The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL [NTELLIGENOE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is firm, and so far es the Bank is concerned tolerably active. For the moment there is a disposition on the part of discounters to limit their operations, but the influx of gold and the limitation of trade must very soon lead to a reduc tion in the value of mo n ey. There is still a flow of gold into the Bank of England ; bars, representing £86,000, were taken there:yesterday, and 13,000 sovereigns —the latter from the United States. No change of importance can be reported in the market for silver. The twenty-fifth report of the directors of the South Australian Banking Company recommends a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, payable as heretofore on the 15th July and 15th January next. During this year the bank has transacted an increased business, and the branch establishments in general show remunerative results. The London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company have notified that interest for the half-year ending June 30th, at the rate ofts per cent. per annum, will be payable on and after the 9th July next. The payment has been announced by Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co., of the half-yearly dividend of the Peruvian Four-and-a-half per Cent. Loan due Ist July ; also the dividend on the Con solidated Peruvian Five per Cent. Loan. The third half -yearly redemption at par of the latter loan will be drawn on the 3d of July, and will amount to £262,700, making the total sum redeemed £768,900. The movements of the precious metals during the Past week have been of an extensive character, "ring to large arrivals from New York, Australia, and the continent. The imports have amounted to about £1,559,876, while the exports, consequent upon large remittances to the continent through Private sources, estimated at about £860,975, have been to the extent of £1,042,950. The Cuba has arrived from Boston with £329,985 'n gold. Two O'CLOCK. Dulness has prevailed to-day in the Stock Ex change ,markets, and comparatively little business "as been negotiated. Sales, however, have been made to close accounts as usual at the end of the strongly W eek,and as the war feeling on the Continent is in the ascendant, a few speculators have made their appearance to operate for a fall. Con sols, however, are not much worse, the latest prices T he 86/ i for money, and 86,1 k for the account. I :,.._he New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86 k; -rn,-,xehequer Bills, 15s. to ss. dis. for March, and ss. ` 11s • to Os. prem. for June ; India 5 per Cents.lo3/ i ; ditto 4 per Cent., 91 ; and ditto Enfaced 5 per C ents., 100/ 101. n Busin ess i n the Fore i gn Market has b een ra the r active, but there have been several instances of de- Pression. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 261 i ; Mexi can' 15 i ; do. New Loan, 13 k ; Greek, 11 / ; 13 1 3 anish P ass i ve, 19 1 i ; t h e C ert ifi ca t es , 144 15 ; I talian,...._ 38 i ; an d B raz ili an S cr i p, 41 41 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are 64/ 1; Erie Shares, 4(- 4 4 ; and Illinois, 741 75-1. Business i n th e R a il way Sh are M ar k e t has con tinued very quiet, and prices have in several in stances b een fl atter. Great Nort h ern A Stock has ktelined 4, and Great Western and :Metropolitan ea ch I, while North Western have advanced i . T he Foreign and Colonial lines are neglecte d. So uth i Austria n an d L om b ar d o Venetian are marke d li, and Bahia and San Francisco 144. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet, an d exhibited no mar k e d a lt er ation as regards prices. Londonl, and County are at 64 to 6 5 ; Alli ance at to 191 ; Union of London at 571 ; Credit Fon ,,,cier and Mobilier of England at 3i dis. ; G eneral Credit at 2i dis ; and National Discount Company at 7 1 premn. 1 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a l ac VERNmENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols ........................... 86k 1 I 1 a • Account, July 10. ..................... 861 i e er Cent. Reduced ........................... 8 8 6 6 1 6 6 Need „Per Cent ................................. e l ; 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 .................. A ' per Cent. Jan. 1873 .................. ° nullitie s , 30 y i•s ' expire sth Jan., 1880 r 3O . for 30 yrs,exre sth Ari 11885... 1)0 (Red Sea Tele pi graph), Aug.,, 1908... Ex 1, March. June. equer B*ll .£1 000 3 per Cent 15 5 die 5 dis s p m -uo. I ;£0 -' ' ooi .....-............ l5 5 dis 5 dis s p m .. 13 1) ° .£lOO and £2O O l5 5 dis 5 dis spm DO - 0 " f England Stock, 5 per Cent .. . ... 2171 D O Acc oun t — 1 14,1 1931-0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. anptock, 10} p er C en t., AprillB7 4 — tl' o. r, Account 15 ° ' 5 per Cent. July, 1870 , 0 . 4 po r Cent., Oct. 1888 9l -.°. Certificates — IV. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent •77,. ~,,„ D e '• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 . D ° 5 -} per Cent., May 1879 Do n: , Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 zonds,.. £l,OOO — pm I'o under £l,OOO 4 . ,.,,, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . tteen.tie Republic, 6 per Cent., .£l5 pd — pm . *"'Br,,s,trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent 94 3 . 4 } Cent., per 1852-58-60 De. Do. 1863 1863 -,-, -u0 Account 7O Ellen o. Scrip, £55 paid " Ayres 6 per Cent — DoX I OO Bonds Cla Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Ceut.) DO ' 6 per -- c'• 4} per Cent — DO'iSo 6 per Cent Cole Scrip, .£5O paid oub nibian 6 per Cent. — bana; ~. Per Cent. ' 8 " 3 per Cent, 1825 . an ubian Princip a lities 4 Nador New C onso lidated, 1 per Cent — n., Provisional Land Warrant — ... Do Deferred egyptia n 7 per Cent — DO., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds B3l Do. 1861 72 Do £lOO Bonds 7B 4 1) 0. Government Railway Debentures 7B lio. £5O paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1821-5, ex Coupons Do. Account .4 lOl Do. Coupons Do. Account txuatemula 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Maremmana Railway , Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 186 4 l2 1 , 1)0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ..." - Lontevidean 6 per Cent., £ 3O paid a loorish Imperial 5 por Cent Do L an d W arran ts (Hectares) . N ew Granada Do 2 per Cent — Peruvi an 5 per Cont., 1865 1) °. Account D° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) 00 A 0 4 1 nt pe r Cent., 1862 59 , ccou L-ortliguese 3 per Cent., 1853 LI per 1)3 3 Cent 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 421 •I t , 0. Aount Aussian sper Cont., 1822, £ St Do - 4, BOl 11 - D 1 Per Cont. 1850 D 3 ' l ,} per Cent, 1860 1, 3 0 ? Pei Cent. 1859 . 1) 5 per Cent. 1862 ' 80 79 18 4 4. 5 Per Cent. 1864 B7- 1; ~,, luian 5 per Cent s )-1-'O. Account I.guid, c 3 per Cent „ 0 Account J,,,'0 New Deferred 4-'0 Account Do Pa ss i ve 34 1 13 1)3 Iteeleunt I rish Cert. of Coup not funded l9i _ 0 Account '‘)/3dish 4 per Cent. l5 1 141 1• 41 ,1 1 ) : 4 } Per Cent. 1861 - 1811 6 per Cent. 1851 •0 Accou t D e 6 n 80 D o Per Cent. 1858 , • A.cco unt 2'o XlOO Bonds ls2f D o , _ „u 6 per Cent. 1862 : 531 3 „"o Account 1,-,,,e £lOO Bonds , ."° 6 per Cent. 1863 1)0,5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 2 3 . 6i 120 Account Dittovuo. per Cent. Guaranteed onezuela 3 per Cent. — account — , 1) " 6 per Cent , 1862 — 4-'O. Account . De. 1864 3O 291 Itir D ividends on the a b ove payable i n Lonctun. 4-'0 1, 141 ' 5 per Cent. , 1861, Ex. 25f. -...— Account . TWO O'CLOCK. I:)°' 0045013 for money 4ccount ............ • B6 i :ills. SHA.RE MARKETS, —This Day. Share( Railways. Fad .{ Crlo4(l,en.g of I tut anti Exeter [Caledonian Jork and Bandon Corn wall ------ Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. tg. London, scrip Certi. Do. ;lasf.row & S. Western 3reat. Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 'lrcat North of Scotland rest Northern D A stocti Do. B stock Do. New, ta. at 25 pa, t S, and W. of Ireland t. Western -Original t)u. S. VA!. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.-- Ox;ort:' Do. Newport f.ano ;shire Yorksium L ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. ,t North Wester' Lon. & South West.u.t Shet., Lincoln 1)o. New Do. Extension 3lctropolitan District Po. do. do. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin . ct Derb) qid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. N th. Eastern— Berwio Do. G.N•E purehast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle fl: glock,& Darling. Do. 10. 1860-6 1 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. tiO. 1865 North Staflordshire & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stick , Shrop s hire Union South Devon youth E,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok rail Vale Do. C .• Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny tVaterloo & whitely , West Cornwall P.RITISII .ittantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent. • • ..... Do. F 5hare5........ Buffalo & Lake lluron Do. Preference ...... Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p. c. 872-3- i.. • ...• • Calcutta ez S. E., lira.. 'ape Town 4t Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Benzal, gu, 5 do East Icdian, gu. 5 P.C. Do. J Extension 3rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .... De. 2d Pr, f. Bonds.. Du. do. deferred Do. 2 d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Du. 4th Pref. al ock Do. do. deferred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. znia. 5 p. c. Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent ci per cent Do :rest Wes. of Canada. Do. New Do. 6 p. e. Bdi. pay 1873 ilo. 51 do. pay. 1877-d.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Meth. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N.l3l.C'da,6palstpi.bs Scinde • Do. Delhi Do. do ti Do. Punlaub n. Do.lndus St. Flo rose: 100 100 100 a" 100 100 100 100 2 100 00 COLONIAL GU V.IIIRNAEN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1172—, • Can•Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. ca. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 187:: oo.Apl.&Oct . 1890-19 0( Do. do: 1880-9. Do. Jan. &J uly, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana +5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1563, 6 p.& Do. 1878, du. Mauritius, 6 R. C, 1873, - J au. and J LEiy Do. 1 , 78 188:, May .5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug -Natal ~ ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189- New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .• - Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o Do. 18;8 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja .Sr Jul) Do. do, April & Oct 100 100 100 1 , 0 100 400 ORDINARY SHARES AI1•D STOCKS. 901 1 Business done. BRITIS Cam. Consul. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Lirake walls East Bassett (Mogan). • East Caradon East Cam Brea cast Grenville East Gunnislake East Love.l ......... Gaml Russell (Tavistk .& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus...• Great NV heal nutty. • G. WhealVor ( lielst renvilte Ilcrod's Foot ..... . ... • Elingston LioWIIS 31argaret (Uny Lelant Nlarke Valley ........ stiewwynsdeywnlro..n..o... . North Roskeur I•Wh'l Bassett( Illogan North Whe•.l Crotty VrOsper United......• • • Pr „ v id e nee Uny Lvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park rin Croft Vigra and Cl.ran, lim West Itassett (Mogan Caradun (I, , skeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seto a Wheal Ti elawney (Lis. Ii MINES. 2.1.0 291 2.11.4 31 2. 3.9.0 10.8. 9 11 3 5 1 2 7 076 72k 125 13 ! b 0 . 121 1711 3 b 195 200 13 151 r.riuitn,r. ottn.u.x.... Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt.. 93 Rid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di•to, Bristol and firm., 6 per cent., WI uII,I(FERENCE 8:1ItA ES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, dm, 4} per cent. 1658, 95 LINES I.I4:ASEI) AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blaekwall, 85i Midland, Bradford Pref. stock, ESI FOREIGN RAILWAYS. vtahlll and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per:cent.. 141 Recife and San Francisca, lim., vua. 7 per cent., 11 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 11 FOREIGN frIINEF. Scottish Austral'an, lim., BANJUL A Tra and 111 tsterman's, lim., 3 • Alliance. lim.. 191 1J Auitralasia, 62 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 121 Ilt City, 165 Colonial 4i f Consolidated Bank, lint, 35 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, la I Imperial Ottoman, 71 Ditto, new, $3l London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2)4 London and Comity, 64 55 London Joint Stock, 4i 6 I ondon and 11 estminster, 93 National Provincial of England. Ditto. id and 3d issue, 425 1 New South Wales, 43 Oriental Banx Corporation, 36 71 7 Linton of Australia. 45 Union of London, 471 DOCKS. I ondon and St. Katharine, 70 MISCICLLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 3i City Offices, lim., 3 Coqunercial Union, Instrranae. 5 Company of African Merchants. lim., 21 Credit Voncilv and 51obiller of England, I g ascount Corporation. 6 Egyptian Corn. and Tradinc. lim., Gen. Credit and FinanJe of L mdon, rim., 31 Hudson's Bay, 161 London Financial Association. lim , 3j 4} Nf.tional viscount Company, 124 t;flyal Mail Steam, t 9) 1 0 Warrant Finance Urn., 2} STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLTDE.—At the close of last week the operatives of every shipbuild ing firm between Rutherglen and Greenock were Either locked out or on strike. A number of mechanical firms are also in difficulties with their men ; and altogether there aro about 20,000 operatives unemployed in the Clyde dis trict' It is stated that one of the largest shipbuilders in the neighbourhood of Greenock, who has a number of vessels for a German company, is about to send his ships across to Germany to be fitted out. Another vessel, which is in hand for Messrs. Burns's Belfast mail service, will, it is said, be sent to Liverpool in order to be finished there. The Pacific SteaM Navigation Company's new steamer Panama, which recently arrived in the Mersey from the Clyd e , w h ere she was built an d eng i ne d b y Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., has attained on her trial trip a speed of over 12 knots per hour. ti 9 91 126 127 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 7 0 70 72 25 15 al 112 iii 3i 3J 6 7 21 1 22 13, )33 - - 5: 55 33 10 31 3$ 12t 722 9f 95 '‘s 26 117 118 4 , 1 92 6 62 .28 WI 2 2! 6 11 83 87 1 3 124 11 1; 93 15 55 L 7 4 20 108 IG9 70 72 W 7 ICS 35 3r3 10 11 p 120 122 I 1 2p 21,1 73 75 108 112 198 150 65 47 46 49 69 ;1 8 42 1 5 1 3 Rt.) iO3 52 54 ,ESSIONS. 62 64 101 102 id it 4# 41 8 76 80 55 65 100 102 100 102 11114 102 18 1) F 5 87 G 8 62 55 60 50 55 48 52 40 45 37 41 24 26 23 23 107 108 t 11; P 9 It,l 91 93 141 15 01 Q 3 13 8 3 1} Of 1(0 102 91 93 56 86 6t 63 8 98 100 97 9 9 J 97 99 SNCUR 4'4 96 5 92 95 78 80 78 80 vg IGI IG2 101 11 , 2 104 IG2 IG4 S 6 8 4 ICO 1t 2 14:5 1 7 102 1(4 103 ;05 101 103 104 100 09 10 0 91 01 92 0 00 95 81 88 91 95 74 76 06 09 96 LOO 101 108 224 11 53 128. 2 I 91 8 2 i 8 t 6 1 1 81 P 71 IC3 105 6 7 7 0 453 475 11 16 7 8 21 2f 8 9 3 31 21 22 { 14 18 20 11 2 37 39 4) 4 8 31 41 2 IFt 35 45 2 4 - - I 1 27 29 3:,0 375 If g 5 20 111 Vli !03 Fri n;s. 751 41 100 10 100 1.0 THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1866. ',...This Day. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA. The Royal Mail steamer Cuba, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 3.45 p.m to-day (June 15 ). She brings 246 passengers and $1,649,927 in specie. She landed 100 sacks of mails and 30 passengers, and proceeded imme diately for Liverpool. All well. Via Roche's Poiut.) NEW Yorac, June 5 (Evening). The Fenians at Fort Erie being prevented from receiving reinforcements by Federal picket boats, evacuated that place before daylight on the morn ing of the 3d inst., leaving 32 men on picket duty, who were captured by the Canadians. 400 Fenians, including O'Neil and a number of other officers, were captured by the Federal boats, and are now held prisoners at Blackrock, under the guns of the Federal steamer Michigan. General Meade arrived at Buffalo on Sunday night, and ordered General Sarny to seize all arms intended for the use of the Fenians. The reports of the number of killed and wounded in the fight at Ridgway are conflicting—only six Canadians are positively reported killed. Five Fenians are reported to have been tried by drum head court-martial at Fort Erie on Sunday, and shot on Monday. The Fenians are stated to be moving in large bodies towards the frontier. They are Concentrating opposite and threatening Mon treal, Cornwall, Prescott, and Kingston. The Federal District Attorney has ordered the vessels guarding the St. Lawrence River to sink any boat attempting to cross with Fenians on board. The Fenian arc in large force near Saint Albans, Vermont. 30 of them seized arms in a private store at Watertown, and carried them towards Potsdam. General Meade sent troops to intercept them. Armed Fenian vessels have left Chicago, Detroit, and Erie. British regulars and volunteers are arriving at all exposOd points of the frontier in large numbers. No further danger from raids is to be apprehended. 5,000 Fenians are reported to be on the St. Lawrence, mostly at Malone, Potsdam, and oppo site Montreal and Edwardsburg.. They have no artillery and are poorly armed. Numbers were arriving yesterday, but to-day it is said many are seeking to return. 1,000 left Fairfield, and 1,800 left Highgate yesterday, all going towards the border. The inhabitants of St. Armaud's have re moved their valuables to Montreal. General Meade is at Ogdensburg. Recruiting has progressed vigorously among the Fenians in large cities. On Tuesday and Wednesday 2,000 were enrolled at New York. Large contributions have also been made to the Fenian treasury. It is, however, generally considered that the ac tion of the Federal authorities will cause a per manent and immediate abandonment of the Fenian scheme for the invasion of Canada. Stephens is in Washington. NEW YORK, June 7 (Evening). President. Johnson has issued a proclamation against the Fenians. In this document he ad monishes all good citizens against aiding or coun tenancing the expedition being carried out by evil disposed persons from Federal territory against the British colonies, in violation of the laws of the United States and the law of nations. Ile expects the national officials to employ all lawful power to arrest and bring to justice all such persons, and has empowered General Meade to employ the Federal land and naval forces to preyent the carrying on of the said expedition. General Sweeny was arrested at St. Albans last night by the Federal authorities ; and Roberts, the President of the Senate faction, was arrested in New York to-day by the Federal Marshal. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of other prominent Fenians. The Fenian prisoners at Buffalo were released on Tuesday, the men on their own recognizances and the officers on bail, to appear when required, and answer'the charge of a violation of the neutrality laws. Various seizures of Fenian arms and supplies by the Federal authorities are reported. The Fenians who seized the arms at Watertown were overtaken by the Federal troops at Richville and the arms re= covered. The Fenians were retained prisoners. The Richmond Circuit Court has adjourned until the first Tuesday in October, until which time the trial of Mr. Davis is postponed. His counsel has gone to Washington to appeal for his release on parole or bail. The amount of the public debt on the Ist inst. is officially stated at $2,800,000,000. The coin in the Treasury amounts to $50,000,000. The shipment of gold yesterday to Europe amounted to $3,500,000. The City of London,, Herman, Nova Scotia, and Africa have arrived out. LAW INT COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins bef;re Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) PERINAWSKI V. FREEMAN AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a tailor at the West-end, against the defendants, who are house sur geons at St. George's Hospital, for alleged improper treat ment, to which the defendants pleaded not guilty. From the evidence of the plaintiff and some of his wit nesses it appeared that some months since he was suffer ing severely from piles, and he obtained admission into the hospital, and was placed under the treatment of the defend ant. He was forcibly subjected to sitting over scalding water according to his statement, and he sustained serious injuries in consequence. The case was Proceeding when Nvo went to press. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Bcforo Lortl Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) BRIDGMAN V. THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by the husband, who is en gaged at a wharflnger's, and lives at Cornwall-road, Lam beth, for injuries through the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants inflicted on his wife. The defendants paid £lO5 into court, which they pleaded was ample com pensation for the injuries of Mrs. Bridgman. It appeared that Mr. Bridgman was returning to London last August by an excursion train of the defendants', and on reaching Colney Hatch station.the train came into col lision with some waggons that were being shunted on the line. The defendant and her mother, who also has an action against the defendant, were dashed with great violence against the front of the carriage. Mrs. Bridgman became very ill a few days after, and was for some time under medical care, and the inquiries of which she complained were described as very serious, and from the effects of which she was not quite recovered. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £3OO damages. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) CIIARGE OF MURDER. Helen Forester, GO, was indicted for the wilful murder of Helen Ann Venables alias Sloman, by making use of instruments to procure abortion. The evidence was of a nature which it is not desirable reproduce. The important point in the case being whether the de ceased's statement amounted to a dying declaration, and as the evidence was not conclusive on the point, the learned judge directed an acquittal. The prisoner and her daughter were then again indicted on the coroner's warrant, but no evidence was offered, and ' the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. This te,rminated the bus j iness of the session. POLICE JNTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ABUSE or KlNDNESS.—Elizabeth Moulder, a charwoman, living in Tom's-court, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with wilfully breaking a pane of glass of the value of £4 10s. Mr. John Henry Hubert, of the Barley Mow, Duke street, Grosvenor -square, said that on the previous even ing the prisoner, who was very drunk, came into his house and requested to be served. She was refused, when she made use of very disgusting language, and took up a cus tomer's pot and drunk out of it. After ordering her seve ral times to leave the house, or ho would have to put her out, she went out and tried to break a largo pane of glass with her fist, but as she was unable to do so she got a stone and smashed the pane of the value of £4 108. Mr. Kuox—The prisoner was brought before me yester day charged with being drunk and disorderly, and finding that she bad done no harm to any one, and that she had been locked up all night, I discharged her. It is no use her appealing for mercy a second time. Sergeant Rowe, 3 C, said the prisoner, who was drunk, told him that she throw the stone, but did not intend to break the window. The prisoner said her husband bad been on the drink soma time, and they had had all their things taken from them. She hoped the magistrate would be lenient. M. Knox-You are a drunken, dissipated woman. No sooner are you let off, through the mercy of the court, than you get drunk again, and not only get drunk, but smash a pane of glass of the value of £4 10s. If you think I will have the property of respectable persons in this dis trict destroyed in such a way you are mistaken. You will go for two months, with hard labour. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—William Drury, of Fulham Fields, waste collector, was charged before Mr Knox at the instance of Mr. Love, of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelty to a horse by working it while in an unfit state. Smith, an officer of the society, deposed to seeing the defendant in Piccadilly driving a horso attached to a cart containing a large wash tub. Observing the horse to be in a most wretched state, ho examined it and found it to bo very old and poor, and to have a very bad sore with the crupper pressing into it. Mr. Knox ordered a summons to issue against the owner of the horse, the defendant's mother, and took the defend ant's recognisane,e",to appear on the day fixed for hearing. When the case was again called on the defendant appeared in answer to his recognisance, but in such a disgraceful state of intoxication that Mr. Knox remanded him, and adjourned the case for a fortnight, to see if the horse was fit for further work. On the defendant, Mr. Drury, coming up again, Mr. Knox, after remarking in .strong terms on his improper conduct in attending a court in a state of intoxication, fined him 205., or 14 days, stating that the defendant had better take care and not use the horse until after the sum mons was disposed of. THAMES. LAZY PaurErts.—John Swan, aged 32, James Green, 19, William Ward, 18, and George Gansden, 17, able-bodied fellows, who , spent last night in'Rateliff workhouse, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with refusing to execute the task of picking 21b. of oakum each in return for supper, lodging, and breakfast. One prisoner slid his fingers were bad, another that ho was not used to picking oakum ; third that he ought not to du so anyhow, and the fourth said nothing. Mr. Paget—Then you expect to be fed and lodged at the expense of the ratepayers without ding a little work for the same. You are sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour. A DISIIONEST GUEST.—Henry Smith, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of John George, of N 0.28, King-street, Tower-hill. The prisoner, who was an old friend of the prosecutor, dined with him and his wife yesterday, and.fifter dinner the prosecutor left home on business, and the priSoner remained gossiping with Mrs. George, who dozed off to sleep. She awoke in 10 minutes, and her husband's watch was gone, and the prisoner was also missing. The prisoner was found this morning in Hare. street, Bethnal-green, and he admitted taking the watch, and said ho was sorry for it He had pawned the watch, which was produced. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS,---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale. In most descriptions a good business is pi ssing at tho an nexed currencies : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 1.0 s• grapes, 4s 01 to 10s ; cherries, Os Gd to is Gd p er lb ; apples, 3s Od to 4s 6cl; green gooseberries, Ss Od to 4s Od per half sieve; oranges, Gs to lOs ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s per 100. VEGETABLES—Summer cabbages, 9d to is 3d; cauli flowers, Os Od to Os Od ; horseradish, is to 2s per doz heads ; greens, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; turnips, 2s Od to 2s Gd • carrots, 4s Od to 5s Od • turnip radishes, Gd to Os 8d; spring onions, 9d to is id per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 9d per bundle ; asparagus, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; old onions, 2s Od to 2s 6d per half sieve; seakalo, Os Od to Os Od; mushrooms, Od to Os Od per punnet ; cucumbers, 4d to is Od each ; cos lettuces, 8d to is Od per score ; new potatoes, 2d to Gd per lb. POULTRY. Goslings, 5s Od to 7s 6d; geese, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is Gd to 2s Od; wild do, Os Od to Os Od ; pig eons , 6d to 10 d each ; Surrey fowls, 1 2 s to IGs ; do.chickens,7B to 10s; barn door fowls, 5s Od to 7s ; , Guinea fowls, Os to Os per couple. English eggs, 8s to 9s ; French do., 7s Od to 9s Od per 100. Fresh butter, 18 Od to is 2d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb; soles, is Od to 3s per pair; cod, 3s to 9s Od ; brill, 2s 6d to 10s Od ; mullets Os to Os ; doreys, Os Od to Os each ; turbot, 5s to 15s Od each ; whitings, 8s to Os ; haddocks, 4s to 12s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s per 1 . 20; mackerel, 40s to 50s per 120. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 10d I Mutton 3s 6.1 to 5s 6.1 Veal ss Od to Gs Od Pork Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Gd. WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 4d to 5s Od Mutton ... 3 s 10(1 to 5s 8d Veal ss Od to 6s Od I Pork ... 48 2d to 5s 64 Lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 6d. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 Ibs, 20 to 22d ; 64 t o 72 ib s, 2fl to 33 ; 72 to 80113 s, 3d to 3fd ; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 31d; 2SB to 961bs. ' 31d to 43 ; 96 to 101Ibs. ' Od. to 03. H orse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, Gs Gd ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os 03 to Os Od ; downs, Os 03 to Os Od; lambs, 3s to 4s Gd ; shearlings, is 5d to is 6d. HAY. SAIITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 Os to £6 los Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s por load. Trade steady. _ . _ CUMIIEItLAND.—Mtadow hay, £4 Os to £sl2s Od; clover, £5 N to £6 12s Od; and straw, .£2 Os to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. WIIITECHAPEL.-3foadow hay, £4 Os to . £5 10s; clovei, £5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to .42 Is per load. A moderate supply. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 1421. Exchange on Lon don, 157 ; Paris, 3.60. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 98 ; Illinois, 1171 ; Erie, G3l; 5-20 Bonds, 102 i. Cotton steady. Midland Upland, 38c. ; receipts three days, 6,000 ; sales two days, 3,500 ; stock, 115,000. Flour and wheat dull. Corn and provisions quiet. Coffee steady. Sugar and molasses firm. Petroleum dull; crude, 26i ; refined, 42. ORLEANS, June 5. Cotton dull ; low middling, 33 to 35 ; receipts four days, 3,750 ; exports four days, 10,000 ; stock, 124,000. THE PRUSSIeiN ARMY. (From the Times' Military Correspondent.) KOHLFORT, June 12. Pis little town, the junction of the two lines of railway which lead from Eastern Saxony and Southern Silesia on Berlin, is not unlikely to be the scene of exciting events should war between Aus tria and Prussia really occur. At a distance of 140 English miles, or six hours' journey by an ordi nary train, from the Prussian capital, it is about 16 miles, or three quarters of an hour's railway tra velling from Gorlitz, where two Prussian corps ciarniee are at present cantonal. The town itself is protected to a certain degree from an attack from the west by the small stream of the Tschirne, which—no important obstacle in its general course —forms near the town some small lakes, behind which infantry or artillery might with confidence await the attack of an enemy's cavalry. The real importance which Kohlfort acquires from a military point of view is due to the convenient situation here afforded for the concentration of troops previously spread along the frontiers to resist an advance from either Eastern Saxony or Silesia. If the enemy should attack from Saxony, the troops at Gorlitz can avail themselves of the river Neisse, which flows close to that town, as a line of defence, and covered by it check considerably superior num bers until the corps coming' from Silesia have time to reach Kohlfort. Should, on the other hand, the direction of the attack be from SileSia, the river Bober, over which the railway passes near Bunzlau, affords a line that will protect the troops, who retiring from Silesia have to cover the assembly at Kohlfort of the troops coming in from Gorlitz. Of this strategi cal point the Prussians appear to intend to take ad vantage. The head quarters of Prince Frederick Charles at Muskau, are about 20 miles to the north west, and two full corps d'arince, mustering over 60,000 fighting men, are at Gorlitz, while in Silesia the same number are within easy distance of this point of junction. It is curious to notice iu this dis trict the extreme prevalence of semi-Russian topo graphical names. The existence of this apparently anomalous nomenclature is due to this portion of the kingdom being still inhabited by the repre sentatives of the Slavonian tribes who formed the population of the whole of Prussia before it became subject to the ancestors of its present Teutonic possessors. The name of Muskau is iden tically the same with that of the capital of Russia, and ago was still pronounc e d i‘sc inhabitants now numb er lo a o quarter v. The of si a avonian century about 80,000 souls, probably a much smaller num ber than were living here at the time of the Seven Years' War, but they still remarkably preserve the physiological peculiarities of their race, and are almost entirely untinged vith Germanic blood. All remembrance of an origin different from that of their fellow countrymen has, however long since died out from among them, and they would it is anything but a compliment to be told that they are by blood more nearly allied to the Poles than to the inhabitants of Brandenburg or Saxony. Popular opinion has to-day sketched out a new plan of operations for .General I3enedek. It is now distinctly asserted—how the information has been obtained, or to whom the Austrian General has confided his plans, cannot be so clearly ascertained —that the Austrian army is to advance in force against Silesia, to mask the fortresses in that pro vince, press against the Prussian left with its main body, force it into Prussian Saxony, and then, taking up the line of the Oder, to cut off Berlin from the old provinces of the kingdom. This plan, successfully carried out, would deprive the Prussians of some of their finest recruiting ground, but the steep roads through the narrow valleys of the Riesen Gebirge and the fortified places in Silesia would require considerable time to pass, during which the hostile army that is now watching the issues of the passes could be largely reinforced by means of the railway transport at its disposal. Neither could the Austrians by this route avail themselves of their cavalry, which they not unjustly consider to be the best in the world. The telegram which announced that the Emperor had reached Ohnutz has, after creating considerable excitement in Berlin, been contradicted ; now, in the revulsion of popular feel ing, rumours of probable peace are being circulated widely on this side of the frontier, but beyond the mountains it appears that serious preparations are being made to open the campaign. On the Silesian frontier the Austrians are reported to be cantoned in force on a line stretching from Zanernig, near the county of Glatz, to the vicinity of Cracow, and to have a strong corps near Frei stadt, on the road leading on the Prussian fortress of Ratibor. It is possible that the collection, or, more probably, the discovery of the collection, of large numbers of Austrian troops in this direction may have given rise to the rumour to which allusion has been made above, but, even if the reported con centration at Freistadt be a fact, it does not prove that any serious attack against any province fur ther north than Silesia is contemplated. Many men in Prussia whose opinions are entitled to conside ration have held for some time past that in the event of war the Austrians would cross into Silesia, but only with the intention of overruning the province and levying contributions on its inhabitants, while the main attack would be made through Saxony. Perhaps the result of this very opinion being enter tained may lead to an attack against the line of the Oder through Silesia, for of course the ob ject of every General who conducts an advance is to burst out where he is least expected, and where his columns are likely to meet with the least amount of resistance. It is expected that the proposal of Austria will not be brought before the Diet till Thursday; should it be carried and Federal execution decreed against Prussia, Austria will enter the field as the chief executioner of the orders of the Bund. The States of the Confederation which are almost certain to join Austria are Wurtemberg, Hanover, Nassau, Hesse Darmstadt, and Saxony. Bavaria can hardly do otherwise on account of her position, but she does not seem inclined to enter heart and soul into the national Cave of Adullam, and the Prussians hope that although the Bavarian army must be certainly mobilized, and probably in the field on the side of their enemies, the blows it will strike against them may sometimes fall short, and may never be very severe. Of the others public opinion in this country speak a little sharply. Should a future opportunity ever occur for settling old scores, Prussia will, no doubt, have an unkindly remembrance of them all, but especially of Wurtemberg, which would fare, indeed, ill if its fate were to be decided by the uni versal suffrage of the Prussian people in their pre sent frame of mind. In winter, or after much rain, the country be tween the Neisse and the Elbe, through which run the affluents of the Upper Spree, is marshy, and much intersected with brooks, which, on account of the flatness of the ground and the consequent slight fall for drainage, form many ponds and little lakes; when these are filled with water the Sprcc-wald is not fit for the movement of cavalry or artillery ; but when, as at present, the weather has been toler ably warm for a short time the water evaporates, and this district affords a very fair field for the em ployment of those arms. The Prussian War-office, fully alive to this fact, are said to be massing a large force of cavalry in this direction, which is to be or ganized on a different system to that which is in general use in the service. Usually a certain number of regiments of cavalry are attached to each corps d'arinee, and follow the movements of their corps, except when actually upon the field of battle ; an exception, it is said, is now about to be made to this rule ; only one cavalry regiment is to be left with each corps, and the remainder, with a strong force of artillery, to be organised as a large independent cavalry corps, which will, if the campaign should open on the side of Saxony, have an opportunity of proving its mettle. That the Austrians will make great use of their horsemen cannot be doubted ; so much care has been lately bestowed in their army in this particular branch of the service that it will doubtless have a chance afforded it of adding to its already high reputation. If the campaign takes place on the Saxon frontier, an opportunity may be afforded for arriving at some decision on the ques tion which has for the last few years been rather polemically discussed by many of the military authorities--namely, whether arms of precision have abolished the necessity of cavalry in the field of battle, or if it is possible for squadrons to execute a charge under the fire of rifled artillery. It is supposed that the Austrian troops which left Altona, if they can pass through Hanover without molestation, will be sent in the direction of Hesse Darmstadt. They and the troops of Wurtemberg, Hesse, and Nassau are there, it is said, to be made into one corps. When war breaks out this corps is to be despatched against the Prussian pro vinces on the Rhine. It can only be surmised that such a destination is intended for them, but it is known that the Prussians have a strong force at Wizzlau, the only object of which would be to guard against some such attack being made on West phalia or Rheinland. Were the Austrians to suc ceed in cutting off communications between Berlin and the eastern provinces, and this heterogeneous division at the same time to be successful on the Rhine, affairs would go badly with Prussia. Some are bold enough to predict that this, or something of a like nature, will be the result of the first cam.. paign ; but the issues of war cannot be judged on paper, more especially when it is almost impossible to ascertain satisfactorily the number of troops each Power has or is likely to put into the field, to say nothing of the reserves and recruits which each may be able to raise. Nor, even if num bers were known, can any just conclusion be arrived at except by those who are admitted to the inner most secrets of both political and military Cabinets. States and provinces are not to be implicitly de pended upon. Were Hanover to side with Prussia, as many my she must do, to avoid her own imme diate annexation, such an attack on the Rhine pro vinces might be attended with not only disastrous, but perhaps fatal, results to the corps which might be detached to separate the Rhenish territories from the main kingdom of Prussia. Should the war break out in the neighbourhood of this town the names of the actions will probably have almost a familiar sound. There is hardly a road leading to the frontier which has not some town or village that has given a name to a battlefield. And this is natural, for Central Germany has already been the theatre of three of the most fierce contests which have been recorded in the history of Europe. The Thirty Years' War, the campaigns of Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War, and the last offensive campaign of Napoleon before his abdica tion, have all given celebrity to the names of some of the places in the immediate neighbourhood. About 25 miles to the west is Bautzen, where the French Emperor defeated the Allies in 1813, but did not by his victory succeed in shattering their coali tion. A short distance beyond Gorlitz lies Reich- embach, where Duroc was killed, and Buntzlau was the scene of another . of Napoleon's victories gained over the Prussians. To the north is the little town of Sagan, where Frederick the Great met with one of his few defeats at the hands of the Russians, and in the south is Landshut, where be fared equally ill with the Austrians. Still the locality suggests me mories most glorious to the Prussian arms, for to the east and south-east are Leignitz and Schweid nitz, the two fields where those victories were gained, which, with Leuthen and Rossbach, established for ever the fame of the hero of the Seven Years' War. TMRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocE, 10 to 1 agst Red Earl (taken) 10 to 1 agst Honesty (taken) 12 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 12 to 1 agst Zenobia (taken) 100 to 6 agst Missile (taken) 22 to 1 agse Harry Brailsford (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dolan (offered) 25 to 1 agst Brown Bread (offered) 25 to 1 agst Donto (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lady Vane (taken) GOODIVOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Nu (taken) 10 to 1 agst Celerity (taken) 10 to 1 agst Othello (taken) 10 to 1 agst Slender (taken) 12 to 1 agst Rama (taken) 16 to 1 agst Catnball (taken) ST. LEGER. 7to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Ths Day. LONDON, June 16.—Wind this day at noon —South. Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine Weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, June 15.—Wind nor Majesty's ship Dee, from Plymouth. Juue 15. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Roman, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope. PrLMOUTII, June 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived--Betty, from Rio Janeiro. elm); June 15. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Margaret, !rom St. John's, Newfoundland. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, June 15—First Fruit, from Harbour Grace ; Zwalen, from Gothenburg. Arrived, June 16—Eider, from Hamburg ; Hope On and Anemone, from Windau ; Garibaldi, from Jamaica; Caro line, from New York. Sailed—Holland, for Ostend ; Rhine, screw steamer, for Boulogne ; Beta, for Oporto ; Cervantes, screw steamer, for Bilboa. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Delavrarr, from London, for Sydney ; Beeper, from London, for Demerara; Alfred Habrey, from Lon don, for Moreton Bay ; Lincelles, from London, for Calcutta. Johannes, bark, from New York, for Bremen, was off Beachy Head on the 14th. Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.) Market opens quiet. Sales probably 5,000 or 6,000 bales. DEATII OF SIR BELLINGHAM GnxilAM.--We regret to announce the demise of the above baronet, which, took place at half-past eight o'clock last evening at the family residence in Park-street, Grosvenor-square. The deceased was son of the sixth baronet, born in 1789 ; married in 1810 the third daughter of the late George Clark, Esq., of West Hatch, Essex ; secondly, in 1831, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Cottam. He was deputy lieutenant of Yorkshire, and is succeeded in the title by his son, Reginald Henry, born in 1833, was appointed cap tain in the Mile Brigade in 1856, and served with the 14th Foot during the Crimean war. ATROCIOUS CHILD MURDER. —On Thursday night a young man, 28 years of age, named William James Turner, of 41, Nottingham-street, Sheffield, cut the throat of his infant child, only nine weeks old, with a razor, in a fit of drunken rage, and then called a cab, had himself driven to the town-hall, and surrendered on the charge of committing the crime. SECOND MEMBER FOR DUNDEE.--TAKING TIME BY THE FORELOCK.—Mr. Henry W. Scott, who dates from Brookes's Club, London, announces by advertisement in the Dundee papers his intention to place his services at the disposal of the constituency as their second member, "in, anticipation of the Government Reform Bill passing at no distant period." The hon. gentleman is one of the sons of Sir William Scott, Bart., of Ancrum, the member for the county of Roxburgh.—Ediaburgh Courant. JURIDICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting was held on Weduesday,Mr. Droop in the chair. A letter was read from Lord Westbury, accepting the office of president, and it ti mating an intention shortly to take part in the meetings of the society. Mr. C. H. Hopwood addressed the society upon the bill brought.in by the Attorney-General for theabotition of forfeiture in felony and treason. The Chairman, Mr. Massey, Mr. Stebbing, and Mr. V. Thompson took part in the discussion which followed. The annual prize offered by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales to female members of institutions in union with the Metropolitan Adult Education Association, has been awarded to Ellen Louisa Woolard, a domestic ser vant, of the Lambeth evening classes, who has passed a satisfactory examination in needlework and elementary knowledge. The annual gathering of institutions, &c., will take place at the Crystal Palace on Monday next, under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other distinguished persons. The arrange ments for thofite are most extensive. SUSPICIOUS DEATH.— On Friday last Mr. Berna r d Hughes, a cotton salesman ' n the Curry and Co., Li verpoo l , left his l lodgings in up of Messrs. p 0r Baker street, and pro cee d e d to the residence of Capt. Reid, who resides in the neighbourhood, h w ere he spent some time, and ultimately l e ft f or his lodgings , about '2O minutes to 1 About on Saturday morn i ng. 2 o'clock two youno• b partly inside the gategentle men saw the d ecease d l y i ng par • • of the entrance to the house where he had apartments. Mr. Roberts, the landlord, at once recognised the deceased. Mr. Hughes, who was not then dead, was carried into the par lour, but he died about four hours after he was taken into the house. The result of a post-mortem examination showed that death was caused by the fracture of the tem poral and parietal bones, the result of great external vio lence. The surgeon was of opinion that the injuries were caused by a blow from some blunt instrument. AV hen last seen alive he was perfectly sober. At an inquest held the jury found that the deceased died from injuries, but how the ECLlN were inflicted there was no evidence to show . .VE IN WHISKYDRINKING.—III * Consequence of a falling off in the foreign demand for Scotch _made w hisky, it has been arrangedbyafew of the leading Scot c h distillers to close their establishmentsfor a longer or short e r eading Scotch period as circumstances may deter m i ne. gallons weekly, and em ploysexpectedto which can produce 50,000 Carshridge dis tillery, nearly 100 hands, i s months.—Dunfermline Pr ess . be clo se d f or t wo LOOK OUT FOR THE STAMP P s.— eople who give receipts for money should note a trial in New York, 'which shows the ina to peril of neglect g put stamps upon papers which require them. Many err in supposing that if a paper is not stamped the omission flea. This is i may be afterwards recti lot correct. There was provision made for validating; unstampedpapers made and issued before the Act of 1864, upon compliance with certain provisions. Similar provision is made iu the amended Act of 1865, upon condition that the party derelict shall pay $5O and interest at 6 per cent. on the stamp, if the cost of the latter is more than $5O, which may be enforced against any o ne who issues unstamped paper. Under the Act of 1864, it was $2OO in all cases ; under the amended Act of 1865, it remains $2OO upon acceptors and payers of foreign bills of exchange, without first s t a mping the secur ities. In this case, in ._, in . "\- ew York, the person sued had neglected to affix stamps upon seven receipts for the payment of money, and a verdict was given against him for the full penalty of $1,400. Thus in the attempt to save 14c. he lost $1,399 86c., besides lawyers fees and cost of suit. The example is worthy of remembrance ; the duties of the stamp laws can be cheaply discharged, and there areiew which, if neglected, may not cost a careless person more. • THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, June 15. The Union Company's steamship Roman arrived here this afternoon from the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th, St. Helena 99 d, and Ascension on the loth tilt. She brings 103 passengers, 1,000 bales of wool, 1,400 wet hides, 10 cases of ostrich fea thers, 16 cases of aloes and gum, GO ions of sesame seed, GI tusks, 5 cases of ivory, 1,077 bags of cop per ore, 60 casks 14 cases of wine, 25 cases of sun dries from the Cape, and two boxes of specie from St. Helena. Among the passengers are Justice Bell, on six months' leave of absence, and the Rev. A. Murray, of the Dutch Reformed Church, deputed by the Synodical Commission to visit England to watch the appeal which has been made to the Privy Coun cil in the Berger case. The weather continued remarkably fine at the Cape, and a quiet reaction towards the return of better times progressed. Farming operations were being carried on very favourably in every direction, but heavy losses still occurred in isolated districts from diseases among cattle and sheep. The commander of the forces had returned from his official visit to St. Helena. Mr. C. J. Becker, had abscond e d, a f ter forging sub-sheriff b ibills s a at Bdl promissorya lm e uy, notes to th e amount of r £1,500. The settlement of a treaty of peace between the Basutos and the Free State was progressing satis factorily. The Cape colonists had presented an adiress to President Brand, congratulating ; him upon the honourable conclusion of the war. The gold discoveries iu Transvaal were confirmed. Several expeditions had left Natal on their way to the diggings. The South African Mail says:—" The Colenso question still raged violently. The court had granted an order requiring the dean to give thebishop access to, and the use of, the baptismal registry. In reply, the dean had positively stated to the court, in writ ing, that he declined to obey the order, as he deemed the matter beside the functions of any civil court. For this contumacy the Court had, without award ing any personal punishment by imprisonment or fine, decreed the Dean to be in general contempt and under sentence of legal excommunication.' lie is unable to go before the court to seek any redress so long as in contempt. The bench de clined to make a martyr of the Dean by more extreme measures than by placing him in the po sition of ' deprivation of law.' Mr. Justice Phillips remarked, in reference to the judgment, that if it did not -affect the Dean more than ecclesiastical excommunication did the other side he did not think it would affect him much." The Panama and New Zealand Company's steamer Rhuahine arrived on the 11th of May. The mail steamer Briton had not arrived ; she left St. Helena on the 9th of May. Her Majesty's ship Rapid left Port Elizabeth on the 12th of May for Simon's Bay. The Valorous was at Angra. The Pequima and the Salamis left Algoa Bay on the 14th of May for the Mauritius, and the troopship Lady Melville arrived on that day in Simon's Bay from Madras. The Roman landed her mails here, and pro ceeded this evening for Southampton. The following is from the Cape Town Advertiser and Mail:— " The most gratifying intelligence we have to send home this month is the announcement that the war between the Orange Free State and the Basutos has been ended. Though British subjects as such were neutrals in the strife, yet the interest the colony felt alike during the continuance and at the result of the struggle was almost as great as that of the belligerents themselves. While the war lasted it had a tendency to excite restlessness among our own Caffre neighbours on the eastern border; it closed the civil courts of the Free State, checked the export of produce, and thereby stop ped the flow of remittances, heavily due, to mer chants and traders in the colony. Thanks, how ever, to the perseverance of the burghers generally, and to the stedfastness, zeal, and energy of the President in particular, it is now hap pily all over ; and peace has been obtained and de clared on terms more advantageous to the State than could have been anticipated by the most san guine only a few months ago. The Basutos have been thoroughly humiliated, without being hope lessly broken. All their leading chiefs, from Moshesh downward, have paid up with unwonted punctuality heavy fines of sheep, cattle, and horses. Two of them—Molappo and Nehemiah, both sons of Moshesh, have, with their tribes, and at their own request, been admitted as subjects of the Free State ; while a tract of valuable land, some 5,000 square miles in extent, has been ' annexed,' and is now being divided into farms, which will . shortly be 'given out' on a tenure of military ser vice for the defence of the frontier. The effect of all this on the trade and general prosperity of the Cape colony will be very marked. Already the wool produce of the Free State is being transported to the coast in large quantities, and the usual busi ness relations between the merchants and the i growers are being rapidly resumed. It is very gra tifying to be able to report this month an exceed ingly favourable change in the condition and prospects of the country. The drought which prevailed so long and so disastrously everywhere has now everywhere broken up, and from all quarters we hear of abundant rains,with genial sunshine intervening, so that the veld is clad with luxuriant vegetation, and ploughing and all other agricultural operations are progressing apace. It seems as if we had passed through one of our long and recurrent cycles of drought, and entered upon what we trust may prove our seven years of plenty. If, indeed, we should have only two or three, instead of seven such favourable years as the one which has now set in, it is the confident opinion of even the most cautious and experienced that the colony will quite recover itself again, and be more abundantly productive and prosperous than it ever was before." CHAPEL ROYAL, WHITEHALL—The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York will preach the anniversary sermon in aid of 'the Clergy Orphan Schools to-morrow morning, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. THE LAST NEWLY-COINED SCIENTIFIC TERM is Pidacology (from irtSae, a fountain). It is used to denote the science of stkbterranean springs. We think . it almost as bad as th e hid eous compoun d Balneology, which is now so ex t ens i ve l y use d to express the science of mineral waters. --- -- APOTHECARIES' lIALL.—At a Court of Examiners held on the 14th inst., the following gentlemen having passed the necessary examinations, were admitted licenti ates of the Apothecaries, viz.: —Messrs. J. Forbes Sargent, Bentick-terrace, R.3gent's Park; Thomas Harvey, Water loo-road ;F. Julius Schot t, of Frankfort-on-the-Maine ; J. A. Harrison, of Wirksvorth ; G. J. B. Stevens of Strood ; G eorge Spearman, of Plym outh ; W. F. Thiirston, of S o uth Bank, Notting-hill ; and J. 11. Wathen, of Fishguard. At the same court, Messrs. W. J. Stothard, of Guy's Hospital • J. F. Codrington, of Guy's Hospital; and A. Paull Fid dian, of King's College Hospital, passed the first exami- nation. TAKING LEAVE. —Th e Prussian troops quitted Frankfort silently, and for the most part at night The Austrians marched out with hands playing and colours flying, each soldier with an oak leaf in his shako and each standard crowned with laurels and roses. The citizens cheered the Austriins very. cordially. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills are unfeignedly the renteOies upon which all may rely who are suffering front diseases of the skin, scrofula, scurvy, ulcerations, and bad legs. When the warmth of the weather determines unduly blood to the skin all thew complaints assume a worse appearance, and their symp toms become more harassing unless Holloway's, ointment be applied to check increasing inflammation and to soothe the excited nerves. No knowledge beyond that contained in the "Di rec ti ons for use " is required for using th i s cool ings and heali ng unguent, w hi c h a l ways acts b ene fi c ially. Thousands afflicted with bad legs, who. were slowly sink ingper perilous rptohsei position u afsufferings,terail curativeh ve bee meansnrescued . t,43 euiferdom their lea) by persevering with Holloway's medicaments. AUSTRALIAN, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA, MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, June 16. 'The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Nyanza has arrived here with the heavy por tion of the above mails, 109 passengers, £122,617 in specie, and a large cargo, including 4,000 boxes of tea and 740 bales of silk, the latter of the value of £70,000. She spoke the British brig Adeline on the 10th inst., on the 11th the barque Champion, and onthe 12th the ship Cycla and the brig Europea n . GIBRALTAR, June 11. The French Minister, Baron d'Aptin, and suite, have arrived at Fez, after a journey of nine days. SPORTING INTELLIGENC.E—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins D.n., LIVERPOOL CUP. 3to 1 agst Terror (taken) sto 1 agst Vespasian (taken) 6to 1 agst Pintail (taken) NORTH UMBER LAND PLATE. 4to 1 agst The Primate (taken) 9to 1 agst IVindham (taken) i - be Ito 5; is•