The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

0 N AND COZINERCILL INTELLIGENCE, Two O'CLOCK. At Paris thi s morn i ng, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 95c. Sales to close engagements fur a rise in prices, coupled with the general inactivity of business, h ave led to a decline of i f per cent, in the English fl inds, Consols now being 90 1 for money and to-morrow, and 901 for the Bth July. The , I :,, r oceDding s present very little feature of interest. : h e New Th rees and Reduced Annuities are 89 I ; India 5 per Cents., 104 ; ; and Enfaced 5 Per Cents. 104 105. A general decided decline has taken place in the Foreign Market, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 71 I; do Consolides have re ceded to 4S 7 1 7 ; Mexican, to 444 ; do. New Loan, dis. to par ; Greek, 24 ; Spanish Passive, 31i ; P ortuguese are 49, It a li an 691, R uss i an Scrip a! 41 prem., S we di s h do. 2-. 11 -; 31 prem., and th e Con federate Loan 64 66. la the R a il way Sh are Market the operations ho pe not been very numerous, but in several in stances prices have exhibited a slight downward Movement. Great Eastern and Metropolitan have receded 155.; South Western, 10s.; and Great 'Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, sa, The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue 4t about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained inactive, and prices, in some instances, show less firmness. Alliance Bank new shares have receded 1 , Imperial Ottoman 1, London and Colonial Merchants Bank 2,. London and 'Westminster t, Metropolitan and Provincial 1 ; while City Bank hive improved 1, Peninsular and O r i ental Steam kftve declined 4• BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. G OPEE.NAIENT FUNDS. ° Per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 9O 1 ~ ,per Cent. R e d uce d 89 "eW 3 per;Cent ... 89 i 4 Mizell. June. tit chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO Ditt o 4100 ad 4 ta . tik England Stk, 51 per Ct. 200 Ditto Account. I n i d N ia n s i t k oc GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 10 } per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto A cco D itto 5 perunt Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certific a t es Ditto E nfaced Paper, 4 ner Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent ,Jan n 1872 .. 101 5 D itto 5 per Cent , M, 1879 — Ditto D l ebentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds4l, 000 Ditto tinder £l,OOO .. — — dis Anst , rian FOREIGN Cent FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bond E s, sper Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent , bilian Ditto 6 per 1 per Cent . Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C en t.) -- k• Ditto 4/ pee Cent ..... .... C olombian 6 per Cent C„,,uba, 6 per Cent. "anish 3 per Cent., 1825 , Ditto 5 per Cent, 1863 Ditto Scrip £7O paid • • Pm f i cltlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 4°gYptiart 7 pei. Cent — .. Ditto, Second Issue 14 reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, es-Coupons 0 itto count Ditto Coopons —.l 'Pitt() Account ‘ i tza ir , ternala 5 per Cent. jt ,"„ it to) 1839 and 1859 k ,. iian 6 per Cent.plaremmana Railway) -43x.i.ean 3 per Cent Ditto Account viDitto French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — ir °llBll Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. tiDitty Land 'Warrants (Hectares) — !!'ltvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account.... - titto 3 per Cent. (Crribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Por tuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account . . • . -- Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '6O, 62,'3 49 Ditto Account .. ..•• D itto 1863 Scrip, £4O p a id Attssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ...... •• Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Anglo-Dutch .... (~ Ditto Scrip, £2O paid ..... `4l - cliniati 6 per Cen t , ......... . ... —l Ditto Account 6 ....... ... Ditto Account D... Ditto Passive D itto Account 32i 2 ariiiAli Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account 9ll i "%dish 4 per Cent — D itto Scrip, £4O paid .. --- Pm 4 -„ r kish 6 per Cent. 1851 -uitto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 1)i1)itto Acco un t 69i Ditto, 4100 Bonds I,7l3,ittotto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto £lOO ."`tte. Bonds.. " uDitto 1863 -- ~,,.tto G uaranteed, 4 per Cent e zuela 3 per Cent. i tto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 --- • i 3-)tto Account 561 ..... D i tto 6 per Cent, 1864 itto Scrip, £3O Paid • . - Ditto 11 p er Cent ...... dis Dividends on t h e above payable. in Lond -n. . I . ll strian, 5 p er Cent,. Ex, 10 Florins, --- elgian 41 per Cent., E. 251. ~, Ditto Account..,. .. . &hitch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 * Gu " il ..... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 2. 5 per Cent,, 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto account r , 0 ....... . .... 691 I, lll rian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. eci raontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 ...... •. .. • ......... bit to July %Nola Money 91# TWO O ' CLOCK, . I • -hitt° ACCOlint t .... TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no c h ange in the CITY, position of the Money Market to-d a y. I ts supplies ire still largely in excess of ordinary commercial requirements, and competition being thus promoted among the banks and discount houses, the rates continue to range as low as 61, 7,- per cent. for superior qualities of incre uantile bills. The opinion is entertained in some quarters that the minimum will be reduced on Thursday next to the extent of 1 per cent., but the movement, should it take place, will occasion no u l " r iLise, as i ts adoption within a limited period is fully anticipated. The Kent has arrived from Port Phillip with 41_5,528. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. Business in the Fureigu and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has not been very 11Ct il'e• The operations in tea have been deferred note, the publi c sa l es, which commence to-day. iii,;ars have maintained Former rates, while there is little change of importance to record in the values , f coffe, ri ce , f ru i t, and spices. The tallow market 4 ite been dull, and few dealings have been reported either for present or forward delivery. At the annual general meeting to-day of share% holder s of the Bank of British North America the report presented for adoption stated that the trade ah ° , f the North American provinces showed leconsider improvement. At Victoria, Vancouver Island, the business of the bank continued to make satis factory progress, and an agency Lad been ° Pened at San Francisco. As regards 1863, the directors had made ample provision to 'fleet all anticipated losses, and there remained a nett profit for that year, after deducting charges and income tax, of £61,413 14s, 7d. Out of this altiouat the directors had declared a half-yearly dividend, payable on and after the 6th July next, at the rate of 6 per cent., per annum, free of income tax. The sum of £1,413 14s. 7d. will then be left to be added to the rest, which, including that addis Lion and after providing for the dividend paid in 7anuary l ast, and for the deduction of 210,000, above referred to, amoanted on the 31st December, 1863, to £120,024 2s. 10d. The chairman, Mr. A. W. Saffray, observed that a loss estimated at £lO,OOO bad occurred in consequence of the depreciated value of American securities, and that that amount had been taken from the rest and carried to the in• deranity fund. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. i P a i d. Closing 1 Business i I Price. done. . --------- ' 13.14, Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. all 8 si at Blythe anti Tyne. 10 il ost. , Sleaf.,andltlid.t.l(t all 8 4 9 et Bristol and Exeter 8 5 15604 o f °a o ' ro le k i. : ° li n d A anl4Bntion lO3 118 119 all 20 Cornwall all 6 7 gets no di; all 10 D o. B i, till 6p c.p an.ha F t a ll ( bai to P 50 Dublin & ee Be n lf p ast d June.. - all 35 37 25 D uu.,Perthai/Ab..Junc, all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glaszow. 100 91 93 st Glasp.. and S. Western, 100 103 105 at GreatEaatern, Ord. stir 100 461 171 46 4 44 I at Ditto A stock - st Ditto EastA ng li an at 100 64 74 6/ at GreaLNorthol Scotland 103 at Great Northern...., lOO 130 331 - at Po A stock et Do Li do at GO. S. ant W. of Irelan: 100 91 93 at Great Western ... et Do Str Val gua. ;tool , 100 at Laucashite & Yorke'nirt , 100 1113 112/ 1128 1 at London and Blackwan 500 1 66 b 7 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 j 104 106 et Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 . 41 43 et • Lon. & North Western 100 111 1111 111/ et Lou. & Scr.th Western 100 ' 971 984 974 et Man., Shef., .ic Lincoln. 100 531 241 54/ 50 Alaryport and Carlis:. all 12.1 Dog shareo.. ...... at Metropolitan all 113 114 1131 13 st Midland Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 100 101 IC3 I c o Aid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 241 251 at Nth. Eastern—Berwiot , 100 104 102 25 Do, G.N.E. purehast. :6.13.4 —— d et Do Leeds lOO 574 684 at Do York st Do Carlisle lOO at North London 10 Do New 16.1 North StzfrOrdshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 10f• 111 at Scottish Central ...„ lOO 121 123 3 t Scot N. E., Aber. stool: 100 36 38 d, Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 10 Shrews. and Welehpoot all tt Shropshire Union it !South Devon lOO 33 85 It !South Eastern ,t 'South Wales I S. York. and River Dun 100 ;104 106 0 z:Aaines,Wok.,andWok all ' 71 84 5 Stockton & Darlington all 361 371 5 Do l7 91 10 , 5 Do New, 1850 lO 8 84 p t Taff Va1e....,......., • , 100 163 1 7 0 0 Do B 8 6 7 t D Do C 3 3 4 p 3 Ulster 5 Do 10 Do 5l t Vale of Neath t Victoria sta. and Pim lOO Waterford & Kilkenny 100 i West Cornwall lOO j 23 25 W. Hartlepool Har.&R ! 100 West Midland--Oxiordl 100 Do Newport' 100 Do Hereford! 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. are 100 20 Railways ct St Lawrence Born.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per mut.. Do. New . . . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference -- Buflalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 18/1 Do. do. July 1, 187- Do. do. June 1, 18". - J OlcuttaArS. East!). (LID, Cape Town t Dock Scrip : Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canadr. Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.LudiaPonin.gua.spoo Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guarantecri 5 per cent. Gt. VV. of Canada Shares stock steok stock stook stook stook stock stook stock stock stock, stook Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. O p. o. Bnde. Meib. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. C. Mortg. Bds. NewßruEswiok &t Car.dh Class A and 8........ N.E.l•C'dao po Ist pt bds Soinde Do. ...... Do. Panjaub . • Fa' ..• Do. Do. .„. •• , f j t • • • Do. Indus St Flo ) COLONIAL GOITEE,b - 1 ..;;In.Oov. 6 p.c.J a &Jul 3 - 1877-51 ....-........... - Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Aug. Do.o p. o. Mar. & Sept. Do. t p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stoch Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1878 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 1891 !Do. Jan. & July, 1691.. 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 3.lauritius 6 per cent .. 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.da.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5p z.,18.Jt Du. 5 p. c.,18/i to 137 t -.. Do. d0.,1888 &upwde - iNew Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. - sterling, 1875. ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. —l. Aus G5p,c.1878.& up.. - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 'Do. to 100 100 100 100 100 Paid, au 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Closing Prioe. 60 62 1031 104! all 100 (100 1 100 2 all 1 100 k.lnO Park p al 6} 81 9a 77 82 77 8! 77 82 101 103 98 100 106 108 105 i 104 P t p 21 22 MEIN 105 par 102 101 10 101 10& 10If; 90 02 82 81 par ap 104 103 i 97 99 92 of 56 58 S 5 82 84 103 101 lo2i 104 d *p 1: 1 2i 108 i 98 98 'l' SECURITIES. 1031 93 i BRITIS: 2 eambrian C 031601. Gold I clitlord Amalgamated.. —• I Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. • • East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon East Cana E. Prlßusael (Tavistk.) Gam.4:St.Aubyn(Gwer. Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (lielston Grenville lierc•cl'a-Foot Hingaton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant )larke Valley.. llyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; New Setun • • North Downs N. Wli'l Basset (1110 ;an, N'erth Wheal Crotty yar Consols (tit. Blazey, :0 i_tovidence (Uny Lelnt., south Caradon(St.Cleer —S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (Mogan IStray Park Paraar Silv.& Lead Min fin Craft ___ West Basset (Mogan): . radon (Liskeard) West Eaton Wheal Basset (Mogan . ; gheal Buller( ItedrutW Wheal Kitty ( U.L elant) WhealLalLott Wheal MaryAnn(Men )! Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); Wheal Union Business done IC4 3I P. 16.: 104 106 103 105 102 114 91 14 91 93 106 108 107 109 Ic, 111 110 112 110 112 106 108 107 IC9 102 104 994 1004 996 1006 996 1604 10) 111 104 106 108 110 110 114 109 110 id 33 35 560 670 64 66 2S 29 9 9/ 3/ 41 7 0 2} 31} 351 81 8/ 58 40 3} 31 14 16 1 41 4/ d 80 85 1/ 21 1/ 2 4 41 i 40 45 29 31 18.1R.91 ,30.17.6 i 2.0.6 3.5.8 8 5S 7 3.17 12 2} 14 16 225 235 19 21 1i 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98 Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Midland 45 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 101 i Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4:per ct.,:93 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED H ENTALS. Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 54: FOREIGN UAILWAYI3. Antwerp and Rotterdam,:9l Bahia and an Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent, 17j Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent. pf., 9i San Paulo (litn.), gua. ? per cent., Ditto (all), 20i FOREIGN MINE. Cobre Copper, 341 5 London, 75! DOCKS. BANKS. Alliance (Um.), Ditto, new, 52 Anglo Austrian, 71 I Australasia, 731 Ditto, new, 67i Bank of British Columbia, 11 Bank of Otago,:lim., 5 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 14} 14 City, 13 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11.1,1 Continental, Bin., 18i East London, lira., Ditto, new, 8 Chartered, 21 s l t 6 r 1 5 1 E E n n s s h h andseo tch ,n European Bank, 1im.313 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), =— Ditto, new, 153 16 Imperial Bank (lira.), 4li Imperial Ottoman, 201 19; Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., London Bank of Mealeo and S. America, Urn., 6 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 London and Colonial (lira.), 181 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, 11m., 21 London and South African, 25 sAx Metropolitaneethrr c ucd h aein a t, tntpoi le aean:nvbad; 'Ancll;a2nsde.illim , 1 2. i London and 11 estminster, 91i lad4uPdrpoveilicii,allimß.a.ritlim., 81 M I South Eastern, lint., Union of London, ssi 21ISCELLANEOUS. Continental Union Gas, Contract corporation, lim., 6 Crystal Palace, 321 3 Discount Corporation, 16 Financial Corporation, 4 85 Gen. Credit and Finance of .London, 7# Home and C ssurance, lim., Si • Imperial Financial, lirn., International Financial society, lim., 104 International Land Credit, lint, 45 " Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7i 5 London General Omnibus Company, 2,1 London Financial Association, lim., Ditto new, Mercantile , Credit 15 Association, lim., 135 National Discount Company, lim., 145 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 83 Ito yal Mail Steam, 90 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, Thames and Mersey Marine (InsuranCe), 1im.,:65 105! 61 12} ' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, ROUSE OF LORDS. YELVERTON V. YELvERTON (OR LONGWORTH.) (Present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Kingsdown,) This case was continued this morning, and, judging from appearances, there was no lack of interest on the part of the public, who thronged the avenues of the house. Many ladies were present, and they seemed to be greatly disap pointed that Mrs Yelverton was not present at the com mencement of the proceedings. Mr Rslt, Q.C., for the appellant, proceeded with his argument, reading lengthened extracts from the evidence adduced, He dwelt upon the circumstance connected with the interview at Galata, and said that the letters which afterwards passed between them showed that at that time Miss Longworth (Mrs Yelverton) had no idea that a mar riage was to take place between them. The Lord Chancellor said that, while they were in the Crimea, Major Yelverton dined with the respondent and her friends. Mr. R - ilt said, on one occasion. It was clear that she fol lowed the appellant there, and there was no evidence of a promise of marriage then, although it was evident there were many familiarities between them. This brought down the correspondence from that time to the time when she arrived in Edinburgh. From that place she wrote that she slept under a flag, which she had brought from the Crimea, and that it gave her the greatest possible satisfac tion. She went on to suggest how money might be made available for their travelling purposes, adding that as she now knew the height, length, and breadth of his wicked ness, he need not be under any apprehension of his losing her good opinions. This would tend to show the nature of the familiarities that existed between them. She said also that her great strength was in her tenacity of purpose, and that when once she made up her mind to a certain course she could never be turned from it. Now all that was said for an obvious purpose, and was quite inconsistent with the fact she had alleged, that Major Yelverton had offered her marriage at Bala clava. In one of her subsequent letters she said she had received a letter from " Sylvan Blue," a former lover of hers, full of the most amatory diction she ever saw; but she said that, after the treatment she had received from Major Yelverton, she did not feel herself worthy of any body. After this she appeared to surrender. He thought that was as clear as possible; but then again it was equally clear that she made up her mind to struggle in a last effort to induce him to marry her. As he (the learned counsel) had before stated, the appellant resisted those advances in every possible way, and even declined to go on without the correspondence. The Lord Chancellor consulted for sometime with Lord Kingadown and other noble lords on this part of the case, but did not make any remarks upon it. Mr Rolt proceeded to quote extensively from the respon dent's letters, with a view to show that the respondent had given up all idea of a marriage taking place between them, and that she had virtually bidden him farewell. Lord Kingsdown enquired what was the date of that letter. Mr Rc,lt said it was April G. She made another strug gle, for in one of her letters she said that Major D--- had called upon her and had sought to ascertaiu whether or not she was really engaged to Major Yelverton, a fact he was not likely to find out. The Lord Chancellor said the next letter was one of the most beautiful he ever read. Mr. Rolt fully admitted the beauty of its composition, but contended that it proved the virtual abandonment of negotiations between them. About the letter he submitted there could not be the slightest doubt or ambiguity. Lord Brougham inquired whether that letter did not mean that Major Yelverton ought not to have proposed to her a private marriage, and that unless he offered her a public marriage she would not be married to him at all. Mr. Rolt said he could not so read the letter. She said that Major Yelverton had torn from her the one wish of her heart. Lord Brougham supposed that meant a regular public marriage. That was the most obvious interpretation of the words. Mr Rolt said he did not believe that the words had any reference to marriage. She spoke of something she had never thought of before, and that could hardly be marriage. Other letters, however, which he had read, would probably throw some light upon that point. To him it was clear ,hat in these letters she was not referring to marriage, but ,o a proposal from a gentleman to a lady to live with him without marriage; and he asked their lordships to take judicial cognizance of the matter. At a quarter to 12 Mrs Yelverton, accompanied by the :wo ladies who were with her yesterday, came into the •eporters' gallery and took theirseats there. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Henry Simpson, a lad about 16 years of age, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him \Nita robbery, and also with having feloniously broken out of his master's house in the night time. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the employ of a licensed victualler, who carried on business at the Marquis of Granby, Chandos-street. On the morning following the offence, the house, which was securely fastened up at night, was discovered to have been broken open from the inside, and a quantity of money stolen. Search was made over the premises, when the prisoner was discovered to be absent, and suspicion naturally attached to her. Notice of the robbery was given to the police, and in a short time after the prisoner was taken into custody and charged with the offence. He attempted to explain his conduct, and strongly denied that ho had committed the robbery, but said he merely opened the door and let in some man, who had broken open the place and stolen the money. The Common Sergeant commented very severely upon the prisoner's conduct, and sentenced him to five years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.) Robert Thompson, 16, a genteel-looking lad, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with unlawfully attempting to administer to Mary Ann Lambert certain noxious ingredients with which to injure and annoy her. The prisoner was also charged with administering the same ingredient with intent to murder her, but the grand jury ignored the bill. Mr Sleigh urged, on behalf of the prisoner, that he was very young, and that down to the period of this transaction he had borne a very good character. It appeared that he was annoyed at the prosecutrix in whose establishment he was employed as page, having refused to give him a holiday in order that he might go to the Derby, and he very foolishly put some poisonous stuff into the cocoa that had been prepared for breakfast, but he had no intention to cause her any serious mischief, although of course the proceeding was a very wicked and improper one. The learned Commissioner respited judgment till next session. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, LI 4s to £1 108 per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Mea4ow kay, £2 lOs to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 103 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive, COLONIAL. TEA—The operations have been very restricted conse quent upon the large quantity to be offered to-day at public sale. SUGAR —A moderate business has been done in West India, and steady rates have been obtained for superior grocery descriptions, In the refined market there is no material change as regards values, COFFEE,—Colonial descriptions have been in fair request, Plantation Ceylon having been in demand at fully late rates. RICE.—The operations have been on a rather limited scale, at about former rates. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and prices have shown a. downward tendency for both present and future delivery. P. Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 6d, July to Eeptember 41s, and last three months 43s 6d. COAL hi, Prima of Coal per Ton at AItKET. the dole of the market. 8. d. Cowpen Hartley 16 0 Hastings Hartley l6 0 Eden Main ..16 3 Wylam 16 6 s. d. Walls End. Braddyll's Hett0n.....16 9 L laswell ...17 6 Hetton l7 6 South Hetton 17 6 Russel's Hetton l6 9 Framwellgate ...16 6 Hartlepool l7 3 Caradoc l7 3 ;t, 39; sold. 37. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR, Robert Wood, conductor of one of the Atlas and Waterloo Omnibus Association's Omnibuses, appeared before Mr . Knox, to answer the complaint of Mr Henry O'Hara Moore, gentleman, of the Finchley New-road, of using abusive language towards him. Mr Herring, jun., appeared for the defendant, and Mr Richard, one of the directors of the Omnibus Association, attended to watch the case. The evidence of Mr Moore went to show that on the 25th of May he got into the omnibus of which the defen dant was the conductor, at Charing-cross. The omnibus proceeded on its journey, and from Charing-cross to the Regent-circus, Oxford-street, the omnibus stopped three times, and there was great delay. He complained each time, and the defendant in the Regent-circus addressed the driver to the effect that he (Mr Moore) was mad. In answer to Mr Herring, jun., the complainant said the omnibus might have stopped a minute twice—that a boy got up, and that he did not like the boy being along side of hici, On asking the defendant why he stopped, he said, "To take up passengers." Mr Herring, jun., was about to address the magistrate occasion for him to d o so. He usually, in cases where on the defendant's behalf; but Mr Knox said there was n o men were summoned for usin; abusive language, found there was something like foul language uttered, but in the present case there was nothing of the sort. He had no doubt the truth was that the defendant felt irritated at the complainant's frequent ecmplaints, and that he said to the driver, " Oh, ho ( meaning the complainanf) must be mad." He should dismiss the summons. Mr Richards was about to speak on behalf of the defen dant, but Mr Knox said there was no necessity for him to do so. PLATE ROBBERY BY A FOOTMAN. —Arthur Wilson, footman, in the service of Mr. Charles Henry Mocre, a gentleman residing at No, 45, Wimpole-street, Cavendish square, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing sixteen silver forks, the prope r ty of his master. Solomon Bierman, assistant to Mr. Levy, pawnbroker, of 54, Dudley-street, said—On Saturday night at half-past eleven the prisoner came into the shop and asked if I would buy some silver forks. I said " Y es ," a t the same time observing some marks on som a the prisoner produced. The prisoner left, and last night at a quarter to twelve I was called down and saw the prisone r . On asking him what he wanted, he said he had brought some silver forks. I asked him how he became possessed of them, and he said a man who was dead had given them to him. I then sent fur a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Mr Charles Henry Moore, of 45, Win,pole-street, said— The prisoner lived with me as a servant, and let me in last night at II o'clock, and shut up th e place as usual. The forks produced are my property. Mr Knox—Had you missed them ? Mr Moore—Not till the officer came to me. I had given out to the prisoner in May a quantity of plate, and when the prisoner returned it he must have kept back the forks, all of them bearing my crest. Mr Knox—How long has he been in your service ? Mr Moore—Since the 19th March. I had a good cha raster with him and always considered him a good servant, and never had the least reason to suppose he was dishonest. Wm. Fitzgerald, 50 F—On asking the prisoner where he got the forks from he said from a man who had been dead some time. The prisoner refused his address, but after wards said he was a gentleman's servant, and that he had let himself out of the house last night with a key. Prisoner said he was guilty. Mr Knox—ln allowing the prisoner to plead lam stretch ing my power to its utmost limit. It is a serious case, the prisoner having betrayed the trust reposed in him by robbing his master, and but for the prisoner's previous character, which he has now lost, I should have sent him to the sessions. The prisoner will be committed for six months, with hard labour. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—We cannot wonder that a House of Commons so notoriously favourable to the Danish cause should view with apprehension the long de lays of the Conference, and be agitated by the crisis which is apparently at hand. The refusal of Lord Palmerston last night to enlighten his audience as to what has actually passed at therecent meetings gave occasion to a little demonstration, in which baffled curiosity, mingling with a suspicion that the Conference was about to prove a solemn and pompous failure, caused some cutting things to be said of her Majesty's Government. lint though the traditions of British official life do not allow Ministers to communicate the results of each sitting of the Conference to Parliament, there is no reason why the country should be kept in ignorance of that which it can do no harm to know. Is has been truly said that what is made a secret by Ministers in their answers to the House of Commons is no secret to foreign Embassies or to the conductors of the foreign press. Everything that passes at the Conference, even to the opinions of the several re presentatives and their mode of advocating their respective causes, is soon known with something like accuracy by communities which are certainly not more worthy to be well-informed than our own. We may, then, fairly put oar readers in possession of what we believe to be the present state of the negotiations, convinced that by so doing we confer a benefit on both parties to the dispute, and aid in the most efficient maener the efforts of those who are labouring in the cause of peace. The meeting of the Conference which took place yesterday, though it has no striking success to record, has not been entirely barren. Of course the greatest at tention was given to the matter of most immediate importance. The permanent settlement of the dis putemay be d e l a y e d, b ut t h e quest i on o f t h e sus pension of hostilities is urgent. On Sunday next, the 12th inst., hostilities will be renewed, unless in the meantime a prolongation of the present truce can be agreed upon. This matter formed the chief subject of discussion yesterday. The Danes showed through their representatives their usual spirit of defiance and recklessness of cense quenees. Apparently thinking that the chapter of accidents may possibly bring a better solution for them if the war continue ana they stand before the world as a brave people struggling against two mili tary tyrannies, the Danes play a bold game. When a renewed suspension of hostilities was proposed they declared that they would only consent to an additional term of a fortnight. Austria and Prus sia, on the other hand, desired a suspension of arms for two months. It is easy to understand the rea sons which induce the allies to propose this ex tended truce. They are in possession of the Duchies ; they hold the administration of them, and are able not only to represent the opinions of the people as they please, but even to create a certain amount of feeling by skilful management. There are districts where the Schleswigers are pretty evenly balanced between partisans of the Prince of Augustenburg and honest liegemen to the Dane. To be able for two months to work upon the ins habitants of such districts is no small advantage to Powers which are intent on showing that nearly the whole country is German by race and instincts. Then the advance of the season would bring nearer the time when the Danes must forego one of the most efficient weapons of warfare—the blockade of the German ports. It need hardly be added that the lengthening out of the war will be unfavour able to the weaker State, which is less able to bear a protracted drain of its resources, and that there is more likelihood that the allies will be able to have their own way when the neutrals become tired of the Danish question through lapse of time, and when the British Parliament is prorogued, than now that the interest is general and the sympathy with the Danes manifest on every side. This pro posal for a two months' suspension of hostilities, however, met with so positive a refusal from Den mark that it was not pressed, and at last it was agreed that the representatives of the belli gerents should refer to their respective Govern ments the proposition for a suspension of hosti lities. Tne matter was no doubt referred to Copenhagen, Berlin, and Vienna by telegraph, and the answer will come soon enough to allow the ques tion to be finally settled at a meeting of the Confer ence which will be probably summoned for Thursday. It can hardly be supposed that a prolongation of the truce can be rejected by either of th. parties. Although the Danes are described as eager foe war, and even the Jutlanders, having been plundered I'f everything, are urging the King to fight it out, yet the dishonour that the Copenhagen Ministers will do themselves by rejecting such a reasonable pro posal makes it probable that there will be no diffi culty interposed by either party, and that till the middle of July, at all events, the land will be free from bloodshed. There is all the more reason to hope that this new suspension of hostilities will meet no obstacle, as there is some chance at least of a c'mpromise being accepted. All accounts from Copenhagen represent the Danes as indignant at the notion of any concession, as being full of con sternation and shame that England should think of taking away Holstein and a part of Schleswig from them. To give up the line of the Eider, to give up the Dannewarke and the town of Schleswig itself would be intolerable. On the other hand, the German papers are demanding every inch of both duchies for the Prince of Augustenburg. They cannot conceive how any foreign conclave of statesmen should think of demanding that he should forego his birthright. Is not Schleswig irrevocably united to Holstein, and does it not extend to the very frontier of Jutland ? It is clear that the parties are irrecon cilable in their demands, and to make either abate is one of the most difficult tasks which could be attempted by a neutral. Yet the persevering efforts of our own Government, supported by France and Russia, have not been wholly unsuc cessful. The neutral Powers have, we believe, proposed the line of the Schlei as the frontier between an independent German State to be formed to the south of it, and a purely Danish kingdom to the north. This, in our opinion, is an arrange ment far more advantageous to Denmark than a renewal of the political relations which have heretofore obtained between the Kingdom and the Duchies. Better Fart of Schleswig permanently and completely incorporated with the movarchy and forming a compact mass with it than two semi independent, but wholly discontented, provinces. Whatever may be the present irritation of Denmark, there is so much of reason in the new scheme that we cannot think it, or one even less favourable, would be long rejected. But for the present the allies refuse to give ep so much. They concede the principle of drawing a line across Schleswig; and this, indeed, is the chief success which the Confer.. ence has as yet obtained—that whereas a fortnight ago they demanded the whole of the two Duchies, they are now willing that the Danish population in the northern part of Schleswig should remain united to the monarchy. They ask that the line should be drawn north of Flensburg, which they ciannto be a German t own , an d to h ave a German popula tion on the south and west of it. On this question of detail, then, the neutrals and the two German Powers are at variance. But it is certainly a step to have obtained such a basis for negotiation as the admission that the line must be drawn so as to divide the two rival races, To have advanced thus far gives a chance of peace, because it makes more conspicuous the folly and inutility of the war. A war for a province may seem respectable, but when it is for a belt formed by two parallel lines less than twenty miles distant from each other it can hardly excite either enthusiasm or admiration even in Germany. HERALD.—In the debates in the Upper House, and in the columns of the leading journal, the friends of the working man have been ventilating their last new patent plan for his moral and social elevation. They would make him independent by rendering him an object of universal suspicion, and would foster habits of integrity by practically forbidding any one to trust him. They agree that the Lord Chancellor's Debtor and Creditor Bill " involves a question of the highest importance to the welfare of the working classes," and they propose to solve the problem by depriving a large class of creditors of their legal remedy. Because 9,000 persons annually are com mitted to prison for refusing to pay debts which they have the ability but not the inclination to dis charge, the Lord Chancellor would stop the credit of some millions to whom such credit is anaccome modation, and not unfrequently a condition of existence. The noble and learned lords on the Ministerial side of the house have propounded views of our social system which to us at least have all the charm of novelty: Tradesmen in poor neighbour.. hoods who read the parliamentary debates will learn a great deal more about themselves and their power than they ever knew. The tradesman, we aro gravely assured, is not dependent upon his cue tonnes, but his customers upon him. He stands behind his counter, not as an industrious struggling citizen, but as a small autocrat dispensing favours to a crowd of bondsmen, who must either take his goods at any price he likes to charge, or go to gaol if they attempt to free themselves from his influ ence. The remedy for all this is, in the Chancellor's opinion, exceedingly simple. Because some men betray the confidence of their creditors, he would punish the creditor for placing confidence in his customers at all ; because some tradesmen abuse their legal remedy, he would take that remedy away from all tradesmen whatever ; and because certain Chancery barristers have blundered in their appli ca ti on o f th e common law w h en sitting as county court judges, h e p ro p oses not to re quire that the judge shall know the law, bat . that the law sh a ll b e a l tere d to reme d y ev ils . which have arisen sol e ly f rom t h e errors o f th• judge. Walla End. Gosforth l6 3 Harton 16 3 Wharnclitre l6 3 Tunstall Ships at market A CONFEDERATE CARGO.—The iron steam brig Harriet Pinckney, Captain Johns, belonging to Mr. Bond, and bound for Liverpool, put into Milbay on Sunday even ing for coal. She left Bermuda on the 18th of May, and brings 100 tons of tobacco, 703 bales of cotton, and £70,000 in gold, chiefly on account of the Consederate Government. among her 14 cabin passengers are—Mr and Mrs Musson, Mr H. Tapp, Mr F. Slipper, Miss Desterre, the Rev. T. Frith, and Lieut. Brawley, who belongs to the 6th South Carolina Regiment, and lost his arm May 31, 1862, at the battle of Seven Pines, Chickahominy. He left Wilming ton May 10 in the steamer Thistle which followed the Con federate ram Lawley, when she dispersed the Federal blockade ships. At the mouth of the river ten of these were outside, and one made an effort to overtake the Thistle. Ex-Senator C. C. Clay, of Alabama, and Mr Jacob Thom son, of Mississippi, left Wilmington in the Thistle, and after arrival at Ih>rmuda started for Halifax. It is re ported that they are engaged in the secret service of the Confederate Government, WESTMINSTER. BREAKING A VALUABLE PANE OP GLASS.—EIIen Kay was charged before Mr Arnold with breaking a pane of plate glass, the property of Mr James Waterfield, licensed victualler, and landlord of the Old Rose and Crown, Medway-street. Mrs Elizabeth Waterfield, wife of the prosecutor, stated that about nine o'clock the previous night the prisoner and her husband came to the bar, when the former asked for a pint of beer. Prisoner said, "If you fill the pint I will smash the window." Witness drew the beer, when the prisoner immediately flung a heavy stone at a pane of glass, which was smashed to pieces, Mr Arnold—Where did she get the atone from ? Witness—She took it out of her pocket. The prisoner said that she told Mr Waterfield that she would break the window if he continued to serve her hus band, who was in the habit of spending the most of his money at the house, and who in consequence left her and her children without food. Mrs Waterfield observed that the prisoner's husband did not spend half-a-crown a week at her house, Mr Arnold—Was he sober ? Witness—Ho was, sir. Prisoner stated that he was not sober. A wilncss for the prosecutor corroborated the evidence, and said that the prisoner's husband seemed sober. Mr Arnold—What was the value of the glass Mr Waterfield—Xs. Mr Arnold—Nothing would justify you in going delibe rately to do damage to this amount. You have got yourself into a deal of trouble by it. The prisoner was remanded iu her own security of £5 to appear there on Thursday, T:II74.4.RM:EBL..—John Biggs' a rope ma S k l e N r 7r of nA w n ea F to A. v m e i r f : his wife, appeared b e f ore Mr Partridge to answer a charge :treet, St epney, an d H arr i e t Higgs, of assaulting Mrs Sarah Lawrence, the wife of a ooach builder, dwelling in Nicholas -street, St. Peter's-road, Mile end. street, St Mr Charles Young, solicit and Mr Joseph Smith, solicitor pas T s h in e g co a m lo p n l g ain i t i tn ig t h , .a the sentence, anci Mrs Jane Higgs and Miss ° conducted the prosecution, respectable woman, is a cousin was for the defence. met the defendants, wh o of the defendant. complainant good l a d i e n a a l n of f asked foul Wednesday night last she was assailed Mrs Lawrence with a .e in • Stepney, company with a musical to the ears Bigg s , her daughter, when they f with a name very un called her a long black finishing abuse, b them:ivsterYo a married woman. The defendant immediately struck what th ey mean t. The male blow on the shoulde r and :lick Mrs Lawrence a violent who had more fighting a b o altl away, Mrs Harriet Higgs, used most offensive il her, kept up the contest and tried to pull her bonnet epithets towards Mrs Lawrence and the female defendant severaslff. She was also struck by A mob of disorderly ruffian times, and kicked on the knee. Harriet Higgs, who was and boys collected, and Mrs. t 3 throw stones and mud fearfullyat excited, instigated them M rs Lawrence and her two co mpanions. Mrs Har r i et Hi th r ee; hip, hip, hoor-ay 1..... h ggs called out, " one, twe, did give a loud shout, follo wed and boys 1 " and the boys a nd put them in great peril. T complainant and her friends, i n B r omley-street. Harriet liigg ® sought refuge in a house a loud clamour. She the n z. tggs missed them and raised G eorge Higgs, brother of theepaired t o th e house of Mr. male def en d an t, and who car ries on the business of a s tone mason, and seeing the comp l a i na nt and her friends approach, repea t e d her bad language, rai se d a shout and Higgs called out , "Let her c ome Out, I'll t e ar her liver mob collected, and Harriet out." Richard B aker, a po, , ice it occupied him 15 minute s to di rnstable No. 215 K, said great excitement prevailed. Mrs Jan® jane R the crow who is the d, and that sister of Harriet H i gg s, con firmed iggs, the statement of Mrs Lawrence, whose pe rson was at the with bruises infli c ted by Harriet ..., 11. present time marked young lady, was cal led to give I gge. Miss Higgs, a evidence against her Partridge uncle and aunt, b ut Mr said there was no occasion to hear her. Harriet Higgs called out while Mrs. Lawrence w as . "Oh you wretch I" a nd shook laic her evidence , 1 3 Charles Young called a ttention to t his azt at her. Mr Mition of intem• perance, which Mr Partridge said had not escaped him. In cross-examination, M rs Lawrence said the defendants had insulted her severa l times. S he did not call John Higgs a rogue. She d id sa y , " This is be cause I won't conceal property stolen from Mr Gray," Mr Joseph Smith said Mrs Lawrence had revived a very old affair, the destruction of Mr Gray's rope robbery of his property 16 y ears a g o nearground and the court, and had made accusations against Messrs T. a rope makers, who were the brothers of Mrs. Harriett Higgs, the defendant, and Mrs. Jane Higgs, witness for Mrs. Lawrence. The Bishops had made a char ge against Mr. Gray in that court, and Mr. Gray had, through Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, com menced actions f his friend, for libel against T. and R. Bishop. Mr. Jo hn Hi gg s an d hir. George Higgs, who was present, had ma rried two sist ers, and the whole family were disunited. H e was instr ucted that Mrs Law rence commenced the affray, and that John Higgs did not strike her at all. Mr Smith called two witnesses, who did not materially alter the complainant's case, and the ma • gistrate said he dis believed one of them altogether. After a long investigation Mr Partridge said it was very likely Mrs. Lawrence mig ht have smashed something against the defendants, but it was plain the y had assaulted her, used most disgraceful lan g ua ge, and caused mobs to collect. Their conduct was quite unjustifiable, and he fined them 20s. each and 4s. costs. Th e money was paid. KENNY MEADOWS' PENSION !—Her me ja . y, t on the recommendation of Lord Palmerston, has been graciously pleased to confer u p on Mr. Kenny Meadows, th in consid era ti o n of the e a a te r d , Shaksper e " an d other me e r a it rt d i i s: a p , lay p e e d nson i i nhi o s f 4 :SB , I o llu a st y r well-known works. [Why upon earth could they not make it £2O more, so as to have given the square an hundred 'per annum, They have taken their time about sum Of it, as it is—twenty years at the very least having elapsed since the publication of Tyas's Illustrated Shakspere I And now they spoil the dole by deducting from it a paltry score of pounds sterling I—gD, SUN.] The reasoning by which this legislation is justified is not a little singular. To be indepen r dent, we are told, a man must be out of debt, and to be honest he must live within his means. A nobleman advising his son would urge the young man to keep within his income, and would point • out the advantage of dealing with a full purse, kept fall by frugality; therefore the state is in effect to say to the debtor, you shall not take credit because that may cause you to go beyond your wages ; and to the creditor, you shall not ,•ive credit because your aim in doing so is to get the working man into your thraldom, and to compel him Vs Jive for ever after on the mortgage of his wages, that you may exact an unreasonable profit on the goods you sell. We hesitate to differ from such authori • ties, but we carrot reconcile these statements with facts sufficiently patent to everybody's observation. Let any ono walk through a poor neighbourhood, and discover if be can any trace of the petty shop keeper of Lord Westbury's imagination. If showy shops, and tempting advertisements, and importus nate touting are indications of severe competi tion, then assuredly every tradesman in each localities is too anions to get businsss to render an extra charge of 100 per cent. possible in any case where he would give credit at all. In such places of ne cessity cash payments are the rule, and credit is, as It should be, the exception ; but it is going too far to say, as the Lord Chancellor's bill does in effect, that the retail dealer shall be debarred from the legal means of obtaining his debt which are open to larger traders. Between the shopkeeper in the New cut and the merchant in Mincing -lane the difference is not of kind but of degree; and if it be right, as all systems of law have hitherto held it right, to enforce the fulfilment of contracts by legal penal ties, there can be no good reason why any one class of honest citizens should be deprived of its advan tages. A working man is out of work for a few weeks ; his wife has brought him a new burden ; his eldest child wants fitting out for apprenticeship or for service, his second has had a long illness, or the youngest has just died, and the father's resources have been drained to pay the undertaker's bill and the funeral fees: where at such times must the man go if not to those who have had his money when there was no illness in his house and no void in his pocket? In general he can go to his tradesman now with the claim which his past custom gives him; but we do not think his condition will be much improved if the law officiously steps in to set up an artificial barrier to the workman's receiving and the tradesman's affording an accommodation which the one wants, and the other, under existing circumstances, is quite willing to give. Should the Lord Chancellor suc• ceed in his present attempt we feel some curiosity to know how tar the principle of the bill is to be applied. Is the state to become an universal Pater familias, compelling everybody to be frugal, by for bidding every one else to give him credit ? If the law of debtor and creditor is to stand "on a foot- ing which shall disc3urage the habit of mortgaging wages," must we not of necessity go on in the same direction and take away the remedies of creditors who trust persons receiving salaries, or living by their own professional exertions, or dependent upon their profits in trade ? Finally, to be consistent, ought we not to adopt the same rule even in the case of a debtor having money in the funds or estates in land, because the creditor can never know how far he is laying himself open to the reproach of in ducing his customer to live beyond his means ? If we are to come to this it is well that we should un derstand it at the outset, for we altogether fail to comprehend why the Legislature should adopt diametrically opposite systems in dealing with debts under and above £2O; why the creditor's right against one class should be enforced and ignored against another; why the small trader should be liable to all the process which the ingee nuity of lawyers has devised for the constraint of defaulting debtors, but should have no such remedy when he, in his turn, seeks to enforce precisely simi lar claims against his customers. Modern I'egisla• tion has swept away the usury laws, because ex perience showed that they only aggravated the evils they were intended to prevent; and on principles of abstract justice we have abolished the immunity formealy enjoyed by the owner of real estate from the payment of his simple contract debts. We shall be going back a long way if we introduce into the contracts of our humbler fellow citizens an element whose operation will not greatly differ from that of the old statutes of usury, or if we confer on a dis honest or shuffling artisan an exemption from the burden of his legal obligations as complete as that which the owners of real estate formerly enjoyed. Mr, Lawson's Permissive Bill, A public meeting was held last evening at Exeter Hall, at the instance of the United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic, in favour of Mr. Law son's bill, which stands for second reading to-morrow. Lord Calthorpe presided, and the attendance was very nu merous, the large hall being filled. Letters were read from Lord Brougham and the Rev. W. Arthur sympathising with the object of the meeting, but apologising for not being able to be present. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, drew atten tion to the enormous amount of misery, suffering, and even death which ensued from indulgence in intoxicating drinks, and remarked that, as the Government and Parliament did not seem disposed to do any thing for the suppression of the liquor traffic, it became the working classes, who ouffeied most from it, to act for themselves, and to agitate for such legislative measures as should put an end to the temptations to which from this cause those classes were exposed. The Rev. Mr MosELY (of Rochdale) moved the first resolution, declaring that the common sale of intoxicating beverages was the occasion of innumerable social, moral, and political evils, subversive of public order, and an tagonistic to national progress; and that it was, there • fore, the duty of the citizen, magistrate, and the legislator to put forth every effort to abolish a system productive of burdens and calamities so inevitable and intolerable. He observed that publichouses would always be necessary, and when property conducted supplied a want and tended to the comfort and benefit of the public, and while the sanc tioning of them rested in the hands of a body of persons who were for the moot part ignorant of the wants of the neighbourhood, or might be susceptible of a job, they were public injuries. There was no security that they were con ducted in consonance with public morality, or with the pre sent state of civilisation. Public-houses, as at present con ducted, were directly opposed to the spirit of the age in which we lived. The Permissive Bill would to a certain ex tent remedy this evil; though it was not all that was re quired. The working classes were, he believed, almost to a man not only in favour of the bill but of a Maine liquor law. This was proved by the resolutions passed at. and the peti tions emanating from, the various town meetings held all over the country, and the total absence of petitions against it. Tho resolution was seconded by Mr T. CLEGG, of Man chester. Some remarks from Sir W. a Beckett, who was not able to attend, were read by the Rev. D. Burns, in advocacy of Mr Lawson's bill. The resolution having passed, Mr Larwaorr, M.P., addressed the meeting, observing that the resolution just carried described the character and principle of the bill, which simply placed it in the hands of the citizen to put down that which was often an intolerable nuisance and an offence against morality and order. (Hear, hear.) He regretted to say, however, that the House of Commons looked coldly upon it; and the reason was that the House of Commons, not being elected by the masses, did not sympathise with the wishes and feelings of the great body of the people. (Hear, hear.) He admitted that the House of Commons in the present day had exhibited more practical regard for the wants of the poorer classes than at any previous period, but the mischief Was that the members of that house not being elected by the working classes, did not know their sentiments on questions which so intimately affected their well-being as the one under dis cussion. The present meeting would to a considerable ex tent enlighten them on that point ; and if those classes per severed, he had no doubt that ere long they would succeed. Mr Hope, secretary to the Alliance, the Rev. R. Maguire, and others, spoke to resolutions in favour of a per missive law, to enable the ratepayers of any parish or to wn ship to veto the common sale of intoxicating liquors within their district by a vote of a two-third majority, which would be perfectly compatible with all the claims of justice and legitimate commerce, and promising on the part of the meeting to use every constitutional method to procure the adoption by the Legislature of the measure introduced by Mr. Lawson and Mr. Bagley, and adopting a petition in favour of the bill. ----- A vote of thanks to Lord Calthorpe concluded the pro ceedings. DEATH OF MR. NASSAU W. SENIOR.—We have to record the death of Mr. Nassau William Senior, late master in Chancery and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. Mr. Senior having gone through the usual curriculum at Eton, entered at Magd alen College, where he graduated in 1811, taking a distingu i shed first class in classics. Amongst his college contemporaries were Sir John T. Coleridge, the Earl of Delawarr, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Pro volt of Oriel, the Dean of St. Paul's, and other gentlemen who have raised themselves to prominent positions in the learned professions andin litera ture. In 1818 he was called to the bar, and in 1836 was appointed a Master in Chancery, during the Chancellorship of Lord Cottenham. In 1525 be was elected Professor o f Political Economy at Oxf ord, being the first incumbent of the professorship which was founded in that ye ar b y the late Mr. Drummond, M.P. lie resigned it in 1830, and was succeeded by the late Dr. Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin. In 1847 he was re-elected to the same office in succession to Dr. Travers Twiss. For some years he held the office of Examiner in Political Economy in the Uni versity of London. H e ha s written many works on the sc i en ce to the pursuit of whiehh i e n d bl e , v ry o i t z d an h d is o l t i h fe er reviews. Mr. contr ib u ted to the Quarterly, ld Mr. Senior was 73 years of age, SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLOCE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, ASCOT RACES—THis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) TRIAL STAKES. Auditor ' Catch'em Alive Menace • 2 3 Twelve ran. GOL D VASE. Young Rapid 1 Twelve ran. * LATEST BETTING. ASCOT STAKES, 100 to 30 agst Canary (taken) 9 to 2 agst Elippolyta (taken) sto 1 agst Sheridan (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALLS'—LAST EVENING. ASCOT STARES. 100 to 30 agst Canary (take 4 to 1) 11 to 2 agst Sheridan (taken) 7to 1 agst Alabama (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Hypermnestra (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hippolyta (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (take 100 to 8) 100 to 8 agst Wandering Minstrel (taken) ROYAL HUNT CUP. 10 to 1 agst Taje (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Amelia (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Exchequer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Evelina (taken) 100 to 6 agst Trumps (taken) 30 to 1 agst Gem of thO Sea (taken) 33 to 1 agst Tademus (taken) ASCOT GOLD CUP. 7to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 7 to 2 agst Little Stag (offered) 4to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 5 to 4 agst Lord St Vincent's two coupled THE DERBY, 1865. 16 to I agst Liddington (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken) 5,000 to 160 agst Farewell (taken) ASCOT RACES. HORSES STKUOB OUT THIS Hunt Cup--Despair, Nebuchadnezzar, Moulsey, Belle of the Vale, Grosvenor colt, Atherstone's dam, Danaus, and Blue Bell. Prince of Wales Stakee—Copenhagen and Syren, RACING FIXTU Ju: Chelmsford 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne 28 New Forest Hunt 2B Ipswich Worcester (Summer) JULY. TRES FOR 1864. flu]. Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Carlisle .. Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood The Southern States, The arrival at Plymouth yesterday of the iron screw steam brig Harriet Pinckney from Bermuda has supplied considerable information regarding the active traffic carried on between that island and Wilmington, the chief port of the Southern States, and of the internal condition of the Confederacy. The steamship Thistle, which brought from Wu. mington to Bermuda 927 bales of cotton, and some of the passengers who landed at Plymouth, left on the 10th of May, and was followed by the steamers Minnie and Greyhound, but as neither of these has since been heard of they are supposed to have fallen into the hands of the Federal blockaders. The Helen and the Atalanta, which left between the 10th and 12th with cotton and tobacco, had arrived, and were discharging their cargoes. Ten or 12 vessels were at Bermuda ready to go across. They experience some difficulty in entering the port of Wilmington, but not much in departing during a dark night. The rates of freight range from £3O to £6O per ton for all descriptions of goods. Passage money outwards 300 dols. (i6O). The restrictions of the the Confederate Government on the traffic are very severe; one is that for every 100 tons of cotton or other produce exported in a ship she shall bring back 50 tons of clothing, bacon, or other stores in the quartermaster's department. Silks, wines, teas, sugars, and similar "luxuries" are prohibited from importation. Cotton is valued per lb. in Wilmington at 2 dols. to 2i dols. Confederate cur rency, and the same article in Bermuda at 45c. to 48c. (about 25.) in gold. Shoes are estimated at 50 dols. per pair, Indian corn 15 dols. per bushel, and bacon at 3 dols. to 4 dols. per lb.:These prices are, how ever, almost nominal. The recent acts on taxes and funding have sensibly diminished the curreney, but as yet have had no appreciable effect on the prices of provisions. The intelligence now brought fully confirms previous accounts of the privations en dured by the Southerners. They have scarcely any wines; coifs() is a great luxury, and all ranks live on the plainest food. The news from Carolina by passengers who have come to England in the Harriet Pinckney is to the effect that no indication of des pondency exists. They in no way relax in their pre parations for the continuance of war. Attention is paid ercl naively to raising provisions and tosecnring a full commissariat for the army. Only enough cotton is sown to provide seed from season to season. The army is maintained entirely by conscription. No one available for militaryservice is permitted to leave the country. The prisoners and commissariat are in charge of men between 45 and 60 years of age, and of lads over 17 years. At 18 they go up to the military stations, enter their names, and select their companies. There are few foreigners in the Confederate army; the Germans are not relied on, as they desert f ree l y ; the Irish prove good and faithful soldiers. The negroes on the plantations, &c., were never more obedient or in dustrious. At the outbreak several left for the North, but those who could get back returned to their old masters and spread such an account of their sufferings that all are now contented to remain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — (This Day.) LONDON, June 7.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, June 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Racoon, from Gibraltar. Sailed--lier jesty's ship Aurora, for Dublin. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning: Arrived, June 7—Eureka, from Havre—Hermann Hill, from Porto Rico. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored and Passed—Princess, for Port Phillip-- Harkaway, for Corfu—sorew steamers Maria Pia and Turping, for Oporto—all from London. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ......Australia and Mau ritiw3, J J u tt e e 1 1 8 2: B raz il and Cap via via i‘ S i o 4 u r t a h e a ji m i e p a Southampton, . Cape Verde, by British p ac k et........ June 5. C a pe o f Good Hope,Asc,ension, and St. Helena.. JUII9 29 china, pen „, v, an d Singapore, via Southampton. June 18, * _ via Marseill es ...J une 12. Falkland Islands Southampton Gibra lt a r, via ....: ............ June India (Calcutta), and Ceylo n , v i a S outhampton.. JunelS via Marseilles.... J une 12. I n di a (Bombay), via S ou th ampton June 11. via Marseilles.... Jane 5. Portugal.... ................ Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 11. Newfoundland via Marseilles June 6. June 8.: Oporto and Vi go . . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet June 8. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet June 3 . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, 1 " c " . 9 I Jane 10. California. an d B r i t i s h Columbia We see in our advertising columns the prospectus of a new company, comprising the flourishing pro.. perty known as " Princes Club," distinctive for its English speciality and the high ran k o f i ts members. This is a noticeable instance, though of now daily occurrence, of ineividual enterprise and ownership merging into the powerful principle of optional participation and self-governance, and tends to show the misled and yet growing favour with which corporate associations are regarded by even our very highest class. SECOND EDIrirON. 1.14.6 3.1.0 8.13.0 584 17s 6.16. 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 4.3 0 21 19i 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0.7 105 f 105 i 1 31k 5