The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-04 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL TN TELLIGENCB. TWELVE O'CLOCK. THE BANK CHARTER OF 1844.—The whole of the wording of this important enactment will be given in extenso in The Sun of Tuesday evening next, the 7th instant, it having occurred to us that a matter of such profound interest to the entire ?Dmmercial world could not but be most welcome, lust now, in the midst of the severe monetary crisis Which is s till unhappily existing. Some heavy commercial engagements have come _due to-d a y, but ample provision having been made ?Y the mercantile community generally, there Is not the least doubt that all payments will be met satisfactorily. The inquiry for money is rather active, and the brokers require full rates for all the businesi they negotiate. It is satisfactory to report an influx of £43,000 , In bar go ld at the Bank of England yesterday after noon,_ and like w i se 104 , 000 sovere i gns rece ived from India, the latt er b e i ng th e fi rs t o p era tion of the kind for a considerable period. A divid en d at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the past half-year has been declared by the di rectors of Penson and Co. (Limited), leaving a balance o f £1,684. The specie movement during the past week has 13 e ell of an extreme character, both as regards the Imports and the exports. The former have amounted to about £ 1 ,044,586, chiefly from New York and the West Indies and Pacific, while the latter have been to the extent of £625,593, the greater portion of which has been despatched to the continent. A first capital of £40,000 in £lO shares is re quired by the Parkesine Company (Limited), Which is established to acquire and work the patents of Mr. Alexander Parkes in the production of a new substance known as Parksine, a material, it is stated, that can be manufactured at a cost much less than that of indiarubber or gutta percha, and which can be applied in a superior degree to all the uses of those articles. The provisional liquidator, Mr. Barrow, of the National Savings Bank Association has been appointed by the Master of the Rolls official liqui dator. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's teigram, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f. 20 e. Rather firm. Scarcely anything doing. There has been an improvement to-day of about per cent. in market for Consols, which closed at 87 1 88 for money, 871 88, for the 9th August, and 88 1 3 for September. The Foreign Market to-day has been decidedly i n the ascendant, but the dealings had not been extensive. Mexican have advanced 1, to 17 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. 1, to 264- ; Spanish Passive 1, to 19 1 1 ; Italian 3, to 511 4. ; and the Brazilian Script, to 4/ 31 dis. Greek continue at 111 12. In the Railway Share Market dealings have been on a very limited scale, and prices have shown less . firm ness. Great 'Western have declined 1, North- Western 3, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, London, Chatham and Dover, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines are also rather depressed Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 201, and Madras 5 per Cents. to 971 to .1. Bank an d Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request. Alliance are dealt in at 19:1 201 ; Char tereda o f I ndia London and China at 331 34 ; Lon- A r, , aticl County at 521 63 ; Credit Foncier and °u ther of England, 31 dis.; and Imperial Land ' °ll Vany of Marseilles at 7 dis. Atlantic 'I ele gt:aPh Company are quo t e d 31 ; and Anglo- American Telegraph h ave d ec li n ed to 124 13. 1T nited States 5-20 Bonds are 683 1; Erie Shares, and Illinois, 741 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES I:3IoVERNmENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols D 871 8 o. A ccount, July 10. Neer Cent ReducAd — New 3 87 1 6/ , Per Cent , 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ A ''Cl. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -•nonities, 30 yrs, es sth Jan., 1880 p Do. fo r 30 yr, expire sth Ari 1885 — Do (Red Seas Telegraph), Au p g., l, 1908 .1 — arch. June. 4 8 EDachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — o. £5OO — 4 8 Do £lOO and £2OO Bani, , 248 91 ,-,--• oi England Stock, 5 per Cent ..-'0 Account 1 :4 i„ , AN G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. "'"afl. Stock, lOl per Cent., April 1874 2lO 8 11 De o• Account , 5 per Cent. Jul 1870 .„'"n• 4 pe r Cent. Oct. y , 103 1888 1) 0. C ert i ficate ; _ Dr,o. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D°loo n• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 n • 51 per May Aug _ , - ,' o . beb., 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 vo. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm lio. under £l,OOO .realrinOeßElGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Republic 6 per Cont., £l5 pd.. pm A-Ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 46ra4iliart s er Cent DO. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 D 0 1863 I.)o. A f n c;c i? o ' iop u , n x t m B,, p s o u. 1865 — 71 b . , c , , Bonds . dis paid "nos A.yres 6 per Cent — Bonds Do £lOO Bonds Clip 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) r tloal 6 pe r C ent — Do •" 0. 41 per Cent — ° 93/ • 6 per Cent Col o Brip, £75 paid i) eubN llll3 6 IZ.6cpeenrtent. — b an ish 3 per Cent., 1825 — anubian Principalities tectador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D° °•, Provisional Land Warrant — E Peferred 6Yptiaz 7 per Cent Do. Second Iss Do .£l.OO Bond s ue Do. 1864 Do £lOO Bonds B5 6 D O. £6O eeok. O s o vernnient Railway Debentures. or paid Account per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 111 Do. Do. Coupon s bo. Account tmatemala 5 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do. Maremmana Railway l exicau 3 per Cent Do. Account - 171 Do 1864 Vo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada Do 2 per Cent _ Do. Deferred eeruvi an 5 per Cant., 1865 Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 no Account Portsguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D ° 3 Do Account per Cent., 1822, £ St B 7 l ll D D o o 4 1 per C en t . 1850 41 per Cent., 1860 - P, O 3 per Cent. 1859 a;(olinsiapeur s Cent. 1862 1) 0 _ S 5 per Cent. 1864 per Cent s Do. Account ___ P, a nish 3 per Cent Lio Acc,.:unt 1) ,,n New D e f erred Do Account Do P assive —_ Sp Do cc4unt — lish Cert. of Coup not funded — i,.0 Account l4l 1, '''ldisit 4 per Cent. 4 ,1 Per Cent. 1864 DoTurl)t ibn per Cent. 18"1 — Do Acco j 79 80 , tint „ o per Cent•lBsB l l j ,,,, 0 0 0 A . X 6 e l . p () c e O Q r ( 1 ri Bondst . 1862 D 0491 81 £lOO Bond ~ s ._ ~, y per Cent., 1863 .-° 0 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — . .-‘o Account VelYtot.t;26 i aPce.croCuenntt. Guaranteed 9B "9 4 nela 3 Per Cent. — 1) Per Cent 1862 25 Do. Acco t •' b_ . , ccount ,-, o Per Cent, 1864 261 7 .6 11 t , .Divideuus on the above payablein L.ndon• 1; 11 -4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, .t, 0. Certificates . re jaeh , ....... 3 pe.r..3ent. „ n 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 4.0. Account • 11 TWO O'CLOCK. co nsols for mon 871. 8 De, Account ey ................. .. 871 8 ...................... 11.1.• luotiD of rtra lt end 611 , c or t s otl P - , n• of the liet c® th e ),7 3 f'' ilti f i ; ilea P . s te ar ir• o: en tret' t nc os° Or .t.72he dt , Or. P ; 10 ou t hur tle 03° T he il. the use, but tel LicroP SHARE MARKETS.---This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Cg o i e n s ' Business Bristol anu Exeter Caledonian Cam brian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Pertli,,Sr, Ab.Junc lE.London, scrip Certi 90 92 121 123 35 15 13 15 4 5 G 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. - - 112 111 29 30 5 6 Do. E. Angl. st. No. '2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock 120 122 129 i.ll Do. New, is. at 25 pn, GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 91 93 53 53; Do. Newport Do. Hereford I Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Metropolitan.— Do. New 34 30 124 k 125 Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Po. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. k Derby Mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., it Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N • E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle ..... Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Stinnes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE Atlantic& St-Lawrence Rom., Baroda, Cen. In. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Isuffalo & Lake Huron _--- ------- Do. Preference Buff, Brant, &Goderich . 6 p.c. Calcutta & S. E., :ape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Berr , al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. ,1 Extension .. f; rand Trunk of Canada', Do. Equip. Mort, Bondi I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist rref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prif. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D per cent.... Do. Great Wcs. of Canada.. Ds). New Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay. 1873 on. S t do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited ) Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension' Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. ct Hudson's day N. Ul.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Bcinde ..... • Do. Delhi Do. do • jci Do. PutOub... • Do.lndus St.Flo L „„ 91 93 21 23 118 )181 92 )3 58 0 130 131 2 3p 92 94 1251 i2B 2 9.3 n 54 56 3 25 107 109 69 71 104 106 35 35 9 11 p, 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 48 68 60 7i 84 H 195 2 3.} 100 103 53 55 ISIONS. 63 65 93 100 Id ip 4 41 71 81 76 80 55 60 100 102 99} ICO4 100 101 21, 23 85 87 57 60 58 55 50 55 45 50 40 45 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 1 P 1p 93 100 91 93 15k 15i 54 3 i 93 83 A 5 1} 98 09 rig d 1 85 87 8 , 82 96 97 96 97 1 j 95 96 Int i COLONIAL GO VERNME NT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., 1)ec.31, 1872. 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-54 Do. 6p. e. Feb. & Aug 1 0 93 95 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 Do. sp. c. JB,O. & July 100 75 77 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 99 161 Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 100 102 101 Do. do; 1580-9 ., 100 112 104 Do. Jan.&July, 1899-9 100 100 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 813 8) Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.( 100 100 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 105 1 7 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. 100 101 103 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 103 105 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 90 92 Natal 4 40 v. 0 per cent.. 100 97 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186u 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187 t 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 z 100 83 F 5 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 Do. 5 per cent....... 100 73 75 754 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 93 f 6 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-0 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards li 0 102 104 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 101} 21 BRITISLI MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Rm 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 5 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavtst. 1 925 445 Drakewalls 2.1.0 — East Bassett (Illogan) 291 lz l lf East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 East Carn Brea 314 I East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 61 76 _ E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 34 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 Great Lixey, limited all 19 20 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 16 Great Wheal 8u5y...., 14.9.6 1 a G. Wheal Vor (llelst.it, 40 18 22 Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 Elingston Downs 5.10.6 34 31 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 34 4 4 uwyndy iron Ore, 3 1 24 lid New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 • North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t 1 Prosper United...... . 7.1.6 Providence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 325 ns South Condurrow s,Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 41 Stray Park Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim , all 3 5 West ltassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lkskeard 9 6 7 West Chicerton West Seton. ..... • Wheal Bassett 'M 51 ogan 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 10 15 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Scion 8 10 _. Wheal Trelawne6 , (Lis. 5.17.0 7.0 FOREIGN RAIL WAYI3. ° Cent. pf., FoithaLlN MINES. SambrentwerPanadlittolS t n a perm' Cobre Copper, 9 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 111 Ydanangutans of S. Australia, um., i DOCgs, Surrey Commercial, 108 BAN&B. Alliance, lim.. 20 191 201 Bank of .itago, Jim., 51 Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 33i 4 London and County, 63 2; Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 10 91 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 13 Atiantic Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., 31 I Australian Agricultural, 19 City of Moscow Gas, lira., 12 Credit Fonder and nobilier of England, 4 1 a Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 4 E. ash and Australian Copper, I Fore -street Warehouse, lira., 101 1 Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, Urn., 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 41 Lon on arid Provincial Marine, 2 National Discount company. - Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of:which 31.15 to pay, 41 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 4 Quebrada Land. Rail, and Mining, Um., 11 [loyal Mail Steam, 109 8 Telegraph Constructitn and Maintenance, lim., Names Ditto and Me rse y lilarine, Insurance, 11m, 6 Upper Assam Tea, lira., Dit to (all), 4 Waarrant Finance Rm., 3 THE EiTRADMON TREATY.—Mr. Meade-King, the President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, presided yesterday at the monthly meeting of the council, when it Was resolved to present a petition to Parliament in favour of the Lord Chancellor's bill to amend the ex tradition treaties. NEW ACT ON PROSECUTION EXPENSES.—An Act of Parliament has just been passed (29th and 30th of Viet., c. 52) to extend the law relating to the expenses of prosecutions, and to make provision for expenses on charges of felony and certain misdemeanours before exa mining magistrates. The statute is now in force, and when adopted will be of public benefit. Hitherto the law only allowed expenses when a committal for trial took place, but now compensation for trouble andloss of time may be made, although the parties may not be bound over by recognisance or subpoena to prosecute or give evidence, and although no committal for trial takes place. It is enacted that examin ing magistrates may grant certificates of expenses to wit nesses, and Petty Session clerks are to be entitled to fees on depositions. The certificates are to be forwarded by the magistrates signing the same to the clerks of the peace, to be laid before the Court of Quarter Sessions, which may allow the amount wholly or partially, and make orders for payment. The act is to continue in force for three years, and a not to extend to Ireland or Scotland. 29 81 01 9 521 1 1 1231 i 20 :9/ 1161 171 17 56/ 130 i 1211 201 107 f P 671 1 1001 21} 2( THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1866. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIOUSE OF LORDS—Tuts DAY. Their lordships met to-day shortly after 12 o'clock, the Duke of BucKiNomot presiding in the absence of the LORD CHANCELLOR. The Common Law Court (Fees and Salaries' Bill) was read. The Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was read a second BUSINESS OP TIIE HOUSE. time. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM moved that on Monday next that the bill or bills which are entered for considera tion on the minutes of the day shall have the same prece dence which bills have on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The motion was agreed to. CATTLE DISEASES PREVENTION ACT (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned during pleasuro, and re sumed at 1 o'clock. PATRIOTIC FUND BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was afterwards read a third time. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed, after an amendment to one of the clauses had been agreed to. THAMES NAVIGATION BILL. _ _ The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. OYSTER FISHERIES AND OYSTER BED LICENSES BILL. The Lords' amendsments to these bills were considered and agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill, which was brought up from the Commons) when it had just passed its third reading, was read a first time. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a first time. PATRIOTIC FUND BILL. This bill also was read a first time. The house then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Monnls (Solicitor-General for Ireland) took the oath and his seat for Galway. THE NAVAL RESERVE. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he could give the names of the ships at present available in the reserves for immediate service. Sir J. PAKINGT ON said he was sorry he could not give the name of the ships in reserve, and even if he could the list would be a very short one. He regretted to say he found the reserve on his taking office in a very un satisfactory condition, much more so than he had a right to expect. IRON-CLADS IN THE PACIFIC. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the names of the two armour-clad vessels which the late Secretary to the Admiralty stated, on the 15th March, were about to be despatched to the Pacific Ocean, with the dates of their departure. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he could not give the names of the vessels, The Zealous was now fitting for the Pacific station, and he presum©d she must have been one of the ships alluded to. No ironclad vessel had yet left for the Pacific. ARTICLES OF WAR. In reply to Mr. D. GRIFFITH, General PEEL said the usual course was not to print the Mutiny Act, but a few copies of it were sent from the War office for the use of members. He thought it would be better not to alter the mode, but to have a printed paper pointing out the alterations delivered with it when any were made, which would be found very convenient. With respect to the alteration in the last question, the words eight days had been struck out, because the time was too limited to decide when courts-martial should be held. There was a provision to prevent any abuse of the power. It was not usual to submit the articles of war to the atten tion of the House of Commons. ROCHDALE VICARAGE BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was afterwards read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. MILL appealed to the Government to postpone the committee on this bill, owing to the absence of the hon. member for Reading, who had an important amendment on the paper, which he was extremely anxious to have dis cussed. He was probably not aware that the house sat to-day. The committee was postponed until Monday. CURRENCY AND BANKING-ACT DEBATE. The order for resuming the adjourned debate was post poned until Monday. WEST AFRICAN MAIL. Mr. HUNT moved a resolution approving of the West African mail contract with the West African Steam Ship ping Company be approved. The contract was with the same company as the last, and there was a saving of £lO,OOO on the former contract. The contract was approved. DOCKYARD EXPENDITURE. On the motion for the adjournment of the house, Sir J. PACKINGT ON made a statement in reply to the observations made the other evening by Mr. Seeley on what he termed the extravagant expenditure for building and repairing boats. The right hon. bart. said the boats for her Majesty's ships were all built by contract, so that there could not be a great extravagance in that direction. With respect to the statement of the honourable gentleman that he found that one cutter which originally cost £3O, had been repaired at a cost of .£66. Now such was not the fact, as instead of one cutter being repaired at such an extraordinary sum he (Sir J. Pakington) found that instead of one boat it should have been three. There were various other statements, all of which were greatly exaggerated, and he had the original dockyard accounts before him, which any hon, mem ber was at liberty to inspect. While it was important that a strict scrutiny should be kept over dockyard expen diture, it was of the highest importance that the charges should be substantially correct. Mr. SE ELEY said he regretted that there should be any mistake in what he brought under the attention of the house, but he thought the right hon. baronet was in some way responsible for it, because he (Mr. Seeley) offered to him personally the opportunity of having his figures examined before he brought them under the consideration of Parliament, which was declined. The hon. member then proceeded to defend the statements lie had made, mentioning in the course of his observations some other cases ,where the repairs upon certain ships had cost far more than the :money for which they could have been rebuilt. He regretted very much if there should have been any mistakes, but he was sure they had occured purely through inadventure, and not with any desire to misrepresent matters. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Childers, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Corry, and Mr. Mill took, the subject dropped. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EvENrsci. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Maidstone and Ashford Railway, Brampton and Long ford Railway, Wrexham, Mold, and Counah's Quay Rail way, Vale of Neath Transfer, &e., Railway, and Cheshire Lines. THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE- PARK. Earl RUSSELL brought forward the motion of which he had given notice in respect to the proceedings in Hyde park on the occasion of 1 he Reform Demonstration there. The Earl of DERBY said, in reply to the noble lord (Russell), that there had been a gross misrepresentation as to the course adopted on the part of the Home Secretary in reference to the meeting in Hyde Park. The Home Secretary said that the true state of the case was that if Mr. Beales would be responsible for the peace he would undertake that there would be no demonstration of police force. The noble earl referred in detail to certain circum stances connected with theßeform demonstration and having passed an eulogium on the forbearance of the police during a time of some excitement said that no less than 265 of the force had been injured, and about 40 or 50 seriously. The motion of the nebie earl (Russell) raised the question as to a more efficient means of lighting the parks, but he re minded him that a mixed jurisdiction connected with the parks which rendered any immediate action on the part of the executive impracticable. The attention of the First Commissioner of Works had been directed to, and was attentively engaged on, a consideration of this sub ject, the importance of which could nut be denied. Ile regretted muck what had occurred, but he contended that the Government had only taken the measures that were necessary for the preservation of the public peace, and if they had acted otherwise they would be liable to censure. Earl RUSSELL expressed his opinion that the conduc of the police was commendable, and the question dropped THE OCCUPANCY OF OU-DE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for copies of the report of the Financial Commissioner, Mr. Davies, upon the inquiry into rights of occupancy in Oude, together with the reports of the different settlement officers and commissioners in Oude, and of the evidence of the land owners, cultivators, &c., on the same subject. H e moved also for copies of the despatches of the Chief Commissioner of Oude, forwarding these reports in 1865, and the reply of the Governor-General of India to that despatch. _ The Earl of MALMESBURY offered no objection to the production of the documents iu question, but ea pressed a fear that they would not supply the full information which the noble marquis required. The returns were then ordered. The Industrial Schools Bill and the Reformatory Schools Bill were read a second time. And their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—LAsT EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Railway; Wa terford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction Railway. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMEN T COMMON LAW COURTS (FEES AND SALARIES) BILL. This bill was road a third time and passed. The sitting was then suspended. At the evening sitting, after some explanations had been given by Lord H. LENNOX (in answer to Colonel SYKES) as to the surrender of certain pirates to the Chinese autho rities at Canton, and Mr. PINE had called attention to the delay of the American mail steamers at Queenstown, the house was counted out at ten minutes to eight o'clock. BILL. Lord STANLEY rose to move the second reading of this bill, the object of which was the amendment of the act upon which the extradition treaty with Franca was founded. The principle laid down in extradition treaties was now almost universally adopted in all civilised coun tries, and nothing but the best results had followed the adoption, and now all that was sought by the measure was to remedy an oversight which now had become per fectly necessary. He did not think there was any person now who would wish that the old state of things should ever again, recur, when a man had committed a murder in London, and, obtaining six hours' start of justice, could on reaching the st ree t s of Boulogne an d C a l a i s wa lk open l y about, perbaps r e j o i c i ng in the perpetration of the crime. It had been said th at t h e present bi ll was most extens i ve in its alterations, and that a great many present of fences were not embraced within its provisions; such was not the case. The alterations made by the measure now under the consideration of the house were very limited, and to effect the object of the bill was to make certain documents in the French courts evidence in the case under the treaty precisely in the same manner as they were in cases not under the treaty. The bill left the law just the same as it at present existed, and the sole ob ject he had in view was to remedy that which was simply a technical error. The crimes coming within the scope of the treaty were murder, attempt to murder, fraudulent bankruptcy, and forgery. Ho believed the bill was to be opposed, because it was said that it might be used for political purposes, but he was ready to agree to proposals to meet such an objection provided those political offences could be defined. He was not prepared to agree to many of the assertions put forth against the bill; because he knew precisely what was, and what was not, the object of the bill. Mr. TORRENS moved the second reading of the bill that day three months. He contended that the measure was not simply ono to amend procedure, but that it con tained principles that were looked upon with the greatest jealousy by the people of England. He opposed the bill as strongly as he possibly could, because he was not disposed to do that which was only to be borne in countries not so happily governed as England. He was desirous of leaving the law as Sir R. Peel left it in 1843, and if there was a measure which had for its object the abolition of all viva voce evidence the one now under discussion was of that nature. s notdisposed which to The bill laid it down that certified copi es o f t h e warran t s and depositions should be considered sufficient for the sur rendermeet a all lf thetn any person;demaml demands he,the forFr French Government a, w had been made, and he presumed the present amendment of the Extradition Treaty was made as a peace-offering, in the hope that the Government of France would be satisfied with it. As such he opposed it. because he was not disposed to give to Franco those extensive powers which she was only waiting her time to demand. The French Government made a similar demand for the amendment of the Extradition Treaty in 1852, but that demand was refused, because the House of Lords did its duty ; but the demand had been again made, and the House of Lords were not so jealous, and were disposed to assent to the request, but the House of Commons were the guardians of the liberties of the people, and he hoped they would not give their approval to the bill. He looked upon the measure as ono of the greatest importance ; and to let the house know what was thought of it by persons capable of forming a good opinion of its operation, M. L. Blanc, in a letter he had addressed to him (Mr. Torrens), strongly de nounced the bill, and said the passing of the measure would be to make the right of asylum iu England a snare. He (Mr. Torrens) hoped, therefore, that one of the oldest and cherished rights that England possessed—namely, that of asylum—should be surrendered by such a pettifogging bill as that now on the table. It had been said that the bill made no addition to the catalogue of offences, but what guarantee had the House of Commons that next session demands would not be made for an extension of the offences dealt with in the bill,. because ho believed the more you trod on slime the further it receded. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to disparage the reputation of the Emperor of the French ; on the contrary, he was ready to give him praise for his exertions for strengthening the bonds of amity between this country; but then he was not immortal, and therefore no one could say what changes a few short years might not bring about. lie hoped the house would still hold firmly to their sacred and cherished right of asylum, and refuse to give its assent to the present bill. Sir R. P. COLLIER said the right hon. gentleman had altogether mistaken the object of the bill, because he had laid it down that it was the surrendering of one of the most dear and cherished rights in England, whereas in effect it was a bill of the most limited proportions. It was simply and truly a bill to remedy international defect, and not a measure that was merely the first portion of a deep laid scheme on the part of France to effect great and extensive changes in the law, in order to render England the jackall of foreign nations. The matter decided in the House of Lords in 1852 was extremely different from that now under discussion. He could but think that the distrust that was expressed with respect to the purity of the French courts of justice was calculated to have the worst effect. He denied that the bill had any other object than that which had been stated by the noble lord who moved the second reading, and therefore he hoped the house would agree to the motion. gravest su s pi c i on, Sir F. GOLDSMID looked upon the bill with the and he wo u ld only consent to its pass ing by it s b e i ng most strongly laid down that political offences should not come within its provis i ons. (H ear, hear.) Tho ATTO RNEY -GENERAL explained in detail the object of the bill, and said the opinions of the mover of the amendment were founded on imaginary dangers, and that if his impression were of such a deep and determined nature, the proper course would be to raise the whole question in debate rather than adopt the occasion of the second reading of the present measure for the raising a debate upon the advisability or inadvisability of having extradition treaties in existence at all —more especially with France. The amendment proposed in the bill now under discussion did not alter or relax the law in one important particular, and certainly he could not share in the fears that he enter tained in the event of Parliament sanctioning the present bill. Mr. J. S. MILL said, without wishing to say one word in disparagement of France or the Emperor, he did not think that he was precluded from finding fault with French law. (Hear, hear.) Ho believed that the place where French law was most defective was in criminal justice, and that being so, it was of the greatest importance that care should be taken before any alteration was made to suit that department in France by an alter ation in the law of England. It was a very easy matter to make a charge of complicity in political assimilation against a person residing in t h 0m England overn e thatnt in orderthe greatest h t ast theafe safeguard per sonshoulduard y ra u ise o ci n by the hon our o f E ng l an d should not, in the hourre b olfhienisg p extremity, find himself unprotected, and liable to be arrested and tried on a charge of which ho was en tirely innocent. He did not see why, where a charge was made against a person residing in England, by a Foreign Government, that charge should be thoroughly investigated in this country before he was handed over to those . demanding his person. Sir R. PALMER spoke in favour of the bill. He thought a great deal of irrelevant matter had been introduced into the discussion, and that the opinion of some persons ap peared to be of rather a curious description, as they went the length of saying, believe the witness, but don't be lieve the judge. Mr. HENLEY said he looked as jealously as any man opinion that which the pr h pre ' any alterat ion of the law whic h affected the right of asylum in Engla st bill would prevent rather than permit f ou l p l ay . Rand he supported 'as of th the measure, saiSdirwGa; Bon°W yu: e which ought, in fact, t o b e cal l e d a bill t o alter the law of evidence with res p ect to the law of ex tradition. ( H ear , hear.) It did no m ore, and he coul d not understand t he extreme sur p rise that had been de veloped during the discussion. He hoped the house would pass the bill as a matter of business, beca use it was of the u t mos t i m portance, at the p resent time of locomotives and asked, before the h ouse wen t t o a whether TAYLOR s teamboats, to hav e treaties of extrad ition iu operation. A. Mr. P. division, tee exceptiLlg frJal the operations o f t h e bill persons charged with political offe nces. Lord sTAN LEY said he would consid er suc h a proposal, but considering t he extreme difficult y o f framing such a it would accept a r eso l ut i on in commit clause, he could not pledge himself to adopt such a course. The house thou divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ................... 77 Against it Majority The bill was then read a second time. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 1 being read, Mr. DILLON moved the additio n of tho following words to the end of the clause :—" That the operation of this act shall extend only to the persons who are now in prison in Ireland un der the provisions of tho act hereby continued, and to such other persons as may come into Ireland after the passing of this act." Lord NAAS opposed the amendment. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l3 Against it / Majority SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—For the Galicians the downfall of Aus tria has not yet gone far enough. They are Poles, and their dream is of a Polish nationality. To ' enable them to obtain all they desire it would be necessary that Prussia should be bent on the utter annihilation of Austria, and compelled to carry into effect that scheme of a Polish Kingdom from which the first Napoleon shrunk. Prussian Posen and Austrian Galicia, these sanguine patriots argue, would, under King William's auspices, become the embryo of an Eastern State, a bulwark to Germany against Russia ; and Prince Frederick Charles, who has so well deserved of the Hohenzollern dynasty, is far more entitled to reign at Cracow or Warsaw, as the head of a minor branch of his House, than his distant cousin was to win for himself a Princi pality at Bucharest. But, while waiting for the realisation of these bright dreams, the Galicians are not less loud in pressing their grievances or in call ing for redress. Nor less importunate or less ex acting are those Styrians, Illyrians, Dalmatians, who still send up loyal addresses and professions of devotion to the Kaiser. Every service performed or merely tendered is backed by a corresponding demand. The Austrian bark is stranded and its crew of various nationalities is turned into a gang of wreckers all intent on making their own profit out of the common ruin. Under such circumstances it is intelligible that Austria should either strive to re trieve her fortunes by another great battle which she might yet have won, or that, if she was com pelled to give in, her submission should be complete and unconditional, and that she should make a friend of that Prussia with whom she could no longer cope as an enemy. Evidently this latter course has been pursued by the Austrian negotiators. The con dition of life for Austria is that she should remain German. By withdrawing altogether from the German Confederacy, by allowing Prussia an un controlled ascendancy over the whole Fatherland, Austria has not only disarmed all the wrath of her adversary, but has actually enlisted her in her behalf. As an ally and dependant on the great State that Prussia is striving to constitute in Germany, Aus tria is entitled to the future sympathy and support of her conqueror. As soon as Austria ceases to be a rival she becomes a natural ally and auxiliary to Prussia, and as such it: is for the interest of Prussia not only that she should retain as much of her strength as this war will leave her, but, also, that her strength should be founded, as it was be fore, on the supremacy of her German over her non-German elements. Blood is thicker than water, and it is not to be expected that Prussia, after work- ing out her purpose with her rival, would suffer the Magyar, the Pole, or the Slave to have the upper hand of his German fellow subject, or to destroy that German organization which has been the secret of Austrian strength for so many centuries. For the interest of Prussia and of all Germany Austria must either continue to be what she is, or she must cease to exist. It is through Austria only that the banks of the Danube, the Black Sea, the Adriatic, and the Mediterranean are opened to German. enterprise. Left to themselves alone with their fel low-subjects, the German Austrians might soon be overpowered ; and Austria would find herself in the condition of the " Sick Man " of the Bosphorus, at the head of a feeble ruling race, against whom the subject races would invoke the assistance of power ful neighbours. All of Austria that was lost to Germany would easily fall a prey to Russia on the east and to Italy on the south. But against any chance of a further dissolution of the Hapsburg Monarchy Prussia at the head of Germany could easily provide. A timely conclusion of peace leaves Austria in possession of her army ; and that army, although freely recruited among all the peoples of the Empire, is owing to the prevalence of officers from all parts of Germany, a strictly German institution. The mere mere strength of "big battalions" and the support of a neighbour who was but yesterday an enemy would seem to be but a poor basis on which to ground the freedom or the dignity of a State ; but it is not easy to devise a better state of things for Austria ; and, after all, whatever may be said of the brilliant qualities of the Pole or Hungarian, there is no doubt that all the civilisation which can ever make its way to those Eastern regions must necessarily be the result of the spread of German influence there. The reasons why Prussia show no hesitation in signing the preliminaries of peace at Nikols burg are sufficiently obvious—she only accepted terms of her own proposing. It is equally easy to understand how it was that Italy, no matter with what repugnance, had to yield her assent to the basis of negotiation—she was defeated by land and sea ; and, although doubtless in a condition to re new the contest, she was aware that she could neither fight single-handed, nor compel Prussia to prolong a struggle in which all the objects of the alliance had been obtained on either side. The only point which requires explanation is the motive which induced Austria to consent to conditions that could hardly have been made worse by any series of new and irreparable disasters. By all the ac counts that reach us from Vienna, it would seem as if the Imperial army greatly outnumbered the'Prus sian force arrayed against it. It has the advantage of a formidable position a vast entrenched camp ; a broad, deep, and rapid river ; the basis of a great city. It is animated by the most indomitable spirit ; no trace is left of the sense of recent defeat, save in a burning desire to avenge it ; while in the south a few scanty but well-tried garrisons and a handful of hardy mountaineers hold aloft the Austrian flag in Tyrol and Venetia, ready to re -assert their sway over the as yet unconquered, though alienated pro vince ; and Admiral Tegethoff, at the head of his victorious squadron, not only secures the Istrian and Dalmatian coasts from invasion, but offers to turn the Adriatic into an Austrian lake. The Em peror and the Archduke Albert never felt more con fident of an immediate turn in the tide of fortune ; yet, in the very midst of these reviving hopes, they come to a resolution which only despair could sug gest ; they surrender at discretion to Prussia. THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES." --We lately published a correspondence on the subject of the damages done to American commerce by the piratical cruisers under the Confederate flag. The letters of our correspondents were unanimous in considering compensation due to American citi zens from the Government of Great Britain. This opinion is universally held in America, and on this side the Atlantic there is a large party who be lieve the Americans claim no more than is justly due. Where such an opinion is so generally enter tained the simple solution of the difficulty is to refer the matter to an impartial judge, and let the ques tion be decided on evidence and on its intrinsic merit. This is the demand made by the United States, with every appearance of moderation and justice. The main point involved is one of maritime law. The questions concerning the destruction of a belligerent's property at sea have been deeply complicated by the shameful cruises of such vessels as the Alabama, Shenandoah, Florida, and others. The nation most vitally interested in the sup pression and strong legal condemnation of these cruisers is England herself. Whether a commissiond ship of war is justified in seizing and burning at sea its captured prizes, and to commence its cruise with the avowed intention of thus destroying the com merce of the enemy, is a question which should now be clearly and finally settled. If so, the captain of such a ship is constituted the sole judge of the in tricate questions to which a single capture may give rise. With the prize destroyed goes the cargo ; and that cargo, in part or in whole, may be the property of neutrals. In the ship may be passen gers, the subjects of neutral powers, and the fate of these persons may be decided at the will of the hostile commander. If international law decides that a captured prize must be taken into a port to be adjudicated ou, such proceedings as marked the career of the Alabama would cease. If it be further decided that a ship of war must be commissioned in, and issue from, a port of the country to which she claims to belong, another safeguard would be pro ao•ainst such cruel and wanton destruction. If it be further settled that the country in which such ships were built, fitted out and despatched to sea became responsible for the damage done by them, the strongest inducement would rest on every neutral to prevent their resources from being made available to either of the belligerent Powers. In dealing with the questions caused by the proceedings of the Confederate cruisers, England cited the case raised by Portugal against the United. States. We do not propose to enter on this su bect, but it appears clear that if the United States were j .t wrong in their decision on the Portuguese claims, will not justify England in following the example. Two wrongs cannot make a right. And the very proof here furnished that sooner or later the sins of a nation come home to that nation, ought to make this country the more careful such enormous in allowing such a precedent to be established a crimes to be perpetrated under the sanction of In ternational Law. The claims of Portugal against the United States were a mere bagatelle when com pared with the losses inflicted on the latter country by the Confederate cruisers fitted out in England. If the question remains now unsettled, the losses English commerce may hereafter sustain from cruisers fitted out against her by some belligerent Power in the neutral ports of the United States may complete the Rule of Three sum—as the Portu guese claims were to the United States claims, so may be the English cl a i ms t o th e sum t o b e worked out. It is clearly for the interest of England, merely taking the chances of the future into account, to urge a settlement of the United States claims, and at the same time, in conjunction with that and other Powers, to revise and lay down dis tinctly the Maritime Law on captures at sea. Thomas Rawlings, Esq., puts the expediency of this settlement from another and scarcely less important point. He says that the kindred peoples which form these two leading nations of the world have now only this one heart-burning subject of dispute between them. That re moved, nothing then remains to cheek the cordial amity which will probably grow and strengthen with time, and he asks, what are a few millions in comparison with such a result ? The sum required fully to compensate for the ravages committed by these lawless vessels is so vast that the most wealthy nation must approach it with caution. The object to be attained is, how ever, worth the sacrifice, and we have little fear that those who know how and when to spend their money will agree in this with Mr. Rawlings and ourselves. The subject is one which can only be disposed of by arbitration, and there is no use in trying to shirk the issue. It will rise again and again ; it will crop up in every international difficulty ; it. will embitter every international dispute, and if it remains in its present state it may years hence fur nish the groundwork for action on the other side of the Atlantic which may make the hair of the Liver pool and London merchants stand on end with horror. Questions of this sort are always better met speedily and settled amicably. The charm of concession is lost if it be granted only after a long and acrimonious controversy, and we agree with our correspondent that the present is a peculiarly . graceful moment for England to waive any sup posed right, and to concede the arbitration desired. Although we agree with a " Britisher" that such a gang as the Fenian& are powerful only for incen diarism and murder, and for embittering the rela tions between the countries, yet we hold that it would be worth a great deal to England to render this conspiracy wholly innocuous, wb.i.ch would be done at once by the concession here advised. Months of argument will leave the qu.cf,stion virtually as it now stands—a question of money on the one side against political, social, and legal gains on the other, which the more the subject is considered will be found the more to outweigh the cost. When the question was lately put in the House of Com mons by Mr. White, Lord Stanley;met it fairly, and showed no disinclination to submit the matter to arbitration ; and we judge from the whole tenor of what he said that the present Government, having been in no way mixed up in the previous contro versy, will meet the claims if now put forward fairly on their real merits. The great advantage of bring ing forward these claims at the present moment is, that her Majesty's present advisers would not have to condemn themselves, and if the Inquiry proved the greatest negligence in allowing the Alabama to proceed to sea, these Ministers, at least, would be innocent of all blame. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS AND DRIVERS.—Chas. Case, foreman to a cab proprietor, of Doughty-mews, ap peared before Mr. Knox to answer the complaint of Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of causing a horse to be cruelly ill treated, by being w or k e d w hil e i n an unt t state. A man named Davy was charged before Mr. Knox, by Sell, officer of the society, with working the horse a few days, and fined 10s. Sell stated that the horse was unfit for work, being badly managed. Mr. Cherry, the Government Veterinary Surgeon, said he had examined the horse in Mr. Love's presence, and he found it extremely diseased, and defendant must have known it was so. Mr. Knox remarked that ho saw the horse on the last occasion, and it was totally unfit for work. Mr. Cherry said the horse was in a worse state than if it had the glanders. The defendant, on the advice of the veterinary surgeon, who said the horse was curable, promised to keep the horse away from others, and not to work it till it was in a fit state. Mr. Knox inflicted a nominal fine of ss. and costs. T HATES. SAVAGE SAULT. —James Hickey, au Irish cabman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Henry Edwards, the landlord of the Dublin Castle beer house, in Burr-street, Lower Aldgate, and Phillip Bradley a police-constable, No. 152 H. A few evenings since the prisoner entered the Dublin Castle intoxicated, and made a disturbance there. He also smashed up a quart pot, and otherwise misconducted him self. The landlord put him out, and he came in again, and made a fierce attack on the landlord, who was savagely kicked and ill-used. The prisoner attempted to bite the landlord's thumb. Mr. Edwards entered into a long and violent struggle with the fellow, which was ended by the arrival of Bradley, on whom the prisonsr turned. He kicked the policeman about the legs and body and on a vital part of his person, accompanying his atrocious conduct with fearful language. Bradley was thrown heaviiy a dozen times, a brick was thrown at him by a loose woman, and he was completely disabled. lie has been under the care of Mr. Phipps, surgeon, of Spitle-square, since he was assaulted. Mr. Phipps said the constable was affected with in juries on the arms, hip, and scrotum, and had received a severe kick on the groin. The prisoner said he was drunk when the affray oc curred. Mr. Paget—lf you think proper to render yourself per fectly uncontrollable you must answer for it when sober. My only doubt is whether I ought not to commit you for trial. I sentence you to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour for the assault on Mr. Edwards, and an additional two months with hard labour for the assaut on the policeman. MARKETS.7-This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is well supplied with both fruit and vege tables. The trade is steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 6s; grapes, 2s 6d to 5s ; cherries, Os 3d to Os 9d per lb ; apples, is 6d to 2s 6d ; gooseberries, 2s Od to 3s Od ; currents, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; plums, 3s Od to 3s 6d per half sieve ; strawberries, 4d to 9d ; raspberries, 5d to 9d per punnet ; oranges, 8s to 14s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s per 100 ; foreign pines, 6d to 2s 6d each. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; white do., 10d to 1s 6d; cauliflowers, is to 2s 6d ; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz heads ; greens, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; turnips, 2s to 2s Od ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; onions, 9d to is 6d per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, 3d to is 6d each ; peas, Os 9d to is 3d ; French beans, is 9d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; new potatoes, 8s to 14s per cwt ; cos lettuces, 6d to 10d per score, POULTRY. Geese, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; goslings, 58 Od to Gs 6d; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 6d ; wild do, Os 10i1 to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls, lOs to 12s; do. chickens, 7s to 9s; barn door fowls, 4s to 7s Od ; Guinea fowls, Os to Os per couple. English eggs, 9s Od to Os Od ; French do., 6s 6d to is per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is 3d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Od to Os per lb ; soles, Gd to 2s 6d per pair ; cod, 5s to 7s 6d ; brill, 3s to 9s Od ; mullets Os Od to Os ; doreys, Os Od to Os each ; turbot, 5s Od to 15s each ; whitings, 3s to 9s ; haddocks, 6s to 18s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 10s to 128 per 120 ; mackerel, 30s to 40s per 120. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 6d to 5s Od Mutton ... 3s 6d to 5s 6d Veal lOdto 5s Od Pork Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od. WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. _ Beef 3s Gd to 5s Od Mutton Ss 8d to 5s 8d I Veal 4s 2d to 5s 2d Pork Lamb, 6s (id to is Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bd. to Bid. ;of household ditto, 6i-d. to 7i-d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES ANI) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 3d; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 31-{1 ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3fd ; 80 to 881bs., 3f d to 3fd ; 88 8 to 961b5., 3fd to 4d ; 96 to 10 41 b5., O d. to Od. Ho hides, 9s to 10s 6d ; calf skins (ligh t ) , 2s to 4s; full, is Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs , 38 to 5s Od ; shoal-bogs, 2s 10(1 to 3s 6d. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow bay, _.,C4 15s to £5 15s ; new do., £3 lOs to £ 4 10 s ; old clover, £ 5 lOs to £7 12s 6d ; new do £4 4s to £5 lOs ; a nd straw, £2 Os to £2 106 per load. A * good demand. CUMI3ERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os Od now do., £3 lOs to £4 12s 6d ; old clover, £5 10s to £6 15s; new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs; and straw, £2 2s to a' 12s per, load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s s to to £6 .42 1 1 5 0 s 6 0 p d er : new do., £3 10 8 to £ 4 108 ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6 12s Gd new do., £4 4s to £ 5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os load. Trade steady. MATRIMONIAL REFORM IN EGYPT.---A letter in the Journal du ilavre has the following :—" Ismael Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, is about to publish a decree which will abolish polygamy in his family. Henceforth the viceroys will only be able to have one wife. They will only be able to divorce her in the case that the wife shall not give them a male child. If, at the moment of the divorce, the wife should be enciente, and she should have a son, the divorce will be void. All the high Egyptian functionaries praise the wisdom of this decree, which has been commu nicated to them, and they have all declared their intention of imitating the Viceroy." The probeeding may be binding on the Viceroy himself, but it cannot well survive him per force, as the Koran sanctions a plurality of wives. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocx. PRUSSIA. MANNHEIM, Aug. 3.--Intelligence from Frank fort states that the forced currency of Prussian back notes has been ordered in that city by the Prussian Commissioner, M. Madai. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 _ ___ Ditto..__ Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg Paris 3 Months. 12 11 12 2 12 4 12 2f 25 55 25 60 25 55 25 60 13 91 13 10/ Short 25 121 25 22f Ditto 3 Months. 25 421 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1181 119 Vienna — 13 5U 14 0 Trieste — 13 50 14 0 Petersburgn Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 27 70 28 0 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales. The Minerals of Texas. In the years of 1859 and 1860 the preliminary geological survey of the State of Texas was under taken by Dr. Shumard and an able corps of assis tants, which developed the existence of a vast coal formation throughout the northern district, embrac ing an area estimated at not less than five thousand square miles, with a thickness of strata varying from two to three hundred feet. In quality the coal found in this district will compare favourably with that of Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, and lowa, which it resembles very much in appearances. In addition to the region referred to, there are indis putable evidence of the existence of coal in the ex treme western as well as in the eastern and middle sections of the State ; but the deposits are supposed to be less abundant. In the eastern part of the State immense deposits of iron ore have been discovered, particularly in the region of country embracing the count ties of Cass, Harrison, Husk, Panola, Smith, San Augustine, and Shelby. The one occurs in the greatest abundance in the counties of Cass and Husk—the layers of which occasionally attain a thickness of fifty feet. Other deposits are known to exist in the middle division of the State, but are inferior to the above in quantity and quality. No important depAits of 'lead have yet been dis covered, although we have evidence of its existence in various parts of the State, which warrants the belief that future researches will develope extensive veins of this valuable metal. Specimens of remark ably rich ore have been obtained in the Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, in the Wichita mountains, and near St. San Saba. Indications of copper ore exist on the head waters of the Big Wichita, the Brazos, and Red River, as well as on the streams in the western portion of the State. Meagre as this information may appear, it is sufficient to encourage the belief that the mineral deposits of Texas are of such a character as to ex ercise a most important influence on her future welfare and prosperity when they shall have been properly developed.—Anglo-Ainerican Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. 4.--- LONDON, Aug. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LivErtrooL, Aug. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ratcliff, from Quebec. OFF LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Sir R. G. 31 . Donald, from St. Stephens. CLYDE, Aug. 3. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lena, from Trinidad. FALMOUTH, Aug. 4.—Wind S.W. —Arrived—lndia, from Philadelphia. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. B.—Superior, from Ulea ; Nimrod, from St. Petersburg ; Fourth England, from Montreal ; Avant, from Quebec ; Industry, from Dantzic ; Dawn, from Mon treal ; Milla, from Quebec. Sailed.—City of Hamburg, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored.—Fort Regent, from Hongkong, for London. Passed.—Flcreace Nightingale, from River Gambia, for London; Marianne, screw steamer, from the north, for the west; Insulanere, from Hamburg, for St. Übes ; Agnes, from Leghorn ; Marsala, from Marsala—both for London. Sailed.—Revune, for Rotterdam. NEW APPOINTMENTS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.— Mr. Reid—who was for 24 years employed under the two last keepers—has succeeded to the keepership of the prints and drawings, vacated by the death of Mr. Carpenter; and Mr. Reginald Stuart Poole—a gentleman well-known in the literary circles as a learned writer on biblical antiquities—has been promoted assistant-keeper of the department of coins and medals, with which he has been for some years connected.—London Review of to-day. The Bishop of London has received a letter from Sir T. Biddulpb, intimating that the sufferings of the poor in London from cholera have most painfully attracted the attention of her Majesty the Queen, and that her Majesty has commanded a chock for X5OO to be forwarded to Messrs. Hordes for the Cholera Fund of the Metropolitan Reliet and District Visiting Association. " NOT GUILTY—BUT DON'T Do IT AGAIN."—On a T n h a u c r t s i d o a n y , t a o t t r h e e c o M v e a r n eh co : t p e e r A ns a s s t e n s, f J o a r m p e S e s r 8 Smith ln r bough ju r es t against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. Last year the plaintiff, while crossing the defendants' lino at the Burney station, was struck by a train, and so injured that he has not been able to pursue his ordinary business, and had thereby lost from £4OO to 4500 a year. His lord-. ship told the jury that if they decided for the plaintiff, and thought the company responsible, the damages ought to bo substantial. The jury found a verdict for the defendants, but thought that the company's servants were blameable. DEATH OF MR. OSBALDESTON.—Mr. George Osbaldeston, well known as an enterprising sports man for more than half a century, died at his residence, Grove-road, St. John's-wood, on Wednesday evening last. He was born in London in 1787, and belonged to an old Yorkshire family. At an early age he was sentto o E f Eton, ive a r- t where he soon distinguished himself Brasenoso College, but it does not app: field. From Eton he proceeded to Oxfo in rd t , t ar hematical honours. sity calendar that he took classical or.m fromaen sports the enteredU n resigned the Quorn to take the when Mr. Assheton Smith t n succeeded him. In 1827 Burton country, Mr. Osbaldes o k" He seems rather to have devoted himself to hunting, and Pytchley, and his pac was the After pursuing this sport for a retired from the position of a master d of 35 years, he period followers of the Pytchle ds, and the y presented of foxhounds, gold snuffbox bearing this inscription :—" To him with a rtman of any age or country." Ile was also a admiration mta ca t m i o n n In of aa t the c o o f u t r j i l t a ry. the best spo first-rate shot, and it is stated, on the authority of Sir R i c h a rd Sutton, that ho had killed 98 pheasants out of 100 shots. It is also recorded that he bagged in one day at E hh er tson (his own seat) n o l ess than 95 brace of part ridges, 9 brace of hares, and 5 coupl e o f rabbits. Some extraordinary achievements in the way of riding are also recorded of him. Out of one of his riding matches a dis pute arose between himself and Lord George Bentinck, the result of which was a hostile meeting at Wormwood Scrubbs. Colonel Anson seconded Lord George and Mr. Humphrey Mr. Osbaldeston. Both fired, but no harm was done, and all the gentlemen left the field "satisfied." It was in 1831 that ho made the celebrated wager—Xl,ooo even, to ride 200 miles in 10 hours, Mr. Osbaldeston to have as many horses as he pleased. The event came off in the Newmarket Houghton meeting, over four miles, commenc ing and finishing at the Duke's Stand, when Mr. Osbalde ston accomplished the 200 miles in 7 hours 10 minutes and 4 seconds; 1 hour 22 minutes and 56 seconds being allowed for stoppages; 28 horses were used. Mr. Osbaldeston ex celled as a cricketer and billiard player. SCOTCH VANDALlSM.—Excursionists from Glas gow to Burns's Monument at Ayr have carried away the back of one of the monument chairs, on which are a series of paintings, illustrative of the poet's works; by Stevens. On Monday week, after a largo party had left the grounds, it was found that an attempt had been made to enter the glass case containing the few relics of Burns that are in the monument. —Glasgow Daily Herald. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Hon. Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Penrliyn, of Llandegai, in the county of Carnarvor. [gO aid ace [bp by. ,ger Jai 0 - the Yen Drat (sth Tide 'ter tter. 'OO )or ton, d of [ ell' 'Ming firs t little P 100 at 1 20 20i 10 100 1 5} <x