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

AIONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, 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 will be reduced 1 per cent. to-morrow. The corn- Inereial community are holding their bills in reserve, and the app li cat i ons b ot h at t h e B an k an d ou t o f doors show a considerable diminution. The operations at the Bullion-office of the Bank Yesterday comprised an influx of £B,OOO, and a withdrawal of £3,000 for the Continent. It is stated that Mr. George Furness, contractor, has been obliged to seek the indulgence of his _ cre ditors. The li a bilitie s are un derstood to be large, but nothing is yet known as to the assets. It was announced yesterday evening that the acceptances of the old and respectable firm of William Rattray and Co., West India merchants, h ad been returned unpaid. The liabilities are esti laated at £70,000, and the stoppage is stated to have 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 , the hands of M r . W. J. White, accountant, and 'ne liquidation is expected to be favourable. An nexed is the circular issued to the creditors : 3:on th at owing London, 23, Rood-lane, E.C., June 19 . Gentlemen—lt i s w i t h d eep regre t we h a ve to inform to the present state of the money and pro „(111e0 markets we h ave b een compe ll e d t o sus p e nd payment. wh ite, bo o k s have been placed in the hands of Mr. W. J. Wh ite, of 33, King-street, Cheapside, public accountant, s°llo will at once prepare a statement of our affairs for sub nlission to the creditors at a meeting to be convened as soon as practicabl e. W e have every reason t o believe that the liquidation will be favourable, and begging your kind indul gence ;I s therval:l.: meantime, we are, gentlemen, your obe dient - WM. RATTRAY and Co. Two O'CLOCK. Sales of stock of English Government securities at lntinue to be pressed, owing to the complicated ts of political affairs at home and to the war on theand Continent. Consols have receded 1 per cent., for the quotations are 85/ 86 for money, and 8611 0 the account. The New Threes and Reduced are . 05. a k . . . g 1 ) India 5 per Cents., 10 3 1 i• Increased heaviness is apparent in the Foreign st e k Market. Turkish 5 per Cents. are I lower, at 25 3 , 1, s 1 ; Mexican remain at 141; ditto New at 1 . 1-1 Z 12. Greek have receded I to 10 11; Spanish p as sive to 181 191. The Certificates continue at Scr ip Italian are steady at 371 1; and Brazilian 65 riP at 5 i 4 i'dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are Ii ; Erie Shares, 40 1; and Illinois, 75 I. a the Railway Share Market business has been Inactive, and increased heaviness has prevailed a 3 regards„ prices. South Eastern have declined £l, North Western and Midland each 10s., and Great : h aste n; Great Northern, Great Western, and Man -the Foreign , es ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, each ss. change and Colonial lines remain without .„ of importance. bee n Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has very limited inquiry, and quotations gene raleln a 18 Y are a shade flatter. Alliance are dealt in at -v ;Lond on in t ; Chartered of Inclia, Australia, and China at and County at 65 ; Oriental Ba nk Cor poration at 341 3 5 i ; Credit Foncier and M obilier ef England a t 3 2/ di s. ; H u dson's Bay Co. at 161 44 1 ; Inter na ti ona l Fi nanc ial have declined to el i di B . ; and National Discount Co m p an y to - i Prem. --- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A G VVERSMENT FUNDS . S 13er Cent. 0 . 85i 6 5 1 Do A Consol s 3 nc , .„ -- ecount, July 10. B6l 1 per ' , ea. Reduced B5l 1 New 3 per Cent B5l 1 1 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 1 1._ Tr °- 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — uities, 30 yrs, expire • sth Jan., 1880 D. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — D° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — k.:3 0 March. Juno. —equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. lO 5 2 dis Do. £5OOl 5 pm Ba h l, 0 .£lOO and X2OO --.,,-. 01 England Stock, 5 per Cent .:- 1 0 Account t l4 nrkil GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. „„an Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Shut 1 ., - Lick Account -e • 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do A 1031 1 ji., - ' Per Cent., Oct. 1888 — D - • Certificates i)o. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent -- D°' Per Cent., Jan. 1872 n"' ui per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 r• Bonds, £1,000 °. under £l,OOO s. .......... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING. PRICE ArgentineAus Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm a mu Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ii an 5 per Cent ......................... . D O. 41 per Cent 1852-58-60 Do. ~ 1863 _— Do. Do 1865 ____ .... Account D o. . Euen 'er g ), £ 55 paid ....................... 41 dis D e s Ayres 6 per Cent o .£lOO Bonds D° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chil' Do. 6 per Cent 10°' !1* Per Cent Colo°. ' P e r Cent „tri-P, £5O paid Cub7 uta n 6 per Cent D a 5 6 Per Cent 12 _ni sll-430 Account n e t nt . , 1825 44 ü bia I 1 P • - a r • Do•nncip Ales ................ 50 `wader New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ."°•, Provisional Land Warrant F Do Deferred gkPtian 7 per Cent ) 4 - Second Issue Do .tlOO Bonds Do £ l OO Bonds Bonds '" lB6.l 76 41 4 80 78 Do. Government Railway Debentures — D Ure:L X5O Paid — dis D -- . per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons ,„0. Account -uo. Coupons Do. Account Ta.teinala 5 per Cent. " Cl an 5 per Cent 1865 po A.ccount Muo. M aremmana R a il wa y exican 3 per Cent Do. Account - 1 Do 1864 LI D° 6 per Cent. Anglo-Frenc h . . o ntevidean 6, per Cent., £ 3O paid M oorish Imperial 5 per Cent o L an d 'Warrants (Hectares) „ D 'ew Granada , Do 2 p er C en t. r eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Acco u nt ... .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 PorteDo Account 621 4 21 guese 3 r Cent., 1853 Do 3 per C on t., en 1856, ' 7 , '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account 42 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822 £ St , Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 79 1 1 1 9 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent -- Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account .................................... 0 19 181 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded S Do Account l4l 1 1 oNved' h 4 C t is pon . ..... Do. 41 Pee Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account - 6 per Cent. 1858 .............. .‘, — Do. Account ......................... . Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 p er C en t. 1862 7 -7 .81 8 Do Account Do £lOO B on d s D° 6 per Cent., 1863 - •'-' 5 per Cent. , 1865, paid up Scrip — D i, o o A c count Ir,, I )0 . per Guaranteed nexuela 3 pe r Cont. — Ditto account — D ° 6 per Cent., 1862 — Dividencis on the above payable in London. Aus. B e i ' i.i. 4 n, s pr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins . 1) gian 41 per cent., Ex. 25f Pruit,ch •41 per Cont., Ex. 12 Gu ll B5 I t .;! I ch Rentes 3 per Oent. %Hal. 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. .... D O. A.ccount " co THREE O'CLOCK. nsols for money Do. Account B6l i xd Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, The cotton market is very quiet. Sales pro Ably 5, 000 bales. THE QUEEN'S PARDON.—Moses Moscrop, who was convicted at the'last Manchester winter assizes of a crim i nal assault upon an old woman, and sentenced to 20 Sears' Penal servitude, has received a free pardon after six °nth& confinement: This is the result of a memorial to t %ells? Rome-office,which, in addition to others, received guatures of ten of the jury who sat upon the trial. A 0 is cv 0 ) Sier SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share) Railways. Paid. Closing I 81151110 8 Frice. done. ?Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian _kirk and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc .London, trip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s~k. Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. 2 reat north of Scotland meat Northern D. A stock Do. B stuck Do. New. la. at 25 pn , GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste:n -Original D... S. V.l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. 11 ereford Lane shire & Yorkshire Landon and Illackwall Lou., 1:1,4•11.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrup. Ex. A Lon. & Norm Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln lietropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension lietropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid and Do. Lff Share Do, Birmin.. & Del b) Kent North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun". Nth. Eastern—Berwioi. Do. G.N'E purchas , Do. Leeds Do. York .... Do. Stock. & Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. J unction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. et Shropshire Union South Devon T 9 91 126 27 65 6 5 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 •- dl 112 111 36 37 6 7 21 122 13U 13. 5; 53 31 3'5 12 122 gt OS 24 25 115 116 91 1. 1 2 58 0 125 127 2 2, f 6 I b 5 88 t 2 124 1* 11. 93 15 55 67 4 26 108 169 GO 3 107 ICB 35 3 10 I 1 1), 120 122 1 2p, 1 !p 72 74 108 112 148 150 65 67 03 10 South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C •• Vale of Neath Waterford Sc Kilkenny, Waterloo & Whiteha West CornwAll 8 0 142 145 --2 3 ) WO 103 52 54 lOU Bt I Atlantic & St.l.awrence Bom.,gußaroda, Cen.ln. . 5 per cent ........ Do. 1 0 shares . . ..... Buffalo & Lake lluron Do. Preference ...... Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- 1.• • ••• • • Calcutta & S. E., lim.. .ape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu. sdo East Indian, gu. '5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension • Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c ...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do deferred .. • • De. 2d Pr d. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .. • • . 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .. • • Do. 4th Pref. Do. do. deferred .. • • Gt. India Pen. gu a. sp.c. I'o. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India .... • • gua. 5 per cent ...... 4I per cent.... 204 10 100 100 too 100 all 100 100 52 Z 4 101 102 Id ip 4 1 41 8 9 76 SO 5; 65 100 102 100 102 102 108 Do Great Wes. of Canada.. 15 20 DJ. New .. .... Do. 6 p. c. Ms. pay. 1873 00. 50 do. pay. 1877-8 . • In an Branch, limited Hadras, Branch, 5 p.o Do. 41 do 85 87 68 62 55 60 50 55 43 5 2 40 45 37 41 24 26 24 25 107 1 0 9 14 11P Do. 9g do Do. Fifth Ext n ensio MALL Cor. 6 p. 0. Bads. Mel. do Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'da,6polat pt. bs Scinde • •GI Do. Pe11a...... j d Do. Do. ea Do.lndus St.Flot 1 (19 101 91 93 British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572. ... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 ............ Do. 6 p. c. ..... & Aug.. D). 5 P.C. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July. Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 D o .Apl.&Oct .18 6 90-19 0 1)0. do; 1.39-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900..... Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p., Do. 1878, do.. Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873. Jan. and July ...... Do. 1.78 ........ . 00. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & vatal qov. 6 per cent.. l N.8.G0v. 6 uly N. S. IV. Gov. 5 p 180 t. Do. 5 p. c. c. 18 8 8 ; to 189.: to 1876 Do. 5 p. B New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent...• •• • Nova ScAia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 ........ ucensland Gov. 6 p. c. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-0 Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vic,Gov. p.o.Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct.. Cam. Consul. Gold, Um Chiverten Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Urakewalls .. , East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East G unn !slake East Love.l N. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAulayn(G Great L i xey, limited Great South Tolgus...• Great Wheal „ G. Wheal Vor (Heist n) Gren ville Herod's Foot ..... . .• • • Ilingston Downs Alargaret (Uny Lelant I Jlarke Valley rivvyndy Iron Ore, lim Sewn ........ ... • North Roskear . Bassett( North Wheal Crotty . • Prosper 'Tutted. • .. • • • Pr,Aridenee Uny Dilan .t S. Caradon (St. Cleer). South Coadurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Ti n Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim.. West Bassett (Illogau W. Caradon (L.skeard West Chtverton .. . . West Setou . . ..... Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller atedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 191 6i 55 81 93 83 AP. Ii Old 101 102 01 0 3 s 88 s 82 88 100 93 9 9 1 sr 'JJ 2.1.0 294 2.14.. 31 2.14. y 8.3.6 3.9.0 i 0.8.. 15 9 7 02 1 6 92 95 7S 80 78 80 vg 101 102 101 102 101 102 104 80 8 ) 100 102 105 1 7 102 IC4 103 iO5 101 103 ic4 :08 99 1 00 vi 92 9 , 90 95 8.1 8 8 91 03 7f 76 06 9 9 96 lOU 104 100 Vl' i I 1 27 211 350 375 2 it ; 5 20 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 67i ni 125 135 80 8 5 121 1 7 3 b .70 1 8) 11 13 51f i 1201 i I 25 i 41 5 116 Isi I 59 81 9 , 126. s I 122 i 1 81 7ei 11071 69 Si 1021 } I 19 1 8 7} ITIES, 75 41 1031 3 riiEFEIIENCE SHARES. Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, tto, 6 per cent, pf., 111 i ' , REFERENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4i per cent. stk., SG LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester an 1 Holyhead, Ditto, 5 p r cent., 110 Lancaster and Carlisle, 211 Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 88 9 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 7 Great Luxemboura, 102 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 101 FOREIGN MIN EP. Frontino andlivia Gold, lim., 2 & BAN Kb, Grext DJ Alliance, lira.. 19 Anglo Fp.;yptian, lira., 6 5} Asiatic , Backing Corporation, new shares, 21 3 Bank of Egypt, 2,5 Chartered of India, Australia. and China. 41170 81 9 Chartered er.lof India, London, and China, 28 5 Colonial, 4.$ 2 Conso lid a ted Bank, lim., 31 1 East London. lira.. 3/ Imperial Ottoman, 71 Ditto, new, 6/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 3 1 21 London and Brazilian (lim.), Ditto. new, 6 London Chartered Bank of A u stralia, 201 London and Comity, C5l 6 5 London Joint Stock, 44 M e tropolitan and Provincial B ank, lira., 11 12 Midland Bank, Rm., 16 t Oriental BanK Corporation. 311 b 1 Provincial Banking Corporation. Lim , Union of.,London. 431 I ondon and St. liatharine, 69 Southampton, 50 1(2 104 6 7 7 9 44) 460 • 11 1 1 8 8 9 2} 22 6f 7 ' 3 31 21 22 I 1 18 ' 20 ji 2 37 3 1i 4 31 4 2} 1 d 35 45 2 41 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telcgrapb, P 5 1 5 Atlantic 'relegraph, if per cent. gua., Australian Mort. Land and Finance. lint.. 15 Berlin Water Works, Aim.. it Ceylon Company, SI 5 City of Lon,on Heal Property, Aim., 3 City Offices, Aim., 25 f Coamercial Union, insurance, 5 Company of African Merchants, Aim., 25 Credit Foncler and Ilobilier of Engiauu, 2 5 15 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Prcierence, 1101 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 25 English and Foreign Credit, 1 .1 Fore-str.. et Warehouse, Urn., 115 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Louuon, 11m.. 81 3 Home and C )lonial ssurance, Aim, 2lf Hudson's Bay, 16.1 Indian Carrying lira., International Financial, Society, Aim.. 253 International Land Credit. Urn.. 25 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, 31 Land Securities, I,m. 2 London Financial A ss ociation, 11 London General Omnibus Company, Um, 31 Lon on ar.d Provincial Marine, 2 i 111 N SQO o r ti . t et t bt o ir n sai l a d l a4u -idras Irrigation and Canal, Mauritius (all), 19 Discount s Company. 111 1 Land, Credit, and Agency, lira., 15 05 Panama, e s sv te Z am e:l i a o n d, d i , and 99 Australian Mail, Aim., 7 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 075 Mall Australian l b a ry n e d at M m i e n n i t n , g i , im lir . n , Lend,tra li;E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESIMY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ROLLS COURT. (Before Lord Romilly.) THE CASE OP BISHOP COLENSO AND mans. 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 were present. The Attorney-General appeared this morning on the part of the defendants, the Master of the Rolls remarking that ho must regard him as Sir Rounded Palmer, and not as Attorney-General, he being a party to the suit. After sonic 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 iu 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 which many 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 adopted in 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 1841, a meeting was held, at which reso lutions were passed 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 wore 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 been 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 giving such jurisdiction. Mr. James said he rather thought the Attorney-General would find that that Act was passed contemporaneously. The Attorney-General said, on referring to tho 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 an y way affect the present case. He con tended 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 Church might, if he pleased, dissent from it. The Attorney-General proceeded to argue at great length on the nature of the constitutions of Cape Town and Natal, arguing that when Dr. Gray resigned the bishopric of Cape 'Town, for the purpose of obtaining new letters patent and to subdivide the diocese, he did not in ary 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 bo 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 largo 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 be attached to casual expressions of that kind. The bishop was merely urging the importance of making better 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—lie has a cathedral and a palace, has he not ? The Attorney-General said that was irrelevant. The Master of the Rolls said all he 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 hold that the Judicial Committee decided that the Queen had jurisdiction over Dr. Gray and Dr. Colenso, as titular bishops of the Church of England, but that in tho Cape colony the Queen's letters patent wero absolutely worthless. The arguments are likely to last some days. myn-street, then of Charles-street, St. James's, now of Motcombe-street, of no cccupation. His lordship came up on his own petition, which was dated June 4,*and he thus describes the cause of his failure. "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. Malon, gentleman, of Piccadilly, and Mr. Dubois, of the City. The next.sittiug is appointed for July 20th. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. Lewis Schonfield, a poor miserable -looking young man, appeared to a summons taken out by his master, Mr. Lloyd, packing• cas 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 liable to imprisonment for not working for your master. Defendant—l would wor k f or him, your lordship , but I can't live upon what I ge t f or it from Mr. Lloyd. I ho p e your lordship will, if you can, kindly cancel the a g reement. The Lord Mayor—l can 't d o that. What do you g i v e him a week, Mr. Lloyd ? Mr. Lloyd—The agreement says he is to have 10s. a week, but if he likes to work industriously ho can earn more than that. Defendant:l can't, your worship. Mr. Lloyd has now put me on piece work. 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. Ile told mo 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 Os. a week. lam 22 years of age, I can't live on that. lam perfect in my trade. I am willing to work if I can got 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 ' j ourneymen at once. The defendant can earn 255. to 30s. a week if he 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—Prom Gin the morning to Bat night. lie can earn good wages if he likes. Defendant—Look at me, my lord, I haven't a shoo 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 'toyer got more than about Os. a week. On one occasion I recollect I got 17s. 3d., but I had to work a week, and nearly a half of the next for it. Do cancel the agreement, niy lord—l don't wish to do anything wrong. I have had tc bog 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. Lloyd—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 hate more than Os. 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. He 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. TIIE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) 1 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, -southorn 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 lianoveriaus 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 ease. The movement of the Prussians towards Frank fort was evidently only a reconnaisance 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 Hanoverians as well as of the llessians 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 Charles, 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-Ilolstein 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' left wing entered is a line extending from Bantzer to Zittan by way of Loban, Bernstudt, and Ostritz. Bantzer is strongly garrisoned by artillery. Zittan to 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 Prussia❑ 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 bad even taken place between some Austrian and Prussian cavalry a short distance from Rumburg, in Bohemia. The Prussians, not being in large force, retreated. The kingdom of Saxony is, therefore, to a great 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 into the Prussian ranks. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Railways. bllles Opened. Renelpt . • 1b65. 1865. 1866 1865 _ . - .£ £ Belfast and N. Counties 931 001 2,0)1 2.001 Belfast and Cousety Down 49 19 690 689 36 10 2,665 2,0,6 Blyth and Tyne • Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 7,'52 7,553 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4l7} 408 26,823 25,453 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Pent'lth .. 316 3 1 1 4.2 416 Cockermouth and Workin 20 20 46) 474 Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l t 1 202 301 Cork and Youghal .•• 3:5 32 531 480 Cornwall Deeside l7 17 3.57 541 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,118 1.413 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,793 1 981 Dublin and Meath Dub. & IVicklow and Wextd lO6 100 3,010 8,6 6 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &o 5O 5 i 3,818 24 4 Glawow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 422 4UI 34.759 32,023 Great, North of Scotland 5B 53 1.893 1 . 9 9 Do Branches 42 4! 1,572 1,405 ti t. N °ruin. & IVestn• (lrel.) B2 71 1 633 1 , 5 1 "it.Suutliu. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7} 38;} 8,615 8.637 Great Western 1292 1280 73,995 70.223 llu'l & llornsea Highland • .. 248 246 3,873 3,393 Irish North-Weatern 145 145 1,570 1,710 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 45.184 56511 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26 26} 151 121 Llanelly 46 462 850 778 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2932 2672 21,21.1 24,610 Loudon, Chatham, & Dover ; 11351 127} 2 13, 1 87 1 1 .16 0 all Metropolitan Extension 1 12} 112 J 2,898 3,250 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 11an.,Sheflield.& Linoolneh Mauch. S.J un.& A ltrincham liaryport and Carlisle Sletro p olitau Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6725 C 631 50,19 J 50,787 Midland (4t.Weatn. of hind 2rof 2602 6.733 5 7.16 31ontnoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 3.2 8 2,57 , North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1171} 72,235 7.,208 North London ll o 4.851 3.93' North Staffordshire 248 258 8,184 8.763 Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 130 162 Rhymney l9l 192 1,285 987 Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 1,480 6,f,57 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,31) 1,010 South Devon South-Eastern 315 308 21;453 29 76! Tail Vale 6l 61 6,6 9 4,974 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 889 302 Waterford and Limerick 77 77, 1.318 1,349 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 46.993 81,?24 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction— 256 266 314 398 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306 1 ,934 4.'53 Detroit and Milwaukic lBO 180 6,878 5. 93 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1( 81 5,349 6.330 Eastern ol France 1065 Its t 73.038 67,86 u Eastern Ben,gal ......... East Indian . . Grand Trunk of Canada . 1'477 1477 23, , 71 14,115 Great Central of Belgium 285 2..5 6,764 6,210 Great Indian Peninsula Nat 690 15,967 21,314 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,731 5.167 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,115 11,750 Madras Madrid, Sarav,ossa St, Allcant 778 713 19,901 19,758 Northern of Canada Northern of France 764 724 6 ,507 01,235 Norwegian Trunk Ottomea .. _. ... ____ _ aria, Lyons. & Ilediterrn 20P6 r.O 6 142,712 12P,233 Paris and Orleans IS2I lelB 78.102 71,210 Recife and San Francisco. &o 77e 77e 1,4v3 1,3ti7 So,nde. Do. Punjab, &o 263 45 2 343 3-4 South Austrian, .to .. . 1798 1645 tit.lB7 67,44 Southern of France 9lO 823 36,1t , 0 2:,5; Victoria Welland 2.5 25 , West & N-Wn: of France INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.-011 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 screen. 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, &c., by means of glass globes of an extremely thin kind containing a mixture of hydrogen and chlorine gases. lie 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.—English Mechanic and JiiiTor Science. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ENDANGERING LIVES IN THE STREETS.—A GENTLEMAN INJURED THROUGH A DRUNKEN DRIVER.—Henry Darling, a carman, living at 23, Denmark-street, Bloomsbury, and Joseph Walker, of 24, Dean-street, butcher, wore charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drank and furiously driv ing a horse and van in Regent-street; and John Osborne, of 26, Bodfordbury, butcher, and Edward Bazley, 7, New port-market, smith, worn charged with being drunk and incapable. _ _ Mead, 126 C, said that on the previous evening, about 7 o'clock, ho was coming down Regent-street, and saw Darling driving a glass van at a furious rate, Osborne and Bazley, who wore both drunk, lying on the top. In con sequence of a gentlemax coming up and telling him that 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 ho 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 drovo off. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said tho gon- tleman who went home was not in attendance. lie was going at the rate of 10 or 11 miles an hour. There wore 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 ho 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 ho 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 touching it. Walker said that seeing the horse in charge of a boy and not the police, ho thought ho would drive it home as he knew Darling. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought the locking up Bazley had undergone sufficient for him, and he would discharge him. Osborne would have to pay a fine of 55., as he had been a little disorderly. Walker would be fined 40s. or a month for driving off with the van at a fast rate, endangering life. lie would never pass over any case of the kind in future. Darling would bo remanded on two bail of £2O each to see whether the injured person was seriously hurt, for if he was ho would send the case to the Sessions. THAMES. ROBBING Bum - snits' 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 K, met the prisoner with a rope and chain in his hands. He asked him where he obtained the property, to which he replied that ho picked up the rope 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, Shadwoll. 'William Finch, ono of Messrs. Whitbread's draymon, identified the rope and chain, and said they were stolen from his dray after ho bad delivered some beer at the Jolly Sailor, and while he was getting his notes signed. The witaess added, "it is a common occurronce, sir; wo aro con stantly losing our ropes and chlins which wo take out to lower casks of beer with. There are numerous thieves watching the brewer's drays. The prisoner, in defence, said ho wanted 4s. to pay for his lodgings, and that it was his first 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 FIRE.—C. Clarke and J. Gotobed were brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing certain articles of property. The house, 4, Salisbury - place, Limehouso, was l a t e ly occupied by a dealer a "a leaving shop." The house and stock were a few weeks since partially consumed by fire, and the remainder of the stock was left in the house owing to a dispute with a fire insurance office. The pre mises have been deserted, and a good deal of property re moved. It was sworn that the prisoners had bee n remov ing -place, the house, s, and a good d ea l o f i t was Salisbury-plac e , and seized by found it a propert y dwelling,from No. 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, and Gotobed to find one surety in the sum of £3O to app ear on the same day. MESSRS. PETO, BETTS, AND Co.—After the re marks made as to Overeud, Gurney, and Co., it is pleasant to have to comment on a failure in comparisen free from blame. We do not say that Sir Morton Peto has not committed great errors ; no one stops payment unless he has done so. These errors were plainly two :he en gaged in operations beyond the force oven of his great capital, and in consequence he borrowed at rates of in terest so high as to bo injurious to his credit as well as de structive of his profit. Still the immense mass of his busi ness was very good, and some of it doubtless stupendously profitable. There was no lending of millions on securities not worth thousands. That the last few weeks must have been very painful to Sir Morton Pete we can well believe, but no one can doubt who really understands such matters that ho will emerge from the cloud still a very rich man, and with a character of honour beyond the reach of any question.—EconoMe• COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Sitings at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) O'DONOVAN F. FLOOD AND IVIFE.-SLANDER. This was an action for alleged slander by the female defendant, to which a plea of not guilty was placed on the record. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice appeared for th o 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 the defen dants, Capt.and.Mrs. Flood, were in the same rank of life. It appears that on March, 18Go, the plaintiff was in the habit of visiting a lady named llawkes, 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 representation 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 front different tradesmen and then selling it. She added thatif hohad 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 wero examined in support of the plain- tiff's case, and ono of them, a Mrs. Lee, to whom the slander had been frequently repeated, said that so strong was it impressed on her mind by Mrs. Flood's statement that she used to take away valuables from the apartments of Mrs. Ilawkos, when the plaintiff called, being appre hensive that they were not safe with him. Mrs. Flood was the only witness examined for the defence. The jury, after a few minutes consultation, found a ver let for the plaintiff. Damages £25. COURT 0]? COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice Erlo 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 doss not 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. Hankey, senior, the banker, was also a director, 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 tho purchase was made, the reason being that the defendant considered it did not look well for a director to purchase a largo quan tity of shares. Tho 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. In Be Lord Henry Loftus.—The Fenian Rebellion and the Monoy Panic. This bankrupt was described as Uonry Yorke Astley Loftus, commonly known as Lord Loftus, and to-day was appointed for the first meeting,' The bankrupt was de ribed as formerly of Dawson-street, Dublin, then of Jer- 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 effect on this mar ket, and business has been almost suspended. The demand for shipping yarns has been exceedingly limited, and exporters (especially those shipping to the Continent) have manifested less disposition to i d s o e u a s k i n e e r s a than nd p r f i o c r e s a wit n i g i a t i In t The g market still further. I n h ome t ra d e y arn s veryl t i i t e t c le lin b e us o i- f e e n p d asentc 'y busi ness has b een d one, an d se ll ers repor t a 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-day buyers have been induced almost wholly to withhold their orders. This branch 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 shirtings have in some instances been placed 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. Those in a less favourable position find it difficult to make sales, 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 last 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 resources of the 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 quired 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 medium 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 hairlists were cleared off. NOTTINGHAM, 19th.—IVe had a tolerable attend 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. ROCIIDALE, 18th.—The consequences of last week's market were so good, 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 quiet 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 are 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. 11 191 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 10 25 20 _ _. . 3 Months. 25 42} 25 50 25 42 25 50 'llB 118} 14 20 15 0 14 20 15 0 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on tho Maine Vienna Trieste Potersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz 241 25 6 27 6 29 45 45 1 461 461 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 30 60 81 50 30 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 wore three curious species of Drosera, from Messrs. Veitch, and Eriogonum umbellatum, from Mr. Thompson. Amongst cut flowers wore several beautiful orchids, and splendid specimens of the rare Fremontica Californica (on which Mr. Bateman gave a lecture), a sterculiaceous plant, equally remarkable for beauty and botanical interest ; also a collection of double Pyrethra, from Mr. Salter, which anticipate and almost equal tho China asters of autumn. Several new fellows were elected, and the Buckingham Horticultural and Floral Society admitted into union. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT.-11i8 _Grace the Duke of Buceleuch, president of the Royal Hor ticultural Society, gave a conversazione last evening in the conservatory at South Kensington. Their Rap' 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 spent some time in conversa tion with Mr. H. Cole, and remained 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 boefr.s\olfoliscietsonordgol.seend about two thousand, among whom were the Chin B was on h is Com missionercardand h the e d v a e t r e a l o f o f t h h e i his eveningsuito, stum acco rdingo tsoth year Chine se of chronology, as follows :—"Bth day, 186 G moon , sth visitors the Emperor Toon Chi " (19th June, also comprised Viscount Hamilton, the Marquis de Safrage, Monsieur and Madame Goscb, Sir John and Lady Maxwell and Miss Maxwell, General Sir Andrew and Lady Scott Waugh, Sir Robert Hamilton, Sir John Lister Kaye, the Hon. Slingsby Bethel], Sir. P. Sandford, Sir Adam Hay, Sir John and Lady Bowrin s g, Colonel and the Misses Pro byn, Mr, agreeably, and Mrs. Nassau Senior , &c. The evening passed off very of the company remained to a late hour THE WAR IN GERMANY. ---+- FLORENCE, June 20. The manifesto of the King to the Italians de clares that he once more draws the sword to ac complish the independence of the Italian people. He confides the Regency to Prince Carignan. 7.• THE ABYSSINIAN CAP TIVES. MassowA ii, May 28. . No news from Mr. Rassani or the other Et;. ropcans. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL RACES—This DAY. WELTER CUP. Mr. Phillips's - Arkansas (Mr. Edwards) 1 Lord Stanford's Brick (Wilkinson) 2 Mr. A. W. Clayton's Grapeshot (Joneb) g Radcliffe, Malvern, anO Belgrave also ran. Betting --7 to 4 agst Brick, sto 2 agst Arkansas, sto 1 agst others. Won in a canter. SEFTON PLATE. Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps (Morris) 1 Mr. Johnston's The Czar (Cameron) 2 Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion ......... (Challow d r) 3 Madame Bosco also rau. Betting-6 to 4on Queen of Trumps, 5. to 2 a gs t The Czar. Won by two le ng th s ; same between second and third. TWO AND THREE YE AR OLD PLATE.; Lord Westmorland's Colenso (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Phillips' Witch f (Carver) 2 Mr. A. W. Clayton's Amulet (Haystead) 3 Miss Hawthorn also ran. Betting -2 to lon Colenso. Won by a neck. HANDICAP PLATE. • Mr. R. Law's Lucy Long (Norris) 1 Mr. Alexander's Merry Harp (Cameron) 2 Mr. Hineson's Madame Bosco ...... (Hazlewood) 3 Goldylocks and Dubiety also ran. Betting -7 to 4on G-oldylocks, 2to 1 agst Lucy Long. Won by half a length; same between second and third. THIRD EMION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. THE CUP. Mr. Fobert's Terror ..................... (Cameron) 1 Mr. Payne's Pintail ......................... ""(Carroll) 1) 2 Mr. H. Chaplin's Vespasian ....... (Grimshaw) 3 Clown, Lively, Jezabel, and Life Guardsman also ran. Betting... 2 to 1 agst Vespasian, 4 to 1 each agst Terror and Life Guardsman, 5 to 1 agst Pintail. Won by half a length ; two lengths between second and third. B _VD MINTON STAKES. Romping Girl Tynedale Easby Won by two lengths. ST. LEGER. Tacitus . .... Stoic . Polka . Vortex FOAL STAKES—NO race. LADIES' PURSE. 1 Won by three lengths. CHELMSFORD RACES—This DAY. ESSEX PLATE. A. D. Wagner Oberon Blue Mantle 3 Raglan, Veluti, and Bay Leaf also ran. Betting —2 to 1 agst Raglan, 3 to 1 each agst Oberon and Bay Leaf, 7 to 1 agst Blue Mantle, 8 to 1 agst A. D. Wagner, 10 to 1 agst Veluti. Won by A length. 1 COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Varnish ... Catalogue Usher ...., Won by a length. Four ran. GENTLEMAN'S PLATE. Volunteer Varnish British Tar Won by a lend„ b. NURSERY HANDICAP. Canard Verona Lady Clinton Five ran. Won by a neck. lIER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Elland .... Stellaria . \Von in a canter. MAIDEN PLATE. Eight ran. Vicious Odiue Ellburg Boat Accident and Loss of Three Lives at Weymouth. --411. A dreadful accident happened on the Chesil beach, in the parish of Wyke, on Friday, by which ' three poor fishermen lost their lives. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon seven men put out in a boat with their nets, and made towards a shoal of mac kerel. After some preliminaries, one of the men, as requested, threw a rope on shore, but a sea came, and dashing the rope against the boat two of the oars became entangled in it, and before they could be disengaged a ground sea, with fearful violence, dashed against the end of the boat, and according to the statement of eye-witnesses, threw it com pletely into the air, it coming down with all the men under it. One man managed to swim to another boat ; three more were rescued by those ou shore, but an hour elapsed before the bodies of two others were washed on to the beach, and when at last the boat could be drawn in, in it was found the body of the third entangled in the nets. The un fortunate men who met with such a terrible death were named Abraham Harris, aged about 45, who leaves a wife and three children ; George Pitman, 30, and John Stone, 18. Some com ment has been made respecting the ab aovtime aid would probably s b a e f e n t e e c n r e t theetroedr;esbtuorteasanthimeyathioand have been useless. immersedany bodiesf o endeavour s e o r e l on re g e The inquest was held at the " Albert " Inn, Wyke Regis, on Saturday evening, before Mr. G eorge Symonds, coroner, and the jury returned a ver di ct of " Accidental de ath. " The Coroner then said there were certain remedies recommended for application in cases of accidental ts of this plain of drowning. It would be well for those wh o were subject, from their avocathioenys description to furnish them se l ves with the rules to which he had alluded. T directions as to the p ro p er treatment persons who restore animation. had been drowned, so as to • • on. There was one very favourite and popular idea amongst a lar ge c l ass of 7Cotnotaaienceidden very persons, that if by any chance a luau was drowned he ought to be held head downward in d or er that the water might run out of him ; experience, however, had shown that this mode of treatment was most certain to produce death, if the drowning was not absolute before. Copies of these rules could be obtained by applica- Lion to the proper quarter. A Juror stated that the clergyman of the parish distributed copies every month.—Salisbury Journal. COURT OF ADMI R A LTY.—At the sitting yesterday Dr. Lushington announced that it was his intention to give judgment in the Banda and Kirweo booty case on Satur day week. the Cit F y a.s of tnet at 2 p.m., Cork, from N ew A RRI VAL OF THE CITY OF CORK.—CROOKHAVEN, Juno york 19.—The0n the 6th steamship, instant, passed to day, with 101 p assen g ers, 5250,000 in specie, and a full cargo. Her new s has been anticipated. Tue qu otation of 'gold at Pari s - i s a b ou t a t p ar , an d in the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling, on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 1:s.101d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-nth per Cent. dearer ti Paris than in Loudon. nee the 3,5 0 his )uce Ito ttt nen ius ;ent ;on, cbe , 0 3 1135. Rec d in