The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND commXILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been a large inquiry for monetsty accommodation to-day, but as the brokers require fully 6 per cent. for the best short-dated paper, the a PPlications made to the authorities have been very numerous. The continued demand for discounts is awing to the payments in connection with the end ut the present quarter, after which it will no doubt subside. The Edinburgh from New York has brought 41 35,214. There were no bullion operations of importance it the Bank yesterday. A capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £lO each, is required for Cramer and Co. A minimum dividend of 10 per cent. for five years is guaranteed, and the directors are gentlemen of influence and position. The obj,ct of the undertaking is to purchase the business of the celebrated music•sellers in Regent street, and a conditional agreement for that pur- Pose has been entered into with the only surviving Partner. It has been notified by the directors of the Im perial Bank of China, India, and Japan, that busi ness has commenced at the premises lately occupied by the Oriental Bank Corporation. The last week's rahway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under:- 1864. 1863. Great Western £68,299 £65,401 North-Western .... 113,390 103,639 south- Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great Eastern Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 43,015 36,650 North Eastern 61,765 58,280 Bristol and Exeter Great Northern North British These returns, when compared with those of the same period of last year, exhibit an increase on the Great Western of £2,889; on the North Western, of £9,751; on the South Western, of £2,170; on th e Brighton, of £404 ; on the Midland, of £4,768 ; on the South Eastern, of £951; on the Great Eas tern, of £2,063; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £7,365; on the North Eastern, of £3,485; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £lBl ; on the Great Nor thern, of £2,726 ; and on the North British, of £621. Oa and after the let of July the business of the Agra dud United Service Bank (Limited) and Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. will be carried on at 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street, under the title of" The Agra and Masterman Bank (Limited)." Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were 63t 80c. Dull. The market for the English Funds has been ex tremely dull, and although in the fore pert of the day prices were fractionally higher, the small amount of business transacted and thei inertness shown to speculate have caused quotations to re turn to their former level. Consols for money are 90 1, and for the account 90k 1. The New Threes and the R , duced Annuities are 89k ; India 5 per Cents., 104 k ; and the Debentured, 984 Foreign Stocks have been generally steady, the only change of importance having been a rise in the Greek, viz., to 25126. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70k 71k; do., Consolid4s, 481 ; Mexican, 44i 45 ; Spanish Passive, 30 1 ; Russian 871 i; and the Confederate Loan, 62 64, In the Railway Share Market there has been a firmer tone. North-Western have improved 10s.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s ; Great Eastern, 15s. ; North Eastern (Berwick), L 1; South Eastern, £1 ; and Great Northern A Stock, £2. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in• active, without material change as regards values. Bank and MiEcallaneous Shares continue in limited request, and show little change as regards prices. Chamounix United Hotel Shares ere quoted f 4 prem. ---- BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rinsiDS. 3 per Cent. Consols ...... 9ok 90 I Do Account, July: 8 9oi 3 per Cent. Reduced ........ 9 Now 3 per Cent ............. 89k it New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894........., Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 .......... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire J an. 181880 — Do fir 30 yrs, expire sth April,Bs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au g . 1908 - March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2;d:3 per Cent. Do L5OO ................ Do £lOO and £2OO ........ --- Bank England Stk, ök per Ct. .......... 238 6 Do Account ........................ --. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 15 7 0 tio Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .-- Do Certificates - Do Enfaoed Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. ~.... --- Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Li bowls Ll,tlUll.. dis Do ruder £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ..... .., Do 1863 B6 i Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 1)0 Account . — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - Lilian 6 per Cent Do 3 pei Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent..... Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 1884 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lOll 1 Do, Second Issue • Greek 5 per Cent. 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ) Do Account P o C cupous — Do Accounl,.. Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.olaremmana Kailway, Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account .................. 4 Do Scrip 423 paid .................. i dis Do French Scrip, Ex 2 5 f 200........ dis Do 6 per Cen , . Anglo-French ........ -- dis Ditto Scrip, 423 paid.. .............. Nocrrish Imperial 6 per Cent .......... New Granada .--- Do 2 per Cent — --- De , Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent.. l i o 3 per Cent. (U ribarren) .. Do 41 per Cent, 1562 ...... De Account .................. Portuguese 3 per Cent. , 1853 DAccount .................... v I/o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'BO, 62,'3 — 1. , 0 Account Do 1863 Scrip, 440 paid - Rti: isian 5 per Cent., 1822, 4 St --- D o 41 per Cent.. 1850 — Do 3 per Cent 1869 . Po 6 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch ... • Do Scrip, 430 paid pm Sax lin ian 5 per Cent .... Do Account ......... Spanish 3 per Cent .................. Do Account ...................... Do Now Deferred .................. Do Account ........................ Do Passive ..................... 30 [to Account ........................ 301 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Do Account ........................ 101 Swedish, 4 per Cent ................... lbo Scrip, £6O paid .................. Put Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Do Account .......... o 6 per Cent. 1853 Do Account .Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 71 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. V enezncia3 per Cent. Do Account 221 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do Account Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. .. • Dc, 6 per Cent, 1864 Do 1} per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f Do Account . Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 35 francs 69a Do Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ez. 43. Pielmontese, 6 per Cent,, Er. 251 TWO O'CLOC:Ii. Consols Money DoAccouut.“1•111.,...”110011109 BEARE MARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOtA'. ihare; Railways. Paid. t3.5t. at to io co ~o.la.! 12.10 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. :flythe and Tyne. itost.,Sleat,and Mid.k;o 3ristol and Exeter ;aledontan , tort, an , ,t ifan.lon Corn wa I D o A A :'ets nr. div Do. B till Cpp o.p an. has been paid to Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pert h,&Ab. Juno. rdinburbh & Glasgow. Glesg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stn ! Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian :it! mat No rt hot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an , s W. of haul. , I Great Western • I Do Sir Val gus. stoci,l Lancashire & orksh London and Blackwaii! Lon., Briglit.,& S. Coast; Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do share 3.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlos. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New iNorth Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stow: Do Scot. Mid, stook !Shrews. and Welchpoo , Shropshire Union !South South Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun i6taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 iTaff Vale.. - Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neatti Victoria sta. and Pim jWaterford 6c Kilkeuny West Cornwall Vv. Hartlepool Har. West Midland -Oxford Do iievepor t Do Heruford BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing »hart daliwr7rs Paid. Price. Business dun lye I.tlantio &St Lawrent all 59 61 j tioin.,Baroda&.Cent . 1031 1041 102 1 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . ...... ... • 8 20 Do. E. Shares.. .0 0 Btu, alo and Laae Huron 41, oi 6 0 Do. Preference uflalo,BrantAGodru 11 , , 00 B 77 82 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, Is; u, Do. do. July I, 18; ' 77 8 • 00 :ie. do. Jun, ;, 1- , e( 77 82 s. t;kur Eestn. ,1 ~ 100 101 tt3 st CapcTown & Dock Seri 100 88 100 .Lock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. 10 106 108 •teck East Indian, gu. 5 p..; 1041 1051 1021 20 Do. do. 02 Ext l5 p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 20 21 100 Ist Pro. Bonds I, 72 74 100 Do. uo. deferred.-- all 6: 64 100 Du. 2cl Pref. Bonds all 66 a 100 Do. do deferred.-- all 55 67 (00 Do. 3d P . ef. stock 100 Do. do. drt erred. all 93 f 5 'lOO Do. 4th l'ref. stock all 28 80 100 Do. do. deferred all 27 29 stock GLlndiaPen l o.gua. s p.o 1041 105; 103 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 1 pr Do. January, 1862 stook tit. South.of India (Lin' uaranteed 5 per cent. ict; 103 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 10 101 201 Do. New .. .. .. 18 10,1 101, 100 Do. 6 p.c. 73 with' t opt. all 90 1)2 100 Do. 51 p. C. do. '77-8.. . all 82 84 10 Indian Branch L imited 2 d stook Madrit.s. guar., sp. c. stook Do. Itt p. o. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. do— • • 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 31elb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 Slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 56 58 COO Do. 7p. C. Blortg. Bds. all 10 Newßrur.swick & Can& Class A and B all E 6 N.lll.o'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 1031 1041 stock Do. Delhi c i 100 1021 1031 SO Do. do ' „9 2 pr ip st Do. Punjaub Zis C all lu2l 1031 Do. Do. , stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1100. 96 98 StOOk COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.Ja &J ul) - j 1877-31 . 100 193 105 - ' Do. 8 p.c. ;tech .& Aug. 100 104 106 - Do. bp. o.Mar. Sept 9 100 103 105 - Do. 6. c. JanAJuly. 10 1 93 05 Inscribed - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 - vapeG.llope, 6 p c,1873 100 104 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 1(..9 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 - Ceylon, N0v.1678, 8p c lou ,111 113 - Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 109 - Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 107 109 - N. 8.G0v.6 p.c. J a.&J al) 10U 102 104 - uo. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 101 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 3.,18 , lOU 994 1004 -. Do. sp. e..,18/1 to 100 904 1004 - Do. d0.,1888 &now& 100 994 1004 1004 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10) 11l - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lou 40 5 107 - 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 109 110 - B.Aus Gdp.c.1676.& up lOO 109 111 . Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.4zJuly, 100 - - , Do. lo .lu.o. A ci...lvOct.. 100 lO9 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 1 , ;ambrian Consol. Gold id - 11tIord Amalgamated - 32 3 4 - ' Devon G. Cons. (Tavist, 56 6 675 - East Bassett (Mogan,- 40 65 67 - N:ast Clogem Gold Ltd. - - - - East Caradon ...... 29 30 - Vast Carn Brea. - E, OV . I flusstl (Tavistk 8.13., 31 41 - IGam.J/SLAubyn(Gwen ,8; 7 9 - 1(1 reat ;South i 7, 24 • 1 - I. Wheal Vor (Lieletoo JO 33 34 - Grenville 74 74 - erzAl's- Foot B.l A 8 40 - , .lingston D0wn5...... 4. 8.0 31 34 - Lady Bertha - ;Margaret (tiny Lelail , 14 16 - larke Valley. %I yndy Iron Ore (Lim 4,4 11 1 6 - New Setun l9l 70 80 - • North Downs 2l 14 2 Wh'i basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 11 2 ' -north Wheal Crotty - !'sr COL18018(6t. Blaze), - - -- 20 Vrovidenoe(Duy Lelut. 10 0.. 90 42 - 'South Caradon(St.Cleer i; 450 170 - S. Cam Brea (illogan) Fran. (Illo;pth 1,1.1..9 50 65 - Stray Park - l n.:ciar Silv,t Lead :Wu. - - fin Cro/t ; 174 184 est Basset (Illog•an), l4 94 104 - H C radon (Liskeard; 5 16 18 - West Setoa - It heal Basset (Mogan 14 90 /15 - I ,e - heal Buller(ltedrutti) 10 v 7 29 - VS' heal Kitty (U.Lulanl) 2.0.8 Wheal Lc& ott - Wheal May Ann !Men ) 9 14 16 - Wheal Oeton .l 584 220 230 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)i 7 19 21 - Wheal Union 3.17 I 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, NS Groat Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref.. 100 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 1:t guaranteed stock, 1251 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 10} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12; South Austrian wad Lombardo Venetian, 21i West Flanders, 7§ •- - FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira.. 101 udanaututana of S. Australia, BANKS. Alliance (Thn.). 65i 5 Bank7of Otago, lien., 4} Charteredßank of India, Australia, and China, 38} Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 European Bank, Urn.. 131 3 Imperial Ottoman, 383 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 53 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lira., 6 London, Hamburg, Cont. exchange, 1im.,161 London and Nortoern, lira., 23 Merchant Bank, Um., 22} New South Wales, 47 Standard of British South Africa (lim), 29k MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Moiling', 8 East Indian Financial, lim., 4 Financial Corporation, 61 Fore-strt et Warehouse, lim., 71 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 71 International Financial -ociety, Rm., 10k International ..,and Credit. lim., Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 71 1 Land Securities, lan , 41 London Financial Association, Rm., new, 151 Alras Irr gation and Canal, Ditto, (all!, i9a National Discount Company, BIM, 15i Scottish Australian Investment , lira., 1301 Smith, Knight, ant Co., lira., 42 5 RON CONI'S COLD be it understood, were cot confined to the vielle garde. Ronconi was continually acted with an abassamento di VOCE by sups. rior command, when his female counsellor fretted under the mortification of not being allowed to sing. One after noon, not long before the performance, when Ronconi had written to say that one of these abassamenti prevented his singing, I visited him with the physician, The singer ex pressed his regrets in a hollow whisper. But Ronconi's consummate powers as an actor were not unknown to me, and I naturally doubted the reality of this whispering per formance. Affecting to be its dupe, however, I proceeded to talk upon a topic which I knew would greatly interest the supposed invalid, In a moment Ronconi warmed up, the feigned voice was forgotten, and the wonted tones burst forth in the animation of the discourse. Caught Lathe faot, the singer ascrlbed his marvellous recovery to the mere presence of the doctor, He sang that night, and with more than usual vigour. The abassamenti, i was found, gene rally occurred when Ronconi was cast to singwith Frezzolini, whom his wife detested,—Luntley's Bentinisvenge of the Opera, C F l ri os c i e n . g Budsoinne.ea, $ e SI 9i 84 86 118 119 6i 7 35 37 16 17 VO 9 t 103 105 46 7 64 74 131 132 195 146 128 ,31, 90 9: 66 661 114 1141 66 t 8 10! iO4 40 42 1131 114 97 98 08i 19. 112 113 1311 132 101 IC3 53 65 24 25 104 i 1051 0 61. 93 94 125 128 lo Zip 76 78 lot 111 125 130 36 38 E 5 G 7 33 E 5 90i 91 4GI 7 1321 1041 6 134 148 50i 491 1154 16 674 102 1131 141 97} 4 60 69j 911 i 2} 101 , 106 8 9 36} 374 1 , 4 10 . i 7i Her 165 170 6 7 3 E 107 110 32 34 COMPA.N Y. MAItK-LANE. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BAIN*KRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Fane.) IN RE FRASTON. This bankrupt was a solicitor in Coleman-street and Kil burn, and this was an adjourned meeting for last examina• tion and discharge. Mr E, Reed for the bankrupt asked for an adjournment, as the bankrupt had not been in a position to make out his accounts, which were of an intricate character, as a great deal depended on bills of costs. He therefore asked for an adjournment over the vacation—that was till Nov. Mr Sargood, for the assignee, opposed. He said it was not quite correct in putting the case so simply before the court, and so far from the bankrupt being entitled to along adjournment, with protection, ho (Mr Sargood) was en titled to ask for an adjournment, sine die, without protec tion. The bankrupt was a solicitor, and in that capacity had received large sums of money on account of his clients, which he had misappropriated; and on being arrested by one of the creditors, he came before this court, in forms pauperis, and had not filed even a list or his creditors and debtors. As to the latter the creditors cared very little ; they wished to know what he had done with the moneys ho had received on behalf of his clients. This was one of those cases in which a bank rupt might get out of prison and keep his creditors at arms length by refusing to file his accounts, and under the pre sent wretched system in bankruptcy, which he hoped soon to see altered, the Court had no power to compel him. He did not speak of this as an individual or exceptional case. He (Mr Sargood) would ask for an adjournment for a month, and the assignees would furnish requisitions, which would be for him to account for the sums he had received from his clients, and if he did not furnish accounts here, the matter must be taken to some other court. After some discussion, the adjournment was taken as proposed by Mr Sargood. The bankrupt applied for the assistance of an accountant. Mr Sargood opposed, as there was not a farthing of assets. His Honour rtfused the application. (Before Mr Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE 011 AS. MARNN. This bankrupt was described as of Barnard's Inn, " no profession or business," but he had been a woollen merchant at Manchester. The debts to unsecured creditors amount to £9,267; to ditto holding security, £33,650; and the pro perty in the hands of creditors amounts to £42,950. Mr Langford, for the assignees, said they were realising the property, and did not see the advantage of any ad journment. His Honour asked how the debts were contracted? Mr Langiord said they had not been incurred recently, but extended over a period of 20 years, and the debts were principally on mortgages of property at Leamington and Manchester. The Solicitor to the bankrupt said there could be no doubt that the unsecured creditors would be paid in full. The bankrupt thereupon passed and obtained his order of discharge. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd ) IN RE I. W. RAY. This bankrupt was a builder of Notting -hill, formerly of Windsor. The debts were stated at £5,216, of which £5,149 is in respect of secured creditors. The bankrupt obtained his order of discharge without opposition. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGRICULTURAL TRADING His Honour gave judgment in respect of a claim by Mr. John Muller for £l,lOO, for money lent and services ren dered on behalf of the abt,ve company. His Honour said that several contributories in the above company had asked that Mr. Muller's proof might be ex punged. He was of opinion that, from the evidence, Mr. Muller had no claim on the company, snd the proof must be expunged. MARKETS—This Day, IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s Od ; barley, 28s 0,1; oats, 20s 8d ; rye, —s Od ; beans, 35s 5d ; and peas, 33s 3d. THE SIB WEEKS' AvERAoEs.— Wheat, 39a 8d ; barley, 28s 7d ; oats, 20s ld ; rye, 30a 10d ; beans, 34s 10d ; peas, 33s id. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,707 ; barley, 1,747; oats, 4,337; rye, —; beaus, 2,741; peas, 261 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts. All breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The best Scots and crosses realised 5s per 81bs. The show of sheep was only moderate for the time of year, yet the mutton trade was inactive, on former terms. The best Downs sold at 5s 2d per Sibs. There was only a moderate sale for lambs, at previous currencies, viz., from 6s to 7s per 81bs. The supply of calves was large, Prime veal was steady in price, but inferior calves declined 2d per 81bs. In pigs and mulch cows very little was doing, at late rates. Per 81be. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Prirneers-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pine. S' thdown do .5 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 6 Prime Scots, &o. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 8 6 0 Crse. inf. sheep 3 63 10 Large hags 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs....6s Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l3O Sheep and lambs .... 1,300 Sheep and lambs.... 7,200 f l Calves Calves 650 f Pigs Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NNIVGATE AND LEADENRALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : —BF ef, from 38 Lcl to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; lamb, as 4d to 68 4d ; veal, 38 10d to 4s Bd ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 29.—The supplies of stock were only moderate, and the trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beer, from 3s 6d to 5s Od; mutton, 3s 8d to 6s Od; lamp, 6s Od to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork 3s 6d to 4s 6d por 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD ' June 29.—Prime beads and sheep moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was iu a sluggish state, as follows :—Beef, from 3a 4d to 68 Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; lamb, 68 Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 38 10d to 48 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 245; and milch cows, £l5 Os to £l9 Os each. THE SU'N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 80, 1864. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10a 0d; and straw, £1 43 to £1 10,3 per load. A short supply. CUMB ERLAND..—Meaftow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l4a to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. WHITECRAPEL —Meadow hay, aOa to £4 108; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 48 to lOs per load, A. fair demand. A Lilliputian Ocean Vessel. The .New York World, of June 15, says:— " Within a few days a craft will take its departure from this port for a voyage across the Atlantic, smaller than any which has ever before been deli berately navigated for so large a distance. It will contain two men aad a dog and the provisions for a voyage of about six weeks, during which time the men will subsist upon half-a-pound of meat, which will be preserved in cans, three-quarters of a pound of bread, and three pints of water each day. The object of this enterprise is more one of novelty than otherwise. Mr. John C. Donovan, the principal owner, is now fifty-four years of age, and has been at sea since he was fifteen ; while his companion, Mr William Spencer, has had large ex perience as a seaman. Mr Donovan conceived the idea of building the boat according to his own plans, and attempting to navigate her across the ocean to astonish the Johnny Bulls, and, in the height of the excitement attending such a singular adventure, to sell his vessel, probably to a good advantage. The little craft is fifteen feet four inches in length, four feet ten inches in breadth, and two feet nine inches in depth, Custontshouse measurement. She is very strongly and carefully constructed with iron rivet fastenings, and covered over two thirds of her length. She is rigged after the manner of an hermaphrodite brig ; her main mast is 19 feet long from the step to the truck, and her foreyard about four feet six inches from the deck. She is not too lightly sparred, and will carry about 50 yards of canvas. By the applica tion of an invention of Mr. Donovan's, the sails will all be managed—raised and lowered from the cock-pit—by means of lines and leaders. She will be launched with everything standing, and with the topgallant sail permanently set. Such is the sim plicity of the rigging that there will be no occasion to go forward for eny purpose connected with the management of the vessel. The craft will draw about two feet of water when loaded, and will rely upon her peculiar construction for buoyancy. The space devoted as a sleeping apartment is about two feet wide, six feet long, and sixteen inches in depth. She will leave this port about Thursday of this week, previous to which Mr. Donovan will make a trial trip around the harbour. SOCTF,TY OF ARTS.—The annual meeting of tiaf metnbsrs of the Society of Arts was held yesterday after. noon at John• street, Adelphi, fur the reception of the report and the election of officers for the ensuing year. After some formal bueinen the meeting t cijourued. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. PAT'S DILEMMA.-A rough-Loking Iriehman, with a not over-clean face and uncombed hair, stepped forward to ask the magistrate's advice. Magistrate—What do you want ? Pat—Me shirt. Magistrate—Your short I You have mistaken the place. This is not a shirtmaker's. Pat (looking round)—lt's my shirt I want, sure enough, Usher—Tell the magistrate what you want him to do. Pat—Will I tell him the whole story? Usher—Yes, if it is not very long. Pat—Well then, you see, me shirt, not being so clean as it might be, I off wids it, and takes it to the ould woman in Dudley-street who washes for men, and mighty plozed she seemed with the job. On me calling for it--" Pat," says she, "your shirt's done, but the divil a bit of ft do you have till you pay the 4s 6d you owes me for the washing of it at different times." So I want your wurtchip to get it for me. Magistrate—You can have a detaining summons. Pat (very pleased) —That's just what I want your wurt chip, and thank ye. Magistrate—You will have to pay 2s for the summons. Pat (quite taken aback)—Two shillings—the divil a penny have I got. Magistrate— Or you can sue the woman for the value of your shirt in the County Court, but perhaps she will then plead a set off. Pat— What will Ido then. I have not got 2s for the summons—l will get nothing by going to the Couaty Court—and I have no shirt to me back. Pat, quite disconsolate, and buttoning up his coat to his chin, then retired. STABBING A C ONSTABLE — O O3I .IIITTAL.—John O'Brien, who was charged before Mr Knox. with being drunk and begging, and also with stabbing Police-constable Cane, 350, was again brought up that the case might be completed by the evidence of Dr Tothill, the divisional doctor. The prisoner was seen begging of agentleman in York street, St. James's, and the constable took him into custody. The prisoner went a short distance quietly and then became very violent and gave the constable a violent blow on the head with his fist, at the same time exclaiming " You --, I will do for you now.' , A struggle of five minutes'duration then took place between the prisoner and the constable, in the course of which the prisoner tried to bite the constable, and made use of the moat fearful lan guage. Assistance coming np, the prisoner was got to the station, where he was again very violent, and the constable finding a pain in his side and taking off his coat, found he had been stabbed or cut in the side, there being holes through his coat and shirt. The constable then went to the hospital and had the wound dressed, and had since been under the care of Dr Tothill, the divisional surgeon. Dr Fred. Tothill proved that the constable had a wound an inch and a half long, and three-quarters of an inch deep in the left side. It was an incised wound inflicted with a sharp instrument. Inspector Wilson said that at the station the prisoner said " be hanged for one of you," and made use of bad language. In answer to the magistrate, Cane said he was still under medical treatment. The prisoner said he was ill-treated at the station. lespLetor Wilson said he never saw a more violent man in his life, and it took three men to hold him, The prisoner was committed for trial, WESTMINSTER. DARING WATCH. ROBBERY IN TRES KING'S-ROAD, CHELSEA.--John James, a middle•aged man, respectably aressed, was charged before Mr Self'e, with stealing a gold watch of the value of £lO 10s. front the person of Mr. Ludovic Kutaschaman, jeweller, 9, Duke-street, Blooms bury. Complainant stated that he was last night at the festival of the Licensed Victuallers', at Crernorne-gardens, and that about two o'clock he was going along the King's road when he saw some females interfered with by some gentlemen. While he was speaking to the gentlemen he was suddenly rushed upon by the primer. The prisoner immediately made off, upon seeing which, complainant looked at his watch chain, which he observed was hanging down. He then found that his watch was gone. He cried out " Police," upon which prisoner was taken into custody. In cross-examination by the prisoner, Complainant stated that there war( other persons near him, but they were all respectable. lie (prisoner) was nearest to him, You knocked against me, and then ran away. By III: Selfe—lt was a gold watch, and worth ten guineas. 'Police constable Eyres said thst he saw the pri soner and four other men rush out cf a publichouse. He heard the cry of " police," and the complainant exclaim he had lost his watch. He immediately seized hold of the prisoner. Mr Selfe—ls the watch found ? Witness—No, sir; I searched th 3 prisoner at the station house, but all I found on him was one penny, He refuses to give his address. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES, GROSS OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN IN THE PUBLIC STREET. —John Watson, a tall man, by trade a blacksmith, of Bromehead-street, Commercial-road East, aged 33, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with violently assault ing Sarah Ann Middleton, of 8, Bath street, Commercial road. The complainant, a very respectableyoung woman, whose mouth was cut and disfigured, said sly; went out yesterday evening with her two sisters. One oi them had occasion to call at a shop in the New-road, Wlitechapel. She was waiting outside with one sister, whet the prisoner came behind her and put his arms round ho.. She indignantly told him to go away, on which he palled her about in a very rude manner, and dragged her to the next shop. She remonstrated with him and he struck her a violent blow on the mouth with his clenched fist, Cut ier lip, and caused her mouth to bleed very copiously. She called a police constable and gave 12 , m into custody. Mary Jane Nliddleton, the complai nan t's sister, confirmed her stratment in every particular. Henry Taylor, police -sergeant, No. $, said he found the young woman who had been stru c k irr great distress and the blood flowing from her mouth. Th ) prisoner appeared to have been drinking. The prisoner, in defence, said he was passing aleng the New-road with two companions, sw i t h,,ond they suddenly pushed him against the complainant, lie spread to prevent her going through th e s h of %indow, and she gave him into custody. his arms The complainant and her witn ess sa id there was not a word of truth in the prisoner's statement The prisoner's wife made an appeal to the magistrate on her husband's behalf, and said h e was a quiet man when sober, She had been married to him El years, and they had four children. Mr Partridge said the prisoner had committed a gross and unmanly outrage on a respectable woman, and in his defence made a statement which was untrue. The prisoner had made the case worse by his falsehoods. Women must be protected in passing through the streets from these ruffianly attacks. He fined the pri s oner £5, and in default of payment one month's imprisonment. MADAME TUSSAITD'S.— Several most elegant ladies' costumes, ancient and modern, thereby showing the contrast in fashion of the respective periods in which they were and are now worn—are to be seen at Madame Tussaud's Historical Gallery, in Baker-street. The Court dresses, especially, exhibit exquisite taste in richness of colours and designs. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SClloOLS.—Yesterday afternoon the 55th anniversary dinner of the sup porters and friends of this excellent charity took place at Ashburnham Hall, in Cremorne-gardens. It is well known that the charity is highly distinguished among the many of which London boasts, by the liberal support which is given to it, and yesterday there was no diminution in the atten dance of those who are interested in its welfare. Mr A. L. Bruce, in the absence of Mr Henry Johnston Younger, of the firm of William Younger and Co., of Edinburgh, through indisposition, presided, and most ably fulfilled the duties of the position. After dinner, th e children of th e 135 in n um b e r, marched their healthy an d c heerful ap pts ch e h a r r oo a u° n lg c h e i nt showed heK e room,nni n that gal:no dn they lbayn et are well cared for by those in whose charge they are placed. LADIES " SOLD" BY HENRY PHILLIPS I .'"`" Had it not been for the terms we were all on with each other, and the unrestrained merriment in our ante-room, those concerts would have been very dull and tiresome affairs, for in the orchestra we all sat mute as mice and solemn as owls. It was approaching the termination of one of our seasons (Antient Concerts), one particularly hot morning in July, that I entered the ante-room, where all had assembled, waiting the organ's summons to commence the rehearsal. I was extremely warm with walking, and I dare say looked rather pale. Wiping the perspiration from my forehead, I sank into a chair, apparently half fainting. '1 he ladies immediately rose to inquire the cause. I covered my face with my handkerchief, and said, Don't ask me, it is too terrible I' 0, do tell us I' exclaimed Miss S., in an agony of curiosity. `Do Ido echoed all the ladies. 'lt's too horrible l' I said. Never mind,' said the ladies, do do !" Well, then, said, I, ' I've just seen a man literally turned inside out !' A suppressed shriek followed this announcement. How was it ?' they inquired. 'An omnibus--' Ah 1' ejaculated Miss S., 4 I detest them ! I always said there would be some dreadful accident! How was it ?' they all demanded. 'l'll tell you—first he was dreadfully crushed, and then--" Oh, go on I go on 1' they cried. ' Well, the omnibus was more than full, when a lady inquired of the oondictor if she could have a seat. The man, wishing to oblige, asked a gentleman if he would ride on the box. He consented, stepped out of the vehicle--' • I see I I sea' said Miss S., 'I can imagine it all I' Listen sobbed the ladies. ' Well, as I said, he •3repped from the vehicle, and, clambering up the side of the hue, sat down by the coachman; thus, after being dreadfully crushed inside, he was literally turned inside out.'. 1(44' ,i111;'s lea ,Reco;'lect;'ons. Royal Horticultural Society. The great rose show of the season (with which is incorporated the national rose show) took place yesterday in the gardens of this society at South Kensington, and, despite the threatening aspect of the weather, was numerouslyattended. Fortunately, however, on the present occasion the rain during the afternoon, although continually threatening, did not descend, and the company were not com pelled to confine themselves to the conservatory and the arcades. But still there was wanting the bright° ness of the sun to reflect the full beauty of the flowers, and to give animation to the company, whose enjoyment was too obviously alloyed by the apprehension that umbrellas and goloshes might probably be brought into requisition. As to the I floral display itself it would indeed be difficult to say anything which has not been said many times before, and even during the present season. There was visible in every direction the same apparent determination on the part of the exhibitors to sur pass each other, as the patrons of these gardens have always had the opportunity of witnessing; and the race between the amateurs and nurserymen was so well sustained, that it would be almost invi dious to bestow any special marks of commendation on any of the competitors. The tea scented and noisette roses, the yellow and moss roses, and, in short, every variety of that queen of flowers now obtainable, were there to captivate the eye, and the display was in all respects strikingly effective and satisfactory. It might be possible to particularise certain specimens which, from their beauty and de velopment, commanded somewhat more notice than others, but as the fortunate exhibitors of these find their reward in the prizes allotted by competent judges, it is well that comparisons should be avoided. A floral show devoted almost exclusively to the ex hibition of one species of flower might, not unnatu rally, be thought to partake in some degree of mo notony, but the arrangements were so skilfully carried out that the prevailing characteristic was one of harmony rather than sameness. Towards the latter part of the day the rain poured down in earnest, and caused a large portion of the company to bring their promenade to a premature close. Amongst the more distinguished persons present were the Marquis of Bristol, Lady Egerton of Tat ton, Lord H. Lennox, Earl and Countess Grey, Lady Ross, Lady Lewis, Lady H. Campbell, Lady Bell Harden, Lady Burgoyne, Lady G. Grey, Lady Blakley, Lady Laurie, Sir William Topham, Sir W. W. Wynn, Lord Grantley, Lady Bagot, Lady Elcho, and Lady Sandford. The entertainment was enlivened by the perfor mances of two military bands. The Darien Canal. As to the undertaking being toe stupendous to be practi cable, we have only to look to the other side of the Pacific, and reflect upon what has been done in China. Compared 1 with the canalisation, drainage, and irrigation of the Celes tial Empire, to say nothing of its great wall, cutting a canal across Darien is but a pigmy work after all. " Its execu tion," said the engineer sent in 1852 by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Brassey, " offers no engineering difficulties and no risk of future failure; it is simply a question of cubic quantity of excavation, dependent on the dimensions of the cross sections." It is, then, merely a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. Compare the small amount of work to be done in Darien with the difficulties overcome in the case of the Forth and Clyde Canal-35 miles in length, with a summit level of 160 feet—which had to be carried through moss, quicksand, gravel, and rocks, over precipices and across valleys ; in the course of which, be sides smaller ones, 18 drawbridges and 15 aqueducts had to be constructed. It was commenced in 1768 by Mr Smeaton, and finished in 1790, at a coat of two hundred thousand pounds. Compare it also with the Desagiie Huehuetoca in Mexico, a canal 200 feet deep and 300 feet wide for 1,000 yards, and above 100 feet deep through an extent of 3,000 yards, executed within the last three centuries by the Mexicans. To expatiate on the in conceivable importance of this design would be waste of time ; nor is it necessary to allude to the eager anxiety that has long existed to see a canal across the isthmus effected somewhere. The Darien route is so feasible, it possesses so many favourable features, it will be so easy of execution, and the circumstances attending it will be so advantageous independently of the immense, the incalculable result— that every commercial man, and even the merest smatterer in science, must feel a deep interest in the consummation of the greatest work, viewed in connection with its conse quences, that the world has ever beheld—a work that will be the grandest effort of engineering science, and ihe surest basis on which to found our hopes of the future esta blishment of universal peace and the brotherhood of nations, forming, as it will, the neutral ground and place of congress where the nations of the earth will meet in peace. This design of joining the two oceans, and thereby, as it were, approximating the two hemispheres, is worthy of a progressive age, although it only seeks now to supply an acknowledged necessity to the commerce of the world. t , ‘ hen we look back some 30 years, there was not one ocean steamer afloat, Who shall count their numbers 30 years hence? Before the discovery of gold in California there was not one steamer on the Pacific, Now, from Panama to California, and from thence to China, the lines are as continuous as on the Atlantic. The result of increased facilities of travel is to diminish distauce and link the uttermost bounds of the earth together. A new nation is rising in Australia, and in its neighbourhood an old and powerful empire is gradually expanding its com mercial relations with the rest of the world. The jealousies of monopolised commerce have originated many wars, but international free trade is the great peace-maker of the world. Shall a narrow strip of land, not 40 miles across, be allowed to remain any lon,4er a barrier on the highway of nations ? Shall the engineering genius of the most civi lised nations confess itself batlel by the notion of cutting a canal less than 40 miles in length,—The Isthmus of Darien Slap Canal, by Dr Cullen. The Undergound Mail between Richmond and the North, In several of the most prominent refreshment saloons and gambling dens in Richmond are posted placards announcing "Letters sent to Baltimore and the North, and replies brought in return. For particulars inquire of the proprietor." The pro. prietors of these establishments are principally Marylanders, and therefore favourites with General Windor. They are permitted by that functionary to receive letters for the North, examine them and pass upon their pro priety, and despatch them to their desti nation. By the proprietors of these dens these letters are transferred to the carriers, or, as they are called, bloc Lade runners, who deliver them at rega tar depots in Oaltiti.ore. The under-ground post master at the later point distributes them in various ways among tLe parties to whom they are addressed. Persons in the city known to be devoted to Jefferson Davis receive them directly from the hands of the p ostm ,;:ster—others find stuck under the door, while persor:s outside the city receive them through the Un;‘ted States mail. Hundreds of letters from Dixie, brought North and thrown into post offices in Mary ;Ind, pass through our mails every week. The differen: couriers, in going to and from Richmond, take different routes. Some work their way up through Loudoun county, and on reaching the Shenandoah river, a few miles above Harper's Ferry, pass their mail over to other parties, and wait on the Loudoun side until the return mail is brought to them. On the river mentioned is an establishment known as Coleman's Mills, about four and a half miles from Charlestown, which the people of that village (nearly all of whom are rebels of the most desperate character) are permitted to go to and from at pleasure with grain and flour. Several persons in this village, who profess to be loyal but are in reality traitors, have taken the oath of allegiance in order to obtain permission to go to and from Frederick and Baltimore to purchase necessaries for their families, so that there is not the slightest difficulty in getting the mail from the Shenandoah to Baltimore. At Coleman's Mills the letters are concealed in bags of grain or flour, and are carried to the village, wliere they are taken out and handed over to one of the "loyal" residents, who happens to be ready to proceed to Baltimore to procure necessaries for his family. Other carriers go by way of M at hi a s and Rock Points, and at night cross into Maryland, and work their way to Baltimore, sometimes overlaed and sometimes in boats up the Chesapeake. About a fortnight ago a mail, consisting o f upwards of &0 0 letters, many of them of m uc h interest and impor tance, was captured in the Bay on its way to Balti more. Carriers proceeding iu this way invariably have weights fastened to their mail, so that, if they are in danger of capture, they can readily sink it ; but in the instance alluded to, e.s the mail was Carown overboard the weights became deteched, and the letters ;were left floating on the water. — New York Tribune. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP COMMONS.--Yesterd. A, y. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 1 ,2 o'clock. POOR LAW (IRELAND) ACTS AMEND ALENT BILL. HENNESSY moved the second reading oft his bill, which he said would give to the Poor Law Commit •sioners in Ireland the same permissive power now possessed by the English Poor Law Board of issuing orders for tho out door relief of the able-bodied. He contended that, while the system was expensive, it operated against the Inurality of the people. Lord NAAS regretted the hon. member had renewed this question, which was discussed very fully at the com mencement of the session, when it was shown that a com mittee which had sat upon the subject had reported almost unanimously against the proposition proposed by the hon. gentleman. He denied that this bill would assimilate the Irish law with that of England, and contended that if it did the English law could never work in Ireland. He believed that public opinion was altogether against the measure in Ireland. He, therefore, moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr BAGWELL supported the amendment. Ho ad mitted that the people of Ireland had too much pride to go into the workhouses, but he had no hesitation to say there was not a farmer throughout the country who would not receive outdoor relief. The people paid the rates, and ac cepting relief, they considered they were merely getting back a portion of what they had paid. He had himself known applicants for relief who had a thousand pounds in the bank. (Loud laughter.) Mr P. URQUHART supported the bill on account of its permissive character, and because it was only designed to meet special cases of distress. Sir R. PEEL said as the feeling of the house appeared to be against the bill, the hon. and learned gentleman would not press it to a division. He believed the law of the two countries could not be assimilated with advantage. Mr. BLAKE denied that the impression of the house was against the bill. He thought it a good one, and he should therefore give it his support. He hoped his hon. friend would go to a division. Mr O'REILLY supported the bill. Mr GEORGE thought the bill quite unnecessary, and therefore he should vote against its second reading. Mr MONSELL said if they wished to destroy Ireland, to increase emigration tenfold, and to impose taxation too heavy to be borne, the best course they could adopt would be to agree to the principles advocated by the mover of the bill. It was perfectly idle to talk of this bill being popular with the intelligent classes in Ireland. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 2l Against it Majority -177 The bill was consequently lost. TEST ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL This bill passed through committee, and was reported. Mr SELWYN gave notice that he should oppose the third reading. STREET MUSIC (METROPOLIS) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Mr HANKEY inquired whether " Punch" would be prohibited by the bill ? Mr BASS—Certainly not. Mr. KNAMIBULL-HUGIIESSEN said " Punch" was generally accompanied with a drum and fife, and might be removed under the scope of the bill. Mr BASS said that if the hon. gentleman would intro duce a bill protecting the ancient exhibition of " Punch," he would gladly consent to it. Mr AYRTON amusingly criticised the letters which Mr Bass had circulated from parties in favour of the till, all begging him to persevere with his bill. He thought a person in a handsome house when music was played in front of his house, might go to the back room. Mr BASS said one organ came before, and one behind. Mr AYRTON felt it to be a measure of tyranny, and that if people did mot pay the musicians they would not come. In private streets the music was encouraged by the domestics, and no one ever saw these wandering Italians look up to the drawing-room windows for payment. They always cast their eyes to the kitchen, and this bill would be directed not against musicians so much as against domestic servants, who were the great supporters of this sort of music Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the bill should remain as it is, or that every householder should have the power of sending away street musicians if they wished to do so. He should be sorry to interfere with the German bands, because he had heard some well worth listening to, but upon a balance of considerations, he was prepared to give power to the householders he had indicated. Sir J. SHELLEY opposed the bill on the ground that it would deprive the poor of a means of amusement. Sir G. GREY thought the bill would be of great service, as it would enable the magistrates to come to a decision on a matter upon which there was now great doubt. He thought it fair that every householder should have the power of removing that which he considered a nuisance from before his door. Mr BASS said Mr C. Dickens had remonstrated against this sort of _music, and it would simply be ridiculous to say that ho was one who wished in the slightest degree to lessen the enjoyments of the poor and industrious classes. (Hear.) Poor Thackeray was driven from house to house by this street music, and it was known that Tenn 3 son was driven away from London for the same cause. Sir J. TRELAWNY objected to this species of penal legislation. Mr HANKEY also objected to the bill. Mr CLAY thought the object of the bill had been mis understood. It would not stop street music, but merely have the effect of sending it from districts where it was objected to to places were the people did not object to it. Mr A VIITON having moved an amendment to one of the clauses, the house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The amendment was therefore negatived. Mr BENTINCK moved an amendment, which gave to magistrates before whom a street musician might be con victed power to imprison him for any period not lonexr than three days. Mr. W. R. CRAWFORD asked the hon. member how he proposed to make provision for the unfortunate monkey during his master's incarceration. He presumed the monkey could not be sent to the workhouse. Mr BENTINCK said he proposed that the monkey should be maintained at the expense of the metropolitan members. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l2l Against it Majority .... --10 The amendment was then agreed to. Mr. AYR TON proposed that the proviso empowering a policeman to take a street musician into custody without a warrant be omitted. Mr. BUTT rose, but as the committee refused to hear him, ho moved that the chairman report progress. The committee divided — For the motion Against it Majority —l2l The committee then divided on Mr. Ayrton'a proposal — For Against Majority —B3 Sir G. GREY moved to insert words whtch rendered it necessary that the offence should be committed within view of the constable apprehending such offender. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment .. Against it Majority --36 The amendment was lost, and it being now a quarter to six, the Chairman repotted progress, and the house resumed. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. TIE VOTE OF CENstrBE ON THE _ GOVERNMENT. Mr. Kingiake,; iimendment, Last evening, just at the rising of the house, Mr. Kinglake put the following on the notice paper of the House of Commons : MR. KIN GLAKE....—DENMARK AND GERMANY. —" In lieu of the last paragraph of the Address proposed by 31r. Disraeli, to substitute, by way of amendment, the words following : To express the satisfaction with which we have learnt that at this conjuncture her Majesty has been advised to abstain from armed interference in the war now going on between Denmark and the German Powers. [Monday, 4th July.] Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena and the Bahamas. DEATH BY FIRE.—On Tuesday Mrs. Beckett, 30 years of age, residing in the Borough, was burnt to death in her own house in consequence of her dress catching fire, She was alone at the time, and it is conjectured that she had placed the candle on the floor while engaged in some house. hold duties, and set herself on fira by incautiously approach ing it. When discovered by her neighbours she was en veloped in flames from head to foot. PRESERVATION OF bILKWORSIS.—M. ()need has found that wood-soot, if sprinkled over silkworms attacked with fibrin*, effects an almost certain cure, or, at all events, prolongs their lives until the cocoons era finished. The French Minister of .9.griculture has addressed a circular to the pi efets of the sericultural departments of France, and has requested that a commission be foruiad to report on the value of M. Oncsti's discovery,— Qwrterly Journal of Science. SPORTING INTELL IGENCE—This Day, (By ELECTRIC IRLEGRAP7I.) WORCESTER RA , CES—TEns DAY. ,TRIAL S rAKES. Moulsey Umpire .......... ........... 2 Suburban.... ...................... 3 Four Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. The d e mand for American for export to America' is veiv great, at advancing prices. Sales probably 10 ,1100 boles or more. 2d Surrey Artillery Vc dunteer Field Brigade. PRESENTATION OF A PARK OF ARTILLERY, This corps mustered ye iterday in great force in the Major-Commandant's grow.tds to receive a battery of 14 field guns, presented to the corps by Mr William Water man, of Shirley, near Southampton. The grounds pre sented a very interesting as well as formidable appearance, there being no less than 20 field guns, the property of the corps, drawn up in lino, and all in work at one time. The first muster was at four o'clock, when sundry field movements were gone through, during which several excel lent pictures were taken by Mr A. T. Melhuish. At half-past 4 o'clock the corps retired, a regiwental dinner having been prepared in honour of Mr Waterman's presentation to the corps, at which the Major Commandant presided. The usual toasts were given. The healthy of her Majesty the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, were drunk with much enthusiasm, after which Major Darnford, in an appropriate speech, proposed the health of Mr Waterman, and dwelt at some length upon the present unhappy I,osition of Denmark, which was a source of regret to every Englishman. Our sympathy for Denmark was increased by the respect we all felt towards our beloved Princess, who had won the affection of every Englishman, 4nct especially of the volunteers. The 2d Surrey Artillery fully app rec i ated Mr Wa terman's motives in offering his battery to the King of Denmark as well as his loyalty towards his Queen, and felt proud at having been selected by Mr 'Waterman as worthy of his kind present. The usual toasts being con cluded, the corps again mustered in the major's grounds and resumed drill, during which a royal salute of 21 guns was fired from the Waterman Battery in honour of her Majesty, it being the anniversary of her Coronation, after which the Royal Anthem was played by the band, and the oorps dismissed. Three times three were then given for the Queen, the Major-commandant, and officers, and Mr Waterman. The ladies and gentlemen in the grounds appeared much delighted with the proceedings of the evening. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCELThis Day, LONDON, June 20.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, June 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sophie, from London for Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, June 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ailsa, from Quebec. NEwrop.T, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Conrad, from Jersey for Brazils. Sailed—Marie Amalia, for Ea- vannah. DARTMOUTH, June 29,—Wind W.—Arrived—Ramsey, from New Zealand. HULL, June 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady Emma Bruce, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, June 29.—Wind W.—Sailed--Her Ma jesty's ship Irresistible, for a cruise. (81/ MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, June 29 Crawford, from Colomba—Per se. verance, from Medemblik—John and Mary, from Monte video. Arrived, June 30—Volent, from Egersund —Vickenger, from Quebec—Zuma, from Riga—Elizabeth, from St. Petersburg—Marnhill, from Gurnsey—Xolus and Lancet, from Dantsic—Vanquisher and Skeene, from Cronstadt ; Albion, and Crosach, from Colombo—Dines, from New Carleby—Hannah, from Trinidad—Jeseie and Witch of the Wave, from St. Vincent—Dolphin, from Wismar —Fides, from Helsinborg ; Brodrene, from Namsas—Eagle, from Memel. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Psyche, from London, for Brisham. MADAME DE Li POMMERAIS, under the title of Sister Clothilde, has joined the Ursuline Convent in Paris. THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.—We have the plei4 sure of being able to state, with positive certainty, that the semi-annual interest and dividend of sinking fund due on September 1, and which by the terms of the contract with the Confederate Government, must be deposited with the contractors 60 days in advance, is ready for de posit. This fact, coupled with the continued absorption of large quantities of the bonds by conversion into cotton cer tificates for blockade-running purposes will no doubt give a vigorous stimulus to transactions in this stock.— The Index. BLOCKADE RUNNING.—The Index publishes a list of the vessels entering and leaving the Ports of Wil mington and Charleston, during the period from J an . 1, 1863, to April, 18C4. From this list it results, that during 15} months, out of five hundred and ninety attempted trips, four hundred and ninety eight were successful—in other words, as nearly as possible, cf every six vessels that dared the blockade five went through, or that only one-sixth of the Confederate marine has been disturbed, speaking of car goes and not of bottoms." THE FIRST TURNPIKE.—Seeing that to-night all the metropolitan turnpikes are swept out of view for ever, the following paragraph from the new number of the " Cornhill," way be read with interest :—Exactly five hundred years have elapsed since a hermit, weary of the labour of having nothing to do, and tired of sitting the dull day through, by the side of the stone which supported the sun dial in front of St. Anthony's Chapel, on Highgate hill—that stone which subsequently beceme known as Whittington's—resolved to mend the ways between the summit of the hill and the low part of the vale ending in Islington. This hermit was a man of some means, and he devoted them to bringing gravel from the top of the hill and laying it all along the unclean track which then, as now, bore the name of " Hollow Way." By Gigging out gravel, he gave a pond to the folk on the hill, where it was greatly needed, and ho contributed cleanliness and security to the vale, whore neither had hitherto been known. Tra vellers blessed the hermit who had turned constructor of highways—the pilgrims to St. Anthony's found their access to the shrine of the saint made easy and pleasant by him ; and as for the beneficent hermit himself, his only regret was that in accomplishing this meritorious act for the good of his fellow-men, he had entirely exhausted all his fortune. The King, however, came to the rescue. He set up a toll-bar, and published a decree addressed to " our well. beloved William Phelippe the hermit," that he and the public might know wherefore. The King declared he highly appreciated the motive which had induced the hermit to benefit " our people passing through the high way between Heghgate and Smethfelde, in many places notoriously miry and deep." A si a in order that the new way might be maintained and kept in repair, the King licensed the hermit to take toll, and keep the road in order and himself in comfort and dignity. This was the first road-bar erected in England, and William Phelippe, the hermit, was the father of that race of turnpike keepers whose sovereignty of the roads within 50 miles of London came to an end, after a reign of five centuries, on the fitst day of the month of July of this present year, 1864. A FIGHT IN A CANAL.—Two boatmen, named Samuel Ashley and Joseph Chambers, were charged at Wolverhampton Police Court on Friday last, with being drunk and disorderly under the following singular circum stances :—Police-constable Cooper, stationed at Wednes field, stated that on the previous afternoon, from information received, he went to a branch of the canal near the Dog and Partridge public house,.Old Wednesfield, and there found the defendants drunk and fighting, and from what he saw they were apparently endeavouring to drown one another. At the time he arrived at the spot both men were in the water, trying which could hold the other's head longest under the surface, and in in spite of hie (witness's) inter ferenc.e as fast as they got out on to the bank, each dragged the other back into the canal, both of them being encou raged in what they were doing by the cheers and shouting of a number of men and lads who were watching the pro ceedings with evident interest. At length one of the com batants was thrown with great violence to the bottom of canal boat that was lying alongside, from which he received a severe wound on his left eye-brow, and was also rendered insensible—the other man was likewise eo com pletely exhausted with his frequent immersions in the water, that Cooper, fearing lest dangerous consequences might ensue, at once procured a conveyance and brought them to the police station at Wolverhampton, where he then called in the assistance of Mr Dehane, surgeon. Restora tives were administered to them, and their wet clothes having been taken off, they were both wrapped up in blankets and placed before a fire, but in one case it was some time before consciousness was restored. The defend a nt s d enied that they were fighting, and sa id they were only wrestling, and as they expressed themselves as being sorry for their foolish conduct, Mr Spooner a greed to set them at liberty on payment of 10s each to defray the expense of the surgeon and the cart. The money was at cnce forthcoming. General Lee is the last man of note to whom our Scotch friends have laid claim. He is claimed as a native both of Tweedmonth and Hewick; and it would probably be cruel to tell the good folks of these places that the great Confederate leader is a member of an old Vir ginian family I , UNABASHED DEFOE!" (Vide. Pope).—lt is very un pleasant to discover that men whose works have been the solace of our leisure hours w ere villains and dastards. We have been dee il'usionne somewhat roughly of late respecting Sterne; it is now Defoe's turn. The Lonckn Baview has disinterred from the State Paper-office a mass of documents which show that the writer of "Robinson Cruse's" was the hired spy and the venal doer of all sorts of literary dirty work for the Whig Government cf George I,—Guarazr.