The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues active, and the rates of the brokers remain firm at 8k and 9 per cent. for the best description of short-dated paper. Opinion seems diverted as to the probability of a reduction to-morrow in the official minimum. It is thought that the usual quarterly payments will diminish to a large extent the private balances, and that the Gazette return will not be of the satisfac tory character many anticipate. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. _ At the meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, the accounts presented to the 31st December last showed a gross profit of £297,439 for the year. The directors recommend a dividend of 10s. per share, which will be equal to 10 per cent. per annum. The directors of the Northern Assam Tea Com pany have declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the six months ending the 30th inst. on the A shares of the company, payable at the London and County Bank on the Ist July. It has been announced by the directors of the Anglo-Austrian Bank that they will be prepared to pay, on and after the 2d proximo, Coupon No. 1, doe on that day, at the rate of 3s. 6d, per share, free of income-tax. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegrams this morning, the French Rentes were 63f. 20c. Firm. It is not at all remarkable to have witnessed in the City this day a solid improvement in Govern ment Stocks, Foreign Bonds and all descriptions of Property pertaining, in the shape of investments, to the interests of the country. The result of the Re form Bill debate seems to have formed a decided success in every quarter. That there will be much inconvenience cannot be denied, yet it has been proved incontestably that, individually, both par ties show almost equal strength. Notwithstanding the resignation, and its acceptance, the British Funds are firmer ; even Foreign Funds have ad vanced despite the war, and shares, Financial and Miscellaneous, are stronger in marketable value than they were before her Majesty accepted the re signation of her immediate Ministers. Consols are now 861 87 for money and 87 1 for the account, showing, as already stated, an improvement of k per cent. The New Threes were 861, and Reduced Annuities 86 f ; India 5 per Cents., 1031; and ditto Bonds, ss. dis. to ss. prem. Most descriptions of Foreign Stocks are at en hanced values. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 28 1 ; Mexican, 144 15 ; ditto New, 111 121 ; Greek, 10f 11f ; Spanish Passive, 19+ f ; the Certificates, 14/ 15 ; Italian, 40f I; Brazilian Scrip, 3,dis. United State' 5-20 Bonds are 6414; Erie Shares, 381 ; and Illinois, 731 41. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a limited scale, and in some instances prices have slightly given way. London, Chatham, and Dover have declined 4 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), * ; Great Eastern, -I ; and North-Western and Metropolitan each 1; while Great Northern have advanced 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little variation. South Austrian and Lombardo-Vene tian have advanced to 111 1 ; Great Indian Penin sula declined to 107 k 1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most instances at steady rates. Alliance have improved 201 21; Hindustan, China, and Japan to 5f ; Im perial Ottoman to 71 8 ; London and County to 66 67 ; and Oriental Bank C or p oration to 381 40 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are marked 2 dis. ; General Credit, 11 dis.; International Financial at 1i dis. ; London Financial, 14 13 dis. ; and National Discount Company, 7 71 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols .. . B 6f 71 6 2 Do. Account, July 1 . 0. 3 per Cent. Reduced + 6 1. New 3 per Cent Mii 6 iii New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire s th AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.' M arch. Juno. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO ........................ Do £lOO and £2OO ...... Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent ...... Do Account .................................... INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 18 74 ... Do. Account ................................. 5 per Cent. July, 187 0 ............... 1031 I Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ............... Do. Certificatev .................... ,ertificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent............ Cent............— O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ............... 1004 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 ............... Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ...... Do. Bonds, .£l,OOO ........................... 5 dis 5 pm Do. under £l,OOO .......................... 5 die 5 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEb. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £ l5 p d.. pin - Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent ...... : Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 D 0.1865 Do Account .., Do. Scrip, £55 paid zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do £lOO Bonds ........ . Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C h - Ilan 6 per Cent Do; 44 per Cent Do. 6 per Cent .............................. Do Scrip, £5O paid olombian 6 per Cent. _ 6 per Gent ..... .. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 u a,,r,lubian Principalities 0 ' Account ............... E " VAdor New Consolidated, 1 pe r Cent — -uo., Provisional Land Warrant Do Def erre d DgYptian 7 per Cent Do., Seco n d Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do £lOO Bonds ............................. 804 Do. Gov ern ment Railway Debentures. 804 Greek Do. £6O paid ............. ...... ......... dis 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 114 Do. Account ................................. Do. Coupons ................................. Do. Account ................................. Guatemala 5 per Cent. ........................ Italian 5 per Cent 1865 ..................... Do Account ...... . ... ........................ Do. 3laxemmana Railway .................. Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 t)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Monteviclean 6 per Cent., £ 3O p aid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada — Do 2 per Cent —} Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 no. Account ................. . Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do q per Cent., 1862 no Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, 7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account .............................. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St — -Do 41- per Cent. 18 50 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 D 0 5 per Cent. 1862 , i 80} .1- ' 0 6 per Cent. 1864 ...... . Sardinian 5 per Cont Do. A ccoun t sPArlish 3 per Cent .................... . Do Account 1, , ) , ° New Deferred , 0 Account .I ) . ' ° Passive I, o Account 'a anish Cert. of Coup not funded D Account. B iv ~ DO. 4 p er C en t. u : 4} per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Acco un t Do 6 per Cent. 1858 1 20. Account _, ) O £lOO Bonds — Lie 6 Do per Cent. 1862 ,1..? Accqunt Do £lOO Bonds D0..6 per Cent., 1863 57 4} ~, 3 0 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 2Bl- i Do Account Y en • 4 per Cent. Guaranteed _ pzuela 3 per Cent. t tto account r , 6 per Cent., 1862 — 4, 0. Accou n t D O. 6 —'• Per Cent, 1864 Ansi,_Divideuds on the above payable in London. Ilei,•,bul 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 1.1 4 _ , 4 / per cent., Ex. 25f. r etchr; . 4 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 57 5 I troja ch lentos 3 per Cent. ... D.., 4 5 er ent., 1861, Ex. 25f. D O Ac p count -.••.• C ons THREE O'CLOCK. D °le for m one y 0 . Account - ~.--.• B6} 7xd • M M. B7} f xd S HARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, de A b.Junc. &London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. , Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. V.p._ Rail gua. ii 91 126 127 50 60 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 112 111 30 3 7 5 6 120, 1214 131 I3Z 621 521 Do. South Wales: Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 34 33 Lancashire Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. do :North Western Lou. A; South Western Man., Slid., .1; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 121 :24 go 92 25 26 1101 )/7 it 224 01 604 3 i 311 2 21 p 'I 0 87 1 Metropolitan District Do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. k Derby %lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. th. .Eastern—Berwick Do. (i.N•I3 purohast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 1 41 124 93 i 5 55 57 A 26 ICB 110 69 71 106 107 rio. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stock , Shropshire Union South Devon 35 35 9 11 p 120 122 --- 1 2p I 21, 74 76 108 112 118 IL2 0 G 7 all 100 100 100 100 45 18 70 70d 7i 140 145 2 3) Loo 103 South E,stern 'Raines, Wok., it Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of death Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 53 55 ZSSIONS , 52 b 4 101 102 id p 4} 4/ i 8 9 76 80 58 GO 100 102 100 102 1(.2 103 18 20 85 87 58 62 55 60 50 55 48 52 40 45 37 41 24 26 23 25 107 100 It I P ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 36 i 6 12C1 11 521 3 2f 81 I 86j rs 9 70 69j IG2I j 71 1011 1021 1 I Paid./ Closinm I Businefle p r i ce. ' done. --_.__ 11.1 91 916 256 [lei 17 I'7 161 17} 921 16 60 6 1301} 1241 2 5 41 62 BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence I Born., Baroda, Az Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. I` 'shares Buffalo Sr Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- 1 .. • ...• • Calcutta it S. 8., lim• • ate Town 4t Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• East. Benial, gu., 5 do East .liAlian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Du. do. deferred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. cent c Po. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India ..... • gua. 5 per cent 41 per cent Do ...... Great Wts. of Canada Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fif th Extension 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. 3fel. & Hudson's Bay.• N. ill.C'da, 6po Istpt.bc Scinde • Do. Delhi Do. do 4, • Do. PLllljallb Liu" Do.lndus St. Flo ``' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1072. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja..t July 1877-Si . ......... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept Uo. 5 p. o. Jan. & July. Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Capo (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 187 1 Vo.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9, Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do )lauritius, G p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1"78 Do. 1882, May t 5, Nov. It• Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug , 3ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 rc.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... •• • Nova ScAia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 upwards 18684 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. il & - J a July Do. do, A pr Oct Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gannislake East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G weu. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal 8u5y....• G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod' Foot Elingston Downs M a rgAret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley 31wyndy Iron Ore, Um Ne - ,v Se ton ........ North Roskear N.Wh'l I3assett(llloglin North Wheal Crotty . • ser United.... • • • • Pro Ipdeuce Uuy 1:( n S. Caradon (St. Cleer) Sou th Condurrow S. Wheal Fran. (I Hogan Stray Park Ti n Croft Vig,ra and Clogan , lim West Bassetlllogan. W. Caradon t ( (Liskeard West C hi verton ....... . West Beton ...... . Wheal Bassett (Mogan, Wheal Buller (Redruth i Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 I . 'oo 2 100 100 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 r oss 99 101 91 93 14f 15 oi 5 d vl 23 83 13 I 101 102 91 0 3 86 88 8 82 88 100 93 9 9 1 3d 97 99 107; f 8 15k 15 i 124 831 ink 1 I 911 V 5 97 92 f 5 92 95 78 80 78 80 99 101 162 101 102 101 102 101 86 8) ILO 102 ILS I 7 102 104 103 105 101 (03 104 106 99 100 91 04 92 9 , 90 96 85 SS 9t 0 0 74 79 96 99 96 100 104 NOG 102 101 6 7 6 8 44) 460 12 1 i 4 7 8 1 2} 21 61 7i 3 31 20 21 42 14 i I 18 20 1} 2 37 00 33 31 4 0 3} 41 2} 1111 35 95 2 4 I 1 97 29 Z 17& 221 3.2.6 18.18.0 35.15 41 9 1 1 3 5 1 2 6 7 on 721 125 1 35 10 85 121 3 5 170 1 80 11 rut:FE (LEN UN tiHAKIGd. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. t e r 7 ent. pm. , 106 Grea t Northern, 5 per cent. , rd. at 5 pc Great Western Orig. 41 per cent pi:, 85 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 41 per cent., 1858, 91 London, Brighton, &c., 5 per cent. 1865, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 54 L o ndon and Blackwall, 851 roitmert RAILWAYS, Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 9 B a hia and San Francisco, u.n., gua. 7 per;cent., 131 1 I Dutch Rhenish. 161 ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 6 1 Recite and San FrallOiSed, lira., gua. 7 per cent.. 101 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111 FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, 1 BANKS , Agra and Masterman's. Um., 5, 41 5 Matinee, lim.. 2t 201 1) B raz ilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 Chartered Bank ot India. Australia. and Chtna; 14) Chartered Uer...ot India, London, and China, 32) City, 16 ) Conso lid a ted Bank, Um.. 4 n 4 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 51 6 Imperial Bank, lim.. 25 Imperial Ottoman, 71 8 ) London and Brazilian (lim.), Ditto. new, 64 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at lj pm., 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 201 London and County , 66 7f 6 London Joint Stock. 44 3/ London and South-Wester n, Metropolitan 15 , 16 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 14 Oriental Banx Corporation, 40 .38k Union of:London, 451 i DOCKS. East and West India, 13) ondon and St. Katharine, 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., I I derlin Water Works. Lim., Et C e ylon Company, 7S 0 Commercial Union, Insurance, 51 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 31 I 3 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lien., 31 • Electric Telegraph, 131 Fairblirn Eng.neering, ti t;en. Credit and Finance of London. Ilm., 4; 1 Home and C donial A ssurance, Um, 2 Hudson's Bay, 16i International FinanCcinalal Society, N 3 Um., n I Ital i an Irrigation (a Cavourl Land Securities, Urn., 21 1 London Financial A.ssociation, lim , 6 7 • London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3f.i Naional Discount Company. llf Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem.. of which 3EIS to pay, 4f 5 Peninsula and Oriental steam, Ditto, new. 45 Royal Mail Steam, 100 •""""'"--------=----- SIR WILLIA3I FERGUSON, BART., F.R.S., &C. ames's H —The annual festival of the old students of King's Col- J lege Hosp itaall, l took place on Thursday evening, at St. Regent- s treet, Dr. Druitt in the chair. The affair was rendered more interesting than on former occa sions, in consequence of the presentation of a superb testi monial to Sir William Fergusson, i n acknowledgment of the high estimation in which he is deserve dly held by the former and present pupils of King's Coll e g e, many of whom attended from distant parts of the provinces. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Lush and a Special Jury.) CANNON V. DIGBY. This was an action brought by Emily Cannon to recover compensation and damages from defendant, in breach of contract. _ . From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the defendant, in conjunction with another party, under took to print a paper called the Croydon Free Press. This paper had, ; been transferred to her by her brother, Mr. Thomas Cannon, a gentleman of long standing on the London Press, and according to the statement of the learned counsel, a person of great skill, tact, and ability in matters relating to newspapers. - The defendant and his partner did not carry out their Contract by printing the paper in its usual style, and the defects in reference to the same became so numerous that advertisers were induced to withdraw thour advertisements from the paper to the great loss of the proprietress. Tho witness for the plaintiff not being in attendance, owing to the case having come on unexpectedly early, it was arranged between counsel that the plantiff should be non-suited. We aro informed that an application will be mado to replace the case on the record. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Byles, and a Common Jury.) KEMP Y. HARRIS.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE AND SEDUCTION. The hearing of this case, which commenced yesterday, was resumed this morning. It appeared that the plaintiff is about twenty-three or twenty-four years, and the defendant twenty-seven years old. He was a publican, and proprietor of the King's Head, Newington Butts. The plaintiff had been en gaged by him as barmaid and entered his service last year, and, she being a person of attractive appearance, he " fell in love " with her, and by letters he had written in respect to her it was evident that at ono time he seriously con templated making her his wife. However he succeeded in seducing her, and then refused to perform his promise. At the close of the case this morning, the jury, without leaving the box, found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at .£l5O. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Cuiuous CASE.—John Wm. Parker, a respectable-look ing man, butler to Mr. Harrison, of No. 40, Bryanston square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being in possession of a silver tankard much battered and defaced, and not being able to give a satisfactory account of the same. Police-constable Irwin, 218 C, said that from informa- tion ho received he stopped the prisoner in Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, with the broken tankard produced in his hand. On asking him how he became possessed of it, ho said that it was left him by his aunt 16 years ago, but that ho had shown it to no one, and kept it locked in his box all the while, and that the reason why he had filed the name and crest off was because he wished to ascertain whether it was silver or not. Not being satisfied with tho prisoner's story he took him to the station. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the pri soner was a butler at 40, Bryanston-square, and on making inquiries there ho ascertained that the plate was all correct. The prisoner sail that he told the constable that the tan kard was left him by his uncle, and not his aunt. He was living at the time at Alderman Carden's, in Wingate street, and his uncle, who had been a butler for many years to a gentleman at Romford, left him the tankard, and his brother a horn. It being very old and worn, ho knocked it up and went to see whether it was silver. Mr. Mellish, pawnbroker, of Duke-street, Grosvenor square, said he was the person who gave information to the constable. The prisoner brought the property to his house, and he refused to receive it, and sent for a con stable. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would take one bail in £lO for the Prisoner's re-appearance in the week, and he could then produce any witnesses he might think proper. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—William Brown, described as a seaman, address refused, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing a gold watch and chain of tho value of £5B, the property of Luca Passasso, a courier residing at 21, Bury-street, St. James's. The prosecutor was crossing Lower Regent-street into Jermyn-street last night about 12 o'clock when the pri soner passed him and rushed back and snatched his watch and chain from him and ran off. He was pursued and taken to the station, and on the way he told the constable, 830 A, that he was innocent of the charge, but while being searched at the station he dropped the watch and chain down the leg of his trowsers and put his foot on them. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner to give tho police an opportunity of making inquiries respecting him. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN THAMES. ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF A PAWNBROKER.—Two elderly women, named Ann Nesbitt and Margaret Farrell, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with illegally disposing of a quantity of female wearing apparel and other property, belonging to Mr. Clayton, a tradesman, residing in Sweet Apple-court, Bishopsgate-street. The property in question, valued at about £5, was en trusted to Nesbitt by Mrs. Clayton to be washed. Both prisoners were afterwards engaged in raising money upon the property at the shop of a pawnbroker named Allen, of G, Upper Grove-street, St. George-in-the-East. Allen con ducted his business in a strange manner. Dunaway, a d e t ec tive officer and sergeant, 11 H, and Archer, a constable, 11 H, found Mr. Clayton's property in Allen's house. He had lent the prisoner's money upon the various articles without giving them tickets or memorandums, according to the provisions of the act for regulating pawnbrokers, his name and occupation was not painted over his door in compliance with the law, and little children came to Allen with pledges while Dunaway was there. A portion of the articles belonging to the prosecutor was not in a fit state to be received by any pawnbroker. The officers considered that Allen was only a leaving-shop keeper, and the business was conducted on the principle of a leaving-shop. People came to redeem articles without tickets or duplicates ; ld. was charged as interest for the loan of Gd. for two days, and 2d. for ls. for the same period, and there were dealings with little children. It turned out, however, that Allen was in pos session of a regular pownbroker's license. The prisoners criminated each other, and Nesbitt said Farrell had snatched money out of her hands, and she xaised money on Mr. Clayton's property to repay herself. Mr. Paget fined each of the prisoners £l, and the value. of the property they bad pawned in addition, and in default one month's imprisonment each. The property now pro duced must be given up to the prosecutor. lie thought it was very desirable the illegal conduct of the pawnbroker should be represented to the Board of Inland Revenue. If proceedings wero adopted, he should be prepared to put the law in force. WESTMINSTER. THE RETIREMENT OP MINISTERIL—Frederick Michael O'Connor, a man speaking with a strong Scotch accent, was charged with obstructing members of Parliament as they were leaving the Houses of Parliament yesterday evening, and with striking William Pomroy, a police-con stable of the A division, in the execution of his duty. The policeman said that at five minutes past seven last evening he was on duty opposite Westminster Hall. At the time the house was adjourned the defendant was standing on the centre of the footway so as to impede it Witness asked him to move on one side, and he did so, but was directly afterwards on the way again, standing with his hands in his pocket. Witness asked him to go on the other side of the way where the rest of the people were standing, and merely put his hand upon him to press him onwards, when defendant turned round and struck him a blow in the mouth which made his lip bleed. Mr. Arnold—What have you to say to this ? Defendant—l wished to see some of the members, and was standing there for that purpose when I found I was suddenly in a crowd, and I got pushed about first one way and then another, and found I could not get out. There was a great deal of excitement, and people showed their feeling as members came out, of them they liked and them they disliked, by cheering some and hooting the others. He shoved me about, and I was provoked by it, and in my hot blood I struck (the policeman). Mr. Arnold—Ho told you to move ? Defendant—Yes ; but he thought I did not do so fast enough, and then he pushed me, and then I hit him. A second policeman proved that detendant had been two or three times requested to move. He was fined 10s., or seven days. Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.) The market opens with fair inquiry, at rather easier rates. Sales probably 8,000 bales. VALENTIN V. HALL.—This case was resumed yesterday beforo the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. The circumstances of the action have been fre quently reported in our columns, and it will be recollected that it is to recover damages for the illegal taking and negotiating of certain coupons, Orleans shares, and other securities, and that the defendant pleaded not guilty. The cross-examination of Madame Valentin was concluded by Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and amongst the witnesses subse quently examined was Dr. Barrier Fontaine, one of the physicians to the Emperor of the French. The case was not finished when the court rose. --- MELANCHOLY DEATH.-011 Monday, a young gentleman, named Poole, who bad just returned from College to his home at Shrewsbury, was drowned whilst bathing. He had gone with his fathei and brothers to a favourite bathing place about a mile distant from Shrews bury, and was attacked by cramp whilst trying to swim across the river. An attempt was made to save him, but in vain. The event has created a painful sensation in the town, deceased being well known. He had only just passed a very successful examination. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 26.—1 n shipping yarns a fair amount of business has been done to-day. In fact, there has been a continued improvement since Fri day, at gradually increasing rates. The business done to-day has commanded the extreme rates of yesterday, which have been rather freely paid. This branch of the market clOses strong, with an upward tendency of prices for all yarns of good quality. In home trade yarn there was also a steadily-improving market and a moderate amount of business was transacted, at prices about ld. per lb. in excess of the quotations of Friday last. In the cloth market, contrary to expectation, there has been considerable improvement during the week, and most descriptions of cloth have advanced iu price. Advices from the United States, that the supply of the old stock of cotton is falling off, and that the growing crops have received much damage from the overflowing of the Mississippi, have led to an advance, and a good deal of activity in Liverpool is said to be the cause of this improvement. The acccounts as read by cotton dealers are not generally credited here, but there is no doubt that the improvement at Liverpool has reacted in our own market, and given a spur to busi ness. During the week, and especially since Friday, a considerable business has been done, at advanced prices, but we close t o -d a y rather quieter, though without any giving w a y i n prices. There are tele grams to hand from B om b a y of the 21st and 22d inst., speaking of commercial disasters and an anti- cipation of further difficulties. The market is quieter this afternoon, in con sequen ce of some information as to the nature of th e f ur ther anticipated difficul ties having oozed out. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. say of to-day's cloth-market : "Advices from the United States as to the pro bable yield of cotton this season have caused it to advance, and this to some extent has been responded to here. A considerable amount of business has been done since last Tuesday, at a moderate ad vance on all goods suitable for India. Printing cloth and domestics are not much changed in price. The news from Bombay by telegraph to the 21st is considered unfavourable, and we close the day with a quieter feeling." CARDIFF, 25th.—There is no falling off in the foreign demand for steam coal, but in consequence of merchants refusing to give the increased freights asked for by shipowners colliery proprietors are somewhat restricted as to the extent of their opera tions. The inquiry for steam on home account is large, and considerable quantities are sent by rail to the inland markets and Birkenhead. There is a falling off in the local consumption of house coal. The state of the iron trade remains about the same as last reported. In the home market no transac tions worthy of notice have taken place, and there is no probability of many orders being given out till after the quarterly meeting of the ironmasters. A fair quantity of railway iron has been exported to the foreign markets, and the inquiry from New York leads to the belief that some good contracts will, should no unforeseen obstacle arise, be shortly forthcoming on American account. There is no material improvement in the demand for pig iron, and the inquiry for tin plates is slack. LEEDS, 26th.—There has been a moderate attend ance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning, and about as much business was done as last Tuesday. The selection of goods includes about equal portions of the heavy and ordinary cloths, with some strong tweeds. Though the export of goods to Germany, Italy, and other parts of the Continent has been greatly checked by the occurrence of war, part com pensation is afforded by the orders which have been received for army cloths and rugs for Austria. The Canadian demand has rather improved since this day se'nnight, and the bulk of the goods supplied and to be supplied this season for our North Ameri can colonies will in all probability exceed that of the corresponding period of last year. Prices of cloth, though wools are quoted lower, are well maintained. NOTTINGHAM, 26th.—At our Exchange-hall to day the attendance was extremely small. There was very little doing, and lace yarns had a weakening tendency, while hosiery yarns were much the same as last week. Demand for silks was very fiat ; prices were unchanged. The demand for brown nets continues very languid, at unaltered prices. ROCIIDALE, 25 th.—The state of the money market continues to exercise a depressing influence on the flannel trade. Some few persons have, however, been operating to-day with something of animation. Selections are chiefly confined to printing and fancy flannels. Plain goods were scarcely inquired after at all to-day, though there were one or two London parties present who generally buy in all departments when they visit this market in earnest. On the whole, there is no occasion to complain of the state of to-day's market as compared with that a week ago. There is even a slight improvement in the demand for Yorkshire woollens, which have been so long in the background. The inquiry for wool is insignificant, and prices if tested would be found to be rather in favour of the buyer. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's partially ironclad ship Research, 4, 1,253 tons, 200-horse power (nominal), having undergone some extensive alterations and repairs at Chatham Dockyard was on Monday taken on a final trial of her engines and machinery at the measured mile, Maplin Sands, previously to her departure on an experimental cruise. The ship was in charge of Capt. G. IV. Preedy, C. 8., Com manding the Steam Reserve in the Medway, Mr. W. Eames, assistant inspector of machinery at Chatham Dockyard, representing the factory department, with Mr. W. W. Williamson, inspector of machi nery afloat. The Research has the whole of her stores for a six months' cruise on board, with 120 tons of coal in her bunkers. On leaving her moor ings her draught of water was 15ft. 9in. aft. and 12ft. Bin. forward. Her engines are a pair of ordi nary trunk horizontal engines, by Messrs. Watt and Co., with cylinders 50 inches in diameter, the pro peller being an ordinary Griffiths screw 12 feet in diameter, and set at a mean pitch of 16 feet; length of blade 2ft. 31in.., with an immersion of the upper edge of 2ft. sin. On reaching the measured mile six runs were made at full boiler power, the mean speed being 9.339 knots per hour ; load on safety valve, 2411 b. ; mean pressure of steam in boilers, 19.831 b. ; vacuum in condensers, 29in. ; maximum number of revolutions , of screw per minute, 81, and mean 80. The usual number of runs were subse quently made with half the boiler-power cut off, when the speed realised was 8458 knots. The vessel was put round the full circle in 5 min. 25 secs., with the angle of the rudder at 24 deg. At the close of the trials the usual certificates were given of the Research being fit for sea, and on Monday evening she took her departure from the Nore for Portsmouth, where she awaits final orders from the Admiralty. Since leaving the Chatham the Re search has been supplied with another gun-carriage, in lieu of the experimental iron gun-carriage with which she was previously supplied. The screw steam frigate Phcebe, 35, Capt. Wil liam E. Rolland, at Devonport, will be put out of commission on Friday next, the 29th inst. The armour-plated screw steamship Lord Clyde, 24, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., is appointed to leave Plymouth Sound shortly for the Mediterranean. She will first convoy to the island of Madeira the iron screw stcamtug African. The screw steamsloop Petrel, 3, left Plymouth yesterday for the Cape of Good Hope. She will first proceed to Madeira to await the arrival of the African, which she will convoy to the Cape. When the transport Percy, Capt. Weatherburn, which arrived on Saturday with troops from New Zealand, was leaving Plymouth after noon, a very painful circumsta nce occ urred. The on Monday transport had just cleared th e S oun d un d er tow of a steamtug, and was well outside the east end of the breakwater. The weather W as ca l m, the sea smooth, and the troops, chiefly the l e ft w i ng o f the 68th, were dispersed all over the de c k . S u dd en ly a bullet crashed through a boat susp en d e d over t h e bulwarks. It then grazed one soldier and s t ruc k an other in the back. He became insensible immediately, and was at once conveyed by his comrades to the ship's hos pital. Col. Morant, who was in command of the military, proposed returning to th e sound, but when it was ascertained that the bullet had not entered the wounded soldier, Capt. Weatherburn prevailed on the colonel to allow the Percy to proceed. At the time of the accident the soldier was sitting on a cask on the main deck, close to the poop. The bullet came from Staddon heights or Bovisand. A detachment of the 65th or of the 13th Regiment were practisingwith their rifleson the heights against a wall built for the purpose, and nearly 100 ft. high. It seems incredible that a bullet should have gone over so high a wall and have struck an object 1,200 yards beyond it. It is stated that the artillerymen at Bovisand sometimes discharge bullets through a barrel attached to a large gun, for the purpose of exercise. Colonel Morant sent by the steamtug a letter of remonstrance to the Commander of the forces at Devonport, and no doubt a full inquiry into the circumstance will be made. General Sir John Macdonald. K.C.8., expired at his seat, Dunalastair, Perthshire, North Britain, on the 24th inst., aged 76 years. He joined the army in 1803, served in South America and at the assault of Buenos Ayres ; in the Peninsula from November, 1808, to 1813, and in the South of France from March, 1814, including the Battle of Busaco, lines of Torres Vedras, affairs of Redinha Pombal, and Campo Mayor, first siege of Badajos, battle of Al buhera, third siege and assault of Badajos, affairs of Alva de Tormes, battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, 25th (had two horses shot under him), 30th, and 31st of July, and Toulouse ; was twice wounded at the assault of Buenos Ayres, July 5, 1807 ; twice in the Pyrenees, July 30, and at the assault of the fortified rock Arolla, where he surprised the enemy's post in the valley of Banca, October 2, 1813 ; com manded the force which was sent to suppress the Irish insurrection of 1848. Sir John Macdonald devoted his latter years to the improvement of the condition of those living on his Highland estates. In the list of successful candidates for direct com missions in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, pub lished in The Sun of the 23d under the head of " Military and Naval Intelligence," it was stated that Richard B. Deane, who stands second, was educated at Burney's Academy, Gosport. This was so far incorrect. Mr. Deane was educated and prepared for the examination at Ipswich School, although he was for some seven or eight weeks im mediately before the examination at Gosport Academy. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 26. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday next, the 28th inst., at 10 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Uni versity seal be affixed to " the assignment of the lease of the Angel Hotel to the University." The Vice-Chancellor's notice on the subject of the Sacred Poem runs as follows :—"3lr. Stone, to whom the prizo for the Sacred Poem had been adjudged, has since been round not to have been a duly qualified candidate, although ho had reason to believe that the conditions required of candidates had in his case been duly fulfilled. The prize is now adjudged to the Rev. B. C. Caffin, late Fellow of Worcester College." A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present wore—Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Marquis of Hartington, Earl de Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duko of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The marriage of Mr. Reginal Herbert, son of Mr. W. Herbert, of Clytha, Monmouthshire, with Miss Giffard, eldest daughter of the late Mr. T. W. Gif ford, of Chillington, was solemnized on Saturday at the Bavarian Chapel, Warwick-street, by the Right Rev. Dr. Benoni. After the ceremony a breakfast was given by Colonel Ponlett Somerset, M.P., at his residence in Strat ford-place. There were present—The Duchess of Beau fort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, Lord Henry Thynno, Lord Vaughan and Lady Lucy Vaughan, Mons. and Madame d'Arcos, the Hon. George and Mrs. Vaughan, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert and Miss Herbert, Mr. F. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs . Smythe, Miss Lucy Giffard, Miss Talbot, Miss do Winton, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Granville, Miss Dormer, Miss Throckmorton, Mr. Blount, Mr. Scrope, &c. DROWNED WHILE BATIIING.—On Monday night an inquest was held before the coroner at Shrewsbury, upon the body of Mr. John Poole, who had been drowned in the Severn on the morning of the same day. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, in company with his father and several of his brothers, went up the river at half-past six in the morning to have a bathe be fore breakfast. They undressed and went in at a favourite bathing-place about a mile beyond the town, and the de ceased and two of his brothers started to swim across the river. When half way across the deceased was observed suddenly to throw up his arms and sink, and ono of his brothers seeing his danger swam to him and got hold of him by the arm, but the deceased clung to him in such a way as to paralyze his efforts to save him, and ultimately ho was compelled to loose him. Ho immediately disappeared under the water, and though the Rev. Mr. Yonge, who was ono of the party, dived several times in the direction where he had gone down, ho failed to find kim. Mr. Tisdale, borough surveyor, whose house is near the scene of the accident, being in his boat at the time, went in quest of the body, and after a quarter of an hour'ssearch succeeded in finding it about 200 yards from the place whore it sank. From the medical evidence it did not appear that the deceased had been attacked by cramp, and it is supposed that, finding himself in the middle of the river, with a strong current, ho lost his presence of mind. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. Mr Poole had just passed a success ful examination at Oxford and obtained his degree, and had returned on Saturday last to spend the vacation at his father's house in Shrewsbury. TILE FATAL COLLISION AT LONDON-BRIDGE.— Mr. Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, held an in quiry last evening at the George and Dragon, Shadwell, on view cf the bodies of Miss Rebecca Eliza Griffin and Francis Good, two of the four persons who were drowned by the collision which took place last Sunday week between the Eagle steamer and a small boat at London-bridge, as has already been reported, The evidence was substantially the same as that taken at the previous inquest upon Miss Sewell, held by Sergeant Payne ; but the cross-examina tion by Mr. Morgan Howard, barrister, elicited the fact that as the steamer "lay dead" (not moving with her paddles) athwart the river, near the centre arch of the bridge, the men whose duty it was to look out were en gaged in hauling in a rope from the direction of Fresh Wharf, and although one of the mon said he kept ono eye on the rope and another on the river, it appeared that the boat had come nearly through the arch before she was seen. Of the seven persons in the boat four wore drowned, three of the deceased being young women, and the fourth, Fran cis Good, being a married man with eight children. The jury returned a special verdict, " That the deceased were drowned in the Thames accidentally, and that there was negligence on the part of the steamer Eagle in not keep ing a proper look out." CONVOCATION.—Both Houses of Convocation of the province of Canterbury met yesterday for the despatch of business. Tho Upper House, presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, did not enter on any discus sion, but having formally received a certain number of petitions adjourned. The Venerable Archdeacon Bicker steth, the prolocutor, presided in the Lower House. The House was occupied almost exclusively in discussing the question of ritualism and vestments in the Church. JEWS' FREE SCHOOL.—The 49th anniversary of this institution was held yesterday evening at the London Tavern. The school was founded in 1817, and had its origin in the feeling then entertained of the necessity of diffusing the advantages of education among the poor children belonging to the Jewish persuasion. It has since its foundation progressed from year to year in the attain ment of the objects with which it was set on foot, and the boys' school at present contains 1,350 pupils, while the number of children at the girls' school is 858. The sub scriptions received amounted to about .£2,000. MANSLAUGHTER IN WHITECHAPEL.—An inquest was held yesterday by. Mr. Humphreys in Whitechapel road, as to the death of Peter Mann, who had been stabbed by his father-in-law, Patrick Harrington, under circumstances stated in the Thames police report published yesterday. The deceased was a comic singer, who, having been dismissed from a music-hall on account of his violent character, had latterly been well known to the frequenters of the " penny gaffs" in the East-end. On Sunday night he and his father-in-law and others were drinking together when a quarrel arose, in which deceased knocked his wife down, struck her, and pulled her about by the hair. Whilst he was thus fighting with his wife her father stabbed him in the breast, causing almost immediate death. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Harrington. THE WAR AND TIIE CAPTURE OF SIIIPS.—At this time, when the subject of seizure of ships by the belligerent continental Powers is attracti3g deep and anxious attention, it is interesting to know that the cap tures by the Prussians are limited tb the property of the contending Governments. Tho ship Bremerhaven, cap tured last week, was taken on the supposition that it con tained Government stores; but this turning out on exa mination not• to be the case she was released. A portion of the fleet still remains at Bremerhaven, and one of the men-of-war had removed the lightship from the entrance to the port and taken it to sea. NG, JUNE 27, 1866. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning, The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon, Capt. Woolley, arrived about 1 a.m., with the above mails, 194 passengers, $815,294 in specie (of which $432,164 is gold, and $383,130 silver), jewellery (value $200), and a general cargo, in cluding 480 bags of cocoa, 31 casks and 20 tierces of coffee, 327 cases of cigars, and 27 bales of cotton. Sto A rk t sjahnaldaicabeheinis a E c x ti c v e e ll l e y ncy en gGagoevaerndourrinSgir the. fortnight in visiting public institutions, holding military reviews and inspections, &c. The weather generally had changed for the better, and the public health was good. The sugar crops at Barbadoes were finished and satisfactory, the whole crop of the island being sup posed to reach 56,000 hhds. At St. Lucia very little cotton was coming to mar ket, and prices had fallen 3d. to 4d. per lb. No de mand for rum. Some inquiries for molasses for New York, and prices ruled 7c. to 10c. per gallon. Heavy rains had put a stop to sugar-making at Trinidad, and it was feared would prevent the reaping the balance of the crops, 10,000 hhds. Tonnage scarce No sales of produce reported. Cocoa continued in demand. Molasses, 9c. to 10c. nominal. Nothing doing in rice. Seasonable weather had set in at Grenada. Crops are short this year, and will not exceed 6,000 hhds. sugar. Cotton has fallen off considerably, and no preparations were making for a crop for next year. IIIIMI) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE. THE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BEiumr, June 27. Last night the army of the Elbe had a successful engagement near Turnau, taking seven Austrian, officers and 500 men. TBE AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN ARMIE3 IN THE TYROL. BERNE, June 27. The Austrians have returned to the first st4tion upon the Stelvio. The Italians have taken up a position near the Pont du Diable. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day NEWCASTLE RACES—Tuts DA ' Y. Mr. G. Cart' ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOSFORTH HANDICAP. Mr. Johnst one ' s S ta bb er (Mords) 2 Mr. Ma c k enz i e ' s M essmate E E i L v (Craddock) 1 (Cameron) 3 Lady Middleton, Deerhound, and Buceleuch also ran. Betting—Even agst Stabber, 7 to 2 agst ElYire. Won by two lengths. TYRO STAKES. Mr. W. E. Hobson's Newland ......... (Sncr.vden) 1 Mr. John Potts' Paxton (Osborne) g Mr. Herbert's Frost (Challoner) 3 Rhymer, Prelate, Tycoon, and Deceit also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Newland. Won by a head ; head between second and third. THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Mr. Johnstone's Rococo (Cameron) 1 Mr. Merry's The Primate (Covey) 2 Capt. Gray's Windham (Challoner) 3 Lady Durham (Laurence) (I Red Earl (Carroll) o Miss Haworth (Challoner) Missile (H. Clark), 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Primate, 3to '1 agst Miss Ilaworth, 7 to 2 agst Rococo, 6 to 1 agst Red Earl, 10 to 1 agst Windham, 14 to 1 agst Lady Durham, 20 to 1 agst Missile. CORPORATION PLATE. Mr. Masterman's Lozenge (Dickson) 1 Mr. J. Johnstone's Holstein (Cameron) 2 Mr. W. Miller's Risk (Laurence) 3 Mr. Binnie ns Souverain (Craddock) 4 Betting-2 to lon Holstein, 4to 1 agst Lozenge. Won by a head bad third. HUNGERFORD MEETING.-THIS DAY. STAND PLATE. Jezabel (Carter) 1 Princess Dagmar ( S 0 1 31)) 2 Blackbird (Cannon) 3 Colleen, Splitvote f, Professor Anderson, Vir tuous, Harriet, Exeter, Knight of Down, and Autocratrix also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agat Jezabel, 4to 1 each agst Blackbird and Virtuous. Won by three-quarters of a length ; length between second and third. MARKETS rlius D ay. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were small. The trade was very firm, and Monday's advance in prices was fully supported. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat The trade was very firm for all descriptions, at the extreme rates of Monday. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm at fully late rates. Tho market was but moderately supplied with barley. The market was firm, and prices were fully maintained. Malt ruled firm, at quite Monday's currency. Oats were in moderate supply. The trade was firm, at fully late rates. Beans and peas ruled firm, at fully late prices. Flour was firm, and the quotations had an upward ten dency BI LIP ARRITALS Tills WEEK. Whoat.Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 580 1,370 200 460 Irish — Foreign 12,060 710 7,950 710 sks. bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending June For the corresponding week 23, 1866. last year. rs. Aver. Aver. Wheat .......51281-48s 5d Wheat 51,039-41s 3d Barley 5BO-34s 4d 8ar1ey...... ... 571-27 s bd Oats .. . 1,677-2 6s 7d 0at51,756-23s 8d BOROUGH HOP. We have to report continued firmness in the hop market, ,nd prices are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat on sale are moderate. The trade is slow, at the annexed quotations : Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 2s 10d to 5s Od Mutton ... 4s Od t o 6 s Od I Yeah 4B Od t o 5 s Od Pork Lamb, Gs Od to 78 Od. It has been announced by Messrs. Robinson and Fleming that remittances have been received and lodged at the London and County Bank sufficient for the payment of the dividend on the Imperial Moorish Loan payable on the Ist August next. The reporrt of the directors of the Alhambra Company (Limited) for the six months ending the 10th instant bas been issued, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. A horrible occurrence has taken place at Troyes. A father, aided by his son, either murdered, or made insensible from drink, his wife and daughter, and then set fire to the house. The father sat quietly at a window while the interior was burning, and the son went away under the pretence that he was going to seek for assistance from the neighbours. The mother and daughter were found in bed dressed, burnt almost to ashes. Father and son were taken into custody and sent to prison. The father managed to hang himself. THE LIBERAL PARTY.—A meeting of Liberal members of the House of Commons took place yesterday, at the town residence of Mr. Foljambe, M.P. for Retford. It is understood that an address to the Crown pledging the House of Commons to support the Russell Administration, and likewise engaging Parliament to legislate on the ques- tion of reform in the next session, to be moved by some prominent Ministerial supporter, was considered. This mode of proceeding was abandoned on its being intimated that the noble lord the member for Chester (Earl Grosve nor) and some others of the Adullamitos were determinedly opposed to that paragraph in the Royal speech which bound Parliament to legislate on reform. SOUTHAMPTON, June 27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Nyanza, sailing to-day for Alexan dria and Bombay, takes out gold thread and watches of the value of £7Bl, but no specie. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, also sailing for New York, takes ont a full complement of passengers, and cargo, in cluding French jewellery, value 40,000 f. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The ballad concert yesterday evening was an immense success, 17,144 people being present. The sight of the great orchestra, filled with nearly 5,000 persons, was of itself worth seeing. Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Stanley, Madame Parepa, Madame Sain ton-Dolby, Miss Edmonds, and Mr. Weiss wore each most vehemently applauded and encored. The palace was lighted up after the concert, and thousands of persons promenaded until ten o'clock. So great was tho success of the concert that it is announced for repetition next Wed nesday, with varied programme, but with the same singers. The groat archery fete takes place to-morrow, and being Coronation day a very largo attendance is expected on the b.autiful cricket-ground. TIIE BREADALIMNE SUCCESSION CASE.—EDIN BURGH, Tuesday.—Judgment was given by the Court of Session to-day in the case of the competitors for the Breadalbane succession. The parties were Lieutenant Charles William Campbell, of the 211 Bengal Cavalry, pur suer ; and John Alexander Gavin Campbell, of Glenfalloch, defender. The subject of competition was the title of Earl of Breadalbano and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Lord Glenorchy, in the peerage of Scotland, and the entailed estates of Breadalbano and lnverardan, situated in the counties of Perth and Argyll, and said to be of the annual value of above £50,000. The case originally came before Lord Barcaple as Lord Ordinary, and after lengthened pleadings and inquiry he found in favour of Glonfalloch. The pursuer appealed to the First Division, who called in the other judges of the court into their :counsels. One judge, Lord Kinloch, got leave to withdraw on accotfiat of his propinquity to the pursuer ; but the eight judges con sulted, whose opinions were boxed on Saturday, were una nimous in adhering to the judgment of the Lord Ordinary. To-day their lordships in the First Division formally de livered judgment. The President and Lord Deas were for Glenfallocb, Lords Curriohill and Ardmillan for Boreland. The opinions of the whole of the judges having been as certained, it was found that there was ten to two for Glen falloch. RECEPTION OF THE MINISTERS AT WINDSOR.—A large number of the Liberal electors of Windsor met their confidence in the Ministers, on theireste yesterday at the Great Western Railway station y to the Castle to meet her Majesty. The tmarn irveala t e l ee te dreu s thettifhree station at half-past twelve o'clock, Ministers were loudly cheered. With there were several calls made for adissolution rather than a re signation. There was a similar manifestation of feeling and as it cheers w re up on their leaving for London at half-past two o'clock. THE LATE AMERICAN WAIL —Yesterday, at the Court of Admiralty, an application was made on the part of th e Government of the Unitel States that a vessel named Beatrice, new at Liverpool, should be given up to the American Consul to bo sent to America or sold. She was a Confederate v essel in the late war. Two per sons had claimed the ship, and one, a Mr. Coleman, wished to establish his claim. Dr. Lushington allowed him to appear on payment of costs, and reserved the argument for a future occasion, the vessel being in custody of the court. A sea monster has been caught in Bateman's Bay. it resembles a huge turtle, having four large flippers. it is covered with a bony shie ld e x tendin g from one extremity to the other, broad and hard at the anterior part, and graduating with softer consistency to a point at the posterior end. This osseous covering has five promi nent ridges extending longitudinally over its surface. The head and neck resemble those of a tortoise. It weighs 15 cwt. and is 13 feet long.—New South Wales Paper. THE SARDINE FISHERY.—The Phare de la Loire states that the sardine fishery is most abundant on the coast, some boats having caught as many as 32,000 fish each. There has been much interruption in the arrival of the Madrid papers in Paris ; but a private letter from that capital says that the outbreak was very serious, and that " some of the streets were strewed with dead bodies." LONDON GAZETTE.--Last Evenings WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Jux 26. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Cockburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Charles Stephen Fremantle, who retiree ; Charles Francis Buller, Gent., to bo Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn. Ist Dragoon Guards—Arthur Gibbings, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Watt, transferred to the 3d Dra goon Guards. 2d Dragoon Guards—Major Anthony M. F awcett, from the 9th Lancers, to be Major, vice M. J. B. Dyne, who exchanges. 3d Dragoou Guards—Cornet William Watt, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to bo Cornet, vice Edward S. Obri, who retires. 9th Lancers—Major Musgrave James B. Dyne, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice A. M. Fawcett, who exchanges. 13th Hussars—Sergeant-Major Patrick Morrisey, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hone, promoted. THE MARRIED SOLDIER.—" One who never will rejoin" writes to the Army and Navy Gazette to give his reasons for adopting that determination and that signa ture, and cogent reasons they are. He is a private Foldier who has served long and well in India and elsewhere, and is just married. He has brought his young wife to Chatham, where his regiment is, and is quartered in a room with three other married couples. There is no partition between their beds of any kind. His wife shrinks from dressing and undressing in the presence of throe strange men, and they are now living on dry bread in order to save money enough to buy a screen by Which some sort of privacy may be obtained as the expense of ventilation. "One who never will rejoin" says that he does not complain on his own ac count; ho complains on account of the women and children of his regiment, who are treated by the military authorities with less consideration than a farmer would treat his swine. It appears to be assumed by them that a soldier's wife has no morals, no feelings, no sense of decency, no respect for herself or affection for her children : and then they appoint Royal Commissions to inquire why good men will not en list, and why all soldiers, good and bad, seek to leave the service as soon as they can.; Her Majesty was much shocked some time since at seeing the scanty accommoda tion provided for the married soldiers of the Life Guards and Blues at Windsor. What would her feelings be were she to inspect the quarters "of one who will never servo again" at Chatham.—Pall Malt Gazette. SILKWORMS.—The French Academy of Sciences has received a communicatiom from Dr. Dronke, on the disease of the silkworm. From a series of analytical investigations ho leas arrived at the following conclusions : —l. That the silk growers of Touraipe (Indre, Bartle, kc.), having observed that the leaves of the mulberry tree which produces whitefruit are better than those of the kind producing red, this fact may be explained by the circum stance that the former contain much more lime than the latter. 2. That diseased silkworms contain very little lime and phosphoric acid. 3. That a species of mul berry tree employed by a certain Berlin silk grower seems to be much more wholesome for the worms than other species, and it must therefore be admitted that its leaf contains the requisite mineral substances in the best proportion, or, in other words, that the leaf best suited to a given breed should contain the elements of potash, soda, lime, phosphoric acid, and eller in well-determined pro portions; and 4. That the proportion of the various mineral substances above enumerated varies in the same manner in the butterflies as well as the cocoons of healthy or diseased silk-worms ; thus the butter flies and cocoons proceeding from healthy worms containg more potash, less soda, more lime and phosphoric acid than those of diseased ones. From these facts Dr. Dronke argues that the quantity of lime contained in the leaves of the mulberry tree is a highly important element for the proper development of the worm ; and that it is necessary to mix salts of lime with the manure charged with potash, which is employed to correct the de ficiency of the latter substance in the soil in which mul berryat- tains its highest development feeding on certain l eaves by trees grow; and that a given breed re ed of silkworms con t a i n i ng the various saline substances in well-deter mined proportions. LORD RICHARD GROSVENOR, M.P., AND THR R E roax Barn.—A correspondent writes :—" Flint s hi re i s disgusted with its member, The dictatorial and superci lens letter he sent to his constituents a few weeks ago in reply to a very courteous resolution requesting him to support the Government was an offensive missive not soon to be forgotten ; but his conduct in voting against Ro form, and joining the recreant Adullamit es, h as intensified the disappointment. A public meeting of the "f r e e h o ld ers and other inhabitants of Rhyl" is to be held this (Monday) evening, and we have no doubt our Welsh friends will not fail to speak their minds. W e h ear that there is a wish that Sir Stephen Glynn, Bart., b ro th er -i n-law to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, should. become candidate. If Sir Stephen can be induced' to stand his eau d be certain. s success would COURSE OF EXCRANGE--Last• Evening. 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