The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-26 00:00:00

X ONEIMARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, There is TWELVE o'CLocK. no material alteration in the Money Bank o f En Market, neargl and. ly all the business being taken to th e The specie movement during the week bas been Of an important character, consequent upon the arrival of large remittances from New York and the Continent. The imports have amounted to about £971,865, while the exports have been to the extent of £329,927. The following vessels have been announced from a , N ew York this mor n i ng : —th e S cot i a w i t h Bar 0,092,734, the A rago w i t h $453,495, and the ussia with $122,300. T , he sum of £28,000 i n gold was taken from the iaox y e sterday ; and £23 , 000 was sent i n, in ding 20,000 sovereigns from Alexandria. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of Jthe lonian Bank was held yesterday, at the offices the com pany, Great Winchester-street ; Mr. Ll oyd in th e c h air. The report, which was of Unanimously ad opted, showed a balance to credit profit and loss on the Ist January, 1865, of £ , 48 ,163 2 s. 5d., and net profit for the year, after oeduc ting char ges and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, £20,790 6s. 3d ; making to gether U 8 , 953 Bs. Bd. Th e c h a i rman state d t h at the bank r was progressi ng sat i s f actor il y i n every ~pect, and th at i t had not suffered in the slightest degree from those fluctuations which had so seriously affected commercial and financial operations in this C ountry, T he report of the directors of the City of London -1-teal Property C ompany states that the revenue .account for the ye ar , w i t h t h e amount previously 111 hand, shows a balance in favour of the company of £ 7 ,387, an d a dividend is recommended at the rate of. 7 per c en t. f or the year, of which 31 per ce nt. has already been paid, leaving a balance of £4 ,033 to be carried forward. Messrs. Cornborough and Co., of Liverpool, ex tensively engaged in the cotton trade, have sus pended payment. The liabilities are stated to antotuat to £150,000. O'CLOCK. A ccording to Reute r ' s telegram this Two morning, the French Rentes were 64f. 90c. Very firm. an the Stock M ar k e t s are particularly buoyant, 11d everything at the close of the week is encourag i_ng. Money is not easier, but confidence is greater, there is a belief that the panic is nearly over. ,lhe Funds have risen 1 per cent., the prices of c‘jousols being 871 for money, and 85/ for the ac co ex div. The New Threes and Reduced An have have been dealt in at 851 ; Exchequer Bills, dis. ; • India 5 per Cents., 1051 ; do. Enfaced -itper, 101; and do. Bonds, 28s. prem. t it special buoyancy has prevailed in the Foreign ar ket. Greek, Spanish, and particularly Italian ."e attracted special notice, and their rise in Tarketable value has been very conspicuous. d (l „ ilt ish 5 per Cents. are 301 ; .11Iexican, 171 ; . 10 , New, 141 151 ; Greek, 91 101 ; Spanish Pas -11/.e' 19 i I ; Certificates, 141 ; Italian, 40i 41 ; talld Brazilian Scrip, Si 8 dis. United States 5-20 1 311c18 ) 65 1 ; Erie Shares, 41/ 42 ; and Illinois, 7 61. Ellsiness in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices generally show an 111 Award tendency. Great western and South Eastern :ve each i m p rove d s s; L ancas hi re an d Y or k shire, 1 ; North-Western, £1 55., and Metropolitan, 4 ' l los. ; while Great Eastern have declined 55., an d Great Northern A Stock, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain with inaterial variation in prices. tank an d Mi sce ll aneous s h ares are d u ll , b ut i n I : ° Te instances prices are a shade fi rmer . A gra nd Masterman are dealt in at 23 25 ; Alli ance' at 17 18 ; Ci ty Bank, at 15 17,3- ; London 47d County at 56i ; and Union of London at 451 at 2 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are ; I nternational Financial at 21 3 ; an d Na t oval Discount Company at 11i 12. BRIT 1811 FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. A gerEItNAIENT lrusps. 6z 7 1 861 71 4 4 - Der Cent Consols 85t i 8 Do. -Account, May 9 85 1 5 1 Per Cent. Reduced liewl4" Per Cent -- i - o -x ; z;,: .............. -- 85 I- 5 21 per'Ce nt.......,....... • ;. i — _ i D e. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 "Utilities, 30 yrs, pire sth Jan., 1880 _ P.,0. (Redo yrs, .exeplire sth April, 1883 — ''''° Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908..• march. Ex h 5 c-Lequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. Do, 5 £5OO D o 5 £lOO and .C2OO Bahk of England Stock, 5 per Cent 1)0 Account 111P411 GoVER.;;;NT SECURITIES:. —.411 Stoc, 10i per Cent., April 18r 4 1) -.1 , o ,' ',ftecnnt ... . ....... .! T., - • . Per Cent. July, 18 . 70 inc°. 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 -0 . nt., .n. 0. ................. I),°. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — 101 Do. ~Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D ° , h et Per Cent., May 1879 — Do1?)' "eb, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 'i/c'4,18, £l,OOO 25 pm . under £l,OOO A IrCREIGN F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. ra Arut°,,Utille per Cent., £l5 pd — P Republic, 6 t --k‘oin bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 rit z • • t_illan 5 per Cent - ". L o per Cent., 1852-58-60 D o . 1863 1865 — Do 4„, t MI ..................... D o s _ ..... gi die 44 • crp, £4O paid °nee Ayres 6 per Cent D 0 1 th il; li ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _- 11 .-41 . 6 Per Cent bD o Per 4 4 Per Cent _.-- -°' 4 Per C ent o 0, . _ d ais toin 'ke,rlP, £5O paid cm.,_'441,-,4an 6 per Cent. Dif"-'l4 0 per Cent. l tili t b , 3 per Cent, 1825 — /I°'4ll Pri ncipalities El°. Account eador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — . New Land Warrant 1) 0 ' D f . e erred Men 7 per Cent ?;°, Second Issue . B2l 31 Do £lOO Bonds D 0 Do. 1864 84 TILT. £lOO Bonds 1,-e• Government Railway Debentures B7 f, -0..450 paid — die mrresek 5 pe - r Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 9 - 1 10 .uo. Account .1210. Coupons . Do Account I talia n 5 per Cent. ‘ t eliari 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Maremmana Railway qtexican 3 per Cent 161 .1 1 17 i Do Account . Do 1864 _ ),.. 13 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French q„elv Granada _ ' ertivian 5 per Cent., 1865 ___ to 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do Do 41 per Cent., 1862 1 , - ••'0 2 per Cent _ Ilfcliese 3 per Cent., 18 53 4 • ,ceutint 1), 3 3APer Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, _- 84 U D seilt ° 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St Du 4 Per Cent. 1850 1- 1 --° per Cent., 1860 -ice' 3 per Cent. 1859 84 D 5 per Cent. 1862 87 4 - , ° , 5 Per Cent 1864 _ -I)'4rtian 5 per Cent _ Spanish ccount 1., 8 per Cent --'0 A ccount ii:1)0 New Deferred r,e -Account 6baii° Passive hl); 4Lectunt ... .. ........ I ................. i —l3u, Celt f.. . not funded , p h , , ee • o oup . 14 -I- Liw',lf-, °nut .......................... ......... ti - ueli 4 Per Cent. 1 1 1, rloc i tl Per Cent. 1864 _ D 0 8 A 6 per Cent. 1854 ti, ", ecount ... .. h° u Per Cent . . ..... ....................... ....- 4100 bonds ... __.o n j) ' Per Cent 1 86 . 2 9 -- D,,e ) 4 -,,e, count D 0 4'61°3 Bonds .. .. . . ...................... 60 :, _ . per Cent., 1863 _ 14 bu ° A per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip —3oi i 30 '''ecount V • 4 c. ~, ..................... _ eney i--r ‘.,ent. Guaranteed ~,)itto n ° 4 , 3 Per Cent ___ . account ........................ -', 4 per Cent. 1862 '''). Account ' Do. 184 ......... eeir„,,, Dividends on the above payable in London. 81'4,133.04 per cent., C. 25f. - b o u ,3' Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil , P ret t .); tr Cent. CertificaLes .1t 4 ,1 1 ~ , ntes 8 per II!. Per Cent., 1 861, Ex. 25f. .... .• Account .- . e. 0000000000 0000000000000 • - •••• *4BOl TWO O'CLOCK. b o. 3 fOr A rnoney o 87 <3.ecou,,, 00 00000000000000000000000000 0 4 85f d ue6tll • 0000000000 SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid) Closing I Busi done ness Price. . 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .., ss 91 124 26 60 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 jCork and Bandon. Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock ..,. 25 15 d 112 114 36 88 6 T 120 122 129 131 Do. B stock. Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua., Do. South Wales ! Do. W. Mid.—Oxford! Do. Newport 1)0. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire Lundon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan.. Do. New L 2 53 34 (0 31 Si 118 :19 93 93 24 26 113 )1t 914 92i 57 59 122 123 2 p id 1 85 90 , Do. Extension...... 3letropolitart District. Do. and St. John'BW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. 10 Derby ‘1 id Kent 119 (20 If IL 89 al North British 52 54 Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchasi , Do. Leeds Do. York D. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. ...... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t)o. Scot, Mid. st.)ck Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford X Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH Atlantic Az St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent........ Do. P ehares .' ~ .... Buffalo & Lake Huron - Do. Piefereilce:, Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 P.m 872-3- • Calcutta & S. E., lim :at ,e Town & Dock, gu., Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pr East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu.s p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad s Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr.f. Bonds Do. do. deferred 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 gun. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. DJ. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel.. Hudson's Bay N.lfl.C'da,6polstpt.bs Scinde Do. Delhi e d Do. do Do. Punjaub.... P c' Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER. British Columbia. 6 per cent Dec 31,1372.... Can.GOv.o p.c.ia.dc July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a. Feb. &. Au.. Do. 5 p. 0. Mar. dt Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed ek Cape (.Hope, 6 p.c. 1871 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1680-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9! Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. It Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1 Natal , ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.Julyl N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do_ 5 v.e.. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS T.3arol. Gold, Um , Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea ast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. `Ng Russell (Tavistk Garn.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist •D Grenville Herod's Foot ..... . ilingston Downs M arg aret ‘l..lny Lelant 3larke Valley li w y n dy Iron Ore, lira Ncv Se ton ........ North Roskear N.Wh' I Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.. •• • • • • Pr, vidence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, lira West Bassett (Mogan , W. Caradon (Liskettid West Chi verton West Seton. .... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (rtedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis MINES. 2.1.0 29e 2.11.6 31 2.14.0 1 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 18.17.0 4.10.0 2 431 38 4.4.0 2.13.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2.6 18.184 85.15.6 6 7 8 10 49) 510 It 15 5 6 14 2 4 2 t 8 9 3 34 21 22 iA 16 16 11 2 37 19 4a 5 4 6 3f 4} 1111 35 45 2 4 I 1 27 29 350 375 If 2 15 20 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 676 72i 125 135 80 85 12i 1 7 i 3 5 195 205 13 15 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL I 3. Great Western, West Mid., Hereford, 101 Lancaster and Carlisle, 210 I-REFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 41 per cent pf., 901 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua, 7 per eent.,' . l9 Great Luxembourg, 1/ San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 134 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 121 FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, Bra., 10 Fortuna (lim.), 2/ Scottish Australian, lim., St. John del Rey, lira.. 53 2/ Ydananiutana of S. Australia, BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 25 6 3 5 3 Alliance, Bin— 15 18 17 Bank of Egypt, 25 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 15 Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 2 5 City, Ili 17/ '5 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 6 5/ Imperial Bank, lira., 25 4 Imperial Ottoman, 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., S 61 London and County. 66 8 61 London and South-Western, lim., 15 London and estminster, 90 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim.,[Bl National Provincial of England,— Ditto, 23 and 3d issue, 45 Oriental Banx Corporation. 921 1 South Australia, 28 I Standard of British South Africa, 10 Union of Australia, 48 61 Union of London, 98 51 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um., 81 61 Ceylon Company, 81 1 City of Lonuon Real Property, lim., 31 Commercial Union, Insurance, Credit I , oncier and Slobilier of England, 21 1 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lira„ 5 41 Discount Corporation, 8i East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 1im.41/ Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., / Fore-street IVarehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London. 11m.."41 Hudson's Bay, 15 1 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 71 7 International Financial society, lim., 21 / London Financial Association, lira , 4 6 London General Omnibus Company, Bra, 31 Lon o' aild Provincial Marine, 2 51 dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 19 Merchant Shipping, lim., 94 / National viscount ompany, 101 Ditto, issued at 5 prem., of which 31 is to pay, 1 1 Overeud, Gurney, and Co., lim., 16 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., 8 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 70 Ditto, new, 971 Scottish Australian Investment. Urn., 120 hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Bra., 6/ Warrant Finance Um., 11 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 tie. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold ia aponi2-10tlis per cent. dearer in tarts than 114 London ! ='„ 5 27 106 167 63 70 105 107 35} 364 10 11 p 120 /22 1 2p 1 2p 72 74 108 112 148 150 65 67 46 40 68 '2O 7 8 140 143 1 3 ) 100 103 62 54 ESSIONS. 54 56 100 102 id 41 4,t ir 8 V 76 60 60 65 100 102 100 102 1011] 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 6o 55 57 50 55 42 45 42 45 27 30 108 1A,9 1i 2 f , 14 2 pl 99 101 91 93 141 151 5i s'l Ii! 26 83 e 5 li Old 100 1(2 90 02 86 88 61 63 8. 8! 98 100 97 94) # 97 99 1011 14 13] 141 :1 1 SECUR 92 94 90 93 90 93 77 79 76 79 102 194 IG2 101 102 104 102 104 86 8) ILO 102 1(5 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 103 IC4 106 99 101 90 03 92 9i 90 95 86 88 91 98 72 73 96 99 98 100 104 106 100 102 June. roes THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Chief Justice Erie, and Justices Willes, Byles, and Smith.) SCATHE V. RUTLAND.-ATTORNEYS' FEES. The plaintiff in this case, which came before the Court on a motion on behalf of the defendant, was a solicitor, who had agreed to get the defendant through the Bank ruptcy Court for a specified sum, but the parties differ ing about the amount commenced law proceedings. The facts of the case were devoid of all interest, but the deci sion of the Court is of some importance to persons not familiar with the law between attorney and client. The Lord Chief Justice said that in case of a disputed contract the costs might be tried before action was com menced, and, whatever the terms of the contract, they were binding upon neither party, the taxation regulating the maximum of the fees. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, without Juries.) CHILLINGWORTH V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-CHILLING WORTH AND OTHERS (CITED.) In this case, which was part heard at the last sitting, the petitioner brought a suit, the object of which was to prove the validity of a marriage at Gretna• green, and the legitimacy of the issue of that marriage. The evidence proved the marriage, but was not consi dered sufficient in reference to the children, and the case stood over for the production of additional evidence. Dr. Tristram said that since the commencement of the suit one of the parties died, and the question of the legiti macy of the children would not be pressed. His lordship tk en decreed the legality of the marriage. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is seasonably well supplied with both fruit and vegetables. The trade is steady, as follows : Fnurr—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 2s Od to 3s ; foreign do, Os to Os Od ; filberts, is 9d to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s to lOs ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES —Summer cabbages, 9d to is 6d; cauli flowers, 1s to 2s; horseradish, is to 2s per dozen heads; greens, 2s Od to 3s Od ; turnips, 2s Od to 2s Gd ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s Gd ; turnip radishes, 9d to 1s 3d; spring onions, 9d to is 3d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d per bundle ; forced asparagus, 3s to Gs per bundle ; old onions, 2s Od to 2s Gd per half sieve ; seakale, is 6d to 2s 6d; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet ; cucumbers, 6d to 3s each ; cos lettuces, 10d to is 6d per score ; new potatoes, 2d to 8d per lb. POULTRY. Goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od; geese, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, 8s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, 3s Od to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3(1 to 2s Od; wild do, Os Od to Os Od; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 12s to 16s; do.chickens; 88 to lls ; barn door fowls, 5s Oct to 8s ; Guinea fowls, 7s to 8s per couple. English eggs, 7s to 9s ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Oct per 100. Fresh butter, is Od to is 2d per lb. 413, vagrants 161; military offenders 7 ; besides 355 prisoners in other prisons ; making a total of 1,961 male prisoners of this county. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, WESTMINSTER. The report of the visiting justices of this prison was presented, which stated that the number of prisoners in custody was 661—felons 492, misde meanants 132, vagrants 37. THE HOUSE OF DETENTION, CLERKENWELL. The report of the visiting justices of this prison was presented. Number of prisoners this day in custody, 178, consisting of prisoners for trial, 36 ; for further examination, 96 ; for want of bail, 37; deserters, 9. All these reports were received and adopted. Court of Common Council. -- A special Court of the Council was held yester day at Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of electing a representative for the City of London at the Metropolitan Board of Works in the room of Alderman Finnis, who has resigned. Deputy SNELLING proposed Mr. Alderman Stone to fill the vacancy. Deputy OBBARD said that before the court came to a decision he should be glad to be informed whether, in the event of the worthy alderman being elected, he would be able to spare the time that was required for the performance of the important duties that would devolve upon him as one of the repre sentatives of the City of London at the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Hear, hear.) Alderman STONE begged to be allowed to state that he had never solicited the appointment, and, in reply to the question that had been put by the worthy deputy, he could inform him that, although he could have wished that one of the senior alder men had been proposed to fill the vacancy, still, if the court should do him the honour to elect him as their representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works, he should have plenty of time to devote to the performance of the duties that would devolve upon him. (Hear, hear.) Alderman ROSE seconded the nomination o; Alderman Stone. Mr. 11. LowMAN TAYLOR said that before the court came to a decision he should like to say a few words upon the subject, and make them aware of what they were doing. As one of the representa tives of the City at the Metropolitan Board he could inform them that it was most important that any gentleman who should be chosen to fill that position should be prepared to attend every meeting of the board. The court was aware that the Corporation ' had only three members to represent them. (An hon. member said, " Not enough.") This was quite true. The value of the rateable property in the city of London was £1,410,850, and they returned only three representatives to the Metropolitan Board ; whereas for Bethnal-green, Mile-end, St. Luke's, Fulham, Bermondsey, Woolwich, and one or two other places, in which the whole rateable value was only just equal to that of the city of London, nine members were returned, and it ap peared to him that the city of London ought at least to return the same number of representatives, and that at present it was most inadequately repre sented by having only three members at the board. Mr. MEDWIN said he thought the court was in debted to Mr. Lowman Taylor for the trouble he had taken to obtain the information he had given to the court ; and it appeared to him that the city of London was not only entitled to have a larger number of representatives at the Metropolitan Board of Works on account of the value of rate able property in it, but also on the ground of popu lation. He did not allude to the night but to the day population, and if that were taken into conside ration it would be found to be much larger than that of the whole of the districts that had been referred to, and if the City was fairly treated it ought to have at least 10 or 12 members at the board instead of having only three. (Hear, hear.) Alderman Stone was then unanimously elected, and the court afterwards adjourned. DAVIS V. DAVIS. This was an undefended suit, promoted by the wife for a dissolution of marriage with her husband, Bernard Davis, on the ground of his adultery and desertion. Dr. Spinks was for the petitioner, and stated the case. The defendant was the son of a jeweller, who had places of business both in Birmingham and London, and the peti tioner was respectably connected. In the August of 1855 the parties were married at Birmingham, where the de fendant worked for his father, and they resided there for two years, during which period the petitioner gave birth to a daughter. At the expiration of that time, without any ap parent cause, the respondent sold his furniture and left his wife, who with her infant child took refuge at her father's, where she had lived up to the present, and supported her self by teaching music. The respondent displeased his father and went to Montreal, where he remained a year and returned to England, but expressed no desire to re sume cohabitation with his wife ; and although he was in a position to maintain her, contributed only £5 to her sup- Port from the time of the separation. Letters which had passed between the parties were read, and from which it would appear that he was the most attached husband, and she a loving although deserted wife. The evidence proved the allegation in the petition, and the Court made a decree nisi with costs against the re spondent. The custody of the child will form the subject of a motion before the Court, as it could not be embodied in the decree. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THAMES. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.—Thomas Carey, a young man, described as a waggoner, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 2171 b. of sugar, the property of John Mather and Co., carriers, Dock-street, Upper East Smithfield. On the 25th of last month, Alfred Stedman, a carman in he service of tho prosecutors, was despatched with a van to fetch a hogshead of sugar from the West India Dock, and deliver it at Hoare's-wharf, Wapping, for tranship ment to Scotland. The hogshead of sugar was delivered in a perfectly sound state to Stedman, and its weight was then 16cwt. 2qrs. 211 b. When it was delivered at Hoare's wharf the weight was only 14cwt. 3qrs. A part of the head of the cask was knocked out, and a piece of tin nailed over a hole through which sugar was abstracted. The prisoner was a very long time on his journey from the dock to the wharf. He ought not to have been more than one hour. He was arrested by Dunaway, a detective officer, 11 H, and was convicted at the last Mid dlesex Sessions for stealing the sugar. After the convic tion he sent for Dunaway, who saw him in prison. Sted man made a full confession, and in consequence of his statement the prisoner Carey was taken into custody. Stedman was now brought up on a writ of habeas corpus to give evidence, and he made a full, circumstantial, and frank avowal of the robbery, and the respective parts he and Carey took in it. He said he was on his way to the West India Dock, and met the prisoner in Cable -street Whitechapel, and communicated his errand to him. The prisoner said, " Will you lot mo take the sugar out of the hogshead ?" to which he consented. The prisoner said he would got some tools, and meet him on his way from the dock. They met again opposite Limehouse Church, after he received the hogshead, of sugar. He drove his horse and van to Bow-common, where the robbery was effected. They put a sheet over the hogshead, and Carey got under the sheet, cut a large hole in the head of the cask, and took the sugar out. The prisoner filled a bag with the sugar, and then nailed some tin over the hole he had made. Ho delivered the hogshead of sugar at Hoare's wharf, stopping on the way at a con fectioner,a shop in Itatoliff-highway, where the stolen sugar was sold. Ho pleaded guilty at the sessions. He had been in Messrs. Mathers' service twelve months. Deborah Marshall, confectioner, of No. 17, St. George's street, bettor known as Ratcliff-highway, said that she bought a bag of sugar on the 25th of April of the prisoners and gave them £2 for it. She gave the money to Carey, who handed some of it to Stedman. She was in a hurry, and paid 255. first and 15s. afterwards. The prisoner made a long defence, admitting his share In the robbery. Stedman told him not to do (steal) more than 2 cwt. The woman Marshall, when she received the sugar, said the weight was only 1 cwt. 3 qrs., and that it came to £2 3s. She gave him 255., and he gave Stedman 225. out of it. After Stedman went away he drew 18s. more of Mrs. Marshall. Dunaway said this was a most unfortunate matter for the town carmen and carriers, who had been robbed of loads in transit to a great extent. Carey was privy to many of those robberies, and had been hanging about the dock entrances for a long time. Mr. Partridge committed Carey for trial. Stedman was sent back to prison, and he will be a witness for the Crown when Carey is tried. IRELAND, DUBLIN, May 25. Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen's birth the banks and other public establishments, as well as many shops, were closed. The weather was favourable for outdoor amusements, and there were many excursions to the country. The Royal Hor ticultural Society held its second show for the sea son in the Rotunda-gardens. In every department the display was magnificent, and won admiration from the crowds who thronged the tents. Two military bands were in attendance. Among the exhibitors who obtained prizes were the Lord-Lieu tenant, the Chief Secretary, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. W. 11. Fry, Mr. George Pim, &e. Mr. Palmer delivered a lecture yesterday at the Bound Tower, Clondalkin, for the purpose of prov ing that the round towers were erected by the Phoenicians for the worship of Baal. A great number of alleged cases of cattle plague have been reported from different parts of the coun try, but the symptoms described have no resem blance to that disease. Mr. King, of Belfast, ex amined one of them, and found the disease to be fever, as the result of parturition. Professor Ferguson has received the report of a meeting held by the authorities of Glasgow, the Lord Provost in the chair. Professor M'Caul, Go vernment inspector, was present, and - . gave an account of his visit to the north of Ireland. In con sequence of this the comm ittee directed that notice b© now be. a given that no cattle from I re l an d shallinto Scotland by the port of Glas atdm once itted Glas gow, unless accompanied by certificates granted by duly qualified veterinary inspectors ; that intima tion of this resolution be ;forwarded to the Irish Privy Council, also to the Mayors of Belfast and Londonderry, and sent to such other ports and places in Ireland as Professor M'Caul may deem proper. A proclamation to this effect has been posted in Glasgow, headed " Cattle Plague," and addressed to cattle-dealers, dairymen, and others. Mr. John Moir was deputed by Professor Ferguson to wait on the local authority in Glas g ow, and ascertain w h a t means might be devised for mutual protection. He was assured that the l oc al a uthorit y would readily sanction any measure for that purpose that Professors Ferguson and M'Caul might consider expedient under the circumstances. A man named John Dobbyn, a stranger, has been arrested at Tralee, county Kerry, on the Lord-Lieu tenant's warrant, and lodged in gaol. Warner is likely to recover from the effects of his wound. He was to have sailed for Canada, with his family, on the 31st inst., of which the Fenian Assassination Club were, no doubt, aware. It is said that O'Connor, who was employed for the pur pose of killing him, is unknown to the police in con nexion with the Fenian movement. OLYMPIC THEATP.E.--Mr. H. Neville will take his benefit on Tuesday next, when Sir E. B. Lytton's comedy "Money," will be performed for the first time at this theatre. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb; soles, is Od to 6s per pair; cod, 4s to 8s Od ; brill, 3s Od to 9s Od ; mullets Os to Os ; doreys, 2s 6d to lOs each ; turbot, 5s to 17s 6d each ; whitings, 3s to lOs ; haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s per 120 ; mackerel, 408 to 60s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 6d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6cl; mutton, 3s ad to 5s 6d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; veal, 4s 41 to 58 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 6d. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2'd to 24d ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to —d; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 31d; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 3;d; 88 to 961135. 3d to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, Gs 6d ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, 7s 6d to 9s Gd ; lambs, 3s to 4s 9d ; shearlings, is 5d to Is 6d. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, £4 4s to .£5 12s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5.5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Trade heavy. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. On Thursday a meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the transaction of the ordinary county business ; Mr. H. Pownall in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of magistrates. TIIE CORONERS AND THE MEDICAL WITNESSES. Mr. Nicholson, clerk of the peace, read the report of the Committee of Accounts and General Pur poses, which amongst other items contained the coroners' accounts for inquests held since the last county-day. The accounts were from Mr. J. Humphreys, Mr. B. Lankester, Mr. Bird, and Mr. C. St. Clare Bedford, and the report recommended that such accounts should be paid. Mr. KE➢iSIIEAD, chairman of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes, in moving the adoption of the report, took occasion to advert to the manner in which medical witnesses were treated by the coroners, and said that there was one case that he wished particularly to refer to, and that was that of Dr. Sansome, who had given evidence be fore Dr. Lankester. After repeated applications, when all other means had failed, Dr. Sansome brought an action in the County Court for £2 2s. for making a post-mortem examination and giving evidence, when judgment was given against Dr. Lankester, who was ordered to pay the amount and the costs of the suit. A constable who was examined on oath admitted that the coro ner had not been in the habit at the time of paying the medical witnesses. Now, as the coroners did not have to wait long for their money, it was not too much to expect them to make advances to the medical witnesses, so that they might be paid as soon as they had given their evidence. In this case Dr. Lancaster had received the amount from the Court, and it had not been paid. It was also ascer tained that the beadles were in the habit of deduct ing 2s. from the fees of the medical witnesses, a sum which they had no right whatever to deduct ; and if the beadles were to have an interest in post-mortem examinations, they would soon find their bills would run up enormously. - This was a subject which re quired further investigation, and especially so when he found that Dr. Lankester had held in six weeks 192 inquests at a cost of £484 14s.Gd.,which appeared to him (Mr. Kemshead) to be an enormous sum, and particularly so as Mr. Humphreys had held as many inquests within nine of those of Dr. Lankester, at a cost of only £354 6s. He wished to tell the Court a little more in reference to this subject, for he found that this coroner enforced a receipt from the medical witness before he got his money, which was presented to Mr. Wright, the clerk of the committee, and this led to the making up such large sums of money. Here a receipt had been given for money which was disputed when the demand for it was made. The court, however, decided in this case that Dr. Sansome was entitled to his fee. All these things were very gross and they ought to be inquired into. The CHAIRMAN said before he put the question ho wished to state that on several occasions he had re ceived letters and verbal communications from medical witnesses complaining that they could not get their fees from the coroners for some months after they had given the receipts to the beadle for them. He held in his hand a letter he had received, and which, without giving the name, he would read. The letter was as follows : " March 13, 1866. "Dear Sir,—Some 18 months since I ventured to trouble you with a little grievance of mine—the non-payment of a fee which had been owing to me some six months for giv ing evidence in the coroner's court. Soon afterwards that fee was paid. To-day I have given evidence before Mr. Humphreys' deputy at the Perseverance Tavern, South gate-road, signed the usual receipt for it, and the post mortem, and am told by the summoning officer that I must wait for it, as he has not been settled with since October last. Now this seems to me a monstrous proceeding ; and as chairman of the Middlesex magistrates, I beg to ask if such a practice meets with the approval of your honourable Court, and if not, whether an intimation from you will not prevent such seemingly irregular practices. I never have any trouble in Dr. Lankester's district, where I very fre quently appear as a witness, the fee there always being paid at the time. As a mere matter of business, having given a receipt, one naturally looks for the money, espe cially considering that the death of the beadle would in the face of my receipt shut me out from all claim. I have hardly liked trespassing upon your attention in this matter, but I feel assured that your high-minded sense of what is right and proper will at once perceive that such, to say the least, loose method of conducting an important county office ought not to be tolerated." In answer to a question from the Assistant-Judge, Mr. KEMSIIEAD said that medical witnesses did not insist upon being paid their fees at the time, for if they did so it was probable they would not be called in on another occasion. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said he thought that this charge ought only to be made by the complainant upon affidavit, and then a difficulty would be obviated. Captain MORLEY thought that this was clearly a case that ought to be forwarded to the Home Secre tary, and he submitted an amendment to that effect. Mr. HEALEY seconded the amendment. It was then suggested that it would be better if in the first instance it was referred back to the Committee of accounts to make a further investi gation. This was acceded to, and Captain MORLEY withdrew the amendment, but with the understanding that when the report came they should then go the Home Office, if such a course should be deemed necessary. Mr. B. J. ARMSTRONG said it was not the first time such complaints had been brought before the Court. TheAssisTANT-JUDGE was in favour of the ques tion being referred back to the committee, who would have all the facts before them. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and the subject was referred back to committee. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDBATH-FIELDS. The report of the visiting justices of this prison showed that there were in custody in the prison 1,606, consisting of felons 1 ,02,5, inizdemeanants United Service Institution. Yesterday Mr. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., chemist to the War Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, deli vered a lecture in the theatre of the institution upon gun cotton and other new explosive agents. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the lecture with his attendance, and arrived at tended by General Knollys and Major Teesdale. Next to the prince was seated his Royal Highness the Count of Paris, and the theatre was fully oc cupied by members of the two services, and others interested in the subject. The lecturer began by remarking that little, if any, change had ever been made in the manufacture of gunpowder since its first introduction as an explosive element, and, after describing various compounds of chlorate of potass, gum, resin, antimony, &c., and exhibiting the ex plosive properties of many of them, he introduced nitro-glycerine, which had, he said, first been made practical :use of by a Swedish engineer. It was difficult to manage, and was peculiarly dangerous. It was liable to explode violently with almost a scratch, and if subjected to a moderate high tem perature there was great danger of chemical changes taking place which led to spontaneous explosion. If it could be safely employed, it would be much more economical than gunpowder for blasting. The lecturer went on to say that a Prussian officer, Captain Schultz, had been commissioned to ex amine gun cotton, and had invented a combination of nitric acid and sawdust, which possessed much the same properties. He, however, finally made his explosive of half converted wood fibre, adding it to chlorate of potass or some other oxide, to make it more properly explosive. The lecturer exhibited the effects of the ignition of these compounds, and they left a good deal of ashes, and made a good deal of smoke. He came then to gun cotton, the manufacture of which, by Lenk's process, seemed hardly susceptible of improvement, and he explained how certain improvements in the arrangement of this material were now being tried. One, which the Messrs. Prentice of Stowmarket had introduced with good results, was to moderate the action of the gun cotton by weaving it in combination with ordinary cotton, thereby dil u ti ng as i t were the material, and moderating its action. Another mode, in which he was conducting experiments, was to reduce the gun cotton to pulp and make paper of it, which was then formed into thick cart ridges. This seemed to promise to be very manage able. Mr. Abel exhibited specimens of gun cotton, which he had subjected for months to heat of 150 deg. Fahrenheit, and afterwards exposed to sun light for a long period without inducing any change in its structure. He also showed the safety with which it could be kept by wrapping up a red hot iron in a skein of damp gun cotton, which refused to burn, and by drilling a hole with a red hot wire in a damp cartridge. The lecture-was illustrated by a number of other interesting experiments, and con cluded with a display of gun cotton fireworks. At the conclusion of the lecture his Royal Highness thanked Mr. Abel, and stated that he had been highly interested. He said he had found the gun cotton cartridge very good for partridge shooting, and accepted from the lecturer some specimens of his thick paper cartridges. THE GRASS-TREE. —There are few who have ever travelled any distance in Victoria but have met with the grass-tree (Kanthorea), which is to be found in nearly all parts of Australia. Up to a few months ago it was sup posed only to be a useless growth, encumbering the land. A few knew from the blacks that it contained a very tena cious gum—the blacks used it as a glue for joining parts of their weapons; but it is only within the last few months that the following valuable articles have been obtained, after great labour and expense, by a Mr. Dodd. St. Ronan's, the place where Mr. Dodd has erected his works to carry on the experiments, is situated about 18 miles in a southerly direction from Colac, and here for some months past expe riments have been carried on in connexion with the grass tree. The root is the portion used in these experiments, and usually weighs from 101 b. to 501 b. Tho root is com posed of the stems growing in a close mass around the inner portion or kernel. From the outer portion of the root gum-shellac in large quantities is obtainable ; the refuse contains a lar ge quan tit y o f gas, an d can be made available for li g hti ng th e wor k s. From th e i n ner to portion the is extracted, by p ress i ng or di s tilli ng, a spirit equal of best brandy, a l so a l co h o l ; a f ter di s tilling, a quan tity saccharine matter remains, from which sugar can be ex tracted. The present supply of grass-tree in the neigh bourhood of St. Ronan's is computed to be equal to t 0 aGsruepat ply of GOO tons per week for the next ten y ett quantities of young grass-trees abound, w.uld which will keep the supply up, and doubtless cultivation g reatly en large the roots.—Melbourne Herald 361 6 121 2 131 i 631 3 118 i 19 93i 114 i 15} gli 1231 4j 120} 6i 54 i 1051 7 106 7 74 2 ,ITIES. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Tuesday in Glasgow—Mr. J. Lumsden in the chair. Mr. Wainwright, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the first bill he had to sub mit was to enable the company to make and main tain certain railways in the county of Ayr. It was promoted for the purpose of fulfilling an engage ment entered into last year with the Caledonian Company, and the promoters of the Ayr and Dou glas Railway, and was intended to develope an ex tensive mineral district. Mr. CLOUSTON seconded the motion approving the bill, and it was adopted. The next bill approved was for sanctioning the construction of certain portions of the authorised lines of the Crofthead and Kilmarnock Extension, and of the company (Kilmarnock direct) railway. It was intended to give the Caledonian Company access from Stewarton to Kilmarnock. A bill to enable the Solway Junction Railway Company to raise further capital ; giving permissive powers to the Glasgow and South-Western and North British Railway Companies to subscribe £lOO,OOO each to wards the undertaking, was approved ; and also a bill was approved for making a railway from Long town to Brampton, in which permissive powers were given to the company, and to the North British Company to subscribe £30,000 each to the under taking, which was estimated to cost £120,000. The meeting was then adjourned to the 12th of June. LAUNCESTON AND SOUTH DEVON. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held at Launceston on Wednesday, when a bill was ap proved authorizing th e com p an y t o convert a num ber of unappropriated s hares into p refe rential stock, and to raise additional c a p ital for la y in g down rails on the narrow gauge. MALTIiITIUS. The traffic receipts for the week ending April 8, on the North Line, 31 miles in length, amounted to £642, and on the Midland Line, 34 miles in length, to £7OB, making on the 65 miles £1,350 against £628 on 31 miles for the corresponding week last year; for the week ending the 13th of April the receipts on the North Line amounted to £578 against £655 for the corresponding week last year, showing a decrease of £77. The receipts on the Midland Line amounted to £695, which added to those on the North Line made £1,273 for the latter week. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Receipt , Railways. 1860. 1865. 1866 1865 X L Belfast and N, Counties 991 991 1,874 1.856 Belfast and County Down 49 49 693 657 Blyth and Tyne 36 86 2,426 2,489 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 7,676 7,0( 8 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4171 408 28,042 28,223 Cambrian l3O 121 2,415 2.212 Cockermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 432 380 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 e 4 (98 191 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 654 2,103 2.131 Ceeside l7 17 376 408 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,448 1,100 Dubliy, and Drogheda 75 75 1,677 2 030 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 3,207 3,159 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5j 4,074 3,104 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 422 408 41,061 35,836 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,814 2,600 Do Branches 42 4! 1,411 1,513 ot. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) B 2l 711 631 426 r it.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 3871 8,6( 6 8.652 Great Western 1292 1280 80,784 63.854 1,11;II& Hornsea Highland ... 246 246 3,592 3,60; Irish North-Western 145 145 1,684 1,761 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 47.9 8 40.137 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 206 135 Limerick and Foynes 261 261 131 22' Ll ane lly 461 461 774 778 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2671 32,063 19,567 London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 1351 1211 1 11,194 9,156 all Metropolitan Extension 1 12i 111 j 2,876 2,500 Do. Kent Coast _ _ Lou., Tilbury, & Southend .. 421 42i 1,343 1,341 11an.,Sheineld, & Lineolnsh 246 216 21,527 18,242 Slanch. S.J un.& Altrincham— 91 91 1,582 1,542 Ilaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6631 52,713 46,425 Ilidland (It. Westn. of hind 2IOI 2602 4,974 4,511 ilonrnoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 3,187 3,159 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl 1207k 1164 74,201 69,807 North London North Staffordshire _ 258 258 8,9:?3 7,879 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 114 103 67 Rliymney 192 191 1,126 925 Scottish North-Eastern 143 138 6,480 6,667 Somerset and Dorset 66 68 t,309 1,012 South Devon 9B 79 1 1 4.524 4,304 South-Eastern 315 808 25,152 22.c58 Taff Vale 6l 61 6,371 -,12' Ulster los} 105 j 2:398 2'42 2 7 6 Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 331 3se Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,205 1,213 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrnint lO 10 157 695 FOREI GN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 37,361 33,189 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 26i 26i 830 363 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 806 10,132 4,765 Detroit and 51ilwaukie lB9 189 4,821 6.67 Dutch Rhenish _ . Eastern of France 1665 Itst 75,185 68,971 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,845 26,398 Great Centrai of Belgium 285 2.5 6,223 6,304 Great Indian Peninsula 6981 592 34,775 24,542 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,151 5.259 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 34,4 315 14,431 13,513 Madras Madrid, Saragossa SiAlicant 778 713 19,036 15,3 2 Northern of Canada Northern of France 761 724 62,311 5.,706 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 20 6 149,921 149,331 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 81.784 71,921 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774 1,731 1,467 Sc.nde lO5 105 3, 47 1,872 Do. Punjab, &o 253 45 2,070 332 South Austrian, ace 1798 1646 87.617 56,509 Southern of France 9lO 823 .13,715 31,276 Victoria Welland. West ,i; N-Wn. of France The Letter-Carriers and the Sabbath. The following memorial has been addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley, her Majesty's Postmaster-General : " The memorial of the members and friends of the Working Men's Lord's-day Rest Association, adopted at a large meeting held in Exeter Hall, on Thursday, the 17th of May, 1866, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair, " Sheweth,—That many of the provincial letter carriers and rural messengers are compelled to labour many hours on Sundays, walking long jour neys in all weathers with considerable burdens. " That such continuous labour is highly injurious to their physical and moral welfare, it being gene rally admitted that one day's rest in seven is neces sary to recruit the energies of the body and mind. " That the letter-carriers feel the Sunday work to be a great and grievous hardship. " That there is no real necessity for the Sunday delivery of letters, seeing that London, with all its momentous interests, and other places, dispense with the Sunday delivery. " That the rule which provides that a rural post shall be discontinued on Sundays at the request of the receivers of six -sevenths of the Sunday cor respondence is unfair, seeing that questions of mo mentous importance in the Houses of Parliament and other public bodies are decided by a simple ma jority. " That the notice to postmasters in the Postal Official Circular of April, 1866, which directs that 'no attention shall be paid to any request for the discontinuance of a Sunday delivery which the post master may have reason to believe has resulted from the solicitation of the letter-carriers,' is a direct violation of the published rules in the Postal Guide, which declares that any person can have his letters, &c., retained in the post-office on Sundays, and in flicts needless toil on the letter-carriers by requiring them to deliver on S unda y s the letters of persons who do not wis h them to be delivered on that da y. 44 Th a t the example to the natio n of the Post office em ploying its servants on Sundays is decid edly bad, and the tendency of Sunday letter de livery is to tempt men to work themselves req“uy ire ou t r he m ir em se o r r v i a a n li t s s ts fortothweorerkaelsoh.umbl y . pray that and t o your lordship will establish a ru l e b y wb ic.h a Sun day oltown, or district s h a ll b e h d t in on any th e receipt i city, by your lo r d s hi p o f a re quisition p post by two-thi r d s of the householders abi o e of that city, town, or district ; and that all requests for the non-delivery of letters, &c., on Sundays may be granted according the &jam Postal G uide." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—(THIS DAr), THE GRAND PARIS PRIZE. sto 2 agst Mazeppa (taken) 3to 1 agst Ceylon (taken) 9to 2 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 100 to 15 agst Primate (taken) Bto 1 agst Bertie (taken) ASCOT STAKES. sto 1 agst Love Apple (taken) 6to 1 agst Forester (taken) ASCOT CUP. 7 to 4 on Gladiateur Very little betting. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1866. 317: Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Kanturk 7 Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Reading Hundleby N ottingham 1 1 9 7 Stamford AUG Jersey 1 Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l Beverley ..................... 13 Stockbridge ............... 14 Chelmsford . 19 Liverpool Summer ...... 19 Ipswich liungerford 26 Newcastle 2 on-Tyne 2G L I 'Worcester K nu tsf ord Radcliffe I'Winchester 24 Spilsby Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon Goodwood 5l UST. York August Dover 2l c>3 Plymouth 23 West Drayton Lichfield 27 Tunbridge 24 Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 :MBER. SEPT. 4 6 BpLeicest er Warwick ovnccoan s t.e. r. S . e .. tember Canterbury S) Richmond OCT 2 Northampton ... Bedford Lothians' Racing 3 Bromley Hendon (Welsh Harp) 20 Monmouth 17 Manchester Autumn 2 l. Wordsley Newmarket Ist October 25 Valsall BER. Newmarket 2d October... 8 Harrow ..... 1Q - Newmarket Houghton ... 2,2 Worcester . 30 ;MBE R. Lincoln ... NOVE Liverpool '''''' 5 1 I ............... Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. mullingar JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh ......................................................... 4,5, Q OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RAC gG FIXTURES. Toulouse 24, 2& Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens Abbeville . 1G Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31. rUST. Le Mans AUG Deauville....., 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22, Blois 26, a Baden-Baden 3l SEPT Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly ;MBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, SO OCT , BEI3. Vincennes Paris 7 Chantilly l4, 18 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. There not being 40 members present, the house ad journed. ITALY AND THE CONGRESS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FLORENCE, May 25. The consent of Italy to take part in the Con gress is declared not to be dependent upon the wording of the invitation, inasmuch as the Italian Government considers it certain that the neutral Powers can have in view no other solution of the Austro-Italian difficulty than the cession of Venetia. The Chambers of Commerce of Florence, Turin, Milan, and other towns have forwarded petitions to the Senate against the proposed tax upon Italian Rente. Shocking Railway Accident. Yesterday a shocking and fatal accident occurred on the South Eastern Railway to one of the workmen em ployed on the line. The unfortunate man was engaged in plate-laying, and the approach of the train due at the Lon don-bridge Terminus at half-past 11 so paralysed him that before he could recover himself he was knocked down by the train, which passed over him, severing his head from his body. Notice of the fatal accident has been forwarded to the coroner. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 IGi Ditto 3 Months. 12 0 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 2* Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 119 Vienna — 13 15 Trieste — 13 20 Petersburgti - 241 Berlin Madrid —45 f Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 90 11 17i 12 1 12 1 25 60 25 60 13 10k 25 15 25 47} 25 50 119 f 13 25 13 30 25 7 1 466 47 28 20 28 20 28 10 28 20 Naples — 28 0 Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales probably 8,000 bales. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yes terHdaisy Ral fo o r y enoon Highnesses in the afternoon presided at a lectur e g i ven at the Royal United Service In stitution, Whitehall. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. A deputation, consisting of Lord Boston, the Hon. H. W. Fitzmaurice, the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, o h cn a o d l 0 n a n e l il in a te ren rv xetuss, l a e it w sary wit: the Hon. Col. Pennant, and Mr. Owen F. Meyrick, Council, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the the Lord President of the ofn Righte yesterday, Hon. ll on the subject of the cattle plague. at the Privy Council ' S CIETY —At the meeting ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL 0 dinner attendedwll t ta h k e e i p n l e c r e v o ie t w w . ime3 o'clock, at Burlington: . House, the ii_..Eßruce, Monday n pros' sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., will deliv n e g r u h his i address. The an Boons at 60 30 p.m. 18 years. The deceased was amusing 'dent, FATAL FALL FROM A SWING.--yesterday an in quest was held at Bromley on the body of phi • aged Whit -Monday upon a swing w hi c h was s trees , and whilst taking a high swing she suspended from endeavoured to catch with one of her hands a branch of effort lost her hold with the other a tree, and in the hand and fell to the ground, striking her head against a tree, whereby she re ceived concussion of the br • day. am causing death on the Verdict—Accidentalfollow ing Death. SWARMO F CUCKOOS IN SU ' A RREI.— swarm of cuckoos, a bird which "brings on the Surrey hills in extraordinarynumbers,usgood la t r idi e ngs,'' assembled d their welcome notes are heard for many g miles. It i un usual for so large a flight of cuckoos to remain together e s 1.1 annualsveillfso on after arriving from winter quarters, but some naturalists ascribe it to the cold easterly winds, and think that a few sunny days would separate and disperse them over the country.—Norwood Post. A LOST CITY FOUND.—General Lyon, late of the Confederate Army, is said to have discovered another lost city of Mexico, in the district called by the Indians Metaltaloyuca, situated above 100 miles west of Tuzpau in the state of Vera Cruz. Trees, hundreds Of years old, are growing amidst the ruins. The walls of many houses are standing, and on them are paintings and other ornaments, and carved doorways and images abound in every street. There are several temples, and a statuette was found, upon the reverse of which was a cross. The doors of the houses are generally closed with huge blocks of stone, and there are other indications that the abandon ment of the city was due to a Fr oncerted movement. The Reader. • . - . . 19 . . '23 a h .r at of er- cs, ,nd If ter den, red ;to 110 b 9 .he 10u et 1 20 riOi 10 100 f 100 2 100 100 'KEN' 190 100 100 1( . 0 100 100 Ito 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 I 1 0 f 93 2 87# - 70 97 961 B IC6i 10le