The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-22 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Notwithstanding the rise in the bank rate, and the absence of any attempt at activity in the demand, the stock markets have been firmer to-day, and although at the commencement of business there was every indication of a renewal of depression, the tone eventually became firmer, and a partial recovery ensued. This has been in a great measure owing to the fact that numerous small investments have been made, the low prices offering a great attraction. There is still, however, a superabun dance of stock in the market, and dealers are still unwilling to operate to any extent. In the foreign bond market there has been an improved inquiry for Spanish, and a fractional advance has been established. The railway market also has been rather firmer, and North-Eastern stock has risen 1 per cent. In the Consol market more animation has been noticed, and a recovery of per cent. has taken place, the quotation for money and account being 89 to 90; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 89i to 90 ; Bank Stock, 232 to 234; India Five per Cents., 1101 to 111; and India Bonds, 21s. to 265. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, ls. to 6s. prem. For foreign bonds there has been more inquiry, and although business has still been confined to within very moderate limits, the tendency has been more favourable. Spanish have c mmanded the largest share of attention, and have risen i. Italians also have been i better, and the United States Five-Twenty Bonds have been firm at Bd. Spanish (1867 and 1869) are quoted at 24 ; Italian at 44i ; Turkish Five per Cents at 36 ; and Egyptian (1868) at 66k. The feature in the market for English railway stocks has been the inquiry for North-Eastern, resulting in an im provement of 1. Great Eastern also have been in request, at an advance of Caledonian has been steady, and Brighton has been rather better. Metropolitan has risen Brighton Great Eastern 2, Midland 1, North-Western li, and North-Eastern 1. For Indian railway stocks there has been but little in quiry. Eastern Bengal and East Indian have fallen i. Canadian shares have been dull. In foreign shares very little business has been doing, and prices have been with out change. Bank Shares have been dealt in to a very moderate ex tent. London and County have fallen I. In Telegraph Shares very few transactions have taken place. British Indian Submarine have fallen *, and Falmouths Miscellaneous Securities have been neglected. Hudson's Bay have fallen*, and India Rubber 1. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day comprised the withdrawal of £75,000 in sovereigns for Germany, and £lO,OOO in bars. The steamers, which left New York yesterday, took out £500,000 for Europe. The Paris Exchange has fallen to 25.06, at which quo tation there is a profit on export of bullion from this country. Silver has been firm at aid. per ounce for bars. At a meeting of the Alliance Bank a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was declared. In sympathy with the advance in the Bank rate, the Government Stock, banks. and discount houses have given notice that the rate of deposit for money at call will be increased from 2 to 2f ; at seven days' notice from 2} to ; and at fourteen days' notice from 2i to 3 per cent. The Bankers' Clearing House return for the week ending July 20 shows a total of over £1.00,000,000. The failure is announced of Mr. R. A. Watson, timber merchant, Great Crosshall-street, Liver} .001, with liabilities for about £30,000. The return of the Bank of England shews the following results, when compared with the previous week : An increase in circulation of £351,076 ; a decrease in public deposits of £267,889; an increase in other deposits of £1,076,941 ; an increase in Government securities of £14,338 ; an increase in other securities of £1,739,860 ; a decrease in bullion of £564,224; an increase of rest of £29,792; a decrease in reserve of £924,433. The circulation, including post bills, is now £24,704,289 ; public deposits amount to £5,670,324 ; and private deposits to £19,808,575. The securities held represent £33,127,673; and the stock of bullion is £20,440,515. The rest figures for £3,385,000. The Bank directors have to-day raised the official minimum from 3, the quotation which has been current since the commencement of November, 1869, to 3} per cent. This movement, however, must be regarded merely as precautionary, as the position of the establishment is still inherently strong. In the general market to-day the demand for accommodation has been steady, and three months' paper has been charged 3 per cent. The report of the National Bank, to be presented on the 26th instant, shews an available total of £59,532. A dividend of 21s. per share, being at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, is recommended. The appropriation of £5,000 to reserve, leaving £2,032 to be carried forward. At the corresponding period last year the dividend was at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The deposits held are £5,104,114, being an increase of £482,401; and the reserve is £64,532. At a meeting of the London Life Assurance Associa tion, the new assurances of the past year were stated to have been for £302,050, yielding in annual premiums £10,405. The accumulated fund is £3,058,759. At a meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank, the directors report, of which the following is an extract, was adopted :—After providing for rebate of interest on bills discounted, not yet due, and crediting the guarantee fund with £6,322 12s. ld. for six months' interest, a net profit has been realised of £91,56010d. Of this Enarn the directors have appropriated £87,000 to the payment of the usual dividend at the rate of 12i per centum per annum on £1,200,000 the present paid-up capital of the Bank, with a bonus of 3s. per share, leaving a balance of £4,560 10d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account; The guarantee fund with its accrued interest now stands at £427,829 14s. 2d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-THURSDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GCVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 891 90 Brazilian, 1865, 5p c .... 85 88 54 i 1, I 1. i. 4, 50 85 Do for Account 891, j, 4, 90 64, 51, 5,7, 6,7, 5, 61 x d Three per Cent Reduced 891 90 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 89 91 891,4 94, 3 New 3 per Cent 891, I, 4, 90 444, 1,5, 4 Exchequer 13ills, March 2s, 68 pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p c •• • 4s, 6s pm 83, 4, 21, Do, June 2s, 6s pm Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c.. 26 28 2s pm 26, 1, 71 Bank Stock 2321, Do Nicolas 4 p c ... India 5 per Cents llOllll 631, 41 1101, Spanish, 1867, 3 pc India Bonds 2ls, 26som 23, 4, 31, 4, 31 41 Can 6pc Jan&JulylB77-84 99 101 Do, 1869 , 3p c 100, 531, 1 Do M arch & Sept. 103 105 Turkish, 1854, 6p c. Do 5p c Jan & July .. 93 95 79, 81 Do Inscribed Stock .. 93 95 Do, 1865, 5p c Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 94 96 351 41, 6, 51. 61, 51 xd Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865,6 p c November 1878 lO7 109 55 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1882 80 81 July 1873 lOl 103 791. 801, 791, 801, 79, 811, 80 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 99 101 Do do 1885 80 81 New Zealand 0 p c 1891 lO7 109 801, 791 Do 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 94 96 781, 9, 8 96, 41, Erie Sha, 100 dols, all paid 15 16 Do 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 107 110 141, 151 Do June & Dec 1891 105 108 Illinois Central Shares .. 95 100 Vict 6p c Jan & July 1891 110 112 98 xd DoApril & Oct 1883-85 lOB 110 Atlantic and GW It Con 108 Mortgage Bonds 2O 22 Vict 5p c Jan & July 1894. 97 100 19, 22 . 83 85 .. 84 89 .. 62 66 80 83 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B3 85 Do 2nd do Scrip 83 Do Ist Pref Bonds ... Caledonian 74k, 31 2nd.rref Stock Great Eastern 33i 34} Do 3rd Pref Stock .... 33 35 32k, i, 31, 2i, 4 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern Us, 117 188, Do A 122 124 Great Indian Pen g 5 p c 103 105 . 18 19 ... .. ..... 123 103, 4 Great Western 63 64 Great Western of Canada 13214} 631, 21, 32, 21 4, 3 124 Lancashire & Yorkshire 127 129 Do 8p c Bonds, 1873.. 98 100 127, 9 Do 51 do, 1877-8 96 98 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 37 38 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 34 pm 371, 6, 8 Madras guar 5 p c Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 14 N. Railway of Canada, 13112, 13+ 6p c Ist Pref Bonds ton and North-Western 122 123 Oude and Rohilkund g 1211, 201, 11, 201, 192, 221 5p c Lon and South-Western 87 83 1021, 87, 8, 71 Scinde, Punjaub, and Man, She, and Lincoln 40 42 Delhi guar 5p c 401, 2, 40, 421 1021, 2 Metropolitan 671, 64, 7,6, 71 871)0 162 l6l 171 Midland 122 123 120, 2 Belgian E Junction ... 11 2 North British North-EasternConsols l3O 131 Dunaburg and Witepsk 161 171 129, 30, 29, 30' 291, 31 Dutch-Rhenish lB 21 South-Eastern 661 671 Eastern of France 2ll 221 Atlantic and St Lawroce 77 80 Great Luxembourg ... • 91 101 79 101. + Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg Czernowitz gua Central India, g 5 p c.. 103 105 7 p c l4 15 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 5 Northern of France Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 83 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5 6 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p 0 lO3 105 (Limited) guar 7p0.. 16 17 103/ San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 198 201 East Indian, g 5 p c 106, 41, 13, 122, 131 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnds, 1 charge 6P u . 23 25 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 10 Agra Bank (L) A lO 10i 10 Imperlofial Otto Ottoman.. i i Pin 10 I 25 Alliance (L) 12i, 13,4 20 London and County 49 51 10 Anglo-Austrian .. 57 pm 50}, 49 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 20 22 15 London Joint-Stock 31 33 50 British N American 53 55 31 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 15i 161 20 Lon and Westnuaster 59 6 16 60, 59i, 25 Char Mere of India 28 30 10 Metropolitan 10 City 12 20 Midland (L) 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) ir, i 25 Union of Australia.. 33 40 20 Eng, Scot, and Aus C 17 18 15 Union of London .. 35 36 20 Imperial (14) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Po Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 78 83 10 Great Northern .... 321 dis SOL li 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditm (L) l3l 14 Japan Extension.. 321 dis 131 25 Indo-European (L).. 13 17 100 Atlantic ll 13 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c 3 British Australn (L).. 431 dis 10 Mediterm Ex (L) .. 51 61 10 British Ind Exten (L) 41 5 21 Pnma and S, Pcfc( L) 3 2 dis 5 8 Reuter's 10 British Indian Sub- 20 Floc Trans France (L) 141 141 marine (L) 7, 61. 7 100 Submarine 235 245 2 China Submarine (L) 41 31dis 1 Do Scrip 2 21 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 WlndialzPanama(L) 64 7 and Malta (L) .... 8 81 84, 8, I MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. 82 9; Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian ,Bnd- 30 London Fin Assoc (L)191181dis holders' Certificates 11 21 101 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 13 14 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .... 21 21 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 35 45pm 21 100 Boston City(T:T.S.) 5 2 Lon & Prov Marine (L) 8 / pm p c Sterling Loan.. 88 90 100 Madras Irrig & Canal, 4 Brit & Fgn hlarine (L) n 28pm g 5 p c by Ind Gov. 101 103 27 Canada Company.... 75 78 2 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 5 4 dis 5 NatnlDisct Comp (L) 10 11 35 City Offices (L) .... 251 24/dis 10i la 4 21i N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Cora Union Assurnce 2/ 21 pm 5 N Zealand. Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 1 21 Trust (L) 2 6} N Britsh and Merc (L) 28 30 100 Crystal Palace 20 50 d, 40 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb.. 109 114 10 Do do New, 1867 5 3dis 27} Ebbw Vale Steel (L)..11 10 dis 50. Rhymney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan. 15 Do New lO 101 guar by Egyp Gov.. 89 91 60 Royal Mail Steam 91 ,89 20 Tel Con and Main (L) 22 221 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L)5B 68 pm 221. 21 10 Fgn and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersey 'rust 6p c Bonds.. 87 92 Marine Insur (L) 3l npm 90 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, 71 Gen Credt & Disct (L) 11 die guar by Italian Gov. -- 7 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 29 31 Upper Canada ... • 13 pm 7 Hooper's Tel Works 43 Os 51 20 Hudson's Bay 88 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 23 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per, and 6 United Dis Corprn (L) ldis, par Tel Works (L) 42, 41 198 20 Intern! Finan SociL) 28 lBdis 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c It Irrig (Can Cavour) 3 4 Mortgage Loan.... 67 72 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 67 deemall:e 1870 .. 65 67 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dis LAW AND POLICE. , SINGULAR CHARGE OF SHOOTING A MAN.—Fredarkk Charles Joyce, a young man, living at No. 62, Warren street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt at the Marlborough -street Police-court with wantonly discharging a rifle, and causing bodily harm to Joseph John Martin, living in Market-street, Fitzroy-square. Louisa Martin, wife of the injured man, said that on the ' previous evening she was sitting with her husband oh the flags outside their house when she heard the report of a gun, having previously seen a flash upon the pavement. She got up and told her husband to- get up, but he made no reply, and she then found that he had been shot, and he was taken to the University Hospital on a barrow. In reply to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness said the flash came from under a door of the Feathers public-house yard. John Carty, a lad living at No. 76, Warren-street, gave similar evidence. Mr. James Henry Bedford, builder, and proprietor of the Feathers Tavern, Warren-street, said that on going home yesterday, after having had a case at that Court, he found a large dog in the yard that had been left there by some one, and directly after the dog came into the bar, and flew at and bit him in several places. He took his son to a chemist to have his wounds dressed, and asked the chemist for some poison to kill the dog. As the poison had no effect he said he wished he could get some one to shoot it. The prisoner volunteered, having a gun, to do so, and they all stood at a window looking into the yard, and the dog was shot. The bullet passed through the dog's skull, and came out at its hips and went out under the door, and a few minutes after he heard that a man had been shot, and the prisoner was taken into cus• tody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness said the bullet bounced under the door, and that the man who was shot, and who was one of his tenants, was sitting in front of the door. He had seen the man at the hospital, and he saw his hip was very sore, but he was likely soon to be well. His (witness's) son's hand was badly bitten, and he would show it to the magistrate if necessary. Mr. Tyr whitt said there was no occasion for that. The matter appeared to be an accident, and he would take the pri soner's own bail to appear in a week. WATCH ROBBERY.—Two women, named Mary Ann Mahoney, aged 17 years, and Mary Ann Watkins, 18, were brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-court, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and robbing John Watson, a messenger, of 10, Commer cial-road, of his watch, value £5. The prosecutor met with the prisoners near Gower's-walk, Whitechapel, and treated them with liquor. He was ,intoxicated, and was prevailed upon to go home with the prisoners. He was soon relieved of his watch, and the first intimation he had of his loss was seeing his chain hanging down before him. A constable named Dedduould, 149 H, opportunely came up, on which the prisoners fled, and after a smart chase were captured and taken to the police-station. On the charge being read over at the station Mahoney dropped the watch from her person, and t was now produced and identified. The prisoners in defente said the watch was given them by the prosecutor in lieu of payment of money. The prosecutor stoutly denied this, and the prisoners were committed for trial. It was stated that Mahoney had been for five years in a reformatory school s and came out of it unreformed. EXTRAORDINARY BREACH OF PROMISI CASE. At the Northampton assizes on Wednesday, an action for breach of promise of marriage was concluded before a special jury. In it Sophia Dainty was plaintiff, and J. M. Brown defendant. Plaintiff is the daughter of the manager of a farm at Laddington, in Norfolk, and de fendant is a wealthy farmer at Rothwell, about two miles from Laddington. Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Mellor, were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Merewether and Mr. Jacques for the defendant. Defendant is a bachelor of 60, and in 1868 had a niece living with him as his housekeeper —a Miss Bates. Miss Bates had been acquainted with Miss Dainty from her childhood, and on her recovery from a severe illness sent for her friend to take charge of her uncle's household during her own temporary absence for change of air. Plaintiff, a rather attractive gi r l pf 28, performed her duties so well that defendant thought he could not do better than make her an offer of marriage. At first she declined, putting before her suitor the disparity of their ages, and the probability that it might be distasteful to his family, on the possibility that there might be a family. Defendant, however, overruled these objections, and she at length consented to become his wife. This was in January, 1869. In April of that year plaintiff ad dressed to defendant a letter of considerable length, in which she asked to be released from her engagement, on the ground that defendant was not a religious man, and that she felt it would be a sin to become his wife. With the religious argument, however, was mixed up a good deal of human affection, and the letter, upon the whole, was more of an endeavour to win the defendant to her religious views than to press the dissolution of her engagement. Defendant, however, refused to release her from her promise, and the engagement was continued. At Christmas he gave an entertainment, at which he seems to have slighted the plaintiff, though she was still received as his affianced wife. Time, however, went on and defendant did not perform his promise, and the plaintiff began to entertain doubts of his in tention to perform it at all. She had an uncle living in London who was very fond of her, aud, observing that she was ill and depressed, he wrote to defendant to inquire his intentions. Defendant did not reply, and Mr.lAdams wrote again and again, at last intimating an intention to refer the matter to his solicitor. De fendant in the meantime spoke to plaintiff expressing his displeasure at the uncle's interference, and asking for fourteen days to consider his final determination. The, fourteen days' respite was granted, but before it ex pired defendant communicated with his solicitor, who telegraphed to Mr. Adams his desire for an interview. Upon this an action was commenced against him. After it was commenced he met plaintiff, and in the course of a conversation with her said he would rather give her £l,OOO than have the case brought into court. There was no imputation upon the character of the plaintiff, some of whose letters were sensible, clear-headed, and clever. Nor was the promise disputed, and the question was solely the amount of damages. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and on returning into court, after about a quarter of an hour's deliberation, found for the plaintiff —damages £2,000. THE SUiN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 187 u THE DENHAII TRAGEDY. The commission before Baron Channel was opened on Wednesday. The Grand Jury were sworn this morning, after which Baron Channell delivered his charge. He said the pre sent calendar was rather heavier than usual, there being one crime of considerable magnitude, which would de mand their utmost attention. It was the case of John Jones, charged with the wilful murder of Emmanuel Marshall and six other persons. The superintendent of police would tell them in what position he found the bodies, leading to the inevitable conclusion that murder had been committed for the object of plunder. It would be unnecessary togo through the whole of the facts, but in the first place it was shewn by the cleanliness of Emanuel Marshall that he could not have walked across the smithy. Jones is charged with having the boots of the murdered man upon him ; he made an answer to that which would demand their consideration. It would also appear that when apprehended in the lodging house at Reading he at once said " I never murdered man, woman, or child." This was before one word had been said as to the murder, but when charged with the crime he denied it. It would be shewn that he had Marshall's watch, trying to sell it, and that he also tried to dispose of a key at Reading which had been fround to fit the door of Marshall's house. If all these circumstances were made out there would be no difficulty on their part in returning a bill. There was a charge against another man of attempting to murder his wife, there were, also, two charges of arson, and, he regretted to say, that scarcely an assize passed over without this crime. The jury were shortly afterwards dismissed to their duties. It is expected that the trial of the accused John Jones, will commence at an early hour to-morrow (Friday), and terminate during Saturday. Mr. O'Mally, Q.C., and Mr. Metcalfe, have been retained for the prosecution, which is under the conduct of Superintendent Dunham, of the Bucks County Constabulary, stationed at Slough, through whose instrumentality the chain of evidence has been thoroughly completed, and the question entirely set at rest as to the relationship of Owen, which is the pri soner's proper name. No less than twenty witnesses will be called, among whom are several new to the police, who will add much important evidence They include Mrs. Bollen, the keeper of the lodging-house at Uxbridge, where the important conversation occurred between Owen and Coombes, prior to the murder, and to which the prisoner returned wearing Marshall's clothes ; Elizabeth Silwood, the girl with whom Owen passed the night, in Chequer-yard, Uxbridge, after the murder; Alderman, who first broke into the little cottage on the Oxford Road, and discovered the hideous spectacle; and a surveyor, who will produce a plan of the cottage and smithy. The prisoner is undefended. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The man Jones, charged with the murders at Uxbridge, was addressed by the judge at Aylesbury Assizes at 12 o'clock yesterday. The judge -said, "John Jones, a verdict of wilful murder has been returned against you on the coroner's bill, and ' the grand jury are now considering your case. I have called you to ascertain if you have any counsel to conduct your case. Have you anyone ?—Prisoner : No, sir.—Judge I wish to know whether you desire any professional gentleman to act for you, as, if so, I will endeavour to procure you one?—Prisoner : I do, sir.—Judge : Is there anyone you would like to have called? Prisoner : " No, sir." Then you leave it to the court to exercise their discretion. Your case is fixed for to-morrow, and as it will not do to leave it till the last moment, I will ask some gentleman to act for you at once. You may stand down now. Doctor Addy, Recorder of Bedforshire, subsequently undertook to conduct the prisoner's de fence. RETURN OF THE EARL OF DERBY WITH HIS BilTlSEfoii‘TO On Wednesday the Earl of Derby returned to his patrimonial estate at Knowsley with his bride, and the auspicious event was made the occasion of great rejoicing by his tenants and the inhabitants in the neigh bourhood of the Knowsley estate. The distinguished pair arrived from London at the Edge-hill Station, Liver pool, at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, where they entered their carriage, in waiting for them, and drove to Knowsley, Soon after they entered the .park the horses were removed from the vehicle, which was then drawn by a number of stalwart labourers on the estate to the hall. The principal carriage-way along which they drove was spanned in several places by floral arches, bearing mottoes expressive of welcome. On arriv. ing at the hall the noble earl acknowledged the cordial greetings which he and the countess had received in the following terms :—" Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbours all,—l did not come here with any intention of making you a speech, nor do I now mean to do so ; but I cannot leave you, I cannot cross the door of that old hall, which I am about to enter under a new and changed condition, without saying one word to express to you each and all, in my wife's name as well as my own—(three cheers for Lady Derby)—our thanks for a reception so kindly, so cordial, and one shewing so eminently your attachment to us and to the family of which we are the representatives. (Loud cheers.) This reception has gone to our hearts ; to the last day of our lives we shall not forget it, and it will be to us a recollec tion full of pride and pleasure. (Renewed cheers.) Nov, my friends, I won't detain you, and the best return I can make for your kindness. and the best wish I can express for you, is that each and all of you may have as happy a home as mine is this day." (Loud cheering). The noble lord then, amidst loud cheering, entered the hall. After wards the large assemblage circulated about the park, which had been thrown open, and a number of old Eng lish sports were indulged in. WALL-STREET AND THE NEWS FROM EUROPE. One of the curious phases of the effect produced by the prospect of a general war in Europe is the utter failure of a movement among the speculators in Wall-street to advance the price of gold. It is significant of the strength of our national credit that there should be only a trifling decline in Five-Twenties yesterday on the London Stock Exchange. When the wel come news of such a war—welcome for the reason that the flagging and declining speculation in the precious metal needed a fresh stimulus—burst upon the Gold Room the price at its highest touched onlp 1121 From this figure it afterwards fell fully one per cent. -The fact is, such a war would be of great benefit to the United States. Our five twenties abroad would be the only reliable security to hold when the different coun tries of Europe were increasing their national debts to procure the means of carrying on hostile operations, offensive and defensive. A few of the speculative bank ing houses in the large European cities might probably send home their bonds in order to get gold; but the war would, on the other hand, give us a market for every available bushel of grain and barrel of provisions we could spare from our domestic needs, and bring us a flood of gold in return.— New York Herald of July the Bth. It is intended shortly to considerably increase the number of troops now on service at Malta and Gibraltar. The precise number to be placed under orders for these stations is reported, but nothing definite has as yet been settled. Another case of hydrophobia in the human sub ject. A man named Rowbotham. coachman to a clergyman living near Stockport, was bitten by a mastiff on thel9th ult., and died on Tuesday in great agony. On Friday last it took four men to hold him. Strange to say, the dog is believed to be still at large. Some excitement bas been occasioned at Lurgan by the liberation of a party of Protestant prisoners, who were tried and acquitted at the assizes for taking part in a riot. Their opponents in the fray were convicted, and their friends, exulting in the ac quittal as a victory, celebrated it by drumming and bonfires. A. meeting of the General Committee of the Derby Memorial Statute Fund was held on Wednesday, at the Carlton Club, the Earl of Harrowby in the chair. It was decided that Mr. Matthew Noble should be en trusted with the commission for executing a statue, and that Sir John Pakington, chairman of the sub-committee, should communicate with Mr. Ayrton, so as to secure a suitable site. ENGLISH V °EKING MEN AND THE WAR.— Arrangements are being made for convening a great public meeting of the London working classes, to elicit their opinions on the present war between France and Prussia. A proposal will also be made at the meeting for opening a working men's subscription in aid of the fund for the relief of the German soldiers who may be wounded during the struggle, as the only practical mode by which their sympathy may be publicly manifested. FORBACIL—Forbach is described as a little village in the Black Forest, situated at a point where the valley of the Murg narrows to a ravine some twenty or twenty five miles from Baden. Forbach is not more than about twice that distance from the nearest point of Fretnce, but it is situated on the eastern slopes of a range of hills. it is assumed that the French crossed the Rhine near Lichtenau, hurried across the flat country near the river, and encountered the Prussians on the west side of the hills. SCOTCH SALMON FISHERIES.—The recent heavy rains have improved the condition of the rivers for fishing and a marked increase in the capture of fish is reported at the various salmon fishery stations throughout Scotland. Salmon and grilse are running freely, and numbers of the latter fish have been taken by both rods and nets in ex cellent condition. Messrs. Buckland and Young, the commissioners appointed to inquire into the effects of recent legislation on the salmon fisheries of Scotland will commence their second tour of inspection next month. JOHN OIIINAMAN AND THE SPANISH QUESTION. —John Chinaman bas experienced a decided sensation in Paris. He has been actually frightened and slightly in danger. The Parisians were deeply excited over the news of the massacre of their countrymen in Pekin, and John became decidedly unpopular. John did not run the gauntlet of the public gaze, however, but remained quietly within doors. He waited ; perhaps prayed. How long he would have had to keep so was very doubtful, when up F rings the Spanish throne question, and poor John, to his immense relief, was forgotten. The "chucks and bal ances" system of nations is very curious.—iieto York herald. MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-The cattle trade has again been characterised by a fair amount of business, notwithstanding the hot weather. The supply of beasts has been moderate. Prime breeds have been in request, at full prices; otherwise, the market has been rather quiet. The show of• sheep has been tolerably good. The trade, on the whole, has been steady, and full prices have been realised. Lambs have been steady. Calves have changed hands to a fair extent. Beasts have sold at fi om 3s. 2d. to ss. 6d. ; sheep, 3s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; lambs, 6s. 4d. to 6s. Bd. ; calves, 3s. 10d. to ss. 6d. ; and pigs, 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 8 lbs. to sink the offal. Total supplies :-Beasts, 1,480 ; sheep and lambs, 18,340 ; calves, 670 ; and pigs, 75. Foreign :-Beasts, 250 ; sheep and lambs, 4,000 ; calves, 505 ; and pigs, 20. LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, THURSDAY.- The markets have been very dull. There has been a general disinclination apparent to extend sales, and - the quotations are almost nominal. Tea : The market has been dull, but holders have not been disposed to accept lessmoney. Sugar : Very little business has been doing privately, and the transactions have not been sufficient to stamp quotations. No public sales have been held. Coffee : All descriptions have been in limited re quest, at about late rates. Oils : Linseed oil has been steady, at 31s. 6d. spot, and 30s. 9d. to 31s. last four months' delivery. Rape has been firm. English brown, spot 435. Tallow : The market has been dull, at 468. spot, and 48s. 6d. last three months. Metals : Scotch pig iron has been dull, at 51s. 6d. cash. Tin and copper have sold slowly. LONDON WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY.-The public sales of colonial wool are progressing quietly. Qualities suitable for home requirements are being purchased to a moderate ex tent, at improving prices. Otherwise biddings have been with out spirit. The public sales will be prematurely brought to a ciose on Wednesday next, and 50,000 bales will be held over for next sales. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. —There was only a limited supply on sale at the market to-day. The trade was brisk, and the value of new hay and clover had a further advance of ss. per load :—Prime old hay, 110 s. to 1265. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; prime new hay, 1008. to. 1405.; in• ferior ditto, 755. to 85s. ; prime old clover, 130 s. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 1205. ; prime new clover, 120 s. to 180 s. ; inferior ditto, 955. to 105 s. ; and straw, 245. to 363. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—This marker opens rather quiet to-day. The sales will probably reach 8,000 bales. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, lursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, July 20, 1870. ISSUE DEP LRTMENT. Notes issued £34,546,550 ' Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities.. 3,984,9 oti Gold Coin and Bullion Silva'. Bullion £34,546,550 BANKING £34,546,550 Proprietors'Capi tal Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 19,808;575 Seven Days and othor Bills 439,844 ?ARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) ..., £12.507,779 Other Securities 20,172,894 Notes 10,282,103 Gold and Silver Coin - - £43,856,743 £43,856,743 THE ENCLOSURE OF TOOTING COMMON. Mr. Thompson, lord of the manor of Tooting, having enclosed twenty-six out of the sixty-three acres comprising Tooting common, and thus excluded the inhabitants of the vicinity from the enjoyment of airy recreation thereon, an action was brought against him by Mr. Betts and other freehold tenants of the manor, to establish their commonable rights, and on Wednesday morning Lord Romilly delivered judgment in the suit. His lordship said that the origin of the manor was very old, it being men tioned in Domesday, and subsequent records on court rolls conclusivelyproved that commonable rights had existed from time immemorial. On that principle, therefore, there was no doubt that the plaintiffs had established their case. But several points had been raised by the defence—first, whether a certain few of the freeholders could sue on be half of the whole ; secondly, whether freeholders could sue in the name of persons having other commonable rights ; and thirdly, whether the plaintiff was not barred from prosecuting by reason of an alleged compromise. On all those points his lordship held against the lord of the manor, and declared that the plaintiff was entitled to an injunction to restrain the defendant from erecting the fence in question so to interfere with the free access of the inhabitants, the depasturing of cattle, and the removal of gorse as heretofore. The costs would follow the result. THE BIRMINGHAM MURDER.—On Wednesday, at the Warwick Assizes, before Lord Chief Baron Kelly, John Eagan, 19, blacksmith, was indicted for the wilful murder of Bernard Garrity, at Birmingham, on the 18th June last. Prisoner at first pleaded guilty, but with drew the plea on the Judge intimating that he should be compelled to pass the usual sentence of death. The deceased lived in Edgbaston-street, Bir mingham, and on the night of the 18th June the pri soner went there, and was irritated at a girl, who lodged with deceased, refusingto go out with him for a walk. Prisoner went into the street, and commenced throwing brick-ends, one of which struck the deceased on the head, and fractured his skull. He was taken to the Queen's Hospital, where the operation of trepanning was per formed ; but inflammation of the brain supervened, and death ensued. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and his lordship sentenced him to ten years' penal servitude. The prisoner's mother, on hearing the sentence, created a scene in court, and the prisoner was borne, shrieking, from the dock, by the warders in attendance. THE GREAT EASTERN.—No ! there is nothing like the Great Eastern in the world ; no sight which pre serves its freshness in the same way; no structure, no mechanical contrivance, no monument of successful labour, which continues to impress the visitor so forcibly, however experienced he may be. Numerous as are the voyages I have taken in her, and pleasantly familiar as are the great vessel's decks and saloons, I find myself holding breath as we draw under her bows ; and then the beautiful proportions and the vast and graceful sweep and lines, elicit the old encomiums and the old warmth. The coat of white paint given her at Heart's Content, after the French cable was laid, seems to have been renewed ; and, in fact, as we learn later, Captain Halpin had the ship whitewashed from stem to stern only three days ago. This was done for a purely practical purpose. White is, of course, a cooler colour than black, and the coolness is a de sideratum when electric cables have to be carried through low latitudes ; so the Great E as t ern has been once more made to look like a huge iceberg, or some mammoth hybrid of the seal kind, floating its mighty length, and dwarfing by comparison the handiwork of man. This coat of white wash made, it should be mentioned, an immediate differ ence of no less than eight degrees in the temperature of the cable-tanks. A pair of grey carr i age -h orses taking their morning exercise composedly up and down one side of the deck, with a, groom at their heads, was the first sight greeting us when we stepped on board, and it told the old story of the vast gulf there is between the Great Eastern and every other ship in the world. —The Ocean Telegraph to India, By J. C. Parkinson. [A D VERTISEMENT. 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An attempt at murder was made last night in the vicinity of Fitzroy-market, which will probably be quoted hereafter as remarkable, not so much amongst the general public as amongst surgeons who have to investi gate the aspect of the gun shot wounds. It appears that a man named Joseph Martin was standing in one of the streets of the neighbourhood referred to when he was shot through the side. With the' particulars which are at present in our possession, it would be dangerous to speculate on the manner iu which the injuries of the wounded man were received, and it therefore will be safer to indicate the facts which were obtained late last night at Ihliversity College Hos pital. Martin has been wounded in three places in one side, and the position of the injuries would lead to the opinion that the weapon used in the attack had been fired from the upper part of a house. Whilst that remains a subject of conjecture, the fact specified—that Martin has been wounded in three places on one side—afforded ample cause that the inquiry should be made as to the manner in which he was attacked. In such matters it is always dangerous to suggest a cause ; but it will not be too much to say in this case that it is suggested that Martin is a party to a lawsuit, in which his disappearance would be advantageous to other parties. The police last night were very reticent about the occurrence. ADMONISHING A CORPOR .TION OFFICER. At a meeting of the Court of Common Council held at the Guildhall yesterday, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding, according to a resolution of a previous court Mr. E. A. Catty, the principal clerk in the office of Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town Clerk attended at the bar to be reprimanded for an alleged breach of trust in connection with funds belonging to a joint committee of the corpora tion and the Metropolitan and Great Western Rail ways. Of that committee Mr. Catty was appointed the secretary, and at the end of the first year he was voted by the Committee a gratuity of £lOO. At the end of the year Mr. Catty, without a resolution of the Committee, drew and got signed, two cheques in his own favour—one for £lOO and another for £3o—the £3O being alleged to be for expenses. I n admonishing Mr. Catty, the Lord Mayor remarked that he had become a trusted officer of the court, but he had lost the confidence reposed in him by the act now in question, and it would be for him, in his future conduct, to'endeavour to remove the stain this day cast upon him. Mr. Catty, while disclaiming any imputation of moral wrong, expressed deep regret that any act of his should have placed him in such a position. FIRE NEAR HOLBORN. A very alarming and destructive conflagration hap pened yesterday, about five o'clock a.m., and for some hour s caused the greatest excitement to prevail, owing to the inflammable nature of the goods stored in the place in which the disaster originated, belonging to Messrs. Mears and Cumming, paraffin oil merchants, situate in Bleeding Heart-yard, Holborn. Thr discovery was made by a police constable noticing a red glare in the warehouse, a building of two floors, 50 feet long and 35 wide. Before the constable had time to spring his rattle immense sheets of flame burst throfigh the windows and rose high into the air. At one time it was feared that the parffin would run ont of the premises in a state of ignition and destroy every building near. Some tons weight of the New River water were thrown into the midst of the warehouse, but for a time it seemed to increase the violence of the conflairation, for the flames rolled upwards at least 30 feet. Ihe firemen and Salvage Corps, nothing daunted, kept to their posts, and ultimately succeeded in seeing the flames palpably dimi nished, and no further extension of the destructive ele ment took place. The loss of property must be very serious, for the spacious warehouses are burned out. The property it is understood was not insured. The origin of the fire is at present enveloped in obscurity. Unfortu nately, owing to the rapidity of the fire, a valuable horse was burned to death. Intelligence has reached Waterford that a publican named Charles Waugh, residing at Portlaw, has been arrested for having a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition in his possession. It appears that the fire arms reached him by train, in a box, and that the police received private information of the matter and seized the consignment. DISASTROUS FIRE AT SEA. A messenger of the steamer Tennessee, from Charleston for New York, which was destroyed by fire on the night of the 27th of June, furnishes a long account of the disaster to the New York Tribune, from which we subjoin the following extracts : The Tennessee was one of two large and splendid iron steamers built for the Government at Philadelphia during the last year of the war. Both were subsequently pur chased by the New York and Charleston Steamship Com pany, and by them altered for the merchant service. The Tennessee registered 1,700 tons burden, and was con structed with watertight compartments, which rendered it almost impossible for her to sink as the result of accident. Below decks, steam pipes extended from the boilers to each part of the vessel, that steam might be used in aid of the pumps to ward off peril by fire. Every thing about the craft was trim and neat, and mutual friends sat down together on the hurricane deck and glibly talked of a jolly time, with the prospect of an exemption from sea sickness by reason of the placid surface of the ocean. The freight consisted mainly of cotton, though. there was some rice and rosin, and between decks there was stowed many waggon-loads of green vegetables for the New York market. After supper many of the passengers returned to the deck, Wand there remained until the light on Cape Romain was seen off our port bow. One by one they retired to their state-rooms. Mine was situated amid ships just abaft the wheels. The night was unc'mfort ably warm. I courted sleep in vain. My room-mate was a son of Gen. William Gurney, formerly ,of New York, but now a merchant in Charleston. THE ALARM. About half-past 12 o'clock we were both aroused by the noise of seamen rushing past our state-room with rapid and heavy tread. " Get out that hose,-lively, boys !" we heard uttered in a subdued tone by an officer. In a moment more coils of hose were unrolled along the deck. We sprang from our berths and hurriedly put on our garments. A passenger—the first who had got forward whence the alarm came—passed by our door on his return. " What's the matter ?" eagerly asked young Gurney. " I think she's caught ; they are getting ready to pump water down her hold," was the significant reply. In a few minutes we were dressed and forward. Other passengers, to the number of half a dozen, soon followed. From the movements we saw that there was a fire in the forward hold, but after hasty consultation we determined not to arouse the other passengers until we saw that the danger was near. Two or three minutes before we were startled by the noise outside, Mr. Kane, the second assistant-engineer, who was then on duty, smelt smoke coming from the direction of the fire room forward, and he inquired of the firemen i 2 there was any waste burning therein. As nothing was found he passed around through an alley-way that led from the fire room to the forward hold, and on looking through a small aperture in the iron bulkhead he saw smoke and flame beyond. It required but a minute to turn the steam into the hold, and inform Mr. Collins, the second mate, who was officer of the deck. Then the steam-pumps were set to work, and immediately four streams of water were poured into the hold. In the meantime Capt. Chichester, chief mate Becket, and all of the officers and crew, had reached the deck. When the fire was discovered the Tennessee was about thirty miles from shore, about east-north-east from Cape Romain, and steaming up the coast in a general north easterly direction. Capt. Chichester at once ordered her course changed to north-north-west, to head her directly toward the land. THE FIRE. From the time the hatches were closed and the full force of steam and water were turned into the forward hold great hopes were entertained of saving the steamer. For some hours less smoke emanated from the hatches, and it was believed that the fire had not got in between decks. But all was uncertainty. Passengers took hold with alacrity to relieve the men at the pumps, and some contiued their labours, with short intermissions for hour, working heroically, and with full knowledge of the fact that a fiery furnace was burning below the deck on which they stood, and which each hour was becoming sensibly hotter, and, if burning underneath, might at any moment fall; under the superincumbent weight above, and precipitate them into the fiery vortex. About nine in the morning it became apparent to the officers that the fire, which had been seemingly held in subjection for some hours, was gaining upon them. The smoke again increased in the fire and engine rooms, and the engineers and firemen would emerge from below with their eyes bloodshot and so blind as to be unable to dis tinguish any object for several minutes. Their sufferings were intense ; but with a marvellous heroism each man returned again and again to his post, and remained until some one of his companions was able to come to his relief. At 10 o'clock it became certain that ere long the steamer would have to be run on the beach and scuttled as the only means of saving her. At 11 o'clock the engi neers reported that it was impossible for them to remain below any longer, and at once the steamer's course was changed to land, and in a few , minutes she ran head on the bottoth, about five lengths from the shore. She struck in about ten feet of water with the tide near the close of the ebb. The sea cocks were then opened and at once the steamer commenced filling with water. The locality where the vessel was run on is an uninviting narrow sand beach, insular in its situation, without a tree or shrub or blade of grass upon it, an d with not a sign of a human habitation upon the main land beyond. It is about a mile above the northern mouth of Little River, North Carolina, and about 35 miles below the Mouth of Cape Fear River. LANDING THE PASSENGERS. The work of debarkation was commenced at once. Boats were lowered, and the passengers were landed on the beach withinhalf an hour, the ladies and children being first put on shore. Next, spars and sails for shelter, and additional provisions and water were carried to the shore, and until nightfall the boats continued going to the steamer, latterly brought mattresses, pillows, and blankets, to add to the comfort of •the passengers. From the steamer to the beach was a transition from comfort to discomfort, no less than it was a change from danger to safety. Having been sent immediately after with the pilot, Mr. Davenport, for relief, I can only speak of the experiences on shore from the statements of others. There was not a green spot on the beach. The sun beat down with an intense heat, and the hot sand was blown in clouds by the sea breeze integarments and hair. Even when the tents were put up the annoyance of the drifting sand was as great as ever. It continued into the night. and ladies who laid down to sleep were sometimes awakened with their faces, hands, or feet, or chignons buried. Added to this was the annoyance of countless crabs, who had been startled by the invasion of unheralded and unwelcome corners. They moved up the beach to where the sleepers were lying on expeditions of investi gation, and crawled over faces and hands and up trowsers legs or skirts, startling the sleepers from their slumber, and causing them to spring to their feet to get rid of the novel visitation. At three o'clock in the afternoon hot coffee, brought from the ship, and bread and bacon were urnished to the passengers, and eaten with a keen zest. THE CONFLAGRATION. In the afternoon it was apparent to officers and men that the fire had got between decks, and that all efforts to save the steamer would prove useless. But they re mained by the vessel until 5 o'clock, when the smoke was discovered issuing through the interstices of the forward deck. Officers and crew then took to the boats and went to shore, returning, however, from time to time for things which could be removed, until 7 o'clock, at which time the smoke began to ascend in large volumes. Later flashes of light burst from the forward deck. Soon the flames came through and caught in the light work on the deck. and thence crept along until they reached the wood-work forming the state-rooms and cabins. Thence it darted up the masts tempted by the .close reefed topsails, the burning fragments of which were carried off by the night winds into the ocean like a shower of brilliant meteors. At 11 o'clock the whole vessel's deck was ablaze from bowsprit to stern rail, lighting up the heavens with a lurid glare, and presenting a spectacle of awful grandeur and magnifi cence. The wire rigging became red-hot, and looked like lines of fire extending up to the cross-trees above. Gilded balls, which surmounted either mast, and in the daytime flashed with the glare of the sun's reflected rays, were now burning spheres, overhanging the vortex of flame, and seemingly suspended in the blackness of Erebus. A while after, the sides of the vessel assumed a red heat in spots, the rich colour of which passed from centre to circum ference into a beautiful gradation of tints. As the flames reached the resin, they would flash up in brilliant bursts of fire and light, followed by dense overhanging clouds of black smoke. The sea between the vessel and the shore shone like molten gold in the ever-changing forms of billow and breaker. So light was it on shore that one could read as easily as under the sunlight. At two o'clock in the morning of Thursday the foremast fell to starboard with a tremendous crash into the sea. A half hour sub sequently the maintopmast tumbled from its height into the vessel, and from the crash were emitted untold thou sands of scintillating sparks which went up into the air, spangling the black background of smoke, and presenting a view of inconceivable brilliancy. P assengers an d crew say they never saw a spectacle so grand—and yet so awful—from the moment the flames began to ascend from the deck until the dawn of morning left nothing but dark clouds of smoke to be seen rising from the vessel's hull. They ceased to think of the annoyance of their situation in their enthusiastic admiration of the ever-changing aspect of the colossal pyrotechnics. " NOTHING TO WEAR." With our lives insured, we luckless but lucky voyagers counted up our losses. Every one had lost his or her baggage. Ladies who had started north with Saratoga trunks enough to build a small fortification suddenly found themselves possessed of a night dress, a hand kerchief, a box of hair pins, a comb and brush, a tooth brush, a button hook, and a bottle of eau de Cologne, a paper of pins, and an extra collar as their entire outfit, with what they had on, for passing the sum mer at a fashionable resort. Real Flora M`Flimseys were numerous ; and as for us men, he who had an extra shirt and a box of paper collars was a leader of fashion. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. Nothing is known of the origin of the fire. Nobody had been in the hold after the cotton was stowed, and between the fire room and the forward hold were the coal bunkers and a water-tight iron bulkhead, making it impossible for the fire to have reached the hold from the fire-room. It is believed that the fire must have bean in one of the bottom bales unobserved when it was stowed. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CUBA. The news comes to us from Habana, by way of Key West, that the insurgents are not only active, but in many respects successful in their late campaigns against the Spaniards. The neighbourhood of Santiago de Cuba is alive wah Cuban raiding parties — so much so, in fact, that the government troops are compelled to assume the defensive and call for more men to sustain them. It is questionable whether the relief asked for can be sent to their aid. It is stated that the Spaniards have been beaten in several engagements recently. Of one thing, however, we may rest assured, and that is that affairs are not as favourable to the Spanish cause to-day as they were two months since. The situation in and around Santiago de Cuba is of such a natnre as to require the immediate presence of the Captain-General. If he but accomplishes as much there as he did at Nuevitas he may as well stay where he is. The planters still keep up the agitation against the abolition of slavery, and refuse to obey the emancipation laws. This also is a serious source of concern to those who desire the continuance of Spanish rule in the island. That the house is divided is evident, and it is plain that the Spaniards have more foes than one to fight.—New York Herald, July 8. CROPS AND THE WEATHER. Our reports from the grain-growing regions, shew ~ the prevalence of drought to an extent quite remarkable for early summer. As estimated by the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, the falling off in wheat must be nearly 20 per cent. Until the 20th of June, corn everywhere looked pale and grew slowly; but the intense heat since the solstice has given this vigorous plant a great lift, so that we ma•y expect a full crop, and in some parts of the West, as the Wabash Valley, a great yield. As a general thing, the Atlantic water shed bas not as yet suffered for rain. Grass, the great crop, is in many counties unusually heavy, in others an average only. A' great deal of hay has been made since the solstice. If no remarkable change occurs before the end of the harvest, the summary of the year will be a medium or small crop of wheat ; a full corn crop ; hay as good as usual ; potatoes so plenty that there is no money in raising them for market ; cheese and butter at good prices and with steady demand. This result will draw prudent farmers into better lines of production, and we are therefore, glad the season is just as we find it. It will shew that profit lies in products that convert grass and corn into food—that is to say, in dairy products and in flesh—and will draw us away from the mistaken policy of large grain growing, by which we depress the European farmer, exhaust our strongest soils, and enrich nobody but the railroad speculators. —New York Tribune. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. Whatever may be the issue of Napoleon's threatening demonstration, there can be no question that Bismarck has the Emperor morally at a disadvantage. To the rather peremptory demand that Prussia shall forbid Prince Leopold to accept the Spanish crown, the answer is dignified and just. Prussia has taken no part in the nomination ; the Prince is not a member of the Royal family ; by ties of blood he is much more closely con nected with France than with Prussia ; and if the Spaniards want him for their king, Prussia, sees no reason to interfere. Thus France is placed in an awkward situation. If she declares war, the patriotism of Germany will be rouse)/ to intensity at this assault upon the national independence, and the people will strengthen the hands of their King by every means in their power. We know by experience the value of popu lar enthusiasm in supporting a great war. With France the case will be very different. Apart from the French man's natural love of martial glory, Napoleon can count upon no sentiment to inspire the heart of his people. It will be evident, to all who reflect at all, that he under takes an aggressive campaign without sufficient cause ; and of the two objects of the war, the rectification of the Rhenish frontier and the settlement of the Spanish crown, one will be regarded, by a large minority of his subjects, as an unwarrantable seizure of foreign territory, and the other as unwarrantable interference with the concerns of a foreign kingdom. It is by no means clear that the elevation of a Prussian subject to the throne of Spain would involve France in any danger, though it would shake her prestige. But the loss of prestige is surely no cause for war in these days of the world, and those theories of international politics which allowed powerful States in former times to settle the affairs of all Europe are now pretty well out of fashion. The two Powers will not only fight on unequal terms, but run very unequal risks. If Prussia is defeated, she will not • be seriously crippled; she will only fall for a time from the first place in Continental politics to the second, and her people will feel that they have failed with dignity, and in an honest cause. The fate of Spain will give her no uneasiness, for she cares very little about that country, and is not likely to suffer, whatever King may be chosen. To France, however, the consequences of failure may be disastrous in the extreme. Three of four plebiscita would not repair the mischief of such a defeat. At one blow the influence would be destroyed for all the rest of the present reign. She will never again dictate even to a weak State like her neighbour beyond the Pyrenees. She will have the mortification of confessing to the world that she cannot support her own pretensions. Republicanism will receive a tremendous impulse, and the prospects of the dynasty will be dark indeed. All the principal military enterprises of the third Napoleon have been failures more or less complete, and another would be more than the empire can safely bear. The tenor of the dispatches indicate—or would indicate if the news could all be trusted —that Napoleon is trying to keep open a re treat from his dangerous position. Most of the telegrams give only the rumours of Paris, and Paris is the place of all the world where startling reports are most readily made out of nothing. What messages have passed between the Tuileries and Berlin we cannot yet know, but it is always safe to assume that the war rumours of the French journals are much exaggerated. It is rather significant, however, that the latest intelligence speaks almost entirely of the Emperor's efforts to induce Spain, instead of Prussia, to reject the Hohenzollern candidate. Spain is reminded of the services France has rendered her in establishing the Provisional Government and arresting Carlist invasions. She is entreated not to insist upon the only candidate who is really distasteful to France: She is threatened in ease she persists. If she listens to these representations the danger disappears and France retires from the field, not only without discredit, but with increase of consequence. ' That she will abandon the candidacy of Prince Leopold seems more probable to day than ever. If France and Prussia do battle for her crown she is certain to be the victim, whoever is the victor. While the war lasts she must be harried with invasion ; when it is over, her king will be the puppet of the conqueror. This is a heavy price to pay for a sovereign who has no special personal recommendations, and is not acceptable to all parties, perhaps not even to a majority, in Spain itself.—New York Tribune. AFFAIRS LN DAKOTA. WASHINGTON, July 7. A report has been received by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from Governor john A. Burbank of Dakota under date of June 27th ult., stating that he had just returned from a visit to the Ponca Agency, where he found everything in a better condition than at this time last year. The Poncas are decidedly a peaceful people, and seem more disposed to work and adopt the customs of the whites than their neighbours the Sioux of Dakota. A commencement has been made in the right direction by encouraging the leaders and the further ad vanced in civilisation to commence erecting houses, which has resulted in 20 being built in the last year, Indians performing all the labour except the 'carpenter work, while in each one that I visited I found a cooking stove, which the owner had purchased by saving the price from the annuity, or selling a pony for this pur pose. I was very much gratified while visiting the school under charge of Mr. Rea, to find that the children were rapidly advancing. The crops put in by the Indians look remarkably well, considering the dry weather. The Omahas and Pawnees sent word to the Poncas a short time since, that they were going on a hunt, and, having a prospect of finding buffalo on the Platte, the greater portion decided to go; as they were entirely out of meat of any description, leaving but a small number of their people at home. The old people who remained at hbme were really in a destitute condition, and begged of me piteously for something to eat. They sing and pray to the Great Spirit to take pity upon them and send them something to eat. Some means should be devised to care for this small tribe. They are true friends of the Govern ment, and surrounded by enemies who watch. them so closely that they endanger their lives if they go on to the bluffs back of the Missouri bottom. They are conse quently cut off from all kinds of game, excepting w h en they are fortunate enough to obtain permission to join in with friendly tribes, as before stated, to go on a hunt. Unless subsisted by the Government the coming winter, they must starve. The Poncas number seven hundred and fifty persons. Government recommends issuing of rations to these Indians of flour, beef, bacon, corn, coffee, sugar, salt, and soda. EXPLOSION OF STEAM BoiLEns.—The Select Steam Boiler Explosion Committee of the House of Com mons, of which Mr. Hick is chairman, sat again yester day, when Mr. Bayer, of Bayer, Peacock and Company, Manchester, and Mr. Robertson, Surveyor General to the Board of Trade, were examined. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., at 23, Eaton-square, Lady Hartopp, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Ambleside, Mrs. J. C. Shepherd, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 19th inst., at Horn se y Ch urc h, Willi am B on h am, of Oxford-stret and Kentish -town, to Esther Ann, the youngest daughter of Mr. B. Manning, of Milton-road, South Hornsey. On the 19th inst., at Holy Trinity, Brompton, Arthur Howard Southey, Esq., Captain H.P. sth Fusiliers, to Evelyn, the second daughter of the late C. G. Addison, Esq., barrister-at-law. DEATHS On the 19th inst., at The Mall, Chiswick, Benj. Thorpe, Esq., F.S.A., aged 88. On the 19th inst., Joseph Langford, of No. 7, Newgate street. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t County of Middlesex. Friday, July 22, 1870. 1851 . 11 men t of HE effect! body, Main 11088 A des not fe body, tutu/ Weak Porou an or( Posta T' C anti is than while C r teeth, ------- CF ceutic ness and to nutrit superi contri Cr Packe Sole is ad Chas ,men Etat', Alab and Biaje MIN Lyell restb t 1& rill LOG P CAB In 1 Porti4 Soup, out it Sof Mant and : Lond4 A 8 Doubt bilica Poe office,