The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-04 00:00:00

..........` are ! NONEY XARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. THE BANK CHARTER OF 1844.—The whole of the wording of this important enactment will be given in extenso in The Sun of Tuesday evening next, the 7th instant, it having occurred to us that a matter of such profound interest to the entire commercial world could not but be most welcome, just now, in the midst of the severe monetary crisis which is still unhappily existing. Some heavy commercial engagements have come due to-day, but ample provision having been made by the mereantilo, community generally, there is not the least doubt that all payments will be met satisfactorily. The inquiry for money is rather a ctive, and the brokers require full rates for all the busimu they negotiate. It is satisfactory to report an influx of £43,000 in bar gold at the Bank of England yesterday afternoon, and likewise 104,000 sovereigns received from India, the latter being the first operation of the kind for a considerable period. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the past half-year has been declared by the di rectors of Penson and Co. (Limited), leaving a balance of £1,684. The specie movement during the past week has been of an extreme character, both as regards the imports and the exports. The former have amounted to about £ 1 ,044,586, chiefly from New York and the West Indies and Pacific, while the latter have been to the extent of £625,593, 'the greater portion of which has been despatched to the continent. A first capital of £40,000 in £lO shares is re quired by the Parkesine Company (Limited), which is established to acquire and work the patents of Alr. Alexander Parkes in the production of a new substance known as Parksine, a material, it is stated, that can be manufactured at a cost much less than that of indiarubber or gutta percha, and which Can be applied in a superior degree to all the uses of those articles. The provisional liquidator, Mr. Barrow, of the National Savings Bank Association has been appointed by the Master of the Rolls official liqui dator. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's telgram, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f. 20c. Rather firm. Scarcely anything doing. There has been an improvement to-day of about I per cent. in market for Consols, which closed at 87 + 88 for money, 87+ 88, for the 9th August, and 88 1 for September. The Foreign Market to-day has been decidedly in the ascendant, but the dealings had not been extensive. Mexican have advanced 1, to 17 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. +, to 261 ; Spanish Passive 1, Scripto+'P, to 4/ 31 dis. Greek continue at 111 12. I n the Railway Share Market dealings have been °n a very limited scale, and prices have shown less , firran ess• Great Western have declined j, North- Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, London, and Dover, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Li ncoln 1. T he Foreign and Colonial lines are also rather d epressed. Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 20 +, and Madras 5 per Cents. to 971 to 4. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate :q u est Alliance are dealt in at 19'1 201 ; Char tiered of I n di a London and China at 331 34 ; Lon- A ° , ll and County a t 52 1 63 ; C re dit F onc i er and clobilier of En g l an d , 3 1 d i s. ; an d I mper i a l L an d 0111 Pany of Marseilles at 7 dis. Atlantic lele aph Company are quoted 31 1 ; and Anglo 4tinteriean Tele grap h h ave d ec li ne d to 121 13. 41 , n ited States 5-20 Bonds are 68ii ; Erie Shares, ; and Illinois, 74+ +. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ... IaCVEUN MENT FUNDS. d per Cent. Consols D °. Account, July 10. Per Cent. Reduced %Nv per Cent B7 } 6/ '''' ,Ar 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A -"0. . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 ''''larkluties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 LO. for 30 r exre sth ArilABBs — Do (Roe Sa y a s, Teleg pi raph), A p ug., 1908 iLT - reh. Juno. 14chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. _— Do, £ 5OO ' 4 8 4 8 Do £lOO and .4200 248 91 1 t 1 l ' i. --) lAN' IJO Account E ngland Stock, 5 per Cent GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 210 8 11 1 , , ,` 1 _ 4 . 0 Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 _ Du Account 1031 DO. 5 per Cent. Oct. 1870 ' - ' O . 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 DO. Certificates Do. E _ It . ufaced Paper 4 per Cent 100 1 ) 0 ' Per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO oi per Cent, May 1879 — Do.'o Deb., 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 Bonds, .£l,OOO — Pin "0- under £l,OOO 44.1trgsete FOR EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. • 4tinßepublic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pm 1 3 14.0 Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 _ _ rt.l.zilian per Cent 1) 0. 41 per Cent 1852-58-60 ~ _ _ Do. 1863 Do A Dccoount . 1865 — D o. £lOO Bonds 7l - 1- - j dis Bil l) e'3' S eriP, £75 paid ihan 6 Do Ayres 6 per Cent — D°4-,0 £lOO Bonds et, 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D O r PCent ,_ 1) . D o : , . .6 4i p P e per r e C e e n n t t 93 1 Col. C u b s Mb ian 6 p er C ent. — banish 6 per Cent. u 3 per Cent., 1825 Itlitibiall c •00. Account quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — C O ., Provisio na l L an d W arrant ..., u 0 Deferred 4gYPtiati 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds DDo. 1864 o £lo p Bonds B5 6 . Government Railway Debenture s — Ore ek 1) 0. £6O paid C . per , ents 1824-5, ex Coupons dis Do. Account Do. Cou p on s . Do. Account unaternala 5 per Cent. Itaiian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Ilarenunana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account 161 171 Do 1864 uo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred eeruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 - 1 -)0. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D 0 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do1)3 4 1 per Cent., 1860 ~s 3 pet Cent. 1859 -1 -7„ 0 5 per Cent. 1862 . Aj 0 5 per Cent. 1861 — .ardinian 5 per Cent 81)4DbiAlCec3c:illeinrtt Cont _ 00 New Deferred — D 0 Account Do Passive e Do Acc%unt P li,o,t:iodi.sA.hecCoeurnt.tof Coup not funded — 14i Swedish 4 per Cent tic:A.stele6popet rl7ircenent.t.lBl6B,sll Iti : r:i 79 80 '' 6 per Cent. 1858 ~ („ouut D°A j.1"3,0o0 ;6 ;-p,c3ooooor t C ßonds o e n n d t . 5 1862 , _ 491 81 491 t r i so . 6 per Cent.,1863 1- _ 0 per Cnt., 1865, paid up crip — o . h o 26 i Account A V- per Cent. Guaranteed 9B -nezu e l a -rDitto .. per Cent.— _ttr. account DO ' Per Cent., 1862 25 i.,0. Account o, 6 Per Cent, 1864 261 7 pate 7? )?deitag on the above payablein London. b 4* her Oeut. Ex 12 Gni' ,0. Certificates .-- .r ret ie 1--, . t , h ,s__ 3 .... gent.......... i %ha ) , 5 '''''' tees per :o:ol4Bcfole)roeltniiiCotent:yt.,l.B..6. .. Ex. .5 .. ......... C o TWO O'CLOCK. 871 8 D o. 4, 444 , 4 ............ --. v ..... ilaits. ......... I.lllll' B7l 8 SNARE MARKETS.—This Day. - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. hare Railways. Closing I Business i ; done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc t.London, crip Certi 90 92 121 123 35 45 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 112 111 'lO 30 5 6 Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A 5t0ck...... Do. B stock 20 122 129 151 Do. ew, is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of Ireland Wetitein Uri final S. Val. Rail gua.' Do. South Wales . Do. W. Alid.—Oxford Do. Newport 01 03 &3 33 34 3i Do. II ereford Lanonahire&Yorktthiry , Landon and Blackwaß Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover 124 25 91 93 21 23 Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. N °nil Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. 118 )18i 92 13 58 GO 130 131 2 3 ; 1 11/' 92 94 DO. and St. John'aW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. Dertn, Hid Kent North British 1254 /26 11 21, Do. Ed ., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastern— Berwich Do. G.N•E purehazt Do. Leeds 54 .f. , 5 3 25 107 109 Do. York Do. Carlible ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. .to. 1865 .. North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aker. stock Do. Scot, Mid. st,ck Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 69 71 104 106 35 3 I 3 9 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 7, 150 154 65 67 46 48 68 6? 7i Si 14 245 2 3; 100 53 55 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic St. Lawrence Item., Bared*, Cen.lu. gn. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-i Calcutta & S. E., lim _;al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben,:al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great W, s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5.1 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 111.C' da, 6pc latpf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. p°•dO g Do.lndus St. Flo, 4'4 2 E 5 93 100 d I f p 4 46 76 86 76 80 55 60 100 102 9911 K;O4 100 101 21 23 85 87 57 60 58 55 50 65 45 50 40 t 5 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 1p 1 98 100 91 93 15k 151 5i 5d 91 93 83 85 it Old 98 99 89 91 85 87 8 B'l 96 97 96 97 1 3.' 95 96 972 I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja..t July 1877-64 - Do. 6p. C. Feb. & Aug. 1 , 0 03 95 D. 5 I). 0. Mar. & Sept 104 94 06 - Do. sp. c. Jan, & July 100 75 77 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 - Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 99 101 DJ.Apl.dzOct, 1390-1900 100 102 101 - Do. do; 1880-9 , 100 102 104 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 100 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 8) - Ceylon, Nov. 1864, 6 p.r 100 100 102 - Do. 1878, do lOO 105 1 7 - Mauritius,6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. (832, Mayls, Nov. it 100 lot tO3 Do. 1880, FeU. do Aug.: 100 113 106 : ; T l . Ei ß ta .G P o i v o:7. 6p 6 .c p . j e a r . c lz er u t i . ;— 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 9 5 7 1 9 0 2 0 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c.,186r. 100 90 92 - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 18700 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 83 85 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 09 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova So.,tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 91 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 90 03 t 6 - 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards l. 0 102 104 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do, it pril & Oct lOO 103 105 1011 21 BRITISLI MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated BO 5 7 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 425 445 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 * - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 12 14 - East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 - East Carn Brea 3 ; I - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.0 - East Lovell 3.9.0 61 71 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 - Gam.St StAubyn(G wen. 66 - 4 Great Lixey, limited all 19 - Great South Tolgus O. :4.6 { 14 Great Wheal ilusy - G . Wheal Vor (foist 40 18 22 - ,Irenvilie 8.18.0 11 2 - ilerod's Foot B.IOJO 30 32 - Dingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 3} - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Starke Valley 4.10.6 3 4 4 wwyndy Iron Ore, liw 31 21 - New Se ton - North Ifoskear Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 _ North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr-vidence UnylAlant 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 325 375 - South Condurrow st Cl gan, lira . : 1 15 1 5 6 s.Wheal Fran. klllogan 18,18 . 9 171 .e2l 9 9 11 r g n a r y C a r P a o n a t t r d k _ West Itassett (Mogan W. Caradon ( L skeard 9 6 7 - West CM verton - West Setou Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 80 85 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 10 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 6 Wheal Setou _. Wheal Treiawney 5.17,0 8 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent, pf., 9 FOItEI(iN IcB. Cobre Copper, 9 Chontales Gol d and Silver :Wining, i Ydanamutana of S. Australia, lim., DOCK.B. Surrey Commercial, 108 BAN lid. Alliance, Urn.. 20 193 201 Bank of ,tazo, lira., 51 Chartered filer. of India, London, and China, 31 4 London and County, 63 2i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 10 91 MISCELLANEOUS.. Anglo-American Telegraph, 12 13 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 36 I Australian Agricultural, 19 City of Moscow Gas, lint, 12 1 Credit Fonder and nobilier of England. 4/ Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Inn., 4 E, glish and Australian Copper, B Fore-street Warehouse, lim., }O6 Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, lim., 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour 4} Lon ou aid Provincial Marine, 2 Islrtional Discount ompany, - Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., otwhich 3Lis to pay, 41 Nerbudkia Coal and Iron, 4 Quebrada Land, Hail, and Mining, lim., 11 'loyal Mail Steam, 109 8 Telegraph Construotkn and Maintenance, Ditto (£l2), lit 'lhames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim, 6 Upper Assam Tea, him., Ditto (all), 4 Waarrant Finance P.m., 3 THE EXTRADITION TREATY.—Mr. Meade-King, the President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, presided yesterday at the monthly meeting of the council, when it was resolved to present a petition to Parliament in favour of the Lord Chancellor's bill to amend the ex tradition treaties. NEW ACT ON PROSECUTION EXPENSES.—An Act of Parliament has just been passed (29th and 30th 01 Viet., c. 52) to extend the law relating to the expenses of prusecuLiQn.:, an.l to rrtql7n provision for expenses on charges of felony and certain misdemeanours beiure exa mining magistrates. The statute is now in force, and when adopted will be of public benefit. Hitherto the law only allowed expenses when a committal for trial took place, but now compensati on f or t rou bl e an dl os s of time may b e ma d e, although th e parties may not be bound over by recognisance or subpoena to prosecute or give evidence, and although no committal for trial takes place. It is enacted that examin ing magistrates may grant certificates of expenses to wit nesses, and Petty Session clerks are to be entitled to fees on depositions. The certificates are to be forwarded by the magistrates signing the same to the clerks of the peace, to be laid before the Court of Quarter Sessions, which may allow the amount wholly or partially, and make orders for paym^nt. The act is to continue in force Ivy three years, and s not to extend to Ireland or cotland, 100 5 100 all 100 100 100 6.13.1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1866. IMPERIAL PARLIAKENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This DAY. Their lordships met to-day shortly after 12 o'clock, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM presiding in the absence of the LORD CHANCELLOR. The Common Law Court (Fees and Salaries' Bill) was read. The Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was read a second time. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM moved that on Monday next that the bill or bills which are entered for considera tion on the minutes of the day shall have the same prece dence which bills have on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The motion was agreed to. CATTLE DISEASES PREVENTION ACT (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure, and re sumed at 1 o'clock. . _ PATRIOTIC FUND DILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was afterwards read a third time. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed, after an amendment to one of the clauses had been agreed to. THAMES NAVIGATION BILL. _ _ The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. OYSTER FISHERIES AND OYSTER BED LICENSES BILL. The Lords' amendsments to these bills were considered and agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill, which was brought up from the CommonE7 when it had just passed its third reading, was read a first time. _ _ CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a first time. PATRIOTIC FUND BILL. This bill also was read a first time. The house then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Monnts (Solicitor -General for Ireland) took the oath and his scat for Galway. THE NAVAL RESERVE. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he could give the names of the ships at present available in the reserves for immediate service. _ _ _ Sir J. PAKINGT ON said he was sorry ho could not give the name of the ships in reserve, and even if he could the list would be a very short one. He regretted to say he found the reserve on his taking office in a very un satisfactory condition, much more so than he had a right to expect. IRON-CLADS IN THE PACIFIC. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the names of the two armour-clad vessels which the late Secretary to the Admiralty stated, on the 15th March, were about to be despatched to the Pacific Ocean, with the dates of their departure. Sir J. PAKISGT ON said he could not give the names of the vessels, The Zealous was now fitting for the Pacific station, and he presumed she must have been one of the ships alluded to. No ironclad vessel had yet left for the Pacific. ARTICLES OF WAR• In reply to Mr. D. GRIFFITH, General PEEL said the usual course was not to print the Mutiny Act, but a few copies of it were sent from theWar office for the use of members. He thought it would be better not to alter the mode, but to have a printed paper pointing out the alterations delivered with it when any were made, which would be found very convenient. With respect to the alteration in the last question, the words eight days had been struck out, because the time was tJo limited to decide when courts-martial should be held. There was a provision to prevent any abuse of the power. It was not usual to submit the articles of war to the atten tion of the House of Commons. ROCHDALE VICARAGE BILL. Tho Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was afterwards read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. MILL appealed to the Government to postpone the committee on this bill, owing to the absence of the hon. member for Reading, who had an important amendment on the paper, which he was extremely anxious to have dis cussed. He was probably not aware that the house sat to-day. The committee was postponed until Monday. CURRENCY AND BANKING-ACT DEBATE. The order for resuming tho adjourned debate was post poned until Monday. WEST AFRICAN MAIL. Mr. HUNT moved a resolution approving of the West African mail contract with the West African Steam Ship ping Company bo approved. The contract was with the same company as the last, and there was a saving of £lO,OOO on the former contract. The contract was approved. DOCKYARD EXPENDITURE. On the motion for the adjournment of the house, Sir J. PACKINGTON made a statement in reply to the observations made the other evening by Mr. Seeley on what he termed the extravagant expenditure for building and repairing boats. The right hon. bart. said the boats for her Majesty's ships were all built by contract, so that there could not be a great extravagance in that direction. With respect to the statement of the honourable gentleman that he found that one cutter which originally cost £3O, had been repaired at a cost of £66. Now such was not the fact, as instead of one cutter being repaired at such an extraordinary sum he (Sir J. Pakington) found that instead of ono boat it should have been three. There were various other statements, all of which were greatly exaggerated, and he had the original dockyard accounts before him, which any hon, mem ber was at liberty to inspect. While it was important that a strict scrutiny should be kept over dockyard expen diture, it was of the highest importance that the charges should be substantially correct. Mr. SE ELEY said he regretted that there should be any mistake in what he brought under the attention of the house, but he thought the right hon. baronet was in some way responsible for it, because he (Mr. Seeley) offered to him personally the opportunity of • having his figures examined before ho brought them under the consideration of Parliament, which was declined. The hon. member then proceeded to defend the statements he had made, mentioning in the course of his observations some other cases where the repairs upon certain ships had cost far more than the money for which they could have been rebuilt. He regretted very much if there should have been any mistakes, but he was sure they had occured purely through inadventure, and not with any desire to misrepresent matters. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Childers, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Corry, and Mr. Mill took, the subject dropped. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The LORD CEANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed: —Maidstouo and Ashford Railway, Brampton and Long ford Railway, Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Rail way, Vale of Neath Transfer, 4c., Railway, and Cheshire Lines. THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE- Earl RUSSELL brought forward the motion of which he had given notice in respect to the proceedings in Hyde park on the occasion of the Reform Demonstration there. The Earl of DERBY said, in reply to the noble lord (Russell), that there had been a gross misrepresentation as to the course adopted on the part of the Home Secretary in reference to the meeting in Hyde Park. The Heine Secretary said that the true state of the case was that if Mr. Beales would bo responsible for the peace he would undertake that there would be no demonstration of police force. The noble earl referred in detail to certain circutn stan ces connected with theßeform demonstration and having passed an eulogium on the forbearance of the police during a time of some excitement said that no less than 265 of the force had been injured, and about 40 or 50 seriously. The motion of the noble earl (Russell) raised the question as to a more efficient means of lighting the parks, but he re minded him that a mixed jurisdiction connected with the parks which rendered any immediate action on the part of the executive impracticable. The attention of the First Commissioner of Works had been directed to, and was attentively engaged on, a consideration of this sub ject, the importance of which could not be denied. He regretted much what had occurred, but he contended that the Government had only taken the measures that were necessary for the preservation of the public peace, and if they otherwise they would ho liable to censure. Earl RUSSELL expressed his opinion that the conduct of the police was commendable, and the question dropped THE OCCUPANCY OF (AWE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for copies of the report of the Financial Commissioner, Mr. Davies, upon the inquiry into rights of occupancy in Oude, together with the reports of the different settlement officers and commissioners in Oude, and of the evidence of the land owners, cultivators, ac., on the same subject. He moved also for copies of the despatches of the Chief Commissioner of Oude, forwarding these reports in 1865, and the reply of the Governor-General of India to that despatch. The Earl of a jualEsßlTA y. Offered no objection to the production of the documents iu question, but e 3 pressed a fear that they would not supply the full information which the noble marquis required. The returns were then ordered. The Industrial Schools Bill and the Reformatory Schools Bill were read a second time. And their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : -Downpatrick,Dundrum, and Newcastle Railway ; Wa terford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction Railway. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMEN T BILL. Lord STANLEY rose to move the second reading of this bill, the object of which was the amendment of the act upon which the extradition treaty with France was founded. The principle laid down in extradition treaties was now almost universally adopted in all civilised coun tries, and nothing but the best results had followed the adoption, and now all that was sought by the measure was to remedy an oversight which now had become per fectly necessary. He did not think there was any person now who would wish that the old state of things should ever again recur, when a man had committed a murder in London, and, obtaining six hours' start of justice, could on reaching the streets of Boulogne and Calais walk openly about, perhaps rejoicing in the perpetration of the crime. It had been said that the present bill was most extensive in its alterations, and that a great many present of fences were not embraced within its provisions; such was not. the case. The alterations made by the measure now under the consideration of the house were very limited, and to effect the object of the bill was to make certain documents in the French courts evidence in the case under the treaty precisely in the same manner as they were in cases not under the treaty. Tho bill left the law just the same as it at present existed, and the sole ob ject he had in view was to remedy that which was simply a technical error. The crimes coming within the scope of the treaty were murder, attempt to murder, fraudulent bankruptcy, and forgery. He believed the bill was to be opposed, because it was said that it might be used for political purposes, but he was ready to agree to proposals to meet such an objection provided those political offences could be defined. He was not prepared to agree to many of the assertions put forth against the bill ; because he knew precisely what was, and what was not, the object of the bill. Mr. TORRENS moved the second reading of the bill that day three months. He contended that the measure was not simply one to amend procedure, but that it con tained principles that were looked upon with the greatest jealousy by the people of England. He opposed the bill as strongly as he possibly could, because he was not disposed to do that which was only to be borne in countries not so happily governed as England. He was desirous of leaving the law as Sir R. Peel left it in 1843, and if there was a measure which had for its object the abolition of all viva voce evidence the one now under discussion was of that nature. The bill laid it down that certified copies of the warrants and depositions should be considered sufficient for the sur render of any person ; but he, for one, was not disposed to meet all the demands of the French Government which had been made, and he presumed the present amendment of the Extradition Treaty was made as a peace-offering, in the hope that the Government of France would be satisfied with it. As such he opposed it, because he was not disposed to give to Franco those extensive powers which she W 0.9 only waiting her time to demand. The French Government made a similar demand for the amendment of the Extradition Treaty in 1852, but that demand was refused, because the House of Lords did its duty; but the demand had been again made, and the House of Lords were not so jealous, and wore disposed to assent to the request, but the House of Commons were the guardians of the liberties of the people, and he hoped they would not give their approval to the bill. He looked upon the measure as ono of the greatest importance ; and to let the house know what was thought of it by persons capable of forming a good opinion of its operation, M. L. Blanc, in a letter he had addressed to him (Mr. Torrens), strongly de nounced the bill, and said the passing of the measure would be to make the right of asylum iu England a snare. He (Mr. Torrens) hoped, therefore, that one of the oldest and cherished rights that England possessed—namely, that of asylum—should be surrendered by such a pettifogging bill as that now on the table. It had been said that the bill made no addition to the catalogue of offences, but what guarantee had the House of Commons that next session demands would not be made for an extension of the offences dealt with in the bill, because he believed the more you trod on slime the further it receded. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to disparage the reputation of the Emperor of the French ; oa the contrary, he was ready to give him praise for his exertions for strengthening the bonds of amity between this country ; but then he was not immortal, and therefore no one could say what changes a few short years might not bring about. He hoped the house would stillhold firmly to their sacred and cherished right of asylum, and refuse to give its assent to the present bill. Sir R. P. COLLIER said the right hon. gentleman had altogether mistaken the object of the bill, because he had laid it down that it was the surrendering of one of the most dear and cherished rights in England, whereas in effect it was a bill of the most limited proportions. It was simply and truly a bill to remedy international defect, and not a measure that was merely the first portion of a deep laid scheme on the part of France to effect great and extensive changes in the law, in order to render England the jackall of foreign nations. The matter decided in the House of Lords in 1852 was extremely different from that now under discussion. He could but think that the distrust that was expressed with respect to the purity of the French courts of justice was calculated to have the worst effect. He denied that the bill had any other object than that which had been stated by the noble lord who moved the second reading, and therefore he hoped the house would agree to the motion. Sir F. GOLDSMID looked upon the bill with the gravest suspicion, and he would only consent to its pass ing by its being most strongly laid down that political offences should not come within its provisions. (Hoar, hear.) The ATT ORNEY -GENERAL explained in detail the object of the bill, and said the opinions of the mover of the amendment were founded on.imaginary dangers, and that if his impression were of such a deep and determined nature, the proper course would bo to raise the whole question in debate rather than adopt the occasion of the second reading of the present measure for the raising a debate upon the advisability or inadvisability of having extradition treaties in existence at all —more especially with France. The amendment proposed in the bill now under discussion did not alter or relax the law in one important particular, and certainly he could not share in the fears t h at h e enter tained in the e vent of Parliament sanctioning bill. the present Mr. J. S. MILL said, without wishing to say one word in disparagement of France or the Emperor, he did not that departmentthink that he wa s precluded from finding fau l t w i t h F renc h law. (Hoar, he ar. ) Ile believed that the p l ace w h ere French law was m os t d e f ective was in cr i m i na l j us ti ce , and that being so, it was of the grea t es t importance that care niade t o should suit be takenbefo in Francoreanyaltbeyrataionn alter ation was the law of England. It was a very easy matter to make a charge of complicity in political assimilation against a person residing in England that the greatest safeguard should be raised by the Government, in order that the per son relying upon the honour of England should not, in the hour of his extremity, find himself unprotected, and liable to be arrested and tried on a charge of which ho was en tirely innocent. He did not see why, where a charge was made against a person residing in England, by a Foreign Government, that charge should be thoroughly investigated in this country before he was handed over to those demanding his person. Sir R. PALMER spoke in favour of the bill. He thought a great deal of irrelevant matter had been introduced into the discussion, and that the opinion of some persons ap peared to be of rather a curious description, as they went the length of saying. believe the witness, but don't be lieve the judge. Mr. HENLEY said ho looked as jealously as any man upon any alteration of the law which affected the right of asylum i n England, and he was of opinion that the pre sent bill would prevent rather than permit foul play. Sir G. BOWYER supported the measure, which he said was one which ought, in fact, to be called a bill to alter the law of evidence with respect to the law of ex tradition. (Hear, hear.) It did no more, and ho could not understand the extreme surprise that had been de veloped during the discussion. He hoped the house would pass the bill as a matter of business, because it was of the utmost importance, at the present time of locomotives and steamboats, to have treaties of extradition in operation. Mr. P. A. TAYLOR asked, before the house went to a division, whether it would accept a resolution in commit tee excepting loin the operations of the bill persons charged with political offences. Lord STANLEY said ho would consider such a proposal, but considering the extreme difficulty of framing such a clause, ho could not pledge himself to adopt such a course. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ................... 77 Against it Maj0rity................................ —G3 'file bill was then read a second HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 1 being read, Mr. DILLON moved the addition of the following words to the end of the clause :—" That the operation of this act shall ext end only to the persons who are now in prison in Ireland under the provisions of the act hereby continued,lrelanraitearutdhe passing of this act." to such other persons as may come into Lord NAAS opposed the amendment. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l3 .Against it gajority ~,sit COMMON LAW COURTS (FEES AND SALARIES) BILL. This bill was read a third timo and passed. The sitting was then suspended. At the evening sitting, after some explanations had been given by Lord H. LENNOX (in answer to Colonel SYKES) as to the surrender of certain pirates to the Chinese autho rities at Canton, and Mr. Pim had called attention to the delay of the American mail steamers at Queenstown, the house was counted out at ten minutes to eight o'clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Timm—For the Galicians the downfall of Aus tria has not yet gone far enough. They are Poles, and their dream is of a Polish nationality. To enable them to obtain all they desire it would be necessary that Prussia should be bent on the utter annihilation of Austria, and. compelled to carry into effect that scheme of a Polish Kingdom from which the first Napoleon shrunk. Pruisian Posen and Austrian Galicia, these sanguine patriots argue, would, under King William's auspices, become the embryo of an Eastern State, a bulwark to Germany against Russia ; and Prince Frederick Charles, who has so well deserved of the Hohenzollern dynasty, is far more entitled to reign at Cracow or Warsaw, as the head of a minor branch of his House, than his distant cousin was to win for himself a Princi pality at Bucharest. But, while waiting for the realisation of these bright dreams, the Galicians are not less loud in pressing their grievances or in call ing for redress. Nor less importunate or less ex acting are those Styrians, Illyrians, Dalmatians, who still send up loyal addresses and professions of devotion to the Kaiser. Every service . performed or merely tendered is backed by a corresponding demand. The Austrian bark is stranded and its crew of various nationalities is turned into a gang of wreckers all intent on making their own profit out of the common ruin. Under such circumstances it is intelligible that Austria should either strive to re trieve her fortunes by another great battle which she might yet have won, or that, if she was com pelled to give in, her submission should be complete and unconditional, and that she should make a friend of that Prussia with whom she could nolonger cope as an enemy. Evidently this latter course has been pursued by the Austrian negotiators. The con dition of life for Austria is that she 'should remain German. By withdrawing altogether from the German Confederacy, by allowing Prussia an un controlled ascendancy over the whole Fatherland, Austria has not only disarmed all the wrath of her adversary, but has actually enlisted her in her behalf. As an ally and dependant on the great State that Prussia is striving to constitute in Germany, Aus tria is entitled to the future sympathy and support of her conqueror. As soon as Austria ceases to be a rival she becomes a natural ally and auxiliary to Prussia, and as such it is for the interest of Prussia not only that she should retain as . much of her strength as this war will leave her, but, also, that her strength should be founded, as it was be fore, on 'the supremacy of her German over her non-German elements. Blood is thicker than water, and it is not to be expected that Prussia, after work ing out her purpose with her rival, would suffer the Magyar, the Pole, or the Slave to have the upper hand of his German fellow subject, or to destroy that German organization which has been the secret of Austrian strength for so many centuries. For the interest of Prussia and of all Germany Austria must either continue to be what she is, or she must cease to exist. It is through Austria only that the banks of the Danube, the Black Sea, the Adriatic, and the Mediterranean are opened to German enterprise. Left to themselves alone with their fel low-subjects, the German Austrians might soon be overpowered ; and Austria would find herself in the condition of the " Sick Man " of the Bosphorus, at the head of a feeble ruling race, against whom the subject races would invoke the assistance of power ful neighbours. All of Austria that was lost to Germany would easily fall a prey to Russia on the east and to Italy on the south. But against any chance of a further dissolution of the Hapsburg Monarchy Prussia at the head of Germany could easily provide. A timely conclusion of peace leaves Austria in possession of her army ; and that army, although freely recruited among all the peoples of the Empire, is owing to the prevalence of officers from all parts of Germany, a strictly German institution. The mere mere strength of "big battalions" and the support of a neighbour who was but yesterday an enemy would seem to be but a poor basis on which to ground the freedom or the dignity of a State ; but it is not easy to devise a better state of things for Austria ; and, after all, whatever may be said of the brilliant qualities of the Pole or Hungarian, there is no doubt that all the civilisation which can ever make its way to those Eastern regions must necessarily be the result of the spread of German influence there. The reasons why Prussia show no hesitation in signing the preliminaries'of peace at Nikols burg are sufficiently obvious—she only .accepted terms of her own proposing. It is equally easy to understand. how it was that Italy, no matter with what repugnance, had to yield her assent to the basis of negotiation—she was defeated by land and sea ; and, although doubtless in a condition to re new the , contest, she was aware that she could neither fight single-handed, nor compel Prussia to prolong a struggle in which all the objects of the alliance had been obtained on either side.. The only point which requires explanation is the motive which induced Austria to consent to conditions that could hardly have been made worse by any series of new and irreparable disasters. 'By all the ac counts that reach us from Vienna, it would seem as if the Imperial army greatly outnumbered the:Prus sian force arrayed against it. It has the advantage of a formidable position a vast entrenched camp ; a broad, deep, and rapid river ; the basis of a great city. It is animated by the most indomitable spirit ; no trace is left of the sense of recent defeat, save in a burning desire to avenge it ; while in the south a few scanty but well-tried garrisons and a handful of hardy mountaineers hold aloft the Austrian flag in Tyrol and Venetia, ready to re-assert their sway over the as yet unconquered, though alienated pro vince ; and Admiral Tegethoff, at the head of his victorious squadron, not only secures the Istrian and Dalmatian coasts from invasion, but offers to turn the Adriatic into an Austrian lake. The Em peror and the Archduke Albert never felt more con fident of an immediate turn in the tide of fortune ; yet, in the very midst of these reviving hopes, they come to a resolution which only despair " could sug gest ; they surrender at discretion to Prussia. THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES."—WO lately published a correspondence on the subject of the damages done to American commerce by the piratical cruisers under the Confederate flag. The letters of our correspondents were unanimous in considering compensation due to American citi zens from the Government of Great Britain. This opinion is universally held in America, and on this side the Atlantic there is a large party who be lieve the Americans claim no more than is justly due. Where such an opinion is so generally enter tained the simple solution of the difficulty is to refer the matter to an impartial judge, and let the ques tion be decided on evidence and on its intrinsic merit. This is the demand made by the United States, with every appearance of moderation and justice. The main point involved is one of maritime law. The questions concerning the destruction of a belligerent's property at sea have been deeply complicated by the shameful cruises of such vessels as the Alabama, Shenandoah, Florida, and others. The nation most vitally interested in the sup pression and strong legal condemnation of these cruisers is England herself. Whether a commissiond ship of war is justified in seizing and burning at sea its captured prizes, and to commence its cruise with the avowed intention of thus destroying the com merce of the enemy, is a question which should now be clearly and finally settled. If so, the captain of such a ship is constituted the sole judge of the in tricate questions to which a single capture may give rise. With the prize destroyed goes the cargo ; and that cargo, in part or in whole, may be the property of neutrals. In the ship may be passen gers, the subjects of neutral powers, and the fate of these persons may be decided at the will of the hostile commander. If international law decides that a captured prize must be taken into a port to be adjudicated on, such proceedings as marked the career of the Alabama would cease. If it be further decided that a ship of war must be commissioned in, and issue , from, a port of the country to which she claims to belong, another safeguard would be pro vided against such cruel and wanton destruction. If it be further settled that the country hi which such ships were built, fitted out and despatched to sea became responsible for the damage done by them, .the strongest inducement would rest on every neutral to prevent their resources from being made available to either of the belligerent Powers. In dealing with the questions caused by the proceedings of the Confederate cruisers, Engliiitned cited the case raised by Portugal against the U States. We do not propose to enter on this subject, but it appears clear that if the United Sta el e a s ima, wrong in their decision on the Portng:e t s i e e exam it ple. will not justify England in following 1 the very Two wrongs cannot make a right. And proof here furnished that sooner or later the sins of a nation come home to that nation, ought to make this country the more careful in allowing such a precedent to be established and such enormous crimes to be perpetr a ted under the . sanct ion of In ternational Law. The claims of Portu g al against b the United States w ere a mere agatelle when com pared with the losses inflicted on the latter country by the Confederate cruisers fitted out in England. If the question remains now unsettled, the losses Englieh commerce may hereafter sustain from 29 8; 9} 9 5 2 $ 123} 20 Si 1161 17} 17 661 lay i 1211 201 61 1071 P 67 I iooi 21} cruisers fitted out against her by some belligerent Power in the neutral ports of the United States may complete the Rule of Three sum—as the Portu guese claims were to the United States claims, so may be the English claims to the sum to be worked out. It is clearly for the interest of England, merely taking the chances of the future into account, to urge a settlement of the United States claims, and at the same time, in conjunction with that and other Powers, to revise and lay down dis tinctly the Maritime Law on captures at sea. Thomas Rawlings, Esq., puts the expediency of this settlement from another and scarcely less important point. He says that the kindred peoples which form these two leading nations of the world: have now only this one heart-burning subject of dispute between them. That re moved, nothing then remains to check the cordial amity which, will probably grow and strengthen with time, and he asks, what are a `few millions in comparison with such, a result ? The sum required fully to compensate for the ravages committed by these lawless vessels is so vast that the most wealthy nation must approach it with caution. The object to be attained is, how ever, worth the sacrifice, and we have little fear that those who know how and when to spend their money will agree in this with Mr. Rawlings and ourselves. The subject is one which can only be disposed of by arbitration, and there is no use in trying to shirk the issue. It will rise again and again ; it will crop up in every international difficulty ; it will embitter every international dispute, and if it remains in its present state it may years hence fur nish the groundwork for action on the other side of the Atlantic which may make the hair of the Liver pool and London merchants stand on end with horror. Questions of this sort are always better met speedily and settled amicably. The charm of concession is lost if it be granted only after a long and acrimonious controversy, and we agree with our correspondent that the present is a peculiarly graceful moment for England to waive any sup posed right, and to concede the arbitration desired. Although we agree with a " Britisher" that such a gang as the Fenians are powerful only for incen diarism and murder, and for embittering the rela tions between the countries, yet we hold that it would be worth a great deal to England to render this conspiracy wholly innocuous, which would be done at once by the concession here advised. Months of argument will leave the question virtually as it now stands—a question of money on , the one side against political, social, and legal gains on the other, which the more the subject is considered lhe will n be found the more to outweigh t he cost. When the question was lately put in the iloueste it tf fairly, Com mons by Mr. White, Lord Stanley, m and showed no disinclination to submit the matter to arbitration ; and we judge from the whole tenor of what he said that the present Government, having been in no way mixed up in the previous contro versy, will meet the claims if now put forward fairly on their real merits. The great advantage of bring ing forward these claims at the present moment is, that her Majesty's present advisers would not have to condemn themselves, and if the Inquiry proved the greatest negligence in allowing the Alabama to proceed to sea, these Ministers, at least, would be innocent of all blame. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS AND DRIVERS.—Chas. Case, foreman to a cab proprietor, of Doughty-mews, ap peared before Mr. Knox to answer the complaint of Mr. Wm, Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of causing a horse to be cruelly ill treated, by being worked while in an unfit state. A man named Davy was charged before Mr. Knox, by Sell, officer of the society, with working the horse a few days, and fined 10s. Sell stated that the horse was unfit for work, being badly managed. Mr. Cherry, the Government Veterinary Surgeon, said he had examined the horse in Mr. Love's presence, and he found it extremely diseased, and defendant must have known it was so. Mr. Knox remarked that he saw the horse on the last occasion, and it was totally unfit for work. Mr. Cherry said the horse was in a worse state than if it had the glanders. The defendant, on the advice of the veterinary surgeon, Who said the horse was curable, promised to keep the horse away from others, and not to work it till it was in a fit state. Mr. Knox inflicted a nominal fine of ss. and costs. THAMES. SAATGE ASSAULT.—James Hickey, an Irish cabman, was brought before Mr. Paget, chargedwith violently assaulting Henry Ed wards, the landlord of the Dublin Castle beer house, in Burr-street, Lower Aldgate, and Philip Bradley a police-constable, No. 152 H. A few evenings since the prisoner entered the Dublin Castle intoxicated, and made a disturbance there. He also smashed up a quart pot, and otherwise misconducted him self. The landlord put him out, and he came in again, and made a fierce attack on the landlord, who was savagely kicked and ill-used. The prisoner attempted to bite the landlord's thumb. Mr. Edwards entered into a long and violent struggle with the fellow, which was ended by the arrival of Bradley, on whom the prisoner turned. He kicked the policeman about the legs and body and on a vital part of his person, accompanying his atrocious conduct with fearful language. Bradley was thrown heavily a dozen times, a brick was thrown at him by a loose woman, and he was c ompletely disabled. He has been under the care of Mr.ilt iP surgeon, of Spitle-square, since he was ssa ed.P 3r.PhillipsliPs'said the constabl e wa s affected with auin juries on the arms, hip, and scrotum, and had received a severe kick on the groin. The prisoner said he was drunk when the affray oc curred. Mr. Paget—lf you think proper to render yourself per fectly uncontrollable you must answer for it when sober. My only doubt is whether I ought not to commit you for trial. I sentence you to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour for the assault on Mr. Edwards, and an additional two months with hard labour for the Assaut on the policeman. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is well supplied with both fruit and vege tables. The trade is steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Fine apples, 58 to 6s; grapes, 2s Gd to 5s ; cherries, Os 3d to Os 9d per lb ; apples, is 6d to 2s 6d ; gooseberries, 2s Od to 3s Od ; currents, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; plums, 3s Od to 3s 6d per half sieve ; strawberries, 4d to 9d ; raspberries, 5d to 9d per punnet; oranges, 8s to 14s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s per 100 ; foreign pines, Gd to 2s 6d eaoh. VEGETABLES —Red cabbages, 2s Od to 2s 6d; white do., 10d to is 6d ; cauliflowers, is to 2s 6d ; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz heads ; greens, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; turnips, 2s to 2s Od ; carrots, as 6d to 4s Od ; onions, 9d to is 6d per dozen bunches ; cucumbrs, 3d to ls 6d each ; peas, Os 9d to is 3d ; French beans, is 9d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; new potatoes, 8s to 14s per cwt; cos lettuce; 6d to 10d per score, POULTRY. Geese, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; gosling; 5s Od to 68 6d; ducks, 2s Od to 35 Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 6d ; wild do, Os 10d to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls, lOs to 12s; do. chickens, 7s to 9s; barn door fowls, 4s to 7s Od ; Guinea fowls, Os to Os per couple. English eggs, 9s Od to Os Od ; French do., 6s 6d to 7s per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is 3d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Od to Os per lb ; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; cod, 5s to 7s 6d ; brill, 3s to 9s Od; mullets Os Od to Os ; doreys, Os Od to Os each ; turbot, 5s Od to 15s each ; whitings, as to 9s ; haddocks, 6s to 18s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 10s to 12s per 120; mackerel, 30s to 40s per 120. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s -6d to 5s Od I Mutton 3s 6d to 5s 6d Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Pork _ _ Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od. WiIiTEOHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef Bs 6d to 5s Od Mutton ... 3s 8d to 5s 8 d I Veal 4s 2d to 5s 2d Pork Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bd. to Bi-d. ;of household ditto, 64d. to lid. por 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 6 4 lbs, 2 1d t o 33 ; 644tp 72 lbs, 3d to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 31d • 80 to 881bs. Bid to aid; 88 to 961b5., 3kd to 4d ; 96 to 'lo4lbs., Od. Od. liorse hides, 9s to 100 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, is Od polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs, 3s to 58 Od ; &loadings, 2o 10d to 3s 6d. HAY. do S , m .r3 °lolcis ;InoeladdclowvehiB,yls£l4olsstso t .27 £ 1 5 25 15 6 5 d; IT; do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per lead. A good demand. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os Od ne w do., £3 lOs to £4 12s 6d ; ol clover, 1:5 lOs to £6 15s ; 5 ne w do., £1 4 s to olid e 0 s m ; a a n o straw, t d h r x £ 4 2 l 2 s s s t o 4 £ 2 6 1 1 2 5 5 s per' load. Trade fi rm. ne W w gdoiT.,73 Os to £4 10s ; ol dd d clover, .£5 100 to to £6 12s 6d now do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, .£2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade steady. MATRIMONIAL REFORM IN EGYPT.—A letter in the Journal du Havre has the following :—" Ismael Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, is about to publish a decree which will *abolish polygamy in his family. Henceforth the viceroys will only be able to have one wife. They will only be able to divorce her in the case that the wife shall not give them a male child. If, at the moment of the divorce, the wife should be• enciente, and she should have a son, the divorce will be void. All the high Egyptian functionaries praise the wisdom of this decree, which has been commu nicated to them, and they have all declared their intention of imitating the Viceroy." The proceeding may be binding on the Viceroy himself, but it cannot well survive him per force, 0.4 the Koran ottactieuila plurality 91 1r4"8. THE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANKFORT, Aug. 3. The Prussian soldiers who were recently bill_ e t e d on the inhabitants have now all been remov e d to the barracks. The town is much quieter. Herren Schinitz and Holtzman have gone to Berlin. LONDON GAZE 1: TE. —Last Evening. WHITEHALL, AUG. 2. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the diguis..y of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain audireland unto the Hon. Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Penrhyn, of Llandegai, in the county of Carnarvon. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 3. sth Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant James Dyson Bourne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Lewis Hampton, who retires; Cornet Henry John Blumberg . to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bourne ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick Ferdinand Burkinyoueg, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blain_ berg. 7th Hussars—Veterinary Surgeon Francis Walker, from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice John Burr, superseded for being absent without leave. Corps of Royal. Engineers—Colonel Sir William Thomas Denison, K.C.8., to be removed from the Seconded to the Supernumerary List; Lieutenant Valentine Gardner Clayton to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major G. Longley, placed on temporary half-pay. Military Train—Captain William John Lane Milligan, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Shaw, who ex changes. Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Dashwood Thomas to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Reginald A. E: Cathcart, who retires Archibald, Earl of Cassillis, to be Ensign and Lieute nant, by purchase, .vice Thomas. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Ponsoni - A . Bagot to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vi ce Edward Pennefather Wade Brown, who retires _ may Willson Willson, Gent., to be Ensign and -Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Bagot. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain George Rowlane to be Major, without purchase, vice brevet Lieutenant-Col. Mein, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy i without purchase. 12th Foot —Captain Thomas George Vereker to be Major without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William James Hutchins, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-. Colonelcy, without purchase. 15th Foot—Lieut. Charles Edmund Layard to be Captain, by purchase, vice F. B. Ehrenberg Allhusen, who re tires ; Ensign John qr wennap Dennis Moore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Layard ; Gentleman Cadet Raymond Henry De la Poer, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur c h ase , v i ce M oore ; Gen tleman Cadet William Andrew Cuthell, from the 11,(:)) , at Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dun das, promoted. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1* 12 2 Rotterdam A ntwerp — 25 55 25 66 Brussels __ Hamburg - -• Paris - Short 25 12 25 22, Ditto 3 Mouths.2s . 42 i 25 50' Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1181 119 Vienna — 13 50 14 0 Trieste — 13 50 14 0 Petersburgo - 27; 28} Berlin .28} Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 27 70 28 0 27 70 28 0 Genoa Naples 27 70 28 0 27 70 28 0 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales. The Minerals of Texas. In the years of 1859 and 1860 the preliminary. geological survey of the State of Texas was under taken by Dr. Shumard and an able corps of assis tants, which developed the existence of a vast coal formation throughout the northern district, embrac ing an area estimated at not less than five thousand square miles, with a thickness of strata varying from two to three hundred feet. In quality the coal found in this district will compare favourably with that 'of Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, and lowa, which it resembles very much in appearances. In addition to the region referred to, there are indis putable evidence of the existence of coal in the ex treme western as well as in the eastern and middle sections of the State ; but the deposits are supposed to be less abundant. In the eastern part of the State immense deposits of iron ore have been discovered, particularly in the region of country embracing the count ties of Cass, Harriion, Rusk, Panola, Smith, San Augustine, and Shelby. The one occurs in the greatest abundance in the counties of Cass and Rusk—the layers of which occasionally attain a thickness of fifty feet. Other deposits are known to exist in the middle division of the State, but are inferior to the above in quantity and quality. No important deposits of lead have yet been dis covered, although we have evidence of its existence in various parts of the State, which warrants the belief that future researches will develope extensive veins of this valuable metal. Specimens of remark ably rich ore have been obtained in the Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, in the Wichita mountains, and near St. San Saba. Indications of copper ore exist on the head waters of the Big Wichita, the Brazos, and Red River, as well as on the streams in the western portion of the State. Meagre as this information may appear, it is sufficient to encourage the belief that the mineral deposits of Texas are of such a character as to ex ercise a most important ,influence on her future welfare and prosperity when they shall have been properly developed.—Anglo-American Times. NEW APPOINTMENTS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.— Mr. Reid—who was for 24 years employed under the two last keepers—has succeeded to the keepership of the prints and drawings, vacated by the death of Mr. Carpenter; and Mr. Reginald Stuart Poole—a gentleman well-known in the literary circles as a learned writer on biblical antiquities—has been promoted assistant-keeper of the department of coins and medals, with - which he has been for some years connected.—London Review of to-da y. The Bishop of London has rece i ve d a letter from Sir T. Biddulph, intimatin g th a t th e su f f er i ngs of the poor in London from chol era ha 1e most painfully attracted the attention of her Majesty the Queen, and that her Majesty has commanded a check for X5OO to be forwarded to Messrs. Herries for the Cholera Fund of the Metropolitan Relief and District Visiting Association. " NOT GUILTY—BUT DON'T DO IT AGAIN."--On Thursday, at the Manchester Assizes, James Smith brought an action to recover compensation for personal injuries against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. Last year the plaintiff, while crossing the defendants' line at the Burney station, was struck by a train, and so injured that he has not been able to pursue his ordinary bueiness, and had thereby lost from £ 4OO to £5OO a year. His lord ship sports told the jury that if the y decided for the plaintiff, and thought the co rnpanyresponsib le, the damages ou g ht to be su bstantial. The jury f ound a verdict for the defendants, but thought that the c om p any's servants were blameable. century, died at his residen€ll a D EAT H OF Mn. OSBALDESTON.—Mr. Geo rge ba G ro ve-road, St. John's-wood, on Wednesda y e vening e st. He was bo rn in London in 1787, and belon ged mOasnl for des moreto n, thwellan kno wn half a as anenterprisingto an old Yorkshire family. At an early age he was sent to Eton, where he soon distinguished himself in the sports of the field. From. Eton he proceeded to Oxford, and entered at Brasenose College, but it does not ap pear mathematical from th e Univer sity calendar that he took classi ca l or honours. He seems rather to have devoted hi mself to hunting, and when Mr. Assheton S m ith resi gned the Quorn to take the Burton country, Mr. O s b a l desto n succeeded him. In 1827 he became master of the PY tc hl ey, and his " pack" was the admiration of the country Af ter period of 35 yea rs , be retired from p t u h r e suing is t t io h no s f pr for a of foxhound s , an d t h e f ollowers of the r s ytc l hley pre sented him with a gold snuffbox bearing thiS inscription To the best sportman of any age or country." Ile was also a first-rate shot, and it is stated, on the authority of Sir Richard Sutton, that he had killed 98 pheasants out of 100 shots. It is also recorded that he bagged iu one day at Ebbertson (his own seat) no less than 95 brace of part ridges, 9 brace of hares, and 5 couple of rabbits. Some extraordinary achievements in the way of riding are also recorded of him. Out of ono of his riding matches a dis pute arose between himself and Lord George Bentinck, the result 'of which was a hostile meeting at Wormwood Scrubbs. Colonel Anson seconded Lord George and Mr. Humphrey Mr. Osbaldeston. Both fired, but no harm was done, and all the gentlemen left the field "satisfied." It was in 1831 that he made the celebrated wager—£l,ooo even, to ride 200 miles in 10 hours, Mr. Osbaldeston to have as many horses as he pleased. The event came off in the I Newmarket Houghton meeting, over four miles, commenc ing and finishing at the Duke's Stand, when Mr. Osbalde ston accomplished the 200 miles in 7 hours 10 minutes and • 4 seconds; 1 hour 22 minutes and 56 seconds being allowed for stoppages ; 28 horses were used. Mr. Optaldeston ex celled as a cricketer and billiard player. Eier , to eek. -I'oo age a nd race 30i - abY t by• a nd alter day ;ex ;the Less, ship iven . orth 15th that e raic ster 4ter. able a nd hip ars's ;or ton, d of veil' 01 of rioso tSelf ered en ping first little a,xo - ;tate oni- NO' Done ;ores ,h o le but iTETs nada arid Dheil Leing thert i ying two Love' rords 0 of (dog fot' Abt• er in loie° b y of U r e : 8010 O'Q e• ed Weer ° ill the laig° ctCh e° the th f :301. 1 r" 17 vat ,uptCY 1 1