The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET Ni)A CiTY NETVB. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been in some mea sure influenced by the effect of the disastrous fire that has taken place in Tooley-street. The dealings in tea have been limited owing to the near approach of the public sales. Sugars have been in moderate request, without however any change of importance to note in prices. Coffee, rice, and spices have been in limited demand, and little alteration can be re corded in the value of saltpetre. Tallow has been dull, but the destruction of a large supply at the lire in the Borough has caused a slight advance in the quotations. P.Y.C. on the spot being 538. 9d. to 545.. and last three months delivery 51s. 9d. to 528. per cwt. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Mackay and Road, held yesterday, the balance-sheet pre atnted showed liabilities at £16,150, with assets at £ 4 ,9159 ; it was resolved to appoint a committee of investigation who will report the best plan to be pursued at a future meeting. There was more demand for cotton at Liverpool yesterday ; the sales exceeded 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were for export and on speculation and last Friday's quotations were firmly supported. A further addition of £20,000 in gold was made to the stock of bullion in the Bank of England yesterday. There is a quiet demand for money in the Dis count Market, and the rates continue steady. On the Stock Exchange, however, there was an aug mented inquiry for advances, and the quotations range from C to 61 per cent. The market for Public Securities is extremely de pressed inconsequence of the continuance of specu lative sales, and the expectation that supplies of money stock willemanate from the insurance offices to provide for the claims arising out of the fire in Tooley-street. Consols have, consequently, re ceded to 891 I for transfer, and 89! s for the ac count, being i t per cent. lower than they were on Saturday afternoon. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities have receded to 88i -2-; the 5 per Cent. India Loan brought 98-Z 1; and India Bonds, 20s. to 12s. dis. ; Exchequer Bills are 9s. ; and the June ditto, 3s. dis. to par. Scarcely any business has been transacted to-day in the Foreign Stock Market. Russian 5 per Cents., however, realise 1021 ; and Brazilian 43- per Cents., 861 ; Turkish Bonds are flat ; the Old 6 p.:r Cents, being 71 to 711 ; the Loan of 1858, 55t to 551; and the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed, 100L4. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been extremely limited, and prices have 'shown no change of importance. Midlands, how ever, improved about ss. The other lines dealt in brought former prices. The Foreign and Colonial lines continued in active, without any material alteration. Grand Trunk of Canada, however, declined 10s. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have been inactive. Bank of Australasia improved to 61, Oriental Bank realised 46k, Peninsular and Orien tal Steam, 67 ; and Scottish Australian Investment, 128. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities BBl 3 :3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B Bi I i India Stock .. .. — Ditto 5 per Cent oBi R Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6f per Cent, Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under #3,000 Consols for Account, July 10 B 92iill March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d — Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Irazilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B6l T urkish 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St 1024 - urkiali 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9± k Ditto Account B9g 1 2dispar AQUA TICS. HENLEY-ON-THAMES REGATTA. The reg - atta.at HenlAy commencer] yesterday viah a bill Of fare well calculated to maintain its prestige as the greatest rowing meeting in the kingdom. The sport commenced at half-past two, with the race for— The Visitors' Challenge Cup. For Four-oared Boats. Cambridge—FirstTrinity Oxford—Brar.enose Oxford—Magdalen . 0 The Grand Challenge Cup.—Eight Oars. Oxford Trinity Boat Club Kingston Rowing Club London Rowing Club The Silver Goblet—Pair Oars. Oxford (Messrs. Champneys and Woodgate) Cambridge (Messrs. Channel and Burney) West London (Messrs. Bryant and Talfourd) 0 The Stewards' Challenge Cup—Four Oars. The London Rowing Club The Kingston Rowing Club The Wyfold Challenge Cup—Four Oars. Oxford—Brazenose Boat Club West London Rowing Club Cambridge —First Trinity .... 0 The Ladies' Challenge Plate—Eight Oars. Oxford Trinity Boat Club Ilion College Rowing Club 0 St. P e t er ' s R a dl ey R ow i ng Club LONDON UNITY ROWING CLUB. The members of this club rowed a four-oared race yester ilay, for silver prizes, from Putney to Barnes, the following being the crews entered : White --Messrs. G. Jackson, J. Burrows, C. Baden, W. Marshall; W. J. Matthews, coxswain. Black —Messrs. E. Ayling, J. Fountain, W. Matthews, G. Arnold ; jV. Morson, coxswain. Red—Messrs. R. Ayckbourn, F. Gage, G. Brown, G. W. Jones; G. Over, coxswain. Blue—Messrs. W. Hazlewoool, T. Morton, G. Hirst, F. Walker; F. Gay, coxswain. An even start was followed by Blue and White going off together and making a very fine race for more than a mile, till White gradually drew away, and, after a fine race with Blue, won by a length. Red tailed off and Black did not go. ST. MAJWARET'S AND ST. JOHN'S REGATTA, WESTMINSTER. The annual lightermen's and watermen's regatta at the norsoferry, Westminster, for money prizes subscribed by the inhabitants of the parishes, came off yesterday between the Houses of Parliament and Vauxhall-bridge. First Heat. W. Ellis and T. Royal (Red) 1 S. Martin and G. Beckett (Yellow) 2 W. Lane and G. Parker (Blue) 0 Won by four lengths. Second Heat. E. Hunt and T. Haywood (Pink) 1 11. Green and W. Martin (White) 2 J. Clack and R. Braithwaite Won easily. Final Heat. - - nunt and Hayward 1 Green and Martin Martin and Beckett Ellis and Royal The latter pair took the lead but fouled a boat and be came last. Hayward and partner then took the lead and won easily, the others keeping at a repsectful distance. ---- TIIE TWELVE PORTS.—The exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures from the 12 principal Ports of the United Kingdom in 1860 were of the declared value shown by the following table. They are the exports to foreign countries and British possessions abroad; the return does not comprise the coasting trade : Liverp oo l £65,419,732 ( Glasgow £5,406,410 London 3 0 ,8 37,688 ' Greenock . 572,702 Ilan Newcastle 2,662,076 Cork 1,903,488 Dublin 13ristol _ _ Lord Dufferin, the British Commissioner in Syria, arrived in London late on Sunday night from Con stantinople via Marseilles and Paris. Lady Dufferin, who Proceeded to Syria on learning that her son was laid up with fever, accompanied his lordship home. A LOST BRACELET RESTORED.—A few days since a gentleman from Messrs. Abord and Collingwood's, Jewellers, waited on Mr. Tyrwhitt at the Marlborough -street P olice -court to know to whom he was to pay the reward of £lO offered for the restoration of Lady Duncannon's brace let, of the value of £7O, lost by her ladyship while on her return from a party at Miss Burdett Coutts', it having been offered by a man for sale at Mr. B. Moses's, jeweller, Han way-street, Oxford.street, and stopped. Mr. Tyrwhitt informed the gentleman that he thought the reward should be given to the person who saved the property, and the reward has since been paid to Mr. Moses, who so properly ac ted ia the matter, and the bracelet restored to her lady- Ship, SBARE MARKET.-(THIS D AY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• I Closing Business Railways. I Paid. I ,„. Done 100 Share. 13.14 stock stock stock :Belfast and Ballymena Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch Jima Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. andlllid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen Cardigal, Cork and Bandon Cork, lilrock., 4:Passagcl Cornwall . • .• . A gets no divi IDo A (••] • fl n innpc peran.i DoB rhasbeent d. tol3l Dublin Belfast June I Dnn., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian ,Eastern Counties 'Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds jEast Suffolk Edinburgh Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth (t Clyde Junction Furness Glasg,. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Dodos do Gt. S. t W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern.... Lancashire t Yorkshire London and. Blackwall Lom, Bright.. &S Coast 'Lond.. Chat., and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western 'Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine IL,'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln 151aryport and Carlisle 1 Do do shares , Metropolitan Midland Do new no ►arming. & Derby Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do i shares Mid Kent ..... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry do Armagh, def Newry, AVarnpt. do Ros Norfolk . . North British ... Nor.Dev.RailitDk.stock 3tk ; A recs no (1.! until 6pch . p.s beenpd.B Do B aock Nth. Ea tern — Berwick, ,Do do , G.N.E. purchase) Do Leeds Do York INorth London . Do new North Staffordshire N and S. W. Junction Not. lz Grantham. Rail Ireebles Portsmouth Rhymney . Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne k Sheer South Devon S.-Durham & Lanc. Un ISJutli Eastern ;South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton k Darlington Do do _ Do New (1360) Taff Vale ............ • • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesilavenDk&Rail Ulster .. '• ... D 0...... . %ale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim. Waterford & Kilkennir Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London ' Do Ist class ........ Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West ➢iidland—Oxford Do. Newport; Do. Hereford 47 441 42 (4 86 88 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. I p a id Closing Business I Price. Done. 25 Rlythe and Tyne 10 per! c. pref. (issued at £5O all stock (iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 stock Caledon £10,41 percent 100 100 102 stock , Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 6 4 I Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 'Cornwall. 5 per cent. 61 IDun.Perth&Aber..Tun all 51 6 14 IDo Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 108 stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 121 123 stock I Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 80 82 stock ' Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 stock I ledin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 109 111 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 I stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77 stock IFurness, 5 per cent .... 1 00 stock 1G las.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c 100 stock Greht Northern, sp. c`, 100 113 115 115 stock Co.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 109 ' 111 stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 i Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock SG. t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 100 97 99 / p. ct. pref. stock 1 50 Great West. (Perks ano Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock 1:o. Redeemable, 44 p.c. 100 93 100 stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. et. 100 89 91 stock Da Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 94 10 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. all 161 171 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 101 10i stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 261 i Do. Chester gua. shares all 2 0 21 131 I Do. do. do. 20 I Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 pC. pref 4O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO stock f . /o.Bariisl.st.£s 3s 10d pc 100 ..... ' stock Do. 6 per C. (11. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No 1 100 113 115 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 113 115 stock Do. gua. 6p. C. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 113 115 113 stock Do. do. 41 per cenf'. 5 Do, do. 41 p. c. shares all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock lOO 1 150 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 27 130 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 M 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 861 871 83 Do. W. A rceiv. no div 10 1 I Ex.A til 6p eispd on 1 all f Do. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 21 stock [.on. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO I I stock Lou. Lon. & S.W, 7p. et. stock 100 stock ; Do. 44 per cent lOO Is. 6(3 Do. (I'rtsm. perpl anus. • 1 of 2s. 6d all 121 .Londondy. & Cole. Ish all 121 t Londony. & Ennis. Ish all 1131 14 stock !Ilan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 124 126 6 Do. £6 stock ' Do. 31 per cent 10 \ Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 i if' 121 7.laryport & Car., 4p. c. all 12i Do. 41 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. 100 134 136 stock I Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 103 6 Do. 41 per cent 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at, 100 91 93 stock Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock ; Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 stock I Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 -- stock North British, sp. o. stock Do. New, gua. sp. e lOO 108 110 101 Do. Bor. lYn. g. pf. he 5 1 11 p li f Do. do. do all st Nth.Dev.Rall. &Dck.Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 at Do. 46 pe. redeemable lOO 99 101 st Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. Pref. 81 0 4. 100 102 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. p 1p P 20 • • Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 121 1 Do, do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 'Do. York, H. &S. Pure!). 10 1d 4p • 20 (North Staffordshire.... all 221 211 10 i llh ymne y Guaranteed. S c ottish Central, new pt all q st (;;sottish North-Eastern st 3Diop.ielierPdreeef*ns,gutwa-k4 e. 1000 -- ' . st Do. 7p. C. pref. stock 100 131 133 ; 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 101 1 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Readinz Ann., 1.0.6) t South p 0.4 7 apleersall 22'1, 231 c* gua.en cent. 4 st Do. 41 per cent lOO 99 100 : 2sa s s t stt Ss i D . .Docl o l . , I t . ' Sk .4, 1 x t e Dei d rre ler cent;.l. 4 p i . p c 5. . c . 1 s o . t is lOO 99 100 Z st p.c lOO gua 10 0199 8 98 5 1 9 0° 0 100 6p * . ''''' 1 00 a1 45 4B l a o l 0 1 11 2 1 6 7 4 1 2 2 7 0 4 uttetk l a o l o l 25 Do. B 6 ner cent P. e** 12 82 4 126 33 100 100 1 12 1 0 5 1 123 25 Do. C 6 percent .. . I 311 124 21 st W w . 8. 3 t ft ci d :t o K x t i 1 ltd k ti y G , a t Do. do 3 at Do. Newport 5 p.o.pf.red. 100 1 st Do.P p e o rp . ettil,l6rs.s4c.,pifsltB is. 100 st LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -- pal , - I , Leasing !Closingl I Railways. 1 "• 1 Co.'s I Price. Bedford and Bletchley allLn &N.W .. .. 1 Bu3l-inghamshire lOO , Do ....... 91 90 Chester & Holyhead 100 'D0........ 52 13 Do. 5} percent 100 'Do . 5 ++ loo . ,Do. ...... 110 211 Do Clydesdale Junc lOO Caledon., 101 103 C o lchester, Stour Val all E.U.SLE,C 15i 16 E. Lincolnsh. g 6 per c ICO Gt. North. 132 134 E.llnion.HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4i 41 Do. Woodbridge lOO 1 . , Gls.l3 ar r.&Neils.Drct lOO Cale . don... , Do. new lOO 1)0.......1 Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. l llrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Er Hull and Selby I all Yk.N. Md. Do. halves... ' all Do. Do. quarters........ all Do. i Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 Ln&N.W London & Greenwich.' 100 S.Easternl Do. Preference .... 100 D 0....... • Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Veto &Co.i Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Nodolk 1 flint.,N3i D i dw o . l oo 'Do. t n t,o . B , r & ud : y a E tl . e l k 5 all II L , N W& t 3l l gua. 5 percent-- j Prefer ence Stock ' 100 'Midland.. N o p rt o h . n. F & i x E c a d s t s n. p. s e. p ...c . . 1 * a ft s l l l l 6* .1 1 D ) " 0 0 C .. : u . n .. 8 . Do. fs p . , I all , Do. Roysth.rlitch North Western all ,Midland— , 8z si A all o Do. Preston and Wyre. 1 all 114,.&-, NW Shrewsbr Do. i Sharesl". -.- , ..k. 1 y& nereford 100 ,T.llrassey Wilts and Somerset ) lei) , 1 G, t.North. all ,3PClean... Do. hireS.-Stafford Will Wall &Cro di I W Alt. West. 1 I Do. y . all Ilhaßren in Bl3Carxrakdt per cent Si 31 93 95 P 55 57 15} 16 1130 133 - -P 90 92 fle 91 1 Buoinese Done. 94 3} stock stock stock stcoC stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock [9.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocK stock stock stock stock 8 9 81 83 6 7 96 98 97, 1 , 07:1 - 5 6 41 43 81 9 171 IFI 50 51 39 41 28 30 83 535 27i 28} 1107 109 '125 127 108 110 99 101 1129 131 1104 100 721 73/ 1 GO G 2 1111 1111 50 fi2 119 121 44 46 94 94i 944 85 10i 11 46 17 4 8 d 120! 1214 1 * tKF 94 96 8 6d 56 (8 63 63i 100 10 51 P 01 3 614 624 93 934 96 PS 4i 41 I 104 11 85 87 114 116 31 d 3 85 87 46 48 38 40 80181; 61 63 94 06 4 7 394 415 91 101} 5i 6 p 55i 561 2i 2 p i€ P 88 90 lli 111 VI 61 50j I 1071 981 9 81 72 f 111 1201 11 100 100 100 10134, 100 1 100 100 1041 5 4/ P 611 93i 21 80 1 a 62} 110 112 200 203 Al 03 112 117 87 80 Tille SUN, LOIIDON, TUESDAY - P.-11713NUNG, .ItilsTE 25, 1861. !Business done {lOO 15 all 100 AIL 18.8. all all all all all 11 If d pr I i d 100 101 9G 98 98} 99} 984 99i 18} 19 60 63 52 55 33 35 43 47 33 35 23 35 98 99 idfd 91 96 10i 104 104 10 .6 98 90 92 85 87 95 06 87 89 5 7 5 7 100 101 1 d —d 1,2 0 1d "AYS . 15i Gi —P 21 lid I 1 11 12 3} 2t I 2/ 21 e 22 23 74 8 8 SI 194 2O VI 394 8 9 30& 374 53 54 5i 40 13 14 54 51 I; I ids 22 - 23 6 6i -01 9 20 21 loi i IMPE MIA L PA 'MUM EN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Conway and Llanrwst Railway (New Title) ; London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Lease of Margate Railway, &c.) ; Margate Roilway (Ramsgate Extension, &c.) ; Stourbridge Railway (Extension to Smethwick, &c.) ; West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway (Ti affic, &c.) The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Mold and Denbigh Junction. Railway; North London Railway (Branch to the City); North Lon don Railway (Widening) ; Somerset Central Railway. Tuesday Morning. (BY ELECTRIC T ELEGRAPH.) from Port Talbot; Arrived—Shallot aSndlYTTaHhAtt,l2frToZOdessa; Southampton, Sailed—La Poule and L o Co q , for Cherbourg. H s t eaavmr Havre, r s , t e from r J f e r r o s m e y r a e r . . y en 1 ell, Tuesday Morning. City of Sultan, from the e;a Red (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, j° C s o eP ld h s i t n r e ea a m n , l Riding Hood, from Barbadoes ; Ouse, from Dunkirk ; frotrißveude,noJsune Ayres;24— avelines ; Esk, fro Thames, from Gr 41 Guernsey ; Tiger, from Santander ; Charles Riddle, from New York; St. George, from Guernsey. Arrived, June 25—Prosyer9, from Leghorn ; Star, from Rosario ; Souvenir and Fidelity, from Guernsey; Thomas, from Riga. Sailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. '"Anchored—Malakhoff, from Londol i • , Mogadore, from Loudon for Cardiff. BRITTSIi POLICY IN NEW ZEALAND.—The fol lowing is an extract from the minutes of mee ti ng of New Zealand colonists :—" That this meeting h av i ng l earn t th a t Colonel Gore Browne, C. 8., has ceased to be Governor o f the colony of New Zealand, desires to record its cord i a l ap probation of the manner in which his Excellency has dealt with the resistance offered by certain aboriginal natives to the authority of the Crown in New Zealand, and its regret has that ho should not remain in the colony t o cart y t o it s co n ,. elusions the policy which he has adopted." GLASGOW COTTON-MARKET,isJ reeek. A. 22.—This mar ketidsemand has been met uiet, bu byholders steadY pretty daily freely, but no decline can be quoted. Yarn. — The market continues in a lifeless state, and, while yarns aro m aintaining their value, the s been b t qt price of goods has touched such an unprofitable point that manufacturers must shortly be compelled to resort to short time. Pig Iron.—There has been a gradual advance in the Scotch pig iron market all this week, with e good de mand for warrants. To-day the market closes steadily at the highest points. Warrants, 50s. 3d. prompt cash; No. L 1, G.M.8., 50s. • No. 3 , G.M.8., Os.; No. 1, Glart- 665. PRUSSIAN EPSOM - _RACES. Yesterday (June 21) began the Prussian Epsom races. Epsom, in Berlin, is called Tempelhof, and the course is about two miles from the Halle gate of this capital. The commencement of the four days' running does not produce that general animation and holiday aspect of things so striking in London on a Derby-day. Indeed, it would be possible for a foreigner to be the whole day in Berlin without knowing that anything unusual was going on. The sport began at five in the afternoon—rather late according to English ideas, but the intervals were short between the races, and here at this season the days are very long—indeed, with a clear sky, there is hardly any darkness. In coolness yesterday but little was gained by fixing the running for the even ing, for a heavy, sweltering heat, making perspira• tion profuse in perfect repose, and causing every horse to break out and lather almost as soon as he left the stable, hung over the dusty fiat. Berlin has been compared to an ostrich egg laid in the midst of a desert of mud, and the simile is not inapt, although it must be admitted that the spa cious and pleasant Thier-garten and the tree planted streets and pretty gardens of the adjacent suburbs agreeably moss up one end of the egg. But the immediate environs are otherwise as arid and sandy as they are flat and uninteresting. The road on to Tempelhof is no exception. After a time you quit it and take a sandy track leading to the course and in which your wheels sink deep and your horses labour painfully. Soon after 5 yesterday the Crown Prince and Princess Victoria drove out in a light low carriage and four. O ne saw b u t f our private vehicles upon the road, there were a few large char-a-bancs, such as Londoners go out to country parties in and there were some hired coaches from the hotels, and even the ignoble Berlin fiaeres a particularly cheap and nasty sort of machine had the audacity to display its dingy panels and dirty lining and broken-kneed venerable horse on the way to the Rennbahn. The number of car riages of all descriptions was, however, insignifi cant, and the absence of the lower classes from a racecourse so short a distance from the capital showed how little national taste there is here for horse-racing. On the ground a stand was erected, two long, low sloping sheds, and between them was a neat little white pavillion, surmounted by the national colours, for the royal party. The stand was tolerably full, but ladies were not numerous. Uniforms were extremely abun dant on the ground, especially in the vicinity of the stables, weighing machine, &c. It is diffi cult to estimate the whole number of the spec tators, because they had distributed themselves at various points of the course, at a turn correspond ing to Tattenham-corner, and at a place half-way round the course from the winning-post, whence several of the races were started. There was no crowd, however, anywhere ; and if the races took 5,000 persons out of Berlin yesterday, including servants of all descriptions, it is more than I am inclined to believe. There were no rows, no fights, no runaway horses, no detected pickpockets, no thimble-rigs. Aunt Sally did not show. As most people in Berlin dine at about three o'clock in the afternoon, there was no need of comestibular hampers. Some trays of beer were carried about the course, and much demanded, and of tobacco, I need hardly say, the fumes were übiquitous. The day's programme comprised nine races, one a hurdle race with gentlemen riders, and two of them flat races for horses of the Landwehr Cavalry. A pretty good number of English horses ran, and some of tem, according to the Berlin Dorling, were of dis tinguished pedigree. From the principal race of the day, the " Union," English horses were ex cluded. It was " for all horses born on the Conti nent in 1858," and was won by a horse of Count Hahn's. As regards the running, all that I can say is, that it was of a mixed description. A sporting and military friend, who was on the ground, thought that they did those things better in Ireland, and that he had once seen better races at Fernley. Some of the jockeys were rather heavy, and some of the horses a little light. There were one or two well-contested races, espe cially one between Count Wilamowitz's Yankee and Baron Maltzahn's Tiptop. A good deal of the riding was decidedly bad, and the horses were not made the most of. The two Landwehr races were good fun, owing to the hearty zeal of the men. They were run . for prizes given by the Government—the first horse 50 thalers, the second 20, arid the others minor sums. In each race ten or a dozen horses ran, and among them were some fine, powerful chargers. The riders, who seemed all of the class of stablekeepers, yeomen, and the like social grade, were in their ordinary civilian dresses, and wore every man a badge number on his right arm. They rode (some of them with cigar in mouth) with much more apparent eagerness than the jockeys did, and the start in the last race, which took place at half-past 8, when they burst off well together, dis appearing almost immediately in a tremendous cloud of dust, was very good. But the hurdle race was, as usual, the event that excited most interest. The course was about 2,000 paces, there were six hurdles, nominally three feet high, but in reality somewhat less. Seven horses ran, four of them ridden by officers in uniform, and three by civilians in the usual jockey costume, which had the appearance of giving them a decided advantage over their tightly fitted military opponents. They made a very fair start; a certain blue silk Jacket, a light weight, and a neat rider, was rather a favou rite among strangers, although a gorgeous scarlet Hussar was apparently looked upon by the natives as the coming man. The hurdles were nothing to leap, and over the first they went almost in a line. The second was less visible from the neighbourhood of the winning post, but it was got over (or, I suspect, by some of the horses, swerved at and passed by) without accident, blue silk and Hussar keeping the lead. Then the course sank, and was lost for a short time to our view, and something wrong must have happened at or near the third hurdle, for one horseman alone turned the corner and came in sight again, followed at a considerable interval by one more, while a riderless horse galloped down in the direction of the stand. Scarlet was evidently carrying it hol low ; he cleared the last three hurdles in good style, and Lieutenant Krell, of the Brandenburg Hussars, was proclaimed the winner. Another cavalry officer came in second, and all the rest were nowhere. The Crown Prince and Princess left the ground after seeing two or three races. Several others of the Royal Princes were present. When all was over, horse, foot, and vehicles made for the main road by various sandy tracks. The stream cannot be said to have been either very long or very dense, but the dust was prodigious. In this respect alone did the homeward drive resemble the return from an English race. No other point of likeness was there—no excitement, no fun, no chaff, no upsets or locking of wheels, no gallant costermongers giving the go-by to aristocratic equipages, no pelting with oranges, nor, I am happy to say, with China dogs. Nothing could be more orderly, more re spectable, more decorous, or more dull. A horse race out of England is, in one respect, like a bull fight out of Spain ; you may import the thing, but you cannot supply the spirit or communicate that genuine love of the sport, innate in and common to all classes, which creates for the time general sym pathy and perfect equality, and establishes upon English heaths and downs a great democratic carnival. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—MONDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst Underhand (taken) 6to 1 agst Rosamond (taken) 100 to 15 agst Wombat (taken) 7to 1 agst Doefoot (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wildman (taken) 100 to 8 agst Joey Jones (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Schism (taken) 12 to 1 agst Starke (taken) 100 to 6 agst Elcho (taken) 20 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zodiac (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) 000DWOOD CUP. stolon the field (offered) 6to 1 agst Optimist (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kettledrum (taken) 12 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, MONDAY. Contrasted with Saturday we had a very quiet day. For the Northumberland Plats at one time Underhand did not seem quite so firm, 3 to 1 was freely offered, and the only animal backed was Doefoot, about whom 5 to 1 was taken. Afterwards 3 to 1 was taken about Underhand, and 6 to 1 laid against Doefoot. At the same time Rosamond, Wom bat, and Peggy Taft were backed, and there was money for Volatile at any advance over 100 to 8. Tho only change was the support given to Wildman and Predictor, who were each backed to win a few hundreds, but the layers in both cases were the stronger party. Any price was offered agat Danae. Closing prices : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 3to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 6to 1 agst Doefoot (taken) Bto 1 agst Wombat (taken) 9to 1 agst Rosamond (taken) 10 to 1 agst Joey Jones (offered) 12 to 1 agst Peggy Taft (taken) 12 to 1 agst Volatile (offered) 16 to 1 agst Wildman (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agBt Predictor (taken and Offered) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. 9G 98 4i 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 ti Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Ccutind Gu. 5 per cent........ ' Do Do. Ei B ufra:lo and L 111C,C lluron Do. New Do. Preferonce Buffalo,Brant o tGodricli I 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 iDo. do. July 1, 187' Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S. En stn. (Lim, Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ;CapeTown Dock Scrir !Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c iDemerara lEastn. Bengal gm 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulp ore Do. 4} p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1855-1670 !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 ..J Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPentn.grua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada ShareE Do. New IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt IDo. 5 p. c. do. '77 do , I Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do. Madras guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4/ p. c. Extension. Do. 5 do Melb.Corp. G p. 0. linds. , iNewilr uns wick a Can& Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ IDo. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Dude (Limit ed) ........ I Scinde .......... e l ....: Do. Punjaub .... v . e Do. Do. ....... OU. Do. Indus. St. Flo. ~,A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.r, FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardenne5..........., Rah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c.l ,Belgian East. Junction, Boners to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ....... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France 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. Parls,Lyons, & Mediter.l Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Pern ) ua. 7 p. ct. Ihn Riga & Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse .. Do. 51 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern Do. 51 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France !Western of Austria I Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand .. _BR I TT SE Alfred Con soli(PhiTaci4 British Iron Clifford . Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ...... ....1 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) , G am. drSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)l Great South Tolgus , G.Wheal Alf (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant), North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan); North Wheal Crofty .1 Par Consols (St. Blazey)! Providence (Uny Lelnt.) l Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ,Tin Croft 1 Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogran) , Wheal Buller (Redruth)! Wheal Edward (Cals.)! Wheal Kitty (U.L elant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)', FORETG - 20 lAustralian 1 Bon Accord Conivr,Lim. l 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 5 Do. Land and MmingrCo.! 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 1 40 Cobra Copper 'Copiapo .. . 1 'DunMoun.Cop.lling.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ' 1 # 'Kapunda (Limited) 3 , Linares 5 , Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 20 iPontgibaud Silver,Lead 1 Mining and Smelt 5 'Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 281.81 United Meidean 1 ,Worthoing (Limited) D 341 351 It • 3S) 41 6 8 I I 21 21 24 25 1 11 1 p 8 81 id pr * Id 3 5 all 1 10s. all all gi - 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&Unr teoService Bk 50 85 87 40 !Australasia all 60 61 61 25 'Bank of Egypt all 18 19 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 60 British North American all se 52 20 Chto.Bank of India, &c. all 20 204 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 131 33 100 City .... 50 i 72 74 100 Colonial ........ ....... . 25 137 39 201.1 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all , 100 Commercial of London. 20 1 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 1 153 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all , 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all I 221 233 20 ' Do. new 5 ' 13 1 i 50 ,London and County 50 London Joint Stock • 20 London and S.African lO ,23 13 100 London & Westminster 20 67 69 673 T 100 INat. Prov. of England , 42 -• 20 'Do. new l2 -- 50 National Bank ........1 25 2C New South Wales . all 25 Orient. B. Corporation ] all 46 47 463 20 Ottoman Bank all 16 163 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 'Do. new 25 I South Australia ~ all 25 Union of Australia ... 50 Union of London 1 12 25 27 100 Unity Mutual.. ..... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. --------. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 108 113 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 110 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1003 1013 1013 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108 Do. 1890 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1073 1083 108 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 993 1003 991 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 993 100 y 100 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwcle 100 993 1005 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. S. Aus,G6 p6 p .pc. .c .c .. l l . B jp 7 m. B 4o t ja u ut. p i.y " , sterling, 1875 -- I D Ti o c .. G d o ° . v 6. 1053 105 DOCKS. lob 1 stock I ,Commercial ll l lO O OOOO OO 1 0_ 0_ 4 73 4 1083__ Istock I Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Min lOO 1 stock East and West India stock ,London stock St. Katharine , 100 60 62 stock I Southampton , 100 _ stock i Vietoria . ..... 100 96 98 20 ID& New% —— ...,-- ..l 2 18 par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..I all 13 14 10 Atlantic 11. Ml. Stm (Id) 11 23 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 Australian Agricultural, 19 31 33 L3l 10 Berlin Water (Limited)] all 43 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 30 25 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 323 Canada Land all. 108 112 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lirct all 2 15 5 10 131:0De Lon.. d o .1. District t : . I c cc o ni p ec : tir l is i he n.ofEng.&Stultg,. all 25 21tp: (._iii:D Do.. oern. n P 6. d r spi e at f eeT . tar 7. nr i ri: p enN e r ..p r &ve c iteg. Canal n aD t .. t ie b . . all , st . Crystal Palace Bt. Do. Preference _1 IG__reat Ship Limited) s T 4 e A le aa r . a co h pper. e s p t w t e r e n i e t . I, I4P T T r e epil. n. 100 182 33 100 1a:0111001i 1 19 0 05 5 3_46: a 1 ( . 13_ 1 43 88 d 20 ; Madras Irr. and Co. ere . n i c l e l all ‘ls I, — 1 s 3 Canal I, l n , ai i m m l . : 3 ) all al il 23 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 rCoon. (Lim )i 5 11 ( l e d 4 L.G. Omnibus el ' (Lim ) 34 -- 2 2 0 5 ' N N a e r t i b o u n c a 1 0 a 1 ,t, s I Di ns . ( 10 5 i D osy .e Netherlands pret i Land ssat i . a all a s i i . 1 N.B.Australasian 1 106 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 510 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all (Lint) all ; 11 1 ,Do. New Shares (Lim.). i 15 s. 1 4 1': 10 °Hutt. In. Steam (Lim)] 8 . 2 2 St. Peelß.Lnd.tkrMin.(Lim) lop -- 52 5 - 4 50 I Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 67 50 Do. New 3O 9 r i 20 tied Sea&ln.Tel.g.43p.c. all 173 183 173 50 Illiymney Iron all 163 173 15 I Do. New all 44 53 100 1 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 st. ,Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 128 131 128 25 South Australian Land all 33 m 1 ISubmarine TeL Scrip all a I 1 Do. do. Reg istered i 10 D o, do :all 4 6 10 Trust and Ag e n c y oi l Austr l as ia (lim) let is. 1 * 3 1 20 Tr.,t Ln.Co. ot Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 3d pr PO V4a Dienien'a Land .. 283 8_ 19 , ES. LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES BILL. On the motion for going into committee on the London Coal and Wine Dues Continuance Bill, Mr. AYRTON rose and moved, " That it be an instruc tion to the committee on the bill that they have power to make provision in the bill for continuing the fund provided by sections 2 and 5 of the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, and for pay ing the proceeds thereof to the account to be opened under the bill ; that it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to make provision in the bill for transfer ring to the Metropolitan Board of Works the lands, tenements, and hereditaments called the Bridge House Estates, now vested in the mayor, commonalty, and citizens of the City of London, subject to any trust affecting the same, and any charges thereon, and for paying the surplus income thereof to the account to be opened under the bill. That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to make provision in the bill for transferring to the Metropolitan Board of Works all lands, tenements, and hereditaments now vested in the mayor, commonalty, and citizens of the City of London under any statute for making improvements within the metropolis (except mar kets), subject to the trusts affecting the same, and the re payment of any moneys raised by the said'corporationnnder such statutes, and thereby charged on such lands, tene ments, and hereditaments, and for transferring to the Metropolitan Board of Works all the powers conferred by such statutes on the said corporation. That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to make provision in the bill for the pay ment of the metage dues on grain, fruit, wares, or merchandise received by the mayor, commonalty, and citizens of the city of London, to the ac count to be opened under the bill. That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to make provision in the bill for payment by the conservators of the river Thames of the surplus of the annual income received by them to the account to be opened under the bill. The hon. gentlemen entered at length into the whole question, and said it resolved itself into whether the house wished to relieve the corporation of the City of London of the coal dues, instead of retaining them for purposes to which it had been applied for the last two hundred years. The origin of the fund was to rebuild tho City of London after the great fire in 1666, and then entered into an elaborate description of the corporation fund, and said the whole case resolved itself en the question, as he had said before, of giving the whole of the funds to the City, totally disregard ing the circumstances under which it was raised. He con tended that the inhabitants at large, having paid off the debts which the corporation fund was orginally intended to meet, were entitled to full benefit of the redemp tion. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. The LORD MAYOR said it would be impossible to go into the different historical facts alluded to by the hon ourable member. The city of London was not so much affected by the bill has had been represented, but the real question was should certain important metropolitan improvements be made for which there was no official fund out of which the expenses could be liquidated. The city was not interested to the extent the hon. gentleman wished the house to believe. Sir G. C. LEWIS said the hon. gentleman the member for the Tower Hamlets had addressed to the house a long series of complaints respecting himself, as the only indivi dual interested for the public good, and accusing others of having entered into a conspiracy, the principal delinquents being the Corporation of London and the members of her Majesty's Government. The principal accusation against the Government was that they had not brought in the bill at an earlier period of the session, and also that they had fixed it for a morning sitting, which was a perfect invasion of the freedom of debate, and an arrangement to prevent them being fully heal d. Now, he did net think there was anything out of the ordinary course to bring such a bill so the present on before the house at a morning sitting, and therefore that disposed of that part of the honourable gentleman's speech. The bill was not as had been represented, $ job; it was founded on the report of the select committee which sat last year, which recommended that the Thames embankment should be constructed out of the fund raised as coal dues, and the mea sure was to give effect to that recommendation. (Hear, hear.) He would not attempt to follow the hon. gentleman in his antique disquisition on the coal duties. The real question to decide was whether the coal dues should be continued, and the sum so raised be appropriated to the embankment of the Thames. The bill declares that such should be the case, and he hoped it would meet with the approval of Parliament. Lord J. MANNERS supported the bill. Mr. WILLIAMS said without doubt the Thames ought to be embanked, but then he did not think it ought to be carried out by the very objectionable means of a tax levied on coal. He said the great improvement would be carried out, and that it would not be limited to ono side of the river —(hear, hear)—but it might be effected in same other way than that proposed by the bill. 'the corporation lent, in years gone by, £700,000 to Charles 11., of which he never repaid one farthing, but gave power to the corporation to levy a fourpenny duty on coal. [LEPT SPEAKING.] RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Mr. Moon has been appointed chairman of this company, consequent upon the death of Admiral Moorsom, and Mr. Westhead, M.P., takes the posi tion of deputy-chairman. Mr. Moon has for a con siderable period been the deputy-chairman, and one of the most hard working members of the board of directors. He is intimately acquainted with the interests of this company, and is perhaps as fully over which he now presides as any official connected sensible of the true policy of the great undertakin g with it. Mr. Westhead has had great experience in railway management, and has always enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the r ailway . proprietors with whom he has been c onnec t e d. Both. Mr. Moon and Mr. Westhead are eminently practical men, cool-headed,. and o f unques ti ona bl e honour and in tegrity ; and it cannot b e dou b te d th a t, w ith th e assistance of th e i r i n d e f atigable an d a bl e secre t ary (Mr. C. E. St ewart ) , the Welfare of the shareholders of the London and N or t h-Western R a il wa y w ill be energetically and w i sely promoted b y them. 21118 DAY'S SKIPPING. • LONDON, June 25.—Wind this day at noon, South Westerly ; moderate breeze, and dull weather, with light rain. OFF DARTMOUTH, June 24 . -- -Arrived—Statesman, from Madras. DEAL, June 24.---Wind S .W. - --Arrived—Margaret, from the River, and sailed for Algo a Bay; Eva, from the River, and sailed for Algoa Bay. PORTSMOUTH, Juno 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrive3— Warrior, from Civita Vecchia. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Bulldeg, for the westward. PLYMOUTH, June 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Blink Bonny, from Antigua, and proceeded thence for London. CARDIFF, June 21.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Jorea Santander. Sailed—Wanderer, for Charles - t A o v n o . ta, from 2.14.6 7.4.0 17s 13.12.6 40 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 If* 1.11.0 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 4.1 . 8.61 all 24.8.01 13e 6d' 1.7.2 r nrr I g 17.6 all i128.6d I i 1q THE GREAT FIRE. During all Sunday night and the whole of yes terday and last evening there was almost the same anxious crowd pressing to see the ruins caused by t his tremendous disaster as during the time of the fire itself. The parapets and copiegs of London bridge seemed as thronged as ever, and all the vari ous little alleys and byways into Tooley-street, even those which only commanded a limited view of the blackened wall, and many from which nothing at all could be seen, were equally crowded. A force of over 200 policemen, under Mr. Superintendent Bradford, is on duty day and night all round the wide area of half-smoldering fire, and these officers are most properly inflexible in allowing none to pass who are not actual owners of property in the warehouses, or who have not duties to perform upon the scene. If this rule were relaxed to ever so trifling an extent it most probably would result in a series of fatal accidents even more numerous than those which is now known attended the Great Fire itself. As far as the mere gratification of curiosity is concerned, we can assure the numbers who are now so excluded that there is very little to see, and even that little can only be witnessed by incurring an amount of risk that none in their senses would wish to incur, and against which the police insure the public by simply keeping them out of harm's way. There is su c h a massof smoul dering, and in some ruins yet dangerously active fire, that the heat alone in most instances prevents approach. In a few places where the fire has burnt out, or been half smothered under falling walls, or where the direction of the wind allows the firemen to cencentrate their hose and flood the spot from the mains, one may almost venture upon the very scene. But even this is not to be attempted save by those willing to incur the danger of passing beneath lofty sheets of walls burnt white as lime, cracked in jagged fissures from base to summit, and bulged by explosions or warped by the intense heat till they , lean about in every angle as if shaken by an earthquake. It seems a marvel how some of these ponderous slabs of brickwork still stand, though it is evident they cannot last for long. Every breath of wind sweeps the charcoal in clouds of black dust from the burnt beams, and the mortar comes rattling down, while stray bricks fall here and there as the whole mass subsides-more and still more out of the perpendicular. Architects and surveyors are useless here. They can only say positively that the walls will certainly fall, though whether they may hold up a week or come down the next minute none can tell. 'Where Mr. Braidwood. and Mr. Scott lost their lives a whole warehouse seems mined at its foundation and beetles over the spot at a fearful angle, and the entire mass may come headlong over at any instant. The imminence of this danger is increased by the fact that the cellars under this toppling pile, all filled with oil, are on fire from end to end. This cellar is more than 100 feet long by 50 broad, and from the outlet of this the flames were pouring yes terday evening in great red billows as fiercely as ever. Here the fire must burn for days to come as furiously as before. None dare approach the build ing, and the hose of two engines is fixed up among the ruins of brickwork so as to pour a flood of water in at one door of the cellar, which of course drives the flames from the burning oil out at the other end. The greater amount of water poured in the greater seems the flame, but by thus urging it to the utmost the chances of its becoming exhausted are increased. The explosion in which Mr. Braidwood and Mr. Scott lost their lives took place on the opposite side of the roadway, between two large warehouses, and right in front of the still burning cellars. A mass of wall about 50 feet high and 25 broad appears to have been blown out in large fragments, and now quite fills up the road with its debris. No less than seven people were standing almost immediately under this, and how any of them escaped the great avalanche of brickwork seems almost a miracle. As we have said, the warehouse fronting this still overhangs the spot in such a manner that it was very properly forbidden to any to search for the bodies, lest still more lives should be sacrificed in the attempt. However, as the spot where Mr. Braidwood was last seen was clearly known, and not so dangerously close to the ruined buildings, the firemen persevered in their endeavours to recover the body of their chief. By working with the utmost care and re moving the ruins almost brick by brick they were fortunately enabled to accomplish their melancholy task without injury to themselves, and yesterday morning soon after 3 o'clock they succeeded in dis interring the remains from beneath an immense pile of scattered bricks. The body was not burnt, but we shall not attempt to describe the injuries it had received. It is sufficient to say that it was so awfully crushed, as to be barely recognizable. Death of course must have been instantaneous. The body of Mr. Scott has not been recovered, ' though the spot where it is supposed to be is now pretty accurately ascertained. Unfortunately, how ever, the place is just benea h not cnly the tottering warehouse we have spoken of, but almost under the calcined remnants of another wall on the opposite side, which is expected to fall each minute. It would be little short of manslaughter, therefore, to allow any men to work in an almost useless errand among the ruins at this spot. "What increases the chance of the warehouse fall ing is the necessity of pumping on the burning cellar beneath it. Several times during the course of yesterday the water finding its way to great yet confined centres of heat generated explosions of steam that shook the tottering superstructure above it, and made the mortar rattle from its walls in the most ominous manner, so that all those in the vicinity ran back. Two such explosions occurred in the space of half an hour yesterday, the last of which still further increased the gap in the side walls and left its great front sloping forward like another leaning tower. The place where this ware house stands is about the centre of the fire. Most of the walls of the warehouses above it on the side next London-bridge have already fallen. Those on the other side, towards Horselydown, are still standing, but in a most dangerous condition. Pass ing down from Tooleystreet all the roads and foot ways are ancle deep in melted tallow, which gives off a most offensive smell, and upon which it is scarcely possible to keep one's footing. All along the various thoroughfares round the scene of the fire this grease has been scraped up into huge piles, but the amount thus saved is a mere unit in comparison with the enormous quantities lost during the fire. As far down as Milwall it has been collected in boatloads by the watermen, many of whom have realised considerable sums by its sale at 2d. and 2d. a pound. It is now known beyond a doubt that on the night of the fire, when great quantities of the grease were floating, very many lives were lost in the efforts made to collect it. It is not pro bable that the number of these unfoitunate persons who thus fell victims to their rashness or cupidity will ever be ascertained, though there is now but too much reason to fear that many thus perished. One of the police inspectors alone witnessed five such fatal accidents. The first was to a man alone in a boat, who, reaching out to scoop up the floating grease, overbalanced and fell into the water and was drowned. Another shocking case we are told was distinctly seen from the landing stage on the other side of Humphrey's dock in front of the eastern and still uninjured parts of Hay's wharves. Four young men were in a boat, which they had collected almost full of grease; suddenly a great flood of the boiling fat, all on fire, rushed from one of the burning wharves out upon the Thames. The boat in which the men were was immediately sur rounded by the blazing mass, and the grease it con tained ignited, The four men were seen to plunge into the river, but none of them were recovered. In fact, from the state of the flames on the water no aid could by any possibility have been extended to them. After passing backwards into Tooley street the flames appear to have swept away the greater• part of Hay's superb range of fire-proof warehouses like so much wickerwork. The de struction along here has been so complete that it is impossible to distinguish among the huge piles of charcoal that fill the scorched walls what the warehouse even contained. Here and there are masses of half melted iron columns, charred beams, with fragments of raw hides, burnt sugar, coffee grains, bundles of charred cane, exploded barrels, mixed up with bricks, crumbled slates, iron doors, and floods of melted tallow over all. The pile of warehouses thus destroyed, take them as a whole, were probably the finest and best built edifices of their kind in the kingdom. Everything was of the most solid and enduring description, and all the most approved appliances for rendering them fire proof were everywhere adopted. To mere flames, of course, they would have been for days invulrT: rable, but no building substance known cou ld with stand such tremendous heat, The walls became red hot when the contents of each floor ignited, even then the iron doors and shutters kept the flames confined for a long time. Thepreservation on though m e of the most eastern range of Hay's wharves the other side of the creek in u a m s p s y's dock, which the vessels whi c h t m the walls nowr—e t were recovered lay, and ca lled H her seems astonishing. Of the huge u of buildings which adjoined them nothing the g b Par that are b urnt h e b are stored entirely with barrels of lins ee d , sperm, an d olive oils, to mains. The cellars th b e ep nu a m berof somes thousands. Had but one of these ignited the rest of Hay's wharves must have gone, and with them an im mense warehouse close at hand, which is entirely filled with barrels of spirits of turpentine. That it did not extend to the east wing of Hay's wharves is stated to have been entir e l y d ue to the intitr pidity and personatexertions of A/r. .Hodges, of the Lambeth Distillery, who • • in spite of the risk he was exposed to from flame And falling ruins, got the hose of an engine to the place where the fire was just beginning in the cast wing, and extin guished it before it had gained any hold. So immi nent appeared the danger of the flames cruising the dock and igniting the east wings that the firemen in their haste to remove their engine from the dock bridge unfortunately moved it too near the edge, and it fell over into the water and stink instantly. 'There appears to be not the least doubt that the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion among the hemp. It is a much more common cause of such disasters than is generally supposed. Even in private houses, where damp and greas y clothes are left in disused scullery cupboards, it is known to be the first cause of many mysterious conflagra tions. If the workmen had not committed the inexplicable fault of leaving open the sliding fireproof doors that communicate between the warehouses there is no doubt the incipient com bustion might have been stifled in its own smoke at the very outset ; but these doors being unfortu nately open all the doors were so filled with blind ing smoke that none could enter than for more !Ilan a few yards. Even then, however, the scat af fire could be distinctly seen, and it was very so that had anv engine been on the pre leises it is said it could have been extinguished at once. There was none, however, and the men could do nothing but look on till the engines came. They were soon r en the sp o t, b ut, as usual there was no water. M e have been assured that s o me of the engines were waiting more than an hour—the firemen were helpless spectators of the fast spread big conflagration, and that constantly during the night, and at the most critical moments they were compelled to stop working from the inadequacy of the water supply. 7e have already spoken of the vaults b eneath the destroyed portion of Hay's wharves containina ,, such an immense quantity of valuable oils, an d i t is of course a matter of vital importance that all chance of ignition should be prevented by the ruins above them being cooled as quickly as possible. For this purpose there are three engines now stationed on one side of the building, yet, notwithstanding the urgent need for their services, we were present during at least one full hour yesterday when they . were obliged to desist from their efforts for want of water, and we were told that that was not the first time during the day that they had been thus compelled to remain idle. The loss and destruction of property, it is now calculated, will amount to the stupendous sum of £2,000,000 sterling. To rebuild the landing wharves and warehouses alone will cost, it is stated, at least £500,000, and of course the value of the ware houses bears but a small relative proportion to that of their contents. It is generally said that insur ance companies find their account in fires from the increase of business brought to them. It will, how ever, require an immense increase of business to cover the loss many of the offices have sustained by this fire. Perhaps the smart of this infliction may lead them to investigate as to who, if anybody, was to blame for there being no water. Every householder, however, is interested in knowing the. reason for this astounding neglect, and it is ear nestly to be hoped that the matter will not be dropped in silence. - - THE CATHOLIC POTPERS ANL ROME The Brussels papers furnish us with the text of M. Thouvenel's reply to the proposal made to France by Austria and Spain, to interfere in behalf of the Pope's temporal power. It will be recollected that Lord S. Russell stated in the House of Commons, on. l'hursday evening last, in answer to a question from Mr. D. Griffith, that France had answered nega tively. The French Foreign Minister's despatch, aidressed to the two powers, is as follows : " Paris, Tune 6. " Sir,—l have received the note which your Ex cellency has done me the honour to address to :lie, dated the 28th May, in which you express tb e de sire of your Government to come to an understand ing with the Government of the Emperor, with a view of securing in a definitive manner 'and as the result of an agreement between the Catb olic Powers, the maintenance of the temporal power of the Holy See. On his part, M. the Ambassador -- was en trusted by his Government with a similar mission. My first duty was to place before the eyes of his Majesty these important communications, and I now find myself in a position to reply. "The sentiments inspired in the Government of by the position of the Holy Father, are in en tire conformity with those of the Goveinment of the Emperor. That Government has equally la mented and condemned the aggression directed against the Pontifical States, and if the grave poli tical considerations which Austria and Spain have both taken into account, at this epoch, haves not al lowed it further to oppose accomplished events, it has neglected nothing in order to limit their conse quences. The corps of occupation at Rome was augmented without delay, and the Pope, being able to dwell with security in his capital in the midst of the turmoil which agitated Italy, has been indebted to the French troops for the preservation of a part of his territory. " The Government of the Emperor by some acts, of which, as I ascertain with satisfaction, the Go vernment of does not hesitate to express ap proval, has testified, and constantly testifies, to the profound and invariable sympathies which animate it in relation to the bead of the Church. The pre carious situation in which circumstances have placed the temporal power of the Holy See, do not excite less distressing sentiments among the Catholic na tions ; and as it concerns the peace of consciences that such serious questions should not remain for a long period in suspense, it is certainly the duty of Governments to unite their efforts, in order to sim plify them and facilitate their solution. " .. 1 do not believe, however, M—, that it would be useful to discuss here, with the necessary ful ness, the system according to which the St ates of the Pope and the city of Rome would establish, so to speak, a property in mortmain appropetetted en tirely to Catholicism, and, in virtue of an u.mwritten law, placed above the rights which regu late the condition of other sovereignties. I confino .3 myself to recalling the fact that neither the most; an:ient nor the most recent historical traditions appear to sanction this doctrine, and that England,. Prussia, Russia, and Sweden—powers separated from the Church—signed at Vienna, with the same authority as France, Austria, Spain, and Portugal, the trea ties which restored to the Pope the posse ssions lie had lost. " The highest expediency—l hasten to proclaim it—agrees with the greatest social interest s in re quiring that the Head of the Church maintain him self on the throne occupied by his predec es sors for so many centuries. The opinion of the I? ,t nperor's Government is very firm on this point, but i t thinks also that the wise exercise of the supreme uthority and the consent of populations are in the Roman States, as elsewhere, the first consideration s of the solidity of power. The gravest dangers 7 low me nacing the temporal Sovereignty of the I loly See proceed, it is true, from without; and tho ugh the occupation of Rome provides for the news sities of the present, the future remains exposed t a hazards which we sincerely wish to avert. " Austria and Spain, M.— agree with. us in this task ; but they do not at the same time in .dicate the means to be employed for accomplishin g it; and some explanations on their part, moreover, become the more necessary, as their position tow MT el S Italy differs, under a certain aspect, from that of France. We have seen with regret the stipulatio LIS of Villa franca and of Zurich fail of complete exec )u.tion, and we should have wished that the Monamhy of the Two Sicilies had not been overthrown ; nerverther es : the march of events, while contrary to its n wl s a has not affected the Imperial Government such Madrid. direct way as the Courts of Vienna n a bais passed ; Without giving our approbation to what e ua)rantee the without wishing to cover with existence of the new state of thing s, ormaL relations terest prevents us from effecting our no dynastic in terest the obstacle to its ehnetirinsealffieaiitrusdaet Rfoormthee. hope that Austria and with the kingdom of Italy, ar a as we are cioncerned, acknowledgment rests, a f at h to e r t simply in the difficulties " May we be permitted present time be disposed to take Spain will from the • w, an this point of vie superior to any private cotAsidera- Holy See will be is aquestion which I put to tion. The foregoing myself rather than to your Excellency ; but the i d es t i h ns d ou bt eves which it excites, and the consequences which result from it, do not allow me to appreciate with as much exactitude as is required, the nature of the common action proposed by the Government of I do not conee.al,•lll. non-intervention that have which has saved the peace of Europe, excluding to-day, as it did a year ago, the -, that the principle of employment of force, there exists in our eyes a strict connection hr.:,tween the regularisation of the facts the 4 P .; sr) considerably modified the situation of T - enir.s - ula, and the solution to be given to the L: ii in i, a t tl he qz b s e ti v o e n r . y The Government of the Emperor happy to learn that Austria and Spain deem it possible to enter also in the only pathlvhich, as seems to it, can without new shocks conduct to a practical result; but in any hypothesis it does not hesitate to give the assurance that, for its part, it will not adhere to any combination which is incompatible with. the respect it professes for the independence and dignity of the Holy See, and which would be at variance with the object of the presence of its troops at Rome.--Receive, &c., (Signed) " THOUVENEL." 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