The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

MARKETS.---This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on sale in our alovvimarkety, to-day, in goo d con di t i on. All ki n d s moved off at a decline in the quotations, compared with Mon day, of 2d per 81bs. The top figure was 5s 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderately extensive, and sales progressed heavily, on rather lower terms. The bes Downs and half-breds, however, were worth Gs per Blbs, we had a fair inquiry for lambs, at late rates—viz., from 68 Bcl to 8s per 81bs. No change took place in the value of ca lves, which were in limited supply. Prime small porkers said freely, at extreme currencies, but large hogs Were very dull. Per 81b to sink the offal. CrBe A• s ds d ci s d 8 • . 1 1f. beasts... 3 8 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 ,seeond quality do ..4 2 4 6 Prime s'tlidown c 0.5 10 6 0 lar,,N oxen ..4 8 4 0 La-ge coarse calves.s 4 5 10 nie Bttots. &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......6 0 6 4 ac e eprse. and inf. she. 3 4 4 Large logs o nd quality doe 10 ..4 6 5 2 Small porkers ... i< 6 5 0 Lamb.... 68 8d to 8i 3d. 841 t 03,13 calves 21s to 23s ; and quarter - old store pigs, 30s eaChl Head of stock on sale. _ y • Total supply. Foreign supp ly. 310 new. ................ 5" Beasts ows I,c ................ C0w5..... • .71 1 mbs I 3OO k•heep a nd iamb' s /3,900 Sheep an 50 Calves 70 Pk 3. .................. 210 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NE WGATE ANI) LEADENTIALL.—The supplies of mea t are Itoderate, and the trade is steady, as follows :—Beef, from ;i 3 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 8d; lamb, 5s 8d to 81,.,; the Teal, 4s Id to its 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per by carcase. % HAY. MITZI:MD.—Meadow hay, .£4 Os to £5 ; clover £5 Os to .{6 lOs Od ; and straw, .£1 18s to £2 los 4s per load. , 4.510 w trade. Cllhtß tni.A2o.—Aleadow hay, £4 Os to £5 12s Od; clove; Trams Os to .£6 10s Od; and straw, £2 Os to .£2 5s per load. rade steady. 7 11112 eirAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to .£5 10s; clover, 4650 s P'Y , to £6 12s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. only moderate. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 11:itton s. d. s. d. Lyons .16, 0 Cara(lon. . w e ", e ta Moor Butes 14 6 Davison's * Gray l5 0 33 st Hartley raddyell's Hetto 1^ 3 South Hartlepool l6 6 Bonn. Iletton Ships at market, 27 ; sold, 15. ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL ti TELL IGE NCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Zile directors of the Bank of England have not eenied it necessary to make any further alteration at'toning in the rate of dis coun t, w hi c h rema i ns t A 2 ° Per cent. Si n ce th e arr i va l s o f go ld f rom r "' e rica withi n th e pas t f ew d ays, and the part i al restoration of confidence that has taken place in b e°llTh lercial ci rc l es , no c h ange was ant i c i pa t e d. Th e ,rokers appear more willing to negotiate short dated bankers' acceptances, but for three months' gg a per th e c h arges remain the same as b efore. a per the G azette return to appear t hi s even i ng b e e g ar ded as fa voura bl e, a s li g ht concess i on may b e ex p e cted in th e c h arges f or fi rst - c l ass bill s, an d t h e ret urn is now anxiously awaited. TThe stopp age of Messrs. H. J. Enthoven and ? 118 ) of London an d Li verpoo l , h as b een announced. firra were engaged in the metal trade, and has ; 41 ) ( 1Q a high reputation for many years. The failure is attribut e d t o comm i tments w i th Messrs. Pinto, Perez, and Co., who lately suspended. It is st ated that on taking the yearly balance there was 4 large surplus. The liabilities aro estimated at 250,000, and the liquidation, it is stated, will prove v ery favourable. There was an influx of £17,000 in gold at the ank yesterday. The directors of the St. John d'el Rey Mining ' olll pany (Limited) have received per Rhone the i Z 3ll owin g report, dated Morro Velho, 28th April :- 4.r educe second division of April, 10 days, 14,362 c ' ita yas ; yield, 8.381 oitavas per ton. The following is from the London and Provin cial Starch Company (Limited) Sir TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. y our beg to info rm you t h at the petit i on named in abovecnley article of th e 15th i ns t ., f or w i nding up the the c o company, has been w ithd rawn, b y th e consent of tio 4 °4ll3a ny, the petitioner paying the costs of the peti 1` It 44 a rilee.tin Was resolved unanimously, that the filing of such peti illapi.,44,B e ntirely uncalled for, as the shareholders have of tb o con cons in the management and future prospects c°m PanY."—l am, &c., 23 Itt _ ILLL.Liu A. T VRNER Managing Director. mirtin s-lane, Cannon-street, E.C., May 30. vit l i ne followi ng memoran d a h ave b een received d or l ' e spect to the d e bt s o f V enezu el a and Ecua -.. VENEZUELAN DEBT. 11, Warnford-court, Bank, London, E.C., Th e May 30, 1866. tikeirfe„erstrlittee of V enezue l a n b on dh o ld ers h ave rece i v ed o;.°"elving new s :- It'alarshal Falc on h a d assume d t h e P res i dency on the Ist of 1 ,1 1 ''' w hen h e appointed Senor Rafael Arvelo as Minister 411 d Congres s h a d e l ec t e d G enera l C o li na as First, '4eneral Marquez as Second, Vi ce -P res id en t." I t Will thus be seen that Gunman Blanco has not been sZ lect ed as Vice-P res id en t, a c i rcums t ance hi g hl y favour ,. to the i nterests of the bondholders. 2latshal Falcon is con reported to be a very honourable man, m eat Wicieubt will soon enter i nto a sat i s f actory arrange th British bondholders. Th VENEZ UELA SIX PER CENT. LOA_N, 1864. ka r e Gener a l Credit and Finance Company (Limited) )are : t e eeipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. .L. Boni- H l ect " o Co., dated La Guai ra , 9th M ay , 1866, o f d ut i es (A foll ows (and remitted) on account of the above loan, as Rl3 :-Pe r statem en t N o . 9 0 , f rom Puerto Cabello, rr°ll , ° 2 O 63 ; di tto, No. 91, ditto, $8,915 73 ; ditto, No. 77, 2 3 1 Guaira, $25,087 22 ; ditt o , N o . 7 8 , d i tto, , 7 01 10: total, $71,624 68 . T h e to 'ad week' s ra il way rece i pts, ascertained up 41° day, are in round figures as under :- feat ri , 6,773 69,534 Wester n 186 6. 186 5. 7 ,o 0 ti Weste rn 124,953 112,036 Brighton rn nth West e 29,984 24,815 .lietaud 55,016 45,717 kilth Easter n 29,721 22,329 iII eat Northern. .411_easter and Yorkshire 1,4.1 and Exeter 7,421 6,962 14 .1 , t Eastern 73,795 69,106 'f--',.".sehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 26,682 17,695 i"at Eastern 40,241 33,424 '4111(104 and Chatham and Dover These returns, when compared with those of the cor responding period of last year, are of a very satisfactory character: -On the Great 'Western tilers is an increase of £7,239 ; on the North- Western of £12,917, on the South-Western of Q 5,139, on the Brighton of £5,153, on the Midland (:),.! £9,289, on th e S out h-E as t ern of £7,392, on the Z r eat Northern of £489, on the Lancashire and Yor kshire of £24,001, on the Bristol and Exeter of £45 9, on th e N ort h-E astern £4,689, on the G anehester, Sheffield, an d Li ncoln of £8,987, on the Q , at Eastern o f £6,817 , and on the London' L'athatn, a n d D over, of £ 3,271. R atio he offici a l returns relating to trade and navi haq p, for the f our mon th s en d ed the 30th April the e bee n published. F r o m th ese i t appears that total declared value of exports from the United t l3 , 7 gdorn for that period was £62,357,579 against crea:74)BlB in the like period in 1865. The in eatteoeli has been most perceptible in coals and culm, Inanufactures, haberdashery and millinery, Va ol i hara ' a ree and cutlery, linen manufactures, and llort at e c tt and worsted manufactures. The im beet, 4)118 of the principal articles have la r Petr ol ger in live animals, ruin, cotton, ellin) provibut rusions, quicksilver, tallow, wheat, brandy' unrefined sugar, an d w i ne , 414 Z-wailer in hemp, rice, rum, s ilk, s h eep and Th e 11°.°1, C offee, pepper, te a , an d t o b acco. amouiill)Phag accounts exhibit an increase in the tor the °f tonnage employed in the foreign trade, ':qlb4.4rdetitries inwards, and also for the clearance s atia s ~„s , ; while in the coasting trade during the the el ' e ' l led the entries show a small decrease, but erral'allee3 outwards are rather larger than in esPnoding period of last year. Two o'CLocs. Ite,lll,FB:teeileegril aßrae,ntes, this morning, according to were 65f. 35c. 44ear,14tiglish Stock market opened with a heavy corded-lrlee and a decline of i per cent. was re- Ninli e - ti le Funds. Subsequently there was more d 4 s aPParent in prices, and Consols recovere Itiewi 74Z1notiey, and 86i i for the account. The Trees axe 64 i ; and Reduced Annuities, 85k ; Annuities, 1885, 13k ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to ss. dis ; for March and ditto, ss. to 3s. dis.; Bank of England Stock, 247 k 248 ; India Stock, 210 k ; ditto 5 per Cents., 106 k ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101; ditto 4 per Cent. Debentures, 991 1004 ; and ditto Bonds, Bs. dis. In the Foreign Stock market quotations are generally lower. Spanish Passive, 201 4 ; the Certificates, 14/ ; Greek, 11 12 ; Mexican, 181 1; ditto New, 151 16 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 301 ; Italian, 411 4 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 6 5 dis. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 661 67 ; Eric Shares, 781 79 ; and Illinois, 65/ 66. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been on a very restricted scale, but prices generally have remained steady. Metropolitan have declined £1; while Midland have advanced 55., and South-Eastern £l. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is also little variation. Dutch Rhenish are steady, at 184 ; Grand Trunk of Canada are at 193 20 ; and East Indian have declined to 1024 1034. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. Alli ance have improved to 181 191 ; Agra and Master man to 23 24 ; London Joint Stock to 651 663 ; and Union of London to 491 503 ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England are n 23 dis. ; General Credit, 21 dis. ; and National Discount Company, 7 73 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols • Do. Account, May 9 B6 3 per Cent. Reduced 854 New 3 per Cent 8 54 New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 i ... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Apri1,1885... 13} / Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... March. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 5 10 Do. £5OO lO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndian Stock, 104 per Cent., Agri11874.....210/ Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent, May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bond; £l,OOO 8 dis Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm Austrian Bond; 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent -- Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 6Bl 9 Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do-,1 per Cent. (Deferred. 3 per Cent.) Milian 6 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent Do. 6 per Cent Do Scrip, £5O paid Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred egyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue B3 Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 Bl ' Do £lOO Bowls B5l 5 i Do. Government Bailin) , Debentures — Do. £5O paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account auatemala 5 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cent 1865 no Account — Do. Marerarnana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Do. Account i . lBl 1 Dn 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Monteviclean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Jew Granada — 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do 2 per Cent — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3. 44 Do. Account Russian 5 per Pent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B 4l 1 3 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Accoant Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive 2Ol Do Account 2C. I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l4l 1 Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do £lOO Bonds 5B Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 62 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _ Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip _ Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Pb- Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account — Do 6 per Cent., 186 4 Do. Account Do. 1861 3O! 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, q per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per CNA. Ex. 12 Gail — Do 1 per Cent. d e rtilleaLes French Routes 3 per Cent. — Itdiar. 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account ......................... ..„ 42 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for money Do. Account, June 6th B6 i x d Liverpool Cotton Market—Tbis Day. Market opens with a good demand at ste, rates. Sales, probably 15,000 bales. A BABY BARONET.--Some months back died Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty Tichborne, the last baronet of Tichborne, Hampshire, a young man of 26, who had figured in Basing - hall -street b e f ore hi s d ea th. By his wife, a young daughter of Lord Arundell of Wardour, he left no children, and great were the local lamentations at the ex tinction of an old Hampshire family and the transference of the estates to that of Lord Dormer, as was understood ; fur were not the Tichbornes in Hampshire before the Con quest at the mouth of the Itchen, whence their name ,4 de- Itchenbourne," or Tichborne ? and was it not a Sir John Tichborne, High Sheriff of the county, who, on hearing of Queen Elizabeth's death, posted to Winchester and pro claimed James 1., who created him a baronet and knighted four of his sons? It seems that Sir Alfred left his widow enceinte ; and the son, whose birth was announced yester day morning at Fencoto hall, in Yorkshire, is now 12th baronet of Tichborne, THE DUKE OF EDINI3URG/I'S CITY CASKET.—The casket iu which the freedom of the City of London is to be represented on the 7th of June next, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, is from a design by the same artist who wrought out the elaborate casket of gold presented to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his marriage. In this instance, however, the old tradition of having the box entirely of gold has been departed from; for the Common Council decided that it should be emble matical of the great profession to which his royal highness belongs. It was therefore determined that the casket should be of oak, carved from a beam of the old roof re cently removed from Guildhall. There was, we understand, considerable competition among the principal jewellers for the honour of making this fine work of art, but Mr. Ben son's design was selecLed. The casket is about 16 inches long by 10 inches high, oval in shape, and in the cinque cento style. It is difficult to describe the minute tracery of carved work, or the fine gold ornaments, in high relief, with which all parts of it are covered. A superb gold and enamelled ornament, forming the City arms, surmounts the apex of the casket, and in the centre (in front), on an enamelled gold panel, the prince's arms are blazoned in colours; two small panels of dark blue, on either side, con tain the prince's monogram, with the Admiralty anchor. On the back of the box, in a rich gold framework, small raised letters of pure gold, in blue enamel, form the follow ing inscription :—" Phillips, Mayor. Presented by the Corporation of London, with the freedom of the City, to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Thursday, 7th June, 1866." On the inside of the lid, on a chased gold panel, is engraved, This casket is carved from the oak taken from the old roof of Guildhall." On the outside, at each end, are beautifully carved masks ; and between the tripodial supports of oak and gold, on which the casket rests, aro winged seahorsos, exquisitely carved and enriched. It is impossible in a mere description to convoy an adequate idea of its general effect—of the rich coloured contrasts which the dark oak, the enamelled plaques, and the tinted gold ornaments afford. All its cornices are of gold, with alternate wreaths of oak leaves and acorns ; and altogether, more than 30 ounces of pure gold are employed in these decoratio4s alone. The oak carvings are by Ur. Rogers, TEE SON, LONDON, THITESuA Y E V EiNING, MAY 31, 1806 SHARE MARKETS.--This Day. ORDINARY SHALiKS AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. I Paid.( Closing I Business Price. I dene. Ilsrletol arra Exeter Caledonian 89 91 125 27 OD 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 80i 1 Cambrian . Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc.j Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. E. London, t crip Certi. DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. • Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Vrti. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. 'incl.—Oxford Do. Newport _ Do. Hereford 25 15d 112 111 37 SO 7 121 123 132 131 GI 6G 34 10 34 34 Lancashire&Yorkshire London and Blaekwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. N.:x. A ,Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western Slan., She;., & Lincoln netropolitan. Do. New ;20 122 Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and 'zit. John'sW'd id'and Do. Z 9 Share 4i D d o K B e , i n r t miu,. do Derby North British Do. El, Pth & Dun N th. Eastern- 2 Berwiott Do. (1.N•11; pureh:tb, Do. Leeds Do. York Do, Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling*. Do. do. 1860-61 'north London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Stagordshire & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. B Aber. stock •o. Scot, Mid. stook ' Shropshire Union south Devon south E stern !:tainea, Wok., clx Wok raft' Vale Do. C •• ....... ••• Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo 4Wlifteha West CornwAll COLONIAL GO VER. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can. G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Uo. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 )o. Apl. & Oci , 1890-1990 Do. do; 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana 15 Oct., 1900... Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., Do. 1878, do Mauritius, a p. o, 1873, Jan. and July' Do. 1 , 78 00. 1882. Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. Sc Aug etal tiov. ti per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,186t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1874-. rose 10 100 100 all 100 100 MEN ESSIO~TS, E 4 56 100 102 ip 41 11 8 9 76 80 60 65 100 102 100 102 1014 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 6) 55 57 50 55 42 45 42 45 27 30 108 109 1y 2 f 1y 2 c 99 101 91 93 141 ,51 5i 5 bt 98 83 •5 1} OF 100 112 90 02 86 88 61 63 8 . 8! 98 100 97 99 97 99 T SNCUR 92 94 90 93 90 93 77 79 76 79 10t 194 102 104 162 104 102 164 86 8) ILO 14,2 ltO 17 102 IC4 103 LO5 101 103 101 105 90 101 80 03 92 93 80 95 83 /...8 9t 96 72 75 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 189 t New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c. atPrlina, 1575 - queensland Guy. u p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18 8 Do. 18'78 & upwards.. Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ss, &July Do. do, epril & Oct.. 96 99 a No 1231 3 1211 1 27 5 i 9 61 7 tlB} 172 03 112 q 7 124 1 104 106 100 103 72 1} 110 1 10% 21 20 191 107 i SI ITINS 94 7 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This ray. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Common Jury.) DIGBY V. JONES AND ANOTHER. This was - tin action by the plaintiff, who is a printer in partnership with Mr. Atherton, carrying on business in Chancery-lane, for au alleged libel which appeared in the Morning Advertiser on 27th February last. Mr. D. Seymour, Q. 0., and Mr. Bridgeman appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Bernard for the defendant. Mr. D. Seymour stated the case, from which it appeared that the present action arose out of a letter signed by the proprietor of the South L on d on N ezci and Croydon i'ree Press, the former of which is defunct, and were the property of a person named Cannon, - whom the learned counsel described "as connected with the . Press, and a person of some literary pretension." The plaintiff and his partner printed the papers in question, but some difference arising between the parties, Cannon becoming gradually in arrear, the plaintiff declined to continue to print the papers. Some legal proceeedinga took place, and ulti mately the letter which constituted the libel was inserted in the Morning Advertiser. There was another action by Mr. Atherton, but before witnesses were called an arrangement was entered into, and the proceedings terminated. Mr. Coleridge stated that the letter in question had been inserted inadvertently, and without the knowledge of the editor. THOMPSON V. SHAW. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the amount of a bill for refreshments supplied by order of the defendant to a number of persons who were invited on the 14th of August last year to participate in the pleasures of a croquet party and ball at the Staff College, Frimloy. Mr. Brown, Q.C., said his client was formerly messman at the Military College at Frimloy, and in August last it Was proposed by the officers to give a croquet party and ball to their friends. The plaintiff was appointed:to supply the refreshments, and he agreed to do se at 3s. 6d. a head for supper, and Bd. a head for tea. There were, according to his client's computation, 150 persons At least present, and they did ample. justice to the, refreshments provided. The tea was served at 4 o'clock, and there was a brisk demand for it up to nearly 9 o'clock in the evening, the hour fixed for the supper. As the amusements commenced at two, it waS not unreason fable'-to siippose that some- of 'the party• omitted to take dinner, and plaintiff suffered accordingly. (Laughter.) The ladies consumed an enormous quantity of tea, and the more substantial viands were generally welcomed by the gentlemen. After the ball he sent in his bill, when pay ment was refused, on the ground that he (plaintiff) had; contracted to do the thing at 2s. Bd. per head, with tea for 6d. The defendant, labouring under this notion, made up an account for 100 persons at that figure, but the plaintiff refused to accept less than 35..6d for the supper and Bd. each for the tea; and it was for the difference between the two sums that the action was brought. The plaintiff, in his examination, said—l engaged to supply the supper at the Croquet party at the college at Frimley'in August last. My charge was 3s. 6d. a head for the supper, and Bd. for tea. I never agreed to do it for less. I could not do it. Things were too dear. I had cold lamb, ham, tongues, fowls, pidgeons, lobsters, lobster salids, jellies and fruit of all kinds, on the supper table, and with the tea I supplied cut bread and butter, cake and biscuits in profusion. Tea and coffee was served at 4 o'clock, and continued to receive attention until 9 o'clock, when I ordered it to bo removed for supper—(laughter)-- but Capt. Shaw ordered it to remain, and so it did. Supper was served at nine, and was a good 'un. (Laughter.) I never was found fault with before. I know the guest relished the provisions. (A laugh.) As the dishes were emptied I had them replenished. There were, I should say, 150 people there, at least. There was dancing' after supper. My son cooked the provisions and afterwards made out tke account. I was from home when this was done. Soda and brandy, cigars and cards were supplied for the wal flowers. (Laughter) Those are persons who did not dance. Capt. Shaw sent ibr my account, and when it was rendered he said I had overcharged. I never agreed for supper at 2s. 7d. Fowls were Gs. a pair. I could not supply tea for 6d. a head. Why, one cup is charged 6d in the mess-room on ordinary occasions, and look at the quantity they took while mine was on the table. I put an extra. penny on the.next tea I supplied. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—l will swear that the letter I have in my hand is respecting the party. That is to the best of my recollection. I was blowed up by gas some time ago, and I can't recollect so well as I used. (Laughter.) The•letter does not refer to the party which was held on the 15th of September, but to the one held in August ; that is, to the best of my belief. There was over 200 persons at the September party, but I did not get paid for more than 180, and that I had to wait six months for. (Laughter.) My son used to act for me. I don't know that he wrote for a copy of the supper bill of fare. There's been a good many parties. I will swear there were more 100 persons present at the August party. The case will probably last the whole day. COURT OF DIVORCE. .. (Before Sir J..j ) .—Wildo, without Juries.) WILSON V. WILSON, TILE QUEEN'S PROCTOR INTERVENING. In this case the wife had obtained a decree nisi on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery, but infor mation having come to the Queen's Proctor that she had been guilty of adultery, he applied to the court to have the decree reversed. The defence was an alibi. The Solicitor-General and Dr. Spinks were counsel for the Crown; Mr. D. Seymour, Q. 0., and Swaby for au. petitioner ; and Mr. S.lllll for the respondent. The case was proceeding when we went to press. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim ;at e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben4al, gu., 5 do East 1 dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension and Trunkot Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do. deferred st 20 20i 10 Do. 2d Pr&f. Bonds. Do. do. deferred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock—, Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.e o. Cilia. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt, Sou , h of India gua. 5 per cent D . ft per cent... Do t;reat 8. of Canada D. New .. ...... Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4! do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extensioti Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Kl.C'da,6pc Ist pf . be Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ts' Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St. Flo 4° 90 00 20 28 Il7f 117} 1 91} 924 6) 62 125 126 11 2 f. 1) 85 90 124 I2#, if 93 05 e 4 ,6 4 *26 107 IQ9 70 72 07 :09 355 45i 10 11 120 122 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 118 150 65 67 46 49 71 71 7 8 140 143 1 3 ? 100 103 52 64 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consul. cold, ilia. Chiverton Clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) t , ;ast Caradon East earn Brea s.ast G:enville East G unnislake .. East Love.) • • • B. W't ltussell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. L xey, limited.. Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tswv..... G. Wheal Vor (Heist • • Grenville ilerod's Foot •••• flingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelan narke Valley 'iwyndy iron Ore, New Seton North Roskear Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pr..videnee UnyLlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) south Condurrow S.Wheal Frau. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clog - an, Ilm West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I,skeard West Chiverton ....... . West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis 6 7 8 10 49) 519 15 6 6 2 14 2 * 8 9 3 31 '!.1.0 ) 3 ., . O.F. 21 22 15 18 2 37 39 13 5 4 n 1! t ) 35 45 2 4 4571 t 1 27 2 0 350 $75 If t 15 20 9 11 3 5 1 't 6 7 674 72i 125 135 80 85 12 3 174 195 205 13 15 rEE.I , Eltliasitau stiAtcEs reat Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 11'4 5 London rnd S.W., Portsmouth perpet. aims. or Ls. 6d, 21 AOrtil Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 01 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 79 vitti:FERENCE SHARES AND STOutz-, London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 914 FOREMN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, gua. 7 per cent., 14} Dutch Rhenish, 181 Great Luxembourg, 3,4 Ottom an (Smyrna to Aidin), San Paulo, ihn., gua. 6 per cent., If South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 11 PO HELGA MIN Et,. Cape Copper, Um., 10 BANK gra and 31asterman'8, 11w., U. , — I'i 19 i anglo Eg,yptian, Bin., 24 Australasia. 6it flank of Victoria, Australia, 41 Bartered , filer. of India, London, and China, 35f City, 15i 16 t ;onsolidated Bank, lim., 2 1 European Bank, lirn., 3 imperial Ottoman, 9} Lard Mortgage Bank or India, lim., London Chartered Bank of Australia, (12 L on don and Couuty, 65} 6j London Joint Stock, 45 London and South-Western , lim., 15 London and $‘ estminster, 94. Union of Australia. 4S 7, Union of Ireland, 15 Union of London, 5049 DOCKS. East and West India, 130 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2f 3 Australian Mort. Land and Finance. Inn. 4 C re dit r'oncier and ilobilier of England, 21 i Ev,yptian Corn. and Trading, Inn., Fore-street Warehouse, Jim, 101 Gen. Credit and Fluanae of Loudon. lim.. If International Financial ,ociety, inn., 31 International i_and Credit, lira., 3; London Financial Association. lim 51 6 Nr.tional Discount Company, 12 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 74 The Chinese, to whom we must look for the initia- tion of many so-called European ideas, have, time out of mind, been in the habit of collecting the impregnated eggs of fish, and of depositing them in the clear streams irrigating their rice fields. Nay, they have even anticipated our eccaleobion in a most ingenious manner for the pur poses of pisciculture. In order to facilitate the hatching of fish eggs, they are in the habit of making a small aperture in a fowl's egg, sucking out its contents, and replacing it with fecundated fish ova. The egg is then placed under a hen for a few days, and the ova are thereby so far ripened th•it it is only requisite to break the egg into sun warmed water in order to speedily produce—not a chicken, but a brood of young fishes ! In China, notwithstanding its enormous population, fish is so cheap that it forms a very important part of the food of the people, and nothing, we aro told, more astonishes the Celestial than the high price of this kind of food in England. Once a -)1747:. SOUTH EASTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, of approving the following bills now pending in Parliament, intituled, " An Act for making a rail way from Maidstone to Ashford, and for other pur poses;" and, "An Act for incorporating the Dagen ham Dock Railways Company and for authorising them to make and maintain railways from the Dagenham (Thames) Dock to the Great Eastern Railway and the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, and from the North Kent Railway at Erith to the River Thames near Crossness Point, with piers, and to provide and run steam and other ves sels in connexion with the railways, and for autho rising arrangements between the company and other companies, and for other purposes." The proceed ings were entirely formal, and only occupied a few minutes. Mr. Watkin having taken the chair, Mr. Smiles, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting. The Chairman then stated that the two bills laid before the shareholders were bills in which they had no interest except that they included in them power to form working arrangements, should it be necessary hereafter to do so. By the 50th clause of the Maidstone and Ashford Company, power was given to the company to make arrange ments and enter into a contract with this company for the user of the railway, to run over it and make arrangements for conducting the traffic, and similar optional power was given to the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. In respect to the Dagenham s ll o Y (uettxhhte.e: E astern Railway Act, &c.) A c t, 1864 ; the usion to West er h am ) South-Eastern Docks similar power w a s i nser t e d i n th e bill so as to enable the South-Eastern: C om p any to enter into arrangements and obtain the use o f t h e li ne No. 3. The resolutions ro N a v d er e e agreed to, for the ;purpose of after te r which the ee meeting was authorising the directo rs to exercise the powers conferred by the South E as t ern R a i lway (ex- A te oc n ut s ,t i o hl l - 1 8E t 6 o a4e C t; errann and b Railway r oo k ' the 1865, of borrowing on mortgage, in addition to the sums which the company have previously to those acts been authorised to borrow, a sum not exceeding £417,600; and a resolution to that effect having been agreed to, the proceedings terminated. HOAXING THE PnEss.—The Times of yesterday contains the following statement :—.." The public must during the next few days be prepared for false alarms and lying news manufactured for stockjobbing purposes. evening with the forg e d s i gnature of our Paris rr The following is a copy of a telegram rece i ved at this office c o o nX es o p n o d n a d y ent :—'The Italian Government has rejected the Conference as not offering a basis for the immediate cession of Venetia. The excitement of the people is no longer controllable. There have been disturbances at Milan. Garibaldi is supposed to be on board the Re d'ltalia with Persano. Hostilities are expected at once. The Paris Bourse is very flat.' The knaves who originate these falsehoods for their own purposes certainly deserve punish ment as much as the ordinary forger or swindler, a n d it i s much to be desired that the law could b e made to reach them. well duringh t Th at ey th theaerepu m likelybclioc to ply th e i r i niquitous trade with activity in g di scussions, and th ere f ore it i s as should recollect th a t unt i l the final rupture of the negotiations and separation of the Confer ence there is not likely to be any act of war." It would appear from the annexed telegram in the Daily Telegraph of yesterday that that journal has really been imposed upon :—" Refusal of Austria to join the Conference. From our own correspondent. By submarine telegraph. Paris, Tuesday night. Count Mensdorff has refused to take part in the Conference. This, I learn from Vienna, is certain. The forces on the Saxon and Prussian frontiers have been advanced. Nothing pobitive has been received from IMPERIAL PARLIAIY[ENT HOUSE OF COMMONS —LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 . o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ The following were read a third time and passed :—The Economic Telegraph Company and Severn Junction Railway Bills. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE BILL. Mr. CLAY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to confer the elective franchise upon all persons of full age, and who were capable of under going an educational test iz reading, writing, and arith metic. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said h e must oppose the motion, and in doing so he thought that course was much better to pursue than to follow the course which was in fashion elsewhere, to pick certain portions of the bill and show that it fell short of the object intended. If he thought that all the conditions of a n educational test could always be obtained, ho should not object to it ; - or if a test of that description could be formed on extreme simplicity, he should not so much object but to take, for instance, the test of writing a signature, why it was patent that the signatures of some of the most highly-educated of our men were illegible. He objected to the bill because there was no presumptive or prima fade ground for it, and also be cause it proceeded upon the principle of universal suf frage. Of course it was desirable that education should become universal, but that time had not yet arrived in England. He thought it more desirable that the father of a family should receive the elective franchise rather than that privilege should be conferred upon a young man just fresh from school. The right honourablo gentleman proposed that these should undergo a test of writing from dictation and elementary arithmetic. Such a test was much more severe than was required by the Civil Service Commission from those who applied for clerkships, and it was just ono of those things which broke down more applicants than anything else he could men tion. (Hear, hear.) Then, with respect to the arithmetical test—with addition, subscraction, and multiplication there would, ho apprehended, be no difficulty ; but he should like to know how many labourers in this country could pass an examination in division of money—(hear, hear) ; but, flying at -higher game, he should like to know how many members of that house cou ld, un d ergo success-. fully such an examination. He should like to knOW how many members could take a given uneven large sum of money and divide it by £2 13s. Bd. (Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He did not mean to say that there were not some members who could perform the operation, but the majority he contended in that house— Lord R. MONTAGU said that no division could be worked out with such figures. (Loud laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said one illustration was worth a thousand arguments—(loud laughter)—and yet the noble lord opposite was one of the financial authorities in that house. (Loud laughter.) He was fully alive to the high intentions of the right hon. gentleman who had introduced the bill ; the Government had no fear of the £7 franchise, but the qualification pro posed by the bill now under discussion was of a nature that would produce nothing but failure. It was quite true that where some men saw daylight, another saw nothing but darkness, and giving the highest motives to the hon. gentleman, he thought the bill would act directly the reverse of the object intended, and therefore he should move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Lord R. MONTAGU said he did not rise to complain of the extremely conservative tone of the speech, but to _ . express his hopo that when the bill was read a second time, it would be referred to a certain committee as a complement of the Reform Bill. He felt certain that there were many highly and respectable and intelligent men who never could hope to exercise the elective franchise without an educational test was adopted. If the test proposed was more severe than the test adopted by the Civil Service Commissioners, then he thought that test was altogether a farce, and the sooner it was remedied the better. With respect to the arith metical problem of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he contended that you could divide by sum but not by money, and Professor de Morgan would bear him out in that opi nion. The only claim that he regarded to the electoral franchise was intelligence : if the man had the knowledge how to give a vote for the benefit of his fellow-citizens, then in his opinion he had a right to the elective franchise, and therefore he trusted that the bill would be amalgamated with the Chancellor of the Exchequer's, and he should vote fur the second reading. Mr. CLIVE said the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had heightened his opinion of the bill, because the right hon. gentleman had entered into an elaborate description of the measure before he bad even read it through, or he would not have fallen into so many mis takeS with respect to its enactments. He preferred the text of the bill to that of the Government, because he looked upon the £7 franchise as merely a compromise proposed by the Government between contending parties. Mr. EWART supported the bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON said ho had heard-nothing from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that ought to deter the house from considering the bill in the fullest manner, be cause it appeared to him to contain materials which evi dently might lead to the settlement of the vexed question of reform. Ho doubted whether, if the bill was rejected, the houso would be so submissive to the will of the Govern ment that they would continue their sittings until October. He could not, entertaining the sentiments that he did, consent to vote against the principle laid down in the bill, but in giving his vote in its favour he reserved to himself the right of objecting to many of its provisions in com mittee. Mr. GOSCHEN said ho was much gratified by;the speech of the right hon. baronet who had just sat down, because he admitted the one qualification that was required in the working class to entitle them to the franchise was fitness. If hon. gentlemen intend to vote for this bill as a supplemental measure to the Reform Bill introduced by the Government, they would be but acting precisely as they had on Mon day night, namely, throwing every obstacle in the way of the passing of a measure they had declared ought not to receive the assent of Parliament. He did not know how hon. gentlemen opposite bad given their consent to the bill, especially as they had not called for statistics, which were invariably required by the honourable member for Stamford. (Hear, hear.) The bill was in principle ono of universal suffrage, whilst in principle it would ad- mit but very few to the privilege it sought to confer. It appeared to him that the bill was supported by the oppo site side of the house merely to obstruct the measure in troduced by the Government, and not with any real desire to extend the suffrage in the manner it proposed. Mr. B. HOPE said he should vote for the bill in the hope that it might be referred to an immaculate committee, which was to produce a perfect and complete reforni bill under the guidance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. DENMAN objected to the bill, because by the test proposed a larger number of working men would be ad mitted to the exeroise of the elective franchise than was desirable. He thought an educational. test altogether a mistake when it was proposed to adopt It in political matters. Mr. WHITESIDE admitted that the principle of au ndu tional franchise was Conservative. He affirmed that it was preferable to confer the right of voting upon persons, even without property, who reached a certain standard of education rather than to give the franchise to persons who were not so intelligent although they were possessed of a certain amount of property. The hon. and learned member quoted from the writings of Mr. Mill as showing that the latter was in favour of an educational test, which would leave the suffrage in the hands of the best of the working classes. But the hon. member for Westminster proposed to give the franchise to ladies ; he recommended him to withdraw that, proposal at his next election. The ladies would turn out 'all the Radicals and put in Conserva tives, and he therefore warned him what would take place. (Laughter.) He did not want to swamp the middle classes, for he believed that if a preponderating power was put in the hands of the lower classes the try would go to ruin. lie meant this as a supplementary measure to make up for the want of property by the pos session of intelligence. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster complained that they had no statistics, but he (Mr. Whiteside) did not know what statistics he could to for the emancipation which -they claimed, and not any fanciful propesition. (Loud cheers). Lord CRANBORNE said. the Government bill would increase corruption, which they did their best to remedy on Monday night, but they had another objection to the bill—that it would give power to ignorance, and they were now doing their best to remedy that also. He urged the house to accept the bill of the hon.' memb er for Hull as a most valuable corrective to the measure of thu Government. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the conduct of the Opposition called to his mind the words which they had often heard—organised hypocrisy. (Cheers.) He deprecated amplicatiug the reform question by lending thebill before the house to committee, and t en d ere d hi s thanks to the hon. member for Birmingham for the great public service he had done by disclaiming the advocacy of the extreme and revolutionary measures which had been so frequently attributed to him. • Mr. ADDERLEY a d v O r t e d to tko principle of the mea sure saying that no argument had been adduced against it except on points of detail. Mr. LOCKE was at a loss to know how two things tend ing in the same direction could be a check upon one another. He thought the hon. member who had just sat down had treated ,the hon. member for Birmingham unfairly, for he was not aware that the hon. member for Birmingham had ever expressed an opinion at variance with that to which he ihad given utterance to-day. He objected to the bill because t was not to apply to committees. If it was necessary to increase intelligence in cities and boroughs, afore/om, it was necessary to increase the intelligence of the counties. In fact, he thought the bill was more necessary for the ( counties than any o th er part o f her Majesty's dominions. Laughter.) And what would be the result if this bill be came law over the country. The noble lord the member for Stamf ord — and he w as not the only one who would do so would tvio-oaulced to gof atctlawsso would not b e at mn a a a ll d n t they should und ers t and the rights of the const ee i ea t ec u ah t a i a o trh i e o m r t t hu le t wants of the constituency; all they would have to dO would be this—they would have to go then the noble lord wouldlet w th_ ri ei ti n _ ng to the examinati on we ll crammed with their reading, nity for the rest of th e i r lives. What class and saes su po a of r n i v t hot the e r se t i o c , wmo i niudd that be? The Opposition had been very philosophical, but he wanted them to come down to the region of common wtoitile-ohtehaes they thought. He sense, whic e l t i t to aug th h i t s t b h il em l, was oppos characterised as a new-fangled scheme, on grounds similar to those ex pressed by the hon. member for Birmingham. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said one of the most remarkable conjunctions that had occurred during the debate was that of the Attorney-General and the hon. member for Bir mingham. (Hear, hear.) The two members were now in perfect accord, and he th ought such a - coincidence was peculiar. With respect to the elective franchise, he thought that whatever they intended to do it was best to do that effectually, an d a t once. He thought ifit was the opinion of the house th a t the franchise was to be lowered below X lO , then suffrage, buten it would be desirable to go down at once to household such a proceeding he should always most strenuously op pose. Mr.A latter c iAN p hen. a n d gentleman Mr. ll.eliAMZEsßSaodpdporessseidn addressing ethbe Luse Thebill. when, at a quarter to six, the debate terminated, in accord ance with the standing orders of the house The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned. want. Mr. BRIGHT was unable to see the righteousness of the principle or the possibility of the advantageous practice with regard to any measure of the kind. Those who looked at his (Mr. Bright's) opinions and did him any justice, would consider him one of the most conservative politicians of his times. (Laughter.) He differed from those who sat opposite in many things, and, among others, in this, that he was unwilling to depart from the constitution of the country under any circumstances, where such circumstances did not appear to be absolutely necessary for the public good. To speak of a reading and writing qualification was almost puerile in considering this question. The hon. member for Dublin University who bad just sat down was no doubt highly cultured, but he (Mr. Bright) was of opinion that if the Government had acted upon the principles of the three Universities there had been no anarchy in any European kingdom during the last hundred years that would have been comparable to the anarchy that would have prevailed amongst us. (Applause.) Thu clergy generally were well learned, but many of them knew very little of politics, and were not so much fitted to vote for a member of Par liament as others who had not :eceived so good an educa tion. To take away the franchise from fathers because edu cation was not so general in their youthful days and give it to their sons would be a great insult to a great body of the - working classes. He was for standing on the old consti tution of the country. He thought our forefathers were right when they entrusted the representation of the kingdom to heads of families. Holding to that opinion, he should oppose any of these fancy franchises, which were depar tures from the ancient constitution. Ye had no sympathy with the9pinions of those literary gentlemen outside who wrote the London weekly papers, and who, because they had a smattering of two dead languages, talked of culture, and said that the great body of the working classes should be excluded from the franchise. If he might be allowed to give a word of advice to gentlemen who sat on the oppo site side of the house, he would ask them if it would not be better, instead of vacillating as they did, and showing a great enthusiasm for au extension of the franchise one day, and opposing reform on the next, that they should adhere to the ancient line of the constitution, and if they found it serviceable to admit any number, great or small, to the possession of the franchise that they should travel on the same road that their forefathers had travelled —a road which was adequate for all the purposes of the most complete and satisfactory representation—a road which ho would undertake to say the working men looked June. 'RUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCE. BERLIN, May 30. Prussia has accepted the proposed Conference at Paris. The reply of the Prussian Government was de spatched on Monday last, the same day upon which the identical letters of invitation from the Powers were delivered at Berlin. A Ministerial Council was held to-day, at which the King presided. The Council lasted several hours. The Crown Prince of Prussia has arrived here. KIEL, May 30. A fray has took place here between the Austrian and Prussian troops in the Schutzenhof. No deaths occurred. An official inqury has been instituted. Royal Dramatic College. The annual meeting of the above institute was held yesterday on the stage of the Adelphi Theatre; Mr. B. Webster in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of the profession, and amongst others Miss Sarah Booth was present. This lady is nearly 90 years of age, and was a favourite with the play goers of the early part of the present century. Mr. ANSON, the secretary, read the report, which was as follows : "Fortunately for dramatic art, the royal family of the present day give to the theatres their constant patronage ; and it is with pleasure the council refer to the gracious kindness of the Prince of Wales in attending at the college on the sth of June last, formally to open the central hall, and thus to associate himself with his lamented father, in completing a work for which the members of the theatrical profession will ever feel grateful. It will be recollected that the late Mr. T. P. Cooke bequeathed to the college £3,000 Government Stock, and that the interest of £2,000 was to be appropriated from timo to time as a prize for the best national or nautical drama. In answer .to advertisements, 23 dramas were presented, which, under the terms of the will, had to be placed in the hands of some competent per son, who was to choose six, and from the six so obtained the council was to select one. Mr. J. Palgravo Simpson generously undertook the labour, and the prizo was awarded to Mr. A. R. Slous. The next duty of the council was to offer the drama for representation, and proposals are now under consideration. The anniversary of the birthday of the late Mr. T. P. Cooke, which was also the anniversary of the birthday of our great dramatist, Shakspere, was cele brated in the central_ hall of the college on the 23d April last, and the interest of the remaining sum of £l,OOO be queathed by Mr. T. P. Cooke was disposed of in the manner required. The stained glass windows referred to in the last report have been supplied by the gentlemen who promised them, and are acknowledged to have greatly added to the beauty of the central hall. The council have to thank many liberal donors for contributions to the central hall, and the ' funds of this institution, which have been duly acknow ledged. It is gratifying to the council to be able to report that the inmates of the college continue to enjoy the bless ings of health and comfort to an extent greater than per sons of advanced age usually experience, 'and that their ex pression of gratitude to their friends who have benevolently provided for their declining days are frequent and sincere. Since the last annual meeting a vacancy at the college has occurred by the death of Mr. Eugene Macarthy, which will have to be supplied by election from the candidates, due notice of which will be given. An account of the receipts and payments of the past year and a balance sheet will be Printed for distribution among the subscribers at the meet ing. The exertions of the council, and the ready and willing assistance afforded them by all branches of the profession, caused the fancy fair of last year to be one of unusual bril liancy and profit. This gratifying result has enabled the council to add considerably to the funds of the college. This popular entertainment will be repeated, with addi tional attractions, on the 7th and 9th July next." The financial statement showed the total receipts of the year to be £5,046 6s. 9d., including £2,835 income from the Dramatic College fete at the Crys tal Palace in July last. After deducting for expen diture, a balance is left on the year of £725. The CHAIRMAN said he was happy to meet the subscribers at the close of another successful year. All connected with the college gave th9ir services gratuitously as a labour of love, and he was happy to be able to announce the deep interest taken in the college by the Prince of Wales. Being indisposed he would not further detain the meeting, but con cluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. POWELL seconded the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously. The other resolutions, which were of a formal character, giving votes of thanks to the wardens, council, and other officers, were spoken to by Messrs. T. R. Anderson, Toole, Reddish, Stuart, May, Gruneisen, Mr. A. Wigan, and others, and the pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman for his many services to the college. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.., Junel 9 . Ditto, via Marseilles June 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ...... .. • •June 4. Ditto, by French packet Jane 2L Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena..—Jane 22. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Soathampton Ju ne Ditto, via Marseilles June 13 Falkland Islands .... .. .......... .. June 3. Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... .......... ..Juno 3 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via SouthamPWn . : . Ditto, via Marseilles ..................•..... 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton. ....... ......... y un nu e Ditto, via liarseilles .• Malta, Egypt, and Aden, ............. June 28. DM( -ia Mareeilles ........... ....Juno 13 ...................... ..... June 3. ;o, v.. ,auritius, via Southampton ........... t ....... Ditto. via igarseilie.f. ...................... . • • • June 7. , by Bri- Newfoundland .......................... ... , June 7. Portugal. ............................. . unit D ed it, a b t y es pr a i n v d ata ß s e h a i p sh to No L r i t s h bo A n ra .. e . rica tish packet ........................ Ditto. by United States pa.cluit, via Southamp! Cork Ditto, oy Ca nadian packet, via Londonderry . J eun 14. ton ...... . • . Madeira, (exc e a p n t d i3 T a ter al l as fre and ivespDt ilc:,ottoo,a,btovsroiatCACafrica, ~ J une 1. Vest Indies and Pacific • „June 10. H . .................. June 13 C Honduras) ......................... June 28 B U vi e a xi3 New Y ork. ........................... June 28 Beuarhbrau and Bermuda, via via ... . ............ .June O. At Ascot on Tuesday the Princess of Wales wore a silk dress of pink and white in medium-sized checks, a white_ lace. shawl, and a pink bonnet—sufficiently small to be fashionable, and yet large enough to be a bonnet and not merely a bit of lace —with pink ribbon; and a bouquet of lilies of tho Ta/ley drooping from the top. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. Ths Day. ASCOT RACES—Tnis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)- PLATE. Centaur ..... Effervesence Chilbottom.. Eight ran. ST. JAMES'S PA.LACE STAKES. 5tagh0und.................. . ........................ Primate .... . Maori Chief RACING FIXTURES FOR 186;.: Windsor Summer 5 7 att e nm w tp t u o tr n okn7 Newark Hawick Odiham Bib ury l3 JII Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Reading . l2 Handle by Nottingham Stamford l9 AUG Jersey 1 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes . Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 16 Oxford • 21 Hastings SEPTE 4 11 17 BLeicesterreWarwicke Doncaster September Canterbury lB Richmond Northampto n OCT( 2 Bedford ....... . . Lothians' liacing ° Club_ 3 Bromley ................ 4 Lincoln NOVE . Liverpool .............. . JUNE. Beverley ................ t. a Stockbridge .................... 14 Chelmsford...—. .......... 19 Liverpool Summer „.... 19 Ipswich 21 i Hungerford 26 I Newcastle on-Tyne... 26 Worcester , 2B LY. Knutsford Radcliffe., . 23 Winchester 24 Spilsby Cambridge 24 Southampton l5 Chesterfield Huntingdon i Goodwood . 31 UST. York August 2l Dover 23 Plymouth ................ . 1 West Drayton Lichfield ................. Tunbridge ................. . 28 Yarmouth ................. . 28 Derby Summer 1 Weymouth ......... . MBER. I Hendon (Welsh Harp)... 20 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 21 Wordsley Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall T 1 ))3ER, Newmarket 2d October.- 8 Harrow Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Worcester :MBE a. ' Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt . 19 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE: Mullthgar JULY. ..................... 26 Carlow SEPTEMBER. Currag_h ......................................................... 4-, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG Deauville."... 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourges... ...... ...... 10, 12 Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 I Toulouse 24.28 I Abbeville . 16 Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes . 28, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31. rUST. I Le Mans Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 2S Baden-Baden .51 SEPTEMBER. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 I Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 Chantilly ' OCTOBER. Paris 7 Vincennes ChataY l4, 18, . TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON. IMR - SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the principal races throughout the season, from Li upwards, on receipt of cash or Post-office Order (payable at Piccadilly office). COMMISSIONS as usual at starting prices on the day of a race at all the principal meetings. For further particulars and prices, see the advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY and SATUR DAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of stamped directed envelope. N.B.—lt is particularly requested that ALL LETTERS containing CASH be registered. The Sporting Life, Aug.2o, 1864.—" We are satisfied that all intending backers of horses, who may have been for merly in doubt whom to trust, will, without fear or hesita tion, send their commissions, to any amount, to 100, Jermyn-street." THE RACE S.—For dust, heat, or rain, NICOLL'S WATERPROOF OVERCOATS, One Guinea each.-11. J. and D. Nicor.t, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent street, ; 22, Cornhill, E.C. ; 10, Mosley-street, Man eheAer ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. at tbs otEyzwostah, ss peraor M fgo y A M ARLBOROUGH-STR E ET. Nrb eL.emßf CharlesoOrr oe R Tj 1 0 D U r. G KE H Enus - oem S xk a nE T wx ll 7 E tc4h E Tt T gliorr greengrocer, O rgo s ac b e o r r n, stoneoef, Long's-court, Leicester-square. From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that about eight o'clock the previous night he saw the defen dant, with about 30 ether boys, armed with sticks, g o i ng through Long's-court; and as they passed his shop several of them struck the shutters with their sticks, while the defendant flung a stone into his shop. He caught the de fendant and gave him into custody. in answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said a number of boys were in the habit of doing the same thing every night. Police-constable Coulson, 216 C, said that he noticed about 60 or 70 boys, most of them having sticks, knocking at the doors and shutters in Leicester-square, and several of them throwing stones. He went after them, and the complainant, who had stopped the defendant, gave him into custody. The defendant said he only went to see what was tl.e matter, when the complainant caught hold of him. He never threw any stone. Mr. Knox fined the defendant ss. or three days, and told the complained:, that if he was annoyed again and applied to him, he would soon put a stop to the annoyance. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY OuTRAGE.—Mary Ann Ryan,- alias Castor, a tall, strong, masculine woman, with a baby in her arms, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently assaulting Jane Webb, of Market-street, Poplar. . _ The complainant, a respectable and modest young woman, the wife of a bricklayer, who is far advanced in pregnancy, said she went out last night to obtain her hus band's supper, when the prisoner and three other women who were perfect strangers to her beat her in a most brutal manner. The prisoner seized Ler by the hair of her head and knocked her down, and when she was clown stamped upon her. She was rescued by the bystanders, and carried to her home. In answer to questions by Mr. Partridge, the complain ant said she offered no provocation, and never offered an insult or spoke a word to the prisoner. Edmund Langton, a police constable, 280 IT., said the prisoner was a dissipated character, and ranging the streets at all hours of the night. several givingtheir evidence, and said she was carrying her ch ild we re ex clamations while the witnesses last night, and had a The prisoner made use of interjections and ex- large family at home. Her landlady had threatened to swear her life away. said she had given the prisoner two verbal with the niattet. P lainant had nothing to do . rlsoner was a savage and mis guided prisoner's landlady, Mr. partridge said the p d her to sit weeks' imprison- He sentence Ma Mary notices Ann Harley,to qui . The corn guided woman. r mci t o b r r y inl themselves s e Ogilvie, on f a t a kg 9,ajegslluet notorioushrs care ll e Ynz nt : s b w a y n .:ll d t a the efrreequ oftenent pawnbroker, was brought be.. lment and bard lab" ic SOL, MY UNCLE."—Mr. William "OH, Da FROPICET go, charged with being drunk and incap- High-street, Poplar, rendered fore Mr. Partnd " f himself. r and his late partner, Mr. French, hil The prisoner and his . Ny 0 C e ol m v p ie l te ain d t f s or offences and sum against the Pawnbrokers' Act. Their premises, stock, and an immense number of pledges were destroyed' by fire on Saturday, April 23, 1863, and a good deal of litigation afterwards took place relating to the salvage. Mr. French afterwards committed suicide under strange circumstances. His partner h as g i ven way to dissipation ever since. " Last night," I saw a gr ea t crowd of persons in the East India-road, and said a police constabl e , nam ed Joseph Soper, 693 A, the prisoner in the middle of them, shouting, swearing, and hallooing; He was very drunk and violent, and I had a good deal of trouble with him. The people said " There is our Uncle Ogilvie." (A. laugh.) The Prisoner—l am Mr. found on the prisoner? gold was Mr. Partridge-7 in O g ilvie, the pawnbroker. Police-constable—Yes, sir. The Prisoner—l am sorry to think I acted in that way, Mr. Partridge—You are fined ss. for being drunk, Ogilvie. Mr. Ogilvie—Thank yon, sii. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MERSET.—On Tuesday morning a fi s hing boat was upset by a squall on the Mersey, near Egremont, and sank in deep water. Tier crew consisted of a- blind man, named William Makin, and William Idendon, a fish-dealer, who lived near Egremont Ferry. The latter sank with the boat ; but the blind man was discovered by some persons from a brigantine, who lowered a boat and picked him up. The deceased wa acl:- „ awe d in years, and leaves a widow. uke iced left Ib9 difJ- ,pU -9 of NOS tOrl )Uth ;ent. Dr. )wa was eral the Dr' lots Plii- very orn 7ati- ling. yore men sing uil sc) at 4 ;re were )istS, ute- tatd o den' thei most, w ag arty 1 1 oi ;rot . 0 11C 0 10 8( cO ll.. uuttge o J e . Ili