovvr 12 24 Do. , Metrhp. r.x. A.. Lou. 4S; ~orth Wester!, Lon. 4; South Wester. Man., Shei., & Linoolu Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension__ lietropolitan District. iio d,.. do. 00. and t. John's W'd Mid and Do. £9 Share klirnaiu ' Derby id Kent No, th British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern— Berwick Do. G.w•E purchs.st Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock, L , o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south E.. stern Staines, Wok., & Wok TILT Vale Do. C Wale ot Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw.til ORDINARY StfAktES AND STOCKS. 52 11 21 f i 1176 I 1.).2i 1331 i 9 88 } 1251 i Clo Sing Business Pai l; Price. done. 31;f 21 BRITISH I' OSSE Atlantic St. Lawrence Flom.,Baroda, gu. 5 per cent.. ...... Do. F shares ........ Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference ...... Buff.,Brant,&Goderich B p.c. 187-3- i........ Calcutta & S. E., line.. e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu. sdo East Icdian, gu. 5 p.c.l Do. I Extension fi rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d PrLt. Bonds 1 Du. do. deferred 1 Do. nd Pref. stock... 1 Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prei. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e o. Gua. 5 arcent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c G t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent.... Do Treat W R. of Canada.. New Do. 6p. c. Bd, pay 1873 •o. 5; do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do . . Do. }ii do . . LAO. 1i 11111 .Extensiob Ilelb. Cor. 6 p. C. finds. & Hudson's day.. N. 1. C' da, 6pu Ist pt. bs , elude ...... Do. Delhi d Do. d 0... Do. Puniaub Do.lntius St.telo all 100 8 all all 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 10'f 91 93 20 22 tl7 A 8 91 1.2, 59 6 • 33& 34 2 3 1 1 04 So t'sl !25f z 93 45 66 68 4 26 109 110 69 71 1064 1074 35 3,3 9 11 pl 119 121 1 2p 1 ip 74 76 108 112 148 152 6.5 67 45 48 69 /J 71 81 14 2i5 2 3 100 103 53 55 ISIONS. A 2 64 100 10 ip 4 46 76 86 76 80 55 60 100 102 94 1600 100 101 18i 193 85 87 57 50 58 55 5q 55 45 !() 40 45 37 41 24 26 23 25 1(5 It 6 t 13 I' f7} 984 1 1 91 93 15} in oa +9l 93 83 ,5 Of 9S) 99 •J 1 85 67 961 971 1 9511 964 _ • COLDNIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITI 68. Columbia,Britisfi 6 per Cent., Dec.3l, 1872... 100 - p.c.J a.& uly 1877-'4 Do ti p. c. Feb. & 1 0 a 95 U sp. c. Mar A. Sept 103 01 Do. sp. c. Jan. A Jul) 100 75 7 7 Do. 5 p Inscribed 8K 100 75 77 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 187:, 100 99 .61 Du.Alll.&Oct 1890-1900 100 162 101 Do. do: 1,80-0, 100 162 104 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. 100 1(0 1(3 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April B na 1 5 Oct., 1900... 100 86 8) - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.'. 100 110 102 Do. 1878, do lOO 105 1 7 Mauritius, F, p. c, 1873, Jall. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. i 10 , ) 101 103 Do. 1895, Feb. .1c Atm 1,20 1 , 3 1(5 Natal 1 ;ov. 6 per cent WO 97 100 N.B.Gov.6p.c.JaJOuly 100 91 91 91 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1886 100 92 93 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 189: 100 83 115 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 931 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gev. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 94 96 95 • S. Aus.GoV. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 102 104 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April .4L Oct lOO 104 105 104 BRITISII MINES. Cam. Consol. Cold, lira Chiverton !Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. urakewalls... East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnisiake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam. StA übyn(G wen. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus.„ Great Wheal Busy.., G. Wheal Vor (Heist tireuvil-e lierod's Foot •••• Elingston vowns Margaret ( Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, urn N en , Sewn North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Whe , (l Crof ty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLk-lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Coudurrow S.Wheal Fran. illlogan Stray Park Tin Croft 71gra and Cl gan, lim.. West assett(ll(ogaii W. Caradon t L skeard West Chirerton ...... West Seton Wheal Basbett Wheal Buller (Redrutti Wheal gl ary Ann (Men. Wheal,Setou .......... tVhott L.lawuey d 7 5 7 425 445 14 14 7 8 i 1 2} 21 di 7i 3 3a 20 21 1 IA 18 22 1} 2 ns 3} 31 4 $ 4# 2} 11c1 35 45 , 2 4 f 1 20 25 325 375 t g 174 22; 9 11 3 5 6 7 676 726, 1t , 5 115 80 85 1 10 i 5 3 h 40 15 •1 1.1 2.1.0 294 31 2. t4.(' 3.9.0 1)).8. ,J THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, JULY 6, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. PRIOLEAU-JUDGMENT . Vice-Chancellor Sir. W. Page Wood delivered judg ment in this case, which raised an important question with regard to international law. The United States Govern ment had filed a bill to recover from the defendants, who are merchants at Liverpool, a considerable quantity of cot ton which had been consigned to them by the Confederate States, and which had been contributed by residents of the Confederate States to enable the Confederates to carry on war against the United States. When the matter came before the court about a year ago, the Vice-Chancellor allowed the defendants to receive £20,000 out of the pro ceeds of the cotton towards satisfaction of their claim against the Confederate States, for whom they were agents during the American war, but he re quired them to give securities to the amount of £50,000 until the final hearing of the cause. In February last the defendants filed a cross bill against the President of the United States for the purpose of obtaining a full discovery with reference to this affair. The defendants averred that there were matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the President of the United States in• reference to the cause' and that his evidence would be important ; and a motion was made on behalf of the defendants for the purpose of enlarging the time for closing the evidence in the original suit until a mouth after President Johnson should have answered the cross-bill on oath. It was contended by the counsel for the defendants that notwithstanding the exalted position of President Johnson, he could not escape from the rule which applied to ordinary individuals who came before the Court as plaintiffs --namely, the obligation of answering upon oath a cross-bill filed against them for the purpose of discovery. The Vice-Chancellor took this view of the case, and said that all who came for justice to that court must conform to its regulations. In all cases of cor porate bodies a properly appointed officer should answer on oath, but he doubted whether the President was a suffi cient person, because it was not clear that the United States had sufficient control over him to compel him to produce papers, &T. What was asked for now was that the writ should b 3 delayed until the President of the United States had put in his answer. He could not accede to that appli cation, because he could not take judicial notice of the Pre sident, but what he could do was to allow the writ to be delayed until an answer was put in by a properly accre dited officer of the United States, and he should make an order to that effect. As soon as all these preliminary matters are settled, the case, which excites much interest in commercial circles, will come on for hearing. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) CHAPLIN V. CHAPLIN, MULLER, AND MOORE. This was a suit by the husband, a wine merchant in St. Mark's-lane, City, for a dissolution, on the ground of his wife's adultery with both co-respondents, and all the de fendants merely pleaded denial. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Wambey were counsel for the petitioner. ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Dr. Spinks for the respondent ; and Mr. Sergeant O'Brien, Mr. Inder wick, and another learned gentleman for the defendants. From the statement of counsel it appeared that the al leged adultery with Muller lasted from May, 1864, to July, 1865, and with Moore during portions of the years 1865 and 1866. The defendant was only 17 years of age, and the respondent was 35, and held the situation of house keeper in a tradesman's family when they were introdu:ed to each other by a relation of the latter. They were mar ried shortly afterwards in 1852, and went to reside in Islington. They lived together until December, 1861, when some disagreement arising between them they sepa rated by mutual consent, and the petitioner agreed to allow the respondent £2OO a year, and advanced her £lOO to purchase furniture and other necessaries. A change subsequently took place in his circumstances, and he re duced the allowance to £lOO a year. The respondent after the situation took lodgings at Mildmay-road, Islington, where she formed the acquaintance of the co respondents, one of whom was a commission agent and the other a clerk in a respectable establishment. She removed to St. Mark's-toad, Notting-hill, and her intimacy with Moore was continued. The petitioner asked for no damages. William Downs, a cousin of the respondent, proved to having introduced her to her husband. Ho believed the latter was about 21 and the respondent was older. He visited them after the marriage, and Mr. Chaplin always treated his wife with great kindness. He deposed also to having seen the respondent in company with both co respondents, and under circumstances of suspicion. Mr. William Chaplin, brother of the petitioner, gave similar evidence as to the intimacy with the co-respondents. Other witnesses were called for the petitioner's case. POLICE 'iv lELLJA/ENtix;.---This Day. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A SAD STORY.—THE MARQUIS TOWaSHEND AND TEE BEGGARS.—Mary Ann Heaviland, a girl charged by the Marquis Townshend with begging in Piccadilly, was again brought before Mr. Kr ox. The girl begged of the Marquis in Piccadilly, and on his recognising her as a girl he- had once before charged at this Court, but who was allowed to go at large on her father promising that he would not send her out begging again, he gave her into custody. Mr. Knox ordered inquiries to be made respecting the girl, and Sergeant Bunco, 5 C, who invariably displays great care in his inquiries, said he had ascertained that the girl's mother was dead, and the father, who got his living as a tinker, had lately broken up his home, and gene, he be lieved, into the North of England, and the poor girl was now destitute. Mr. Knox said he thought the best thing would bo to send the girl to a school. A poor girl with a child in her arms got into the witness box, and stated that she was the prisoner's sister. Mr. Knox asked her whose child it was she had in her arms ? The girl said it was her mother's, but her mother was dead. She would look after her sister if the magistrate would let her go. Mr. Knox put some questions to the sister, and from her answers it was evident she had a hard struggle to main tain herself and her child. The Marquis Townshend said he would look after the sister and see whether something could not be done for her. Mr. Knox said it was proved the girl's father was away, and that she was utterly destitute. Ho should certainly• send her to an institution for five years. The girl was subsequently taken by Welsh, the office keeper, to that valuable institution, the Cripples' Home, Marylebone-road, and at once admitted. MERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the 27th ult., arrived at 10 p.m. on Thurs day at Queenstown, with 248 cabin passengers and 96,000 dollars in specie. She landed a portion of the mails, consisting of 75 sacks, and also 55 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 11.15 p.m. All well. NEW YORK, June 27 (Morning). Fifteen Fenian prisoners have been committed to gaol at Sweetsburg, Canada, in order to await their final trial, which will be commenced in a few days. A Fenian meeting was held on Sunday in the vicinity of Jones'-wood. It was addressed by James Stephens, who declared that Roberts and Sweeney were not in concert. On Monday night a Fenian mass meeting was held in Union-square. Roberts spoke, and in the course of his remarks said that the next time the Fenians moved it would be with an impetus that no power could withstand. A letter from Horace Greeley expressing sympathy with the Fenian cause was read to the meeting. Resolutions were adopted declaring that " the truckling of the Federal Executive and the Secre tary of State to the designs of European monarchists merits the strongest reprobation. The Senate has passed the bill to continue in force for two years the Freedmen's Bureau. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for concurrence. In reply to the late resolution of the house the President has sent to Congress a list of all Ameri can citizens reported to have arrived in Ireland since the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. The National Union Club has issued a call for a national union convention on August 14th, to aid in completing the restoration of the Union. Delegates from all States and territories are to atttend. Mr. Seward is rumoured to have concluded a secret treaty with the Emperor Napoleon, the understanding being that the United States should observe strict neutrality and non-intervention in the affairs of Mexico. After the withdrawal of the French, Maximilian would secure his election as President, and would afterwards declare himself Emperor, thus avoiding the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Schrockmarton (Conservative) has been elected Governor of Texas, receiving nine-tenths of the votes. Cholera has appeared at Elizabeth, New Jersey-40 cases, 11 having been fatal, have been reported. The Moravian, Germania, the New York, and the City of New York have arrived out. WHOLESALE SWINDLInG. The particulars of one of the must gigantic swindling schemes ever concocted on the other side have just been revealed in this city by the arrest of some of the principals at Lockport, New York, where several of the villains had retireki to spend their ill-gotten gains, in the expectation of undis turbed felicity. The frets as detailed present a scheme so skilfully planned as might have ensured success but for the circumstance that their o.'etims) once on the alert, were as sharp as the swindi.ers, and now, with the aid of detectives, have succeeder: in bagging the greater number of them. About 8 or 10 months ago an establishment styled the Canton Banking House was started in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York. The persons en gaged in the undertaking—some 30 in number—ob taining all the paraphernalia of a legitimate institu tion, had made their business notice sufficiently public in " Thompson's Bank Note Reporter," and took other precautions to endeavour to assure the public that they were on a sound basis. Meanwhile their swindling operations were set on foot—persons being despatched in all directions with drafts on the Se cond National Bank of New York, drawn by a Mr. Clarke, who has since turned State's evidence, in the hope of escaping from the web so completely woven around his confederates. He has stated that no less than $200,000 in this worthless paper was issued, all payable at the bank named, where for a few days the sum of $5OO lay to the credit of one of the parties concerned, but that it was all, with the exception of $12.50, withdrawn a few days subse quently. The many agents of the concern here then flooded the country with this worthless trash ; $200,000 was a large stake, and if they only won occasionalLy there was yet a large per centage over the rewards of honest labour. In Buffalo a considerable sum was cashed, New York was slightly " bitten," while even as far south as Kentucky and Alabama the ras cals are said to have pushed their unlawful scheme. It il,estimated that by this means fully $lOO,OOO of the waste paper was disposed of to the duped vic tims. The first intimation of the affair in Canada was made in December last, when Mr. H. Forbes, broker, of this city, was asked to cash a draft for $4,500 on the bogus concern by a party represent ing himself to be a cattle buyer in want of money, and who had been introduced as such by Mr. Pal mer, of the Albion Hotel here. Mr. Palmer had been assured of the reliability of the fellow only by a con federate, a man named Hezekiah S. Bennet, on whom the weight of the law is now likely to fall in full force as one of the principals in the affair. Mr. Forbes consulted the detector, found the house advertised, and the party, a man named Loomis Willard, appear ing to answer his own representations, he cashed the draught immediately ; but scarcely had he done so when he thought something was wrong. Tele graphing to the banking-house he only received an answer from an operator saying that Mr. Clarke, the drawer of the draft, was in New York. This heightened his doubts to a well-founded suspicion, and telegraphing to the Second National Bank, their presumed agents, he was informed that they had only $12.50 to their credit. He immediately went to Lockport, and on reaching there was in formed that one of the drafts for $1,500 had been presented at the Exchange Bank of that city and was about being paid, the clerk having retired to obtain the sanction of the manager, when the operator, suspecting that he was detected, made off, leaving the draft in the possession of the clerk, who only then became aware of the narrow escape from being victimised. Mr. Forbes's visit , to Lockport was almost on the same day, and he had just entered the First National Bank of that city when they in formed him that a draft for $l,lOO had been cashed, fully believing that it was genuine. The doubts of Mr. Forbes changed their tone, and by the aid of a detective they shortly afterwards recovered the full amount. Mr. Forbes, however, found Willard worth nothing, but, after some trouble, succeeded in con nectingßennett with the scheme—the former having been acting as Bennett's tool, he receiving $5OO of the money for his services as " stool pigeon," while Bennett retained the lion's share. The man C. E. Clarke, who has " peached" on the rascals, appears to have been fully as guilty as the others ; but his not obtaining his expected share in the proceeds, as well as the fear of the State prison, induced him to reveal his scheme in the transaction, and help to bring the others to justice. Several other parties in Canada have lost more or less by the swindlers— Mr. J. W. Murton, of Hamilton ; Mr. Patterson, of Port Hope ; and others, being named. It is also said that the Bank of British North America, at London, has lost $l,OOO by one of the parties hav ing deposited a large sum there for collection, and obtained an advance to that amount. In Buffalo several extensive hauls were made, and Detroit and many sections of Pennsylvania were visited with the same intention—in many cases successfully. One party in Buffalo a few days ago recovered $4,500, an amount sufficient to cover all loss and damage, besides a bonus, from a man named Chappell, the agent negotiating there. A serious difficulty has, however, presented itself with regard to the two prisoners, Bennett and Willard, arrested at the in stance of Mr. Forbes, they having committed the act in Canada, while the conspiracy to defraud, on which they are held, was concocted in the Unif,ed States. Still, strenuous efforts will be made to bring the perpetrators of the scheme to their full deserts, and, if possible, they will be held to account for their actions. The trial commenced at Lockport on Tuesday last, the arrest having been made a few days previously.—Toronto Daily Globe. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND CAPTAIN KENNEDY, OF THE CITY OF PARIS.—At a meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine Board yesterday (Thursday), a presentation was made to Captain James Kennedy, of a splendid gold chronometer, from the President of the United States, for gallant conduct on the part of Captain Kennedy in saving the crow of an American ship in January last. The following letter addressed to her Ma jesty's Lords of the Admiralty, fromthe American Minister in London, was read at the meeting : -" Legation of the United States, London, 14th May, 1866. My Lords—The American ship Meridian sailed from New York, on the 24th November last, bound for London. It appears from reports received by my Government, that on her voyage she encountered a succession of storms, which by the 24th of December had had the effect of leaving her a floating wreck at the mercy of the winds and waves. On the Ist of January she was descried by the steamer City of Boston, which at once came to the relief of the distressed people on board. But such was the state of the ocean that no assist ance could be rendered except by the agency of the life boat belonging to the steamer. In this emergency Captain Kennedy, with the aid of a picked crew, who cheerfully exposed themselves to this perilous experiment, succeeded in saving the lives of all the persons on board, and trans ferring them in safety to his own vessel. The conduct of Capt. Kennedy, through the energy and promptness dis played in the direction of this enterprise is described by the rescued persons as eminently conducive to its success. Whilst, therefore, my Government has taken the necessary steps through other channels to recognise the value of the services of the boat's crew, I have been directed especially to mark the sense entertained by the President of the action of Capt. Kennedy, by asking of your lordships to cause to be transmitted to him the ac companying gold watch, together with an assurance of his high appreciation of his noble, friendly, and humane con duct upon this critical occasion.—Remaining, &c., CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS." We may add that Capt. Kennedy is in command of the City of Paris, one of the Inman line of steamers, and has just accomplished one of the quickest voyages from New York to the Mersey on record. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wed nesday morning Mr. Robert Armstrong, the owner of considerable property, living in Lowther-street, Carlisle, was murdered by one of his tenants, named Holywell, who keeps a large inn. Holywell, in a tipsy state, went to Mr. Armstrong at his own home, to see him about some griev ance, but his landlord told him to come when he was sober, and then he would speak to him. The man was complying at first, and had got as far out as the kitchen, when he turned round, grasped Mr. Armstrong by the collar, dashed him against the door, threw him upon the kitchen floor, and, still holding him by the collar pounded the back of his head against the flags until it was reduced almost to a jelly. Alarms were raised, and Holy well made off home while others were bringing a surgeon. lie got another dram of whisky and ran up stairs, whe re he was stopped in the act of adjusting a rope rou nd tund his o r. neck. Mr. Page, surgeon, was speedily broug ht la s r h o o u r g tiy afte U r- Armstrong, but it was hopeless. wards. His assailant has, of coursile,e-be been apprehended. Mr. Petruccelli della Gattina, the d ltalian deputy, who has been for some time the Italian correspondent . . of the Debats, has receiv ed orders, the Armenia states, to dis continue his military o w:respondence with the French .press under PAD of Ivigg.-arre§ted. • • . . THAMES. A ROUGH AND VIOLENT FELLOW. —WILFUL DAMAGE. — Samuel Mersh, a jobbing bricklayer, about 50 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting several persons, and breaking two large panes of plate glass, valued at £l2. Yesterday evening the prisoner, who was partially i in toxicated, was in the Hoop and Grapes public-house, n Ratcliff-highway, with some ale in a pot s and he fastened a quarrel on some peacable guests in front of the bar, and threatened to throw the ale in their faces. He then became very noisy and troublesome, and on Mr. Henry Holt, the landlord, putting his hand on the prisoner's shoulder and requesting him to leave the house he struck him with his fist on the face. Mr. Holt then attempted to eject the pri soner from the house, and he made a violent and determined resistance, in the course of which he seized a cask and overturned it, and received a severe blow on the nose. He was forced out of the house by several persons, and he then said " Look out," and obtained several bricks, which he threw at the window, breaking two large panes of glass, each valued at £6. A boy named Robert Kupp, in the employ of Mr. Holt, was struck by one of the bricks, and his head was cut open. Other persons were assaulted by the prisoner, and a coachman had a narrow escape of being struck by one of the bricks, which he avoided by " bobbing his head," and it passed over him. The Prisoner said he had been much ill-used by Mr. Holt and others, and that he would pay for the glass he had broken by instalments. The prisoner's wife asserted that her husband was dread fully Mused by the people connected with the publichouse, and that he would have been murdered but for the inter ference of the police. Mr. Paget investigated the charge of cruelty made against Mr. Holt and others, and found it to be quite false. No more force was used than was necessary to turn the prisoner ont of the house. Mr. Paget said that he could not overlook such misconduct as that committed by the pri soner, who had assaulted the landlord, and returned to the Hnop and Grapes with the deliberate intention of destroy ing the landlord's property. Mr. Holt's conduct was very proper, and he had a right t 3 turn a disorderly customer out of the house. He sentenced the prisoner to one months' imprisonment and hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.) Market opens firm, and fully id. advance in American and id. in Dhollerah over last Friday. Sales probably 20,000 bales. The transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been on a very restricted scale ; yesterday, however, a more favourable tone was apparent consequent upon the favourable advices from the continent. Sugars have been held for advanced rates, while coffee is in good demand at an advance of ls. to 2s. per cwt. The public sales of tea have proceeded with out any material change in prices; while in rice, fruit, spices, and saltpetre there has been no change of importance as regards values. Tallow has been in very limited request . for both_ present and forward delivery, and prices show a downward tendezio.y. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORE, June 27 (Mornicg).--Money abun dant. Gold, 156. Exchange on London, 168- ; on Paris, 3f. 36c. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 981; Illinois, 121 ; Erie, 60i ; 5-20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton quiet. Middling upland, 38. Flour dull. Wheat steady. Corn quiet. Provisions firm, but little doing. Coffee heavy. Sugar and molasses quiet. Petroleum dull : crude, 24; refined, 40k. Receipts of cotton at New York since Saturday, 6,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, June 2 6.—Cotton steady. Low middling, 35 to 36 ; four days' receipts, 2,000 bales; two days' sales, 2,500 bales ; stock, 113,000 bales. MEXICO. The capture of the Imperial train at Comargo has been fully confirmed. Advices from El Paso to the 25th May state that Juarez was en route for the city of Chihuahua with 3,000 men. No Imperial force was in the State of Chihuahua. MARK►E TS. --- this Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate. The trade was in a most inactive state for all descriptions, and prices ruled in a great measure nominal. Foreign wheat, of which there was a fair supply on the stands, changed hands ton limited extent, at drooping prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, on rather easier terms. Barley was in very moderate supply. On the whole the trade was steady, at late rates. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late currencies. Oats were in tolerably good supply. The oat trade was quiet, at late rates. Beans and peas were in very moderate supply. The trade ruled quiet at about late rates. Flour was in fair demand at about previous quotations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 680 ',1.70 2,290 970 _ . Irish Foreign 18,740 9,020 21,950 1,770 sks. bls. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very moderato supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade is heavy as follows : Per 81b by the carcase. d s d sd s d Inferior beef .. .,., g 8 4 0 Inferior mutton 1 4 5 0 Middling do. ...... 42 4 4 Middling mutton-5 25 6 Prime large d0.....4 6 4 8 Prime do 5 8 8 0 Prime small d0....4 10 5 t, Large pork 4 4 4 10 Veal ..............4 0 5 6 Small pork. 5 0 5 4 Lamb. tle ei , c 1 to :8 Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The trade for hops is tolerably active, and all descrip tions wore firm in price. The accounts from the planta tions are, on tho whole, favourable. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales have proceeded without any animation, and prices generally are inactive. SUGAR.—There have been no public sales, but the ad vices from the continent have caused a firmer tone, and holders are demanding a slight advance on present rates. COFFEE. —A firmer tone was apparent, caused by the favourable character of the continental advices. Superior qualities of Plantation Ceylon sold readily at an advance of is to 2s per cwt. RicE.-:Business has remained very quiet, and prices generally are firm. SALTPETRE. —There have been no sales of importance, and late rates are generally current. TALLOW. —The market is quiet. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 44s 9d, and last three months 46s 6d. per cwt., buyers. GREEN F RUlT.—Market quiet. The season for oranges being over, some parcels Messina and Palermo lemons, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at similar prices to those obtained last week. Nuts of all kinds dull, the quantity of fresh fruits now being received interfering with the sale. MAGNETIC PERTURBATION.--The Academy of Sciences has received a paper from M. Mermet, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marseilles, on certain curious perturbations of the needle in consequence of the earth quake which occurred in that town on the 19th of May last. The circumstances were as follows:—On that day Professor Mermet was explaining to his class the use to which the mariner's compass is applied, and he had just made it deviate eastwards from its original position, when, instead of oscillating regularly right and left of the magnetic meridian, it suddenly veered to the west, at the same time oscillating irregu larly from left to righi and up and down, just as if it were forcibly acted upon by a magnet . The professor, a tt r ib u ti n g this action to three small keys he had in his waistcoat pocket, put them away, and re commenced the experiment, going to some distance from the table by way of fu r th er , precaution ; but the same abnormal motions were perceived. While both he and his pupils were observing this singular phenomenon, two shocks were felt: a strange noise was heard proceed ing from the cabinet of Natural Philosophy, separated from the amphithsetialtlreaubfyveing a r thin uo p d ar o t r itio t n h , o and while of the e h floorei rshock g s t , he glass doors of the presses grated on e h the receiver o f th e a i r -p u mp shook t t hinges, i w n a s e on its plate, the bell of a telegraphic apparatus sounded, and the shutters of the windows knocked against the wall. Before the effects of the two shocks were quite over, the needle returned to the magnetie meridian, and soon became stationary there. But for the space of 14 minutes it remained in a ease of tremor which can only be explained by the. subterraueanean action in pro gress, since, the experiments being soon after resumed, no further irregularity was remarked. Hence M. Mermet con cludes that the generally received opinion, according to which earthquakes do not disturb the regular action of the needle, e xcept mechanically, can no longer be main tained, since the needle in this instance was disturbed five minutes before the shock occurred. CONSCIENCE MONET.—Iu the financial year end ing with March, 1866, sums amounting together to £7,434 were remitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by sundry persons for conscience' sake. In the previous year the amount was £ 7 , 184 . E TON COLLEGE.—The examination for the Tom line Mathematical Prize has just been concluded at Eton with the following results :—Lock, K.S., prizeman, Gosset, K.S., secoud prizeman ; Buckland, Hoare, mi. The fol lowing are in alphabetical order :—Bousor, ma. ; Hardy, ma. ; Rawlins, ILS, Thompson, ma. ; Wilson, ma. ; and Wood, K.S. The, examiner was the Rev. N. M. Ferrers, DAL IN , / and Tutor of Gouville and Caius College, Cambridge. 1001 i 1 56 7; 981 95 9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--Tats DAY. Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the woolsack at a quarter before one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The East and West India Junction Railway (Diversion of Roads) Bill, and the Newport Railway Bill were read a second time. The Solway Junction Railway (Capital) Bill, and the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers Bill were read a third time and passed. VORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MATCHES. Soiled Dove 1 Reigning Beauty Fern Leaf Dot 2 Won by three lengths. Cecrops Forester 2 Won by six lengths. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Tormentor 1 Love Appl e 2 Eakring 3 Seven ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Rus in Urbe Queen Esther 2 CITY OBOEODTTIvoiNOD G sT — AK T E n s. is DAY. 4to 1 agst Special (taken) 100 to 15 agst Midia colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Nu (offered) 100 to 7 agst Potomac (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Black Prince (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Camball (taken) 60 to 1 agst Othello (offered) Gf)ODWOOD CUP. sto 4 agst Gladiateur (taken and off) VICTORIA CLUB—THIS DAY. Nothing doing, all the members being at New- market. NOTTINGHAM Weights for the NOTTI: Age st lb Moulsey ... 5 9 2 Godmersham 4 8 4 Ackworth 5 8 4 Raglan ... ... 6 712 The Beadle ... 5 7 10 Historian ... 5 7 10 Harry Brailsford 4 710 Bradamante ... 5 7 8 Pearl Diver ... 6 7 7 Nightwatch ... 4 7 7 Skirmish ... ... 4 7 7 Verdant ... ... 4 7 2 The Corsair ... 3 7 2 Nu ... ... 4 7 0 Veluti 5 7 0 Watchbox... 4 7 0 Wandering Minstrl 5 7 0 Lucifer ... 3 7 0 Provisor ... 4 6 12 Vixen ... 4 6 12 War ... 3 6 11 Kingfisher.— 3 6 10 Salim ... 3 610 Life Guardsman 3 6 10 Auditor ... 4 6 10i Cutaway 5 6 7 ULY MEETING. ZGHAMSHIRE HANDICAP. Age st lb Monitross ... 3 6 6 Marco Spada ... 3 6 6 Lizard ... ...4 6 6 Helen ... 5 6 4 Nukuhova... 4 6 4 Retrousse 3 6 4 Endsleigh ... 4 6 3 Chibisa, ... 3 6 0 Miss Williams ... 3 6 0 4 6 0 Rama ... 3 5 12 Clatford 3 5 10 Black Prince ... 3 5 10 Savernake... 3 5 9 Guerilla ... ... 3 5 9 Duchess Newcastle 3 5 9 Saucy Boy ... 3 5 8 Duplicity ... 3 5 8 Slender 3 5 8 Caprice 3 5 7 Barege colt 3 5 7 Black Prince, by Voltigeur 3 5 7 Hurunui ... 3 5 7 Cambuscan .). 5 (p. ft.) GENERAL MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. A general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at New market on Wednesday in the July Meeting, present :—Mr. Craven, Admiral Ron; Duke of Beaufort, stewards ; Mr. Alexander, Lord Annesley, Mr. Berne, Mr. Batson, Count Battbyany, Mr. Chaplin, Lord Falmouth, Col. Forester, Marquis of Hastings, Sir F. Johnstone, Captain D. Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr. R. H. Nevill, Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Payne, Baron M. Rothschild, Mr. Savile, Lord Strafford, Lord Westmoreland, and Lord Winchilsea. It was proposed by the Stewards, and unanimously re solved—" That the president, vice-president, and three stewards of the French Jockey Club for the time being shall be honorary members of the English Jockey Club." Also—" That Count F. de Lagrange and M. Lupin be elected honorary members of the English Jockey Club."— Adjourned. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given Lord Poulett's Br. yearling f. by Rattle, out of Hegira Toy Ch. yearling f. by Rattle, out of Chaseaway Tinkle Ch. colt-foal by Blair Athol, out of Hegira Glenfalloch Mr. Copeland's foals of 1866. B. f. by Lifeboat, eut of Golden Drop Rescue Br. c. by The Prime Minister, out of Mistra The Secretary B. f. by Gunboat, out of Merry Maid COLOURS OF RIDERS. Capt.Coventry(altered to) Red, blue sleeves, red cap Mr. F. Mitchell Mr. Gilbert Sirling Straw, groen sleeves, black cap The following assumed name has been registered : Mr. lie La Ce. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. June 30, at 9 a.m. Alcazar, out of July and Chesterfield st., Nowmarket ~ 30, at 3 p.m. All Sir Joseph Hawley's horses, except Red Shoes, out of engts. at Newmarket July Meeting ~ 30, at 4.25 p.m. Rose, out of Chesterfield stakes, at Newmarket ~ 30, at 4.25 p.m. Applecross, out of Summer h'cap, at Newmarket July 2, at 9 a.m. Walton, and Mr Naylor's, and Mr. Pad wick's horses, out of engts. at Newmarket July Meeting, 1866 2, at 9 a.m. Coup d'Etat, out of Summer stakes, Newmarket ~ 2, at 9 a.m. Distaff, out of Chesterfield stakes, New market ~ 2, at 9 a.m. Shrapnell, out of all engts. in Mr. C. Grimshaw's name ~ 2, at 0.30 p.m. Dark Agnes, out of all engts. ~ 2, at 3.44 p.m. Caithness, out of Cumberland plate, Carlisle 2, at 3.44 p.m. Regalia, out of Queen's plate, Carlisle 0 4, at 9 a.m. Man of Ross, out of Chesterfield stakes, at Newmarket 4, at 9 a.m. Voigtlander, out of Lewes Grand h'cap. ~ 4, at 10.35 p.m. Strafford and sis. to Gen. Peel, out of Goodwood Cup In the list of horses struck out of their engagements, published in last Calendar, the date of Staghound's scratch ing for the Worcestershire stakes was accidentally printed 26th June, at 10 p.m. instead of 10 a.m. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. QUEENSTOWN, July s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Scotia, screw steamer, from New York, and then proceeded for Liverpool. Or Lnrsitron, July s.—Arrived—The Thetis, from Bombay. PLYMOUTH, July s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Havering, from Newport for Bombay. CARDIFF, July 6.—Wind S.W —Arrived—Ravens worth, from Bilboa. FALMOUTH, July 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Concilia tion, from Sulina. BRISTOL, July s.—Wind W.—Arrived—Memento, from New York. LET ELECTRIC TELEGRAM. - GRAVESEND, Friday Morn Ze4 ing l"d; Arrived, July s—Silver Eagle, from New James Lister, from Canterbury. Sailed, July 6Esperance, for Cologne ; Coldstrea for Bombay. m, DZAL , F riday Morning. Passed, July s—Her Maje st y 's ship SuPPI9, from Wool wich for Gibraltar. from Passed, July 6—Balcombejamaica for London. __-............"'• DUBLIN thACE.—The great attrac ent is Mr. Levy, th e ce l e b rated tion here at the Th i s per former every evening calls forth Thi corne t player. „ a pplause. the most the O F PARLIAMENT.—The num b er o f LOCAL ACTS. fpas sed 111 the session up to th e present time is lo_osl o: e s t - 0f6 33 petitions lodged at th e P r i vate Bill-office. Iu THE REFORM CLUB.—The drainage of the Reform Club -house being in a very defective condition, and calcu lated to seriously affect the health of the members, an ap plication has been made on the part of the club to the vestry of St. James's, Westminster, to undertake the drainage of the house, and yesterday at the meeting of the vestry—Mr. Churchwarden Burt in the chair—on the re commendation of the Works Committee, it was unani mously resolved "that the application be not acceded to.' , GRAY'S INN, JULY_ 4, 1866.—At an adjourned pension holden this day Frederick Prideaux, Esq., barrister at law, was appointed Reader of the Swiety °utile Law of propertyoto. ' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The Loin OnAnzuon took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time:—Swansea and Clydach Railway, East Norfolk Railway, LancrAshire Union Railways, 'Halesowen and Brornsgrove Brazych Rail ways, Brecon and Llandovery Junction Railway, London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Various Powers), Vale of Neath Railway (transfer, &c.), Caledonian and Scottish North-Eastern Railway Companies, Caledonian Railway (Lanarkshire, &c., Branches), Forth and Cl yde Navigation, North British Railway (Wishaw, &c., Branches), Swansea Vale Railway, Rhyney Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, and Manchester Division Petty Sessions Court. The following bills were read a third time and passed —Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, Bridge of Allan Railwa- s , Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock Extensir jn ), Walker and Wallsend, Union Gas, and Great Easton, Rail . way (Additional Powers). The standing order 178 was •onsidered and dispensed with in respect to the South-Eastern and London, Chat , ham, Dove; and Lewes, and Brighton Railway Bill. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Earl RUSSELL said that in consequence of a commu nication ho had received from Earl Derby he begged 'co move that the house should adjourn, as far as public busi ness was concerned, until Monday. Lord BROUGHAM, in seconding the motirm, took occasion to express his horror at the course yarsued by Prussia in respect to the existing hostilities, p.nd he also strongly condemned the conduct of Italy. He further expressed a hope that the negotiations for an armistice, which the Emperor of the French had proposed woulr be successful, and the further calamities of war yea_ vented. The motion was then agreed to. REPORT OF OUR CONSULS. Earl RUSSELL laid on the table reports recently re ceived from our consuls abroad in reference to commer, cial matters. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENIN% The SrEikEit,took the chair at sour o'clock. HELSTON ELECTION. The report of the committee appointed to try the merit", of the petition against the sitting member was brought 'dp. It stated that Mr. Campbell was not duly elected. Tne return was amended by the Clerk of the Crown, and Mr. BRETT took the oaths and his seat for Helston. Mr. LOWE, as chairman of the committee, stated that the returning officer had received the Speaker's war rant, requiring his attendance before the committee, but an intimation had been received from him to the effect that his presence was not required. The committrie thought there were matters connected with the late ei.ec tion that required explanation, and therefore he rioved that the report be further considered on Vaursday fortnight, and that the returning officer be required to attend at the bar of the house on that day. Colonel W. PATTEN thought the report of the cora mittee had better first be considered, and after that it could be determined whether the returning-officer should attend. This suggestion and the motion for the consideration of the report was agreed to. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. - - - Mr. VIVIAN gave notice that on Tuesday, the 15th, he should ask the Secretary for War whether his attention had been called to the success of the Prussian army, and. also whether it was intended to adapt the needle gun, which had led to those successes, to the British army. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr. WATKIN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what communication had taken place between himself and the Bank of England in reference to his letter and to the continuance of the discount rate of 10 per cent. by the Bank ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —That communication, which should be considered official, had taken place between himself and the Governor of the Bank of England. He and his noble friend at the head of the Government had, in company with the Governor and De puty-Governor of the Bank, given attention to the matter, but the letter the honourable gentleman alluded to ex plained the point up to which it took effect, which point had not been reached. With respect to the rate of discount the Government had exorcised no influence on the establishment with respect to its dis counts. In the course taken since the issue of the letter the Bank of England had acted on its own judg ment, and had not been influenced by any Government considerations with respect to its banking operations. It was not for him at that period to pass any opinion on the steps that had been taken, and he might say that he had not arrived at any judgment different to the authorities at the Bank. THE WAR IN GERMANY. Mr. B. COCHRANE begged to ask the Under Secretary. for Foreign Affairs whether he had any official informa tion relative to the statement that had appeared that after noon in the newspapers relative to the defeat of the Austrian army and the cession of Venetia. Mr. LAYARD said the Government had received a te - gram announcing the defeat of the Austrian army ; and with respect to the statement in the newspapers relative to the cession of Venetia the Government believed it was correct. QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, DUBLIN. Mr. LOWE complained that, notwithstanding the pro mise that nothing with respect to the Queen's University should be done until the house had had an opportunity of expressing its opinion, he should like to know why a new charter for that university had not already received the signature of her Majesty? Mr. FORTESCUE said it was quite true that a supple mental charter giving powers to confer degrees had been signed by her Majesty, but it had been thought that no objection would be taken to the course the Government had taken iu the matter. THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. Mr. WHITESIDE then asked if any information had been received by the Government with respect to the Abyssinian prisoners ? Mr. LAYARD said a gentleman was now on his way to this country from Abyssinia, and had arrived at Con stantinople. He believed that one of the great obj-cts of his visit was to see that this Government would not exact reprisals for matters that had occurred in that country. The prisoners, he believed, had all been released, and treated with great kindness, and he believed in a short time the mission and the prisoners would quit the country. The relatives of all the parties had been made aware of the favourable intelligence. THE INLAND REVENUE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the Inland Revenue. His object in doing so was merely to get tho bill printed, which would be a matter of convenience to the new Government. Leave was given to bring in the bill. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho had now to perform his last official act, which was to move that the house at its rising do adjourn until to morrow at five. There would be the issuing of cer tain new writs, and the proceedings at Windsor, which would preclude the attendance of many members before that hour. Before resuming his seat he begged, in the name of his colleagues, to thank that moiety of the house that had supported the Govern ment in the struggle which had terminated in the change of Government. He did not tender his thanks with any view to raise unpleasant feelings in the minds of gentle men on the other side of the house, but solely to express the gratitude of the Government to those who had sup ported them with so much zeal and energy. The motion for the adjournment WAS then agreed to. The other orders of the d a y were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. Sudden Death of the Marquis of Lansdowne. t o announce that the' Marquis of on Thursday ra th er suddenly, fLsdoarlnVaietien although eIP hhi i rlordship had been suffering from ill he ath for some time no serio us apprehensions were en tertained respecting him. The cause of his lordship's death was a fit of apoplexy, and it was state d that he died at his club. The deceased was 50 years of age. Bank of England Returns.•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to 1 cap. 32, for the week ending tie Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, July 4, 1866. 'ARTMENT. Governint. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,614,110 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DE Notes issued ....£29,147,665 £29,147,665 BANKING IX X 29,117, 665 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 6,800, 251 Other Deposits, , 18 L 039,07 Seven Day and other bills 685,759 I'ARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(includiug Dead Weight Annuity) £10,778,123 Other Securities.. 80,749,504 Notcs ............... 3,34600 Gold and Silver Coin 729,280 -- • kts 692;1+51 iff,572,75f - 20i 10 100 1 53 2 ;?:;' a