The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-20 00:00:00

CONEY y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market there is no new feature to r ePort. The supply of capital on offer is very abundant, the demand for accommodation is small, and the rates for the best bills remain at 41 k per Cent. A further sum of £25,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The imp or t s o f spec i e d ur i ng t h e wee k h ave amounted to £356,587, and the exports to £141,737. A new company, called the Yorkshire Engine Company (Limited), with a capital of £200,000, has . b een formed, an d t h e cap i ta l su b scr ib e d pr i va t e l y through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co. The company have purchased 22 acres of land near Sheffield, and will be mainly employed in the con struction of locomotive engines, with a capacity for extension, so as to produce from 300 to 400 engines per annum. Mr. Alfred Sacre, late assistant-engi neer in the locomotive engine works of the Great Northern Railway, has been appointed managing director ; and Messrs. the Hon. W. G. Eden, J. R. Barker, W. Lansdown Beale, George Wood, jun., and David Chadwick are the first directors. Several new features are provided for in the articles of association ; and with a view of assimilating this co mpany as much as possible to a private concern, )to subscriptions of a less amount than £5,000 are received, and no shares can be transferred within 12 months, nor afterwards except with the special consent of the board. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England have i nvited subscriptions for £1,212,000 A Stock of the M etropolitan Extension Railways of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. Provisional Scrip Certificates are to be issued to bearer of £4O each at the price of £2l. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. from January last to July, 1867, is to be Paid half-yearly, and to be guaranteed by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton. _Details are given of the extension system, and the connexion which the proposed lines would have with the other principal railways, thus affording ample expectations for an immense traffic. The remaining half of the stock is not to be issued for twelve months, and then only as paid-up stock, and at not less than £lO per cent. advance on the present price of issue. The price of the certificates in the Stock Exchange is 3 to 3i prem. Two O'CLOCK. There has not been the slightest fluctuation in the English Stock Market, and the business transacted has been extremely limited. Consols for money are 901 and for the account, 891 ex div. Foreign. Stocks have been dull and depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 7l 73 ; ditto Con selides, 471 4 ; Mexican, 244 25 ; ditto New, 231 24 E; Greek, 19fr 20; Spanish Passive, 294 ; ditto Certificates, 15i i; Italian, 644 65 ; and Confede rate Loan, 8 10. A very limited amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market, and prices, have shown further slight depression. Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded 55., and South Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (York), each 10s, ; ' w hile Great Northern have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been no material change. the Subjoined are the current quotations of some of Principal new projects :—Russian Ironworks, 10 ; Estates Investment, 34 prem. ; Peruvian C am Company, 114 prem. ; Lion Brewery ,: in p an y , 2 1 3 prem. ; Ottoman Company, 11 2 Moore, lvp Que e en, and . Company, par I ; Plymouth Shipbuilding Company, 2 21 v re nl• ; Lond on and Mediterranean Bank, 11 2 13 1 e 2 31 . ; Colonial and General Land Credit, 1i 2 pre"a• ; and S out h African Land and Finance, 1 11 m. --- FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 94 i Der Cent. Consols 89 1 Do. Account, June 6 881 1 1 o per Cent. Reduced 881 I i per 3 Per Cent .ievf 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A __ l:) °. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — d&nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 k Do. for 30 yrs, expire st), April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au 1908 — lectuer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 5 6 5 Do. £5OO 6 5 dank . £lOO and £2OO 240 f England Stock, 51 per Cent Do Accomat i 1-,.'ilito GoVERNmENT SECURITIES. `II,IIB.IIStOCk, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account 1061 O. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account _ 1210.1 per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ Do. Certificates _ Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 101 .1 1) , 0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ —,,• 5- 1 per Cent., May 1879 _ ~ t s -m 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ Vo. Ronda, .cl,OOO _ 4.10. under Xl,OOO Ahi15ty4.,...23.411,810Tn1cp5,115 p F e lJ r FUNDS—CLOSING LOSING PRICES. larazilian 5 per Cent _ I)° • per Cent., 1852-58-60 _ O • . ? 1863 ___ Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account 1 per Cent, (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do.Chilian 6 per Cent Colo 41 per Cent ... . Dian 6 ic.er Cent.. D° Cuba, 6 per Cent .„1.. 5 per Cent., 1841 o. Scrip, £55 paid • , Danish 3 per Cent, 1825 Do. 1 per Cent., 1863 . . ..... : ......... . Do 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do.£B6paid . ~... ........ .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ... . tquador Nev Uonsoliciated; . per Cent — L0.,x;,,,. Du., Provisiol Land Warrant gyptiaaa 7 per Cent. Second Issue • D Do. 1864 Do £lOO Bonds .. ..• ....... . o Scrip, £sb p;tid ... ..... ....... . 11Oreek 5 per Cents., 1 824-5, ex Coupons ,9° Acecuut DoCoupons . A.ccount Ullateuiala 5 per C'e;i: .............................. i Do. 1839 and 1850 ............ Railway) tali all 5 per Cent (Mare ... . L i n o ° c,186.5 ................................................ .._— die b e ; '' °11 1), £571 paid „I'‘cao per Cent. u°• Account '241 1 1 531 1 4 D o 1864 ,° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — „,-I-I0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 63 41011tevidean 6 r Cet., £3O paid li rw, r ee -- 4131 1 3 e ' Pe 5 per Cent liew Granadallal Do 2 per Cent D T. Pe: —°ll,l Warrants (Hectares) ,4`riall 41 per Cent. "Jo Scrin 445 paid, p a id in Bonds Do , ..-, • ,O 0 Peer . ('Uribarren) 121 4iCent., 1862 ~,e L/eferred -7.- P o tvogulleezu3l?er Cent., 1853 .1 i, ° 3 per Cent 1856 7'9 '6O, '62 '9 0 p er ." ' ; ...... .: : 48 1 s o t ia4 5 per Cent.,. 1 . 1;i2, ..i ..... 4 Per Cent 1850 Do .7 - D o 8 1860 lib , Per Cent., 1859 901 9 0 • ° . Per C t 1862 Do en n ih, • . 1864 i a a 5 per C ent s . A ccount -- +-, P.,,,11i5h 3 per Cent _0 New Deferred Do Ac co t erred D° bo pa nu e 291 e 0c) Account r',E;llish Coeurt of Coup not funded —lsl 1 Li ° Ace count edish 4 per Cent. D o Al it„,4,-• ;I Per Cent. 1864 901 i -- 1,` 18 4 6 per Cent. 1854 -"0 Account .. .. 12 )„0 6 Per Celli:. .... ... -uo Account 76 D 0 £lOO Bonds to lopeoci;igint. 1862 72} .-'O. £lOO Bonds ..._ 1) „° 6 per Cent. 1863 _ tre'-'0 Q-uaranteed, 4 per Cent _ • nezuela 3 per Cont. _ Do. Account _ -,P,° 6 Per Cent, 1862 _ &Ioccount _ ~,•6 0 6 per Cent.,1864 _ -1- ' O . 11 per Cent A Dividends on the above taistrian, 5 Ex. 10 Florins Per Cent., ____ Veigian, 41 Per cent., Ex. 25f. payable in London. _ untch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull ~ Do 4 French per C ent. Certificates lte rates, 8 p er C ent. bo• Account Italian 5 Do, Acc perunt* Cent , 1861; Ex. 25f. _ Consols , .................................. .... T .. ............. O'CLOCK. '''o• Aceolult ....... . . SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 91 16 1334 1314 b 6i Paid. I Closing I Business Price. done. Share' Railways. 13.14 st st st 50 20 10 10 Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D J. A stock Do. B JO Midland _ . Do. 4 shares vi id Kent North British _ Do. Ed., Pth ,'Sz Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick] Do. G.N•E purchai,el Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. do Darling De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 . . North Staffordshirehire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ccntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stick Sh , ews & Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Har.& R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Bir., Wol. ' & Str. Vat 1 Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A IA gets no div D O. B tillap.o.p.an has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. New. is. at 25 prr.l Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste. n -Original D S. VAS. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Slid.— Oxiord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lanni shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Cons t• Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New DO:Birmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland BRITISH P, Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Az Cen.ln. gu.'s per cent Do. 1 shares Buffalo ds Lake Huron Do. Preference _ Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Rm.. L'a e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p . East Bengal, gu, 5 do East lullan, gu.. .5 p.c. Do. J Eitinsion Grand Trunk of Canada 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. Zid Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. I'o. Gua,.•s per cent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India (lim. gua. 5 per cent . D . 41 per cent.... Do — Great IV, s. of Canada.. D. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5) do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited eladras, 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 NT. It I.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scindo Do. Delhi d Do. do Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus St. Flo b° COLONIAL GO VERNBIE N British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1872. ... Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.dt July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D.,. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept ')o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Cape U.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1590-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 187 3 , Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.lB Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J my N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent...• •• • Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18t8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. la & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITISH I . Cam. Consol. lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist • Drake wal Is East Bassett (Mogan). • East Caradon as t earn Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Lncey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (Heist•m Grenville Herod's Foot .... Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley twyndy Iron Ore, lim Nangiles New Seton . North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I I logan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United......., Pr,vldence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth W hea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uniun 61 (6 16 17 91 93 105 117 46 47 76 1291 1301 143 144 131 .33 86 SS 722 /3; 63 65 51 53 45 48 102 104 124 12t 88 90 105 107 40i 11, 121} 121 98 09 6t 6: 136 k 1374 21 3 p 13s 1334 103 lt 5 5t 55 z 3 25 108 f 1091 674 68i 100 1 10 14 36 37 94 10S P 116 11s 1 tap 78 79 11 la 142 14ii 63 55 60 6t 58 60 84k 841 84 9, 155 151 3 4 p 106 108 47 49 79 81 'MONS. 55 b 8 102 j 103 i pr iP 4 4t tsi 9h 65 70 99 101 75 85 101 103 102 103 103 104 IP 18 19 E 5 ' BB 62 64 54 56 55 57 47 4 , 3 45 4s 43 45 25 27 25 26 103 101 - I iP par i P 10) 102 Of 101 101 lov 83 86 80 84 10 id 11 1021 93 95 89 91 64 66 3' 5 82 84 1014 1021 1004 1014 Id id ,00} 1014 94 97 1034 . 4 24 1031 f IT SECU 94 96 93 95 93 95 E 2 64 8! 84 104 107 105 107 106 108 107 109 101 103 106 108 103 105 105 107 104 108 102 104 93 96 100 102 93 95 91 93 104 106 88 90 94 08 103 105 106 108 108 109 .NBS. 6 el 294 SO 595 605 1 14 15 33 14 61 72 3 3; 13 14 4 44 3 5 19 2) 12 2 4' 30f 314 3f 35 40 32 3 6 81 5 52 13 0 4 16 18 35 45 13 15 4 2 2) 81 32 35 510 520 174 22 13 15 17 18 74 8 104 12 67; 180 190 90 95 224 25 11 13 2021 2071 18 20 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern 5 per cent., 1136 Great Western Orig. 46 per cent pi:, 966 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pr., Ditto, 6 per cent. pf., Ditto, new, 5 per cent. pf., 071 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Franciseu t llAn.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 Great Luxembourg, 14} West Flanders, 71 FOREIGN MINER• Yudanamutana of S. Auotralia, 11111., n 2 BANKS. &gra and Mtsterman's, Rm., 114 alltince (iim.i. 29 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., 18j Australasia, 69 Ditto, new. 87 Bank of New Zealand, 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 84 British North American. 45i Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 13 European Bank, 1im..12* Hindustan. china. and Japan (Um.), 19 I Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 20 Ditto, new, 10 Imperial Ottoman. 164 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Rm., 4 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 84 London and Brazilian 434 London and County, 761 London Joint Stock, 49 t London and South African, 19 London and 11 estminster. 95 4 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank. Um., 1711 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 24 Standard of British South Africa, 1im.,18 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 74 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 104 City Offices, Um., 41 contract corporation, lim., Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 21 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 10 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 51 I Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., f 4 Joint Stock Discount. lira.. 8i London General Omnibus Company, 34 Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lim., 21 Northarn Assam Tea, lim., 14 3 Oriental Financial, lim., 34 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Um., 51 41 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 2 Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada,:s THE NEW KNIGHT.—Sir John Thwaites was formerly a draper and clothier, having a little shop in High-street, Southwark, which he managed with much industry. Ho was a leader in local politics, and being a good speaker, generally took a prominent part in the sup port of the advanced liberal candidates at the Parliamen tary elections. On the formation of the Metropolitan Board of Works he was elected chairman in opposition to Sir J. Shelley, m.p., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Corrie Colonel Percy, and a host of powerful candidates. 'OSSE all 10J 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 100 10) 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 60/ all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.6 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 18.18.91 W. 17.61 3.12.1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING—Trim DAY. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Buckfoot (offered —take 4 to 1) 6to 1 agst Little Goy (taken) 7to 1 agst Redcap (taken) THE HERBY. 6to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 7to 1 agst Duke (taken) 15 to 2 agst Archimedes (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wild Charley (offered) 100 to 8 agst Broomielaw (offered) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbane (taken) 15 to 1 agst Longdown (taken) 15 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) • 20 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (off., take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Brahama (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 40 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 66 to 1 agst Olmar (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Richmond (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Kconig (taken and offered) Koenig was struck out of the Derby at 10 minutes to 1 o'clock this afternoon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. THAMES. MOCK AUCTIONS.—SCANDALOUS IMPOSITIONS.—WiIIiam Tonics, a sailor, waited on Mr. Partridge, with a dazzling watch in his hand, and said he purchased it at an auction room in High-street, Shadwell. It was represented to be a real gold hunting watch with patent lever, and jewelled in five holes. It was a common metal watch and would not go at all. A respectable watchmaker valued it at 12s. He wanted redress for the imposition practised upon him. Mr. Partridge—How could you expect a gold hunting watch for 50s. It is quite preposterous. You should have used better judgment, and not gone into a mock auction room. I cannot help you. The County Court may give you redress, but I cannot. The sailor said he had also bought a piece of cloth for 255. of the same auctioneer, and it was worthless. The people in the shop said it was worth double the money. Mr. Partridge—Confederates of the mock auctioneer, no doubt. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the mock auctions in the district had been frequently complained of. Peter Carlstrom, a Swede, who was attended by an inter preter, said he purchased a silver watch and some plated goods at an auction-room in Upper East Smithfield yester day (Friday) for £7 10s. The watch was worthless, and the plated goods worth d one-sixth portion of the money he gave for them. Mr. Partridge--Another mock auction case. I cannot help you. Go to the County Court. Inspector Roberts, of the K division, said numerous com plaints had been made of the mock auctions. Abolition of the Surrey Turnpikes, A deputation waited upon Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home Office, to present a memorial signed by the parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and Horselydown, against the continuance of the toll upon the Greenwich a.nd Woolwich Lower-road. The deputation consisted of J. Locke, Esq., M.P., A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P., the Hon. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Mr. James Cowan, Mr. Gaywood, Mr. Naylor Mr. James Thornhill, Mr. Harding, Mr. Hughes, and Mr Bradford. The petition complained that by the continuation of the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road Turnpike Trust, after the removal of the New-cross toll gate, which is to be abrogated on the Ist November next, a great injustice will be done to the inhabitants of Woolwich town ; inasmuch as the inhabitants of Greenwich will be able to receive goods by road without being liable to a turnpike tax, whilst the next town, Woolwich, will, by the continuance of the toll, have to pay a heavy exaction upon all goods going by road into that town. The petition concluded by praying that the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road Turnpike Trust might be extinguished as provided for in last year's annual act, so that the roads may be turnpike free on and after let of November next. JOHN LocKE, Esq., M.P., briefly introduced the deputa- tion to Sir George Grey, and explained that it would have been much more numerously attended but for the fact of several gentlemen having been suddenly summoned to the Guildhall as witnesses in an important case. He then, in a speech characterised by great force and lucidity, explained the injustice which would bo inflicted upon the residents of Woolwich, as well as other parishes trading with that town, by the continuance of the toll upon the road in question after the abrogation of the gates at New-cross and other places,which would take place in November next. Bermond sey and Rotherhithe, he said, thought it an extremely hard case that they should have to pay a rate of 6d. in the pound to maintain and repair the road, and yet be unable to send merchandise to the town of Woolwich without having to pay a toll. Camberwell and Peckham made the same com plaint. For 20 years that trust had been kept alive by an nual bills, and the time had long since gone by when it should have been paid off. There was a debt at the pre sent time of £2,400. Mr. G. HARDING, as representing Camberwell, also urged the necessity for the removal of the toll in question. Mr. BARING explained to the deputation the reasons why the toll had not been included in the bill. Some conversation ensued, in which Messrs. Hughes, Bradfield, and Locke, M.P., took part. Sir GEORGE GREY asked what proportion Woolwich was prepared to bear of the expense. Mr. HUGHES said he saw no objection to the amounts of contribution from parishes being proportionate to the ad vantages gained by the respective places. Mr. BRADFIELD urged that it was quite within the power of the Home Secretary to introduce a clause in the bill throwing the onus of keeping the roads in repair upon the respective parishes, and allowing the toll upon the Green wich and Woolwich Lower-road to be kept up for two years, so as to pay off the debt. Sir GEORGE GREY said that it would greatly simplify matters if the respective parishes would come to some mutual agreement by which the desired end might be ob tained; at the same time the suggestion of the deputation should receive every consideration, and assured them that the Government would do its best in the matter in the interests of all parties concerned. Mr. BRADFIELD then thanked Sir George Grey for having been the means of throwing open ten miles of road in the metropolis, and the deputation withdrew. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. --.4,----_- LONDON, May 20.—Wind this day at noon—South •Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Estella, from St. Nazarre. PORTSMOUTH, May 19.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Serpent, for the Cape of Good Hope, with a vessel in tow. SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Poonah, screw steamer, from Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, May 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her. Ma jesty's ship Liverpool, for St. Petersburg ; P. Pendleton, for Toronto. BRISTOL, May 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from Jamaica. QUEENSTOWN, May 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jenny, from Porto Rico. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 20—Niels, from Rostock ; Dygden, from Gothenburg. DEAL, Satruday Morning. Put back—Trafalgar, from London, and returned to London in tow. SACRED HARMONIC S 0 CIETY. —Mr. Costa's oratorio " Naaman" will be performed for the third time at Exeter hall on Friday next. 3iladlle. Adelina Patti (by the kind permission of Mr. Gye) will on this occasion sustain the part of Adah; as at the Birmingham Festival, the other principal vocalists being Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Santley. ANNUITY TAX SEIZURES IN EDINBURGH.—An other raid on behalf of the city clergy was made yesterday by John Caw and Treasurer Callender's lorry. The victim in this case vas Mr. James Miller, the extensive furnishing ironmonger in Princes-street. From Mr. Miller's residence, Hope-terrace, Caw and hie companions carried off the whole dining-room furniturd, even to the carpet, which they tore off the floor. The goods taken are in value upwards of £150; the tax refused to be paid is less than £B. Such is a specimen of Christian Edinburgh, with its Synod sitting, and its assemblies, with her Majesty's representative, about to sit, to further the cause of Christ and His kingdom.— Caledonian Mercury. AUSTRALIA.L-FALMOUTII, May 19.—The ship Duncan Dunbar, 1,374 tons, J. R. Swanson, master, belonging to Gellatly, Hankoy, and Sewell, arrived off this port this day, 86 days from Sydney. She brings 54 first-class and 24 second-class passengers and 2,977 bales of wool, with other cargo. She landed her mails and pas sengers, and proceeded up Channel with a Jairwind. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Wednesday next a special settling day in the shares of the Nowgong Tea Company of Assam, and in those of the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway, both of which are to be marked in the official lists. The scrip of the Imperial Ottoman Five per Cent. Loan, 1865, will be ready for delivery at the offices of the General Credit and Finance Company of London, in exchange for the deposit and allotment receipts, on Tuesday, May 23. The Contract Corporation (Limited) has made a call of £5 per share, payable in two instalments, on Ist July and 2d October respectively. Purification of the Press. (From the Lancet of May 20th) The moral force of public opinion is adequate in this country to effect changes more extensive and more important than those which the most powerful despotism can permanently or safely develope. All history has shown that the press cannot be safely moulded to the will of any central authority ; that it has never been placed under censorship without causing, even to imperial and autocratic censors, the most infinite pains and mortification, not the least being that of seeing all that is most noble in it languish and wither. But out of its own freedom arises a power which controls and guides it. That wide promulgation of facts, that free discus sion of opinions, and intelligent deduction of prin ciples, which are essential to the existence of a free periodical literature, culminate in conclusions so forcible and so widespread, that they, have greater weight than any declarations pronounced arbitrarily, or of which the bases might not have been so plainly and strongly laid down. This process may be traced in the gradual purifi cation of the press from those immoral pseudo medical advertisements which till lately defiled the columns of a very large number even of the most respectable journals of this country. It is perhaps hardly necessary now, and here, to reiterate that which is known to all our readers—that the large gang of medical pretenders carrying on this shame ful traffic have found in public advertising the means of attracting thousands of persons of all classes, whom they systematically deceive and plunder, while they morally debase and physically injure them. The trade is well known to be regularly organised. It is a widespread conspiracy against health and morality ; and the nefarious but most profitable traffic has been conducted mainly, in the first instance, by a few families, of which the numerous members traded under different names, by the aid of the enor mous publicity purchased for their obscene pamph lets in the advertisement sheets of the press. It has been shown that one firm alone has spent up wards of £40,000 a year in this way, and that one single paper has profited by this means to the ex tent of many thousands a year. This paper is, we regret to say, one of the very few influential jour nals which have not yet ceased to soil their treasury with profits which are justly stigmatised as even more infamous than those derived from the slave. trade. It would be difficult to find any enterprise more unpromising than the attempt to persuade a large number of proprietors of any commercial un dertaking voluntarily to forego, from purely moral considerations, and without any compensation, large annual profits—profits indeed which, in many instances, form apparently a most essential item in the success of the undertaking. This, how ever, is what has marred in this instance. The public exPosure of what has long been perfectly known to many, although never so completely proved before the world, has produced a strong and general conviction of the extreme impropriety of allowing this traffic to be carried on through the columns of respectable journals. Many of the most powerful and intelligent organs of public opinion had always been alive to the enormity of this evil, and had regularly excluded such advertisements ; but they formed a very small, although very dis tinguished, and influential minority, Their in fluence and example have greatly aided the pro gress of this purification, towards which we have lately earnestly laboured. Anxious to ascertain how far this important movement had extended, and what great organs of the press were still undecided to give their aid to a measure so desirable for the public health and morality, we took measures re cently with the view of obtaining that information. Those who have the public welfare seriously at heart will be gratified at the, very long list, which we are authorised to publish, of journals which exclude im pure and objectionable medical advertisements. We have not thought it right to draw distinctions here between journals which have always excluded such advertisements and those which have adopted that resolution more recently, or are in the act of carrying it out as is the case with many in this list. Those j ournals which have always done this will have the gratifica tion of being able to point out in their own columns, in referring to this matter, the honourable position which they occupy as leaders. Many of the journals which have recently adopted this resolution have done so, we are aware, at great loss ; in one case this amounted to little less than three thousand a year. The sacrifice made by journals of lesser cir culation, although smaller in amount, has been some times greater in degree, for in such cases th subsidy, to the extent of two or three hundred a year, was a matter of prime consideration in the annual re venue account. The list is, one, 'therefore, of great public interest ; it is one, too, which reflects no small honour on the press of this country, as it speaks of great pecuniary sacrifice voluntarily in curred from a sense of propriety and duty, and of a just subordination of the commercial spirit to a sense of right. It is painful to know that there are still many exceptions. There are journals in numbers which, with one excuse or another, present still to their readers columns polluted with the abominable suggestions of Private Friends, the indecent frauds of Guides to Manhood, the shameless confidences of pseudo-philanthropists, whose alias is hardly a disguise. In London, it will be observed from our list, they are few, al though one or two largely circulated daily and weekly papers in the metropolis are conspicuous by their absence from the list. In the country the number is greater, and in several counties it will be that influential and highly priced journals are yet open to this reproach. Their columns still afford the means to the unworthy fraternity of retaining a certain hold upon the weak and unwary ; and we have before us many newspapers 'of which the advertising sheets are so defiled as to be ut terly unfit for admission into respectable families. We look forward, however, with some confidence to the entire extinction of this public nuisance ; and in reiterating this appeal to the proprietors of those j our - nals, whether in town or country, we would express the conviction that while, on the one hand, a further examination of this question will induce them to enter more fully into the reasons for ceasing to aid in the execrable traffic which now lives mainly through the purchase of their assistance, on the other hand, the growing force of general condemnation, and the multiplication of the examples of purity amongst all classes of journals, will render it dan gerous and undesirable, even in a pecuniary sense, to continue to lend a helping hand to this worst kind of quackery. We are glad to be able to subjoin the following list of journals, including 185 of th e mos t influen tial country papers and 61 metropolitan papers, ic exclude objectionable m edical advertisements. whh LONDON PAPERS, Hisenr Militaryao l r a Gazette 0 z e t t 0 L isr L M ao a e wn y ch ci al To a n ni a : M c d ' e s Magee Atlas and Englishman Builder Building News BritishJour. of Photography Morning Bell's Life in London Bell's Weekly Messenger News of the World Builder's Reporter Nonconformist Civil Service Gazette Observer Clerical Journal Paris Times Church Review Press Church Times Patriot Church Standard , Queen Constitution Railway News City Press • Railway Times Colliery Guardian Reader Court Journal Record Court Circular Social Science Review Estates Gazette Saturday Review Engineer Sporting Gazette Examiner Sporting Times Era St. James's Chronicle Field Standard Globe Sunday Times Guardian Sun Home News for India Solicitor's Journal Herapath's Railway Journal South London Journal Inquirer Tablet • Illustrated Times Times Index United Ser v i ce G aze tt e Illustrated London News Weekly Budget Jewish Chronicle. COUNTRY PAPERS.—Alnwick Mercury, Andover Adver tiser, Alliance Weekly News, Ayr Advertiser, Aberdeen Free Press, Altrincham and Bowdon Guardian, Bucking ham Advertiser and Free Press, Belfast News Letter, Bath Express, Bucks Advertiser, Bray Gazette, Bolton Chronicle, Bristol Mercury, Bristol Daily Post, Buxton Advertiser, B ra df or d Observer, Bury and Norwich Post, Berkshire Standard, Boston Gazette, Banbury Herald, Burton Weekly News, Buc ks Chronicle, Beccles and Bungay Weekly News, Banbury Guardian, Brighton Gazette, Beverly Guardian, Barnet Press, Bridlington Free Press, Bognor Express, Chester Chronicle, Chester Courant, Car lisle Examiner, Cheltenham Chronicle, County Times (Surrey), Croydon:Chronicle , Chel msford Chronicle, Car ,, lisle Express, Chepstow Weekly Advertiser, Cambridge 104 120 k i 1211 96f 9 81 101 104 59 6) . 841 ITIES. mit I .N G, MAY 20, 1865. Independent Press, Cheltenham Examiner, Cheltenham News, Coventry Standard, Chatham News, Clifton Chronicle, Clonmel Chronicle Chichester Express, Croy don Journal, Drogheda Argus,Darlington Telegraph, Derby Gazette, Deal Telegram, Dorset County Chronicle, Devizes Advertiser, Devon Weekly Times, Dorking Journal, Ealing Post, Eastbourne Express, Eastern Morning News, Eastern Evening News, Eastern Weekly News, Essex West Suffolk Gazette, Essex Herald, Essex Standard, Evesham Journal, Esingwold Times, East Sussex Journal, East Sussex News, Eastbourne Express, Epsom Journal, Frome Times, Farringdon • Advertiser, Folkestone Chronicle, Framlingham Weekly News, Guildford Jour nal, Grantham Journal, Gravesend Reporter, Hast ings News, Hull and North Lincolnshire Times, Hertford Mercury, Herts and Essex Observer, Hamp shire Indapendent, Hereford Times, Harrogate Ad vertiser, Harrow Gazette, Hastings Express, Horsham Express, Ipswich Journal, Ipswich Express, Ipswich and Colchester Times, Ilfracombe Chronicle, Knaresborough Times, Kentish Independent, Kentish Express, Kent Mail, Kingsbridge Gazette, Leeds Intelligencer, Leamington Ad vertiser, Liverpool Mercantile Gazette, Leicester Journal, Lincolnshire Chronicle, Leicester Chronicle and Mercury, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Leeds Mercury, Lancaster Observer, Leamington Courier, Monmouthshire Merlin. Manchester Guardian, Market Harboro' Advertiser, Marlborough Times, Midland Coun ties Herald, Midland Gazette, •Malvern Advertiser, Northern Press (Liverpool), North and South Shields Gazette, Nottingham Daily Express, Newcastle Daily Journal, Northampton Mercury, Norfolk Chronicle, Northwich and Winsford Guardian, Nantwich and Crewe Guardian, Oldham Chronicle, Oxford Chronicle, Oxford Journal, Oxford Times, Oswestry Advertiser, Pontefract Advertiser Peterborough Adver tiser, Runcorn and Widnes Guardian, Reading Mercury, Reigate Journal, Rugby Advertiser, Rochester and Chat ham Journal, Swindon Advertiser, Southern Times (Weymouth), Scarborough Gazette, Staffordshire Advertiser, Shropshire News, Shrewsbury Chronicle, Stroud Journal, Sidmouth Journal, Southport Inde pendent, Sussex Agricultural Express, Southampton Times, Suffolk Chronicle, South Eastern Gazette, Sunderland Times, Surrey Comet, Surrey Standard, South Bucks Free Press, Sevenoaks Express, South-Eastern Advertiser, Stratford-on-Avon Chronicle, Trowbridge Advertiser, Taunton Courier, Tadcaster Post, Tun bridge Wells Express, Tunbridge Wells Gazette, Tonbridge Express, Tavistock Gazette, Ventnor Times, Windsor and Eton Express, Western News, Wilts and Gloucester Standard, West Briton, Worcester Herald, Warrington Advertiser, Wisbeach Advertiser Wigan Exa miner, Wellington Times, Woolwich Gazette, Western Morning News, Western Weekly News, Western Daily Press, Worcester Chronicle, Wetherby News, IWoolwich Journal, Waltham Abbey Weekly Telegraph, West Sussex Journal, West Kent Journal, West Kent Guardian, Worth ing Express, Warrington Guardian, York Herald, York shire Gazette. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. _ Receipts. Railways. 1865 1864. Belfast and N. Counties . 10) Belfast and Comity Down.... 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B Bristol and Exeter l2l Caledonian 2Bli 1,939 1.86? '823 764 2,293 2,110 6,849 7,0;9 19,57 ► 18,490 1,521 1.487 215 - 204 334 405 379 251 153 1,710 2.1,11 Cambrian .... Cockermouth K do Penrlth Bli Cockermouth and Workin 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blaokrock, & Passage 6i Cornwall 6i Deeside . 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath 39) 3 6 1,512 1.439 1,693 1.678 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 911 Furness &is .281 244 3,169 2,723 3,147 3.581 9,3 . 6 8,901 31,099 33,011 32,x59 34,662 3,2,0 3,173 Glasgov; & South-Western l9B Gt. Eastern,Ndlc.,&E.Union 673i Great Northern lO4 Great North of Scotland 99 Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll qt.Southn. & Westn.(irind.) 387 Great Western 1268 Hull & Hornsea .473 05 8,463 8.90 69,487 74,062 Inverness & Aberdeen June— 1171 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 Kent Coast 27 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis..... 241 Limerick and loynes 26i Llaneliy 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 267 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 Do. Metropolitan Extension fig Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheifield, & Lincolnsh 24:t blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 t blaryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 663} Midland Gt. Westn. of 'rind 262 Monkland _ 71k 15 1,321 1089 3,776 1,367 3,853 1,719 1,300 1,290 39.330 40.390 2:6 2t5 122 .31 680 706 405 365 114,825 111,638 1,8!!05 1,9 9 24,487 26.422 18,9/5 18,412 5,527 5.539 2,310 J,450 1,416 1,38.3 17,702 17,638 1,533 1,420 1,43) 1.711 2,703 2,112 41,660 47,621 5,214 5..61 1,6'5 1,719 3,170 2,926 Honmouthsh. Bail. & Canal.. 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1019 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Rhymney l9l Scottish Central ll3l Scottish North-Eastern . . 138 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon 2 ,800 21.413 63,014 61,852 3,225 3,420 8,508 9.330 1,047 1,239 5,79) 5,732 5,795 5; 85 1.002 705 4.172 4,4 3 21,215 21,264 5,156 5,732 2,452 2.39) 1 '3 183 481 439 1,215 1,159 South-Eastern Pall Vale Ulster _ Vale of Clwyd . Waterford and Kilkenny..." Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. II artlepool W'haven,CleatorAt Egrmnt Whitchaven J unction Whitchaven & Furness Jun FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 797 972 4,7,8 4.£90 690 875 887 1,124 932 1, 40 Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 308 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish loBi Eastern of France 1176 Eastern Bengal ........ 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1177 Great Central of Belgium 295 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant aio Northern of Canada Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 Paris and Orleans 1616 Recife and San Francisco. &c 77i Scinde lO5 Do. Punjab, &a 3l South Austrian, &o ..... 1651 Southern of France E23 Victoria Welland. West & N-Wn. of France 33,189 L 8.651 770 623 363 333 5,361 8,250 6,766 6,315 6,397 4, 27 69, , 1,2 63,. 72 3,469 1,607 35,031 24.594 26 413 25,864 6,427 - 22,252 17,671 5,418 4,313 620 474 13,716 12,181 6,878 6 183 15,40 18 040 2,114. 1,741 57,727 54,503 947 940 712 36) 150,494 ,133,908 72,552 66,782 1,357 1,259 1,&2 1,975 272 57,178 50,496 31,272 26,920 9,905 9,984 10 1 0 J 53,21 s 43,415 481 1781 1811 77i 105 1e.27 770 196 MARKETS—This Day. COVENT The trade is steady, at the FEU s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Foreign do., each 1 6to 2 6 'Grapes, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 Melons • .. 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6to 4 0 retirs, per do .. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100..5 oto 10 0 Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0 Gooseberrieshf sve2 6to 4 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 GARDEN. subjoined currency : . Mulberries.prpt 0 oto 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pan° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 1 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 0 to 5 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9 to 1 3 Bed ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 0 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 2 6 Brocoli 0 10 to 1 6 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 tolso 0 New ditto, pr lb. 0 2 to 0 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas,ll.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s. 1 9 to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 9 to 1 3 Spinach Brussels sprouts 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 6 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 1 3to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 6 Tomatoes. doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 5 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 4s Od to 10s Od each goslings, 5s Od' to 9s Od ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 7s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 14s Od to 17s Od; chickens, 9s to 14s Od; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, Gs Od to 7s 6d ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d; English, is 2d to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d to 18 Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; cod, 2s 6d to 108 Od ; brills, 2s Od to 8s Od ; doreys, 3s Od to 9s Od ; mul lets, is Od to 1s 6d ; lobsters, is Od to 3s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 12s Od to 608 Od; natives, 84s Oct to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 10s Od ;. haddocks, 5s Od to 21s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, —s Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od tot& Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. Health and its Enemies in the Metropolis TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR, —Whilst Parliament and the local authorities of almost all the considerable towns in the kingdom are lay ing out immense sums of money in deference to the recog nised importance of improving their sanitary condition, and removing, or as far as possible diminishing, dangerous or unhealthy nuisances of every kind, it seems a most ano malous and inconsistent proceeding to sanction the unne cessary and enormous enlargement of one of the most noxious of all annoyances in well-inhabited places, namely, the manufacture of gas, which ,(on the overwhelming weight of medical and scientific testimony, and the pain ful experience of those' who live near such works) it is impossible to carry on without the discharge of effluvia and exhalations offensive enough to the sense, but infinitely . more pernicious in their effects upon life and property. Yet this mischievous violation of sound principle and public interests is in course of preparation, and has actually made some progress in the Legislature. A bill has passed the House of Commons, I perceive, which would empower the Imperial Gas and Coke Company to increase its vast capital by 100 per cent., and to hold three times its very large area, chiefly for the purpose of so enlarging the com pany's present very injurious works in Fulham and Chelsea, as to convert them into, many times over, the most gigantic gas factory ever known, the effect of which would be, to quote the language used at public meetings, and in memo rials and petitions to the House of Lords against the bill), "to render an extensive district almost uninhabitable by persons regardful of their health, and to destroy the value of their house and otter property to a great extent.'a It is only just to the Lower House to say that the pass ing of this hurtful measure appears to have arisen from in advertence. . Nearly 500 private bills were to have come before the committees this session. The vestries and local communities that would be so grievously affected by the bill under notice seem not to have had any knowledge of the matter until it had made some way ; and it was in a moment huddled through the House in the absence of any proper representation of its bearing upon health and pro perty. But there is to be an organised opposition on the part of the parishioners in the House of Lords ; petitions from the vestries, the district board of works, and the in habitants will be presented and supported by the Bishop of London ; and it is hoped that, with the political aid of the influential public journals, the public will be protected from this great wrong, the error committed .through haste and carelessness in the house of Commons corrected, and the company compelled to erect their additional works—if additional works aro required—in some thinly-populated locality some miles from town ; in short, in a spot where it could manufacture its gas and transmit it to the con sumers at the smallest possible amount of injury and annoyance to the public. The facility with which this could be done is exemplified by the fact that the gas made by the company in Fulham is not consumed in the neigh bourhood, but in places miles distant. Gas works, large or small, would never have been permitted in the neighbourhood of towns had as much been known fifty years ago as is known now respecting their unavoidably deleterious effects. h e removal of . the existing ones is simply a question of time and money. The consideration of that de sideratum was before the Metropolitan Board of Works at a recent meeting, of which I find the Main Drainage Committee reporting " that they did not consider the pre sent time a favourable one to apply to Parliament for power to purchase up the gas companies of the metro polis." The principle, the necessity is admitted, and the only point in discussion is, when and how to give effect to it ? The proposition for increasing a gas factory in a populous metropolitan neighbourhood to dimensions of un paralleled magitude is, therefore, very surprising, and but for the astounding fact of its having been passed through the Commons, the idea that it could bo entertained for a moment would have been scouted as absurd. With that fact, however, looking us in the face, there is just a possi bility that, unless there be energetic movement and re monstrance, the bill in question may become law. I, therefore, venture to bring the subject before you, in the earnest hope that it will be noticed in your able and inde pendent journal. I remain, Mr. Editor, your very obedient servant, HAUD IGNORUS. May 6, 1865. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAY 19. • THE TAX ON ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, &c. Order for committee of supply read. Motion made and question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "in the opinion of this house, it is just and expedient that the annual duty payable upon certificates taken out by attorneys, solicitors, and proctors in Eng land and Ireland, and by writers to the signet, solicitors, agents, attorneys, and procurators in Scotland, should be abolished," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 143; Noes, 146. AYES —143. Acland, T. D. Finch, C. W. Paget, Lord C. Adam, W. P. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Palmer, Sir R. Adeane, H. J. Ferrer, J. Palmerston, Visot. Agnew, Sir A. Foley, H. W. Peel, Sir R. Athlumney, Lord Foljambe, F. J. S. Peel, F. Aytoun. R. S. Foster, W. 0. Percy, Earl Bailey, C. Fortescue F. D. Pollard Urquhart W Baring, A. H. Fortescue, C. S. Portman, W. H. B. Baring, T. Galway, Viscount Potter, E. Baring, T. G. Gibson, T. M. Po . .ter, T. B. Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Proby, Lord Bentinck, G. C. Gladstone, W. E. Pugh, D. Blackburn, P Gower, F. L. Robartes, T. J. A. Bonham-Carter, J. Gower, G. W. L. Rothschild,Baron M Booth, Sir R. G. Greenwood, J. - Russell, H. Bouverie, E. P. Grey, Sir G. Russell, A. Bouverie P. P. Grosvenor, Earl Russell, Sir W. Briscoe, J. I. Grosvenor, Lordßd. Salomong,Aiderman Bromley, W. D. Hamilton, Lord C. Scourfielo, J. IL Browne, Lord J. T. Hankey, T. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, Lord C. Hartington,Marquis Seymour, Denby Bruce, H. A. Hervey, Lord A H. Shafto, It. D. Buckley, Gen. Hayter, Sir W. Smith, Augustus Bury, Viscount Headlam, T. E. Smith, M. T. Butler, C. S. Heathcote, G. H. Stanley, 0. Cardwell, E. Henley, Lord Stansteld, J. Castlerosse, Vist. Holland, E. Steel, J. Childers, H. C. E. Horstall, T. B. Stewart, Sir M. R. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Howard, C. W. G. Talbot, C. R. M. Collier, Sir R. P. Hunt, G. W. Tracy, C. IL D. Corry, H. L. Jervoise, Sir J. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cowper, W. F. Kinglake, Serj. J. Villiers, C. P. Crawford, R. W. Knatclibull-Hugess Vivian, H. H. Crossley, Sir F. Layard, A. H. Walcott, Admiral Dalglish, R. Lawson, W. Waldegrave-Leslie Davey, le. Lefevre, G. J. S. Walter, J. Davie, Sir H. R F. Lee, W. Watlington, J. Dent, J. D. Leighton, Sir B. White, J. Disraeli, B. Locke, J. Wickham, H. W. Duff, M. E. Lowe, R. Willoughby, Sir H. Duff, R. W. Mackinnon,W. A. Winnington, Sir T. Dundee, Sir D. Marjoribanks, D. C. Wood, Sir C. Dunkellin, Lord Marsh, M. H. Wyndham, H. Egerton, E. C. Merry, J. Wyvill, M. Elcho, Lord Moncreiff, J. Enfield, Viscount Moor, H. Farquhar, Sir M. Morrison, W. Fenwick, H. Packe, Col. Fermoy, Lord Paget, C. NOES-146. Adair, H. E. Gard, R. S. O'Donoghue, The Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gavin, Major OFilvy, Sir J. Astell, J. H. George, J. 0 Loghlen, Sir C. Baring, IL B. Gore, J. R. 0. O'Neill, E. Barnes, T. _ Gore, W. R. 0. Padmore, R. Bateson, Sir T. Greenall. G. Parker, Major W. Baxter. W. E. Gray, Lieut.-Col. Phillips, G. L. Beamish, F. B. Grey deWilton,Lord Pilkington, J. Beecroft, G. S. Griffith, C. D. Powell, F. S. Benyon, R. Hadfield, G. Powell, J. J. Berkeley, H. F. Hamilton, I. T. Pritchard, J. Black, A. Handiey. J. Redmond, J. E. Blake, J. Hardy, G. Repton, G. W. J. Brady, Dr Hardy, J. Rogers, J. J. Bramley-Moore, J. Hassard, M. Russell, F. W. Bremridge, R. Hay, Sir J. Scholeficid, W. Bridges, Sir B. W. Henderson, J. Seymour, A. Brooks, R. Hodgkinson, G. Smollett, P. B. Bruce, Lord E. A. Hurunerston, P. S. Somes, J. Bruce, Major C. Ingham, R. Stanhope, Lord Burrell, Sir P. Jolliffe, Sir W. Staniland, M. Butt, I. Jones, D. Strawy, Sir H. Caird, J. Kendall, N. Stronge, Sir J. M. Cairns, Sir H. Kennedy, 2. Stuart, Col. C. Carnegie, C. King, P. J. L. Stunt, H. G. Clay, J. Kinnaird, A. F. Sullivan. M. Clifton, Sir R. Laird, J. Surtees, H. E. Cole, H. Lanigan, J. Taylor, Col. Cole, J. L. Leader, N. P. Tollemache, F. J. Colthurst, Sir G. Lefroy, A. Torrens, R. Corbally, M. E. Leslie, C. P. Trollope, Sir J. Courtney, Lord Lever, J. 0. Vandeleur, Col. Cox, W. Lewis. H. Verner, Sir W. Craufurd, E. 11, J. Lon field, R. Verner, E. W. Dawson, 11. P. MacEvoy, E. Vyner, R A. Dickson, Col. Mackie, J. Waldron, L. Du Cane, C. M`Mahon, P. Walker, J. R. Duncombe, A. Maguire, J. F. Waterhouse, S. Dunlop, A. M. Mamwaring, T. Whalley, G. H. Edwards, CoL Malcolm, J. W. Whiteside, J. Elphinstone, Sir T. Martin, J. Williams, F. M. Ennis, J. Miller, T. J. Woodd, B. T. Fane, Col. Miller, W. Wrightson, W. 13. Ferrer, J. Mills, A. Wyld, J. Fenwick, E. M. Moore, C. Ferrand, W. Morris, W. Fleming, T. W. Mowbray, J. R. N W Vy y n n nI S N:V r ; W R I: . .. 3 • Forde, Col. Murray, W. French, Col. Gallwey, Sir W. P. ° o :l3 Co ri n c o n ; S Don,irP P. I) Va en n m cc a , I' S. G. TELLERS. Brand, H. White, L. and ThtheeirPßrinoyceasls H m i a g r h y n o e f ss c e a s ra t b h r e i d D g eulcohf loft ss of Cambridgest. James's Palace yesterday for Kew. • MR. FECHTER AND Mr. I3CUCICA ULT —lt is eon iatnweii thatll j join i the n M t r w . F o ec! te r ffind the e tly management of M the Lyceum, l 3 ucicau direc tors will occupy th e theatre time about, the one p artner assertedt o running his pieces in the provinces while the othe r p l ays his in town .—The Orchestra. MR. DAVIS'S TREASURE.—The New York Tribune understands that Mr. Jefferson Davis is penniless. Colonel Clark, of the Southern army, who was captured by one of the Union scouting parties while endeavouring to escape from Richmond on one of the last trains from the doomed city, asserts that he was in charge of all the specie which was removed from Richmond ; that when his train broke down, and he found it impossible to got it on the track and off again, seeing the Union forces approaching, he ordered it to be set on fire, and that all his efforts to save the specie were unavailing ; that the soldiers broke open the kegs, and amid the excitement and tumult soldiers and citizens appropriated all there was. He asserts that he knows that no other amounts of specie not in the pockets of its owners were taken from Richmond. He states, further, that the amount has been vastly over-estimated, and confirms the statement heretofore made by General Grant, that it amounted only to about $200,000. THE INTERNATIONAL REFORMATORY EXHIBITION. OPENING CEREMONIAL. The ceremony of opening this exhibition, at the Agri cultural Hall, Islington, took place yesterday by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The articles of exhibition were arranged on. stalls erected on either side of the hall, and on innumerable stalls in the centre, and consisted principally of articles of wearing apparel—plain and ornamental—iron and tin ware, mats, carpets, rugs, furniture, and embroidery, sent from all parts of the world : from Baden, Switzerla,nd, Portugal, Hanover, the Netherlands, Belgium, the" United States, Prussia, Italy, France, Wurtemburg, Saxony, Ghent, Bel gium, Austria, St. Hubert's, and all the reformatory insti tutions in Great Britain. At the end of the hall a chair of state was placed on a raised dais for his Royal Highness, surrounded by others for the more distinguished visitors, and a choice display of flowers placed at the back of the chairs gave a very beau tiful appearance to the spot. On either side of the Great Exhibition organ the'boys and girls from the English re formatories were ranged, forming a choir of upwards of 1,000 voices. The galleries were all occupied by stalls, the names of the institutions or countries, contributing the articles, being well displayed in white letters on a red ground. The appearance of the hall, filled with a brilliant company, principally of ladies, was very imposing. Amongst those present were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Miss Burdet Coutts, the Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Mr. Tite, Mr. Cave, M.P., Hon. Mr. Kinnaird, Sir C. Fox, &c. A very excellent selection of music, occupying the time until the hour fixed for the arrival of his Royal Highness (four o'clock), was executed by the band of the corps of Commissionaires, and on the grand organ by the Rev. Mr. J. Kempthorne, M.A., and precisely at the appointed hour, just as the last sounds of the magnificent Hallelujah Chorus were dying away, a flourish of trumpets an nounced the arrival within the building of his Royal Highness and suite. The majority of the committee were in attendance to receive his Royal Highness, and he was then conducted to the dais, the Archbishop of Canterbury walking on the Prince's right, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs following on the left. On the arrival of his Royal Highness at the dais in front of the orchestra the vast assemblage of children sang the National Anthem, and then the Earl of Shaftesbury ad vanced to the front, and presentedto the Prince an address, who handed it to Gen. Knollys, on behalf of the Reformatory and Refuge Union. The dress entered at length into the great benefits that haM•esulted to the industrious poor by the founding of these institutions, and it expressed the greatest pleasure that kindred establishments now existed all over the world. It then went on to say, the boys and girls, seei,...tuaily .t work around - Vs in some thirty dif ferent handicrafts, are chiefly from institutions in our busy towns, while there are many country schools and asylums, occupied in gardening or agriculture, which cannot so well exhibit the fruits of their labour now in the spring time of the year. The committee of the union believe that your Royal Highness, as patron of our society, which is the centre of 300 British institutions, will graciously welcome these numerous representatives from abroad, who, responding to our invitation, have brought here from almost every part of Europe, and from Africa and America, the evidences of their interest in this peculiar field of Christian work. The noble lord, on concluding the reading of the address, handed it to the Prince, and, His ROYAL HIGIINESS replied as follows : " Your Grace, your Excellency, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—l have gladly taken a part in the proceeding, of this day, and have complied with your request that I should attend, as the patron of this society, with the greatest satisfaction. The benevolent purpose of this exhibition cannot fail to be followed by the desired suc cess, and claims the co-operation of every one who has the interests of the industrious poor at heart, and who desire to forward the object which the Reformatory and Refuge Union has in view, viz., industrial with moral training. " The committee do me justice in believing that I cor-. dially sympathise in the welcome this society offers to the representatives of foreign countries who have responded to the invitations they have received by their presents and contributions. "In doing so they have borne testimony, in common with ourselves, to the value of those international exhibi tions in promoting the growth of those Christian and kind feelings towards each other which we ought to pray should animate the whole of the nations of the world." The children then sang the Old Hundredth Psalm, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury then offered up a prayer, at the conclusion of which the children sang a piece of music entitled " Gotha," the music being the com position of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. This portion of the ceremony having concluded, his Royal Highness then advanced to the front of the dais and exclaimed, in a loud voice, " I declare this Exhibition open." The announcement was received with vociferous cheering. His Royal Highness then descended the dais, and was conducted by the committee round the hall to inspect the articles of which the exhibition was comprised. The works from Wurtemburg attracted his royal highnesses attention, and so did the extremely beautiful embroidery sent from the British Syrian Industrial School. This contribution consisted of cushions, purses, table-covers, and ladies' girdles of velvet, upon which was worked devices of the most ex quisite design in gold thread. When the fearful massacres in the Lebanon, and other parts of Syria, in 1860, placed thousands of widows and orphans within the reach of Christian sympathy, and an English lady, Mrs. Bowen Thompson, hastened to raise the unhappy creatures in their social position by instructing them in needle work and other useful occupations, • the benevolent ob ject prospered, and now a very remunerative return is made, as Messrs. Howell and James, of Regent-street, have undertaken the sale of the articles for the committee. A contribution from a prison in Ghent excited much curiosity, as did the straw manufactures from Austria. The contri butions from the English reformatories were quite worthy of the country—the various articles of useful wearing apparel being made in a manner that distanced all compe tition. ; There were some very excellent specimens o Cabinet work, all of which reflected great credit on the institutions sending them for exhibition. The prince, having made a circuit of the building, took leave of the committee, and on entering his carriage in the Liverpool-road he was received with loud and great cheering, amidst which the Prince and suite drove off to Marlborough-house. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 8d lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d ; veal , 4s 03 to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD, The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to —d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to Bid; 801 b to 881 b, 3}d to 3id; 881 b to 961 b, aid to Bid ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 48 Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ;. polled sheep, —a Od to -sOd ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 7s Od to 9s Od; shearlings, is 5d to Os Od ; lambs, 28 10d to 48 Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 Os Od ; clover, £5 Os to £6 3s Od ; and straw, £1 6 s to £ 1 10s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A fair demand. WurrEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 Os Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 3s Od ; and straw, £ 1 6s to £1 10s p er load. Trade firm. 1865. 121 162} 81 91t 6i 198 663 865 711 373} 1225 1171 1191 145 611 262 5831 1093 251 10 1131 138 1051 10 10 - 31 77 274 LONDON GAZE rTE---Last Evening. ADMIRALTY, MAY 16. Mr. Edwin Gossage has this day been appointed Engl.. noer in her Majesty's Fleet. MAY 17. Mr. James Cameron has this day been promoted to be Assistant Engineer of the First Class in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 11th May, 1865. COURSE OP EXCHANGE--Lase it Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 , Ditto 8 Months. 11 19 ; Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 47 , Brussels - - _, 11 14 12 12 + 25 50 25 50' 13 10 25 25 25 47i 25 50 1201 11 7 11 27 Hamburg Paris . Short 25 171 Ditto 3 Months. 25 42; Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Vienna — 11 2i Trieste — 11 221 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 47 Cadiz 25 2i 25 621 25 621 25 621 25 . 621 25 62: 61 51f Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo • ' Messina Lisbon ........................ Oporto ........................ 25 571 25 571 25 57 25 57 25 57 25 57i 51 514 DEATH OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF ESSEX. It is with deep regret we have to announce the death at an early hour this morning, at Easton-lodge, of Lord Viscount Maynard, the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. From age and illness this sad event has been for some time anticipated. Our despatch announcing the death says :-- 4 ‘ The much-esteemed Lord-Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of this county expired this morning at five minutes before 7 o'clock, to the great regret of the community of a widely extended neighbourhood. His lordship having no male heir, Col. Maynard, his son, having died in January last, the title becomes extinct. He was born in 1786, and con sequently was 79 years of age, and was the third viscount.' His lordship married in 1810 the only daughter of the lafe Mr. Reginald Rabett, of Bramfield-hall, Suffolk (she died 1857) ; succeeded his uncle in 1824. He was patron of six livings. The pedigree is clearly traced to the Conquest, and the family at first resided in Devonshire. The pre sent peer is descended from Sir Henry Maynard, secretary to Lord Treasurer Burleigh, whose eldest son was created a baron, which title became extinct with. the sixth pos sessor. That peer, however, obtained another barony and viscounty, with remainder to the late Viscount's grand father.—Chelmsford Chronicle. HONORARY SUlClDE.—Recently the Emperor of Japan had reason to be highly dissatisfied with one of his officers, and sent him the renowned sabre. It is a sort of honorary sword, very beautifully carved and finished. As this officer held high rank, and had hitherto given his or princeder toevery alleviate reas sible, one of his own swords, set with diamonds, and se thoneteoffbeectsaetfistfiheed,litiehscsalagtetearesefnatr h a im s p , oisn lected his prime minister as the bearer. The officer re ceived the present, and was well aware what it signified. After reverently regarding the instrument of his punish • ment, •he quietly left his house, went to the port, got aboard a French ship bound for Havre, and safely reache Paris, where ho sold the sabre for 150,0001 • nce this cress and five Lek ;at- :on. lay, less by sses ice, ; at L ger Liss :;01. her sty oat- tho -cry by , ow. lie, the tile aid ier 13, laiS AC C all LIP 100 100 100 100 1 , 0 130 144 5 73 21 137 61 1331 3 109 k 94 4 95 92 i