The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. it The Bank of England directors have not deemed necessary to alter their rate of disco un t. Th e in flux of gold, however, continues on a large scale, a nd the floatin g cap it a l i n th e mar k et i s very .abun- Q .. a nt• The b ro k ers w h o rece i ve very f ew applica tions for commercial assistance are working at 3 perAcbueontt., and i n excep ti ona l i ns t ances at 3 per cent. £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterd ay. . The directors of the Peruvian Railways Company intimate that the share list will remain open till the 15 th inst., in order to allow time for the arrival of Lae n•ext Peruvian mail. 5 The Oce an M ar i ne I nsurance C ompany w i ll pay 8. Per share by way of interest on the Ist July next . At the general meeting to-day of the Queens land Sheep Investment Company the report stated 'l i at the i nst i tution was formed in March, 1864, for t e Purpose of sheep farming in Australia, and a enuditional contract was then entered into for the L ur e/lase of certain stations on the Darling °PIS, described as the n i n full operation, Th-11". c ontaining an area of 1,500 square miles. e vendor wa s una bl e t o s h ow a titl e to the area s p ec ifi e d ; an d f or thi s an d o th er deasnus, the co m p an y' s agen t,' un d er l ega l a d v i ce , c lued to take delivery, and sought to annul the ova t act, th roug h th e S upreme C ourt of :STew South b a s, the proceedings in which are still pending ; ut the directors have received every assurance that call will terminate in favour of the company. A all o f £2 17th inst per share has been made payable on the Two o'CLocK. 4eAt the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to uter's t e l egram, t h e 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. e. Flat. ~,T h e English Stock Market opened this morning renewed firmness, and a rise of 1 per cent. was ()01 afterwards reported. Consols for money are 81, and for the account 901 The New Threes " il d Red uce d Annu i t i es are 892 ; the 22 per Cents., 1894, 731 ; Exchequer Bills, par ; India 5 13 b e l' Cents., 104 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 ; De ntlnes~ 994 ; and the Bonds, 18s. to 21s. c reased fi rmness p r evails in the Fo re i gn M ar k e t, 10 iQ ui ch is rath er more ac ti ve . T ur ki s h 6 per C ents., 2 are 742 ; ditto Consolides, 49i ; Mexican, pi 2s ; ditto New, 2n 4 ; Greek, 21 ; Spanish 6 7ive, 311 ; ditto Certificates, 151 ; Italian, ; and Confederate Loan, 8 9. 11l '` the Railway Share Market there is not much eliit)l a tion, and prices remain without material r 6 a nge. Brighton and North Western have declined ; and Great 'Western, 10s. ; while North Eastern Iv er Wick), have each improved ss. ; and South extern, 10s.. about Foreig n and Colonial lines continue at t il t previous values. " 1 ' Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is a i moderate inquiry, and quotations remain Withoutr., change of importance. of -"le following are the current quotations of some h , t he Princip a l new p ro j ec t s : —W es t L on d on Free v°lcl G round Rent Association, 2 22 prem. ; Peru -511 Railway Company, 2 22 prem. ; Lion Brewery p t4 Pany, 12 2 prem. ; Dublin Trunk Connecting 11 va3r, 1 2 2 prem. ; Ottoman Company, 12 21 „ Plymouth Shipbuilding Company, 7 9 vrem . • 7 London and Mediterranean Bank, 2 prem. ; A Stock Metropolitan Extension -ailway, London t , Chatham, and Dover, 42 5 prem. ; Russian Iron Works, 7 8 prem. ; London Bridge 1 1 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea Cora r..Y, 4 4 prem. • and Imperial Ottoman Loan lfr 1 dis . The Northe rn Assam Company (Limited) have .`4lB day paid th e Assam Company the first I . 4s talmentof £30,000 o f the purchase money for t he estates lately acquired by them. -- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GovEitnima FUNDS. tnr Cent. Consols - 9 O 9O 1 I 1 - 901% . ''-'0- Account, June 6 89i II:r Cent. Reduced 891 i I 4 w 3 per Cent' 73* IP ' '' . 4 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 4 -° • 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 t fo p, ilaiti e 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 _— 00. 30 yrs, expire sth April, 885 t x ,,,, (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do.""equer Bill £l,OOO, s. .£5OO — 3 &3/ per Cent par 3 pm L an k o .£lOO and £200 • ij 01 England Stock, 51 per Cent — , 0 Account 111 . 1)..„ , 1 ; --,, ksoIrERNMENT SECURITIES. Dla Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 et ° Account 104 .1)!• Apo Cent. July, 1870 e• unt .. IP l„Per Cent, Oct. 1888 Do;_ ,uer tificates lo n -',4llfaced Paper 4 per Cent 101 t; " Per Cent., Jan. 1872 b o ' s i' Per Cent., May 1879 — 991 b o ' i per Cent., Aug. 1866 18 1) 13°111 : 1 8 7 £l,OOO 21 16 o.llnder £l,OOO Ali q ,,, k.' °REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING -I:RICES. 114.41•741350r1d5, 5 per Cent D A Per Cent ' - •1 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 81 134„ - uo. 1863 40 8 A -3. , bp i ' l .Yres 6 per Cent qiih a ' . '`,. P,,er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ,„ D o ' d ," Per Cent '' 0 1 1 „ . 1 ,9:_ Per Cent — ab a ° - ,' - ' 4 41 6 per Cent. 1) i n ;" ' Per Cent. ,b," R Aer Cent., 1861 — "aii' R • l, - , e liP, £55 paid 82 D o i-- ; ' per Cent , 1825 r . 13 Z lier Cent ;1863 . --- ~a;;byttliPer Cent., 1773-77,.. £25 paid — 801 00, 4-yuicipahties V;a•ilorlaid -u o , -Ow Consolidated, 1 per Cent __ N,,,.-crovisional Land Warrant a n •, -- 0. C i o per Cent Do ADD li o d Issue 97 ,vu t; nds 941 4 i D 'Jo. 1864 b ° ' l ° o Bonds 9l* °e riP £sb paid reek 5 7 Per Cents 1824-5, ex 4... •,, bo wount Ptlat °Pons 1 JbO. ' 4 5 per Cent. — 4.14 4 , 3 9 and 1850 — Do t ll Per Cent (Maremmana Railway) li° R lBB 5 - etk a - h er iP, £67 paid ' 21 I- dis bo, - A - 3 Per Cent. — 25 1i 51 '''b e eonnt b 0 1864 e o b Per Ce t• An 10-French Pr 11 ' . g 1, 4 °114 • e lleh Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c paid — N D Noorivideart 6 per Cent., £3O 64 81 1 I • o s Verial 5 per Cent 2 r allad a bo ,Per Cent p'l),ll(l C r ia,: bi-e A (3.1.1.1. " -e, Y d arrant s (Hectares) --,)o S o 4 4 Per Cent. ---- dis t . uo 3 "P, .£45 paid, paid in Bonds _ Per c e .• en o i i ~__ nt. (Unbarr ) p o _o. 41-(Tr. Cent., 1862 79 1 9 D o (414 0 -o 4 8 ° - per Cent., 1853 b o 3 eeonnt ~ Lo Per Cent, 1 856, '7 , • _ , 9 , , 60, '62, '3, 4 - 9 } 6,4Bizeeount 1 : 1 0 .1 1 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St~ 4 -)o 7 ' Per Cent 1850 3 „,,_ lB6O tio 5 7f Cent, 1859 91; It •ii i, 0. . per Cent., 1862 1864 61141411 5 Per C — o o e PaJaibh pknot tD o . A se ‘' Aer Cent — DO'o liet's,llet ....... . .I)oPctunt assive ........... ."- %)lii.ACC'lltito r , ish ,_ ................................ _ by 4 00 "irt- 01 Coup not funded ll'oqi,h pint .. 1 , Do. .1 1 ' Per Cent. litkio Per Cent. 1864 8 87 71 Do A l o: Per Cent 1854 — to 6A peorlionetui ii; • . eo 7 e°ll Tit .. • 73; ~ „,„,. C ent ...... •. ................... Ve 40'''''04.„'_-; t. 1862 bps.-,o ,„,,uot - 3 i 5 '''' tonds 75; vb., ,pear Cent. 1863 .. eil'e.,`.'l„l, rEluteed, 4 per Cent Dabo`teta 3 per Cent. , `'eeeont 1) 6 per 0 ....... ~ .................... _ 0. A_ era, 1862 1,,50 '"8°1•Int . 0 0. Liy'r Cent.., .... ' l ' ............... 4O 391 DelA Per Ce nt.... .... - .......... ... Btriitn,lvsidetids on the above payable in London. il li 4 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 'it c h 21 s Per cent., Er. 25f p r l) , 0 . 4 ' ,Cent., Exl2 Guil ~ach per ~-ent. Certificates — Italian 4l.oNes, 3 per Cent. g„, Pcount ..... _ er c ent .. ........ ~ 1 861, Ex. 25f. ‘ , 0 080 . 18 ... THREE O'CLOCK j)° . "" .... Act:0111A .................... 901 1 x d 9 1 I 4 0 x m within a ded into a isitors and ,ir on board the smaller al from the s in Cron- )ur o'clock• louds, and ong line of whO .ral private St. Peters he chaplain a• the dead sky, which Emperor, le Imperial pers round i red velvet, responses. le Emperor Les after the t of house- Petersburg, guard over , who bad from Nice. rd, steamed ,nd then set where she 3tadt to the expected to NAPOLEON RICA. JUNE 8. t proclama- ,nking them have under- duca,tion of only virtues Le strongest ace danger, honour and ter in your , attle. You 'ship to the be treated log thence' n. Honour n this soil ! 7. Franco been maul' ad a slightly ,arly all the been nege' Cents. held ;hares have [ have beet" . quoted 461• ▪ 46 ov • 330 ..---- S 73 Acct. ~ 825 --- 1072 5 0 852 50 596 25 528 75 ▪ 505 • 315 • 427 50„ 497 50 • 220 --- 322 50 ~ 157 50 made t l ' 3 d, and sow° such con' I. for severa l land for the , the year, an d ounted for, will flow in ihipme nt a t inland ill" (211 0t3.. uchfirrag ess bk. coasting pck has b een Le means to ,de owing iron ma rket mina' P 1 clll.° - • ton. 5 lia and 1/11 1 ; amid. Fo'ci : re is a g t)ci e nullities a Alt an 0. 81 : traded' p?, - Lav ing in rr t e ll ' o ason• "' te r in Leic es , 11 . rn' an d co— ci lao 111111,313 le hOliCifoe i: 'ehOVLS CS ! is , yell ISilg ;rally yes Black. la,wo The e e to ro a little 0 1 1 , 1 , 0 firra• foreleand ir are well e ed. y erapid tol,eT rel y Pric es iJo at OSSO° 5 s ti i.j. r :re fa irlY in reeds Tiell3 ,o' 6s. tO ryt 65 * to kactivot es lambs 9 d , to ronl 65 ",,, id stes‘'.' „ ti ts ,op flg ure Ira° filc h co viS 0 dg 10 , r 6 „ ;heel ) " 6 " no. 4 4 E aves* u 4 8 ; 10 •.4 6 .... rO5 store Pigs' suPP IY I .••• • (0° -•• o'l )S . ' .. o LT-J• ohe b t ig 50 93 ; 4d to por/4 yi; ollci otOd e i iver°l3eSJ )110Vi r , 6Sut• „ i 6 .1 e7 0 4 S., O j Nred off g t ittO P ' g Od; r11 5s0d ; Od to 2 10; - 9 vs tO s es, l 6 to cowff, c loe' ios ; Pei • c lov er ' :5 15s; to Os Per vot .5 los ol o ad Per SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paul Closin g I Business Price. done. Share! Railways. 13.11 Bt st Bt 60 20 10 10 Do. B o Do. Newpo t Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Bir.. Wol.. & btr. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall. Do. A (A gets no div, tillGp.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgon Glasgow & S. W. stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No.'? Great North of Scotland Great Norther a D A stock Do. New. Is. at 25 plr Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. 'Veste n OriAnal D . S. Va'. hail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 1)o. He e r ford Lane . shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwali Lon., Bri4h., & S Coast ,Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares . Metropolitan Do. New Mid'and Do, liirmin . de Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. sharei Mid Kent North British _ Do. Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase, I Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carliele Do. Stock & Darling ' 1 D. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-01 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock I o. Scot, Mid. stack Sh , ews do Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E stern Ataines,'Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 'W.Hartlepool Har.&ll ERITISH P Atlantic Az St.L a wrence Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. r shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Braut, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Au,:r. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & 8. E., Urn e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Benr4al, gu, 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk ot Canad 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. 2d Pref. stock.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. et ock .. Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t'o. Gua, 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. &per cent D 41 per cent Do Great a. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 t to. 5 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p..c. Bnds Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. C'da, pclstpf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do 1.:71 Do. Pun jaub Do.lndus St Flo " 'OSSE, 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ,SIONS. 53 1 7 1031 MI pr iP, 4 4 , bi 9g 301 72 73 100 102 1021 1031 I(4k 105 t 19ii 15 87 61 63 54 56 55 57 47 4J 45 4g 93 15 25 21 24 26 104 i 105 ii I 13' I PI 103 1 1051 I 5 1042 5} 82 84 101 162 101 102 prl 102 94 97 101 1 it 3 i - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 1877-81 lOO 94 06 911 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug llO 93 95 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 93 95 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. t July 100 83 64 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 St. 54 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 1(7 Lo. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 165 107 Do. do!! Ik9o-1 100 1(6 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 tc 1 105 Do. 1878, do lOO 1(6 108 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 188%!, May i 5, N0v..1 , 10) 104 106 Natal qov. o per cent lOO 102 104 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 00 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1878 100 94 90 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! 100 91 93 921 New Zealand, 6p. cent 11,0 104 106 Do. 6 per cent lOO 87 90 Nova Sc tia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 llO 97 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 104 106 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,t3 18.38-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 107 103 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, e pril & Oct lOO .109 110 109 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cara Consol. Gold, Um I Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 28 29 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 600 610 Drake walls 2.1.0 3 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 12 11 East Caraion 2.14.6 326 134 ast Cam Brea 3 . 3.0 63 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 3 36 East Love.l 2. / 3.6 11 v 1.4 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 41 44 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 6 0 1 3 5 4 Great L :xcy, limited all 19 2"' 20 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 3 G. Wheal Vpr (Heist 40 11:/4 311 Grenvil e 7.8.3 32 33 licrod's Foot 8. 13 39 404 llingston Bowns 1.18.e 31 3 Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 6 8 Marko Valley 4.3.0 5 4 6 ,1 4 91wyndy Iron Ore, lin, 21 21 1 Nanglies . New Seton North Downs 3 - - North Roskear v • Wh'l Bassettallogau 3.10.6 4 I North Whe.,l Crotty - Prosper Pr vidence IJnyLqlant 10.6.7 32 1.5 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 505 :15 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.189 171 22 stray Park . 30.17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 17 18 West Bassett (Mogan I t 74 8.1 W. Caradon ( Lskeard 9 1 ,, 4 12 West Chiverton ll 721 7 West Seton. 471 185 195 Wheal Bassett 'lllog - an 54 90 05 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 174 221 Whea Lude,At 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 Wheal Uni ,n 4 rttEIeHILENI Great Western, 5 per cent., rd Cit. Western, Wt. Uidland, FOREIGN Antwerp and Rotterdam, 01 Bahia and San Francisco k 1i.n.1 gun. 7 per cent., 14 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pt., 191. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 19k FOREIGN Sills EB, Cape Copper, Urn., ll} St. John del Rey (lira.), 33 BANKS. Arra and Misterman's, lim., 112 Alliance (limo. 261 74 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 2:1 Anglo legyptian, lira., 121 Australasia, Ditto, new,:efl British and Californian, Urn., 4} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China;22l Chartered Ter. of Indi London, and China, 45:41 Consolidated Bank, lirn., 104 1 • English Joint Stock, Um., 13 Hindustan, china, and .Ispan (11m.), Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Litt°, new, 64 7 Imperial Bank, lira., 29 Imperial Ottoman, .6} 1 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 Ditto, new, 12k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21i 5 London and Couuty, 741 London Joint Stock, 49} London and Sohth African, 18 la National Provincial of England. Ditto, 3d issue, 47* Oriental Banx Corporation. 46 ticinde, runjaub, and Delhi. lint.. 6 k lIISCELLANEOUL Bo . bay Gas, lint., Ditto. Id issue, 11 Ceylon Company, 11: n ui g m la " n 2 o a , C C° red m lti n e Y ou o c l ic A r t r Ditcount Corporation, 1 a ri n e d an m A u f b e fi c i h er an o t t s ii , ; East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 5 41 Ebbw Vale, E 4 Gen. Credit-and Finance of London, llm., 51 6 Hudson's:Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit ksso Mtn 71 International Contract, 71 International Financial z , ociety, lim., 61 International land Credit, lira., 5i London Financial Association, lint., 23 1 London General Omnibus Company, .3a hI dras Irr.gation and Canal. 91 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lint , 2 1: 2 51.11wa1l Iron Works. 61 National Discount Company, 16 Ocean at arine Insurance), 231 Ottoman Gas, lim., 4 Panania, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., -- Ditto, new, 51 Pewnstila and Oriental Steam, 76 51 Ditto, new, 55 Rhyruney Iron, 30 Royal Mail Steam, 103 Submarine Telegraph, Scrip, Teleg,rat h Construe. and Maintenance, lint., 74 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lima, 74 Universal Marina, Insurance lint., 61 OE SHAKES. I. pf., 10 ford Ist guaranteed stook, 1231 KAIL WAYS. 94 96 133 134 68 6 81 86 i 6 17 00 92 108 107 4( 476 7 8 133 134 118 14e 128 32 E 6 RA ;2} /3 03 (5 50 52 45 48 104 1 06 122 i 123 88 90 107 IC9 40 12 113) 324 99 100 03 63 1414 1421, 31 RIP 136 1364 105 1(7 51 i 5 2974- 25 112 113 7) 71 10311(41 361 37j 91 104 p 117 219 1 lkr. 78 79 111 In 145 150 5k 55 M. C 3 .9 C 1 831 851 9, 155 159 3 4p 106 108 47 49 79 81 73 2 1 I c 54 12i I 107 i 8 41k 124 14 e3}. 1414 4 2 14 4 135 4 1121 } 71 701 P 1(1j i 31 4} 102 103 1c 101 101 90 84 86 8: t 4 - 1, d 103 104 94 93 89 91 65 67 3 5 THE Stift, LONDON, THeRSDAY EVENING!, JUNEI%-8, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE I. P. ANDREWS-A CHASE TO AMERICA AFTER A brokers based the full charges under the Act of Parliament on the tenants. Mr. Partridge—ls the rent under £2O ? Mr. Branwell—Yos, sir. _ _ Mr. Partridge read several clauses of the Act of Parlia ment, and said the words were very large. He granted the summons. THE END OP MY HOLIDAYS.—WiIIiam Bebby, a labourer, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. William Brown, a waterman, of No. 1, Rosby's-rope walk, Limehouse, saw the prisoner walk into the Thames at Limehouse-hole, and proceed until the water reached the top of his chest. , He thought the prisoner was having a bathe with his clothes on, to cool himself this warm weather, but he suddenly threw himself on his back, and was floating down with the tide, and would have been car ried under the swim of a barge and drowned, if he had not got into a boat and pulled him out of _the river. The prisoner said, "This is the end of my holidays," and was drunk, or he would not have acted so foolish as he did. The prisoner said he had been holiday making, and was intoxicated when he went into the water. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Forests in France. 40-- In a highly interesting paper addressed to the French Academy of Sciences, M. Becquerel examines the subject of forests both as to their commercial importance and as to their irfluence on climate. For this purpose he casts a rapid glance at the effects produced by the destruction of forests from the remotest ages to our time. Forests existed on the globe long before the appearance of man, a fact proved by the immense coal deposits which are to be found in every part of it, even in the polar regions. These deposits consist of Equisetacea, Sigillaria, &c., &c., particularly also of ferns of the size of trees, instances of which are now only to be met with under the tropics. In most parts of the old continent the primitive life of man was passed in forests, and increase of population was the cause of the first attacks upon them ; but the greatest devastations only date from the periods when great conquerors cut down or burnt the forests in which the peoples they wanted to subdue had taken refuge. From the Gauges to the Euphrates, from that to the Mediterranean, an ex tent of ground 1,000 leagues in length, and several hundred broad, was ravaged by wars during the lapse of thirty centuries. Nineveh and Babylon, so celebrated for their civilisation, Palmyra and Balbeck, renowned for their opulence, now offer nothing but ruins to the exploring gaze of the tra veller, in the midst of deserts and swamps once covered by luxuriant forests. From the time of Sesostris to that of Mahomet 11. Asia Minor was a constant scene of unrelenting wars leading to similar results. The laud of Canaan, so highly praised in the Bible, is now little more than a desert, and the whole coast of Africa along the Mediterranean tells a similar story. Turning from historical considerations to the present state of forests in France, the learned author tells us that from official statistics it appears that France has a surface of 52,768,610 hectares (2i acres each). Of this, 8,804,550 hectares are covered with forests ; pasture-land comprises 21,729,102 hectares, and the ground not devoted to tillage s and therefore covered by towns and villages, 2,920,217 hectares. In 1860 the domainal forests were reduced to •an extent of 1,077,046 hectares, including 40,716 hectares of new plantations. At present this number has risen to 1,100,000 hectares, exclusive of 67,185 hectares granted as a donation to the Crown. From 1820 to 1864 the surface of forest-land cleared was 665,363 hectares, and for the last 16 years permissions have been granted to clear about 15,000 hectares per an num. To these must be added about 9,000 hectares cleared without permission, and with some other items the surface annually cleared comprises about 31,000 hectares. The surface replanted does not amount to more than 10,000 hectares, few of which have been stocked with the more valuable kinds, such as oak, teak, &c., these species being of much slower growth than firs and similar sorts. The Chinese Customs' Establishment, - -+----- A report, which has been prepared by Mr. Hart, Inspec tor-General of Maritime Customs in China, gives an in teresting account of the origin and progress of a foreign customs' establishment in China. The manner in which native officials have been wont to transact customs' business at the Chinese ports is this :—Chinese vessels aro licensed for the coasting trade, and the tariffs generally amount to about 10 per cent., the customs duties of a port would be assigned to a person holding somo other Government office in the locality, and so farmed as to hold him responsible for the collection of a specific amount, with liberty to re tain any surplus, but in the absence of a strict supervision, or under an established official laxity, each subordinate having to pay for his place, lies to his superior, and makes as good a purse as he can for himself. The merchants have to make the best bargain they can with the officials, and Government do not get half the duties really paid. Now in 1854, when Shanghai seemed virtually lost to the Im perial Government, inextricable confusion arose in relation to the customs, and in fact the collection of duties passed from the hands of the Chinese for a time. Spasmodic at tempts were once or twice made by an officepthat was very insufficiently recognised, but ships constantly left the port without paying a farthing of duties, the consuls taking from the merchants bonds, which were considered of ques tionable validity. Eventually it was arranged that the office of customs should bo reopened under its proper chief, the Taoutae, but that it should be placed under the inspection of foreigners representing the three treaty Powers—England, France, and the United States. This inspectorate was in the first instance a foreign Govern mental measure, which relieved consuls from the necessity of undertaking responsibilities in regard to the clearance of foreign ships, and protected honest merchants from the uncontrolled acts of bad men, at the same time Isecuring the revenue for the Imperial Government. It became, however, more and more a Chinese institution, and when the treaties of Tien-tsin wore concluded in 1858, it was arranged, in order to insure uniformity of treatment for the merchants at all the ports, to extend the scheme to all the places opened to trade. Accordingly, the foreign in spectorate is now represented at 11 ports, and employs in various capacities some 400 foreigners and about 1,000 Chinese. It met with much hostility from the old Execu tive, who saw in it an invincible obstacle to the "doctoring" of accounts, and it was not altogether welcomed by many who had grown accustomed to compounding for duties and nocturnal "running" of cargoes ; but opposition has gra dually died away. The inspectorate has an establishment at Pekin, where juniors on first appointment study Chinese, in preparation for work at the ports ; and it is now very generally treate& as a branch of the Chinese public ser vice, and regarded as naturally gro;ving out of the now re lations in which China finds herself through the treaties entered into with foreign Powers. At each office there is ono inspector, or commissioner of customs, representing the three treaty Towers, with assistants under him of various nationalities ; at the head is an inspector-general, appointed by the Chinese Foreign-office. This inspec torate has' secured for the' State funds never dreamt of before, and substituted for corrupt and inefficient offices an honest and effective revenue administration, placing all and every trader upon the same footing. It has also as sisted the Chinese in fulfilling with - advantage to them selves the obligations into which they entered by treaty, with trade at more than a dozen ports, and firms numbered by the hundred, an interdependency of obligations has grown up which could only be met by the operation of such a uniform and efficient system as th e i nspectorate. In fact, without it the only resource would have been to do away with import and export duties altogether, and then allow the officials in the interior full swing for local taxation; and how that would have answered is easily guessed. The more intimate nature of the relations into which the members of the inspectorate have been brought with Chinese officials conduces not a little to lead those officials to understand foreigners better, and to clear away much of the luspicion and dislike with which they regarded them ; and thus the tendency is to remove the position of foreigners from the support on which it has hitherto been based— force and might, and to place it on one that promises better for the future, and which, though at first nothing more than a mere assent to the existing state of affairs, may in time change into an appreciation of, if not a welcome to, the foreigner. The juxt-position of an honest administration is making itself felt ; and through the inspectorate, more perhaps than through any other means, does there appear to be an open ing for the introduction of sundry reforms and useful ideas. It is gradually leading the Chinese mind in the direction of that di rec tion will go far to do away with th e canker that properly salaried official establishment s ; an d an y s t e p in preys on the very vitals of the co untry, and the multitudi nous sufferings and malpractices that are its concomitants. The inspectorate will have finished its work when it shall have produced a native administration as honest and efficient to replace it. PROFICIENCY IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGES.—The usual donation of 800 rupees has been made to each of the following junior civilians for having passed in two of the vernacular languages of India within six months from the date of their arrival in this country :—Messrs. Beachcroft, Manson, Gordon; Gardiner, Fryer, and Thorburn. To Mr. Stogdon the Governor-General has also granted a donation of 800 rupees for having passed in two languages in four months from the date of his arrival ; also a gold medal for a certificate of high proficiency in the Urdoo language. — Allen's Indian .Mail, THE FRENCH CORPS LEPISLATIE (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) REBATE ON THE BUDGET. PAnIS, June .6. The general debate on the Budget was continued to-day. M. TRIERS expressed his regret that, on enteri.i•;g into this grave discussion, he was unable to reply at. once both to the reporter of the commission and to one of the representatives of the Government ; but was willing to give place to the Minister if one of their number desired to speak before him. M. VUITRY, President of the Council of State, replied that at that moment the Government had nothing to add to what had been so well said during the last sitting by the reporter, in defence of the propositions of the commission, which were those of the Government. M. TIMES said that after this declaration it was to the • Government as well as to the commis sion that he was about to reply. The reporter had endeavoured to show that, in point of fact, the division of the budget into ordinary, extraordinary, and rectificative,under the appellation of supplemen tary credits, had existed formerly as well as at the present' time. That was true, but what was formerly admissible to a certain extent was no longer so in a different degree. Yes, there had been formerly an extraordinary budget, but not in its present form. In 1840, under grave circumstances, the vigilance of the country was directed towards the means of national defence ; moreover, this was the time when the railway mania carried away the European public. Hence numerous works were undertaken in order to fortify Paris, Lyons, and Cherbourg ; to insure supplies by sea, and to satisfy the desires of the country, which demanded large lines of railway ; but at that time, in place of creating a separate budget, it was found sufficient to open in each par ticular budget a special head termed extraordinary service. There was nothing at all similar in the present extraordinarybudget destined to relieve the ordinary budget of excessive burdens. As to the rectificative budget, it was also true that it existed formerly, under the name of supplementary credits, but these were far from possessing the importance they had acquired since. It was likewise true that this was not the first time redeemable loans had been con tracted for the profit of extraordinary works, but here again it was a question of extent. The fault he found with the great works of the present day was their exaggeration and their precipitancy. To per severe in such a course, herepeated, was advancing, not precisely towards bankruptcy, but upon a course' which would render it impossible to fulfil the en gagements of the country. After reverting to the past, which he did, not as a party man, but as a representative of the country, jealous of her honour and prosperity, M. Thiers reproduced in de tail the questions he had brought forward at a previous sitting. Was it true or not that they had budgets amounting to two milliards and two or three hundred millions ? Did they pos sess the necessary resources to meet that expendi ture? No, all the regular resources at their com mand consisted of 1,950 millions arising from taxation, to which had to be added every year from 250 to 260, sometimes 300, millions, proceeding from the liquidation of more or less disguised loans, or from what had been already termed chance re sources. M. Thiefs then went on to examine these different resources, and concluded by saying that repudiation or " Mexican Money" was a method of settlement unworthy of the budget of France. All this would definitely resolve itself into the floating debt. Now, the floating debt would already amount next year to 900 millions. So that, after all, it would be in the great book that all this would have to be entered. But it was said he pointed out the evil without indicating any re medy. The speaker then called to mind that he had specified four sources of possible reduction— viz., redemption, the army, the public works, and the Mexican expedition. If they liked he would give up the question of redemption, but must per sist in his doubts as to the possibility of effecting great savings in the army. It was for the Govern ment to explain itself clearly upon that point. But with respect to the public works and Mexico, he still believed that prudent and important resolutions might be taken. The power of the country reposed upon two bases, its finances and its army, to defend which he (M. Thiers) had devoted his life. With rapidity and energy, it would be always possible to meet the military requirements of France, but good finances could not be improvised. It was, there fore, towards the financial situation that the solici tude of the country should be directed. N. Vuitry, Minister, President of the Council of State, replied that when he heard M. Thiers speak of his love for the two great elements of the power of the country, the finances and the army, he thought it impossible to avoid reverting to the glorious use which had been made of these two powerful resources by the Imperial Government for the last 12 years. A Government which was able to appreciate to that extent what they were worth, and what they could produce, could always hus band those resources. The debate had now reached a point when it was necessary to cinumscribe the questions and draw them within a narrower compass. M. Vuitry first examined the critical remarks which had been made upon the present division of the budget into several special budgets. Was this division, then, a complication, as had been said? Why, a few simple additions of the receipts and expenditure would suffice to give the true financial situation of the country. That discussion was in the nature of things. Was the object thereof to conceal the exaggerated expenditure ? What inte rest could the Government having in so doing ? The speaker then went on to advocate the necessity of this division of the budget into budgets ordinary, special, extraordinary, and rectificative, but denied that there was any fifth budget, that of liquidation. It had no existence. Relative to the redemption of the debt, after calling to mind that the reserve of the redemption instead of being allowed to accu mulate, had long before the existence of the present Government been appropriated, at least in part, either to the great public works, or to the ordinary budget. The speaker declared that the Imperial Government did not dissimulate this irregularity and temporal nature of a2f 3 redeemable loans which had been contracted, and that it', was the desire and aim of the Government to arrive pt a situation A whereby a surplus of receipts would adi2it of re storing the redemption to the regular routine. The speaker next went on to explain in detail the real state of the two budgets, which might be termed the budgets now in course, namely, those of 1864 and 1865. That for 1864 would only show a deficit of from 22 to 25 millions, and that for 1865, according to the results of the first quarter, would probably present a surplus of receipts of about two millions. In comparing the ordinary budgets for the last four years-1862-65—it would be found that the amount of ordinary receipts had exceeded that of the ordinary expenditure by 93 millions, whereas the increase of ordinary expenditure had only been four millions. Was that, therefore, a position to call for uneasiness as to the future? The Government had been asked if it considered it pos sible to make reductions in the army. To this the Government would frankly reply that, in its opinion, the interest of the country did not permit of the effective forces being reduced to less than 400,000 men. On comparing the extraordinary budgets of the last four years, it appeared that the extraordi nary expenditure had been continually diminishing. With regard to the resources furnished by Mexico to the budget extraordinary, he (M. Vuitry) de clared that it was the desire of the Government to be able to recall their troops in that country, but that they would not recall them until the work of order and pacification they had undertaken had been accomplished, not wishing to give to an enterprise which had been maturely reflected upon a character of inconsiderateness which M. Thiers would be afterwards the first to censure in cutting terms. BANKRUPT. ... . . This bankrupt was described as a coal fact,* of Ten church-street, and his debts are stated to be over £70,000, with assets at present not ascertained. It is alleged that the bankrupt haS abSconded to America, and Mr:Beard, as attorney to the petitioning creditnr, hai des'patched Hayden, the Well-knOWn detectiVe, in pursuit. Mr. Cutt (Ricketts, Smith, and Co.) was chosen trade assignee. (Before Mr. Commissioner flolroyd.) IN RE - SANSON. This bankrupt was described as a clerk in tho Queen's Bench; aiid to=day he . carne up for the order of discharge upon debts of £3,900, with a deficiency of £2,000. The case stood over for the bankrupt to make a proposal to his creditors. IN ERE CAPTAIN CURGEN . II"EN. , :-A CAPTAIN IN A MILITARY TRAIN. This bankrupt was described as a captain in her Ma jesty's Military Train now stationed at Woolwich, and he came up to pass his last examination upon accounts, show ing debtS to £5,200, with a deficiency of £3,403. This bankrupt states the cause of his failure to be the high rate of interest charged upon bills and the accumulation of interest thereon. In the list of property held by creditors are the bankrupt's commission and two retriever dcgs (less their keep). • Mr. Sydney appeared for the assignees, and Mr Brough supported. . The bankrupt stated that he had paid 60 per cent. interest for his bills: :pay was £lBO per annum, and ho lived at the rate of. £6OO to £7OO per annum. .. His Honour adjourned the case for a cash account. (Bdfore Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE H. COLEMAN-H. BLONDIN'S TREASURER. . . . This bankrupt,. described as a wine merchant, of the West-end and elsewhere, again came before the Court to day. The case has been already thoroughly ventilated, and as no new points are involved, it was understood that a final order would be made. SJIERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) SERVANTGALISM EXTRAORDINARY.-AXFON V. BEADEL. This was an action to recover wages actually earned, and one month's wages in lieu of the customary notice, plaintiff being a domestic cook, and defendant the well known auctioneer, of 25, Gresham-street, and Romford. Plaintiff detailed the list of her grievances, and deposed that upon a certain night defendant had a dinner at his country house at Romford, and after the dinner was all over Mrs. Beadel gave plaintiff a little drop of gin, which slightly excited her. Mr. Beadel came down into the kitchen, took plaintiff by the wrists, and removed her with much force from the house. He hurt her very much, in deed, and she had done nothing to provoke him. His Honour asked Mr. Beadel if he would like to explain the matter ? Mr. Beadel—Certainly, sir. I may state the conduct of the plaintiff exceeded anything I had ever previously wit nessed. It is quite true that we had a dinner party on the night in question, and all passed off very well until half past 11, when the cook refused to go to bed. (Laughter.) My wifo reasoned with her, but in vain, and although her fellow-servants had retired to rest, she most determinedly declined to follow their example. I went down and reasoned with her, but she said she meant to en joy herself. (Renewed laughter.) I gave her till 12 o'clock, and then her conduct became so outrageous that I took her by the wrists and made her go with me to the nearest police station, where, she being intoxicated, I left her in charge, handing her half a sovereign to get her a bed in some respectable place. His Honour—Then she was intoxicated? _ _ _ Plaintiff—She was indeed. Sho asked me if I had ever heard anybody scream—(great laughter)—and she said that she once screamed " Murder" in Romford Park till she was heard a mile off. (Renewed laughter.) I had no wish to have a specimen of her powers at my house, but she threatened to give me one. Plaintiff—The missis gave me a drop of gin. His Honour—That would not have affected you in the way described. Defendant—She lit three lamps and six candles, and insisted on having them all burning at the same time. (Great laughter.) Under all the circumstances I did what I considered right and proper. I gave her 10s., and have paid 7s. into court, that being more than the wages actu ally earned. His Honour—You have done more than you need have done. Plaintiff—And he gave the policeman a glass of gin. Defendant—He had some trouble with you. You came to my office' about two days after the affair, and wanted to show me then how youcould scream out "murder," saying you were always good for half a mile. (Laughter.) I was obliged to tell one of my clerks to show her down stairs. Plaintiff—He said he would be master over everybody. Defendant—ln the excitement of the moment perhaps I said I must be master in my own house. His Honour—And very naturally. I think plaintiff has acted with great forbearance, and he is fully entitled to the verdict in this case. Verdict for plaintiff, who declined to accept any costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROTJGJI-STREET. STEALING A JEWELLED VINAIGRETTE.—WiIIiam West, a young man described as a painter, living in East-street, Manchester-square, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing an antique gold and jewelled vinaigrette, the pro perty of Colonel Francis Mountjoy Martyn, of 33, Ber keley-square. Caroline Baldwin, servant to Mr. William Swindell, of the Tottenham-court-road, said that yesterday afternoon the prisoner showed her the vinaigrette, stating that he had picked it up in Portman-square. lie said he did not know whether it was gold, and asked her to take it to a shop and see, and she did so, when the person detained her and took her to the police-station, where she stated how it came into her possession. Caroline Galsworthy, lady's maid in the family of Col. Mountjoy Martyn, deposed that on Tuesday she replaced the vinaigrette on a table in the drawing-room after it had been cleaned by a person from Messrs. Storr and Morti mer's. Yesterday the: prisoner was engaged at the house in replacing the window blinds. Wm. Penton, assistant to Mr. Lawley, pawnbroker, of South-street, Manchester-squarc, said that on the vinai grette being presented to him by the first witness he ques tioned her, and then took her to the police station. The value of the vinaigrette was £lO, but it cost a great deal more. Police-constable George King, 76 D, a plain-clothes officer, said the prisoner told him that he found the vinai grette opposite the door of a house in Danes-street, and on asking him where he had been at work, he said at 19, Ber keley-square. He (King) then made inquiries, and after wards apprehended the prisoner, when he again denied stealing the article. Having been cautioned by Mr. Yardley, the prisoner said that all he bad to say was that he found the vinaigrette on the street. Mr. Yardley committed him for trial. WESTMINSTER. WILFUL DAMAGE.—Arthur Glove; a boy about nine years of age, was charged with wilfully damaging some potatoes, belonging to a porter on the Brighton Railway. Robert Lilley, complainant, said he was allowed by the company a plot of ground on the site of the embankment near the railway bridge over the Thames at Battersea. He had gone to some expense last year in sowing potatoes, and they had been oonsidorably damaged by boys. A fortnight ago six rows were pulled up. He watched the plot to find an offender. The embankment was enclosed by a sift. fence, and the prisoner must have climbed over it. Witness saw him yesterday evening pulling up whole rows of the potatoes, and seized him. Two he found in his pocket, and a third he threw away, at the same time deny ing that he had done the damage, although the wood was lying at his feet. Ho was taken irtto custody, and although another patato was found he still pdrsisted that he had not touched them. The boy said, when asked by the magistrate, that he found the potatoes at Battersea. Tho parents said he would not go to sohocl, and they could do nothing with him. Ile used to be a good boy, but had got into bad company. Prisoner said ho was looking for his shoe, and it was stated that he only had one on. Mr. Arnold said he should have sent him to a reforma tory had he been there before, but as this was his first offence he should fine him 35., and 2s. the value of the potatoes, or ho would be committed for seven days. Ho was committed. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY BltOlitlt'S CIIARGES.-Mr. Branwell, solicitor of Basinghall-street, applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons against a broker named Thompson for making excessive charges, Ititich the solicitor said were as extra ordinary as they were amusing. Mr. Branwell framed his application under the Ist and 2d sections of the Act 57th Geo. M., cap. 93. A gentle man darned Duman), the owner of house property, em ployed a broker named Thomson to recover three sums of 155., £3 10s., and £2 ss. 61, from three tenants for rent in arrear. The broker had to recover the money by dis tress and seizure of the goods, and charged the tenants the expenses of each seizure, which wore paid, but in addition to this ho charged Mr. Durnam £3 145., and among those charges were 10s. for r3freshments, 15s. for the services of six men, and only three were actually em ployed ; van and man, 55.; police, 45.; and other items. All the charges were decidedly illegal, and tiro broker had no right to make them. Mr. Partridge doubted whether he had power to inter fere in a case between landlord and broker, Mr. Branwell said the words "landlord and party or par ties aggrieved " were mentioned in the Act of Parliament, and the magistrate most decidedly had jurisdiction, The (Left speaking.) THE DERBY TRAFFIC.—The total number ,of passengers carried to and fro on the Brighton Com pany's new Epsom line on the Derby Day was 52,498 ; the number by the London and South Western was somewhat less. Arrangements were made for running trains direct from the London and North Western and Great Western to the new Epsom Station, and accommodation was provided for a much larger number of passengers than availed them selves of this through route. THIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'C:LocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANCHESTER RACES--Tms DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRAFFORD HANDICAP. rloulsey r e ;suasion Brofti.li Pour ran. TWO--YEAR-OLD STAKES. • XI Belmont Oracle Six ran. TRADESMEN'S CUP. Cathedral Helen Nemo Five ran. CIIELMSFORD RACES—Tins DAY. ESSEX HANDICAP. Dawdle Veluti Dolphin Seven ran. GENTLEMEN'S PLATE. Vigil Camillus Freestone MEMBER'S PLATE Gem Bella. Eugenie The above are all the results wo had received up to the time of going to press. LADVERTISEMENTS.I " TAT TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, Landon, E.C. James Lowe, 157, Strand, London, executes commissions (by letter only) to any amount on receipt of cash. A list of the latest betting sent free to any part on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, Jura: S. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with the previous account : INCREASE. Cash in hand 3 1-20 millions. Commercial bills -5 „ Advances -5 „ Treasury balance Current accounts 7 7 7 DECREASE. Notes l4l millions. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. ROACH RIVER BILL. Mr. C. FORSTER moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. HUNT opposed the bill. He had no interest in it ; and did not know, until a few days since, where the river was. 'lt was, however, a small river in Essex. Several parties had rights to oyster beds there, while there were four miles of the river in which there were no pro prietary rights. The object of the bill was to incorporate a company to have a monopoly of cultivating the oysters there to the exclusion of those who had obtained a living by fishing there. He concluded that all such matters ought to be arranged for by a general bill. He moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. BRAMSTON said the bill had been well considered in the House of ',olds, where it had been passed. Mr. Cox opposed and Mr. WATLINGTON supported the bill. ' After some discussion the amendment was negatived. After some discussion the amendment was negatived, and the bill was read a second time. THE LATE FICTITIOUS SIGNATURES TO PETITIONS. Lor C. RUSSELL, the Sergeant-at-Arms, appeared on the floor of the house and said that in accordance with a warrant entrusted to him he arrested Powell Marshall and Henry Whitehead, and they were now in his custody. The warrant for the apprehension of George Morris Mitchell he had been unable to execute. Mr. HENNESSY presented petitions from Marshall and Whitehead expressing their contrition, and moved that they be discharged, especially as they had no money to pay the ices. Mr. C. FOSTER, as chairman of the committee, offered no objection to the motion: Sir. W. FRASER thought that if such light punishment were to be inflicted it would tend very much to increase their number. • Sir C. GREY said that the men were merely agents, and as they had been in custody a week, he thought the punish ment they had suffered was sufficient. The Motion was agreed to. LOTTERIES. Mr. VERNER inquired whether it was true that illegal lottery tickets had been circulated amongst the clerks in public departments. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that such tickets had come under his notice, but he did not be lieve that they were sent to clerks in the public depart month exclusively. Mr. VERNER . then asked whether the tickets had been circulated by the Irish constabulary. Sir R. PEEL said he believed they had not beed circu lated by the Irish constabulary, but they had been provided by them. IRISH COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. SCULLY inquired what information could be given relative to arrears of untaxed bill of costs in the taxing office of the Irish Court of Chancery. Mr. PEEL said that no information had been received by the Treasury on the matter, and no application had been made by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. WHITESIDE asked who had the appointment of the taxing master. Mr. PEEL said it rested with the Lord Chancellor. CONVOCATION. Mr. WHITESIDE inquired whether a licence had been granted to Convocation to alter a canon of the Church. Sir G. GREY said the Crown had not invited the con currence of Convocation. In the event of a licence being granted to alter the 36th Canon in accordance with the bill now before Parliament, it would imply no approval of what Convocation had already done. THE BIRTH OF A PRINCE, Sir G. GREY said that in consequence'of a happy event which had occurred since they last met, he had to propose `that an address be presented to her Majesty on the occa sion of the birth of a niuce, and assuring her Majesty of their devoted attachment to her person and family. Mr. DISRAELI, in seconding the motion, said the event could not be more gratifying to her Majesty than it was publicly and privately to her Majesty's subjects, The house then went into committee of supply. (LEFT SITTING.) Bank of England Return,•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t; cap. 32, for the week ending 12SUE DEP the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Juno 7, 1865. PARTMENT. Notes issued ........X29,510,025, Government Debt £I1,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,890,625 Silver Bullion .... 129,540,625 £29,510,615 e.oprietors' Capi tal 414.553.000 Lest eublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,480,0.5 Other Securities F1,712,510 Notes Gold and Silver 069,9,:0 Coin counts) 7,954,181 Other Deposits 13,357M33 Seven Day and other Bills 571,299 X1),5:i9,165 AY. MILLER, Chief Cashier. June 8, 1805. £39,539,165 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market a farthing to a halfpenny dearer. Sales probably about 15,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, June B.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. FAL3IOUTH, June 7.—Wind S.E. — Arrived—Capricioso, from Rio Janeiro. —Wind S..W.—Arrivecl—Bril liaOnt7frFoinymoginit,gtJne 6 Wellington, PORTSMOUTH, Jinni 7. - -Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ada, for Constantinople. NEWPORT, June 7.—Wind SM.—Sailed—Pride, for New York. COWES, June 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Saxonia, screw steamer, from New York. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. Gr..4.vEsExn, Thursday Morning. Arrived, June 7—Moldavian, from Swautwick; Jubilee, from Cnina. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, in tow—Edwin Fox, from Singapore, for London, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - - -ck•- MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. Sweetness... Well Done . Lady Bohun Lady Abbess ... Cremo 'Valli Helen Sprite , Asthore SELLING HANDICAP. Six ran. CITY HANDICAP. Six ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. 1 2 3 Six ran. CHELMSFORD RACES—THIS DAY. NURSERY HANDICAP. Mother of Pearl Madile. Cleopatra Arethusa --- • QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Sir Roger beat Quarantine MAIDEN PLAT E. Catherine Master Strutt Three ran. The Registration of Vot-rs, On Monday the new act of Parliament to amend the re gistration of county voters was printed, and has immediate operation. It will effect several important alterations in the law of registration and as to the duties of revising barris ters inthe next revision of the lists of counties, cities, and boroughs. On or before the 10th of June in every year the clerk of the peace is to deliver to • the overseers of every parish in the county his precept according to the form now printed, with the forms of notices, list, and copies of the register in the principal act mentioned. The clerk tf the peace is to transmit to the overseer of every parish copies of the part of the register relating to each parish ; and the overseers, on or before the 20th of June, are to publish the register as provided on the church doors, and the same is to be removed not later the 20th of July. In future the 20th August, instead of the 25th, is to be the last day for giving notices of objections ; and the Ist of September, instead of the 29th August, is to be the last day for the overseers to deliver to the clerks of the peace the papers mentioned in the ninth section of the principal act. One of the most im portant alterations now made is that the grounds of objec tion are to be specified in the notice given. "No person objected to under the provisions of this act shall be re quired to give evidence before the revising barrister in support of his right to bo registered, otherwise than as such right shall be called in question in such ground or grounds of objection. Each ground is to be treated by the revising barrister as a separate ground of objection. Voters changing their abodes and objected to may make a declaration, and transmit the same to the clerk of the peace on or before Sept. 14. No lists of voters for a county are to be revised before Sept. 20. Costs to £5 and not 20s. may be awarded by the barrister. The revising barrister is to read "audibly in open court" the names expunged and the names inserted. He is empowered to order the removal of persons interrupting the proceedings of his court, and a policeman is to attend the sittings to keep order. The word "value" in an objection is to mean the amount of rental. Tho net will forthwith make various alterations in the re- FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 7 o'CLocK. visions. Desperato Encounter with Garotters. At the Chesterfield Police-court on Monday, before Mr J. B. White, Mayor, Dr. Black, and Mr. G. Heathcote, two blackguard-looking fellows, named Walter White, alias Bodney, joiner, and William Hood, collier, were charged with violently assaulting and garotting Mr. J. E. Roberts, postmaster, Chesterfield, a gentleman about sft. 3in. high. The desperate encounter will be best explained by the evi dence of Mr. Roberts, who deposed—l reside at Spital, about a mile from Chesterfield, and left the Chesterfield post-office about half-past ten on Saturday night last to go home. I reached the Horse Croft about five minutes after wards. I had a little boy with mo carrying a parcel. When about the middle of the field I heard footsteps behind me, and tho prisoner White put his arm round my neck to garotte me. He pulled me tothe ground by the throat, and I recovered myself and knocked him down with my fist. I had no weapon. I got my knee on his chest and got hold of his throat with both hands. The other prisoner came up and knocked me off him, and ho gave me a blow on the head, from the effects of which I fell. I immediately got up and had a struggle with the prisoner Hood. I then had them in front of me, and they both attacked me. I felt in my pocket for a knife, but I had only a small Gd. one. I threatened to put 'a knife into them if they came at me again. I received a bruise on the forehead and the scratch on my face during the scuffle. They came at mo again and I dragged them both to the ground. Hood got on the top of me and forced his knee into my throat with all his weight, which rendered me powerless. I was kept in this position white White ransacked my pockets, - and they tore my trousers. After they had done this they gave me about 20 or 30 blows with their fists; and Hood took a running kick at my head, but I received the blow on the shoulder. They did not speak a word all the time. The boy ran away after Hood had had hold of him, and he left his cap. The prisoners then ran away, and I followed them towards the town. They stopped short and came at me again, but I turned towards home and they escaped. I bad left all my money at the post-office, and had not a single article upon me besides the pocket-knife which they took. In about half an hour I returned to Chesterfield and gave informa tion to the Chesterfield police. The boy Spooner identified White, but could not positively swear to Hood. Henry Baskin saw White and a man like Hood in the field a quarter of an hour before the robbery. White was appre hended in the town at twelve o'clock, Hood at his father's house at four o'clock on Sunday morning. The prisoners were committed for trial at the next Derby assizes. They were afterwards charged with stealing 2s. from a little boy, a short distance from the same place on the same night, and they were committed on this charge also. The Crops in Yorkshire, ~-- The effects of the drought last year, and the scarcity of fodder last winter, intensified by the backward spring, have now passed away, and except in the price of stock the farmer is tolerably well off again. Tho crops are all looking well. The warmth and moisture of April and May have advanced the clovers and grass so fast that the hay harvest will certainly commence in ten or twelve days, or about a week earlier than usual. Some of the crops are so heavy that they wore laid by the thunder-storm of last week, and will consequently require cutting at once. Throughout last season the great complaint of the farmer was scarcity of meat and dearness of keep generally ; this year he has to lament the high price of stock and its comparative scarcity. Last season the drought neces sitated the sale of many half-fed animals, and stores have been much reduced during winter. The same cause led to the short supply of stock in the markets during the spring, and what is even now offered is comparatively poor and enormously dear. There are very few farmers who have a full complement of stock, and although well-conditioned cattle aro readily bought, prices generally deter farmers from buying ; from this cause alone many go to market buyers, but return without a purchase. The effect will be that there will be a very large mowing of hay and a corre sponding dearness in the price of butcher's meat. Tho cereal crops are very healthy. Probably in no former sea son were the extremes of good and bad more apparent. On poor pastures and on half crops of turnips the corn is wiry and light, although healthy, but on lands where oilcake has been liberally given as the full complement of stock has been grazed, the crops are decidedly heavy. Although the winter was so severe, the late forcing weather has so pushed on the corn crops that harvest is generally looked for in August. Rye is fully shot, and wheats are rapidly running up into ear. There are considerable complaints about the prevalence of fly. upon the early-sown turnip; but only a few cases of re-sowing are noticed, and the general crop is being got in in splendid season. A very large breadth of po tatoes has been planted, but mangold-wurzel has almost entirely gone out of use. ARMSTRONG AND WIIITWORTIL—The report of the Armstrong and Whitworth Committee (whose proceedings would appear interminable), which we have already noticed, was based upon the experiments with the field guns. That report, as we stated, somewhat inclined towards the Whitworth principle, and was referred to the consideration of throe distinguished artillery officers. The terms of the report of the committee conveyed to the minds of the authorities to whom it was submitted a stronger bias in favour of the Whitworth gun than the framers of the report intended. The committee is still continuing its ex periments with the 70-pounders, and these will not ha con cluded for several weeks. They go far to alter even the modified opinion of the last report, and are substantially in favour of Sir William Armstrong's system. No final decision could ever be expected from a competition between two systems only when so many inventors are in the field; but the experience gained will be of immense value, and will, with trials that are being carried on at Shoeburyness, within no lengthened period give data to the scientific men at the head of the manufacturing departMents at Woolwich for producing a gun combining to the greatest degree the practical advantages obtained by a detailed labour and expense which no other country has yet attempted. We may also mention that Major Palliser's labours in the im provement of rifled ordnance have met with so much success that Sir William Armstrong is considering how far the system which he suggests is capable of practical adaptation.—The Owl. CARDIFF, June 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—A. 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