The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TIVELVE O'CLOCK. . In the g enera l money mar k e t th er e is little ac tivity, because bankers and brokers will only negotiate the very best commercial paper, which is rea dily taken at 8i pe r cent. and upwards, according b: 3 the len g th o f t i me it h as t o arr i v e at maturity. 4t the discount office of the Bank the applications 'llave been rather numerous, and in the Stock Ex change loans have been charged 6 and 7 per cent. Th e sum of £66,000 was taken into the Bank of England on Sitturday afternoon, and £13,000 withdrawn. • An interim dividend on the paid-up capital of the thunraven United Colleries Company (Limited), at e rate of 10 per cent. per annum, has been de e ar ed) and_ will be payable at the West of England and South W a l es Di s t r i c t B an k on and after the 46 th July next. The directors of the Central Argentine Railway ''unipany have made a call of £2 per share payable " the 16th July. _, The followi ng circular has been issued to the shareholders of the Agra and Masterman's Bank :-- "Re the Agra and Mastermac's Bank (Limited). " London, June 1 6 , 1866 . Bb-,—The directors of this bank having summoned an b e l d ra°rdin arY general meeting of the shareholders, to be on the 22d i nst., f or t h e purpose o f p a ssing a resolu tion, That it is advisable to wind up the company volun tarily 'l v our e, the undersigned creditors, for the protectionohf teLe ° fits, intend t o ma k e application to the Court of c a lu r Y, wh en t h e official liquidator is appo i n t e d, to add the .0131.13 of some efficient person, in whom we can place im - -eit confidence, to represent the creditors in a ll proceed and watch over their interests. it 1 air. William Shipman's long connexion with the bank, t ti their London manager, and his intimate knowled g e of „"exte nsive and intricate transactions of the ban k in all a‘uteci probity, ramineations, coupled with his well - know n abilit y s', point to him as the person best qualified for : 1, 411 M - taut duty. cic s i ° g i ve Weight to this application to the Court, it is crearaitoble that it s h ou ld b e suppor ted by as many of the fo rm f as possible, and for that pm pose we enclose a to ret f ar Your signature, which y o u will be good enoug h without delay in the enclosed envelope.an , he a ssigning of the assent will not su b j ect you to liability foe charges.—Yours faithfully, " DitAxx, KLEINWOET7 and COVEN. " GILES LODER. " BRIGHTWIN, (JILLETT, and Co. "LISTON YOUNG, and Co. " W. T. HARRIS. " HENRY GOSS." The Two o'CLocK. R enter's "Lich Rcntes, this morning, according t o P h er 's telegra m , were 62f. 55c. Better. affe e English Stock Market has been unfavourably o e ted by th e war news from t h e C on tinent, and l e r quotatio ns h ave genera ll y b een current. Con ; fo are 1 low er , b e i ng 8 6 1 f or mon ey, and 861 tile account. Th e N ew Th r ees and Reduced P Annui ties2, are 85i 6 ; B an k o f England Stock , ; Ind ia 5 per Cents., 103 f ; and do. Enface d aPer, 100. ~rhe tend ency 1 11 2". rket i s very ad of prices in the Foreign Stock verse. Turkish 5 per Cents. are i; Mexican, 141 15 ; do. New Loan , 12 1 ; fic reek ' 10 1 - 1 ; Spanish Passive, 191 ; the Certi aca.tes, 141; Italian, 36 371 ; and Brazilian rip' 5 4 die. United States 5-20 Bonds are 64k In Shares 40 ; and Illinois, 744 75/. verythe Railway Share Market there has been a C a rY limited business transacted. Great Eastern c ha ve decli ne d . n+ ; xi North Western, 15s. ; and Lan e and Yorkshire, and Metropolitan, each 53 11 .. 80 ' 4 e Foreign and Colonial lines are du 0 , 11t h Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have de to 10i. ank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained very-- quiet. Alli ance h a ve declined to 18" . .' rie ntal Bank C orpora ti on are steady at 3 °Tid °fl and County at 64} ; Imperial Ottoman at , 31 ! Atlantic Telegraph are dealt in a t 313- per ar e Credit Fo n cie r ' and Mobilier of Eng land at 3 i 3 dis. ; L on d on Fi nanc i a l at 161 16 dis. ; a n d National Discount Company at 6 61 prem.: BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'C LOCK. 8 s-Te VERNMENT FUNDS. Der c ortt g D c , • Consols .................. • Account, July . ;iv N * 7:: , U ent• Reducod .10...................... 86 per Cent .6 0 2 i per C en t. J an . 1894 ' 0 per C en t. J an . 1873 ............. ,Iluities, 30 yrs. ex pire sth Jan., O a ° D io* . f°r 30 yis, explre sth April, 1885 ° LRecl Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.., _ Al—arch. June. tjeh e quer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — • 80. £sooi ... . .... . — • B R £lOO and i2OO ...... . DO England St oc k, 5 per Cent 219 I) Account 111% 10 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do a ilStOck, 10} per C en t., April 1874 ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 bc. 1 • 4 per C en t ., O tt. 1888 Certificat es • Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent 1:) 0 ; 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 ,t i eb pe .: Cent., May 1879 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 ,e• -Donds, .£l,OOO — pm 4'o under Xl,OOO • Az FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Republic, 6 Ce nt, ., .£l5 pd pin H i . st rian Bonds, 5 per 1859 — azdi an - , Do'. a Per Cent lit Per C. t 1852 58 GO La „ - - . Do. Do • 1863 Do • 1865 —' Account 7O 691 rs D o Glin . -er IP, £55 paid -,; 110 8 Ayres 6 per Cent — Doie .£lOO Bonds — Ch. 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ; ) l a° 6 per Cent — o °. 4i per Cent — 0. 6 ..,,,.. Ce nt C bo scrips l'" . . 0 ,, 01 ,0 , 1116 £ 00 paid per Cent. — D li Z a e,, 6 B Per Cent. p a 8 " per Cent., 1825 p, übi a n Principalities 5-21 tel:. Account uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — /),°., Provisional Land Warrant ....••••• _.... V ° Deferred ......................... ...... •• gptien 7 per Cent 4 ' n °., Second Issue 82 ' lO £lOO Bonds 74 5 Do. 1864 Do£loo Bonds 7B . Government Railway Debentures — (4 -1 -' O . £5O paid " lek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Ito. Account - %)uatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — klontevidean 6 per Cent, £3 O pa id Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) oew Granada Cent reruvianp 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Ae - -t - ~.,. Account '",-,° 3 per Cent. (TJribarren) 4-',O 44 per Cont., 1862 ? ''o Account ortaguese 3 per Cent., 1853 T 9 ° 3 per Cent. , 1856, '7, ' 9 , ' 6O, ' 62, '3, —°. Account Itu • pan 5 p e r C e nt., 1822, £ St — E ° 4 1- per Cent. 1850 . D 4 l - per Cent., 1860 D° 3 per Cent. 1859 4 D° per Cent. 1862 B ar g: 5 , Per Cent. 1864 t, 'li an 5 por Cent ................... . B°- Account I)alli sh 3 per Cent -. D° Account ° New Def e r re d — D D° Account uo ~ passive f3llloAccount l9l 1 Luleh Cert. of Coup not funded — isw 0 Account /Vish 4 per Cent. 144 4 4 T rir i' ( :.: l ,i - Per Cent. 1864 D l r 6 Per Cent. 1854 1:) ° , , ecount , 0 per Cent. 1858 s°. Account — Do .£lOO Bonds t o ° 6 Per Cent. 1362 ,0 Account 52 3 Do XlOO Bonds 53 4 D u 6 Per Cent., 1863 D O O 5 A N r Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — t h , '-ecount Nr,ml-e• uela 3•* per Cont. Guaranteed 974 Dit 4 ter Cont. 13_ ,? acco unt l2i /)°,, A Per Cent., 1862 ‘, Account -DO. 1864 3O ittii__, p per Cent. pividouds oil ibe 3 bove payitblo in London. 1::: , 1861 Ex. .... '' Account (1°.,1 18018 for money TWO O'CLOCK. J•Je. A cw 86 tult ............ • 86 44 4 MP S HARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS• Closing Business Share! Railways. Paid.l price. done. Bristol ana Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall. Dubiln Tip Mist June. Dan„Pertli,& , b.J unc. &London, bcrip Certi.' 89 91 126 127 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 7 0 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 ilreat North of Scotland 3 reat Northern Da. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pa Gt S, and W. 01 Ireland ;t. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport. Do. If ei eford Lanc 'shire Yorkshire Lzaidon and Blackwell Lon., Bri:4 . h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Kx. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd' ilicl'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby ii id Kent North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick' Do. G.N*E purchem . Do. Leeds .. Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stook. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North Loudon Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 186.5 . 'North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. st.)ck 3hrOpshire Union South Devon south E..stern itaines, Wok., & Wok faff Vale Do. C .... , Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall 25 15 d 112 111 3i 39 6 7 121 122 13. )33 5; 55 33 40 31 3$ t2t :22 9t 9 5 25 25 117 )18 81 92 6t 62 128 129 2 23 1 , 1 83 87 1:3 124 a II 03 05 55 C 7 4 26 108 IC9 70 ;2 107 1(8 35 36 10 11k 120 12 0 . ' 1 2 P 2), 73 75 108 112 ' 118 150 65 67 , 46 19 69 7 1 8 0 142 U 5 1 3 100 103 52 54 ESSIONS. a 2 I 4 101 102 Id o 41 4 1 8 V 78 80 51 65 100 102 100 102 101 k 101 18 1) 85 87 L 8 62 55 60 50 55 48 S 2 40 t 5 37 41 ,4 26 23 25 107 1 08 I It 1 11i, 99 101 91 93 141 1 5 5i 34, SL ? 3 83 85 11 O 100 1(2 91 9 3 65 8S 6t 63 8, 82 98 100 97 9 9 97 99 BRITIS st I St.Lawrcnct som., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent ........ 00. F shares ........ fluffrio do Lake ..... Do Preference .... . &Godcrich 6p c. 872-3- • Calcutta & S. E., lira.. .ate Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension . • r ar (1 Tr (Ink of Canad Jo. Eynip. Mort , Bonds I charge 6 p.c ...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred D. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do do. deferred .• • • Po. "( -1 Pref. stook. Do. do. deferred . • • • Do. 4th Pref. stook Dn. do. deterred .. • • Gt. India Pen. gua. sr.c. *o. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c at. South of India • • gua. 5 per cent ...... Do. 41 per cent... • Do reat Wes. of Canada ross: D. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 W. 5) do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Sladras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Ifelb. Cor. 8 p. c. !Inds. 31e1. & Hudson's Bay N. ILL C'da,6pc Ist pf.be Scindo Do. Delhi Do. d 0...... . ... Do. Punjaub.. , Do.lndus COLONIAL (4► 0 VBRN British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec.3l, -372... • Can.G 0v.6 p.e.Ja. ik July 1877-64 .............. Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept , )o. 5 p. c. Jan. Jr July 1)o. 5 p e. Inscribed at Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 v Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900..... Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. , 1)0. 1878, do.. tlattritius, 4 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July ...... Do. 1-78 ........ . )o. 1882. May 5, Nov. ih Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug..' Natal qov. c per cent.. N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) I. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c.,186t , Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1871 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 .iew Zealand, 6 p. Bert Do. 5 per cent... • •• . Nova Sc,tia Gcv. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875........ Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-t Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vic,G ov. 6 p.c. J a July Do. do, April`._ 04 0 6 92 $. 5 92 9 5 78 80 78 80 99 101 102 101 102 101 102 104 88 8 ) 100 102 105 1.7 102 IC4 103 105 101 103 104 ►OR 99 1 00 91 9 9 92 90 95 85 88 91 05 71 76 ISO 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 96 9 9 96 100 101 106 103 105 Cam. Cousol. Gold, Um Chiverton %;lifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cous. (Tavist wake walls .. Eas t Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Kast Grenville East G ministate East Love.! E. WI IitISEICII (Tavistk Gam.dr StAubyn(G wen. G re at L ixey, limited Ureat South Tolgus...• Great Wheal Busy. • • G. Wheal Vor (11elst.0 Grow il.e llcrod's Foot ..... .• • • ilingston s Margaret Uny Lelant ! Nlante Valley ...... . • • • wyn dy Iron Ore, Jim New Sewn North Roskear n B a ssett(llloga North Wheal Crotty • • Prosper United.....• Lu • . Pi.rcorairdaeduocen (Ustnyclevelra). t. South CondurroW ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park ............ Tin Cro 4 t .............. Vigra and Clogan, lim.. %Vest I tassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltakeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Boller atedrutll IVheal May Ann (Men Wheal Secon Wheal Trelawney (Lis 6 7 7 9 450 475 It 16 7 8 14 2 24 21 8 9 3 32 2.1.0 29# 2.14.6 32 2 t-. 0 8.3.6 3.9.0 0.14.6 21 22 it 18 ' 20 IF 31 2 37 59 4i 5 4 6 31 2# nd 35 45 2 4 t 1 27 2 ➢ 350575 It t 5 20 9 It 3 5 i 2 8 7 63 72 ; 125 135 80 85 12i 17 1 3 5 05 200 13 35 103-1 3 241 t 1 9 8} TLNS. 1031 i rICEFERENCE Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm.,105 PRN:FERENCE 83EAN:8 AND STOC IB . Caledonian 41 per cent. gua. stk., 91i South Eastern 41 per cent. 1859, Ditto, 5 per cent., 1851, 99 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 92 Luudo.l snlllllckwall, 87 FORM UN RAIL Nr,t TP. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, FOREIGN MINIM St. John del. Rey, lim., 48 BANS& Alliance. Um.. 16, A nglo Austrian, 46 Australasia. 63 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 41 Consolidated Bank, um., 3 imperial Ottoman, 7 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lira., London Chartered Bank ot Australia, 231 L on don and County . C 4 56 London Joint Stock, 45 6 London and Westminster, 93 Na ti ona l Provincial of England. Ditto. 23 and 3d issue, 426 1 New South Wales, 43 Oriental Bank Corporation, 36 71 7 Union of Australia, 45 Union of London. 471 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 70 MISCELLANEOUO. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., City Offices, lim., 3 Commercial Union, Insurance, 5 Company of African Merchants, llm., 21 Credit Fonder and Robilier of England, 11 Discount Corporation, 6 Egyptian Com. and Trading . , Um., 2& Gen. Credit and Finance or London, ltm., 31 Hudson's Bay, 161 London Financial Association, liM , 41 Saional. Discount Company, 12/ Royal Mail Steam, tfq AN IMPERIAL CRICKETER.—Prince Napoleon has just become a member of the Paris Cricket Club, and has announced his intention to subscribe annually a sum of 100 f. COLLISION IN THE CITANNEL.—At two o'clock yesterday morning the French lugger Eugene, coal laden, from Sunderland, came in collision off Dungeness with the brig Ellen. The lugger sank immediately. The captain and crew were just able to scramble on board the brig, and were landed at Dover utterly destitute. They were re ceived at the Sailors' Home, where they aro lodged, clothed, and fed, and from whence they will be forwarded to Calais. The Hurstbourne Cup, an equestrian statuette of the late Lord Palmerston, prepared under the instructions of the Earl of Portsmouth, by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, of the 23d horse,in st., New Bond-street, is on view at their establ i s hment until h rißichaairdstSouolittborni,dgEo ousq whose E b l l y a u p d a permission om th f i r spze Friday last, rhE SUN, LONDLI,N, AI ON E V EN' IN (I, JUNE 18, 1866. MARKETS.—This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was firm, and prices advanced Is. to 2s. per per quarter. Barley, oats, beans, and peas are steady, and in some instances the quotations were the turn higher. The flour trade was firm, on rather higher term's. On the Continent the wheat trade is firm, and in some instance prices have had an upward tendency. , At New York the shipments of wheat and flour to Great Britain continue very limited. East India linseed and rapeseed met a slow sale, and iu some instances prices were rather easier. For all other seeds the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. The cake trade was by no means active ; nevertheless prices ruled firm. A small supply of English wheat was received up to our market last week. The condition of the produce was but middling. Owing to the warlike news from tne continent, the trade for all descriptions was very firm, and an advance of 3s per quarter took place in the quotations. Town milliers purchased cautiously, and operated to a limited extent. There was a considerable number of Yorkshire buyers in attendance, and the greater proportion of the supply was taken b them, at the above improvement. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was moderate. Holders and importers were very firm, and tho quotations advanced 2s. to 4s per quarter from Monday last. Floating cargoes of wheat were firm at an improvement in value of 2s. per quarter from this day se'nnight. Sprrng corn afloat was firm, and rather dearer. The supply of English barley on sale was small ; of foreign but moderate. The trade was steady, and last Monday's currency was well supported. The malt trade was firm, on rather higher terms. There was a fair supply of oats on the stands. The trade was firm for all qualities, and prices were ls. per qr. higher than on Monday last. Beans were in short supply and the trade was firm at fully late rates. Peas were steady at full quotations; the market was scantily supplied. The flour trade was firm, and prices advanced 2s. per 280 lbs. The town made was raised to 50s. per 280 lbs. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASITRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s • Do., old 4Bs 55s Do., white, old s4s 60s Do., new . s os 55 s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Talavera s2s 62s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3Gs 43s Malt--Suffolk and Norfolk Brown 4; 53s Kingstown and Ware Chevalier G6s 678 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 218 , 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2lB 27s • Cork, white 23s 28s Scotch, Feeding 228 27s Beans—Tick - Pigeons Peas —Grey, Maple 42s White Boilers Flour —Town - made , p er 2801 b 5s 50s Suffolk 3 St oc kton and Norfolk American, per barrel 34s 38s French, per sack METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day was only moderate, and in but middling condition. Beasts ad vanced in price, but other 'stock was inactive. 'Elie arrivals of boasts fresh from our own grazing counties was again very moderate, but in her fair average condition. All bree ds sold briskly, at hig qions. The best Scots, crosses, &c., even 5s 8d to 5 s 10 d, and even 6s per 81bs, and nearly the whole war between Aus of the supply was eas ily disposed of. Thep rospect of a tria and Prussia, consequently of a considerable falling off in the importations of stock from Germany, had great in fluence upon the trade to-day. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,200 Sects, crosses, and short horns ; from other parts of England, 500 various breeds; and front Scotland, 6 Scots. There were no arrivals from lr•land. We were fairly supplied with sheep. The weight of each brood was quite equal to last week. On the whole, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to this day se'nnight. The top figure for Downs and half-breds was 6s per Sibs. Thorn was a steady sale for lambs, the supply of which was moderate, at full quotations, vis., from 6s 8d to 8s per 81bs. Calves declined 4d per 81bs, with a slow inquiry. The supply was moderately good. The demand for pigs was heavy, nevertheless price s wore supported. Per 81b to sink tho offal. de d e ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 2 5 8 Second quality d 0 ..4 6 5 u Prime alhdown 10.5 0 6 0 Prime lark; oxen ..5 2 5 6 Large coarse calves.s 0 5 6 prime Sejts. &0....5 8 5 10 Prime email d0......5 8 6 t , CrAe. and int. sueep.3 8 4 t Large hogs .4 0 4 4 Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 i Small porkers t 0 6 0 Lamb.... 6. 8d to 8* Od. Suckling °Alves, 20i to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s 1.1 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 3,883 Beasts ....... 1790 Cows. — Cows Sheep ..nd lambs 21,890 Sheep sad 1 mbs 8,29) Calves 262 Ca yes . . 247 elgs 320 Pigs 8) The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 13,821 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 14,169; in 1861, 11,092 ; in 1863 8,323 ; in 1862, 8,212; and in 1861, 10,075 ; and in 1860, 8,082. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Boasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Aarhuus Antwerp 52 ... 2295 ... 929 102 ... 51 Boulogne 7l 725 ... 18 Bremen lO6 77 14 ... Gostemunde 1025 8 ... Cadiz ... Calais Gothenburg Caen 32 (Christiana — ••• ... Dieppe Hamburg 1178 ... 5031 36 123 Stettin Ostend 25 Vigo ... Rotterdam.. """ •.• - •.. ••• 13 ... - 36 ... 42 - ... - ... ... ••• ..... ••• ... 115 ... 23 ... - ::: 71 .., 167 Total 2,969 ... 9,001 ... 929 502 ... 417 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1865 1864 2086 6620 ... 552 1105 ... 669 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Juno 19, 1865, and this day, Monday, June 18, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. June 19, Juno 18, 1865. 1866. s d s d ad sel. 3 8 to 4 0 4 Oto 4 4 4 2 4 6 4 6 5 0 4 8 410 5 2 5 6 5 0 5 2 5 8 510 4 6 410 3 8 4 2 5054 4 4 5 0 5 6 510 5 2 5 8 6 0 6 4 510 6 0 6078 6 8 8 0 Coarse and inferior boasts Second quality do. Prime large oxen Prime Scots, dm. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Primo coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do Lambs Largo coarse calves 4 4 410 5 0 5' 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 410 4 6 5 0 Beasts 4,990 3,580 Sheep awl lAtuo.i 28,:+90 21,890 Calves Pigs , . .. 400 820 SUPPLIES ON SAL; Juno 20, 1861. 7 -Beasts, 4,990 — sheep and lambs, 28,730—calves, 311—pigs, 520. June 22, 1863—Beasts, 4,l6o—sheep and lambs, 25,490 —calves, 411—pigs, 430. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets are scantily supplied with all kinds Of meat. Beef sells freely at 4d. per 81bs more money. Veal, however, is rather cheaper. Mutton and pork are steady in value. Per 81b by the carOase. sd s d inferior beef 3 6 4 0 Middling do. 4 2 4 6 Prime large do 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 4 0 5 2 Veal 4 0 6 Lamb, 5s 81 v d a d Inferior mutton 3 6 1 6 Middling mutton 4 8 6 6 Prime do 5 8 5 10 Large pork 4 8 5 6 Small pork. 4 6 5 4 Id to 76 2d. BOROUGH HOP. The trade for all kinds of hops is very firm, and prices have an upward tendency. The plantation accounts aro rather moro satisfactory. Last week's imports into London amounted to 24 bales from Boulogne, 7 Bremen, 24 Ham burg, 51 Antwerp, and 71 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Keats Bos to 1908 per cwt Weald of Kents Bos to 120 s per cwt Sussex Bos to 112 s per cwt 1861's Olds 2os to 50s per cwt BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are scantily supplied with old potatoes ; but with new they are moderately supplied. The trade, on the whole, is steady and prices rule firm. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. —e to —s Yorkshire do B os to 120 s " Flukes 150 s to 180 s " 11 Rocks 50s to 90s " ~ Spanish new lls to 16s per cwt Jersey and other kinds lls to 15s ~ WOOL. Tho public sales of colonial wool continue to progress slowly. The decline in prices from last series still varies from Id. to 3d. per lb. Home buyers are still operating cautiously, but French buyers are :purchasing freely in qualities suited to their consumption. For export to Ger many scarcely any business 43 doing. Yriyo.tely the Eng- lish wool trade is quiet at barely late sales. Last week's imports amounted to 13,000 bales, chiefly from Australia. C l u f ,e n : sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 18 1 9 Rent fleeces 1 0 1 9 South Down ewes and wethers 1 4 1 5 Sorts—Clothing leic 1 6 1 10 Combing bsetrneertddlidoroic..e: of E ng lish wool per lb. 15 2 1 TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm, to-damn higher terms. P•Y•C• is quoted at 43s 6d p.n• cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 42s net cash. Borough fat, 2s 2d per Blbs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 37,430 43,938 31,602 28,440 Price of Y.c. -42s 9d to 405 Gd 40s 9d 43s Gd to 7 : Delivery last week I—s Od 40s 9d —s Od Os Od Ditto from June 1 2,235 2,401 3,144 4,305 Arrival Yast week 6 9 6 0 1 6 1 1 :4 1 4 3 4 2 1, 6 4 0 5 0 2 Ditto fr( in June 1 1,921 1,321 2,263 4,420 Price of Town POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF CAUSING TILE DEATIL OF A CIIILD.—Mr. IL Chapman, soda water manufacturer, of No. 29, Langham street, Marylebone, was charged before Mr. Knox with causing the death of George Shelley, seven years of age, by driving over him with a horse and cart. From the evidence of several witnesses it appears that on Saturday evening, about 5 o'clock, the prisoner was driving a horse and van along Langham-street, when two children (the deceased and a little girl) stepped from the pavement into the road. The hackney carriage attendant on tho stand, William Goff, called to tho prisoner to stop, seeing the danger the children were in, but too late, both of them being knocked down and the wheels of the van passing over them. They were immediately picked up and conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, where shortly after one of them, a little boy named George Shelley, ex pired, the wheels of the van having gono over his chest, and the other, a little girl, was found to be much injured, but sho was subsequently taken home, and there are hopes that sho will recover. In answer to Mr. Knox •all -the witnesses stated that the prisoner - did all in his power td - pull up, that he teas not going at the rate of more than .ive miles an hour, and that the occurrence was purely accidental, the children running right under the horses' feet. Mr. Knox said it was a terrible tragedy for the parents, but from the evidence of the witnesses it appeared that the prisoner was free from blame, and that he was not going at an undue rate. Ile should remand the prisoner till after the inquest, and would take his own recognisance to appear again. TITA3IES. ASSAULT ON A DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT.—Levy Isaacs, a Jew, who described himself as a fruit salesman, of No. 2, St. James-place, Houndsditch, was brOUght before Mr. Paget charged with violently assaulting Mr. Richard John Bacon, assistant to Mr. Budgett, surgeon and apothecary in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel. The prisoner made a purchase of a pennyworth of lint at Dr. Budgett's shop on Saturday night ; and ho com plained of the smallness of the quantity sold to him ; an altercation ensued between him and the assistant, and the prisoner threatened to put his finger up Mr. Bacon's nose and told him to put that in his pipe and smoke it. Mr. John Budgett, son of Dr. Budgett interposed, and requested the prisoner to leave the place, which he refused to do, and continued to act in a very disorderly and abusive manner. At last an attempt was made to expel him from the shop, and he struck Mr. Bacon a severo blow on the mouth caused his lips to bleed, and loosened one of his teeth. "'Lewis Tisley, No. 139 ff, said that Mr. Bacon's mouth was bleeding when he came to Dr. Budgett's shop, and the prisoner was extremely noisy and violent. The prisoner, in defence, said that the complainant struck him first and he retaliated. Mr. Paget said he did lilt believe the prisoner, and fined him 40s. In default 14 days improvement. A DISHONEST WATCHMAN.--JAMOS Mayhew and James M'Neill were brought before Mr. Paget, on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of rope, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company, from their premises. Mr. Weatherhead, clerk to Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, defended Mr. Gcmm defended Mayhew. The pro secution was conducted, for the Dock Company, by Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys, Son, and Morgan, solicitors. _ Mayhew was a watchman, and specially employed by the Dock Company to protect the stores on the pierhoad of the London Dock at Wapping. M'Noill was the con ductor of the fire-escape, opposite Wapping Church. A few nights since a police-constable of the Ii division, saw the prisoners near the fire escape. Mayhew we: carrying a bag of rope weighing 661bs, which he put against the fire escape. The constable asked him where ho obtained it, to which ho replied that ho brought it from a barge in the. London Dock. The constable said he should take him into custody. The watchman said, " You will not do that ; you know what business is." The watchman was taken at the time, but M'Neill made his escapa. lie had previously said to the constable, " Don't take any notice of that ; it's all right." The rope was iden tified as the property of the London Dock Company, and was stated to bo worth Ils. Mr. Puget committed the prisoners for trial. . WESTMINSTER. SCREENING BRUTAL HUSBANDS.—James Reardan, a powerful Irisb:labourer, was charged with violently beating his wife. The latter, on getting into the witness box, endeavoured to screen a black eye by holding a handkershief to her face, and on being asked to make her statement, observed, " I have nothing to say, I don't think he hit me at all." Mr. Selfe—You are telling a deliberate falsehood. Speak the truth ; did he not strike you ? Complainant—lle might have done so once. Mr. Selfe—That will not do for me. You came before me on Saturday and applied for a warrant against your husband, and you then swore that he violently assaulted you and you have abundant marks.. Your husband has had a month for assaulting you before, has he not ? Complainant—Yes, ho has. Mr. Selfe —You swore, when you were hero on Satur day, that your husband threatened to kill/ou, and struck you six times. What do you mean by now swearing that he might have done so once. Complainant It must have been the boy that said that, not me. Mr. Selfo—l have it in writing from your own lips, and not from a boy. Inspector lialhem, of tho B She came to tho station and complained of her husband violently assault ing her. Mr. Selfe (to tho woman)—Did ho make you bleed ? Complainant—No. Mr.llalhem—Sho had a black eye and was covered with blood. Mr. Selfe—She was in a pitiable condition when she came hero. lam determined to know all I can upon the matter. Defendant was remanded for the attendance of a boy who was present at the time of the assault. THE REPORT OF THE JAMAICA COMMISSIONERS is likely to bo laid before Parliament to-day. FIRST LESSONS IN RIDING.—Teach the boy to sit first. Fasten the pony's head into the right place with a pair of reins buckled to the flaps of the saddle, and a standing martingale if necessary. Then put the boy into the saddle carefully, fit the stirrups to his legs, tell him to keep his shoulders back, his back slack, his heels down, and cross his arms across his chest. Then, repeating the cabal istic words " Heels down, back slack" over and over again, lead the pony about at a walk for a day or two untilthe boy gets his balance, or what the French happlily call son assiette. Then give him a single pair of reins, and explain that in riding the hands are always to be kept lower than the elbows, and onerally as low as the hips. Impress on him, "If you raise your hands you are lost," and that the bridle is not a safety handle to hold on with, but a pair of lines for steering : "If you want to turn to the right, pull the right rein ; if you want to turn to the left, pull the loft . There are boys and men who learn to ride, and ride well, by instinct, imitation, and practice, especially if they have good models before their eyes, and are not spoiled early by flattering toadies ; but there aro many men who never ride with any sense at all, although: they ride all their lives. Some people seem to think that falling off does boys good. That is not the wiiter's opinion. A boy should, as a matter of course, learn not to make a fuss about a fall, or any other hurt or accident ; and he Is ho is not afraid will fail the most cleverly ; but the first point of good horsemanship is not to fall until your horse falls; the next is so to guide and hold him that he shall fall as seldom as possible. Many a fine boy has been cowed and spoiled as a horseman by being put on ponies too restive or spitted for his strength and imma ture seat. But there is a mistake in tLo other direc tion. Teaching is wasted unless principles aro fol lowed by practice, and unless what has been learned in the home park or the school is practised on rough ground and across country, up and down step hills, across moors, and through woodland. For this purpose there is ncthing better than an occasional day with the harriers ; boys and horses both loam n to bo quick to turn, to stop, and to start again. No horseman or horsewoman is sate who has not d to quietest leapsthorse real will fences, buck sometimes, ditches, banks, and hurdles ; forlearned the ne and the slowest ride end in an inevitable short cut.—Di c k en s's "All the l gte Year Round." THE CANNON-STREET MURDER.—When William Smith, lately tried on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Milsom, returned to Eaton, after his acquittal, on Friday night, he was received with cheers by numbers of the people amongst wdom ho had lived. Ho was waited for at Windsor Station, and his friends, forming in proces sion, marched arm-in-arm to his home, about which hun dreds of people gathered. On his approach these received him with loud shoutd of welcome. Cottou and Its Future. Our stocks of cotton are above 1,000,000 bales. To many this sentence may seem of little import, but it has without doubt a personal interest to every ono; not only in this Sountry, but throughout tho world. - During the last twenty years, six times only in the history of the cotton trade have stocks been greater at the close of any month ; and prices were then from 6d. to Bd. for middling Orleans. Independently of our recent money crisis, cotton has been week by week succumbing to the logic of facts ; and a con tinuance of high rates in the face of our flood of imports has proved impossible. On the 30th of March our stocks were 552,783 bales t our supplies at sea, 695,000 ; and our price of middling Orleans 1911, and fair Dhollerah (East India) lad. On' the first day of Juno our stocks were 1,043,000 (including London) ; middling Orleans, 14d. ; fair Dhollerah, 9fd. So strong was the high price delu sion some time ago that largo contracts wore made for dc- livery of Dhollerah cotton in Bombay in April at Md. No wonder, then, that holder after holder has gone down, and paid the penalty of his "fantastic faith" with the utter draining of his resources. It will be seen that as recently as the end of March a cloth weighing Blb would require (if made of mid dling Orleans) the sum of 12s. 10d. imested in cotton ; now the same cloth requires only 9s. 4d. invested. This is all gain to the consumer. To put it in another light, we have already received this year about 2,000,000 bales of cotton ; we are likely still to receive 1,600,000, and we will pay less for them than we would have done by about Bd. per lb. It follows therefore that (as the bale averages 360 lb.) we will have about £19,000,000 left in our pockets, and even if we deduct ten millions for losses made by.our importers we are gainers by £9,000,000. Moreover the loss made is so far imaginary. True, if A. imports cot ton, paying for it 16d. and selling it at Bd. to 8., he loses Bd. ; but on the other hand B. gains that sum as he gets it for Bd. instead of 161. The money is simply transferred from A. to 8., and `3owever unpleasant it may be to the party it is transferred from, the county is not poorer. The great point now is, what price is safe ? Are we again to be driven up to high rates by speculators bolstered up by tjie fictitious facilities of the finance companies, or are we going to be guided by sound judgment and examine data, and find that prices can never rise again to the in flated currency of the last year or two? Our views are that (including the American duty of five cents per lb.) middling Orleans should rule about 81. to 10d., and East' India fair about 6d. We do not mean to say that this will at once take place, but once the safety of the growing American crop is known, then these rates should rule, and they will pay all parties well. Before examining into cotton we may say that the reek lass locking up of capital, and the over-nursing of specula tion in cotton by some of the finance companies and India banks is strongly to be condemned. They seem to have been limited only in one sense (that of common sense), and the sales of their shares show the penalty they have in curred. As Cornelius O'Dowd says of an encumbered es tate in Ireland, "one can live a long time on parchment, but if you come once to Judge Dobbs and an open sale there's an end of you, and you won't get credit for a pair of shoes the day after." But to return to cotton : we have ample supplies on hand and on the way to last till early in November and leave an extensive stock. By that time the new American crop will be coming to hand, and the great question is, What size will it be ? That will rule the price all next year of all kinds of cotton from all parts. We believe in a crop of at least 3,000,000 bales American, of which our share will be East India supply, say only (as our bad ac counts may deter planting) 1,200,000 Brazil, 450000 ; Egypt, 300,000; Turkey, 100,000; West Indies and Peru, 200,000 1,050,000 1867 supplies Add stock on December :11, 1866, likely 750,000 4,800,000 which will allow a weekly consumption of 60,000, an ex port of 20,000, and leave a stock at the end of 1867 of 640,000 bales ; and we may as well say that 55,000 con sumption and 15,000 export aro much more likely than the figures we have given. Now for the reasons of our faith in a large American crop. Present estimates vary from one and a half to three millions of bales. The former estimates we dismiss, deem ing them as visionary as were our accounts a year ago of this year's 'supplies. The six American crops of 1856-61 aggregated 21,764,663 bales, averaging thus per annum 3,627,440 bales. A three-fourths crop would therefore be about 2,700,000 bales. The danger from spring frost we may put entirely out of the question, the latest spring frost that occurred since 1840 being on April 29, and although we must expect the usual accounts of " broken levees" by floods, "army worm," " boll worm," &c, &c., they aro likely to bo only gentle irritants to keep the ex citement alive and not of serious import. We are not prepared to believe that the negro will not work as well as he did in bondage, nor do we think that after matters settle under the new system free labour will bo found more expensive than slave 'labour. Cotton now is being grown on the Southern plantations, and cotton alone in many places, so that the labour that was expended 'formerly on cereals is now available. _Be it remembered that cotton growing is very different from making sugar. In this the work is at times oppressive in the extreme, and no argument can be drawn against the American negro working in the cotton fields because our West India negroes would not work on the sugar plantations. By the United States official returns the negro hands em ployed in growing cotton were 787,500 out of a population of 1,915,000, which was the number of slaves in 1852 in the Slave States proper, i.e., in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. This gives eight mineteenths of the slaves at cotton, the rest being employed growing rice, sugar, and tobacco and as house servants. The average increase of negroes in the cotton Slave States was as nearly as possible 3 per cent. per annum, taking the run of twenty years ; and we make the following estimate of available labour in the present year. By the United States official returns the number of slaves in the cotton States iu 1860 and 2,422,364, was in the other States, not cotton-growing, 1,530,437. In these, however, the increase was only on an average of years one per cent. Calculating from 1860 to 1865, the natural in crease would thus have been :—Cotton States, 363,351; non-cotton-growing, 76,500 = 449,850 —say 450,000. Now let us concede that the war swept away all this natural increase, and allow another 100,000 swept away entirely from the cotton-growing black population, and this would still leave us In the cotton States this year, say 2,320,000. The same proportion as in 1852 employed on cotton would give 977,000, but we are very safe to put it at 1,000,000. What will these produce? Of old a good field hand was capable of growing eight bales of cotton (ten bales have often been done) and food besides. The following is a fair estimate of field hands in 100 : Able-bodied field hands ... 82 = 32 • Age, 16 to 20, equal to three quarter hands ... 12 = 8 Age, 14 to 16, equal to half hands 10 = 5 Balance, say under 12 and superannuated (fit only for weeding, do.) 46 = 0 100 45 percent. So that on a very moderato calculation wo have only 45 per cent., or 450,000 full hand; equal to eight bales each, or 3,600 bales. By the census returns in 1850 there were 551,000 willies working in the fields in the cotton States. In Texas and Arkansas free labour has turned out often two bales to the acre, but 1 will take the calculation at ono bale and a quarter. In Texas a man with ono assistant has found he could easily attend to forty acres, twenty of them being in corn. The twenty acres in cotton would yield at least twenty-five bales, and taking a most moderato estimate, wo think that the labour of white men iu the cotton States cannot be reckoned at less than 100,000 full hands, which, at eight bales, will yield 800,000, and, added to the black labour growth, bring the crop up to 4,400,000. The *cfop may quite possibly reach this, but, wo cannot poisiblY be lieve in less than 3,000,000 bales. It is nonsense to say white men cannot work in the cotton fields. They have done so in Texas mcst success fully, and as to the negro, when he was a slave and put to task, ho often finished his days' work by two o'clock. As to cost of labour : when cotton yielded the planter 10 cents a field hand cost $1,500 ; interest was 8 per cent.; insurance, 2 per cent. ; food, clothes, and doctor, $9O a year ; in all, $240. Now the planters have no old worn out workers to support and no children, and have their capital untouched by the original investment in the labourer. If they nett 12 cents, they can therefore well afford to keep the labourer and pay him 12 dollars a month, and at this price of 6d., cotton, including the duty, 21d., should be sold in Liverpaol at 10.1. per lb. All prognostications as to cotton must at present be grounded on hypotheses, but wo believe our views will be fully borne out by results. NOT PARTICULAR.—WhiIe returning from the Peninsula in 1862, General Magtudor and his staff stopped at the house of a widow lady on the road and engaged dinner. In a few moments, Jem Phelps, a Louisiana soldier accosted her with—" Madam, can I get di nner ?" " Y es , sir," was tbo answer, "but as / am preparing dinner fcr General Magruder and staff, and have not room at my table for any more, you will have to wait for a second table. " Very well, madam, thank you," said Phelps, taking , a seat in a position to command a view of the dining room. Watching the movements of the servants, Phelps waiting until the feast was oa the table, and who.o the hostess proceeded to the parlour to announce dinner to tho general and his staff, Phelps ente re d th e dining-room, and seating him self at the table waited fin ibex - developments. Upon the entrance of the party of officers, there were found to be seats for all but one, and one politely returned to the parlour to wait. The . general took a seat nest Phelps, and after the first course was finished, turning to Phelps, he inquired. "Sir, have you any idea with whom you are dining ?" "No, sir," coolly replied Phelps, "I used to be particular, but since 1 ..turned soldier, I don't care a curse who I eat with, so the Victuals aro clean." 37j 7 1221 If 54 51 3; ';2l} 91} lin 1 7 61 60k 128 81 ; 8 i 6 .81 71 Naval and Military Intelligence. The armoured iron frigate Bellerophon, Captain E. Tatham, and the turret ship Royal Sovereign, Capt. F. A. Herbert,. both returnedinto fPaorttesr mouth harbour on Saturday from Spithead, their fight of the previous day off theDeanSli f oa u l, south-east of Spithead. Au after-consideration t t u h r e re res t o u n F ltso r f i dtahyra isesf iringem at nthveeßoyal importantSover deigann's t a debateable questions foremost amornegweshtl damage to ehis, what form of projectile will cause the greatest curved iron-clothed surfaces at shot: btwatngeee,n twosuch range, rather, as would possibly exist ironclads engaged afloat, or between a turret-ship afloat and a turret-crowned battery ashore. The three shots fired at the Royal Sovereign on Friday were all conoidal headed, and were all deflected. This deflection of the shot from its true, and therefore most destructive, line of force was apparently due to the conoidal form of the heads of the shot, and also to the curved surface and deflective angles of the turret and deck where the three shot struck. Thus, the first shot struck near the edge of the armour-platin g of the turret at the gun-port, break ing away a jagged piece of the outer plating, but being afterwards deflected frcin its further straight course by the second, or backing, plate of 4i inches, which bent backwards and threw the shot off and against the opposite side of the gunport, where it spent its remaining strength and fell shattered inside the turret, after smashing the wooden skeleton gun. Now, would this shot have been so easily deflected from its straight course had it been flat-headed, or even spherical, the weight, of course, being equal under all circum stances ? If the course of the second and third shots are examined, there may be found additional reasons against the use of c onoidal-headed pro jectiles against iron-cased curved surfaces at short range. The second shot struck at the junction of two armour-plates, when the one on the left from khe gun prized outwards from the teak backing, and fell forward with its top eight inches out of the line of the circle of the upper and outer xim of the turret. This falling forward of tieplatew having so a l v v i i n n g g to its bolt tails with their nut fastenings l flewn off from thoinner surface of the great inner iron ring to which they were bolt3d by the impact of the shot. This falling forward of the plate left an opening upwards, and to this opening the conoi dal-headed shot, as offering the least resistance to its progress, naturally turned. It became jammed there between the back top edge of the plate and its backing. Now, here again, could a flat-headed shot have been so turned aside and rendered harm less? Measurement of initialvelocities of projectiles is very useful under the majority of conditions, but here were conditions under which the initial force of a shot's flight was altogether ab sorbed, and its further power of harm destroyed. In the third and last shot the power of deflective surfaces and obtuse angles in throwing off the heaviest description of conoidal-headed steel shot at close range appears to have been still more forcibly demonstrated. This shot struck on the upper wooden deck of the ship, and with such tremendous force as to fracture two beams, one of iron and the other of wood, immediately underneath. It, however, failed to penetrate lower than half the thickness of the 8-in. teak deck planking, running the "score" up to the face of the turret, Bft. in length, when it glanced upwards against the turret face, and, gouging out an oval-shaped groove of metal 17in. long by Din. wide, and 3iin. in depth, flew off to seaward, and fell in the water close to the taffrail of a large schooner yacht crowded with ladies and gentlemen who had come out to see the turret undergo its trial. In this instance a spheroidal shot of the same weight might have damaged the turret more, possibly, by the ruder and fuller force of its blow on the turret, while, un doubtedly, a flat-headed shot, of Whitworth make, would have " bit" into deck or turret and buried itself there, if it did not effect penetration. The conoidal-headed shot had again, in fact, struck with its " shoulder, instead of its head" point, and it, therefore,, only delivered glancing blows. These views are merely put forward for what they are worth, as bearing upon a subject of very great im portance. The report on the testing of the Royal Sovereign turret by Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., now being prepared for the information of the Lords of Commissioners of the Admiralty,-will, however, fully enter upon and discuss the whole subject, and the public may therefore depend upon its receiving the consideration its vast importonce deserves. There are a few remarks yet necessary to make in conclusion. The two shots fired at the turret, although they did not effect penetration nor get beyond the wooden backing, inflicted such an amount of actual damage that half-a-dozen more shots striking full on the turret must have placed it hors de combat, leaving, however, the parts under trial—the revolving machinery—in all probability still undamaged. This would be the result which might with certainty be counted upon in a contest between the gun of 1866 and a composite iron clothed target of 1862. The bolt-tails and nuts driven off from the inner skin of the turret by the first two shots were quite sufficient to have killed or wounded every one of the crew engaged in working the gun had the ship been in action, and proves again the necessity for covering all such parts with an inner over-sheathing of wood or thin boiler flate. In our report of the experiment in The Sun of Saturday, the first shot fired at the turret was stated to have bent back and fractured " the inner or 7i -inch plate." It should have been " the inner or 41 -inch plate," the thickness of the turret armour plating being a 5i -inch plate over one of 43- inches. At the quarterly examination of candidates for assistant clerks in the Royal Navy, just concluded on board her Majesty's ship Victory, the following gentlemen successfully passed :—Jago, 429 marks ; Preston, 420 ; Gill, 418 ; King, 410 ; Bampton, 404 ; Donaldson, 402 ; Davey, 395 (the last two gentlemen passed from Vickrey's Hope House, Southsea, Hant) ; Drysdale, 388 ; Pearson, 381 ; Bate, 369 ; James, 367 ; Fisher, 363. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—F. F. Flynn, assist.-surgeon to the Nimble; Francis Wood, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Griffon ; William Lovely, assist.-paymaster, to the Donegal ; John N. Compton, second master, to the Griffon ; and John W. Dixon, master's as sistant, to the Griffon. Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.) The market opens with a quiet demand, and prices of American and Surat below Friday. Sales probably 6,000 bales. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY has been_appointed a Privy Councillor. LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—REDCAR, YORKSHIRE, Sun day Night.—The Crossley lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution stationed at this place (states John Coulson, Esq 7 agent for Lloyd's) was instrumental this morning in saving the lives of the crew, consisting of two persons, of the yacht Dagmar, Capt. C. T. Claxton, of Middlesboro'. The yacht, after landing the owner, IL M. Jacques, E.;q:, at Redcar, last night, brought up under the rocks just opposite the lifeboat-house, and the wind sud denly changing to the north about half-past one this morn ing, and blowi ng s t rong, cause d a h eavy sea t o come in, so much so that it brok e on b oar d the yacht, and the crew could not effect a landing. They, how th e e lifeboat was however, hoisted a :signal of distres s a b ou t s i x o' c lock, immediately launched, and soon la whe n landed the admirably w yacht in safety. The boat behavodon the ef the yacht toce - c as i o n. IRON V. WOOD.—The Moniteur de la Flotte states that the iron-coated fleet commanded by Rear-Ad miral La Ronciere le Noun y has sailed from Cherbourg for a trial, commanded by the Minister of Marine, for the pur pose of B.3certaining the and lq theurtlities fotorfoisronankoeeels whichand wooden copperod keels, especially they experience in their passage though the water. In order to obtain an accurate knowledge of the subject it was ne cessary to.send two vessels to sea alike the nature of the materials used ia their construction. The frigates Heroine and Flandre were se:tie:net:lo reason. They are built on the same model, they draw the same depth of water, and their machinery power; but the Heroine is of iron, and theF e f wood. sa 1 The trial is being made off Admiral Le under the direction u e p N er o lo u r , :oyfili:ertshoefpre sident,the navy and which is composed of s It is presumed from the cha nraaovyteraonfd t n h a e va o l ffi e co n grisnceoerms.posing the commission, and the favourable circumstaunce,s. under which the trial is made, has so long caused g that the important question of naval west' action, which y ar e m etti c o o d n . troversy among seamen , will now be eatiefeac: t er w il ,falthfoco except t thati l I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da' VICTORIA. CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. sto 2 agst Terror (taken) 3to 1 agst Vespasian (taken) 6to 1 agst Pintail (taken) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 4to 1 agst Primate (taken) 6to 1 agst Caithness (taken) Bto 1 agst Windham (taken) 10 to 1 agst Red Earl (taken) 10 to 1 agst Honesty (taken) 11 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) 12 to 1 agst M;ssile (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. Sto 1 agst Special (taken) RACING FIXTI JU: Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich JU RES FOR 1866. :B. Irungerford ........... 28 Newcastle ou-Tyne .......... 26 Worcester ............ 28 Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Readt.:g Hundleby ISlottingharn Stamford l9 AUG 1I K nu tsford Radcliffe Winchester 2l Spilsby 24 Cambridge Southampton 2 25 Chesterfield 26 Huntingdon Goodwood « 31 UST. York August 2l Dover •) ; _ z Plymouth West Drayton Lichfield Tunbridge ................. , 28 YQ,,rznou th ............... 28 Derby' Summer ......... 29 Weymouth MBER. Jersey Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egharn l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l 1 SEPTE Warwick September 4 I Hendon (Welsh Harp)... 20 Leicester 6 Monmouth ... . DoncasterAutumn.............. 20 11 Manchester 2l :Brecon l7 1 Wordsley Canterbury lB Newmarket Ist October 25 Richmond lB Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket2d October... 8 Bedford Lothians' Racing Club... 3 Newmarket Houghto n .. 22 Bromley --4 Wor-Ooster , NO VEMBE R. Lincoln Shrewsbury Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. 4, 5 I Downßoyal Corporation 18 SEPTEMBER. Carlow ~ Curragli OCTOBER, ................... 4,5, 6 Curragh 16, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES, JULY. Toulouse I St. Omer Rouen Metz 8, 9 Saintes ............. . . 28, 29 Amiens 15 Caen 29, 30, 31 AUGUST. Deauville... 4, 5, 61 Le Mans Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 2 2 Bourges• • 10, 12 Tarbes l9, 2 Valenciennes 12, 13 Blois 26, 28 Moulinsl 13, 14 Baden-Baden 3l Cherbourg l9 I SEPT Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCT Paris Chantilly l4, 18 I :MBER. Paris (Autuniu) BER. Vincennes TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON. MR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the principal races throughout the season, from 4:1 upwards, on receipt of cash or Post-office Order (payable at Piccadilly office). COMMISSIONS as usual at sta r ti ng prices on th e d ay o f a race a t a ll th e principal meetings. For further parti cu l ars an d p r i ces , see th e advertisement in The Spsr.:sman 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 Lire, Aug. 20, 1864.—" Wo 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, NI any amount, to 100, Jermyn-street." r E It A. C E S.—For dust, heat, or rain, JI NICOLL'S WATERPROOF OVERCOATS, One Guinea each.---11. J. and D. Nicola., 114,116, 118, Ito, Regent street. W.; 22, Cornhill. E.O. ; 10, Mosley-street, Man ohezter ; and 5,1, Bold-street, Liverpool. AUSTRALIAN, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA MaILS. SOUTHAMPTON, June 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Nyanza has arrived here with the heavy por tion of the above mails, 109 passengers, £122,617 in specie, and a large cargo, including 4,060 boxes of tea and 740 bales of silk, the latter of the value of £70,000. She spoke the British brig Adeline on the 10th inst., on the 11th the barque Champion, and on the 12th the ship Cycla and the brig European. GIBRALTAR, June 11. The French Minister, Baron d'Aquin, and suite, have arrived at Fez, after a journey of nine days. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Ths Day. LET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I ;". GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, June 18.—Caroline, Joseph, Asteria, and James, from Riga; Contest, from Gefie ; Stella, from Harlingen; George Selby, from Jersey; Alfieri, from Buenos Ayres. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored— Tavistock, from London, for Hongkong; Alexandria, from Shields, for Rio Janeiro. Passed—Lapwing, from Hull, for Malaga; Sylph, of Wells, from the north, for the west. Railway and Other Companies. BRAMPTON AND LONGTOWN. A public meeting was held at Brampton, Cumberland, on Wednesday, to consider the advantages of this proposed line; Mr. Dacre in the chair. Mr. Nomus expressed that it would afford a short and convenient route for 250,00 tons of traffic from Scotland the north-eastern counties of England, and to the midland counties. Resolutions were passed in favour of the proposed line. It was stated that the proposed capital was £120,000, of which £24,000 had been already subscribed. TAMAR, KIT KILL, AND CALLINGTON. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held at the offices, Fenchurch-street, on Saturday ; Mr. H. Wright in the chair. The Solicitor read the heads of a bill to authorise the mixed, or the broad guage only, on the company's railway ; and also working and traffic arrangements between this company and the Saltash and Cillington, and otheerailway companies . - - . A formal resolution approving th© bill was carried, and she meeting separated• -- CENTRAL CORNWALL A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at the offices , Princes-street, Westminster ; Mr. F. Rod.d in the ch air. The Soli c itor read the heads of a bill for authorising the co mpany to run ove r divers railwa y s and ma ke arrange _ meonntstwheitmh motion nwaoyf theco cmprA AN, companies. a formal re so l ut i on ap . proving the bill was unanimously adopted. RAILWAY BILLS. In-Lord Redesdale's committee of the House of Lords on Friday the following bills were patted :—The Leven and East of Fife, to raise £lB,OOO by shares and £6,000 by loan ; the Manchester and Stockport, to raise £200,000 by shares and £66,600 by loan; the Berks and Hants Extension, to raise £200,000 by shares and £66,600 by loan ; the New port Pagnell ; the Wantage and Great Western Junction, to raise £25,000 by shares and £8,300 by loan ; and the Severn Junction. In Room C, the London and North Western (Now Lines) Bill was passed. In Room D, the West Riding and Grimsby (Transfer) Bill was passed. N o l r n the ui_w e S s t te an ni di ( n 0 N g ewrdwerosrkCommittee, passed.t h the London and From the manufacturing districts the accounts for the past week state that business generally has been very quiet. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have again slightly receded ; while the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has re mained inactive at aboutprevioas rates for most de scriptions of goods. likthe hosiery trade at Leicester there has been a great demand for cotton fabrics; while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver hampton little change of importance can be re ported. THE DISTINCTION OF K.C.B. is to be conferred upon Sir A. Mallet and the Hon. Chas. Murray, her Majes ty's Ministers at Frankfort and Dresden, and upon the Hon, Manners Sutton, the now Goyernol of Victoria,