The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-20 00:00:00

NONEf' -- MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At the weekly court of the directors of the Bank of England this morning no alteration was made in the minimum rate of discount, which still re- Mains at 2i per cent. In the general market, the inquiry for accommodation is moderate, short-dated first class commercial paper being readily negotiated a t 2 k per cent. At the bullion office of the Bank of England there were no gold operations of importance yester day. The City of Paris has brought about 1190,000 in specie, and the Delta with gold from Australia via Alexandria, 26 packages, value not known. The first instalment becomes payable to-day on the New Russian Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan. A call of £5 per share also becomes due to-day on the shares of the City Offices Company, amount ing to £lOO,OOO. The biddings for bills on India took place to-day at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were—to Calcutta 15,60,000r5. (£156,000), to Madras 140,000 (£14,000), and to Bombay 9 ) 9 5,000 (£,99,500). The minimum price was fixed at is. lid. on all the Presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras will receive about 7 per cent. and those above in full. Tenders on Bombay at and above the minimum will receive in full. The official liquidator of the Joint Stock Dis count has notified the payment of a further dividend of ls. in the round on the 24th instant. The directors of the English and Swedish Bank 14 liquidation have notified that on and after the 4th July the first instalment of £lO per share out of the assets of the company will be paid on pro duction of the share certificate. A circular has been issued by the Defence Asso ciation of Overend, Gurney, and Co., protesting against the call of £lO per share, and requesting a further contribution for the purpose of establishing a decision to that effect. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady at 31 33 ; but the Consolidated kortgage Bonds have declined I, to 25} 26g. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1867. 1866. Great Western ... . 83,153 78,729 „North Western .. 132637 121,264 ~louth Western : . *:*. 34,927 29,707 :** 26,984 21,765 atidland ..• *** 61,271. 50,509 south Eastern :** *** 30069 29,879 Great Northern 35,082 33,973 Bristol and Yorkshire... ••• 67019 46,366 J',..ristol and Exeter “• 7 , 697 7182 .i.-North Eastern “*. 78,535 74 , 471 4 anehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 27,307 20,098 ' Great Eastern ... 39,221 34227 ,ondon, Chatham, and Dover ... 14,735 11,393 i tetropolitan 5,044 4,025 G lasgow and South-Western 11,490 10,837 G reat Southern and Western of Ireland... 10,218 8,613 al idland and Great Western of Ireland ... 5,954 6028 These ',turns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, consequent upon the influx of passenger traffic caused by the Whit -6011 holidays, are of an exceedingly favourable cha racter. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,424 ; on the North Western, of £11,373 ; o n the South-Western, of £5,220 ; on the Bright on , of £5,219 ; on the Midland, of £10,762 ; on the South-Eastern, of £5,190 ; on t he Great Northern, of £1,109 ; on the Lancashire a nd Yorkshire, of £20,650 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £515 ; on the North-Eastern, of £4,064 ; co the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £7,209 ; 0 o the Great Eastern, of £4,997 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover, of £3,342 ; on the Metro politan, of £1,019 ; on the Glasgow and South Western, of £653 ; and on the Great Southern and I\restern of Ireland of £1,605. Two O'CLOCK. Owing to an extreme degree of quietude the market for the British Funds is not particularly b uoyant, but it is nevertheless very firm. There 18 a reluctance to speculate, and investors are shy ° wing to an impression that many new and sound projects will be brought forward after the Midsum iller holidays. Consols are lower than they were at the close of official hours yesterday afternoon, 11 °Iv being 941 1 for transfer, and 941 for the account. Transactions have taken place in the other secu titles as follows :—Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 1 I 1 ; New Three per Cent. 931 1 ; 'eve Two and a Half, 1896, 761. Exchequer Bills, £5OO, 19s, Do. £lOO and £2OO, 27s 23 s 19s ; Bank of England Stock, 253 ; Indian Fives, 1091 1081, the latter quotation showing flat -3:1e88 ; Enfaced Paper 5/ per Cents., 1081 j ; and 4 . 1 ,000 5 per Cent. Bonds, 55 60. The Foreign Market has not been very lively, out Italian have risen t, Greek 1, Spanish Passive I) the Certificates 1, Turkish 1, Chilian Scrip 1, ,_ 414 Russian Scrip 1 per cents. Annexed are the l atest prices :—ltalian, 521 1 ; Greek, 151 ; Mexi can, 160 17 ; Spanish Passive, 241 1 ; Certificates, 14 ; 15 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 33i 341 ; Chilian 'clip, 11 4 ; and Russian, 1 4 prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market h ave been very restricted, and in several instances prices are a shade flatter. Great Eastern, Metro lplitan, and South Eastern have each receded 1, t, and North Western 1 ; while Great Northern A Stock has improved 1, and Brighton The Foreign and Colonial lines in most cases il b ll PPortprevious values, SoutAstrian and I.om- L uxemburg pr etian being dealt n u at 151, Great at 111 Great Western of Canada at 14 i -I, East Indian at 1101 t, and Great Indian b eoinsular at 1111 112. Bank shares are dull, and without material e 'ange in value. London and Westminster, how tel'er, have receded to 1061 ; Chartered of India , L ondon and China, have improved to 331 ; and q'lliatice remain steady at 16k. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares continue in tio derate request. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. being firm at 90 91 ; Hudson's Company are steady 4.. 16 ; National Discount at 131 ; and Peninsular 4 ‘ td Oriental Steam flat, at 461 MINING MARKET. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 147,3 has been a moderate amount of business tra tsacted in this market to-day. The shares chiefly t 11 cluired for have been Great Betallick, Prince of v ales, Grenville, Chontales, and Buller. Annexed "re the l a t es t p r i ces : c l l l l l o verto n Moor 55; E„...atales Gold lford Amalgamate 7 8 I, 4 st Ba sse t l6 17 EastCar a d on 6 61 E 4ll t Lo ve ll 7l 8 k st Rus se ll 04t Wheal Grenville 2 2f rreat Laxey q t ,t Rotallick 11:t Wheal Vor... 181 191 "rne Valley North Crof ty North Treskerby 1 1 Prince of Wales 6 Is Od 66s Od Providence Mines West Chiverton 66 68 West Pr. of Wales lOs 15s Wheal Basset Wheal Boller 24 26 Wheal Chiverton 6l Wheal Crebor... lOs 12s 6d Wheal Grenville 24s 26s Od Wheal Seton ll5 120 BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. a 4 OVERNMENT FUNDS. P a r Ueut. C onso l s 8 1/0 . Account, July 10 t iler C ent. Reduced 93 1 1 1 4: l ° 3 per Cent 93 1 -Iv 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891 761 A ° . 6 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 — Ib6uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 1) ( 7 '. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — ° (Red Sea TeleE,raph), Au,,., 1908 — tx I , March. June. e gequer Bills, £l,OOO Do £5OO — 19 11, ,Do. £lOO & £2OO 27 23 19 414' of ;England Stock, 51 per Cent L i 4 DIA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 11411 Sto ck, 10/ pe r Cent., April 1874 Shut ‘ rh, , Account o p' 5 Per Cent. July, 1880 C. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ~0. Certificates — IT. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — C. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 13 °. 5 / per Cent., May 1879 lOBl I C. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 I ,°. Bonds, 5 por Cent., £l,000 "0. under .£l,000 A FOREIGN FUNDS—rwo O'CLOCK. Arntine Republic, 6 per Cent — ti rtz t i r i i i . , Bonds, 5 per vent, 1859 5 per Cent u e• 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 r , Do 1863 — 0 • j)0 ~ per Cent., 1865 „, Account 75 iii.lue• £lOO Bonds fpjes Ayr es 6 per C ent — 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) CulHan 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent - Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B _ Do. „ 1867 • Bs} Do. „ Scrip, £4O paid — Colombian, 6 per Cent. 'Juba, 6 per Cent. Danisn.,3 ner Cont., 1825 — D. 5 per Cent., 1861 .. Danubian Principalitim, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 I , 1867 Do. 1)o. Scrip, .£5O paid die E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — e'gyptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds to. Do. 1864 Bll4 . v n0...£100 Bonds B2i 1 2 Do Gove4ommit Railway Debentures Bl i f Greek 5 per Cents., ...,...4-6, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . — lta,iau 5 per Cert. 1865 Dr, Account .. — Do. Ilttrennuana Railway — !1 xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — Nlontoyidean 6 per Cent. .. — Woorish Imperial 5 per Cent No w Granada — Do 3 por Con — Do. Deferred - Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Po •uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 69 Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 - per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4A- per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 431 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — Do 4 per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 pm Cont., 1859 — Do 5 t )or Cent., 1862 B7 l- Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — D 9. Anglo-Dutch 1866 B7 j Do. do £6O paid — Pal Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Acc/Junt • Do New Detelidd Do. Account Do Passive — Do Acchant — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. — Curkish 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 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account, June 28 Do. 6 per,cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent Do. Account D. 6 per Cent., 186 Do. 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austnan a per Cent. Er, 10 Florins „. Belgian, , 4l per cent.,_Er. 25f. ... Dutch 2i- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull,. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates •••• French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251....., Italian 3 per Cent. 1831 , Ex. 251.....,.,., Do. Account s2} TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94} Do. Account, July 10 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. At the last sitting M. Boussingault communicated a paper to the Academy on the proportions in which lime combines with acids. His researches were this time limited to alkaline, metallic, and earthy sulphates. The distinguished chemist showed that sulphate of lime raised to a white heat is perceptibly reduced by the mere action of the atmosphere. The same is the case not only with sulphate of lime, but with all other sul phates of the metals behaving with oxygen in the same way as calcium. Though lead is not of the number, the fact is equally true with regard to its sulphate. These experiments are interesting as well in a theoretical as in an analytical point of view, for they confirm the proposition that heat is really antagonistic to affinity ; and it will henceforth be necessary to take into account the temperature at which we treat the chemical compound containing the metal to be dosed. M. Payen read a highly interesting paper relating to the all-important subject of cel lulose, being that constituent of plants which serves for the manufacture of paper, the scar city of which is at present a c3nstant cause of anxiety. M. Payen has carefully examined the various plants of all c3untries which might be turned to account for the production of that article, and has succeeded in extracting cellulose from the shrubs of every climate.—M. Dubois sent in an astatic mariners' compass rendered extremely sensitive by a contrivance we shall try to describe in a future article.—Several academicians presented papers from various strangers to the Academy : M. Charles handed in one by a civil en gineer ; M. Leon, on the application of the metrical system to coins ; and another by M. de Saint- Venant, on the longitudinal impact of two bars against each other. Al. Milne Edwards presented a paper by M. Biot on coleoptera, and another by M. Philippeaux, on the limbs of sal tmanders ; and lastly, M. Blanchard noticed certain new researches of M. Baudrimont's on the fins of fish. Ancient Arithmetic. There is not now a village school in any part of the civilised world where arithmetic is not taught with all its intricacies ; ani any boy ten years old who could not master his four rules would be con sidered an irretrievable dunce It was not so a dozen centuries ago, when arithmetic was quite as abstruse a science as the Integral Calculus is now. And strange to say, at present the cleverest school boy could make nothing of the arithmetic of bygone days, and it requires one of the first mathematicians of the age, such as M. Chasles undoubtedly is, to un ravel the mystery. In a paper communicated to the Academy of Sciences that gentleman en deavours to trace the history of arithmetic from the time of Boethius to the tenth century. The " Geometry" of the latter writer is the only ancient work extant which treats of the Abacus of the Romans. That system consisted of nine figures assuming a tenfold value for every place they occupied from right to left, as in our present system, only the nought was marked by a blank. M. Chasles has taken great pains to find out some later work which might have derived its information from some earlier source than the work of Boethius, which neither explains the rule of division nor fractions, and has at length hit upon a MS. of Abbo, who in the tenth century was abbot of Fleury, and taught arithmetic to his monks. This is what Ithe worthy churchman says in his preface : " As some time ago I was explaining the Calculus' of Victorius to my brethren, they begged me to write a commentary upon it, in which I might give the necessary explanations so as to remove all difficulties. . . . From my earliest youth I have always grieved at seeing the liberal arts neglected and left to but a few persons who made people pay dear for their lessons" (how our village masters' mouths must water on reading this !) " I will strike the most ignorant minds," continues the abbot, " and build them a bridge of introduction to arithmetic Victorius teaches how to make multiplications and divisions of numbers without making mistakes, both in questions relating to the sciences connected with numbers, such as arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy, and in questions relating to weights and measures." fie concludes his work with the following verso in monkish Latin : _ _ " Ilia Abbas Abaci doctor dat se.Abbo quieti." (Here the Abbot Abbo, teacher of the Abacus, gives himself up to repose.) But M. Chasles tells us that the learned abbot talks of all possible things —philosophy, rhetoric, grammar, philology, dia lectics, astronomy, physics, &c., before he gets to the Abacus, and at lengths explains digital arith metic, or the art of expressing numbers by the fingers, in which he lay dow n the following rules : " If you multiply a single fig ure b y tens, each finger must stand for 10, and each joint for 100. If you multiply tens by tens, then each finger stands for 100, and each joint for 1,000." The succession of the late Dr. Jobert de Lamballe has just been settled. The portion falling to each of his five heirs is 560,0001 r., or 2,800,000 fr. in all. A handsome fortune certainly, when the fact is re membered that the illustrious surgeon came to Paris a poor Jill ! ritzt , Elta;NUE, dttAita,b. North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10 FOREIGN RAIL WAYbe Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Dutch itheuish, 21 Great Luxembourg, 111 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 FOREIGN MINED. Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited, 1 Choutales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 Uon Pedro, Nor h Roy, 31 pat Pestarena United Gold, Scottish Australfau, 1 St. John del ttey. ilm.. 04 Yudanamutana of South Australia, lim., le BANE.b. Alliance, lim., l6} Australasia, 681 Chartered der. of India, London, and China, 331 Consolidated, lira., 5 ImordnroialanOdttcoomuannty, _ ,11m., L Ditto, new, 25 London and South-Western, lim.. 181 London and 11 estminster, 107 i 61 _ MISCELLABBOUB. Anglo-American Te l gra Telegraph,so4 lBi I it Atlantic Ditto, 8 per cent., 90 11 90 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira., 4 1 Berlin Water Works, lim., 12/ Ceylon Company, 9/ City offices, lim., 9) Credit tnneter ut taigland„ lim . 31 1 lERGI and : b ut b aped . w res nrcoi V snra t a e; sd, l oL e int taaa i i li'i a i l:7 , 0 02 0 Mo t a y. rseilles, Urn.. 111 lim. 3 5-16 Italian Irrigation (Can a l Cavour„ .1 National Discount Compa n y. 131 I,itto, new, issued ats pm , , 13 / Peninsula and Oriental team, 464 Viceroy of Egypt. Mortgage L oa l , 7 1 1 io6Damnispocounto u m.. 6 F orth b e e w en eekendingthe 15th T I Juno CATTLEtthree fresh P PLAGUE.--For u outbreaks E— . two in the metropolis, and one at Barking, i n E ssex . reported—viz., Five cases of cattle plague are reported to have occurred during the week, being an increase of three on last week's return. Three of the diseased animals were killed, one died, and the other was remaining ill at the end of the week. The total number of cattle reported to have been attacked in Great Britain since the commencement of the plague is 278,696, and 56,834 healthy cattle have been slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. THE SITTINGS OF 'FILE CHANCERY COURTS. —The whole of the Chancery Courts will rise for the long vaca tion on or before the 9th of August next. A DILEMIIA.—Cabby : " Ere's a go, pliceman ! what am Ito do? I vos ordered to take these 'ere gents as 'a been a dinin' you see, to their 'spectable 'omes, van vos for 'anover-square, another for the llalbany, and the tothers elseveres ; veil, they vos all carefully sorted, yen I started, and now they 've boon an' gone an' mixed the'r selves up, an' I don't know vich is vich !"—Punch. The course of exchange at New York on London lorbilla at 80 days' eight is about 110 per cent. At this rate there is a ma 1 profit, on the Importation of gold from the United States, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1.86)1: BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 66 68 103 104 id 4 44 5 0 100 too 100 all 100 100 50 55 99 101 103 IG4 110 111 .7 18 1101 I 1111 12 141 i 102 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HOUSE OF LORDS. TELVERTON, OTHERWISE LONGWORTII, AND YELITERTON. This long-pending case, which has so long oc - cupied public attention, was put down for rehearing this morning, but, in consequence of the indisposi tion of Mrs. Yelverton, was postponed for a week. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. 'Sittings at N6.i Prius before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) ACTON V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., was counsel for the plain tiff, and the Solicitor-General for the defendant. The action was brought to recover compensation for injuries arising out of a collision on the Not tingham and Birmingham line. The defendants merely pleaded that the plaintiff had accepted ,t3l 10s. as compensation for the injuries he had sus tained. It appeared that the plaintiff was travelling from Nottingham to Birmingham, on the 16th March, 1863, when the collision took place. lie was under the care of Dr. Robertson, the company's doctor at Nottingham, for a fortnight, and was persuaded by him to accept the £3l iOs: in full compensation, and to give a receipt for the same. The plaintiff afterwards became gradually worse, and was com pelled to give up asituation which he held as foreman to take another as relieving officer of the union at Nottingham. The duties of this situation also, though comparatively light, he was incompetent to fulfil, and was obliged to appoint a deputy. Finding that his health was so seriously affected he applied in March, 1866, to the company to give him such compensation as the circumstances of his case warranted, but was informed that his claim could not be enter tained, as the company acted on the principle that when a party accepted a given sum in full compen sation he was not entitled to any more. The medical evidence was to the effect that the injuries of the plaintiff were of a nature that rendered it doubtful whether he would ever recover. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at £1,500. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde.) INWOOD V. INWOOD, BARNES, AND BASFORD. This was a suit instituted to procure a dissolu tion of marriage on the ground of the wife's adultery. It appeared that the parties were married at St. Barnabas, St. Luke's, Middlesex, in Sept., 1843. The husband was a builder, and had after his mar riage lived with an uncle until 1856, when the petitioner was obliged to go and manage a sister's farm about 14 miles from London, and left his wife and five children in London. During the time he was away it appeared that the alleged adultery w•as committed. John Inwood said that he was the uncle of the petitioner, and they had lived in his house. He be came bankrupt during the railway mania, but he still continued to live with them. They removed to Birmingham, and the petitioner used to come to see his wife once a week. lie allowed her money suffi cient for her use. In 1857 he was suddenly called to hear rumours about his niece and one of the co respondents. She protested her innocence, and he be lieved it, but she afterwards confessed that she was guilty. Her husband forgave her, and they went to live in another house. lie still lived with them, but her conduct became so bad that he was obliged to take separate lodgings. She would be out till 12 and 1 o'clock, and did not seem to care for any thing. On one occasion he saw Barnes in a private room with her. She often had what she called " female friends" to tea. After he had left her three or four days she brought her son to him and the key of the house, and went to live with Mrs. Bragg. He called a day or two after and found her crying, because she was afraid of Barnes's wife. She said she was truly sorry that she ever left her home, and begged him to take care of her little boy. He scut her up a few shillings occasionally when she begged very hard. lie went down to Liver! 001, and saw Mrs. Inwood in the presence of Mrs. Galloway, and saw the co-respondent Basford in town. lie said that " was all right, but that he did not know that she was a married woman." Mrs. Bragg, Mrs. Galloway, and others gave con firmatory evidence. It was urged on behalf of the co-respondent Bas ford that he was not aware that she was a married woman, and therefore trusted to be excused from the costs. The Court granted a decree nisi, with costs against Barnes. LOFTUS V. LOFTUS. This was a petition on the part of Lord Loftus for restitution of conjugal rights. Mr. Coleridge applied for a postponement of the case on the ground of the absence of a material witness. The case was accordingly postponed for a week. SULLY V. SULLY AND ANOTHER. This was a petition presented by the husband, praying for dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery. It appeared that the respondent some time after marriage gave way to habits of imtcmperance, and eventually so conducted herself as to lead to the institution of the present suit. His lordship granted a decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF WANTON DAMAGE. —John Clare, described as a jewel case maker, of 9, George-street, Langharn-street, and Elizabeth Clare, his wife, were charged, before Mr. Knox with wantonly damaging some panes of glass, the property of Mr. George Lines, printer, of No. 2, Middleton-buildings, and also some panes of glass at other houses in the - same place. Mr. Lines stated that several panes of glass in his windows had been cut during the past two or three nights, and some of the windows in other houses near him. Mr. Chas. Sheppard, of No. 11, Middleton-build inns, said that in consequence of several windows in the place being cut lately, he sat up last night to watch, with the view of detecting the person doing it. He saw the male prisoner, who was accom panied by his wife, first cut the window of the previous witness's house, then the window of the next house, and just as he was going to cut the window of the third house he caught hold of him, and told him that he would have him locked up, upon which he ran away. He then gave the prisoner and his wife into custody. The female prisoner took a ring from her husband, and bad an opportunity of getting rid of it. The male prisoner was extremely anxious for him not to press the charge. The male prisoner said there was only one window cut, but the witness stated that he saw him delibe rately cut three. The male prisoner said that when caught by and struggling with the last witness he had his gold watch stolen. Mr. Knox said it served the prisoner right, and he would like to know what business no prisoner had to destroy persons property as he had done. The w itness said that on Monday night four windows were cut, some of the glass nearly through, no doubt by a diamond ring the male prisoner was wearing, and last night he distinctly saw the pri soner do it. The male prisoner said he w as very sorr y, and compensation. It was a fool hardy llng t o case ihe makevou mit.ldad in answer to Mr. Knox the prisoner said be was a jewel-case maker. Mr. Knox said the female prisoner did not appear to have taken an active part in the matter, and as there was not enough to convict her, she would be discharged. Police-constable lolder, 161 E, proved taking the prisoners into custody. Nothing was found on the male prisoner with which a window could be cut. Mr. Knox said that no doubt that was got rid of. lle would not ruin the prisoner by sending him to prison without the option of paying a fine. He should order him to pay 3s. for the damages and a fine of £5 or a month. THAMES. • EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SOLDIER IN THE TOWER ,--Charles Stewart, aged 19, a very tall man, a corporal in the Ist battalion of the Grena dier Guards, quartered in the Tower of London, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £145 in Bank of England notes and two gold rings, the property and monies of Capt. H. M. C. Legh, of the same regiment, who now attended for the fir, st time. The prosecutor stated that on the morning of Tuesday, the 11th of the prese a month, ho placed a small pocket-book, containing two £5O and nine £5-notes and two gold rings in a drawer in his dressing-room. He missed the notes and rings the same night between 11 and 12 o'clock. The drawer and the door of the room were not locked. Mr. John William Batton, clerk to Messrs. Cox and Co., army agents, identified two £5O notes which he paid to Captain Legh on the 27th of last m on t b. Mr. Henry EinbWon, steward of the Guards Club, Pall Mall, said that six £5 notes produced were a portion of ten he paid to Captain Legh in change of a £5O note. Mr. Richard Adye Burley, a clerk in the Bank of England, produced two cancelled notes for £5O each, and six cancelled notes for £5 each, all paid into the Bank on the 12th of June. • Jacob Posner, a Jew outfitter, of No. 22, Wliite chapel-road, received one of the £5O notes and three of the £5 notes from the prisoner on the 12th June, and obtained £65 in gold for them at the Bank. The prisoner endorsed the notes " Gordon Ca meron," and sail he had won a good deal of money on the Derby race at Epsom. He gave the whole of the gold to the prisoner, who paid him £5 13s. for clothes he purchased, and took them away. On the previous day, June 11, the prisoner paid him 30s. for two shirts and a waistcoat he purchased. The prisoner cross-examined Posner, who denied thit he had received £2O of him to take care of. The prisoner insisted that he had deposited £2O with Posner, which the Jew stoutly denied. Mr. Alfred Knight, watchmaker and jeweller, of No. 83, High-street, Whitechapel, sold a lever watch, gold chain, locket, and ring, to the prisoner on the 12th of June, for which the prisoner ten dered in payment three £5 notes, and after deduct ing £l2 65., the price of the goods, retained £2 14s. The prisoner endorsed the notes "Cameron Gor don," and said he came from Yorkshire, and won £2OO at Epsom on the Derby day. In answer to Mr. Paget, Posner and Knight said the prisoner was in his soldier's uniform when he came to their shops and made purchases. Geo. Clarke, detective sergeant, said he accosted the prisoner on Monday last in the Tower, and on letting him know the charge, he said he did not steal but was guilty of passing the notes ; and that he had found one £5O note, six £5 notes, two rings, and a cigar case under a stone near the Tower ditch. He found 10s. Bd. on the prisoner. He ascertained that the day after Captain Legh missed his notes and rings the prisoner invested £3O in a savings bank. Mr. Paget—Two 150 notes which have been identified were paid into the Bank of England on the same day. One was paid to Posner, while the other was passed by the prisoner. _ _ Clarke—The second £5O note was _ indorsed " Webb." I have my suspicions where. it was passed. _ _ The whole of this evidence having been read by Mr. Harm, the second clerk, the prisoner was called upon for his defence, and after receiving the usual caution he said, "No defence, not till my trial." Mr. Paget committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, and said—lt's an unfortunate piece of care lessness for a gentleman to put £145 and two gold rings in a drawer that was unlocked, and in a room the door of which was unfastened. I cannot too strongly reprobate the system which enabled a private soldier in uniform to obtain change for a £5O note and three £5 notes, all stolen, at an outfitter's shop, without any in quiries being made. It is perfectly monstrous. SUARN MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bristol and Exeter .. • • Caledonian !Cambrian !Cork and 8and0n...... 1 !Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc E. Lon don, scrip Do. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Eastern, ()rd. stk.' Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 rcat North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • • • Do. 13 stock _ 80 82 112 114 40 46 E 3 5 65 68 70 72 - Do. New, ie. at 25 pm (RS, and W. of Ireland ;t. Nlreoe , tern Du. S. V4l. hail gua.' Do. South Wales Do. W. Md.—Oxford fro: Newpoi t Do. Ilererord Ilancashire Yorkshirr London and MAO:wall Lon., Brigh.,A S Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. dr orth Western Lon. & South Western 'Man., Sher., 41r Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension netrupolitau Di.trict Vo. do. do. 00. and St. John'slV'J %Ibliand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. it Derby nid lient . North British Do. Ed., Pth., At Dun., th. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purohast Do. Lode ..... Do. York DG. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling, Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1861 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stoe►l vo. Scot, Mid. stAk Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok rair Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny . Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall 32 34 6 7 117 1 19 115 116 in 13 40 47 25 30 28 32 120 3) 57 5s 13 20 15 17 110 116 80 82 47 1 120 12 8 11 113 19 91 48} J27k 112 i 1041 Paid. Closing i BIISiIIOBI3 Price. done. 33} 2 i 129 57 # 1 7 1 18i tl6 151 115 1161 16 68k 7; 116 117 85 68 34 36 104 105 62 G 3 96 98 31 15 8 3 / 4 9JP, 112 11,3 liP 68 70 114 118 57 b 8 48 (:0 t 8 69 9 10 150 154 2i 34, Atlantic & St. Lawrence llom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. k 'Shares Buffalo et Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff ,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-4 Calcutta ti; S. E., Urn Jai,e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension i rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred ... De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gun. sp.c i'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. e South of India gun. 5 per oent Do. 4 per cent Do rircat Wes. of Canada.. Do. New . ... Do. 6 p. c Bf.& pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Endian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4j do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Alelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do . Ts' sizi• Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndua 85 88 55 57 44 46 35 37 20 22 112 113 4 i 1 1 k P 100 102 91 93 12i I 3& It 124 F 8 t 2 81 di - it 11 , 1 100 102 92 91 85 90 82 85 97 911 97 98 1 I a 91 98 The Belgian Beception. Yesterday his Grace The Duke of Devonshire waited personally on the executive of the Belgian Committee, and gave a special invitation to the Bel gians- to an entertainment with the Derbyshire Volunteers at his scat at Chatsworth. his grace was cordially thanked, but the utter impossibility was explained to him of the Belgian visitors being able to accept any country visits, or indeed ariy not organised by the reception committee, in conse quence of the brief period of their stay ia this coun try. This same circumstance will, it is understood, also prevent their at one time contemplated visit to the naval review at Portsmouth, it being found necessary, in consequence of .the variety of local entertainments offered, to adhere in the main to the originally proposed programme, the only changes in it being that the Belgians will arrive a day earlier —Thursday, the 11th, instead of Friday, the 12th July—and that the visit to Miss Burdett Coutts's will take place, not on Tuesday, the 16th, but on Friday, the 19th, fOr which evening the grand concert at the Agricultural Hall is announced. These alterations will enable the committee to ac cept on behalf of the visitors the conversazione which has been tendered at the South Kensington I Museum by the Lords of the Council of Educa tion. With regard to the ball at the Agricultural Hall on the night of Wednesday, .the 17th, an invitation has been forwarded to the Sultan in the name of the committee by Colonel Loyd Lindsay. Subscriptions are still coming in, and amongst them is a first instalment of £5O from the Victoria Rifles and other corps ; but there are several which assume a very high position from whom no response has been heard. Amongst these are the South and West Middlesex, the 2d Administrative Battalion of Middlesex (Highgate and Hampstead), the 20th Middlesex, &c. Amongst prominent individual cases of exertion in behalf of the fund, it may be mentioned that Lieutenant and Hon. Quartermaster Walker has collected personally over 100 guineas for the fund. Th e Malignant Fever in Ireland. An epidemic disease of a novel character appeared in the person of a healthy medical student, 18 years of age, on the 18th of March, 1866. The only notable features of the case were rapid prostration, and the appearance of purple or almost spots on k C on and under the skin. Death resulted in about 26 hours from the first symptom. He resided in a most healthy situation in Dublin, and there was nothing whatever to account for the origin of the attack. Three cases quite similar occurred in the following May ; and during August a fourth, in Cook-street, where the cholera committed the greatest ravages, and while that epideMic was at its height. Since January, however, 57 fatal cases have occurred in the city of Dublin ; but, the patients surviving longer than at the outset of the epidemic, there is time for the b de velopmentd of the nervous symptoms, such as head ache, - ache, stiffness of the neck, and increased sensitive ness of the surface, which indicate the identityb of i the malady with the epidemic of u cer D e rp-spinal arachnitis which prevailed in the South Olin . an d Bray Workhouses in 1846. The disease deser s ibe by American authorities, and that which Dr. au derson investigated in West Prussia by order of the Privy Council in 1856, were similar to the former Irish outbreak ; but the malady now prevailing is more rapidly fatal, the destruction of the blood, which is theresult of a nervous lesion, at once extin guishing life. One child succumbed in five hours, but the average duration of fatal cases is 24 hours. Persons under 20 years of age have been, with three or four exceptions, the victims ; but those living under good sanitary conditions do not seem to be exempt, for a young nobleman, three students, and several child ren in respectable families, have been attacked. That the disease is due to promoting causes similar to those which induce cholera would appear from the fact that while seven of the districts which suf fered from that pestilence last year have produced cases of this black fever, it has appeared in no dis trict which was exempt from the cholera epidemic. Three persons from one house in a characteristic cholera-haunt near Dublin have suffered ; and two cases of great virulence lately occurred one after the other in a cabin near Clondalkin, which could not ho equalled for unwholesomeness. Investigations into the circumstances of the other cases have in duced Dr. Mapother, the medical officer of health for Dublin, to regard the disease as non-communi cable—a point which was determined for the Prus sian outbreak by our Government Commissioner, — Lancet. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ißritigh Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1572 100 - !Can.Gov.6 July 1877-81 0. 6p. c. Feb. 3r, Aug 1 1.0 04 97 ID.). sp. c. Mar. dr, Sept 100 95 08 ;Do. sp. c. Jan. & Joy! 100 85 87 87 Do.: sp. e. Inscribed sit' 100 84 86 (Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.18731 100 lt4 106 1890-19001 100 105 107 Do. do 1880-4.1 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-1 100 102 101 Do. 5 per ocut. 13 April anu 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 01 73 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. t 100 101 103 Du. 1878, do lOO 105 1 , 7 Ilattritiurs, 6p. 9, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 to. 1882, May 15. Nov. 10' 103 106 !Do. 1803, Feb. (St Aug lOO 105 107 —;Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 98 BO 1' 0 N.B.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.lul) 100 00 1,8 'N. S. W. Gov. 5 vc., 1861 , 100 91 93 - Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1870 100 - ' Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 87 88 91} New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 clueensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 01 03 931 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 • - - Do. 1878 St upwards lO 104 106 Vba,Uov. 6 p.c. Ja it July 100 - - Do. do, April ,t Oct lOO 1051 1661 109 81 B [Cam. Consul. Gold, Ulu. 1 - Chiverton I Clifford Amalgamated. SO 4 5 Devon G. Cone. (Tavlet. 1 410 419 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 11 East Bassett (Mogan)" 291 15 17 East Caradon 2.11.i. 5 6 East Cam Brea 3l 3 31 14;ast Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 1 4 East LoveLl 3.0.0 9 10 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 34 31 tlana.St StAuhyn(G wen. 416 4 5 4 Great LAxey, limited,. all 13 17 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14.'. Great Wheal ttuoy..... 14.9.1 - - G. Wheal Vor (1-ielst..o 40 17 181 Irenville 8.18.0 11 14 llerod's Foot B.lO. 31 31 tiingston Downs 5.10. 2:/ 54d Margaret (Ulu Lelant 13.17.6 7 9 3larke Valley 3.10.6 31 t 4 4 tlwyndy Iron Ore, lim 34 24 1 4 New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty Prosper 7.1.6 24 24 Providence ,Uny Lelant 10.6.3 26 28 S. Caradon (St. Cleery l4 310 330 South Condurrow 3.2.0 f 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 —- - Stray Park Tin Croft 9 12 14 Vigra and Clogan, lira all - - West Bassett (Mogan , 14 4 14 W. Caradon (Liskeardl 1 t 9 11 West Chicerton ll 63 70 67 ,West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 65 70 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 23 25 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 10 12 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, STOCKBRIDGE RACES-THIS DAT• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) UXBRIDGE PLATE. Alruna 1 Pantaloon Lady Hester Four ran. • THE HAVELOCK. Turf Agency's Representative can to seen daily in Talbot-court, - Uracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walwortt road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. MR. GEO. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Haverstock-hill, and has lists poated daily at the City Arches ; also through his Agent, Mr. P. Butler, near Meuz's Brewery. No connexion with any other person using the same name. NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. THIS DAY. NEWMARKET. We had, as usual, a large number of horses busily exercising on the Lime Kilns this morning, but the majority of them were in slow work. It is not likely we shall have anything for the Northumber land Plate next week now that Trombone is " gone under," for Rama and Archimedes are both in dulging, and have been ever since Ascot, the first named probably having done the most. Yesterday he got into long work, and to-day moved faster, but his weight is too much for the Goodwood Stakes, and they will want Blinkhoolie for that. The latter-mentioned animal receives strict atten tion from the brothers Bloss, and to-day he had a nice mile and a half gallop, as also did Red Shoes, another Sussex candidate. Lytham, too, had a long steady spin, going exceedingly well. Guy of Warwick sweated. Roquefort and Primrose followed Sealskin a mile and three quarters ; and D'Estournal accom panied Leybourne, Corsair, and Ravioli a mile and a quarter. Lothario led Suffolk, Restitution, and North Marston over a mile ; and -Toutmalin took , Hippia a steady gallop. Thalassius and Leap Year were eased, but The Peer did a mile and a half. Leases and Barrington galloped a mile and three quarters. Brisk is in good work again, s and Lord Stamford's two-year-olds are all getting very for ward in condition. The Rake cantered twice, and then Musician took him a nice steady mile gallop, but The Hermit merely trotted. MALTON. War has received one of John Scott's most care ful preparations, and though he is a slow horse he is a game one, and, being favourably handicapped, is certain to get a place for the Northumberland Plate. lie had a splendid two mile and a quarter gallop with Westwick this morning. Taraban gal loped a mile and a half by himself, and Skirmisher a couple of miles. Southminster gave the Viscount a rattling mile and a quarter spin, the pair being followed by the Spy, Merry and Wise, Dr. Syntax, and Thankful. The Viscount is not quite ripe, but wit doubtless make his debut at Newcastle next week. Shepherd's and Peck's horses were all in slow work. FINDON. As William Goater and a lot of our horses are at Stockbridge, very little is stirring, but we may state that Pakrita and the Vixen colt are in nice steady work for the Goodwood Stakes. This morn ing they cantered freely, and wound up with a mile and three-quarters' gallop at half speed. Master Willie is to come on here from the Hamp shire meetings. MIDDLEHAM. Fervacques goes like a lion, pulling nearly all through the two miles' gallop, and his action is superb. Lady Vane moves equally as well, and never looked better, being in splendid condition. The two have reduced the Northumberland Plate race of next Tuesday to a match. Her Lady ship went two miles and a quarter by hers?lf to-day, puling up as fresh as a kitten. Mandrake and Har rogate did mile and a half work with the Priest and the Prelate. Tynedale exercised with Rococo and the Czar, and is to be got ready for the Goodwood Stakes and Cup. llonestish had a steady mile and three quarters gallop by himself, as Fitzroy is at Beverley, and Honesty walking. - Romping Girl galloped a mile and a quarter. The several two year-olds were in mile work, and are getting fit. We fear, however, they are all moderate. RICHMOND. Plaudit was out again this morning, in the home paddocks, but merely walked about. Strathconan has got into work again, following Empress of India a mile and a half at half speed. Newland and Violet galloped a couple of miles at three parts speed, and the former, who is wonderfully improved and is getting into fine condition, will be the best from here for the Northumberland Plate, well' as Hawkswell is doing, for Moldavia will be out of his distance, and there is not class enough about Violet or the Miss Boswell filly. The latter and Moldavia are at Beverley. Hawkswell galloped two miles this morning and went first class. Chelsea is still indulging. Olmar went over a couple of miles, and Bumblekite did a mile and a half. Imperator took Geant des Batailles a mile at three parts speed. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. JUNE. Chelmsford Summer ... 26 Newcastle Ipswich 2 Worcester Summer 2 Carlisle '2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract 8 Reading ............ 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hunprford ll Nottingham l6 Down Royal Cozporatn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton I Goodwood ST. AUGU Ripon Brighton 6 West Drayton Brighton • • 2 Club Lewes Egham ..... 9 Canterbury ............... 27 Wolverhampton l3 Derby .................... 27 Stockton Oxford l4 Yarmouth .................. 27 Hastings ••••• 15 Weymouth ............... 28 20 Tunbridge ............... 29 York August SEPTEMBER. Margate 3 I Richmond .................. 17 Wd r wick Spring ...... . Abingdon. ........ ... . Leicester .................. 5 Manchester Autumn 2O Doncaster ............... 10 Newmarket Ist October 24 Brecon ........... . ......... 16 OCTOBER. I N or thampton Autum n. 1 Newmarket 2d October. 7 EJinburgh ............... 2 Cheltenham l5 Bedford ..................... 3 Newmarket Houghton NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Sh re wsbury Autumn... 11 PROGRAMME OF STOCKBRIDGE RACES. FRIDAY. __ The Wallop Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous; gentlem en riders ; New Mile. , • TheJohnstone Plate (Handicap) of 100 Boys, for three year olds and upwards; half a mile. The Westmorland Plate of 50 SOTS, added to a Handi cap of 5 cove each, 2 ft (to the fund); winners of any handicap value 100 sovs after June 14 (at. 10 a.m.) 71b. extra; New Mile. age st lb Lord Ronald 5...9 0 Redcap 6...8 7 Ackworth 6...8 7 Historian 6...7 13 Acta3a. 4...7 12 Ischia 4...7 11 Python 3...7 6 Mongrel 5...7 2 Scavenger 3...7 0 Black Prince 4...7 0 Fairfield 3...7 Ben Nevis 3...6 12 Lord of the Dales 3...6 10 Master Willie 3...6 8 Distin 3...6 7 Lady Rose 3...6 7 The Hurstbourne Cup, value 200 soya, added to a Sweep stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft; three-year-olds 7st 51b, four Bst I.olb, five 9st 31b, s i x an d aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 51b; the winner in any year of the Ascot, Goodwood, or Doncaster Cups, Alexandra Plate at Ascot, Epsom Derby, Doncaster St. Leger, or the Grand Prix at Paris 71b, of any two of the above prizes 101 b extra, of any three 141 b extra ; the winner in any year of the Epsom Oaks 51b extra; maidens to be al lowed as follow—three-year-olds 41b, four 101 b, five and upwards 141 b ; two miles and a half ; 20 subs. Savernake 4 yrs, Gomera 5, Buckfont 6, Dalby 6, Viridis 3, Blinkhoolio 3, Tormentor 4, Special 4, Star of India 3, John Davis 6, Lecturer 4, The Duke 5, Black Prince 4, Scarborough 5, Sister to Vedette 3, Marksman 3, Opopo nax 3, Lord Lyon 4, Elland 5, Rama 4. A sweepstakes of 50 boys, h it, for two-year-old colts; Bst age st lb Scarborough 5...6 7 Red Ribaud 3...6 6 The Duchess 3...6 4 Dunrobin 3...6 2 Harpenden 3.. .G 0 Caucasus 3...6 0 C by Toxophilito out of Flutter 3...5 12 Master Robert 3. .5 12 Haidee 3...5 12 Nelly 4...5 12 Gen. Sherman 3...5 11 Stokeley 3. .5 10 Secrecy 3 5 8 Sister to Vedette 3...5 8 101 b each ; uutrieds allowed 31b, if both 61b; half a mile; 10 subs. Doglia c, Grandee, Angus, See Saw, Banditti, Bel Giorno, John Leech, Mortimer, Peter, and Roll Call. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two-year-old fillies; Bst 101 b each; untrieds allowed 31b, if both 61b; half a mile; 12 subs. The Roe f, Inspiration, Clemence, Grand Duchess, Lady Elizalkth, Cerise, Chic, Sarah, Morgan La Faye filly, Victrix filly, Witchcraft, and Aunt Sofer. AQUATICS. SAILING BARGE REGATTA. Mr. J. Downs, of Vie New Corn Exchange, on Wednes, day presided over a large meeting of the promoters of tl in Sailing Barge Regatta, to take place on Thursday, .;he llth proximo, from Erith to the North and back. The object of this annual contest, instituted five years ago by Mr. Henry Dodd, an extensive contractor, is to afford as incentive to owners for improvement in the constructio% and rig of barges, and to create a : pint of emulation amongst the "bargees" in the handling of their craft, an A yesterday three handsome silver cups for the owners o f topsail barges, and a like number, the chief of which is pre sented by Mr. Dodd, for sprit-sail barges, were selectee for the owners, while prizes from £lO downward ate to be given to the " bargee." A sailing committee was ap pointed, the Princess Alice steamer engagedfor subscriber; and other preliminaries arranged as far as they can be until the entries close on the 3d proximo. Mr. J. A. Fern field, solicitor to the Bargeowners':Protection Society, who has undertaken the office of hon. sec., again kindly lent his offices in Lower Thames-street for the meeting. COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick • au OCTOBER- Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford ..... 1 2 IMPERIAL PARLIADIENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. SUNDAY LECTURES BILL. Lord AMBERLEY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to permit under certain re gulations the delivering of scientilic lectures, and to repeal the restriction of the id of , George lIL which prohibited money being taken at the doors of places of public enter tainment on Sundays. It was not, as had been said, aq act for the desecration of the Sabbath, but one that wet-Ad tend to render a certain portion of it more in accordance with the feelings of a great mass of the people. Mr. KINN &MD objected to the bill. He stud if the house sanctioned the bill he did not see how they were to prevent theatrical performances. He had visited St. Martin's Hall once during the delivery of certain lectures there, and anything more objectionable he had not seen. There were paid singers and other matters which he con sidered not desirable to sanction by act of Parliament. • Mr. BERESFORD-110PE said he should vote against the second reading of the bill. There were three ways at present of observing the Sabbath, the English, Scotch, and French style, but he need hardly say he preferred the former, and he therefore could not give his assent to a measure which would tend to bring about a state of mat ters no person could desire. He did not think it would be well at once to reject the bill, but, as the time had come when it was desirable that the matter of public entertain ments should be inquired into, he intended in the event of the bill being read a second time that it be referred to a select committee. Mr. MILL supported the bill, contending that it was a measure which would improve the condition of a great many of her Majesty's subjects. Mr. HENLEY strenuously opposed the bill. He said it was the commencement of an arrangement which doubtless would kid to the throwing °pan of all places of amusement on Sundays. Mr. BRIGHT thought the wisest course to adopt was to read the bill a second time, and refer it to a select com mittee to ascertain whether certain relaxations in the law could not, with advantage, bo made. He did not wish the Sabbath to be desecrated, but at the same time he did not want to see a state of things brought about which would make matters more objectionable than was at present the case. Sir W. HEATHCOTE opposed the bill. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he agreed with the hon. member for Birmingham that they in the house were in a totally different position to thos3 for when:ahoy were legis lating. Hon. members of that house could spread their enjoyments over every day in the wee r, whilst a largo mass of the population wore restricted to the one day. He was nut one of those who thought the P., ibbath could best bo passed by the p)or man between C'anrcli and his h ene, or possibly the public house. Mr. HARDY said it was a very difficult matter to de cide, if they adopted this bill. They all knew the lectures given by the late Albert Smith. No person could say they were immoral, and if the bill pissed, how could they pre vent the delivery of such an entertainment on Sunday. Ho did not know where they would stop if they adopted the bill, one of the objects of whiell was to abolish a very good provision, which Whilst it prevented money being taken at the door of a building to hear a highly instructive and va luable lecture most successfully prevented the giving other entertainments, which ware marked by immorality and grossness on Sunday. Sir G. GREY suggested that the bill should bo with drawn, to ditsh vote a inquiret sessioninnetaxezttahine against ihte. le a s s e elect b ec e t . o inmittee be ap pointed Mr. AUL AREN_disappreead of theFbill, and therefore he should give Mr. LOCKE said a great deal had been said about thea trical asutterly impossible,entertainmentstaking place if this bill passed , bu t that be ca licence must be had eith er fromth u e sea Lord special chs theatrical berl e or the magistrates. To say that if the bill passed it would be open to abuse was no argument against it, as everything was open to that, and he hoped the house would let the measure go to a select committee. There were a largo class who, if they ha I their way, would compel everybody to go to church three times on Sunday, but he thought the greater class, those who desired innocent recreation oa s h e s r e e t Sunday, should in the bill now: before the house have their wishes in some degree consulted. never was a grosser perversion of la . nguage Mr. T. CHAMBERS opposed the bill, t th t bill, which went o say a down in the preamble of the andthsaanidwat nfringenient on religious the act proposed to remedy 3 it would break down house consented to the bill, becau, t the same time one of the most one of the simplest, but A liberty. He thought it wouladnbe a „ great misfortune if the efficient, second reading of the bill was th e n The motion f or the division. INDUSTRIAL Ssa f e guards for a due observance of the Sabbath. nega tived withou t a C HO O L S (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of tee day for going into committee on this bill being read , Mr. BAGWELL objected to the bill, as being totally unnecessary. Mr. VANCE objected to the bill, because he thought it g ave a premium to parents to, send their children beg ging, and also as it would cause a great increase in monas tic schools in Dublin. Ho moved that the house go into committee that day 6ht months. Lord C. HAMILTON said the hill was quite unneces sary, and therefore he opposed it. The O'CONNOR DON in reply said all he intended by proceeding with the bill was to extend the Industrial Schools Act, which worked so wall in Eagland, to Ireland and the opposition of the noble lord to the bill going into committee without his giving the usual notice was irregular. The house divided, when there appeared— For going into committee l9B Against it Majority The house then went into committee. The Charities Bill was withdrawn. The committee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill was postponed until Tuesday next. The Mixed Marriages Bill was postponed until the 26th. The Church Rates Regulation Bill was postponed until the 7th of July. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. - - SUCCESSION DUTY IN IRELAND.—In the seven financial years ending March 31, 1867, succession p w r a o s pei charged g i e n d Ireland g i n o g n u 32,3 t 3 y ,65 1 3 n 6, under the year.the a c a t m l o nu f n th ltB a so3 y f- ear ending March 31, 1867, the amount was £3,601,611. In that year £25,193 was charged as duty, at 1 per cent., on succession by lineal issue or lineal ancestry to property amounting to £2,519,633 ; £ 27 , 965 w as char g ed as dut y , at 3 per cent., on succession brothers or sisters or their de scendants to property amounting to £ 932 , 179 ; at 5 per cent., on succession by uncles or aunts, or their descendants to property amounting to £16,015 ; £1,933 at 6 per cent., on succession by brothers or sisters or their descendants of the grandfather or grandmother of the predecessor to property amounting to £32,214; and £7,457, at 10 per cent., on succession by more distant re latives or strangers in blood to property amounting to £74,570. There is no duty On succession as between hus band and wife. The amount of property charged with succession duty in the whole United Kingdom is about £30,000,000 a year, and the not receipt of duty is about £600,000 a year. It is announced that the Atlantic Cable of 1866 has been successfully repaired. The ship Chiltern sailed from Greenwich on the sth inst., with an experienced staff from the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Cqua pany, and in 13 days after she left the repair was accom plished, the injury proving to be at the precise place in dicated by the electricians testing from Valeutia, viz., two miles and 4 half from the station 4t Heart's Content, Share 20 st st 100 too st 1 ao 7,4 to tool