The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET ANI COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to present symp toms of great activity. The brokers, who have not a very large supply of capital at their command, require 3 per cent. for the negotiation of the very best paper of short date. About 143,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The prospectus has appeared of the London, Windsor, and Greenwich Hotels Company, which requires a capital of £500,000, in shares of £25 each, upon which a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. per annum for five years is guaranteed. The object is to acquire and unite under one management the Trafalgar, Ship, and Yacht Taverns at Greenwich, the Castle and White Hart Hotels at Windsor, Radley's Hotel at Blackfriars, and the St. James's Hall and Restaurant attached thereto in Regent street. The Yacht Tavern at Greenwich is to be altered for giving increased accommodation to the Trafalgar, Radley's Hotel at Blackfriais is to be rebuilt for the purpose of affording more room for the increased traffic which the railway terminus in that quarter will produce, and the business of the two hotels at 'Windsor are to be united, and for that purpose new premises will be commenced upon the site of the White Hart. Two o'CLocic. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Opening quiet. No change has taken place in the prices of the English Funds, which remain very steady. The principal business at the Stock Exchange is the preparations for the arrangement of the account in foreign bonds and all descriptions of shares. Con sols for money are 89k 90, and for the account 90 exactly. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89k ; and. Exchequer Bills, par to 4s. prem. Foreign Securities were in some instances flatter, but the alterations are not important. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 74 i; do. Consolides, 48.1 49 ; Mexican, 25 f ; do. New, 24* s ; Greek, 20} 21 ; Spanish Passive, 29k 30f ; do. Certificates, 14} a ; Italian, 65i 66i ; and Confederate Loan, 6 8. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a rather limited scale, the dealers and specu lators having been chiefly occupied with the arrange ment of the account. Prices, however, have gene rally been a shade firmer. Great Eastern have. im proved ss. ; North-Western, ss. ; Metropolitan, 10s.; and Great Western, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull, but ex hibit little variation in values. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Samuel Bashaw and Company, a 11 pm. ; Phosphate of Lime Com pany, 11 14 pm. ; the New Issue of 50,000 Prefe rence Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, S 14 pm. ; the A Stock of the Metro politan Extension Railways of the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company, 55 57 per £lOO stock ; the Downs Docks Company Shares, 1 1 prem ; Grange Town Iron, 1 2 prem ; Albert Bridge Company, 1 14 pm. ; Russian Ironworks Company, 7 8 prem. ; London Bridge Land, 4 I prem. ; Northern Assam Tea Company, par 1 prem. ; Chubwa Tea Company, 4 1 pm. ; British India, &c., Trust and Agency Company, 11 21 pm. ; Lon don Quays and Warehouses, 1 11 prem. ; London, Windsor, and Greenwich Hotels, 2 1 pm. ; West London Freehold Ground Rent Association, 1 2 pm. ; Belgrave Mansions Company, 1/ 1 pm. ; Peruvian Railways, 21 3 pm. ; Lion Brewery, 14 2 pm. ; Blakely Ordnance, 34 34 prem. ; Barned's Banking Company, 112 pm. ; Dalbeattie and Kirk- Connell Granite Company, 14 2 pm. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, June 6 9O 89/ 0 per Cent. Reduced B9 .1. New 3 per. Cent B9 New 2* per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per. Cent. Jan. 1873 lo3* Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — Do (Bed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 34 per Cent Do. £5OO par 4 pm Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent Do Accollt INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, loi per Cent., April 1874 shut Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent, May . 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO pm Do. under £l,OOO FOILBIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) `-illilian 6 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent Colombian .6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £B6p_aid Bquadbr New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant 4 - yptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue — • Do. 1864 93 1 / Do £lOO Bonds tireek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 20 • Do Account 2l ' Do. Coupons — Do . Account P 'nate mal a 5 per Cent. — , Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) • Do 1865 • Do Scrip, £67/ paid 2l 4 dis . Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Idexican 3 per Cent. 25 Do. Account ' Do 1864 Do 5 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Alonteviclean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Itoorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred • , 0 Do Land Warrputs (Hectares) *eruvian 41 per Cent. — Do Scrip, X 45 paid i paid in Bonds — dis • Do 3 per Cent. (Urbarren) Cent., 1862 "rtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 481 9/ , Do Account — Aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .., Do 1864 oardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account 'Vanish 3 percent Do Account — Do New Deferred 404 • Do Account Do Passive _,-Do Acco un Cert t — "ani sh . of Coup not funded — •D 0 Account — n .,_ . "'" 7 ,echsh 4 per Cent. — ir 1 ' 0 . 44 per Cent. 1864 ••lijkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — D 0 Account • Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 11) 0 £lOO Bonds 4 .'0 6 p er C en t. 1862 -uo Account Do £lOO Bonds -, A O 5 er ent. 1865 D 04,0 s • _& p lp, C .£2O paid ~,, 3 dis lir - ' 0 Guaiinteed,4 per Cent el lezuela. 3 per Cent. ". 6 Pr Cent, 1862 L'I N 1 1, 0 . Account ° 6 Cent., per 1864 — -.0. li per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. 4 40, • 11.1 n Pail, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D ; 4 51 1 1, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. - T , ' cu 2 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull _ r r . ". 4 per Cent. Certificates — D s ell 4 l tentes, 41 per Cent. " talia ccount b 11 ' Per Cent., Is6l, Ex. 2M. 0. Account TWO O'CLOCK. e°ll Bols Do. A 89i 90 eco nt BRITISH P OSSE Atlantic Zz St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,.t Cen.ln. SIOv3• 57 50 1031 104; pr p 41 41 r 6 Du. 5 per cent.. o. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July ],1873 _ _ Do. do. June i, 1474 Calcutta As h. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demerat a, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Ben2al, gu., 5 do East Icdian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canad t Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. ed Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prat. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I*o. Gus. 5 per cent 99 101 70 75 190 102 103 101 IC4 } l 105 i tr. 19 194 204 204 100 lOC Do. New gtia. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India (lint gua. 5 per cent .... D 41 per cent.. Do Great Wes. of Canada.. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4.1 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B !/. It I.C' da, pc Ist 'Abdo Scindc . Do. Delhi Do. do 4. ..1 Do. Puniaub.... ado' Do.lndus St Flo all 10J 100 {No 2 100 100 E 5 87 1 61. 63 54 56 55 57 47 4') 45 44 43 45 25 27 24 t 6 1041 1051 a I 3 5 101 a 1054 4) 104 i 51 82 84 101 162 101 102 id pr 101 i 102 94 97 101 l • COLONIAL GO VERN RE NT S ECURIT INS. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1472 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 0 97 99 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10, 97 99 I >o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 66 68 851 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 85 S 7 Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 uo. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 105 107 Do. do: 1 , 90-1 100 1(6 107 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 102 104 Do. 1078, do OO lu7 109 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1;78 Do. 1382, May 5, Nov. tb 10 i 104 106 Natal 1 4ov. 0 per cent lO9 142 104 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1860 00 100 102 Do. 6 p.c. 18.1 to 1870 100 94 96 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! 100 92 94 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 - Do. 8 per cent.... Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 llO 97 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 1051 106 , S. A us. Gov. 8 p,c 18t.8-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 107 10') Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 1091 1101 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Gold, lieu 1 Chiverton Clifford mal,9;amated — 25 28 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 595 6(5 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogani 3O 15 18 B.ast Cara ion 2.14.6 121 134 ast Cam Brea 3.4.0 61 7 t' ast Grenville East Love,l 2.13.6 114 124 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4i 41 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 601 3 5 4 Great L .xey, limited all 201 21, Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor nu 40 32 23 Grenvil e 7.8.3 31 .31 Elerod's Foot .... 8.13 33 40 Elingston Downs 4.18.0 11 3 Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 6 81 Marke Valley 4.3.0 51 51 4 llwyndy Iron Ore, lieu 24 24 ii Nangi les ... l9 16 18 New Se ton North Downs 3 - - North Roskear N.Wlfl Bassett (Illogan 3.10.6 4 1 North Wheal Crotty 2.8.0 2 1. - - Prosper 1 inited 7.1.6 21 34 Pr Nidence Uny LAant 10.6.7 32 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 505 515 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 171 22 stray Park 30.17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 17 18 -- West Bassett (Iltottan W. Caradon (L•skeard 9 104 12 West Chiverton ll 774 829 West Seton 471 185 195 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 15 20 Whea. Ludoott 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 II 13 Wheal Setoff 5Bl 200 210 —. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 174 184 IVheal Union 4 ineY's guest, Glad' ►OVe - )athe arl of Lord Ike of 'swift)? lish ea lay of spit ateurs SHARL MARKETS—This day. -~-. Share! Railways. Paid. " ol. ' & Str. 'al Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall. A gets no div. DDoo: A B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. tit k. Do. E. An,gl. at. 114:). '2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock Do. B Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste:n . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo. t Do. He - eford Lana shire & Yorkshire L:ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do'.l shares .. 3Tetrop_ohtan. Do. New Micl.and Do, lii-min . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares 'lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,e& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N:E purchase - Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlible Do. :lock. & Darling. De. d t855-t8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 181 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish CA ntral Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stxk = ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union south Devon ,outh E . stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale • Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw all W.Hartlepool Har.& It. 1)o. A irredeemable ! Do. A redeemable 95 117 1321 133 1 E& 6 62 (8 16 17 80 92 108 .1 8 49 50 7 8 130 132 1444 115} 123 12 SO itg 6 . 3 69i f 4 66 45 48 45 48 05 1 06 121 121, 91 14 107 109 41 12 123 124 98j 99, 61 62 14: 143 3} 3 1P1 1.31, 104 ILO 53 54 z4i 25 111 112 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 131 2 123} 99} 9 1121 12 Closing Business Price. done. 89 70 103 IC4 37 39 - -p 9i 117/ i p 121 123 1 v p l 79 81 114 12 145 154 5} 53 8t C 3 56 5 , 3 8 S4 l 9 10 156 159 3 4p 104 106 47 49 78 80 102 103 10 111 10 911 86 88 8: €4 - 1: id 103} 1046 95 97 89 91 65 67 North 1)1 Lon& 1): PREFERENCE SHARES. Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ito, 4i per cent. red., 1001, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. n, Brighton. &c., 46 per cent., 1656, itto, new, 1863, 99t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidm), 9f San Paulo, lion., gua. 6 per cent., 18 FOREIGN MINES. St. John del Rey, lim., 39 Washoe Gold, Jim., Ditto (.£3‘, 7} BANKS. ts gra and Misterman's, Urn., 1137 14 Alliance, tint.. 3) 2:1 Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and China, 20 6 Chartered tier. of India, London, and China, 414 Imperial Ottoman, 164 17 London and Comity, 771 London and South-Western, lim., 21 London add 11 eatminster, 9S Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., Ditto (£15 . , Cok DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, Co MISCELLANEOUS. Consolidated Discount, 'Um.. 5 Crystal Palace, 38 Egyptian Cora and Trading, Um., 31 Hudson's Bay, 16/ Imperial Mercantile Credit A aim., lirn., 71 / International Financial society, lim., Land Securities, 11m., 4 Pen.nsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 541 QuebrAda Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 3} Royal Mail Steam, 109} 81 Telegraeh Construe. and Maintenance, lim., 9 MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.—A letter to the Courrier du Bas Rhin says :—" Ascents by members of the Alpine Club are being effected in all directions owing to the mag nificent weather )vhich has lately prevailed. On the 9th a tourist of the section of St. Gall climbed the itingelkopf, the highest peak in that canton, about 11,000 ft., and which had never before been trodden by human foot." A circular has been sent from the French Govern ment to the different Chambers of Commerce re commending them to call the attention of shipowners to the importance of the coasting trade in Chinese waters. The French Minister at Pekin reports that great numbers of European vessels are at present engaged in that trade, but very few under the French flag, chiefly owing to the fact that French merchant vessels, being generally of at least 400 tons burden, cannot enter many of the Chinese rivers and ports. The Minister therefore wishes the Cham bers of Commerce to remind shipowners of the advantages which might be derived from sending vessels of a nature and capacity adapted to the trade between the Chinese ports open to foreign shipping. THE HANDEL FESTIVAL. The Selection. The following appeared in our Late Edition yesterday : A Proverb has been brilliantly defined as " The Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One." And ac cording to a familiar example of one of these same delectable morsels compounded from the concen trated essence of wit and wisdom, it has long ago been remarked epigrammatically that " Variety is Pleasing." It cannot, therefore , b e an y matter at all for wonder that the Second of The Three Days of The Handel Festival should have proved (as it has) to be an especial favourite. It comes intermediately this year between The Messiah and The Israel in Egypt, and consists .avowedly of SELECTIONS. For that matter, it is, in consequence, a repetition for the most part of the preliminary performances of Friday last, the day judiciously set apart by the organisers of these Triennial Celebrations for what was called The Grand Full Rehearsal. Upon those precursory performances, we have already, in these columns and at considerable length, com mented. Our sufficiently ample and detailed critique upon them, in fact, appeared in a late edition of our journal of that very same evening. In remarking, now, therefore, upon the superb repetition of the same selected masterpieces this afternoon, we are constrained, as it were, in spite of ourselves, to bear in very vivid recollection the fact that we are here perforce going, very much indeed, over the same ground. Ground delightful enough, doubtless, for ourselves to traverse, ground that we cannot by poisibility very readily tire of, yet ground, for all that, that has, so to speak, been here so recently and minutely mapped down, and topogra phically expatiated upon, that we must needs refrain, so far as may be at all practicable, from any unneces sary reiteration, by us, of opinions already pro nounced. Regarded .simply as " Selections," the three-and-thirty productions thus taken from the works of this most Sublime of all Musical Composer* and set down upon to-day's Programme, were, in two respects, very remarkable indeed—remarkable, that is to say, in the first place, for their relative diversity, and in the next place for their harmonious combi nation. They consisted—these thirty-three care fully chosen works picked out deliberately from among all the wondrous masterpieces of Handel— of fifteen from Saul, of three from Samson, of three from Acis and Galatea, of two from Solomon, and of ten from Judas Maccabeus. An aggregation of attractions, to say the very least of it, suffi ciently diversified ! And, added to this special and peculiar charm of to-day (an excep tional charm distinctive of it, as the Second or In termediate Day of the Three) there is that astonish ing combination of attractions (yet more marvel lous in their variety) belonging to them all alike— the numerous and gigantic attractions ly ing—beyond the wondrous works themselves— in the mass of the performers, in the army of artists peopling that wonderful amphitheatre of seats built up, semicircle above semicircle, into that stupendous Orchestra. Conspicuous among these artists, the first and foremost in the profession, whether attention be paid to the singers or to the instrumentalists. Soloists, comprising among them a tenor like Mr. Sims Reeves, a Soprano like Mdlle. Adelina Patti, a Con tralto like Madame Sainton Dolby, a Bari tone like Mr. Santley. Turning again to the instrumentalists—Four Hundred of them drawing simultaneously the bow across the strings, andhaving at their head a violinist as accomplished as M. Sainton. Five hundred orchestral performers, alto gether—in the midst of a multitude of choristers, numbering (with them) the now well-known grand total of four thousand in all. Appropriately enough, there was performed, this day, with mag- nificent effect, that great choral chef d'auvre. from the oratorio of Solomon, " Zadok the Priest,' popularly known as " The Coronation Anthem.' Appropriately performed this afternoon, we say, by reason of to-day being the 28th anniversary of the Coronation of her Majesty the Queen. An anni versary calculated to distinguish any day at the Crystal Palace as a gala day thrice welcome among the loyal lieges of the Sovereign. As the days of the Handel Festival number up, now, alas, only too rapidly to their conclusion, Mr. Costa seems to us to get his four thousand more and more completely in hand. Hardly inlany instance could the merest passing, momentary hitch be detected, even upon the closest observation. In the piano, even into the rarer pianissimo passages, the mammoth choir, with its five hundred instrumental accompaniests, obeyed the sometimes almost imperceptible beck of the great conductor's wand. " How Excellent, 0 Lord," began the day's selection, at a second or two after the appointed hour of three—and so majes tically in its effect, that one might, by way of summing up its merits, echo its two opening words, after the prelude of the oboes and trumpets, How Excellent !" After Madame Parepa's charming air " An Infant raised," came the fearful, sorrowful, ghastly chant " Along the Monster Atheist Strode "—followed by the consoling sounds of " The youth inspired by Thee, 0 Lord, with ease the boaster slew"—and by the prolonged exultation articulated in the chorus, " Our fainting courage soon restored." Crowned—this succession of choruses from Saul—by the iteration of " How Excellent, 0 Lord," and by the noble and affecting strains of the " Halle lujah." The reverberation at the momentary pause —immediately prior to the closing bar—had an effect marvellously beautiful ! The charming combination of the stringed instruments and the tinkling bells in the Sinfonia preluded as exquisitely as on Fri day, Madame Parepa's lovely recitative, " Already, see the Daughters of the Land." After the chorus, " Welcome, welcome, mighty King," apportioned almost exclusively to altos and trebles, followed by Mr. Santley's brief recitative, " What do 1 hear," and by the chorus, " David his Ten Thousand slew"—the vast audience listened with hushed delight to Madame Sainton-Dolby's deli ciously dulcet warbling of that most haunting of all the melodies in Saul " 0 Lord, whose mercies." So closed with admirable effect The First Part of the Day's performance—Part the Second following close upon the heels of it, with barely any perceptible pause whatever ; its opening chorus engaging the whole strength of the mighty choir in the grand and glorious sound of " Envy ! Eldest born of Hell 1" Here came—as a matter of course one is almost tempted to say—an unmistakeable encore, the first encore of the day. Mr. Costa had no alternative but to accede to the demand for its repetition. Wonderful throughout—this chorus was especially wonderful in the fading down as into a hushed and lamenting whisper of " Virtue sickens at thy sight !" As for the glorious March that then ensued—those matchless notes of woe and lamentation, the world-renowned " Dead March in Saul"—never has it been so superbly played, as it was twice played this afternoon at the Crystal Palace. The second time in answer to a de mand for its repetition that almost amounted to a peremptory mandate, so enthusiastic was the burst of applause elicited by' it from the im mense assemblage confronting the giant Orchestra. Mr. Santley was ,as fine as ever in his noble deli very of Manoah's air from Samson, "How Willing my Paternal Love" finer even than on abi—trowhueog:halll t tlyv h aetec Friday last, admirable as was that, his earlier performance of it. Au encore here, too, would have been inevitable, only that the first demand for its repetition was hushed—from a general eagerness to hear Madlle. Adelina Patti's refined and exquisite singing of the immortal aria " Let the Bright Seraphim"—perfected in the effect of it by Harper's lovely trumpet obligato accom paniment. This—the magical duet that is be tween man a e al n inms d uhdaeceeoevqrmsl t oeeem h snr aoFt e yegnlli eterdelrst g aedtteon o islovi l dafe d a a e liocct n looulle trumpet monsrhsccuoni ehog r:nrehitsbutorah:sft. over thntoaog v ctt int o ehhsfif i l a a c oeeif g e trsr t a ttoHhhi i det h ashp, e fa t s th y oun i ena ie d a s e l Then came the three choicest morceaux that could have been excerpted from Acis and Galatea—" Love in Her Eyes sits Playing," most tenderly delivered by Mr. Sims Reeves—followed, in striking contrast, by Mr. Santley's Polyphemean rpa silveryut selections nelimeeletaei applied rendering of the recitative " I rage, I melt, I burn," and its sequent air, " 0 Ruddier than the Cherry"—in his matchless delivery of which noble solo Santley achieved to-day a triumph exceptional in its brilliancy even for him, great and successful artist 'as he is. The lullaby chorus, " May no Rash Intruder," though vociferously encored to-day, hardly seemed to "go " as well this afternoon as it went upon the occasion of Friday's Grand Full Rehearsal. From the same oratorio (Solomon) there was given, as if in especial honour of the royal anniversary of to-day—the, glorious " Coronation Anthem." Completing the .day's performance, came the ten Selections from Judas Maccabeus—ten, we say, counting as two the Trio and the Chorus of that grandest of all pceans of triumph, " See the Conquering. Hero Comes" 7 —a chorus that brought the whole day's per formance to a majestic and magnificently effective conclusion. The Lords of the Admiralty in Liverpool - .01.- The half-yearly distribution of prizes to the pupils of the school frigate Conway, lying in the Mersey, took place yesterday; the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. - • E. Laurence), presided, and among those present _ _ were Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Admiral Eden, the members of the Conway Com- mittee of Management, Dir. John Laird, ALP., Mr. J. C. Ewart, ALP., and other gentlemen. The pupils in their neat uniform stood to the right of the chair- man, and the remainder of the deck was occupied by a large assembly of the boys. The MAYOR said that as that was a Queen's ship, and as, that was the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, he did not think they could open their proceeding& better than by commencing with three cheers for the Queen. The cheers having been given with enthusiasm, The CHAIRMAN spoke of the great advantages which such an institution possessed in training youths for the sea service, and some of them for that profession which we in this country were accus tomed to regard with so much honour. It was, per haps, difficult for any but those who had had expe rience in the matter to know the advantage of having educated men on board a ship. It was quite true that a man who had really no education might learn to understand his profession thoroughly ; but the absence of that culture which stored a man with useful information, which developed the reasoning faculties, and enabled a man to apply to present emergencies the information which not only he him self, but others had acquired, was lamentably and painfully felt, especially in our mercantile marine. This had been the case in days gone by, but he was happy that the advantages of an institution like this were gradually putting an end to it. But, in addition to this, it was not perhaps generally known that the general education which was given on board this ship was such as would fit a boy in after life for any ordinary sphere he might be called upon to occupy. He was glad to see that the insti tution had been recognised in high official quarters. They had had the special pleasure and honour of the visits of the Lords of the Admiralty on these occasions of late, and knowing that they had had under their own notice practical proof of the good work on board this vessel, he thought they might fairly come to the conclusion that a permanent pre cedent had been established. (Cheers.) One more subject he would refer to which was more than all a subject for congratulation, and that was the patron age which her most gracious Majesty the Queen had been most pleased to accord to them. He thought they would all be gratified at the honour which she had conferred upon Liverpool and upon those en gaged in the management of this institution by pro mising to give annually two prizes to successful candidates. (Cheers.) The Secretary (Mr. Clarke Aspinall) read letters of apology for non-attendance from Admirals Ro binson and Kingcome, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr, Charles Turner, M.P., Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., and other gentlemen. He also read highly favourable reports from Messrs. Norman M`Leod, F.R.S., and H. W. Jeans, F.R.A.S., on their examination of the pupils. The latter gentleman stated that he had given to the boys he examined in nautical astronomy and navigation many of the same questions asked of candidates for sub-lieutenants and he had found them able to answer these questions readily. (Cheers.) Both examiners complimented Captain Moull and the other officers upon the proficiency of their pupils. The Secretary next read a lengthy letter from Colonel Sir Charles Phipps, dated the 27th inst., addressed to Mr. Beazley, the chairman of the com mittee of management, stating that he had received the letter informing him that the Queen's medal had been awarded by vote to Mr. Oswald Hillkirk, and that Mr. Henry Sandford had been selected to re ceive the binocular glass and £35 towards the ex penses of his outfit as a naval cadet. He had had the honour to submit these announcements to her Majesty the Queen, and her Majesty had com manded him to inform the committee of her sanction to the selection thus made. The Queen had heard with great satisfaction that the manner in which the votes were given by the pupils had proved that they were not unworthy of the trust reposed in them by her Majesty, and her Majesty hoped that the pupils who had been thus distinguished might through life remember the success which had accompanied their commendable efforts to distinguish themselves, and that a continued course of good conduct might secure to them happiness and distinction in the honourable profession which they had chosen. Admiral GREY then made a few remarks prior to distributing the prizes. lie reminded the boys of the excellent advice g i ven to t h em l as t y ear by th e Duke of Somerset. prizes that they wou ld be worth noth i ng unless the i r holders continued He told those who had gained to exert themselves hereafter. Those who had not gained prizes he told not to be disheartened, but still to work manfully, remember ing that many wou ld rise to the h i ghest positions who had begun w i t h every disadvantage ; and, finally, he remind e d them all that they were English gentlemen, and, whatever position they were placed in, they should never lose sight of that. He would only add to this excellent advice that, as the life of a sailor was one of more than ordinary temptation, which no human power might be able to resist, they should remember that they were always under the eye of the all-seeing God, and that He would give them strength to resist. The distribution of prizes was then proceeded with. Her Majesty's Gold Medal—Prize pupil, Oswald Hillkirk. " Her Majesty's wish in the establishment of this prize is to encourage the boys to acquire and maintain the qualities which will make the finest sailor. These consist of cheerful submission to supe riors, self-respect and independence of character, kindness and protection to the weak, readiness to forgive offence, desire to conciliate the differences of others, and, above all, fearless devotion to duty and unflinching truthfulness." The mode of selecting the prize pupil consists not only in the testimony of the commander and head-masters as to his possession of the necessary qualifications, but also has the in dorsement of the boys themselves, the regulation ap mogrueir:llhagn five boys shall be t r i r u y p b i l y s' themselves. that the names of npe submittedrao ap proved v d ee candidate sa by than e y bteo heret chosen orh ese a ee j neons other h y re nr e and the successful His Grace the Duke of Somerset's Nomination to a Naval Cadetship—Prize pupil, Henry Sandford. Her Majesty's Second Prize, consisting of a binocular glass and £35, is also presented to Henry Sandford, subject to his passing his examination at Portsmouth, the desire of her Majesty being to faci litate the entry into the royal navy of the boy who is fortunate enough in honourable , competition, to obtain this cadetship. Gold Medal of the Mercantile Marine Service Association —For the greatest general proficiency in all branches of training and education, John H. Warren. The Mayor's (Mr. Edward Lawrence) Prize—For proficiency in practical seamanship, Henry Fowler —prize, brass quadrant. The Brocklebank Prize (presented by Mr. Ralph Brocklebank), for Proficiency in Nautical Astro nomy—Jocelyn F. Ruthven—prize, brass quadrant. in the use of Nautical Instruments, &c.—John H. 'Warren, prize, sextant. Capt. Paynter'e Prize, for Proficiency in Gunnery —Robert Wylie—prize, Sir Howard Douglas's "Naval Gunnery." _ _ . The first-class medal of the Liverpool Humane Society awarded to Richard Darling, pupil of the Conway, for jumping overboard to the rescue of a fellow pupil, John Whishaw. Richard Darling also obtains the first swimming prize and the ordinary class prizes. Admiral GREY addressed a few encouraging re marks to each recipient, and particularly compli mented Darling upon the fine qualities he. had shown in the rescue of his fellow pupil. Brief addresses were then delivered by Mr. Beaz ley, Capt. Sproule, Mr. Laird, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., Admiral Eden, Mr. Brocklebank, Mr. Rankin, Mr. E. Moss, and Mr. F. A. Clint. Mr. BEAZLEY stated that there were now 125 pupils on board the . Conway, and that since its for mation 312 boys had gone into the naval and mer cantile services. Twenty-three boys had obtained cadetships, and not one sent up had been rejected. The committee had never received a complaint about any boy who had left the Conway. In acknowledging a vote of thanks to him, Admi ral GREY said that it had given him the greatest pleasure to be present on that occasion. He had heard from Capt. Powell, of the Britannia, an ex cellent account of the four pupils who had gone there froth the Conway. He bad been over-the ship and seen the arrangements, and was much pleased with all. Education of their officers as well as of their men was one of the great wants of the day ; and he would mention, for the information of the ,committee, that a knowledge of the French language was now regarded as an essential in the education of a'British naval officer. Admiral EDEN promised a first-class cadetship for competition in the ensuing year ; and Mr. Rankin placed at the disposal of the committee a sum of £lOO for prospective prizes. _ _ _ The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the donors of prizes and the chairman. After leaving the Conway, the Admirals, accom panied by the Mayor, Capt. Paynter (her Majesty's ship Donegal), and other. gentlemen, visited the Akbar and the Clarence reformatory ships, the boys of which manned yards. On the Akbar there are about 170 boys, all Protestants, and on the Clarence about 150 boys, all Roman Catholics. The admirals went all-over the ships, the boys were paraded, and Admiral Grey briefly addressed them. The party then proceeded on board the Donegal, where they were entertained by Capt. Paynter. After this they visited Messrs. Laird Brothers' shipbuilding yard, and inspected the progress of the Agincourt, and then returned to Liverpool and dined with the Mayor in the evening. M ARKE T S —This Day. AIETROVOLITAN CATTLE. _ . . There was a full average supply of beasts on sale in our markets to-day, yet all breeds moved off steadily at quite Monday's currency. The figure was ss. per 81bs. Sheep —the show of which was good—were in improved request, at full prices. The best Downs and half-breds sold at 5s 10d per 81b. We have to report a steady inquiry for lambs, at late rates, v;z., from 6s. to is. 4d. per 81bs. The demand for calves was iu a sluggish state. Prices, however, were supported. In pigs and milch cows very little was doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d erse. & inf. beasts... 3 63 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 6 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime S'thdown 00.5 8 5 10 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 La ge coarse calves. 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, dr,c....4 10 5 0 Prime small d0......4 b 5 0 Crse. and int. sheep. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs .3 8 4 2 Second quality de 55 0 Small porkers 44 4 Lambs....6i od to 7=. Id. Suckling calm, 19s to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, Os to 25s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. 70 Beasts Cows Sheep and lambs Ca yes 9lO Pigs .. - Bettsts 1,520 Cows l4O Sheep and lambs 13,300 Calves ll2O Pigs 3BO MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderato, and the demand is heavy, as follows : Beef, fretn 3s 4d to 4s 6d ' - mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 6d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 28.—A1l kinds of stock met a dull inquiry, and quotations had a drooping tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b to sink the offal. ROMFOED, June 28.—Trade heavy, at lower prices. Beef, 3s 6d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s 4d to 68 Od; lamb, Gs 2d to 7s Oil; veal, 4s Od to 5s cl; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81b. Suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 20 s to 255; and mulch cows, £l6 to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 108 to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade steady. CUM ND.—Meadow hay,-4 108 to £5 15s; clover £5 lOs to £6 15s Od; and straw, Ll 8s to £1 12s per load Supply limited. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 12s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A. fair demand. New meadow hay has realised £4 to £5 per load. SWIMMING.—EarIy this morning the third match took place between the members of the Serpentine Swimming Club for three medals, given to the Ist, 2d, and 3d respectively; distance, 1,000 yards. The following gentlemen competed :—Messrs. Burrows, Munro, Edgar, Odell, G. Dallard, M. Cahil, G. Sharp, Jones, A. Tester, Brown, D. Jackson, H. Ward. Mr. Stevenson acted as starter, Mr. T. Evans as referee, and Mr. J. Humphreys (swimming master to the club) as judge. After one false start the competitors got well off, Mr. Tester taking the lead and keeping it for at least half the distance (swimming on his left side), when Mr. Brown quietly passed him on the near side. Mr. Tester was evidently surprised at being overtaken, and gamely tried to regain his position as leader ; but his spurt, game as it was, availed him nothing, for Mr. Brown kept ahead and won by some 12 lengths. Mr. Tester secured second place. An inte resting struggle for third place between Messrs. Sharp, Edgar, Jackson, and Jones, which resulted in Mr. Sharp just beating the others by a slight lead, and "a dead heat between Edgar and Jackson for fourth place. The other came in 20 or 30 yards apart. On Monday next Mr. Coulter (captain of the club) is to swim Mr. Gurr for £25 a-side. A GOOD LrviNG.—The Earl of Chichester has laid before the House of Lords a bill providing that any future appointment to the vicarage of Rochdale shall be subject to such regulations as Parliament may enact for apportioning the endowment between the parish church and the district churches. The bill states that the endow ment of the vicarage at present exceeds £4,000 a year, and that the value of the glebe lands will increase in future years ; but there are several other churches in the parish inadequately endowed. The vicarag is in the patronage of the Bishop of Manchester. IRON SHIPBUILDING AT THE SOUTH WALES FORTS• —For many years it was a matter of surprise that iron shipbuilding had not been commenced at the South Wales ports, where, from proximity of the ironworks and other circumstances, there were such facilities for carrying on this important branch of trade. Within the last two years the facilities which the district possesses have been so far appreciated that several yards have been opened, and about half a dozen iron vessels have already been success fully launched. An iron bark, 950 tons burden, christened the Delta, has just been built at the yard of Messrs. Hill and Son, Cardiff, for Messrs. Bath, of Swansea, being the first iron sailing vessel built at the South Wales ports. Messrs. Batchelor, Brothers, are also building an iron ship for Messrs. Cory and Co., and . Mr. Thomas Spittle has opened "an iron shipbuilding yard at Newport. Messrs. Scott Russell and Co. have contracts on band for several iron vessels, and Llanelly the Iron Shipbuilding Company started there has paid handsome dividends to the share holders. These facts show that iron shipbuilding is gra dually extending in South Wales, and it is clear that as yet the trade is only in its infancy. -- - THE SWORD AND THE PLOUGHSHARE.—Yesterday a return was issued from the War Office showing that 48 acres, 2 roods, and 25 poles of land have been allotted to troops for cultivation in Great Britain and Ireland. Of this land 30 acres, 2 roods, and 4 poles were under culti vation. To individual non-commissioned officers and others 61 acres, 1 rood, and 36 poles were in cultivation. THE ROAD MURDER.—The trial of Constance Kent on the charge of murdering her infant brother, five years ago, will take place in less than a month—not at the Central Criminal Court, but in the county where the crime was' committed—and the necessary arrangements for the prosecution and defence have all been completed The counsel retained to conduct this remarkable case are, for the prosecution, Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Lopez, instructed by Messrs. Clarke and Collier, solicitors, of Trowbridge; and for the defence, Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Edlin, and Mr. Ravenhill, instructed by Mr. Rodway, also of Trowbridge. The commission for Salisbury (where the trial will take place) opens on the 19th July, and it is known that, besides the trial of Miss Kent, the business is very light, and may, it is expected, be got through in a day. The trial for the Road mttrder, therefore, may take place on the 21st, though it is just possible that it may commence on the 20th. The prisoner's demeanour in prison from the period of her committal at Trowbridge up to last night has been calm and quiet. She does not partake alto gether of the prison diet, but is supplied daily with dinner from the Bear Rotel, at the request of her father. Shocking Tragedy at Old Ford, near Bow, ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT ,AT MURDER AND SUICIDE THROUGH JEALOUSY. Last night, shortly after 10 o'clock, the inhabitants of the generally quiet district of Bo.w and Old Ford were thrown into a state of much excitement by _a . very desperate attempt to murder, end the suicide of the assassin, in the public road. The facts, as gathered on the spot and of those who know the parties, are as follows :—A few minutes before 10 o'clock the passers-by in the Tredegar-road, leading from the Old. Ford station of the Great Eastern Railway to the Fairfield-road, had their'attention drawn to some ex cited conversation which was taking place between a well dressed man, now ascertained to be Thomas Robinson, a rigger, about 38 years of age, said to be living near the Commercial-road, and a man and woman who were walk ing together along the road as if:from the railway station. Robinson was hoard to claire the female, who wore a hat and seemed well dressed, as his wife, and asked her to return to him and his two children at their home. The woman replied that she would not live with him any more, that ho had threatened to murder her, and and that she did not feel herself safe in_his company, adding that he should not have the children now. He continued to urge upon the woman to go home with him, and then addressed the man with whom she was with, saying that he knew where they were living—that he (the paramour) had taken two rooms in the neighbourhood, one of which was occupied by his mother, and the other by themselves, and then asked him to give up his wife. The paramour re plied that he (Robinson) could have his wife if he liked, but the woman still refused to go with him. This conver sation was going on while they were proceeding along the road towards St. Stephen's Church, and their words be came more and more angry. On reaching a part of the road, the' side of winch is rendered somewhat dark by some lofty trees, the woman called out that her husband (Robinson) had a pistol in his hand, and her companion instantly closed in with him, with a view of getting the weapon away from him. A man named CoV - in,' who was passing at the time, assisted, and the pistol, which was found to be loaded, after some struggling was taken from him. This only served to excite the unfortunate creature more, and he again asked his wife, as she has since been ascertained to be, to return to his home. She as posi tively refused, and Robinson then put his hand into hie coat-pocket and, pulling out a second pistol, presented it at the head of the man who was with his wjfe and fired it. The report was heard by the few people who were about at that hour of the night, and two or three persons went to the aid. 05 Um .vuntled man, -mina 1.4 atruks-51ca, Ise rho bank by the road side, blood flowing copiously from his face. And here happened a most miraculous escape of a highly respectable young lady, living in the locality, who, in company with a gentleman, happened to be passing along the road at the moment. Hearing the report, the gentleman left his charge to assist the wounded man, when Robinson, who looked the very picture of horror, his eyes staring out of his head, caught the young lady by the upper part of her mantle or shawl, and most providentially looked her in the face before he committed the deed which it would seem to have been his intention to effect. Something was seen in his hand which at first was thought to be a pistol, but which, no doubt, was the open razor with which he despatched his own life a few minutes afterwards. A mo mentary glance at the features of the young lady told the unhappy wretch that he had made a mistake. His wife had fled, and he had enough reason left him to know his error. He suddenly loosened his hold of the young lady, and darted some 50 yards or so along the road. When he halted in the middle of the roadway, and standing up, inflicted a frightful gash in his throat with the razor which he held in his hand, completely dividing the whole of the main arteries. The wretched creature made an effort to crawl to a wall by the side of the road, and he had just succeeded when the unhappy man expired. Mr. Cornelius Garman, the divisional surgeon of Fairfield-road, Bow, was soon in attendance, but the wound that Robinson had inflicted upon himself completely defied all surgical skill. Attention was then directed to the man who was shot, and ou being removed to a neighbouring surgery it was found that the contents of the pistol had penetrated his right eye, and that side of the face was much scorched and bleeding. Mr. Inspector Kerressey, of the Bow division of the I. police, was promptly on the spot, and did everything that was necessary for the care of the wounded man, who was at once removed to the London Hospital, where he now re mains in a sad way, and at present it is difficult to state what may be the result of his injury. The name of the wounded man was ascertained to be Charles Lewis, a Thames waterman, living at No. 7, Alpha place, Old Ford, North Bow, and. it was stated that the wife of the man Robinson had been cohabiting with him for the last two years or so, and that there have been issue. On the police instituting inquiries, it appeared pretty clear that the deceased man, providing himself with two loaded pistos and a razor, co ntemplated the murder of his wife and Lewis, and taking his own life. It seemed that in the course of yesterday afternoon he called at the house in Alpha-place, and asked to see his wife. He was told that she was not in the way, although it was considered that she was in the afternoon, for later in the afternoon she and Lewis went out and took the North Woolwich train at the new Old Ford Station in Coburn-road, of the Great Eastern railway, and proceeded to the barge house at North Woolwich whore they delayed until dusk. And it would appear that Robinson had obtained some knowledge of their having gone down the line from the Old Ford station, as he was seen in the evening walking about the road near the station evidently waiting for their return. Lewis and her companions arrived at the Old Ford station a few minutes before 10 o'clock, and, on reaching the road, en countered Robinson. The wife states that her husband had asked her to return home with him, but she was afraid to do so in consequence of his violent behaviour to her. The body of the deceased man, whose appearance pre sented quite a sickening scene, was removed from out of the roadway on a stretcher by the police from Bow station, and placed in the dead-house of the district ; and Mr. Philpot, the coroner's officer, has forwarded the necessary information to Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, preparatory to an inquest being held. Alarming Fire in the Strand. This morning shortly before 4 o'clock a terrific fire broke out in the back of the pi emises occupied by Messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson, and lodge, auctioneers of literary property and works of art, and of Mr. Way, lithographer, 13, Wellington-street, Strand; the large room of the pre mises being familiar to the public from the many celebrated book auctions which have taken place therein. The fire previous to its discovery had got firm hold of the premises and shop, burst forth with the greatest fury, and notwith standing the utmost exertions of the firemen it continued. to rage with uncontrollable violence for upwards of three hours. The back premises being stored with packing cases and other receptacles for the safe conveyance of property to a distance, caused the flames to rise to a great height, and, as they burst from dim windows, they di hl. some injury to the back premises of the Globe news paper, but fortunafply not of that nature to cause the slightest inconvenience to the working arrangements of our contemporary. Before the fire could be subdued the back premises of Messrs. Soathby were entirely destroyed. Un fortunately a very valuable collection of Biblical works have perished in the fire, the value of whtch is beyond esti mation. The books were, we believe, on the premises for sale by auction, which proceeding was expected to occupy fully eleven days. Two days out of the sale had proceeded, and the property, it is said, had realised over £2,000. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens quiet at slackening rates. Sales ; probably 5,000 or 6,000 bales. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1865. 1864, Great Western ... £74,317 £73,220 North Western ... 121,497 117700 South-Western ... 30,801 26,775 Brighton ... 22,257 21,414 Midland ... •• • ••• 49,605 47,410 South Eastern ~. 25,272 23,536 Great Northern 36,474 33,004 Lancashire and Yorkshire „. 45,047 43,015 Bristol and Exeter 7,280 • 7,349 North Eastern . ... 65,117 61,765 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 19,651 18,749 Great Eastern 34,328 33,189 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, showing, in most instances, some very favourable features. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,097, on the North Western of £3,797, on the South-Western of £4,026, on the Brighton of £843, on the Midland of £2,195, on the South-Eastern of £1,736, on the Great Northern of £3,470, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,032, on the North Eastern of £3,352, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £902, and on the Great Eastern of £439 ; the Bristol and Exeter, however, exhibits a decrease of £69. The following gentlemen have joined the board of directors of the Great Britain Mutual Life Assur ance Society :—Mr. Charles Capper, chairman of the Southampton Dock Company, Mr. James Wright, and Mr. Wm. Burn. It has been announced that a dividend of ls. 4d. per share, being at the rate of ten per cent. per an num for eight months, ending 30th inst., will be payable on the A shares of the Northern ASSain Tea Company, at the London and County Bank on the Ist proximo. The provisional half-yearly coupon of the Imperial Ottoman 5 per cent. loan of 1865, due 13th July, will be paid on and after that date by the Genera] Credit and Finance Company of London. SPORTING INTR ILIGENCE—Thia Day. ,—. • BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NEWCASTLE RACES—TiIIs DAY. Convivial Hunters' Stakes—Owstwick, Ben, Resipal, Odd Less, Lady Middleton, Cragsraan, First Whip, and Whipper Jenny are here. Gold Cup Stakes—The Clown, Le" Marechal, Alice, Brindisi, Bandarilla, Nothing More, Lozenge, Alice Fau conborg, Industry, Nu, Curtain LectUre, and Fascination, are here.. Corporation Plate—Caller Ou, La Toucques, Cathedral, Windham,. Alice, Le Marechal, Brindisi, Reviver, Brandy Wine, Revival,Wangle Eye, Finesse, Jack's Alive, Lozenge, Henrietta, Little John, Madame ' Tagliafico, Brown Bread, Barbara Allan, Darien, NothinF, 'More, Skip jack, Eola, Industry, Alice . Fauconberg, Little Torn Excellor, Strong Beer, King Arthur, Nu, Harry Brailsford, Madras, Mackintosh, Fascination, Deerhound, Well Done, and Ceres, are here. STOCKBRIDGE RACES—Tins DAY. Stockbridge Cup—Attache, Tibia, Chover,,tte, - nattier, Pantaloon, The Tartar, Sear:Jon), and Siberia, are here. Visitors' Plate--Saccharometer, Masternichard,WMTior, Harcourt., Birchbroom, Durham, Golden Dust, Minstrel, The Swift, Shrapnel', Puebla, Kill 'em and "Eat 'em, Lady Egidia, Lady Williams, Lansdown, Bow Bell, and Sally go Fastly, 'are here. Sixth Biennial Stakes—Attache, Koenig, Che verette, Moscowa,Tibia, Farewell, Contract, Petras darn colt, Sortie colt, Gpmera, •Bow Bell, Banshee filly, Swift, Audas, Grinder, Duke, Donnington, Grace Darling, Scarboro, Shrapuell, Puebla, Nukuhena, Verderer, Faust, Sydmonton, Kill 'em and Eat 'ent, Lord of the Isles colt, Camomile, Tilt, And Roarer, are here. . • Beaufort Handicap-Raglan, The Monk, Golden Dust, John Davis, Veluti, Scarborough, Scheldt, A. D. Wagner, and Bow Bell, are here. liottisfont Stakes—Ceylon, Ischia, Quirini, Rattler, Vainquer, Doralice colt, Garland, Alberta, Fair Rosamond, Miss Lavinia colt, Rose Cheri, Adelina, Kenilworth, Stag hound, Anubius, Ulphus, and Accountant, are here. Railway Plate—Slander; Colytto colt, Mrs. Stratton, Begun; Accountant, and Vainqueur, are here. Gentleman's Derby—Bliek Rock, Harcourt, Sydmonton, and Raglan, are here. LADVERTISEMENT.I " TAT TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. --Tnnurm Tinpkina P1L4,11+1.1 Conaraisaiollson 'dl ntiCei3 throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Rank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - .0-- COURT OF PROBATE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, and a Special Jury.) JONES T. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS. This was a suit for proving in solemn form the will and five codicils of Francis Williams. The defendants opposed on the ground that the testator at the time of the execu tion of the will and codicils was not of sound disposing mind. The trial commenced yesterday, and from the statement of Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., it appeared that the property of the testator consisted of half a million of money. He•had executed during his life no less than 37 wills, and the last was now opposed by some of his relatives, on the ground of undue influence by the others. , The case will occupy two or three days. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN THE POLICE COURT.—James Noakes, a lithographic printer, living in Searle's-place, Temple-bar, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in the police court, Marlborough-street, and also with assaulting police constable Soper 150 C. Soper said that yesterday afternoon ho saw the prisoner outside the police-court fighting with a woman. The pri soner refused to go away, and struck him in the mouth and kicked him on tho leg. With the assistance of other constables he got the prisoner to the station. Mr. Stephon Collins, one of the ushers of the court, said that on the previous afternoon, while the summonses were being heard, some women in the court made such a noise that he was compelled to turn them out. One of the women, it appeared, was the prisoner's wife, and after she was put out, the prisoner, who was drunk, became so noisy that he was obliged to be put out also. The prisoner then got up a scene of riot in the passage of the court, such as he had never witnessed before—the prisoner yelling and several women screaming. Sergeant Hurn, 22 0, said the prisoner thiew himself down and kicked so violently that he was obliged to be strapped to the stretcher before he could be got to the sta tion. The prisoner said he had been suffering from a broken arm ever since the Derby-day, and he could not, therefore, have acted as alleged. He had been very poorly through being locked up. Mr. Knox said that might be so, but it was no excuse for the prisoner striking the constable in the mouth. The prisoner had no business to make a disturbance in a public court, and he would have to pay 20s. or 14 days. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, the Duko and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Scott, the Duke and Duchess of Athole, the Earl of Dunmore, the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Massereene, Lord and Lady Bkelmersdale, and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday evening at their residence in St. James's square. The Countess of Derby, later in the evening, had an assembly, which was numerously attended FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a most distressing character occurred on Tuesday last on the Great Eastern Railway, between the stations of Whittlesea and March, by which two persons were killed. It seems that Miss Vawser, the daughter of a farmer in the neighbourhood, had occasion to cross the railway in a covered car, accompanied by a servant, and driven by a lad. The lad led the horse and cart on to the line, where ho left it to open the other gate ; and at this juncture the train from Peterborough to March, and which was due at 5.13, was in sight. The driver saw the cart on the line, but not early enough to stop the train, and the engine ran into the cart, smashing it to atoms, and killed the servant on the spot. Miss Vawser was dreadfully mutilated, one of her legs severed from the body, her face partially severed from her cheekbones, drc., and after lingering several hours she died in great agony. The horse was also very ranch mutilated. No blame is attached to the driver and the only wonder is that the lives of the passengers in the train wore not lost. MR. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—The annual benefit of Mr. Webster is fixed for Saturday evening, when a variety of very attractive entertainments, combined with the general sense of Mr. Webster's eminent merits, both as an actor and a manager, will doubtless insure a numerous audience. Miss Bateman will appear as Pauline in the "Lady of Lyons ;" and Mr. Webster will deliver an ad dress in the course of the evening. TREASURE TROVE.—A return to Parliament has been issued of all objects- coming under the deno mination of treasure trove which have been claimed by the Solicitor of the Treasury on behalf of the Crown between March 1, 1864, and May 10, 1865, setting forth the date of such claim, description of treasure, estimated value, and how disposed of. The findings were five in number. The first, on May 25, 1864, was a gold coin at Long Crendon, Bucks, valued at £3. This was retained by the British Museum, on payment of £3, £2 paid to a farmer on whose ground the coin was found. On July 5, 62 gold coins were found in an earthen jar in a field at Stockerston, Leicester shire ; the value was £5B 4s. Id. Five of these coins were granted to the lord of the manor, on payment of their value (£4 14s. 5d.); ten coins presented to the Leicester Town. Museum. The value of the coins was paid to the finders. On Aug. 17, 6,000 silver pennies, temp. Henry 111., were found at Eccles, near Manchester. Tho coins were de livered to the Duchy of Lancaster, the duchy being en titled thereto under grants in royal charters. On Sept. 1, 760 silver coins were found at Holwell, near Newark, Notts. These, which are valued at £l5 3s. id., are still undisposed of. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PROC AMATI ON.—Some correspondence between Earl Russell and Sir F. Bruce relating to the proclamation opening the ports of the United States has been laid before Parliament. It will suffice to give Earl Russell's despatch of the 16th inst. : The clause in the President's proclamation of the 22d of May which threatens certain offenders as pirates, and which you justly describe in your despatch of the 22d ult. as unintelligible, seems to have arisen from a confusion of two very separate offences. The one would bo the offence of attempting to trade, to carry manufactures or provisions, for instance, into such ports as Charleston, Mobile, or Wilmington, ports in the possession of the United States. This would be an offence of violating laws and regulations of the nature of Custom-house regulations, and punish able as such. The other would be the offence of at tempting by armed vessels, such as the Stonewall, to break into the ports of Galveston and Brownsville, then in the possession of the Confederates, with a view of aiding them in their insurrection. This would be an offence against the sovereignty of the United States, and the state of war having ceased would amount to the crime of high treason. Neither offence could constitute piracy, which is a crime against all mankind. But as, since the date of the proclamation, Galveston and the other ports excepted have been reduced within the obedience of the United States, it will probably not be necessary that you should point out this error in the proclamation of t he 22d of May. You will take care, however, to attend to any case in which a British subject may be wrongfully detained in prison, after the more recent proclamations of the President, of which I have not, however, received from you official copies." -ince Ding a nd uar ruy- -1 the L'heir Ldsor lac re ill tition I fant t the Ludi- 'he oy3 , ?rin Thit Ara. o Bar rusta the Lord ,ant- Lord and first ;wer, f the Geo. )sty's and , and [ Mr. ssing 1 WO lied a Ler of ;rey, .sty'o and 1 the bers at a Col- brl of PPe l, gan'i orse - [rive) I the ough mred ball rday Sited 3alled Ljesty ess of ; SS of ,h the is in E OF UER• I the Aire. even" LUnie .4 3t o of 0 and clock, )f the d the [ditch t ad- lders' ;sault to s atter° 1. In triscle 'co of ,cif s_ - a nd O pAy THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J UNE 29, 1865.