The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-23 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET AND CO?IMECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England rate of discount continues at 6 per cent., the direotors at their weekly court this morning not having considered it necessary to make any further alteration. The requirements of the Commercial public are still large; but, as it is thought that in the course of a short time they will be contracted within their usual limits, no surprise has been occasioned by the continuance of the offi cial quotation at its present figure. The terms Charged by brokers and others are equal to these current at the national establishment, and a large number of applications have consequently there b een made by the mercantile classes. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ups Pointed Monday, the 27th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the London and Provincial karine Insurance new issue, in the Millwall Iron Works Company, and in the Otago and Southland Investment Company (in the latter instance only us regards transactions entered into on and after the 4 th May), all of which are to be marked on the official lists. The last week's rai;way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under:-- 1864. 1863. Great Western £68,807 £64,591 North-Western S outh-Western Brighton Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire... 40,830 35,210 North 'Eastern 61,588 53,303 Bristol and Exeter Midland 46,721 41,054 South Eastern Great Eas . .ern North British These returns are in most instances of a very favourable character when compared with those of the same period of last year. On the Great Western the increase is £4,208; on the North Western, £10,296; on the South Western, £3,995 ; on the Brighton, £29; on the Great Northern, £ 3 ,763; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £5,620 ; on the North Eastern, £8,285; on the Bristol and taeter, £1,678; on the Midland, £5,667 ; on the South Eastern, £2,059; Great Eastern, £2,199 ; and on the Nortii British, £BOO. We are informed that an arrangement on equit able and satisfactory terms has this day been pro 'yisionally concluded for a fusion of the capital and business of the London Bank of Scotland with the Mercantile and Exchange Bank. The goodwill of the former bank will be transferred to the latter, Whose London board will be strengthened by the addition of five of the present directors of the Lon• don Bank of Scotland, and its nominal capital i 8 by these arrangements to be increased to 4000,000, of which £BOO,OOO will be paid up. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Lawrence and Fry, timber brokers, with liabilities estimated at £250,000, and which have been ins• curred, not in connexion with the timber trade, but in the execution of railway contracts: According to.the following circular it appears that a satisfac tory liquidation is relied upon "10, New Bread-street, June 22. "Gentlemen,—We regret to have to inform you that in conseqzence of the non-payment of a very large sum of money due to us we are advised, after mature deliberation, t 0 suspend payment. "We feel justified in asserting, however, that our assets are largely in excess of our liabilities, and therefore with the more confidence ask your kind forbearance pending the investigation of our affairs by Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, * Youngs, and Co. . . " We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, "LAWRENCE AND Fny." The prospectus of the London Theatre Company, Which will be found in our advertising columns, is ono that seems to carry with it complete and certain success, as the want of a superior place of entertainment in the neighbourhood of King's cross has lcng been felt. The object of the directors is to erect a spacious and elegant theatre in that neighbourhood (an admirable site having been already secured), capable of accommodating 2,500 persons, for dramatic and operatic performances, and a smaller one for first•class amateur enter tainments and concerts. There are already many advantages in favour of the proposal, namely, a densely populated neighbourhood, the absence of a theatre north-west of the metropolis, the proximity of the termini of the Great Northern, the London and North-Western, the Metropolitan, and the intended terminus of the Midland Railway. The directors also propuse to associate with the theatres a restaurant on an enlarged and improved Beale, for the purpose of supplying to the public refreshments of the very best description at the lowest prices, which will doubtless prove a boon to the public and a source of considerable revenue to the company. The capital is fixed at £50,000, in 6,000 shares at £lO each. From calculations that have been made, very nearly 20 per cent. profit is anticipated. The prospectus of the London and Southwark Insurance Corporation has been issued, with a view of affording additional facilities for life and fire in■ hurance on the south side of the Thames. In forming the company the directors do not profess to base its Prospects merely upon local associations, yet it must be admitted that such a consideration must enter largely into the probabilities of a successful under taking. It is certainly curious that up to the pre sent period no great effort has been made in this par ticular direction to extend the advantages of insur ance, especially as the boroughs south of the Thames contain a population of no less than 650,000, in habiting 93,000 houses, beside which there are exten aive wharves, warehouses, and manufactures of many denominations representing a vast amount of pro perty and influence. The promoters of this new Company propose to supply the omission, and with the talent and energy with which the matter has been taken up the prospects of complete success is almost certain. The directors are all first-rate men of business, and the reduction that has lately taken place in the rate of insurance duty, will no doubt secure for them a large amount of business. The capital is set .down at £500,000. in 20,000 £25 shares; but, in the first instance, it is only proposed to issue 10,000, with a call of £5, as there will be no expenditure of " promotion money." The direc tors have already seemed very eligible offices in the most prominent part of Southwark. Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Router's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes Were quoted 65f. 87c. The decline in the Stock Exchange markets yes- terday was followed by a strong relapse through rumours which for the moment led to the belief that a peaceful settlement of the war in Germany had been successfully obtained by the Ministers. But this morning, however, the painful intelligence gained ground that the Conference had broken up, and that war would be recommenced, Which ex cited further distrust in the public mind, and Con sols have gone down 3.16 per cent., the quotations being 89 1 for money, and for the account 894 90. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 889 t ; Exchequer Bills, sa. dis. to par. ; India 5 per Cents. 1049 y ; ditto 4 per Cents., 99,1, ; and the Bonds, 6 s. dis. _ A general decline has also taken place in the Foreign Market, and business is very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701; do., Consolides, 47a i; Mexican 424 439 ; Greek, 231; Spanish Passive, do. Certificates, 91 101 ; Portuguese 481 l; Rus sian, 871 ; Italian, 689 691; and the Confederate Loans, 62 64. Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Railway Share Market. Metropolitan have declined as., Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s., London, Chatham, and Dover 108., and Midland 155., while South Eastern have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines "show little or no Change. 1373,nk and iNficAlanecus Shares remain inactive. and quotations in sorts instances exhibit less firm ness. London and VQ;lczaaa Bank are quoted 41 prem.; Maritime Credit, 11 2 prem.; Chamonnix United Hotel Company, 1 prom, 1111ITISH FUNDS—ONE CVOL9cEi GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols ... ... 89 a I Do Account- ; Y my 8 3 per C 9,111. :Reduced 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Ja n . 1894 . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Eith Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red tiea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 Marea. June. Exchequer Bills ' £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. Do 1.300 Do £lOO and £2OO dank England Stk, 51 per Ct. no Account INDItN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871.... 233 7 Do Account .. Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 .. .. J)o Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1833 993 Do Certificates - Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 Do 5 per Cent., May, 1879 . — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ... D., bonds il,ooo Do under £l,000- FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859.. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 18.32- 58- GU 4 Do 1863 SUC/103 Ayres 6 per Cent - Do Account- Do 1 per Cent. (Doferred 3 per Cent.) 6 per Cent Do 4f pei Cent _ _ Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1826 Do 5 per Cent. 864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Do, Second Issue - ..... lOll Greek 5 per Cent., 1824.5, ex-Coupons.. 221 3/ Do Account Do Coupons Do Account . L , IU Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do, 1839 and 1859 italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana _Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... ;;;Do Account Do Scrip £23 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die Do 6 per Ceni. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23:paid Moorish Imperial ii per Cent New Granada . — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent . Do 3 per Cent. (13ribarren).. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60 2 ,62;3 4Bl Do Account — Do 1803 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. -- Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B7 } Ditto Anglo-Dutch .... Ditto Scrip, £3O paid — pm Sardinian 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account : 52/ 3/ Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account 284 f f I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Scrip, £5O paid Turkish 0 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 DittO Account 691 1 Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 ginittozAcconnt Ditto £lOO Bonds 7Ol Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account 56 Ditto 6 por Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud 'u Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Ditto Account — Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market dull and drooping in price. Low Surate, to I, down. American and Egyptian steady, Sales probably 5,000 or 6,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This o D ay. LONDON, June 21—Wind this day at noon—Sonth. West; light breeze and cloudy weather, with showers at intervals. CARDIFF, June 22.—Wind S.W. - -Sailed—Hawthorn, for Singapore—Circassian, for Rio Janeiro—Magdalena, for Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, June 22.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Demon *Oration, from Port Lyttleton, N.Z. FALMOUTH, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Queen of the Fleet, from Bahia. Sailed—Kaffraria, steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope. SALCOMBE, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ciocodile, from Nassau. DUNDALK, June 22,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Emma, from Sulina, (BY MAGNETIC TELIEGDAPIO GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning; Arrived, June 2 2—Express, from Lagos—Trident, from Christianstadt—Neptune, from Frederickstadt. Arrived, June 23--Sigert, from Oskhersharan—B. B. Green, from Mauritius—lndemnity, from Colombo—John, from Calmar—Blackwall, from Sydney, Sailed, Juno 22—Mary Ann Wilson, for Melbourne— Precursor, for Otago—J. E. Lockhart, for Boston—Cher well, for Sydney—Philanthorpe, for Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Juno 22—Benares, from Melbourne, for London. Passed, June 23—Flying Fish, from West Indies— Brothers, from Rangoon—Ardbsg, from Sydney—all for London—L. H. D. P. Commercial Code, from the West, for the North—Queen of the Ask, from Memel, for Cadiz. Anchored—Superior, from Rotterdam, for Cardiff— A.mazone, from Shields, for Alexandria—Mattea Wat, from Callao, for orders—Feliz Unino, from Hamburg, for Lisbon. An influential deputation of Australian colonists waited upon Mr Cardwell at the Colonial-office yesterday, to urge tho stoppage of the transportation of convicts to Western Australia. The deputation pointed out that the colonies were much opposed to convicts being sent out to them, and it was added that if the Government peristed in this step a very angry feeling would be aroused. Mr Card well said that no credit was given to the Govern ment for what had been done in lessening the evils of which the colonists had complained. instead of thanks the Go vernment were now threatened with agitation. He pro mised the deputation that their representations should be most carefully considered, but he could give no pledge as to the action of the Government. ERRATA.—In our review of "The Day-Dreams of a Schoolmaster," in The Sun of Monday, one of the extracts was accidentally transposed, as must have been very evident to the reader.—ln line 11 of the letter (signed " Uncommon Sense") on Recruits for the Army, instead of "but no well-conducted man," read "for no well-conducted man." GENEVA IS HAVING A THEATRE BUILT, price 600,000 francs. ONLY NOMINALLY FOOLISH !—A Mdlle. Silly is turning the heads of the Parisians at the Vari6:es in " La Post6rite d'un Burgomeister." A PEE-SENTIMENTAL SONG !—The Hon. Cathe rine Harriet Maynard has dedicated a song to the Viscoun tess Combcrmere. It is called "The Eve of Inkermana," as it appears it was written on the eve of that battle, all unconscious of that great event, but breathes a prayer as appropriate us if it bad been penned in prophetic power of iusight. A Paris corespondent of the Salut Public of Lyons montivn3 a report that the Duchess of Malakoff is in an in teresting situation. The Wescr Gazette states that the sea has pene. trated through the concrete laid down in one of the docks established in the Prussian naval port of Jande, and has done great damage. F ears are enterta i ne d t h a t the opera tions will be in consequence interrupted for a considerable time. MORE SACRIFICES TO THE CRIROLINE MOLOCH. —Yesterday a young Woman named Emily Groves, 20 years of age, an imbecile, residing in the care of Mrs Ashton, at Carter-street, Walworth-road, went into the kitchen, where her crinoline-expanded dress caught fire by sweeping against the bars of the grate, and in a moment the unfortunate creature was enveloped in flames. It was found almost impossible to extinguish them before they had con sumed all that was inflammable, and when at last they were overcome by the assistance of two police officers, the young woman was found to be so fearfully burnt that no hopes of her recovery are entertained. She lies in St. Thomas'. Hospital, where Mrs Ashton is alsa under treatment, in oudeaveuriag to save her charge. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 18G4. Closing Business rrioe. done. I SI - - 81 Of 84 86 118 118 6i 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 103 105 16 :7 6 7i 1311 1324 1431 144! 128 132 91 93 85.1 65 113 1131 88 67 IC3 105 91 43 11►; 1123 07 98 58 1,7 112/ Jl3l 134 131/ 10! 1(4 53 65 24i 25i 103 104 6f 113 121 41. 114 12 112} 131 k 30} 90i I /Z g c larrt C P E 4A HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, June 22. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince Alfred, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at Windsor Castle at half-past seven o'clock p.m. yesterday from Buck ingham Palace, attended by the Marchioness of E ty , the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Mdlle, de Granny, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, Lord De Table;, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, and Lieut. Haig, Her Mticsty and her Royal Highnsss Princess Louis of Hesse drove in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, went to London to be present at the Levee. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barring ton and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. Da Ros, re turned from London this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, also returned. Franlein Krehs, daughter of the Hof Kapellmeis. ter at Dresden, had the honour of playing before the Princesses on Monday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Princess Helena Caroline Barrington, Lieut—Colonel the Hon. D. De Ros,andanMd PrincessajorElpliinsltoonueis,e' attended by Lady honoured Her Ma jesty's Theatre with their presence last night. Their Royal Highnesses visited the Royal Aca demy this morning, where they were received by the President, Sir Charles Eastlake; after which they returned to Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred, yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Col onel K h e o p r p s e eck i b a a nd Lieut. Haig. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive at tended by Countess Da Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmar then and Lieut.-Colonel Reppel, honoured Lord andLdy Palmerston with their company at dinner. The Case of the Bishop of Natal, JUDICIAL COMMITTEE AND PRIVY COUNCIL. (THIS DAY.) This morning the first proceeding in England, connected with the deposition of the Right Rev. Dr. T. W. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, from his see, was commenced before the Judicial Committee and Privy Council at Whitehall. There were present the Lord Chancellor. Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir J. T. Coleridge. The circumstances which have given rise to this petition to the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (for the pro ceedings cannot be regarded in the light of an appeal, inas much as the Bishop of Natal denies the power of the Bishop of Cape Town to depose him) are of such recFmt date, and have been so fully discussed that it is not necessary to re peat thew in detail. Dr Colenso, who was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and Rector of Forneett St Mary, Norfolk, was nominated to the bishopric of Natal in 1853 by the Duke of Newcastle, who w&a then Secretary of State for the Colonies, end was consecrated by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. His letters patent bore date Novera ber, 1853, and the letters patent to the Bishop of Cape Town as metropolitan were dated 1853. In the former it is set out that the Bishop of Natal and his successors shall be subject and subordinate to the see of Cape Town, and to the Bishop thereof and his successors, in the same manner as any bishop of any see within the province of Canterbury is under the authority of the archiepiscopal see of that province, and of the archbishop of the same. The Bishop of Natal denies that the language used conveyed to the Bishop of Cape Town jurisdiction over his suffering, and that the metropolitan is net by law authorised to sum mon before his tribunal any one of his suffragans, or to exercise jurisdiction over him. Some months ago the Bishop of Natal came to England and published some works on the subject of the Pentateuch, the contents of which are known to all the world. He was "presented" by the Dean of Cape Town and other clergy to the Metrepolitan, who cited him to appear in his court ; but Dr Colenso disre garded the summons, and the trial proceeded in his absence. The result was that he was deposed from his bishopric by the formal decision of the Bishop of Caps Town in his court. The ietition before the Court this morning had reference to this deposition. Mr James, Q.C., ,Mr J. Fitzjames Scephen, and Mr J. Westlake appeared for the Bishop of Natal. The proceed ings being ex parte, no counsel appeared for the Bishop of Cape Town or the prosecutors Tho petition, the details of which were stated by Mr James, prayed that her Majesty would be pleased to declare the petitioner to be entitled to hold his see until the letters patent granted to him should be cancelled by due process of law for some sufficient cause of forfei ture, and to declare that the letters patent granted to the Bishop of Cape Town, in so far as they purported to create a Court of Criminal Justice within the colony, and to give to the Archbishop of Canterbury an appellate jurisdiction, had been unduly obtained from her Majesty and did not affect the petitioner's rights. The petitioner also prayed that the pretended trial and sentence were void and of no effect, and that an inhibition, as was usual in ecclesiastical cases, should issue against the pro ceedings under the sentence pending the appeal. Tho Lord Chancellor, in the namo of their lordships, ordered the petiticn to stand over until the sittings of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in or after Michaelmas term, with liberty to Dr. Colenso to serve the petition in the meantime on such persons as he might desire to serve. Their lordships, he said, declined for the present to enter tain the question of inhibition, since to grant it would be to assume jurisdiction on the part of the Bishop of Cape Town. The case was then ordered to stand over until the Michaelmas sittings. The Bishop of Natal was present daring the proceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This ray. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING GENTLEMEN IN THE HATMARKET.—Two CHARGES AGAINST A FEMALE.—GANG ROBBERIES.— Elizabeth Wilson, a stylishly dressed female, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing a watch, of the value of £25, from the person of Mr Mortimer Collins, a gentleman at present residing at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street. She was further chhrged with robbing M. Jean de Belmont, a French gentleman, residing in Stanhope-street, Regent's park, of his watch end chain. Mr Mortimer Collins stated that he was walking down the Haymarket about half-past two o'clock this morning on the way to his hotel, when the prisoner stepped up to him and put her arms round his waist. He immediately pushed her a way and found his watch chain hanging down, and on putting his hand into his pocket found that his watch had been abstracted. The prisoner ran away, but he followed her, and while doing so a man, who shammed drunkenness, tried to intercept him. Having pushed the man away he continued his pursuit of the prisoner, and at last overtook her and gave her into custody. In answer to Mr Knox, the prosecutor raid he was per fectly sober at the time, and never spoke to the prisoner till he told her to go away. He had just before looked at his watch, which was of the value of £25. The prisoner, who pretended to cry, stated that she never saw the prosecutor till he charged her with robbing him. Felix M'Mahon, 165 C, said that en the prisoner being given into his charge she said the gentleman had made a mistake. The watch was not found. The prisoner, who shed some forced tears, said, in answer to the magistrate's question of whether she wished tt, plead before him, that it was hard to say she was guilty when she was innocent. Mr Knox having been informed that a second gentleman wished to press a charge, M. Jean de Belmont, cf Stanhope-street, Regent's -park, said that about half-past 12 last night he was under the arcade in the Haymarket—the Opera•areade—when the prisoner came up to him and felt him about, but knowing how prsons were robbed by reading the reports in the papers he kept a sharp lookout. Directly after the prisoner laughed, evidently a signal, and up walked a young man, no doubt, to receive what !lie prisoner had taken. He (M. De Belmont) noticed his watch and chain in the prisoner's hand, and took them from her, and she ran away. He then spoke to and assisted the police for two hours in looking for the prisoner, and then left the constable for a short time, after which the constable came up and said he had got the woman. He considered the conduct of the police very good. The prisoner, who, as soon as a second charge was pre ferred against her, quite altered her tone, assuming a defiant air, was then committed for trial on both charges. SHARE NA.RIC.ETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways, i 13.14. at 11.1 et Bt 50 20 Bir.. Wol,, And Btr. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian !Cork and Bandon ICornwall ID° A A nets no div D o. B been paid to B. Dublin Belfast Junc. Dun.,rof . th,&Ab. June. Edinbutgli G Wow. , 31fisg , . and S. West,lrn. ;GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GrcatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwail Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shot., & Lincoln.! Maryport and Carlisle. Do 2 share:, Metropolitan Midland Do New Do P.lrraing. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 1 9.15.1 Do. shares Mid Meet Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction ,Scottish Central IScot N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock.. shrews. and Welchpoo] Shropshire Union .... South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton ct Darlington L 2.10 Do __ Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool ilar.4rt West Midland—Oxford ! Do Newport Do Hereford 60 61 02 93 125 128 14 24 p 76 78 lot Ili 126 130 36 38 64 66 33 85 90} 91 104 106 8 9 161 37} 94 10 t 7 & 84 f 165 179 6 7 t 3 4 p 107 110 34 37 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Closing share 100 Atlantic &St Lawrene( all 59 61 Sk Som.,Barodalz.Cent Ind 1031 1011 104 Gu. 5 per ..... 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. Shares 201 Buffalo and LaKC Huron all of 43 10 Do. Preference .... . all 8) 91 00 1 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 77 82 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187' kOO Do. do. July 1,18 n. 100 77 81 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 100 77 82 st ClcuttaAS.Eastn. (Lin, 100 101 103 102 st Cape Town & Dock Scrij 100 98 100 stook Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.' 100 106 108 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1141 1051 101& 5 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 P 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada lie 2u 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 72/ 3 100 Do. do. deferred all 64 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 66 68 65 1 6 1 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 67 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 50 51 100 Do. do. deterred. —. • all 43 t 5 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 28 SO 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 29 stook Gt.lndlaPonin.gua.sp.c 100 1041 105} IC4I 5 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 pr 1 jfr Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of I n di a (Li m guarfuiteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. ofCanadaShareb all 10 10% 20 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 90 02 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 d stook Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1021 103) stock D 0.41 p. a. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 4 3 d 0........ 100 9t 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Helb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 31c1b. & liobsou's Bay. all 56 58 100 Do. 7p. C. Alortg. Bds. all W Newßr tmewick Candi. Class A and B. all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da3 po Ist plbds 100 82 84 stock &ludo ..........) (100 1031 1041 stock Do. Delhi ..1.z 100 1021 1031 20 Do. do 9 I 2 pr jp st Do. Punjaub I all tt 20 It3o stook Do. Indus. St . Flo. J lllOO 9 6 98 _ COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,Cankkov. 6 p.c.J a 6LJ ul) 1877-S1 100 101 106 - Do. np. c. 'Feb.& Aug. 100 193 105 Do, ep. c.Ma r .& S e pt . 100 1 02 1 04 Do. p. o. Jan.&July. lOC 03 15 I Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 [ Cape Galope, 6 p c,1879 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891. 100 1( 9 111 Do, Jan. & July, 1891 109 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 109 111 113 Mauritine 6 per cent lOO 107 109 !Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 107 IC9 1 N. 13 .G0v.6p.0.Ja.&Ju11 100 102 104 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1.,138t 109 994 1004 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to 1871 100 094 1004 - Do. 40.,1888 &upwds 100 094 1004 - i•NeW Zealand 6 p cent, 100 10.1 111 !Non Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 105 107 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 108 110 8. Aus G6p.c.1873.&up 100 109 111 !Vte.GOV. 6 p.c. Ja.daily 100 - Do, to 6p.0. An.&Oot._l 100 109 no 1001 BRITISH MINES. 2 'etur.orian Consol. Gold 1 1 48 0 -ifford Amalgamated 34 36 - ' Devon G. Con.. gavist ) 1 560 670 "East Bassett(lllogan) 80 64 66 East Clogau G old Ltd East Caradon ..... 1.14.5 20 30 East Cam Brea... ... „ 3,4.0 71 84 GG E: Lareni% i , va ir .tit ' i l ses l ao t t u luA s tvh s uo e t),li l .3: ( (o T nili( a gGeu v iw i ss s ie t : k n. : . ! 8. 541 1 80 T 27 3 33 : "2 4 3944 4 181 !Grenville ..• 6.16.( 81 8 Rierod's-root . 8.12 58 40 iLlingston Downs 4.18.0 34 34 I Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelaut 94 14 16 llarke Valley.. Niyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 24 14 New Seton l9l 70 80 • North Downs 24 14 2 Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 14 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (6t. Blaney t— -20 Providence (Uny Lelut. , l 10 0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Clcerl l it 450 170 S. Corn Brea (Illog,an). • S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.18.9 59 65 Stray Park Lunar 6.11 v.& Lead Dlin. - rin Croft 9 174 184 West Basset (Illogan) • 14 94 I°4 WC, radon (Liskeard; 5 16 18 West Beton 1,5 %v%i th h l i ceece e e t :t: l l3 lt i a laedtt f ritoi l ya. y e on e wA r; );• ;, (Illogan' :1 . 57 0 0! if 29 I 3.5.8 24 21 ney 75 • 8 84 21214924 2274 2161 Wheal Union.. . . 8.17 I 14 2 ... . PREFERENCE SHARES. Midland 41 per cent. pl. stk. rd., 1011} LINES LEASED Al! FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 4 t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Recife and San Francisco (lirn.), gua. 7:per cent., 17 I Great Luxembourg, 101 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), South Austrian aad Lombardo Venetian, 21 FOREIGN" MINES. St. John del Rey (aim.), 41 Yudanamutaua of S. Australia, aim., 211 BANKS. Alliance (Urn.). 60 1} Ditto, new, 50 Anglo Austrian ca Bank of New Zealand, 161 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111:1 Continental, lint, 171 European Bank, Ihm, 131 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.). 33 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm,, 17 16 Imperial Bank (lim.), 40 39 Ditto, new,;_ Imperial Ottoman, 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 51 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 27 61 London and Northern, lim., 23 Provincial of Ireland, 94:31 South P, :stern, lim., Linton of London, 58 3IISC3,'.LLANEOIJS. Australian Agricultural, 20 City °flees, Urn., 41 5 Cor.tinental Union Gas, lim., 61 I Credit Moldlicr, 7f Discount Corporation, 15} Egyptian Coin. and Trading, lim., Financial Corporation, 31 k Gen. Credit and Finance of London, urn., 6a k Home and C donial A ssurance, lim , 51 Hudson's Bay, l 8; k Imperial and Mercantile Credit Am., Urn , 71 International Financial society, bra., 91, 1 ink Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, 6 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7k Land Securities, I'm., 4} London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Company, lira,, 14i Ocean Marine (Insurance), 21k Oriental Inland Steam, 3} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto. new, (74 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim,, Smith, Ifni lrt, and Co., lim., 4kr, The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling, On co mparing these rates with the English Mint prim of 43 a°par ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is u l tl 6. ..ieth per cent. dearer iu London than Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stfrlin;. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dea! er in London than in llamburg, The Levee, By command of the Queen a Levee was held yes terday at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Presentation s a t thi s C our t are Queen'spleasure t o b e considered as equivalent by to presentations made t o h er M a j esty . The Prince of Wales, attended by his Gentlemen in Waiting, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House, about two o'clock, and was r ece i ve d b y th e Great Officers of State of the Queen' s H ouse h o ld. His Major Royalliighnes Prince Alf red arr i ved, at tended Cow e ll 3 and Lieutenant Haig. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived, attended by Col. the Hon. James Macdonald. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Count Gleichen were present at the Levcc. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Vas on duty in the State Saloons under the command )f the Lieutenant. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty under the command of Colonel Patterson, the Exoll in Waiting. The Prince of Vales entered the Throne-room, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Alfred and:his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by the Ea.' of St. Germans, Lord Steward; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain; the Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse; Lord Do Tabley, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; Colonel tho Hon. A. Liddell, Groom in Waiting to the Queen ; Lieut.- Colonel Du Plat, Equerry to the Queen ; Viscount Bury, M.P., the Treasurer of the Queen's House hold ; Lord Proby, M.P., Comptroller of the Queen's Household ; Viscount C Astlerosse, the Vice- Chamberlain ; Lieut.-General Kuollys, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Household of the Prince of Wales ; Mr. Charles L. Wood, Groom of the Bed chamber; and Lieut.'Colonel Keppel, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. The Foreign Ambatsadors and Ministers were introduced in the order of their precedence, when the following presentations to the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty, took place in the diplo matic circle : By his Excellency the Russian Ambassador — M. de Dourassow, Gentleman of the Chamber to his Majesty the Empe ror of Russia. By his Excellen c y t h e French A m b assa d or —M. Chas. de Franquevill e , Auditeur au Conaoil d'Etat en mission. By the Portuguese B nvoy —Signor Thomsz de Moraes Sarmento, son of the late Viscount Mon - Carve. By the United States Envoy—The Hon. Charles Hale, Agent of the United States in Egypt. ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT AT CAI4IBRUDGE HOUSE. —Their Royal Righnesaes t h e P r i nc e and Princess of Wales honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerstonby their company at di nner last evening, at Cambridge house. The banqu e t was followed by a dancing party. Their Royal Highn esses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Colonel Keppel, arrived a little after 8 o' c l ock. Dinner was s h ort l y after wards announced, wh en the following distinguished circle had the honour to me e t th eir royal highnesses :—The Duke of St. Albans, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the E ar l an d C oun t ess o f Shaftes bury and Lady Victo r i a Ashley, Earl Granville, the Earl of St Germans. the Countes s Spencer, Viscount and Vis countess Royston, Visc ount Idarnilton, Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Alice Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Dufferin, Lord and Lady Proby, ;the Right }l on. W . F . C owper an d H on . Evelyn Ashley. The P r i nce sat on the right of the noble hostess, and the Princess on the right of the noble Premier. Shortly after 10 o'clock th e company began to assemble for the dancing party. The ball room was brilliantly illumi nated, and handsomely decorat e d by a profusion of flowers. His Royal Highness the D u k e of Cambridge, attended by C o lonel the Hon. James Macflonald arrived shortly after 11 o'clock, a largo number of other distinguished persons being present. Dancing commenced at 18 o'clock, the ball being opened by the Prince of W a l es d anc i ng w i t h Via countess Jocelyn, and the P r i ncess with the Earl Cowper. At 1 o'clock supp e r was saved up in the dining room. Five circular tables were a ppropriated for the supper, the royal table, laid for a party of 13, being in the centre of the room. The fest i v it ies were pr o l onge d to an early hour this morning, the Prince and Prin cess re t urn i ng to the b a ll room after supper, Their Royal Highnesses the Princ3 End Princess of Wales intend honouring the Duke and Duchess of Manchester with their company at Kimbolton Castle, H un ti ng ton, early in August. Their Royal Highnesses th e Princesses H e l ens and Louise have announced thei r i ntention of honour i ng the Bazaar at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, in aid of the Buildin g F lak( ' o f the Female School of Art, with a visit to inorrew. The Duellers of Wellington will have an assembly this evening at Apsley House, The Baroness Blome has arrived at the Hano verian Legation, in Grosvenor-place, from Holstein. The Earl and Countess Craven, the Ladies Blanche and Beatrice Craven, and Viscount UfUngton have left town for Combo Abbey, near Coventry. 'the Earl of St. Germans received a select circle at dinner last evening at his residence in povor-street. Lord and Lady 13s1per entertained a select circle at dinner last evening at their residence in. Eaton. square. The Earl and Countess Russell left town yester day for Pembroke Lsdge, Richmond Park. DEATH OF THE EARL POULETTe:—We have to announce the demise of the above nobleman, which took place on Monday afternoon, at the family seat, Hinton St. George, Smacrsetshire. Tho deceased John Poulett, son of the fourth earl, was born in 1783, and married in 1820 Charlotte Fanny, daughter of the late Henry Berkeley Portman (uncle to the first Lori Portman). His lordship succeeded his father in 1819, and was colonel of the Somer. , set Militia from 1819 to 18,52 . Tho deceased nobleman is succeeded by his nephew, William limry, son of the Into Vice Admiral the Hon. George Poulett, born in 1327, entered the army in 1845, and became captain of the 22d Foot in 1851. MR. SPOONER, M.P.—We have much pleasure in informing the friends of Mr. Spooner, M.P., that the report of his health was much more favourable yesterday, and that the symptoms which created alarm have in a great measure eulgided,- - -eirni?ngbaM Daily Qazette, WESTMINSTER. A DRUNKEN CABMAN.—James Blake, cab proprietor, James-street, Larksll-lane, was charged 'Afore Mr Arnold with being drunk while driving his cab. Police-constable Skeet. 61 B, said that he was on duty about two o'clock that morning near Eccleston-bridge, when ho saw the prisoner on his cab. He was asleep, and appeared under the influence cf liquor. Witness awoke him, when, seeing that he was not able to drive his horse and cab, he took him into custody and to the station-house. &,The prisoner was fined 10s. A MOST INCORRIGIBLE' l'AurEn—Elizabeth Roberts, aged 16, was charged with breaking a door at Chelsea workhouse and cutting it up for firewood. 111 r Daniel Sutton, master of the workhouse. produced the remnants of the door which had been cut up by the prisoner into firewood. He stated that it been broken by the prisoner. Mr Harrison, one of the guardians, said that the priso ner had been repeatedly at that court on chvgas of dis orderly conduct and imprisonment. The guard;.ans had done all in their power to reclaim her, and she had been sent to a Reformatory, beet they had been unsuccessful ;u all their efforts. A. long conversation took place as b what could be done for her reformation, and it was observed by Mr Arnold that she seemed a subject of chronic depravity. She was sent for a month to the House of Correction. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday.—The ship Blackwall, 1 , 00 0 tons, Captain William Harrison, belonging to Mr H. Green, of London, landed several passengers to-day and has proceeded up Channel. Wind, S.W., smart breeze. She brings a full cargo of wool, tallow, and hides, and Gl first class and second class passengers, among whom are Airs Robertron, Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Bryant, Mrs Whicker, Mr and Mrs Turpin, Miss Betts, Mr Bu.shby, and Mr Farmer. Tao Blackwall left Sydney Heads Feb. 22, with strong southerly winds, which continued for se veral days, passed Steward Island on the sth of March, and ran her easting down in lat. 50 S. Ia long. 104 W. she fell is with ice, which was cleared in long. 99 W., after which and until rounding Cape Horn, April 4, light baffling winds were experienced. Strong gales and un settled weather prevailed up to lat. 24 S. The line was crossed May 14. No south-east trades were met with, and the north-east trades were lost May 28, in lat, 23 N. Until Juno 7 there wore light airs from N.N.E., w i t h occasional calms. Lizard Point was sighted June 20. The Blackwall spoke, April 28, lat. 18 10 S., long, 29 57 the English bark Donna Anna, 40 days from Liverpool for Madras—June 6, lat. 33 59 N., long. 17 13 W., the schooner Only Son, 9 days from Porto Rico for Falmouth —and June 11, lat. 39 9 N., long. 38 53 W., the bark Albert Williams, 98 days from Port Wellington for Lou den. Wednesday—(By Electric and International Tele graph.)—The ship Derwentwater, Captain Sohn Thomson, belonging to Messrs. Richardson Brothers, of St. Helen's place, from Port Lyttleton, New 7.-Aland, February 25, for London, set ashore a small mail here. She brings a full cargo of colonial produce, including 1,700 bales of wool, with 16 passengers. The Derwentwater rounded Cape Horn on the 28th of March, crossed the lino on the 12th of May, and spoke March 20, lat. 56 39 S., long. 61 12 Vir., the ship William Wilson, from Liverpool for San Francisco—April 21, lat, 26 S., long. 21 29 W., the French ship No Arnie, 56 days from Havre, for Bourbon —May 31, lat. 26 57 N., long. 47 26 W., the British ship Roscoe, 23 days from the Brazils for Liverpool, and June 3, lat. 29 41 N., long, 47 1311 W., the American whaling schooner William Martin, 13 days from Cape Yero, for Boston. MARKETS--This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 4C 83d ; barley, 27s 6d ; oats, 20s 4d; rye, 32s 8d ; beans, 3. s 5d ; and peas, 33s 9d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGE ..—Wheat, 393 64 ; barley, 28s 10d ; oats, 19s lld ; rye, 303 5d ; beans, 34s Si I ; peas, 33s Ocl, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 101,87,1; barley, 2,677; oats, 5,865; rye, 20; beans, 3,762; pea t ', 307 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market - , to-day, was well supplied with beasts, both. as to number and quality. Selected breeds sold steadily, at; full prices. o.herwiBe, the beef trade was in a sluggish, state, at late currencies. We were fairly supplied with. sheep. Downs and half-breds chanced hands freely, at full. prices. Other breeds were dull, at late rates. The show ol! lambs was moderately extensive, and sales progressed, slowly, at Monday's'quetations. Calves were in large supply, and heavy request, at late rates, viz. p trout 4s to 58 per Sibs. Pigs and mulch cows changed hands slowly on for mer terms. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. e. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primeors-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Secondquality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 0 ii 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Largo erne. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 , Small porkers..., 4 2 4 6 Lambs... Xs Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL surrLY. Beasts ... . Cows l4O Sheep and lambs B,lOO 1 Calves Pigs 2901 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves .... 470 Pigs .......... MEAT MARKETS. NEWOITE AND LEADENHALL. — Fair supplies of meat, for which the demand is inactive, at about previous rates : —Beef, from 2s lUd to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 6d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. - • - SOUTH.4.LL, June 22.—Seasonably good supplies of stock on sale here to-day, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ' • larno, Gs Od to 6s 101 ; veal, 4s 01 to 'is 0d; and pork, 3s 61 to 4s 6d per Ms, to sink the offal. Roatronn, June 22.—A1l kinds of stock were a slow in quiry, as fol:ows Beat; from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 48 to 5s 2d; lamb, Gs Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to ls 10d; and pork, 3s 3d to 4s Gd per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and ranch cows, £l4 10s to £l3 108 each. HAY MAIIKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 1.5 s toSllos Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 I.os Od ; and straw, £1 43 to £1 108 per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £:1- 103; clover, £4 Os to £5 103 Od ; and straw, £1 43 to lOs per load. Trade inactive. WnrrEcn.trEn.—Meadow hay, £2158 to £4103; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 11 2s to £1 lOs per load. Supply limited. The Circassian Exodus. The following is an extract from a private letter dated Varna, June 1— " I see by the English papers that it is pro posed to raise a subscription for these poor Circassians, and never did people need it more. There has been a mistake as to where they are to be landed in Bulgaria. The Government meant to send them nearly all to Rustchuk, but contracted with shippers for a passage only to this place, which is 100 miles from their destination. The Circassians are accordingly all aimed ashore till the Pasha concludes a fresh bargain with the captains to carry them on. This has happened three or four times already, and in some cases the steamers have gone away and left the miserable creatures to shift for them selves. Many of the Circassians speak Turkish, and I have had long talks with them. Their descriptions of the hard ships they have suffered aro heartrending. They tell me most of them were turned out of their homes by the Rus sians in the winter (four months ago), and driven down to the sea side, where they waited long tor the means of getting away. Hundreds of them died from the cold, and hun. dreds of hundreds of complaints brought on by want and exposure, especially small-pox. They say, We all have had it, or have it now;' and I can answer for the truth of this, for nearly every man, woman, and child I see is marked, and in hundreds the faces and hands are quite raw with it. Since I have been here (three weeks), 30J, at the lowest estimate, have been buried in the sanus outside the town. They all said they died of cold. We have had much rain, especially by night, and these poor wretches have had to sleep out in it with nothing to cover them but their ordi nary clothes, consisting only (in the case of the women) of a sort of long dressing-gown and a pair of drawers. Atter one of these nights the dead lie thick on the ground, the others longing, I should think, to follow a.m. Of course the women and children suffer most. To-day I saw a ship load landed and marched out of the town. They were in a dreadful state. I noticed one woman carried by five men; she was a mere skeleton. In her arms she had a baby that could not be more than a few hours old, I saw a man walk ing by a cart with five of his children in it; he was a fine looking fellow, but oh, so thin l and the poor children the most fearful objects I ever saw. I shall never forget the sight. Their skins were so tight over the bones that it seemed these must come through, and, in the case of one leer little thing, about three years old, covered with sores; I believe the bones were through the skin. They tell me it is not starvation from hunger that is killing them, but star vation frum cold. It has been a very cold spring here, and even now a well clothed man would suffer from sleeping in the open air at night. The Turkish Government does what it can for these miserable people, but that amounts only to bringing them here and giving each person 21b of bread per day." Shocking Tragedy in Liverpool, A frightful tragedy took place in Mansfield-street, Liver pool, at a late hour on Tuesday night, involving the death of two persons and the dangerously wounding of another. At about eleven o'clock information reached the police office, Dale-street, that a woman living at 3, Johnson. place, Mansfield-street, had attempted I o murder her two children, and had afterwards committed suicide. The woman, whose name is Catherine Henderson, was the wife of a dock labourer, and lived apparently in great destitution. About seven months ago, having shown symptoms of insanity, she was taken into the lunatic ward of the West Derby weikhouse, where she remained about a fortnight. Since that time, however, she appeared perfectly sane until Sun day last, when she seemed a little unsettled, and used some singular language which induced the husband to ask a Roman Catholic priest to call and see her. The priest did so, and thinking the woman showed symptoms of madness, ad vised the husband to send fur the parish doctor. The husband called at the doctor's, and left a message requesting him to come; but it appears that that gentleman never came. The woman, until Tuesday night, appeared in her usual state of mind; and at an early hour the husband and wife, a child nine months old, named Joseph, and a girl five years old, named Margaret, went to bed together, all lying upon some straw and rags placed upon the fluor. After they had been there some time the baby, which was in the husband's arms,became reetless,and he gave it to the wife in order that it might get to the breast. Directly he had done so the child gave a sudden cry, and the Esther seizing it from his wife, discovered that blood was running from the child's throat. He jumped up and shouted out to alarm the other inmates of the house, of which there were several, but, while he was doing so, his wile took the opportunity to seize the other child and cut her throat also. The husband endeavoured to rescue the little girl, and, while he was doing so, the mother completed the triple tragedy by in th,-ting a wound on her own throat. The whole occurrence did not take more than a minute or two. The wounds were inflicted J.), a common table knife, very much w orn , and, therefore, vee v sharp. The mother must h ave secre t e d th e knifeabout her before she went to b e d, A s opeedily as ;lossiblo, after th e perpe t ra ti on o f th e shocking deed the children were taken to the St. Anne's Dispensary, where they were examined by Dr Rae. The boy was dead, but the wounds of the girl were dressed, and s he was then removed to the Royal Infirmary, from whence it is repotted that there is every hope of her re • covery. After attending to the child Dr Rae proceeded to examine the mother, whom he found to be quite dead. The deceased was about 35 years of ago, and both her husband and herself were Irish. Henderson is said to bear a good character,—.Liverpool Toot. EXTRAORDINARY CAUSE OF DEATH.—Yesterday afternoon Mr John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, held an inquest at the City of Canterbury Tavern, Well-street, Mile-end New Town, as to the death of James Papworth, aged 47, a ginger beer manufacturer. The de ceased was a man of intemperate habits, and on Monday night about 12 o'clock he returned home tipsy and retired to rest. Ho called for some water and his daughter-in-law took him up some lemonade in a soda water bottle. She loft him, and when she returned she discovered him insen sible, with the bottle projecting out of his mouth. A medi cal man was called, who found the deceased dead, and the cause of death was suffocation. Dr Champneys, of Churoh street, Mile-end, New-town, said that the nozzle of the bottle had become fixed in the gullet, and had choked the deceased while drinking. The jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased dial from suffocation by reason of a soda water bottle becoming fixed in the throat accidentally and by misfortune." FATAL ACCIDENT AT A BOAT RACE.—On Tues day afternoon, a short time previous to the ctarting of the boats in the race between Cole, of Chelsea, and Hoare, of gatniaersmith, two persons, named Blythe and Harring ton, were sailing a small skiff, with a main and foresail set; • w h e n off Battersea the bo at was seen s uddenly to cap size, and a leul cry for assistance was heard. A waterman, named rowed with all epeed to the spot, and suc ceeded with difficuitY in rescuing Zarß:ythe, but his unfor tunate friend, Mr Tlarring::sn, C c - n - n chandler, of Lambeth !Data, Lad tuna, IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening, The SPEAKER rook the chair at 12 o'clock. FALMOUTH DOCILS BILL. This bill was read a third time Dead passed. CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND brought under notice the circumstances connected with the proceed ings of this bill yesterday afternoon, and moved that en Thursday tha house resolve itself into a committee of the whole house to censider the future progress of the bill. Mr. LONGFIELD opposed the proposal on the ground that, when the Chairman was ordered to kayo the chair under such circumstances, the order became " dropped." He cited many authorities on the point. Mr BUTT thought it quite in conformity with usage to agree to the proposition of the hon. and learned gentleman the Attorney-Goner,,; for Ireland. Mr VIII TE SIDE said when he addressed the house yes terday his first intention was to move that the chairman re port progress, but one of his hon. friends informed him that the proper mode would be to move that "the chairman do leave the chair," which he considered analogous to moving the "previous question," which, if carried, was considered to terminate the matter under discussion, At all events, it was not usual to revive a subject, the debate upon which had been terminated in the carrying of the " previous question." The SPEAKER, said a committee bad no power to ex tinguish a bill; that authority belonged to the house alone. It would be quite in conformity with precedent, and en tirely in the power of the house, to order the committee to meet again and again to consider the bill. After some further discussion, the motion of the Attor ney-General for Ireland was agreed to. JOINT•STOCK COMPANIES (VOTING PAPERS) BILL. On the motion for the house going into committee on this bill, Mr E. CRAUFURD moved the t the house resolve itself into committee on the bill that day three months, as he had serious objections against the measure. Mr D. GRIFFITH said the objections of the hon. gen tleman could be iully considered in committee. The motion was then withdrawn, and the house accord ingly went into committee on the bill. irtep suggested that the bill s hould holder the power of using the voting sim M p r i . y g e i ß ve A. th llr e F sh U a paper confided to him at the meeting or afterwards, and moved an amendment to that effect. Mr GRIFFITH could not consent to the amendment. Sir C. O'LOUGHLIN thought the best course to pursue was that the chairman do report progress, and he made that motion accordingly. Mr PEACOCKS said as the house seemed to be rather doubtful as to the question before. it, ho therefore moved that the Chairman do leava the chair. After some discussion, the motion for reporting progress was withdrawn; and The committee divided, when there appeared— For the motion .. 7 Against it Majority The Chairman accordingly left the chair, ant the house resumed. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC SYSTEM) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr E WART said an arrangement had been arrived at between himself and his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade, whose suggestions he had adopted He therefore hoped that the metric system would be intro duced into this country, where he felt it would give the greatest satisfaction. lie then moved the omission of clause 2 for the purpose of introducing another in its place. Mr ROEBUCK doubted whether the bill would give the satisfaction anticipated by the hon. gentleman opposite; he rather thought it would lead to confusion. Mr LOCKE thought that the adoption of the metric system would be of great advantage, as every person would have the opportunity of knowing exactly how much a cer tain measure—such, for instance, as a pottle or seive—con tained, which was now not the case. Mr M. GIBSON said what had been done on this sub ject would not interfere with the recognised system of weights and measures ; all the preeent act did was to legalise coatracts made on the metric system. The clause was then struck out, and another recognsing the legality of contracts made in the metric system having been moved and agreed to, the Chairman reported progre:,4, and the house resumed. BANK OF ENGLAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill, a length ened discussion took place, in which the whole of the Scot tish systein of banking was r eviewed. The result was that Sir J. Hay, the promoter of the bill, withdrew it. JERSEY COURT BILL. On the order for going into committee on this bill, Mr PA LL, lor Mr BOLT, moved as an amendment, that the States of Jersey be heard by their counsel, and to adduce evidence at the bar in opposition. He denied that the people of Jersey desired this bill. The debate was then adjourned. SUPERANNUATION (UNION OFFICERS) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. PILOTAGE ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. COUNTESS OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE'S ANNUITY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. PIERS AND HARBOUR ORDERS CONFIRMA- TION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed, The house adjourned at eight minutes to 6 o'clock. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, June 21.—Mr. J. Craw ford in the chair.—A paper was read on the sup posed infecundity of human hybride or crosses.—Connected with hybridity a theory has lately sprung up, and chiefly obtained currency in France and America, that supposes the mongrels resulting from the union of two different races of the human family ought to be sterile, as is the case with the progeny of two opposite species of the same genus of lower animals, and one of the advocates goes the length of asserting that the continuation of a race of mulattoes is as impossible as the continuation of a race of mules. The author's paper was devoted to illustrations of the conspi- ' cuous fallacies on which the theory referred to is founded. Professor Busk differed from the author in respect to what he had considered the crucial test—namely, the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty left on Pitcairn Island in 1793. From the photographs exhibited at the eociesy'e rooms last session ho thought even in the short interval that had elapsed in this case the descendents had relapsed pretty nearly into the Tabeitian condition. Mr. Christy, however, who had visited Mexico and Algeria, saw great reLee)n for concurring with the author as to the fecundity and pt rum nency of mixed breed races, Sir James Alexander said that when he was engaged in 1835 in the Caffre war tory met with a race of native warriors who offered their services to t h e English as " brothers," and who stated that their trite, numbering some 600, were descended from the three ladies who were shipwrecked in the Grosvenor, East Indiaman. In 1836 he obtained a Dutch journal giving an account of the transactions of the envoy sent by the Dutch governor to rescue these ladies, but who, being married to native chiefs, refused to return to their own country. Such an increase in. 63 yeaas was very remarkable, but was possible, allowing six children to each of these ladies. The second paper was by Mr Christy, on the human and other relics from the Dor dogne caves in Southern France. No part of France appears or t ve to be rich er i n caves , which have been inhabited by men, than the ancient province i( O fe e o t f above Fe ri the river, In emailo r in ~ the Perigord. known as " grotles," sheltered recesses of overhanging cliffs, have been found the es an early race, Th e d e p os it s of t h e e aves o f r the ti d n le g tr pe ie la cp e t s e l ent accumulations of broken bones, pebbles, flint knives, flakes, Sre, and the cores from which they have been broken, portions of horns and bones from which various domestic articles have been made ; with those rude knives, even to small, neatly drilled needles. Examples of these were placed on the table, and excited great attention. More than this, all the deposits examined by N. Lartet and the author have given examples of ornamental work, and three of them of incised drawings and sculptures of various animals, perfectly recognizable as to species. That these rock- dwellers fared not badly as to food is evidenced by the many bones of birds and salmon found with those of deer, ox, ::nd other animals, mixed with the refuse, and with such evidences of abundant living it is not surprising these ancient people should have found leisure for less necessary work than the chase, and spare time for works of pleasure and rude art. Mr J. Evans, Dr. Falconer, Professor Busk, end the Vice-President took part in the discussion which followed, Dr. Falconer differing front the author's opinion that these inhabitants of the Dordogne country had not ac complished the domestication of any animal. The reindeer, whose remains were found with these relics, would, ho thought, have soon been cau g h t young, and have be e n be p: for useful purposes by them ; as also the horse, the remains of which were also numerous. Mr. Christy objected that in the rude sculpture of animals the reindeer were repre sented in herds, and that in none of them was there any thing to indicate a bridled horse. An extra meeting of the society was announced for Tuesday week, for the reading of papers on the tribes of Central Asia by the traveller Vairment, and on seine African skulls by Prolss ear Huxley. In the Court of Queen's Bench, yesterday, .:. Sr. pant Glover moved the posponement of is action against the Duke de Persigny, unlit after the c ommission sent out Mr Charles Stokes, to Manilla, had returned some discnssion the trial was pr st p oacd. !,, n•:,nctmrizes Mrs Arnold, a sister of Stonewall 3, , ,ckson, has h A e r e n n o:B stopping husbandia wheeling,v,n d ti bine° p Va., for couple of we e k s . M rs of disloyalt y, preferred by his wife. Mrs A, is a stror.,7 supporter of the Federal Government, and is therefore not very popular with. the friends of her deceased brother.— ainierican Paper. The Coburg Gazette announces that the Diet of the duchy resoived ttri7rlirn2ucliv at i'ts not to take into cunbidecation any money bill pi e. salted b 7 the Government until the latter stu:dl Lave propo s ed soave tneaaure on the pets. Atter ~■ In