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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to present an easier appearance, It is now almost solely influenced by the anticipated distribution of the half-year's intercat on Government Stocks which operation commences next Friday. The public, in the mean while are limiting as much as possible the accom modation they obtain in the hope that by the augmentation of the floating capital of bankers and others, pater relief will prevail. The quo tations are tending downwards and the minimum rate out of doors is now 54 per c en t. Tha Millags for 30,09,000 rupees (£3C0,000) in bills oa India took place at the Bank of Eogland, and the following aro the clicial particulars— The proportions allotted were : To Calcutta, 16;32,00 rupees; to Bombay 12,00,000 rupees; and to Madras 1,68,000 rupee©. The minimum price was as before is 11d per rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and 13 lltd on Bombay. The applica tions within the limits amounted to 171 lace, Ten ders on Calcutta and Madras, at is 111 d, will receive about 31 per cent. ; on Bombay, at 2s, about 24 per cent. ; and all above these prices in full. Tile last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under:— 1864. 1863. Great Western ........ £57 937 £54,385 i\'orth-Western ......... 62 ......... South-Western ............ ..... 28,268 27,320 Brighton Midland 46,914 42,875 South Eastern 25,190 24,774 Great Northern I.anea.shire and Yorkshire 41,470 37,260 Bristol and Exeter .. 6,780 6..668 North Eastern Great Eas tern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 17,523 15,776 These returns when compared with those of the same period of last year are of a very favourable character. On the Great Western there is an in crease of £3,522 ; North Western, £8,261 ; South Western, £948 ; Midland, £4,039; South Eastern, £418; Great Northern, £4,860; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,210 ; North Eastern, £10,796 ;, Great Eastern, £2,657; and Manchester, Sheffield,' and Lincoln, £1,747. Two o'CLocx. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 15e. The English Stock Market has shown symptoms of improvement. A rise of 1 took place in the early part of the day and prices have since been firmly maintAined. Consols for money, and to-morrow, the Bl.b, are quoted 901 and for August 9O s. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 821 ; the Annuities 1855, 14 9-15; Exchequer Bills for March Bs. to 33. die,, and for June, ss. die. to par. India 5 per Cents. 101 y; and the Enfaced 5 per Cents. IC4I 1051. A little fluctuation has occurred in the Foreign Market, and an improvement in most instances has been established. Mexican (ex. all) were at one time 1 better, but they have since g`one down to 29 4, still showing a rise of 4 ; the New 3 per Cent. Stock has advanced to 261 271; Greek Bonds were also higher than their present prices, viz., 251 a, 8 better than - yesterday ; Spanish Passive were 291 1, or an improvement of but are now only k higher, viz., 294 4 , Turkish Consolides arc up at NI I, and the Confederate Loan remains buoyant at 671681. The amount required for the interest and sink fund of this secu rity is now in the hands of ,the agents in London. The New Russian Loan Scrip is quoted 48 a prem., and the issue of 1862, 871 88; Italian are 674 ; and Dutch Certificates, 991. A firmer tone has been apparent in the Railway Share Market, consequent upon the favourable traffic receipts on most of the principal lines. North Western have advanced ; Midland, 15s. ; Great Northern,, Great Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire ; each 10d. ; and Great Eastern, us. The Foreign end Colonial tines, however, remain inactive, and a hibit little change of importance as regards values. BAnk and Ali6c:2llaneous Shares have been in fair demand at enhanced prices. BAnk of London have advanced !o 178, 179 ; Alliance Bank to 761; Union of London to 6UI, 62 ; and National as% count Co. to 2 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, July 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B9g i New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891... . ' - Do 5 par Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 4th Jan., 1380.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 .. 14 9-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... March. Ju ne . Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 3j par Cent. .-- la Do £5OO Do £lOO and £200 hank England Stk, 5/ per Ct. ... 2371 9 Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 214 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 iio Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates . Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., J an . 1872 .... .... , lO4l 51 Do 5. p er Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds zl,ouo .. Do under £l,OOO FOR,XIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent Do 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B7i Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent i)o Account . — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Kilian 6 per Cent. Do 3 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Gent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lO2/ Dc, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ea-Coupons — Do Account , Do Coupons — Do Account..~ Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 0 per Cent.(Marenunana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account 44 Do Sc r ip .623 paid Do F, each Scrip, En 25f 9 0c — die Do 6 per Can . Anglo-French .. .. Ditto Scrip, £l3 paid Nloorieh Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada l3/ Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) ...... P, fuv.an 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account •• Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 47i 8 Do Account. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850........ . Do 3 per Cent 1859 II ..... .. 9 ..... Po 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O p a id • ...... 4h i pna Sarlinian 4 per Cent .......... Do Account -• Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — Do Pas sive Do Account 29/ I i S p a nish Cert. of Coup not funded — 1)o13_ Account w ,edish, 4 per Cent — ..., 0 8., • . ~ .rip, £6O paid — pm Tam- Do 6 per Cent. 1854 — I.)_ Account "'" Per Cent. 1853 70.1 Do ZiOi.) Bonds )? 6 131 ' Cent 1862 1)o Account . Do £1,,, ...,0n_; .................. • • 1:' 4 ........ .... Do Venezue/ Gnarata 3 per ° t eed , 863 • • •• • ,% per Cont 1001 p ut Do Account ....... . Do 6 per Cent., 18 62 ' ...... — Dividends on th e .......... payable'...... ... London Arrtr , - , n, 5 por Cent., . Florins. -.- Belgian 41 per Cent., E z. n. 2 .2i9 Do Aux)unt . ...... ..„ Dutch 21 per Cent., En. 12 oa.u — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates -91 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ez.2s l;aa"e 6 ......* Do account ......... . Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per C t."Ei...4 .. 67t P iedaloutese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 ........ Consols T WO O'CLOCii Mousy ~ SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Ohara' Railways. Pa i d. Closing 1 Business ' Price. I done. - 13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 $4 at Ulythe and Tyne. 10 Ilost.,Sleaf.,andlilid.Co all 8 2 94 et Bristol and Exeter ( St Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandoil el -- 20 Cornwall ......... ..... all 64 7 10 Do A A gets no dir! all 10 D o. Li till Cp ti.v r.hari ' p all _ ( becn pair, to 13.! JJJ 50 Dublin & Belfast Julia, i all 35 87 I:6 bun.,Perth,&Alo, June.' all 16 17 et 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow." 100 89 Al at :Giaag. and S. Western. in 104 116 st V,.'reatfilastern, Ord. str " 100 I 10 50 408 t at I Mtn: A stock ' 100 -- at Vitt° Ezfit Anglian 51! 100 j 7 6 1 al GreatNorthof Scotland: 100 . o ,„ . Et " 0 rent .North'zirn 100 13 ..of o it ! Do A otoe - lOO 151 f 15241 1 5 3 i 2 I at I Do 11 do et 'Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, 100 90 9: st !Great NV , ..t ,, rn st 1 Do Str Val gum. stool , 100 1 ,; at 'Laneasthite &lorkßhirci 100 €8 117 1 117 1 1112 4;2 st London and Li l a okwo ;11 100 70 st Lam, Bright.,&7Bl. Coast! 10 0 1 03 iO4 101 at Lon., Chat., and Dover' 100 41 43 1114; 115 111 141 154 st Lou, & Nor'h Western 100 et Lon. & So• Ali Western 100 976 984 071 84 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln., 1 00 . 61 6.: 02 If 4 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all -- [25 I Dog share st 'Metropolitan all 111 1114. 1111 i Si Midland - 100 135 133 , 1) 1353 1f 64 Do Ne w at Dc Birtililla. & Derby 100 105 1( 7 , 107 50 Mid. Gt. W. of lrelano all i 25 Do. 6 shares ... 25 Mid Kent - all 10 Do Cray Line at North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 256 st !Nth. Eastern—Berwio• 100 1056 1661, 1064 6 2 5 Do, G.N.E. purohasi 6.13.1 st Do Lecds tot. 61 6 • 62 4 at Do York at Do Car1i51e........„ 100 i at North London 10 Co New V. 16.4 North Staffordshire .. all i 774 78.4 78 to IN. and S. W. Junction all 101 /la si 'Scottish Central it Soot N. E., Aber. atoo, 100 36 38 at Do boot. Mid. stock i 100 10 Shrews. and Welolipoo i all 11 Shropshire Union at South De - ,-on lOO 35 17 at South Eastern - 0 : South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 100 106 106 20 istaines,Wok.,andWok all 8 9 $5 Stockton & Darlington all 564 371 f 5 Do l7 00 10 2 5 Do New, 1630 lO - 71 Sf at Taff Vale... I lOC i 163 170 10 Dog 8 j 6 7 10 Do C 3 3 4 p 50 Dieter 2b Do 12.10 Do at 'Vale of Death '1 !Victoria sta. and Pim 100 ----- at ;Waterford & Kilkenny! " l9O et West Cornwall ' 100 ' 15 37 36 at "NV. EartlepoolHarazit ; 100 at i West Midland -Oxford 10U I at I Do Newport' 100 at Do Hereford," 100 1 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing / nar, eisilways Pant. Price. Business don. 100 I.t!antic &St Latireti:: all 59 61 sk j Bona.,Baroda.t.Cent 1014 102 1 10 I Gu. 5 per cent— -20 Do. New . ..... • • 8 20 Do. E. Shares. •OO 1.111,:elo and Laxe Huron all Di 6 10 Do. Preference 00 lluffalo,Brant,&Godricli IP. 77 82 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1S7:: 00 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 1.0(.. 77 8 00 Lio. do. June 1, 100 77 82 11 I Cleutta.&S. ft:astn. 100 93 id) st Cape Town Dock Seri 100 98 !CO 'took Eto tn. Bengal go. 6p. tO4 100 deck Nast Indian. go. sp. c 100 1( 21 .1 34 1031 20 Do. do. (1 Ext l5 a p 20 Do. do. H do. i ,lock GrniNl mink c,f Cana& tOo 20 21 100 I Do. let Pre(. Bonds all 72 74 73 100 D0..a0. deferred-- all i 6 64 100 Do. 2d Pre!. Bonus all 06 68 100 Do. do. defer/ ed all 55 57 100 Do. 3d P , ef. stock 1 0 0 Do. do. dctlerred all 43 15 100 Do. lilt Pref. stock all 29 31 400 Co. do. deferred all 28 3) stook Gt.lnchaPeniii.gua.sp.c 100 103 IC4 1031 20 Do. E gin. sp. c l2 Do. January, 1802 .. stook Gt. South.of ndia(Lim :..uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 oi 10 301 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 8) tai 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 d ip 4 tock Madras guar., sp. o. 100 .04 10 stook Do. 44 p. o. Extensioi, 100 95 117 stock Dc. so do lOO 10 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock ftie,lb.(;cru. p. 0. Bnd, 10 ' 54' llelb. cc HoliGon's Bay. all 57 59 k OO Do. 7 p.c. Meng. B. ds. al. %0 New& tn3zwic;.l OW di glare, A en e B. all 3 1 N". itl.C'cla.3 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 t , th Sainde (100 1014 10 ` , lock Do. Delhi ...•.. 100 100 a 1013-1 4u Do. do . ' 4 2 pr 4 : Do. I'unjaub 1 all 004 1113 1014 I Do. Do. •• • s no , j Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ti_;. 04 90 OLONIA.I, 110 VERN M ENri• , p.O.ti aJul; 1677-51 - Do. p. Veb. 101) 102 !04 • 1)0.8 p. Sept., lOC 1 4 ,2 IC4 • Ito. f c. Jan.Vuly. 83 00 Do. '5 I uEcrilied stock 100 88 110 - Cape p c,187/:7', 101, 101 106 , Do.Ap dt. Dot. 18ek 100 107 109 Do. 1891. 100 It 9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 18to1.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p c 00 111 113 Mauritius I per cent .. 161 106 INatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 100 109 :1N.8.G0v.6p.0..ia.&Ju11 100 189 102 100 Do. 6D. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. (Joy. 5p 18, 100 97 I' 9 , Do. Gp. tot,/ 100 97 08 I Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 130 97 03 97 1 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 106 108 1 NOTIL Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 101 103 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 103 101 18. bus (i6p.e. les7a& up lOO 105 108 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. lo An...tibt... 1100 1093 1101, 1101) BRITISH MI. 2 luarnbrian Consol. Gold 1 I id Amalgarnated 1 , - 30 32 - - !Devon G.Con..(Tavist )! 1 565 $75 - } East Bassett (Illogan) i 30 65 67 Est Clog,au Gold Ltd ' -, a - East Caradon 0.14.0 281 291 - i4;ft.fit Carn Brea... ,.4.0 7* 7f - E. W'lltussel(ravletk.)i 8.13.1 32 'it - Gttm.l.-,St.A.ubyn(Gwen 'A i 7 9 -. ! O eat South 'I olgue l7s 24 1:1 - Wheai Vor (Ileaston 90 29 31 - !Grenville . - !Hemd'S Foot . 8.12 $5 40 - Siingston Downs 3l - Lady Bertha - - !Margaret (LJny Lelant 8 10 - Alarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 21 1g ,g - New Eaton l9l 75 85 - • North Downs 4 14 2 Basset(lllo4 - an 3.1.0 It - North Wheal Crotty - ' t'ar Consols (;5.,t. Blazey - - 20 ! 'rovidenee(l:ny Lelnt. 10.0.: 810 - iouthUaradon(St.Cleer 1 La 415 475 - !S. Carn Brea (111egan) 1 - - Fran. 118.V.5 471 524 -- Stray Park - %niar Lead Mn. - - - !fin Crei+ West Basset (Mogan), V* 9 1 0 - !W C' radon (Liskeard. 5 15 17 - West Szton - Whorl Basset (Illogan)i 5* F 74 - Wheal Buller(Redruth)! 10 .t 7 29 - Wheal Kitty (li.Leikutir WhealLud, ott I 1.5.1 13 2 - Wheal IlaryAnn(Llen 1 s 13 15 - Wheal Beton . 584 J 220 230 - ;Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)l 7 19 21 - I IVhen.l Union 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, ft PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent, pf., 101 LINES LEASED Ar FIXED:RENTAM London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund sto4k. 5 per cent., 100 Northern and Eastern 6 per cent., Cit Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 93 I FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 91 „atria and Sa.n Franctsco (lint) gun. 7 per cent., 17 . ..;an Paulo aim.), Efua. 7 per cent., 11 Ditto l,a11), Turin I.lld SaTk 11?,, 31 FOUEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lint, 11 BANKS. Alliance lim.), 67 Anglo Austrian, 76 * Bank of Egypt, 294 Bank of London, 179 8 Charter,Klßank of India, Australia, and China, 391 Consolidated Bank, lim., 12 6 East London, lim.. 86 English, Sao; ch, and Australian Chartered, European Bank., lira., 14 * Imperial Bank of India, :.:ianaa, and Japan, lim., ga Imperial Ottoman, 18! Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 51 6 New South ales, 47 London B of Alexia() and S. America, BM., 62 London Chartered Bank of Australia. 25 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 19 181 London and Colonial (lim.), 23 2& London and County,`Jl 6 London, Hambur•, Cont. Exchange, lim., 161 London Joint Stock, 486 London and Northern, lim., 221 London and South African, 21j 'lsrcantile and Exchange, Um., 2) Litto, new, 44 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim„ 13j South E,stern, lirn.,f7 Union of London,"6 6 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 9 B e r lin Water lira.. k City Offices , liin., 4 4' Commercial Union, Insurance, 8f Company of African Merchants. Um., 31 Continental Union Gas, Um., 61 'ontract Lorporation, lira. 43 Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 15 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lira., 4i I Financial Corporation, 0 6 Fore-str. et Warehouse, lim., 76 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 71 Ditto. new, 4 some and C lonlal A ssurance, Hudson's Bay, t International ..and Credit. llm., 41 Joint Stock Viscount, Jim., 7 Land Securities, I'm , 6, 1 1 4i 51 London and Caledonian Ni °nue, lim., London Financial Association, Ditto, new, 15k London Provinc:al Marine, 3', :tI dras Irr gation and Canal, t ;ati.mal I d count Company, lira , 153 Royal ti ail Swam, 91 90q 19J Silver s In,,ia-rubbe Works and Tel. cabl e , Di Warrant /inanee, lira., 5 2.10 'BE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JULY 7, 18640 Total Destruction of Savoy Chapel by Fire. (This Day,) This morning the venerable Chapel Royal, in the Precincts of the Savoy, was entirely destroyed by fire. The confusion necessarily attendant upon such a calamity at present precludes any lengthened details, The fire was discovered at about five minutes to two by a quantity of smoke issuing from one of the windows near the new entrance, but on attempting to gain an entrance to the edifice the doors were found all to be locked, and, still worse, the person in charge of the keys was not to be found. At t;:•is time had admission been gained to the chapel 10 or 12 buckets of water might have Saved the venerable building, but nothing fir some time ecuhi be done but, to quietly ;Ttiz , 3 on the rapid pregrns of the flames. At ten minutes pact two the organ was seen through the oriel windows to fall to the ground, and then a scene of terrific grandeur presented itself. At this time, although situate in the centre of the metropolis, not a single engine had arrived. The chapel was now one mass of flame from end to end, and it was not until all hope of saving any portion cf it was gone that the en gines erzived. At this time the flames rushed with dreadful violence through the aperture, which till then had held the large stained glass windows, and seized hold of the back part of the premises of Mr. Finney, tailor, Strand. The engines were got into action, but the fire had burned itself nearly out in the chapel. At about half-past two the roof of the sacred building, which had burned with terrific violence, fell in, and thus partially smothered the burning timbers. The effict of the water on Mr Finney's premises was successful, and at the time we went to press the flames were very greatly subdued. The whole of the communion plate, parish regis try, and other valuable articles are saved. It appears that a gas fitter was at work near the organ this morning, and it is supposed that that unfortunate circumstance has led to the destruction of the chapel, which was one of the great antiqui ties of the metropolis. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE ARNOLD. Question—Can a bankrupt surrender after having been convicted for not having done so, This bankrupt was described as of the Commercial•road, East, cheesemonger, and this was a meeting for last ex amination and discharge, Mr Chidley appeared for the assignee, and said that they did not oppose the application. A difficulty, however, arose, as there was a former bankruptcy somo years ago to which the bankrupt - did not surrender, and he was sub sEquen.tly tried and convicted for the offence. The present bankruptcy was an adjudication by one of the registrars, and as there had been no surrender under the first bank ruptcy, an application was made to allow this Lankrupt to do so, and Mr Commissioner :I. 7 tue made an order to that effect, but the order had been His Rollout said that the c•isa mtzst be at7.jouracd for the production of the ordor, and to consider whothe- the CuurL had the power to take a Karel:der after conviction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This ray. --o--- is iziE,LBOROUGii STREET AN EXTRAORDINARY AND SHOCKING STORY.— A tall good-looking, end Well-drestied young woman, named Catherine Schlei, was charged before Mr Knox with break ing two panes of glass of the'V4neof 16 ,, , the property of Air Samuel Humphreys, engraver, 12, Green. street, Leicester•equare. Mr SAlllllel 4.umphreys said that about four o'clock that morning his bells were rung violently, and two of his win dows broken. ilia daughter saw the prisoner do it. The value of the glass was 16s. Mrs Jane Temaline, daughter of Mr. Humphreys, proved seeing the prisoner wrap a pocket handkerchief round her hand, and break the windows. The prisoner then entered into a detailed narrative of the circumstances which drove her to the commission of the offence. but the details are of such a disgusting nature that they are utterly unfit for publicwion. She was fully cor roborated in her statement by her mother and sister. The magistiate eapreased great sympathy and told her father, w h o Wa s the cause of all her trouble, that his presence was a pollution in the court, and that he was sorry the laws of England did not give the power to expel such a disreputable wretch from the country. Great commiseration was shown for the prisoner in courc, and the magistrate ultimately discharged her, and handed her over to the care of her mother. A Terrible Scene.—Fourteen Deserters Shot. The South CareliinCin of May 24 records the execution of fourteen Confederates at Dalton for desertion. A correspondent who witnessed the affair says—" When I arrived on the ground 1 found the division of MsjoisGen. Stevenson drawn up in lines, forming three sides of a hollow square. In front were fourteen stakes with a coffin at the foot of each, and in the rear of these a long line of yawn ing graves. In a few minutes after our arrival, font waggonscontaining the unfortunate men fliedslowly through the lines and approached the fatal spot. The , men, with one exception, approached untnovad, and calmly looked around as though they were uncon scious of the fearful end they were approaching. By direction of General Beynolde, they were drawn up in line, and a number of chal•lains approached them and besought them to give the few remaining , moments of their lives to praycr, which was fol lowed by the reading of the twenty-third Psalm, and an eloquent prayer, which eft cted the pri. soners very much. General Reynolds then ashen them ii they had anything to say, and addressed them in au impressive manner for a few minutes. Two of them said they had no intention of de serting the service ; ono said he was cut' off from his command at Mission ,Ridge, and did not know where to go, and so went home; the other said he deserted on account of his family. Several of their regimental and company officers now came forward and bid them farewell. The men, with one excep tion, were very excited, several having lost all con trol of their feelings. General Reynolds turned to them and said, 'May God have mercy on your souls, and turned hastily away. The guard stepped for ward, and taking each to a stake, tied them fast, and then bound a clath over their eyes. All began to pray, and some were shouting and clapping their hands. The shooting detail, consisting of 120 men, were marched in front of them, and an officer stepped aside and raised a handkerchief ; then the ominous clicking of the locks was heard which thrilled through the bystanders and caused the unfortunate men at the stakes to shudder and tremble as though a galvanic battery had been applied to each. One moment, and a hundred tubas are levelled at their breasts. We hold our breath in suspense, and a sickly faint ing feeling takes possession of us. While our eyes are riveted' on the handkerchief—the fall of which is to send these men to an untimely and dis.. honoured grave—the officer turns from the con demned to the detail, hurries along the line, drops the handkerchief, and turns away. A ragged volley, followed by straggling shots, and two of the men are lifeless, others are screaming in their agony, and imploring and beseeching the men to finish the work so badly done. A few struggled to a halfsreclining position, suspended by the rope which confined them to the stakes, and expired. A young soldier rushes up to shoot a poor wretch who is crying in agony for death and presents his gun, but, sickened with the horrid sight, turns away, then wheels, and quickly aiming his gun, sends a ball through his breast; At last the Provost guard arrives, and despatches the few who were yet struggling. With a sad sickened heart I turned away, and even after I had mounted my horse I heord a shot fired at some poor fellow who had lingered ten or fifteen minutes." THE YELVERTON CASE, HOUSE OF LORDS. YELVERTON V. YELVERTON LONG-WORTH). This morning, at 12 o'clock, this case was called on before the Home of Lords. Mr Relt, Q.C-, in commencing his reply on brha]f of the Hon. Major Yelverton, the appellant, said that eluting the adjournment he had been able to condense his arguments, and hoped their lordships would bear with him through the observations he had to make, which should be strictly per tinent to the questions at issue. The learned counsel went through the early history of the case with reference to the promise, which, he urged, had not been proved, and the respondent's counsel had failed to deduce it. The cases that had been cited were under decidedly diff.,rent circumstances, and not entitled to the weight that the Lord Advocate had rested upon them. With regard to the meeting in Scotland, it was absurd to suppose that the respondent was not aware of the law of Scotland, and had marriage been intended she would have taken care to preserve some strong evidence of that mar riage, according to the law there, and also in Ireland if a secret marriage had taken place there or elsewhere. There must be mutual interchange of consent in Scot land, and their lordehips must have evidence of when the interchange took place, and that must be when the copula took place, pr immediately before. (He (Mr Rolt) took it that it would be their lordships' judgment that the promise must take place in Scotland, and could not be carried into Scotland to be the foundation of evidence of the marriage. He pre-supposed the promise must be seriously made ; but if a woman surrendered herself with out marriage she knew she was committing fornication, and no marriage. _ _ _ Lord Brougham—The copula must be with the intent of consummating the marriage. Mr hell put his prop mitiun to be that there was a serious promise, and that the parties must consider it to be so. Had the promise been made and copula fol lowed, then the law considered that as the mutuel intenhange of cooseut. Noting the alleged promise and the correspondence, their lordships would not look at a single letter or a single passage, but the entire correspondence, and unless it proved that the appel lant stood towards the respondent in the character of an accepted lover there was no proof of the promise. The learned counsel at much length proceeded to cite some cases with regard to a profuse de future. That was an arbitrary and positive law, which did not consider an interchange of `consent as copula assured it, but upon. the argument on the other side, even taking their statement to be true, it would seem that if a man promise to marry a woman while they were on a voyage from India, and afterwards cohabited for one night in Scotland, that would be a marriage according to the law of Scotland; and it would be most important that the judgment of the House of Lords should be well and maturely considered when so large an interest was involved. Referring to the marriage of habit and repute, the illicit connexion between tee parties hod a considerable bearing upon the law of the case, of which he would treat presently. As to the illicit intercourse, and how far it affee!ed the pro mise, he (Mr Rolt) should urge without fear of contradic tion that the law made it, that a promise made during illicit intercourse was not a valid promise. The Attorney.. General had argued that no intercourse had taken place in Ireland until alter the scene which took place in a chapel at Rostrevor, but no one but the Attorney-General could have that opinion if they real ono tittle of the evidence. The facts, the circumstances, the documents, everything might be construed to prove, if they proved anything, that there was a general promise subsequent to or during the time of the illicit intercourse; bat, even looking at the letters and words, their lordships would remember that promise was one thing and intention to promise another. The learned counsel read portions of letters supporting his views of the case, and cited further cases on the Effect of copula after promise or before as the case might be. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, July 'T.—Wind this day at nocu—North. Wket; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PLYMOUTH, July G.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Briton, screw steamer, from Southampton. Sailed--Blink Bonny, for Bermuda. FALMOUTH, Jaly 6,—Arrived—Pomona, from Rio Grande fur Berwick, OFF FALMOUTH, July 7.—Arrived—Denmark, from Rangoon. CARDIFF, July 6.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Stuart Wort. ley, for 6uangh,d. iLynn, July 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Leven, for Ma tan zas. QUEENSTOWN, July s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Calmo, from Quebec. OrY MAGNE•TIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 6—Dingai, steamer, from Dantsie—Citizen, steamer, from Bordeaux. Arrived, July 7—Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rot terdam—Clarissa, from Nassau—Defiance, from Christiana —Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, July 7—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris, DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Win. Cory, from Cardiff, for London—hawk, screw steamer, from north. for west—Cadiz, steamer, from Cadiz, for London—Dieppe, screw steamer, from London, for Bermuda—Fortuna, from Shields, for Alexandria— Chance of Dover, from west, for north. A St. Petersburg letter, in the General Corres• pondance of Vienna, says The Russian Cabinet takes advantage of the dissolution of the Conference o Landon to address to its diplomatic agents a circular de spatch, in which it explains the ideas by which its policy in that assembly was guided. The unusually friendly tone of the despatch towards Germany is spoken cf, and the docu ment will openly proclaim the neutrality of Russia in the Dino-German conflict, The desire of henceforth. main taining that neutrality will also be alleged as the motive for the abandonment of the Russian pretensions to succession in a portion of Holstein, in favour of the younger branch of Oldenburg." The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree ap pointing the Council of Public Instruction for 1861. Among the members are—M. de Royer, Vice-President of the Senate ; M. Bonjean, %nalcr ; P.l. Roulrnd, Minister pre siding over the Council of State ; Count Joseph Boulay do la Meurthe, Senator ; ArchbiEhop of Paris, &c. g illE NEW POLICE UNlFORM.—Yesterday morn ing the whole of the off►oers and men of the A Division on duty at the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and the Government emcee, appeared in the new regulation helmet and gurtext. Mg BLANCUARD JERROLD, having now completed his inquiries into the helping institutions of the poor ot London and Paris, is about to undertake those of the menu facurirg districta of France aud the quaint Belgian chari ties this autumn• In tiro we are promise.' a complete view of the poor of Jurope from this patient:We pen. THA,)IES. DEFAC/NG WALLS, - William Simpson Lawson of appeared for the thirdStepn t e i y m - reqtuoa answer e n , s w il e i r gab charge -str e e t, y of g— and abetting two men anti a boy to deface a wall with the inscription, "Try the London Tea Company's Pure and Famous Tea." The defendant is o nnected with a tea company in the city whose agents have defaced the walls in and near the metropolis with their puffs. A few weeks since a man named Thomas, was detected while painting the above inscription on the walls of a private dwelling in Zisens strett, Stepney, and taken into custody. Simpson admitted he employed Thomas and was fined 20s, and costs. Soon afterwards two men ands boy were detected in defacing an into '.e custody and locked lof Ble They al so s t a t e d th a t th e y were employed by Simpson. They were discharged on their theckwa l l o lßa e i d lw ti a p y . in a simil ar way an d were ta k en own recognisances to appear the following week, and a summons was issued against Simpson. The prosecution was instituted by Mr George Webb, manager to Mr Thomas Smith, advertising agent, of Tavistock-street, Covent garden, who rents the arches of the Blackwell Railway, from London to Blackwell, and pays upwards of £m() a year for the same. The three prisoners did not appear on o tl r ' e eir e r :s c iem °B-nis3tees'and warrants were is sue d f or t h e i r ap hSimpson disclaimed all knowledge of them, and said he only employed Thomas to announce " Try the London Tea Company's Pure and I' .sous Mr Webb said the two men and boy had not yet been apprehended on the warrants. . The Magistrate said he should discharge the summons. Whatever nodirect d t e h e e t sus picion against Simpson mi g ht b e , th e r e was evidence that he h a d emp l oyed the three offenders to delace the wails of the railway arch. Mr Simpson asked for costs, and said he had attended three times on the surt.anorts. . The Magistrate said ho should give no costs, for he really believed the defendant had employed the three persons. The wc,rrants for their apprehension must be executed with out delay. Robert Jones, a bill ctickrr, was next charged with post leg bi;ls in Mr Smith's aaverising station, the Blackwell Railway arch, White-horse •street, btepney. Mr Webb said the defendant would plead guilty, and promise not to offend again. There was an announcement on the brickwork of the arch that, it was Mr Thos. Smith's advertising station, and the . words " Bill-stickers beware. Mr .Smith paid rent for the arch. The defendant said he was not aware he was doing wrong lie had been in the practice of posting bills in the arch for several years. The magistrate said the defendant must not do it again, or he woutd be fined very heavily. On ihis occasion he should inflict a penalty of ss. cod the costs of the summons. WESTMINSTER. AN UNGRATEFUL FELLow.—,Tuhn Hayes, a cabman, was charged betoro Mr Selfe with stealing a quantity of money, the property of his employers. Maria Webb, a married woman, residing at 2, Robert terrace, Chelsea, stated that last Friday she engaged the prisoner to clean her room. After he left she looked in her tea caddy when she missed all the money she had, which she had collected for the purpose of paying her rent. She suspected the prisoner, when she made inquiries and ascer • tained that the same night he had been to the theatre and his lodgingsthat hh there spent her money. Sh e th en gav e info rma ti on t o t h e o tion p o lice, when he was tak en i nto custo dy. Police-constable 347 V, s t a t e d that he app re h en d e d th e and that on his way to the poli ce ad taken the money and was willing tSot prisonera k he it out.said Mr. Selfe—ls there any other charge against the prisoner ? Constable —I should wish the prisoner to be remanded, as I believe there will be some other similar charges against him in the neighbourhood. Th e prisoner was then remanded. NABZ.ETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL IVRERLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 408 9u .278 2d ; oats, 20s 9d, ; rye, 31s 2d ; beans, 368 2d 31s Od. THE Six WE Xlcs' AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s 10d ; b a rley, 28s 2d ; oat s , 2 08 3d ; rye, 30s 9d ; beans, 35s 2d ; p e as, 33s 4d. ENGLISH GRIM SOLD LAST WEEll.—Wheat, 91,665 ; a b n er d lei i - e barley, ; rye, 52 ; beans, 2,399; peas, 189 quarters. 1,839 ; oats, 4,3, 2 _ liIETROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day Was well supplied wiih beasts, espe cially with torcign stock. All breeds met a dull inquiry at M o a s currency. full The average g S e 3O n tS u a m n b d e crosses h e e a p ti i s n ed th s e s b per • pons, and the mutton trade was heavy. In some instances toe quotations had a drooping tendency, but the best Downs cold at 5s 2d per B.bs. We have to report a very dull sale Sibs. Calves were in large v s ; u z p . p ' l f y ro a m ncl :s h 4 e d av t ; r 6 e 3 qu 4 c d st Pe a r t l i:a r re la ly in s b t s at ' il d na erP y re p :cciesr . 4t l lls t: pigs and milch COWS neat to nothing was du iu t Da fo rmer terms. per Bibs, to sink the offal. 8 . 6 . B. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 0 4 4 s P e r e i o n i n e ci S q c u o a t 4 lity L a mos. • •4 Urse. inf. sheep t 160 10 0 Suckling ea c c a h. lves, 16s t° 22, 203 TOTAL SUPFLY. 1,300 Beasts ........ • • • • 14u Cows ...... Sheep and lambs.... 10,4(,), Calves ......... '" Pigs ......... MEAT MARKETS. NENVOITE AND LUADI rhe supplies of meat are moderate, and the, trado rules inactive, as follows : Os 4(1 to 4s 8d ; ram ß b e , ef Zs i 47.l ln to 6 2 3 8 g 're :1,532:1-8; d l a : 1 4 1- 8 ° 6 n d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6i per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 6.• - F ull i average supplies of stock were on sale to-day, and the , ,","? e generally ruled inactive, as 4s 0i d t 32w o dsh l i l 6;at o (ot w il :h s tit uoer : a - 004:sRy B CD6s e ,d,, e toj t pd , oue u f rlt r ycr o , 8 m :76buss.....o : ot s ittd,r o o ; oB::..asdk to :.:the agtioe. mutton.generally aioldy 3 ; s wa na l d s pork,otoni s mend s p ß e e: B f, lb fr s o ; m su 3s ek l i d in to , 4 c s al l v o e d s : mutton, 4s Od to 2d ; lann ) , 6, Od. to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s BLI ; and pork, 16a to 20s • quartet-old store Pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 Os to 119 Os each. 3s ed to 48 6d s. d. s. d Primecrs.•wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Pree. 8' thdown d 0.5 0 5 2 Large; arse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Satan do 4 10 6 0 11,arge hogs 3 6 4 0 6tuall porkers 4 2 4 6 ,3 4d to 6s 4d. i and quarter-old otore pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs dow hay, £2 les to £4103 ed ; clover, r(A y MAR KI2ITS. SMITHFIrLD.—Mea £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4,, to £1 103 par load. A moderate demand. CUMI3EHLAND.—geadow hay, £2 17 3 to £4 10 3 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10. Od ; nad straw, £1 4 s to £1 10 3 por l oa d . Supply rather limited. WHITECIIAPEL —No d "' ha y, £2 15s to £4103; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 les per load. Trade steady. ___....—.—.—..._ SYMPATHY WITH THE CIRCASSIANS,—A public meeting of the citizens of London was held tacitly, at the London 'raven], to take into consideration the con dition, and arrange measures for the relief of, the unfortu nate Circassians, whose s tru ggles for liberty has won for them the sympathy of Englishmen generally. Resolutions committee was appointed, in n o c u o s i l l y agreed to conformity with clhatrle objects of the mee ti ng were tinfoi l. m 4 The New Dean of Lincoln, The Ray. James Atairaux Jeremie, D.D., whose appointment to the Deanery of Lincoln ap , pears in the Gazette of Tueaday, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1854, having is the previous year obtained the Norrisian Prize, an honour which he also gained in 1825. In 1830 he was ordained by Dr. Kaye, Bishop of Linccln, being then a fellow of Trinity College, and in the same year was appointed Pro fessor of Classical Literature in the East India College at Hateyhary, a post which be occupied in connection with other appointments during the nest twenty years. In 1833 he was elected Chris tian Advocate to the University of Cambridge. In 1848 he was appointed Sub-Dean and Canon Itesidentiary of Lincoln Cathedral, and in 1849, on the elevation of Dr. A. 011ivant to the Bishopric he was elected, after a severe struggle, to the Regius Professorship of Divinity, which with the rectory of Somersham which is annexed to it, is worth about £1,500 a year. By the new statutes the appointment, which will be at .once declared vacant, is vested in electors, who are the Council of the Senate. The candidates must be B.D. or D.D., and the- day of election must not be sooner than 14 days nor later than 28 days after official notice of the vacancy. The Professorship was founded by Henry VIII. in 1540, and was aug mented by James I. with the rectory of Somersham. Dr. Jeremie is the author of the articles on the His tory of Rome from Constantine to the Death of Julian, and the History of the Church in the Second and Third Centuries, in the Encycloptelia Metropo litania, and of many sermons and pamphlets on theological and ecclesiastical questions. He preached the Latin Sermon in St. Paul's Cathedral at the assembly of the new Convocation of the Province of Canterbury in 1852, and at the last Exhibition he preached in French to a congregation mainly eom posed of foreigners, in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He is succeeded in the sub-deanery by the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, M.A., Rector of Tydd St. Mary, near iVisbeaoh, who was for many years Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster. A King and Queen of Denmark, Sir Lascelles Wraxall gives an extraordinary account of King Christian VII. of Denmark and his Queen Matilda (sister of George 111 of England). Here is an anecdote of the King :—" One Sunday, during divine service, when the Queen was divert ing herself in the riding-house in the rear of Cnristiansborg Palace, the King was standing o❑ the balcony over the gateway, with his black and his white boys, and threw from thence logs of fire wood, tongs, shovels, books, papers, and entire drawers, down into the courtyard, and at last wanted to hurl his fee curite Gourmand and the negro boy over the balustrade. Among the papers thrown down was a secret list of the fleet and the condition of each ship, which the lackey of a foreign Minister found and carried to his master. In the following June the King broke all the windows in his own and the Queen's apartments at Hirecholm, mashed looking-glaisea, chairs, tables, and costly china vases, and threw the fragments through the win dows into the yard, in which his playmates helped him with all their might. At first such amuse ments on the part of the Sovereign excited great surprise among the public, but they coon grew ac customed to them through their frequent repetition.' , The Queen was scarcely less eccentric, though her eccentricity was in a measure " by command." The following describes her appearances on horseback : " While the Queen gained many hearts by her con descension, she aroused quite as much anger by her free and easy manners. Ehe appeared at this feast in male clothing, sitting her horse like a man, which created a great scandal among the females. She did so, however, by the special request of. her husband, who hated ceremony, and, according to his peculiar mania, liked his wife to display her beautiful form. It is certain that riding en homme soon after became the prevalent fashion among the fine ladies of Copenhagen. Colonel Keith writes home—' Au abominable riding habit, with a black slouched hat, has been almost universe ly introduced here, which gives every woman the air of an awke ward postilion. In all the time I beet) been in Denmark I never saw the Queen out in any other garb.' " RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF THE SFEAKER Or THE HOUSE or COMMONS —During the last two or three days a rumour has extensively prevailed at the clubs, and seems to be generally believed in, that the Right Hon. J. Evelyn Denison will retire from tho Speakership of the House of Commons at the close of the present Parliament, and be raised to the House of Peers, under the title of Baron Mallon, which borough he represented for a period of 16 years, or of Baron Ossin,gton, the name of his seat in Nottinghamshire. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods. and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Alarshall, solic.tcrs of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices — (established 1830), 12,1Iattoa-gardeu. City braiNli —6, IllQor gate7_street, LtIPERIAL PARIIAREENT ROUSE OF COMMONS---Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes pas twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Wisbeach Weer and Stockport and Ashton Roads Bills were considered and agreed to. The Hayliege Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. TRESPASS (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Oa clause 1 Mr BA.GWELL said he had opposed this bill is all its stages, because he believed it to be both unjust and im politic. It was unjust, because it took away that chide belonged to the tenants and gave it to the landlord, anti im politic because it would add one morelnc;entiva to a or sae in A country which had long been pre-eminent for that mis fortune. The game laws were so unpopular in En 'land that many of the most extensive landowners in EWand had long given up the game preserving, and Sir Henry Verney gave strong evidence against such a practice before a committee that had considered the matter, and some ether authorities had expressed similar opinions. True, there had been no petitions presented against the bill, but it was a matter of extreme difficulty to obtain a public expreresion of opinion now in Ireland, whether it was upon the game laws or upon a matter that had occupied their attention for the last two evenings. The effect of the measure would be to introduce the game laws of this country, with all its crime and misery, into Ireland, and he for one would :never consent to such a proposition. A return had been made to the house within the last few weeks, which showed that the convictions for offences against the game laws amo anted during the six years from 1857 to 1862 to no less than 30,673, and in Sootland for the same period to 3,226, He had in no way exaggerated the figures 'set down in the return, but every member could satisfy himself of the accuracy of the figures by consulting the document itself. In order to get rid of the bill alto gether, he should move that the chairman do now leave the chair. Mr. DA WSON thought an erroneous impression existed with respect to the objects of this bill, and he therefore should oppose the motion. Mr M'CANN condemned the bill as ono calculated to in flict the greatest injury upon Ireland. When ho looked around at the state of the house, he found that, with. two exceptions, every English member was absent. (Order, order.) The SPEAKER interrupted the hon. member, and told him he must centine his observations strictly to the motion before the house. Mr WMAIION thought that the hon. member was not infringing the rules of the house; however, he would at once bow to the decision of the chairman. He objected to the measure, and therefore he should support the motion for defeating the bill. Sir C. O'LOUGHLIN suggested that the bill should be withdrawn, as there appeared no prospect of its being passed this session. He must say he, was in favour of the prin ciple of the bill, but the great distance of time since its first introduction had caused several hon. members to think that it would not be proceeded with during the present session. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland said the bill would occasion a great alteration in the law in Ireland, and therefore, before such a circumstance occurred, it ought to receive the greatest consideration. Mr 0. GORE supported the bill, which he thought was but fair towards both landlord and tenant. Mr MONSELL suggested that a compromise might be arrived at by accepting the amendment of the hon. member for Youghal. The amendment would give to persons having property in game a means of asserting their right. Mr LONGFIELD was of opinion that much benefit would result from the passing of the bill. Mr. M'MAHON said the bill of 1831, in its retrospec tive clause, introduced a great anomaly into England. It was one of the last ac's of the unreformed Parliament, and although it was a " trespass" bill, it was in fact a game-law bill. Ho thought it interfered with the fee farm rents in Ireland, and that it should not be allowed to go :on with until the people of Ireland had had an opportunity of con sidering it. After few words from Mr. BAG TELL, Sir G. GREY suggested that the bill should be consi dered pro forma, in order that it might be re-printed. Colonel DUNNE supported the bill, because it appeared to him that the opposers of it knew nothing of the law on the matter. Mr M'CANN said the bill was introduced to Parliament about five months ago, but the alterationaproposed entirely altered the intentions of the bill. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 29 Against it Majority agafnst the motion —44 Sir C. O'LOUGHLIN, in the ab, , ence c't the hon. mem ber for Youghal, moved the amendment which stood in his name to the first clause. A confused discussion ensued upon the amendment pro posed, and certain additions that were to be made to it after it had passed, when Mr ROEBUCK said he put it to the house wliether they were in a position to legislate on this matter. Re thought it would be well to have the whole bill reprinted as it was proposed to stand, and then it would be possible to under stand what was intended. In its present confused state it was impossible to understand anything. (Hear.) Even the clause which several considered perfect was wrong. Mr 0. GORE—No, no. Mr ROEBUCK—Why, the hon. member is going to I make another amendment to the clause after the present one is agreed to, so if it was not wrong there would be no need to do so. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the proposers of the bill would not continue to thrust it on the consideration of the house in its present incomplete state merely for the purpose of dragging it through committee. Sir G. GREY said he had made the same suggestion an hour ago. Mr ROEBUCK said that, in order to put an end to the confusion, he would move that the Chairman report pro gress. The house then divided, when there appeared— I' o: tho motion Against it Majority —l7 The discussion upon the amendments to clause 1 was then resumed. Mr BAGWELL urged the hon. member to accede to the suggession of the Government, viz., to pass the bill through committee pro forma, in order that the bill might be reported. If such a course were not adopted, he should avail himself of every form of the house to oppose the pro gress of the bill. After some discussion, the amendment of the hon. mem ber for Youghal was withdrawn, and th 3 first clause was agreed to. Clause 2 was struck out. ti On clause 3, Mr EKG WELL said ho was afraid this clause went further than even the English law. Mr M‘MAI/Oli said he could never consent to make the killing a wild duck in Ireland an offence against the game law, vi.hi]st it was not so considered in England. Col. SYKES said the attempt to make this act worse than the English one was monstrous. On the motion of Sir C. O'LOGHLIN, the word "rab bits" was omitted from the clause. Mr M'MAHON objec;ed to the addition of the word " woodcock" at the end of the clause. He denied that woodcocks could be properly considered as game; it was a migratory bird, and could not properly be considered the property of any one. He moved that the word woodcock be omitted. Col. SYKES said it was rid.;culous to say that wild ducks, widgeons, and teal were game. They were for six month out of tha twelve the property of the Esquimaux, and he would like to know how woodcocks and ducks, &e., could be considered a property, and subject to protection. The house then divided on Mr M'Mahou's motion, when tharo appeared— For the motion Against it Majority —s3 It was then moved that the words wild duck, widgeon, and teal be added to the clause. Mr M'AIAHON objected to the proposal. Mr WATKIN said it appeared to him to be absurd to endeavour to make that property on land which, as long as it remained at sea, was not. Mr M'CANN said the landlords not only claimed the sea shore as their property, but they actuilly prosecuted people for walking on it. He knew en instance where men had been actually charged a rent for fishing on it. The conaufittee then divided, when there appeared— Ayes Noes Majority The words were then added, and the clause as amended was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauso 4 was agreed to. A new clause to defies the terms " legal occupier" and " trespasser" was then moved and agreed to; but on the question that it be added to the bill the committee divided, when there appeared— Ayes Noes 27 Majority passed The clause was added to the bill, which than through committe. PUNISHMENT OF RAPE BIL thisL. On the motion for going into committee on bill, Sir C. O'LOGIILIN moved that the house go into com mittee that day three months. Mr ROEBUCK seconded th e motion. He thou g ht t hat when a matter of great importance in connection w ith t h e law of England was under discumon, the Secretary of the llome Department and the Attorney-General ought to have been present ; and he also objected that a bill of the descrip. tion then under the n otice of the house should have been brought forward without the co - operation of the Govern ment. why, t h e bill was only advocated by those who I..incipl es on w hi c h th e l aw o r were palpably ignorant of thc punishment was funded, The present measure, they were to ld, had come down from the House of Lords. virlq, he was ashamed of the House of Lordo—(la ghter)--- ~a91.'. the sages of the law I—(laughter)—that they shout I pa gs such a law as the present, wVich inflicted the pnnis hme- 3 of flogging. He readily assented to the assertion that /it was impossible to punish too se.vurely those guilty of the °gems, bat at the same time lie must say he objected to the present bill advocated as it ,p , es by the advanced I ights of the:age, as they were called. (Hear and laughter.) , He for one objected to these small attempts to brutal' .se the people of England. Mr ADDERLEY defended t'iie bill. The ATTORN4Y-GENE7IAL for IRELAN: D said previous to the right hon. gen'tleman the Secretary t f State for the Home Department leaving the house, which he was compelled to do by nrgent business, he had had a 'consul tation with him on the subject of the bill, and ha found his opinions were itt 6n.ire accordance with those of the right hon. gentleman. 1\:; - o cause had been shown ;for the proposed alteration of the law, and therif,,re he shoti vote against the progress of the bid. Mr HUNT eugi estecl that tha bill aculd he limited ontirely to cases of a combination of persons to commit the offence. If ho would agree to that proposal he thou; d have his veto, if not he must give it with the opposers of the measure. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said he was quite ready to con sent to the proposal of the hon. gentleman who had just resumed his seat, but contended for the principle of approximating punishment to the enormity of the offence. Ha stated that ho intended to introduce a clause extending the penalties of the bill to assaults committed on children under 12 years of age. Mr AYB.TON disappioved of the bill altogether. After a thert discussion, in which Mr Packs, Sir J. Trelawny, and Mr S. Booth took part. The house divided, when there appeared—. For the motion ........ B4 Against it 'Majority ............ —6 The bill was consequently lost. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was withdrawn. FISHERIES (FRESH WATER) BILL. This bill was also withdrawn. INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, bat the chairman immediately reported progress, and the house re sumed. STREET MUSIC (METROPOLIS) BILL. The third readiug of this bill was postponed until to morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house Adjourned. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 COWS. 2Etiono Wild Thyme Five rau. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Usher Regina CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Liddington The Dake Nine ran. The Match off. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, RAILWAY BILLS, Mr Hope Scott, Q.C., having been hoard for the North London, Mr Denison for the Etest London, and Mr Cole• ridge for the Metropolitan, in opposition to the Great East ern Company's proposed Metropolitan station and railvveye, the committee adjourned, when, after considering the bill for the Eastern Counties Junctions, it is expected that they will give a general decision oa the respective projects. The case for the Midland Great Western of Irelend was con cluded in Mr Adair's Committee, and Mr Rodwell was heard for the opposition. In the Lords a committee, of which Lord Walsingham was chairman, referred the Metropolitan and St. John's wood Bill, being unopposed, to Lord Redesdale's Committee, and the Bristol Channel Docks Bill was considered. A committee, the Duke of Richmond chairman, met to con,.; s , Rider the Oswestry and Newtown, and b ear d ev id ence ft the promoters. On Tuesday the brill for the East London, together with that of the North London from Kingsland to Tottenham, were rejected in Lord Stanley's Committee, and the bills of the Metropolitan for their Trinity-square extensions, and of the Great Easternfor their central city station and con necting railways were unanimously passed. The commit tee, in deference to the wishes of the corporation of London, suggested that the Great Eastern and Metropolitan. Com panies should, not take more property than they required at one time, and intimated that they should require the insertion of protective clauses in favour of the Catholio church and schools at Moorfields. The committee than proceeded with the bill of the Great Eastern to make junction railways, and to raise £116,000 on shares and £35,000 by loan. After hearing the evidence of Mr Sinclair they passed the bill. Mr Rodwell, Q.C., then opened the case of the Tottenham end Hampstead Junction for exten sion lines. The committee declined to concede a locus standi to the Great Northern and Midland Railway Compunies against the bill. The evidence in favour of the Midland Company's extension between Chesterfield and Sheffield having been concluded in Earl Devon's committee, Mr Denison, Q.C., was heard for the opposition. The Oswestry and Newton Amalgamated Bill was passed in the Duke of Richmond's committee. The bill for the Bristol Port and Channel Docks was passed in Lord Walsingham'a com mittee. Mr Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr Saunders were heard for and against the proposed Bristol Port Extension Rail way. Lord Portman's committee, in considering the merits of the Great Northern Company's Doncaster and Gains borough and Lincoln and Bourn Extension Bill, gave a looms standi in opposition to the Great Eastern. Mr Cubitt, C.E., was examined by Mr. Davison. KNIGHTON. A special meeting of this company was held on Monday at the Westminster Palace Hotel; Mr G. Price in the chair. Oa the motion of the CILAIRMAN, it was agreed to raise £40,000 of additional capital by the issue of ordinary shares of £lO each, and to borrow a further sum not exceeding £13,300, and also to amalgamate the undertaking with th Central Wales and Central Wales Extension Railway Com ponies. CENTRAL WALES. A special meeting of this company WAS held cn Monday at the Westminster l'aLce Hotel, Mr F. Maitland in the chair, to consider the propriety of creating £60,000 of ad ditional capital by the issue of £lO ordinary shares, and of borrowing the sum of £30,000; and also of adopting an agreement for amalgamating the Knighton Railway with the undertaking of the completion of the Central Wales Extension line. On the motion of the CHAIRM&N, seconded by Mr LLOYD, those propositions were agreed to. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very strong at bardning prices. Sales, probably 12,000 bales. The Atlantic and Gre a t Western Railway is now completed, having be e n o p ene d t h roug h ou t on the 21st Juno last, f r om N ew Y or k t o S t . Louis, a dis tance of 1,200 miler, and p assenge rs may proceed from one extremity of the line to the other without change of carriage. This important railway and is des freight tined to be the great passenger, taei route between Boston, New York, a nd Phil a d e l phia on the seaboard, and Cleveland , Cinc innati, ai cago„ and St. Louis, and oth er P rin cipal Cities of the lake districts and the valle y of the Mississippi. The biddings for £300, 000 in bills on ludia took place today at the B a nk of England. The pro• portions allotted were—to Calcutta, 1163,200; to. Bombay, £120,000; and to Madras, 116,800. The minumum price was as before, is. Hid. per rupee on Calcutta and Makas, and 1 s. 111d.on Bombay. The applications within the limits amounted to £1,710. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at Is. ill& will receive abo t3l a per cent.; on Bombay, at 2 9 .9 about 24 per cent. ; and all above these prioes in full. A N AVAL ENCAMPMENT.—Ia consequence of the epidemic of smallpox which has appeared on board. her Majesty' s s hip Racoon, whi:e lying in Leith Roads, it had, been resolved to encamp the crew for a time on the Island of Inchcolm, near Burntisland, and a supply of tents and camp apparatus from Edinburh Castle has been sent to the island for that purpose. One of the sailors taken ashore died on Monday in the Edinburgh Infirmary, and several others are lying ill there. Meantime the vessel, which lies off the island, is to ba subjected to a thorough purification. Prince Alfred, wh) came ashore on Saturday, is stilt resid iag at Edinburgh, waiting the arrival of the Aurora, C ar _ tain Sir Leopold I\l'Clintock, which it is understood he is now to join. On Monday ho visited the studies of Mr. Steell and Mr Brodie, sculptors. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 21.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint prioe ot t s 7 s. I.ON, per ounce for standard gold, it appeArs that gold is rather mere thttn I.loth per cent. dearer in Pule than in Leulen. ess de at ael ter ael ,nd 1:1t