The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Ba n k o f E ngland directors have n ot deemed it necessary to alter their rate of discount. The in %lx of gold, however, continues on a large scale, and the floating capital in the market is very abun dant. The brokers who receive very few applica tions for commercial assistance are working at 3 per cent., and in exceptional instances at 3 per cent. About £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterd ay. The directors of the Peruvian Railways Company intimate that the share list will remain open till the 15 th inst., in order to allow time for the arrival of t he next Peruvian mail. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company will pay as• per share by way of interest on the Ist July next. At the general meeting to-day of the Queens laud Sheep Investment Company the report stated that the institution was formed in March, 1864, for t he purpose of sheep farming in Australia, and a conditional contract was then entered into for the ehas e o f certa i n stations on the Darling Ow ns, described as then in full operation, a containing an area of 1,500 square miles. The vendor was unable to show a title to the area specified ; and for this and other rea sons, the co m p an y' s agen t, un d er l ega l a d v i ce , declined to take delivery, and sought to annul the W ales, through the Supreme Court of New South _ W ales, the pro cee di ngs i n w hi c h are s till p en di ng ; he the di rectors have received every assurance that 111 1 Will terminate in favour of the company. A call of £2 per share has been made payable on the 17tli inst. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Ren ter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 42e. Flat. The English Stock Market opened this morning w ith renewed firmness, and a rise of * per cent. was 68°°11 afterwards reported. Consols for money are • and for the account 904 I. The New Threes a nd Reduced A nnu iti es are 89k ; the 2f p er Cents., 1894, 731- ; Exchequer Bills, par ; India 5 P e r Cents., 104 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 ; De bentures, u;994and the Bonds, 18s. to 21s. Increased firmness prevails in the Foreign Market, w hich is rather more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 2462, are 74f ; ditt o Consolides, 49* *; Mexican, 1 , 25 ; ditto Ne w , 231 4 ; G ree k, 21 ; S pan i s h ▪ ssive, 34 k; ditto Certificates, 15* ; Italian, 14 the 66 i ; and Confederate L oan , 8 9. Railway Share Market there is not much animation, and prices remain without material Change. Bright on an d No rth W es te r n have declined . ; 411 €1 Great,Western, 10s. ; while North Eastern (b k; jerwick), have each improved 55.; and South Wester.n, 10s.. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue at about previous values. Per Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is a *very moderate inquiry, and quotations remain Without change of importance. The following are the current quotations of some , °f t he principal new projects :—West London Free hold Ground Rent Association, 2 21 prem. ; Peru- Railway Company, 2 2f prem. ; Lion Brewery 111 1 3 any, 1/ 2 prem. ; Dublin Trunk Connecting Preen aY, if 2 prem. ; Ottoman Company, 11 2/ prem Plymouth Plymouth Shipbuilding Company, 7 9 2 )r ein• ; London an d M ed i terranean Bank, 2 j - prem. ; A Stock Metropolitan Extension Land Iron Works Railway, L on d on, Chatham, and Dover, 4f 5 prem. ; 7 8 prem. ; London B r id ge Land, 4 , prem. ; Northern Assam Tea Com- P c , an Y) I prem . ; and I mper i al Ottoman Loan 'erip, 1/ 1 dis The Northern Assam Company (Limited) have t.his day paid the A ssam Company the first ! I . lstalment of £30,000 of th e purchase money for the estates lately acquired by them. BltlTl . llli D5-01"ng 0 ' ~.‘ LTOTERNmENT FUNDS. @LOOK. u ne r Cent. C onso ls 1)0 . Account, June 6 9O 891 1 9,Per Cent, Reduced 891 -1 i ti .'"W 3 per Cent' 731 44 e' 21 per Cell Jan. 1894 4„ 1:3 . *5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 - „tunties, 30 yrs, expire sth J n 1880 DoVe. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, Jan,, " 1885 — (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Cent -Ichequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3d, 31 per _ Do. £5OO Bank Do. £lOO and £200 t — , of England Stock, 61 per Clcu D° Account , 41:40 G oy LAMENT SECURITIES. 411,aian Stock, 101. per Cent., April 1874 _ D o Account 104 -- ri ° • Per Cent. July, 1870 .11-0. Account -- r, ° ' 1 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 ,o Certificates 1,350. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent 101 D --° „ 5 , Per Cent. Jan. 1872 Do, °I per Cent., May 1879 — D 0•99 .. , o. 4 er Cent Aug. 1866 P -, 18 11 Iliond, £l,OOO 21 '"°. under £l,OOO 4,,i4.1, FOREIGN FUNDS—ONB O'CLOCK. 13 11 13°4 € 1 e, 5 per Cent raz• • L I) titan 5 per Cent -e • Per Cent., 1852-58-60 81 to o. 1863 Cl D o Ayres 6 per Cent -0 I - (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ii ,_ per Cent. j3 44 °. 6 per Cent _ ‘ O . 41 ecilokbf Per g ent _ an 6 per Cent. e llbti, 6 1.) ~ per Cent. _ Du, 0 per Cent 1864 _ .1 bittLlSerip, £55 paid _ -", 3 per Cent., 1825 _ c per Cent. 1863 t'an e ,,.., 5 Per Cent, 1773-77, £25 paid _ bs'oian Principalities , o.t - _ kt in , 86 Paid Cent — '''',, °.„,r New Consolidated, 1 per _ ER31.13-;;4-1.0visional Land Warrant - 11 ` " .411 7 Per Cent °, Second Issue 97 ° tlOO Bonds 941 4 D 0 Do. 1864 9if c) 4100 Bonds Do 8 (3 °PP .£55 aid l'eek- P 1824-5, ex Coupons .11, Per Cents., s' A cc ount bo . 0 tilial„ onpons .b..,kala andr Cent. ital°' 1833 lB5O — ' l4 ll 5a Railway) D o 1 Per Cent (Maremman 8 D o R , 65 _ die v oki,: e 'lP, £67/ paid b o - ` 4l 3 Per Cent. 25 4 teeoun t b o 6 1864 1) Per Cont. Anglo-French k o 0 Preach s eri E x. 25f 20c kollotevklean 6 pePCent, £3O paid _ Lekill per 5 p er Cent ___ bo ,sraoada _ D o tl e 3 er Cent _ Do , ferred I' e nd W (Hectares) e10. i ., _ warrants D o ~411.4't Per Cent. , . dis Bonds — D o ";)erip, ,445 p a id , paid in___ 11, ',lser Cent (Uribarren) D o •I' Per Cent., 1862 79 portit• Account b gllese 3 per Cent., 1853 —eo 'ee-eunt '3, " Per t 1856, '7, '9, ' 6O , ' 62 , 49 1 , Do 4 en ~ ' 41 15N,,,* ~.e , eo lalt tio-',,° per Cent., 1822, £ St., 121 0 'I Per Cent., 1850 _ D o 3 1860 bo per Cent., 1859 b e 5 Der Cent., 1862 1 : 1 0 A all 5 Per Cent ir — ' I, • ....ceou I ) Eth , IA D o ' Per Cent — 121 Account Do ii Do ew Deferred — S Account a„ -ecount dish r t ................ n ts D o A , iert. of Coup not funded ive-eceunt o 81 1 tr,„1.1 4 -..,. Pe R r er Oeiii: ...Cent. 1864 vkLen 6 per Cent. 1854 Do 4"011nt Dol3 6 Per Celli ...... Ac count .. • 1) 6 Per Celli:. . iiie•i ....... .]. --o lh° Account . -,,, ...................... Dos 4-tOO Bonds 75/ o Guar P"Ot . 1863 V' nte _ vane ed, 4 per Cent bo a 3 Per Cent. 1)0: Account ............. ........ Do. A 6 Per C ent, 1 . 86 : — Do (.--ceount . . _ D o. u Per Cent, 10.°i-- ;.,:: ............ 4O 39 1 - q per Cent Bl om.i. Ailvidends on the above • payable in London. ~ 1 41 ' al ; 5 Per Cent Ex, 10 Florins D g l z'", 41- o teh 2 , , per cent., Ex. 25f. Do . 4 t Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — DoPre,„h Per Cent. Certificates ~ 4.Q°l ltes, 3 per Cent. gilt • ceount au r ' Per ............................ Cent 1861 Ex 25f .1 , -• • (Ju nka TWO O'CLOCK. a tlo. 4 ............................. % 01 11I,t ~... .......................... ,en within to, ided into a risitors and air on board the smaller -ed from the is in' Cron- 'our o'clock. clouds, and Long line of ators, who .eral private St. Peters le chaplain or the dead vsky, which e Emperor, he Imperial apers round h red velvet, e responses. he Emperor rtes after the 3t of house- Petersburg , guard over w h o had from Nice. trd, steamed lnd then set , where she stadt to the expected to NAPOLEON 'RICA. JUNE 8• a pro clama - Inking them have under- ducation of Lanl7 virtues he strongest face danger , honour and ver in your battle. Y° ll dship to th e , t be treated ;ing thence' Hono ur i Al this soil • ry. France 3 been no' end a sligh tl i all t he tearly e been neg°^; r Cents. bel u Shares hO e d have been quoted 46.1. 46 b ° ...... 330 _..- ..-- BS ..• 44 --- -- , --- - 73 5° Acct. 825 1072 6 0 852 n b ° 596 , 528 •... 505 315 •., 427 50 497 u" ... 220 --„ .. 322 u •... 157 50 Li made that )al, and aen le It each e00:1 d for seve r wand for th e i c the year' all c ounted °t' S Will flowj t shipment 8. e inland 01 Loy. ( 2 11°t3, suc h firnallesi able coasti ng_ _ ic ok has b ee f h ad e e ill ow means het e :iron Ill ai t ° , iominal 4 0 15- v ton. , " :dia, an 00 m and. F oo d 'ere is 3 g ;f o qualities )out an tradedATei oer having The s eason• A ter h in Lei c ,n , and ev Cl an, 01 also firall holi o ide trehouse s , verY' hi, ill‘ ierallY., 1 0 0 [. t wo The co ore 3 a little 11111:10 „ re fill:a. e igil f and Ti ; are w e j. Hy emplol` E. ° t 1C35 tol Dttre' oia , crosse s . ! I _ or fairlY sere were a. breed' 68. ni 6S. t ° at Ist ° t inactiv e ' ~r iamb s 9 :4.d• t ° 6s. * 0-• from r ana stew 0 0 0 top Pg ,doh co cl 6 10 56 0 O 6. . OOP 6 0 5 10 ,van 60 4 4 * calVc s :s (1 4 4 10.. ". .3 S 4 1° ,irffsl' ; ,tore n at l Pr 6 9 ! • •*" .. 1 : '4, 6 1 ~ 1) • ::.•• 110 t th e jug to 4.1 t° oa; ocie; E ck e sv er fouoo • 05 I D3,sat)4s as o / 0 01 Loved mutt 0 Oti; 0 a to to 0 to 0, 4s yes, 17 : Xl6 , 51 0 s ou ; 1 0 e , e i 103 1)61 eft c la ,t, £ 5 iss; r loo , " el O S P° ov er of £5 jos; or lo an £1 120 V SHARE MIRKETS--This day. share) Railways. 13.14 & atr. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall. Do. 4. A gets no div, Do. 1.3 till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & a b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wtstcrn Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. Great llorth of Scotland Great Northern D.). A sock Do. B o Do. :New, Is. at 2•i pm Gt S. and W. of Ire:and Gt. Wcste n Original I) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Ox'ord 'o. Newpo t Po. He: eford Lane shire & Yorkshire Llndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid'and Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 4 shares %lid Kent North British _ Do. Ed., Pth ;dc Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick, Do. (I.,N•E purchase Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18e4 North Staffordshire , N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, ➢iid. st ick Shrews & Welchpool ShroPshire Union South Devon south E, stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W.Hartlepool ar. &11 Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 ►OO 100 100 10 103 10 1(0 10 100 100 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1 - 31 7321 1074 8 41 124 99t 1121 I 71 701 l'4l i Paid.l Closing I Business Price. done. 141 i i 2 11 81 133 I 94 96 133 131 6i 6 61 E 6 16 17 90 of 10(1 1( , 7 46} 476 7 8 131 IE4 118 14 128 .32 F 6 IS 73 24 63 65 50 52 45 48 104 106 122 i 123 88 90 107 109 40 (2 1',34 124 99 ICO 63 63, 1414 1.12. , 3} 2 in 136 1304 105 1( 7 51 55 24i 25 112 113 7J 71 103 10 4 86j 370 l 04 10}p 117 219 1 lip 78 79 11} 11: 145 150 51. 53 6t C 3 59 61 86} 861 83 93 156 159 3 4 p 106 108 --- - 47 49 79 81 BRITISH P Atlantic St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Q Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, (4z Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Auz. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1174, Calcutta dz 8. E., Rm a e Town & Dock, V Demera.s, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben,al, gu, 5 do East ledian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond:, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c l'o..Gua, 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do Great Ms. of Canada.. 120,% New Do. 6 p. o. Bds- pay 1873 Do. Si do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Alelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's 13ay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. B I.C'da, pc Ist pt.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub Eift Do.lndus St. Flo """ 'OSSK 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ,SIONS. 54 1,6 10n 1041 pr 4p 4 41 1,6 91 Op 101 72 73 100 102 102 103 1041 105} 18 IV 84 87 •61 63 54 56 55 57 47 4 . 1 45 43 43 45 25 27 24 26 104 i 1051 P par 4 pl 102 IC3 1c 101 10130}d 84 86 8t 84 d 101+1 102 i 93 95 89 91 65 67 3 5 82 81 104 1014 104 1014 id id 1094 7 94 7 I 104 i 1041 5 I}3 6 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 94 96 Do. 6 P.C. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 05 DJ. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 93 95 Do. 5p c. Jan. & July 100 83 84 Do. 5 p ,‘• Inscribed sk 100 8!. S 4 Cape Li. Hope, 6 p.c. 18 . 73 100 103 11)7 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 105 107 Do. do: 1890-1 100 106 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 108 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IS7B Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 10) 104 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 102 104 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 •00 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 100 94 96 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 921 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 Do. 6 per cent.... 100 87 90 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 97 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 104 106 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards l. 0 107 109 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, a pril & Oct lOO 1085 1091 109 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Gold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 29 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavtst. 1 600 610 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 12 14 East Caradon 2.14.6 121 131 •••ast Cam Brea 3.4.0 61 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 3 • 34 East Loved 2.13.6 11 l 11t E. WI Russell (Tavlstk 9.10.6 41 41 Gam & StA übyn(G wen. 604 3 5 4 Gr,-at L ixey, limited all 19 2) Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 24 3 G. Wheal Vor (Heist , t. 40 301 314 Grenvil:e 7.8.3 3i 31 Herod's Foot . 8.13 3S 40 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 34 3 Margaret (Uny Lelant 91 6 81 Marke Valley 4.3.0 54 61 4 nwyndy Iron Ore, liu, 21 21 11 Nang' les New Se ton North Downs - - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 3.10.6 North Wheal Crotty 2.8.0 2 4. - Prosper United 7.1.6 21 81 Pr vidence Uny L‘ant 10.6.7 32 85 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 510 520 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 Stray Park . 30.17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 17 18 West I sassett (Mogan W. Caradun (L skeard 9 101 12 West Chi vcrton ll 724 71, West Seton 471 185 195 Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 51 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 171 226 W hea Lacutt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Setoa Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 Wheal Union 4 rILEFERENCE StIARES. Gl.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stock, 1251 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Of Bahia and San Francisco tlix.) gus. 7 per cent., 14 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pt., 19# South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, lim., 111 St. John del Rey (11m.), 33 BANKS. Agra and Mistermnn's, lim., 113 Alliance (11m.), 2133 I 7i Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 111 paid., 2O Anglo Fgyptian, Urn., l 2 Australasia, _ _ Ditto, new,7l9i' British and Californian, lim., 4} Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China:22,i I Chartered of India, London, and China, 45:41 Consolidated Bank. lim., loy English Joint Stock, lim., 13 Hindustan. China, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 64 7 Imperial Bank, Um., 29 Imperial Ottoman. 64 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 5) Ditto, new, 12k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 5 London and County, 71j London Joint Stock. 494 London and South African, 18 171 National Provincial of England. DitW, 3d issue, 47} Oriental BanK Corporation. 461 t.cinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. Ilm., 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company,llll Credit Fonder and Mob'Her of England, 91 Discount Corporation. 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 51. Hudson'a:Bay, 15; Imperi .1 Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 7111 International Contract, 76 London Financial Association, lien., 23 London General Omnibus Company, 31 6 Mil!wall Freehold Land and Dock, lira , 2 11 !National Discount Comi any, 16 Ocean Marine Insurance), 231 Ottoman Gas, lira., 4 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, —; Ditto, new, 55 Rhymney Iron, 30 Submarine Telegraph, Scrip, 6 Telegrai h construe. and I!laintenance, lira., 76 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 76 Universal Marine, Insurance. lira., 61 A singular fact in natural history has just been observed on the manor of Lavesore, near Decize (Nievre). In the same nest were found eleven eggs of a grey partridge and three of a red one. The nest was closely watched, and after the 14 eggs had been hatched, the red partridge, the one with three young ones only, led the whole band. It is thought that the two mothers had fought for the possession of the brood, TILE SETS, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE J. F. ANDREWS-A CHASE TO AMERICA AFTER A BANKRUPT. This bankrupt was described as a coal factor, of Fen church-street, and his debts are stated'to be over £70,000, with assets at present not ascertained. It is alleged that the bankrupt has absconded to America, and Mr. Beard, as attorneyto the petitioning creditor, has despatched Haydon, the well-known detective, in pursuit. Mr. Cutt (Ricketts, Smith, and Co.) was chosen trade assignee. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ifolroyd.) IN RE SANSON. This bankrupt was described as a clerk in the Queen's Bench, and to-clay he came up for the order of discharge upon debts of £3,000, with a deficiency of £2,000. Tho case stood over for the bankrupt to make a proposal to his creditors. IN (RE CAPTAIN CURGENWEN-A CAPTAIN IN A MILITARY TRAIN. This bankrupt was described as a captain in her Ma jesty's Military Train now stationed at Woolwich, and he came up to pass his last examination upon accounts, show ing debts to £5,200, with a deficiency of £3,403. This bankrupt states the cause of his failure to be the high rat© of interest charged upon bills and the accumulation of interest thereon. In the list of property held by creditors are the bankrupt's commission and two retriever dcgs (less their keep). Mr. Sydney appeared for the assignees, and Mr Brough suppOrted. The bankrupt stated that he had paid 60 per cent. interest for his bills. His pay was £lBO per annum, and he lived at the rate of £6OO to £7OO per annum. His Honour adjourned the case for a cash account. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE H. COLEMAN-M. BLONDIN'S TREASURER. This bankrupt, described as a Wine merchant, of the West-end and elsewhere, again came before the Court to day. The case has been already thoroughly ventilated, and as no new points are involved, it was understood that a final order would be made. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) SERVANTGALISM EXTRAORDINARY.-AXFON V. BEADEL. This was an action to recover wages actually earned, and one month's wages in lieu of the customary notice, plaintiff being a domestic cook, and defendant the well known auctioneer, of 25, Gresham-street, and Romford. Plaintiff detailed the list of her grievances, and deposed that upon a certain night defendant had a dinner at his country house at Romford, and after the dinner was all over Mrs. Beadel gave plaintiff a little drop of gin, which slightly excited her. Mr. Beadel came down into the kitchen, took,plaintiff by the wrists, and removed her with much force from the house. He hurt her very much, in deed, and she had done nothing to provoke him. His Honour asked Mr. Beadel if he would like to explain the matter ? Mr. Beadel—Certainly, sir. I may state the conduct of the plaintiff exceeded anything I had ever previously wit nessed. It is quite true that we had a dinner party on the night in question, and all passed off very well until half past 11, when the cook refused to go to bed. (Laughter.) My wife reasoned with her, but in vain, and although her fellow-servants had retired to rest, she most determinedly declined to follow their example. I went down and reasoned with her, but she said she meant to en joy herself. (Renewed laughter.) I gave her till 12 o'clock, and then her conduct became so outrageous that I took her by the wrists and made her go with me to the nearest police station, where, she being intoxicated, I left her in charge, handing her half a sovereign to get her a bed in some respectable place. His Honour—Then she was ,intoxicated ? Plaintiff—She was indeed. She asked me if I had ever heard anybody scream—(great laughter)—and she said that she once screamed " Murder" in Romford Park till she was hoard a mile off. (Renewed laughter.) I had no wish to have a specimen of her powers at my house, but she threatened to give me one. Plaintiff—The missis gave me a drop of gin. His Honour—That would not have affected you in the way described. Defendant—She lit three lamps and six candles, and insisted on having them all burning at the same time. (Great laughter.) Under all the circumstances I did what I considered right and proper. I gave her 10s., and have paid 7s. into court, that being more than the witges actu ally earned. His Honour—You have done more than you need have done. Plaintiff—And he gave the policeman a glass of gin. Defendant—He had some trouble with you. You came to my office about two days after the affair, and wanted to show me then how you could scream out "murder," saying you were always good for half a mile. (Laughter.) I was obliged to tell one of my clerks to show her down stairs. Plaintiff—He said he would be master over everybody. Defendant—ln the excitement of the moment perhaps I said I must be master in my own house. His Honour—And very naturally. I think plaintiff has acted with great forbearance, and he is fully entitled to the verdict in this case. Verdict for plaintiff, who declined +.o accept any costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A JEWELLED VINAIGRETTE.—WiIIiam West, a young man described as a painter, living in East-street, Manchester-square, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing an antique gold and jewelled vinaigrette, the pro perty of Colonel Francis Mountjoy Martyn, of 33, Ber keley-square. Caroline Baldwin, servant to Mr. William Swindell, of the Tottenham-court-road, said that yesterday afternoon the prisoner showed .her the vinaigrette, stating that he had picked it up in Portman-square. Ho said he did not know whether it was gold, and asked her to take it to a shop and see, and she did so, when the person detained her and took her to the police-station, where she stated how it came into her possession. Caroline Galsworthy, lady's maid in the family of Col. Mountjoy Martyn, deposed that on Tuesday she replaced the vinaigrette on a table in the drawing-room after it had been cleaned by a person from Messrs. Storr and Morti mer's. Yesterday the:prisoner was engaged at the house in replacing the window blinds. Wm. Penton, assistant to Mr. Lawley, pawnbroker, of South-street, Manchester-square, said that on the vinai grette being presented to him by the first witness he ques tioned her, and then took her to the police station. The value of the vinaigrette was £lO, but it cost a great deal more. Police-constable George King, 76 D, a plain-clothes officer, said the prisoner told him that he found the vinai grette opposite the door of a house in Danes-street, and on asking him where he had been at work, he said at 19, Ber keley-square. He (King) then made inquiries, and after wards apprehended the prisoner, when he again denied stealing the article. Having been cautioned by Mr. Yardley, the prisoner said that all he had to say was that he found the vinaigrette on the street. Mr. Yardley committed him for trial. brokers based the full charges under the Act of Parliament on the tenants. Mr. Partridge—ls the rent under £2O ? Mr. Branwoll—Yes, sir. _ _ Mr. Partridge read several clauses of the Act of Parlia ment, and said the words were very large. He granted the summons. THE END or MY HoLThAvs.—William Bebby, a labourer, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. William Brown, a waterman, of No. 1, Rosby's-rope walk, Limehouse, saw the prisoner walk into the Thames at Limehouse-hole, and proceed until the water reached the top of his chest. lie thought the prisoner was having a bathe with his clothes on, to cool himself this warm weather, but he suddenly threw himself on his back, and was floating down with the tide, and would have been car ried under the swim of a barge and drowned, if he had not got into a boat and pulled him out of the river. The prisoner said, " This is the end of my holidays," and was drunk, or he would not have acted so foolish as he did. The prisoner said he had been holiday making, and was intoxicated when he went into the water. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Forests in France. In a highly interesting paper addressed to the French Academy of Sciences, M. Becquerel examines the subject of forests both as to their commercial importance and as to their influence on climate. For this purpose he casts a rapid glance at the effects produced by the destruction of forests from the remotest ages to our time. Forests existed on the globe long before the appearance of man, a fact proved by the immense coal deposits which are to be found in every part of it, even in the polar regions. These deposits consist of Equisetacea, Sigillaria, &c., &c., particularly also of ferns of the size of trees, instances of which are now only to be met with under the tropics. In most parts of the old continent the primitive life of man was passed in forests, and increase of population was the cause of the first attacks upon them ; but the greatest devastations only date from the periods when great conquerors cut down or burnt the forests in which the peoples they wanted to subdue had taken refuge. From the Ganges to the Euphrates, from that to the Mediterranean, an ex tent of ground 1,000 leagues in length, and several hundred broad, was ravaged by wars during the lapse of thirty centuries. Nineveh and Babylon, so celebrated for their civilisation, Palmyra and Balbeck, renowned for their opulence, now offer nothing but ruins to the exploring gaze of the tra veller, in the midst of deserts and swamps once covered by luxuriant forests. From the time of Sesostris to that of Mahomet 11. Asia Minor was a constant scene of unrelenting wars leading to similar results. The land of Canaan, so highly praised in the Bible, is now little more than a desert, and the whole coast of Africa along the Mediterranean tells a similar story. Turning from historical considerations to the present - state of forests in France, the learned author tells us that from official statistics it appears that France has a surface of 52,768,610 hectares (2i acres each). Of this, 8,804,550 hectares are covered with forests ; pasture-land comprises 21,729,102 hectares, and the ground not devoted to tillage, and therefore covered by towns and villages, 2,920,217 hectares. In 1860 the domainal forests were reduced to an extent of 1,077,046 hectares, including 40,716 hectares of new plantations. At present this number has risen to 1,100,000 hectares, exclusive of 67,185 hectares granted as a donation to the Crown. From 1820 to 1864 the surface of forest-land cleared was 665,363 hectares, and for the last 16 years permissions have been granted to clear about 15,000 hectares per an num. To these must be added about 9,000 hectares cleared without permission, and with some other items the surface annually cleared comprises about 31,000 h ectares. The surface replanted does not amount to more than 10,000 hectares, few of which have been stocked with the more valuable kinds, such as oak, teak, &c., these species being of much slower growth than firs and similar sorts. THE FRENCH CORPS LEGISLATIF. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) DEBATE ON THE BUDGET. PARIS, June 6. The general debate on the Budget was continued to-day. M. TRIERS expressed his regret that, on entering into this grave discussion, he was unable to reply at once both to the reporter of the commission and to one of the representatives of the Government ; but was willing to give place to the Minister if one of their number desired to speak before him. M. VUITRY, President of the Council of State, replied that at that moment the Government had nothing to add to what had been so well said during the last sitting by the reporter, in defence of the propositions of the commission, which were those of the Government. M. TIIIERS said that after this declaration it was to the Government as well as to the commis sion that he was about to reply. The reporter had endeavoured to show that, in point of fact, the division of the budget into ordinary, extraordinary, and rectificative,under the appellation of supplemen tary credits, had existed formerly as well as at the present time. That was true, but what vas formerly admissible to a certain extent was no longer so in a different degree. Yes, there had been formerly an extraordinary budget, but not in its present form. In 1840, under grave circumstances, the vigilance of the country was directed towards the means of national defence ; moreover, this was the time when the railway mania carried away the European public. Hence numerous works were undertaken in order to fortify Paris, Lyons, and Cherbourg ; to insure supplies by sea, and to satisfy the desires of the country, which demanded large lines of railway ; but at that time, in place of creating a separate budget, it was found sufficient to open in each par ticular budget a special head termed extraordinary service. There was nothing at all similar in the present extraordinary budget destined to relieve the ordinary budget of excessive burdens. As to the rectificative budget, it was also true that it existed formerly, under the name of supplementary credits, but these were far from possessing the importance they had acquired since. It was likewise true that this was not the first time redeemable loans had been con tracted for the profit of extraordinary works, but here again it was a question of extent. The fault he found with the great works of the present day was their exaggeration and their precipitancy. To per severe in such a course, he repeated, was advancing, not precisely towards bankruptcy, but upon a course which would render it impossible to fulfil the en gagements of the country. After reverting to the past, which he did, not as a party man, but as a representative of the country, jealous of her honour and prosperity, M. Thiers reproduced in de tail the questions he had brought forward at a previous sitting. Was it true or not that they had budgets amounting to two milliards and two or three hundred millions ? Did they pos sess the necessary resources to meet that expendi ture ? No, all the regular resources at their com mand consisted of 1,950 millions arising from taxation, to which had to be added every year from 250 to 260, sometimes 300, millions, proceeding from the liquidation of more or less disguised loans, or from what had been already termed chance re sources. M. Thiers then went on to examine these different resources, and concluded by saying that repudiation or " Mexican Money" was a method of settlement unworthy of the budget of France. All this would definitely resolve itself into the floating debt. Now, the floating debt would already amount next year to 900 millions. So that, after all, it ' would be in the great book that all this would have to be entered. But it was said he pointed out the evil without indicating any re medy. The speaker then called to mind that he had specified four sources of possible reduction— viz., redemption, the army, the public works, and the Mexican expedition. If they liked he would dive up the question of redemption, but must per sist in his doubts as to the possibility of effecting great savings in the army. It was for the Govern ment to explain itself clearly upon that point. But with respect to the public works and Mexico, he still believed that prudent and important resolutions might be taken. The power of the country reposed upon two bases, its finances and its army, to defend which he (M. Thiers) had devoted his life. With rapidity and energy, it would be always possible to meet the military requirements of France, but good finances could not be improvised. It was, there fore, towards the financial situation that the solici tude of the country should be directed. M. Vuitry, Minister, President of the Council of State, replied that when he heard M. Thiers speak of his love for the two great elements of the power of the country, the finances and the army, he thought it impossible to avoid reverting to the glorious use which had been made of these two powerful resources by the Imperial Government for the last 12 years. A Government which was able to appreciate to that extent what they were worth, and what they could produce, could always hus band those resources. The debate had now reached a point when it was necessary to circumscribe the questions and draw them within a narrower compass. M. Vuitry first examined the critical remarks which had been made upon the present division of the budget into several special budgets. Was this division, then, a complication, as had been said ? Why, a few simple additions of the receipts and expenditure would suffice to give the true financial situation of the country. That discussion was in the nature of things. Was the object thereof to conceal the exaggerated expenditure ? What inte rest could the Government having in so doing ? The speaker then went on to advocate the necessity of this division of the budget into budgets ordinary, special, extraordinary, and rectificative, but denied that there was any fifth budget, that of liquidation. It had no existence. Relative to the redemption of the debt, after calling to mind that the reserve of the redemption instead of being allowed to accu mulate, had long before the existence of the present Government been appropriated, at least in part, either to the great public works, or to the ordinary budget. The speaker declared that the Imperial Government did not dissimulate this irregularity and temporal nature of the redeemable loans which had been contracted, and that it was the desire and aim of the Government to arrive at a situation whereby a surplus of receipts would admit of re storing the redemption to the regular routine. The speaker next went on to explain in detail the real state of the two budgets, which might be termed the budgets now in course, namely, those of 1864 and 1865. That for 1864 would only show a deficit of from 22 to 25 millions, and that for 1865, according to the results of the first quarter, would probably present a surplus of receipts of about two millions. In comparing the ordinary budgets for the last four years-1862-65--it would be found that the amount of ordinary receipts had exceeded that of the ordinary expenditure by 93 millions, whereas the increase of ordinary expenditure had only been four millions. Was that, therefore, a position to call for uneasiness as to the future? The Government had been asked if it considered it pos sible to make reductions in the army. To this the Government would frankly reply that, in its opinion, the interest of the country did not permit of the effective forces being reduced to less than 400,000 men. On comparing the extraordinary budgets of the last four years, it appeared that the extraordi nary expenditure had been continually diminishing. With regard to the resources furnished by Mexico to the budget extraordinary, he (M. Vuitry) de clared that it was the desire of the Government to be able to recall their troops in that country, but that they would not recall them until the work of order and pacification they had undertaken had been accomplished, not wishing to give to an enterprise which had been maturely reflected upon a character of inconsiderateness which M. Thiers would be afterwards the first to censure in cutting terms. (Left speaking.) THE DERBY TRAFFIC.—The total number of passengers carried to and fro on the Brighton Com pany's new Epsom line on the Derby Day was 52,498 ; the number by the London and South Western was somewhat less. Arrangements wore made for running trains direct from the London and North Western and Great Western to the new Epsom Station, and accommodation was provided for a much larger number of passengers than availed them selves of this through route. WESTMINSTER Warm DAMAGE.—Arthur Glover, a boy about nine years of age, was charged with wilfully damaging some potatoes, belonging to a porter on the Brighton Railway. Robert Lilley, complainant, said he was allowed by the company a plot of ground on the site of the embankment near the railway bridge over the Thames at Battersea. He had gone to some expense last year in sowing potatoes, and they had been considerably damaged by boys. A fortnight ago six rows were pulled up. He watched the plot to find an offender. The embankment was enclosed by a Sift. fence, and the prisoner must have climbed over it. Witness saw him yesterday evening pulling up whole rows of the potatoes, and seized him. Two he found in his pocket, and a third he threw away, at the same time deny ing that he had done the damage, although the wood was lying at his feet. He was taken into custody, and although another patato was found he still persisted that he had not touched them. The boy said, when asked by the magistrate, that he found the potatoes at Battersea. The parents said he would not go to school, and they could do nothing with him. He used to be a good boy, but had got into bad company. Prisoner said he was looking for his shoe, and it was stated that he only had one on. Mr. Arnold said he should have sent him to a reforma tory had ho been there before, but as this was his first offence he should fine him 35., and 2s. the value of tho potatoes, or he would be committed for seven days. Ho was committed. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY BROKER'S CHARGES.-Mr. Branwell, a solicitor of Basinghall-street, applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons against a broker named Thompson for making excessive charges, which the solicitor said were as extra ordinary as they were amusing. Mr. Branwell framed his application under the Ist and 2d sections of the Act 57th Geo. 111., cap. 93. A gentle man darned Durnam, the owner of house property, em ployed a broker named Thomson to recover three sums of 155., £3 10s., and £2 ss. 6d., from three tenants for rent in arrear. The broker had to recover the money by dis tress and seizure of the goods, and charged the tenants the expenses of each seizure, which were paid, but in addition to this he charged Mr. Durnam £3 145., and among those charges were 10s. for nfreshments, 15s. for the services of six mon, and only three were actually em ployed ; van and man, 55.; „police, 45.; and other items. All the charges were decidedly illegal, and the broker had no right to make them. Mr. Partridge doubted whether he had power to inter fere in a case between landlord and broker, Mr. Branwell said the words "landlord and party or par ties aggrieved" were mentioned in the Act of Parliament, and the magistrate most decidedly had jurisdiction. The The Chinese Customs' Establishment. A report, which has been prepared by Mr. Hart, Inspec tor-General of Maritime Customs in China, gives an in teresting account of the origin and progress of a foreign customs' establishment in China. Tho manner in which native officials have been wont to transact customs' business at the Chinese ports is this :—Chinoso vessels aro Fcensed for the coasting trade, and the tariffs generally amount to about 10 per cent., the customs duties of a port would bo assigned to a person holding some other Government office in the locality, and so farmed as to hold him responsible for the collection of a specific amount, with liberty to re tain any surplus, but in the absence of a strict supervision, or under an established official laxity, each subordinate having to pay for his place, lies to his superior, and makes as good a purse as he can for himself. The merchants have to make the best bargain they can with the officials, and Government do not get half the duties really paid. Now in 1854, when Shanghai seemed virtually lost to the Im perial Government, inextricable confusion arose in relation to the customs, and in fact the collection of duties passed from the hands of the Chinese for a time. Spasmodic at tempts were once or twice made by an office that was very insufficiently recognised, but ships constantly left the port without paying a farthing of duties, the consuls taking from the merchants bonds, which were considered of ques tpco i hffi o o i n wee afee,brtlosehfiv of foreigners represent i ng the three treaty customs ET al na i d go i ul t a y t an.ed sEventuallyFrance, sr h i e t 00 up w le dn a se be e a r rp undera a n c g e d e d i ut its hd proper inspection inspectorate wa s i n the first instance insttahnecUellaitefodreSigtesGovern mental measure, which relieved consuls from the necessity of undertaking responsibilities in regard to the clearance of foreign ships, and protected honest merchants from the uncontrolled acts of bad men, at the same time 'securing the revenue for the Imperial Government. It became, however, more and more a Chinese institution, and when the treaties of Tien-tsin were concluded in 1858, it was arranged, in order to insure uniformity of treatment for the merchants at all the ports, to extend the scheme to all the places opened to trade. Accordingly, the foreign in spectorate is now represented at 14 ports, and employs in various capacities some 400 foreigners and about 1,000 w a : P o e h iri a grown whore juniors accustomed T h The on first Chinese. It m e t w i th much hostility from the old Execu tive, who saw i n it an i nvincible obstacle to the " doctoring " of accounts, and i t was not altogether welcomed by many inspectorate nocturnal "runni ng " of cargoes ; but opposition has gra dually died away. to compounding for duties and h r a a s n a d i study i t e s i t s ab n l C o i s w h i h n i n v e e e s ry n e generally treated as a b ranch of the Chi nese pu bli c ser vice, in preparati on. f or work at the appointmentpors vice, and regarded as naturally growing out of the now re lations in which China finds herself through the treaties entered into with foreign Powers. At each office there is one inspector, or commissioner of customs, representing the three treaty Powers, with assistants under him of various nationalities ; at the head is an inspector-general, appointed by the Chinese Foreign-office. This inspec torate has secured for the State funds never dreamt of before, and substituted for corrupt and inefficient offices an honest and effective revenue administration, placing all and every trader upon the same footing. It has also as sisted the Chinese in fulfilling with advantage to them selves the obligations into which they entered by treaty, with trade at more than a dozen ports, and firms numbered by the hundred, an interdependency of obligations has grown up which could only be met by the operation of such a uniform and efficient system as the inspectorate. In fact, without it the only resource would have been to do away with import and export duties altogether, and then allow the officials in the interior full swing for local taxation ; and how that would have answered is easily guessed. Tho more intimate nature of the relations into which the members of the inspectorate have been brought with Chinese officials conduces not a little to read those officials to understand foreigners better, and to clear away much of the suspicion and dislike with which they regarded them ; and thus the tendency is to remove the position of foreigners from the support on which it has hitherto been based— force and might, and to place it on one that promises better for the future, and which, though at first nothing more than a mere al a ffv d ea ra li criosn'Tmset ration is making ectorate, more perhaps than itself i a tTnh s ht s e rooe n uai t gfnueh t to atp;_ t nrp h eyro e ne3oac e : tit x hati oihtesinrrot through mon n ef gegoaahfstate the oednnoio o neet sfss there appear to be an tap a t y o, in th t e im fo e r c e h ig a n n e g r e . open ing for the introduction of sundry reforms and useful :does. It is gradually leading the Chinese mind .a the direction of properly sa l ar ied official establishments ; and any step in that direction will go far to do away with the canker that preys on the very vitals of the country, and the multitudi nous sufferings and malpractices that are its concomitants. The inspectorate will have finished its work when it shall have produced reducpedlace it . a e administration as h ones t and efficient PROFICIENCY IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGES.—The usual donation of 800 rupees has been made to each of the following junior civilians for having passed in two of the vernacular languages of India within six months from the date of their arrival in this country :—Messrs. Beachcroft, Manson, Gordon, Gardiner, Fryer, and Thorburn. To Mr. Stogdon the Governor-General has also granted a donation of 800 rupees for having passed in two languages in four months from the date of his arrival ; also a gold medal for a certificate of high proficiency in the Urdoo language.— Allen's radian Mail. The Registration of Voters, On Monday the new act of Parliament to amend the re gistration of county voters was printed, and has immediate operation. It will effect several important alterations in the law of registration and as to the duties of revising barris ters in the next revision of the lists of counties, cities, and boroughs. On or before the 10th of June in every year the clerk of the peace is to deliver to the overseers of every parish in the county his precept according to the form now printed, with the forms of notices, list, and copies of the register in the principal act mentioned. The clerk of the peace is to transmit to the overseer of every parish copies of the part of the register relating to each parish ; and the overseers, on or before the 20th of June, are to publish the register as provided on the church doors, and the same is to be removed not later the 20th of July. In future the 20th August, instead of the 25th, is to be the last day for giving notices of objections ; and the Ist of September, instead of the 29th August, is to be the last day for the overseers to deliver to the clerks of the peace the p'apers mentioned in the ninth section of the principal act. Oae of the most im portant alterations now made is that the grounds of objec tion are to be specified in the notice given. "No person objected to under the provisions of this act shall be re quired to give evidence before the revising barrister in support of his right to be registered, otherwise than as such right shall be called in question in such ground or grounds of objection. Each ground is to be treated by the revising barrister as a separate ground of objection. Voters changing their abodes and objected to may make a declaration, and transmit the same to the clerk of the peace on or before Sept. 14. No lists of voters for a county aro to be revised before Sept. 20. Costs to £5 and not 20s. may be awarded by the barrister. The revising barrister is to read "audibly in open court" the names expunged and the names inserted. He is empowered to order the removal of persons interrupting the proceedings of his court, and a policeman is to attend the sittings to keep order. The word "value" in an objection is to mean the amount of rental. The act will forthwith make various alterations in the re visions. Desperate Encounter with Garotters, At the Chesterfield Police-court on Monday, before Mr. J. B. White, Mayor, Dr. Black, and Mr. G. Ileathcote, two blackguard-looking fellows, named Walter White, alias Bodney, joiner, and William Hood, collier, were charged with violently assaulting and garotting Mr. J. E. Roberts, postmaster, Chesterfield, a gentleman about sft. 3in. high. The desperate encounter will bo best explained by the evi dence of Mr. Roberts, who deposed—l reside at Spital, about a mile from Chesterfield, and left' the Chesterfield post-office about half-past ten on Saturday night last to go home. I reached the Horse Croft about five minutes after wards. I had a little boy with me carrying a parcel. When about the middle of the field I heard footsteps behind me, and the prisoner White put his arm round my neck to garotte me. He pulled me to the ground by the throat, and I recovered myself and knocked him down with my fist. I had no weapon. I got my knee on his chest and got hold of his throat with both hands. The other prisoner came up and knocked me off him, and he gave me a blow on the head, from the effects of which I fell. I immediately got up and had a struggle with the prisoner Hood. I then had them in front of me, and they both attacked me. I felt in my pocket for a knife, but I had only a small 6d. one. I threatened to put a knife into them if they came at me again. I received a bruise on the forehead and the scratch on my face during the scuffle. They came at me again and I dragged them both to the ground. Hood got on the top of me and forced his knee into my throat with all his weight, which rendered me powerless. I was kept in this position while White ransacked my pockets, and they tore my trousers. After they had done this they gave me about 20 or 30 blows with their fists, and Hood took a running kick at my head, but I received the blow on the shoulder. They did not speak a word all the time. The boy ran away after Hood had had hold of him, and he left his cap. The prisoners then ran away, and I followed them towards the town. They stopped short and came at me again, but I turned towards home and they escaped. I had loft all my money at the post-office, and had not a single article upon me besides the pocket-knife which they took. In about half an hour I returned to Chesterfield and gave informa tion to the Chesterfield police. The boy Spooner identified White, but could not positively swear to Hood. Henry Baskin saw White and a man like Hood in the field a quarter of an hour before the robbery. White was appre hended in the town at twelve o'clock, Hood at his father's house at four o'clock on Sunday morning. The prisoners were committed for trial at the next Derby assizes. They were afterwards charged with stealing 2s. from a little boy, a short distance from the same place on the same night, and they wore committed on this charge also. The Crops in Yorkshire, The effects of the drought last year, and the scarcity of fodder last winter, intensified by the backward spring, have now passed away, and except in the price of stock the farmer is tolerably well off again. The crops are all looking well. The warmth and moisture of April and May have advanced the clovers and grass so fast that the hay harvest will certainly commence in ten or twelve days, or about a week earlier than usual. Some of the crops are so heavy that they were laid by the thunder-storm of last week, and will consequently require cutting at once. Throughout last season the great complaint of th e farmer was scarcity of meat and dearness of keep gene ra ll y ; this year he has to lament the high prico of stock and its comparative scarcity. Last season the drought neces sitated the sale of many half-fed animals, and stores have been much reduced during winter. The same cause led to the short supply of stock in the markets during the spring, and what is even now offered is comparatively poor and enormously dear. There are very few farmers who have a full complement of stock, and although well-conditioned cattle are readily bought, prices generally deter farmers from buying ; from this cause alone many go to market buyers, but return without a purchase. The effect will be that there will be a very large mowing of hay and a corre sponding dearness in the price of butcher's meat. The cereal crops are very healthy. Probably in no former sea son wore the extremes of good and bad more apparent. On poor pastures and on half crops of turnips the corn is wiry and light, although healthy, but on lands where oilcake has been liberally given as the full complement of stock has been grazed, the crops are decidedly heavy. Although the winter was so severe, the late forcing weather has so pushed on the corn crops that harvest is generally looked for in August. Rye is fully shot, and wheats are rapidly running up into ear. There are considerable complaints about the prevalence of fly upon the early-sown turnips, but only a few cases of re-sowing are noticed, and the general crop is being got in in splendid season. A very large breadth of po_ tatoes has been planted, but mangold-wurzel has almost entirely gone out of use. The biddings for £300,000 in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro portions allotted were—to Calcutta, £195,774, to Madras £2,500, and to Bombay £91,500. The minimum price was as before-Is. 10d. on Calcutta and Madras, and ls. 10Id. on Bombay. All tenders on Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay at above ls. nid. will receive in full. ARMSTRONG AND WHITWORTII.—The report of the Armstrong and Whitworth Committee (whose proceedings would appear interminable), which we have already noticed, was based upon the experiments with the field guns. That report, as we stated, somewhat inclined towards the Whitworth principle, and was referred to the consideration of three distinguished artillery officers. The terms of the report of the committee conveyed to the minds of the authorities to whom it was submitted a stronger bias in favour of the Whitworth gun than the framers of the report intended. The committee is still continuing its ex periments with the 70-pounders, and these will not be con cluded for several weeks. They go far to alter even the modified opinion of the last report, and are substantially in favour of Sir William Armstrong's system. No final decision could ever be expected from a competition between two systems only when so many inventors are in the field; but the experience gained will be of immense value, and will, with trials that are being carried on at Shoeburyness, within no lengthened period give data to the scientific men at the head of the manufacturing departments at Woolwich for producing a gun combining to the greatest degree the practical advantages obtained by a detailed labour and expense which no other country has yet attempted. We may also mention that Major Palliser's labours in the im provement of rifled ordnance have met with so much success that Sir William Armstrong is considering how far the system which he suggests is capable of practical adaptation.—The Owl. FATAL OCCURRENCE AND BRAVE CONDUCT. — The Hurkaru of the 2d ult. has the following from Bengal :—" On Sunday, the 23d April, a fine young soldier of her Majesty's Regiment was drowned by the accidental upsetting of a boat in the Ajmere lake, a magnificent sheet of water over 7 miles in circumference. The accident would have been attended with more se rious consequences, but for the praiseworthy conduct of one of the men who were in the boat. It appears that four soldiers belonging to the detachment of the regiment stationed at Ajmere had gone out on a boating excursion, and on their return towards the shore, owing to some mismanagement on their part, the boat capsized, and all were thrown into the water. One of the men, an Irishman named Doran, immediately caught hold of his comrade and swam with him to the shore, calling out to the others to 'cheer up.' Amither man was seen perfectly exhausted, struggling hard to reach land. This man also was assisted in by Doran, who then threw off his clothes, plunged again into the lake, and swam out to the overturned boat in hopes of rescuing the other poor fellow who had been seen holding on to one end of the boat, but he was nowhere to be found. Ho was unable to swim, and it is supposed he was sucked in' under the boat. Doran, swimming about for some time, returned to the shore quite exhausted. The body of the drowned man was not recovered for several hours. In England such conduct as Doran's would have obtained for him a gratuity and a medal from the Humane Society. The Hurkaru com mends Doran's conduct to the notice of the lieutenant governor:" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. Trafford Park Stakes. One mile. Run, 2 15.—Winnstay, Donnybrook, Moulsey, Persuasion, Wild Poppy, Ki ng Arthur, Sweetness, Breffin, and Kildare are here. Two-yr-old Stakes. Half a mile. Run, 3.—Sleepy Eye, Dannebrog, Belmont, Qui va la, X I, Oracle, and Berkgill are here. Tradesmen's Cup. Two miles. Run, S 45.—Cathedral, Nemo, Helen, East Lynne, and Nu are here. Selling Handicap. .Two miles. Run, 4 30.—Midwife, Sweetness, Madras, Pleasure Boat, Nelly Grey, Well Done, and Qui va la are here. City Handicap. Three-quarters of amile. Run, 5 15, — King Charming, Lady Abbess, Lady Bohun, Queen of Trumps, Jig, Innisfallen, Crazy Jane, and Silenus are LATEST BETTING ON TIIE COURSE. TRADESMEN'S CUP. sto 4 agst Cathedral (taken) 2to 1 agst Helen (taken) 4to 1 agst Nemo (taken) 100 to 8 bar three (offered) CHELMSFORD.-THURSDAY. Essex Handicap. Three-quarters of a mile. Run, 2. Dawdle, Juliet, Cadiz, Erin-go-Bragh,Veluti,Vigil, Menace, Dolphin, Queen Bee, Sister Mary, Mongrel, and Kromeski are here. County Member's Plate. Half a mile. Run, 3.—Walloon, Leader, Bittern, Lady Mary, Veluti, Queen Bee, Bella, Gem, Eugenie, and Arethusa are here. Nursery Handicap. Three-quarters of a mile. Run, 4. Fickle, Stoic, Mdlle. Cleopatra, Gold Pen, Arethusa, Affec- . tion, and Mother of Pearl are here. LADTERTISEMENTS.I " TAT TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. James Lowe, 157, Strand, London, executes commissions (by letter only) to any amount on receipt of cash. A list of the latest betting sent free to any part on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under ; Great Western North Western South-Western Brighton ... 1865. 1864 ...£78,109 £69,166 117,818 109,090 ... 35,097 25,890 ... 32,520 18,237 Midland 48,666 44,243 South Eastern ... ... 24,827 23,543 Great Northern ... 37,011 32,562 Lancashire and Yorkshire, ... 41,730 39,212 Bristol and Exeter ... 7,298 6,885 North Eastern 63,929 58,042 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 19,060 17,628 Great Eastern .. 34,536 32,380 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show a most im portant improvement. On the Brighton the in crease amounts to £16,283 ; on the Great Western to £8,943 ; on the North Western to £8,728; on the South Western to £9,203 ; on the Midland to £4,423 ; on the South Eastern to £1,284 ; on the Great Northern to £4,449 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £2,518 ; on the Bristol and Exeter to £413 ; on the North Eastern to £5,886 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £1,732; and on the Great Eastern to £2,156. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market a farthing to a halfpenny dearer. Sales probably about 15,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, June B.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, June 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Capricioso, from Rio Janeiro. OFF FALMOUTH, June 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bril liant, from Wellington, N.Z. PORTSMOUTH, June 7.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ada, for Constantinople. NEWPORT, Juno 7.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Pride, for New York. COWES, June 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Sasonia, screw steamer, from New York. CARDIFF, June 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—A. Borwick, from Bilboa. BRISTOL, Juno 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Stonewall Jackson, from 14vannah ; Jossic, from Barbadoes ; Eliza beth, from Trinidad. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Juno 7—Moldavian, from Swantwick; Jubilee, from Cilia& DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, in tow—Edwin Fox, from Singapore, for London. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, ;la Southampton June:lB. Ditto, via Marseilles June 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pac..et July 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and 6t Helena June 22. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Sou hampton J une 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Juue 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..., June 18. Ditto, via Marseilles . ........... . ....June 12 . India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via Marseilles ....June 10. Mauritius, via Southampton June 11. Ditto, via lliarseil'ei July C. Newfoundland June 21. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet June 15, Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ten Ditto, via C )rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. June 9. West Ccast of Africa, Madeira, and T,neriire June 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Baha•Has, Cuba, and Mexico ......... Tune 13. Bahamas, *via New Y ork. June 29. Bermuda, ditto June 7. Cuba and Mexico TIIE FAILURE OF MESSRS. ATTWOODS AND SPOONER —PAYMENT OF THE CREDITORS—We are glad to be able to state that the arrangements for paying the credi tors of Messrs. Attwoods and Spooner's bank are now nearly completed ; and we have reason to believe that the Joint-Stock Bank will in a very short time make a formal announcement - in reference to the subject. The payment of the various classes of creditors will probably commence about the 20th of this mouth, and will take place at the Joint-Stock Bank, Temple-row West.—Birmingham Post. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—On Monday morn ing an inquest was held at Sheffield Infirmary on the body of Samuel Hudson, who died on Friday from the effects of a bite from a dog. The wife of the deceased was called, and proved that some eight weeks ago a strange dog entered her house, and her husband endeavoured to keep it in. The dog bit him upon the lip and upon the left hand, and then made its escape. The deceased followed it and endeavoured to recapture it, but without success. He did not complain of any serious effects from the bites for some time, but as ho became alarmed he consulted a druggist. On Thursday last he became very much worse, and a surgeon was sent for, who recommended his re moval to the infirmary. In the cab he was extremely violent, and it was found necessary to restrain him from doing harm to himself and to others. The porter at the infirmary was very much ill treated by him soon after ho was brought there, and it was with some difficulty ho could be rescued froth. the grasp of the deceased. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from hydro phobia. THE WEST RIDING VOLUNTEERS. — The Iloyland, Wakefield, Goole, Birstal, Pontefract, Dewsbury, Don caster, Barnsley, and Rotherham Volunteers, numbering 900 men, were reviewed on Tuesday, in Pontefract-park, by Col. Shute, 64th Regiment. The troops arrived by train, and were put through three :hours of severe work in the park, in presence of many hundreds of spectators, the town and villages near keeping holiday. The movements were gone through generally with admirable precision and steadiness, and the warmest commendations were bestowed on the men previous to dismissal. LYNCH LAW.—A middle-aged man was observed by some women in Regent's-park attempting to indecently assault a child. He was detained till the arrival of one of the Park keepers, and the child was allowed to go. Tho Park constable, feeling that there was not sufficient evidence to justify his detention, escorted the man, amid hootings and yellings, out of the Park. No sooner had he got out of the gates than he was set upon by the women, who tore his coat, broke his hat, and ferociously pulled his beard and hair. When near Marylebone Church a constable came to his assistance and protected him from further violence. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. —On Sunday morning three men were fired upon while passing through one of the streets of Armagh. One of them, it is said, was shot in tho back, and it is thought ho cannot recover ; his whole back has been frightfully cut up from below his shoulders to his head. Another of them has received several slugs in his back, and so did the third. Ono man is charged with being principal in the outrage, and infor mations have been sworn against several others. here. ~~-ii.