The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-27 00:00:00

......., . - -0,..................... MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS-This day. • -- ~ I n AN 1) O RDINARY SHARES A ND STOC KS. GC6IMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Share Railways. I p aid. / Closing I Business --..........- Price. done. 59.• - 13.14 Bir., Wol., & Str. Val.. alt - - TWELVE O'CLOCK. at Blyth and Tyne ...... 100 - - The Money Market is less active to-day, but a t Bristol and Exeter .... 1( 0 95 $7 951 67 le 26. at Caledonim 1(0 1321 1331 bankers and . brokers, although having a good so Cork and Bandon...- all - - lighness 20 Cornwall . 10 Do. A 1 all 17 6 supply at their command, will not negotiate the gets no div. asterday An - - best bills under 3 per cent. 10 Do. B till6p.c.p.an.has all been paid to B Sher iff A further sum of £24,000 in gold was taken into at Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 62 06 the Bank yesterday. 25 Dun,.l'erth, & A b.Junc. all 16 17 Besie)r, St Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 90 92 The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Geo. at Glasgow &S. Western 100 106 1 8 ; 1101101/5 st Great. Eastern Ord. stk. 00 48 19 481 1 1 Scott, of Bond-court, Walbrook, official liquidator at Do. E. Angl: st No. •( 100 7 8 her M a- for winding up the Constantinople and Alexandria at Great North ot Scotland 100 - - Great Norther,' 0 131 1: 1 4 131 ress. Hotels Company (Limited). i t D/. A stock lOO 144 145 1417 31 LondOla, at Do. 11 .0 The directors of the British and Foreign Marine t Do. sew, Is. at 25 pn/ 40 - and Mr' Insurance Com any have declared a dividend out at GtS, and W. of Ireland 100 66 Rs Dn der of pL at G Weste n Oricinal 1 0 fBl 691 697 83 91 87 of the interest on investments for the half-year, at at D. s. VA.. Rail gua. 1 0 - - aCCOr°- et Do. South %Vales the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (2s. per share), at Do' W. Mid.- Ox• • o • rd 100 47 49 easurer, free of income tax, payable on the 13th of July, to at 1.0. Newpo t /00 15 48 take h er at 10. He eford l OO 105 106 shareholders registered on the 30th inst. at Lanc eshire &Yorkshire 100 121 1211 1.11 } 5S Of the at Lon.,on and Blackwell 100 91 t 4 • 3 The Baughparah Tea Estates Company of Assam et l3rih ,& S Coast 109 107 109 1071 7 have announced an interim dividend, at the rate of at Lon., Chat.; and Dover 110 41 12 a x three Lou. & North Western Ice 1221 1211 1231 21 10 per cent. per annum, for the half-year, ending at Lon. & South Western 100 99 100 997 87 the a d " the 30th June, 1865, which will be payable on at Man., Shet., & Lincoln 1(10 61 61 617 1 50 Maryport and Carlisle all - - and after the Ist of July at the London and County 1 2 4 Do. 4 shares - - .Colonel at sletropolitan.... . Bank. 10 Do. New C 31 3 7P ing. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets during the at Mi lt al l ' llrmin . & Derby 100 104 106 last few days there has been very little animation. ' ° Mid 'Gt. W.. Ireland all - - ',es. 25 Do. 4 shares - - Sugars have been dull without any material change 25 st id Kent - - iced the - in values. For coffee there has been a moderate at No th British at Do. Ed., Pth ~.t Dun lOO 01 /5 h gOl lSe . inquiry at full rates, while the public sales of tea at Nth. Eastern Berwick 100 11l 112 112 117 i 2 55 Do. G.N •E purchase 16.13.4 - - have concluded without any material alteration. at Do. Leeds 103 69 104 70 g Lords Tallow has been in more demand, and prices gene- B at t Do. York too 103; 4 Do. Carlisle - - 22 Do. Stock. & Darling all 37 34 rally are a shade higher. 25 Da. do. 1855-58 2l - - p , dive' --- 25 Do. do. 1860-61 l4 91 101 p ld. Two O'CLOCK. 10 8t North London Do. New - - At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to 10 Do. do. 18F 4 . at North Staffordshire • :101111teS 5 Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 10 N. &S. W. Junction c k e nhard 66f. 32c. Flat. at Scottish C/ ntral at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 61 53 larenden, The English Stock Market, after having recovered at iO. Scot, Mict. st ../ck - - of Settee , 10 - 1 1vews & IVeiclipool all - - the loss sustained yesterday, has again been sub- at Shropshire Union CountesS 100 56 58 ght LW' jected to a further decline of * per cent., and Con- South Devon ata -uth E stern Easterot, sols are now quoted 891 i for money and account. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10 at 'Taff Vale . lOO 156 159 'onsonll, The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 886 le Do. C Goschea, 89 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. to 4s. prem. ; India 5 per B at t Vale Of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - Cents., 104* * ; and Bonds, 225. prem. at West Co r nw il l lou 47 4) Duches s st W.llarilepool flar.&ll. 1 00 - - In the Foreign Market there is little ani mation, at Do. A irredeemable IOJ 78 80 80 Count de and prices tend downwards. Turkish Con- at Do. A redeemable - - Hotel for sondes are 491 i ; Mexican, 25 1 ; do New, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. rived at 24i. i ; Greek, 20.21 ; Spanish Passive, 294 30 ; 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 57 59 and tooit do. Certificates, 141 i ; Italian, 65i- 66; and Con- a t I Born„Baroda, 4 Cen.ln. 10 0 1017 104, 101 federate Loan, 68. 2 0 :;1 11 0 . . 5 1/ P s e l r ia ce re n s t .. •. , . 2 pr in i g party Business in the Railway Share Market has con- 101 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 41 42 10 Do Preference treat. : tinned dull, and prices have shown in most too i Buff.,Brant,& Goderich ',, - - 'Wit t 0 Do. do. 1 6 p.c. bets. Aug. 1 , 872 - instances rather less firmness. Great Northern A 100 July 1, 1873 100 - - Stock have declined £1 ; South-Western, il •; 100 Do. do. June 1, 1,74 1.0 - - . e enter' Metropolitan, 10s. ; and Great Western, Lanca- at Calcutta &b. E., lim.. 100 99 101 /tie, th eir shire and Yorkshire, and North-Western, each ss. at sa e Town & Dock, gu. l a o l o l 10 7 0 0 1 7 0 5 2 721 00 Demers a, 7 p.c. per. p at I':ast. Ben -al, gu ,5 do 100 103 101 Chester' The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without Earl 0. 01 st East Itidian, gu. ionc 100 1(41 1051 1041 51 20 Do .1 Extens .. 15 7 fp change of im p ortance. st GrandTrunkot Canada 100 19 197 the 1.1 100 Do. Equip. Slort, Bonds rd I , 9 °D(4 ' Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull, and 1 charge 6 p.c all 55 87 0.1 prices in some instances are a shade flatter. London Lin, 100 Do. do Bonds all 61 63 6 100 Do do. deferred and South African have receded to 177 ; Imperial Po Do. 2d Pr. f. Bons all 55 57 [y Em ilY Ottoman to 168 ; Hudson Bay Company to 16* ; Igg be Abb e y' and Peninsular and Oriental new shares to 54. 80 0. . .ds deterred . . all 47 49 100100 D D 0 0. . 4 d toil.. Pref.fret.s deferred t c stock ••• .:. i allaallll 4 2 45 5 3 4- 2 4 i Subjoined are the current quotations of some of 100 Do. do. deterred and the Lime at Gt. I o i . id G ia us. Pe 6 n i, . the principal new projects :--Phosphate of Easy at st'l: 1014 15 1 1 ) 105 3„ a shleig b Company 1i 2 pm. ; Steam Biscuit and Flour Com- 20 Do. New gua. sp. c g er us c • en sP t . . c. . st Gt. South ot India (lim. 4 7 I P pany, 117 prem. ; the New Issue of 50,000 Pre- gua. 5 per cent in / WI ference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph at al E O . 41 per cent l O 2/ = IT aingtoa. Company, 1t i prem. •; the A Stock of the Metro- 18 10/ 9/d 1 4 7 201 Great IV , P. of Canada all 101 111 207 D. , . New politan Extension Railways of the London, Chat- 100 Do. 6p. c. Wis. pay 1873 all 86 88 64 ham, and Dover Company, 60 62 per £lOO stock ; Ic i g Indianlndian Branch, d)a A 7 m 7 ile . al l 1 id • the Downs Docks Company Shares, 17 2 prem ; at Madras, qua. 5 p.c .... st Do. 41 lOO iOO 951037 1041 97 MOW th e Grange Town Iron, 11 11 prem ; Albert Bridge at Do. 4 7 do lOO 89 91 Company, 11' p • R • Ironworks C 20 Do. Filth Extension 2 - - a s orer° 4 - m. •, Russian ompany, at 31c1b. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 - - 8 9 prem. ; London Bridge Land, par k pm. ; 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all 65 67 his resi-20 New Brunswick & Can Willia ni London Quays and Warehouses, 14 2 prem. ; West Class A and B at NT. 111. C'da, pc Ist pf.bds 1 0 ) 82 84 St Scindo London Freehold Ground Rent Association, 1 2 pm.; 100 101 102 VISO , St. L iz, Peruvian Railways Company ; 27 3 pm. ; Lion at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do s ld 100 101 102 r, a i. 2 id pr Brewery Company, 21 pm. ; Barned's Banking at Do. Puniaub... n., ! 100 1015 1 02 esnaondi Company, 14. 21 W pm. ; aterloo and Whitehall at Do.lndus St Flo . t° I 100 94 97 111 d, al ld COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Railway, par 1 pm. ; Austin Consolidated Silver, nburg ill - British Columbia, 6 per 1 4 4 pm. ; East London Railway Scrip, 2 3 pm. ; ut eldes t cent., Dec.3l, 1872.- 100 - - ditto, paid up, par i pm. ; London and Mediterra- - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July ?eliding . 1877-84 Wean Bank, 3 i pm. p. c. Fe. & Aug lOO 97 99 ;eded t o - D o /.5 p. c. Ma b r. & Sept 10 1 t 7 99 !r, Basi l BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - ;20.5 p. c. Jan. & July 100 86 88 - Do. 5p P. Inscribed sk 100 85 87 th MO' , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - Cape G.Hopc, 6 p.c.1873 100 101 103 ;titer of 8 per Cent. Consols - Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 1 05 107 - Do. do; 1 5 410-1 100 Its 107 died, in Do. Account, June 6 - Do. Jan. & July, 1691.. 100 107 109 , a per Cent. Reduced 897 87 97 - Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p.c 100 102 104 Feilding New 3 per Cent' B9 787 - bo. 1878, do.. 100 167 109 New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - - Mauritius, rp. c, 1873 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 - Jan. and July iy years A nnu i t i es, 30 yrs, exp i re sth Jan. 1880 - - Do. 1.78 --Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. .8 10 ) 104 106 Br., and Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Apri1,1885... - - Natal Llov. a per cent lOO 102 104 'O S Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1 908 ... - - N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 93 96 he Vachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent - - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., 1866 00 100 102 sad the Do. £5OO - - Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1 876 1 00 9 4 96 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 92 94 927 3 Bank Do. £lOO and £2OO aye.- New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 of England Stock, 51 per Cent 249 - Do. 6 per cent... . ... 100 87 90 c tion of D o A ccoun t - - Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6 p. c. and INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. sterlin,g, 1875 l9O 97 100 igll Indian Stock 101 per Cent., Apri11874... - - Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. 100 1057 106, , SerViC eS f- - S. Ans. Gov. 8 p.c 18t/8-9 100 -- - Do Account - Do. 1878 & upwards.. 1 . 0 107 109 'Of S ing Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. J - a &July 100 - - Do. Account - - Do. do, A Aril & Oct.. 100 1095 1101 1107 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - BRITISH MINES. bee ol° Do. Certificates - marri ed Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent _ 2 Cam Consol. Gold, lim 1- - - Chiverton ___ Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Clifford Amalgamated. - 25 28 iter as Do. 57 per Cent., May 1879 - Devon G. Cons. (Taviat. 1 595 605 a La d,' Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - Nast 2.1.0 7 1 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO - - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 15 18 and SO' 2.14.6 121 134 Do. under £l,OOO - East Cara .on I &At& FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. -as t Cern B rea 3. .1 06) 7 - East Grenville , y - park., Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent East Level 2 .1 3 .6 114 124 , 1101 1 ' B razilian 5 per Cent - - E. IV't Russell (Tavlstk 9.10.6 47 ll Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. 601 3 5 59. „ Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - G. Wheal Vor Heist e 40 32 33 Do. Account - - - Great South Tolgus.... 1.1.0 27 3 Grenvil e 7.8.3 31 3i Of Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - Herod's Foot 8.13 33 40 Wing ~feetthe - Ringston Downs 1.18.0 34 3 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 91 6 , 81 Do. 41 per Cent- and e °11 :1 Colombian 6 per Cent. - 31arke Valley 4.3.0 51 of 25 11 in . n oel Cubs, 6 per Cent. - 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, lilt, 27 - Nangi les ... l9 16 18 r all Danish 3 per Cent, 1825 elp us 0 - New Se ton Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 North Downs 3 - - .60 name32l 13 15 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid - North Roskear Alli l9°dl Danubian Principalities - .v.wh'i Bassett(plogan 1.10.6 I I 2 1863 - North Wheel Crotty .. 2.8.0 2 I, n. , ~, Do £B6 paid - Prosper United........ 7.1.6 21 . 3 7 Brothers "Eiquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - - Pr vidence Uny ',dant 10.6.7 32 .- 5 ~ -Do., Provisional Land Warrant - S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 1 1 505 515 . ' Do., Second Issue - -- S.Wheal Fran. (111o,gan 18.18.9 177 22 arY gyptian 7 per Cent - - stray Park [SS g tai b ee n Do £ lOO Bonds - - Tin Croft 9 17 18 .- West l'assett(lPogan l5 77 81 since the Do. 1864 9 37 7 - W. Caradon (L skeard 9 11 12 Do £IOO Bonds from 20`4An it Creek 5 per Cents., 1 824-5 , ex Coupons - - West Seton 471 185 195 y ni o,,.- Do Account - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 • he r - Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 15 20 er in Do. Coupons - - (Shea Ludc .tt 3 12.8 laovre Ter ' , uo. Account - Wheal :Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 notlfi th ; ktuatemala 5 per Cent. - Wheal Seton - Italian Do. 1839 and 1850-. Wheal Ti elawney (Lis. 7 177 181 alarree'- Wheal Uni0n .......... 4 6 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) - . ', when a Do 1865 -- )n on 0 0- 1)0 Scrip, .£671 paid - dis rat:FERENC/if SHARES. subsc' M exican 3 per Cent. • - Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 105 00 y Gt.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, A rds' DO . Account Ditto, West Mid., gua. shares, 5 7 per cent., P. 69, 51 ..,Is, _ Do 1864 - 247 Mid Consolidatel,6 ee , !• , ?ent.stock, = ..), ss gar/ kaS bee n since th° from d° y Mad ° or b er bovrev e jt notli"'"'; a larm' 101 0 311 On °II- SubS°' 00 yards h o bear boat 13 1 :° - s ister - l tv , r the s po. b r ealtiog 11 1 3 : as. ho rocs° jury' riLEFERENCE 5. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2, Ditto, West Mid., gua. shares, 5t Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 8 per cent., 1321 Ditto. 41 per cent. pt. stook rd., 99 Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per ct., 91 guaranteed stook, per cent., 1.63, 5} - DO 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — w Do French Scrip, E. 25 f 20 c I,4outeviclean 6 per Cent., £ 3O paid 440 0rish Imperial 5 per Cent "e„w Granada — uo 2 per Cent — D▪ o Deferred p 'Jo Land Warrants (Hectares) ellivian 41 per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — dis - 1 - , 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4 per Cent., 1862 I, ° .,,rtliguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ..-,0 Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, bo A p `Ussia n s ccount per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 D o 1860 1) 0 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 r Cent 1862 De per .1 ftrdinian 5 per Cent 864 130 . Account tloish 3 per Cent — ~'° Account 4 Bl ' 0 New Deferred Do Acc oun t — 401 i D 0 Passive ,1, . 1-10 Account 3O Apish Cert. of Coup not funded — . vir '-'0 Acc oun t r "lish 4 per Cent. Ti, ils4/ per Cent. 1861 T Vh 6 per Cent. 1851 to Acco un t 931 3 D ° 6 per Cent. 1.858 o Account b ° 6 per Cent. 1862 . N ° li.eco un t 731 i i'° £lOO B on d s B 4 ° 5 per Cent. 1865 o G • Scup, £2O paid 1 7 , ,b 2 uaranteed, 4 per Cent — jrzuela 3 per Gent. — DCent, 186' , °. Account ° 6 ,per Cent., 1864 ~• PREFEItENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4 per cent. pt., Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 9t London, Chatham, ac., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 1011 FOREIGN RAILWAY 8. G-eat Luxembourg, 14 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 19 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1O Int end v o i ero he latter ' .-- aying • )0 draw ° s 3ks rao to , a •htor Lau b - a L st eppe " I never ) T hre r three p then ;ed to bo t cheer°j FOItEIGN MIZTEIS, Cape Copper, Hm., 12 Kapunda, Urn., Port Philip, 1i Waahoe Gold, lim., Ditto (.£3 BANKS. Alliance, 1 m.. 301 30 I Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., NI Angie , Austrian. 6k Anglo legyptian, hm., 12k 13 Colonial, lan.. 411 Imperial Ottoman. 7 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23f London Joint Stock, f , l London and South African, 17i Merchant Bank, uirn , 26 National Provincial of En2land. 101 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., -- Ditto (£l9 , 7 Scinde, l'unjaub. and Delhi. lim., 13.1 Union of A uBtralia, 65 Union of London, 55 41 DOCKS. London and St. Katbarine, 67 Tnooo ofrgilis t o b at 11. „ euilP ty e ;lit of a 01 0 izo the P r-„ - 15 0 f the v in aerg ht fi °131 ,4 hora jwag re oily c o.- ,„ - .8 life' at s ince )f cbr ist' it is th eyer MISCELLAN.EOIIB. Atl .ntic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 61 / derlin IVater Works, Um., 10/ Credit Fonder and Mobilivr of England, 9 SI Ebbw Vale, 8 Electric Telegraph, 120 f Hudson's Bay, I'l Humber Iron Wo - ks, International Financial ociety, Urn., 61 London Financial Association, Urn., 22i London General Omnibus Company, ai l Madras Irrigation and Canal, 91 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim , 11 Ocean marine Insurance), 24 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., Do ' 1-k per C en t b A nst bividends on the above payable in London. -uelr iar k , , s per Cert., Ex. 10 Florins Dutch `a 4 , ii per cern., Ex. 25f. 24,- Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 4 1 1, 0 . 4,per Cent. C.,rtificaLes - r t ac h Itentes 4i per Cent. 1t.„.0. Account Vali t per Cent. ' lefa, Ex. 25f. ' J o. Account 66 51 Co nsol s TWO O'CLOCK. D o ............................................ 89i- Accouut Ditto, new, 5 II Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 54 A translation into French of Mr. Wilkie Collins's " Armadale " is announced for immediate publication in the Paris Temps, The Echo de la Dordogne announces that the harvest has commenced in that department, particularly in the neighbourhood of Bergerac and Sarlat. Wheat was cut there a week back, and the grain turned out exceed irgly fine. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESOAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) IN RE STRAND MUSICK HALL COMPANY (LIMITED)- JUDGMENT. His Honour delivered judgment in this case, which came before the court on summons, and which had been argued at considerable length. He said that the European and American Finance Corporation held bonds and other securities for the sum of £lO,OOO and £5,000, ,for which they had advanced respectively £5,000 and £2,700 to the Musick Hall Company in question, and they further claimed interest from the 7th of March, 1865. The only question was as to the validity of claims put forth by the corporation as creditors of the company, and whether the latter proved a flourishing concern or a failure had nothing to do with the matters in issue. Having referred to the 78th and 35th clauses of the company's act, he said he considered that according to a correct interpretation of their proyisions, the directors wore empowered to increase the amount borrowed to £30,000, and they accordingly ob tained the first sum of. £5,000. They afterwards applied for the £2,700, giving the bond and a policy on the Pliconix Life Insurance Company as collateral securities, in addi tion to a promissory note. But prior to the latter transac tion the management had borrowed over £28,000, and there was no authority by the shareholders to enable them to increase the money raised beyond the £30,000. He was of opinion that the Corporation were entitled to receive the £5,000 with three months' interest. With regard to the other amount, it was clear that there was no instrument binding on the company for its repayment, however the Corporation might have been deceived by the statutory declaration shown them, and the suppression of the fact that the company had borrowed nearly £30,000 previously. He had no power to grant relief as against the company in respect to the £2,700, though they had evidently been the victims of a fraud. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Register Winslow.) IN RE SIR G. C. EARDLEY, DART. This bankrupt was adjudicated when he was on the continent, the debts being heavy. The matter has been before the court on many occasions, adjournments having frequently taken place in consequence of the non-filing of the accounts. To-day was appointed for the order of dis charge, but it was understood that the case had been again adjourned sub silentio. IN R] RANDALL. This bankrupt was a surgeon, of Finsbury-square, and to-day was appointed for the order of discharge. The debts are £22,965, and the deficiency £19,555. Some dis cussion ensued as to the figures in this case, and his honour ordered an adjournment. IN RE LORD THOS. CHAS. PELHAM CLINTON. This bankrupt, whose case was reported recently, was brother to the late Duke of Newcastle. The case ad journed upon the last occasion in order that the accounts might be amended, and to-day was appointed for the last examination and order of discharge. The case had not concluded when the report left. Waterloo Festival at Brunswick. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) Bituxswicic, Juno 19. Our Waterloo Festival came off yesterday, and, as I think some account of it may interest you, I send you a slight sketch of the proceedings. Friday being the 50th anniver sary of Quatro Bras, where Friedrich William fought his last battle, and died the death of a hero, after living the life of one, was celebrated by a solemn Cathedral service, at 6 30 in the evening, and by all bells in Brunswick tolling the passing knell for half an hour. The Cathedral-place was crowded, and there was no possibility of getting within the doors, even officers being obliged to stand outside. From every house hung a flag or banner of some kind. But in every case, whether the colours were those of the town or country, of Brunswick or Hanover, the long black weepers of crape never failed, marking thus the mourning of the Brunswickers for their gallant and unforgotten Duke. In many cases there was simply a black flag in solitary gloom, hanging from the staff, which, however, like the crape weeper, was to be removed the next day in order to give place to the ducal, municipal, or national colour. Saturday passed over very quietly. It was bitterly cold, a biting north-east wind blowing up clouds of dust, and searching one's very bones ; yet many persons went to see the vete rans arrive at the railway station at 6.30. Nino hundred odd had announced themselves—an almost incredible num ber, when one thinks of the age of all and of the fifty years come and gone since the great battle which sealed Napoleon's fate. The old warriors—chiefly, of course, men in a very humble class of life—were met at the station by the youths attending the Gymnasium. These aro here called the Gymnasts, and belong to a society for the pro motion of athletic exercises. They wear a simple uniform and their captains marching at the head of the corps give their orders in military fashion. One of the young athletes had a drum suspended at his waistband ; beating a muster roll, all the old veterans came to call ; they were then con ducted by the Gymnasts to a Bureau, where they received their tickets of billet, the number of the house and name of the street where they were to be freely lodged ; they were then conducted to their quarter by the young athletes: At six on Sunday morning a general reveilld was sounded, and all met on the Monuments platz, a very beautiful open space, surrounded by a double row of chestnut trees, and in the centre of which, in the middle of a closely shaven lawn, stands a obelisk to the memory of those two gallant Dukes of Brunswick, Earl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Napoleon's General Brunswick" who met with his death, as you remember, at the unfortunate battle of Jena), and that of Freidrich Wilhelm, the father of the reigning Duke, who fell 50 years ago at Quatro Bras. A solemn morning hymn was played, and other appropriate music followed. At 930 there was Cathedral service. We knew there was no pos sibility of getting in, but we drove to the Cathedral-square to see the Waterloo heroes come out of church. Everybody almost who had a carriage to send had placed it at the dis posal of those gallant old fellows, preferring to walk or take some public vehicle themselves ; and, indeed, the poor old men could never have tottered out to the parade ground before the town gates, for many of them were already ex hausted with the unusual excitement and all that they had already gone through that morning. I never saw anything more touching than when the Cathedral doors opened, and the solemn notes of the great organ came grandly pealing out into the morning air—all these old men, halt and maimed, feeble, infirm, and furrowed, each with a sprig of the traditional German oakleaf in his hat, many with a second sprig in their buttonholes and not a few with a scarf of oakleaves interwoven and worn order-wise across the breast and over the shoulder—people of a gone-by ge neration, men who had lived in times of excitement, and who had seen bloodshed and tyranny, pestilence and famine, had stood side by side in the midst of battle and sudden death, had gone through hardships untold, had (not a few of them) crossed the Alps, and escaped as by a miracle the snowy death of Russia, now standing helpless and weak as little children in summer sunshine, supported by ono, tenderly guided by another, looked at with reverence almost savouring of awe :by all, .themselves, perhaps, the least affected of any by the touching scene. The Platz was densely crowded, and of course, there were not nearly carriages enough for all " the nine hundred. We took two into our drosky. One of them had helped to carry the Duke from the field of battle at Quatro Bras, after the fatal bullet had gone home doing its cruel work. These were both only Waterloo men. But the day before I spoke to one who had been all through the Russian campaign, a hale hearty old fellow, whom it did one's heart good to see. And, indeed, though many were sadly feeble, it was very cheering to see how many had work in them yet ; their old faces rosy, and their eyes still bright, while they marched away as well as the best of their pioneers, the Gymnasts. It was some time before the line of carriages got into motion, and then wo wont at a footpace, with frequent stoppages. This was rather trying' as the sun was pouring it fiercest rays down upon us, a bitter cold wind blowing, and clouds of dust flying ; for in these primitive parts we aro as yet unblest with water carts. But we had ample amusement in looking about us. Across the street were suspended wreaths and chains of oak leaves, forming sort of triumphal arches ; from every house hung flags and banners, with appropriate legends and in scriptions. In many cases the windows were completely garlanded with flowers, and up to the housetops human faces crowded one above the other. All the beauty of Brunswiek'ivas to be seen. The variety of pink, white, blue, and mauve bonnets was perfectly bewildering. If "none but the brave deserve the fair," I am sure the valour of those poor old veterans must be incontestable, for the brightest eyes, the rosiest cheeks and lips were there to do them honour, and the whitest hands flung bouquets by the hun dred into the carriages and among the crowd for the "Waterloo heroes." The procession passed up the principal streets, leaving the blackened ruins of the burnt down Schloss to the right, and across the market-place, and out of the town gates to the "Exercier-platz," or parade-ground, a large open green space, bordered on all four sides by fine old elm and lime trees. Here all the soldiery wore drawn up ; the Generals and the staffs in a cluster looked very gay, with their dress uniforms and all their mani fold decorations and orders ; but every eye was directed to the gallant 900 in every variety of costume, but with the unfailing Waterloo medal and the emblematical though simple decoration of oak leaves. The troops were then paraded. The bands played "God save the Queen." The General Commandant of the town (Erichsen) at the head of his staff crossed the parade ground to where the veterans stood, and gave them a short address, which we were too distant to hear. The bands then played some German national airs, and the troops, defiling before the General, left the parade ground. The Waterloo heroes were then conducted to a banquet provided for them. and at which, I believe, 1,100 sat down to dinner. In the evening there was a grand display of fireworks, and military music in the grounds adjoining the infantry barracks. These were on a very grand scale, and all Brunswick was there ; not only the populace, but also the elite. The festi v iti es were over between 11: and 12, but I trust the poor old Waterloo heroes were in bed long before that hour. Of course, they were all brought hither free of expense, and had free quarters and food, but they must have been three try ing days for the dear old men. It was really good of them to arise out of their distant villages to go through all the excitement and fatigue, but it shows the true old spirit was alive in them yet. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WILFULLY DESTROYING THE LIST OF VOTERS FOR WESTMLNSTER.—John Baker, a shoeblack, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, with wilfully destroying the list of voters for members of Parliament, placed on the parish church of St. James's, Westminster, the property of Mr. Scott Turner, the high bailiff of Westminster. Mr. Buzzard, the vestry clerk of St. James's, appeared to prosecute the prisoner, the proceedings being taken under the 6th Vic., chap. 18, sec. 25, which enacts that every person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, efface, or remove any notice, list, register, &c., affixed on a church shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 40s. Lethbridge, 58 C, said that while on duty about half past two that morning, he saw the prisoner pull down the list of voters from the church door and take it away. Ho stopped the prisoner, who was given into custody by Warren, the messenger at St. James's vestry: In answer to the charge the Prisoner said he was very ignorant, and he was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Buzzard wished to state that it was an offence con stantly occurring. Mr. Mansfield said that however ignorant the prisoner might be, ho must be well aware that when public notices or papers were put in such places they were not intended to be pulled down. He would, therefore, have to pay a penalty of 405,, or be committed for a month in default. THAMES. DESPERATE ATTEMPT T 0 COMMIT SUlClDE.—Margaret Macarthy, a large, red faced, and masculine Irish woman, was brought before Mr. Ellison, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and attempting to commit self-destruction. Frederick Greenfield, a police-constable, No. 495 K, stated that yesterday morning he was on duty in the Com mercial-road, near the Cannon-street gate, and saw a mob of 400 or 500 about and near the prisoner, who was drunk and making a great disturbance. She was desired to be quiet and go home, which she refused to do, and on his attempting to remove her she struck at him and at every one within her reach. She raved and swore fearfully, threw herself on the ground, and was removed on a stretcher to the station-house, followed by a boisterous mob, and to the scandal of the well-ordered and moral portion of the community. Stutch, a police-constable, No. 696 A, stated that in the course of the night ho visited the cell in which the prisoner was confined, and found her stretched on the bench with a handkerchief fastened very tightly round the neck, and with two knots in the handkerchief. Sho could not speak, and he had much trouble in unfastening the knots and releasing her. After she was recovered he left her. In 10 minutes afterwards he again visited her. The shawl she was wearing was then covered over her head, knock, and face, and a portion of it thrust into her mouth. She was quite insensible, and he had more trouble than before in recovering her. lie was compelled to watch her for the remainder of the night. Mr. Griffin, inspector of the K division, said that the prisoner was a woman of infamous character, and kept a brothel in a low neighbourhood, called Queen Ann-street, Limehouso. Sho had given much trouble to tho police. Tho prisoner, in defence, said that sho put the handker chief round her neck to protect herself from cold, and the cloak over her head to keep it warm. Mr. Ellison said ho did not put any credence in the pri soner's story. Sho had been drinking heavily, and in her excitement made two attempts to commit self-murder. Ho should order her to be remanded for a week. WESTMINSTER. A WORTHLESS SON ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.—William Gifford, agod 19, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. William Haymont, superintendent of the Rochester buildings lodging-house, Westminster, said that defen dant's father and family lived there. Last night witness was called to the apartments to remove the prisoner, who refused to go away, stating that it was his father's place and he had a right to remain. His father refused to admit him, and the accused, suddenly taking a knife from his pocket, and, unclasping it, said he would not trouble any one any longer, and was raising the knife to his throat when witness seized it and took it away from him. A policeman was sent for, and while witness was speaking to him, prisoner nearly strangled himself by drawing his neckerchief tightly round his throat, and ho was insensible for some seconds, and when he came to, he was taken into custody. Defendant said that he had got nowhere to go, and con sidered his father had a right to afford him a home. The father, a sergeant of the Corps of Commissionaires, said that prisoner was a worthless young man, who was repeatedly troubling him for money and bringing him to distress and penury. His master had discharged him for misconduct. He was remanded. The Taxation of Ireland. The the o ver twelve folio pages, and enters at some length into the ta x a r e t i p o o n r t o o f f t lr h e l e a a s e d l e i c v t a s c o i m s s m u e i t a t e y e e a s p t p e o r i d n a t; . cl t l o t considerextends question as to the conformity of the taxation of Ireland of the total net liabilities of the two at the with fin th d e p iti r m ov p i o 's s i s o i n b s le of to th p e r t e r s e e a n ty t— o as f U t n h i s o. ynwiTshhee ac countcommit- tee d—an countries time of the Union and again at the time of the amalgama tion of the exchequers. By the treaty of union it was pro vided that even after amalgamation certain abatements and exemptions from indiscriminate taxation should be allowed to Ireland if the circumstances of the country seemed to require it. Of late years, however, the committee say considerable additions have been made to Irish taxation, and it has been placed more nearly on an equality with that of Great Britain. Between 1852-3 and 1862-3 the increase of taxation in Ireland was 52 per cent., whilst in Great Britain it was only 17 per cent. The committee are of opinion that with regard to the grants for poor law medi cal officers and for workhouse schoolmasters, the same aid should be extended to Ireland as in England. Mr. Senior, who gave evidence before tho committee, remarks that the taxation of England is both the heaviest and the lightest in Europe ; the heaviest as regards the amount raised, the lightest as regards the ability to bear that amount ; but that in the case of Ireland it is heavy both as regards the amount and as regards the ability of the contributor ; and ho adds that England is the most lightly taxed, and Ireland the most heavily taxed country in Europe, although both ar e nominally liable to equal taxation. The committee were directed to inquire whether the taxation of Ireland was "just in reference to the resources of the country." Though it is extremely difficult to ascertain exactly the relative wealth of the two countries, they think it is clear from a variety of figures, supplied chiefly by Mr. Chish elm, Chief Clerk of the Exchequer, and f ro m other evidence, that the wealth of Great Britain is much more than that of 71 times that of Ireland, the proportion fixed for the contributions of the two countries by the treaty of union. It should be said, however, that at no time from the union to the pre sent day has Ireland actually contributed to taxation in that proportion. The committee say it is not to be denied that Ireland has been suffering during the last few years, but it has not been shown that this suffering has been owing to the pressure of taxation. "It would rather ap pear," says the report, " that it has been owing to the extremely unfavourable character of the seasons, which, for several years past, have been remarkably inclement, and which have caused peculiar sufferings to a country to relieve her on th e ground of hiser odfusltrielanisd,altmheoyst ad w d, holly agrinultural." If the t w a h x o at s i s on in to poverty, b e g r t a b d e u r a s t a e d r e s p o a r a t s s of England and Scotland which might get up a similar case. They hold with regard to remedies that it would be a seri ous error to expend the money voted for national objects in any other way than that which appears best for the na tion at large ; but while they condemn unproductive ex penditure, they are of opinion that any measures which can be safely taken for furtherin g advances of public money to promote the improvement of particular districts in order to render those districts ultimately more capable of adding to the national wealth are desirable. The applications for loans under the Lands Improvements Acts, which are at tended with no risk of loss to the country, have fallen off since 1849, and the committee think that the conditions must be too onerous, and might with advantage be modified. The committee recommend " that extensive proprietors should bo allowed advances for land improvement, drainage, and labourers' cottages, beyond the sum of £B,OOO, which is now tbe fixed limit, in all cases, whatever may be the size of the estate. They also recommend that it should be made optional with the proprietor to borrow the money, under the arrangement at present in force, viz., by repay ments at 6 per cent. for 22 years ; or by payments of 5 per cent. for such a number of years as will be necessary to re pay the sum borrowed, with the same rate of interest as at present. Also, that when a loan is granted for a farm building, it should not be made a condition that the proprietor should provide a house at a cost of £2OO. There aro many cases where a small farm building would bo most useful, but where no house is required. Your com mittee also recommend that the conditions attached to the erection of labourers' cottages should be reconsijered. Your committee recommend that full periodical returns of local taxation in Ireland and Scotland should be laid before Parliament, as is provided in England by the act of 1860. Your committee, in conclusion, call attention to a question which has arisen as to a grant of £5,000 a year, Irish cur rency, which was originally made for the encouragement of the Irish coast fisheries under the Act 59 Geo. 111., c. 109. Some doubt appears to have existed in . Ireland in 1830 as to the effect of subsequent legislation upon this grant ; and the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries were directed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in the same year, to suspend all further proceedings with respect to that grant. It seems afterwards to have been considered that the grant • was actually terminated, and no issue of money was subse ' quently made under it, although applications were from time to time made to the Commissioners of Public Works for aid towards the building and repairing of fishery piers, and for assistance to poor fishermen. Whether the original grant of £5,000 a yeas is still in force, or capable of effect, Appears .to your committee to be a legal question of no small importance, and possibly of some nicety. Your com mittee strongly recommend that the question be submitted for the opinion of the legal advisers of the Crown." THE HANDEL FESTIVAL, The Messiah. The iollowing appeared in our Third Edition yesterday. Punctually to the minute, at a quarter before ;hree o'clock this afternoon, The Great Triennial Flandel Festival—not simply, as on Friday last, the Grand Full Rehearsal of it, but the actual Festival itself—was inaugurated. Remembering the ineffable sanctity of the theme of the Oratorio selected for to-day's performance, coupled with the grandeur of Is execution and the colossal proportions of the whole of the general arrangements, it may be re- marked, as a mere matter-of-fact statement, that the Festival was, by this Oratorio, not only inaugurated, but formally and solemnly inaugurated. If possible the weather to-day was even more propitious than upon the occasion of Friday's Re- hearsal. If less radiant in sunshine, the after- noon was proportionately cooler. The threatening rain-clouds blowing over from the north-west did no more evil than simply threaten—veiling the glare that must otherwise have appreciably raised the thread of quicksilver in the tube of the thermometer. Each successive three years, we presume, will afford evidence of a perceptible increase in the number of visitors beyond that noticeable at preceding Festi vals : and, therefore, we take it for granted that it has again simply to be mentioned here as a mere matter of course that the attendance upon this occa sion has been larger than upon any of its prede cessors. The very spectacle presented to view by the vast congregation of ticket-holders, brought together from all quarters of the United Kingdom, and besides that from many remote parts of the Continent of Europe, is always, of itself, a some- thing magnificent. It is, in fact, yet another, and a very signal attestation of the spread of the more elevating and refining influences of modern civilisa- tion. It is proof positive, in other words, of the wider and wider diffusion of a profound and un affected loie for that one among the Fine Arts which -doubly- • and peculiarly exceptional—first of all by reason of its far subtler beauties ; and, secondly, by reason of its being the only one among the Fine Arts alluded to in Holy Writ as common alike to Earth and Heaven. In very many other ways, however, we cannot but regard this Triennial Handel Festival as a token of the onward march of civilisation. But for the Steam Engine, as applied to our Railway System and Packet Service, the rapid gathering together of such a multitude as was assembled this very after noon in the Crystal Palace, would, be a thing abso lutely impracticable. But for the application, again, of Steam Power to the working of our Printing Presses, these Handel Festivals could never by pos sibility be reported and commented upon, as they are, with such astonishing rapidity and minute ness—Three Hundred representatives of Jour nalism being busily occupied to-day in taking note of the performances with a view to the transmission of the tidings of its success to all the principal newspapers of London and the provinces, at home and abroad, journals pub lished the next morning, or others, like our own, issued from the steam-press upon the very evening of the performance thus analysed currente calamo. Nay, not only in these instances have we fresh illustrations afforded to us triennially by the Handel Festivals, of the wondrous pace at which this modern march of civilisation is being conducted—but, swifter than the steam-packet or the railway-train, swifter than the steam-press or the flying pencil of the stenographer, there were this afternoon clicking, at intervals, those magic needles of the Electric Telegraph—conveying hither and thither, in various directions, and to enormous distances, fragmentary accounts, as to the manner in which to-day's Oratorio proceeded, of its suc cessful, nay, of far more than merely its suc cessful—of its triumphal progress. And that Oratorio—the grandest and holiest of all the Oratorios as befits its, divine theme—The Messiah ! More frequently performed than any other, more familiarly known to the general multitude, it is at the same time more beloved and revered than any other among these gigantic masterpieces of Handel. Lis tening to the glorious Overture, preluding its world of wondrous solos and yet more *ondrous choruses, we seem to hear through " The Messiah" of llandel an echo from " The Messiah" of Pope— " Hark, a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears : A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.", And hearkening to the lovely recitative that follows immediately upon the close of the majestic Overture, " Comfort ye, my People"— delivered so exquisitely by Mr. Sims Reeves !—one could not but reverently recall to mind the thought that Handel (if one might dare so to speak) not inappositely celebrated, in these sublime harmonies of sound, the Divine History of " The Messiah," re membering how, among other references to the miracles of the Redeemer, it has been sung— "'Tis He the obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm the unfolding ear." After the opening air, which was given with im mense effect by our great Tenor, " Every Valley shall be Exalted," the first of the nineteen great choruses of the Oratorio was pealed forth exul tantly in the prophetic words of Isaiah, " And the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed !" Mr. Weiss, though warmly applauded, was by no means so effective as might have been wished in the recitative, " Thus saith the Lord"—followed by the wonderfully difficult, highly elaborated and curiously intricate " But who may abide," in the conquest of themore arduous passages of which Ma dame Sainton Dolby covered herself -with honour, being proportionably greeted, thereupon, with tokens of the delighted approbation of her audience. After the chorus, " And he shall purify," the same gifted artiste gave the tenderest, loveliest utterance to the brief recitative " Behold a Virgin shall con ceive," and to the delicious air " 0 thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"—an air that surely, surely has the most bewitchingly beautiful of all imagin able accompaniments ! Immediately after the choral repetition of that marvellous air and its accompani- ' ments, Mr. Weiss obliterated all recollection of his former recitative by the majestic effect with which he delivered " For behold, darkness shall cover the Earth," and still more by his delivery of the sombre and massive air " The People that Walked in Darkness." Then followed that grandest of all the mighty choruses of Handel, " For Unto us a Child is Born"—given, this afternoon, as magnifi cently (more than that, it would be imposzible to say of it), quite as magnificently as on Friday at the Rehearsal ! The encore, at its conclusion, being demanded (inevitably) by the vast audience, with a thundering crash of hands that attested their profound and instant admiration ! Foul' thousand performers, vocal and instrumental,, peal ing forth those abrupt, adoring apostrophes, " Wonderful ! Counsellor ! The Mighty - God !" it was impossible to listen to such majestic volumes of sound unmoved, without moistened eyes and thrilling hearts. It was, so to speak, like the Hymn of Coleridge, in the Valley of Chamouni, articulated not by the mountain cataracts, and the winds of heaven among the eternal pines, and the rolling of the avalanche, but by human lips and human hands, through words and inarticulate sounds of accordant sublimity. The audience were —it would have been nothing less than wonderful had it been otherwise--just simply enraptured. Such a Chorus and so rendered—it was the realisa tion for once of Milton's dream of the heavenly strain in his " Ode on the Nativity"— When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, Was ne'er before by mortal finger strook ; Divinely warbled voice Answering the stringed noise As all their souls in blissful rapture took; The air, such pleasure loth to lose, With thousand echoes still prolongs each heavenly close. The du!eet notes of The Pastoral Symphony pre pared the way for the four recitatives then following each other in rapid succession—" There were Shep herds," " And lo ! the Angel," " And the Angel," " And Suddenly"—all of them entrusted to Madame Lemmens-Sherrington. " Glory to God," a chorus that might, in spite of its comparative brevity, take rank with many a Gloria in Excelsis of the great Mass-Composers, then followed. This, with Madlle. Adelina Patti's radiant delivery of " Rejoice Greatly"--succeeded by the twill airs sung in immediate sequence by Madame F 3ainton- Dolby and Madame Lemmens-Sherringtc in, "He shall Feed His Flocks" and " Come ur tto Him," brought the First Part to a close with 1 he loving choral chaunt, " His yoke is easy." A mere momentary pause then preceded the eon unence ment of the Second Part, with the: noble chorus " Behold the Lamb of God," ver y finely given by the whole force of the Orchestra.. Madame Sainton Dolby's subdued and pathetic rendering of the mournful air, " He was despised,". 1 - ras enforced in meaning, as it was not unnaturally surpassed in effect, by the three grand and 3 nest solemn choruses [ that folloWed thereupon, " Surely he hath borne," " And with his 'S'zr:pes," and more impressively yet, " All we like sh eep." Later on, in the remainder of the Second Pal •t, and in the whole of the Third, Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santley, and the rest of the eminent artistes engaged in these colossal performances, competed with the combined powers of the four thousand—singers and instrumental—ranged in ser ried ranks behind them in the gigantic and symme trical concavity of the Great Handel Orchestra. The Murder of a Child . and Alleged Poison ing of a Wife at Woolwich. Last evening Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed at the Royal Oak Tavern, Woolwich, the inquiry respecting the death of Benjamin Jones, an infant, whose body was found in the Thames under circumstances that have given rise to a charge of wilful murder against his father, Thomas Jones. The court was densely crowded, and the proceedings were regarded with great interest, as it was known that the accused was also charged with the murder of the child's mother. The Coroner said that he had to request the jury to attend carefully to the links of evidence in the case, and not to suffer themselves to be led away by the excitement which prevailed in the neighbourhood. Louisa Beer, 32, Raglan-row, Plumstead, repeated the evidence which she had already given before the magistrate, and which was to the effect that the deceased was born on Good Friday, and that its mother died on the 30th April, leaving the child in her care. On the Bth June she took the child to the father's by his orders, and she never saw it alive after. She now added that the father had paid her 2s. 6d. a week for minding the child. When she objected to the child being sent to London then, as its clothes were dirty, he said, "Never mind the clothes; I will send it where there is another baby," and he asked her for a pint bottle of milk. Two days after she saw the milk, unused, in the cupboard, and she asked him why he had not given it to the child. He said, " Because the woman had the breast." When she afterwards, on the 14th instant, told him that she felt very uneasy, and if he did not tell her where the child was she would go to the magistrate, he said, " If you ask again, and don't mind your own business, I will go to Mr. Hughes (the solicitor), and see what he can do for you " Mary Holman, 5, Raglan-row, Plumstead, said that the deceased's father lodged with her. He was a labourer at the dockyard. He had been in the workhouse previous to the birth of the child. Shortly after the child had been brought to the father, on the Bth of June, witness, at ten in the evening, went into the room, and, not seeing it, said, " Where is the baby gone ?" Jones said, "It is gone to Camberwell. I have sent it to my sister's. Did you not see the lady go out with it ?" Witness said that she had not. She afterwards asked him to let his friends know where his sister lived in Camberwell, so that they might write. He merely replied, "I am the father of my own babe, and shall do as I like by it." A Juror asked whether there was a sister of the accused residing at Camberwell. The coroner said that the question was immaterial, for the accused could produce the baby if his statement was correct. Henry Smith, a painter, said that on a Thursday night a short time since, either the 15th or the Bth June, he was larking with two girls in New-street, Woolwich. It was about ten o'clock. A woman came and told him that Jones wanted to see him outside the Ship and Half Moon public-house. Witness continued, I went and saw Jones, who said, "hallo, Harry, where can I get a boat?" I said. "What do you want of a boat at this hour of the night ?" He answered, " My landlady has given me half-a-crown to go and drown some cats and dogs which I have now under my arm." I said, "It is very strange for her to give you half-a-crown to drown cats and dogs at this hour of the night." Jones answered, " No, it is not. I may as well do that as nothing," and " I have drowned them in the water-butt." He said that he would not throw them into the river from the bank asthere might be a bother ; and he asked me for a piece of string to tie them up tight, and said that they would sink because he had put a flat iron with them. I asked him to give me the iron for my mother, but he refused. We went down to the stairs and got a boat from a man for a pot of half-and-half, and we gave two boys a penny each to row it. We went towards the arsenal. I again asked him for the iron, and tried to get at the bundle, but he would not let me. We rowed out into the river to the middle, and he threw the bundle in. We rowed away. He turned round and looked, and suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, good God! it has not sunk. Let us row back." I could not see it in the darkness, and I said, "No, no, lam not going back to your - cats and dogs. Row ashore, boys." Nothing more was said. The witness stated that he was not quite sober at the time, and that he had no suspicion that anything was wrong. Two boys, Alfred Brewer and Thomas Nolan, proved rowing a boat out in the river on the night of Thursday three weeks, for two men, who said they were going to drown puppies. The Coroner said that he would not conclude the present inquiry until he had taken the inquest upon the body of the child's mother. The court was then adjourned. THE 'EXHUMATION OF THE BODY OF THE CHILD'S MOTHER. Mr. Carttar, the coroner, accompanied by Dr. Stuart, Inspector Brown, and a body of police of the R divisioa proceeded with a jury to the picturesque churchyard of St. Nicholas, Plumstead, where the remains of Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, the mother of the murdered child, had just been exhumed. Large crowds were assembled, and looked on at the proceedings with some degree of awe. The de ceased was much decomposed, and when Mrs. Holman, the person in whose house she had lived, was asked if she could recognise her late lodger, she burst into tears, and said that she could not. She ultimately, however, stated that she would be able to identify the shroud and the stockings by certain marks and by the letters " M. A. C." The coroner and jury then proceeded 'to the Plume of Feathers Tavern, in the village of Plumstead, for the pur pose of hearing the evidence. Louisa Beer, a married woman, said—l had a sister named Mary Ann Savage, who married Thomas Jones. She was twenty-one years of age, and had two children, a little girl aged three years, and an infant born on Good Friday. She died on the 30th April, and was buried ou May 4. Mrs. Mary Holman said—l made the deceased's shroud, and put the flowers in her coffin. 1 can swear to the shroud. Her husband cut her on the back with a razor two years before her death. The Coroner at this stage adjourned the inquiry for the medical evidence, and to give time for a chemical analysis to bo made of the stomach and viscera of the deceased. During the afternoon the accused, Thomas Jones, aged 23, was brought up on remand, before the magistrate, at Woolwich. lie is an intelligent-looking young man, and made no statement whatever. The evidence taken was not so full as that given before the coroner's court. The prisoner was remanded for a week. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. - LONDON', June 27.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. QUEENSTOWN, June 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Celes tine, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Alexander 11., from Cardenas. OrF FALMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Cecile, from Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Roslin Castle, from Calcutta; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin. CARDIFF, June 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Excelsior, from Santander. SWANSEA, June 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Twilight, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Juno 26.—Wind Z.—Arrived—Yorkshire, from London for Melbourne. COWES, June 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Antoinette, from Callao. LIVERPOOL, June 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Governor - General, from Bombay ; Zouvo, from Pernambuco ; Win consin, from New York. BRISTOL, June 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrivad—America, from Barbadoes. EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH'. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, June 26.—Cecilia, from Randers; Oak, from Guernsey ; Nicolita, from Buenos Ayres; Prince Albert, from Guernsey ; Thirtieth Septemeer, from Stockholm ; Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Elizabeth Cecily, from Guern sey, Rock City, Ann Beer, and Aaron Heaton—all from Cronstadt ; Nelly, from Colombo. Arrived, June 27.—Lochnagar, from Macao ; Europa from St. Lucia; Free Trade, from Kongelf ; Swift, from Dantsic ; Belle of the Cliff, from Mutts, ; Ann, John Mow len, and Alberta—all from Guern s e y . DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Corcyra, screw steamer, from London, for Malta. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT DOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. Tho SPEAKER. took the chair at 20 minutes past 12. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Burnham Tidal Harbour; Belfast Water ; Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway ; Fulham Railway • Lancashire Union Railway ; Lynn and Sutton Bridge Ra ilway; Southport Improvement; South wark Bridge Transfer; and Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway Bills were considered and agreed to. THE STANDING ORDERS. Col. IV. PATTEN called the attention of the house to the report of the Committee of Referees on Private Bills, and moved the following alteration in the Standing Orders : - , —To repeal Order 88,. and to substitute the following : " The Chairman of Ways and Means, with such 'other persons to be appointed by Mr. Spe.iker, and for such period. as he shall think fit, shall be referees of the house on private bills ; such referees to form one or more courts, and three at least to constitute one court ; the chairman of each court to be a member of this house." After No. 90, to insert the following:—" In case the promoters and opponents of any bill shall agree that all the questions in issue between them upon such bill shall be re ferred to the referees, it shall be competent to the referees to inquire into.the whole subject rawer of the bill, and to report their opinion thereon to the house ; and, in case they shall report that such bill ought to bo proceeded with, the same shall, unless the house shall otherwise order, be re ferred to the committee on unopposed bills, and shall be treated as an unopposed bill." After N0..91 : "In case the referees shall report, with reference to any bill, that the estimate deposited in respect thereof is insufficient, or that the engineering is inefficient for the proposed object, the bill shall .not be further proceeded with unless the house shall otherwise order." The hon. and gallant gentle man, went at great length into the matter, and said lid was of opinion to compensate the members of the house •for the sacrifice of time they were called upon to make in filling the Office'of referees. Mr. AYRTON objected to the proposition of paying members of that house for services rendered in committee. Mr. LIDDELL thought it would be better to postpone the consideration of the matter until the 'next Parliament met. He did not think that a thin house at the close of the session ought to determine the matter. Sir E. COLEBROKE was quite ready either to take the motion into consideration on that occasion, or leave it to be dealt with in the next session of Parliament. He did not think they could carry out effectually the committee of referees without the members were adequately compensated for the undivided attention they were called upon to give for the public good. Lord HOTHAM objected to the payment of the refe rees without they were placed in the same position RA tin chairman of committees. Mr. HENLEY was quite disposed to vote for the conti nuance of the arrangement 'of the . court of referees, pure and simple, but he was indisposed to giye his assent to a propcsition now made for payment of the members of the house forming the court. [LEFT SITTING.] SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE This Day. CITY BETTING—Tres DAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 5 to 1 agst Brown Bread (taken) 6 to 1 agst Revival (taken) 10 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) 10 to 1 agst Macbeth (taken) 12 to 1 agst Brandy Wine (taken) 20 to 1 agst Any other (offered) NEWCASTLE RACES--THis DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. North Derby Stakes—Exceller, Strong Beer, and King Arthur are here. Members' Plate Clown, Windham, Jack's Alive, Wangle Eye, Lozenge, Heifriette, Alice Fauconberg, and Cares, are here. Hunters' Stakes—Extra Number, Fullsail, Comus, Margheritta, First Whip, Cragsman, and Lady Middleton, are here. Tyro Stakes—Bluo Riband, Limber Magna, Vulture, Cranmore, and Bob Chambers, are here. Wednesday—Entries for the Queen's Plate- - Jathedral, Club Queen, Lady of Coverdale, Walcot, La Toucques, Brown Bread, Harry Brailsford, Caller Ou, Henrietta, Little John, Maid in Chancery, Wild Poppy, Dux, Xa punda, Brindisi, Oppressor, Curtain Lecture, Skipjack, Alice, Irritation, Sweetness, and Wharfinger. Additional Arrivals.—Eola, Alice, Bandarilla, Revival, Caller Ou, Nothing More, Madame Tagliafico, Barbara, Allan, Split the Difference, Oppressor, Penhill, Wrangle Eye, and Well Done. ODIHAM RACES—Tfus DAY. Westbourno Stakes—Lecturer, Rattler, Novice, Fern Leaf, Vexatious, and The Squire, are here. Dogmersfield Park Stakes—Lecturer, Gazelle, Domino, Venturous, Squire, Maid of Usk, Duchess of St. Albans, Viper, Novice, Chicken Hazard, and Fanny Fern filly, are here. Odiham Handicap—Stockinger, Menace, Endsleigh, Trapeze, Harksway, and Basquine, are here. Manor Plate—Stockinger, Crytheia, Viceroy, Thais, Medicis, Kathaleen, and Lecturer, are here. Several others expected this morning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALLS'—LAST EVENING. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered—take 9to 1) sto 1 agst Brown Bread (taken) 6 to 1 agst Revival (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Marechal (offered—take Bto 1) Bto 1 agst La Toucques (offered—take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Macbeth (offered) 12 to 1 agst Brandy Wine (offered) 14 to 1 agst Strong Beer (offered) 16 to 1 agst Alice (taken) DERBY, 1866. 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 25 to 1 agst King Hal (taken) 40 to 1 agst Magician (taken) 40 to 1 agst Primate (taken) 50 to 1 agst Duke of York (taken) BETING AT MANCHESTER.-MONDAY. Speculation at the Subsbription Rooms this day on the Northumberland Plate was of the usual "up and down " character, as horses were knocked about in a most mysterious manner. Caller Ou, however, who opened at 7to 2, closed at sto 2 (taken freely). Brown Bread and Revival, who were very unsteady at the latter portion o last week, were in good odour, 9 to 2 being accepted about the Middleham colt, and 13 to 2 was taken about the representative of the "spots." Le Marechal was steady at 10 to 1, but Brandy Wine fluctuated between 9 to 1 and 100 to 8, the latter being the offer at the finish, and that price was taken about Macbeth. La Toucques rapidly declined from 7 to 1 to 20 to 1 (offered), and Strong Beer was friendless at 100 to 3. Closing prices : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst Caller Ou (taken freely) 9 to 2 agst Brown Bread (taken and offered) 13 to 2 agst Revival (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Le Marechal (taken) 100 to 8 agst Brandy Wine (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Macbeth (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Alice (taken) 20 to 1 agst La Toucques (offered) 20 to 1 agst Little John (offered) 100 to 3 agst Strong Beer (offered) 100 to 3 agst Henrietta (offered) 100 to 3 agst Wharfinger (offered) LAD VERTISEMENT.] " TAW TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency, —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. AQUATICS• - o= ----- SCULLERS' RACE soft £5O.—A scullers' race of a very in teresting description was rowed yesterday between George Cannon, of Blackwall, and Joseph Heath of Greenwich, from Putney to Mortlake, for £25 a-side. Both are water men, and had several times previously distinguished them selves, and they met before last year below bridge, when, after a severe race for three miles, Heath nearly drove his man ashore, and going by, won with ease. Since then Heath has rowed Horace Cole, of Chelsea, and would have won easily, but a foul early in the race was given in against him. Cannon had trained at Harry Kelly's, the Bells, Putney ; Heath at Salter's, the Feathers, Wandsworth ; and both were very fit. Three steamers, densely crowded, accom panied, and betting was 6 to 4on the Greenwich lad. Mr. Heath having been appointed umpire for his son, George Hommerton for Cannon, and the veteran Bill Pocock re feree, they went to the Aqueduct at 4 o'clock, Cannon with the station, and after an amount of fiddling got away at 20 minutes past, Cannon obtaining a strong lead. In a few strokes Heath came up, but Cannon got away again a little, and a splendid race followed by the Star and Gar ter and London Boat-house, Cannon all the time drawing slightly, aided by Heath's faulty steerage. At the Point Cannon was all but clear of his man, but Heath stuck to him gamely, and a little further drew over his quarter, and they so rowed till near the Dung-wharf. Hero Cannon drew clear again, taking Heath's water, and after another desperate race went away at the Soap Works, and led by a good two lengths under Hammersmith -bridge. After this, in spite of Heath's plucky rowing, Cannon gradually in creased his lead without any remarkable effort, and won by four lengths, in 24 min. 10 secs. Tho winner is pos sessessed of a very useful style, especially for a below bridge man, and may be looked for to do something better ere long. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market firm at the closing prices of yesterday. Sales, probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. THE NEW BISHOP Or CHESTER. --We have reason to believe that Dr. Jacobson has been selected for the vacant bishopric of Chester. 1 1 I