The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-21 00:00:00

2 1 (0/VEr MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 19th inst., shows some rather favourable features. The bullion, owing to the arrivals from Australia, exhibits a rather large increase, notwithstanding tile demand for shipments to New York. The re serve. of notes has also been augmented by about half a m illi on ster li ng, while a small diminution is observable in the other securities. The public and private balances also show a considerable addition. The other items of the balance-sheet, and the changes they present, are as subjoined : Active Circulation .. 19,184,870 Decrease 159,220 Stock of Bullion .. 12,395,793 Increase 383, 889 Rest 3 , 245,994 Increase .. .. • • • • 9,388 Public Deposits 7,855,633 Increase .. .. • • 288,130 Other Deposits .. 11,082,951 Increase • • 130,716 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 558,848 Decrease • • 30,042 Government Securities 9,588,607 No alteration. Other Securities .• • • • • 19 , 721 , 896 Decrease .. .• • • • • 141,917 Notes unemployed .. .. 6,708,09 ,5 5 466,90 Increase .. .• • • • • The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday comprised the influx of £150,000 in gold and the sale of 35,000 sovereigns. The Nova Scotian, which left yesterday for Canada, took out £40,000 in specie. An adjourned meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of Mr. B. de Cuadra, merchant, when it was resolved that ss. in the pound should be paid on the Ist proximo, and another 2s. 6d. as soon as the necessary funds were collected, and that the meeting be further adjourned to the 12th of Sep tember. During the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the Foreign and Colo nial Produce Markets. Tea has remained dull, without change in price. Sugars, however, fully sustained previous rates. Coffee has slightly de clined, except for the better descriptions. In rice, spices, fruit, saltpetre, and tallow scarcely any change can be recorded. A moderate amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and 8,000 bales were sold at, in some instances, easier prices. There is less inquiry for money, and the favour able appearance of the Bank of England return has created greater confidence among bill discounters, and they are more disposed to negotiate commercial securities, of which, however, the supply is com paratively moder;Ate, owing to the quietude of trade both here and oi2 the Continent. The Market for Public S;curities has been very dull to-day, but although the tiendency has been unfavourable, Consols have been tolerably steady at 894 for money, and 90 for the account. In the New 3 per Cents, and the Reduced Annuities a limited business has been done—viz., at 891 d for the former, and 894 I for the latter. Bank Stock brought 233 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan 987,- ; 7 7 , ; India bebentures, 951 961 ; and the June Exchequer Bills remained steady at 3s. prom: _ _ In the Foreign Stock Market business has been almost suspended, the only dealings recorded being in Brazilian 4 per Cent., 1860, at 861 87 ; Vene zuela 3 per Cents. at 18/ ; and Portuguese 3 per Cents. at 5M ; French 4 3 1 per Cents. were at 94 95; Turkish 6 per Cents. are quoted 72 to 721; and the Loan of 1858-56, 56 to 564. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been of a moderate character, but a heavy tone has prevailed. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 14orth Western, and South Eastern, have declined as., Great Northern, Brighton, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and Midland, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have shown no material alteration. Great Luxemburg declined 55., and Pacific and San Francisco, and B amber and. Meuse brought former prices. Great Western of Canada have declined to 101, 1, and East Indian have improved to 101. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have Continued dull. Union of London, however, have Improved 10s. Ottoman Bank, Crystal Palace, and Oriental Gas realised former prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9/ 4 per Cent. Cons@ls Annuities Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities 8 94 I k India Stock . — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 1858 9G4 Ditto, 1859 95/ 1 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — ~ ) itto under 13,000 Consuls for Account, July 10 .. 90i March. Exchequerßills, £l,OOO, 2d __ Ditto £5OO . 7 dis Ditto Small — FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 33razilian .5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B7 6 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. 471 Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rontes, 41 per Cent., Es. 25f 94f. 25c. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 89:1 i Ditto Account 9O BANK OF ENGLAND. All Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, c al). 32, for the week ending on W e d nes d ay , th e 19th day of June, 1861 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued . .X 25,892,905 Government Debt £11,015,100 10ther Securities .. 3.459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,155,442 Silver Bullion .... 202,523 £25,892,9651 throPrietors' Cap BANKING D. i tal ..... ....... (i .. X 14.553,000 Meet ..........n- . 3 7 245,994 eluding Exche guer, Savings' Banks, Cunmim inissioners oi Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) .......... 7,855,613 Othener Deposits. Da ..• 11,082,051 Sev other Bills ....and 558,848 £25,892,965 PARTMENT. Government Seen- titles (including Dead' eightAn- nutty) - £9,888,G07 Other Securities 19,721,896 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 977,828 £37,296,426 M.l Dated June 20, 1861. .RSILA ALL, Chief Cashier. SAILING OF TUE NOVA SCOTIAN.—The Nova Scotian, with the Canadian mails, sailed yesterday oo from Liverpool Liverpool for Q ue b ec. Besides the mails, she t fair number of passenge rs an d £ 40,000 in gold on freig a h a t a There have just been pla ce d i n the Zoologic al. Gardens at Marseilles eleven young ostriches, hatched in the grounds of M. I'astre, at Mouredon. All previous at tempts to hatch ostrich eggs in France had failed, and suc cess in the present case is attributed to the old bird having formed her nest on a dry sand soil quite apart, in a solitary valley. The incubation lasted nearly forty days, and out of 13 eggs 11 produced young. The committee of the Mercantile Law Amendment Society have issued their report upon the alterations made 1 , 11 the Bankrupt c y Bill by the House of Lords. It deplores the loss of the chief judge, and of those clauses which en 4bled the creditors to take the realisation of a bankrupt's est ate out of the hands of the official assignee, and give it to agents selected by themselves. The committee express their op i nion that unless the creditors' assignee clauses are rest ored the bill h a d b e tt er b e re j ec t e d. A petition is now a cou rseWsignature, and has already been most influentially asking the H ouse o f C ommons t o res t ore m ost of the Zrons in the bill which were struck out by the House of t T he Siamese A m b assa d ors are c h arge d t o d e li ver ° the Emperor Napoleon a letter from the First King, com rllY called the Great King, written on a sheet of gold, as 2fftlired by Siamese etiquette when a communication of this Alitnre is addressed to a soverign of superior power. They 416 a brin g • with them presents of great value for their Ma ttes, the most curious of which are the insignia and royal 'ellaents of Siam in the three positions attributed to li k en the throne, on the palanquin, and on horst ihae' ; a royal crown set with precious stones, a collar -rubies, a royal girdle made of gold set with diamonds. TIE MISSING MAIL STEAMER CANADIAN. --This g e ,, 4111 , e r, now a b ove eight days overdue with th e ma i ls from tel l u ee, had not (up to the time of our despatches being ; from Liverpool yesterday) been heard of. Much allx ; et i has already been evinced for her safety, as it is ex, 13 g ee t :" she would have about 300 souls, including passen the‘; Canaoard. The coneral opinion, however, is that as St-,,,ian would be the first steamer to pass down the rti , - " b it9 of Bell Isle this season, she would probably find g il t : d ifficulty in passing through, as the ice might cause tart-14' obstruction, possibly namaging the fan, and necessi -1%3_4' a run. for St. John's, for repairs, &c. The steamer Brit o mail s n, now du e a t L on d on d erry w i t h th e C ana dian to ;is exp ected to bring some tidings of the missing L eil lz er, as is vessel would aleo pass down the Straits of e 410) s th hould the ico permit of a safe passage. ~_! -4 --~... .opolis igton, orious art of Li long- This high, :ITN, a lames at tho ;, who their vens's Stan and. Share Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per, c. pref. (issued at £5O fsris. & Exet.4 p.etstocle Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,4 percent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. e. l Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref 1100 102 20 21 Gi 6 DO 101 108 112 105 108 107 109 106 108 121 122 80 82 109 111 90 92 75 77 stock stock stock i E.Angn - . - ClassA.7 &sp.c. I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet et. stock., ' Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ' Do. 5 per cent. Kum% ..1 Edia.&Glas.sp.c. sharesl Do. 4 p. c. gua. S. & D. ltdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. et. 1 l'o.sp.c.Redm..lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. ' Do. sp.c. itedm. 5 p.c. pm 0 t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt. (/gt.Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 p. ct. pref. stock scat West. (Berke and j Hants) Est. sp. ct. 1:0. Redeemable, 44 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. 1)3 Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Dirm. Pref. Shares ,f3t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. sp. et. pref Do Birm,9:.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref Lan.&York 6p. c. stock Daßarnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 no. gua. 6 p. c. I Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cen , . Do. do. 4i p. e. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(cliv.deftil '6s' Do. 4 per cent. Pre' Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. rceiv. no div Ex.A Map cispd on 00. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d..... ..... Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Han. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct Do. 46 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent liaryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. 11 . 1 d. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1841 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.slVay. Val. Ex. 5t.1847 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. ITn. g. pf. sits Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rall. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. L".T.Peds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Q....-ers, 1848 Do. York, 11. & Porch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 34 o. P .. 7 e. b p e r P . dr c.ee e L p u r s , g u e t c f ak . stock.. p c South _Devon, Ann. 10s Do. PixeC. 41 per cent. South Eastern (Readinf; Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent Do.Fixed4ip.c. Ist south Wales, gua. 4 p.c.i Do. 4i per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. R 6 Der cent .... Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 1). W.Mid -Oxt Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. e. pt 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist ta. 113 115 109 111 102 104 106 HS 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 102 104 44 10 161 17} 19t 10i 74 76 20 21 10 1 0 i 15 151 113 115 113 115 115 139 113 115 101 103 150 155 127 130 71 74 861 S7i 13i 14 124 126 68 7u P 134 136 102 104 91 93 109 111 108 110 1 11 I, 91 93 99 101 100 102 P IP d 221 23 ip 1 131 133 10 10i 22; 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 8 5 90 244 27i 31i 32i 45 48 124 126 118 120 10 1 103 120 122 115 117 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Paid.) Leasing Closing Busi ness Railways. Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bleichfey allT Ln &N.W • • • • Bulkingbamshire .... 100 IDo . •• 9§ 88 Chester & Holyhead... 100 Do.. 52 Ci Do. 51 percent 1 00 , Do l2l 123 Do. 5 „ , 100 Do llO 311 Clydesdale June lOO ,Caledon... 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val ,' all E.U,&E.O 151 16 1 E.Lincolnsh. a6per c ! ICO G t.North. 132 134 E.Union,llarwichSlis all lE.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge l OO Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct lOO Caledon.., Do. new . 100 'D0....... Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & I all Yk.N.&l3r Hull and Selby.all Yk.N. 111 d. Do. halves.. Do. quarters........l all Do. • Lanc.&CarL qua. 5 p.c., 100 ;Ln&N.W. London & Greenwich.' 100 , S.Eastern e, ux tn gu . Do. Preference 100 D 0... • .... Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end' 100 Peto Co.& Lowestoft rn. , &11a t a.4p l occk. 100 a11 j o. 3 NW&M .' 100 !Norfolk.. Do. per cent Mid. Bradford Prefer: ence Stock Nawmarkt,BuryEx. 1 gua. 5 percent.... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. C North Western Preston and Wyre. I Do. 4 Shares ..... A. Roystn.Hitch., & Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire., Wilts and Somerset, Wkalgodon I.4croyda 1 .'E.Counts. (Do.. Do. !Do. 'Midland I.ok NW 416 L.Yk. J Do. IGt.North I T.Brassey Do. M'Clean Gt. West LA Brea. June. 3 pm SHARE MARKET.-(TBIS DAY) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June- Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen ,V Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, iiirock.„tr.l'assage Cornwall .... .... Do A A gets no div I SA 6 pc peran.: Do " ihasbeenT d. toll; (Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, ,SzA b. Junc East Ang1ian...„..... Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Niv A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth ,t Clyde Junction Plillle S Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do Ti do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. &S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. Az Nth. Western & Bth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland 8 84 81 83 6 7 97 99 971 D'; Po new........ _ Do Thrming. t Derby 111 d. Gt. IV. of Ireland' Do shares Mid Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry ,A 5 Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Noifolk North British .. or.Dev.Rall&Dk.stock D', 4 3tk ; A reel no d until 6pci;lts beenpd.B Do Ti gtock .....: Mb. La tern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase, Do Leeds Do York .. North London .. Do new. North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. k Grantham Rail reebles Portsmouth ,Rhymney.....- 'Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S.-Durham & I,anc. Un ISouth Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok! Stockton & Darlington i Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale . , •• • • .- • • • • •• Do Pref. No 1. ThamestfavenDk&Rail Ulster .... . Do .... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim ; Waterford & Kilkenny) Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West L0nd0n...... Do let class Do 2d class .. ; Westilartlepool Ilarbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Closing Business Paid. Prioe. Done 5 6 41 43 8i 9 174 lßi 501 51i 39 41 28 30 83 F 5 274 28; 107 109 125 127 108 110 100 102 129 131 104 106 72i 73j 60 62 ;11 111 j 50 n :19 121 44 46 90 941 94i 45i 104 11 464 47 4 S d [2Ol 121 i 1k lap 94 06 8 ffd 56 E 8 63 631 109/ 105] P sP 614 62i 93 934 96 98 41 4i 1 10 10} 85 87 114 116 31 43 85 87 46 48 38 40 80,1 811 61 63 94 96 4 7 391 101 91 101 p 51 6 p 55 561 2 3p p 85 87 114 11 51 6 47 49 42 14 86 88 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share 1..14 at ock 100 100 100 100 100 100 1081 111 f f 12 :61f 1191 :AI 941 46i f 121 1 24 P 1051 4:5 P 62t 81180& 137 ri 10112 i 11 21: 110 112 '2OO 203 161 63 112 117 i 87 SO ski} 93 95 55 57! 15} 18 1130 133 90 92 of Pi - THE SUN,' LONDON, FRIDAY ;EVENING, JUNE', 21, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(2hts Day). C lo sing Price. Paid. !Business done HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers Pressnt—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and other Peers. APPEAL..--THE MAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF DUNDEE V. THE PRESBYTERY OF DUNDEE. The further hearing of this appeal was resumed this morning. This was an appeal from a decision of the Second Divi sion of the Court of Session, in favour of the Presbytery of Dundee, involving the question whether certain charitable hospital funds ought to be applied for the purpose of in creasing the income of the Established Church in Dundee, or for the relief of the poor. • The Attorney-General resumed his argument for the appellant. He referred to the decided case of the city clergy of Edinburgh in December, 1810, also to the crown charter to the city of Edinburgh, which was in similar terms to the charter to the town of Dundee, to show that the appellants were not bound to apply the trust funds to increase the stipends of the clergy—that they were entitled to apply these funds for relief of the poor and other ben& volent purposes ; and, after refers ing to several old grants, from 1501 downwards, and to the contract or agreement between the Magistrates and Presbytery to increase the stipend of the clergy of Dundee, maintained that the in crease of the stipend was paid out of the common good of the burgh, and not out of the hospital funds. The learned counsel then read the seve ral entries in the books of the burgh to show that the augmentation or increase of the stipends was paid out of the common good of the burgh and not out of the funds of the hospital. The learned counsel observed that for cen turies the ministers of the burgh were paid their stipends out of the funds of the burgh, that they acquiesed in that payment, and never made the claim they now make on the hospital funds, which are applied for the relief of the poor and decayed burgesses of the burgh, and eleemosynary pur poses, and in conclusion asked for a reversal of the decision of the court below. [The case was proceeding when we went to press.] DIVORCE COURT. (Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Common Jury.) M c GREGOR V. WGREGOR AND ANDERSON AND M'HENRY, _ _ _ In this case the husband prayed for a dissolution of mar riage, on the ground of his wife's adultery with both co respondents, and lie claimed damages against the latter, wl,O denied the adultery, and also pleaded that the petitioner and the respondent had not been married. The other re spondent did not appear. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the petitioner was a solicitor, who had been in practice in Australia, and returned to this country in 1858, when he formed the acquaintance of Colonel Poole, who was the father of the petitioner, and was then at Cheltenham. He became attached to the young lady, and she reciprocated his affection; and though the parents at first consented to the union they afterwards opposed it on the ground of dis parity of years, the petitioner being much older than Miss Poole, who was stated to be about 17 years of age, while he was between 30 and 40. However, the parties eloped, and were married at Walcott, near Bath. They remained for some time at Clifton, and then wenton the continent, but ultimately returned to England, and took up their residence at Clifton. The parents became reconciled to the respondent, and she went to live with them when her husband went back to Australia, being unable to accompany him, as she was enciente. While under her father's protection, she had attracted the attention of Captain M'Henry, who was an officer in an infantry regiment stationed in the neighbourhood. He persecuted her with his atten tions, notwithstanding the remonstrance of the mother, and ascertaining that she was about to be sent on a visit to London to her friends in order to avoid him, he suc ceeded in accompanying her in the same train, and in inducing her to go back with him to an hotel in London, where they slept together that night. She had a miscar riage some time afterwards, but when her health was suffi ciently restored, she joined her husband in Australia. However, he discovered a correspondence between her and Captain M'Henry which satisfied him as to their crimi nality. He sent her back to England, and on her voyage the intercourse took place between her and the other re spondent, who was the captain of the vessel in which she sailed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAT.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Birmingham Improvement Bill and the Great Southern and Western of Ireland (capital) Bill were read a third time and passed. Several other private bills were advanced a stage. THE HARBOURS BILL—RAMSGATE. On the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. M. GIBSON said it would be convenient if he were to make a short statement with respect to Ramsgate har bour. Nothing could be further from the intentions of the Government than proceeding with any steps relative to Ramsgate harbour under the provisions of this bill ; he was therefore perfectly willing to agree to the omission of all portions of the bill touching tliat harbour. (Hear, hear.) When it was proposed to seek any power to deal with the harbour the parties would have to come openly and freely to Parliament, and he could assure the house that there would be no anticipation of a decision of Parlia ment by her Majesty's Government. (Hear, hear.) The house then went into committee. On clause 7, Mr. MILLER moved to add t) the clause the following words :—" With the exception of the said dues leviable by the Trinity Corporation at the port of Leith, where such dues shall cease to be levied as sown as provision shall have been made by sufficient accumulated funds for all annuities, pensions, and obligations which have been lawfully granted, or in which a vested interest, absolute or contingent, has been lawfully created before the loth day of March, 1861." The hon.gentleman stated that such great objectionhad been felt at the manner in which the Trinity Corporation dis. posed of its funds that the people of Leith resisted the pay ment of the tax by force. The result was that the corpora tion was obliged to procure an Act of Parliament, which was granted them for 20 years. The period happened to expire about this time ; the community of Leith were anxious that their case should be an exception to the gene ral arrangement which the Board of Trade had made with the Trinity Corporation. The clause was drawn up on liberal terms, and he hoped it would be agreed to. Mr. GIBSON resisted the proposal, which, after a short discussion, was withdrawn. The clause was agreed to. Clauses 8 and 9 were also agreed to. LIMIT SITTING.] POLICE IIVTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) SINGULAR RESULT OF A CASE.—TWO ASSAULTS BY A SOLDlER.—Charles Stanley, a private in the Oxford Blues, Albany-street Barracks, Regent's-park, was charged before Mr. Yardley with assaulting Mr. William Thompson, of the Black Horse, Haymarket, and also with assaulting a person named John Warmington, who went to the assistance of Mr. Thompson. Warrington was not in attendance, it being stated that he was too unwell to appear. Mr. Thompson said—At one this morning I saw the prisoner drink something from a pewter measure, it having been served him by my barman. I told the prisoner to finish it and leave, as I had had enough of him six months ago, when he (prisoner) thrashed him with a stick. At the time there were others in the prisoner's company, consisting of Life Guards and Oxford Blues. I refused to serve the prisoner with any more to drink, when he said, " Why won't you serve me ? I've got money." I again refused, and the prisoner spat in my face, and, on my going round the counter with the intention of putting him out, he seized me by the throat. Warmington said, "Don't choke the landlord," and the prisoner and others got hold of Warrington and held him across a tub—one of the Life Guardsmen at the time having his jacket off. I then got out and went for the police, and gave the prisoner into custady. Warmington's face was dreadfully bruised, and his leg also. Mr. Yardley—Where is Warmington ? Mr. Thompson—He is not here, and I think he is too unwell this morniag to attend. He went home with me after going to the station to enter the charge, and ho then complained of his leg. I gave him some brandy, and he left to gu home. Prisoner—What the landlord says is not true. The land• lord struck me first. Railways. Atiantic & f 4 t Lawrence Bom.,Barodact.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, Do. 'Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New . Do. Preference ...... Buffalo, Brant o .VG odrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clettif a..4.S.Eastn. (Lim' Cape, E as tn. Prov. (Lim ) Cape Town dt Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c 'Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1845-1870 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. 1567.. Do. do. 1372.. Gt.lncliaPenin.frua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. ofCanada Sharesi Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 51 p. C. do. '77 do Do. 5} p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds., INewßrunswick a Canda I Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do. Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... 'Dude (Limited) ........ Scinde ...... ••• • .} 4.3 Do. Punjaub g Do. Do. . aV Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Algerian Antwerp & Ro . ,:frdam. Arde.!ne. ............ Balut,S.Fran..Lii.i.7 p.c. Belgian East. J unction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & flail Copiapo ...... .......... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rus 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 Fret! Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) gua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish ........ • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre dc Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c .Aust&Lomb Venetin outhern of France S. East Portugal 7 p et West Flanderu Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria.- Westirn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref. .ealaild all 100 18.8. all all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 FOREIGN RAIL 96 98 44 5 d 6 7 75 SO 65 70 65 70 5 tit li lk d i pr 1 I 6 d 100 101 96 98 981 091 981 991 191 191 63 65 54 58 34 35 43 47 33 35 33 35 98 09 Icl 91 96 d 101 101 10 91 : v 6 98 90 12 85 87 95 96 67 89 - -d 5 7 5 7 99} 100 j 1 1:1 id 93 95 'AYS . 5 i 5 / 21 lea .1 11 12 31 24 24 n, 22 23 71 8 81 Si 19i 204 38i 39i 8 9 364 37i 52 64 5i 4id 13 14 61 6 , ! 1/ /pi I ids, 22 23 6 61 9i 91 20 21 1} 1 e 175 180 365 375 876 921 236 246 31 4} 12 14 3 4 44 51 2 21 40 42 2 21 II 46 48 4* 4; 3 4 4 4 4* 6* 7* 84 36 38 3)5 315 3 3i I 135 145 33} 34 14 2 41 f 6i 18 19 52 54 340 350 87i 92i 100 110 1; 2} 9 10 10 12 14 16 1 li 4 d pr 34i 354 I li -- die. 39 11 8 8 1 1 2} 21 24 25 1* P 4 11 pP 8 81 id pr i 1 1 id IA Ellen Tucker was examined, and stated that she was in service at Colmee, Poole, in 1858. She remembered the day before the elopement that Mrs. M'Gregor was locked up in her bedroom by her father, in order to prevent her having any communication with Mr. M'Gregor. She ao companied Mrs. M'Gregor when she eloped, and the way in which the latter succeeded in getting out of her father's house was by setting fire to her veil, and then to the cur tains, and in the confusion that ensued she succeeded in leaving the house. She was present at the marriage, and she understood that Mrs. M'Gregor was then between 17 and 18 years of age. Mr. M'Gregor was now about 45 years old. He had several quarrels with his wife in consequence of her flirting with strangers on the wedding tour. She saw her throw papers with writing to a gentleman in the same train while they were travelling in France in a railway train. Notwithstanding these quar rels they were generally vary happy, and Mr. M'Gregor appeared very fond of his wife. With respect to the dif ferences that took place between them, she had seen Mrs. M'Gregor behave very violently and throw things at him. She remembered his having brought her away from a ball against her wishes, in consequence of her flirtations with gentlemen with whom she had previously been unacquainted. Mrs. M'Gregor had stated to her previous to her marriage, that while she was at school at Brussels she was expelled or nearly expelled, in consequence of carryiug on a flirta tion, and other misbehaviour, and that on one occasion her father had to lock her up in her bedroom in order to pre• vent her eloping with a gentleman. Mr. M'Gregor told her before their elopement that he believed she would be different in her conduct when ske was married. She recol lected on one occasion after the marriage, that a quarrel took place between her and her husband, and that she refused to admit him into her bedroom. Mr. M'Gregor always appeared very fond of his wife, and treated her very kindly. After some immaterial evidence, Harriet Blake, a waitress at the Brunswick Hotel, Jer myn-street, proved to a lady and gentleman coming there in the autumn of 1858, and having occupied the same bed for one night. She had seen them both since and identified them as Capt. M'Henry and Mrs. M'Gregor. She had lately gone with a gentleman to Flora-cottage, Chelsea, and she saw Mrs. M'Gregor in company with a gentleman. (This was understood to be the co-respondent, (Mr. Ander son.) Some corroborative evidence was then given, which closed the petitioner's case. Mr. Kerslake then addressed the jury for the co-respon dent, Capt. WHenry. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) SHERIFFS' COURT. A LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORE AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS. Mr. Wkitehurst, for the company, said that these were actions to recover calls made in accordance with a resolu tion carried by the directors. Some of the shareholders had settled, but others stood. His Honour—What is the London Free Labour Com pany. Mr. Whitehurst—A co-operative store carried in in Beech-street, Barbican. One case was gone on with, but Mr, Whitehurst prayed for an adjournment as he was not prepared to prove it. Mr. Buchanan—l appear for one of the defendants, and wish for an adjournment. Mr. Aubin—l appear for two of the defendants, and also wish for an adjournment. As the cases went on the defendant was asked if he would consent to a verdict. Defendant—Well; the others are going to be adjourned, and I think we ought all to be tarred with the same brush.. (Laughter.) His Honour—l don't hold the brush, so lam not going to tar you. (Great laughter.) The cases were all adjourned. 2IIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 21.—Wind this day at noon, North- Easterly ; light breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy, with slight rain. DEAL, June 20.—Wind N.E. — Arrived—Vict or , f rom the ßiv er, River, an ci and ai Inailed for for Quebec; l‘losse Injun en i a, f rom Huelva for Shields. 1 B ; Regina, f rom the Mediterranean. Sailed— W.—Arrived—Her S. W.`Arrived—Apollo, Diadem, for Belfast. he 20. — Morning Star, for HM eaF P ri Ase o i‘s i i T ya Oes : st o Thy i ps 7 sAjh , uirrgn J ue u s n 2, June from. 01. '2O. — Wind i ‘ n si d e. from Akyab ; John Herman, from Sl l n v g .. lpo A re ni fo v for Bremen; Genova, from Buenos Ayres. froNmElNlPonoduoTn, for r un s e an 2 F o e .— hie W . St. Thomas. CARDIFF, June 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mercury, from Singapore ; Amazon, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Marvel, from Terragona. POOLE, June 20.—Wind S.S.W . — Sailed—Faith, for Newfoundland. SWANSEA, June 20.—Wind S.E . — Arrived—City of Sydney, from St. John's, N.B. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH . . SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—John Wesley, Charlotte, Lad y Constance, and Dido, from Sunderland ; Foyle, steamer, from Lon don, and sailed for Dublin; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey. __ Sailed—George, for Shields; Eleanor, and Enroelydon, for Sunderland. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, June 20—Queen, from Li , bon ; Specisides, from Sardsborg; Nora, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Arab, for Bushire ; Hemisphere, for New Yorki Albuera, for Hong Kong; Ecliptac, for Penang—all from I.oldou, Mr. Thompson—l never touched the prisoner. Latler, 202 C, said, I was called to Mr. Thompson's house, and the prisoner was given into my custody for crcat - ing a disturbance, and for assaulting Mr. Thompson. The place was in great confusion. Warmington was on the floor, and a person was striking him. I told the prisoner he was given into custody for assaulting the landlord and creating a disturbance, and assaulting Warmington. Mr. Yardley—Did you see him strike the landlord ? Latler—No, your Worship. Mr. Yardley—Then why did yoi take him into custody. You did not see him strike the landlord—you did not see any mark on the landlord—then why did you take him, The man is wrongfully in custody. He is discharged. Mr. Thompson—ls that all the protection that lam to have ? They are the worst class of men we have to deal with. Mr. Yardley—l am not going to argue the case with you. The man is wrongfully in custody, and he is dis charged, The soldier, who is a tall and very powerful-looking man, bowed, and left the court evidently pleased at the result of the case. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861. Odiham 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge Winchester 2B Newmarket Carlisle Worcester .. 4 Liverpool July Abingdon 9 Pontefract 11 Nottingham 16 Stamford lB Southampton 23 Hartlepool 29 Goodwood 3O Lewes Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhampton l2 Reading 14 Radcliffe l9 Egham 20 Oxford 22 York 2B Plymouth ..29 ;MBER. Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby War wick lO Lichfield Doncaster 17 Richmond 24 Leicester 25 Walsall 25 Monmouth 26 Manchester Autum.u 27 Londonderry Curragh . ... 22 IBER. Down Royal Corporation.. 24 IRELAND. JULY. Bellewstown 18 I Down Royal Corporation.. 24 AUGUST. oath of Maryborough .. 8 I Roscommon 2$ SEPTEMBER. Curragh.. I Tramore OCTOBER: Newmarket F 0 1 Newmarket H 28 Newmarket S 0........14 I NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn.. 5 I Shrewsbury Autumn. , . ,19 LiTerpool Autumn 13 The sale of the East India House took place yes terday, the tender accepted being for £155,000. This is a higher sum, reckoning proportionate extent of site, that was obtained for the Excise-office. It is understood to have been purchased with the view of constructing exten sive offices and chambers. The famous fortifications at Sconce Point in the Solent kayo turned out to be useless, and will have to be abandoned if not dismantled. Fortifications are about to be erected close to the Needle rocks, outside the Solent. THE GREAT EASTERN.—In consequence of the great rush of visitors last week, and the inability of large numbers ofpersons to get on board the great ship, the direc tors have determined, before she clears for Quebec, to open her to the public (to-morrow (Saturday) at ss. each person. Capt. Thompson, who has commanded the vessel during the last few months, has been superseded, and she will be taken out by Capt. Kennedy, late of the screw steamer Etna. TRAINING SHIP FOR BRISTOL.—Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, which is to be stationed at Bristol as a train ing ship for naval volunteers, arrived yesterday afternoon, and will take up her birth in the floating harbour. The Daedalus was accompanied by the Geyser steam sloop. A question of considerable interest with reference to maritime works of national importance has arisen in con nexion with the " Harbours" Bill now before Parliament. This bill, as read a second time in the Commons, contained a clause for the transfer of Ramsgate Harbour to the Trinity House. That provision has since been altered by the sub stitution of the Board of Trade for the Trinity House, and a clause—the 42d—has been added, by which it is proposed to empower the former to transfer the harbour to any body of persons, corporate or uncorporate, who may have the authority of Parliament for the purpose; the object beim , . as is umlerstn4o, xx...our to the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. This is ob jected to as unsound in principle ani also, among several special reasons, because the railway company would, by facilities afforded to their own vessels, be enabled to exclude other shipowners. HER MAJESTY'S ACCESSlON.—Yesterday being the anniversary of her Majesty Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, the day was observed with the usual demon strations of loyalty, and the royal standard was displayed on the steeples of the churches of St. Martin-in-the-rields, St. Margaret's, Westminster ; St. Mary Abbots, Ken ing • ton ; St. Luke's, and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea ; and at one o'clock a grand feu de joie was fired from the mortars in St. James's .park, and simultaneously the guns of the Tower, the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, Tilbury Fort, heernerim, and other places were fired., Convocation has every now and then a fit of meeting, talking, arguing, and deliberating. Ordi nary persons have a very confused idea of what it all means, and do not quite understand even the law of recurrence by which the meetings themselves take place—why Convocation meets at some times and not at others, what there is to make it meet this week when ib did not meet last week. It is an eccen tric phenomenon which they cannot reduce to rule. They would like to know something about it, if they could without the least trouble. Such is the curio sity of our nature. They do not, however, realise the fact that there is anything human in its pro ceeding, or that its deliberations have any connec tion with the objects, concerns, or interests of man. They are rather looked upon as hieroglyphical and mystical ; the speakers are personifications of un known truths, and the scene is emblematic and figurative, if we had but the key to the solution of the sacred enigma. It is rather hard upon Convocation that people are determined to regard its proceedings in this cabalistic light, because we believe that it is espe cially ambitious of being considered a practical body. It has been engaged for some time in a despe rate struggle for this purpose, which perhaps, so far as it has gone, does more credit to its strength of will than to its tact or adroitness. Doctrine—until this new blast of heresy from the authors of the "Essays and Reviews"—has been by general consent set aside, andfor two years or more the one absorb ing subject which has occupied the deliberations of Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, Pre bendaries, and other dignitaries of Convocation, has been the subject of Godfathers and Godmothers. It cannot be denied, if the object is to do away with the mythical character of these synodical debates, that the subject is well chosen. Godfathers and Godmothers are undoubtedly persons of flesh and blood; nobody can deny that; so far from being spectres, symbolic personages, and ghostly repre sentatives of sublime abstractions, they are really very pleasant, hearty, genial, and comfortable people to think about. They are associated with family gatherings, plumcake and mincepies, with annual sovereigns on birthdays, and with many other pleasant things. They are surrounded by an atmosphere of decent jollity—we say it in no dero gation of their spiritual functions; the Church and time combined have produced this excellent, well tempered mixture, of the spiritual and temporal. But while the subject is well chosen for the purpose of connecting Convocation with flesh and blood, we are not quite sure that the line taken about it will please everybody, because Convocation is, in fact, going to dispense with th e necess i ty of these excellent and useful functionaries. There is a cer tain 29th Canon, which makes it necessary for everybody to have a Godfather and Godmother, and, in order to secure this benefit to all the infan time members of the Church, it prohibits the parents assuming this office. The Canon appears to argue in this way, and there is, perhaps, some sense in the view ;—No father or mother, it appears to say, is a real Godfather, or real God mother ; it is quite true that they maystand at the font and take upon themselves the nominal office ; but the real Godfather and the real Godmother are the creations of time, custom, and the natural feel ing working within the precincts of the Church. They are essentially persons outside of the home nucleus, whose interest is engaged in the rising young Christian by assuming this relation to him; the parents themselves are already sponsors ; and ten times more, by the simple fact of being parents ; if you give the child only his parents for his spon sors, you give him nothing at all, because he has git them already, The reason of having a God father and Godmother is that they are fresh per sons, who come from without and add the friendly interest and attention to the parental one. If the Canon, we say, argues in this way, it does not argue altogether unreasonably, because it is a simple ab surdity to say that a parent can be what is ordi narily meant by a Godfather or Godmother. There will be many good sort of people who will not altogether concur in the abolition of the 29th Canon ; but what was the Convocation to do ? Convocation was in a difficulty. Having met and met for several years, it at last aspired to the great and distinguished honour of performing one real synodical act. But, what was this act to be ? That was the question. It wos too much to ask the Prim: Minister, at first, to be allowed to make a new Canon. If you ask for that, he looks glum. He says, " What is this new Canon to be ? What do you want it for ? We don't like Canons now-a-days. We think we do very well without them." But if you ask leave to abolish a Canon, that is quite a dif ferent thing, and the Prime Minister says, " Oh, certainly; you may abolish a Canon if you like, and welcome ; that can do nobody any harm." So, the abolition of some Canon or other being resolved upon, what Canon was it to be ? It must be one connected with a practical subject in order to do justice to the practical temper of Convocation; it must be one not of first-rate consequence, otherwise yeu raise a storm in the Synod itself. So the 29th Canon is selected as the vile corpus upon which to make the first experiment of a revived process of legislation, and Godfathers and Godmothers are sacrificed to the restoration of synodical action. As the good old institution, however, is only dispensed with, and not suppressed, people may still hope to enjoy it some time longer; they will probably even see no great difference in the practice, notwith standing the solemn decision of Convocation. We shall raise no alarm therefore on the subject, and indulge in no gloomy and austere prophecies of a general termination of the genial patronage, con descending favours, annual presents, and other kind attentions of Godfathers and Godmothers. Convocation is in this difficulty—that it must be practical, while if it is practical the danger is of being mischievous. Thus the subject of Hymn books comes before it. There is a move for an authorised Hymn-book. Congregations are over powered, it is said, by the quantity and variety of collections which are forced upon them ; every new clergyman brings a new set with him. It is there fore proposed that Convocation should compile a Hymn-book. We believe there is a kind of mania for compiling Hymn-books among the clergy. There are some things which everybody thinks he can do best ; poking the fire is the common instance given of this wide-spead delusion ; nobody ever lived in a house for five years, and had time for gainiygada thorough acquaintance with all its faults and bad arrangements, but thought secretly that . _ id a lion" could, with proper architectural aid, bu e i c ee more without a fault. The delusion extend of Hymn _ serious subjects, and certainly- es , thinks, whatever really books. Every other else be e^ which he admits to be many —ea not do, a;i l .4 ff w gY h intellectual defects are, j y e m et n , -h a o n o d k would and grievous, that Hymn-book. It is certainly is to be done ? An only be another ahe could com p i l e a perfect mataenver his moral and a grievance, but what interminable list. that can be added that nothing can be d edn authorised to t h i t s he s " u li b the con one. Convocation wisely to the debates conclusion beat but, unfortunately, it involves sequence that there is nothing in this quarter to arrived i s the at, h e mploy the practical powers of Convocation, and that this negative result would have been obtained even without its assistance.— Times. It is understood that the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company intend to suspend the despatch of their vessels between Galway and America pending the issue of the question as to tho subsidy, MUTTS Alfred Consols (Phil aei British Iron I CI i froia : Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) l jEast Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.); Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.)' ;Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) [Grenville 'Herod's-Foot • • Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant) (North Downs (North Frances (Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 zan) 'North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Leint) I Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cern Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogen)l [Stray Park I Tamar Silv.& Lead Min : Tin Croft 'Vale of Towey (Caren ;,1 West Basset (Illozan) 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard)i [West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Edward (Call.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant). Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) !Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)' POREIGT Australian Bon Accord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.dei Rey,Lim Do. Land and 31mingCo. Clarendon Cons. Mine° Cobre Copper i Copiapo M Dunoun.Cop.Ming.Col ; Fortuna. ,General IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr. K apunda (Limited) Linares I Lusi tanian Mari qui ta N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead; Mining and Smelt I Port Philip Scottish Austria. (L.) United Mexican ,Worthing (Limited).... Do. all 1 10s. all all Si" 6 I 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 eV 40 'Australasia all 59 51 1 25 (Bank of Egypt all lB 19 100 ,Bank of' London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 ,British North American all 1 514 524 i 20 ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 zoo 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch all 31 33 50 72 74 100 'City 25 37 39 100 ,C010nia1........ 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 'Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 154 16 111 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 234 20 I Do. new 5 li 14 50 (London and County 60 'London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 24 11 100 London & Westminster 20 67 69 100 iNat. Prov. of England . 12 l 20 Do. new - 50 National Bank ........ 25 2G New South Wa1e5....., all 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank all 154 164 16 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new. .I all 25 South Australia • ~... all 25 i Union of Australia .... all 38 40 50 'Union of London 100 ,Unity Mutual. 6O —— - CO.6ONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.fa. &July ' 1877-9 lOO 110 113 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2. 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug., 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.' 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent 1100 1014 1011 1014 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108 Do. 1890 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.BzJuly, 100 1074 1084 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 994 100 / Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 100 6 Do. p.c.,1888 &upwds 100 994 1004 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 lOO 1074 1084 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1C44 1054 DOeltS. stock` Commercial IIA stock i Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock East and West India stock Lond(y... stock St. Katharine lOO 60 62 stock Southampton lOO stock Vittoria .. ........ 1 100 96 98 20 , Do , New ._ ---v M IgCMANACiUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint I all n£ 4 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (ld)— 1 4 2 4 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 31 33 255 1 000 0 D B BB . e lo&i r . t l i i is n ."hjpa l A. : :: a tT t ici e eri r ili.cB ( Aa L sn2. l (Limited) ! ,iia t n im e n d d. i a aa4ll l oll l _4 310 4 8 _235 4 0 1 12: co Do. p C .s . l ( i L n (Limited) 83t2.4 Canada Land Preference r a e n n d c e _21.50 C D h o tif ip. fret. e s t l . a ; i d s ; i r el .s(Lniirt cent , allaaaa ll _lO _l3 I__oB 112_ at. ED.oadracit. Perpet. Deb. at. Electric . 100100 32 at. Crystal Palace 20 25 Do. 5 English & A•i; 15 Gen. ste re Na. Copper all 34 31 1 Great Slit _ . : vip;ati m 14 I Do. 17 P 4 L. G . :m e n ': Telegr aphr b i u g s n e . &olCLa.i Canal . 1 ) 1 i r. et I p e ted) all I 4 5 Lou. District Tr, ference all 1 1 20 ,6ladras Irr. and Ca i na inl l i i i' 10 Na Exten. Tel. (Lim')l• • - - 25 National Dis. Co. (Li all 24 34 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Li i r l n t l 11 144 10 Netherlands Land .. ' '-' 1 06d all _ _ 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl ... a- all 100 N.Dr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 4 1 1 N.B.Australastan (Lim.) all 510 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 4 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 14 1.1 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 _it / at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 5 2 5 - 4 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 • 11a304011 11 06 9(5.:1 13(1 : 3 9 08 .4. 7 8 d 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 fled Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 17 18 50 Rhymney Iron all 164 174 15 Do. New all 44 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 127 130 25 South Australian Land all 33 8 5 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered all 41 6 10 Do. do 10 Trust and Agency 01 Austrlitsia 0 A. K'dom Tel. CO. (lim.) 1 id Jo 20 Tr:Az Ln . Co. o ( t u rp ) r l . B C t a l n B 5l 2 -- 1 AOO _an Diemen's Land 5 1 18•2•8 f 10i i 8 3.2.101 2.14.6 7.4.0 I 17; 13.12.6 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 9 2i 11i 1.11.0 9.18.9 all 1128.6 d UST. AUG SEPT: OCTI THE NEW BANKRUPTCI BILL. The following memorial to the Prime Minister was adopted on Wednesday by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce : "To the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, M.P., Premier of England, &c., " The Memorial of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in special general meeting acscaibled, " Showeth,—That your memorialists observe with great regret the alterations which have been made by the House of Lords in the Bill to amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency, inasmuch as such alterations will, if adopted by the House of Commons, deprive the bill of some of the most important features which the commercial com munity, as represented by the chambers of com merce and trade protection societies, have consi dered so essential in any alteration of the existing laws. That your memorialists have always been opposed to the appointment of a new judge in bank ruptcy, believing such an officer to be altogether unnecessary; consequently they do not object to the omission of the clauses having reference to such appointment ; but your memorialists deem it of the utmost importance that creditors should obtain a more direct control over the estates of bankrupts and insolvents, and are of opinion therefore that unless the clauses giving this control to the credi tors, which have been struck cut of the bill by the House of Lords, are restored, it would be more satisfactory to the commercial community that the bill should not become law. That your memorialists are also of opinion that the clauses relating to the dividend and to the discharge of the creditors' assignees should stand part of the bill, and that the remuneration to the official assignee should be partly by salary and partly by commission or fees. Your memorialists therefore respectfully but ear nestly pray her Majesty's Government not to con sent to the passing of the bill, unless it be restored to its original condition, with the exception of the clauses having reference to the creation of a new judge. " Signed by direction and on behalf of the chamber, " GEORGE DIXON, Vice-President." It is to be presented by a deputation this day (Friday). - - - THE ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. - BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation dui iug the week ending Saturday, the Sth day of June, 1861. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-heath and Co - Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 9,323 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 23,260 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswadc Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple--Marshall and Co 5,520 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford. Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co .. 28,114 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 11,431 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bieestcr-Tubb and Co. Binning ham Bank, Birmingham - Aa woo d s, Spooner, and Co. Boston B an k , B oston -Cl aypons and Co Boston Bc:nk, Boston-Gee and Co Bridgwatez• Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Seeley 7,408 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pr:tchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co ........... I3ury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow nfarkt Bank, 81 , --y St. Edmunds -Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury -J. C. and A. Gillett Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 22,488 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co. 23,057 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire --Harris . and Co. .................. 11,580 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co ...... 38889 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, , and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard- , ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worliedge and Co. . 2,300 )ertio ck a andC g o e . 13,37 Z CambridgeCmabrge Ban id and Cambridgeshire Cambridge-d Bank, l Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 37,722 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 24,278 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and 50n.... 2,890 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, & Co. 14,716 Colchester and E ssex B an k, an d With am and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co .. 28380 Cornish Bank, Truro-T wee dy an d C o. 43,198 Coventry Bank, C oven t r y -Littl e an d Woodcock 4,449 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. ............ 17,438 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 67,046 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth 7,659 Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Breco n B an k , and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chep s t ow - Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. . • 10,371 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 30370 Derby Old B an k an d S cars d a l e an d Hi gh Peak , Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co. .. • . 28,215 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 7,042 Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,568 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and C o Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Baekhouse and Co 80,514 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 7,450 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester- R. and H. Willi ams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. 88048 East Riding Bank, B ever l ey -B ower and Co 45,233 Essex Bank and Bish o p' s St ort f ord Bank, Chehns , ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 33,448 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 22474 Farringdon Bank and B an k o f W antage, Farring7 , don-Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 6,393 Faversham Bank, Faversham -Hilton and Co 4,291 Godalming Bank, Godalraing-Mellersh and Keen 4,1(2 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 11,862 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 22,617 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 13,459 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull . Bank, Hull- Smith, Broth ers , an d C o 17,791 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and C o Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,939 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples and Co. 31,895 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 16,266 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. 17,601 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alemanders &Co 52,3 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co. 8,592 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. 20,495 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 43,612 Longton Staffordshire B an k, Longton-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. 36,382 Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 24,617 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co 22,626 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co Llandovery Bank, Larnpeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St Barbe 3,768 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and C o . Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 10,510 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 4,665 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 7,634 Miners Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and C o . Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. 6,672 Newark Bank, Newark -Godfrey and Riddell 19,326 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co 42,220 Newbury Bank, Newbury -Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 11349 Newmarket Bani:, Newmarket--Eaton, Hammond, , and Co. 15,130 Norwich Crown Bank. and Norfolk and Suffolkßank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 44,910 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 89,387 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock axU Co. - Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & co- • New Sarum Bank, Sarum-PAA:kneY,Brothers 8,575 Nottingham Bank, N.eenigham-Samuel Smith and Co 23,216 ... oswestry P.Ank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry r.oson and Co' 12,221 Old dford Bank,Old Bank, Oxf To a n n bridg O e, ord- Ton P bri ar d s g o e ns and C and Tonbridge o . 32,065 . Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beeching • . 7,779 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons L'ease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar,d Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. .......... 41,321 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. ...... 7,155 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter • borough-D. Yorke and Co. ................ Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W Walters 9,135 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co 23,884 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 6,589 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,740 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nich o l son Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and 'Sons 9,947 Rugby Bank, Rugby -A: Butlin and Son 9,780 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 7,627 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron "Walden-Gibsons and Co. 20,053 Salop Bank, Shrewsbm-y-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 10,666 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall _ and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shmwsbury-Rocke Eyton, and Co 31,307 Sittingbourne and Milt on iank, Sittingbourne-- 2 280 Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp- 8,835 ton-Maddison and Pearce S s o o u u t t h h w am ell pt ß on ank an , d S H ou a t m h p w s e hi ll 2,382 .-Atherley, Fall, and . .... C0 .. .........; 1 • d • b o. 11,071 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevengo_ a mlord-Eaton, Stamford and Rutland Bank, St 18,643 Bnk Southan l P . tf . -Wylde and Co. .. . ... Cayley, and Co ........... . •th;; ewsbury _ Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank R. Badcock 21,993 . 22,490 Taßunectokn, Downward,Bank, iaun ankmd-Cll°. *G an in d , Sons, and Co. .. 7,683 Tavistock Bank, Tavis bury _ Harwood and C 0... 8,833 Thornburg Bank, Thornburg-Harwood Bank, Tiverton Duns Tiverton and Devonshire orthamptonshire, ioicieind Co. ..... ston _yor Bank, Elan . N . ........ . ....... 10)680 ThrV ank an d Chesham Bank, Tring—Butcher Tying n and Son ........................ 12.195 T o wchesterOldßank,Towchester—P erci val and Co. 6,744 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood a nd Poole Bank, Poole—a. W. Led and and Sons Thrapston and Ketteringkand Union Bank, Cornwall, ilelston--Vivian and Co.. 14,323 Wallino . f ,, a tiank, Wallingfge—ord Uxbridge Old Dunk, Uxbrid Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, ...ACI CO. ....... 1121 1 T il e , Smith, h 1 , v & e C u o s ; 9,839 - 6 216 ............ . ............... . Greaves and Co. . 19, 282 ...................... Wellington S omerset • Bank . Wellington—Fox, West RiO' ng Bank, Wakefield and Brother s , an d Co 2,024 , Bank—Leatham. T.vw, and Co . W r. a o rw n i t e f ra c k— c t .... 44,150 Whitby Old Bank and Co ,Whitby--Simpson, Chapman, 13,906 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches ter—Bulpett and Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank— Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech--Gur neys and Co 35,370 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and • W Hancock Wolverhampton B ank, Wolverhampton—GoodzickP9,436 Worcester an d Holyoake .. •• • v n f=w Worcester Old Bank and T,ewkesbury csal - 15 ank , ..f. Worcester — Berwick, Lechmez, Wolverhampton Bank. w-zver ampton—R. and 9,636 W. F. Fryer . . -ad C 0........ 62,011 , srarmonth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Sudelk Bank, Yarmouth— Gurneys, Birkbock, 37,07 And CO. 11 ..... 1•Mot ......... ••••10090, " • image lings )rred The con- Light were ap year - aluo were fore, re- vices lima! rear. g, ty Id a. stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stack stock stock 10 19.16.1 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 0 stock stock stock stock stock 261 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10/ 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6d, 121 12 stoc stock 124 121 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 10s. 10 1.0.6 stalk stock t all 'lOO all all all 100 ij 100 100 100 100 all all 102 i Share) 100 stk 18 20i 204 17i 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock lk 10.6.7 4.18.61 all 48.18.9 1 24.8.0; 'l3s ect