The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market continues to present symp toms of activity, but, excepting at the Bank of England, the business negotiated is not extensive. The brokers prefer to take short-dated bankers' acceptances upon terms varying from 8 per cent. to ordinary commercial bills at 1 per cent. higher. There was an influx of gold at the Bank yester day, amounting to £47,000, viz., £15,000 in bar gold and 32,000 sovereigns, the latter received from. Alexandria. The Thorubury Bank (Messrs. Heywood, Flet cher, and Co.), and the Clevedon Bank (Messrs. Harwood and Co.), have transeferred their accounts to the London and Westminster Bank. The Lan gollen Bank (Messrs. Richards and Co.), and the Guildford Bank (Messrs. Haydons and Co)., have transferred their accounts to the National Provincial Bank of England. The bills of Messrs. Snead and Co., bankers, Chepstow, have been returned by their agents, the London and Westminster Bank. The difficulties are stated to have arisen through forged bills, but as the business has always been conducted judiciously a good liquidation is anticipated. During the last few days there has been only a limited amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Market. Sugars, however, have generally maintained former rates, while a con siderable decline has taken , place in the value of coffee. Rice has been held for enhanced rates, while in tallow a -fair amount of business has been done for both present and forward delivery at steady prices. The coupons for the half-yearly interest on the first Mortgage bonds of the New York division, and the second mortgage bonds Pennsylvania and Ohio division of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, are announced for payment on the 2d of July. Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. have this day received the following remittances on account of the New Granada dividends :—From the Custom-house of Santa Marta, £1,989 15s. ; ditto Sabanilla, £l6l Is. ld. ; making a total of £2,150 16s. Id. Besides the present arrival there was received on the 25th May last £3,683, and on the 80th £325. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegrams this morning, the French Rentes were 63f. 05c. Very firm. Beyond' a rise of 1 per cent. recorded last night in the English Funds there has been an additional advance of *, and affairs altogether present a better appearance. The latest prices are 861 s for money, and 87 * for the account. It is a special feature that the purchases are principally for in vestment, and not for speculation. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 851 861 ; Ex chequer Bills, par ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 ; and ditto Bonds, par. Foreign Stocks show continued firmness. Tur kish 5 per Cents. are 284 I; Mexican, 141 ; ditto New, 111 121; Greek, 101 11; Spanish Passive, 19* j ; the Certificates, 144 e ; Italian, 401 ; ditto New, 50 51; Brazilian Scrip, 4 3i dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are 634 64f ; Erie Shares, 334 341 ; and Illinois, 744 4. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active. South Western have improved ; London, Chatham, and Dover, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), each 15s. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; and North-Western and South- E astern each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without any material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in very moderate request. Alliance have advanced to 204, City Bank to 151 4, London Chartered of Australia to 20*, London and Westminster to 92, Oriental Bank Corporation to 361 7. Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are at 14 dis., General Credit at 24 dis., International Financial at l dis., London Financial at 14i dis., and National Discount 61 pm. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cont. Consols B6l 1 7 Do. Account, July 10. B F .6 /. 7/ .. 7_ 8 Cent. Tp.,A Now .....,,uce- .......................... _o_f _re i ti); Z e w 3 per Cent .. ._. bit; 0 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — • Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth ..... 1880 1)0. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprioBBs Do - (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 March. Eicilequer Bills, £l,OOO, 8 per Cent Cent o. £5OO ..... . _ pa r Do £ lOO and .Z2OO ...... par Dank of England Stock, 5 per Cent — Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 Shut Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do• Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — 1) 0. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 uo• 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO par bo. under £l,OOO - FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE S. A rgentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 185 9 0 r azilian 5 p D er Cent 0.4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — Do. 1865 — Do Account Do • Co lombian • Scrip, £55 paid 'olonabian 6 per Cent. — b a ba, per Cent. „anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — 'a,pubian Principalities .., Do. Account ''''Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cont — 4- J°•l Provisional Land Warrant ......••• ,-, x -.Jo Deferred — SPtian 7 per Cent °•. Second Issue ~, '" 0 £lOO Bolds ............. 1 , 1864 ................. o £lOO Bonds ........................... Do. Government Railway Debentures 77/ 81 1)0..460 paid .......... .. .......... ._, reek 5 -per Cents. , 1821-5, ex Coupons o. Account ..... D * O " Coupons tr u lio. A ccoun t 10;temala 5 per Cent ''ark 5 per Cent 18 65 Do Account kbo. M aremma na Railway e r ican 3 per Cent 1- ' O . Account .... . Do ..... .. , - 1, Uo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French lent e videan 6 per Cent., £ 3O p aid '""•oorish Imperial 5 per Cent x / - 121 0 Land Warrants (H ectares) O r N.,v Granada p 4 -'0 2 per Cent (31 "uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 ............. .. iO. A ccoun t ................. ; D 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ° 4 } Cent., 1862 0 _ per o ° Account p Ouguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — T h e 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, )4, 0 : Account ran 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D c o ) 4 A t Per Cent. 1850 11,- - z,, Per Cent., 1860 DI ) " ° Per Cent. 1859 ° 5 Per Cent. 1862 laara i e 5 Per Cent. 1864 — D D nian 5 per Cent O' Account Ills D o A l l 3 per Cent .b - ...ceount ................................ 12, 0 l'Tew Deferred ........................... D ° Account ........................... to ° Passive t r , tv ° ,Acceunt l9 rj lBl l Cert. of Coup not funded o kh veui Acco un t l4l 1 i D 41 4 per Cent. T °• 4 i per Cent. 1 • Urld s , Bb4 b _. u 6 per Cent. 1854 b o s' Account 79 .t. o. 6 .Per Cent. 1858 — D o .:•ccount Dd - ' lOO Bonds G 4 57 Do innt. 1862 to _ Acc 0 - zioo Bonds 52/ 3/ 5 0 6 54 D o 5 per Cent.,1863 .— D 0 4cP:r unt, Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip . •,,,. 0. A v eo, z ,! per Cent. Guaranteed birth per 3 Per Cent. — 1) 0 a ccount ND°, A. P_e c r Cent., 1862 6 t: ount . Per Cent, 1864 — t .t o , ti vidends on the above payable in London. eigia•T:L' 1 PsrCent., Ex. 10 Florins pute),2. At Per cent., Ex. 25f. ItreUch rates ik ., Ex. 12 Guil ili a , 3 or .-, . b , 5 p er c P ~ent. o. Ac count ent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . .... 391 40i 0 01 _ THREE O'CLOCK. 8 for Do n ' unr °Y. deco ......... 1 ... qt ... st .. 3 ..... June. S HARE MARKETS.—This Day ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share 1 Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab. June. E.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow ds S. Western ' Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.►. A stock . • Do. B stook Do. New. ls. at 25 pu Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original! Do. S. Va►. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do: W. Mid.—Oxford 's Do. Newport Do. liereford Lancashire .t Yorkshiry London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., t_ hat., and Dove t Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Jtetropolitan Do. New Do. Extension lietropolttan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'aW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby slid Kent North British De. 1 d., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purohaet Do. Leeds Du. lic:k Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon :south Eastern Staines, Wok., do Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall..... BILITISU 100 st 1 201 10 100 1 rAtlantio St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, x Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent...... Do. F ewes . . ...... Buffalo & Lake Duron! Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3 - i.• • •.• • • Calcutta & S. E., lim. • Jape Town & Dock, Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: i Nast, Bengal, gu. , 5 do l East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. <I Extension rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds i charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred .• • • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .• • • Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred ...• Qt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. l'o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. Gt. Sou: h of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do great W. a. of Canada Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877- 8 .• Indian Branch, limited sladras, gua. 5 p.o doDo. 41 - Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension lfelb. Cor• 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's 13ay N.lll.(rda, 6 pelstpf.bs Scinde .. • Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus SLIM , °' COLONIAL GO VE R British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572.• • • Can•Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.tt July 1877-84 . . . ... . Do. 6 p. c. Feb. Sc Aug Do. 5 p. a Mar. & Sept Do. b p. c. Jan. .t July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed ek Cape ( x Cape 6 p.c.187 3 Do..pl.&Oci. 1890-1900 Do. do; I'Bo-9v Do. .Tan.&July, 1890-0. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April an. 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. , Do. 1878, do Ilattritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July papi Closing ! Business — I Price. I done. P ()Ss: 11'0 100 100 all 100 100 Do. I'7B ........... . 00. 188?, May . 5, Nov. ! Do. 1895, Feb. Aug. • Vatal';ov. 6 per cent.. N. S.W. Gov. 5 rc.,186( Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 k Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent...• •• • _Nova So,,tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 ........ Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. S. Aus.Gov. 6 878 Do. 1 St u p wa r dp.. Vic D ,Gov. 6 p.C.Ja July o. do, April St Oct.. 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 Cam. Consol. Gold, line. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Carad on East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. Great L 4xey, limited reat South Tolgus . • Great Wheal 811.437.• G. Wheal Vor (Reist Grenville Elcrod's Foot ..... . .. • • llingston Downs Margaret iUny Lelant Marke Valley Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lint Ne -s Se ton .......... North Roskear h' I Bassett (I I Logan North Whe:,l Crotty .• Prosper u n ited.... • • • • Pr ,vidence UnyS. TA ant Cara d o n (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park ............ Tin Croft .............. Vigra and Clegan, %V est I ;assett ( Mogan .. W. Caradon (I,skeard West C hi ver ton ........ West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lis 2.1.0 29k. 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 19.0 10.8.0 l§ ---- 0 1 126 127 50 60 13 16 4 6 87 70 70 72 1 1 2 tll 36 37 6 7 :'2) 121 130 13 52 53 31 3 12) 122 91 93 24 25 116 )17 91 1 .'2 58 60 .27 130 2 P 6 1 p 85 87 1 4 i 25 11i 93 o 5 55 57 ,4 26 107 109 59 71 105 107 35 ld 9 11 p 120 122 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 148 150 65 67 41 48 63 70 8 9 192 115 2 3? 100 103 52 54 ESSIONS. AZ 64 101 102 id p 41 4 4 8 78 80 58 60 100 102 100 102 It 2 103 18 20 85 67 58 62 55 60 50 55 43 52 40 (5 37 41 24 26 24 25 107 1 0 9 It f I 1H) 99 101 91 93 1.11 15 5i 5 4 91 e 3 83 85 1* OP 101 1 62 91 0 3 86 88 8' 08-, 100 OS 9 9 1 97 99 30 1 1 1 53 21 121 i I 26 54 . 1 61- 17 lea 921 130} Fi i 1241 I 61 27 21 350 375 if 2 3 5 20 9 11 3 5 2 8 7 671 721 125 135 0 85 121 17 1 3 3 j7O 18) 11 IS 2tf 1 sk 691 70j 691 52 . IC2I 102 j 2 F 7i 15 i ,ITINS. PICIGFE KENOS 13 HA N& Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 67.1 Great Eastern. E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 95 Western, wt. Midland. Oxtord isi guaranteed stock. 1181 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour an en d t. Rpm., ail., 799 8 Great Northern, 411 per cent., rd. at 10 per c PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwell, 41 per cent stk., 851 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho:yhead, 541 Ditto, 5 p r cent., 110 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11m., gua. 7 per:oent., 13; Great Luxembourg, 111 t South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 101 111 West Flanders, 7* W e st Flanders, 51 per cent. pf., 9 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, BM. 9} Frolltlllo and tiolivia. Gold. 1im., 1 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 33. Scottish Austrslian, lim.. 3 St. John del hey, lim., 493 BANKS , Agra and 3lasterman's, Dm., 5 Alliance, lim.. XO5 3 Australasia, 60 British and Californian, lim., 2 Chartered Bank of India, A.llBtralift. and China. 3 14 Chartered sier . lof India, London, and C h in a . City, 1,51 I Consolidated Bank, lim., 33 East London, lim.. 3 Hindustan. China, and Japan, ilm., 5 Imperial Ottoman, 71 Ditto, new, 75 lonian, Ditto, new, 3 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 203 London and ount f 63 6 L o ndon Joint Stock, y, 433 London and South African, 11 London and South-Western, Urn.. 151 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, London and River Plate. Ditto, issued at 13 pna., 4 London and ii est minerer. 9Z Metropolitan and PrioVincrai Dank, • 5 Midland Bank, Ulm. 17 National of Liverpool. limited, 13 I mental Ban x Corporation, 35 63 Provincial of Ireland, 835 Union of. Australia. 455 Unipa ot_London, 43 4) MISCELLANEOI7O. Angle-American Telegrapb,:9l AustralianAtian t Telegraph, Agricultural. a p l e . r l c s e l n d t . gr. , 3 Co m mercial Union, Insura nce, 5 Credit Fonder and g o bilier of England, 23 33 4 3 3 Crystal Palace, 36 Nx E rr a il s iip t wo l inat n alt d iol ia Irrigation and Canal. 61 , Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 3 1 r ., Gen. Credit and Finance 01 L3ndOnt.llM-L.. I Hudson's Bay, 161 International Financial Society, lim.; 23 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour),•--- o D n d t o t o n , 6 1,F,D, rni e esa r ecnho c ouo e dt t i LCA B , aos o i n do e poaa s i tntrdyi:odnie.l Do ck, .nl3l 4 5 . 7! issued 90, 40 new, issued at 6 prem.. of which 33:is to pay , 41 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 67 Ditto, new. 4 f Royal Mail Steam, 103 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance,l fn, CI MEVT SECUR f's 07 02 f 5 92 95 78 80 78 80 99 101 102 104 102 104 102 104 86 IP KO 1(2 1(5 1 7 102 1(4 103 105 101 (03 104 100 99 100 91 01 92 Di 90 95 83 R 8 91 95 71 76 96 99 96 100 104 100 IC2 101 6 7 7 9 40 460 li 16 8 9 I 21 22 61 7 1 3 31 21 22 lb I 18 2U I 11 2 37 39 41 5 4 6 3 1 41 21 IFI 35 45 2 4 LAW INTELLIGENOE—This Day. A LONDON MOB. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Lush and a Common Jury.) JENKINS V. MOOI2E. This was an action to recover £lO5 for money lent and paid on account to the defendant, Mary Moore, an aunt of the plaintiff, to which she pleaded that she was never in debted. Mr. J. 0. Griffiths appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. W. J. B. Smith for the defendant- From the statement Df counsel and the evidence for the plaintiff it appeared that the latter was employed at a shipwright's at Sheerness, and although a young man from saving habits was enabled to accumulate over £lOO. In the April of 1865 the defendant suggested to the plain tiff that he should assist her to get into business, and an ar rangement was made by him for the purchase of the Eagle Tavern at Sheerness, on which he paid,a deposit of £2O, and sho entered into possession of the establishment. Ile had previously lent her £BO, and after the purchase of the Eagle Tavern ho made her a further advance of £5. He obtained. no acknowledgment for the different sums of money at tide time of lending them, but on the event of a fire breaking out in the premises, by which a considerable portion of the property of the defendant was destroyed, he got an I 0 U from her for the full amount lent, and dated the 2d of April, 1865, some months previously, the ground of which was that it was the day on which the £BO was advanc ed. The plaintiff lodged with the defendant, but always paid her for his board and lodging. On applying for his money the plain tiff was surprised by the defendant stating that she owed him nothing, and when the I 0 U was produced she denied that it was in her handwriting. On the other side evidence was given, from which it appeared that the defendant had been in the service of most respectable families, and had saved up a large sum of money for a person in her station of life, and that it was most improbable that she should have borrowed any money Iron the plaintiff, or that from his youth, and the nature of his employment, he could have required the amount of money which he allogekhe had advanced to the plaintiff W. D. B. writes to tke Times as follows :—As it is possible that some journals which affect to repre sent public opinion may allude to a scene which oc curred to-day working men of the metropolis on the question of as a proof of the real feeling of t he Reform, I beg permission to describe what that scene really was, and of what ingredients its prin cipal actors were composed. Returning quietly fromthe House through the Green Park, ruminating over the scanty intelligence which had been fur n i s hed me by Mr. Gladstone , I suddenly heard yells proceeding from some dis tance behind me, which, as . l paused to listen, gave notice, by their increasing dissonance, of their rapid approach. • A divergence of a hundred yards or so brought me in view of three gentlemen walking abreast, pursued by about 20 men and twice as many boys and girls, who were engaged in serenading them with the music that first attracted my attention. My first impression was that Mr. Villiers was being escorted home by pauper lunatics, who were adopting this mode of congratulating him on his admirable management of metropolitan workhouse infirmaries ; but a nearer inspection showed me that this was a grand reform demonstration, and that the working-man was expressing his disapprobation of the opposition to the Government Reform Bill iu general and •of the conduct of Mr. Lowe in parti cular. Seeing him but slenderly 'attended, and judging from the appearance of his followers that something more than insult might be intended, I joined his small bodyguard and walked with him to the steps of the Mike of York's column, where he got into a carriage and drove away.. During the walk I took especial notice of the very treble of the boy-and-gir: contributed a Very inadequate base to the shrill few grown men who Majority of serenaders. I know something of the reel working man of London, and I can safely assert that i:Pt more than two or three of the little mob bore the least resem blance to the class intended to be represented. The great majority were of that stamp whose proximity leads a man instinctively to button up his coat and feel for his watch. Two or three were indisputably drunk, and of these one, a young fellow, about as ill-favoured an example of a non-elector as I have yet come across, lurched past me twice, and on each occasion endeavoured to articulate some dangerous doctrines, the syllables of which, however, like the Reform Bill itself, became f used in committee in his mouth, and never either redistributed or repro duced themselves in an intelligible shape. Are we to expect, Sir, much more of this ? Is this the true expression of " popular opinion ?" I see that great meetings are being held express ing firm confidence in the Government, and an earnest desire for the dissolution of Parliament. May I ask of what materials these meetings are composed ? COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord Chief Justice Cock burn and . a Special Jury.) VALENTIN V. BALL. The cross-eaamivation of the plaintiff was resumed this morning, and her case is not likely to be closed before to morrow. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUSLY INJURING A BOY.—Eliza Narsh, a German laundress, carrying on business at No. 87, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting a boy named William Carr, residing at No. 8, Bennett-street, Fitzroy-square. The complainant, whose head was enveloped in a ban dage, said, a little after 10 o'clock last night some niggers were singing and playing outside a public-house, when a boy ran into the prisoner's shop and called her a name. The prisoner then came to the door with a can of water and lung it into the street, and it struck him on the head cutting it very badly. I was afterwards taken to Dr. Saul's in Charlotte-street, and had the wound attended to. The prisoner (through Mr. Albert) —Was it not done accidentally ? The boy—She threw the can at anybody. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the bay)—ls all the blood I see);about you from the wound? The boy—Yes,-sir, I lost a deal of blood. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had you been in the shop ? The boy—No, sir. Police-constable Thomas Boyce, 55 o—Last night I saw the.boy coming out of the do.3tor's, bleeding so profusely that I could scarcely see his face. The boy told me that the prisoner had struck him in the head with a can, and I took her into custody,ften she denied all knowledge of it. The can—a half-gallon one—was smashed by one of the boys about the street. The wound the boy had received was about two inches in length, and it had to be sewn up. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt will be my duty to remand the pri soner to see how the boy g ets on, because especially in this hot weather there is danger of erysipelas setting in. It was ti most improper thing to throw such a can into the street. Captain .Waddell and the Shenandoah, ------ 'O . - The Times correspondent, writing from Mel bourne on April 26, notices some extraordinary statements, which appear to have been made on oath to the United States Government by a man named Temple, professing to describe the proceed ings relating to the Shenandoah, when in that port in the month of February of last year. Assuming that Temple's deposition is accurately abstracted, he finds the deponent stating as follows : "That on her (the Shenandoah's) arrival at Melbourne she was received in the most cordial manner by the officials and people of that port, and had every facility afforded to obtain supplies and make repairs ; that the officers of the Shenandoah were entertained on shore, and in their turn entertained the officials of Melbourne on board the S henan doah ; that Captain Waddell entertained privately on the Shenandoah the Governor of Melbourne ; that the Govern ment engineer at Melbourne was on the vessel two or three times a day, and, if he did not superintend the repairs that were being made, at least gave the benefit of his ad vice; that at the time they left Melbourne they had more than 40 persons stowed away on hoard the vessel, all of whom were enlisted and enrolled upon the ship's articles before they went out of sight of land." The Times correspondent continues : " Now, in reference to the above passage, which is all that relates to Melbourne, you may find in the letter of your own correspondent for the month of February, 1865, a circumstantially correct account of the proceedings and treatment of the officers of the Shenandoah in this port and city, and that account is diametrically opposite to the one deposed to by Temple. In point of fact, the Governor, so far from being entertained by Captain Waddell, never had even an interview with him or any of his officers ; no member of the Government ever visited the Shenandoah, or the Shenandoah's officers, or any of them, or ever had any but strictly official communications with the ship, such commu nications being confined to the subject of the amount of repairs and supplies which could be permitted to Captain Waddell for the purpose of enabling his ship to leave our port. So far from the Shenan doah having been welcomed by the Government here, it is quite fresh in the memories of the people of Melbourne that the Government, on re ceiving well-authenticated information that Capt. Waddell had in his vessel British subjects who had been shipped in Melbourne in violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act, caused a warrant to be issued for the apprehension of the men, which war rant Captain Waddell would not allow to be exe cuted; that at this time his ship was on the patent slip, and that on Captain Waddell's resisting the search of his ship ho was refused assistance in getting her off the slip; that the following morn ing the Argus had an article with a sensational beading, Seizure of the Shenandoah,' the Govern ment being denounced for inhospitable treatment of the vessel ; that, to the confusion of the sympa thising believers in Captain Waddell's ' word of honour as a gentleman and rn officer,' which backed his assertion that he had no one on board whom he had not brought into port with him, four men were arrested by our police one night, when being rowed away from the ship, all of whom had been secretly shipped in Melbourne; that two of these men were afterwards prosecuted to conviction by our own authorities in our Supreme Court for violating the Foreign Enlistment Act ; and that whatsoever men were finally shipped by the cap tain were taken into the vessel outside the Heads, and beyond the control of our Government. That the officers of the Shenandoah were privately en tertained by certain members of the Melbourne Club and at Ballarat is as certain as it is certain that the Government had Ito right or power to in terfere with these private hospitalities. And when Temple deposes " that Captain Waddell entertained privately on the Shenandoah the Governor of Mel bourne," I half suspect that lie must mean the then Mayor, inasmuch as believe that civic dignitary did visit the Shenandoah, and we have no Governor of Melbourne co ?zombie. I cannot suppose that so sensible a man as Mr. Seward or Mr. Adams would propose to hold her Majesty Queen Victoria liable for an exuberant Melbourne Mayor's admiration, which must be equally innocent and harmless, whether bestowed on a Confederate Captain or on a State coach."—Anglo-American Times. ELOPEMENT OF A BRIDE.—An amusing scene has been enacted in Cirencester during the week, the chief performer being a Mrs. B—, from the neighbour hood of Redditch, who arrived in the town on Thursday last, with her newly-married husband. Tho quarters chosen wore situate at an inu, not a long way from Dyer-street. Everything seemed to go on "as merry as a marriage-bell," the husband calling his wife his dear viola adorata. The married couple were accompanied by the bridesmaid and "father in church," and wore on the eve of returning to Tewkesbury, after having seen the newly married couple off to London. The delighted husband was so pleased with his young Wife's charms that during their stay at Cirences ter he made her several purchases out of the money he was foolish enough to obtain by the sale of some houses in the neighbourhood of Redditch (the facts of which ho gave to our correspondent). Tuesday evening was fixed upon for the start, and dinner for the four was prepared at 1 o'clock, at which they were seated, when, shortly after that, a stranger arrived at the inn, and seated himself in a chair by the fire. Alas, the scene 1 We now describe it. It appears that some years ago the stranger was the first love of Mrs. B—, and immediately she saw the gentleman she rose from her seat, shook him by the hand, and invited him to partake of dinner. The invitation was acce pted. At this juncture Mr. B— left the table an d calle d ou t hi s wife. She followed, and shortly again resumed her seat. The husband wont out for a walk to console his feelings and on his return he found that the two had fled, the lady love not forgetting to take-his purse, containing some £32. He immediately searched the town, but to no effect ; his viola tricolour (or "heart's ease") had duped him. On Wed nesday he left for Stroud, taking with him the bridesmaid and father at church."—North Wilts Berate/. TIDE SUN, LONDOIN, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1866, THAMES. LOVERS' QUARRELS. —ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Matilda Naylor, a very pretty fair-haired girl, with great simplicity of manners, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with attempting to commit suicide in the water of the Regent's Canal, at Limehouse. A police-constable of the K division stated that ho was on duty at the top of Salmon's-lane last night, and heard that a female had plunged into the canal from the bridge. He found the prisoner on the bank. She had just been taken out of the water, and was nearly insensible. She said she had been quarrelling with her youi4l; man, and that he caused her to make the rash attempt on her life. Mr. Paget asked tho prisoner if she had anything to say, and she replied in a simple and artless manner, "1 quarrelled with the young man I have been keeping company with." Mr. Paget —And that caused you to commit this wicked act ? The prisoner—Yes, sir. John Wallace, a youth, said ho had been keeping com pany with the prisoner for three months. Ho left her at the corner of the Dog-row, Mile-end, last night, at a quar ter past 10 o'clock. They had some words, and she would not let him see her home, and said she would go home by herself. The mother of the prisoner was desired to enter the witness-box, and she said—l know nothing about it at all. My daughter left home yesterday afternoon very com fortably at half-past two o'clock. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week to the Clerkenwell House of Detention, where she will have the benefit of the spiritual advice and consolation of the worthy chaplain. Mr. Paget, at the same time, directed the mother of the girl to attend the court when the daughter was again brought up. The Mother—Please, sir, can I see my poor daughter ; lot me see her. Mr. Paget—You can see her; speak to the gaoler. The prisoner was removed from the court crying for her mother, with whom Roche, the gaoler, soon arranged an interview. THE MURDER IN ROSEMARY-LANE.—Lispector Dandy applied to Mr. Paget for summonses in the case of Patrick Harrington, who stabbed his son-in-law on Sunday night. We stated yesterday that it was intended to commit the prisoner for trial, but owing to the prisoner's strong asseve rations of innocence, it was deemed necessary that addi tional confirmatory evidence should be given to the state ments of Cornelius Leary and his son Daniel, who swore that the prisoner struck Peter Mann, his son-in-law, on the right breast, that the deceased reeled, called out "Old man you have stabbed me," that the blood gushed from a wound on the breast, and that the young man turned over and died immediately. Inspector Dandy said that several others would confirm the testimony of the Leary', and that there was no dis position on the part of any of the Irish who saw the fatal blow struck to screen the prisoner. Mr. Paget granted the summonses, and they were made out by Mr. Nairn, the second clerk, and entrusted to Howland, No. 80 11., one of the summoning officers of the court to execute. The atrocious murderhas created a great feeling of indignation in the locality where it took place. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY 011ARGR OF ltonnEny.—Maria Parnell a young married woman with all infant in her arms, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a great quaritity of wearing apparel. The proseeutrix, who described herself as Frances Stevenson, said that the prisoner lived in her service in June, 1861, for six weeks, and soddenly left one morning without a word of notice, taking with her some dresses shawls, petticoats, (tc. She never heard anything of her afterwards, and met her last night, when she gave her into custody. Mr. Smyth, for prisoner, cross-examined prosecntrix, who again and again -swore. positively that she was sure she was her former servant, and in this respect she was confirmed by a girl who also lived in her house. Mr. Smyth further cross-examined the prosecutrix, who admitted that she had once before charged a gentleman at this Court with robbing her of a watch, but he was ac quitted on the ground of mistaken identity. She was then "gay," but had since married. Mr. Smythe said he would show, if time were given, that prisoner was in the service of another family at the time she was charged with living with Mrs. Stevenson. She was a respectable married woman, and her last em ployer was present to speak to her character. A gentleman gave her the highest character, and ex pressed his willingness to bail her. Mr. Arnold accepted him for her appearance next week. THREE MEN KILLED IN A PIT SILA FT Thursday morning at Benhar, adjoining Harthill, in the parish of Whi,burn, three men named William Pate ; John and James Hare (brothers), and Robert Hare, their uncle, were engaged in clearing out the shank and level of a pit in order to get rid of an accumulation of water. They got on to the cage to descend the pit, when the chain snapped near the pulley on the top of the pit-head frame, and the four unfortunate men were precipitated down the pit a depth of 20 fathoms. William Pate was killed in stantaneously; Robert Hare died about an hour after the occurrence ; and John and James Hare were found to be very seriously hurt. The dead bodies of the two men were conveyed home in carts, and the two injured were conveyed home on stretchers. John Hare, who had to undergo am putation of one of his legs, died the same night in about three hours after the operation. Tile men were all married, and have left families, . The e,ouree of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1094 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the Juaportation of gold fon; the Unt States, TOWN PLATE. Lord Zetland's El Cid • (H. Clarke) 1 Mr. Fobert's Three per Cent. (Bates) 1 Mr. Miller's Risk (Laurence) 3 Arkenside, Baceleuch, Deerhound, and Murillo also ran. Betting--5 to 2 agst El Cid, 3to 1 agst Three per Cent. DECIDING HEAD—Three per Cent beat El Cid. NORTH DERBY. Mr. T. Masterman's Honesty (Dixon) 1 Lord Zetland's Pedant (Snowden) 2 Capt. Gray's Terror (Challoner) 3 Claros, Stabber, and Cranmore also ran. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Honesty and Terror, 9 to 2 others. STEPHENSON STAKES. Newland Romping Girl lionestisli TYNE SELLING STAKES Ladylike 1 Soda IVater Mirella Five ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Castanet Lozenge Miss Shafto Seven ran. IVon by six lengths lIUNGERFORD MEETING.-THIS DAY. LADIES' PLATE. British Tar (llorden) 1 Volhynia (Jackson) 2 Comet (Iluxtable) 3 Shrapnell, Professor Anderson, Clatford, Naiad, and Duet also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Comet, 3to 1 agst British Tar, 4 to 1 agst Volyhynia, 5 to 1 agst Naiad, 6 to 1 agst Professor Anderson. Won by a length. SELLING STAKES. Princess Dagmar Heliotrop Bonne Fortume Won easy. BER KS STAKES. Aforris Dancer 2 Musketeer Foncier Won easy. HUNGERFORD STAKES. Millie Alcazar Won by a short head. 'IV OODHAY STAKES. Stilton Dred Princess Dagmar 7 ran. Won by three lengths. CRAVEN STAKES. Overture Loaf Sugar 2 Gulnara Five ran. LONDON GAZETTE.--This Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 26. 2dßeg,iment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Cockburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Charles Stephen Fremantle, who retires ; Charles Francis Buller, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn. Ist Dragoon Guards—Arthur Gibbings, Gent., to be Cor net., by purchase, vice Watt, transferred to the 3d Dra goon G uards. 2d Dragoon Guards —Major Anthony M. Fawcett, from the 9th Lancers, to be Major, vice M. J. B. Dyne, who exchanges. 8d Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Watt, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Edward S. Obr6, who retires. 9th Lancers—Major Musgrave James B. Dyne, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice A. M. Fawcett, who exchanges. 13th Hussars —Sergeaut-Major Patrick Morrison to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hone, promoted. 15th Hussars—Cornet Robert Bedford Wallis Wilson" to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Dennison Har greaves, who retires; John Wyndham Knight Bruce, Gent., to b 3 Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilson. 17th Lancets—Clement William Joseph Unthank, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bancroft, promoted. 21st Hussars—Gentleman Cadet James Edward Kitson, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice Law rence, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. George Gosling to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice George Grimston Viscount Uffington, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. Joshua, Charles Vanneck to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice John James Hugh Henry, Duke of Athole ' who retires; the lion. Robert Frederick Villiers to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gosling ; Win. Edward Montgomery, Gent., to be Ensign end Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. C. Vanneck. Ist Regiment of Foot—Major and Brevet Colonel the Hon. Gharles Dawson Plunkett to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Edmund Hay thorn°, who retires upon half-pay; Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Wells to be Major, with out purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel the Honourable C. D. Plunkett ; Lieutenant Duncan C. Brook to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Well; Ensign Hercules Akerman to bo Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Brock. 8d Foot—Capt. Robert Paterson Fox, from half-pay, late 24th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Henry Thomas Anly, who retires upon temporary half-pay. Gth Foot—Lieut. Rowland O'Connor to be Captain, with out purchase , vice Moss, promoted ; Ensign Henry Adolphus Hebeler' to bo Lieutenant, without purchase . - vice &Connor. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Langtry has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 15th Foot—Captain Johnson Wilkinson to be Major, without purchase, vice Sewell, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase. 37th root—Captain George William Savage to be Major, without pttrebase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Heaton, promoted to a Half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without Purchase. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur William Barron to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Walton, trans ferred to the Bengal Corps ; Lieutenant Henry Boal, from the Bengal General List, to be Lieutenant, vice Barron. 59th Foot—Major Charles Kendall Busbe to bo Lieute nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Robert William Romer, who retires upon half-pay ; Captain Edward Fre derick Chadwick to be Major, by purchase, vice Bushe ; Lieutenant Richard Dane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chadwick; Ensign Charles Peter Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dane. 60th Foot—Ensign Frederick Chas. Blenkinsopp Coulson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John E. B. Barlow, who retires. 62d Foot—Lieutenant Charles W. Brown has been per mitted to retire from the service by tho sale of his com mission. 70th Foot—Ensign David Vibart has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 88th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Hugh Frederick Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chasoLin succession to Lieut. Scott, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION.--Quartermaster Samuel Haden, from 16th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice John H. Anderson, who retires upon half-pay. HALF-PAY.—Major Algernon Robinson Sowell, from 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Cap tain John Dawson, from 6th Foot, to be Major, without purchase. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) BREST, June 26. The Transatlantic Company's steamer, Ville de Paris, from New York on the 16th inst. has arrived here with 10,000,000 francs in specie. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening Amsterdam Short. n. 13} 11 14 , Ditto 8 Mouths.ll 181. 11 18 Rotterdam Ant" 7 25 . 60 Antwerp — 25 4i Brussels Hamburg — 13 9 13 9 ; Paris Short 25 121 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25, 42i 25 47 , Marseilles • 25 40 25 4'7 Frankfort on the Maine 117 Vienna — 13 50 1 14 50 119 Trieste — 13 50 14 50 -- 241 25 Petersburgh Berlin - Madrid ' Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa L Naples 6 27 6 29 44f 44 43f 43 30 0 80 20 30 0 30 20 30 0 30 31 30 0 80 31 THIRD EDITION. j IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT SUN OFFIC E, 7 o'CLoCK. SPORTING INTELLIGEN( ;E.—This Day, NEWCASTLE RACES--Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGIUPIL) TRIAL STAKES. Mr. Wilkinson's Weatherbit f (Craddock) 1 Mr. R. Chilton's Capitola . (Walker) 2 Mr. C. Peck's Bachelor - (Morris) 3 Timbre! and Minna also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Capitoht, sto ✓ agst Tim bre!, 3to 1 agst Weatherbit f. Won easily. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack . at six o'clock. The appearance of the house testified to the deep interest that is felt at the present critical position of political parties. The house Itraf!.crowded, and there was a large attendance of lairmlin the gallery. THE RESIGNATION OFTO: AP 'ISTRY. Earl RUSSELL rose, amid profothitt silence, and said that he had to inform their lor4iips of the re sult of the interview which had taken place that day between the members of her - Vajesty's Go vernment and her Most Gracious 'Majesty that day. 1-Ie had previously stated the reasons which had induced the Government to tender their resignation, and the reason why her Majesty had declared to accept that resignation. Her Majesty had been induced to alter her deter mination, and had that day accepted their re signation. He wished to repeat what he had already said, that her Majesty, was influenced in her first resolve by a consideration that it would not be politic to transfer into strange hands the reins of the government at the present crisis of foreign affairs. The Government considered that any persons occupying the position of the Ministry of the country were bound to redeem the pledge given when the late premier (Lord Palmerston) was in office, and if that promise had not been redeemed disgrace would rest upon the Ministry. CLEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tnrs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at six o'clock. The house was crowded in every part, and the most noticeable feature previous to the commence ment of business was the entrance of Lord Dun kellin, who was received on his appearance with loud cheers. Between one and two thousand persons assembled outside IVestminster-hall this evening to witness the arrival of the different members of Parliament. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was loudly cheered as he entered the house. THE lIELSTONE ELECTION COMMITTEE. The members chosen to try the merits of this petition were called to the table to be sworn, when Mr. WALPOLE said Mr. Ilibbert, who had been chosen rs chairman, was too ill to attend. Dr. M'Cann, the hon. gentleman's medical attendant, was in waiting, and he begged to move that Dr. M'Cann be called to the bar. The motion was agreed to, and Dr. I\l‘Cann ac cordingly appeared. The SPEAKER, asked Dr. M'Cann when he last saw Mr. Ilibbert professionally. Dr. APCANN—On the 21st of the month. (Loud laughter.) The SPEAKER—In what state did you find In ? Dr. M'CARN—Ife was taken exceedingly unwell on his return from the Duke of Devonshire's party. (Loud laughter.) The SPEAKER—Is he now unable to attend to his duties in the house ? l)r.:lll‘CANti—lle is. The SPEAKER—You may withdraw. The swearing of the committee was then post poned until a future day. THE BALLOT.', Mr. BERKELEY postponed his motion with re spect to the ballot for a fortnight. THE RESIGNATION OF MINISERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose amidst loud cheers, and said the suspen sion which the house had been kind enough to pro long was at an end, as her Majesty had graciously pleased to accept the resignation of her Minis sters. ller Majesty, in the first in stance, had thought fit not to accept that resignation when it was first tendered, but after her Majesty had had a personal interview with the noble earl at the head of the Government and himself she had been graciously pleased to accept the resignation tendered to her. In the present state of affairs on the continent the resig nation of Government must be looked upon as a public disadvantage, because it was not easy to the incoming Government to step into the exact position of affairs, but as the division on the Government measure had in a great effect entirely changed the aspect of the bill, the Govern ment felt that under the circumstances it was their duty to tender their resignation, and he had now to announce that the Ministry, by her Ma jesty's request, only held the seals of office until their successors were appointed. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in continuation, said—With respect to the course the Government had pursued, a pledge had been given, and as the pledge had not been lightly given, it was of the highest importance, and of the highest honour that that pledge should be most sacredly redeemed. The proposal which led to the division was of such a nature that it required to meet with the most careful and anxious consideration, and that consideration it had re ceived, and as it had met the approval of a majo rity of that house, and as the life of the Ministry had been joined to the life of the measure they pro posed, there was but one duty to perform, namely, to render up the government of the country to her Majesty in order that it might be placed in other hands, whose measures might be more acceptable to the country. The Government, of which he was a member, had used their utmost endeavours to propose a measure which might have been acceptable to all parties, but the result had proved that such a proceeding had been unsuccessful. The right honourable gentleman proceeded to detail the motions that. had been brought forward, with and without notice, and then went on to say that the motion which the noble lord (Dunkelliu) had pro posed had altered one of the fundamental principles of the bill, and as the obstruction seemed almost insurmountable, it had been under these circum stances that the Government had taken the course they had. The motives which bad guided the Ministry had been solely the public good, and therefore he ,had nothing fur ther to add, but that they held office until their successors were appointed. He therefore should move that the house at its rising do ad journ to Thursday next, at which day, not that he expected the re would be anything of a definite or complete nature, but by that time there might be somebody with whom they might be in communi cation. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid great cheering. SPORTING IN rELLIGENOE• PORCHEFONTAINE RACES. An attempt has been made to revive here the meeting which met with such signal failure when established by a limited liability company two years back. Thenow essay, based on the same principle as on the former occasion that is, as a gate-money speculation —can hardly be said to have found any better success. The running was of the tamest description possible, the horses engaged in the flat races especially included nothing better than the com monest selling platers, as the owners of all the large stables held aloof, no doubt with the object of discouraging such shopkeeping undertakings. The weather was fine, but the heat was most oppressive, and there being no shade of any kind, the reflection of the sun on the white sand of which the ground consists was quite blinding. A military band was present and played in the intervals of the races on a platform erected for the purpose, but which came to the ground with a crash at the close of the afternoon, fortu nately without injuring any one. The attendance was but small, both in the stands and outside. Subjoined are details of the proceedings:— A HANDICAP of 3,000 f for all horses; entry 200 f, h ft, or 25f only if declared ; the second to receive 500 f. 2,400 metres (a mile and a half). 23 subs. Mr. Jenning's Ultima, 3 yrs, Gst Glb (Widdington) 1 M. Dorlodot's Novateur, 4 yrs, ist 131 b (Spreoty) 2 M. Lupin's Damiett e , 3 yrs, Est llb (Gittus) 3 The following also ran ;---ILllle. Duchesnois, Due de Bourgogne, Amanja, Mina, and Coreisa. Betting -7 to 2 agst Due: de Bourgogne, 4to 1 agst No vateur, 9 to 2 agst Coreisa, and 5 to 1 each agst TJltima and 11E6, Duchesnois. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. [Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAM. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, June 25.—Durham, from Calcutta ; Argo, from Sundswall ; Fortb, screw steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, June 26.—Leopard, steamer, from Hamburg; Neptune, steamer, from Havre ; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAI, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Prince Alfred, for Port Natal ; Sarah, Grice, for Port Phillip both from London ; Maid of London, and Loyal of Jersey, from the north, for the west. Sailed—Ann Orompton, and. Early Morn. TIIE METROPOLITAN 111u.'cICIPAL ASSOCIATION. -On Monday the general council of this assec.iation issued an address, which commences as follows ;—" For many years past the local government of the metropolis has excited a serious and growing discontent. It is a matter of notoriety that the first city in the empire is one of tho worst and most expensively governed. A want of system is conspicuous in every department of its Management. The sewers, especially in the poorer districts, are in a sts.te of dilapidation and decay ; the paving, except in sore of the leading thoroughfares, is greatly out of repair, and in many cases dangerous ; the lighting is defective, both as to the quality of the gas and the number of public lamps, whilst the prices charged both for public and private light ing are in excess of those which prevail in most other large towns in the United Kingdom. The cleansing and water lug are much neglected, and often so managed as to be of little use; the supply of water is left, without any control, in the hands of large commercial companies, who have never been called upon to comply with the require ments of .the Metropolis Water Act as to constant supply and having their street service at all times charged with water. As a neceseary consequence, the water available for general and domestic use is scanty, especially am oug the humbler classes, who do not obtain sufficient for the purposes of cleanliness and health. It has also been shown before a Parliamentary committee that many of the existing local authorities of the metropolis have neglected to enforce the provisions of the Metropolis Gas Act, the Water Act, Adulteration of Food Act, and even the requirements of the acts expressly passed for the better local management of the metropolis have not been en forced, especially those in. relation to sanitary measures. Tho inefficiency of the present administrative bodies arises, no doubt, in some measure from divided jurisdic tions, many of them working without concert, and with no care for the convenience of neighbouring districts ; and the existing system is rendered expensive by the number of establishments and the multitude of officers which have to be maintained. Under the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act alone, there aro 39 vestries and district boards, each having an independent existence and government, for the purposes of paving, lighting, cleansing, and the sewarge of the metropolis. The Metropolitan Board, which is formed of representa tives from these several vestries and district boards, in whom is vested great powers of taxing the ratepayers, and of expenditure upon public improvements, is, from its constitution and modes of election, a prac tically irresponsible body. The magistrates for the counties of Middlesex, Kent, and Surrey also exercise ex - tensivo jurisdiction and large powers of taxation within the metropolitan districts, uncontrolled by representative action. The defects of the present system are patent, and the expense is enormous—amongst these defects there is no provision made for a proper audit and publication of the auditors' reportF. As an example of the comparative cost of management between consolidated and divided districts, the parish (not the borough) of St. Marylebone and the city of Westminster may be taken. The population of each is about the same. FRENC II ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. —At the last sit ting the President announced that the second public quarterly one would take place on the 4th of July next. M. De loss presented a geological map of the subterranean strata of the department of the Seine. This map is con structed on the scale of one to 2.5,000. A letter was re ceived from M. Simonin announcing that on the 29th of . January M. Malard had sent in a paper on certain aurife-' roue deposits in the Limousin and the department of the Marne, where it seemed he had discovered neither more nor loss than a Gallic California. M. Simonin now con firms this statement, adding that on the other side of the, Cevennes he has found other placers, which in his opinion must have produced all the gold possessed by the ancient Gauls. Dr. Jobert, probably a candidate for the 100,000 f. prize, sent in a paper, in which ho endeavours to prove that a fall of the barometer, a tropical heat, and confined air aro quite sufficient to cause a spontaneous epidemic invasion of cholera. We trust that the learned doctor will allow that these three causes have existed simultaneously thousands of times, without giving rise to such an epidemic. But a prize of £4,000 looming in tho distance will occasionally produce wonderful discoveries Dr. Rouget read a paper in which, en the strength of nume rous photographs, he endeatoured to settle the vexed ques tion of muscular motion, generally attributed in Franco to fibrous contractibility, and in Germany to the phenomenon of elasticity. Dr. Rouget is of the latter opinion. M. Charles St. Claire Devillo has for some months past been communicating papers to the Academy on certain meteor ological researches of his for the purpose of proving that the months of February, May, August, and November are remarkable for certain periodical variations of temperature. lie has found in those four months variations of tempera ture intimately allied with those of the barometer. THE ENGLISH PAINTED BY THE FRENCH. No French draughtsman, no F renc h word-painter, ever depicts the English youn g l a d y save as a tall, rigid, and angular female—comely of face if you will, but standing bolt upright as a life-guardsman, with her arms pendent and her eyes demurely cast down. She always wears a straw bonnet of the coal-scuttle form, or an enormous flap-hat with a green veil. Her hands, encased in beaver gloves, and her feet, which are in sandalled shoes, are very large. She usually carries a capacious reticule in variegated straw of a bold chessboard pattern. She seldom wears any crinoline, and her hair is arranged in long ringlets most judiciously drooping. She seldom opens her mouth but to ejaculate " Shocking !" It is absolutely astounding to find so accurate an observer and so graphic a narrator as Monsieur Theophile Gautier falling into this dull and false, conventionalism in his charming book on Spain. He is describing Gibraltar, and is very particular in the portrayal of such a Mees Anglaise as I have sketched above. The fidelity of tho por trait will of course be fully appreciated by all British officers who have mounted guard over the Pillars of Hercules. . . It is curious that the French, ordinarily so keen of per ception and so shrewd in social dissection, should not, by this time, have discovered some other and really existent types of English tourists, male and female, to supply the place of the obsolete and well-nigh mythi cal "Moos," with her long ringlets, her green veil, her large hands and feet, and her figure full of awkward and ungainly angles. And may not the British Baronet, with his top-boots, and his bull-dog, and his hoarse cries for his servant "Jhon," and his perpetual thirst for "grogs," be reckoned among the extinct animals ?—Dickens's "Ali the Year Round." THE SOUTH WALES IRON AND COAL TRADES.-- The rupture of the peace of Europe in Germany is likely to be more disastrously felt in the manufacturing dis tricts of Great Britain than many people anticipate. Italy and some of the German States are among our best cus tomers, and any departure from the peaceful pursuits which latterly characterised the people of those States is surd sooner or later to make itself felt in England. It was hardly thought, however, that the evil consequences of an Euro pean war w ou ld so soon d eve l o p o themselves. The falling off in orders within the last week or two has been alarm- ingly great. In most of the largo establishments of Mon mouthshire and South Wales the demand, which a month ago was more than brisk, is now reduced to almost nothing. Worth A month ago there was a general apprehension throughout these districts that the continual drain of emigration would pileeetis impossible produce an inconvenient scarcity of hands. The case is now altered—the position of things reversed. We have reason to believe that at some of the ironworks ss o i r b d lr e ee r du a cesa re dy place employesr a e s rdca and b that uat discharge ttsh,ooenoeo establishmenthands of therei workmen s wnohticahs single nn a g s lner already dboiurpn dtroaer ordinary corn_epro bability may uth Wales will; continue in a Imaboenutireannindgb on the n t h d e b b oy reduced e e At t w a t ght take this .e rS th e e least, for the whole period of have already commenced stacking, which m eans languishingh en at i u s r turn hs f ata o t r tte t ra, h t e doe be sain tte y a n r e . ut l ra r l o i n ty ma b s y te t rs ha a t n p d. o potentate will immeasurably ag gravate Emperor, as they believe be assumed b citous about the attitude which may f eel esPeciallYysoli tshtreicwt the that a departure from gravate the conflict by giving tt other Power s a p re t ex t for inopportune period, t oo, th era worse for them. At this have determined t o strike eco lliers of the Rhondda Valley for an advance of wages. A few weeks ago the men sent in their request for an advance, and the masters thereupo n convened meeting . a hd anddf.onnlned deed an opinion was free ly elet eeexpWressed res istthtateif erheanpreseat state of thi ngs cont i nues t h ey w ill have no alter native but to reduce the wages now paid to the men. The decision to resist the application for an advance was communicated to the men last week, and the latter have \ responded by a ge neral notice to leave the works in a month unless a set e tl ment can be previously ar rived at. We hope some satis master factory arrangement will be made. The s, ever, can concede not h i n g• how- Th e only thing to be done is for the men to withdraw their notice, and rest and be thankful that things aro not worse than they are. The prospect before them is by no means to be contemplated w itlizatisfaction. The 48th (Northamptonshire) R nt, under egime the command pf COL J. G. R. Aplin, and ing of 33 officers, 128. men, Thorsea," 78 women, and 98 children, arrived at Aldershott Camp on Thursday afternoon, from Shorncliffe. The regi ment is temporarily stationed in the west block Permanent Barracks,