The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

111"0 N E - Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL toTELLTGF,NCZ, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is assuming quite an inactive appearance, and, in consequence of the large inflow Of gold into the Bank of England during the week, t he opinion gains ground that the official minimum wlll be reduced 1 per cent. to-morrow. The com mercial community are holding their bills in reserve, and the applications both at the Bank and out of doors show a considerable diminution. The operations at the Bullion-office of the Bank Yesterday compr i se d an i n fl ux of £ B,OOO, an d w ithdrawal of £3,000 for the Continent. It is stated that Mr. George Furness, contractor, I 'm been obliged to seek the indulgence of his _ C reditors. Th e li a bili t i es are understood to b e l arge, but nothing is yet known as to the assets. It was announced yesterday evening that the acceptances of the old and respectable firm of //rl 4jain Rattray and Co., West India merchants, had been returned unpaid. The liabilities are esti mated at £70,000, and the stoppage is stated to h ave arisen from the impossibility of obtaining the usual advances, owing to the state of the money a nd produce markets. The books have been placed 1 4 4 the hands of Mr. W. J. White, accountant, and 'he liquidation is expected to be favourable. An- I lexed is the circular issued to the creditors : London, 23, Rood-lane, E.C., June 19. Gentlemen—lt i s with deep regret we have to inform 301 1 that o w i ng to the present state of the money an d pro duce' mark e t s we h ave been compelled to suspend paymen t. White, of 33, C ur bo o k s have been placed in the hands of Mr. W. J. King-street, Cheapside, public accountant, ho will at once prepare a statement of our affairs for sub illission to the creditors at a meeting to be convened as soon li quidati on pra c ti cable. We have every reason to believe that the 'lquidation will be favourable, and begging your kind indul gence in the meantime, we are, gentlemen, your obedient ser vants, RATTRAP and Co. S ales Two o'CLoCK. of stock of English Government securities e i - atu e4 L ti nue to be p resse d, ow i ng to the complicated e of political affairs at' home and to the war on a he nd C o ntinent. Consols have receded per cent., f o he quotations are 851 86 for money, and 86 11 r the account. The New Threes and Reduced are 851 s • a - India 5 per Cents., 1031 /. -1- ti , cre ased heaviness is apparent in the Foreign t °e K Market. Turkish 5 per Cents. are I lower, at 25 3 ; Mexican remain at 141 ; ditto New at 12. Greek have receded to 10 11; Spanish 14 -s s've to 181 191. The Certificates continue at sc i• Italian are steady at 371 4 ; and Brazilian 65 ri l P at 48 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are • , ; Erie Shares, 40 ; and Illinois, 75 I. ti e Rail way Sh are M ar k e t b us i ness has been roo et thi ve, and in crease d h eav i ness h as prevailed a 3 North Prices. S ou th E as t ern have declined £l, -rth Western and Midland each 10s., and Great l a eei ste rn, Great Northern, Great Western, and Man j" h e Foreign .„ ate r, Sheffield, and Lincoln, each ss. change and Colonial lines remain without of importance. Fo r Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has rail- a very limited i nqu i ry , an d q uotations gene t are a shade flatter. Alliance are dealt in at Chartered of India, Australia, and China at v ;London and County at 65 ; Oriental Bank Cor poration at 341 35/ ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier 161Ehgland at 3 21 dis. ; Hudson's Bay Co. at ; ,,,_ l nternational Financial have declined to Prem. 63 • ' ; and National Discount Company to 'US 4° km FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 •..km&ENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols D o 861 1 Newry • Account, July 10. eat. Reduced B5l ~ per Cent B5l 1 1 " 8 ,,W 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A ) a 4 • . per Cent. Jan. 1873 — .11.„Duities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 ° , 4 -'O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — -D (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.. s1; Ex,i, ch. Juw'. D ower - Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 5 dis pm. .£500; L .1) 0 £lOO and .£2OO 4 f ) 4l ' o ,f England Stock, 5 per Cent r 0 Account In - 11 1)14 -` 1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. shut („„"an Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1)374 4'h% Account ;V• 5 per Cent. July, 1870 tb-'(()).• 4 0,e p r e t i i • fi tt, Ott. 1888 to. Lnfaced Paper 4 per Cent _... b c '• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 11 ° ' 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 ......... ;V• Deb, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ..... 11 " R onde, .£l,OOO -0• under .£ l OOO ................... - „ E . 3 ,. bL O ' CLOCK. K. .FOREIGN FUNDS — ONE trgelltine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd _ r rustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 fan per Cent c '• 4 1 per Cent , 1852-58-60 .......... LO . . 1863 _— Do Account 1865 D O e "s •- , 0 s • . n u • criP, .450 paid Bonds — 01 ) ,.?? 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— N uto 6 per Cent - '-',.., 0 . 41 per Cent — ' - ' O . 6 per Cent ,bo s .• i pm I) La e ue il l b o nm e . a ia l n A 6 X p t paid cen t . L ah a, 6 Per Cent. n per Cent. , 1825 — ar,llllbian Princip ITos . , --'°- Account -a 11 50 tVdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ,t A) Deferred Pro vnal Land Warrant - V Pti au 7 per Cent — "',„0., Second Issue — D O .£lOO Bonds 1864 Do. -1) o £lOO Bowls 76 41 80 L ) )°. Cloverun mit Railway Debentures. dis ur 0 . £5O paid De6ok Account ents., 1824-5, ex Coupon,' • o D O , c, bo °u P °llB litootatlcaocceol a r ;sl li p tc t e e r a C t — I toi a l • en 18 t. 65 t i .. Mareminana Railway — (3 ,-, /.l cau 3 per t Cent — VO. Accoun ... De 1864 y o 6 1,1 0 per Cent . Anglo-French_ 2 _, - , ntevidean 6 per Cent., £ 3O Pa'" 410orish Imperial 5 per Cent Ist 1)0 Land Warrants (Hectares) e.,lsv Granada — t , -Do per Cent tO. Account , •• --/P 6 ,, i vian 5 per Cent., 1865 641 D°° 3 per Cent. tUrinarre j 4i. pe r Cent., 1862 t, 1) 0 Account 621 ° lttiguese 3 per Cent., 1,853'9, Do 3 p er C on t., 1856, ' 7, '60, '62, '3, 47 b be. Account ' 4 llssian i 5 p r e c r e C n o t. nl B , s l o B22 , £ St D.l) 4 o 4 1 per per Cent., 1860 Cent.lBs9 791 I I ~ Do o 5 3 P pe e r i Cent. t 1 1 8 8 6 6 2 4 Do 5 per -en-• _ bardinian 5 per Cent _ S p I D% Account - Panisli 3 per Cent -Do Account -Do New Deferred /30 Account Po Passive S 19 "0 Acctunt , I n bi sh Cert. of Coup not funded R , -'-'0 Account l4l 1 1 8 Account 4 per Cent. ' - ' 1,,, 0 . 1 per Cont. 1864 — tir t,'" a .b. 6 per Cent. 1854 _ 1)0 Account .Eo°.6perulev. 1858 51 ...... b ° 41 00 Bonds I ,° 6 per Cent. 1862 ...0 A ccount 51 48} o 0 £lOO Bonds 521 50 3 D o .t) 6 per Cent 1863 — • Do 5 per Cent. 1865, paid up Scrip - 2 -51 .1 1 t account ...... Ve ll o * Per Cent. Guaranteed ,ssizuela 3 per Cent. uitt n ac , L 0 count 6 Per Cent., 1862 4 1.15 , , bividenets on the above payable in London. lielaT4lll s pn Cent., Ex. 10 Florins F .llO. 41 per cent., Ex. re „ e ', 2 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil B5 Ityli` e , u -Relates 3 per Cont. 1:,:' per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. • A ccount • Ces°l TWO O'CLOCK. -3 f rO. A cc O unt moneY - tiverPool Cotton Market.—This Day. Tin 41 3 1 - e cotton market is very quiet. Sales pro 'ooo 5)000 bales. i ti t n a s c * 1 - QUEENS PARDON.—Moses Moscrop, who cli ne "vieted at the last Manchester winter assizes of a il lal assault and sentenced to 20 Years, upon an old woma n , k o Penal servitude has received a free pardon after six to the6„..' corkfinetnent.' This is the result of a memorial the 4l°lne-offi.ce, which, in addition to others, received BlgoatUres of ten of the jury who sat upon the trial. 3rtstol and Exeter Caledonian Jarabrian cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dubltn & Belfast June Dun.,Perth, & A b•Junc .London, ~trip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ()rd. ntk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland ;rent Northern Do. A stock . . Do. Ii stock Do. .New, ts. at 25 pn . CRS, and W. of Ireland it. Western -Origina: I).'. S. VV. Rail gua. Do. South Wales l.►o. W. Mid.— Oxion. Do. Newport Do. lie , eford 1 89 91 126 27 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 112 11 37 3: 0 7 ;21 i 2 13. i 3 Lana toI lire& YorkAirt , , Landon and Illackwaß Lon., Brit., .1c S Coast Lon., Chat., and DJVVI Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. ez North Western Lon. ter South Western Uan., Shel., & Lincoln 3letropolitan Do. New _„. Do. Extension Uctropoli tan District. Po. d o. Do. and St. John'sW'd M Wand Do. £9 Share Do, Birrnin.. & Derby did Kent . . North British De. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purcham Do. Leeds ..... Do. York DG. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 Do. do. 1805 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union south Devon :4;U - ill Ea stern Staines, Wok., •St Wok Taff Vale Do. C .• Vale or Neath Waterford d& Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Railways. I Paid.l Closing I Busine Pr i ce. done.se BRITIS a Atlantic& St. Lawrence nom., Baroda..a Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Iluronl Do. Preference Bulf.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 1672-3- 1 .. •—• • • Calcutta. & S. E., Um 2are Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Past Ben.tal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension rand Trun k of Can ad s Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bones Du. do. deferred ... • Po. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gus. sp.c i o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c G t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do ;reit Ilro. of Canada. D. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited 31adras, gua, 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. tic Hudson's Bay Scinde • • Do. Delhi Do. do . F s ' Do. Pun; .. aub... Do.lndus St.Fio. 6i) -1114tisi;-&-lumbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 18774 , 4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Di. 5 p. c. Mar. 46 Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Du. sp. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1874 Do.Apl. &Oct . 100-1900 Do. do; l'iBo-9.) Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1864, 6 p. , Do. 1678, do llattritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jau.ltua JOT Do. 1878 ....... . ... 'lo. 188?, 511y15, Nov.. , Do. 1895, Feb. & Aux ' per cent N. B.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja. &.1 ul) N. S.W. Gov. p•c., 18tSc Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1871. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent...... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 pa:, 1888-1 , Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 July Do. do, epril & Oct 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 BRITIS Cam. Consol. Uold, lim. Chiverton Cfford Amalgamated. De li on G. Cons. (Tav Ist. Drakewalls .. ........ East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon .......... East Carn Brea East G:cnville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam& StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Heist G. Wheal Vor ( ,u Grenville Elerod's Foot ..... . ... • ilingston Downs 331taarrgicaervetalleUyn.y. . L .. e . 1 . a . n . iwyn dy Iron Ore, Um New Sewn North Roskear ....... 4.Wh'l Illssett ( I loga u North Wheal Croity • • Prosper United.• ..•• • • Pr Nidence UnyLtdan S. Caradon (St. Cleer) Suutli Cul:Jarrow S•Wheal Frau. killOglial Stray Park . Tin Croft 7igra and Clogan, lien West Hassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chi ver ton West Setou Wheal Bassett !Mogan , Wheal Buller (Redrutb Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis II MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.11.0 3; 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.1 .;5.15.6 9 all t 1 27 21 350 375 li z 5 20 9 1 1 3 5 1 2 7 ni 721 125 1 35 80 85 12 3 1 1 7 1 .70 18) 11 13 L'ItEFERNNCE 81 Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No tto, 6 per cent. pf., 11 I'REFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwell, 41 per cent. stk., 86 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho:yhead, Ditto, 5 p r cent., 110 e Lancaster and Carlisle. 211 Midland, Bradford Fret. Stock, 88 IAtCIGS. ). 2. - Great Di FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 7 Great Luxembourg, 101 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, Iff FOREIGN MINICE. Frontino and Bolivia Gold. lim., 1 i BANK& Alliance, lirn., 19 ISt Anglo Egyptian, lim., 6 Anglo Austrian. ai 41 4 Auitralasia, 61 2 Bank of Egypt, 26 Colonial, 41i Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 10 Chartered alerlot India, London, and China, 28 7 Consolidated Bank, lim.. 3} Hindustan, China, and Japan,:llm., 4 1 Imperial Ottoman, 71 Ditto, new, Of Land Mortgage Bank of India. lim., 3 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 Loudon and County, 651 6 5 London Joint Stock. 44 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 11 Oriental Bank Corporation. 341 b 1 Provincial Banking Corporation. lim., 3 1 Standard of British South Africa. 103 Union of Australia, 45 i DOCKS. ondon and St. Katharine, 59 Southampton, 59 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 9/ Anglo-Mexican Mint, 161 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 31 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, hut., SI Ceylon Company, 81 Ditto, A shares, I. City of London Real Property, lira., 3 City Offices, Um., 21 Company of African Merchants, lint, 21 Credit Fonder and liobllier of En,rlana, 2 1 Commercial Union, Insurance, 51 5 Crystal Palace, 361 Engltsli and Foreign Credit , 1 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Bin, 24 Firbtirn Engineerin 4 Ge a n. Credit and Fina nce Of London, Um.. 24 Home and V. ilonial h ssurance, lira, 2 Hudson's Bay, 161 International Financial Society, limn., 21 International Land Credit. lira., 2 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, 3i London General Omnibus Company, lira, 31 Lon 'on and Provincial Marine, 2 London Financial Association, lira , 2 M'dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 19 Lan.ic andls Steam, ln Mining, Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira., 11 oh. Notional Discount Company, 11& QPnuebinrasudlaa and d Orien tal Ditto, new, 45 , Royal Mail Ste am Scottish Australian 9 ° lint., 21 Investment, lim 116 Insurance, 4 Unlverva,l Marine, I nsure " Lt 51 31 3 2) .22 91 05 25 26 115 )17 91 92 58 60 :25 127 2 211 i 6 11 E 5 88 tz3 124 16 93 a 5 55 57 4 28 108 109 70 72 107 108 35 36 10 11 120 122 1 2 1 , 2p 72 74 108 112 148 150 65 67 45 4 69 ;0 8 9 142 lis 2 3) 100 103 52 54 ESSIONS. 52, 6 4 101 102 Id p 41 4 f 8 9 76 80 5; 65 100 102 100 102 102 108 18 20 85 87 58 62 55 60 50 55 48 52 40 45 37 41 24 26 23 25 107 109 it 1; 99 101 91 93 141 15 5, 5 91 e 3 83 _B5 - 11 Old 101 142 91 03 So 88 82 98 100 98 9 9 1 97 99 5 97 t 5 92 V 5 78 80 78 80 99 101 102 101 102 101 102 104 86 8 1 IGO IG2 Its 1 7 103 I('4 103 105 101 103 104 106 09 100 91 Olt 92 0) 90 95 85 143 90 96 74 '76 Po 99 96 100 101 100 _ - IC3 105 6 7 7 9 451 475 lk 16 7 8 2 21 21 8 9 3 31 21 22 1 1 18 20 11 2 37 39 5 4 6 :Id 35 45 2 4 In3l 3 ross. THE sum, 1,0N1)0/N, WEDNESDAY EVEN LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. -0. ROLLS COURT. (Before Lord Romilly.) THE CASE OE BISHOP COLENSO AND OTHERS. The case of Dr. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, against the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Wood, Mr. Hubbard, M.P., and others, the treasurers and trus tees of the colonial bishoprics fund, was resumed this morning. It will be remembered that the case for the right rev. plaintiff was opened and concluded on a previous day. The Rev. Canon Hawkins, D.D., who was formerly secretary of the fund, and many other clergymen wore present. The Attorney-General appeared this morning on the part of the defendants, the Master of the Rolls remarking that he must regard liiin as Sir Roundel]. Palmer, and not as Attorney-General, he being a party to the suit. After some conversation on this point, in which several prece dents were cited, the learned gentleman was allowed to proceed. He contended that as between the plaintiff and the defendants personally there could be no personal con tracts, and said he understood that the plaintiff rested his claim simply upon the fact that a certain sum of money had been irrevocably supplied to the bishopric of Natal, of which see the plaintiff had been in legal possession since his consecration. If that case were made out in all its parts, of course the plaintiff would be entitled to his claims, but his (the Attorney-General's) case was that no legal bishopric had ever been created in Natal that no such diocese had ever been created in the sense of the' information, and that no irrevocable appropriation of the money for the purposes of the see had ever been made. The funds out of whiclkmany of the Church bishops were paid arose out of a letter written by the Bishop of London to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and made public, as it was, of course, intended to be. It was dated April 24, 1840, and was the foundation of the whole scheme, which must, therefore, be constructed to a great extent upon the terms of that document. His lordship, in that letter, expresses his desire that Church polity should be adoptedin various colonies and dependencies of the British Crown, letters patent being granted by the Crown as an essential part of the scheme, in order that it might have legal effect. It was the Church of England which was to send the mis sions to those countries, and the Church, as it had been founded in the East and West Indies, was cited as the basis on which everything should be done. Accordingly, in 1811, a meeting was held, at which reso lutions were pasged providing for the establishment of a fund, having for its object the planting of the Church at various places under the systematic and authoritative superintendence of bishops of the national church, whose system, character, and doctrine were to be carried into these colonies and other places. They were then to be essentially legal bishoprics under the Crown of England. That such were the views of those who liberally contri buted to the fund was evident from the letter which had been written by Miss Burdett Coutts, although, of course, the letter could have no legal bearing on the present case. It had bean said that no legal jurisdiction could have been given to the proposed bishopric which at that time it was proposed to establish at Valetta. His learned friend (Mr. James), who used that argument, seemed to have forgotten that an act had been passed previously—the Jerusalem Bishopric Act—for the express purpose of g!ving such jurisdiction. Mr. James said ho rather thought the Attorney-General would find that that Act was passed contemporaneously. The Attorney-General said, on referring to the Act, he found that it was passed contemporaneously, and would thus so far help out his argument—Parliament having given to the Crown power to grant spiritual jurisdiction. Mr. James said the Bishop of Jerusalem could not hold his Episcopal Court under that act. The Attorney-General said that although that might be so, it would not in any way affect the present case. He contended that every clergyman under such an arrange ment was liable to the jurisdiction of the Bishop, although the laity might not be so, any more, indeed, than they were at home in England, where the laws did not bind the clergy to obedience to the laws of the Church, inasmuch as any layman who was indisposed to obey the laws of the Ch urc h might, if he pleased, dissent f rom it. Th e Attorney-General p roceeded to ar g ue at g reat length on the nature of the constitutions of Cape Town and Natal, arguing that when Dr. Gia,y resigned the bishopric of Cape Town, for the purpose of obtaining new letters patent and to subdivide the diocese, he did not in any way affect the bishopric, which remained in force not withstanding that temporary resignation. He argued that it was doubtful whether the Crown had a right to sub divide the diocese of Cape Town as it did ; and that, con sequently, upon that ground the plaintiff might not be entitled to the claim he at present made. He then dwelt minutely upon the events of 1853, when Bishop Gray sought to be relieved from a portion of his large diocese, and to have new dioceses in South Africa erected. Re ferring to the letter which at that time Bishop Gray wrote to Mr. Hawkins, the secretary of the Colonial Bishops' Fund, he said that much had been made of a remark in it, that the Queen's letters patent were worth little more than waste paper. The Master of the Rolls said that little importance was to bo attached to casual expressions of that kind. The bishop was merely urging the kupm tanoo of making bettor provision for his diocese. In answer to the Judge, the Attorney-General said his contention was that Bishop Colenso was merely a titular Bishop of the Church of England, and that no diocese had been erected in Natal. The Master of the Rolls—Ho has a cathedral and a palace, has he not ? The Attorney-General said that was irrelevant. The Master of the Rolls said all ho understood the Judicial Committee to have decided was that the Bishop of Cape Town had no compulsory jurisdiction of the Bishop of Natal. The Attorney• General held that the Judicial Committee decided that the Queen had jurisdictioq over Dr. Gray and Dr. Colenso, as titular bishops of the Church of England, but that in the Cape colony the Queen's letters patent were absolutely worthless. The arguments are likely to last some days. " In consequence of the Fenian disturbances in Ireland, together With the money panic, I have been unable to ob tain the purchase money from a company formed and registered for the purchase and working of my interest in a valuable slate quarry in Ireland, which I had ar ranged to sell to them, and the expenses incident thereto: , The accounts filed show--Debts, £7,610, the greater part of which is said to have been incurred in forming the company. The assets, which may prove to be considerable, depend on the amount to be recovered from the company. The principal creditors are the Universal Insurance Com pany, who claim £l,OOO, and the Naval and Military In surance Company, who claim £5OO. The assignees chosen were Mr. H. S. Melon, gentleman, of Piccadilly, and Mr. Dubois, of the City. The next sitting is appointed for July 20th. POLICE JNTELLIGENCE.—This Day - -..-- MANSION-11017SE. Lewis Schonfield, a poor miserable -looking young man, appeared to a summons taken out by his master, Mr. Lloyd, packing• case maker, of Bush-lane, City, charging him with absenting himself from work without permission. Mr. Lloyd said the. defendant was under a stamped agreement to work for him for a term of three years, and for the last week or two he had absented himself without leave. The Lord Mayor (to defendant)—What have you to say to this. You render yourself liablo to imprisonment for not working for your master. Defendant—l would work for him, your lordship, but I can't live upon what I get for it from Mr. Lloyd. I hope your lordship will, if you can, kindly cancel the agreement. The Lord Alayor—l can't do that. What do you give him a week, Mr. Lloyd ? _ _ _ _ Mr. Lloyd—The agreement says he is to have 10s. a week, but if he likes to work industriously he can earn morn than that. pu D t e m fo e n o ci n an p t ie — ce l work can't,. your worship. Mr. Lloycl has now Mr. Lloyd—lt was at his own request. Defendant—Yes, because I thought I could earn more at it, but I can't. I have to earn 225. before I even get the 10s. Mr. Lloyd has broke the agreement, and I hope my lord you will cancel it. He told me I could earn from 20s. to 28s. a week for myself after he had taken his 12s. out of my earnings, but I can't. I can't live on the money I get from Mr. Lloyd. My wages have not averaged 9s. a week. lam 22 years of age, I can't live on that. lem perfect in my trade. lam willing to - Work-if I can get enough only to keep me. The Lord Mayor—You seem Mr. Lloyd to make a profit Out of the labour of these lads ; can't you cancel the en gagement of the defendant ? Mr. Lloyd—lf I was to do that I should have all the other lads at the shop doing the same thing. What's the use of having apprentices if you do not have some advan tage? You might as well have journeymen at once. The defendant can earn 255. to 30s. a week if ho likes. The Lord Mayor—But then you deduct 12s. a week from it. What hours would the defendant have to work to earn that ? Mr. Lloyd—From 6in the morning to Bat night. He can earn good wages if he likes. Defendant—Look at me, my lord, I haven't a shoe to my foot, and I'm in rags. I have worked as hard as any man can, and while I've been with Mr. Lloyd I've never got more than about 9s. a week. Or one occasion I recoiled I got 17s. 3d., but I had to work a week, and nearly a half of the next for it. Do cancel the agreement, my lord—l don't wish to do anything wrong. I have had to beg bread and butter from the men in the shop to keep up my strength to do my work. I don't think that looks as if I was unwilling. Mr. royd—He can earn good wages if he likes. Defendant I can't, after you take your 125., work as hard as I may. I never hare more than 9s. for myself. I can't get the necessaries of life with that. The Lord Mayor—l don't wish to send the poor fellow to prison, and I cannot cancel the engagement. Come, Mr. Lloyd. can't you make it a little easier for him. Ile seems a willing hand. Mr. Lloyd—Well, I'll say I'll only take 10s. out of his earnings. The Lord Mayor—Say Bs., to oblige me. Mr. Lloyd—Very well, my lord. Defendant—Thankye, my lord, for your kindness. The Lord Mayor—Now, you go home, work with a willing heart, and no doubt you and your master will get on better. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ENDANGERING LIVES IN THE STREETS.—A GENTLEMAN INJURED THROUGH A DRUNKEN DRlVER.—llenry Darling, a carman, living at 23, Denmark-street, Bloomsbury, and Josoph Walker, of 24, Deau-street, butcher, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furiously driv ing a horse and vau in Regent-street; and John Osborne, of 26, Bodfordbury, butcher, and Edward Bazley, 7, New port-market, smith, wore charged with being drunk and incapable. Mead, 126 C, said that on the previous evening, about 7 o'clock, he was coming down Regent- street, and saw Darling driving a glass van at a furious rate, Osborno and Bazley, who wore both drunk, lying on the top. In con sequence of a gentlemax coming up and telltus Darling had driven over a gentleman, ho went after the van and stopped it. Darling then went back with 214 C to a doctor inVigo-street, where the gentleman was taken. Osborne got down and tried to make off, but he secured him and gave the van over to a boy to join him at the sta tion. Walker then went up to the boy and took the van from him and drove off. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the gen tleman who wont home was not in attendance. Ho was going at the rate of 10 or 11 miles an hour. There were a number of carriages about at the time, and if he had not stopped it, it would have gone into a carriage near Mr. Dolby's. He saw Darling strike the horse with the reins- Walker also drove the horse as fast as he could. Woolway, 214 C, proved taking Darling back to the doctor's shop in Vigo-street, where the injured gentleman was taken, and afterwards to the station. The gentleman, who he believed was not seriously injured, was after wards put in a cab and taken home, and would attend if necessary. Darling said the horse started off through the reins ouching it. Walker said that seeing tho horse in charge of a boy and not the police, he thought ho would drive it home as he knew Darling. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho thought the locking up Bazloy had undergone sufficient for him, and ho would discharge him. Osborne would have to pay a fine of 55., as ho had been a little disorderly. Walker would be fined 40s. or a month for driving cif with the van at a fast rate, endangering life. 'He would never pass over any case of the kind in future. Darling would be remanded on two bail of £2O each to see whether the injured person was seriously hurt, for if he was ha would send the case to the Sessions. THAMES. ROBBING BREWERS' DRAYS.—Thomas Jones, a very old man, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged-with steal ing a rope and chain, valued at 155., the property of Messrs. Whitbread and Co., brewers, of Chiswell-street. Yesterday evening a police-constable named Dunn, No. 254 met the prisoner with a rope and chain in his hands. lie asked him where he obtained the property, to which he replied that ho picked up the ropo and chain in the street. Directly afterwards the constable ascertained that the property had been removed from a dray opposite the Jolly Sailor public-house, in High-street, Shadwell. William Finch, one of Messrs. Whitbread's draymon, identified the rope and chain, and said they were stolen from his dray after he had delivered some beer at the Jolly Sailor, and while ho was getting his notes signed. The witness added, "it is a common occurrence, sir; wo are con stantly losing our ropes and ch•tins which we take out to lower casks of beer with. There are numerous thieves watching the brewer's drays. The prisoner, in defence, said he wanted 4s. to pay for his lodging; and that it was his lint offence. He would plead guilty. . ... _ Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour. STEALING PROPERTY AFTER A PIRE.—C. Clarke and J. partially The house Gotobed wore brought before Mr. Paget charged w ith stealing certain articles of property. weeks a thes since leaving in stock g sho was left in th e h ouse The house, 4, Salisbury - place, Lirgehouse, was l a t e l y consumed by fire,nd aoeeuspatnioededktbhye were a remainder mdaeaafielneNdvrewr o a owing to a dispute with a fire insurance office. The pre mises have been deserted, and a good teal of property re moved. It was sworn that the prisoners had been remov ing property from the house, and a good deal of it was found in a dwelling : No. 2, Salisbury-place, and seized by the police. Witnesses spoke favourably of the prisoner, and as no owner of the property alleged to `have been stolen was in attendance, Mr. Paget ordered Clarke to enter into his own recognisance to appear next Tuesday, Ind Gotobed to find one surety iu the sum of .£5O to appear on the same day. MESSRS. PETO, BETTS, AND Ci.—After the re markswoneerest))lTinly two : he en gagedarid Co., it is failurent- Sir Morton Poto has pleasantfree fro n m i t blame. d h o a v s e ttloov comment 0 dm v o e m r n e eo n nt t d s a , 0 yuG that payment unless in operations beyond the forci even of his great he e t hasd onecommitted so so. gre l a l t e e s r e ro e r r s: or n s o capital, and in consequence he borroVed at rates of in terest so high as to be injurious to his tredit as well as de structive of his profit. Still the immelse mass of his busi ness was very good, and some of it doibtless stupendously profitable. There was no lending of billions on securities f:w weeks must have ve can well believe, notbbeli been nNnVOO v eryrot thous . nhe painf ul au d a o u tu d ob e t who Sir Thoh Mortonar t ea t l h l y e lastp eunderstands t o such matters that he will emerge from the cloud still a very rich man, and with a character of honour beyocj the reach of any question.—Economist. - COURT OF ADMIRALTY.—At the sitting yesterday Dr. Lushington announced that it washis intention to give week. judgment in the Banda and litrwee case nn Satur day 3t3 i 512 a ;201 I i 116 15j 59 ! 81 124 1 1221 63 81 & 69 8j COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Slangs at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) ;O'DONOVAN F. FLOOD AND WIFE.—SLANDER. This was an action for alleged slander by the female defendant, to which a plea of not guilty was placed on the mcord. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Kennedy for the defendants. In this case the plaintiff, Mr. John O'Donovan, is a gen . . tleman of highly respectable connections, and tho defen ,ia tits, Capt.and.Mrs. Flood, wore in the same rank of life. It appears that on March, 1865, the plaintiff was in the habit of visiting a lady named Hawkes, who lived with her chil dren and a niece at the Marine-parade, Brighton, where Capt. Flood and his wife also had apartments. The slan der consisted of a represoutation made by Mrs. Flood to the landlady of the house that Mr. O'Donovan went under an assumed name, and that he supported himself by obtain ing jewellery from different tradesmen and then selling it. She added that if hehad not been the son of a rich man he would have been transported long ago, and that that would be his ultimate fate. Mr. Hawkins, in opening the case, said that his client did not desire to act vindictively, and if the slander were retracted, even at the present time, he would consent to a nominal verdict, so as to indemnify him for the expense he had incurred by the present proceedings, which were rendered indispensable to vindicate his character. Several witnesses were examined in support of the plain- tiff's case, and one of them, a Mrs. 'GO, to whom the slander had been frequently repeated, said that so strong was it impressed on hor mind by Mrs. Flood's statement that she used to take away valuables from the apartments of Mrs. llawkos, when the plaintiff called, being appre hensive that they were not safe with him. The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OP COM4ON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius, beforp Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) GREY V. BRADSHAW. This was an action to recover a sum of £B,OOO under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff is a well-known stockbroker in Tokenhouse-yard, City, and the defendant is a barrister by profession, but does npt practise, having devoted himself to commercial speculation, in which he is extensively engaged being the director of several com panies. He was the director of a phosphate and lime company, of which Mr. Mulkey, senior, the banker, was also a directoi, and was introduced by the latter to the plaintiff. It appeared that the directors were very anxious to keep up the shares in the market, and for that purpose the defendant instructed the plaintiff to . purchase over 1,300 for him, but it was arranged that a gentleman named Green should be nominally the party for whom the purchase was made, the reason being that the defendant considered it did not look well for a director to purchase a large quan tity of shares. The purchase was effected, and on the 9th of March last the plaintiff applied to the defendant for a settlement of the account, and a correspondence ensued between the parties, which led to no satisfactory result. The plaintiff sold the shares at a considerable loss, and the present action was brought to recover the difference between the price at which they were originally purchased and then sold. _ _ _ The plaintiff was examined at considerable length ; but as the case was proceeding the defendant consented to a verdict being taken for the plaintiff, which was accord ingly entered. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. .n Re Lord Henry Loftus.—The Fenian Rebellion and the Money Panic. This bankrupt was described as Henry Yorke Astloy Loftus, commonly known as Lord Loftus, and to-day was appointed for the first meeting. The bankrupt was de scribed as formerly of Dawson-street, Dublin, then of Jer myu-street, then of Charles-street, St. James's, now of Motcombe-street, of no occupation. His lordship came up on his own petition, which was dated Juno 4,:and he thus describes tho cause of his failure. .NG, JUNE 20, 1866. THE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, June 19. Intelligence received here shows the following to be the situation in Germany as far as is known up to the present : While the Hanoverian army is concentrated in Gottingen, southern enclave of the kingdom of Hanover, bordering on Hesse Cassel, the north of the kingdom and the capital, appear to be defini tively in the occupation of the Prussians, who have restored the railway communications which had for several days been interrupted between Berlin and Magdeburg on the one hand, and Minden and Cologne on the other. The King of Hanover and the Prince Royal are with the troops at Gottingen, but their exact position is not known. Indeed, the most natural movement for the northern army, after the evacuation of the northern part of the kingdom, was to fall back towards the south in order to effect a junction with the troops of Hesse Cassel, and to rest with the latter on the line of the Maine, which was protected by the Federal and Austrian forces. But the march of the Prussian troops coming from Wetzlar and taking the direction of Gissen, had in tercepted the railway connecting Gottingen with Cassel and Frankfort, and had- thereby placed the Hanoveriani in a somewhat critical position. From Gissen the Prussians advanced towards Marburg in Hesse Cassel, thus threatening to surround the army of King Georges V., while they at the same time could engage the forces of the Elector ,of Hesse. The movement of the Prussians towards Frank fort was evidently only a reconnaisauce by detached companies, for the Prussian troops in this quarter are not in sufficient force to contend with the Bth corps of the Federal army, commanded by Prince Alexander of Hesse, which comprises the Wurtem berg, Baden, and Darmstadt contingents, and num bers about 40,000 men, all massed round Frank fort, and supported by the Austro-Bavarian corps encamped at Aschaffenburg. The natural line of defence against the Prussians in this part is the Maine, and all the efforts of the Ilanoverians as well as of the Hessians should be directed towards gaining that river and subsequently assuming the offensive, and re-occupying the terri tories which they have been compelled to abandon to the Prussians. Prince Frederick, heir presumptive to the Electo rate of Hesse Cassel has placed himself at the head of the Electoral troops. This prince, who married a Princess of Prussia, and who is therefore brother in-law to Prince Frederick Charleq, commander of the Prussian army in Saxony, was by his mother's side, heir to the throne of Denmark to which he renounced his claim by the treaty of London, in favour of the now reigning sovereign, in order to preserve the integrity of the Danish monarchy. After the violent separation of Schleswig-Holstein from Den- mark Proper, he vainly endeavoured to retract his renunciation which had now lost its object, and to make good his rights to the Danish succession. This Prince, notwithstanding the ties which unite him to the Royal family of Prussia, appears deter- mined not to lose another crown, and to defend with energy the independence and sovereignty of Hesse Cassel. The troops under his command are endeavouring to combine with those of Prince Alexander of Hesse Darmstadt, as is also the in tention of the, Nassau contingent. A formidable combination of troops would thus be concentrated near Frankfort-on-the-Maine. In the direction of the kingdom of Saxony the concentrating movement of the Prussian forces con- tinues. At noon on the 18th they occupied Dresden. On the eastern frontier Prince Frederick Charles' At wing entered is a line extending from Bantzer bo Zittan by way of Loban, Bernstudt, and Ostritz. Bantzer is strongly garrisoned by artillery. Zittan ,o the south is the extreme front of the movement, The extreme front of Bohemia territory pene trating into Saxony is on the line of march of the Prussian corps. The latter have pushed forward their advanced posts as far as Wurzellsdorf and Gersdorf, quite close to the Austrian frontier, which it is thought they may cross at any moment. A slight skirmish had even taken place between some Aura t rinn 1 ) rn ssian cavalry a short distance from Rumburg, in Bohemia. The Prussians, not being in large force, retreated. The kingdom of Saxony is, therefore, to a groat extent, in the hands of the Prussians, who have already commenced levies for military service, forcing all Saxons between 20 and 40 years of age nto the Prussian ranks. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Receipt , galiwaye. 1866. 1865. 1866 1865 992 2,091 2.04 49 G9O 689 6 2,e65 2,0.6 61 1,339 1,024 121.1, 7, 52 7,553 408 26,82) 25,453 )21 2,308 z. 228 3 i 4.2 416 9 365 314 20 461 474 I' 3 / 4 202 306 531 482 655 2,216 2.119 17 3 , 7 516 155 1 7 ill 63 1018 1.413 73 1,793 1 981 35 2:8 233 106 3,040 3,6 6 338 537 5) 3,818 3.4 4 1.49 0,80 11, 28 6681 35 512 40,020 401 34.7:9 32,023 53 1,893 1.9 9 41 1,572 1,405 711 638 551 38;4 8.6(5 1.07 1280 73,995 76,223 13 183 170 246 3,875 3,393 145 1.571 1.7 0 10 3 45.484 56 54) 241 202 191 26i 151 121 461 850 778 209 456 :7.5 1 2731 119,525 121,919 1961 30 .182 28,5 3 2 671 21,253 24,549 1254 11.087 11.1.6') lit S 2,898 3,250 27 1,850 •,,223 421 1,563 1,788 216 20,60) 23,925 1,131 2,928 28 1,720 1,536 3 1 4,062 3,414 C 1331 50,19.1 50,787 2601 5,733 5 706 44 7.2 8 2,57, Belfast and N. Counties Ol Belfast and County Down 49 Blyth and Tyne • 36 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1214 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4175 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 31/ Cockermouth and Workia Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrook. & Passage 6l Cork and Youghal Cornwall Deeside , 17 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction ... • 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and IVextd lO6 Forth and Cl) de Junction ~ 30 Furness, Ste 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&lll.Union Great Northern 422 Great North of Scotland 6B Do Branches .......... . Gt. Norttin. & Westu. (Irel.) B2l GLSoutlin. & Weatn.(lrlnd.) 3871 Great Wegtern .............. II u'l & Hornsea Highland .. . ............ [nail North-iVestern 145 ...diteablure at Y ()mature 4,3 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 261 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley ' 20} London & North-Western London & South -Western Lond. Brighton, &3. Coast 2931 London, Chatham, & Dover; f 135 k 1 all Metropolitan Extension 125 Do. Kent coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Ilan.,Sheihetoi,& Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 91 liaryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6776 Ilidiand Gt. Wes tn. of I r lnd 2601 Ifonmouthsh. Hail. & Canal 44 North British, lain., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock.. 45z Dart. '12071 North London IL North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 ithyttmey 195 Scottish North-Eastern ll3 Somerset and Dorset 6O 707 i 26,573 24.212 1171 i 72.255 7',208 I/► 4 853 SA 258 8, '84 8.753 11i 130 162 103 1,281 987 138 6;180 5,t.57 G 3 1,3151 1,010 794 4.599 4 714 308 21;:53 29 78 0,13 9 4,974 1054 2,721 2.668 10 MO 253 81 389 302 77 1,318 1,339 10 796 6%3 South 'Devon South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale 6i Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny Si Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 214 Bombay, Baroda, & Cm. India 308 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France. Eastern Bengal East Indian Wand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Centrai of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 6961 823 46.0 31,224 761 462 598 26 314 398 306 1',954 4.•'53 189 6,878 6.193 118} 5,349 6,830 155 73,938 07,800 110 2,352 2,840 11051 46,44. 34,376 1077 23, 74 1.4,115 2.5 6,764 6,250 590 45,0137 2 • ,314 131 6,73.3 5,167 Great Luxembourg 134 ()mat Southern of tndla .3,reat Western of Canada 34,i Iladraa. ........ ...• 9ll 79 7;5 735 3+5 12,115 11.750 671 8.8 4 8,536 713 19,901 19,758 91 2,195 2,56. 724 8 ,607 81,235 44 1,2t0 793 Iladrid, Saragossa JtAlicant 778 Northern of Canada 94 Northern of France 764 Norwegian Trunk Ottomen Paris, Lyons, & Medlterrn 2006 l'ar!s and Orleans lB2l Recife and San Francisco. &a 774 Sc.nd. Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, .tc .... 1798 Southern of France 9, 0 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France 20 6 . 112,712 125 4 ,233 1618 78.402 71,210 774 4,5u3 1,357 )05 2,549 1,144 45 2,348 1616 84, iB7 57,192 823 36,110 2i,572 251 11,016 10,990 25 1046 59,701 50,410 INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.—On certain rare occasions the sun assumes a distinctly blue or green colour. This has been noted at times when the air has been un usually clear, and just before the sun has disappeared below the horizon, and has been attributed to the atmo sphere decomposing the light as a prism does, and the earth acting as a &mem. Professor Rosco has experi mented with a view to testing this theory by demonstrating the chemical properties of the light after passing through such medium as opal glass, solutions of sulphur, tte.,by means of glass glob e s o f an ex t rem ely thin kind containing a mixture of hydrogen and chlorine gases. He found that where the light was not deprived of its chemical power the gases united and exploded with a loud report, of course bursting the bulbs. This seems to support the above theory very clearly.—Enylish Mechanic and Mirror Science. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 19--The position in which the Government has been placed by an adverse vote on the Reform Bill at such an untoward moment and the news of an actual commencement of hosti lities in Germany have had a bad eff usp ect en on de. this d mar ket,The and business has-been almost s demand for shipping yarns those shipping to limited, and exporters (especially has been exceedingly the Continent) have manifested less disposition to do busi ness t h an f or a long t i me past. The market is weaker, and prices with a tendency to give way st:;11 further. I n h ome trade yarns very little busi ness has b een d one, and sellers report a decline of id. per lb. Buyers say that in some kinds of cop yarn they have found, practically, prices Id. per lb. in their favour. In cloth business has been much impeded for this week past by the uneasy feeling arising out of the fears of a war on the Continent, which it is feared will only aggravate the evils under which so many commercial and financial concerns have been recently suffering, and to-d a y b uyers have been induced almost wholly t withhold their orders. Thi s b ranch of the market is consequently very flat and depressed There is a decline in al most all descriptions of cloth as well as of yarns. The quotations of skirtings have in some instances been placcd at 3d. per piece below the rates of last Friday ; and it is probable the decline would have been much greater but for the large engagements which have been for some time on the hands of manufacturers, and which render them more or less independent for the moment. Many manufac turers hold contracts which will keep them busy for months forward, and, consequently, they have no necessity to seek orders at a moment of exceptional pressure like the present. Th ose in a less favourable position find it difficult to make sp.les, and the market closes with a gloomy and unsettled feeling. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth-mar ket :—" The actual commencement of hostilities on the continent and :rumours of further failures have had a depressing effect on our market, and every description of cloth must be quoted lower than lase week." • CARDIFF, 19th.—The orders for steam coal . from the foreign markets are coming in freely, especially on continental account, and the exports to the mail packet coaling stations are pretty large. In fact, the demand upon the resou r ces o f th e collieries is so great that proprietors have some difficulty in meeting it, especially as at many of the pits the men cannot be got to work regularly. The inquiry from the home market is also considerable. In house coal the consumption continues about the same as during the past fortnight, while the coasting trade is below the average. The Rhondda masters have had a meeting, at which it was resolved to resist the demand of the men for increased wages, and it was stated that the time had arrived to consider the propriety of a reduction. In the iron trade the works are almost exclusively-employed on unexe cuted contracts for railway iron, of which exten sive shipments are being made to America, Russia, and Spain. The orders that have come in on foreign account have been few, and on home account scarcely any business is being transacted, a feeling of cautiousness still actuating both makers and buyers. For pig-iron the inquiry is limited, and there is no doubt that a concession will have to be made in quotations before long. There is no im provement to notice in the tin-plate trade, and prices are nominal. LEEDS, 19th.—There has been a very inanimate market in the cloth-halls this morning, and less cloth has changed hands than on any market day this year. The Ministerial defeat has aggravated the depression previously existing, and merchants are holding back until they can learn the result of the crisis in commercial affairs. Very few manu facturers attended the cloth-halls this morning, and there was less than the usual amount of goods brought in. Coatings and heavy cloths were in qu;red for only to a small extent, and chiefly by parties hoping, through the extraordinary position of affairs, to obtain an advantage in prices. There was no business, however, done on less terms than a week ago, and, though there was a slow market for low and med;tim unions, one or two buyers had to pay the full rates. Business was very dull in the white cloth-hall, and only a few parcels of ha'rlists were cleared off. • NOTTINGHAM, 19th.—We had a tolerable attc - iid= ance at our Exchange hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns made from good staples was firm at fully late rates. Coarse numbers were very dull at prices tending downwards. In hosiery yarns there was not , much doing, and prices were unchanged. The demand for silk continues exceedingly languid at recent rates. Brown nets unchanged in price, but a very heavy sale. ROCHDALE, 18th.—The consequences of last week's market were so gbod, in the way of clear ing out large parcels of goods, and bringing in a fair accession of new orders, that it is scarcely surprising to -day's market should be thinly attended. The weather, also, was unfavourable for a good attendance, but the report from the warehouses is that a fair average business is doing in a qtl;et way. More plain flannels have been in demand than for some time the market has been accustomed to. Stocks of fancies are by no means heavy, and manu facturers in this department are doing a steady business. Some of the merchants are anticipating their usual half-yearly stock-taking, but that has not as yet restrained their ordinary operations. There is no favourable change in the sale of strong Yorkshire woollens, and prices aro nominally un changed. The price of wool is firm, but consumers hold off in the expectation that the new clip will affect prices in their favour. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 14 11 15 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19i 11 19 Rotterdam 25 50 25 50 Antwerp Brussels 25 65 25 55 Hamburg Paris Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months.2s 42i 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 118 118} Vienna — 14 20 15 0 Trieste — 14 20 15 0 Petersburg ti Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 6 LT 6 29 45 45 46} 46 80 50 31 60 80 50 31 50 80 50 32 0 80 50 31 50 ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, SOUTH KEN SINGTON.—At the fortnightly meeting of the fellows of this society, held yesterday, Mr. Sigismund Rucker, F.L.S., in the chair, the most prominent feature of the show was a collection of zoned pelargoniums, which were most striking. Amongst plants in pots were three curious species of Drosera, from Messrs. Veitch, and Eriogonum umbellatum, from Mr. Thompson. Amongst cut flowers were several beautiful orchid; and splendid specimens of the rare Framontica Californica (on which Mr. Bateman gave a lecture), a sterculiaceous plant, equally remarkable for beauty and botanical interest; also a collection of double Pyretly-a„ from Mr. Salter, which anticipate and alniost equal tho China asters of autumn. Several now fellows were elected, and the Buckingham Horticultural and Floral Society admitted into union. --- --- ROYAL lI.OIITICULT URAL SOCIETY.—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, president of the Royal Hor ticultural Society, gave a conversnione last evening in the conservatory at South Kensington. Their Rayal High nesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present, attended by Colonel Teesdale. Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., received their royal highnesses at the entrance in Exhibition-road, and conducted them to the conservatory, where they spen t some time in contrersa: tion with Mr. IL Cole, and remai ned to listen to the strains of Weippert's band, which performed during the evening. The conservatory was, as on former occasions, illuminated from above, but the effect did not seem so brilliant as at other times, probably owing to the large number and ex tent of creeping plants, and the almost universal green colour of all below the roof. The number of visitors Was about two thousand, among whom were the Chinese Com missioner and several of his suite, o s n t ho moon,w accordingh o rr m sot e h n y d h na re soef c o h n ro h n is ol c o a gy rd , datetahse follows of ,e Bth evening day, nig i d l e ° t C "sed s v a i f s r i a t o g r e s , a t l l t s e o Emperor compri sed T v o i o s u e o C u h n d t;i ( a l ni 9 t o J n u , n t e h , e l 1 8 1 6 n 6 r ) ci . Monsieur and Madame Gosch, SirJobn and Lady Maxwell and Miss Maxwell, G enera l Sir Anew Waugh, Sir Robert H am il ton, Sir John. and Lady Scott Lister Kaye, the Hon. Slingsby B e th e ll , Sir. P. Sandfo r d, Si r A dam Hay, Sir John and Lady Bowrihg, Colonel Pro byn, Mr. and Mr s . Nassau Senior,&c and the Misses d off vet/ agreeably, and m any of the e . The lonpan e y ve r n em in a g in p e a d sse t: a late hour SFORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL RACES—This DAY. WELTER CUP. Arkan s as . Brick Grapeshot . • • •• ....... Six ran. SEFTON PLATE. Queen of Trumps Czar Persuasion ........... 1 Four ran. TWO AND THREE YE AR OLD PLATE. Colenso Witch filly Amulet .................. :; LIVERPOOL C UP. 5 to 2 agst Vespasizin (taken) 4 to 1 agst Pintail (taken) 4 to 1 agst Terror (taken) CHELMSFORD RACES—Tuis DAY. ESSEX PLATE. A. D. Wagner Oberon Blue Mantle .. . ...... 1 Six ran. IMPERIAL PABT,T AME Y.. 74 ROUSE OF LORDS. ---LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wools ac k at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Lady Slaney's Trust Estate Bill, and the East and West Junction Railway (Capital) Bill were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed Taylor's Estate, Dundee Water, Manchoater, Sheftle/d, and Lincolnshire Railway (Additional Powers), Greer_iock Harbour, Sunnydale and Cambridge Town, Berl and Hants Extension Railway, West Riding and Grimsby Rail way (Transfer), and Leeds Improvement Acts Amend meet. I PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE'S ANNUITY BILL. On the motion of Earl RUSSELL, this bill was bread a second time and passed. THE DIVISION IN THE HOUSE Or COMMONS LAST NIGHT, AND THE DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. Earl RUSSELL said that in consequence of the result of the division that had taken place in the House of Com mons last night, the Government considered it their duty to communicate with her Majesty, and under the circum stances he would move that the house should adjourn until Monday next, so far as the purposes of public business were concerned, but that it should meet as usual on Thursday and Friday for the despatch of private business. The house, having disposed of some of the orders of the day, then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Amicable Life Assurance Society, Eastern Bengal Rail way Company, East Norfolk Railway, and Glasgow and South -Western Railway (Additional Powers). BLACKWATER (YOUGHAL) WOODEN BRIDGE BILL. A short discussion ensued on the question for the con sideration of the report of this bill. Mr. CHILDERS objected to the bill, as it was introduced as a private bill, although public money was affected to the amount of £20,000. No notice had been given to the Government that such a course was to be pursued, and, therefore, he moved that the report be considered that day six months. The debate was ultimately adjourned until Thursday next. SUPPLY. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. CHILDERS, as it had been intimated by the Chan cellor of tho Exchequer last night that no Government businiss would be proceeded with at the morning sitting, moved that the house go into supply to-morrow (Wed nesday). The motion was agreed to, and the sitting was FAA pended until six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, before which hour the attendance in the house was very great. The galleries around the house were crowded, and not a seat was unoccupied in the places usually occupied by the Peers. Just before six o'clock Col. Taylor, the Conser vative whipper-in, entered the house and was re ceived very warmly by the Opposition. Mr. Bright, very shortly afterwards en tered, and was received with cheers, but they had scarcely subsided when Mr. Disraeli made his appearance, and immediately the Opposition cheered the right hon. gentleman most vociferously. Reports from several committees having been brought up by Mr. POLLARD URQUHART and Mr. WALPOLE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered the house, and the cheering with which he was received was most vehement. The right hon. gentleman looked very thoughtful and seemed totally regardless of the cheering of his friends. After exchanging a few words with Sir G. Grey the right hon. gentleman left his seat and entered into a conversation with the Speaker for a short time, and then resumed his seat, and the usual business proceeded. • An HON. MEMBER asked the hon. gentleman the Under Secretary for India when he proposed making his statement. Mr. STANSFELD said he had intended to make it last Friday, but circumstances had transpired which would delay it for a short time longer. TILE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in consequence of the vote the house came to at an early hour this morning, the Cabinet had assembled that day to consider the nature and the condition of that vote and the state the sth clause of the Reform Bill was left in by the vote. The consequence of that meeting had been that a communication had been made to her Majesty, but he could not state the nature and result of that communication for some time—for two or three days at least ; therefore he should move that the house, at its rising, do adjourn until Mon day next. The committees, however, would con tinue their sittings ; but with respect to motions by several hon. members, he hoped they would not, under the circumstances, be pressed forward. This announcement was received with cheers by the Ministerial side of the house. The motion for the adjournment was then agreed to, and the ordinary business was then proceeded with. The right ho n . gen tl eman s h ort l y a f terwar d s l e ft the house, and on his emerging from Wesminster hall, arm-in-arm with the Hon. Mr. Kinnaird, a large crowd assembled in Palace-yard recognised him, and received him with tremendous cheering. The crowd followed the right hon. gentleman up Parliament-street to Downing-street, and as he entered the official residence the crowd gave another tremendous parting cheer. LONDON GAZE T TE. —Last Evening. WHITEHALL, JuicE 18. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent t o be passed under the Great Seal granting th e d ignity of aßaronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Thomas Watson, of Henrietta-street, Cavell - dish-square, in the parish of St. Maryl e b one, and county o f Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, Presid en t' o f the Roval College of Physicians, and one of her Majesty's Physichins Extraordinary, and the hers male of his body lawfully begotten. CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 18. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PA RLLIAMENT. County of Nottingham—Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, Esq., in the r oom of George Arthur Philip Stanhope (commonly called Lord Stanhope), now Earl of Chesterfield, summoned to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE PALL-MALL, June 19. ,i, CHAPLAIN'S DE PARTMENT.—The Rev. G. W. LaPf o n; e t t M.A., Chaplain of the Second Class, First Class; the R2v. Charles Green, -- M ia l e'First P elass ; the Second Class, to bo Chaplain of Fourth t Class, from the Rev. H. Robinson, Chaplain of the c lass. • half-pay, to be Chaplain of the Fourth s __. ADMIRALTY, JUKE ,P 6 Tumander. to be Chaga a n iai. of Lieut. Claude Edward Buckle to b LA' ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK. -CitOOKIIAVEN, June 19.—The Inman steam shi p , City of Cork, from New York on the 6th instant, p assed the Fastnet at 2 p.m., to.. day, with 101 passengers , $250,000 in specie, and a full cargo. Her news ha s been anticipated. The quotation of gold at Paris 18 about at par, and the short exchang e on London is 25.15 per £1 sterlaiu. On compar i ng these rates with the e English Mint price of x 3 l'rs. Witt per ounce for standard. gold, it appears that gold is a b ou t 1-ICtli per cent. dearer in Paflli titan in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at •60 days' Fight is about 1091 per cent. At these rates tueLo is a profit on tile importation of &Nil_ frAn tile Lluit:4 Stated, SURE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. e st it Is. )c- L at ENV n 3. ao .by the se , , 0 i° 'WO Share 1 11 11021 } I S 71 TIES.