The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-13 00:00:00

IMm% MONEY MARKET AND CITY NETT'S. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A quieter tone pervades the general money mar ket, and the directors of the Bank of England, as anticipated, have not found it necessary at their usual weekly court to modify their discount regulations. A further sum of £15,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Yorkshire has been announced from Mel bourne with .£154,500 in gold. Continued dulness was apparent in the Liver pool cotton market yesterday, and the sales barely reached 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were for export and on speculation. Prices in several instances Were rather lower. The market for Public Securities opened with a steady appearance, but rather less firmness is now perceptible, some speculative sales having been effected. Consols are now quoted 89/ I for transfer, and 901 " sellers" for the account. The New Threes are steady at 891 1 ; the Reduced have improved to 89•' 1 ; Long Annuities are 15/ ; Ex chequer Bills, March, Gs. dis. ; and ditto, June, 4s. prem.; Bank Stuck is 2311 233 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 98 a ; ditto 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 771 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 93/ 941 ; ditto Detentures, 95Z-; and ditto Bonds, 10s. dis. The dealings in the Foreign Stock Market to day have again been rather numerous, and prices in several instances exhibit more firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70! 714 ; ditto (1858), 551 4 ; Bra zilian, 98; ; Buenos Ayres Deferred, 28 ; Mexican, 221 ; Spanish Passive, 171, ; Russian 4 per Cents., 92 ; and ditto aper Cents., 62. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1861. Great Wesiern North-Western South-Western Brighton 17.794 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 22,210 Lancashire and Yorkshire .. Bristol and Exeter 6,838 North-Eastern 1860. ,697 83,804 23,155 15,873 33,414 21,238 24.323 36,860 7.664 33,779 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,904 North British 6,47.5 West Midland 10,557 6,171 7,330 Great Southern and Western, Ireland.. 7,801 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western 8,309 Great Western of Canada The returns in several instances continue of a very unsatisfactory character. On the Greet Western there is a decrease of £1,442 ; on the North Western of £1,704 ; on the South Western of £3,391; on the Great Northern of £2,113 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £665 ; on the West Midland of £240; and on the Great Southern and Western of Ireland of £585 ; but there is an increase of £1,921 on the Brighton ; £2,995 on the Midland ; £1,143 on the South Eastern ; £4,992 on the North Eastern ; £1,347 on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln; and £856 on the Great Western of Canada. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been principall connected with the arrange ments for the liquid a tion of the account, and owing to the unfavourable character of the traffic returns, prices have in several instances shown a downward tendency. Caledonian and Lancashire and York shire declined 55., and Great Western and North- Western 10s. ; Midland, North Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern, however, have improved 68. The Foreign and Colonial Markets have con tinued very dull, and prices have also shown less firmness. Dutch Rhenis,i have declined to 131, Great Western of Canada to 1.01 e, East Indian to 1001 and Great Indian Peninsula to 981. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue in fair request at about former quotations. London and Westminster, however, have declined Es. ; Oriental Bank, ss. ; and Crystal Palace Stock, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICKS. Bank stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 892 a 1 3 per Cent.. ConsAs Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l India Stock. . ,,, •• • Ditto 5 per Cent .. 984 8 1 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 771 Ditto 5 per Cent ; ritto Debentures, 1858 954 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — i )it to under £1,000 Cwasols for Account, July 10 'Ol 1 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d. D tto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 Der Cent .. 981 Ditto, 1839 & 1859 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred .... Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 Russian 5 pet Cent. 1822, £ St . . 102 Ditto 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859.... . ........ . Sp finish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 424 Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — 4 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. 28 i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account . . 901 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. ... LONDON, June 13.—Wind this day at noon, South- Zasterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PILL, June 12.—Wind W.S.W.—S a il e d—Mi c h e ll , for New York. DEAL, June 12,—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Agnes C. James, from Demerara; Susanna, from Portland; Clara, Om New York. LERWICK, June IL—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maxime, Worn (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursdy Mog. Arrived—Th u l e , from Lisbon • Wonder, a steamer, rni o f rom G uernsey ; Alliance, st eamer , fr om Havre. Sailed—Ad ele; for Newport; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, June 12--Countess of Leicester, from Guern seY; David Malcolm, from Trinidad ; Mary, and Wave, from Guernsey. Arrived, June 13—Neptune, from Havre; Percy, from Flobart Town ; Crescent, from Demerara ; Spray, from Caen ; Irene, from Bermuda; Phoebus, from Jamaica ; Louisa Ann, from P ort l and ; Rover and Ellen, from Guernsey; Scio, from Trinidad. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—John, for Havre; Biefleld Heuer, for Adelaide; Cid, screw steomer, for Bilboa ; David, for Cardiff —all from London. .LETTERS FOR 7HE SOUTIIERN STATES OF AMERICA. A notice of which the following is a copy has been re ceived from the Postmaster-General of the 'United States : " Post-office Department, Washington, May 25, 1861. " All Postal Service in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas will be sus pended from and after the 31st instant. " Letters for offices temporarily closed by this order will be forwarded to the Dead Letter-office, except those.for Western Virginia, which will be sent to Wheeling. (Signed) "M. BLAIR, Postmaster. General." In due course - all letters from the United K ingdom for warded to the Dead Letter-office at Washington will be returned to the Dead Letter-office in London, and in such case they will be opened and sent back to the writers. Nevertheless, as this suspension of the postal service is stated to be only temporary, the Postmaster-General will continue to forward in the general mails for the United States any letters addressed to the States referred to which may be posted in the United Kingdom, assuming that such a course is desired by the writers.—By command of the Postmaster- General, June 12 ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. THE NORTH AMERICAN ARMY.—It is not the ambitious, the restless, and the insatiable who enter the American army ; but men who wish for adventure, and who like command—for in America there is no influential class, as with us, to invariably throw their influence into the scale of war. War is too expensive a luxury for the American nation, and the great and admirable method of instituting an expensive profession, the expenses of which are paid by the masses, to support rich men's son, has not yet been dreamt of by the American philosopher. . . The only quality that renders an American unfitted for military ser vice is his proud incapacity for obedience. He hates uni fm"rn as he hates livery, and he does not acknowledge the divine right of generals. His mind is not receptive of pipe clay; he det es t s th ose sma ll punctilious exactions which in the English army seem almost intended merely to ruffle the l imper and break the spirit of the men. He will march , lit, and bear fatigue with any one, but he does not like to have to perform cceniel services that should only be re quired from " helps." The result is, that of all the volun teer corps in America the most popular is the Zouave regi silent of Chicago.---Zickenes "41l thf Tear Bound," 8,086 6,262 8,493 6,612 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid Closing Business Railways. Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at X& kris. At Exet.4 p.ctstoci- Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,4,1 percent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork At Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent I Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. Do Ist Clacs Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E.Coun.Ex.sp.c.No.l Do. do. No. 9 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. zuar... l d insirA4 las. sp.c. shares' Do. 4 p. c ztia. S. ft D. I:din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent !Msg.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Gres!: Northern, 5 p. ct. 1 o.sp.c.Redm., lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf Gt• Sn. & W (Ireland), p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke an, Rants) Ext. 5 p. et to. Itedeemable,4i p.ct Do. Redeemable. 4 p. et Do Irredeemable, do D 0.5 p.ct. Redeem. Pret Do. firm. Pref. Shares (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh do. 5 p. et. pref Do Illrmg.cruar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4q pc. pref Landtlrork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnel.st.£s 3s 10d pe Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lem& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No. l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. 4-5 per cen'. Do. do. 4i p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.-ip.c.S.(div.dettil '65 , Do. 4 per cent. Pm/ Lon. Chat, and Dover Do.W. rceiv. no div Ex.A til6pcispd on B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex 13 Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stoc k Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns at 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. 5 sh \ian. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et Do. Xti Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent ' , larynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 4 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 g c. stock Do. Con. Brig. do Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Lela dc Hit. pref. et Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 184 e Do. 5i p. C. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay. Val. Exet.lB47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, T2a. S p. Do. Boi.lTp. iqlsl Do. do." do Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East Cons.Pret 4 p. c. Do. 44 p e. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. a No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Pura): North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new Pt Scottish North-Eastern 3 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,p. - ,ua.6p.e Do. 7 p. C. pref. stool: South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4} per cent. South Eastern (Readink , Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed ‘ip.c. let is. -outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent: S.-Yorkshire, 4 p, c. gun Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 oer cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf let Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. DoPerpet. 6 P.C. pf 1866 . Do. till 1869, let is., 134 116 102 IC4 91 93 109 111 108 110 91 93 99 101 100 101 P iP d 22i 23 131 133 10 10i 221 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 264 274 314 32} 314 324 45 48 124 126 120 125 101 103 120 122 115 117 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , I Leasing Closing' Business Railways. I Paid. Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Bullringhamehire .... Chester t Holyhead... Do. 5i per cent Do. 5 „ Ln &N.W • • • • Do ....... 94 96 D0........' 521 531 D 0....... 121 123 D 0....... 110 111 Caledon... 100 102 E.U.&E.O 151 161 Gt. North. 132 134 E.Counts.! 41 41 Clydesdale Juno Colchester, Stour Val ' E. Lincoln sh. g 6 pf r c E.Union,liarvdchShs Do. Woodbridge— . Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. Do. new Gloster di Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby Caledon J Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N. Md.; Do. ;110 112 Do. hAlves."... Do. quarters Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c London & Greenwich Do. Preference ... • Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do. per cent Mnc., Bxtn ,&Matlock Mid. Bradford Prefer- S.Eastern Do.. Peto &Co. Norfolk.. Do. L NW&II .200 203 R 2 112 117 87 90 ence Sock - _ Newmarkt,BuryEx. gilts.. 5 percent.. Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c Do. fi p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares ......A . Roystn. Hitch., & Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. - S taffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon Iscroydn Midland E.Counts Do. Do. Midland LANWI & L.Ylc. J Do. Gt. North. T.Rrassey Do. M'Clean... Gt West. Lit BS 10)2 31 93 95 1 i i P i 55 57 16i 16 131 133 - -P1 89 91 be j SIIARE MARKET.- (THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Railway s. Paid. Price. Done all Belfast and Batiymenk Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk,, La., and Ch Juno 8 8i 81 83 Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleal. and AU d.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrook., &Passage , Cornwall . A (A gets no div., D° `s - until 6pc peran. Do B hasbeen d. toßi Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds 'East Suffolk lEdinburgh & Glasgow 'Edin. Perth, & Dundee 6 7 97 99 97} 01 'Forth & Clyde Junction Furness .... Glasfr. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland) Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'rierry & Ennisaillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle. Do do k shares Metropolitan Midland Do new Do L'irming. & Derby Mid. Ge. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent Do, ('ray Line .. 'eweastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. (Norfolk ........... 'North British .. . Dev. Rail Dk.stotr . 3tk ; A recs DO d. until 6pctias beenpd.B' Do R stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase, no Leeds Do York North London Do new 'orth Staffordshire. and S. W. Junction. N ot. Sz Grantham Rail. eebles r'ortsmouth ithymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... Shropshire Uni0n...... Sittingbourne dz Sheer. South Devon S. -Durham & Lane. Un. South Eastern ........ South Wales .. S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do D 0... ..... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim , Waterford & Kilkenny) Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall , West London ; Do Ist class Do 24 class .. 'WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford, no. Newport, Do. - Hereford' 5 6 41 43 84 9 17} 1 8i 49 50 38 40 28 29 82 84 2811 27? 107 109 125 127 [OB 110 02 104 [3O 1:2 103 105 721 73i 80 62 11 111 50 62 .19 121 44 46 931 94; 94 65 101 11 44 45 4 F d 1204 121 1i IR, 94 96 8 ii3d 54 56 621 631 104 104 k P su 60 00f 02 024 05 08 4f 41 1 9 1 iq 83 86 [l4 116 31 ,13 85 87 46 48 36 40 80 801 62 64 93 96 4 7 391 404 rill h 101 rd 51 6 pl 55 56i 2 & nt, ai; , l 83 85 11& 111 51 6 46 48 42 14 86 88 100 100 100 100 100 100 120} [On 4} 921 2 1 100 1100 102 20 21 5i 6 99 101 108 112 105 108 108 110 106 10.8 122 124 80 82 W 9 111 90 92 75 77 113 115 110 112 102 104 106 107 97 99 113 115 113 115 137 140 113 115 101 103 150 155 128 131 71 74 85 87 1 all all 134 14 124 126 93 100 89 91 90 92 ((2 IC4 94 10 164 174 10t 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 154 4 k l 68 70 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1861, lueiness done 5i 51 -p 2i 11.° t 1 11 12 31 2t 2i 2i 22 23 71 , 7$ 8} Sa 193 2ci 84 394 8 9 364 374 52 64 5 4il 18.8. all all all all all 13 14 51 6 A 1 1 ; 7 1 ds, 22 23 6 61 Ai 9g 20 21 i== 98} 9i i 10f 1 I 95 i r.:131 8 LAW INTELLIiT'ENCE—(2his Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Common Jury.) KNAPP V. KNAPP AND HORNBLOW. This was a st:it instituted by the husband, a farmer, re siding at Broad Blumsden, Wiltshire, for a dissolution of man iage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co respondent. The respondent pleaded condonation and con nivance on the part of the petitioner, and the co-respondent denied the adultery. Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Dowdeswell appeared for the petitioner; Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., and Mr. Jessel for respondent, and Mr. T. H. Lewis for the co-respondent. Mr. Sergeant Pigott stated the case. The parties were married in April, 1859, and the respondent was the daugh ter of a farmer in the neighbourhood where the petitioner resided. They were both young, the petitioner being only 24, and the respondent 20, years of age ; but very shortly after the marriage he found that his wife, though young in years, was very determined in character, which pecu liarity was developed at a very early stage of their inter course. She insisted on having beer for her breakfast in stead of tea, and, this point being conceded, she made further demands, in all of which she succeeded, and in a very short time she established her : . self as the chief authority in the household of the petitioner, who appeared to be a quiet and inoffen sive character. It was also alleged that she was in the habit of slapping her husband's face, and, on one occasion, her conduct became so violent that in order to protect him • self he was obliged to place her in a room, in which he locked her until she became calm. He was compelled to separate from her, but on a promise of amendment he took her back, and she rewarded this kindness on his part by forming an adulterous intercourse with the co-respondent. It appeared, however, that the co-respondent, who was a parish clerk, and had a wife and seven children, was very culpable in the transaction, and that he had availed himself of the Absence of the servants of the petitioner in June last, who were engaged in haymaking, to visit the respondent, and to take improper liberties with her, which laid the foundation of the subsequent adultery. He called at the petitioner's frequently afterwards, and the respondent was in the habit of treating him to cyder, and sometimes stronger beverage, and under the influence a the latter he had been heard to state that he had been at "Little Johnny's," meaning the petitioner, " and that ho had done some business with the mistress." This came to the know ledge of the respondent, and she taxed him with it. A letter was discovered by the petitioner which referred to this subject, and in which he expressed his regret for his indiscretion. It was in the handwritin g of the co-respondent, but not signed, and it contained some doggrel verses of a very amatory character. The misconduct of the parties became notorious, but as is usual in such cases, the husband was the last person to be come acquainted with the fact, and he continued to cohabit with his wife without suspecting her infidelity. The evi dence would show that she expressed an apprehension that the child of which she was about to be delivered would bear a strong resemblance to the co-respondent. The learned counsel then proceeded to state that the respondent in her answer alleged that the petitioner was in the habit of hav ing young men home to carouse with him, that he taunted her in their presence with not being in the family-way and made other indecent observations respecting her, for which there was not the slightest foundation. She also said that she was induced to sign the deed of separation through fear, but the fact was that the petitioner was in bodily fear of her and not she of him. She pleaded condonation also, and it could not be denied that on the 26th of August last they slept in'the same bed, but that was owing to the fact that there was no dry bed except in the petitioner's room, and it would be proved that he entreated her to leave his house. Elizabeth Austin was examined—She stated that. she had been in service at Mr. Knapp's last year. She remembered last July there being a haymaking at her master's, and Mr. Hornblow being asked to come and assist. Mrs. Knapp stated afterwards to her that Mr. Horn blow had taken improper liberties with her that day. Mr. Knapp told her afterwards that she liked him better than her husband. She remembered one day that her mistress and Mr. Hornblow were in a room together and she listened at the door. Her mistress had on a silk dress, and she heard it "rattling," and on another occasion she peeped through a window and saw Mr. Hornblow put his hands up Mrs. Knapp's clothes. She also saw them kiss • ing each other, and witnessed other familiarities pass between them. Mrs. Knapp said to her one day, "Do you think that Mr. Hornblow loves me ?" and she said she did not think he did. Mrs. Knapp replied and said, "You have said that to aggravate me," and on a previous occasion she showed her a box which she said contained a charm to make a person love her. (Laughter.) The witness ad mitted in cross•examination that she had received money from the co-respondent to conceal what she had seen. Some other witness es were called who corroborated the preceding evidence. There was no defence by the counsel for the respondent. The jury found a verdict for the petitioner, and the Court' pronounced a decree nisi with costs. CENTRAL C.R131111 AL COURT—(This Day.) NEW COURT. (Before Baron Bramwell.) THE COMMERCIAL BANK FRAUDS. John Durden was again indicted for stealing several sums of money, the property of Mark Hunter, and others, of the Commercial Bank of London. This was another indictment of a similar nature of which the prisoner was acquitted last night. The other charges against Holcroft have been postponed till next session. Evidence having been offered, Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury at some length for the prix( ner. The learned Judge then summed up the evidence, and The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The learned judge, in passing sentence, said the prisoner had been carrying on a system of fraud upon the bank of which he was a confidential servant, and through the plan he had adopted of making false entries in the book, he had actually defrauded the company to the enormous amount of £66,000. He did not think he should be doing his duty if he did not pass a punishment to the utmost limit he could go ; and, therefore, he sentenced him to 14 years' penal ser vitude. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) George Brown, Richard Swindle, and George Dawson were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Geo. Fairburn, anal Jane Hawksworth and Ann Forrest were in dicted for feloniously receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to have been stolen. The jury acquitted Hawksworth and found the other prisoners guilty. Brown and Swindle were sentenced to 18 months', Daw son to nine months', and Forrest to six months' imprison ment. Thomas Bellmore was indicted for robbing a man of £l4. The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect that having been drinking some beer with the prisoner, he left the house and proceeded along Thomas-street, in the Wyndham-road, when he was seized round the neck from behind, and in a short time lost both his senses and his money. The jury acquitted the prisoner. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) Richard Hodgson, apparently about 35 years of age, was indicted for committing a rape upon the person of Rebecca Walker. The jury had not returned a verdict when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE--A NARROW ESCAPE.—Thomas Lalley, a gilder, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhiit with attempting to commit suicide. Sherrill, 50 C, said—About seven the previous evening he received information that' the defendant had attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself in a cupboard a few days previously. He took him into custody, and asked him why he did it, and he replied, " That he did not know what he was about at the time." Mr. Henry Jones, jun., surgeon, 23, Soho-square, said he was sent for, and found the defendant had been cut down, and leeches were being applied to his forehead. The defendant was in a comatose state at the time, but as his pulse was going he found he would survive. His head was livid, but fortunately when discovered he had only hung a short time. He attended the defendant and applied resto ratives. _ _ _ — Defendant said he resided in Litchfield -street, and that he was not in his right senses at the time he did it. He bad fallen off a kerb and hurt his forehead. He was sorry for it, and would not repeat the act. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would discharge the defendant, but he ought to be very thankful, and had better keep himself in the hands of a medical man. THE LATE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.--At the Liverpool Police•court yesterday, John Lyons, a coal heaver, was brought up on remand, charged with the mur- i der of Catherine Flaherty, a woman of dissolute habits r It will be remembered that during a public-house brawl in Clement-street, Lyons committed a brutal assault upon the deceased, which caused her death a few hours afterwards. During the investigation of the case yesterday no material additional facts were elicited, and the prisoner was com mitted for trial on the charge of manslaughter. COOLNESS IN A MOMENT OF TRlAL.—The.Coche ,,eer Advertiser tells a story of a lady in that city whose dress was stepped upon by a partner in the dance. The skirt was torn, and a whalebone thrust out into the circle in a very unseemly manner. The lady coolly took hold of the article, drew it from her, walked to the door and threw it out, and took her place in the cotillon just in time to " forward and back." Although her. areas " collapsed," she did not. That lady would walk up to the cannon's mouth or the altar without fear or trembling, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. 'At:antic & St Lawrence Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New . . Do. Preference ...... Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleufta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lint) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c !Demerara lEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1855-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. t.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim , guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 4& p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Mclb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick t Canda Ity.tirLand(Lim.)g - .6pc; Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde ..........1 q..: Do. Punjaub .... 4e, Do. Do. ........ ce c? Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,g, Trinidad (Lim.) Bcrip.. i f 100 15 all 100 1 C losing Price. Paid. 60 65 96 97 4i 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 61 70 4; 8} 1 ii d i pr it 1d 100 101 97 99 984 994 984 994 194 204 63 66 54 58 34 36 43 47 3! 36 34 33 6173 184 fdfa 94 96 10f 10 d 9k 9f! 95 98 90 02 85 87 94} 04 87 89 5 7 5 7 994 1004' 141 4 ..1 - - (1 93 95 FOREIGN IAI2 erian . Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa.. Carmeaux Mine Itz Bail C0piap0................ 6itto Extension .... 'Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 P.C. Do. do. Great Central of Franct Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva .• • • Namur & Liege • Do. 6 p. c. Pref. • . Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) qua. 7 p. ct. 1irn...... Riga & Dunaburg . . Royal Danish.....• • • • • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5} per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c IS.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanders .. Do. 5i p. c. Pr&erence.. W. & N.W. of France .. West'rn of Austria.... West,rn of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . Do. 8 per cent Pref.. Zealand THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. V._. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(TIIIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROMAN CATHOLIC PAUPERS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Roman Catholic paupers of St. John's .wood, complaining of defective religious instruction. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whilchroach Railway, North-Eastern Railway (Castleton and Grosmont Branch), and Thames Haven Dock bills were read a second time. M'Mahon's Estates, Frosterley and Stanhope Railway, Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway, Birmingham Canal Navigation, Blyth and Tyne Railway, Limerick and Foynes Railway, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Lines) bills were read a third time. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS BILL. Lord LIFFORD said, in reference to this bill, suck um usual facts had come to light that he fe.t it his duty to occupy their attention for a few minutes. In the year 1846 a commission had been established for the purpose of super intending the improvements in Westminster. The com missioners worked well for some time, but a change ulti mately took place, and a great many debts amd liabilities were incurred to an enormous amount. In the years, from 1852 to 1854, the law expenses alone amounted to £36,000. The noble lord then alluded in detail to the proceedings of the commissioners, to whose misconduct he attributed all the want of success that had attended the subject of West minster improvements. When the property was sold off for which the present bill was required, the sum estimated to be realized would be just sufficient to pay off the mort gages, but not a farthing would be left for the bondholders. He wished it t 9 go forth that those gentlemen (as we un derstood) would be paid. Lord REDESDALE said the Westminster Commission was a most extraordinary transaction, and did require the interference of the legislature to settle it. The present bill was referred to a select committee who had endeavoured to remedy the difficulty as far as they could. The bill was then read a third time and passed. ADMIRAL ELLIOTT. The Earl of HARDWICKE called the attention of their lordships to the allusions that had been made to a debate in the other house to the visit of Admiral Elliott to the French dockyards. He exonerated him from the implied charge that he had wrongfully published information rela ing to the French dockyards which he had obtained during his visit. He had told the noble duke at the head of the Admiralty what ho did see, and he had also told Sir J. Pakington and other private friends, but there the matter ended, as far as Admiral Elliot was concerned. The Duke of NE WCASTLE regretted that the noble lord had not postponed bringing forward the subject until the noble lord at the head of the Admiralty was in his place. No charge had been made reflecting on the honour of the gallant officer by his noble friend, he merely impugned his discretion, but nothing further; as far as the statement roado by the noble earl that Admiral Elliott had not pub lished the results of his visit, he must say that though he did not write a pamphlet about them he took the most effectual way of providing they should be made the matter of discussion in the other house. After a few remarks from the Earl of HARDWICKE, the subject dropped. LLEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the amir at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the z•nwerby Bridge Gas Bill and the Tyno Improvement Bill were' agreed to. The Sneyd's Branch Railway Bill, and the Thorne Moor Drainage, &c., Bill, with amendments, were considered and ordered for third reading. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company, Charing-cross Railway (City Terminus), Dewsbury and Batley Gas, Great Western Railway, Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Rail-- way, Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, Mersey Docks and Harbour, and Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of an alteration in the Irish Poor-law, for providing better means of reli gious education for Roman Catholic children in workhouses, fur the restoration of the Galway subsidy, for opening rail way communication in India, &c. CANADA GRAND• TRUNK RAILWAY. Lord J. MANNERS moved an address for copy or ex tracts of correspondence between the War Department and the Canadian Government respecting the transfer and sale of land at Sarnia, for the use of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.—Ordered. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS. Sir 11. STRACEY asked the Secretary of the Board of Trade it he would name a day when he would introduce his bill to amend the Shipping Acts ? He understood from the right hon. gentleman that he would bring in the bill this week, and consequently he had written to his consti tuents, with whom he had compromisml himself. Mr. M. GIBSON said that he was very anxious to bring forward this bill, but he could not command public business, and therefore he could not say on what day he would intro duce the bill, or whether he would bring it forward at all this session. But in a few days he would be able to give the hon. baronet an answer. MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANIES. Mr. GREGORY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty the number and date of the different breaches of contract committed by the Cunard, Peninsular and Oriental, and West India Companies during the first two years of their service, and the number of penalties imposed ; and he also asked the Secretary to the Treasury in how many instances such penalties were remitted by the Treasury ? Col. FRENCH said that before that question was an, , wered he wished to ask why returns for which he had moved, and which had been ordered, relative to the subject had not been produced ? Mr. PEEL, in the absence of Lord C. Paget, said that the orders referred to were being prepared, but he could not tell when they would be laid on the table of the' house. With reference to the other question, owing to the length of time that had elapsed from the time to which he had to refer, there was some difficulty in tracing out the informa tion required. Taking the Cunard Company, in the first instance, which had been in existence since 1840, he found that during the whole time they carried the Government mails they had incurred no penalty, and therefore had not asked for any indulgence on the part of the Government, but had carried the mails with undeviating regularity. The Peninsular and Oriental Company had been equally regular. There was only one instance at least of that com pany having failed in executing their contract, and that was with respect to the communication between Malta and the lonian Islands in 1841, and a fine of £l,OOO was im posed and enforced. With regard to the West Indian Mail Packet Company, they should have three voyages in 1841 according to their contracts, but .in consequence of some delay in the completion of their vessels they were granted another month to commence their operations. As far as the conveyance of mails from this country by the company was concerned, there was only one other failure, and that was a delay of four days in leavng Falmouth, for which they had been fined £3,500, which had been paid. He referred to the evidence of Captain Chapple to show that out of 180 mails which that company had carried from this country, they had been most regularly conveyed, and he thought in the case in question they had been unjustly fined. With regard to inter-colonial communication, they were fined in one instance £B,OOO for a failure of contract, which the Government considered was produced by their not having sufficient vessels, but on their repre sentations this penalty was remitted. In another instance, in the same department of their service, they had failed to fulfil their contract, and they were fined £2,715. He be - lieved that this was a correct statement. MEDICAL OFFICERS IN THE LATE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Mr. BLAKE asked the Secretary of State for India if he had any objection to state what arrangements had been made with regard to the position of the medical officers of the late East India Company's army, on its amalgamation with the Queen's forces ; whether it was intended that medical officers who received an increase of rank by the warrant of January, 1860, simi lar to that granted to officers of the Queen's army by the warrant of October, 1858, should aloe reccive the same in crease of pay in proportion as when granted to medical officers in the royal army; and were the senior medical officers of her Majesty's Indian service to be promoted to the rank of Principal Inspector General, Inspector General of Hospitals, and Deputy Inspectors General of Hospitals, as heretofore, when vacancies occur, or were these appoint ments in future to be filled by the medical officers of her Majesty's royal army ? Sir C. WOOD said he was sorry that he could not give any satisfactory information on this subject, as the matter rested with the Council of India and the Secretary for War. THE EAST INDIA BILLS. In reply to Colonel SYKES, Sir C. WOOD said he hoped to be able to proceed with the second reading of these bills this evening. HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER JACKALL. Mr. CAIRD asked the Secretary of the Admiralty whether it was true that a fisherman had been killed, and another seriously injured in Argyleshire, in consequence of shots fired from her Majesty's steamer Jackall, while at sea, and also who was responsible for such a proceeding. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the accounts re ceived on this subject were conflicting, and the matter would be judicially investigated. THE GOVERNOR OF LEBANON. In reply to Sir T. FERGIISSON, Lord J. RUSSELL said that it had been agreed that there should be a Christian Governor appointed for the Lebanon, but some difference of opinion prevailitg amongst the Commissioners as to whether he should be a native, it was agreed that there should be no limit in re ference to that point. THE HIGHWAYS BILL AND THE ELECTION LAW AMENDMENT BILL. In reply to M FARROW and Mr. D. GRIFFITHS, Sir G. C. LEWIS said if he could proceed with the first of then bills by going into committee not later than H o'clock to-night he could do so, tut with reference to the other bill he would not bring it on to-night. WORKHOUSE AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS. On the motion of Mr. HENLEY, a number of returns on this subject were ordered. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, various exceptions were taken to its provisions by Mr, HADFIELD and Sir IL WILLOUGHBY. Mr. AYRSON defended the bill, but considered it was inconvenient to mix up the subject of Indian finance in as manner like the present. Sir C. WOOD said that he concurred with the last speaker, but the course he pursued was unavoidable. He quoted some of the statements of Mr. Laing in hi s financial statement to show that he (`ir C. Wood) bad not drawn too flattering an account of the financial position of India. He placed greater reliance on this statement, which had been endorsed by all the members of the India Council, than the report on which hon. members relied for information. The house then went into committee. (LEFT SITTING.) ASCOT RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Big Ben Cashio stock I 10 l' RAILWAYS, BRITISH MINES. 'Alfred Consols (Philack), British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )1 ' East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) , I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l 'Great South Tolgus 1 1G .Wheal Alfa. (Philack); IG. Wheal Vor (IIelston) 1 Grenville 'Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs ;North Frances (Mogan)! N. WWI Basset (1110 ; an) North Wheal Crotty 1 Par Consols (St. Blaney); Providence (Uny Lel nt. Surtridge Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleed S. Cann Brea (Illogan) I S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Li m I 'S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ; Stray Park I Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 'Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) ! ' West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) ! Wheal Buller (Redruth) ! Wheal Edward (Cals.), Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); IWheal Trefawney (Lis.)' 3.2.101 FOREIGD 1.14.0 7.4.0 17 13.12.61 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10. P 11# 1.11.0, 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 4.18.6 all 18.11 dig 24.8.0 13; ed 1. i. 2 I Mt 1t) 2 1 t 19 190 365 375 90 c 5 26 27 372 70 261 1 4 NES. 20 lAustrldian 1 IBonAccordCopper.Lim 17.6 4 d pr 1 20 'Brazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 15 314 554 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 4 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 dim. 40 Cobre Copper all 39 41 Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 4 I 2 Fortuna... all 24 3 20 General S. d A ) u . . s . t . r : 14 14 p 1 4 25 all 24 4 25 ip 1542: NL G isic:.. t aßspi N htnut iian . isunn C hdegia o p ( of n i f S t 1 Mariquit 3 Linares all 8 86 81 C aa Aa n o nu P ds o t f : S im . n A .e L a t : L ) 12 i s a a 0 . 1 6d: 2 1 1 . 4 3 4 1 l 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead 5 Port Philip 25•2•84 United Mexican 1 4 4 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 Do — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedServioe Bk 50 85 87 40 Australasia all 58 60 60 591 25 Bank of Egypt all 18 19 100 Bank of London ..... 50 53 55 20 Bank of Turkey 3 11 14d 50 British North American all 534 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 204 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch all 31 33 100 City 100 Colonial ... ..... 25 37 38 38 20'11 Cora. Bank of:Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 2 2 0 0 G Eu en g . - 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral l 22 23 B S k c s & w A i t u z As. . r iCahn alaa 1 1 1 1 _ 154 16 20 Do. new 5 1) 4 1 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 24 11 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 6 4 4 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wales—. all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 951 464 10 3 20 Ottoman Bank .. all 154 164 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new 25 South Australia ~ all 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 109 112 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 111 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-9 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug - . 100 :08 110 p. c. & Sept. 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 1014 1011 I 1 Cape G. Hope, p 0,1880 100 1054 1064 Do. 1890 100 106 107 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwdm 100 99 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1074 1084 1084 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7&& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. ;Wanly 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1054 1054 1054 DOCKS. stock Commercial IOU stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West India stock Londo' stock St. Katharine..., i 100 60 62 stock Southampton ' 100 stock Victoria.. • 100 I , 14 par 96 98 20 Do , New . ..• - 2 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint I all 13 14 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm ody 11 2 4 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 304 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 45 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&LMag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 324 Canada Land all 108 112 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' all at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrigo..g z Canal 1 4d Id i st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New .... 1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 4 1 Do. 175 pct Preference all I 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 15 1 4 20 Madras hr. and Canal 1 2 1 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 2. : 3 i 25 National Dis. Co. ( Li m ) 5 11 1 4' 1 , 31 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 05e 10 Netherlands Land all 5 DoSp.e.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 4 1 1 00 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.RAnstralasian (Lim.) all 5 1 • 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 11, 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. pr 5 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 35 Rcpt. Austin.ne lilv an st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 51 63 30 11 13 Red Sea&ln.TeLg.4sp.c all 17 Is 175 50 50 Pen. itseowriental Steam all 70 72 20 all 164 174 50 Rhymney Iron all 4A. 5 4 t am 6O 47 49 100 Royal S e (Lim ) 1 00 127 11 , ) 25 South Austra lian . -4 Tel. Scrip., all L L i a m nd .) all - 33 : 1 4 4 i I at ; S S : 15 Do. New do ' • all 5 7 10 DO. Agency 01 10 Trust and , . , i 1 Do. do. R Austrlasia (11m) zts 18. 1 ; t 20 'Pr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 77 1 i d pr 5 IL Irdom Tel. Co. (lim.) 10 1 100 van Matzen's Laud ~, '7.8111 9 , egisterea THE GOLD CUP. Thormanby Fairwater 2 Parmesan Seven ran. Won in a canter. ST. JAMES' PALACE STAKES. Walloon - - - - 1 Knight of St. Patrick Lisbon ........... Three ran. £lOO PLATE. Snapshot - • 1 Nuthatch 2 Sycophant 3 Eight ran. £lOO PLATE. Satellite Rattlebone Gallus Four ran. NEW STAKES. Alvediston Buckstono Hippodamia Thirteen ran. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861. JUNE. Hampton l9 Newton 19 Odiham 2 5 Newcastle 25 Bibury Clu' 26 Stockbridge Wiuchester 2B Newmarket Carlisle Worcester Liverpool July 9 Abingdon Pontefract 11 LY. Nottingham .. 16 Stamford Southampton 23 Hartlepool Goodwood 30 AUG Lewei Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhampton l2 Reading n Radcliffe - 19 I Egham 2O Oxford 29 York 2B Plymouth 29 :MB ER. SEPIT Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby . . War wick lO Lichfield lO Doncaster Richmond 24 Leicester 25 Walsall 25 Monmouth 26 Manchester Autumn 27 OCTOBER: Newmarket F 0 Newmarket S 0 l4 NOVEMBER,. Worcester Autumn 5 I Shrewsbury Autumn....l9 Liverpool Autumn 13 L IRELAND. JULY. Bellewstown 18 I Down Royal Corporation.. 24 AUGUST. Heath of Maryborough .. 8 1 Roscommon 22 SEPTEMBER. Curragh. . Tranioro OCTOBER. Londonderry Curragh THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.32 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 106 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4276 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.6; per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1056 to 106 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves little, if any, profit on sending gold to the United States. PARLIAJIENT.4RI' DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-JUNE 12. AFFIRMATIONS BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned debate on amendment proposed to question, " That the bill be now read a second time," and which amendment was, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question again proposed, " That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 66 ; Noes, 136. AYE 4-66. Adair, H. E. Finlay, A. S. Pease, H. Adam,W. P. Forster, W. E. Pigott, Francis Agnew, Sir A. French, Fitzstephen Roebuck, J. A. Ayrton, A. S. Goldsmid, Sir F. Scholefie.d, W. Baines, E. Greene, Capt. J. Scott, Sir W. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gurney, Samuel Seymour, H. D. Baxter, W. E. Hadfield, Geo. Shelley, Sir J. V. Bazley, Thomas Hankey, Thomson Sheridan, R. B. Berkeley, H. Heygate, W. U Smith, J. B. Bristow, A. Jervoise, Sir J. Stacpoole, W. Butler, C. S. Kershaw, J. Stangeld, J. Caird, James Langton, H. G. Talbot, C. R. M. Clay, James Lanigan , J. Tollemache, Hon.F. Cobden, R. Lawson, W. Waldron, L. Corbelly, M. E. Leathern, E. Warner, Edward Davey, R. Locke, Jo:in Watkins, J. L. V. Davie, Sires. R. F. Maguire, J. F. Western, T. S. Denman, G. Mellor, John Westhead, B. Dodson, John G. Miller, William White, Jas. Douglas, Sir C. Mills, T. Williams, W. Dunlop, A. Monson, W. J. TELLERS. Ennis, John Ogilvy, Sir J. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Ewing, H. E. C. Paget, C. Diliwyn, Lewis L. NOES, 136. Abercromby, It. W. Gray, William Mordaunt, Sir G. Adderley, C. B. Griffith, C D. Morgan, Major Atherton, W. Haliburton, Justice Mundy, William Baillie, 11. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Baring, Sir F. Hamilton, Major Newdegate, C. N. Barrow, W. H. Hardy, J. North, F. Beach, W. W. Headlam, Thos. E Northcote, Sir S. H. Beamish, F. B. Heathcote, Sir IV. Parker, Major W. Beecroft, G. S. Henley, Lord Patten, J. W. Bentinck, G.C. Hennessy, J. P. Paull, H. Benyon, R. Heygate, Sir F. Pennant, Col. Beresford, W. llill, Hon. R. Potts, George Black, Adam Hope, G. W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Blackburn, P. Hotham, Gen. Lord Rowley, Hon. R. T. Blencowe, J. G. Howes, Edward Sclater-Booth, G. Bramston, T. W. Humberstone, P. S. Selwyn, C. J. Brooks, R. Hunt, G. W. Seymour, Sir M. Browne, Lord J. T. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, M. Bruce, C. L. C. Jermyn, Earl Smith, Abel Cavenclish, Lord G. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, S. G. Cayley, E. S. Kekewich, S. Somes, Joseph Clive, H. G. W. Kendall, N. Spooner, R. Cross, R. A. Kennard, R. Stanhope, J. B. Dent, John Dent Kinglake, Serj. J. Stirling, Wm. Duff, M. E. Knatchbull-Hugess Steuart, A. Duncombe, A. Lacon, Sir E. Stuart, Major W. Dundas, Sir David Lefroy, A. Stracey, Sir H. Du Pre, C. G. Leslie, W. Taylor, Colonel East, Sir J. B. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Torrens, R. Edwards, Major H. Lockhart, A. E. Trollope, Sir John Fgerton, W. Long - field, Robert Valetort, Lord Elphinstone, Sir J Lopes, Sir M., Bt. Vandeleur, CoL Enfield, Viscount Lyall, G. Vansittart, Wrn. Estcourt, S. Lygon, Hon. F. Verner, Sir Wm. Ferrer, James Mackie, J. Walpole, S. H. Fellowes, Edward McMahon, P. Walter, John _ Ferg - usson, Sir J. Malcolm, W. J Watlington,_.J. W . Fortescue, Hon. D. Manners, Lord J. Whitbread, S. Galway, ..., Galway, Viscount Martin, P. W. Whitmore,. Wickham, a VY Gard, R. S. Martin,J. Woodd, /3 T. Garnett, W. J. Massey, W. N. wy n n, Co. ; - Gavin, Major Miller, T. George, John Mills, A. TELLERS, Gordon, C. W. Mitford, W. T. hard y+ J. R. 0. Montagu, Lord R. I"ac X Graham, Lord Wm. Montgomery, Sir G. Greenall, G. Moody , C. A. ------ . ey,,thorne C Ga vir THE RECORDERSHIP OF Irsivicm—Mr. J. R, Bulwer, of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed to the rccordership of Ipswich, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. David Power, Q.C. THE POLES AND THEIR. PRISON.--Ei g hte m iles fromNir ars aw stands the largest fortres s i n theworin d, a fortress with casemated and b omb - proof barracks fcr 40,000 men , a nd with a circumfer ence of 11 miles. TWhe ther this fact is generally known or not, it very few Englishmen — very few is certain th a t persons of any country but Russia—have been allowed the opportunity this wondrous stronghold. Nor, believe, o t h of inspecting i s s o o k f u ee r t the Govern ment at present in posses s i on o f any plan immense works; and as eviden ceof the jeal ous y withwhich strangers, it is hidden from the e y es o f I may mention that special permission f rom the C any foreigner to ent er it. T he N zar is requisite to enable fortress iiosrcagilelvesdkloodlinne,e 4...cr the New Georgien, in Russian, Feck, UST. IRON CASED SHIPS. In the matter of ironcased ships the French Ad miralty has taken one line, and our Admiralty has taken the other. The French' have convinced themselves that ironcased frigates will supersede all other vessels as fighting ships, and they are building a new navy, therefore, as fast as they can do it. The Duke of Somerset did not pretend to deny that what was recently stated in the House of Commons was true. France has so many iron sides in hand, and is making such exertions to complete them, that in a year's time or so she will have a fleet of some six-and-twenty armour plated vessels—a force equal even in mere num bers to our Mediterranean and Channel squadrons together. The Italians, too, and the Spaniards are each preparing their ironcased vessels, and it is, of course, possible that Spain and Italy may be in alliance with France. All this while we have only seven ironplated frigates in hand ; so that for the moment, if these vessels are really such im pregnable pa kni fabrks as they are said to be, we are clearly behi n dh an d, an d m i g ht b e t a k en at a dis advantage. g tot speech That, in fat t , h w e was the day. eargu argument of looked f k S e i d r at the case from this point of view, and urged our exertions s ty o f t o someprotect d the rthot c h o e u r n . try . by immediate absoukae from the intentions which That them was h Lordus co ci Paget something in the matter ° nsidered, is plain e u n o c t h e d e r ; s b i d u e t , t a h n e d r e t h i s e r o e f a l s a y o r n l e s n t e r c r o e s n e g t s c aseaonn nth° state ment brought it out very forcibly. The French, it is true, are building all these ves sels, but they are building them very indifferently. Oar Admiralty can see all their mistakes as they go on. It seems as certain as possible that in twelve months' time their models will be utterly superseded. The Achilles, for instance, will pro bably be as far in advance of the Gloire as the Gloire was in advance of an old sailing frigate. Even with our present experience, we are a long way ahead of the French—not indeed in results, but in ideas. For example, the Duke observed, that if it should be advisable to make defensive pre parations of some sort without loss of time, we could do so very easily by finishing off as ironsides some fabrics which have been commenced as wooden two deckers. "I do not think," continued his Grace, " that they will be very efficient ; but these ships will be at least as good as the French." In other words, our very makeshifts will be as effective as the best productions of our neighbours ; and this, we dare say, is true enough. Not that the Frenchare incapable of turning out good vessels ; they are among the Lest shipbuilders in the world, but they are in such a hurry to " reconstruct " their fleet, and the true theory of these new vessels is as yet so imperfectly apprehended, that the results. must from the very nature of things be imperfect too. All this is so very clear, and in this respect we are so completely on the safe side, that the only question is as to the security of the country during the "infancy" of the new science. What should we do, for instance, in the event of war, if an. enemy should meet our half-dozen ironsides with a. fleet three times as strong ? To thisit is briefly replied. that orders have actually been given for the imme diate completion of five of the makeshift vessels described above, and if these are at least as good as any others afloat, while our six or seven originals are far better, we could not be taken at any great disadvantage. Moreover, we could push that system of conversion to almost any extent. If there was any " pressure," we could cut down our three deckers, plate them with iron, and send them out to keep the seas till we had got better vessels built. But the Duke had another argument also, and a most important one it was. We have assumed throughout that these iron cased frigates are really or practically invulner able ; at any rate, that they are so much less vul nerable than other ships as to possess an incon testable superiority. But it happens that within the last few days this supposed impregnability has been brought seriously into quest on. "I now find," said the Duke, alluding to very recent experiments, " that Sir William Armstrong's guns have fired through eight-inch iron with the greatest facility." In point of fact, an Armstrong bolt of about 110Ib. weight was sent through and through a target not only stronger than the sides of any French ship, but stronger than those of the Warrior herself. We should like to know all the conditions of the experiment before founding a conclusion upon it, but, if all is true that is reported, the science of attack has once more become superior to the science of defence, and ironsides are compara tively worthless. Our fleet of gunboats, if each vessel carried a 100ib. Armstrong gun, would be a match for all the iron navies of Europe. Govern ment, indeed, has been proceeding upon this calm tion, and has been serving out these tremendous engines to the ships of our fleet, so that if for the moment they 2 h ould be inferior in powers of defence they might be superior in powers of attack. All this, however, does really show the extreme difficulty of the problem, and goes far to justify the hesitation which our Admiralty has shown. The Duke of Somerset admitted with perfect candour that Government got perplexed by its own experi ments. The more they try the more they are puz zled. First it is found that armour plates, if strong enough to resist a shot, ara too heavy for the vessel to carry. Then, when a new ship has been laid down with flotation enough to carry thicker plates, it is found that plates of the new thickness can be pierced by a new projectile, and so are no longer to be relied upon. In fact, one of our departments is working against another, and each gets the upperhand in turn. In the Victoria Dock lies the redoubtable Warrior, on which all the resources of the Admiralty are concentrated, so that she may take the water proof against at tack. Just across the river stands the Royal Gun Factory, where all the science and organisation of master-minds are employed in manufacturing engines for the destruction of such vessels as the Warrior and her kind. As soon as we have suc ceeded in one place, we succeed again in the other, and the second success destroys the first. The French are, only carrying out one idea; we are elaborating two. They are building iron sides as fast as they can ; we are experimenting upon ironsides, and at the same time developing new powers of artillery. It is because we learnled over the armour by which a gun can be F so clearly what a gun can do that we ar e p length, just now, instead of u se z d z , and at precipitatelybuilding our old ships with new ppo ironsid©, we are supplying 100-pounders. The Duke of So merset's explana tion was not only very intere s ti n g , but exceedin g l y frank, and it is impossible to ceny, after what has now been said, that the problem before our autho rities is enough to perplex them. We can only trust that during this periad of transition they will never allow our actual means of protection to sink below a safe standard.-1 EAST INDIA COMPANY. A general court of proprietors was held yester day, at the company's offices, Moorgate-street. Colonel SYKES, M.P., in the chair. The minutes of the last court having been read, The CUAIRMAN announced that the dividend on the ordinary stock of the company would become payable on the 6th of July. The SECRETARY then read the statement of the capital fund and investments of the company. A copy of the petition to the Crown, praying for ith l an increased allowance from the Government , w the reply of Sir Charles Wood declining to t enter tain the proposition, were then read to the.mateeats ing, the chairman expressing his opinion D b nothing was to be expected from the Government the proprietors must arrange to supply the F ec" - or. inch sary funds from their own resources. gave notice of a motion on this subject for the next court, to the effect that the n the interest thereon, being about £4 OO perannum, amount of the unclaimed dividends, being £14,000, and such interest be appropriated for the purp os es of the company. Mr. SHAW called the a ttention of the court to a into parliamentby Sr C. wo o d, which, he said, would highly detriment a l t o the interests of the public servants in I n di a, and a be bill just introduced breach of faith with those who wer e studying for ' the Indian civil service. He moved a resolution to b r each u o t f ion fai w th as efh seconded of opinion y and would t o h oeheffecto a that e t h w e a c s o t u o r t t a l w l y e r u e n c s a t lrloendg for,l provisions of the Act ep b y Mr. Cooke, 21 s t and 22d Victoria. be T a he b sup ported by Mr. Jones, Mr. Helps, and Mr. Austell, and agreed to. Mr. JONES moved a resolution condemnatory of the conduct of the authorities at the Horse Guards in acting contrary to the proclamation of the government declaring all natives of India eligible for qualifying for situations . in the military medical service, as evinced in their late rejection of a gen tleman, otherwise qualified, on the ground of his being a Parsee. The resolution was seconded by Dr. Finch, and carried. Some routine business having been transacted, the court broke up with a vote of thanks to the chairman. PRIESTLY IMMORALITY.—An interdicted priest, named Cohas, residing at Passy, was tried at the Tribunal of Correctional Police on Saturday, on several charges of indecent assaults on children, as well as of robbery, com mitted at Passy. It appeared from the evidence, that ho had officiated as priest in the diocese of Lyons and Moulins, but was obliged to leave through dishonesty in money matters. He then came to Paris, and was attached to the Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, but, having repeated his dishonest practices, was interdicted by the Archbishop of Paris. 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