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Daily attendance at Whitefriargnte, Hull ; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-para..e, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. *.. No connection with any one of the same mime. -which have guided his public life —" essentially Conservative as regards the main institutions of the country, essentially reformatory wherever practical improvement can be wisely effected—remain un changed." It may fairly be questioned if the right hon. baronet is not in reality a better Reformer I than more pretentious and fair seeming ones ; he has the merit of consistency, and he is not led away by the speeches of demagogues and the shuffling expedients of the day. The greatest im provements are not those which are either effected in haste or delayed as long as possible, and then agreed to at the eleventh hour, through sheer necessity. Sir E. B. LYrroN has come forward with spirit, and both in his address and speech -showed no re luctance to enter on the contest at the election, or backwardness in applying himself to the onerous duties that will await the new Parliament. It would be well if more among the candidates would display that fair estimate of their opponents, and that desire to maintain good-will that distinguished the speech of the right hon. baronet on Saturday. Bitterness of feeling and party spirit carried to ex cess are quite out of character in the present day— the intelligence of the age has pronounced against them, and it is to be hoped that, so far as possible, all such unseemly exhibitions may be avoided in the approaching elections. Mr. BAINES has issued his address to the electors of Leeds, and speaks out boldly and decidedly in support of his views. The advice which is tendered by this energetic Reformer is wise and sound, and many time-servers and prejudiced politicians will do well to pay heed to it. Mr. BAINES winds up his remarks with this impressive passage—" The object of every friend of his country should be to admit, not in a grudging spirit, but with a hearty welcome, the educated, provident, and industrious portion of the working class to the franchise, and thus to bind them heart and soul to the maintenance of the laws and Constitu tion." At the time of the Reform Bill being passed many regretted that they had not listened earlier to the words of warning which had been given to them by the present observers and far-seeing judges. It appears probable that there will be a sharp contest for Oxford University, and both Mr. Gladstone and his opponent are on the alert. Notwithstanding much that finds disfavour in his acts and speeches, many will regret if the University is no longer represented by one so bril liant as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it is appropriate that Oxford should send to Parliament so distinguished a scholar. Sir FITZROY KELLY'S address is a very smart one, and tells some home truths that those in office will not much relish. It cannot be but that the common sense of the community must be awakened to the shortcomings of our present Cabinet, and the one potent spell of being a supporter of Lord PALMERSTON will lose its charm and influence. Sir F. KELLY denounces, in appropriate language, the policy of Earl RUSSELL in deluding weak nations with the hope of support and then leaving them to the mercy of their foes. Ministers are very much mistaken if they think that the retrospect of their foreign policy will not be most damaging to them on the hustings, while their truckling conduct in domestic affairs will cover with shame and reproach. At this time of the year speculations as to the prospects of the harvest begin to be rife. The matter is so important to all classes of the commu nity, and depends so much upon causes entirely beyond our control, that there is good reason for anxiety and watchfulness. Englishmen generally find plenty to say about the weather all the year round, and what our insular awkwardness and re serve would do without the assistance of the meteo rological changes to help us over the difficulties of a first introduction, a casual meeting, or the enforced companionship of a journey, it is difficult to imagine. But if the alternate frost and thaw of the winter and the varying sun and rain of the spring serve to occupy our idle moments, when the year moves on to summer time the matter grows really interesting, and town and country alike look at the midsummer skies with watchful eagerness. A few years back we had a thoroughly wet summer, a summer whose damp and gloomy days were but too well remem bered in the scarcity of the winter. Then again, in 1863, we had a glowing season, which filled our barns and granaries, and gladdened the hearts of the poor. Last year was a singular specimen of the variations of the English climate. It was dry, so dry that the evaporation of the rain in falling a ,few feet made a perceptible difference to the meteo rologist, and yet so cold that the average summer heat was not reached. The dryness produced a sensible effect upon the turnip crop, which was of a very inferior quality. The combined dry ness and dullness of the year was, however, more seriously felt in its effect on the hay harvest, and the deficiency is this and the turnips made cattle provender so dear and scarce that the price of meat rose to a terrible height. It is therefore no small satisfaction to find the prospects of the haymakers as yet very good. They have no lack:of sunshine to complain of; and the rain for which they have begun to sigh is apparently at hand. Hay Making in Wales has already become general, and the crops give hopes of being far superior to those of last year. In some parts of South Wales the wheat is in full ear, and the barley and oats are thriving. - in other parts of the country, too, there are favourable indications, and we mayyeasonably hope for a fair harvest— that great Wan to the working millions. With the present highirja. of lodging, which is more likely to augment thaalist. climinish, the price of bread— always important ttrthe poor+grows doubly in con sideration. There is, therefore, ground for thankful ness in the prospects of the year ; and we hope that a few seasonable showers will speedily - remove the only present cause for anxiety. The annual dinner of the Social Science-Associa tion, which took place on Saturday evening, 'pos.. sessed some features of interest. It was rather a celebration on behalf of the Society for the_Am.end ment of the Law, which is now incorporated with the larger Association, than a mere general assem bly, and the presence of Lord BROUGHAM, the great law reformer, and the venerable president of both Societies, gave it especial importance. The noble lord, in giving the toast of the evening, "The Prosperity of the United Societies," took occasion to remark upon the important law reforms which had been carried this session. The concentration of the law courts was a measure which the veteran president himself advocated many years back ; but, like other reforms, it has taken many long years to effect. Another measure which Lord BROUGHAM warmly approved of was the extension of equitable jurisdiction to county courts, without which the constitution of those courts was lamentably de ficient. Sir FITZROY KELLY, in speaking on the same subject, remarked upon the great services which Lord BROUGHA3I himself had rendered in the good cause. Thirty years ago he made a speech advocating certain reforms in the law, which at the time met with strenuous opposi tion. The greater lawyers part of the Jud g es an d other influential were opposed to those reforms in toto, yet after the lapse of many years the changes recommended by Lord BROUGIIII3f in prin. iples which he 1828 became law. One of the HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 4h. Om.—Afternoon, 4h. 22m To-Moititow.-Morning, 4h. 44m.--Afternoon, sh. Om ~E~~ ~''''- U lt. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1865. Election addresses and speeches are now the order of the day, and it is a curious and interesting study to mark the nice distinctions without a differ ence that exist in some quarters. The fact is there is very little for any one to say, however anxious they may be to distinguish themselves. Ministers are showing an extraordinary eagerness to get to the country and send their friends there, and in order to effect their purpose they are resorting to strange expedients,:and employing divers tactics, which surprise all who observe them. The white bait dinner, which has long been considered an esta blished custom, is this nix to be abandoned, for no practical reason that any one can see, and altogether the arrangements in official quarters are more pecu liar than promising. None of the Ministers have as yet issued their addresses, and some surprise has been expressed at Lord PAL3IERSTON'S reticence. The truth is, that if better things could be said we should see more alertness to come forward ; but what have these champions of Reform and zealous upholders of our character and influence abroad to say for themselves? When the Conservatives were so unscrupulously and unceremoniously hurried from office in 1859 the public were sedulously informed that there were two important reasons why the present Government should be installed in office, and these were that Reform should be vigorously dealt with, and that our foreign policy should be more skilfully administered. Whatever the most zealous supporterand most adroit apologist for Ministers may say on these subjects, re form has been abandoned, and as for foreign affairs, this country has seldom if ever been in a more dis graceful position. As for the pretext that was skil fully put forward that the late Government had too much leaning to Austria, what has become of the present one ? , Have not political faith, national . honour, and public feeling been trampled down, in order to secure to the German Powers their utmost desires and fullest realisation of unlawful schemes. While, if we look to what has taken place beyond the Atlantic, may we not affirm that great injury has been done to the cause of humanity by the supine course that our Ministers have taken in some cases, and the partial and prejudiced manner in which they have acted in others. Even now the end is not seen, for by their refusal to protest against the savage and virulent demeanour of the Federals, they may be losing a chance of preventing a great crime being Perpetrated, and tacitly agree ing to a cruel wrong and inj us ti ce. The constituencies had better not suffer them selves to be deceived by the specious pleas that m ay be put in at the approaching elections, but take time to consider how badly the promises have been kept that were made so prolifically at the last general election, and what misuse has bee n made of the opportunities that have since presented themselves by those then so clamorous for office and so captious and critical concerning the short comings, real and imaginary, of their opponents. Among those whose position may be envied is Sir J. PARINGTON. The right hon. baronet has sat for ~Droitwich for upwards of a quarter of a century, there is no chance of hia.rc-election being opposed. His address is simple and straightforward, which is.eminently characteristic, and accords well with all that is known. of his career, politically and officially. Sir Joim observes that the principles rnE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1865. then advocated is now universally admitted—the permission for the principal parties to a suit to give evidence respecting it. Lord BROUGHAM and Sir F. KELLY are both anxious to extend this principle still further, and to admit it in criminal as well as in civic cases. But as Sir FITZROY KELLY reminded his hearers, it is difficult to estimate the immense obstacles in the way of the reformer, whether social or legal. Interested opposition is always strong and persevering, while there are num bers of cautious or indolent men who dislike change and innovation of every kind. There are some minds with whom as a late poet finely says— " Oppression has grown sacred in its venerable wrong," and men who have occupied an official po sition for a good many years are apt to grow fet tered by the prejudices inseparable from their posi tion. Red-tapism unconsciously influences them, and the dislike which they feel to every proposed change arises quite as much from a reluc tance to interfere with the established order of things as from any real or apparent danger in the change itself. This renders it very difficult for the law reformer to proceed, since, as Sir F. KELLY pointed out, any such reform was usually referred to the judges for their opinion, and the judges as a body were almost always averse to a change in the administration of justice. In the way of social and political reforms, too, there are often very embarrassing obstacles to surmount, and rapid progress cannot always be looked for; still steady and unflinching perseverance will usually carry all before it. We are glad to find Lord BROUGHAM supporting his old reputation as a poli tician by boldly advocating the extension of the franchise, especially in the direction of the skilled artisans. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, June 23. Marshal O'Donnell delivered the following address yesterday in the Congress : Gentlemen Deputies,--• Called by the will of her Majesty to occupy this position, I believe it to be my first duty to state my political programme to the national representation. The first thing done by the Government, gentle men, is to hoist this flag. The Ministry belong to the Liberal Union, but are conciliatory, and desire to see around them Liberals attached to the country and its institutions. The Ministry not only desire that this may take place, with all the detached fractions of the Liberal Union, but will accept with pleasure the support of all the individuals of these Chambers who may wish to array themselves under the banner of their party. The Ministry have no idea of exclusiveness. The programme of the Government, gentlemen, is already determined. The Government have re solved to settle all questions arising in this house in accordance with the proposals they have made from these benches. There are three serious questions to be settled with regard to home policy. The first is the ques tion of the press. The Government declare that they withdraw from the other legislative body the two bills brought forward by the former Cabinet. They consider that the present press -law satisfies all necessities, being accompanied by the establish ment of the jury, which ought to be the tribunal of the press. The Government have decided to act as follows : common offences, under which category are those committed against the fundamental bases of Spanish society, may be and will be tried by the ordinary tribunals. As regards special offences of the press, the Government believe that the jury will be sufficient to repress them as well as to protect their liberty of writing. I now come to the question of the electoral law. The present law, gentlemen, not only in the opinion of him who has the honour to address you, but in the opinion of all, has unfortunately fallen into complete discredit. This is a matter upon which all parties agree. The Government hold the same opinion ; and wishing to render the legal contest open to all parties, to enable them to come here and advocate their doctrines in entire liberty, and de siring also that that those obtaining the majority of votes in the country should be those to represent it, the Government will immediately request authorisa tion to bring forward a bill adopting the principle of large electoral circumscriptions—the elections taking place by provinces and the qualification being reduced one-half. In this bill also the Government have endeavoured to combine all they consider necessary, and every possible precaution in order to avoid abuses of power, and to render the elections really free, so that all the electors may give their votes without being exposed to any sort of constraint. Relative to the question of ecclesiastical liquida tion, the Government believe that great resources still exist in the country to carry out all the public works and other means of development of which Spain stands in need. These measures consist in ecclesiastical liquidation. The Government have resolved to effect this liquidation with the greatest activity, in order to carry out the compact concluded between the civil and ecclesiastical powers. In foreign questions the Government will endea vour to preserve the good relations now existing between Spain and the other nations of the world, doing everything upon all occasions to maintain the dignity and independence of the Spanish nation. A grave question, gentlemen, to which I must call your attention is that of Italy. The Government consider that the time has now come to take a de cided course in this question. They believe that without prejudicing the interests of Catholicism, a resolution can be taken consonant with the _ideas and interests of Spain, considered as an European and constitutionally governed nation. Finally, with regard to the interesting questionof public order, the Congress is aware that the Mi nistry have come to power under grave and difficult circumstances. It is not I who say this, you have heard it froin the lips of those who sat in these benches, and the same idea has been expressed in the preamble of the bills recently brought forwar4 by the preceding Cabinet. Nevertheless the Go vernment assure the Congress that they fear no thing for public order, that they believe they have the means of maintaining it, and that to uphold the law they will employ no other means than the law. LITERATURE, Charles Dickens's Serial Story, Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens. No. XIV. Chapman and Hall. Since the first appearance thirty years ago of our Great Humorist, the Greatest of all our Humorists, then a very young man—since his first memorable appearance as the author of what, all things considered, we must still regard as the most humorous book he has ever written, the im mortal " Pickwick," his audiences, work after work, have been perpetually increasing in number. Each successive book he has produced since then has had a wider and a wider circulation. He has mentioned this pretty frankly, indeed, once or twice, in his later prefaces. And, that the fact should have been so is only precisely what might reasonably enough have been predicted. The circulation of a new serial story by Charles Dickens is a thing quite apart and exceptional. There is no sort of parallel to it in the annals of light literature. Coupled with the rare originality of his own genius, he was himself the originator of the system of the shilling monthly serial illustrated. Since the first issue in that form of " The. Pickwick Club," he has proved, himself to be, in the mere circulation of his books, beyond the reach of competition. Story after story— and he has written now altogether some thirteen or fourteen elaborate works of fiction—has proved as distinctly beyond its predecessors in the extent of its circulation, as the enlarging rings in the grain of the trunk of a growing oak, or as the expanding circles upon the surface of water that has been moved by the dropping of a pebble into it. Apart from this customary advance beyond any ono among its re markable predecessors, the current serial story now in its fourteenth number, " Our Mutual Friend," to wit, has secured to itself a peculiar, and we be lieve an unprecedented evidence of its author's increasing popularity beyond the limits of the language in which he writes beyond the boundary line of our own empire whether insular or colonial. Our Mutual Friend" appearing, now, long before its completion, in a serial form, translated into French, as the feuilleton of a Paris newspaper 1 L'Ami Commun appearing in this way, at uncer tain intervals, chapter by chapter, at the bottom of the front page of our Parisian contemporary L'Opinion Nationale. The translator—who acts in that capacity " avec autorishtion de l'autour"—is Madame Henriette Loreau, a lady who, it should be said, is doing her part, alto gether, as an idiomatic interpreter, very cre ditably. This is a fresh, and, we believe, an un exampled, certainly in any case, a very signal attestation of the firm hold acquired, even, so to speak, through the gauntlet of a trans lation--the sensitive and vigorous hold acquired by our author upon his new world of readers over yonder in France. The fourteenth number of _ _ " Our Mutual Friend"—in the original—the present number, that is, for this month of June, is chiefly re markable, by reason of the very noticeable advance made within its four chapters in the general develop ment of the plot. After reading it, much of the be wildering haze and mist hitherto enveloping the plot, seems to be so far clearing away, that while we re cognise more distinctly than ever, the complication and elaboration and manifold intricacies of its machinery, we nevertheless apprehend with more accuracy than has been in any way possible to us hitherto, the relative bearing, so to speak, upon one another, of its constituent parts. "In the Dark" is the sig nificant title of a chapter relating to us, as Dickens alone could so relate it, a conversation held at midnight in the London Streets, between the in furiated and malignant rival of Eugene Wrayburn, the Schoolmaster, Bradley Headstone, and that Honest Man who earns his living by the sweat of his brow, one of the most original of our author's creations, Rogue Riderhood. His indignant way of explaining himself to Bradley when the latter is bewildered for the moment by Riderhood's talk about " T'other Governor" can anything in its way, be more whimsically ridiculous ? " Why, look here," hooking his proposition on his left hand fingers with the forefinger of his right, " There's two Governor's, ain't there ? One and one, two—Lawyer Lightwood, my first finger, he's one, ain't he ? Well ; might you be acquainted with my middle finger, the T'other 2" His indignation afterwards, when avowing his in tention " to have the law of a busted b'low-bridge steamer which drownded of him"—declaring " I " ain't agoing to be drownded and not paid for it !" —is equally comic. Bradley looking at him, while he talks thus, as if he were claiming to a Ghost— and, doubtless, not the less intently when Mr. Rider hood crowns all by saying, " I mean to be paid for the life as the steamer took !" The apparently trivial and quite casual circumstance of this same Mr. Riderhood stumbling thus across the pathway of Bradley Headstone, gives promise of the knitting together of two threads of the narrative hitherto wholly apart from one another. And the same might be remarked in reference to the incident closing the last of the four chapters in this new number—a very important chapter, so far as relates to the plot of the story, achapter M r . " . Wegg prepares a Grindstonewhimsically for Al r entitled .Boffin's nose"—the said Boffin " that foxey old grasper and griper," as the literary man with a wooden leg gratefully dubs him, being brought there at the close of that chapter, in other words at the very end of this current number of " Our Mutual Friend," face to face with the earissima sposa of Alfred Laramie, or as we may surely call her, if only on the strength of her pearl powder, the fair Sophronia. Boffin's being secreted by Venus, very hurriedly, behind the smile of the crocodile, when they are suddenly surprised by the approach selfish old rascal Wegg, is n laughable incidents in the whole o eof th o f e most that odiously number—'.'"Get your head well behind his smile, Mr. Boffin, and you'll be comfortable there ; you'll find plenty of room behind his smile. He's a little dusty, but he's very like you in tone. Are you right, Sir ?" The rascality of that old vagabond Wegg is brought out more than ever with strong - relief to the vivid apprehension and appreciation at last, even of his benefactor, the Golden Dustman. Out of ' this circumstance alone we begin to have glimmerings of what it May all come to—though the miserly demonstrations of the once open-handed, open-hearted Boffin still remain—to say the least of them problematical ! Intermediately between these chapters, the first' and the last in this four teenth number of Our Mutual Friend," there are othet_ two not yetTarticularised—chapters each of these wonderfully elaborated in the humour of the dialogue— in fact, hardly do we know in which of the two the more effectively. One is entitled " Meaning Mischief,"—What Hamlet, the Dane, calls Miching Malecho_the other taking as its heading, the old proverb, " Give a dog a bad name and hang him !" The former relates, with inimit able whimsicality in every minute touch of it, a confabulation between Sophronia and Alfred Lammle (betwitching creatures ! prospective claimants surely for the Flitch of Dunmow !) fol lowed up by an equally amusing interview between Alfred and that other delightfulinnocent, Fledgeby ! The upshot of this being the most delectable of non - sequiturs a new ill us tration of the biter bit. As to the pennultimate chapter in the number, it tends more vividly than ever to realise to us the double-dealing of that whiskerless mouser ---the smooth-cheeked and close fisted principal of Pubsey and Co., usurers and bill discounters, and takers-in generally. Mr. Fledgeby, revealing more plainly than ever, his rare powers of most despicable dissimulation indiscriminately upon every one who approaches him, whether it be a person as conventionally innocent, as poor little Twemlow, a keen-witted atom such as the Doll's Dressmaker, or such ruddled old black-sheep of society as the gentle-minded Lammle and his unsophisticated Sophronia. Altogether, while we are thus getting deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of the plot, we begin to catch glimpses here and there of that central goal, or heart of the maze, towards which we are now only too rapidly approaching. THERE WILL BE NO MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DINNER at Greenwich this year, says the Observer, in con sequence of the probable absence of many members of the Government in the Lower . House, the business of the see-. Aiwa in the souse of Commons being virtually over. MARKETS—This Day. FRANCE, BOURSE, June 24.—Although the rates of the chief Securities have experienced no material modi fication, the markets to-day have shown less activity than has prevailed during the past two or three days. Threes, for Account, have slightly receded, and are now quoted at 66fr. 42ic. Mexican New Loan has also been done on somewhat lower terms —the present rate being 331 fr. 25c. Italian Five per Cents. are unchanged at 66fr. 80c. The depres sion which existed during the earlier hours has continued to the close, and in many instances prices show a further reduction. The following were the last quotations:— ti- per Cents 95 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 66 30 Do. end month 66 35 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3600 Credit Foncier 1255 Italian Loan 66 80 Do. end month 66 70 Ditto Threes New Mexican Do: Bonds 330 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Roman 73 25 RAIL' 'AYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lO7O ... 1068 75 Lyons and Mediterranean B3B 75 ... 837 50 Southern 575 ... 578 75 Western 522 50 ... 525 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 486 25 ... 487 50 North of Spain l7B 75 ... 182 50 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 145 ... 145 MARK-LANE. The wheat trade in the county markets held on Satur day was firm, and previous quotations were well supported. For barley, oats, beans, and peas, the supplies of which on sale were limited, the market was steady, at extreme rates. There was a fair demand for flour, at late prices. On the continent, the wheat trade is somewhat firmer, and all descriptions of spring corn support previous quota tions. At New York, both wheat and flour are in limited request, on European account. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain, wero very small. The imports from abroad were limited—they consisted of 4,945 quarters of wheat, 13,690 barley, 14,203 oats, 1,725 beans, 283 pens, 7,599 linseed, 5,957 oilseed, 10 maize, 106 sundry seeds, and 670 sacks of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were very moderate both from Essex and Kent, but the condition of the produce was good. The limited re ceipts last week both of English and foreign produce, as well as the small number of Irish samples on the stands this morning, induced factors to hold all qualities at an advance in price, as compared with Monday last, of 2s. per quarter. Sales, in consequence, progressed slowly. Nevertheless, a fair clearance of the supply was effected at an improvement in value from this day se'nnight of is. per quarter. There was a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the stands. Holders and importers, both of American and continental produce, were very firm in their demands, and although the market was by no means active, prices, as regards good and fine qualities, were ls. per quarter higher than on Monday last. About an average supply of oats was on the stands. There was a good demand for all descriptions, and an improvement of ls. per quarter took place in prices, as compared with Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, and the quotations had an upward tendency. The supply of English barley on sale was small, of foreign moderate. The trade was firm, and good and flue qualities sold readily at ls. advance. Only a moderate business was transacted in malt at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 43s Ditto, 1868 Ditto, white, 1863 iSs 48$ Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 ... 47s 54. Rye— 26. 28s Barley—Grinding 23s 26s Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s4s 61s Brown ___ 47s 50s Kingstown and Ware . 648 fie Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh„4 eeding. 19s 238 - Potato. ' "Vs • ' V6B Youghal and Cork, Wick ' Cork, white , Scotch, Feeding ... 17s 2'28 Beans—Tick Pigeons, - ~.....:.,..., - 3BB 44 8 • Peas—Grey. ' , .. • 1 / 4 - - - 138 36s Maple - White -37 s 4)8 ; Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2BB 30s Stockton and Norfolk 26s 28s American, per barrel 238 26s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large supply of foreign stock here, to-day, in fair condition. Sales, consequently, progressed slowly, on lower terms. Some of the German sheep sold as low 225. each. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were on the increase, and of improved quality. Those from Ireland and Scotland were limited. All breeds met a dull inquiry, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. A few very superior Scots and crosses sold at 58., but the general top figure was 4s. 10d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,200 Scots, ; from Lincolnshire and Leices tershire 1,000 short-horns; from other parts of England, 150 various breeds; from Scotland, 225 Scot; &c.; and from Ireland, 70 oxen and heifers. With English sheep we were tolerably well supplied, and there was a decided improvement in the general quality. The demand for all breeds was heavy, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. Prime Downs and half-br eds sold at ss. 8d to ss. 10d.—in some instances at 6s. per 81bs. There was a fair average number of lambs in the pens ; whilst the lamb trade was heavy, at barely late rates—viz. from 6s. to 7s. 6d. per Blbs. The show of calves was good, and the demand for them was very inactive, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. Prices ranged from 4s. to ss. per Blbs. Pigs moved off heavily, on lower terms. Per 81b to sink the offal. s dell s d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 63 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 6 second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime b'thnown ..0.5 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 6 4 8 La ge coarse calvcs.4 0 4 6 Prime Scuts, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Pr me small do .....4 8 5 11 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 6 Large hogs .3 8 4 2 second quality do ..4 4 5 0 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Lambs....6B Od to 7s 6d. Suckling calves, 19s to 2:s; and quarter-old store pigs, tOJ to 26s each. _ _ _ Head of stock on sale Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 2 3SO Beasts - - 5,180 Cows .. sheep and lambs 34,200 Calves 447 Cows. Sheep and lambs Ca yes 399 Pigs 370 !Pigs 2O The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 17,919 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 11,956 ; in 1863, 10,440 ; in 1862, 12,709 ; in 1861, 6,921 ; and in 1860, 7,755 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Antwerp Boulogne — ... 310 Bremen B7 ... 139 Calais ,.. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 7 ... ~ 154 ... 16 ... ... 23 ... 30 Cadiz ... ... ... ... Dordt. Aarhuus Gothamburg Hamburg Harlingen 326 ... 1408 ... 107 ... 274 Oporto Ostend 63 10 44 ... Rotterdam 1513 ... 5016 ...1837 ... 940 211 Copenhagen Dunkirk '-'' ••• Total: 2587 ...10,485 ... 1902 ...1147 ...1798 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Juno 27, 1864, and this day, Monday, June 26, 1865. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. June 27, June 26, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 sto 3 8 3 6to 3 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5 0 5 2 6 0 7 6 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 8 4 S & 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 4 4 8 Beasts 4,580 . 4,290 Sheep 26,890 18,050 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES oN SALE, June 29, 1863.—Beasts, 4,330 — sheep and lambs, 24,340—calves, 399—pigs, 310. June 30, 1862—Beasts, 3,B2o 7 —sheep and lambs, 21,180 —calves, 237—pigs, 475. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of town and country-killed meat on sale has somewhat increased, and the trade is quieter, at our quota- tions. tided Inferior mutton 4 2 4 8 Middling mutton 4 10 5 4 Prime do 5 6 5 10 Veal 3 10 4 8 Small pork. 4 8 5 ki to 7s Od. Per 81b by the earease. ad ad Inferior beef 3 4 3 8 Middling do. 3 8 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork... 3 8 4 6 Lamb, 6a 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is very moderate. Tho trade for all qualities rules firm, and both English and foreign produce commands the rates current on Monday last. The accounts from the Plantations continue favour able. There was no import into London last week. Mid and East Kent ..... 1008 to 190 s per CWt. Weald of Kent Sussex .. Yearlings loos to 130 s der hops —s to —s American —9 .o - BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year large supplies of bold potatoes are on sale. Good and Prime qualities are in fair demand, and prices rule firm, but inferior samples are a dull inquiry. The quotations range from 60s. to 120 s. per ton. New po tatoes are in moderate supply, and the demand for them rules steady. Jersey descriptions are selling at 6s to 10s, and foreign at 6s to 8s per cwt. Last week's imports were 210 baskets from Boulogne, 457 boxes from Marseilles, 117 baskets from Dunkirk, 45 baskets from Caen, 3,280 from Rotterdam, 123 boxes from Lisbon, and 49 tons from Jersey. Per to,. Yorkshire Regents Flukes Rocks .... 60s to 75s Scotch Regents. .... 6 s to loOs Rocks Dunbar Regents. Foreign a to —s tralia, 13,701 New Zealand, 2,439 Swan River, and 21,985 from the Cape of Good Hope. At the opening sales, prices —owing to the large quantity of produce in the market— declined from id to lid per lb ; but the reductions in the Bank rate of discount, and the Cape operations of French and Belgian buyers, caused more firmness subsequently to prevail, whilst an almost general improvement took place in the quotations. During the last ten days of the •sales, all good and fine wools sold at the full prices current at the close of sales, and faulty wools, as compared with the same period, at a reduction in value of id to ld per lb. The transactions of Continental buyers were large, nearly one-half of the quantity of wool offered having been taken by French and Belgian houses., The following prices were realised during the progress of the sales :—Australia— Fleeces—ls id to 2s 3d ; lambs', is ld. to is 10d ; scoured and•' handwashed, is ld to 2s 6d; unwashed, 7d to ls. Port Philip—Fleeces—ls 3d to 2s 4d ; lambs', is id to 2s 3d; scoured and handwashed, ls 2d to 2s 7d; unwashed, 7d to is 2d. Van Diemen's Land—Fleeces—ls 4d to 2s 2d ; lambs', 15 3d to 2s ld ; scoared, is 4d to 1 e 10d ; un washed, 7d to ls. South Australia—Fleeces—ls 3d to is 10d; lambs, is 3d to is 10d. Cm - rent prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces - South Down hoggets 1 8 194 Half-bred do 111 2 01 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethersi 8 1 9 Leice:ter do llO 1 lob Sorts Clothing 1 6 1 11 Combing 1 5 2 0 WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Saturday. The catalogues contained 159,426 bales, con sisting of 68,305 hales from Port Philip, 22,846 Sydney and Queensland, 4,351 Van Diemen's Land, 25,779 south Aus- LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JOHN HICKS. This bankrupt described himself as a dealer in horses of Shadwell, but he is better known as a pugilist. To-day was appointed for the order of discharge. Amongst the creditors are " Mr. James Mace," £33 6s. Bd. Mr. Aldridge asked the bankrupt why he had not filed his accounts. Bankrupt—l have been all round the country, to Bristol and elsewhere. His Honour—That is no reason why you should not file your accounts. Bankrupt—l went upon business to see if I could not get a fight on. His Honour—l don't understand him. Bankrupt—l wanted to fight some one. Mr. Aldridge—The bankrupt is a pugilist, and he wanted to fight for money. His. Honour (to the bankrupt)—That is a very bad ex cuse, and the case must be adjourued ; meanwhile, I should advise you to look out for a more creditable occupation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLB OROUGH-S TREE T. WIFE BEATING.—Thomas Yates, a tailor, living at 6, Lancashire-court, New Bond-street, was charged before Mr. Elliott with assaulting his wife Elizabeth Yates. The complainant said that about 4 o'clock yesterday morning the prisoner, who .had gone to bed drunk—as he had been in the habit of doing for about five weeks—began beating her with a sleeve board till her body was black and blue from the bruises. He also struck her a severe blow in the mouth. He constantly beat her, and was nearly always drunk. She was obliged to give him into custody. Police-constable, 36 0, proved going to No. 6, Lan cashire-court, and finding the complainant's mouth bleed ing. She said her husband, the prisoner, had assaulted her with the sleeve board because she would not get him some beer. The prisoner said his wife struck him first, but the wife denied this, stating that she was asleep when first struck. Mr. Elliott fined the prisoner 40s. or 20 days' imprison ment. SEEDS. In most agricultural seeds sales progress slowly. In prices, however, no change has taken place. East India linseed and rapeseed change hands freely, at enhanced rates. Cakes are in improved request, and the quotations have an upward tendency. rurnlp,White,p.bus.2oB to 22s Carraway 33s 33s Swede —8 —s Coriander 22s 248 iduatard, Brown .. —a —8 llempseed, per qr 40s 43i White, Tares, Spring — 8 8 Crushing BO5 64s New winter, bush Os 10s Baltic —s —s Canary, per quarter 41s 50s Odessa —B —s ltye grass Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —8 English ZlO Os £lO 15s White —s —s Foreign £9los £llos Foreign Red.... —s s Rape Cakes,p ton £5 Os £slos White. —s —s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 76s 805 Trefoil ..... ....... —s --6 TALLOW. The tallow trade is Arm to-day, and prices show an advance of is per cwt, as compared with Monday last. P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and 42s 6di to 42s 9d for October to December delivery. Rough fat, 2s lid per Blbs. Town tallow, 40s 6d net cash. Particulars. Stock this day.... ,Price of Y.C. toeliiery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 18M. 186: 56.188 55.319 53561 1'0,47801 so i —6 ed —s Od 1,038 1.146 4,853 6,293 1,952 358 4,998 2,542 s:s Od 47s 3d 1863. 311.812 43a0d to - a Od 1864. 180. 43.611 4189 d 10, —s • 80.850 i ns 6d to --o Od 737 1,199 1, ( 130 2,972 3,603 9,174 119 872 '2Q4 2,146 2,193 2,517 43i Od 41s 6d 43s Od THAMES. NOVEL APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTING ORDER.—Mrs. Elizabeth Rhinish, a very respectable woman, dwelling at No. 6, Lower Chapman-street, St. George-in-the-East, applied to Mr. Paget under the Matrimonial Causes and Divorce Act for an order to protect her goods, money, and chattels from her husband. The applicant stated that she was married to her second husband on the 19th of March, 1850, and that two years afterwards she separated from him by mutual consent, and he went abroad. He promised to send for her if he was successful in his pursuits. He did not send for her, and she was left with four children to maintain. She had never seen or heard of her husband since. lir. Paget—The law presumes that if a woman hears or sees nothing of her husband for seven years that the wife may conclude he is dead, and that tho wife would not be liable to punishment if she married again. Mrs. Rhinish did not wish to enter into the matrimonial - compact a third time. (A laugh.) She was insured in the Sun Fire-office, and was informed that she could not re cover a farthing if she lost her goods by fire. Mr. Paget—Who told you that ? Mrs. Rhinish—The people at the Sun Fire-office. Mr. Paget—Your husband did not desert you ? Mrs. Rhinish—No, we separated by mutual consent. Mr. Paget did not think he could grant a protecting order in this case. He was disposed to interfere for the ap plicant if he could, but the law did not give him the power. The applicant was not deserted by her husband. The law was passed for the protection of property acquired by married women by their own industry after they had been deserted, without fault on their part, by their husbands. In this case there was no desertion, but a separation by mutual consent. Mrs. Rhinish—l am told I could get nothing if a fire was to break out on my premises. Mr. Paget said that was a question for another court, on which he would give no opinion. He asked how long the applicant had been insured, and in what office. Mrs. Rhinish—For 25 years in the Sun office.. Mr. Paget did not think there was any practical risk the applicant continuing her insurance. The Sun was at old established, respectable office, and dealt liberally with insurers. He would advise Mrs. Rhinish to make an appli cation to the directors of the Sun Fire-office to insure as a widow. She would be quite jUstified in such a step, and then all risk would be avoided. He merely threw this out as a suggestion, and did not mean to say that the Sun Fire-office would be compelled to insure the applicant's property, but he believed it was most likely that would be done. Mrs. Rhinish thanked the magistrate and retired. _ - Quarrel in the French Chamber. A Paris letter in the France Centrale gives the fol lowing account of an extra Parliamentary incident which recently caused some little excitement among the deputies—" After one of the late speeches deli vered by M. Jules Favre on the affairs of Mexico several deputies were conversing with animation in the lobby of the Legislative Body, and in the centre of the group might be heard M. Henri Didier, de puty of the Ariege. 'An end should be put,' he cried, ' to that canaille of an Opposition.' M. Beth mont, who was standing near, approached M. Didier and said, ' You have just, sir, called the Opposition canaille; I must observe that belonging to it I take the word to myself, for you saw me very well and spoke loud enough to be heard by every one.' M. Didier replied, You can take it as you please.' Very well,' said M. Bethmont, have the kindness to request two of your friends to come to the sixth bureau, where they will find two of mine.' A few minutes later M. Henou and the Marquis de Saint-Hermine, seconds of M. Beth mont, were discussing the affair with two of their colleagues designated by M. Didier. The friends of this last did not hesitate to acknowledge that he was in the wrong, and represented to him that his conduct and language had been so contrary to par liamentary propriety that they could not take his part. They persuaded him to withdraw the offen sive expression, adding that if he did not do so he would be disavowed by the entire majority. In consequence, M. Didier presented himself in the bureau where M. Bethmont was awaiting the result of the interview, and made an apology which M. Bethmont and his colleagues of the Opposition con sidered as a sufficient reparation. The above de tails are strictly authentic." •e - . 4 \ ,F 73 (tin rt AP elyinfar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 23. The Queen walked and drove in the groun ds yesterday, accompanied by her Royal Highne ss Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the Home Park. This morning her Majesty and the royal faroi l Y, went to Frogmore House, and afterwards Nolk ea and drove in the grounds of the Castle. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen. JUNE 25. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Prin cess , Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended div ine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of WW l° officiated. Her Majesty took a carriage drive yeater cai . afternoon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Prince Helena; the Duchess of Roxburghe was ill attendance. Earl Russell arrived at the Castle, and had e honour of dining with the Queen and the r o y a ' family. General Tom Thumb, with his party, bad the honour of appearing at Windsor Castle yes t e rday before their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and 018 ladies and gentlemen of the household. The Prince of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompani ed by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, took a car riage drive on Saturday. In the evening the Prince of Wales honoured the Duke and Duchess of Manchester with his companY at dinner at their residence in Stanhope-street. The Prince of Wales, with Lieutenant-Col onel Keppel in waiting, attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The communion service was read by the Rev. d' C. Haden, the Rev. Thomas Helmore, and the Hon' and Rev. A. F. Phipps. Anthem, " This is the record of John." Cribb °llll. Solo, Mr. Benson. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Bell' A. F. Phipps, from Romans, chap. xv., v. 13. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester w ere honoured by the company of his Royal Highness tie Prince of Wales at dinner, on Saturday last, at their res dence in Stanhope-street, Park-lane. A select partY_r t : 0' invited to meet his royal highness. Later in the o ' ll° the duchess had an evening party. .411 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honour the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone with his company on Wednesday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duke and her Imp e ri.4 Highness the Duchess of Brabant are expected to leav e town to-day for Windsor Castle on a visit to her DlaJe st y It is now fixed that the illustrious duko and duchess leave for Brussels on Thursday next. The Earl Fortescue is, we are informed, ill improving health. The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson re ceived a select party at dinner on Saturday avail -13g S t their residence in Portman-square. The Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford had a dinner party on Saturday evening at their residence in Princess-gardens. On Viscountess Palmerstone has a dancing pa:tY Thursday next at Cambridge House, at which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been graciously ple ad ,to signify his intention to bo present. Signori Pezze and Andreoli's Martine Musicale. Signor Andreoli has long been one of our best pianists, and Signor • Pezze possesses marvellou s skill in dealing with the somewhat unwieldly loncello, so that the announcement of their join t concert, given at the Marchioness of Downshire's house in Beigrave-square, was sufficient to draw together a very select and brilliant audience. Th e performances, which were not too long, were ad mirably given, the chief success being, perhaps, . 3 sonata for the piano and violoncello, composed 11 Andreoli himself, and played by the two concert' givers. Being apparently afraid of tedium, the players divided it into two parts ; but had it been twice the length, it would have been willingly listened to. Signor Andreoli gave his "Pi ece ! Caracteristiques" with great spirit and effect, O, Signor Pezze in his solo showed what variety n c l expression his instrument was capable of. To ad to the attractions of the instrumental part o f the concert, Mr. Aptommas, one of our best harpist!' played some Irish melodies with great ability ; 11/ fact, the only fault was that they were too sho rt " For the vocal department there was Mdme. Tre belli, Mdlle. Kruls, Signori Gardoni, Mr. s a utleY; Bettini, and Ferranti, all excellent in their differ ° styles. The Matinee passed off most successfulli: and the audience separated quite delighted Wi t the entertainment provided. ADELPHI THEATRE, On Saturday evening on the occasion of het benefit Miss Bateman appeared for the first tinle in London as Pauline in the " Lady of Lyons character (of course excepting Leah) better sui te , to her powers than any she has yet performec ll/1 the metropolis. Miss Bateman's realisation o f the character of Pauline, however, although she has fre quently sustained it in America, presented 0° very marked difference of style from that of ill predecessors. It was scarcely to be expected th l : / it should, for Pauline is no psychological enigul which the artist, attempting to represent her , is ti liberty to solve after what fashion she pleas es' Nor can this be urged in depreciation of 1],,, character. It is, to our thinking, a Ol e ': , rather than a defect in a dramatic person age that its motive .m . paning should be so ar parent as not to be susceptible' of a' variety of it cordant interpretations. That the heroine of Sir -F-). Buiwer Lytton's fascinating play is not liable to sa t such objection may be fairly inferred from th e fac e than the same views have been taken of t h e part by the various eminent actresses who hal( appeared in it from timo to time. In imparti vg j therefore, to a familiar ideal all the freshness variety of interest which refinement of manner, ai l f fervour and brilliancy of expression are capable °./ conferring, Miss Bateman achieved all that cou ro reasonably be expected, and made good her title t o the applause which was plenteously bestowed 4°,0 her. In all the more celebrated passages a t' t play she was especially effective. Her vehenlePsi denunciation of Beauseant, her eloquent a P P h e er to the sanctity of a husband's house, and Pre impassioned acting in the last scene, syllej Pauline proclaims the ' triumph of love an pride, told sensibly upon the sympathies of audience and elicited enthusiastic acc lainath ) the The fall of the curtain was accompanied b y loudest demonstrations of a desire for the lady' s appearance. Miss Bateman was accordingly led.eg in triumph by Mr. Benjamin Webster, who, ha of allowed her to receive the renewed complime nt the the house, paused to address the audience hi.; oo. following words :—" Ladies and gentlemen ,- ' e a must be assured I am proud of having introdu.e st to a British public the talented artiste who has 1.114. quitted this stage—not for a lengthened PerTiss After a professional tour in the provinces, 3" Bateman will return to the Adel hi next 01 31 131 113 1 t Her heart is full of thanks, and, did cust om Pe ' ! a lady to address you under these circumstancesre am sure she would express her gratitude much lu° gracefully than I can hope to do on her behalf : A The winter season terminates on Saturday 11`00 with Mr. Benjamin Webster's annual beneal,„.. which occasion Miss Bateman will rep eat the uo;, ratter; but the recess will only be of a few W il co duration, as the summer season will commence 0 the Monday following, when Mr. John E. Owen an American comedian of repute, will ma ke his firs appearance before a metropolitan Audience. MO COM The dis quotation : Bank min expected t the end of dividends. Thirty-: of the Bar The Ro brought The fir gross amo Pennsylva and Great place on t the Penns Pons due i the New -! April and znination that have the rate o 10s. for every 100 section on Pennsylvi tion to th , The Ge in a few bondhold( fication . pire into 1 . Lt the rat, Inencemei the sako original 1 but measi them at August n neously The se holders a day. Thl made up i preeedh4 and doub eireunistr satisfacto in connec which ha the fall after ex( previous siderable from th The bala issued in Portion c satisfact< of the ba exeeptioi balance from int have inc] Second y reason m not co] is requ filling - guy for The bail duties to of its tr, siderabl3 have bee] (Cyprus Which tb Governn on term: the Gov There is of busir ducting Count in at Birm has bee' busines, The each, h, ing and atone fi politan P rimula £50,001 reinaith receive bUtion The Gold. from S the Au during 5 dwts The. ing cot of £5O toner Ilarne( Colleen Piircha b 7 insi sent pt .A. g ()rein 130 1414 a 1 C, 8 . In b een light reat yv eau Olir e Th c at lY With c , vial 1 (:', 0114 f ond the Sul 6°,00