The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-27 00:00:00

MONETARY NEWS.-SATIIRDAY. - The Stock Markets have been without important fea ture. During the earlier hours a fair amount of anima tion was apparent, and the quotations improved in some instances, but heaviness subsequently supervened, and the quotations receded. Consols at the close were per per cent. lower. For delivery the price was 92i- to 921 ex-div., and for the July account 92i to 92i ex-div. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921 to 921. Exche quer Bills, par to ss. prem. Bank Stock has marked 233 to 235. Indian Five per Cents. have been done at 111 to 1111 ex div., and Indian Bonds at 21s. to 265. prem. In the market for English railway stocks the transac tions have been to a limited extent, and the general ten dency of prices has been unfavourable. Metropolitan, at 701, has been 4 better, and a similar improvement has taken place in Caledonian, the price being 77k. On the other hand, Brighton has fallen the price being 431; Great Northern A, or to 133 ; Great Eastern, or to 39 i i ; Midland, *, or to 1311; North Western, or to 124 For Indian stocks there has been very little inquiry, but prices have been unchanged. Canadian shares have been flat but unaltered. In foreign shares the transactions have been restricted, and Lombards at 16 7-16 are lower. Business in foreign bonds has been limited. Italian have been i s better at 59&, but Spanish have been fiat. The 1867 bonds at 31 9-16 shew a fall of *, and the 1869 at 31* of 1-16 per cent. Brazilians (1865) have fallen *, the quotations being 91i ; Turkish 6 per cents (1865), or to 73* ; ditto, five per cents., or to 52 9-16 ; ditto (1869), I, or 63g. The New Peruvian Loan is quoted to 1 prem. ; the Spanish at 1 to 1i prem. The Honduras loan has been done as low as par, but has since recovered to I*, 1* prem. In the discount market there has been a fair supply of capital. There has been a moderate demand for accom modation, and the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been unaltered at 2i, 3 per cent. The sum of £51,000 has been taken to the Bank to day. The Westphalia, from New York, has brought £61,608 in specie. Paris advices state that a new loan for the Pope is spoken of, and an operation of some kind for Russia is stated to be in preparation. The conversion of the railway lottery loan of Turkey or some modification of it, is said to be seriously contem plated. The object is to get the new stock admitted to the Paris market, from which, by order of the Govern ment, the lottery excluded. The report of the Imperial Ottoman Bank shews an available balance of £322,240. After increasing the reserve fund to £175,583, there remains £272,650, out of which £101,250 was distributed by way of interim divi dend in January last. A further dividend of 16s. per share is now recommended, making a total distribution of 13 per cent for the year, leaving a balance of £9,400 to be carried forward. American Government securities have been steady, and tending upwards in value, the Five-twenty bonds shewing an improvement of per cent. Illinois Central shares have risen but Atlantic bonds have fallen 1, and Erie shares f. Bank shares have been quiet ; and in telegraph shares the business doing has been very moderate. Telegraph Construction shares have been lower, the quotations being 261 The Court of Chancery has sanctioned the scheme for the settlement of the claims, and distribution of the assets in the matter of the South-Eastern'of Portugal Railway Company. The total amount of the claims is 1,480,000, and% speedy appropriation of the assets may be looked for, resulting in the following rates of dividend :—Debentures of first issue, about 14s. 14d. in the 2 ; ditto second, Us. 10d. in the 2 ; and the general creditors, about ss. 3d. in the £. Advices from Athens state that the company for cutting the Corinth Canal has finally been established with a capital of 50,000,000 drachmas (21,700,000). The pro moters are assisted by a powerful French and Austrian combination, 'but the London Greeks have declined to participate. M. Piat has arrived to begin tb e prepara tory work, and he will ask for the concession of a railway from Corinth to join the Turkish lines. The form ation is also mentioned of a French company, with a capital of 24,000,000 drachmas (2800,000), called the Societe Anonyme de la Plaine de Copais, to dry up the Copais Lake, and the chairman is said to be the Marquis de Richmond. The caution motion for a waterworks com pany to supply Athens with water bas been fixed at 300,000 drachmas (210,000). All the requisite prepara tions for the speedy resumption of cash payments have been made by the National and lonian Banks. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES -AFT: GOVERNMENT Three per Cent Consols 921 921 Do. for Account Three per Cent Rdcd 921 921 New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills,March, par spin Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 111 1111xd Can.6pcJan.&JulylB77-84 107 108 Do. 5 per cent do. 981 991 Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 971 981 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 ew Zealand 6 p c 1891.. 112 114 Do. 5 per cent 9911001 Do. 5 p c Consolidated Queensland 5p c 1882 'Victoria 6p c Jan .& July 115 116 Do. 5 p c do. 104 1041 RAIL Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Caledonian 77 78 Great Eastern Great Northern 12291239 Do. A Great Western Lancashire &Yorsshire 133 134 L. B. and South Coast Lon. Chat., and Dover Lon. and , North-Western 12991291 Lou..and South-Western 91 92 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 529 521 Metropolitan 7Ol 709 Met. District — Midland North British 379 38 North-Eastern Consols Do. York — South-Eastern Bom., Bar., &C1.1nd.g.5 pc 10741084 East India guar. 5 p c Grand Trunk of Canada 142 154 Do. Ist Preference Rim& 64 66 Great Indian Pen. g. 5p c 108 109 Great Western of Canada 154 152 Madras g. 5p c 10811094 Scinde. Delhi, do. Scinde, Punjaub, do lO6 107 i Dutch Rhenish 244 25 Eastern of France 24 25 Great Luxembourg 144 144 Northern of France 0 ttom. (Smyrna to Aidin) 6 74 Recife and San Francisco 1 16 San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p o 21 21i S. Aus. & Loin. Veneta. 164 16 BANKING COMPANIES. Pa 10 Agra Bank (L) A 102 11/ 10 Imperial Ottoman 4 3 /4 45pm 25 Alliance (Limited) .. 144 15f 20 Lon.Coar. of Austrlia 23 3 / 4 24 3 / 4 10 Anglo-Austrian .... 1618 pm 20 London and County 50 51 20 Anglo-Egyptn (Lim) 24/ 24f 15 London Joint-Stock 34 3 / 4 35 3 / 4 50 British NorthAmrcu 54 56 '2O Ludn & Wstminstr 61 62 20 Ch.of India,Australia 17 18 ' 10 Metropolitan 9 9 3 / 4 25 Char. Mere. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (Limtd) / 1 p' 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47 20 Eng., Scot. & Aust. 0 17f 18/ , 15 Union of London .. 39 3 / 4 40i 20 Imperial (14‘ited) l9 193 TELEGRAPH COALPANIES Pd 10 Anglo -American (L) 78 82 100 Atlantic 3 Britiah lnd. Ex. (L) 6i 7 10 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 7 Fal. Gibraltar, (L) 9 9}. 10 Great Northern 11i 12 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 10 Med. Extension (L).. 52 61 20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 14 15} SW. India & Panama 7 74 MISCELLANEO I Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) 142 152 27 Canada Company 78 80 10 Ceylon Company (L) dis 20 Colonial jdls, iPm 10 Cred. Foncier of E (L) 22 2i 100 Crystal Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 74 Gen. Cred. do Dsct pm 14 Gen . Stm Navigation 29 31 4511 looper's Tel. Works li 1 dis MAR: S SECURITIES. Pd 51. Rbbr. GP Tel. Wks. 45 46 100 Intr. Financial (L) If 1 dis 5 Mdraz Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 105 5 National Discount IL) 11f 12 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 40 42 Telegraph Constrctn - 261 261 St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Gua. 5 by Italian Gyrnmnt 91 93 Trust & Ln of TT Cnda pin KETS. LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—TaIIow has been quiet, at 455. spot. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, SATURDAY.—The produce markets have been quiet to-day. For tea there has been very little demand ; nevertheless, prices have been maintained. In both raw and relined sugar the transactions have been to a limited extent, at about late rates. Coffee has been firm, on former terms. LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Linseed oil has been quiet, but rape has been firm. Palm has sold slowly, and the demand for other oils has been to a very moderate extent. LONDON METAL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Iron has been firm. Tin and copper have been quieter, but at full prices. LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY. - At the public sales of colonial wool the attendance has again been good. Some buyers have operated freely, but the quantity taken for export has been sma 1. Prices have ruled firm. English wool has been steady, on former terms. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKETS, SATURDAY.—These markets have been fairly supplied with new potatoes, but the show of old has been limited. The demand has been inactive, at about late rates. English regents, 6s. 6d. to 7s. ; Scotchtegents, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; and rocks, Os. 6d. to 7s. per cwt. METROPOLITAN lIAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. —The market was more freely supplied to-day. In consequence of the recent showers the demand was rather easier, and prices were scarcely maintained. Prime meadow hay, 110 s. to 1205.; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; prime clover, 1355. to 1455. ; in ferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; and straw, 245. to 30s. per load. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there was a fair supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at fully ls. per quarter lower. There was a very limited demand for foreign wheat, and holders would accept is. to 2s. per quarter less than last week. Barley and maize were fully as dear. Oats were rather cheaper, and met with a slow sale. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a large supply of wheat at this market to-clay, at from ls. to 2s. per quarter lower. The market was heavy for other cereals. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.-This market to-day opens with a steady demand on the spot, and with less cotton offering for arrival. Sales will probably be 10,000 bales.- The market closed steady both on the spot and for arrivals. Sales 10,000 bales. Speculation and export, 2,000 bales ; 7,000 American bales sold at Bd. to 111 d. ; 20 Pernambuco bales, 101 d. ; 200 Bahia, 101 d. to 100. ; 30 Maranham, 111 d.; 300 Egyptian bales, 80. to 17d. ; 20 Smyrna bales, Bd. ; 50 Peru bales, 10Id.; 2,380 Surat bales, old. to 91d. Imports, 200 bales. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.-At this time of the year the attendance in the cloth halls is always good ; but it is best when out-town buyers muster both in halls and warehouses; such is the case to-day. Some shippers, including Canadians, imparted more spirit than usual into the market, which was well stocked with dark tweeds, and a few good lots changed hands. No large sales of these took place to exporters ; but the home and foreign trade is somewhat brisk in goods for the new season, such as milled meltons and fancy coatings. Some fair parcels of the most attractive colours, and patterns of these have been cleared out. Trouserings in stripes sell frequently, but no large parcels to-day. The plain goods department is quiet, but likely to improve. Beavers keep a better-position than was expected, and woaded cloths also are bought freely by the larger firms. In the local flax trade there is no change ex cept that tow yarns are dearer again to-day. The coal trade around Leeds is slacker as regards local consumption, but there has been as much shipped as ever of late. The crucible steel works are fully supplied, and unusually large castings of machinery fitting have been successful. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.-There was a poor show of beef at this market to-day, but prices were rather better. There was a good show of sheep, but a poor demand, and a slight reduction in prices. The same may be said of pigs, particularly young ones. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this mar ket to-day there was not s 6 much shewing, but it was a heavy market. Hogs from 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d. per stone. Half hogs 17s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. per stone. Eyes 15s. 6d. to 16s. 6d. per stone. THE READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The market to-day was very thinly attended by the trade, and very scantily supplied with corn. The business in wheat was exceedingly dull in consequence of the millers declining to purchase, except at a material reduction in price. In all probability business will close about 2s. cheaper. Barley is quoted (nominally) at the same figure as was given last week. Oats are firm, and peas scarce ; the latter incline to be dearer, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this market to-day there was an abundant supply of farmers' wheat, and good deliveries coastwise, but nothing from abroad. There was a reduction of is. per quarter for wheat, and Is. less par sack for flour.. There was no change in other grain. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The refreshing showers which fell yesterday and last night checked an upward tendency in the price of wheat at this market to-day. There was only a dull trade in wheat, but where sales were forced, from 6d. to ls. reduction had to be submitted to. Oats, beans, and malt were quiet. No quotable change. Averages-June 20th, wheat, 836 qrs. 5 bushels, 50s. 7d. per. qr. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this market to-day the trade in wheat was quiet, and rather lower in price. Flour also met with a slow sale. Barley and oats were unaltered. Peas were steady. Beans were dearer. The arrivals for the week amount to-wheat, 6,474 qrs. ; barley, 2,103 qrs. ; oats, 2,916 qrs. ; beans, 534 qrs. ; peas, 129 qrs. ; flour, 2,350 sacks. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.-Ordinary firsts, 113 s. ; seconds, 110 s.: thirds, 106 s. ; fourths, 100 s. ; fifths, 755. ; sixths, 555. 2,400 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 116 s, ; seconds, 113 s. ; thirds, 0. 130 firkins in the market. THE EUROPE il‘T ASSURANCE SOCIETY. A petition for the compulsory winding-up of this well known company was to have been investigated before Vice- Chancellor James on Saturday, but Mr. Kay, Q. C., applied on behalf of the petitioners for an adjournment, on the ground that affidavits had been filed by the company to which his clients had not had an opportunity of replying. Mr. Kay said that the petitioners applied for the appoint ment of a special examiner on the 9th inst., and on the 11th the appointment was made, the order being drawn up two days subsequently. The first examination took place on the 13th, since which time proceedings had been con tinuous, and had not yet been completed. Important evidence had been adduced with respect to the company, and amongst others Mr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, and Dr. Watts had been examined, and the cross-examination of those gentlemen had been of the most pro tracted character, The depositions were very lengthy, and even if some of them were now filed, copies could not be obtained until Monday next. The utmost diligence had been used in preparing the evidence, and under the circumstances there was a reasonable excuse for an adjournment. The Vice-Chancellor : I suppose the fact is you have been searching for additional evidence since. Mr. Kay replied that evidence could not be filed before the presentation of petition, and those whom he repre sented desired to give every possible facility for testing the evidence to the utmost. They produced witnesses before the examiner, and he would be surprised to hear anybody assert that that was irregular. He was informed that the respondents had filed twelve affidavits, which the petitioners had not seen. Copies of the depositions had been obtained by the respondents, and upon the strength of that they had filed their affidavits. If that were so the depositions had been procured surreptitiously, and it was an unfair attempt to take advantage of the petitioners. Mr. Fry, Q.C., who, with Mr. Millar, appeared for the respondents, said he was perfectly prepared to meet the petitioners on the evidence. They allowed nine days to elapse without applying for a special examiner, and eleven daysbefore taking evidence, and at the end of that time no affidavit, save the statutory one, was presented. Mr. Murray remarked that if copies of the depositions had been obtained it was a most improper thing. No authority could have been given for the adoption of such a course. The Vice-Chancellor : I will go on with the petition on Wednesday next, by which time I shall expect all the parties to be ready. THE EXTRAORDINARY LIBEL CASE. The case of Anne Royce Morgell v Sir Edward and Lady Emily Gambier was resumed before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury in the Court of Common Pleas, on Saturday. It will be remembered that the action was one for libel, contained in two letters from Lady Emily to her sister, a Mrs. Searle, and said by the plaintiff to charge her with destroying her brother's will. In them she was called a " cheat : ' but the plaintiffs pleaded that this referred to a fraudulent removal of certain securities from among the effects of her deceased brother. On the conclusion of the evidence in the case, His lordship said he had looked over the depositions to find when the letters in question got into the hands of the plaintiff, and from the evidence of the plaintiff and the deposition of Mrs. Searle, he came to the conclusion that it was not until after the abandoment of the former action. However,the time did not signify in point of law, although it might in so far as it related to the question of damages. Then with regard to the justification pleaded, there was strong evidence for the lawyers that if the securities were not the property of the deceased there was no fraud. What the attention of the jury would be called to would be the question of damages. The Solictor-General was much obliged to his lordship for thus simplifying the case. He then briefly summed up the evidence for the defence, adverting to the fact that the defendants had twice over distinctly sworn that they never charged or intended to charge the destruction of the will, and that Mrs. Searle had sworn that the defen dants never made such a charge to her. Mr. Bidder replied for the plaintiff, denying that she had been actuated by the motives imputed to her by the Solicitor-General. Ore advantage she had over the de fendants was that she had come over from France to refute, before the jury, the calumnies to which she had been subjected for a series of years, and during her long examination and cross-examination she had not swerved from strict truth. With respect to the undertaking in 1867, to abandon further proceedings, the terms were " in reference to the matters." Now, inasmuch as she was not aware of the letters to Mrs. Searle at that time, the undertaking could not be held to apply to the present subject matter, but only to the verbal slander charged against the defendants in 1866. - The Lord Chief Justice intimated to the jury that the plaintiff's counsel had withdrawn the third and fourth counts, charging the later letter, and accordingly a verdict for the defendants must pass upon them. On the first count, charging a general libel in the letter of July 1866, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, and they would have to consider what damages ought to be given therefor. The second count charged that Lady Gambier accused the plaintiff of having destroyed her brother's will ' • and the jury would have to consider whether that was the meaning of the words in the letter, and assess the damages accordingly. His lord ship then read and commented upon the evidence at consi derable length, and asked the jury in the first place to say whether the words in the letter meant that the plaintiff had destroyed the will of her brother, Thomas Royce Morgell ? The jury at once found that there was no such imputa tion. His Lordship said that was a verdict for the defendants upon the second count; and left only the first count for disposal, being a mere question of damages. That it was a libel there was no doubt, as it contained the word " cheat." Upon this point he might say that it was clearly understood that the plaintiff had not taken any securities which did not belong to her. They were all agreed upon that. The only imputation was that she re moved them for the purpose of defrauding the French Government of certain fees. The jury then found for the plaintiff on the first count, with one farthing damages. His Lordship refused to certify for costs, but ex pressed a hope that all the letters in the case would be given up. THE STEAMER DACIA.—A despatch from Kings ton, Jamaica, June 12, says :—" The Dacia has grounded in harbour. She received no damage. It will be necessary to transfer two hundred miles of cable to Consort. There is no cause for alarm." THE AUSTRIAN ELECTlONS.—According to a tele gram from Vienna, the result of the elections in Vienna and Lower Austria has been in favour of the old Centralist party, but the others have gained some triumphs, even in the capital. The former Ministers, M.M. Giskra and Brest 4, have been re-elected without difficulty. The Czechs are making great efforts to become reconciled with the Germans in hernia, and have called together various meetings, in order to persuade these latter that they ought to consider themselves citizens, and seek to obtain the recognition of public right in the kingdom. These efforts at reconciliation have hitherto beeu most unsuccessful, as the Germans have rejected all the overtures which were made to them, and will not attend the meetings to which they are invited. THE GREAT FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—A poor woman in Constantinople, the other day, was about to go the upper floor of her living place to bring down the mangal, or pan of lighted charcoal, for cooking ; but, feel ing lazy—the day was warm—sent her child for it. The child let the pan fall on the stairs, near a window curtain; and the result of the woman's change of mind was that terrible fire we have all heard of, which has reduced 30,000 persons to destitution, utterly destroying many hundreds of them and some thousands of houses. If a neighbour had given the poor woman £lO,OOO not to send the child it would have been a good bargain. —Builder. 'ER OFFICIAL HOURS. SECURITIES, Brazilian, 1865, 5p c 9l 911 Egyptian, 1868, 7p c 82/ 83 Do. Rail. Deben., 7 p 0 10111022 Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 591 598 Peruvian. 1865, 5 per cent 91k 921 Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 331 34 Russian, 1866, 5 p c 9331 942 Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6Bl 691 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 3ll 318 Do., 1869, 3 per cent .. 31 1-16, 3-16 Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 521 521 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 734 73/ U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 902 908 Do., 1865 Do., 10-40 Bonds, spc 1901 87/ 881 Erie Sha.. 100 dols. all pd. 19 19 'LYS. THE SUN, LOINDON, MONDAY MORNING JUNE 27 : 16'70. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. First on the list of the orders of the day for to-day comes the re-committed Elementary Education Bill, on which progress was reported by the committee on Friday. Next comes the University Tests Bill, as amended to be considered, and several bills of less importance, such as the Extradition Bill, the Gun Licensee Bill, and the Clerical Disabilities Bill, are also down for con= sideration in - committee. Second readings of the Game Laws Amendment Bill, the Proces sions (Ireland) Bill, and the High Court of Justice and Appellate Jurisdiction Bills, are fixed. Ques tions will be put to the Secretary for War by Mr. Dent and by Sir P. O'Brien respecting the deaths from sunstroke on the march to Aldershot. —On Tuesday the Ballot Bill comes on for second reading, and the Burials and Public Prosecutors Bills, both of which are re-committed, are also on the list. Mr. Sclater Booth will move that the Public Prosecutors Bill go into committee on that day three months. The Attorney-General has a similar notice against the Married Women's Acknowledgment Bill which is down for the second reading. On Wednes day the Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill is to be read a second time, and the adjourned debate on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill will be resumed. Mr. Alderman Law rence has a notice of motion against the first, and Mr. Brady against the latter. On Thursday the orders of the day are comparatively uninteresting to the general public except the New Zealand loan. The Factories and Workshops Bill is on the list for the second reading, Mr. Potter moving its rejection. On Friday the order of the day is the Mines Regulation and Inspection Bill for re-committal, while among the notices of motion are two naval ones. Mr. Hanbury- Tracy will call attention to the report of the committee on the Naval Reserve, and Sir John Hay will have a motion on the great loss of men which has resulted from the enjoyment of the Flying Squadron. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., of The Abbey, Amesbury, Wilts ; Lower Cheam, Surrey ; the Terrace, Piccadilly ; and 59, Strand, was proved in the London Court, on the 10th inst., under £300,000 personalty. The executors are his sons, Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., and Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, Esq., The will is dated October 4, 1861, and a codicil, June 24, 1864. The testator died, at his residence, Piccadilly, on May 4 last, aged 78: To his wife he has be queathed an immediate legacy of £2,000, with a residence and an annuity that will, with her settlement and other provisions, maks up £4,000 a year. To his sons, Hugh Lindsay and Robert Crawford, he leaves each a legacy of £lO,OOO, in addition to like sums previously given to them, and also leaves like legacies to his daughters, in addition to similar sums given to them on marriage. Having, in. conjunction with Mr. E. Marjoribanks, some time since purchased of the Duke d'Aumale the domain of Chantilly, and the forest, woods, and residence at Clermont, in France, be longing to his Royal Highness, he has devised his right, share, and interest in such estates to his son Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, and has also bequeathed to him his estate at Cheam. He has left to Miss Burdett Coutts, as a mark of respect, a legacy of 100 guineas to purchase a ring. He has bequeathed to each of the partners in the banking-house a legacy of £5OO, to each clerk a suit of mourning, and legacies to his servants. The residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to his eldest son, the present Baronet. The will of Charles Holland, Esq., merchant, of Liverpool, and of Liscard, was proved at Chester, under £200,000 personalty.—The will of Mrs. Frances Drake, widow, formerly of Walthamstow, and late of Harlow, Essex, was proved in London, on the 9th inst., under £60,000. personalty. The will of Edward Wilson, Esq., of Rigmaden Park, Westmoreland, was proved under £350,000 person alty.-171ustrated London News. REFUSAL TO CONSECRATE A CHURCH. A most unusual scene of excitement occurred on Friday forenoon at a new and elaborately finished church at West Derby, about three miles from Liverpool, which has just been erected at the sole expense of Mrs. Reade, a wealthy lady in the neighbourhood, and which was to have been consecrated by the Bishop of Chester. It had been officially announced for about three weeks that the ceremony would take place on Friday, which was the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, the patron saint to whom the church is dedicated, and the highly ornate character of the interior and the elaborate painting, gild ing, and general decorations had the effect of attracting a very large number of persons who wished to be present at the ceremony. At the last moment, however, in conse quence of what is explained below, the bishop refused to consecrate the edifice ; but this determination on the part of his lordship was only officially made , known to the general public in the local newspapers in the morning, and it was too late to prevent considerable numbers of persons making their way to the church. Shortly before the hour announced for the com mencement of the proceedings a large portion of the intended congregation arrived in rapid succession in carriages. On arrival, however, they were unexpectedly disappointed on reading a notice which had only an hour or two before been placed on the church doors, simply stating that the consecration had been unavoidably post poned. It appears that the cause of the postponement is a visit which the bishop, in company with the archdeacon and some of the local clergy, has paid to the church within the last day or two. As already stated, the walls, roofs, and almost every other part of the church are most artistically decorated, together with full length paintings of the apostles, prophets, and other characters in Scrip ture history, as well as large numbers of allegorical figures. The nave is divided from the chancel by a mag nificent oak screen, which is richly decorated in gold and colours, whilst the roof and walls of the chancel itself are' evon still more elaborately decorated, and the altar piece, which rivals in its' costliness and beauty the best works of mediaeval times, consists of richly-carved and gilt wood-work, with scenes from the Passion of our Lord, from His betrayal to the visit of the Marys to the Sepulchre. The bishop is said to have expressed his strong disapprobation of these decorations, as out of place in such an edifice, more especially the altar piece, to which he strongly ob jects, and refuses to consecrate the church until it is removed, as well as several other portions of the decora tions. The course taken by his lordship has been a general subject of conversation, and it is stated that the donor of the church declines to permit any of the decorations, to be removed, and threatens to resort to measures to en force the consecration of the church as it now appears. It may be stated that the cost of the edifice amounts to about £30,000, and has been erected from designs fur nished by Mr. G. F. Bodley, architect, of London. • THE FENIANS IN CANAD t.. Some of our Canadian neighbours are exercising them selveS in a rather unnecessary manner about the duty of the United States in regard to the late Fenian "invasion." It is difficult to see what these gentlemen would have be yond what was effected by this Government in their be half. The interposition of Union troops would have been improper before the commission of some overt act, and indeed might have roused a feeling along the border from which greater trouble might have arisen than actually was created. We on this side think we did our best for the D6itinion people, and the complete collapse of the expeditions is a sufficient comment upon the measures taken by General Grant and the War Department. The probability, however, is that the complaints we hear of, chiefly at Montreal, proceed from some political motive in connection with future independence. At least, the scold ing administered to Mr. Thornton for thanking President Grant, looks like striking at the Imperial Government, and is, perhaps, intended to prove the existence of a de sire to break loose from. it, Why not say as much in plain English ?—Nev.' York Timed. A FOREIGN VIEW OF LONDON. M. Charles Hugo, son of Victor, who has been paying London a visit, describes his impressions in the .Rappel. He found there " 4,000,000,000 men, and not a single lounger. A feverish and phlegmatic circulation in a fog. Everyone rushing in pursuit of business, for time is money; the second is worth a shilling, the minute a guinea. Everything circulates pell-mell—the penny boat on the river, the waggon in the street. One has a railway overhead, another under-foot ; a railway to the right, a railway to the left. The Thames runs between two trains, one of which passes over, the other under the river. The penny boats have a locomo tive under the chimney and another under their wheels." Ws are then told that St. Paul's looks as if it were built of sugar, Westminster of pasteboard, and the Tower of London of dominoes. The police are dressed in green. Now and then there is a red soldier with his hair parted behind and a stick in his hand. High over the trees of Hyde Park rises the equestrian statue of Wellington, with his cocked hat under his arm. "Sugar all this over with 300,000 women of bad character, and you have London a prodigious nightmare, where everything is of iron, mud, coal, and rain, where tunnels are suspended and bridges are sub terranean, whose houses are tombs and shopkeepers phantoms. ' Chinoiserie de Pdpicerie, Sodome de la bank note, Gomorrhe du coton, Babylone de la cassonade " The note of admiration which follows Babylon of brown sugar is by M. Charles Hugo, who then proceeds to tells us how he visited Louis Blanc, who lives in one of the best quarters of London, and had to pay five shillings for half an hour's mad gallop—" that is, 7f. 25c." He dined with Louis Blanc and met Mr. Smalley, who is an amiable man, " and an amiable American is worth two charming . Englishmen." The conversation turned on Rochefort and Flourens, and M. Louis Blanc assured his guests that the latter had always expressed the greatest re pugnance for political assassination. It was remarked,how ever, that Napoleon 1., founder of the present dynasty, hadinstalled the statue of Brutus in the Tuileries when first consul, and had left a sum of money in his will to Cantillon, who had fired at Wellington. The next day M. Louis Blanc took M. Hugo to the Tower, where they saw all the Crown jewels but the Koh-i-noor, that famous diamond stolen from India which the Queen keeps hidden in a drawer so as to have 100,000,000 f. in her pocket in case of a revolution. In the courtyard the spot where Anne Boleyn was beheaded was pointed out. "And they reproach us with '93 " sighed Louis Blanc.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE CHARITY OF CHARLES DICKENS. In presiding at a meeting of the friends of the Royal Free Hospital, erected in Gray's Inn-road, Mr. Charles Dickens made a speech some years since which was never published. The following is an extract from a report taken down by a shorthand writer who listened to him :-- "Ladies and gentlemen,—lt happened some years ago, immediately after the close of the great Crimean war, that I was walking in the neighbourhood of Blackheath with a civilian just come home, who had greatly dintinguished himself in connection with that event. The conversa tion naturally turned on the incidents he had lately wit nessed, and my companion remarked that the ground upon which we happened to be standing was sufficiently like the ground on which one of the most memorable of the Crimean battles was fought, to give me a very good idea of the field. " Put behind every one, even of the least of the furze-bushes on that heath," said he—" put behind every patch of shelter before us which could possibly conceal a crouching human form, one—at least one—wounded soldier, and you will have a very clear idea of the field, supposing that soldier dead, as I saw it myself on the morning after the fight." " I suppose," said I, " that the badly wounded men crept behind those bushes when they were struck, to get out of fire ?" " Well, in part for that reason," he said ; " but I think only for a very small part, because I have noticed that it became a kind of instinct in a badly wounded man to creep away and crawl behind any little bit of shelter, and crouch, and die alone, like some of the lower animals." Gentlemen—ladies and gentlemen—that picture impressed my fancy very much at the time, and since then, when I have passed through any of the crowded byways of this vast London, or of any other great town or city, I have hoped within myself that it may not be in peace as it is in war, and that many of the stricken among us may not retire to their miserable places of refuge—may not coil themselves up in their wretched places of shelter, and die in the midst of us, untended and alone. Now, ladies and gentlemen, the most prosperous and best cared for among men and women know full well that whoever is hit in this great and continuing battle of life, howsoever vast the gap may be that is made,, howsoever dear the companion may be that is down, we must close up the ranks, and march on, and fight out the fight. But it happens that the rank and file are many in number, and the chances against them are many and hard, and they necessarily die by thousands, when the captains and the standard-bearers only die by ones and twos. How those privates live, and how they fight, and, how they die, are questions of immense moment to the whole social army. If they were not felt in these later times—if they were not felt honestly and thoroughly to be so—there can be no doubt that our own ranks would contain within themselves the certain elements of swift de struction and dissolution, and that we should need no enemy to ruin us utterly, but our own misdeeds. Accord ingly, ladies and gentlemen, and because people in general are, thank God ! disposed to be humane, and to do right and to do good, this great capital teams with institutions for the relief of the indigent sick. They are not, it is true, by any means equal in number to the dire need — they are not equal in capacity to the heavy demands made upon them—but they are great institutions never theless, many of them richly endowed, all of them nobly remarkable for the great medical science and skill which is freely placed at their command. Now, as I have to entreat your active-interest in behalf of one of these, it may be right that I should try, always without deprecia tion or the shadow of disparagement of any of the others to shew in whatits peculiar claims consist. Happily for me, ladies and gentlemen, the task is an easy one. The distin guishing character of the Royal Free Hos pital is amply expressed in its simple name. It is a free hospital —no recommendation is needed by the suffering creature who seeks admission ; no letter from a governor or subscriber, or what not, has with difficulty to be hunted out. " Look at me, look at me ; I am sick, I am poor, I am helpless, I am forlorn." Those are the patients' credentials. This is no case of a Chateau en Espagne—a castle in the air—a hospital of good intentions that may or may not be built some day of fragments rescued from the infernal pavement. There it stands in solid bricks and mortar. It is as real as the poor suffering creature who lies at your feet at the door-step as you pass home in the dark. The means of assuaging the suffering is at hand, if the public will only supply the requisite funds. There never was so strong or so hopeful a case. I believe there are in this great town hundreds of well-disposed people so struck to the heart by the spectacles which the streets of this great city present, and still more by the dreadful spectacles they hide—that they would gladly do anything to set those things right, if they knew how. In its extent and its degree this is how. Set up and main tain 500 beds, and it is positively certain that five times 5,000 human creatures will have laid their wretched heads upon them, to recover or to die, within five years. Oh ! ladies and gentlemen, I cannot but think, in speaking of this hospital to-day, how little the poor need to be done for them, when all is said and done. I have spoken of 500 beds. hen we talk of beds we think of a well-appointed and long-established home—we think of a luxurious room, grown to be an old and dear companion—we think, perhaps, of a number of pretty rooms, surrounding it, where we have watched our children sleeping from their cradles upward. The hospital bed is a poor little frame cf iron, some four feet wide, in a great bare ward the patients never saw before—a little space not much larger than a grave, in a long perspective of un rest and pain. But to the body stretched upon that little bed, come the ready hand, the soothing touch, the know ledge that can relieve pain within that suffering body ; and to the softened mind within it come, at the best time the words of the Great Friend of the sick in body and the-sick in spirit, who never raised His hand on earth except to heal. Ladies and gentlemen, for His sake remember—for God's sake remember—these are the things that evoke the gratitude of the sick poor ; these are the things that do men lasting good—these are the blessings we can bestow upon them, at so little cost to ourselves, and by which, after all, we can bridge across that great gulf between their beds and ours, as we all tend to that common-road on which we must be equal travel lers at last.—Moriling Advertiser. THE FRANCO-SPANISH T R EATY. -- A despatch from Madrid gives the result of an interpellation from Senor Rios Rosas on the subject of the famous Franco- Spanish Treaty. The Minister replied that the treaty in question had actually been signed, according to the ad vice of the State Council, who thought it unnecessary to have the intervention of the Cortex. DR. TEMPLE ON EDUCATION. On Friday afternoon the Right Rev. Dr. Temple, Bishop of Exeter, distributed prizes to successful students in the last examinations of arts and laws at the University College, London. In the course of a long address which he afterwards made, his lordship said :—I desire to con gratulate the college upon the evident prosperity which is attending its work, and upon the value which the country at large, more and more every day, is attaching to the work, and in all probability will attach to it. The college, as a place of education, has been from the beginning distinguished for the very wide range of its studies ; and the success of many of its sons has shewn how judicious it was to widen the range of studies so much as to encourage young men to endeavour to cultivate, not only one particular branch of knowledge, but, as far as possible, to make themselves acquainted—and that with no shallow knowledge—with a large extent of all that can elevate the mind, that can train the intel lect, that can supply information for future use. This width and range of studies has always distinguished this college from the cammencement ; and now, I think, we must consider it an additional service that this col lege has taken the lead in doing something to provide a similar education for women. (Cheers and hisses by some of the students.) They, too, have been encouraged to cultivate their faculties—not only by the cultivation of graces and accomplishments, but by the cultivation of their own understanding till they can take a part in all that interests man. I congratulate the college on its great success and the work it is doing. You have been studying what is commonly called " arts," and some of you have made such progress as to obtain the prizes here given. And this word arts " has always been used to signify that sort of study which not only prepares a man for a particular employment or profession, but which makes him truly a man, by cultivating all , his faculties by giving him a command of his whole intellect, by training and disciplining his mind—in fact, by, as it were making him what his nature intended him to be, and so fitting him to go forward ; and, whatever pro fession he may choose, enabling him to master it by the advantage belonging to thorough previous training and thorougl_ previous discipline. It is well worth our while to consider for a moment what is the advantage of these different studies. If I speak of mathematics, it is a trite thing to say that, by its study, the mind obtains a sense of the importance of clear definitions, of just postulates, of impregnable reasonings, such as can not be obtained from any other study we can pursue. And you will see, generally speaking, the effect of this study upon those who have followed it. The man who has studied mathematics always endeavours to see clearly what he is saying. He shews a remarkable de sire to keep to the point, and an impatient— sometimes a downright—dislike to everything that is irrelevant. But the study of mathematics has deficiencies. While it teaches the intellect, it never teaches the moral side of the nature at all, a man who is a mathematician and nothing more, is cold and narrow in his sympathies. He has not a wide contact with human nature. He is very often narrow-minded ' • because all that he knows of other men is simply derived from his own personal experience, and that personal experience has not been enriched by the study of history and of biography. It is certainly true of the great mass that the exclusive study of mathematics, must fail as a complete discipline for the human under standing. Let me go to another great branch of human study --that of natural science. Here we find a newset of the faculties of the human under standing called into play. It has been well remarked that almost invariably the student of natural science by the mere result of the study is a cultivated man. It is possible for a man to be a great mathematician and yet to be uncultivated as a man ; but it is very rarely indeed that you see such a result in the student of exter nal nature. Therefore, this study must rank by the side of the other, and must hold a place in no way inferior to it. Yet we may well ask what is the reason that this study still hangs back; and, why is it, for instance, that in so many of. our great schools there is difficulty in intro ducing these studies and carrying them forward? The answer we must give is one that might very likely surprise those who are the masters of this science. It is because in so very many instances • and to a very large degree those who are endeavouring to pro mote the study of natural science as a part of education have made the great mistake of omitting altogether that which is essential to a true study, viz., scientific method. I pass to another branch. In reality the study of literature and classics is philosophically a branch of the study of nature. When you study a lan guage you have to exert the same keen observations, even to minute details ; you have to exercise the same combina tion, and you have to put together laws of various kinds for the solution of problems of the same character as those which are presented by the study of natural science. You will find that in studying, for instance, chemistry, you have in your hands a certain mixture which you are to examine. You apply various tests, you apply to it the various laws of chemistry, and by that application you succeed, at length, in analysing the mixture into its component parts, and saying, " Here we have so much of this substance, so much of another, and another." Precisely the same thing is done when you set the student down to a Latin sentence which he has never seen before, and desire him to make out what it means. The process of the mind is exactly paralleled in the two cases. Having been for many years a teacher myself, I may say that a great help in giving real instruction to the intelli gence of his hearers is a sort of of healthy scep ticism, always distinguishing between that which is merely laid down by authority, and that which,is proved by evidence, and requires evidence before it gives full assent. In conclusion, his lordship observed : That which educates a mnn above everything else, as it seems to me, is the student's contact with minds greater than his own. That it is which makes it worth while for the sfudent not only to study in books, but under the eye and face of the living teacher. It is that which makes such a college as this of real value. The Bishop of Sierra Leone (the Right Rev. Dr. Crowther), accompanied by his son, the Rev. Mr. Crowther, left Liverpool on Friday in the African Royal mail steamer Biafra, for his diocese. Amongst the other passengers by the same steamer were the King and Prince Charles of Bonny and suite, which consisted of one " nigger." FLOATING HOTELS. Mr. Fisk's steamer, which is to carry passengers to Long Branch, is also to furnish them with meals and lodgings.• It is to be, that is to say, a floating hotel. Floating churches have existed for many years and on the Mississippi and elsewhere we have heard of floating theatres; but a vessel which offers to supply food and apartments, not to passengers only, but to all . comers, is something new under the sun. The ex periment once tried, it may occur to the pro prietors of the Great Eastern to turn her to similar account. At present she seems of little use to anybody, except when a cable is to be laid. Securely moored off Long Branch, with suitable bridges and shift ing platforms to make her easily accessible in all weathers and tides, the monster ship would make a hotel that would rival, if not surpass, any of its neighbours on terra firma. Balls, concerts, and other entertainments could be given with admirable effect on board ; the airiness of the dormitories could be hardly attainable under, other circumstances, and the mosquitoes—which theore tically never appear at Long Branch, but in practice are sometimes less obliging—would probably decline to cross salt water when they could banquet so richly on shore. The scene might be occa sionally varied by getting under way in the ' night, so that passengers on waking would find themselves, let us say, off Cape Hatteras, or in some other, exciting locality, famous for fighting or ship wreck. Such an enterprise as this would excite all adventurous spirits, and some one of our celebrated Com modores, who is also a capitalist, could hardly do :better than to take the Great Eastern off the hands to which o_he seems as troublesome as a white elephant, and put her to the use we suggest, at Newport, Coney Island, or Long Branch.—New York Times. THE PRICE OF TELEGRAPHING. A published correspondence between the New York, Newfoundland and London, and the International Ocean Telegraph Companies, furnishes some facts not at all creditable to the latter organization. The I. 0. T. Company charges for a telegram from Habana to any office in Great Britain, Ireland or France, 15 dols. for 10 words ; but a telegram from Great Britain or France to New York and thence to Havana is but 12 dols. 50 cents. This unjust discrimination against the messages which cross the Atlantic is so great that it is con siderably cheaper to send a telegram from London to Salt Lake City, and thence through this city to Habana, than directly through the two cables. To a request that this injustice be remedied the I. 0. T. Company 'makes an offer to reduce its tolls if the other companies will reduce theirs in the same proportion. But, as everybody knows, the cost of a message by the Atlantic cable has been reduced already . from 100 dols. to 7 dols. 50 cents. A computation shows that if the Cuba tariff were based on the same proportion to cost of construction of its cable as that of the lines crossing the Atlantic, the I. 0. T. Company, where it now charges 6 dols., would only receive 20 cents ; if based on length of lines, only 45 cents. Rut having an exclusive right by Act of Congress for 14 years to connect the United States with the West India Islands, the I. 0. T. Company take advantage of their monopoly. The price limited by Congress was 3 dols. 50 cents., undoubtedly meaning currency and exclu sive of date, address and signature ; but even this liberal tariff was deemed insufficient by the L 0. Ts., who demand gold for every word, and charge as much on a European despatch over their short line as the cost of sending it across the Atlantic. We have a gentle hint for this Cuban Telegraphic Company. If it cannot act with decent regard for its charter, and for the rights of the people under it, Congress can find a way to quicken its perceptions, and the way may prove costly to its stock holders. If they are wise, they will take the hint. —New York Tribune. THE BEETHOVEN JUBILEE. New York is keeping the hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's birth with great eclat, and although the corn poser was not born until December 1770, they are already holding inaugural concerts and celebrations. The New York Herald of June 14th gives the following account of the proceedings at the first concert on the previous night : —Wonderful as was the energy displayed in completing the preliminary arrangements for the Beethoven festival, the success which attended the opening last night was far more surprising. Beyond question it was a grand musical triumph, and it is no exag geration to say that the first programme was splen didly rendered and hailed with enthusiasm by an appreciative multitude. All things considered, no comparison can fairly be made between the Beethoven festival and the peace jubilee held in Boston. The former was gotten up with the most astonishing rapidity, and it would be unjust to the managers not to give them the greatest credit for the zeal, spirit and enter prize displayed by them in the gigantic undertaking. At Boston there was perfection itself ; but it must be borne in mind that the time for preparation was long, and the most ample opportunity was afforded for the minutest details of the jubilee. Altogether the Beethoven festival was a splendid success, and clearly proved that musical triumphs in this city are not by any means impossibilities. And what a noble subject was ,the grand basis of the undertaking ! How 'irony compose'rs of memorable works pale before the glorious name of Beethoven ! Admittedly the greatest • that the present cen tury has produced, his memory will live in whatever part of the globe true music is appreciated. One hundred years ago he first saw the light. As most people are aware, Lo u i s Von Beethoven was born in the pretty little town of Bonn, on the Rhine. His career was wonderful, and fully illustrated that his gifts were as natural as those of Shakespeare in their way. Haydn was, perhaps, the man that first understood his mighty genius, having in 1785, been shewn a cantata of Beethoven's composition, with which he is said to have been enchanted. In 1792 Beethoven left Bonn and pro ceeded to Vienna, where he studied under Haydn. It is unnecessary to follow his magnificent career. His works will not only be admired to the end of time, but will even be regarded as the great standard towards which the present generation looks with awe for the sublimity which characterises them all. Beethoven died on the 25th of March, 1827. The appearance of the Coliseum was very impressive, and looked to the best advantage. The lights burned brightly, and towards eight o'clock the crowds began to fill the building with great rapidity. Gradually • the different societies took their respective places on the stage, and in a short space of time there was not a vacant seat on either side of the massive organ. And now the interior of the Coliseum presented a scene to be remem bered, brilliant and imposing as it was. As the conductor appeared a long continued round of approbation arose from all sides. A general feeling of anxiety prevailed. It was known that everything had been hurriedly organ ised, and few anticipated the triumph that was at hand. The baton fell and a burst of harmony resounded through the building like the thundering roar of the tide washing high upon the beach. Soon the audience felt the thrill, and when the programme was fairly under way gratifica tion was universally apparent. By the request of the several conductors the decorations throughout the entire building were very limited, owing to their inter ference with the harmony, but those displayed were unos tentatious and appropriate. For the short space allowed for the completion of the details in connection with the interior of the Coliseum the managers deserve much com mendation. As the evening advanced the audience in creased, and at half-past eight o'clock over 13,000 persons were comfortably seated. The stage was crowded to the walls. In the centre was the organ, and on either side and extending to the extreme end of the stage were the different societies. The orchestra was composed as follows :—First violins, fifty-six second violins, fifty six ; violas, thirty ; celli, forty ; bassi, forty ; flauti, twelve ; oboi, twelve ; clarionetti, twelve ; fagotti, eight ; horns, sixteen ; trumpets, six ; trombones, eighteen; saxtuba, six ; kettle drums, four, making altogether 325 performers. The grand chorus was composed of about 2,500 performers. The balcony over the main entrance was particularly crowded, but the acoustic properties of the building generally were excellent. VIOLENCE TOWARD RAILWAY PASSENGERS. — Are the directors of, some of our suburban railroads wise in permitting their conductors to resort to violence toward passengers ? One would suppose that as a matter of business they would render their lines as little disagreeable as posSible. The time will come when New York City will have independent systems of communication, and then the outrages now so common will be remembered. Indignation meetings may be powerless at present, but they do undoubtedly create a strong public feeling the effects of which will be apparent some day. It will not always be possible for chartered companies to act like organised banditti.—New York Times. THOMAS CARLYLE COMING TO AMERICA.—One of our late cable despatches has it that the veteran author Tom Carlyle is coming on a visit to this country. It is not impossible that the despatch may be founded on mere rumour. At the same time we know no reason why such a visit should be deemed improbable. Carlyle is an old man, it is true. He is now in his seventy-fifth year ; and examples are • not numerous of men at his age making transatlantic trips. Still, all our late accounts agree that he is hale and hearty and full of work. If Carlyle does honour us with his presence he will have a hearty . welcome. No living author has exercised so much in fluence on the intellect of his age as the author of " Sartor Resartus ;" and his disciples are as numerous, proportion ally at least, on this continent as in Europe. A personal inspection of our American progress might lead to a new and improved version of one of his latest papers, "Shoot ing Niagara,"—New York Herald. THE AMERICAN PREACHERS L-I.N CHARLES DICKENS. In several of the New York churches on 9.1.4.nc1aY2 the 12th, allusions were made to the death of L,ickens and eulogies pronounced on his genius and works. Dr 1 ' Bellows, at the Church of the Messiah, in an eloqueni. ; discourse, declared that that the end for'which the great novelist worked " was invariably exalted, noble and high," and that " his words reached hearts preachers could never touch." In a sermon on joy and love delivered at the Church of the Divine Paternity, Dr. Chapin referred to Dickens as one who had been instru mental by his writings in softening our hard human hearts toward the numberless poor, and who had been the means of bringing light and cheerfulness to many a dull and dreary abode, Even Mr. Frothingham was moved to speak of the lamented " Boz " as an artist drawing " from all ranks of life and all fields of industry pictures which will never cease to touch the heart by their wondrous individuality, truth, and warmtel of life." THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER: ON THE DEATH OF MR. DICKENS. At the weekly prayer-meeting of Plymouth Church, tin June 10th, after the preliminary exercises, Deacon Bell arose and said, in substance, that the sad news had come to-day over the Atlantic Cable, that Charles Dickens, one of tiic great men of the present ,generation, was dead.. The deceased, he said, was widely known — known probably as a writer throughout the civilised world, as one of the greatest writers of fiCtion and useful works, which would live long ati: - er this time. Though there was little to hope for as to his Christianity, still it was better to hope than to despair. Mr. Beecher said that in some respects the death of Mr. Dickens was more of a per sonal loss than that of almost any other man of mark in. the literary world that could be named would be. Mr.. Dickens was a genial gentleman, and by his works aswelL as by his manners, he had taken a deep hold upon the hearts of the lower and middle classes throughout all countries where the English language is spoken. The. speaker continued : " Whether Mr. Dickens was a. Christian or not. God knows, Ido not. Would that be foie his death we could have put that question beyond a. peradventure." It was difficult to judge of men, 'because; every one was placed in such different circumstances. We. could not, he said, compare such a man as Mr. Dickens with Byron, Bulwer, and others that we might name. Mr. Dickens ; in his works, had portrayed life as he found it among the lower classes of the City of London, and as he might find it to-day in, perhaps, all the g reat civilized cities of the world. He had done well and nobly. The only exception that could be taken was that he opposed temperance—total abstinence from all that intoxicates. It may . be doubted, said Mr. Beecher, whether his works in the next generation will be regarded in the same light they now are. When i aa ,! - . Mr. Dickens was in this country the speaker h a d interview with him in a room adjoining Plymouth Church, after he (Dickens) had delivered one of his read ings there, and the latter said, " Mr. Beecher, never think of havin); another or different church as long as you live ; this is one the best constructed - churches and the in, which I have ever known." In best room to speak . conclusion, Mr. Beech: r said he could not but be grateful to. God for Charles Dicke:" He had performed a great - - led God had sent him to and a good work, which it 13: 'em A L do. He had fulfilled his allottt.:'' part in the great cause nobly. Peace be to his of human progress—well, bravely, memory. WORK FOR TUE HOUSE. favour- The prospects of the appropriations grow more . able, and there is hope that they may be completed " an early day. The River and Harbour Bill was passed ye 2 terday, and the others are in good legislative shape. So much of important legislation which ought to have been finished has been neglected, and so little time remains in which to repair that neglect, that we had hoped to hear the proposition made to thin out that immense House Calendar by a general sweep of the many personal bills and unimportant mea sures ; but with a singular perverseness the House, through this session as the last, and indeed session after session, has chosen to delay and postpone, until finally the vital measures will have to be disposed of in the most summary manner. It is painful to see days and nights. wasted in such idle discussion as the one on the Mission, to Rome when we know that Appropriation bills; or Funding schemes will in' consequence of that. wasted time have to be debated and decided upon. in the few hours of a closiiig session when members' minds. are fixed on other matters, and only Chairmen of Com mittees talk or think of the public interests. The Appro priation Bills are not the only ones before the House on. which, during the current month, action must be had. We trust members will not fail to remember that the debt is to be funded, the franking privilege abolished, Georgia admitted, naturalization regulated anew, and navigation interests revived, besides dozens of other measures which demand immediate attention and action. —New York Tribune, June 14. THE BOSTON " IRREGULARITIES." BOSTON, June 11. In the - United States District Court, this afternoon,. Justices Clifford and Lowell on the bench, and a crowded court-room, Charles Mellen and Charles H. Ward, two of the principals' in the State-street irregularities, of which they were convicted over a year ago ap peared for sentence. The third party, F. Hart well, was represented by his counsel. Mr. Morse, who said that at at the time he received notice of sentence Hartwell was in Philadelphia, or some part of Pennsylvania, as agent of the Connecticut Life Insurance Company. He immediately wrote him, and had just received a reply that it would be impossible for him to be here this afternoon, and he had no hesita tion in saying that Hartwell would be present at any future 1 day he might be required. :District-Attorney Hillard requested his presence Tuesday, when he should moved for sentence. The District-Attorney then moved for sentence on Ward and Mellen, remarking that it was a most painful duty ; but as it was one made by virtue of his office he must discharge it. After stating the nature of the indictment under which they were convicted, he said that the amount that the jury had found to be embezzled was 100,000 dols. Under the statute the prisoners would be required to pay a fine corresponding to this amount, but the Government did not expect that either of them would be able to pay this large amount, and at the expiration of their term, if he still held office, he should deem it his duty to ask the Executive to remit the fine, and if not in office, he thought his successor would cheerfully do so. As to the term of imprisonment he had nothing to urge on the Court. _ _ __ Mr. Paine, their counsel, introduced testimony shewing the excellent character hitherto borne by both defen dants, and closed with an appeal to the clemency of the court. _ _ Judge Clifford reviewed at length the nature of the case of which they had been convicted. The court could not think that they had been unjustly convicted, nor could it take into consideration the fact that they had aided the Government in its investi gations. The question of fine was not discre tionary with the court, for the act of Congress had provided that it must be equal to the amount embezzled. The term of sentence, however, was dis cretionary to a certain extent. After dwelling further upon the law, the court ordered that Mellen be sentenced to two years imprisonment in the State jail at Greenfield, and to pay a fine of 100,000 dols., and that Ward be im prisoned in the Suffolk County Jail for the same term, and pay a fine of like amount. Mellen received the sentence with composure, but Ward wept bitterly. Their friends crowded around them to express sympathy until they were removed from the court-room by the Marshal. LAD,EUTISEMENT. 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Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." Cure No• 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years diseased lungs , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 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