The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-22 00:00:00

A MILITARY LIBEL SUIT. The Lord Chief Justice and a special jury, in the Court of Queen's Bench, have heard an action for libel arising out of certain reports made by Lord Rokeby to the Corn mander-in-Chief, reflecting as Colonel Dawkins alleged, on his conduct. The facts of the case have been repeatedly before the public from the discussions that have taken place in Parliament and the proceedings in West minster Hall. A similar action was brought against Lord Paulett, and both noble lords pleaded that their reports were privileged communications. The plaintiff de murred to Lord Paulett's pleas, and after the point had been fully argued the court took time to consider its judgment. The majority of the judges were of opinion that the reports were privileged communications, and that the action would not lie, but the Lord Chief Justice dissented, being of opinion that if the plaintiff could prove malice, the privilege would not protect the noble defendants. The action in that case was withdrawn, but that against Lord Rokeby was continued, and great interest was felt on the point in military circles. The case stoodsecond on Monday's list, but the special jury, who were in attendance, were informed that they were discharged, the record having been withdrawn. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of the Abyssinian Expedition resumed its sittings yesterday. Mr. Adamson, a city merchant, and contractor for the supply of steam coal, was examined, and stated that his firm offered to deliver best Cardiff steam coals at Annesley Bay at the rate of 78s. per ton. The offer was made in the early part of 1868, and the reply received from the Admiralty was that they were not prepared to accept the offer. The only reason given us was that they had made 'an arrangement with the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the supply of coal. Subsequently they renewed an offer for the supply of 5,000 tons. They had at the time a vessel called the Scotland, 1,100 tons burden, on her voyage to Bombay, having on board 1,700 tons of coal. The price of coal at that time at Bombay was 88s., and they offered to deliver it at Annesley Bay at 725. per ton, but the offer was refused. The offer was made before the arrival of the ship at Bombay. At that time they knew that the Go ernment were buying coal on disadvantageous terms. Had their offer been accepted in the first instance a con siderable saving would have been effected. The amount of the freight during the time she was engaged was about £4,680, which was in excess of the sum which would have been paid had the offer for the delivery of the coals at Annesley Bay been accepted. Sir Stafford Northcote was then examined, and stated that so far from throwing cold water on the plan proposed by Captain Sherard Osborne and the Telegraph Construction Company, they gave their offer every consideration, and it was only after the matter had been twice considered, by the Treasury and the Indian authorities, that they came to the conclusion that, inas much as the cable could not be laid before the 15th of December, and as they had hopes that the ob ject of the expedition might be accomplished by the mere landing of the troops, it was not necessary to incur the expense especially as the Commander-in-Chief could, by running despatch boats to Suez 'convey his orders with consider able rapidity. They had no doubt of the immense utility of the cable if it could only be completed in time. With respect to the stores, which were afterwards useless, he did not think that any of those supplies would have been stopped in consequence of having the telegraph.—After some further evidence the committee was adjourned. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the laws under which the property of these institutions is held resumed their sittings yesterday. The inquiry seems to have lost none of its interest, the room being crowded with ecclesiastics and others interested in the proceedings. Mr. Cuddon was recalled and said that, as the committee had expressed a wish to have the numbers of the gentlemen who perform religious offices, he could state that a few days ago the number of priests in Great Britain was 476, en gaged in the ten colleges and also in the 121 parishes. He also mentioned that the number of young men being pre pared for religious offices was three hundred. That was not including the eleven hundred gentlemen in the col leges. The three hundred were preparing for the zegular priesthood. The number of men called lay brothers or gentlemen's servants engaged in the colleges were 200. They performed the duties of servants. In regard to the acreage of the monasteries, he stated that a large number were in one county in which this measure was customary. The total number, if calcu lated according to statute measure, wouldbe 400 additional, making 2,432 altogether. The principal land held was in Lancashire. The total rental of 1,600 acres belonging to religious bodies, but not held by colleges, was £3,400 a year, so that the total income would be £10,350 from per sonal estate, and £3,400 a year from land. He confined his information to the communities of men. Mr. Dewar was next called and examined by Mr. Newdegate. He stated that he was late assessor of land in Perth. He was acquainted with a house of the Re demptorist order and eighteen acres of land at Kinnoul hill, Perth. The name of the property was St. Mary's Redemptory, Kinnoul, and it was valued at £350, including the ground. It was returned as beingthe property of the Rev. Mr. Coppin and others. He had assessed the property when he was assessor for the the borough, and was held from Kinnoul. The date of the contract between Lord Kinnoul and certain priests, was from Whitsunday, 1869, to Whitsunday, 1870, and it was set down as buildings. Mr. Coppin is the superior of the order, but Mr. Vaughan is the superior of the institution. He was set down in the valuation list as clerk. The witness then read a circular stating that any gentleman requiring a retreat for a short time could obtain that there, and there would be a public retreat from Wednesday to Saturday. He resided nearly opposite the institution, and had frequently seen the members of the order dressed in their peculiar dress in the grounds of the institution to the number of twelve or more. He believed that the institution had recently acquired an accession of property from an officer in the army. The witness then described the house. He also knew the convent of St. Joseph, Perth. The Hon. Miss Elizabeth Langdale was the superior. The rental was £72. The house and garden cost upwards of £l,BOO. The original price of the house was £2,000. They rented it at first, and afterwards purchased it. There were eight or nine females in it. That establishment was opened by a religious ceremony on the 31st. The circular inviting the visitors was read, and stated that the Redemptorist Fathers were about a hold a service to our Lady of Perpetual Suffering, at the chapel adjoining their homes at Kinnoul. He knew the Rev. Mr. Smith of Oakley, and believed he preached a sermon on the oc casion of the opening. The witness then stated that the sermon was reported in the local newspapers, and that he would produce an authenticated copy if it was required. Mr. Newdegate explained that the sermon in question contained the history of the order and the means by which the property had been acquired. By the Chairman : He was perfectly aware as was everybody else that these institutions both the monastery and the nunnery were religious institutions. The Rev. Mr. Vaughan was rated both as owner and occupier of the monastery, and Mr. Fynch as owner of the convent. He looked upon them precisely as other owners and occu piers. He had not heard any objection being made to them on the ground of theirbeing illegal or not sanctioned by law. By Mr. Jessel : He knew nothing of the occupation of the people in the monastery. Some of the ladies were employed in the penitentiary and others in teaching in the school. By Mr. Matthew : His impression on looking at the deed was that half a dozen clericals were named as the trustees. Mr. Robertson was called and examined by Mr. Newde gate. He said that he was a solicitor of Glasgow, and could give the committee evidence as to the property of the Vincentian Fathers of Lanark. Mr. Sherlock stated that he objected to any evidence of this institution, because it was a secular order, and the inquiry was into monastic institutions. Mr. Newdegate replied that the same objection would apply to the order of the Jesuits, and of the Oratorians. It was extremely difficult to distinguish between the two, but he thought that evidence could be produced to shew that the inquiry would extend to them. On this point the room was cleared, and the Committee remained for some time in deliberation. On the re admission of the public the examination was proceeded with. The witness produced a copy of the conveyance of the property of the Vincentian order of St. Vincent de Paul and the sisters of charity, to the Roman Catholic bishop, and various other trustees, all being Roman Catholic dignitaries and priests. The property was 113 acres in extent, and of the value of £B,OOO. The property held for the Vincentian fathers stood on a separate piece of ground to that of the Sisters of Charity. The title deeds of their property had been registered. The cost of the chapel and schools and build ings was about £lB,OOO. This was commonly known as the Lytham Institution, at Lytham Park. There was no mention in the Catholic Directory of this institution, and its services were correctly described. The service of the Mass was offered once a fortnight for the souls of the dead benefactors and members. After the death of each member, six masses were celebrated for the repose of his soul. The witness then read a form of bequest to the institution, which was of an absolute character. He also read the valuation roll, describing the various houses, chapels, schools, &c., belonging to the institution. He produced extracts from the valuation roll belonging to Jesuits and other orders in Glasgow. There was a Jesuit chapel and school at Woodside-road. The valuation was £B5 a yea.., and it was entirely taught by the Jesuit Fathers ; and there was an establishment of Sisters of Mercy, valued at £5O a year. Another society, which had an establishment at Glasgow, was one of the order of the Passionists, their property being conveyed to various branches, including the Roman Catholic Bishop and vicar apostolic of Glasgow, and a clergyman resident in London. As a general rule the chapels were not en tered in the roll. The witness also stated that he would produce the extract from the valuation list with reference to another Catholic institution in Cumberland-street. There was also some property in Glasgow held by St. Mary's Brotherhood. It was entered as belonging to a clergy. man. It was a house and school to the value of £5O. The names and addresses of all the persons holding the pro perty to which he had referred were given in the Catholic Directory. The committee then adjourned. NAVY RESIGNATIONS. The Morning Post contains the following announcement: —" Vice-Amiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, K.C.8., and Mr. Edward J. Reed, C. 8., have tendered the re signation of the offices of Controller and Chief Construc tor of the Navy, which they held respectively." The Pall Mall Gazette is enabled to say that this announce ment is correct, and that the resignations have been ac cepted. AN EXTRAORDINARY WILL CASE. In the Probate Court an application was made to Lord Penzance, in reference to the costs in the well-known cause of " Grimston v. Timms."—lt will be remembered that John Hutley, a cheesemonger, died worth £120,000. He, at a very advanced age, married the present wife of Timms, the defendant, .and after his death she married the surgeon within six months. The plaintiff, as next of kin, disputed the will; and it wits upset by a special jury.—Dr. Spinks now said that the Court had granted an order for costs, amounting to £9Ol 4s. 3d., as against the defendants, and he had now to apply that a fi. fa. might issue for that amount. Dr Tristram opposed, stating that the executors were liable as much as the Timms.—Lord Penzance said he could not separate the order and granted the application of Dr. Spinks.— The case when tried in the Probate Court lasted more than a week, and it is now in Chancery. THE COSTS IN THE MORDAUNT CASE. In Lord Penzance's Chambers, yesterday, Mr. Inderwick, on behalf of Sir Charles Mordaunt, applied that £3OO, which had been paid to the respondent's attorney for costs of maintenance, pending the hearing, should be allowed in the taxing of the costs of the hearing as against the petitioner.—Lord Penzanee could not separate the costs from the maintenance, and therefore made no order,—A further application was made by Mr. R. Searle, on behalf of the guardian ad litent. He said that the respondent had been placed in the hands of certain persons by order of the court, and her relatives were not allowed by Sir Charles to see her; and he now applied that the blood relatives of Lady Mordaunt should be allowed to see her.—Lord Penzance said that it was a matter in which he could not interfere. THE LATE CASE OF CLERICAL WILL MAKING. In the Probate Court, before Lord Penzance, Dr. Swabey, in the cause of " Hill v. Goss," on behalf of the next of kin, asked for Bishop Goss to be condemned in the costs of the suit.—Sir John Karslake did not see that the learned judge would think the case one in which the propounder of the will Ought to pay them.—Lord Penzance said that the propounder was the person who knew all about it.—Sir John Karslake : But Canon Fisher knew nothing about the witness Rushworth and others.—Lord Penzance said that when a case rested on the soundness of mind of the testator—and the person who propounded the will knew best how that was—it was usual in case the will was upset to condemn him in costs. Sir John Karslake : But that was not Dr. Go'sS. He was not present. Lord Penzance said that technically and logi cally before Hill could be admitted as a party to the suit it was necessary that he should prove he was next of kin. Such a course would havebeen adopted ; but as it was foundthat it would delay the case for the time the question of kin ship was warned, as was also the 9uestion of Hill's locus standi. After some further discussion it was agreed that the costs of the alleged next of kin should be paid into court to await the decision as to whether the Hills -were next of kin or not. THE ST. GOTHARD RAILWAY. On Monday the French Chamber of Deputies was crowded. Great interest being felt in the St. Gothard Railway discussion, which came on on M. Mony's interpel lation. M. Mony maintained the St. Gothard line would ruin Marseilles, and said he believed the best way to excel the German traders in the Mediterranean was to improve the navigation of the Rhone. He asked whether the Convention of Berne included the passage of troops. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke de Grammont, declared that if the neutrality of Switzerland were threatened France would be the first to defend it. France had no need to fear 'the political effects of the railway, and by the Convention of Berne foreign troops would not have the right to travel by the St. Gothard line. The Minister of Public Works said that the French were protected by the Mont Cenis Railway, but General Lebceuf, War Minister, admitted that the St. Gothard line might disturb the military equilibrium of Europa. The debate closed in some confusion without a vote. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON FIRE. On Tuesday morning, about 2 o'clock, a fire that at one time threatened to be attended with the most serious consequences happened in that part of the House of Commons facing New Palace Yard, Parliament-street, and nnder the great clock tower. The discovery was made by one of the firemen employed on the establishment on going his rounds, by smelling fire very strongly. After making a diligent search he found that no less than four tons weight of cocoanut fibre was in a regular blaze. The alarm was promptly despatched to the Metropolitan Brigade stations, while the firemen employed in the House did all that was possible to keep the fire from rushing up the clock tower. This was a work of no little difficulty, for the flames had already broken through the doors and windows of the basement- Beck's and Co's. patent hydrants erected in the build ing were called into requisition, and with the assistance of the brigade the flames were eventually extinguished. The damage done is thus officially returned to the Board of VYorks by Captain Shaw :—"New Palace-yard, Parliament-street, Westminster. The House of Commons. Cause of fire, heat from furnace in basement. About four tons of cocoa nut fibre. Doors, and windows, and basement of clock tower severely damaged by fire and heat." Owing to the lateness of the hour very few per sons, except the firemen and police, were aware of the occurrence. LAW AND POLICE. HEAVY SENTENCES AT DUBLIN.--The judges presiding in the Dublin Commission Court (Morris and Lawson) awarded several very heavy sentences, showing a determina tion to cope with the increase of serious robberies and crimes with violence that have occurred of late. A man who robbed two ladies, and presented a revolver at a policeman who chased him was sentenced to penal servitude for five years. A woman who had been eight times convicted of stealing received seven years' penal servitude. A man who had been four times in gaol was sentenced to the same term of imprisonment for stealing a pocket-handkerchief, Another man, a burglar, received seven years. LIABILITY OF A COMPANY UNDER BILLS OF EXCHANGE. —This question has been raised during the hearing of the case of the Devonport Steam Flour Mills Company in the Chambers of Vice-Chancellor Stuart. Two directors of the company endorsed a bill of exchange for a quantity of flour of the value of £362. The bill was dishonoured, and the directors in question had to pay the money, the repayment of which they now claimed, the company being under a winding-up order. The chief clerk held that the direc tors could not recover. The articles of association pro vided that no bill of exchange should be accepted, except at a special meeting of the directors. There was no evi dence of any such meeting, and consequently the bill was invalid. The directors must claim upon the bill, and not in respect of goods sold and delivered ; and the former being bad, they had no remedy. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES, A MILL MANAGER.—Thomas Redfearn, a man respectably connected and employed at the works of Messrs. M. Oldroyd and Sons, Dews bury, as manager of the cloth-drawing department, was charged at the police-court in that town with stealing a quantity of valuable cloth, the property of the firm. For some months past pieces of cloth have been missed, but though some of the workmen were suspected, no one thought the accused was the thief. However, on Friday he was seen to secrete a piece and to go away, but he was fol lowed, brought back, and his house searched, when in a garret a large quantity of cloth was discovered. When charged in the usual way, he said it was no use denying what he had done ; he had taken cloth from time to time for months past. The justice committed him for trial, and refused to grant bail. BOTTOMRY BONDS.—The Judical Committee of the Privy Council heard an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty in a cause of bottomry. The owner of the Panama had not appeared, but the validity of the bond was contested by a mortgagee. In the month of May, 1868, the appellants, Messrs. Barron and Harrison, of Liverpool chartered the ship for a voyage to Cuba and back. The vessel, having set sail, put Into Queenstown in distress, and her master having previously thrown overboard about thirty-five tons of coal, part of her cargo, sold about forty tons more, and remitted the proceeds to his owner. On arriving at Cuba the master became in need of considerable sums of money for ship's purposes, but neither he nor his owner bad any agent or credit there. The charterers' agents there. after deducting the value of the ceal, advanced all that they were bound to do under the charter party, which was considerably less than the vessel required, and for the balance they took a bottomry bond on behalf of the appellants. The owner and the appellants lived in Liverpool, and the charterer's agents, before taking the bond, telegraphed to the appellants, who, however, never communicated with the owner, and it did not appear that the master had given him any notice. The Admiralty Court pronounced against the bond because the bondholder had given the owner no previous notice of the execution of the bond. Their lordships were of opinion that the bond was invalid. Without expressing any opinion as to the obligation of a master to give notice to a mortgagee before giving a bond, they considered that in this case the bond was,nevertheless, invalid. It had been pressed in this case that the owner was insolvent, but it did not appear that he had been judicially declared so. Their Lordships thought that until this were so he would be entitled to notice, and when he had been found insolvent the commu nication should be to the assignees.—The appeal was dismissed with costs. Two inhuman parents, named Thomas and Alice Maguire have been before the Liverpool magistrates for cruelty to their child. In a room, destitute of furniture, the child, two years old, was found lying on some dirty chaff, the little creature being dirty and wasted so much as to appear only eight months old. The parents were out, but shortly came in drunk. Mr. Raffles has remanded them. THE UN", LONDON,- WEDNESDAY MORSING, E 22, 1870. SPAINISII AFFAIRS, CUBA. The question of Slavery has been discussed in the Spanish Cortes. Signor Castela was in favour of the im mediate suppression of slavery. He showed that an in crease of • prosperity often followed upon the extinction of slavery His speech was well 'received. The proposed vote of censure on the civil and military authorities was rejected. The minority report on the Cuban question says of the Cuban exiles in the 'United States, "If thesepersoits have the passionate desire'lor Cuban independence which they pretend to have, their presence on Cuban soil with arms in their hands, aiding Cespedes, would be more encourag ing, as well as more seemly, than their present course." If they could join the insurgents "with arms in their hands" we dare say many of them would be very glad to ; but there are no arms for them, and the Spanish gun boats, built in New York, are pretty careful to see that they don't get ally. Judge Orth, we suppose, would not send a regiment of exiles to Cuba, dressed in full evening costume with white gloves. The shame of our neutrality has been that it arms one party' and disarms the other. - A 7 MU York. Tribune. CONNECTICUT STATE CAPITAL. Our Connecticut neighbours have been for the past few weeks engaged in a controversy on the question of a per manent State capital. From time immemorial she has had two heads—Hartford 'and New Haven--and they arc now at loggerheads. Each desires the decapitation of the other. Hartford is a little ahead in belligerency ; but though having a majority in the Legislature, it was unable to carry its bill for want of the. requisite two-thirds, and the matter has dropped for the present ses sion, ,to be resumed at the next. Meanwhile, the papers of the two cities are enlivening their columns with charges, countercharges, diatribes and scrubs, with a view to mutual demolition. Upon one point only are both sides agreed, and that is their willingness to leave the question to the people. Either party demonstrates to its own satisfaction that the popular verdict will be for the unimpeachable truth of its own views, and challenges the other to " come on." To the unbiassed out Sider it natu rally occurs that herein is considerable waste of printers' ink. Why not stop quarrelling and go to voting ?--.llTelo York Tribune. THE FENIANS AND THE RED RIVER. The New York papers contain the following telegram, dated Toronto, Ontario, June 7 :--" It is stated that about one hundred Chicago Fenians threatened a raid on a camp at Sault Sainte Marie. Preparations having been made to meet them, it is believed that they decided to go to Duluth. Intelligence has been received from Fort Garry• that a large meeting of French settlers bad been held at White Horse Plains, when fighting and resistance to the Red River expedition was unanimously favoured. It is believed that a declara tion of independence will be issued. Riel is making no preparations to oppose the expedition. The Manitoba Bill will probably be adopted by the Red River Legisla ture. Two companies of the United States infantry have arrived at St. Joseph's." P YMENT OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. There certainly seems to be no good reason why any person claiming to be a member of Congress, and who is ousted from his seat by a successful contestant, should be paid either in full or in part. The action of the house in such cases is equivalent to a verdict that the member has occupied a position to which he was not entitled, and the loss of pay and perquisities would be a very proper penalty. Yet we were told by Mr. Dawes that during the present session 150,000 dols., had been paid to persons who had taken their seats as members, but had subsequently been superseded. The plan proposed, of paying half com pensation in such cases, seems to us to be indefensible, for the reason that it places a premium, so far as it goes, upon fraudulent returns. The true course would be rather to impose some penalty, like the costs of an action at law, in order to discourage untenable claims.—New York Times. THE GAMBIA SETTLEMENT. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes :—" Some curious facts are stated in connection with the contemplated sale of the settlements on the Gambia to the Government of France. No notice whatever has been given to the British merchants and others resi dent or having their mercantile establishments there, and strong remonstrances are about being made against their transfer iu the manner contemplated. The recent state ments made by Mr. Monsell in Parliament, in reply to a question on the subject, are said to betray great want of knowledge of the real circumstances of the colony. According to these the only design was a rectifi cation of the frontier, whereby "we were to to take in ex change- a certain amount of territory on the banks of other streams in lieu of that which we have heretofore held along the sides of the great river which is the most navi gable on the West Coast of Africa. The bargain is described by those who know the country as entirely one-sided, and as having no other recommendation than that of enabling us in future to save a .certain outlay on civil and military authorities upon the cost for which the position of the swamps and jungles the French propose to hand over to us will afford no pretence." GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN • TRAVELLERS. The very small and excessively uncomfortable steamers that cross the Straits of Dover have long been a subject of wonder, as well as of disgust, to American travellers. The excuse for employing such craft has consisted in the shallow and inconvenient ports on the French side. But we in this country have not carried railway trains on steam-boats in vain, for the House of Commons has just apprOved what is known as the "International Communi cation Bill," the effect of which is that large steamers will be built capable of making twenty miles an hour, and of carrying twelve railway carriages on the lower, and twelve on the upper deck, so that pas sengers can go from London to Paris without changing their seats. This new traffic will be carried on independently of wind and tide, and, from the great size of the vessels, there will be little cause to fear sea sickness. In order to accommodate these vessels, special harbours are to be prepared at Dover, on the English side, and at Andrecelles, near Boulogne, on the French. Short railway trains will run to these harbours, which will be fitted with hydraulic lifts, for embarking and dis embarkiir, the trains. The Commons' approval of the bill is subject to the assent of the French Emperor, which, it is said, is certain to be given. Thus, then, a nuisance which seemed destined to be everlasting, is likely to be swept away, and European travel will be attended with one disagreeable incident the less.-: : - New York Times. SENATOR REVELS AND 11IS SISTER. The following extracts of a letter, written to two gentlemen of Brooklyn, by Senator Revels, of Missis sippi, in relation to his sister Eliza, will be found in teresting : _ " WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29, 1870. " You are aware of the friendly relations existing be tween myself and my sister Eliza, of my offer, years ago, to take her to my home, as acknowledged by herself, and of her refusal to leave New York at that time. You are aware of the itinerant life which, as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, I must necessarily have led ; that after my sister was reduced to positive poverty, through breaking her leg, she did not communi cate information of her misfortune to me, and that it was only by accident I heard of her being an inmate of the Coloured Home. All of this, which you do not know of your own knowledge, you heard her acknowledge, on the occasion of your accompanying me in my visit to her at the Home. You will remember that on that occasion she expressed no present desire to quit the Home, as being unable to bear the removal, and regretted only that she had not accepted my offer at the time it was made, when able to have taken advantage of it. The superin tendent or physician, I know not which (having mislaid the letter), with whom I have been in correspondence,will inform you that I have communicated with him as regards the arrangements I will make in the event of her death. In consequence of an attack upon me by a New York paper I am compelled to ask your attention to this• matter. . . . Go to my sister and instruct her, so far as her poor, shattered intellect will permit her to compre hend, as to the efforts being made to ruin me in public estimation by the surreptitious use of her name ; tell her on no account must she touch a single cent of their money, for it is intended to be my blood money, and will turn to ashes in her use. 'You are aware she is not in a mental condition to justify the entrusting her with money, except very small sums at a time. She told me that the people about were very kind to her, and that she had everything necessary to her comfort. Oblige me by keeping a super vision over her, in conjunction with the Rev. Mr. Reay, to whom I have already spoken' on the subject. If she really requires any money—that is to say, if small sums from time totime would add to her comfort—let the super intendent inform me, and I will remit to him. With an invalid wife and family, other circumstances known only to myself, and a distance of 1,400 to 1,600 miles to travel before reaching my home, I cannot possibly think of taking her there even was she able to bear the removal, which she is nct ; and nowhere else could she be so well cared for as where she is at present. By promptly attending to this matter you will not only oblige myself, but will be rendering service to that great party to which we owe so much, for it is that party which is being attacked through me. The urgency of business in my hurried trips to New York has given me no subsequent opportunity for visiting you.—Very truly yours, "H. R. REvELs." THE FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The origin of the great fire which destroyed such an immense quantity. of life and property at Pera, Constan tinople, has been discovered. A woman had sent her child upstairs to bring down a " mangal "—an open vessel .containing lighted charcoal, for the purpose of cooking. The mangal fell on the stairs, a window curtain caught fire, and as the window was opm and there was a strong wind blowing, the flames soon spread. Unfortunately the house was of wood, and the street in which it was situated was very narrow, and the other houses were also of wood. In a very short the whole neighbourhood - was in flames. The combustible nature of the dwellings that first caught, combined with the rushing wind which car ried large fragments of burning matter an incredi ble distance , caused the extraordinary spread of the fire. The Levant Times says that the flames, instead of rising vertically, . were blown horizontally, and attacked buildings apparently a long way out of reach. Nothing—not stone nor iron, still less wood• dry as tinder —could resist these fiery blasts. Iron shutters were red hot ; iron girders and bars were twisted in all manner of shapes, and the glass in the houses was all run into solid masses. Nothing affords a more striking illustration of the terrific character of the fire, the Levant Times says, than the destruction of the British Embassy, a massive stone structure in the midst of a spacious garden surrounded , by lofty walls, and provided with fire-engines and an abundant supply of water. The correspondent of the Standard says :—Whole streets were withered up, each house on either side being com pletely gutted by the flames, which must have done their work with unparalleled intensity and fury. Nothing more complete could be imagined ; had it been done by light ning the result could not have been more fearful to behold. ' As if by a miracle, three churches in the very centre of this destruction remained almost wholly untouched, and I also saw an unfinished house, built of brick, onlythe carcase of which had been completed, standing at the corner of a street without a single mark of fire about it, though every house around it had been burnt to the ground. With these exceptions, nothing that came within my view had escaped—all was a blackened mass of charred ruins. It will occupy months to clear the rubbish away alone, and ten years at least must elapse before the immense area will be again fully inhabited, rising up from its present ruins, like the fabled phcenix, more beautiful and magnifi cent than ever. It is stated that there are now 2,500 tents pitched on the north side of the town, and from the appearance of the encampment, I have no doubt of the truth of the statement. Mrny of the poor people, though well and carefully provided for as regards food. are greatly in want of clothing, several women and children whom I saw being very scantily clad indeed ; and numbers who were not to be seen, I heard, were even still more destitute of necessary . covering. Much is being done for them, but the task is too vast to be properly accomplished here, notwithstanding the efforts made by the Government, and the subscriptions opened by the various embassies and legations. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The minority of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs apparently dissent from the proposal to recognize the belligerency of the Cubans only because they believe that the insurgents can bemore effectually aided in another way. Judge Orth proposes that -instead of a resolution of recognition we should pass a law to prevent the fitting out in our ports of ships to be used against colonists claiming independence—in other words, that we should cease to give Spain the help we withhold from Cuba. As General Banks has declared that the report surreptitiously published the other day as that of the majority does not fairly represent their present views, it will be wise to defer discussion of the rival plans until we know exactly what the majority plan is. We may add that the minority report now published was apparently, like the other, drawn up some time ago, and will perhaps be materially modified before it is presented. In the meantime it cannot have escaped the notice of the public that neither party approves the policy of the Administra tion. —New York Tribune. THE SONG FROM " LOTHAIR." --- There are few tests of success more certain than that which is afforded when a work supplies material for popular songs. A ballad has just been sung in London by Madame Sherrington, called " Corisande ;" suggested by the garden scene in Mr. Disraeli's Lothair. The dialogue is so very limited at this point in the novel, that it is not easy to conceive whence comes the material for the words. Lothair, it is true, forgetful of Theodora, and regardless of Miss Arundel, assures Corisande that he never loved any one but herself ; so that we have to remember " when the blood burns how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows," in order to preserve our respect for him • and the lady responds to this with only the eloquence of silence- However ' there are songs that are potent to move the heart with very few words, and some in truth with none at all, thanks to ,Mendelssohn, Schubert, and others; and the song of "Corisande" may be of this character. "Lothair " has not yet been drama tised, although it probably soon will be, nor has it yet received the honour conferred upon Sardou's " Fernande," which has been burlesqued at the Varieties. With the accomplishment of these distinctions, Mr. Disraeli's latest novel will attain the pinnacle of fame.—New York Times. THE IN DIANS. WASHINGTON, June 7. The great council between the, Indian delegates, the Secretary of the Interior, and Commissioner Parker was held at the Indian Office this morning. Several gentle men holding official positions under the Government, having relations With Indian tribes, were present, includ ing Gen. Smith, Messrs. Collyer and - Brunot, of the Peace Commission, and others. The red men took their seats in the Council Chamber about 11 o'clock, and the conference lasted until one. They were arrayed in all the finery they possess, and were evidently much impressed with the im portance of the occasion. After the usual formalities of hand shaking hands, the commissioner announced to the chiefs that what Red Cloud had spoken to them had been thought over, and the Secretary of the Interior would now give our reply. His words were the words of the President on the subject of Red Cloud's speech, The Secretary then addressed the Indians at consider able length in relation to the requests they had made and the feeling of the Government concerning them. He said, " The white people who live on the frontier have been frightened. They say that Red Cloud and his people have been threatening them. They are afraid they will hurt the people along the frontier. We want Red Cloud and his people to say to us here, before they go away, that they will never do so, and that they will keep peace with all our people who are there ; when they have said that, and we can tell the people so, we think we will be no longer afraid to let them have arms to hunt with. There have been people killed near the Union Pacific Railroad, and we do not know who did it. Some say it was the Sioux, others that it was the Cheyennes, and still others lay it upon the Arapahoes." At this point Red Cloud, who was a very attentive listener to what the Secretary was saying, remarked that he had heard this reported before he left his cotintry. There were no Sioux south of the railroad. They were across the Platte. Secretary Cox, resuming, said: " We will believe what Red Cloud says, but as our people are frightened, we cannot say that we will give them . guns. We must wait till there is a peace with all the Indians before we can do it. Our people are not to come on the Indian reservation, but they - will come out along the line of the railroads, and be near them in that way. The Government will send Mr. Brunot (whose presence at the council was indicated to the Indians) this summer to see them, and to see that they get the rations which will be sent to them. When he goes he will ask which is the best thing we can do for them. He will ask if anybody has done them any wrong, and they can tell him when he comes back. We will try to do what he says they need to have done. The great thing we want to say to them is that if they will keep peace we will try to do do everything they ask that is right." This concluded the Secretary's speech to the Indians, and after a few moments, during which Red Cloud seemed to be in a very deliberative mood, that distinguished chief arose and came to the table where sat the officials. He shook hands with those at the table in the council room, and delivered the following oration : " I came from where the sun sets. You were raised on chairs. I want to sit as I sit where the sun sets. (Here the Indian warrior sat upon the floor, in the Indian fashion, and proceeded.) The Great Spirit has raised me this way. He raised me naked. I run no opposition to the Great Father who sits in the White House. I don't want to fight. I have offered my prayer to the Great Father so that I might come here safe and well. What I have to say to you, and to these men and to my Great Father, is this : Look at me. I was raised where the sun rises, and I come from where he sets. Whose , voice was first heard in this land? It was the red people who used the bow. The Great Father may be good and kind, but I can't see it. I am good and kind to the white people, and have given my lands, and have now come from where the sun sets to see you. The Great Father has sent his people out there and left me nothing but an island. Our nation is melting away like the snow on the side of the hills where the sun is warm ; while your people are like the blades of grass in spring when summer is coming. I don't want to see the white people making roads in our country. Now that I have come into my Great Father's land, see if I have any blood when I return to my home ? The white people have sprinkled blood on the blades of grass about the line of Fort Fetterman. Tell the Great Father to remove that fort, then we will be peaceful and there will be no more trouble. I have got two mountains in that,country —Black Hill and Big Horn. I want no roads there. There have been stakes driven in that country, and I want them removed. I have told these things three times, and I now have come here to tell them for the fourth time. I have made up my mind to talk that way. I don't want my resert ation on the Missouri. Some of these people here are from there, and I know what I say, What I hear is that my children and old men are dying off like sheep. The country don't suit them. I was born at the Forks of the Platte. My father and mother told me that the land there belonged to me. From the North a nd the West the Red nation has come into the Great Father's house. We are the last of the Ogallalas. We have come to know the facts from our Father why the promises which have been made to us have not been kept. I want two or three traders that we ask for. At the mouth of Horse Creek, in 1852, there was a treaty made, and the mar who made that treaty (alluding to General Mitchell), who performed that service for the Government, told me the truth. Goods which have been sent out to me have been stolen all along the road, and only a handful would reach me to go among my nation. Look at me. Here I am poor and naked. I was not raised with arms. I always want to be peaceable. The Great Spirit has raised you to read and write, and has put papers before you ; but he has not raised me in that style. The men whom the President sends us soldiers and all, have no sense and no heart. I know it to-day. I didn't ask that the whites should go through my country killing game, and it is the Great Father's fault. You are the people who should keep peace. For the railroads you are passing through my country I have not received even so much as a brass ring for the land they occupy. I wish you to tell that to my Great Father. You whites make all the ammunition. What is the reason you don't give it to me ? Are you afraid I am going to war ? You are afraid lam going to war? You are great and powerful, and lam only a handful. Ido not want it for that pur pose, but to kill game with. I suppose I must in time go to farming, but I can't do it right away." Each sentence of this speech was received with loud grunts, denoting hearty applause, frOm the Indians present. After Red Cloud concluded, Little Bear made a short speech, complaining of bad treatment by soldiers and others while he was engaged in farming operations. Seve ral of his young men, he said, were shot while out hunting, and that ended his corn raising. He reite rated the main features and complaints ol Red Cloud's speech. Secretary Cox promised to report all that had been said to the President, and arrange a time for meeting with him. The, present conference practically ends the business of hearing complaints and determining action on them, as was evidenced by the speech of the Secretary. Both Red Cloud and Spotted Tail made strong appeals to-day for the pardon of John Richard, the half-breed, who recently killed a soldier at Fort Fetterman, and who is here with Red Cloud's party as interpreter. This, they have been informed by the Commissioner, is being considered by the President. They were invited to an entertainment at- the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, but Red Cloud declined, saying if he was to see the Great Father again he wanted time to delibe- rate upon what to say. The following order from the War Department, dated June 4, 1870, is published :—" When lands are secured to the Indians by treaty against occupation by the whites, the military commanders shall keep intruders off by mili tary force if necessary, until such time as the Indian title is extinguished or the lands are opened by Congress for settlement." THE BANKING BILL. The new Banking Bill has been introduced in the House, and various amendments were submitted, but no action was taken on any of them. The bill, authorises additional National Banks, and a further. expansion of the currency by 95,000,000 dollars, propositions which naturally excite much opposition: The debate would have been wholly without interest but for the incidental recitation by Mr. Morgan, of Ohio, of the Democratic platform 'of 1872. That important document, as now predicted, will not declare the war for the Union a failure as that of 1864 did, nor proclaim repudiation as in 1868, but will announce as the great issue opposition to " bloated bondholders" and National Banks, • and favour to in creased issues of greenbacks. The Democrats were still further enlightened and encouraged as to party prospects by the gushing announcement by Mr. Samuel Cox of New York that he means to " stand by the platform of the Democracy in 1872." We have no doubt of it. Mr. Samuel Cox could always be trusted to stand by any con ceivable platform the masters of the Democracy chose to make for him—always, except when he ate all his former words, seeking to persuade a Republican Senate to confirm Andrew Johnson's nomination of him for a foeeign mis sion.--. New York Tribune. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER TO WASHINGTON. By a cable despatch we learn that M. Prdvost-Paradol has been appointed French Minister to Washington. We are glad to learn that in this particular case rumour has taken the shape of fact. Among all living French states men there is no more respectable name than that of M. Fr6vost-Paradol. Paradol is yet a young man, having been born in 1829. In 1861 his "E loge de Bernardin Saint Pierre " won the prize of the French Academy. During all the years that have intervened from that time until now he has been reaping honours. His books have been coming out every year ; and each successive book has more and more commanded Y espect. During the time that Louis Napoleon has governed France he has sometimes won favour and sometimes suffered. On one occasion he suffered one month's imprisonment, and paid besides one thousand francs. But all through he has been one of those men who,inot overmuch bound to party, saw good in all ,great public movements. He has never, in consequence, been a violent party man. Frenchman every inch of him, he loves progregs ; and forcefully as he bounds forward, he never despises steady and consistent advancement. It is only two winters since M. Prevost-Paradol delivered a course of lectures on France before the Philosophic Institute of Edinburgh. On that occasion, though a Frenchman, he spoke good English, and his sentiments as Well as his language commanded general respect. M. Pr6vost-Paradol is one of the best thinkers and writers that the second empire can boast of. In addition to his many excellencies, he speaks good English. This last is a good recommendation for Wash ington. On the whole, we welcome M. Prevost-Paradol as the best, man possible for Washington. Our new French Minister is a scholar, a philosopher, and a gentle man. What more do we want ? One Frenchman, De Tocqueville, has photographed the United States as he saw them. His picture is the best that we know. Much, however, as we admire De Tocqueville, we shall not be sorry if M. Prevost-Paradol improves upon his predecessor, and establishes the opinion that scholarly Frenchmen are the best commentators on American in stitutions. Aside from all our remarks, we rejoice to knoW that a highly educated and politically moderate Frenchman, who fluently speaks the English language, has been sent to Washington. M. Prevost-Paradol has our good wishes.—New York Herald. LADIvERTIBEZENT.I—AvoId Medicines—they always aggravate chronic complaints but Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalento, Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourish mentg the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies , - and • variably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs; healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional re gularity, anc , energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We ex tract a few out of the 68,000 cures :—" The Pope's health restored by Da Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.—"R0me, July 21 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself eutirel3 to Ds Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a Surprisingly bene tieial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise cilia excel lent food too highly. —From the " Gazette du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' lives complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous, palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency spasins, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." Cure No -46,270, : Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years diseased lungs , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.- -Beware of the many* unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is 11d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s 6d; 51b 115.; 121 b 225: 24 lbS 4 s.—Also -Du BARRY's REVALENTA A RABICA. CHOCOLATE PoWBER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s Gd, for 48 cups atGs, for 268 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 305 and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.— BARR* DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London and all Grocers and Chemists. MARKETS. LONDON TRADE REPORT, TIIESDAY.-On 'Change. Tallow quiet, at 455. 9d. spot, 455. Od. sellers June, 465. to 465. :id. last three months. Linseed oil firmer; at 31s. 6d.; London, 31s. 6d.; Hull. , spot. Turpentine, 308. 6d. America, and 295. 6cl. French. Metals generally firm, and tin and copper tending upwards. Spelter has advanced to 3s. per cwt. LONDON COLONIAL REPORT, TITESDAY. - The sugar market has been flat, and very little business has been done. Fine brown Penang, 265. to 278. ; ordinary to fair brown Natal, 21s. to 245. 6d. ; low, to low middling Barbadoes, 245. 6d. to 275. 6d. ; fine crystalised Babice, 345. 6d. to 355. There is a fair demand for coffee, 'and, notwitstanding liberal supplies, values are steady. At the tea auctions a fair amount of activity has been apparent. Red leaf Congous have sold at full currencies, and prices generally were well sustained. In rice there has been rather less doing, and the quotations are barely so firm. Fair Rangoon was sold at 9s. 6d. ; Necronzie, Bs. ; Siam, Bs. 9d. per cwt. LONDON WOOL MARKET, TuESDAL-At the public sales of Colonial wool the attendance has continued numerous, but has been' principally composed of English buyers, very feW foreigners being present. The biddings have continued ani mated, and the quotations have ruled firm. English wool has been steady, at late currencies. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKETS, Timm:Q.v.-The supplies of new potatoes have been large, of old abort. The trade has been quiet, at our quotations :-New English regents, Os. 6d. to 7s. ; Scotch regents, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; and rocks, Os. 6d. to 7s. per cwt. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY.— The market was fairly supplied to-day. The trade'was firm, and prices without any material alteration, as follows :---Prime meadow hay, 100 s. to 1205.; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955.; prime clover, 1355. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 115 s to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; and straw, 245. to 30s. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The cotton market opens firm. Prices on the spot are and I, and for arrivals dearer than Saturday's. Sales will probably reach 12,000 bales. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market was thinly attended to-day. There was a slow demand for wheat at irregular prices, and to effect sales ex quay 2d. and 3d. per dental would be accepted. Flour was dull, and 6d. lower. Beans 3d. per qr. cheaper. Saidi beans, 395. 6d. and 395. 9d. per qr. jOats and oatmeal were quiet. Indian corn was in moderate demand, at 6d. per qr. advance. Round yellows, 31s. 6d., and 31s. 9d. per qr. Imports—lreland and coastwise : wheat, 94 qrs.; oats; 784 qrs.; malt, 8 qrs..; flour, 36 sacks, 17 barrels ; oatmeal, 961 sacks. Foreign : wheat, 67,637 qrs.; oats, 427 qrs.: beans, 6,17/ qrs. ; peas, 5,485 qrs. ; Indian corn, 18,635 qrs. ; flour, 936 sacks, 4,623 barrels ; oatmeal, 339 sacks. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market cannot be reported to have changed in any respect since last Tuesday. Producers are still unwilling to concede anything in price, which causes operations to assume a very unimportant character—this applies particularly to the India and China markets. Printing cloths remain firm, and in fair demand. Th?re is a considerable amount of business being done in goods suitable for South America, and at fair remunerative rates. Shipping yarns remain quiet ; hut home trade qualities are extremely firm and in fair demand. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a poor show of cattle at this market to-day, and no business doing in conse quence of farmers holding their stock. Prices as follows : Mulch cows, £l6 to £2O each ; lean beasts, £l4 each. There were only two pens of sheep shown, and those were not sold. Higher prices wero asked for mutton—namely, 7d. per lb. There was a fair show of pigs, but no business was done. Stores, 50s. each. Pork, 7s. per stone. HULL WOOL MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a better show at this market to-day than last week. Sales are slow. Hog fleeces, 21s. to 225.; ewes, 16s. to 175.; half hog and half ewe, 18s. to lls. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—There was an average attendance in the cloth hall to-day, but the numbers included only a few buyers. Those from the metropolis and chief towns scarcely did more than make inquiries. Tweeds and coatings. are much duller, und, contrary to their expectations, it is most likely that manufacturers will have to curtail working hours. There appear to be some symptoms of a Canadian trade springing up. This has led to a getter enquiry for beavers, and also a more free enquiry,iu the home trade ; still the fall trade does not increase, and both buyers from a distance and local houses are comparatively in different to hastening it forward. The piece goods trade is steady and prices are unchanged. White goods and Victorias have sold quicker than anything else to-day. The local flax trade has only slightly improved, and threads are made more for stock than for immediate consumption. The coal trade in this district is no slacker than usual at midsummer. At the Aller ton pits, where there has been a strike for twenty-two weeks, 5,000 tons are raised weekly, and the non-unionist men earn on an average 355. weekly. BELFAST LINEN TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—The demand for roughs of approved makes continues steady, at late rates. Other makes are still neglected, at irregular prices. Stocks are stationary. The demand for linen handkerchiefs is quiet. The productions are not extensive, consequently stocks are light. Prices are stationary. Some symptoms of improvement manifest themselves in cambric handkerchiefs. Stocks and prices shew little alteration. For diapers there is a moderately steady de mand. Stocks are well kept in check. Prices are steady. There is rather more doing in damasks, still sales were by no means extensive. The stocks are somewhat reduced, - but there- is no change in prices. There is a fair moderate request for drills. Manufacturers are still working to order. Stocks are stationary; and prices are well maintained. Light linens are declining. MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY. • There has been an absence of any important feature in the Stock Exchange to-day, if we exclude the heavy fall in Great Northern, caused by the disastrous accident at Newark. Consols have been quiet' and without change at 92a, 942 ex div.. for delivery, and 92 11-16, 92 13-16 ex div. for July. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92g, 922. Bank stock has marked 234, 236. Indian 5 per Cents, 110 a, 110'4 ex div. ; and Indian Bonds, 215.; 265. prem. Exchequer Bills, par to 6s. prem. The market for English Railway stocks has been in an unsettled state. Metropolitan at 72 is better, and Mid land at 1311, On the other hand, South Eastern is lower at 762,• Great Eastern at 40a, London and North Western *, at 1292, and Great Western a at 72±. The principal fall has been in- Great Northern A, which, at 1331, is 22 lower. Indian Railway Stocks have been flat and drooping. Canadian shares have been dull, and although not actually lower, prices have had a drooping tendency. Foreign shares have been quiet, and Lombards have fallen The tone of the market for foreign bonds has been healthy, but business has not been brisk. Spanish and Argentine have risen but Mexican and Turkish have fallen The Spanish Loan is quoted at 2 to 2,1 prem., and the Peruvian to prem. American Government Securities have been quiet, and without change. Erie shares have been firm at 20. Bank shares have been firm in value, but the demand for them has not been active. In telegraph shares the transactions have been only to a moderate extent, and no movement of importance has taken place in prices. China Submarine have been easier, otherwise prices are without change. Telegraph Construction shares at 28& are lower. In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been restricted, and prices have been without change. The sum of £13,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. A meeting has been held of the Mexican bondholders, but was adjourned at the request of the foreign bond holders' committee. The report of the British Liman Company's Bank shews an available balance of £426,219. Of this sum £55,000 will be employed in payment of a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum. £20,000 in payment of a bonus of 2 per cent., and £5,000 will be employed in reduetion of the cost of bank offices, leaving a balance in " Rest " of £349,219. There has been a fair supply of capital in the dis count market to-day. Owing to the approach of the close of the half-year, the demand for accommodation has been more active, and three months' paper has been charged fully 24 to 3 per cent. The Moravian has brough £1,400. Bar silver has been firmer at 60 9-16 per oz. Mexican dollars have been flat at 59g per oz. The report of John Brown and Co. (Limited), shews an available balance of £75,675, and recommends a dividend of £6 per share,_being at the rate of 81. per cent. per annum, after payment of which there will remain a balance of £15,675 to be carried forward. The report of Charles Caramell and Co. (Limited) to be presented on the 29th inst., shews an available total of £56,946. A dividend of £5 per share is recommended ; £17,011 will be added to the reserve fund, thereby raising it to £85,056, and the balance of £6,946 will be carried forward. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland have given notice that a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 4 per cent. on the paid-up stook, and also an extraor dinary dividend of 30s, on each £lOO share, and, of 12s. on each £lO share,. will be paid on the 15th of July. The traffiic retnrns of the South-Eastern Railway for the past week show an increase of £595 compared with the same period last yecr ; there is also an increase of £1,007 in the returns of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY. LATEST PRICES AFT. li'.R OFFICIAL HOURS. SEC U ILITINS. Brazilian, 1865, 5 p 914 S 2 Egyptian, 1868, 7 p c.... 824 83 Do. itaiL Deben., 7 p c.. 1014102 !Italian, 1881, 5 per cent .. 59 59 Peruvfan, 165,5 per cent 91 91i Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 335 34 ' Russian, 1866, 5 p c 935 941 Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6Bl 691 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 3ll 321 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 525 521 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 735 74 U. 8. 5-20 Bonds, 6 1,01882 905 901 Do., 1865 Do., 10-40 Bonds, spc 1905 875 87 Erie Sha., 100 dols. all pd. 205 20, 0 OVERNMENT Three per Cent Consols 921 929xd Do. for Account:.92 11-16, 13-16xd Three per Cent Rdcd 921 924 New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills,lll arch, par 6 pni Do., June Bank Stock • 234 236 India 5 per Cents llollloixd Can.6pcJan.&JulylB77-84 10781088 Do. 5 per cent do. 988 998 Donna. of Can. 5p c 1903 978 989 New S. IV. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 New Zealand 6 pc 1891.. 112 114 Do. 5 per cent 9911004 Do. 5 p c Consolidated Queensland 5 p c 1882 112 113 Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 11581168 Do. 5 no do. 104 1048 RAIL v Bristol and Exeter B6 88 .Caledonian 774 78 Great Eastern Great Northern 123 124 Do. A Great Western Lancashire & Yorashire 13341344 L. B. and South Coast 434 431 Lon. Chat., and Dover 154 16 Lou. and North-Westem 12911293 Lou. and South-Western 91 92 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 53 531 Metropolitan 7ll 72} Met. District 3B} 39 Midland North British 37} 38} North-Eastern Consols Do. York — South-Eastern Born., Bar., &01. In d.g.5 pc 10711081 East India guar. 5p a Grand Trunk of Canada 142 15 Do. lst Preference Bonds 661 67( IGreat Indian Pen. g. 5p c 10811091 Great Western of Canada 153 151 Madras g. 5 pa lOBllO9l Scinde, Delhi, do. Scinde, Punjaub, do 10611071 Dutch Rhenish 24k 25 Eastern of France Great Luxembourg 143 14j Northern of France 0 ttom. (Smyrna to Aidin) 61 6; Recife and San Francisco 151 16; Sau Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 21 21' S. Aus. & Lom. Veuetn. 163 16, tea, 1014gpt Bank IL) A BANKING COMPANIES. ... —mu 4lpm 2 - 51Ailiance (Limited) 142 152 20 Lon.Coar. Austrlia 231 241 10 Anglo-Austrian —.. 15 17 pm 20 London and County 50 51 20 Anglo-Egyptn (Lim) 241 25 1 15 London Joint-Stock 341 351 50 British North-Amrcn 54 56 20 Lndn & Wstminstr— 63 64 20 Ch.of India, Australia 17 18 I 10 Metropolitan 9l 25 Char. Mere. of India 30 91 I 20 Midland (Limited) IOA par 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (Limtd) 21 pm 25 Union of Australia.. 451 46k 20 Eng., Scot. & Aust. C 172 181 15 Union of London .. 391 408 2i. Imperial (Li, nited) l9 19/ 11 11 Pa, 10l Imperial Ottoman .. 41 4/) . . TELEGRAPH 10 Anglo -American (L) 81 83 100 Atlantic 3 British Ind. Ex. (L) O 7 10 British Indu Sub. (L.) 81 sa 7 Fal, Gibraltar, &c. (L) 94 94 MIS CELLAR HO Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) Hi 15 27 Canada Company 78 80 I 0 Ceylon Company (L) 34 34 dis 20 Colonial id's, ipm 10 Cred. Foncier of E (L) 21 21 100 Crystal Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 74 Gen. Cred. & Dsct 1 pm 14 Con. Stm Navigation 29 31 45111,roper's Tel. Works ll 1 dis MINING SHARE Messrs. WATS( Mining Offices, 1, St. Micha, WAYS. COMPANI ICS, Pd 10 ! Great Northern .... 11i 12 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18. 10 Med. Extension (L).. 6 6} 20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 147 15 SW. India & Panama 7 71 is SECIJRITIES. Pd 51. Rbbr, GP Tel. Wks. 47 48 100 lutr. Financial (L) 1} 1 dis 5 Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 103 105 5 National Discount (L) 12 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 42 44xd Telegraph Constrctu 272 28 St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Gus. 5 by Italian Ovrnmnt 91 93 Trust & Ln of U Cnda LIST.-JUNE 21. ON BROTHERS. ►el's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market very quiet. Tankerville, Don Pedro, Van Consols, and West Maria very flat. East Lovell, Cook's Kitchen, and West Chiverton firmer. Australian United, 21, n Prince of Wales, 16s. 18s Bwlch Consols, 31, 31 Providence Mines, 40, 42 Bronfloyd, Rosewall Hill and Ransoms Chiverton Moor, 0, 51 United, Chiverton Valley, South Condurrow, 21, 21 Cook's Kitchen, 21, 23 Tankerville, 18, 181 Chontales (Gold), Tincroft, Drakewalls Tan-yr-Alit, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21, 31 Taquaril (Gold), East Bassett, Trumpet Consols. East Caradon. 41, 41 Van, 78, 80 East Lovell. 34, 35 Van Consols, 31, 4 East Wheal Grenville, 2j, 21 West Chiverton, 55, 55 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), West Frances, 1, 11 - 2' West Maria and Fortescue, 2g, ~ General Brazilian, West Drakewalls, Great Laxey 181, 19 West Caradon. Great Retallack, West Panty Go. Great Wheal Vor, 91, 10 West Seton, Hingston Down, Wheal A gar, 2f, 3 • Marke Valley, 61, 71 Wheal Chiverton, New Lovell, 21, 3 Wheal Grenville. 21, 21 North Crofty, 31, 31 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, North Treskerby. Wheal Mary Ann, 9, 10 Pacific, 81, 91 Wheal Seton, 271, 30 , A plan for a system of tramways in the streets of Calcutta has been submitted to the Government. The estimated cost is £2,000 per mile. BIRTHS. On the 19th inst., at 54, Canonbury-park N., Mrs. lienr9 Milsted, of a daughter. _ On the 20th inst., at 9, Windsor-road, Denmark-hill, the wife of Alan Maclean, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. ----- --- On the 18th inst., at St. John's, Notting-hill, Ferdinand a• Gambier, Esq., Royal Navy,ito Antoinette Marian John son, eldest daughter of Mrs. Arthur Wilmer, of Elgin- crescent, W. On the 18th inst., at St. Andrew's, Enfield, Chas. Frederick, fourth son of the late W. T. Haycraft, Esq., 3 , / D., to Catherine, the only daughter of the late Thomas Curningr Esq. DEATHS On the 20th inst., D. D. Keane, Esq., Q.C., Recorder of Bed" ford, aged 60. 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