The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-20 00:00:00

TIONEY MARKEi' AN n COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market there is no new feature to report. The supply of capital on offer is very abundant, the demand for accommodation is small, and the rates for the best bills remain at 4 per Cent. A further sum of £25,000 in gold was taken into t he Bank yesterda . y. The imports of specie during the week have amounted to £356,587, and the exports to £141,737. A new company, called the Yorkshire Engine Company (Limited), with a capital of £200,000, has be en formed, an d th e cap it a l su bscribed privately through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co. The _ eet opany have purchased 22 acres of land near Sheffield, and will be mainly employed in the con.: struction of locomotive engines, with a capacity for e xtension, so as to produce from 300 to 400 engines Per annum. Mr. Alfred Sacre, late assistant-engi neer in the locomotive engine works of the Great Northern Railway, has been appointed managing director ; and Messrs. the Hon. W. G. Eden, J. R. Barker, W. Lansdown Beale, George Wood, jun., and David Chadwick are the first directors. Several nevi features are provided for in the articles of association ; and with a view of assimilating this company as much as possible to a private concern, n o subscriptions of a less amount than £5,000 are received, and no shares can be transferred within 12 months, nor afterwards except with the special Consent of the board. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England have invited subscriptions for £1,212,000 A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension Railways of the London, Chatham, and D over Railway Company. Provisional Scrip Certificates are to be issued to bearer of £4O each at the price of £2l. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. from January last to July, 1867, is to be paid half-yearly, and to be guaranteed by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton. Details are given of the extension system, and the connexion which the proposed lines would have with the other principal railways,thus affording ample expectations for an immense traffic. The remaining half of the stock is not to be issued for twelve months, and then only as paid-up stock, and at not less than £lO per cent. advance on: the present price of issue. The price of the certificates in the 'Stock. Exchange is 3 to 3i prem. Two o'CLocK. There has not been the slightest fluctuation in the English Stock Market, and the business transacted has been extremely limited. Consols for money are 904 1, and for the account, 891 ex div. Foreign Stocks have been dull and depressed. Turkish 6 per Ce n t s ., 1862, are ,72 73 ; ditto Con solides, 471 4 ; Mexican, 24+ 25 ; ditto New, 23i 24 C; Greek, 191 20; Spanish Passive, 29+ ; ditto C ertificates, 151 +; Italian, 64+ 65 ; and Confede rate Loan 8 10. A very limited amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market, and prices, have shown further slight depression. Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded 55., and South Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (York), each 10s, ; "pile Great Northern have improved ss. , In the F ore i gn and Colonial undertakings there lias been no material change. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the Principal ne w p ro j ects : —R uss i an I ronwor k s , 10 t re , i ca• ; Estat es I nvestment, 3+ prem. ; Peruv i an o au waya Company, 1 11 prem. ; Lion Brewery p re anY, 2+ 3 pre m . ; Ott oman C om pany, 11 2 I° em ; Moore, M'Queen, ': and Company, par 1 pre • ; Plymouth Shipbuilding Company, 2 21 ; London and Mediterranean Bank, 11 2 c_ e m_ • ; Colo n i a l and General Land Credit, 11 2 ; and South African Land and Finance, 1 Pretn. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLO. GDVERNmENT FUNDS. 90-1 I PRICES. .. Der Cent. Consols 89 1 SING , ki• Account, June 6 881 1 1 ,Per Cent. Reduced 881 i It 'el.k,eW 3 per Cent _ mew 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ A Po• 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ "'nullities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — ~, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —s .txcliequer Bills, 1,000, 4 per Cent 6 5 Do. £5OO 6 5 .--, Do. £lOO and £2OO )3 aVt ofnco England Stock, si. per C en t 240 Alult In c AIDIIOI GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. han Stock, 101 Dper Cent., AprillB74 •-• Do, • 5 A Per Ce ccount nt. July, 187 0 4 ). A t _ V s °. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -,..,0„ ertcate _ -1-,),°. Fnfaced Paper 4 per Cent 101 Do, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 -,;°. s i. per Cent, May 1879 Do, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ ~,,-10. Bonds; £1;000 ___ " L k'. der :£l,OOO Au., • FRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING -.llan Bend s, 5 r Cent Brazan 5 per PRICES. per Cent •Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do Do 1863 Be ' enos Ayres 6 per Cent _ Account Cent ) ni,,, I Per Cent (Deferred 3 per _ -.-Loian 6 per Cent _ ~, Do. 41 per Cent C•,ololnbian 6 per Cent üba, 6 per Cent . . '''''''''''''''' -- Do 5 per Cent., 1864 '''''''' Danish l)•Scri P , £55 paid 3 Per Cent., 1825 ~ 1)o. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do* 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 aid — Danubian Prin.- anti s Do £B6 paid ' eIP .!. ''' Equador New Co. *************************** ***** * c - e . ******* Do., Provisional Lanu. rant Cent F VPtian 7 per Cent. *** Do., Second Issue *********************************** - Do. **************** 1864 921 2 Do £lOO Bonds (ireDo seri. __ .. ....................... p,k p, -tab paid .- . . ..... , - . per Cents. 18 i4-5, • ex b . oupons Do Account ... ' . 19 i 13 ,.. ° ) ; 0 , o_npons ............................. _ u ILcolint naternala 5 per Cent. Doitl 1839 and 1850 ...... ................,.. Do-- 6 per Cent (11 emmana Itall.waY) 8 1 865 ar ................ . ... . . ....,• .... .... ......... .._ A,. )4 . fll), .Esi 1 paid _ " 81C8.11 3 per Cent. 24/ 1 1 D °' Account ........................... i) )0 i..ga wi I 4 I ) °, ...,,Per Cent. Anglo-French — it, -, R reuch Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c 63 11 n",Videau 6 per Cent., £3O paid ooh s _ Ne h lia,-,rial 5 pe r Cent Do Gran 4-- - 02 a a ° Per Cent D o _ Fen, ."and Warrants (Hectares) icovtan.4l- per Cent. aid in Do ; le nt), £45 paid, pa Do per Cent (Uribarren) — id in Bonds i 1 P l2l Don Deferred Per Cent., 1862 D.1) ( ,,Z ~•L'eferred ..---.: 11 - " c ae 3 r Cent., 1853 0 Accoo.tPe ~ .., , -.._ .......................... .. 4 „ . .. ; _ 1 1.) " 0 Per Cent, 1856, 7, '9, '6O, ' 64 , °: 48 . jaussoinAccount ..... . .. ._ , D o 'ill 5 Per Cent:, 1822, £ St., — _ D o 4 1 Per Cent., 1850 D e 1860 1 lb° per Cent, 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Bardi o _ , 186.1 ,t,_ . in 5 per Cent.... 8 ... '4' Accol,#.. 90i 90 134 . ........... . , ,:ontot wish 3 per Cent _ _ ,"° NeW Deferred _— g„."De 4e eount . . __— ;;° Passive Accou n t .. _. ........................ z_u_# PAllish Cert. of . Coup not funded a . —° 4e eelnit .. . ... . ...................... It I -Wdish 4 per Cent. , be. 41 per Cent. 1864 Luridsh per Cent. 1854 9o} 121,-.° Aeeount ...... . . _— ' - ' 0 6 per cent. 1858 Do_ Account ... .. ,--• ,6 po .£lOO Bonds - . 0 6 per Cent. 1862 ..10 Account ... . -ue..£loo Bonds _._' Do 6 per Cent. 1863 _ V,,,° teed, 4 per Cent.... -....eznela 3.. bo. 4cco , per Cent. ,„. unt ~.,‘' 6 oft n t , 1862 . .0. Ac Do ID per Cent.,1864 _ °' 1 1 Per Cent hi in London. Dividends on the above paya—e _ Aost r ,„. 110i c .,.; -.31 ) 5 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b t.'a 4i Per cent., Ex. 25f. uteh 2i per Cent Ex. 12 Guil French 4 per Cent. Cent., _ ..„,elle/1 'lentos, 3 per Cent. Itali uo • Account ........................... -,,aii t per Accountant., 861, Ex. 25f. Consol s 4-10. .......................... TWO O'CLOCK. 901 i .00. Acc0unt.......,.....,..... 89i x d SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY BIIA.RES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I p a i d. / Closing I Business Price. done. Vol., Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall (A gets no div Do. A till6p.c.p.an.bas Do. B een paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & e b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. W( stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther a DJ. A stock Do. B Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste. n -Original S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan . Do. New 91 96 13)& 131/, ti 6; 62 C 6 16 17 91 93 103 1 , 7 46 47 6i 7o 1291 1301 143 144 131 ►33 86 $R 722 23, 63 65 51 53 45 48 102 104 124 121 88 90 105 107 40i 11$ 121} 124 98 09 6t 6! 1361 1371 2/ 3p l 13$ 1335, 103 1(5 !didiand Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares 11id Kent Na th British Do. Ed., Pth ,".St Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. de. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t: o. Scot, Mid. stick Shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon south E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neat h Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwell W. Hartlepool Han & It Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 51 S 5 z 3 15 108 j 1091 674 68i 100 1 10 1 g 36 37 - - P 94 ioi p 116 115 1 lip ' 78 79 11 1U 142 146 63 55 eo 61 58 CO 8-li 84f 83 93 155 153 3 4 106 10Sp 47 49 79 81 13.14 BRITISH PI Atlantic St. Lawrence Bora., Baroda, Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares (Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, .872 Do. do. July 1,18731 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & 8. E., lira.. a e Town tit Dock, gu. Demera' a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben.; al, gu , 5 do East 'Aim), gu. 5 p.c. Do J Eitasion Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr( t. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. :3 d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock.. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. l'o. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada Da. New .. • ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Vo. 5) do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's nay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B Hl.C'da, pc lst pf.bds Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do ta' Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St Flo.. 'OSSE; 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GO VERNIIIEN British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572.... Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 1877-.'24 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1)u. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1 , 90-I Do. Jan. & July, Mt Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1. , 78 Do. 1882, Maylls, Nov. t 5 Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... .• • Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.la &July Do. do, i§ pril & Oct 100 100 10 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 BRIT I :SH M. Cam. Constil. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ast Cam Brea East Grenville East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helstnn Grenville Herod's Foot Hingston. Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, urn Nangiles New Seton North Downs North Roskear . K.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Providence UnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L'skeard West Chiverton ,West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheat Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal • 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.0 32! 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.16 10.6.? 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.1 rItEFEREN Great Northern 5 per cent., 11 Great Western Orig. 411 per ce PREFERENCE SHA Great Eastern 4 i per cent. pi, Ditto, 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new, 5 per cent. pf., .RES. 31 , nt pr., 981 LRES AND STOCKS. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco Ohm) gua. 7 per cent., 14 Great Luxembourg, 14} West Flanders, 7/ FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Atultralia, 1im.,11 2 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 114 Alliance turn. ti. 23 1 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., 181 Australasia, 0 Ditto, new. 67 Bank of New Zealand, 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lint., 81 British North American, 451 • Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 13 European Bank, lira., 121 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 10 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 20 Ditto, new, 10 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 4 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lint., 81 London and Brazilian dim.), 431 London and County, 761 London Joint Stock, 49 London and South African, 19 London and 11 estminster, 95 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint., 171 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 21 Standard of British South Africa, lira., 18 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 74 _ _ MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 101 City Offices, Urn.. 41 Contract k,orporation, lim., Egyptian Com. and Trading, Urn., 211 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 10 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn.. 51 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 61 Joint Stock Discount, Urn.* Si 1 Lnndon General Omnibus Company, 31 Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lim., 2.1 1 Northern Assam Tea, Um., 11 2 Oriental Financial, Rm., 3b Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 51 41 Trust and Agency of Australasia, Urn., 2 Trust and Loan Company (..f Upper Canada,:s --- THE NEW KNIGHT.--Sir John Thwaites was formerly a draper and clothier, having a little shop in lligh-street, Southwark, which he managed with much industry. Ile was a leader in local politics, and being a good speaker, generally took a prominent part in the sup port of the advanced liberal candidates at the Parliamen tary elections. On the formation of the Metropolitan Board of Works he was elected chairman in opposition to Sir J. Shelley, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Coale Colonel Percy, and a hot of powerful candidates. ISIONS. 55 68 1021 1031 pr ip 4 4! ti 9i 65 70 9 9 JOl 75 85 1( 1 10.1 101 103 1(3 104 18 19 .c 5 88 62 64 54 56 55 57 47 41 45 43 43 15 25 27 25 26 103 101 i if , par it p 103 102 91 101 IQ 10id 83 86 8•) 84 di 101 k 1021 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 84 1014 1021 100/ 1014 d id 1031 1014 94 97 1031 i i 24 lulti I T SECU. 94 06 93 05 93 95 82 84 8: 84 104 167 105 107 106 108 167 169 101 103 106 108 103 105 105 107 104 106 102 104 93 96 100 102 93 95 91 93 104 106 88 90 94 08 103 105 106 108 108 109 INES. 6 ei 29i 110 4 595 605 - 1 14 15 13 14 81 71 3 34 13 14 4 44 3 5 19 21 1f 21 30 3i 6 31 31 4 39 40 34 3 6 81 5 6f 1 1 1 Of 18 18 35 45 13 15 2 21 11 32 35 510 520 17* 22 13 15 17 18 n 8, 10* 12 324 67; 180 190 90 95 221 25 11 13 2021 2071 18 20 1081 100 100 100 100 1( 0 CE S. 130 1411 5 73 2i 104 120} i 1211 981 9 8 137 61 133 j 3 1091 P 10'1 104 681 6) 841 I ,ITIES. rBE SUN, LONDOrv, SATUIWAY EVEN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day• CITY BETTING—Trus DAY. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 3 to 1 agst. Buckfoot (offered —take 4 to 1) 6 to 1 agst Little Goy (taken) 7 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 7to 1 agst Duke (taken) 15 to 2 agst Archimedes (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wild Charley (offered) 100 to 8 agst Broomielaw (offered) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbane (taken) 15 to 1 agst Longdown (taken) 15 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (off., take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Brahama (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) ' 40 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 66 to 1 agst Olmar (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Richmond (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Koenig (taken and offered) Koenig was struck out of the Derby at 10 minutes to 1 o'clock this afternoon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. Purification of the Press. (Front the Lancet of May 20th.) -The moral force of public opinion is adequate in this country to effect changes more extensive and more important than those which the most powerful despotism can permanently or safely develope. All history has shown that the press cannot be safely moulded to the will of any central authority ; that it has never been placed under censorship without causing, even to imperial and autocratic censors, the most infinite pains and mortification, not the least being that of seeing all that is most noble in it languish and wither. But out of its own freedom arises a power which controls and guides it. That wide promulgation of facts, that free discus sion of opinions, and intelligent deduction of prin ciples, which are essential to the existence of a free periodical literature, culminate in conclusions so forcible and so widespread, that they have greater weight than any declarations pronounced arbitrarily, or of which the bases might not have been so plainly and strongly laid down. This process may be traced in the gradual purifi cation of the press from those immoral pseudo medical advertisements which till lately defiled the columns of a very large number even of the most respectable journals of this country. It is perhaps hardly necessary now, and here, to reiterate that which is known to all our readers—that the large gang of medical pretenders carrying on this shame ful traffic have found in public advertising the means of attracting thousands of persons of all classes, whom they systematically deceive and plunder, while they morally debase and physically injure them. The trade is well known to be regularly organised. It is a widespread conspiracy against health and morality ; and the nefarious but most profitable traffic has been conducted mainly, in the first instance, by a few families, of which the numerous members traded under different names, by the aid of the enor mous publicity purchased for their obscene pamph lets in the advertisement sheets of the press. It has been shown that one firm alone has spent up wards of £40,000 . a year in this way, and that one single paper has profited by this means to the ex tent of many thousands a year. This paper is, we regret to say, one of the very few influential jour nals which have not yet ceased to soil their treasury with profits which are justly stigmatised as even more infamous than those derived from the slave. trade. It would be difficult to find any enterprise more unpromising than the attempt to persuade a large number of proprietors of any commercial un dertaking voluntarily to forego, from purely moral considerations, and without any compensation, large annual profits—profits indeed which, in many instances, form apparently a most essential item in the success of the undertaking. This, how ever, is what has occurred in this instance. The public exposure of what has long been perfectly known to many, although never so completely proved before the world, has produced a strong and general conviction of the extreme impropriety of allowing this traffic to be carried on through the 111 columns of respectable journals. Many of the most powerful and intelligent organs of public opinion had always been alive to the enormity of this evil, and had regularly excluded such advertisements ; but they formed a very small, although very dis tinguished, and influential minority. Their in fluence and example have greatly aided the pro gress of this purification, towards which we have lately earnestly laboured. Anxious to ascertain how far this important movement had extended, and what great organs of the press were still undecided to give their aid to a measure so desirable for the public health and morality, we took measures re cently with the view of obtaining that information. Those who have the public welfare seriously at heart will be gratified at the very long list, which we are authorised to publish, of journals which exclude im pure and objectionable medical advertisements. We have not thought it right to draw distinctions here between journals which have always excluded such advertisements and those which have adopted that resolution more recently, or are in the act of carrying it out as is the case with many in this list. Those j ournals which have always done this will have the gratifica tion of being able to point out in their own columns, in referring to this matter, the honourable position which they occupy as leaders. Many of the journals which have recently adopted this resolution have done so, we are aware, at great loss ; in one case this amounted to little less than three thousand a year. The sacrifice made by journals of lesser cir culation, although smaller in amount, has been some times greater in degree, for in such cases th subsidy, to the extent of two or three hundred a year, was a matter of prime consideration in the annual re venue account. The list is, one, therefore, of great public interest ; it is one, too, which reflects no small honour on the press of this country, as it speaks of great pecuniary sacrifice voluntarily in curred from a sense of propriety and duty, and of a just subordination of the commercial spirit to a sense of right. It is painful to know that there are still many exceptions. There are journals in numbers which, with one excuse or another, present still to their readers columns polluted with the abominable suggestions of Private Friends, the indecent frauds of Guides to Manhood, the shameless confidences of pseudo-philanthropists, whose alias is hardly a disguise. In London, it will be observed from our list, they are few, al though one or two largely circulated daily and weekly papers in the metropolis are conticuous by their absence from the list. In the country the number is greater, and in several counties it will be that influential and highly priced journals are yet open to this reproach. Their columns still afford the means to the unworthy fraternity of retaining a certain hold upon the weak and unwary ; and we have before us many newspapers of which the advertising sheet s are ' so d e filed as to be ut terly unfit for admission into respectable families. We look forward, h owever, w ith som e confidence to the entire exti nc ti on of this pu bli c nu i s ance ; and in reiterating this app e alto the proprietors of those jour nals, whether i n t own or country , we w ould express the conviction th a t w hil e, on t h e on e hand, a further examination of thi s qu es tion will induce them to enter more fully into the reasons for ceasing to aid in the exec ra bl e traffic which now lives mainly through the purch ase o f t h e i r ass i s t an ce, on the other hand, the growing force of general condemnation, and the multiplication of the examples of purity amongst all classes of journals, will render it dan gerous and undesirable, even in a pecuniary sense, to continue to lend a helping hand to this worst kind of quackery. We are glad to be able to subjoin the following list of journals ; including 185 of the most influen tial country papers and 61 m e t ropo lit an p a pers, which exclude objectionable medical advertisements. THAMES. MOCK AUCTIONS.—SCANDALOUS Tonics, a sailor, waited on Mr. Partridge, with a dazzling watch in his hand, and said he purchased it at an auction room in High-street, Shadwell. It was represented to be a real gold hunting watch with patent lever, and jewelled in five holes. It was a common metal watch and would not go at all. A respectable watchmaker valued it at 12s. He wanted redress for the imposition practised upon him. Mr. Partridge—How could you expect a gold hunting watch for 50s. It is quite preposterous. You should have used better judgment, and not gone into a mock auction room. I cannot help you. The County Court may give you redress, but I cannot. The sailor said he had also bought a piece of cloth for 255. of the same auctioneer, and it was worthless. The people in the shop said it was worth double the money. Mr. Partridge—Confederates of the mock auctioneer, no doubt. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the mock auctions in the district had been frequently complained of. Peter Carlstrom, a Swede, who was attended by an inter preter, said he purchased a silver watch and some plated goods at an auction-room in Upper East Smithfield yester day (Friday) for £7 10s. The watch was worthless, and the plated goods worth a one-sixth portion of the money lie gave for them. Mr. Partridge—Another mock auction case. I cannot help you. Go to the County Court. Inspector Roberts, of the K division, said numerous com plaints had been made of the mock auctions. Abolition of the Surrey Turnpikes, A deputation waited upon Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home Office, to present a memorial signed by the parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhitho, and Horselydown, against the continuance of the toll upon the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road. The deputation consisted of 3. Locke, Esq., M.P., A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P., the Hon. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Mr. James Cowan, Mr. Gaywood, Mr. Naylor, Mr. James Thornhill, Mr. Harding, Mr. Hughes, and Mr Bradford. The petition complained that by the continuation of the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road Turnpike Trust, after the removal of the New-cross toll gate, which is to be abrogated on the Ist November next, a great injustice will be done to the inhabitants of Woolwich town ; inasmuch as the inhabitants of Greenwich will be able to receive goods by road without being liable to a turnpike tax, whilst the next town, Woolwich, will, by the continuance of the toll, have to pay a heavy exaction upon all goods going by road into that town. Tho petition concluded by praying that the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road Turnpike Trust might be extinguished as provided for in last year's annual act, so that the roads may be turnpike free on and after Ist of November next. JOHN LOCKE, Esq., M.P., briefly introduced the deputa tion to Sir George Grey, and explained that it would have been much more numerously attended but for the fact of several gentlemen haying been suddenly summoned to the Guildhall as witnesses in an important case. He then, in a speech characterised by great force and lucidity, explained the injustice which would be inflicted upon the residents of Woolwich, as well as other parishes trading with that town, by the continuance of the toll upon the road in question after the abrogation of the gates at New-cross and other places,which would take place in November next. Bermond sey and Rotherhithe, he said, thought it an extremely hard case that they should have to pay a rate of 6d. in the pound to maintain and repair the road, and yet be unable to send merchandise to the town of Woolwich without having to pay a toll. Camberwell and Peckham made the same com plaint. For 20 years that trust had been kept alive by an nual bills, and the time had long since gone by when it should have been paid off. There was a debt at the pre sent time of £2,400. _ Mr. G. HARDLNG, as representing Camberwell, also urged the necessity for the removal of the toll in question. Mr. BARING explained to the deputation the reasons why the toll had not been included in the bill. Some conversation ensued, in which Messrs. Hughes, Bradfield, and Locke, M.P., took part. Sir GEORGE GREY asked what proportion Woolwich was prepared to bear of the expense. Mr. HUGHES said he saw no objection to the amounts of contribution from parishes being proportionate to the ad vantages gained by the respective places. Mr. BRADFIELD urged that it was quite within the power of the Home Secretary to introduce a clause in the bill throwing the onus of keeping the roads in repair upon the respective parishes, and allowing the toll upon the Green wich and Woolwich Lower-road to be kept up for two years, so as to pay off the debt. Sir GEORGE GREY said that it would greatly simplify matters if the respective parishes would come to some mutual agreement by which the desired end might be ob tained; at the same time the suggestion of the deputation should receive every consideration, and assured them that the Government would do its best in the matter in the interests of all parties concerned. _ _ . Mr. BRADFIELD then thanked Sir George Grey for having been the means of throwing open ten miles of road in the metropolis, and the deputation withdrew. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, May 20.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Estella, from St. Nazarre. PORTSMOUTH, May 19.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Serpent, for the Cape of Good Hope, with a vessel in tow. SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Poonah, screw steamer, from Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, May 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Liverpool, for St. Petersburg ; P. Pendleton, for Toronto. _ BRISTOL, May 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from Jamaica. QUEENSTOWN, May 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jenny, from Porto Rico. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 20—Niels, from Rostock; Dygden, from Gothenburg. DEAL, Satruday Morning. Put back—Trafalgar, from London, and returned to London in tow. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. —Mr. Costa's oratorio " Naaman" will be performed for the third time at Exeter hall on Friday next. Madlle. Adelina Patti (by the kind permission of Mr. Gye) will on this occasion sustain the part of Adah, as at the Birmingham Festival, the other principal vocalists being Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Santley. ANNUITY TAX SEIZURES IN EDINBURGH.—An other raid on behalf of the city clergy was ma do yesterday by John Caw and Treasurer Callender's lorry. The victim in this case was Mr. James Miller, the extensive furnishing ironmonger in Princes-street. From Mr. Miller's residence, Hope-terrace, Caw and his companions carried off the whole dining-room furniture, even to the carpet, which they tore off the floor. The goods taken are in value upwards of £150; the tax refused to be paid is less than £B. Such is a specimen of Christian Edinburgh, with its Synod sitting, and its assemblies, with her Majesty's representative, about to sit, to further the cause of Christ and His kingdom.— Caledonian Mercury. _ _ AUSTRALIA.—FALAIOUTII, May 19.—The ship Duncan Dunbar, 1,374 tons, J. R. Swanson, master, belonging to Geliatly, Hankey, and Sewell, arrived off this port this day, 86 days from Sydney. She brings 54 first-class and 24 second-class passengers and 2,977 bales of wool, with other cargo. She landed her mails and pas sengers, and proceeded up Channel with afairwind. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Wednesday next a special settling day in the shares of the Nowgong Tea Company of Assam, and in those of the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway, both of which are to be marked in the official lists. The scrip of the Imperial Ottoman Five per Cent. Loan, 1865, will be ready for delivery at the offices of the General Credit and Finance Company of London, in exchange for the deposit and allotment receipts, on Tuesday, May 23. The Contract Corporation (Limited) has made a call of per share, payable in two instalments, on Ist July and 2d October respectively. LONDON PAPERS. Atlas and Englishman Law NN L RB o aaae niivi News dawws loTimes rro • Times • Military r Gazette Builder • News e World Building News Mechanic's Ma g azi n e British Jour. of Photography Morning Her a ld B B e e l l l l :s s W Li e fe em in y L me on s d s o e n nger Builder's Reporter Nonconformist Civil Service Gazette Observer Clerical Journal Paris Times Church Review Press Church Times • Patriot Church Standard Queen Constitution City Press Colliery Guardian Reader Court Journal Record Court Circular Social Science Review Estates Gazette Saturday Review Engineer Sporting Gazette Examiner Sporting Times Era St. James's Chronicle Field Standard Globe Sunday Times Guardian Sun . Home News for India Solicitor's Journal Herapath's Railway Journal *South London Journal Inquirer Tablet Illustrated Times Times Index United Service Gazette Illustrated London News Weekly Budget Jewish Chronicle. COUNTRY PAPERS.—Alnwick Mercury, Andover Adver tiser, Alliance Weekly News, Ayr Advertiser, Aberdeen Free Press, Altrincham and Bowdon Guardian, Bucking ham Advertiser and Free Press, Belfast News Letter, Bath Express, Bucks Advertiser, Bray Gazette, Bolton Chronicle, Bristol Mercury, Bristol Daily Post, Buxton Advertiser, Bradford Observer, Bury and Norwich Post, Berkshire Standard, Boston Gazette, Banbury Herald, Burton Weekly News, Bucks Chronicle, Beccles and Bungay Weekly News, Banbury Guardian, Brighton Gazette, Beverly Guardian, Barnet Press, Bridlington Free Press, Bognor Express, Chester Chronicle, Chester Courant, Car lisle Examiner, Cheltenham Chronicle, County Times (Surrey), Croydon,Chronicle, Chelmsford Chronicle, Car k lisle Express, Chepstow Weekly Advertiser, Cambridge (4, MAY 20, 1865. Independent Press, Cheltenham Examiner, Cheltenham News, Coventry Standard, Chatham News, Clifton Chronicle, Clonmol Chronicle, Chichester Express, Croy don Journal, Drogheda Argus, Darlington Telegraph, Derby Gazette, Deal Telegram, Dorset County Chronicle, Devizes Advertise; Devon Weekly Times, Dorking Journal, Ealing Post, Eastbourne Express, Eastern Morning News, Eastern Evening News, Eastern Weekly News, Essex West Suffolk Gazette, Essex Herald, Essex Standard, Evesham Journal, Esingwold` Times, East Sussex Journal, East Sussex News, Eastbourne Express, Epsom Journal, Frome Times, Farringdon Advertiser, Folkestone Chronicle, Framlingham Weekly News, Guildford Jour nal, Grantham Journal, Gravesend Reporter, Hast ings NeWS, Hull and North Lincolnshire Times, Hertford Mercury, Herts and Essex Observer, Hamp shire Independent, Hereford Times, Harrogate Ad vertiser, Harrow Gazette, Hastings Express, Horsham Express, Ipswich Journal, Ipswich Express, Ipswich and Colchester Times, Ilfracombe Chronicle, Knaresborough Times, Kentish Independent, Kentish Express, Kent Mail, Kingsbridge Gazette, Leeds Intelligencor, Leamington Ad-• vertiser, Liverpool Mercantile Gazette, Leicester Journal, Lincolnshire Chronicle, Leicester Chronicle and Mercury, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Leeds Mercury, Lancaster Observer, Leamington Courier, Monmouthshire Merlin. Manchester Guardian, Market Harboro' Advertiser, Marlborough Times, Midland Coun ties Herald, Midland Gazette, Malvern Advertiser, Northern Press (Liverpool), North and South Shields Gazette, Nottingham Daily Express, Newcastle Daily Journal, Northampton Mercury, Norfolk Chronicle, Northwich and Winsford Guardian, Nantwich and Crewe Guardian, Oldham Chronicle, Oxford Chronicle, Oxford Journal, Oxford Times, Oswestry Advertiser, Pontefract Advertiser, Peterborough Adver tise; Runcorn and Widnes Guardian, Reading Mercury, Reigate Journal, Rugby Advertiser, Rochester and Chat ham Journal, Swindon Advertiser, Southern Times (Weymouth), Scarborough Gazette, Staffordshire Advertiser, Shropshire News, Shrewsbury Chronicle, Stroud Journal, Sidmouth Journal, Southport Inde pendent, Sussex Agricultural Express, Southampton Times, Suffolk Chronicle, South Eastern Gazette, Sunderland Times, Surrey Comet, Surrey Standard, South Bucks Free Press, Sevenoaks Express, South-Eastern Advertiser, Stratford-on-Avon Chronicle, Trowbridge Advertiser, Taunton Courier, Tadcaster Post, Tun bridge Wells Express, Tunbridge Wells Gazette, Tonbridge Express, Tavistock Gazette, Ventnor Times, Windsor and Eton Express, Western News, Wilts and Gloucester Standard, West Briton, Worcester Herald, Warrington Advertiser, Wisbeach Advertise; Wigan Exa miner, Wellington Times, Woolwich Gazette, Western Morning News, Western Weekly News, Western Daily Press, Worcester Chronicle, Wetherby News, %Woolwich Journal, Waltham Abbey Weekly Telegraph, West Sussex Journal, West Kent Journal, West Kent Guardian, Worth ing Express, Warrington Guardian, York Herald, York shire Gazette. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. lanes Opened. Receipts. Railways. 180. 1864. Belfast and N. Counties 10) 100 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121 i Caledonian 2Bli 262 i Cambrian Cockermouth K .1; Penrlth Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon . Cork, 131aekrock, & Passage 62 62 Cornwall 652 652 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belt as t J unction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 912 912 Furness, &a 5O 5 i Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union Great Northern 3Ol 3e5 Great North of Scotland 99 93 ut. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7l: 711 lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3Bl 3:3) Great Western l2OB 1225 Hull & Hornsea Inverness & Aberdeen J unc 1171 1171 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1191 Irish North-Western 145 145 Kent L oast 27 27 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 402 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foyues 264 261 Manell3L 461 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l bt London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2671 2911 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721 Do. Metropolitan Extension 11$ 10/ Lon., Tilbury, & Southend nan.,Sheifteld, & Lincolnsh 244* 2121 Stanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 51aryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3l 81 51id1and (incl. N.-Western) 6631 611 Midland Ut.Westn. of hind 262 262 Monkland _ _ 711 71i Honmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl lOO North London 9 North Stallordshire 254 Rhymney l9l Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3b Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB Taff Vale 57 - - - - - Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 27i W.llartlepoolllarbr.&KaiL W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt • 10 Whitchaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco 76 76j Belgian Eastern J unction 254 264 Bombay, Baroda, .1c Cen. India 305 1851 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 Dutch Rhenish ISastarn 01 :France Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110 110 Bast Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1:177 1335 Great Central of Belgium 295 2:2 Great Indian Peninsula 690 5531 Great Luxembourg 134 134 Great Southern s 1 India Great Western of Canada 313 3.5 Madras Madrid, Saragossa StAlicant (8) 650 Northern of Canada ....., ~ ~ 94 94 Northern of France .... 728 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. 4Bl 181 Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1781 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 Recife and San Francisco, &c 771 ;7i Scinde lO5 105 Do. Punjab, &c 3l 32 South Austrian, &c .. .. 1651 1t,27 Southern of France 623 770 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France MARKETS—This Day. COVENT The trade is steady, at the 1 YRU GARDEN. subjoined currency : a. d. 6. 0. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Foreign do., each 1 6 to 2 6 Grapes,per 1b..:. 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign do ... 1 6 to 2 0 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Gooseberrieshf sve2 6 to 4 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 . 0 d. 0 Mulberries,prpt 0 oto 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, lanno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 910 1 3 Lilac' ditto 0 oso 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 0 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Brocoli 0 10 to 1 6 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 tot 50 New ditto, pr lb. 0 2to 0 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 9to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s. 1 9to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 3 Spinach 0 Bto 0 8 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdu 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 6 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 1 3to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 6 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 Bto 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 Bto 5 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 4s Od to 10s Od each goslings, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 7s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 14s Od to 17s Od ; chickens, 9s to 14s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., Cs Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d to 18 Od; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 158 Od ; cod, 2s Gd to 10s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 8s Od ; doreys, 3s Od to 9s Od ; mul lets, 18 Od to is 6d ; lobsters, 18 Od to 3s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 48 Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 58 Od to 21s Od ; smeltri Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen • mackerel, —s Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. Health and its Enemies in the Metropolis TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—Whilst Parliament and the local authorities of almost ,all the considerable towns in the kingdom are lay ing out immense sums of money in deference to the recog nised importance of improving their sanitary condition, and removing, or as far as possible diminishing, dangerous or unhealthy nuisances of every kind, it seems a most ano malous and inconsistent proceeding to sanction the unne cessary and enormous enlargement of one of the most noxious of all annoyances in well-inhabited places, namely, the manufacture of gas, which (on the overwhelming weight of medical and scientific testimony, and the pain ful experience of those who live near such works) it is impossible to carry on withott the discharge of effluvia and exhalations offensive enough to the sense, but infinitely more pernicious in their effects upon life and property. Yet this mischievous violation of sound principle and public interests is in course of preparation, and has actually made some progress in the Legislature. A bill . has passed the House of Commons, I perceive, which would empower the Imperial Gas and Coke Company to increase its vast capital by 100 per cent.; and to hold three times its very large area, chiefly for the purpose of so enlarging the com pany's present very injurious works in Fulham and Chelsea, as to convert them into, many times over, the most gigantic gas factory-ever known, the effect of which would be, to quote the language used at public meetings, and in memo rials and petitions to the House of Lords against the bill), "to render an extensive district almost uninhabitable by persons regardful of their health, and to destroy the value of their house and other property to a great extent:- It is only just to the Lower House to say that the pass ing of this hurtful measure appears to have arisen from in advertence. Nearly 500 private bills were to have come before the committees this session. The vestries and local communities that would be so grievously affected by the bill under notice seem not to have had any knowledge of the matter until it had made some way ; and it was in a moment huddled through the House in the absence of any proper representation of its bearing upon health and pro perty. But there is to be an organised opposition on the part of the parishioners in the House of Lords ; petitions from the vestries, the district board of works, and the in habitants will be presented and supported by the Bishop of London ; and it is hoped that, with the political aid of the influential public journals, the public will be protected from this great wrong, the, error committed through haste and carelessness in the house of Commons corrected, and the company compelled to erect their additional works—if additional works are required—in some thinly-populated locality some miles from town ; in short, in a spot where it could manufacture its gas and transmit it to the con sumers at the smallest possible amount of injury and annoyance to the public. The facility with which this could be done is exemplified by the fact that the gas made by the company in Fulham is not consumed in the neigh bourhood, but in places miles distant. Gas works, large or small, would never have been permitted in the neighbourhood of towns had as much been known fifty years ago as is known now respecting their unavoidably deleterious effects. h removal of the existing ones is simply a question of time . and money. The consideration of that de sideratum was before the Metropolitan Board of Works at a recent' Meeting, of which I find the Main Drainage Committee reporting " that they did not consider the pre sent time a favourable one to apply to Parliament for power to purchase up the gas companies of the metro polis." The principle, the necessity is admitted, and the only point in discussion is, when and how to give effect to it ? The proposition for increasing a gas factory in a populous metropolitan neighbourhood to dimensions of un panalleled magitude is, therefore, very surprising, and but for the astounding fact of its having been passed through the Commons, the idea that it could be entertained for a moment would have been scouted as absurd. With that fact, however, looking us in the face, there is just a possi bility that, unless there be energetic movement and re monstrance, the bill in question may become law. I, therefore, venture to bring the subject before you, in the earnest hope that it will be noticed in your able and inde pendent journal. I remain, Mr. Editor, your very obedient servant, HAUD IGNORUS. _ _ May G, 18G5. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 19. THE TAX ON ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, &c. Order for committee of supply read. Motion made and question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "in the opinion of this house, it is just and expedient that the annual duty payable upon certificates taken out by attorneys, solicitors, and proctors in Eng land and Ireland, and by writers to the signet, solicitors, agents, attorneys, and procurators in Scotland, should be abolished," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 143 ; Noes, 146. A YES —143. Acland, T. D. Finch, C. W. Paget, Lord C. Adam, W. P. Fltzwilliam, C. W. Palmer, Sir R. Adeane, H. J. Farrer, J. Palmerston, Visct. Agnew, Sir A. Foley, H. W. Peel, Sir It. Athlumney, Lord Foljambe, F. J. S. Peel, P. Aytoun, It. S. Foster, W. 0. Percy, Earl Bailey, C. Fortescue F. D. Pollard Urquhart W Baring, A, H. Fortescue, C. S. Portman, W. H. B. Baring, T. Galway, Viscount Potter, E. Baring, T. G. Gibson, T. M. Po.ter, T. B. Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Proby, Lord Bentinck, G. C. Gladstone, W. E. Pugh, D. Blackburn, P Gower, F. L. Robartes, T. J. A. Bonham-Carter, J. Gower, G. W. L. Rothschild,Baron M Booth, Sir It. G. Greenwood, J. Russell, H. Bouverie, E. P. Grey, Sir G. Russell, A. Bouverie, P. P. Grosvenor, Earl Russell, Sir W. Briscoe, J. I. Gr.,svenor,Lordßd. Salomonm,Aiderman Bromley, W. D. Hamilton, Lord C. Scourtielo, J. H. Browne, Lord J. T. Hankey, T. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, Lord C. Hartington,Marquis Seymour, Danby Bruce, H. A. Hervey, Lord A H. Shafto, R. D. Buckley, Gen. Hayter, Sir W. Smith, Augustus Bury, Viscount Headlam, T. E. Smith, M. T. Butler, C. S. Beathcote, G. H. Stanley, 0. Cardwell, E. Henley, Lord Stansfeld, J. Castlerosse, Vist. Holland, E. Steel, J. Childers, H. C. E. liorsiall, T. B. Stewart, Sir M. It. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Howard, C. W. G. Talbot, C. It. M. Collier, sir R. P. Hunt, G. W. Tracy, C. R. D. Corry, H. L. Jervoise, Sir J. Trelawny, Sir J. B. Cowper, W. F. Kinglake, Serj. J. Villiers, C. P. Crawford, R. W. Knatchbull-Hugess Vivian, H. H. Crossley, Sir F. Layard, A. H. Walcott, Admiral Dalglish, R. Lawson, W. Waldegrave-Leslie Davey, it. Lefevre, G. J. S. Walter, J. Davie, Sir H. R, F. Lee, W. Watlington, J. Dent, J. D. Leighton, Sir B. White, J. Disraeli, B. Locke, J. Wickham, H. W. Duff, M. B. Lowe, R. Willoughby, Sir H. Duff, R. W. Mackinnon,W. A. Winnington, Sir T. Dundas. Sir D. Marjoribanks, D. C. Wood, Sir C. Dunkellin, Lord Marsh, M. H. Wyndham, H. Egerton, E. C. Merry, J. Wyvill, M. Elcho, Lord Moncreiff, J. Enfield, Viscount Moor, IL TELLERS. Farquhar, Sir M. Morrison, W. Fenwick, H. Packe, CoL Brand, 11. Fermoy, Lord Paget, C. White, L. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to bs Od; and pork, as Gd to ls 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d; veal, 4s 03 to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10c1 per Bibs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61a to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to —d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 30; 801 b to 881 b 31d to 3P; 881 b to 961 b, 3p to 31d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to 10s Od ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 48 Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, --8 Od to sOd ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 7s Od to 9s Od; shearlings, 1s 5d to Os Od ; lambs, 2s 10d to 4s Od. HAY MARKETS. - . SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 Os Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 3s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £ 1 14 s per load. A fair demand. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 Os Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 3s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £llos per load. Trade firm. NOES-HO. Adair, H. E. Gard, R. S. O'Donoghue, The Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gavin, Major Ogilvy, Sir J. Astell, J. H. , George, J. O'Loghlen, Sir C. Baring, H. B. Gore, J. R. 0. O'Neill, E. Barnes, T. Gore, W. R. 0. Padmore, R. Bateson, Sir T. Greenall. G. Parker, Major W. Baxter, W. E. Gray, Lieut -Col. Phillips, G. L. Beamish, F. B. Grey deWilton,Lord Pilkington, J. Beecroft, G. S. Griffith, C. D. Powell, F. S. Benyon, it. Hadfield, G. Powell, J. J. Berkeley, H. F. Hamilton, I. T. Pritchard, J, Black, A. Handley, J. Redmond, J. E. Blake, J. Hardy, G. Repton, G. W. J. Brady, Dr Hardy, J. Rogers, J. J. Bramley-Moore, J. Hassard, M. Russell, F. W. Bremridge, R. Hay, Sir J. ScholefieLd, W. Bridges, Sir B. W. Henderson, J. Seymour, A Brooks, R. Hodgkinson, G. Smollett, P. B. Bruce, Lord E. A. Hunioerston, P. S. Somes, J. Bruce, Major C. Ingham, R. Stanhope, Lord Burrell, Sir P. Jolliire, Sir W. Staniland, M. Butt, I. Jones, D. Stracey, Sir H. Caird, J. Kendall, N. Stronge, Sir J. M. Cairns, Sir H. Kennedy, •I'. Stuart, Cul. C. Carnegie, C. King, P. J. L. Sturt, H. G. Clay, J. Kinnaird, A. le. Sullivan, M. Clifton, Sir R. Laird, J. Surtees, H. E. Cole, H. Lanigan, J. Taylor, Col. Cole, J. L. Leader, N. P. Tollemache, F. J. Colthurst, Sir G. Leftoy, A. Torrens, R. Corbally, M. E. Leslie, C. P. Trollope, Sir J. Courtney, Lord Lever, J. 0. Vandelenr, Col. Cox, W. Lewis. H. Verner, Sir W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Longiield, R. Verner, E. W. Dawson, R. P. MacEvoy, E. Vyner, R A. Dickson, Col. Mackie, J. Waldron, L. Du Cane, C. M`Mahon, P. Walker, J. R. Duncombe, A. Maguire, J. F. Waterhouse, S. Dunlop, A. M. Mainwaring, T. Whalley, G. H. Edwards, Col. Malcolm, J. W. Whiteside, J. Elphinstone, Sir J. Martin, J. Williams, F. M. Ennis, J. Miller, T. J. Woodd, B. T. Fane, Col. Miller, W. Wrightson, IV. B. Fa rer, J. Mills, A. Wy ld, J. Fenwick, E. M. Moore, C. Wynn, Sir W. Ferrand, W. Morris, W. Wynne, W. W. E. Fleming, T. W. Mowbray, J. R. Forde, Col. Murray, W. TELLERS. French, Col. O'Brien, Sir P. Denman, G. Gallwey, Sir W. P. O'Conor Don, The Vance, J. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge left St. James's Palace yesterday for Kew. MR. FECHTER AND Mr. BOUCICAULT.—It is con fidently asserted that Mr. Boucicault will join Mr. Fechter in the management of the Lyceum, and thab'the two direc tors will occupy the theatre time about, the one partner running his pieces in the provinces while the other" _ plays his in town.—The Orchestra. - - -- Mn. DAVIS'S TREASURE.—The New York Tribune understands that Mr. Jefferson Davis is penniless. Colonel Clark, of the Southern army, who was captured by one of the Union scouting parties while endeavouring to escape from Richmond on one of the last trains from the doomed city, asserts that ho was in charge of all the specie which was removed from Richmond ; that when his train broke down, and he found it impossible to get it on the track and off again, seeing the Union forces approaching, he ordered it to be set on fire, and that all his efforts to save the specie were unavailing ; that the soldiers broke open the kegs, and amid the excitement and tumult soldiers and citizens appropriated all there was. He asserts that he knows that no other amounts of specie not in the pockets of its owners were taken from Richmond. He states, further, that the amount has been vastly over-estimated, and confirms the statement heretofore made by General Grant, that it amounted only to about $200,000. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. lEDEPENDENCE OF SURINAM, --~ The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament has just approved the new constitution of the colony of Surinam. That important act, which establishes, so to say, the independence of this colony, is a great step in advance for Elolland, and evinces a tendency to abandon the Protectionist system. The National Gazette of Berlin states that the King of Prussia will probably proceed from Cologue to Jugenheim to visit the Emperor of Russia. TEE INTERNATIONAL REFORMATORY EXHIBITION. OPENING CEREMONIAL. The ceremony of opening this exhibition, at the Agri cultural Hall, Islington, took place yesterday by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. ____ The articles of exhibition were arranged on stalls erected on either side of the hall, and on innumerable stalls in the centre, and consisted principally of articles of wearing apparel—plain and ornamental—iron and tin ware, mats, carpets, rugs, furniture, and embroidery, sent from all parts of the world : from Bade; Switzerland, Portugal, Hanover, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, Prussia, Italy, France, Wurtomburg, Saxony, Ghent, Bel gium, Austria, St. Hubert's, and all the reformatory insti tutions in Great Britain. At the end of the hall a chair of state was placed on a raised dais for his Royal Highness, surrounded by others for the more distinguished visitors, and a choice display of flowers placed at the back of the chairs gave a very beau tiful appearance to the spot. On either side of the Great Exhibition organ the boys and girls from the English re formatories were ranged, forming a choir of upwards of 1,000 voices. The galleries were all occupied by stalls, the names of the institutions or countries, contributing the articles, being well displayed in white letters on a red ground. The appearance of the hall, filled with a brilliant company, principally of ladies, was very imposing. Amongst those present were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Miss Burdet Coutts, the Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. 3. A. Smith, M.P., Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Cave, M.P., Hon. Mr. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir C. Fox, &c. A very excellent selection of music, occupying the time until the hour fixed for the arrival of his Royal Highness (four o'clock), was executed by the band of the corps of Commissionaires, and on the grand organ by the Rev. Mr. J. Kempthorne, M.A., and precisely at the appointed hour, just as the last sounds of the magnificent Hallelujah Chorus were dying away, a flourish of trumpets an nounced the arrival within the building of his Royal Highness and suite. The majority of the committee were in attendance to receive his Royal Highness, and he was then conducted to the dais, the Archbishop of Canterbury walking on the Prince's right, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs following on the left. On the arrival of his Royal Highness at the dais in front of the orchestra the vast assemblage of children sang the National Anthem, and then the Earl of Shaftesbury ad vanced to the front, and presentedto the Prince an address, who handed it to Gen. Knollys, on behalf of the Reformatory and Refuge Union. The address entered at length into the great benefits that had resulted to the industrious poor by the founding of these institutions, and it expressed the greatest pleasure that kindred establishments now existed all over the world. It then went on to say, the boys and girls, seen actually at work around us in some thirty dif ferent handicrafts, aro chiefly front institutions in our busy towns, while there are many country schools and asylums, occupied in gardening or agriculture, which cannot so well exhibit the fruits of their labour now in the spring time of the year. The committee of the union believe that your Royal Highness, as patron of our society, which is the centre of 300 British institutions, will graciously welcome these numerous representatives from abroad, who, responding to our invitation, have brought here from almost every part of Europe, and from Africa and America, the evidences of their interest in this peculiar field of Christian work. The noble lord, on concluding the reading of the address, handed it to the Prince, and, His ROYAL HiGurcess replied as follows : " Your Grace, your Excellency, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—l have gladly taken a part in the proceeding of this day, and have complied with your request that I should attend, as the patron of this society, with tho greatest satisfaction. The benevolent purpose of this exhibition cannot fail to be followed by the desired suc cess, and claims the co-operation of every one who has the interests of the industrious poor at heart, and who desire to forward the object which the Reformatory and Refuge Union has in view, viz., industrial with moral training. " The committee do me justice in believing that I cor dially sympathise in the welcome this society offers to the representatives of foreign countries who have responded to the invitations they have received by their presents and contributions. "In doing so they have borne testimony, in common with ourselves, to the value of those international exhibi tions in promoting the growth of those Christian and kind feelings towards each other which we ought to pray should animate the whole of the nations of the world." The children then sang the Old Hundredth Psalm, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury then offered up a prayer, at the conclusion of which the children sang a piece of music entitled " Gotha," the music being the com position of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. This portion of the ceremony having concluded, his Royal Highness then advanced to the front of the dais and exclaimed, in a loud voice, " I declare this Exhibition open." The announcement was received with vociferous cheering. His Royal Highness then descended the dais, and was conducted by the committee round the hall to inspect the articles of which the exhibition was comprised. The works from Wurtemburg attracted his royal highnesses attention, and so did the extremely beautiful embroidery sent from the British Syrian Industrial School. This contribution consisted of cushions, purses, table-covers, and ladies' girdles of velvet, upon which was worked devices of the most ex quisite design in gold thread. When the fearful massacres in the Lebanon, and other parts of Syria, in 1860, placed thousands of widows and orphans within the reach of Christian sympathy, and an English lady, Mrs. Bowen Thompson, hastened to raise the unhappy creatures in their social position by instructing them in needle work and other useful occupations, the benevolent ob ject prospered, and now a very remunerative return is made, as Messrs. Howell and James, of Regent-street, have undertaken the sale of the articles for the committee. A contribution from a prison in Ghent excitedmuch curiosity, as did the straw manufactures from Austria. The contri butions from the English reformatories were quite worthy of the country—the various articles of useful wearing apparel being made in a manner that distanced all compe tition. There were some very excellent specimens o cabinet work, all of which reflected great credit on the institutions sending them for exhibition. The prince, having made a circuit of the building, took leave of the committee, and on entering his carriage in the Liverpool-road he was received with loud and great cheering, amidst which the Prince and suite drove off to Marlborough-house. WEST LONDON WORKING-CLASSES INDUSTRIAL ExtunrrioN.—Her Majesty the Queen has graciously an nounced, by letter of Sir Charles Phipps, her acceptance of the office of Patroness of this Exhibition, and authoris ing the publishing her name as patroness. It is rumoured that in the event of Lord Clarence Paget being successfully opposed at Sandwich, his lordship will succeed Sir Robert Smart in command of the Medi terranean station. —Army and Nary Gazette. DEATH OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF ESSEX.-- It is with deep regret we have to announce the death at an early hour this morning, at Easton-lodge, of Lord Viscount Maynard, the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. From age and illness this sad event has been for some time anticipated. Our despatch announcing the death says:— « The much-esteemed Lord-Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of this county expired this morning at five minutes beforo 7 o'clock, to the great regret of the community of a widely extended neighbourhood. His lordship having no male 01. s h e e q i : e C n was 9 Maynard, 7 his son, h av i ng di e d in January last, the title becomes e x ti nc t . H e was b orn i n 1786, an d con years of age, and was the third viscount.' His lordship married in 1810 the only daughter of the late Mr. Reginald Rabett, of Bramfield-hall, Suffolk (she died 1857) ; succeeded his uncle in 1824. He was patron of six livings. The pedigree is clearly traced to the Conquest, and the family at first resided in Devonshire. The pre sent peer is descended from Sir Henry Maynard, secretary to Lord Treasurer Burleigh, whose eldest son was created a baron, which title became extinct with the sixth pos sessor. That peer, however, obtained another barony and viscounty, with remainder to the late Viscount's grand father.—Chelragfind Chronicle. HONORARY SUICIDE.--Recently the Emperor of Japan had reason to be highly dissatisfied with one of his officers, and sent him the renowned sabre. It is a sort of honorary sword, very beautifully carved and finished. As this officer held high rank, and had hitherto given his prince every reason to be satisfied, the latter sent him, in order to alleviate the effect of the message as far as pos sible, one of his own swords, set with diamonds, and se lected his prime minister as the bearer. The officer re ceived the present, and was well aware what it signified. After reverently regarding the instrument of his punish • ment, he quietly left his house, went to the port, go aboard a French ship bound for Havre, and safel Paris, where ho sold the sabre for 150,000 f Mr. James Cameron has this day been promoted to be Assistant Engineer of the First Class iu her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 11th May, 1865. neer in her Majesty's Fle et. Mr. Edwin Gossage has this day Neu appointed Engi- BCC 111 g ;his Less ind ive Ck' ar- ay, less II ger [LSO ;01. her sty in- the al 7y- ;ea cur Lge 11c1 LO‘ It ,re 20i 201 100 100 94 & 95 92 i