The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount the demand for accom rnodation is still extremely limited, and the supplies on offer being more than sufficient for all legitimate r equirements. The rates have undergone no alte ration. There were no gold operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures remain steady, at 23 25, and the Consolidated Alortgage Bonds at 21 22. The Bank of Franco return for the past week is similar in its results to that of the Bank of Eng - land, the bullion having increased, and the bar and discount business of the Establishment having been much reduced. The addition to the cash in hand 11 about £480,000, and to the private balance £196,000 ; the total of bills under discounts is £320,000 smaller, and a curtailment is shown of £ 1 3,332 in the advances on Stock. The movements of the precious metals during the past week has been to a moderate extent. The imports have amounted to about £704,709, includ ing £25,633 from New York by the City of Boston, £ 6 5,600 by the Arago, £27,000 by the Helvetia, £ 7 5,048 by the,Borussia,, and £1,400 by the Persia. The Atrato from the West Indies and Pacific has b rought £460,533, the Ceylon from Alexandria £3,6 83, and about £45,812 has been received in Silver from the Continent. The exports have been confined to remittances to the Continent, through Private sources, estimated at about £131,727. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit lance of £424 on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The traffic returns on the East Indian Railway for the week ending 23d June last were £45,093 against £33,335 in the corresponding week of the Previous year. „ .„We Copy the following from the Mining Journal: Remarks.—Tho metal market has continued to resent during the past week the same encouraging fe atures as it did during the former one. It is r r y satisfactory also to find that a much greater feeling of confidence is springing up as to the re covery of the me t a l t ra d e f rom its long period of d epression, and also as to the improvement 111 commercial affairs generally, and that before lon g we shall enter upon a course of trust greater activity and vigour, which we rust will speedily lead to the return to the former st ate of commercial prosperity. Orders are still co ming forward with much greater regularity, and b uyers seem now less afraid to enter into pretty e xtensive operations, and some considerable pur chases have been made during the week. This fact alone shows that the metal trade is recovering ; and, though it may be only gradual, yet we have e very reason to believe that it will be permanent, an d We hope soon to find that speculators will be enabled to enter operations with some thing like confidence, as this will be sure to still a decided impetus to the market, and render it s ti ll more lively and encouraging. Prices also e e eni now to be on the move upward, and we may 4 , 4f e . 1Y calculate that most metals have now seen untillowest point, and will gradually creep up _mull they attain that which will be far more remu nerative than they have been for some time past. 4:_itogether, the appearance of the metal market is 41° r e gratifying than it has been lately. Two o'CnocK. The Consol Market for the week has closed very quietly, but the unsettled feeling concerning the Weather and the crops have caused a slight degree ( f )f depres s i on. Consols are now * l ower, a t 941 ( l O a r „ mo ney, and 941 / for the account. The atten- C e e e in the Ci ty to-day has been small, owing to nn eness of the weather and the absence of ac tive business. Newgl he Threes are 942 1 ; Reduced Annuities, e 4; ; Bank o f E ng l an d Sto c k, 264 ; India 5 per 1 131 13 1 ; do. Enfaced 4 per Cents., 871. th''he Foreign Stock Market exhibits very little p,, 4n ge• Mexican continue at 141 1 ; Spanish 3 . l 4 ive at 21} ; Certificates at 161 ; Greek at la 14 0 and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 31; - "au have advanced 1 to 491 ; but Chilian Scrip ba s declined 1, to 2 11 dis. 4 : l' he Forei gn and C o l on i a l Li nes rema i n w ithout dmaterial change in values, Dutch Rhenish being ; a . 1 a at 214 ; Ottoman, at 2/ ; Bombay and q: c dat at 1021 1031 ; E as t I n di an , a t 109} 1 ; T r ' ea t Indian Peninsula, at 1091 110 ; and Grand k of Canada, at 181. 40 -uan k shares are very qu i e t . L on d on an d W es t- C' a nate r, howev er , h ave i mprove d t o 701 1 ex new o , res ' and Union of Lo n d o n to 391. London and 9 i ll tY are marked 531, and Imperial Ottoman Am ericanEih are Securities present no variation. .Erie St at 8 are 45 46 ; Illinois, 771 781; and United It ea 5-2 0 Bonds, 731 i f. Sh le wed firmness is apparent in the Railway are k t M ar 4 4, e , prices generally showing a further 8 11 ' 4 " of about 1 t o 1 per cent. G reat E as t ern , eas hire and Yo r k s hi re , N or th W es t ern , an d L Eastern have each advanced 1, Brighton 1, t4lrehester, Sheffield and Lincoln, and Metropoli ach 1, and Great Northern 2. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 131 1Sitie ss in the market to-day has been quiet. A 4 r, ge , ted are the current quo t a ti ons : Utii v eh 'erten Moor 4} si. North Treskerby li 11 eliPttles Gold East °l 'd Amalgamate 61 7 Providence Mines ... 26 28 liasset l4 16 South Ca radon 350 360 1 , 4 4 o ar , 'Etat I. ac tou 4} bi t Tincroft — East —ovell 6i 7 West Chiverton 66 68 qra , ;t it aasen West Seton 145 150 Q rea t t L T, al eY •.. .. 17 18 Wheal Basset - Great ,' , :tallick ***** 4i 44 WhealGrenvills 10s 12s Gd kali "heal Vor 16 17 1 Wheal Chiverton N o , e c Y r al,leY ....... .. .. . 5 } i 4 Wheal Grenville 10s 128 6d —° itY ......... 31 4 Wheal Soton ... 102} 1071 13- FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -IRITISII ,x(rIaItNMENT FUNDS. 91 1 Per u b Nit. Consols 91i bAe• Account, Sept. 10 941 1 g e—vvra°ellt• Reduced 941 tt e .,_ - Per Cent 77i 17 2 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ lintties, 30 Y 4.4 0. , 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 e. for 80 Sea? 61,1..1' ?cire sth April 1885 _ ,expire sth Jan., 1880 _.- 13°.(iled rl:e elitraph), Au 6., 1908 mum. P.A O L pit), 'Niter Bills £1 000 Pm Do, " £5OO Pln k ftlik'''°• £lOO & £2OO 264 bo. °l flgland Stock, 5.1 per Cent _ A eeount 110, SECURITIES. 111(1' 10 GOVZILNIIENT 874 — 1::,3,4k toelt, 10f per Cent., April 1 tju• Account 113 i 13 i ti`, ) 3 : per Cent. July, 1880 D lNr Cent., Oct. 1888 bo ,-ertiacates 87f 1)0: )11f8-ced Paper 4 per Cent 13 0. s,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D o. R I Per C en.,lllay 1879 - Per Ce t it Deb , 187'2 13°' n 1 °P. ' 1877 — 1o 1 /30 - do. 188' ) D° r) do. b .t eb., 5 P e r Cent, Aug. 1873 -__ inn 1)0 ° ode, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO _ pill • under xl,OOO PRICES. Peil,l:,°lltlGN PUNDS—CLOSI.NG _ 'ti4atti;',,l2(Vlepublie, 6 per Cent _ tkzilf"' -uends 5 per Cont. 1859 _ 1) 0.1 1 , 4 5 per bent _ 1 1 Per Cont., 1852-38-60 _ be, c) 1863 ),,, A Per Cent., 1865 73 - 'Il 1, 13n .‘,.Feolll:lt, u tlkl4 -• .kl OO 130 . .... ~.„.;.................. ....._ o.li,ir: 43'res 6 Per Cent — qtb. Per 0, Q 'S 6 , . nt. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) —...._ 41 11 k vel Cent 1 3 4 6 Per 0 • o. 0 ent 190 ..1 Per Cen. ... .......................... • , -) 0. ti Nl' Centt A• 0!)-,, ), 13 o, o 1867 .. dis 1.1,' Plbi a , ~ Scrip, £5O paid Ij it l a 11 , ,, 6 P er Ce n t ' _ D 3 3 per -r (dent., 1820 I,`ll4biat. 19,?nt., 1864 ...................... ....- 1 :: &Po., 8 Naelpaliti 3P, 7 per.C. Cent . ,o, luktorPer Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip Iqt,t,iala:l‘,l7eW Consolidated, 1 per Cent ' L i 1;0. E--I(,„zicent "0 ,„,, ~,. iis;‘,.. 881 .vo, h v be - .............. b o. 4,0. - 1864 D 410 0 13c, d 0 o oov 1 1 8 ......................... ... o „ t i reek t erianleut Railway Debentui es D l 3O . ;to Cents, 18 24-5, ex Coupon r Do ceoliut ................ o' —°lll3ollB ,t01i,,,,. Ateou,, ~ t 'tter ov , t .1 , .. . ....................... ki t '' 0 Per Cent .. u 13'4 Cett 1865 ..................... Juno. pm pm pm LINES LEASED AT FIXED RICNTALL Brkenhead,BS Buckinghamshire, 901 London, Chatham, .ILe•., 4i per cent. Ditto, Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 69 FOREIGN MTNES. Frontino and Bolivia Gold. lim., 5-16 St. John del Itey, Um., 57i United Mexican, lim., It DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, t 6 51 Imperial Ottoman. lim., 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 1 I London and County, 531 Ditto, new. 206 London and ‘‘ estminster, 7 j 7 0 _1 Union of London, 34 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, lim., 16/ Aglo-Mexican Mint, 14/ Atlantic Telegraph, 30 Credit Foncier of England, Um. 3 1 Eyyptian Com, and Trading, lim.. 11 Gen. Credit and Discount, um., 51 it udson's Bay, 15 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 1 International Land Credit. lim., 11 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour). 2 1 London General Omnibus Company, lim. London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship, 11 m., 5 Madras Irrigation anl Canal (guaranteedl, s per cent. by Indian Government), ICOI National Discount company. 111 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 49 71 Ditto, new, 1855, 47. Ditto, new, 1867, 26 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 681 1 Do, Account .. 72 Do. Maremman a Railway — 111exicar. 3 per Cent — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 - Per Cent., 1859 Do 3 per. Cent., 1862 Do. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 874 Do. Do. 480 paid —did Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account ... Do New Deferred Do Account - Do Passive — . Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded — Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent , 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 5Bl Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Da Acount _ 311 Doc per Cent., 1865 TWO O'CLOOK. Consols, Money 94 Do. Account September 10 94 t SITARE LlST—This Day. ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. Closing I d Biness . usone. ;Bristol and Exeter .... 'Caledonian ..... Cambrian. . Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall 'Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dim„Pertb, & Ab. Juno. E.London, bcrip Certi. 79 81 112 114 35 45 3 5 85 68 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern I • Do. A stock . • 105 110 29 30 4 6 114 116 1.5 116 Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland l Gt. Western —Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales , Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford..... Lancashire 4.t Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Brigh., & S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A ' Lon. & North Western Lon. ca South Western Man., Sher., & Lincoln Metropolitan..... Do. New 95 16 43} 131 Do. Extension... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'aW'd Aidland Do. LO Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Niid _Kent ... INorth British . Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastern—Berwick Do. U.N•.E purohast Do. Leads ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Po. Stook. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Soot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny rVaterloo & Whiteha.l Vest Cornwall COLONIAL GO VEIL British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872.... Van.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July 1877-84 1120. 6 p. 0. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. o. Mar. lt Sept , Do. 5 p. a. Jan. dc July l Do. 5 p. o. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 6.1873 Do.ApLaz OA. 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Caylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, dO. Slauritius, 6 R. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, Alayls, N0v.16 Do. 180, Feb. ez Aug.. Natal uiov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.,tJuly N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., net, Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876' Do. 5 p.c. ISBB to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-U Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja. & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITISH. r, A.tlantio St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda. &Cen.ln. gu. '5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.o. 1872-3-I Calcutta & S. E., lim Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu.s p.o. Do. J Eitensioi G rand Trunkof Canada IDo. Equip. Mort,Bondel 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De: 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gas. 6p.e. Vo. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. o lit. South of India gua. 5 per oent Do. 4i per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada Do. New Do. 6 p. o Bea. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. o. Bnds. Mel..t Hobson's Bay N. Rl.C'da, 6po let pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub p i Do.lndus St.Flot 25 30 27 29 127 128 SO 51 17 18 10 15 1161 118 i, 81 83 1 46 17 12i 126 113 114 85 87 119 i I2C 88 90 - - 31 32 105 106 59 60 93 05 34i 851 94 100, 114 116 lip 66 67 116 118 57 68 45 47 0 58 06 10 148 152 3 41 96 5} 681 ts MENT SECURITIEB. 93 100; 98 100 , 98 100 8.1 84 83 84 102 104 105 107 105 107 104 105 gl 101 104 108 11u 102 104 104 106 105 107 107 109 98 100 90 98 91 93 DO 91 91 93 97 99 96 97 105 107 110 1111, ISIONS. 66 58 102 1021 11 , 4t 5 6 68 71 65 65 99 101 100 IG2 108 109 17 18 80 65 50 52 40 45 32 34 19 20 107 109 - 2 p - 2 p 1021 31 1021 101 i i 100 101 92 94 15i 15e 1091 10 91 95 17 85 87 id 100 102 93 95 69 91 83 85 100 101 1001 101; 99 100 85 87 1031 i 1011 BRITISH DUNES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira . I 1 Chiverton .. . 81 61 74 Clifford Amalgamated SO 71 61 Devon G. Cons. (Taviat 1 410 430 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 20 22 East Caradon 2.14.4 5 6 East Carn Brea ill 3 36 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 East Lovell 3.9 .0 9 10 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 31 31 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 19 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 Great Wheal Buis y 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 16 18 Grenville 9.0.6 1 14 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 34 36 Ilingston Downs 5.10.6 24 21 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6 8 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4f 51 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, lim 3 1 21 11 New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crofty 2 .1 3 . 0 3 1 4 43 i Prosper United.... 8.11.0 2 21 Providence (UnyLefant 10.6.7 27 29 28 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 310 310 South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 -- - Stray Park Tin Croft 9 12 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 11 9 11 West Chi verton ll 68 70 West 5et0n....... 471 130 140 Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 65 70 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 23 25 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton When! Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 28 400 t too t 941 1031 1C92 Share .... 20 st st 100 190 100 100 160 100 100 ISSE& THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST . 17, 1867. THE TAILORS' STRIKE. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TILE " PICKETERS." Alfred Bailey, vice-president of the Amalgamated Society of Journeymen Tailors ; Peter Horrocks, secretary of the same society ; Samuel Partridge, president of the Operative Tailors' Association ; Jenkin Jones, Tamuel Newbury, Edward Otnerod, Thomas Geary, Morrice, James Glendon,Thomas Flood, George Templing, Alfred Sherman, Robert Knox, Robert Druller, —Stokes, and Winterton were summoned before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough street, Police office, for that they did, on the 29th May, unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate, and agree, with divers others, to impoverish in their respective trades as tailors, Henry George Poole of Savile-row ; Joseph Stohwasser, of Conduit-street ; Thomas Womershausen, Thomas Bowater, Thomas Guthrie, J. H. Smalpage, and other master tailors, by forcing journeymen to de sert their work, and preventing them from working for the complainants. The real question was to try the legality of what is called the picketing system. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Valiance and Valiance) appeared in sup port of the summonses ; and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the de fendants. Mr. E. Lewis asked whether any practical advan tage would be gained by going on with these cases, while cases of a similar character were pending for trial at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday next. As a matter of policy he would ask for a postponement for the purpose of allowing the sum monses to abide the event of the forthcoming trial, when, if the verdict of the jury was against them, the defendants would feel bound to respect it. Mr. Sleigh said Mr. Lewis was present when the late intended trial was postponed, after a similar pledge had been given by the defendants through their counsel, and must be aware that notwithstand ing that solemn pledge the system was renewed in all its vigour. Mr. Baron Bramwell at the time ob served that he would only consent to postpone the trial on the understanding that the pledge was given in good faith. The return for this indulgence was for the Journeymen Tailors' Associations to place pickets on all the leading establishments in London, and to carry on that system of picketing more effectually and pertinaciously, if possible, than before. Under these circumstances he must ask the magistrates to hear the case at once. Mr. Knox did not know that he had the right to stop the proceedings. He would speak out plainly. He had been so shocked at what he had learned about unions since his return to England, that after learning that a solemn pledge, solemnly given, had been so shamefully violated by the operative association, he must consider they were disentitled to any indulgence, and he should, therefore, decline to accede to the application for postponement. Mr. Edward Lewis then took several objections, the principal of which related to The form of the summons, which, he said, charged three statutable offences, and ought, therefore, not to have been in cluded in one summons. Mr. F. IL Lewis said, in reply, that the sum mons contained really but one charge, varied in its form. Mr. Knox said Mr. E. Lewis's objection ap peared to amount to this—that each defendant ought to have been served, not with one summons, but three summonses. Ile did not think the objec tion of weight, and he must overrule it. Mr. E. Lewis must ask the magistrate to take% note of his objection. Mr. Knox promised to do so. Several witnesses having been called to prove the picketing system, the case was adjourned till to day. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Prince of Wales' yacht Osborne, 1,034 tons, and 430 horse power engines, Corn. John D'Arcy, is moored alongside the T pier at Woolwich Arsenal, awaiting the embarkation of the Prince and Princess for the Continent. During the course of yesterday a series of telegrams and messages was received from the Board of Admiralty and the War Department as to the regulations to be observed, so as to secure the absolute exclusion of the public, and to render the embarkation free from the slightest commotion in consequence, it is stated, of the indisposition from which the princess still suffers. A large number of applications have been addressed to the authorities for permission to be present, the whole of which have been answered with the words "No admis sion." The embarkation will be undsr the command of Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., senior Admiralty officer of the district, and Commander Biddlecombe, C. 8., Master Attendant of Woolwich Dockyard ; and the arrangements of the pier will be directed by Capt. Gordon, C. 8., and his officials, beyond whom none will be present under any pretext. Commander D'Arcy was summoned to the Admiralty yesterday afternoon to receive additional instructions for the vessel's departure, and the Prince of Wales was in formed that the ebb tide would break at half-past 2, at which hour it would be advisable that the vessel should take her departure. According to present arrangements she will proceed direct to Dortrecht, in Holland, the sea passage being calculated to oc cupy about ten hours, and that of the Thames and the Meuse about the same time, making a total of 20 hours after leaving Woolwich, as stated by Mr. Sarratt, the master of the Osborne. The vessel may probably, however, be ordered to disembark at Rotterdam. A court-martial, under the presidency of Capt. the Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, of the gunnery ship Cambridge, assembled yesterday morning on board the flag-ship Royal Adelaide, in Hamoaze, Devonport, for the purpose 'of trying Mr. William Collier, engineer of her Majesty's ship Revenge, for having, on the 29th November, 1865, obtained and disposed of a certain bond, with intent to defraud the Three Towns Bank (Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse) of the sum of £3O. Mr. William Eastlake, Judge-Advocate, assisted. The first witness called was Mr. E. S. Anstey, the agent, who stated that he received a letter from the prisoner, dated at Pembroke, asking for a loan. Witness sent a form of proposal, which was returned, and he then sent a bond which was, after some delay, returned with the signatures of Mr. Moore, engineer of the Revenge, and Mr. Carter. The first instalment not being paid application was made to the securities. Mr. Moore denied all knowledge of the bond. No answer came from Mr. Carter. The next witness, Mr. W. Moore, stated that in the latter part of 1865 prisoner asked him to sign a bond, which he refused. The signature to the bond produced was not in his handwriting; it appeared to be written by prisoner, but without any authority. George Philips, engineer's cook, stated that on the prisoner's application he had signed his name on a blank sheet of paper. The signature on the bond produced was his, but the names of Mr. Collier and Mr. Moore were not there when he signed it. The prisoner's defence was that he had received authority to attach the signature. He was sentenced to two years' im prisonment at Exeter, with hard labour, and be dis missed the service with disgrace. The crew of the Princess Royal, Capt. John W. Seccombe, were paid off at Devonport on 11Tednes day by Mr. J. F. Phillips, paymaster, in less than an hour. Wm. T. Annes, who belongs to the band, received a gratuity of £5 ; Wm. Herbert, cooper, £lO ; C. Jago, saihnaker, £l5 ; M. Newman, able seaman, £5 ; T. Cook, boatswain's mate, £5 ; W. Hoskins and W. Perkins, quartermasters, £l5 each; and J. Greeves, ship's cook, a pension. In pursuance of the General Order issued by the Commander in Chief, granting permission to the troops to absent themselves to join in harvest work, the Commandant at Woolwich yesterday made known that "if application is made for assistance in harvesting, good characters may apply for leave for the purpose." During the week the sth Dragoon Guards have been moving in detachments from Dublin to Liver pool. Yesterday the fourth and last detachment, consisting of 9 officers and 99 men, and 116 horses, under command of Col. the Hon. S. G. Calthorpe, arrived at Liverpool and proceeded to their destina tion. On Monday next the 81st Regt. will embark at Liverpool for Dublin. vince, compiled. from information obtained by the police. This is 'the first paper in the series of what are really dig vital statistics of Ireland. The number of acres under other crops and the number of live stock will. soon be ready for publication, and we shall probzOly have a foretaste of them as usual at the amsnal banquet of the Royal Agricultu ral Society. From this return we learn that the flax crop covers 253,105 acres this year. Last year it covered 263,507 acres. There is a decrease, there fore, to the extent of 10,402 acres in the area devoted to the crop throughout Ireland. From a closer exa mination of the figures it appears that the falling off has been almost entirely in Ulster. The number of acres of flax in that province in 1866 was 245,356, while this year it is only 234,491, showing a defi ciency of 10,865 acres. In the prov:nca of Munster the numbers stand thus:—ln 1866 there were 4,170 acres; in 1867 there are 3,250, being 920 less. In Leinster and Connaught, on the other hand, there has been a slight increase. In 1866 the crop covered 7,262 acres; this year it covers 8,050 acres ; an increase of 788 acres. Iu Connaught the number of acres under it last year was 6,719, while this year it is 7,314, showing au increase of 595 acres. In Ulster there are 1,393 scutch mills, in Munster 39, in Leinster 19, and in Connaught 32. If we go back for some years we find extraordinary fluc tuations in the crop. Beginning at 1851 we have 140,536 acres under cultivation ; in 1852, 137,008; 1853, 174,579 ; 1854, 151,403 ; 1855, a descent to 97,075; 1856, a slight advance to 106,311; 1857, another fall to 97,721 ; 1858, to 91,646; 1859, a reaction, and the figure rose to 136,282 ; 1860, 128,595 ; 1861, 147,957 ; 1852, 150,070 ; 1863, 214,099 ; 1864, 301,693 ; 1865, 251,433 ; 1866, 263,507 ; 1867, 253,105. It will be seen from the above figures that the decrease this year, though it may seem large at the first view, is comparatively very small, and when it is remembered that during the American war an extraordinary impetus was given to the linen trade of Ulster, there will be less occasion for wonder that the extent of the staple crop has to any extent diminished than that the trade has sustained so large a share of permanent advantage, and that its stability has been so little affected by the sudden collapse of the civil war. The fact is, that by the energetic perseverance and enter prise of the Ulster manufacturers, new outlets for the surplus stock have been opened, and the trade has continued steadily to prosper. The slight im provement in the acreage of Connaught and Leinster is also a hopeful sign, but the want of scutch mills and of markets is sadly felt. Lord Hastings, son of the Earl of Huntingdon, has strengthened the ties which bind him to Ireland by a matrimonial alliance with a daughter of the soil, Mary Ann Wilmot, only child of the Hon. Col. and Mrs. Westenra, of Shanavogue, King's county. The ceremony was performed yezterday in presence of a distinguished assembly at Ettagh Church, Roscrea. There was of course a splendid dclettner and a ball in the evening. MR. JUSTICE SHEE ON ELECTION RIOTS. At the opening of Gloucester assizes, the charge to the grand jury was delivered by Mr. Justice Shee, who referred to three men and a boy committed for taking part in the riot at Dursley on the day of the declaration of the poll for West Gloucestershire. His lordship said : " The case renders but few ob servations on my part necessary. It is a charge of riot and assault against four persons on the 31st of last month, the day of the declaration of the poll at Dursley for the last election for this county. Now, gentlemen, I need not tell you that a riot is a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more assembling together on their own authority, with an intent mutually to assist one another against any one who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent or turbulent manner, to the terror of the people. Whether the acts alleged in this case were lawful or unlawful, the assembly WAS lawful. But yet, if three or more persons, being thus lawfully assembled, did con spire and confederate together to do some act of a private nature, to effect some private object, or enterprise, in a violent and tumultuous manner, no doubt they would be guilty of a riot if they carried that conspiracy and confederacy into effect. Now, the private object and enterprise which the prisoners in this case are alleged to have had in view was the object of insulting, annoying, and assaulting two gentlemen of position in this country. It was an object unhappily dis gracefully extended in a brutal and most offensive manner to the ladies of the family of one of those gentlemen in question. Intending to assau l t t h e two gentlemen in question—for some reason or other, of which I have not the smallest idea, and which I do not care to inquire about—who were unpopular in that crowd, the refuse of recently slaughtered animals and a quantity of eggs and stones were thrown at them. The police officers say that what was done by the four per sons was calculated to excite uproar and alarm. That, of course, we know would be a necessary ingredient of the offence of riot. Whether they thought more of what occurred before their eyes on account of the great respect which they entertained for the persons who were assaulted, or not, it will be for you to determine. At general elections a good deal of license does take place, which rarely ends in indictments for riots, though certainly vio lence is of ten exercised upon persons in somewhat inferior stations. The position of those on whom it was exercised in this case may in some degree ac count for persons taking an active part in bringing the offenders to trial. Probably if a little more time had elapsed it might not have been thought neces sary to prefer these indictments for riot. I cannot help saying that it would have been as well if, as in one case on the same occasion, the magistrates had inflicted a fine on the persons who were guilty of the assault. However, all these matters are for your consideration. The great advantage of a grand !jury is, that they are in a position, by rea son of their station and the respect and confidence which they enjoy in a county, to mediate be tween the parties, particularly during the heat and excitement and license of a contested election. The legal difficulty seems to me that the acts were done in so short a time ; there was hardly time for persons who were undoubtedly as sembled upon a lawful occasion to conspire and confederate together to commit the assault upon the two gentlemen who were attacked. It is rather to be regretted that so soon after a contested elec tion a matter of this kind should come before a judge and grand jury ; and I cannot help saying that it would have been as well if the matter could have been deferred to the next assizes, w hen all I parties would have had time to cool." CRUELTY TO CIIILDREN.—At the Truro Board of Guardians on Thursday the Rev. J. P err y brought before the notice of the Guardians the case of a woman, with five children, living in the parish of Perranzabuloe. It appears that about three years ago the woman's hus band died, leaving her with four children unprovided for, and up to about two months ago she had been in receipt of Gs. a week from the Union. At that time, however, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, upon which the relief was stopped, and the woman was offered the workhouse. She refused to enter the house, and went out daily to work, leaving her children locked up in a room without any furniture, and having one old shawl as the only article of clothing among them. The oldest child was eight years old. They were frequently without food all day, u nless the neighbours, who were themselves very poor, took compassion on them. The Guardians decided that the woman should again be "offered the house," and if she refused it she should be brought before the magistrates on a charge of cruelty to her children. S UI CIDE IN WINDSOR GREAT PARIC.—A domestic tragedy has just occurred in Windsor (3-reat Park. An old soldier named Wm. Wells, aged 63, lived with his wife in the village of Spite], near Windsor. The couple, it would appear, had many disagreements, and lived some what unhappily. Wells, too, had frequently threater ed his wife, and for one of these offences was committureties for ed to pri son for a year , in 1864, in default of finding s his good behaviour for that period. On Tuesday his wife applied to the magistrates' clerk, and Mr. Inspector Reeve, of the Becks constabulary, with a view of obtaining some protection from her husband. Whether Wellsbecame aware of this has not been elicited, but about half-past 3 o'clock on the afternoon his body was found in a ditch in the Groat Park, near a small bridge, from which it had, it is said, dropped, the handkerchief with which the deceased had hung himself from the rail having given way. 7HE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE UN]? ED KINGDOM. We are favoured with the sheets of the " Mineral Statistics" for 186 G, which will, in a few days, be issued from the Mining Record-office in the Museum of Practical Geology. In the ." Notice" by Sir Roderick Murchison, the Director-General, which introduces the labours of Mr. Robert Hunt, especial attention is drawn to " the continual in crease in the production of coal, notwithstanding the depression which has been felt throughout the year in many manufactures, and especially in that of iron." This is really a point worthy of close attention. The quantity of coals produced in each of the last four years has been as follows :-- Tons. 1863 88,292,515 Tons. 1861 ... 92,787,873 increaso 4,495,358 1865 ... 98,150,587 „ 5,137,145 1866_ 101,630,543 3,479,95 G We find upon examination that our exportation of coals in 1866 was 782,631 tons in excess of that of 1865. We have therefore to account for two million and a-half tons, which have been consumed in this country during a period of extreme manu facturing depression, in excess of the consumption of the previous year. These returns inform us that there was a falling off in the manufacture of pig iron to the extent of more than 290,000 tons, the production of which would have consumed nearly a million tons of coal. We find, how ever, upon examination, that there has been a uni formly increased consumption of coals over every part of the country, and all the returns of "rail way distribution " being considerably in excess of former years. To our steadily increasing popula tion, and to the enlarged means of a great majority of the people, enabling them to enjoy more of the comforts of life, may be referred this increase in the consumption of coal, at a period when manu facturing depression would lead us to expect a con trary result. The large quantity of coal raised in 1866 was obtained from 3,188 collieries, and the great deve lopment of coal mining is shown by this fact that in 1857 there were but 2,815 collieries in active opera tion. InoN.—The quantity of iron ore produced in this country last year was 9,665,012 tons. This was smelted in 613 blast furnaces, and of pig iron we produced : Tons. In England „. 2,576,928 In Wales 959 , 123 In Scotland 994,000 Total of Great Britain 4,530,051 Of this pig iron we exported 497,138 tons, re serving more than four million tons for conversion into merchant iron. These returns inform us that there were 256 ironworks in activity in 1866, in which there were 6,239 puddling furnaces and 826 rolling mills. The proportions in which the iron ores of this country were used in our furnaces is given as follows : Argillaceous and black band carbonates 42 per cent Cleveland stone ••• 28 71 Lancashire and Cumberland red ores ... 15 „ Brown ores ...............1. ,7 Spat hie Carbonates 2 ~ TlN.—The year 1866, Mr. Robert Hunt intimates, was so disastrously remarkable in connection with tin and copper mining, that a more than usual close examination of the condition of the mines of Devon shire and Cornwall was considered necessary. The lists of mines given in the " Appendix to the Mineral Statistics" show that at the end of 1866 more than 300 mines had been suspended which had been within the few previous years in full work. This necessarily threw a large number of miners out of work, and it appears that more than 7,000 Cornish miners emigrated. The production of tin ore in 1866 was 15,080 tons, and the mean average price for the year was £4B 10s. 9d. per ton ; whereas the production of 1865 was 15,686 tons, and the mean average price of the ore was £55 6s. per ton. The consequence of this is a depression from which, under favourable circumstances, it will be long before our western mining counties can recover. Some important tables showing the progress of the Dutch tin trade since 1855 are given. From these we learn that the Island of Banca produced in 1866 158,626 slabs of tin, and that of Billiton 33,000 slabs (1,000 Baum slabs weighing from 33 to 34 tons). COPPER.—There were 174 mines in these islands producing and selling copper ore in 1866. These produced of copper ore 180,378 tons, valued at £759,118, from which we obtained metallic copper, 11,153 tons, valued at £1,019,168. This shows a considerable falling off in the produce of copper mines. During the year there was an increase of more than 7,000 tons in the copper ore and regains imported ; of this Chili alone sent us nearly 56,000 tons. LEAD AND SILVER.—There has been but little variation in the production of these metals from our mines. In 1865 our lead mines gave 90,45 2 tons of lead ore, yielding 67,181 tons of le ad and 724,856 ounces of silver. In 1866 we mined 91,047 tons of lead ore, producing 67,390 tons of lead and 636,188 ounces of silver. The silver given in 1865, it is explained, is in excess of the real quantity obtained, many mines having returned the silver contained in the ore, which was not eventually separated by the smelter, since when the lead contains less than four ounces to the ton it does not pay for separation. The quantity given this year is the quantity actually produced, as nearly as this can be ascertained. GOLD.—Our gold mines in North %Vales produced 2,927 tons of auriferous quartz, from which 7430 z. of gold were obtained. Of the other metals nothing need be said beyond the statement contained in the following summary of the minerals raised and the metals produced in the United Kingdom in 1866 : --- - _ MINERALS. Estimated value at place M.i.11."311051,r633i5°0,5d4.4 tons ... £25,4077635 of production. Coals Iron Oro 9,665,012 „ '" 3,119, 093 Tin ... 15,080 „ 731,946 ..• Copper ... 180,378 „ 759,118 •.• Load 4.• 91,047 „ 1,161,223 ..6 42,655 ••• Zinc 12,770 „ 4.11/ 77,932 71 Pyrites ... 135 , 402 ••• METALS. Iron ... 4,530,051 tons ... £11,326,127 Tin ... 9,990 „ ... 885,363 Copper ... 11,153 „ •.. 1,019,168 Lead ~. 67,390 „ •.• 1,381,509 Silver ... 636,188 ounces ... 174,95 1 Gold 743 7 , 2,656 •.. ... Zinc ... 3,192 tons ' ... 69,916 The total value of o ur mineral prod uc tions for the year 1866 will be, according to 31r. Robert Hunt's return and estimate : Metals obtained from the ores raised from £14,951,695 th e mines of the U nited Kingdom f ... ro- Coals —estimatedprice at the place 25,407,635 o p duc ti on ... .. ... ... ... Earthy Minerals (not inclsding building "'... ... ... 1,350, stones) ... 000 211,712,330 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. QUEBEC, Aug. 14. The Peruvian arrived here to-day. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17. The barque Beaumont arrived in the Sound this morn ing, having iu tow the brigantine Silver Lake, Captain Johnson, from Swansea, for St. Thomas, which lost both her topmasts in a gale on Thursday. THE WEATHER IN YORKSHIRE.-MALTON 3 Fri day.—During last night the heaviest rainfall ever regis tered here took place, the fall for the whole 24 hours being 1.70 inches. The great fall was between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. There being no wind the rain came steadily down, and the crops in consequence are not nearly so much laid as was anticipated. To-day there is a brisk wind and rising baro meter. The crops have dried rapidly, and the laid corn will mostly be got up little injured early in the week. THE PUBLIC PARK AT HALIFAX. Sir F. Crossley, Bart.; who in 1857 presented to his fellow-towns men a People's Park, which cost £30,000 (subject only to the payment of the amount necessary for its maintenance in good order), has commemorated the tenth anniversary of the opening by presenting to the town of Halifax a sum of £6,300, the interest of which will provide sufficient funds for payment of the salaries of the park-keepers and the other expenses, and the park thus becomes the unre stricted property of the town for ever. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tars DAT. The attendance was not a large one, nor were the transactions of a heavy nature. The Ebor Handi cap was made the medium of most speculation. There appeared no great disposition to back Brada mante, who however was nominally first favourit e at 5 to 1, while 6 to 1 was so freely accepted about the newly named Goodwood that at the close that price was not obtainable, 5 to 1 being the current offer on the field. Challenge was friendless at 12 to 1, there being an evident disposition to support him for the Leger to be in the first three, for which event the general impression seems to be that he will be reserved. The other prices are appended, but they were accepted to small amounts. Marks man, said only to have been walking this week, was in bad odour for the Leger; fifteen ponies were, however, accepted about him, but an offer to bet even money against his running failed to find a taker. 2 to 1 would have been readily accepted about Hermit had it been obtainable. The prices are appended : BBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Bradamante (offered) 6 to 1 agst Goodwood (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Beeswing (taken) 12 to 1 agst Challenge (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ailesbury (taken) 100 to 8 agst Fairwiud (taken) 100 to 6 agst Seville (taken) ST. LEGER. 7to 4 agst Hermit (offered —take 2to 1) 3to 1 agst Vauban (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Achievement (taken) 15 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) JOHN STIRK, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Executes Commissions on all the races to any amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. Ma. GEO. IVEun executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Haverstock-hill, and has lists posted daily at the City Arches ; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Meux's Brewery. No con nection with any other person using the same name. THIS DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The evidence was resumed this morning before Mr. Knox. It was of a lengthy description, the object being to prove "picketing" having been carried on by the whole of the men. _ _ _ Mr. E. Lewis addressed the bench on behalf of the defendants, but Mr. Knox committed the whole of the defendants for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Bailey, Shorrock, Partridge, Maurice, and Geary were admitted to bail in the sum of £lOO, and the others in £2O. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—WiIIiam Davis, a boy only eight years of age, was charged with stealing 2s. 3d. from a till in the shop of Mr. Arliss, grocer and provision dealer, of No. 1, Prospect-place, Stepney-green. John Stokes, manager to the prosecutor, stated that yesterday afternoon the prisoner came into the shop and asked for a pennyworth of German pud ding. He was serving a lady, and he saw the pri soner put his arm through a crack under the counter. He had marked 3s. 4d., and put it into the till, which he opened, and missed 2s. 3d. He detained the prisoner until a neighbour came in, and then carried him to the station-house. Edward Blanks, 696 A, said the prisoner was brought to the station-house, and he found upon him 2s. 3d., all marked as the shopman had stated. Mr. Paget asked Stokes why he marked the money in the till. Stokes said that a good deal of money had been stolen through the crack, and he was afraid his master would suspect him if he did not take mea sures to detect the thief who was continually robbing the till. The police-constable, Blanks, said that he found a money-box in the prisoner's room containing three sixpences for which the boy could not account. Mr. Paget said it was most extraordinary that the crack in the counter was suffered to exist. He would look at it before he decided the case. He remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. — William Hammond, about 19 years of age, was charged with embezzling three sums of 2s. lid., 2s. 10d., and Gs. Gd., the monies of Francis Rad ford, his master. Mr. Radford, a baker, carrying on business at 207, Ebury-street, said the prisoner had been in his service since the middle of May last, and it was his duty to take out the bread, receive payment for it, and account for the sums received in the evening. He had received three separate sums that he at present knew of, and had not accounted for the money. Mrs. Cole, of 50, Westmoreland-street, said she dealt with Mr. Radford, and the prisoner served her. On August 3d she paid him 2s. Id., and on August 10th 2s. 10d. Both of these sums he had given the receipts for (produced.) Mrs. Tomes, 25, Effingham-street, Pimlico, said the prisoner received Gs. Gd. from her on August 7th. It was only in part payment of a bill, and the prisoner put cash Gs. Gd. on the bill. Prisoner denied receiving this sum of money, and examined the witness to that effect, but she was unshaken, and pointed to the prisoner's writing on the bill. John Clark, 144 B, who took the prisoner this morning at half-past one at his master's, proved that when told the charge he said nothing. On searching him 7d. in coppers was found, and some music-hall tickets. Prisoner, after being duly cautioned and asked if he had anything to say, persisted in what he had formerly stated about not having received the Gs. 6d. The depositions were read over, and he was fully committed for trial. LIVERPOOL COTTON 111ARKE1—This Day. The market opens quietly, under unfavourable weather. Prices unchanged. Sales probably 10,000 bales. THE RIIYMNEY MURDER.—At the adjourned in quest ou the body of Maria Thomas, whose corpse was discovered at the bottom of an old coal shaft at Rhymney, a verdict of " Wilful Murder " was returned against Wlll. Prothero, a young man who kept company with the de ceased. The evidence given was vory conflicting; but several witnesses swore to having soon a man near the mouth of the pit on the night the deceased left her home. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aug. 16. From one end of the country to the other we hear of but one subject of engrossing interest. Never has there been a brighter promise of an early and abun dant harvest. The sunshine we continue to enjoy has completely dispersed the gloomy fears and mis givings which were beginning to form in the minds of the farming classes, and they now regard the prospect with unwonted confidence. In some places slight traces of blight in the potato crop may be found, but these are quite exceptional ; the general character of the crop is testified by the quantities sold, and the prices obtained in the provincial mar kets are highly satisfactory. Thunderstorms have been reported in Waterford, Athlone, and other parts of the country, which have inflicted some in jury, but the effects have been very partial. The approach of the great annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society, for which preparations are being made, is heralded as usual by the exhibi tions of its provincial satellities. These are of consi derable importance in their localities, and generally afford some indications of what may be expected from the central body. Thus the annual show of the North-West Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday in Londonderry, and, it is stated, was superior in quality to any p rev i ous ly held. It is satisfactory to learn that th e l oca l gen t r y ar e mani festing a greater interest in the success of these useful societies, and sending forward their best animals to compete for prizes. Although there were only 250 entries altogether, it was an interesting show, and presented substantial tokens of improve ment. In an opposite district of the country the Upper Ossory Society held its show yesterday. This society has felt the depressing effects of disappoint ment in successive years, and has not obtained such an amount of hearty support from the gentry and small farmers of the district as might have been ex pected, but it has held its ground resolutely, and is early in the field this year. The show yesterday at Donaghmore, in the Quesn'sCounty,was pronounced was presided over by competent judges to be superior in quality, if not in extent, to any of its predecessors. In the evening b t hye the R annual ig dinnerßight . a o n took . I p v l a . c e, Fitzpatrick. and Aft er th e usual loyal toasts, the chairman p ropose d " The Health of his Excellency the Lord - Lieutenant, and Prosperity to Ireland," and took eccasion to observe that the Marquis of Abercorn had been most courte ous to all with whom he came in co n t ac t , and was deservedly a favourite with all classes of Irishmen. The toast elicited a hearty response, and this, com ing from an assembly composed for the most part of political opponents, was no slight compliment. In giving the toast of "The Three Agricultur a l Asso ciations of England, Ireland, and Scotland," the chairman referred to the wonderful progress of the Highland Society, which was the oldest of the group, and mentioned, as an evidence of its spirited man agement, that at its recent show it had offered money prizes for live stock alone to the va l ue of £1,600. This observation aroused the na tional spirit of Mr. Ross, who responded on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society, and he an nounced that at the forthcoming show of that society money prizes would be offered to the amount of £1,300. This, considering the different circumstances of the two bodies, speaks favourably for the energy and spirit of the Irish Association. Mr. Mowbray, who returned thanks for Scotland, stated with commendable pride that the receipts at Glasgow during the three days of the show amounted to £6,018. lie may fairlychallenge Dublin to produce as profitable a show in Stephen-green next week. In connexion with the subject of agriculture, we have now opportunely published by the Registrar- General a return of the acreage under flax, and the number of scutching mills in each county and pro- 291 80 115 6 li6 444 4 1271 8 50i 71- , 181 8 161 1 16 1 2 47 1251 81 6 f 1 113 i 13 85 1191 & a 1051 94 1 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIARENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS DAY.: The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at two o'clock, STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, certain amend ments to the Standing Orders were agreed to in reference to s'roet tram, aye. The Commons' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Agricultural Gangs, County Courts Act Amendment, Consecratioi of Churches and Churchyards, and Traffic Regulation (Metropolis). • EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL.' This bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills passed through committee: —Courts of Referees, Hours of Labour Regulation, Church Tempo ralities, Railway Companies of Ireland Advance, Quin eagle and Parsontown Drainage, and Fortifications. The following bills wore read a third time :—The Com panies' Act Amendment, and Investment of Trust Funds. Their lordships then adjourned. DEA7II OF LORD DUNKELLIN, 31. P. It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of Lord Dunkellin, M.P. for Galway, which occurred at an early hour yesterday morning at the residence of his father the Marquis of Clanricarde, in Stratton-street, Piccadilly. Lord Dunkellin had long been in ill health, but it was only for the last few days that he was known to be in danger. He was the eldest son of the Marquis of Clanri carde by the Hon. Herriet Canning, only daughter of the late Right Hon. George Canning, the dis tinguished statesman. He was born on the 12th of July, 1827, and had, therefore, just entered his 41st year. In March, 1846, he entered the army as ensign in the Coldstream Guards. Ile served with his regiment in the Crimean campaign of 1854, and was present at the battle of the Alma and the siege of Sebastopol, where he was taken prisoner in front of the trenches before daylight on t h e morning of the 22 d of October. By command of the Emperor Nicholas Lord Dunkellin was re moved to St. Petersburg, and as liberated before th e termination of the warty his father, Lord Clanricarde, being well known to the Emperor from having been several years British Ambassador at the Imperial Court. From 1846 to 1852 Lord -de-cam to the Lord Lieutenant Dunkellin was aid e p o f Ireland, and in Januar y , 1853, was appointed State Steward of the Lord-Lieutenant's household. In 1856 he proceeded to Calcutta to fill the ap pointment of Military Secretary to his uncle, Lord uring C a nning, then GovernoGeneral of India. D his sojourn in India he served on the staff of Gen. Sir James Outram during the Persian expedition he was of 1856-7. On his return to England in 1857 e l ec t e d member for Galway, which borough he had successfully contested in 1852, and at the last genera l election in 1865 he was elected for county of Galway. Lord Dunkellin's course in Par liament was remarkable for one extraordinary achievement. In committee on Lord Russell's mea sure of Parliamentary Reform in June, 1866, ro he moved his memorable amendment to clause 5, p viding that the rating instead of the rental value should be considered in estimating the amount re quired for the franchise, which he carried by a majority of 11 against the Government. The re sult of this division was the resignation of the Rus sell Government. Lord Dunkellin was unmarried, and his brother, Lord Hubert de Burgh Canning, is now heir to the title and estates of the Marquis of Clanricarde. In his regiment, in Parliament, in Ireland, in India, and in society Lord Dunkellin wAS universally popular ; his abilities wer rear above and the ave rage, and, being emb ellished by a y wit a keen sense of humour, would probably have led him to high distinction had not his career been cons tant ill cr i p pled and ultimately cut short by health. MARKETS. —This day. COVENT GARDEN. i s , 0 s 2 s t 0 GdAo s ; 48 0 r p a e n r g l e b! s FRVlT—Applos, 4s Od to 8s Od par bushol; grapes, 30 t o st r O a s w O b d e r ; r i c e h s e , ;cherries, d i e s t , o G i d s t pe o is s l ; b pi ; I n e e m a o p u p s l , e 8s to 14s per 100. VEGETAl3LES—Artichokes, 2s Od to 4s ; beet, is to 2s ; cabbage, is 3d to 2s ; cauliflowers, 2s to 5s per dozen ; asparagus, Gs Od to 8s ; celery, is Gd to 28 ; horseradish, 4s to Gs per bundle; carrots, Gd to 8d per bunch; herbs, 2d to 4d; leeks, 2 d to 4d; mint, 4d to Gd per bunch; parsley, 2d to 4d ; turnips, Gd to 8d per bunch ; endive 2s Od to 3s; lettuces, is to is Gd per score; onions, 4s to 5s ; spinach, `ls to 3s per bushel; cucumbers, h Od to Os Od each ; potatoes, 80s to 180 s per ton. POULTRY. Geese, 5s Od to Cs ; goslings, 5s Od to Gs 6d; ducks, 2s to 3s; ducklings, 25 3d to 3s Gd; tams rabbits, 1s Od to is 6d ; wild do, is to is 3d; pigeons, 7d to 8d each ; Surrey fowls (coupls), 95 to 115 ; do. chickens. Gs Od to 75 Od ; barn-door fowls, 45 to 55 6d ; English eggs, 95 Od per 100 ; French do., Gs ; fresh butter, 15 to ls 2d per lb. NEWPORT. Por 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 2d to 4s 4d I Veal Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 4 d I Pork Lamb WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. B ee f 3s 2d to 4 s 4d Lamb ...... Od to 4s 8d I 45 Mutton 3s 2d to 4s Gd Pork ...... 35 ad to 4s 4d Veal HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides , 56 to 6 Ilbs, 20 61 to 721bs 88 , 3d to 3fd ; 72 to 80 31-d to 31d ; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 961b5., 4d to 40. Iforsehides, 9s Gd to lO ad ; cal s f skim; (light), 2s Od to 4s ; full, is Od; sheepskins, lambs, 3s Od to ls 8d ; shearlings, 2s 8d to 35 Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9/d to 10d.; of household ditto, 7d. to 9d. per 4lbs loaf. ITAY. SMITHFIELD—Meadow hay, £3 Os Od to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os Od to £5 15s Od; and straw, .£2 to £2 6s per load. A good supply. CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 Os Od to Z 1 15s ; clover, £4 Os Od to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 to .£2 Gs per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os Od to £5 17s Gd ; and straw; £2 to £2 6d per load. A good trade. Now hay is quoted at £2 105 to £3 15s; and now clover £3 to £4 15s. 201 20 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 lbi i -