The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-26 00:00:00

.....,... ~............4 r, :libr. E, June 2 3 ' the gT °llll _., (ls ,yal Bighorn' is rode in the royal f amil e i d w alk ffards a. 6 n audiencei J U NE 25' 3SCS P riliCe fi ' d Beatrice; the old, an d , tended 4-"Ic of Wow' r ve yeeteryal b_di Big 11 7 urg he was - and ha d th 3 e i ind the rol arty, had th e yeste rde ! icess Lonisv; ,old, and th took 3 honoured the hi s cowl° )e-street. :nant-Colot; ervice Morning* I. y the 1 01 ' and the ii". ii. ” GiblO' on. an v. 13' cheApr Were L p-- t he Highn ess i , t, at thei r I :, s A s lect p art Et the eYe `vale lifer the ived l ' e4 , y Bo no) her 1111 ig r, )ected to 1 0 1. o her M a j es ol duchess nforraed, iri Thoul son r c r t lay OveD ivg '.. for a il . nereo co their reside° .44 0 11 ich his Itv/ Ple° Martiae° MONEY MARKET AN t) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market continues active, and the quotation for the best commercial bills remains at the Bank minimum of 3 per cent. Very little relief is expected till after the liquidation of engagements at the end of the quarter and the distribution of the dividends. Thirty-five thousand sovereigns were taken out of the Bank on Saturday for-Alexandria. The Robert Henderson, from New Zealand, has brought £24,000. _ _ The first annual drawing of 4 per cent, of the gross amount of the Second Mortgage Bonds of the Pennsylvania and New York section of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway is appointed to take place on the 6th of July. The authorised issue of the Pennsylvania Division is $1,000,000, with cou pons due in January and July ; and $BOO,OOO in the New York Division, the coupons being due in April and October. Four per cent. of each deno mination will be drawn, and the bonds so drawn that have been issued in London will be paid off at the rate of £225 for every 1,000 dollar bond ; £ll2 10s. for every 500 dollar bond ; and £22 10s. for every 100 dollar •bond. Those of the New York section on the Ist October next, and those of the Pennsylvania section on lst January next, in addi tion to the coupons due on those days. The General Credit and Finance Company will, in a fow days, publish, for the information of the bondholders, full details of the conversion and uni fication of the internal debts of the Ottoman Em pire into bonds of the general debt, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The com mencement of the conversion has been delayed for the sake of obviating the necessity of sending the original bolids to Constantinople for verification, but measures are now being completed for verifying them at the place of conversion, and on the Ist August next the conversion will commence simulta neously in London, Paris, and Constantinople. The second annual general meeting of share holders of the Imperial Ottoman Bank was held to day. The report presented stated that the accounts, made up to Dec. 31 last, shows a gross profit for the preceding twelve months, after providing for bad and doubtful debts, of £336,992. Under ordinary circumstances this might be looked upon as a highly satisfactory result, but it is peculiarly so when viewed in connection with the severe commercial depression which has prevailed throughout Turkey, added to the fall in the price of cotton and the reaction after excessive speculation. In the nine months previous to the period now under review a con siderable portion of the bank's profit arose from the issue of the Turkish Loan of 1863. The balance of this loan, two millions sterling, was issued in 1864, and the bank has derived from it a portion of its present profits. It is, however, most satisfactory to.be able to state that to the extension of the bank's ordinary operations, and not to any exceptional sources, the favourable nature of the balance sheet is mainly due. The profits arising from interest, discount, and commercial business have increased more than 30 per cent. during the second year of the bank's existence. There is no reason why these branches of the business should not continue to increase, though much care is required in the selection of bills ful filling the conditions of security neces sary for a bank, and especially for a bank of issue. The bank has faithfully and liberally performed its duties to the Imperial Government ; and the amount of its transactions with the Government had con siderably increased. During the past year agencies have been established at Salonica, Magnesia, Larnaca (Cyprus), Afioum-Kara-Hissar, and Aidin, at all of which the bank receives revenues on account of the Government, and transmits them to Constantinople on terms much less onerous than those to which the Government was formerly obliged to submit. There is reason to anticipate a considerable increase of business at these various agencies. After de ducting from the net profit the interest paid on ac count in January last, the addition to the reserve fund, and the percentages provided by the statutes, there remains a balance of £135,817 ss. Bd. The committee propose a dividend of £1 per share, which, together with the 10s. paid in January last, makes a total dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. for the year, and will leave £Bl7 ss. Bd. to be car ried forward to the next account. Messrs. Ernst Brothers, silk agents, 5, Falcon street, City, have suspended payment, with liabili ties of about £15,000. The creditors reside chiefly on the Continent. A statement of affairs is being Prepared by Messrs. Lovering and Minton, accoun tants, 13, King-street, Cheapside, and the assets are not as yet ascertained. _ The accounts from the various manufacturing districts for the past week have, in most instances, been of a more satisfactory character. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has re mained moderately active owing to a fair demand for winter fabrics'. At Manchester the dealings in both cloths and yarns have been more active, and Prices remain steady. In the hosiery and lace de- Partments of Leicester and Nottingham consider able activity has prevailed, at fully late prices, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been a slight improvement in most branches of business. The Delbeattie and Kirkconnel Granite Com pany, with a capital of £120,000, in shares of each, has been announced for the purpose of leas ing and extending the workings of six quarries, the atone from which has been selected by the Metro politan Board of Works for the construction of the Thames embankment. The purchase money i 3 £ 5 0,000, half of which is to be paid in cash, and the remainder in shares fully paid up. These shares to receive no dividend for two years unless the distri bution amounts to 10 per cent. The Directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received, by telegram hom Suez, the following advices in anticipation of the Australian mail :—" Quantity of quartz crushed during the month of April, 3,300 ; yield per ton, 6 dwts ; remittance, £l,OOO ; prospects improving." The prospectushas been issued of Barned's Bank ing company, with a capital of £2,000,000, in shares of 150 each. The object, as previously stated, is to convert the old-established bank of Messrs. J. arned and Co., of Liverpool, into a joint-stock concern under the limited liability principle. The Purchase-money will amount to £165,000, payable by instalments spread over two years, and the pre- Scot partners are to occupy seats on the board. Two o'CLocK. AI the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Itentes were 66 f. 30c. Flat. The English Stock Market has been very dull, i a nd the Funds in the earlier part of the day were ewer ; s u b sequ ently, however, a recovery of f has 'be en: made, and Consols are 89i for money, and 8 ~4 for the account. The New Threes and Re ced Annuities are 884 89 ; Annuities (1885), 1-16th ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. to ss. prem. ; In dia 5 per Cents., 1048 ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 99 ; „ Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1011. 1 ., general decline has taken place in the value of 1: 0 r el • gu Securities, which are dull. Turkish Con -2-7468 are 498 50e ; Mexican, 258 s; do New, (1 : 1 ; Greek, 20} 21 ; Spanish Passive, 298 308 ; 6 8 Certificates, 1q 15 ; and Confederate Loan, . b In the R a il way Sh are M ar k e t a h eavy tone has o e z e n apparent, and prices have given way t o a WVt,ht extent. ' Metropolitan have declined s il 10s. ; eat Western, £1 ; Brighton, 15s. ; South th.estern, 10s. ; and North Western, and Lanca and Yorkshire, each ss. 'e Forei gn an d C o l on i a l lines remain with ou t ally c hange of importance. wit , a nk and Miscellaneous shares are dull, but flinch variation to report in values. Impe- Qa,, Bank have improved to 29i ; London and 4 -n , t Y to 78 ; M ercan til e Exchange to Ilk ; and n n Financi a l t o 22k f • th e snull / 3 1° ined are the current quotations of some of 50,0 Or new projects : —The New Issue of 0 0 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 11 to 14 prem. ; the A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension Railways of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, 60 62 per £lOO stock ; the Downs Docks Company, 1* prem ; London Quays and Warehouses, 2 prem. ; Russian Ironworks, 8 9 prem. ; London Bridge Land, 1 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea, par pm.; Chubwa Tea Company of Assam, 1 prem. ; Bri tish India, &c., Trust and Agency, 2 prem. ; the Phosphate of Lime Company (Limited), 2 21 prem. BRITISH FINDS--ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, June 6 894 i o per Cent. Reduced B Bl 9 81 9 New 3 per Cent - BBl 9 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 1-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 it. 31 per Cent 5 2 Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO ' 5 Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent 217 9 Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cont. July, 1870 Do. Account — Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 F Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 Per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do.£B6paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 961 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 93i 1 Do £lOO Bonds 931 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account 2Ol Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala , 5 per Cent. . — Do. 1839 and 1840_ — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid — dis Mexican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 1864 241 1 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial s.per Cent New Granada ll4 Do 2 per Cent 291 Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do Scrip, X 45 paid, paid in Bonds — dis Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 49 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account 4Bl Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3 o l. 30 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turldsh 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account 93i Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 73 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 — Do Account 7 4 41 4 Do £lOO Bonds 741 i .Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Scrip, £2O paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. , Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 Do. 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 74 Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent. Do. Account ••• Italian per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market continues firm. Sales, probably 20,000 bales, Pparture of the Great Eastern from the Medway. --f In accordance with the arrangements previously made, that the entire length of the Atlantic telegraph cable should be safely coiled away on board the Great Eastern before Midsummer-day, the shipment of the whole was successfully completed on the previous day, and on Saturday afternoon the Great Eastern left her moorings at Saltpan Reach, near Chatham, for the Nore, where she will remain for some ten days or a fortnight longer before she proceeds to Valencia to commence the undertaking in which so great an amount of interest is taken. Every facility has been given by the Government to ensure, as much as it can be ensured, the success of the expedition, the resources of the dockyard at Sheer ness having been placed at the disposal of the pro moters of the undertaking by the Admiralty. Steam was got up on board at an early hour on Saturday morning, and notwithstanding that the machinery of the Great Eastern has not been brought into use for considerably more than twelve months the engines worked with remarkable speed and regularity, while they were stopped and started within a very few seconds after the word waspassed. At half-past 12 on Saturday afternoon the order was given for starting the Great Eastern, and she immediately commenced moving down the Channel towards Garrison-point and the Nore Light. At this time her draught of water was 34 feet, and it was this circumstance, together with the fact that she was obliged to be moored stem and stern to prevent her swinging and consequent , grounding, which rendered it necessary that she should be re moved to anchorage in deep water. The spot ac cordingly selected for her was one about five miles below the Nore Light, where there would be a depth of at least seven fathoms at low tides. By direction of the government the Porcupine, survey ing steamer, had been previously engaged in making a survey of the channel from the Medway to the Nore, and marking out the route by buoys and boats, so as to prevent the possibility of any untoward occurrence. On the Great Eastern passing the various ves sels of war in harbour the crews crowded the rig ging, and saluted the steamer with loud cheers. On board the Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice- Admiral Sir C. Talbot, commander-in-chief, the marines presented arms, while on board the Cum berland, 70, the band, as the Great Eastern steamed past, played alternately " Rule Britannia" and " Hail, Columbia." The paddlewheels made about six revolutions per minute, and the screw rather more, and this speed was maintained until the har bour was cleared. On rounding Garrison-point the large concourse of spectators who were as sembled vociferously cheered as the Great Eastern passed. Accompanying the steamer were the Vivid, Locust, and Sheerness, Admiralty steamers, with three private steamers, the Porcupine standing about half a mile in advance to show the way to be taken. At a few minutes after two, the anchorage ground below the Nore and the Mouse Lights was reached, and the Great Eastern brought up, the whole of the operations connected with her removal from her old to her new anchorage having been effected with out the least accident. There are still upwards of 1,000 tons of coals to be placed on board to complete the quantity she will take out, and according to present arrangements it is intended that everything shall be in readiness for her departure not later than the middle of the approaching month. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1865. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. RItITIS Li P 'Atlantic& St.Lawrencel Dom., Baroda, Cen.ln. Du. 5 per cent o. i shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Bufll,Brant, & Goderich 6p c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June I, F,74 Calcutta & :3. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben , 2al, gu ' 5 do East lcdian gu. 5 p.c. Do. J E xtension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist era. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, I. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Zd Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prof. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I so. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (itm gua. 5 per cent D , 41 per cent Do Great W. H. of Canada.. Do. New . Do. 6 p. a Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 .! Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 46 do Do. Filth Extension 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Ala & Hudson's flay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B /. I.C'da, pc lat pf.bda Schick I D°. Delhi Do. do 4 4. Do. Paniaub Do.lndus St Flo OSSE, all 10) 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN British Columbia,6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 18/7-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D.‘. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape (i.lrope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1-90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, a p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 .. .. Do. 1882, May 15, Nov h Natal qov. 6 per cent.. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.k.J uly N. S.W. Gov.sp - c.,18d 6 Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189? New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... • • Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. A us. Gov. 6 p,o 18e8-s Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRIT I Cam. Consol. lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. cravat Drake wal Is East Bassett allogan) East Caradon as c earn Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell k Tavintk Gam & StA uhyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist st , Grenvil e Herod's Foot •••• Uingston towns Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Ntwyndy Iron Ore, Lim Zstanglies .?iewSeton North Downs.... North Roskear V.Wh'l Bassett di logan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr vidence UnyLalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illo,gan Stray Park Tin Croft West Eassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I,,skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan, Wheal Buller (Redrutb Whca Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal ... 100 100 10) 100 100 190 100 100 10 100 100 II M ISIONS. 67 N 1033 104; Pr aV 4 4: ti 321 1.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 18.16.91 30.17.6 476 51 10 3.12.8 8 584 99 101 70 75 100 102 103 101 1141 1054 V P 18i 4 85 87 61 63 54 56 55 57 47 43 45 48 43 45 25 27 24 t 6 1041 105; 98 100 87 99 87 99 86 .68 85 B 7 101 163 105 107 1(5 107 107 109 102 104 107 109 103 105 106 iof3 104 106 102 104 93 96 100 102 94 96 92 94 104 106 1,7 90 9" 100 105 106 !°'9 1 15* 19 i 9 91 27 29 595 05 I I 16 20 12}1 3 6 } 7 3 3 4, llk 124 4} 4, 3 5 204 21 21 3 31 3 i 3 1 33 40 31 3 6 81 5f 24 11 16 18 35 45 111 i 84 1 31 ,ITI ES. 13 15 1 2 L. 21 3 , 32 505 515 17/ 22 13 15 17 18 71 8 104 12 771 82 185 195 90 95 1,74 224 11 13 205 210 18 20 1091 lO l The Volunteers. The very interesting ceremony of presenting to the First London Artllery Brigade the honorary Colonel-elect, Gen. Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.B. (Groom in Waiting to her Majesty the Queen), took place at Wellington Barracks on Saturday afternoon. The General was received with the usual salute, and after a few formations, "gun drill" by two detachments, and an advance in review order, the General expressed to Lieut.-Colonel Walmisley and the other officers the pleasure ho had experienced in witness ing the manoeuvres, and assured the members that if they persevered in their efforts he saw no reason why the corps should be excelled by any regiment in her Majesty's ser vice. The Lieut.-Colonel called for three cheers for Sir Henry Bentinck, which was heartily responded to ; the regiment then gave three cheers for Lieut.-Colonel Wab. misley, and the corps afterwards marched, headed by their bands, to tho headquarters. The appearance of the corps was very soldierlike. The Ist Middlesex Volunteer Engineer Corps was offi cially inspected in Hyde Park on Saturday evening by Colonel Wright. There was an excellent mustor of the regiment, which was under the command of Colonel M'Leod of M`Leod, and both men and officers proved them selves thoroughly efficient in battalion drill. The West Middlesex (9th) was inspected by the same officer in Regent's Park on Tuesday, when, as usual, the regiment showed a very largo percentage of efficients, and, under Lord Radstock, its commanding officer, went through the movements of a battalion. The inspecting officer, in addressing the regiment, expressed his satisfaction with the manner in which the drill was carried out, and par ticularly remarked on the soldierly silence maintained in the ranks. The London Scottish representatives for the Queen's Prize include Borne well-known names. The regiment sends 16 representatives this year, who have won the right in the following order :—Sergeant Michie, Private J. Anderson, Edward Roe.e, Cree, Lieut. Puckle, Ensign Stark, Ser geant Nichols, Private Dunlop, C. 8., Lieut. Scott, Ser geant Porteous, Private the Earl of Aberdeen, Sergeant Connack, Capt. Macgregor, Corporal Bailie, Lieut. 'Fisher, and Quartermaster-Sergeant Murray. The two first shoot for the Middlesex bronze medal. . There is to be a grand field day at Woolwich with the Regulars next Satunlay, and in this the Queen's (Westmin ster), the London Rifle Brigade, and other volunteer. corps of London will take a part. On Saturday the Bristol Rifle Corps were inspected by Col. Bruce, one of the district inspectors of volunteers, on Durdham Down, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators, the Mayor (Mr. W. Naish) being present in his state carriage, and wearing his massive chain of office. This was the sixth annual inspection which this crack bat talion has undergone, but never did it pass one more satis factorily, nor with greater credit to the gallant officer in command, Lieut.-Col. Bush. The attendance was very large, and will bear favourable comparison with that of pre vious years, showing that in Bristol there still exists that vitality in the volunteer movement which characterised its earlier history. The number on parade of all ranks was 575; at the inspection of 1864 the official return showed the regiment to have been represented by 578 of all ranks. The manner in which the various manoeuvres were executed is deserving of all praise, the advancing in line and the volley firing, both in company and battalion, being specially com mendable. At the close of the inspection Col. Bruce ex pressed the pleasure ho would experience in making a favourable report of the condition of the regiment to the Secretary of State. It was• impossible, he said, for him adequately to express his opinion of the excellent drill he had seen to-day; without making invidious comparisons, he might state that he had seen many of the best London volunteer corps, and he had never seen anything better than what he had seen done by that (the Bristol) regiment. He complimented the men upon their steadiness under arms, and observed that when an inspecting officer saw men perfectly steady to their firing, not looking about them and refraining from talking, he felt that he might with the greatest confidence go with those men anywhere. If over they should be called upon, he felt assured, and he said it with the most unfeigned sincerity, that they would be found fit to do all that would be required of them in a thoroughly efficient manner. The regiment, after having been briefly addressed by Lieut.-Col Bush, marched to headquarters and were dismissed. On Saturday afternoon a grand review took place in Holy rood-park of the volunteers of the Lothians, Stirlingshire, and Fife, followed by a great sham fight on the adjoining hills, in which the whole force, about 6,000 in number, took part. The volunteers were reviewed by Col. Erskine, her Majesty's Inspector, and by Col. H. Jonesand Col. Rowney, Assistant-Inspectors. There were also present Major-Gen. Walker, commanding in Scotland, Col. Egerton, Assistant Adjutant-General, Major H. de Page, aide-de-camp ; Col. Kiuloch, and other military and volun'zeer officers. The muster took place at 2 o'clock, in the park behind the pa lace. The force was . composed of three troops of the Fife Mounted Volunteers, under the command of the Earl of Rosalyn, and four brigades of infantry. The Ist brigade consisted of the Mid-Lothian and City of Edinburgh Rifles, and was commanded by Sir J. G. Baird; the 2d of the Edinburgh Rifle Brigade and East Lothian Rifles, com manded by Lieut.-Col. Davidson ; the 3d brigade was com posed of the Stirlingshire and West Lothian Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. - Col. Dundas, and the 4 th brigade consisted of the Mid-Lothian and Fifeshiro Rifles, com manded by Lieut.-Col. Sir T. Erskine. The review, which was on a larger scale than any volunteer demonstration which had taken place in Edinburgh since the memorable review of 22,000 Scotch volunteers by the Queen on the 7th of August, 1860, excited great interest in the counties from which the volunteers were drawn, and in nearly all the towns there was a holiday, whole or partial, to enable the various regiments to make a good turn-out. The hills which so closely overlook the park, and constitute a natural amphitheatre of vast expanse, were occupied by from 50,000 to 80,000 spectators. The day was dull, but the shade of the clouds was esteemed no slight relief, look ing to the probabilities of a scorching sunshine. At the middle of the fight the rain, which had threatened some time, fell heavily, while a cold wind was blowing among the heights. The weather again cleared before the close of the proceedings, but not before the rain had dispersed a large body of the spectators. The volunteers having taken up their ali gnments apposite the saluting flag, marchedpast the reviewing o ffi cer in succession, preceded by the Fife cavalry, who were splendidly mounted, and made a fine appearance. The brigades having severally marched past and saluted, the consolidated battalions especially making a very creditable display, the force was divided into two parties, one of which, consisting of the Ist and 2d brigades, was posted in the valley between the Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat, commonly called the Hunter's Bog ; and the other, consisting of the 3d and 4th brigade, with the ca valry, were to be the assailants of the position. The valley is about 800 yards from end to end, and rises at the southern extremity, whil e on the right the ground slopes upwards to the tip of th e crags, which are precipitous and broken. The heights of St. A nthony's Chapel, on the left,were taken by a brilliant assa u lt of the Mid-Lothian Rifles. From this point they harassed the right of the defending force, while on the opposite bank skirmishers were sent out to attack the left. The attacking party pressed up the valley, while the defending force retreated upwards. In this way the conflict was waged for above an hour, and on both sides, notwithstanding the rain, the mimic fight was kept up with great spirit and vigour. At length the defending force, which had been yielding the ground inch by inch, took new courage as they wer e pressed back on the higher ground, and opened a grand attack upon the assailing force, who now yielded ground more rapidly than they had gained it, and were finally driven to the bottom of the valley and back to the parade ground, making, however, a most orderly and deliberate retreat. In the course of the battle a grand charge was made oy the Fife cavalry upon the defending force, which formed squares to resist, each square pouring in a volley of musketry as the gallant horse men pranced up the valley. They were met at the top by the second battalion of the Edinburgh Rifles and turned, and in their retreat they were again exposed to a terrific fusilade. Another charge was then made near the close of the affair upon one of the Edinburgh battalions, ' which had come down the Queen's Drive to take the now defeated force in flank. The whole of the movements were gone through with great spirit and in admirable order, the skir mishing and forming of line, column, and square being ad mirably performed, and the volley fire being spendidly de livered. After the battalions had returned to the parade ground, Col. Erskine expressed his satisfaction at reviewing the fine body of men assembled on the ground. He had every reason to be pleased with the manner in which the brigades and battalions had been handled, and the precision with which all the manoeuvres had been executed, and the general steadiness of the men under arms showed that great attention had been paid by the force to their military duty. The proceedings at the Montrose Volunteer shooting competition continued over Thursday, terminating that evening with the presentation of the prizes to the success ful shots by the Earl of Dalhousie, and the annual dinner of the Angus and limns Rifle Association, under whose auspices the gathering is held. It has already been stated that the blue riband of the meeting---.“ Scotland's Cup"— was carried off by Sergeant Forbes, Ell on, w i t h t h e unpre cedented score of 81, his 21 shots a t 700 , 800, an d 900 yards being all bull's-eyes except three, and these were centres. Last year the same prize was won by the well known marksman, Mr. Hercules Ross, with a score of 72 —nine points fewer than Sergeant Forbes's score. It was also stated that Mr. Edward Ross had won the late Major Moir's Challenge Cup. A mistake, however, took place between different squads who were shooting for this prize as to the number of shots allowed, and on a reference to the umpires these gentlemen awarded the cup to Capt. Mitchell, Alloa. The gainers of the prizes next in importance were—Private Wilken, Ellon, the Aberdeen,theAngus and Moms Cup ; the Captain Ross's Challenge Cup tr ; gPeranrisat Cup e ; Bower,Lcn.d Ladies' Cross, Esign Walker, Portlethen. The cup, value £lO, given by Mears. Mappin, Lond on , was won b y Ser geant Lees, Perth. In the artillery gun competition, the first prize was carried by the 2d battalion, Arbroath. Although the competition and the actual work of the gathering was finished, as stated, on Thursday evening, yet all the crack marksmen were in the ground on Friday and Saturday, contending for places in the eight who are to represent Scotland in the International Match at Wimbledon for the Elcho Shield. This trial of a kill has always been conducted under the superintendence 'of " the Old Deer-stalker" Capt. Horatio Ross ; but in conga luence of the regretted absence of that gentleman through illness, the duty has fallen to his son, Mr. Edward Ross. Thir teen of the best shots in Scotland entered the list, and when our despatch left the chief scorers were—Private Wilkex Ellon, Lord Aberdeen, and his brother, the Hon. James Gordon. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. GREAT WESTERN. An adjourned special meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the Paddington Station to consider the re maining bills on therlist ; Mr. R. Potter in the chair. Mr. Saunders, the secretary, having road the notice of adjournment, _ Tho CHAIRMAN said that this would be the last 'Wham cliff° meeting of the company this session. The first bill he had to submit was to authorise the construction of a railway in the county of Glamorgan, to bo called the Afon. Valley Railway. Mr: WILLIAMS secondod the motion, and it was unani mously adopted. The following bills were then submitted and carried nem. con. ; the only clauses in them relating to the Great West ern Company were permissive, for making, working, and other arrangements :—To authorise the construction of a dock and other works at Newport, on the western side of the river Usk, to be called the Alexandra Dock, and of railways to connect the same with neighbouring railways ; a bill for making railways from the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford line at Pontypool to the Great Western Rail way ; to authorise the construction of a railway between Ross and Monmouth; for authorising the Sirhowy Rail way Company to construct a railway in substitution for the authorised extension of their railway to the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway, and to deviate their authorised railway, and to use parts of the Merthyr, Trade gar and Abergavenny, and Monmouthshire Railways, and the Park Mile, and for other purposes ; and a bill to autho rise deviations in the line of the Glocester Extension of the Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway, and to enable the company to raise additional capital. Formal resolutions, approving modifications in the lease of the Severn Valley Railway, and for making a branch Railway from Bewdley, and also sanctioning an agreement with the Forest of Dean Central Railway Company for use and working of the line, were passed. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. A special meeting was held at Manchester on Friday; Mr. Watkin, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved the approval of a bill authorising this company to make a railway to Liverpool, &c. He con gratulated the shareholders upon the success that had been achieved in passing the bill. The question had been whether the 2,000 miles of railway belonging to the several under takings of this company, the Great Northern, and the Mid land should remain separated from an independent connection with the most important port in the kingdom by a gap of 28 miles. The committee decided unanimously in their favour. The motion was agreed to unanimously. Similar sanction was given to tho Midland Company's Bill for a line from Mansfield to Southwell, &c., and the proceedings termi nated. Share! Railways. Business Paid• Price. done. I Paid Cl°llll4 I oi. & Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter .. • • Caledonian Cork and Bandon I Cornwall no. A A gets no div. till6p.c.p.an.has D. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wstern Great Eastern, Ord. at k. Do. E. Angl. at No. • ! Great North of Scotland Great Northern ll.Astock Do. B o 95 17 133 134 bi CI 82 48 18 17 90 92 108 1 , 7 48 49 7 8 132 13; 145 145 128 32 New. la. at 2i pra• GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. `'Pester rt -Original D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales _ _ 86 iS 64 /01 Do W. Ox:ord Do. Newport Do. Ilei eford Lane shire &Yorkshire 1.,:,nd0n and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New 63 65 47 49 45 48 105 106 122 123 9! f. 4 107 109 41 12 124 121 i 99 100 62 63 j 141 142 3i 3ip 135 135 104 1(6 Mfd'and PO, Birmin . da Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares %t id Kent North British _ _ Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. C3.N•11 purchase Do. Leeds . Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. 53 54 z 4 25 112 i 113} 70 71 104 105 De. do. 1855-143. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New .... Do. do. 18t14 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central. Scot. N. E .Aber. stock t ,o. Scot, Mid. st ' , trews do Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern 37 33 9 104 p 120 123 1 lip 79 80 11} 12 145 150 SI 56 61 63 59 53 81 6}4 9 10 151 159 Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 3 4p 'lO5 107 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw 01 47 4.4 W.Haraepool Har.& Do. A Irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable :8 80 13.14 at st et 50 20 102 103 ICI 10i 9pi 88 88 8: 84 1 id 1031 1016 95 97 89 91 65 67 3 5 82 81 101 102 101 102 i 4 'pr 101} 102 91 97 IT SMCUIi 107 10? 1091 1101 :NES, MONMOUTHSHIRE, A special meeting was held at the offices, Newport, on Wednesday ; Mr. Bailey, M.P, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was convened to con sider and approve, or otherwise, of certain bills now before Parliament. A resolution was unanimously agreed to approving a bill to enable the company to purchase the Brecon Canal, to con struct two short branch railways, and to raise additional capital. A second resolution, approving the Alexandra(Newport) Dock Bill, which gave the company power to subscribe £20,000 toward that undertaking, was agreed to with two dissentients. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the London Tavern, Lieutenant-Colonel P. T. French in the chair. Mr. BAYNES, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was so full and explicit that it left him very little to say. The line had been completed and opened at the end of November last to Bombay for passenger traffic. The monsoon was now at its height, and would keep pouring down until September, after which the portion of line from Bulsar to Bombay, 120 miles, would be opened for goods traffic. Ho thought the receipt of £l4 per mile per week over the whole 306 miles, for passenger traffic only, was very satisfactory. The vast population on their line was chiefly confined to the rich and productive districts of country north of Belfar, so that at one end of their line they had Bombay, and at the other a most extensive cotton district. When the goods traffic was brought on the line their receipts must largely increase. The Government had required new forms of accounts to be adopted, which had caused some delay in their preparation, and the directors were not thou able to show the expenditure for the two past half-years, but that would be rectified when the new forms were adopted, and they would be able to present them in future. The traffic receipts were continually increasing. By the last returns the receipts for six weeks to the Bth of May amounted to £31,890, against £18,627 in 1864, being an average of £5,315 per week against £3,105 per week, and £l9 165...3d. per mile per week against £l6 15s. 2d. per mile per week in 1864, and this he thought was very satisfactory. Their tariff for goods was low, be ing only id. per ton per mile for pressed cotton. Cotton presses were being established at Surat, Broach, Ahmeda bad, and other places on their line. The pressing of the cotton would facilitate the loading and unloading of it, and make the risk from fire much less than when unpressed. He believed they charged the highest rates for third-class passengers of any line in India. The population at pre sent on their line between Bombay and Bulsar, a distance of 120 miles, was very thin, but from Bulsar to Ahmeda bad, 186 miles in length, constituted the populous and rich districts, and from which they might fairly expect an im mense traffic. The goods traffic could not be fully deve loped until they got their permanent station at Colaba, near the waterside, in Bombay. They had recently ordered 10 more engines and 1,000 goods waggons, and would soon require more rolling stock. Thoy had also under consi deration the placing of a double line on all their bridges and large embankments ; and also the doubling of the line for a few miles out. of Bombay. It would be necessary to raise further capital for those purposes ; and they also pro posed to establish an insurance fund by a half-yearly con tribution out of the gross receipts of £2,000. He then ad verted to the retirement from ill-health of Mr. Lane, their late able manager, who had rendered great services to the company. Mr. W. ITAUTRIDGE, deputy chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agreod to unanimously. Formal resolutions were also adopted authorising the di rectors to raise further capital by the issue of new stock, or debentures, under the sanction of the Secretary of State for India. It was also agreed to convert the paid-up shares into stock. On the motion of Mr. HARTRIDGB, Col. French and Major Vereker, the retiring directors, wore unanimously re -elected. The retiring auditors were also re-elected. Lieut.-Col. KENNEDY said he had compared the traffic receipts per mile on their line with those of three other In dian railways, and found that they were 8 per cent. more than one, 40 per cent. more than another, and 10 par cent. more than a third. Tho profits on the goods traffic would be much more than those on' the 'fiass_nger traffic. Thoir real anxiety was not as to getting traffic, but as to how they should carry the traffic that would come to the railway. Considering that a large amount of their receipts would be from through traffic, and that they were making every effort to accommodate it, he fully expected to see dividends of 10 per cent. i ea]ised. Mr. LANE, the late manager of the company, fully con firmed the statement of Col. Kennedy, the consulting en gineer. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. EASTERN BENGAL. It appears from a statement made by the agent of this company to the Government consulting engineer in Bengal, that the traffic receipts on the line for the first three months of this year amounted to 367,729 rupees, the expenditure to 150,318 rupees, or 40.88 per cent., and the net revenue to 217,411 rupees, which he estimates is sufficient to pay a dividend for the three months at the rate of 4.83 per cent. on tit; estimated capital of £15,000 per mile of railway; and as the company's agent finds that the working expenses do not increase in proportion to the increase of revenue he as sumes " that so far as that railway is concerned, the Impe rial revenue will shortly be relieved of the charges on account of guaranteed interest ; also that the shareholders will soon get more than 5 per cent. on their investment." GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 3d inst. amounted for local passengers to £6,496, for foreign passengers to £2,177, for emigrants to £852, for mails, kc., to £829, for local freight and live stock to £10,896, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,365, total, £23,615, against X 22,834 for the corresponding w ee k of last year, showing an increase of £7Bl. The total receipts from the,lst of January to the above date amounted to £527,355, and for the same period of 1864 to £493,832, showing an increase of £34,523. HUDSON'S BAY. The directors of this company state in their report that they have determined to declare a dividend of 10s. per share, payable on and after the 12th of July next, in addi tion to the dividend of Bs. per share distributed in January last. RAILWAY BILLS. In the Lords' committees on Thursday, the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Extension) ; the Wrexham and Minera ; the Bishop's Castle (Chirbury to Minsterley) ; and the Bishop's Castle (Extension to Craven Arms, &c.) Bills were passed. The London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 1), and the Greenock Bills were proceeded with. The Burton upon-Trent, the Burton-upon-Trent (Connexion), the Althorpe-on-Trent and Lincoln, and the Bishop's Castle (Deviations, &c.), being unopposed, were referred to Lord Itedesdale's committee. In the Commons (Committee of Ways and Means), the Southern Bill was passed. ;:n the Lords' committees on Friday the case of the sh re\ vsbury and Potteries Junction Bill was opened, and evidence for the promoters taken. , One committee, A, was engaged ail day with the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast case, and another committee passed the London, Chatham, and Dover . (No. 1) Bill. The case of the North and South Wiltsniro Junction Bill was finished, and that of the Wilt shire Bill commenced. The preambles of the two bills are to be decided on when both cases are concluded. The Greenock Bill was proceeded with before a committee of the Commons. On Saturday, in the Lords' committees, the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Bill was proceeded with; and the Wilt shire and the North and South Wiltshire Junction Bills were passed. The Leeds Bankruptcy Court Inquiry. -4,.- -- On Saturday was issued the report of the select commit tee appointed to inquire into all the circumstances con nected with the resignation of Mr. Henry Sedgwick Wilde, as registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy at Leeds ; the granting him a pension; the appointnient of Mr. Welch to the said office; and whether he was to resign his appoint ment in favour of the Hon. Richard Bothell and receive another appointment in London. In regard to the first subject of their inquiry—the' cir cumstances of Mr. Wilde's resignation of the office of registrar in the District Court of Leeds—the committee report :—Your committee cannot but regret extremely that such a letter as that of the 26th of June should have been written by the Chief Registrar, not merely on ac count of the impropriety of its-terms, but because the sug gestion of retirement probably induced Mr. Wilde to apply at once for a pension, and thus frustrated the Lord Chan cellor's declared intention of having the charges against Mr. Wilde publicly heard in court. Mr. Wilde pressed your committee to enter upon a farther investigation of these charges ; but, as there appeared to your committee to bo no ground whatever for any suspicion that there had been any improper motive for preferring the charges against Mr. Wilde, and as, moreover, the reports and documents (includ 7 ing Mr. Wilde's own explanatory statement) clearly sup ported those charges, at least to such a degree as to justify the Lord Chancellor in calling upon Mr. Wilde to answer them in open court; and further, as Mr. Wilde had him self chose to retire on a pension rather than submit to a public inquiry into his conduct, your Committee refused to prolong an investigation, which, whatever its result might have been, must have been far less satisfactory in its nature than that in which Mr. Wilde had declined. On the second head of inquiry—the granting a pension to Mr. Wilde—the Committee report that the haste and want of caution necessarily give rise to suspicion that a vacancy in the office is the object sought rather than jus tice to the officer or the public. In this instance, how ever, your Committee consider that no improper motives are to be imputed to the Lord Chancellor. With regard to the third head of inquiry—Mr. Welch's appointment—the Committee are satisfied that no im putation can fairly be made against the Lord Chan cellor; but they call attention to some "remarkable evidence touching this part of their inquiry." This evi dence relates to monetary transactions between Mr. Welch and the Hon. R. Bethell, and the charge made by the Rev. R. Harding, vicar of St. Ann's, Wandsworth, that the Hon. R. Bethell was to use his influence with his father to secure an appointment for Mr. Welch, Mr. Welch paying £5OO down and £l,OOO on securing the appointment. The charge is denied by Mr. Welch and the Hon. R. Bethell. The committee say—Mr. Harding's statement, if true, dis closes a corrupt bargain between the three parties ; if false, it is a gross attempt at extortion. One or other of these conclusions would be established by a judicial investigation of the facts of the case; but as each of them involves the liability to a charge of a highly penal character, your committee, not having the opportunity of examining witnesses upon oath, or of bringing the persons inculpated to a formal trial, purposely abstained from expressing any opinion as to which of the two views above mentioned ought to be adopted. They consider it their duty to ob serve, that the indisputable facts are such as to render it essential to the public interest that the case should, as soon as possible, be made the subject of legal investigation. On the fourth and last head of inquiry, whether Mr. Welch was to resign his appointment at Leeds in favour of Mr. Bethell, and receive another appointment in London, the committee say :--" In the month of May, 1864, the Lord Chancellor, on being informed that his son was deeply indebted, compelled him to resign his office of registrar in the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Bethell shortly afterwards went abroad with his family, and re mained abroad during the summer and autumn. Towards the close of the year he returned to England, having formed a plan for making some arrangement with his cre ditors, and hoping to be reconciled to his father. Appli cations were made to the Lord Chancellor to induce him to relent in favour of his son, and give him some ap pointment. The Lord Chancellor was asked to appoint him to the office of clerk at the table of the House of Lords, which he peremptorily refused to do. He was asked by Mr. Miller to give his son the appointment of registrar in bankruptcy in London vacated by Mr. Slingsby Bethell, and Mr. Miller, in the hope that his request would be granted, but without any authority from the Lord Chan cellor, prepared an order appointing Mr. Bethell to that office. The Lord Chancellor refused to make the appointment ; but upon a suggestion being made Dither by Mr. Skirrow (an intimate friend of the Lord Chancellor, and a trustee of Mrs. Bethell'a marriage settlement) or by Mrs. Bothell herself, that Mr. Bethell might be appointed to an office in the coun try, the Lord Chancellor appears, on Feb. 22, 1865, at an interview with Mr. Skirrow, to have held out some expec tation that he would consider the matter if Mr. Bethell could obtain a release from all his creditors ; up to that day he had peremptorily refused to entertain the subject. Mr. Skirrow's view was in favour of an office at Bristol, as being in the neighbourhood of Mrs. Bethell's relations. Later in the same day Mr. Bothell called on Mr. Skirrow, at Staple Inn, and probably thenunderstood from him that there was some probability of his receiving an appointment in the country. Mr. Welch was then introduced to Mr. Skirrow by Mr. Bethell, and some remarks passed which show that Mr. Bethell expected to obtain the office at Leeds, and Mr. Welch hoped to be transferred to London. Mr. Bethell went to Leeds on the following day, saw Mr. Welch at his office on the 24th, and it is clear that it was generally understood in the Bankruptcy Court at Leeds that Mr. Bethell was shortly to bo appointed registrar there, and that Mr. Welch was to bo transferred elsewhere. In the meanwhile, Mr. Miller had been informed of the plan, and, in full expectation that it would be carried into effect, pre pared two orders of - appointment, one of Mr. Welch to the London registrarship, the other of Mr. Bethell to that at Leeds. He says that Mr. Skirrow gave him the information upon which ho relied ; but this Mr. Skirrow positively denies. Mr. Miller further states that ho prepared the order before-mentioned, appointing Mr. Bothell to the London registrarship, and the two orders last men tioned without the knowledge of the Lord Chancellor, and that they wore the only appointments ever prepared by him wfthout the Lord Chancellor's sanction. The Lord Chancellor also states that he did not hear of these orders being prepared before this inquiry took place. ' On Sunday, the 26th, the Lord Chancellor, from some in formation which he had received as to his son's conduct at Paris, determined not to appoint his son to any office; he sent for Mr. Skirrow, and declared his decision. On Monday, the 27th, Mr, Miller was about to present the two appointments to the Lord Chancellor for signature. Mr. Skirrow saw him, and advised him not to do so, mentioning what had occurred on the previous 'day. Mr. Miller did not show the appointments, but men tioned the subject to the Lord Chancellor, who said that he would make no appointment. It appears to your committee that Mr. Skirrow acted simply as a friend of the Lord Chancellor's family. No improper motive has been suggested for the part which Mr. Miller took, although his conduct in preparing the appointments without the sanction, or even knowledge, of the Lord Chancellor was highly reprehensible. Mr Bethell and Mr. Welch were undoubtedly desirous of promoting the arrange ment for their own interests; but the Lord Chancellor ap pears to have had no knowledge of the plan, beyond the suggestion made to him by Mr. Skirrow and Mrs. Bethel!, and no knowledge whatever of what had been done in ex pectation of its completion until some time after he had finally refused to make any appointment in favour of his son. The committee say, in conclusion : • Your committee, in performance of the duty entrusted to them, went fully into all the circumstances which seemed to bear on any portion of the subject matter ; in their report, however, they have confined their observa tions to those points which they consider most material. They must be allowed to observe, in conclusion, that while the facts which they believe to be established by the evidence acquit the Lord Chancellor from all charge except that of haste and want of caution in granting a pen sion to Mr. Wilde, and although some of the questions asked in your honourable house which led to the appointment of this Committee were founded on information which was not thoroughly accurate, yet the general impression created by the sudden retirement of Mr. Wilde and the pecuniary transactions which took place between Mr. Bethell and Mr. Welch, coupled with the representations made by Mr. Bethell on his visit to Leeds, were calculated to excite the gravest suspicious ; and your committee are of opinion that the inquiry which they have conducted was, for this reason, highly desirable for the public interests. MADRID, June 23.—The O'Donnell Ministry have taken possession of their post. Marshal Serrano is appointed Captain-General of Madrid. A general amnesty has been accorded tp the press. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. CITY BETTING-THIS DAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 2 agst Caller Ou (taken) sto 1 agst Brown Bread (taken) 6to 1 agst Revival (taken) Bto 1 agst Le Marechal (taken) 10 to 1 agst Brandy Wine (taken) 10 to 1 agst Macbeth (taken) 100 to 6 agst La Toucques (taken; 100 to 6 agst Alice (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to .6 agst Claremont (taken) 20 to 1 agst any other (offered) SPORTING NOTE F. The Liv - erpool Meeting was only noteworthy for the small field that contested the Uv:rpool Cup. Of the twelve horses coloured on the card ouly seven put in ap pearance, but this number only represented four stables, as Holywell - sent three to the post—Stanton, Farce, and Nu—while Mr. Barber was represented by Helen and Macbeth ; those who fought on their own account being Success and Sidewind. The two latter looked altogether the best of the party, Sidewind being greatly improved in appearance since she ran at York,, while Success, who is one of the best-looking threal-year-olds in training, was in superb 'condition. This pair, engrossed nearly all tho bat ting, but Mr. Barber, who declared to win with Macbeth, supported him with some. spirit, while an odd " tenner', was invested ou Nu, with whom the llolywall stable de clared to win. Duthie- the forenoon 'many investments were made on Success at 7 to 4, but owing to the su pp or t accorded to Sidewind, , and Macbeth by their respective owners, Mr. Buckley's horse went back to 2 to 1 at start ing, while at half a point more Sidewind was very freely supported, and notwithstanding Mr. Barber's declaration to win with Macbeth, a good many investments were made on Helen at 9 to 2, Macbeth's price being 100 to 15. The race was run at as good a pace as the latter could make, but - the favourite, who :waited until opposite the Stand, there disposie'ssed Mr. Barber's horse of the lead, after he had disposed of Sidewind, and won very cleverly by a length, Sidewind finishing a neck be hind Macbeth, thus reversing the relative positions the latter pair held on the Knavestnire.• 'The Surrey and Mid dlesex Stakes was a fec-simile of the Liverpool Cup, as precisely the same numbers put in an appearance,' which turned out the "good thing" for Auditor the latter's run ning in the Ascot Stakes betokened. Lord Westmore land's horse had been first favourite at " the lists" all along, and they betted odds on him at starting, the only other backed for money being Lady Valentine, who again cut up badly as at Newmarket, whilst Hopper managed to save her stake—the second appearance to-day of Fordham in Mr. Parr's colours in that most unenviable position. This is the first race of any consequence Auditor has won for his popular owner since the Trial Stakes at Ascot last year, though the public, with their usual want of discretion, have been "waiting for him" ever since, under the impres sion that the horse was much better than he has since turned out to be. Precisely the same number of compe titors ran for the Great Newton Cup, but Moulsey, although supposed to be "out of his length," was backed against the field; and jumping away in front, Lord Bateman's colt was never approached. His lordship, however, did not back the winner heavily, from a doubt whether the son of Teddington would quite stay the course. The only change in the betting was the decline of Revival, and the support awarded to Caller On consequent on her success in Her Majesty's Plate at Hampton. The Newcastle-on-Tyne meeting commences to-mor row and extends over three days. The North Derby for three-year-olds will be won by Oppressor in the absence of Wild Agnes, and the Tyro Stakes by Split the Difference or Blue Riband. The Grand Stand Stakes has The Lion and Blue Riband engaged, and I shall look to one of the pair furnishing the winner. The Northumberland Plate once was a good betting race, but now, like all the other handicaps that have been contested this year, will, in all probability, produce a very small field. Those most likely to take part in the race are the following : Caller Ou, La Toucques, Buckfoot, Alice, Le Marechal, Brindisi, Brandy Wine, Revival, Macbeth, Brown Bread, Little John, and Strong Beer. Caller Ou has the top weight, and has been backed as if the race were all over. That she can win on her merits I do not believe in the face of such lightly weighted horses as Le Marechal, Brin disi, Brandy Wine, Revival, and Brown Bread. But it begins now to look like a case of " squaring" for the old mare. If Jackson could only get 11,:vival out of the way, wouldn't he like it ? The Jacksons, I'An sons, and Dawsons are all closely allied by family ties, and whichever they stand will bo very near winning. But if the mystery which surrounds the starting of REVIVAL be cleared away, I shall stand alone by the popular colours of Lord Zetland, who has run two seconds for this race with Carbineer and Skirmisher. I shall expect the judge to place. REVIVAL ox LE MARECHAL 1 BROWN BREAD 2 MACBETH 3 The Corporation Plate, although it has nearly a hundred entries, will produce about eight or niuo runners, and will be won by the horse that most money can be got out of the bookmakers. Bandarilla should win the Gold Cup Stakes. A FRESH MAN. CARLISLE Acceptances for the Cumbert a disc Age st lb The Tartar 4 8 12 Cathedral 4 8 7 Le Marechal 5 7 10 Alice ... 5 7 8 Brindisi ... 4 7 4 Helen ... ... 4 7 2 Crisis ... 4 7 2 Miss Pickle ... 4 6 12 Hopper ... 4 6 12 Revival ... ...4 6 11 Macbeth ... ... 4 6 9 MEETING. and Plate. Twice round and ,an ce. Age st lb Vanessa ... 4 6 9 Auricula ... 4 6 9 Friday ... ... 3 6 9 Madame Tagliafico 4 6 6 Little John ... 3 6 5 Lady of Coverdale 3 6 2 Elastic ... 3 5 12 Harry Brailsford ... 3 5 10 Strong Beer 3 5 10 Curtain Lecture 3 5 7 Zenobia ... 3 5 7 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, June 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Roslin Castle, from Calcutta; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin. CLYDE, Juno 24.—Wind S.lV.—Arrived—Bangshort, from Matanzas. COWES, Juno 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—lndiana, from Callao. OFF QUEENSTOWN, June 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Alfred, from Mauritius. CARDIFF, June 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Albion, from Bremen. SWANSEA, June 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Athelstane, for Valparaiso. LIVE;POOL, June 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Governor- General, from Bombay ; Zouve, from Pernambuco ; Win consin, from New York. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRiVRSEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, June 25.—Burgeminster Kestina, from Buenos Ayres ; Result, from Guernsey ; Linguard, from Gefle ; Margaret, from Dominica ; John Bull, from Hamburg ; Danube, from Dantsic ; St. Croix, from Barbadoes ; Nep tunus, from Warberg; Rose Gray, from Cronstadt ; Black Prince, from Bahia ; Franque, from Gothenburg. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Star of Denmark (in tow), from Calcutta ; Normal (in tow), from Singapore—both for London; Clara, from the north for the west ; Marshal, from the west, for London ; Sunbeam, from London, for Auckland. SIGNOR ROSSINI, we are rejoiced to hear from Paris, is again in perfect health. A MONUMENT TO HOMER.—Signor Regaldi, an Italian poet, has written a letter to the Foreign Minister of the kingdom. of Greece, suggesting that a monument to Homer should be erected in Athens. THE DUKE OF SOMERSET, accompanied by his private secretary, Captain Robert Hall, R.N., and several of the members of the Board of Admiralty, visited the Great Eastern on Thursday at Sheerness.—Army and Navy Gazette. A GAS TRICK.—Some rogue has entered two chapels in Chatham by getting possession of the keys by falsely pretending that he was employed by the gas com pany to take a record of the consumption of gas by the meters in the chapels ; from one chapel ho carried off some money in missionary boxes, &c.—Chatham News. A MEMORIAL TO MILTON, at Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, is talked of. The house wherein he finished "Paradise Lost" is known to be still in existence at this place. POOR JULES GERARD'S PERSONAL EFFECTS have realised an insignificant sum compared with what his friends had hoped and expected. His aged mother had looked forward to a small income for the rest of her days ; but the auction which scattered her son's guns and hunting knives to the world failed to excite any attention other than that of a few dealers and tradesmen who, with one exception, bid for the groat hunter's weapons, without at taching the slightest importance to their late brave pos sessor. The only article which was keenly contested was the skin of a lion, which Gerard killed on the 30th of Jan., 1850, in the Sequin country. The proprietor of an im mense shop on the Boulevards, La Regence, gave 600 francs for it, and also bought the huntees letter, describing the exciting struggle he had with the brute.—London Review. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde entertained the Duke do Richelieu, the Earl and Countess, do Grey, the Earl of Harewood, the Earl Annesley, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton, Lord and Lady Dufferin, Lord Dunkellin, Colonel the Hon. John Stanley, Hon. Frederick Cadogan, Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, &c., at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Stratton-street, Piccadilly. rim/Erik:N(lE SHAKICS. [ester, She Meld. and Lincoln, 6 per cent, Ltto,A6, _ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STI London and South-Western, 43 per cent., 091 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 90 FOREIGN RAILNYA.YB. Dutch Rhenish, 23 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 191 FOREIGN MINES. Bt. John dcl Rey, Rm., 42 1 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 119 18 Alliance atm.'. 31 3 0 I Anglo Egyptian, lim., 12; Australasia, 75 41 Chartered 4ler. of India, London, and China, 19 Consolidated Bans, lira., 101 Continental. lim., Ditto, new, 18 English Joint Stock, lim., 121 European Bank, lim., 11} Imperial Bank, 11m.. k9j Imperial Ottoman, 7} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 78 London Joint Stock, 5,0 London and South African, 18} Ilercantile and Exchange, lim., 74 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 152 j Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi. lim.. 7 Standard of British Sonia' Africa, lim., 18 17 Union of London, 51} 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Atl,ntio Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 51 64 Ceylon Company, 10 Company of African Merchants. lira., 3 Credit Fowler of Mauritius, lira„ 8/ Crystal Palace. 406 Gen. Credit and Flamm of London, lira., 6 Hudson's Bay, 166 Imperial Mei canine Credit Soso. lira.. 7 International Financial society, lira., 66 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour , Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redcm. 1870, issued 90, 821 2 Joint Stock Discount, lira.. 96 Land Securities, 1 m., 4 London Financial A;sociation, lim., 24 I London (ientral Omnibus Company, 311 4 M .dras Irrgation and Canal, 91 Ditto (all), 20} Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, Um , Peninsula and Oriental Stc am, 76 I Ditto, new, 65 Telegrat h construe. and Maintenance, lim., 8; Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 7i Universal Marine. Insurance. lim.. 6 The Queen of Madagascar, according to a letter received in Paris, has begun to wear crinoline. She inau gurated the new fashion at a religious ceremony in which she took part on the 15th April last, near Tananariva. The novelty seems to have been favourably received by the population ; but only the princesses of the royal family have been authorised to adopt it. The Queen has, how ever, made one exception, in favour of the wife of Itaini laiarivo.oy, her Prime Minister. 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