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P Pete Nes ter 3 hair' This is by no means an easy process if we are to judge by the . elaborate -description given in the Court. The material selected is Russian wool or other wool of a coarse texture, and it has to be soaked, boiled, dyed, dried, crisped, and curled, before it is fit for exhibition on ladies heads, according to the dictum of fashion. So successful was the improvement on Dame Nature, that other chignon manufacturers imitated Mr. Rushton's contrivance, and produced wool transformed into hair ! The case was brought into court for .an injunction to restrain any such sale: The point raised was of some interest, for though one of the counsel heartlessly observed that ladies' chignons were trilling things, the validity of the patent depended upon the principle that a known material might be adapted to a new purpose for which it had not before been used. Vice-Chancellor Malins, however refused to admit this, and declared that a man could not take out a patent for the use of a well-known material in the manufacture of every-day goods, If this patent were sustained, no one could hereafter use wool,without the consent of the plaintiff, for pur poses t(cwhich our grandfathers applied it. The bill Was dismissed, with costs, and the rivalry goes on. THE RELIGION OF THE SOLDIER. A- British soldier, on entering the service, is requested to name the religious sect to which he belongs, and he is ever afterwards compelled to attend once on - every Sunday a place of worship, where the observances are in accordance with his belief. A long and bitter complaint against this system of " enforced" religious worship is made by a correspondent to one of our military contempora ries. He regards it as nonsensical that men should be proud of the religious liberties of this country as long as Englishmen are allowed to be driven like dumb cattle to a church; where tedious services and prosy sermons are too often the provision made for them. This writer considers that the manner of worshipping on Sunday should be voluntary with the soldier, and that it should be left to him, if necessary, to adopt the method of the Covenanters of old, who prayed on the moors and hill tops. He, however, seems to forget that many soldiers (and it may be that he is himself of the number), are not pre-disposed to think of the obligations due from them on Sunday. It has, moreover, been too clearly proved that if young soldiers were not made to spend some portion of their Sundays in attention to grave and serious duties, the whole day would be spent in unseemly places, where temptations and tempters would have full sway over them, and where no mention of the awards of a good life would be heard. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS. The Londoner, who is obliged to remain for a cer tain number of hours, each day cooped in at work in a dark office, who is obliged to breathe the close city air, and whose eyes for the time grow weary looking into ledgers and ink bottles,knows not, perhaps, that after his hours of labour he can at a cheap rate pay a visit to Hastings or St. Leonards, sleep the night there even with his family, and go down or come np from London by express trains. The opportunity for this treat has been provided by the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the South Eastern Railways. A little before five every evening two trains start, one from Charing Cross, the other, the "City fast train," from the Brighton side of the Lon don Bridge terminus. By means of these trains a man may enjoy all the pleasures of a marine residence in these sunny days, and as the fares are not exorbitant, he may gain health, strength, and spirits, at no sacrifice to conscience. He may, moreover, give all these benefits to his wife and children, and thereby save many anxieties and large doctor's bills. As yet the trains are not well patronised, indeed on one occasion this Week the express left London-bridge with four pas sengers. This is only, however, owing to its not being known that there is a way of getting to the seaside towns. It is a pleasing duty to aid in giving Publicity to the fact. THE DEPRESSION OF TRADE IN FRANCE. The French commission appointed, to inquire into the working of the commercial treaty with Great Britain and other countries has nearly completed its report on the cotton trade in all its branches. An immense amount of evidence of the most varied kind has been collected, and it is believed that the reports will shed much light upon the causes which have so sadly interfered with the manufacturing interest during the last four years. The persistent efforts of French Protectionists have made it the fashion to attribute the depression to com mercial treaties, and superficial acquaintance with the principles of political economy in spite of the writings of Bastiat and Cheva lier has helped to propagate the error. The forth coming reports will, it is believed, remove many of the prejudices against free trade. Several English gentlemen have been invited to give evidence on the state of the cotton trade, among others Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. Armytage, and Mr. John Stagg, jun., all Manchester men, and able to afford trustworthy information to the commission. Lord Lyons has given every assistance in his power, and it is to be hoped that the results of the commercial treaties will be exhibited in their proper light. THE VACANT THRONE. The Spanish leaders are in such desperate straits touching the filling up of the throne, that they have taken to petitioning the Cortes on the subject. It is odd news to learn that Admiral Topete, one of the chief authors of the revolution, has presented a petition to the Cortes in favour of the Duke of Montpensier. It is quite clear that the Cortes has nothing to do with the matter, but that all rests with the wire-pullers. Nobody knows this better than the Admiral, Ever since the revolution the Duke of Montpensier has been angling, touting, beg g i ng , entreating to be made king ; but Prim's unflinching opposition has kept him out. The idea of Topete, the Duke's great supporter, proclaiming his Impotency by petitioning is characteristic of Spanish , 9 COUT i t A , _:=";-1:=% HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 19. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely. "ler Majesty, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine ser vice this morning in the private chapel. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Lady Poltimore's dance. Mr. William Gillett's (of the Albany) fancy dress ball, at Willis's Rooms. Mire. John Heathcote's evening party, 14, Curzon-street. Mr. Wilhelm Ganz's annual grand morning concert, under the immediate patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princese Mary Adelaide of Teck, at which Madame Adelina Patti will appear; to commence at two o'clock, as the St. James's Hall. Signor Marras's apree midi musicale, from three to five o'clock, at his residence, 10, Hyde-park-gate, Kensing ton-gore. Philarmonic Society (conductor, Mr. W. G. Cusins).— Last concert but one, at eight o'clock. 'kb Lord's Ground (grand cricket match)—M.C.C. and Ground v. University of Cambridge. In ternational Pigeon shooting at the Gun Club—Club S weepstakes, at 25 yards, commence at 12 o'clock Precisely. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY. T he Asiatic Society at 3 p.m. The United Service Institution at 8.30 p.m., when there F ill be a discussion on Capt. Hoseason's paper on " The necessity of our Naval Transport Fleet for Military Purposes." 144114 NIN01:-.- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1870. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING. THE LAND BILL. The Times considers that the main scheme of the Irish Land Bill is generally recognised and approved, It is an agricultural bill. It secures tenants in the agricultural occupation of their holdings, not by virtue of the mere good will of landlords,—a guarantee always liable to interruption—but by the scale of penalties. The substitution of law for usage may, as Lord Derby said, produce greater strict ness of relations, but " short reckonings" make " long friends," and we are confident that the greater security the bill affords, obtained as it may be by limiting the land lord's power, will still be so beneficial to his interests that the general rise of rents Lord Derby predicted will fellow and be cheerfully borne. We have the satis faction of seeing a great work about to be accomplished. The Lord Chancellor acknowledged on Friday night that he had never voted for any of Mr. Sharman Crawford's bills, and he took shame to himself at the retrospect. It may be confessed that we are none of us free to look back in this matter, but we may look forward with hope that our task, however tardily undertaken, will prove to be a clay-spring of peace to Ireland. THE EXPLOSION AT WALTHAM ABBEY MILLS. THREE MORE DEATHS. The explosion at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Wal tham Abbey, which caused the death of James Reeves and Lewis Wilson, has resulted since in the death of Charles Simpson, a labourer, 35 years of age, of Abraham Homes, likewise 35 years of age, and John Ward, aged 51 years. These three poor men, all received severe con tusions, and their ribs, &c., were fractured. Ward was also much burned. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. C. C. Lewis, one of the coroners of the county of Essex, held inquests at the offices of Colonel Younghusband, the superintendent of the works, on the bodies of all the deceased excepting Simpson, whose death tooleiplace in Hertfordshire. The interest in the proceedings for many of those pre sent seemed to turn upon the question whether in the event of an explosion of the large quantity of gunpowder, admittedly kept at the works, Waltham Abbey would not be blown to pieces. The inhabitants, it would appear, have for some years past entertained apprehensions onthe point, and have even sent a deputation to the War-office, to make representations on the subject. William Adams, master worker at the Royal Gunpowder Works, deposed that on Thursday morning at a quarter past ten o'clock he saw Reeves and Homes enter the press house. He called out to them, and asked them how they were getting on, and they replied " All right." He then went to his office, and at a quarter-past eleven o'clock he heard the sound of two distinct explosions. He ran out, and went to the spot whence the sound proceeded, and he found that the press-house and the corning-house near to it had blown up. He saw several men struggling in the water of the River Lea close by. He subsequently saw the bodies of two menwho were killed on the in stant. He could form no opinion as to the cause of the explosion. Thomas Carter, first-class labourer, said that he was at work in the corning -house, near the press-house, when he heard the latter blow up. He ran out, and saw a man lying on the ground with his clothes on fire, who asked him to " chuck him into the river," which witness did. Homes was in the river, and witness helped to drag him out. The Coroner stated that all in the press-house lost their lives. It was said that the men in the corning-house owed their safety to the promptitude with which they rushed out when the first explosion took, place. A young man named Akres was at the window when he saw the flash ; he leapt out, calling to the others, " Fire ! men, fire !" The others followed him, and for the most part got into the river just as the corning-house blew up ; but Henry Collop, William Barker, a man named Parker, Alfred Clapham, and James Reeves were all more or less . badly wounded. Mr. Edward Finlay, superintendent, stated that on Thursday last he was at Purfleet when the explosion took place. He immediately returned to Waltham and saw the dying. Reeves made this statement : " I and Holmes were in the press-house unloading the press, and it was half unloaded when it went off." He was not able to say more. When Simpson was asked whether he knew how the accident occurred, he said, " I was unloading the press, and the other men taking the powder out. I put the stud (a copper chisel) under a cake of powder, when I saw a spark coming from the end of the chisel while I was pushing it under the powder and against the copper plate. I knew when I saw the spark it was all over with me, and it all blew up. They were all doing their duty just as if you had been there yourself." The witness then, at the request of the coroner, ex plained the process in the press-house. The powder is placed in layers between 22 copper plates in a box, and subjected to hydraulic pressure for 20 minutes in the absence of the men. When the pressure is over the machinery rings a bell and the men re-enter and take the caked powder from the plates, using a copper chisel and a mallet for the purpose. There were 5001bs. of powder in the press-house when the explosion took place. Reeves was foreman, and had been in Government employ since 1840. The witness could not account for the spark men tioned, and thought that Simpson imagined that he saw one, or that he saw it after and not before the explosion. In reference to another point the witness stated that there were on the lower island two magazines capable of con taining 250 barrels of powder, but that on Thurs day there were only 50 barrels in one of them. There were seven or eight other magazines. The powder that blew up was used for large guns. The jury anxiously cross-examined the witness as to the quantity of gunpow der usually kept at the works, and one of them elicited the startling fact that there were 5,0001b5. of powder close to his own house. The jurors expressed their opinion that there was quite powder enough to blow up the whole of Waltham Abbey. Colonel Charles Younghusband stated that he saw Simpson, and heard from him about the spark made by the copper chisel. Such a thing was only possible where a particle of extraneous matter such as a grain of sand or an atom of iron got under the chisel. But it was impos sible that such a thing could happen in the ordinary way, for every precaution was taken. The men were stripped, and made to change their clothes before entering. No precautions, however, were taken with their beards or hair. He thought that Waltham Abbey would not be destroyed by the explosion of the magazines ; Enfield would suffer more. The Coroner said that the jurors could use their own common sense as to the danger to Waltham Abbey. For his own part he would not care to live near it. A juror said that on Thursday, at Cheshunt, a boy was knocked down by the explosion, and an orange tree capped in two. Mr. F. A. Abel, F.R.S., chemist, said that he visited the factory frequently. The copper could not of itself have caused a spark. If a particle of grit dropped from the hair or beard of a workman it might occasion a spark, and such grit might be got while walking along the road. Only the windows of the houses in Waltham Abbey would be broken by an explosion. Colonel Younghusband desired to state that there were only 1,666 barrels of powder at the factory. Each barrel contained 100 pounds of powder. Dr. Reed, surgeon to the works, described the fearful injuries of the deceased men. The Coroner, in summing up, said that usually in such cases no evidence as to the cause of explosion could be got. The statement of Simpson was, however, very re markable, and the copper chisel might have produced the spark if, as suggested, a particle of grit had got by any means amongst the powder. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death" in each case. An inquest was opened on Saturday evening, at the Moulders' Arms, Waltham-lane, by Mr. Longmore, coroner for Hertfordshire, on the body of Charles Simp son, aged 35 years. Sergeant Hammond, 9 N, identified the deceased as one of the workmen at the Royal Factory. He died on Friday night. This case was adjourned for further evidence. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT NORTH WOOLWICH. Yesterday (Sunday) morning a shocking accident oc curred at the works of Mr. Hendy, telegraphic engineer, North Woolwich, to a workman named William Brown, 25 years of age. It appears that he was working at a crane, when, from some cause at present unknown, the chain slipped, and he lost his hold of the handle, which flew ronnd with great velocity, striking him with such force in the chest as to hurl him some distance. Medical aid was procured, and it was found that moat of his ribs were fractured, and the chest bone stove in, and it was necessary to convey him to the London Hospital, where he now lies in a very precarious condition. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—At the Derby Police-court, on Saturday, James Allen, aged 21, was charged with attempting to murder Mrs. Ebury. Shortly before five o'clock on Saturday morning the accused went to the station-house at Derby and told the constable on duty that he believed he had murdered a woman, adding that " he had done it because he wanted to be sent off." On proceeding to the house indicated by the prisoner, the police found that the accused had broken into the pre mises, and had beaten Mrs. Ebury severely about the head with a hammer as she lay in bed. No motive is assigned for the crime. The accused was remanded until the injured woman is able to appear. She with her chil dren was to have left on Saturday for Hull, en route for St. Petersburgh, to join her husband, who fills a good situation tbere. _ _ - CRYSTAL PALACE DOG SHOW.—The show Will open to-morrow (Tuesday), the day of the great Review of Boys by H.S.H. the Prince of 'Peck, and will remain open until Friday, inclusive. The show will be open each day from 10 till dusk. To-morrow the jugging will take place in public. Every precaution has been taken to ensure thorough ventilation, the greater portion of the exhibition being held under canvas. The principal features of the show will be Mr. E. E. Holford's blood hounds ; Mr. T. R. Lewis's pack of harriers ; Mr. J. H. Murchison's 20 fox terrier. ; the Rev. Mr. Macdona's St, Bernard. ; Mr. S. Long'. setters ; Mr. Frank Robinson's celebrated champion dog, " Turk" (recently bought for 2450) ; the Bedlington terriers ' • and the pet dogs. The Drill Review, in which nearly 3,500 boys will take part, will take place at two o'clock, after which the boys will compete in swimming and other gymnastic exercises. DuNyILLE and Co., Belfast., are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co. Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their Loudon Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.E. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE LYONS • RACES-SUNDAY. DEFEAT OF BLUE GOWN. Grand Prix de Lyon of 80 1 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 20 soya each, h ft. About miles. - - - M. Delatre's Massiuissa, 4 yrs, 3st 131 b (Watkins) 1 M. Fould's Minotaure, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Heslop) 2 Count de Lagrange's Gabler, 3 yrs, Bst 21b... ......... 3 Capsule, Contrebande, and Blue Gown also ran. Betting —Even agst Blue Gown. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREA F FIRE IN PANAMA. A telegram from New York states that there has been a great fire in Panama, which has destroyed much of the city. Twelve lives were lost. THE • FRENCH EMPEROR'S HEALTH There has been great uneasiness in Paris on account of the Emperor's health, His Majesty was said to be suf fering from gout. There was a panic on the Bourse when it was known that he was indiposed. Some of the papers deny that he is seriously ill. RESIGNATION OF THE BELGIAN MINISTRY. The Belgian ministry have resigned office ; according to the Independance Belge their successors will belong to the clerical party. FETES IN TURKEY. The Sultan of Turkey has directed that the sums which were to be spent on the fetes in honour of his accession should be devoted to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the fire. In consequence of this decision the fetes have been given up. THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL. The Council has commenced the discussion on the Pope's Infallibility. It is said that the Ultramontano party have determined to close the discussion by St. Peter's day, and with that view they will resort to the same plan they adopted on the 3d of June, should occasion require it. CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS. REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL. - Mr. Sholto Hare has consented to stand for Bristol ix the Conservative interest. FUNERAL OF MRS. LUBY. The funeral of Mrs. Luby, the mother of the Fenian convict, took place in Dublin yesterday, and was attended by eight thousand persons, who marched in procession, wear ing green and orange rosettes. THE DEATH OF LORD ARTHUR CLINTON. As announced in a Central Press telegram on Saturday Lord Arthur Clinton died on that day at Muddeford, near Christchurch. Mr. Roberts, solicitor to Lord Arthur, writes to say that on Friday he was summoned to Muddeford. On arriving he found Lord Arthur suffering seriously from an attack of scarlet fever. His lordship gave Mr. Roberts the necessary instructions for preparing by instructing counsel and otherwise for his defence at the Central Criminal Court, saying that he was anxious to court the fullest inquiry upon the charge brought against him in connection with Boulton and Park. At Lord Arthur's request Mr. Roberts prepared a letter, in which his lordship entirely denied the grave crime imputed to him, and stated that the only thing of which he had been guilty was the folly of impersonating women by way of amusement and love of theatricals. After this letter had been prepared Lord Arthur had become so weak that he was unable to sign it. He was, however, perfectly sensible, and solemnly asserted his innocence of the graver charge prior to his death, which took place at five minutes past one on Saturday. Mr. Roberts incloses in his letter a copy of the letter which death prevented Lord Arthur from signing. The communication was intended for publication in the news papers. In it Lord Arthur gives most unequivocal denial to the graver offence alleged against him, and pledges to surrender himself to the jurisdiction of the court at the appointed time, a course which he would have pursued before but for his illness, and asks the public to suspend its judgment. CONFERENCE ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Bishop of Exeter presided on Saturday at a large conference, at Plymouth, of teachers of elementary schools throughout Devon and Cornwall. The Bishop, in his introductory address, said that the result of such deliberations would have much more effect if they considered and pointed out what modifications of the views they individually held could be intro duced without seriously demaging their work, but which might tend to reach the objections and scruples of others. Resolutions were unanimously passed, declaring that in the long experience of those present no difficulty has arisen, although having in their schools children of parents of many forms of belief ; that Bible teaching ought to occupy three hours weekly, and that the teacher ought, as at present, to frame his own time table. A resolution generally approving the Government bill and a conscience clause were carried unanimously. To a resolution urging the denominational system an amendment was moved, approving of Mr. Cowper Temple's amendment, as adopted by the Government. But this was lost, as there was appended to it a declaration that the deno minational system failed to meet the requirements of the nation. The Bishop of Exeter, in concluding the pro ceedings, enlarged on the importance of the conference, and on the weight which should attach to the opinions of such a body of teachers. His lordship was certain that the differences displayed were rather in forms of expres sion than in substance, and that what they were all anxious for was the maintenance of real religious instruc tion. The bill would probably be materially varied before it reached the House of Lords, and he therefore abstained from giving his own opinion upon it in its present shape. ARRIVAL OF THE EXPRESS. The Express, which left Lagos for Liverpool on Feb ruaryl2, and on which twenty guineas had been paid, has arrived, all well, in the Mersey. AN ABANDONED VESSEL. The schooner Sappho, Marrish master, arrived at Penzance on Friday from Montevideo. She fell in with an abandoned barque, of 1,000 tons burthen, in latitude 43 deg. 30 min. North, longitude 24 deg. 40 min. West. Her fore and mizen masts were standing; the shrouds were on each mast. The east-side bulwarks and stan chions were gone amidships ; both anchors were on the rail. The captain of the Sappho could not board her, learn her name or cargo. She appeared to have been boarded. SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF A SOLICITOR. Within the last few days considerable excitement has been caused at Deddington, near Banbury, in consequence of the disappearance of Mr. Henry Churchill, solicitor. It appears that Mr. Churchill left Deddington on Wed nesday, the Bth inst., as it was supposed, for the purpose of going to London; but he has not since been heard of, although every inquiry has been made as to his whereabouts. Mr. Churchill filled the following offices : Clerk to the magistrates of the North Wootten Division of Oxfordshire, one of the commoners of the county, agent for the estates of W. C. Cartwright, Esq., M.P. for Oxfordshire; clerk to several public boards, treasurer to the Deddington Penny Bank, and also to the Friendly Society; he was also joint clerk to the magistrates of the Banbury and Bloxham Division, and had a large and lucrative practice as a solicitor. THE NEW EDUCATION BILL. Canon Oakeley writes as follows to the Standard:—The friends of religious education are deeply indebted to Mr. Disraeli for his admirable exposure of Mr. Cowper- Temple's amendment on the Government bill. The pro posal to substitute the reading of the Bible for definite religious teaching is a compromise which will satisfy neither the advocates nor the opponents of denomina tionalism. As Mr. Disraeli has clearly shown, it con ceals a sectarian tendency under an unsectarian aspect. It either reduces the reading of the bible to a mere school exercise, which is a profanation, or it leaves an opening for comments which must in troduce the principle of dogmatism in its most objectionable form. The dogmatism of unauthorised teachers is of all intellectual tyrannies the most odious, and this it is to which the adoption of Mr. Cowper Tem ples amendment by the legislature would subject the un happy children of our poor. The Catholic community, to which I have the honour and happiness to belong, is perfectly ready to merge all differences, from the Estab lished Church and the other religious bodies in this country in a common support of the denominational principle. For we prefer definite religious teaching of any kind to the entire absence of the religious element in education. But we cannot consider that the reading of the Bible, with the explanatory comments of the schoolmaster, deserves the name of such teaching at all ; and there are not a few of us who would prefer the purely secular system, which should leave to the parent or the clergyman the duty of inculcating religion, to an expedient for the solution of the religious difficulty which is calculated to throw dust in the eyes of all those who are not forewarned of the mischief which lurks be neath its pecious pretensions. Far from hoping with you, Sir, that the Conservative party may be able to reconcile themselves to this ob noxious amendment, I rather hope that they will combine with earnest men of widely different politics to get rid of it; or, at alli events, that they will constitute a minority sufficiently powerful to strengthen the hands of the upper House in preventing that amendment from becoming the law of the land. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Standard thinks the aspect of the great question of national education has been entirely changed by the event of Thursday night ; and the situation is critical. What course the friends of religious education ought now to pursue is one of the most difficult and most momentous problems that ever tasked the prudence of leaders or the temper of_a party. We have already considered the nature of his amendments, and we shall not here repeat either the objections or the recommendations we then pointed out. What is of more immediate moment is the spirit in which these amendments have evidently been framed. It seems to us, judging of the matter from a pofnt outside of Parliamentary entanglements and of party necessities, that the course of the friends of religious education should be 'determined by a single main consideration. That our rprimary schools shall be as a rule religious, and secular or " unsectarian" only were sectarian feuds make common action on religious grounds impossible, is the ona essential necessity, the one point of transcendent importance to which all other considerations should be subordinated. That England should remain Christian is an object of more consequence than any that can ordinarily engage the ambition or stir the passion of political parties ; and England will not long remain Christian after her primary education has been practically heathenised. DEAN STANLEY ON DICKENS. The Telegraph declares that Dean Stanley caught the true drift of the public feeling, when, to an audience re presenting all classes of Englishmen, and in what may be called the imperial Church of England, he poured forth A heartfelt and eloquent tribute to the memory of the great writer who has enriched his countrymen with imperishable types of what is beautiful and good, tender and loving, humorous and grotesque, monstrous and revolting, in humanity. At the risk of spoiling the artistic harmony of his stories, Dickens called upon the rich to help the poor, the strong to help the weak; and for spreading that most Chrittian lesson lesson by the fire of his genius he will be held in undying remem brance by the great stricken throng of humanity who were his lowly clients, Speaking in presence of the newly closed 'grave, Dean Stanley said that it might seem to contain the remains, not only of the great novelist himself, but of the beautiful natures to whom his genius gave unpying form. Those natures live, and will be his best monument. That he himself well knew the fact, was attested by the profoundly inter esting extract which the Dean read from the deceased writer's will. His writings are one long protest against bigotry and sectarian narrowness, one long appeal to what is purest and most loving in human nature, one affirma tion of belief in a Christianity which is deeper than the wrangling tenets of the sects. "In that simple faith," said Dean Stanley, " Charles Dickens lived and died." PERPETUAL DIVISIONS. The Daily News says Mr. Beresford Hope vnd his friends appear to have adopted the policy expressed in the words " Divide and conquer." They divided ten times on Friday night upon the Clerical Dis abilities Bill, and by dint of factious perti nacity gained their point. In conformity with that rule of the House, according to which a motion for adjournment may not be proposed a gaiu„ without some intermediate proceedings, the motion that the House do now adjourn was succeeded by, and in its turn followed upon, the motion that the debate be now adjourned, ten times in succession. At last even the atrocious mind of Cato, or in other words, the iron spirit of Mr. Bouverie, was subdued ; and declaring, with a sigh, that nothing could resist an obstinate minority, he yielded. The Clerical Disabilities Bill is, therefore, referred to a Select Committee, to which Mr. Beresford Hope looks, if nob to resolve his scruples es to the indelibility of holy orders, yet to find a course of action compatible with the views of the sacerdotalist party in the Church of England. In the meantime, an act of simple justice is indefinitely delayed, and a great Liberal majority is neutralised, because a few ecclesiastical Tories were ready to sit u p for four hours, if necessary, to divide the House, while Liberal politicians were de termined, come what may, to be in bed. DEAN STANLE Y ON CHARLES DICKENS. An immense congregation assembled yesterday after noon in Westminster Abbey to listen to the sermon preached by the Dean of Westminster on the death of Charles Dickens. The doors were opened at half-past two, but the people gathered about the doors as early as half-past one, and as soon as the gates were opened every seat was filled. The family and relations of Mr. Dickens were seated in a gallery in the south transept. Unfor tunately, Dean Stanley was suffering from severe in disposition, and preached with manifest effort. He apo logised for the weakness which prevented him from makiug his voice sound as far as he could wish, and this was the greater loss to those beyond its reach, from the beauty and appropriateness of the sermon. The Dean found a singularly apposite text in the Gospel of the day, the parable of Dives and Lazarus. He said if the Scrip ture of the day and the incident of the week directed their minds to the same thoughts, and naturally illus trated each other, the attraction became irresistible, and the lesson which they gave was doubly strengthened. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus was the parable of para bles. It was a tale of reallife—so real, that they could believe that it was not history ; but nevertheless Dives and Lazarus were as much imaginary beings as Hamlet or Shylock. The parable showed the sacredness and value of fictitious narrative, and it were well we should see how the Bible sanctioned that particular mode of instruction, which was, in a special sense, God's gift to our own age. No works were so penetrating as those of the novelist. They reached those who never read history or sermon. It was this that gave them their power. Coming to the consideration of the particular gifts of Charles Dickens as a writer, the preacher continued, " This was not the place to speak at length of those lighter and more genial qualities which he possessed, such as render his death, like that of one who rests beside him almost , an eclipse of the gaiety of nations.' Let others tell elsewhere of his brilliant, delicate satire, of his kindly wit, of his keen and übiquitous sense of the grotesque and ludicrous." The great lesson of his writings was represented in the parable of the day. The moral which the parable intends us t o draw is the very same which is drawn with unex ampled and unrivalled force throughout the writings of our lost instructor. Dives and Lazarus were prototypes of those classes so vividly pourtrayed by Charles Dickens. It is of the vast outlying mass of unseen human suffering that we need to be so constantly reminded ; of the contrast be tween things as they are in the sight of God and in the sight of man. It is the difficulty of realising this which makes the parable of Lazarus so vitally necessary for our society as it was for the men to whom it was first spoken. It was the part of him whom we have lost to make the rich man, faring sumptuously every day, fail to see the presence of the poor man at his gate. The suffering inmates of our workhouses—the neglected children in the dens and caves of this great city—the starved, iil-used boys, in remote schools, far from the observation of men—these all felt a new ray of sunshine poured into their dark prisons, and a new interest awakened in their forlorn and desolate lot, because an unknown friend had pleaded their cause with a voice that rang through the palaces of the great as well as through the cottages of the poor. After speaking of the tenderness with which the master hand of the departed writer drew the pictures of the virtues and affections hidden in dark places, the Dean concluded by reading a touching pas sage from the will of Charles Dickens, dated May 12, 1869. After the most emphatic injunctions re specting the inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly 1 private manner of his funeral—injunctions that have been carried out to the very letter —he thus continues :—" I direct that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb. I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever. I rest my claim to the remembrance of my country on my published works, and to the remembrance of my friends in their experience of me in addition thereto. I commit my soul to the mercy Of God, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide them selves by the teaching of the New Teseament, in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man's narrow con. struction of its letter here or there." In that simple and sufficient faith he had lived and died, and bade them live and die, and the best memorials they could raise to him were the works of purity, of kindness, of unselfishness, of which he had showed them the value. After the beautiful anthem "When the ear hard him" had been sung, and the service concluded the congregation dispersed nearly all passing out7hyPoet's corner, to look at the last resting place of Charles Dickens. RACING ANTICIPATIONS. The fixtures for the week are Newcastle, Windsor, and Hampton. At the first-named place the Northumberland Plate is the most important event, but the horses engaged are not of a high class. On Tuesday, the opening day, six races are appointed to take place. The following are the selections of the sporting papers : For the Stephenson Biennial.—Bell's Life —Lady Studley, or the Sheik ; Field—Columbus ' • Sportsman — Mount Blair, in the absence of Perth; Sporting Life — Lady Studley in the absence of Perth. For the North Derby.—Bell's Life—Dark Cloud or Stanley; Field—Falkland ; Sportsman—Falkland or Tor reador ; Sporting Life—Falkland. For the Northumberland Plate.—Bell's Life—Lord Hawthorn or Cap-a-Pie ; Field—lrregularity ; Sportsn.,an —T. Dawson's selected or Myosotis ; Sportiug Life—Lord Hawthorn or Kidderminster. For the Newcastle Handicap.—Field—Silver Band or Jarnac. • The Windsor Meeting takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the following being the most important races : Eton Handicap,—Bell's Life gives Skipjack, President Lincoln, or Scarbro' ; Field—President Lincoln and Vest minster ; Sportsman—Blue Bell ; Sporting Life—Depar ture or President Lincoln. Nursery Handicap.—Bell's Life —Houghton or Rose of Athol ; Field—Queen of the Vale or Botheration ; Sports man—Botheration; Sporting Life—South Durham or the Moula filly. Royal Stakes. Bell's Life— Perth ; Field—Perth ; Sportsman—Perth ; Sporting Lift—Perth. Hampton Races will give London cockneys an oppor: tunity of holding high jinks on Thursday and Friday. For the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes the Field selects Moccoto, and the Sporting Life Hobart or Chawbacon ; the Sportsman, Hobart or Chawbacon. CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. • 100 to 30 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered-7 to 2 taken and wanted) 85 to 20 agst Kidderminster (offered—take 9 to 2) sto 1 agst Myosotis (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Five per Cent (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Irregularity (offered). 10 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered) 30 to 20 agst Lord Hawthorn and Kidderminster coupled (offered) It is rumoured that Mysotis is scratched. ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (offered) 7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—SATERDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 3to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Kidderminster (taken) 9to 2 agst Myosotis (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered) 12 to 1 agst Five per Cent. (taken) 100 to 6 agst Irregularity (offered) 20 to 1 agst Kennington (offered) The section of the Thames Embankment between the Temple and Blackfriars is to be opened at the end of July or the beginning of August. MURDER. IN DUBLIN.—An atrocious murder has been committed in a place called Bull-lane, Dublin. A pensioner, whilst in a state of drunkenness, cut off his wife's head. The murderer is in custody. Twenty persons at Birmingham and one at Roch dale have been fined for non-compliance with the statute which requires all children to be vaccinated. One of the defendants, a labouring man, attributed the death of five of his children to vaccination. THE PRINCE CONSORT.—The model of the colossal statue of the Prince Consort intended for the memorial in Hyde-park is at length about to be placed in position, and, if found satisfactory, will be reproduced in bronze and gilded. Mr. Foley, R.A., is the artist to whom this important work has been entrusted, and her Majesty has, we believe, expressed her approbation of it, and her desire that it should be completed as soon as possible.— Post. LEGAL DROUGHT.—The retrospect of Trinity term is by no means agreeable. We question if, for many years past, business has ever been so bad in Westminster Hall as during the last three weeks. The nisi prius lists afforded occupation for a few days only. The courts in banco have done some work, but they have decided scarcely one case of real interest ; and there has been air of uncomfortable repose in their proceedings. Even the Divorce Court has not shewn its usual alacrity.—Law Touraal. THE EDUCATION LEAGUE AND THE GOVERN MENT AMENDMENTS.—The officers of the National Educa tion League have determined to offer the most strenuous opposition to the proposal of the Government, as an nounced by the Premier, and have issued a circular to their branches urging them to take immediate action to support the motion of which Mr. Richard, member for Merthyr, has given notice. The committees of the prin cipal branches have been summoned to decide upon the nature and extent of future agitation. MARKETS. LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—TaIIow has been quiet, at 455. 9d. cash, and 465. to 465. 3d. last three months. LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, SATURDAY.— Privately the demand for tea has been to a very moderate extent, but prices have been maintained. Sugar, both raw and refined, has been in limited request, at about late rates. Coffee has been steady, on former terms. LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a mode rate attendance at the public sale of colonial wool to-day, The demand was again chiefly on home account, at steady prices. English wool has been firm on former terms. LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Linseed oil has changed hands quietly, and there has been but little inquiry for rape. Other oils have sold slowly. LONDON METAL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Iron has been quiet, but firm. Copper has been steadier. Tin has been steady. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATITR DAY.—There was a moderate supply on offer at to-day's market. The trade was firm, at a further advance of 6s. per load upon prime hay, as follows : Prime meadow hay, 115 s. to 1265.; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; prime clover, 1355. to 1455. ; infe rior ditto, 115 s to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 115 s. to 1258. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; and straw, 245. to 30s. per load. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATIIRDAY.—There was a poor show of both sheep and cattle at the market to-day. Both are better to sell, for the farmers are in good spirits, the abun dant rain giving them good promise of food, and inspiring them with confidence. Pigs to-day were rather cheaper. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a very large show of wool to-da,y and the market was somewhat heavy; nevertheless, generally speaking, the prices were well maintained. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Beans are one shilling and oats sixpence per qr. dearer to-day. There is a good show of wheat, but buyers want a reduction in price, which the farmers refuse to give. In the other cereals there is no altera tion. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Averages to-day at this market :—Wheat 1,384 quarters, 475. 9d. per qr. There was a moderate business done in wheat at fully ls. per qr. advance. In barley, beans, and peas there was a moderate business done at fully late rates. All other feeding stuffs were stationary in price. Within the last few hours there have been refreshingrains. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market closes quiet Sales 8,000 bales ; speculation and export, 1,000 bales. 6,500 American bales sold at 81d. to 12d. ; 100 Pernam buco bales, 101 d. to ; 50 bales of Santos, 101 d. ; 20 bales of Bahia, 101 d. ; 30 Maranham, 11/d. ; 200 Egyptian, 12d. to 131 d. ; 20 Peru, 11d. ; 1,080 Surat, 81d. to 101 d. Imports, 18,378 bales. LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market opens quiet to-day. The sales will probably be 8,000 bales. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—There has been about the usual attendance in the cloth halls, It is evident that the demand for nearly all kinds of fabrics is better, though it has not expanded much since the last report. The increased activity is specially marked in the case of the better class of houses, who have had visits from London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Liverpool buyers. The fall trade, however, has scarcely yet begun, and it may be the beginning of July before the various agents bespeak with their usual spirit their necessary supplies of thick and other winter cloth. A new style of Tweed, much fancied, is of blue lavender shade. Blue, greys, and maroons aee also fancied in some quarters. The winter cloths just now most speculated in are lamb's, skin, and these will, to a great ex tent supersede beavers, but until stock taking is over not much will be done in them. Prices are a little stiffer ; mangoes (some lots having been withdrawn at a private sale at Wendsbury) are hard to sell. The crucible stell trade is one of the most active here, and machinery fittings are cast in that metal abundantly to be exported to:foreign parts. READING CORN MARKET, SATuaDAL—Business com menced much later than usual this morning. The supply of wheat was short, and the large advance asked by the sellers considerably checked operations. In one or two instances 3s. per qr. more money was given, but the average rise per qr. did not exceed two shillings. The trade in barley was small, and the rates quoted were merely nominal. Oats were firm, at late rates. Beans and peas were scarce, and a trifle dearer. Dealers expected much lower prices in consequence of the late heavy showers. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, which met a slow sale, at from ls. to 28. per qr. advance. Foreign wheat held for about 3s. advance, which prevented business in that grain. Maize ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer. Oats 6d. dearer, but the sale was not so aetive as in the earlier part of the week. ABERDEEN CATTLE TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The trade throughout the country during the week has been brisk, and a good demand exists in most districts for fat supplies. The markets are short of their average shows, and in some instances the supply has been absolutely deficient. Store cattle are in demand, at advanced rates. Owing to the improved state of pastures, prices have ruled high ; the average for best fat beasts ranging from 675. or 68s. to quite 70s. ; and secondary qualities obtain 625. to 665. ; inferior, froth 555. to 565. The trade in sheep has been good, mutton selling at from 6d. to 70. per pound. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat in the market to-day is scarce, and 2s. dearer -4s. to 2s. ; barley, Is. ; oats, ls. to is. 6d. ; peas and beans ls. An active demand exists for all grain and flour, principally for export to France. . The arrivals for the week amount to 44,680 qrs. of wheat, 2,836 of barley, 3,880 of oats, 538 of beans, 637 of peas, 200 of tares, and 4,074 sacks of flour. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 115 s. ; seconds, 111 s. ; thirds, 108 s. ; fourths, 90s. ; fifths, 755. ; sixths, 555. 2,450 firkins in the market. ➢iild cured firsts, 121 s. ; seconds, 119 s, ; thirds, 0 ; 200 firkins in the market.. AIONETARI NEWS-SATURDAY Much quietness has characterised the demand for most classes of securities in the Stock Exchange to-day. Rail ways, in particular, have been flat, and have generally receded in value, but foreign bonds, although in but limited request, have shewn no movement of importance, whilst the tendency, so far as regardslelegraph shares, has been favourable. Consols have been quiet, at 92i to 92a ex div., for delivery, and 92a to 92i ex div., for July. Reduced and New Three per cents 92k, 920. Bank stock has marked 234 to 235. India five per cents. have been done at 110:7 to 1101 ex div., and Indian Bonds at 20s. to 265. prem. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. For English railway stocks there has been very little demand, and with the exception of an advance of in South Easterns, the fluctuations have been unfavourable Caledonian has fallen ; Great Eastern, ; Great Northern A, ; Great Western, ; London, Chatham, and Dover, ; London and North Western, -4 ; Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 4 ; Midland, 4 ; and North- Eastern, I. Indian stocks have been quiet. Canadian shares have been flat, but unaltered. For foreign shares there has been very little demand. Great Luxembourg have fallen and Lombards 4. In the market for foreign bonds very little business has been doing, but the fluctuations have been about evenly balanced. Greek have risen per cent., and a similar im provement has been noticed in Mexican. On the other hand, Spanish have been dull and drooping. Turkish Five per Cents., and do. (1869), have fallen 1, and Italian per cent. American Securities have been steady. The Five twenties and Ten-forty Bonds have risen Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage, and Erie Shares, 1. Bank shares have been purchased to a limited extent, but prices have been without change. The tone of the market for telegraph shares has been more healthy. The business doing has not been extensive, but an advance of has taken place in British Australian, British Indian Extension, Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta, and Marseilles and Algiers, Silver's India-rubber, and Telegraph Construction have each risen In the discount market there has been a fair supply of capital. The demand for accommodation has been to a moderate extent, and the rates for negotiating three months' paper have been, steady, at 2j, 3 per cent. -The contemplated Six per Cent Loan for £1,034,770, for Buenos Ayres, is expected to be introduced by Messrs. Murrieta in the course of a day or two, at the price of about 90 per cent. At the meeting of the Law Life Assurance Society, held to-day, the directors' report was unanimously adopted. It stated that the total assets of the company, including both the guarantee and assurance funds, on the 31st of December last, amounted to £5,537,281 ls. 11d., and that the number of policies remaining in force was 6,887, as suring £8,578,390, with revisionary bonuses amounting to £1,671,574, making the sum at risk on that day £10,249,964. The sum of £77,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. The prospectus has appeared of the Honduras 10 per cent. Government Railway Loan for £2,500,000 in bonds of £lOO at the price of 80. The loan is to be reduced at par within 15 years by annual drawings, by means of an accumulation sinking fund of 3 per cent. per annum. The instalments must be paid as follows :-15 per cent. on allotment, 10 on Ist August, 10 on Ist of September, 15 on Ist of October, 15 on Ist of November, and the balance on the 15th of December. Messrs. C. de Murrieta and Co. are authorised to re ceive subscriptions for £1,034,700, in a 6 per cent. stock, at the price of 88 per cent., payable as follows :-5 per cent. on application; 15 on allotment; 15 on the 3d of August ; 15 on Ist October ; 18 on 15th November ; and 20 per cent. on the 30th of December. A sinking fund of 1 per cent. will he attached to the loan. The proceeds are to be applied exclusively to works of public industry. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES - -AFT: 'ER OFFICIAL HOURS. 6 UTE RNMENT Three per Cent Consols 921, 921 rd Do. for Account Three per Cent Rdcd 92i 921 New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills,March, par spm Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 11011109xd Can.6pcJan.&JulylB77-84 107/1081 Do. 5 per cent do. 98/ 991 Domin. of Pan. 5p q 1903 979 981 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 New Zealand 6 pc 1891.. 112 114 Do. 5 per cent 9991009 Do. 5 p c Consolidated Queensland 5p c 1882 Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 1151116 i Do. 5 no do. 10311041 SECURITIES, ,Brazilian, 1865, 5 p o 911 1,21 !Egyptian, 1868, 7` p c 821 824 Do. Rail. Debeu., 7 p c 1011102/ Italian, 1861, 5 per Cent 5 94 591 Peruvian, 1865, 5 per cent 911 911 Portuguese, 1869, 3 p o 331 34 ' Russian, 1866, 5 p c 934 941 Do. Nicolas, 4 pet cent 6Bl 69} Spanish, 1867, apercent 3ll 32 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 53 531 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 741 744 U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 615°1882 901 90 Do., 1865 Do., 10-40 Bonds. spc 1904 881 884 Erie Shk,„loo doli. all pd. 194 201 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Caledonian 7Bl 78g Great Eastern Great Northern 124 125 Do. A Great Western Lancashire& Yorashire 133 134 i L. B. and South Coast Lou. Chat., and Dover Lon. and North-Western 12981291 Lon. and South-Western 91 92 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 53 538 Metropolitan 69169' Midland North British 3B 3811 North-Eastern Consols Do. Leeds Do. York — South-Eastern I Rom., Bar., StCLlud.g.s pc 10711081 East India guar. 5 p o Grand Trunk of Canada 145 151 I Do. Ist Preference Bonds 661 67/ Great Indian Peu. g. 5 p c 10811091 Great Western of Canada 151 15/ Madras g. spc lOBllO9l Delhi,Scinde, do. Scinde, Punjaüb, do Dutch Rhenish 25 25 Eastern ofFrance [ Great Luxembourg 145 145 I Northern of France 0 ttom. (Smyrna to Aidln) 61 7 Recife and San Francisco 155 165 I Sau Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 21 211 18, Aus. & Lom. Veuetu. 161 161 BANKING COMPANIES. Pa i Agra Bank (L) A 11 11 10;Imperial Ottoman 4t spm Alliance (Limited) .. 141 15k 20 Lon.Cnar. of Austrlia 231 241 , Anglo-Austrian .. 15 17 pm 20 London and County 50 51 Anglo - Egyptn (Lim) 241 25 15 London Joint-Stock 34-i 35/ British North-Amrcu 54 56 , 20 Ludu & Wstminstr 63 64 Ch.of India,Australia 17 18 ' 10 Metropolitan 9 91 Char. Merc. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par City " 111 121 20 New South Wales .. 39 40 Orntal Bank • - Colonial COnsolldated (Limtd) I 1 pm Eng., Scot. & Aust. 0 17118} Imperial (DI nited) l9 19i 2510rntal Bank Corprtii. 42 43 25 Union of Australia.. 45i 46i 15 Union of London .. 39 40i TELEGRAPH COMPANII,I9 10 Anglo - American (L) 62 85 [OO Atlantic 3 British Ind. Fz. (L) 6g 6i 10 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 81 7 Fal, Gibraltar, &c. (L) 81 91 Pd 10 Great Northern .... 11i 12 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 10 Med. Extension (L).. 5I 6} 20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 14i 15 SW. India , & Panama 6i 7 MISCELLANEO , Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) 141 15 27 Canada Company 78 80 I 0 Ceylon Company (L) 31 21 dis 20 Colonial }dis, fpm 10 Cred. Foncier of E (L) 2f 21 100 Crystal Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 71 Gen. Cred. & Dsct 14 Ceu. Stm Navigation 29 31 45 Hooper's Tel. Works ll 1 dis MINING SHAR S SECURITIES. Pd 51. Rbbr. G P Tel. Wks. 44 45 100 Intr. Financial (L) 1 1 dis 5 Mdraa Irrigton g. 5 p c 103 105 5 National Discount (L) Ili 12 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orutl Stm. 42 44 Telegraph Constrctn 26} 27 St Tobacco 6 pc Ln, Gua. 5 by Italian Gvrumpt 91 93 Trust & Ln of 1.1 Cnda pro LIST.-JUNE 18. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market moderately active. Grenville, East Grenville, Agar, Van, East Lovell, Great Vor, and North Crofty chiefly deait in. Australian United, 2i, 21 Bwlch Consols, 31, 31 Brontloyd, Chiverton Moor, 41, 51 Chiverton Valley, 4,4/ Cook's Kitchell, 21, 23 Chontales (Gold), Drakewalls, 275, 29s Don Pedro North Del Rey, 3, 31 East Bassett, East Caradon, 41, 41 East Lovell, 35, 36 East Wheal Grenville, 21, 3 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), 18s, 208 General Brazilian, Great Laxey 181, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor, 91, 10 Kingston Down, Marke Valley, 7, 71 New Lovell, 21, 3 North Crofty, 31 North Treskerby, Pacific, 81, 9j Prince of Wales, 16s, 18s Providence Mines, 40, 421 Rosewall Hill and Ransom• United, South Condurrow. 24, 24 Tankerville, 181, 19 Tincroft, Tan-yr-Allt, Taquaril (Gold), Trumpet Consols, Van, 79, 81 Van Consols, 3i, 4 West Chiverton, 54, 55 West Frances, West Maria and Fortescue, 24, 24 West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Panty Go, West Seton, Wheal A gar, 24, 3 Wheal Chiverton, Wheal Grenville, 24 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 7, 74 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, 30. 32 CRYSTAL PALACE.—Five Shilling Day, June 18.— Admissions by Season tickets, 5,721 ; ditto, on payment, 1,514 ; total visitors, 7,235. SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF A SOLICITOR.— Within the last few days considerable excitement has been caused at a village near Banbury, in consequence of the disappearance of a solicitor. It appears that he left the village on Wednesday, the Bth inst., as it was supposed, with the intention of going to London, but he has not since been heard of, although every inquiry has been made as to his whereabouts. COLLEOEOI - 1 3 RECEPTORS. A meeting of the Council of this corporation was held on Saturday last, when the following gentlemen were elected members of the College ;—Mr. J. G. Clarke, 40a, Museum-street, Bloomsbury ; Mr. J. A. Hailing, Croft-street, Man chester; Mr. F. N. Jewsbury, F.R.S.L., 23, Kensington Park Gardens, W. ; Rev. H. M. Robinson, M.A. (Head Master of the Chigwell Grammar School) ; Mr. E. Western, Fullands School, Taunton ; Mr. H. Groome, M.A., F.G.S. Head Master of the Beds. County SchooL f ADTEUTISEMENT.I - Holloway's Pills. —Medicine for the Summer.—Diseases latent in the system throughout the spring will manifest themselves on the approach of warmer weather, unless the blood be freed from impurities, and the body generally from noxious matters. Holloway's Pills have long since established the highest reputation for the full and efficient manner in which they accomplish their purifying purpose. These excellent pills search every organ, pervade every tissue, and successfully grapple with all deleterious substances by neutralising them. Holloway's medicine promotes comfort, cheerful ness, health, and strength. The medicine is admirably adapted for the weak and delicate, whose frames are re laxed, whose nerves are unstrung, and whose digestions are upset alike by spring's variations and summer's heat.