The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMBILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: A full demand for discount accommodation is reported to-day, and the principle bankers and bill brokers have been disinclined to transact business below 6 per cent. A further sum of £45,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. - We are informed that the arrangement lately made between Messrs. Falkner, Bell, and Co., bankers, of San Frdnciszo, and the British and Caltrornian Banking Company, has bsen cancelled by mutual consent. The tenders for Q:leensand debentures were opened yesterday at the Union Bank of Australia ; when £29,300 were sold above the minimum of £lO3 12e., and it was intimated thnt the directors will receive further tenders on Wednesday for the balance £70,700. The sinking fund on the Peruvian debt was applied yesterday in the purchase of £266,000, leaving £4,280,650 of the recent loan outstanding. Tile certificates of the new issue of shares in the General Credit and Finance Company of London will be ready for delivery, in exchange for the bankers' rec3ipts, on and atter Monday next. Mr. H. D. Cartwright, of Messrs. Leckie and Co., B3mbay, and chairman of the Commercial Bank Corporation, &c., has been elected chairman; and Mr. Lewis Balfour, of Messrs. Balfour and Co., Calcutta, Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Direc- tors of the East Indian Financial Association. The annual general meeting of the members of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society was held at the office, Norwich, on the 29th ult. The report stated that the new business was progressing satis factorily, there being £273 026 insured for the pre• sent year, against £257,828 for the preceding year. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentee were 661. 05e. Inanimate• The market for the English Funds to-day has been particulaly quiet, and very little alteration has taken place in prices. Consols remain at 90 I for money, and 904- i for the account. The New Threes and Reduced are 89 ; India 5 per Cents., 1048 B ; and Bank Stock, 238, The alterations in the Foreign Market have not been important, and business has been extremely dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 681, 1 ex div. ; do., Conso!ides, 48a s ; Mexican, 289 4 ; Greek, 24,1 ; Spanish Passive, 297,- e ; do., Certi ficates, 10k m Portuguese, 471 lex div. ; Italian, 67 9 ex div.; and the ConfedPrate Loan, 64 66, Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, bat a slight decline has taken place in one or two of the principal lines. Midland have receded 15s, North Western 10s, Great Northern 10s, and Lancashire and Yorkshire ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines showing no change of importance, Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in very limited request without any material altera tion to report as to values.liarakar Tea, Shares are quoted par I prem.; London and Venezuela Bank prem.; and Ebbw Vale Company 1 to 2'prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, July 8 3 per Cent. Reduced ........ New 3 per Cent. 89, New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 . At:nuities, 30 yrs, sxpire sth Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... Mach. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 5 Do e6OO Do £lOO and £2OO Eank England Stk, Si per Ct. Do Account.. — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ito Account DJ 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do i:ertiticates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 U t3oncistl.ooo Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do 1859.. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 45 per Cent., 18.52-58-60 Do 1863. B6l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)....-. Chilian 6 per Cent. — Do 3 pea Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1826 Do 5 per Ce n t. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOl/ I Do, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons Do Acco un t Do Coupons Do Accoun.... Guatemala 5 per Cent. .. Do 1839 and 1859 - Italian 5 per Cent.plaremmana Railway 734 Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do Scrip £23 paid ... ... dis Do French Scrip, Ex 25f 9 .0 c — die Do 6 per Cen'. Anglo-French n Ditto Scrip, £23 paid...... Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 45 per Cent. .. Do 3 per Cent. (17ribarren).......... Do 4i per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'2 — Do Account .... 471 4 Do 1883 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 .. Do 5 per C en t, 1862 . • $75 1 iDo Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O paid - Spanish 3 p er C ent .... Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 295 # Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account — Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 7O Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 6 71 8 5 1 Do £lOO Bonds.. — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 1863 - Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do 15 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- .Belgian 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f... Do Account ...... . Dutch 25 per Cent., ix. 12 Guil D . O 4 p er C ent. Certificates I t alian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — p bo Account .;,141,117-ian Dollar Bonds 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. "lalontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ccinsol a m TWO O'CLOCK. Do A c °I leY .„ 9O 4 count..., ............... -........__ - tverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market dull. probably 5,000 or 6,000 CS. NICOIAS CoL LR first atone of the Third or GE, LANCING, SIISSEX.—The , Lower l‘liddle School, in connec tion with S. Nicolas uollege, intruded for 1,000 boys, sons of small farmers, trades 'n en, and superior ratisans, will be laid by the Right Hon. the Earl Granville, K.G., Lord Presfdent of the Council, °ll Tuesday, the 121 h of July, 1 864, on the site recently purchased at Ardingly, near Bal coto.be, in Sussex. ALTERATION OF THE rruItRISII FLAG.—Con atantinople, June 23.—8 y an Imperial order, the Turkish commercial fl 1g has been altered. Instead of the red ground and white crescent as hitherto, the colours are groea ground with a red ball in the middle bearing a white crescent in the centre, 'MARE iIiARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOU&S. Railways. Closing Business hare l Price. ( done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost..Sleaf.,andMid.k.lo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div! D o. B till 6pc.p arnhas been paid to B. Dublin Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. I Edinburgh & Glasgow.] Lilasg. and S. Western. 1 1 13reat Eastern, Ord. sth 8 8i 84 g A 6 91 10/ 1201 8,1 7 35 37 1G 17 1 , 0 9' 104 116 48 9 Ditto A stook Ditto East Anglian at . 3reatNorthof Scotland 'Great Northern.. ..... Do A stock Doi' do ••• • 8. an IW. of Irelan 'Great Western • • • Do Str Val qua. atoc , Lamas him ttz Yorkshiry Loudon and Blackwad Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr•th Western Shef., & Lincoln. Itaryport and Carlisle. Do I shares M etropoli tan Midland Do New I Do Binning. & Derby 'lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 1111 d Beat of 7a 43 13 149 151 128 32 90 9 67 Gi 1151 ILI; e 8 10: 104 90 92 1131 11 , t 97 98 583 /9 1 1 Z 113 134 133 102 104 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio. Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. •• ..•• North London 53 i 55 21 '6 1051 IC6! 6t 6! 91 95 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoop' 126 129 14 2b 774 784 10 H* 122 )30 30 38 Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Deron... ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun t aims, Wo k.,an dWok Stockton tt Darlington Do 56 67 83 85 92i 03 104 106 9 361 37i 9 10 u 7i 8 i t 105 170 6 7 3 Do New, 188 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterfbrd & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.4H. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P Railways It!antic & i t I,a7wrene• Bom.,Baroda4.Cent In. , Gu. 5 percent... Do. New . • • Do. E. Shares licthalo and Lard Huron Do. Put crane° Buffalo,BrantAGodrieli 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187;: Do. do. June 1, the Cleutts...a S. Eastn. (EL; Cape Town & Dock Seri, Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Frei. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pre!. Bonds.. Do. do defer, ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred.— . Do. 4th Pref. sto 1c... Do. do. deferred...... (3 t.lndiaPenth.gua.sp.c Do. ew gua. sp. 0... Do. January, 18132 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim _ uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '7S with't opt. Do. S p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41p. c. Extension De. 44 d 0........ Do. Plfth Extension. Stelb.Corp. n p. o. Linda. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &lortg. Bds. New Brunswick s Canda Class A. and B. N. Rl.C'das p 3 Ist pt bds ,Soinde 1/0. Delhi.. , Do. do e Puojatth Do. Do. ........ , ‘,„ S• I Do. badus.St. Flo. 107,110 N 31 'HONS. Closing Price. 59 61 101 102 par 4 p 34 6 9i 77 82 77 8.! 77 82 93 !(.0 98 100 iO4 106 1' 2 11 , 3 API 20 21 P 72 74 6 : 64 66 6S 55 17 48 5. 43 15 29 "1 28 Si 02 103 pr 4 p !Ol 103 19 104 101. 10 90 92 82 84 d fp 190 k Mit 97 99 94 91 56 58 Itot k stock 100 (100 100 I 2 lall 10( 3 5 82 84 1031 1C43 164 1034 pr iP ,u 0 ivl ea 98 s oek I Do. indus.St. Flo.) jilot 19 6 98 uOLONI AL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - k.,.n.tiov. 6 p.c.J &J 01; - 1877-S1 . t(3 105 1003 13 - Do. op. c. Feb.& Au:, 10C 102 164 - Do. 6p. c. liar. & Sept. 100 112 1 0 4 I - Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 101 92 09 - , Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 9t k 3 - t.;ape G. Hope, G p c,1873 106 104 166 - I Do.Ap &Oct. 1881. 100 107 109 1073 - I Da 181tt 106 119 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 111 113 - Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 109 1013 - , Natal Gov. 6 per cent 1)0 107 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 102 104 c.Ap N. S.W. Gov p .. 5 p 18, 19 0 993 1003 Du. sp. c.,18i.s to Lit 100 996 1004 - Do. d0.,1888 dzupwds 100 996 1003 973 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 101 111 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. ap. c. - I sterling, 1875 lou 105 107 - !Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 108 110 - ;8. Aus G0p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 - Vlo.Gov.op.e. Ja.dauly 100 - - Do. to ama An.&Gat.. lOO ti.0911911993 10 93 103 BRITISH MINES. 2 Hambrian Consol. Gold 1 I 3d - 1 , _.:1111ord Amalgamated - 32 34 - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 565 675 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 67 Kast Clogan Gold Ltd. - - - ;East Caradon '14.6 29 30 Cam Brea... 3.4.0 75 73 - E. WlRttasal (Tavistk.; 8.13.0 33 46 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 580 7 9 - ;Great South Tolgus.... 17s 25 - IG. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 33 34 - Grenville . - Herod's-Foot B.lv 38 40 - Ilingston Downs 4.,8.0 35 33 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (Ony Lelant 14 16 - Ilarke Valley.. 4 kl yndy Iron - Ore (Lima 23 13 1 d - New Setun l9l 70 80 -• North Downs 23 14 2 - Basset(lllo;an 3.1.0 13 2 - North Wheal Crotty . 2.6.9 44 4f - l'ar Consols (St. Blaze) - - 20 i'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10 O. 40 42 - South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 450 GO - S. Carn Brea (111ogan) - - Wheat Fran. (Mogan 18.1.9 50 55 - Stray Park - rarnar Silv.& Lead Min - - - Lin Crort V 174 185 Weal Basset (Illozan)“ 13 93 105 - kV C: melon (Liskeard. 5 16 18 - West Seton - V hee.l Basset (Mogan, 53 90 35 - heal Bulleratedrutb; 10 g 7 29 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan( 2.0.6 - - - Wheal Lud ott - 1V heal Mary Ann !Men 8 14 16 - Wheal Cleton . . 584 220 230 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 - Wheel Union 3.17 13 2 PRICFERENCE SHARES. Great northern, 5 per cent., red, at 5 Der cent. pm., 107 Great Western Orig. 44 uer cent pf., i 6 London, Chatham, and Dover a per cent. pref., 96, Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 137 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct.. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., l.itto 46 per cent., red., 101 99i North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 29 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 97 LINES LEASED Al' FLIEDNENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 4! Wimbledon and Croydon, 71 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Dutch Rhenish, 18i FOREIGN MENEM. Cape Copper, Um., 101 BANKS. Alliance 651 41 5 Anglo Austrian, 7 Bank of .tago, lira., 4f British and Californian, Um., 6 51 6} Charterldilanlt of India. Australia, and_China, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 381 Consolidated Banx, lira., 112 Continental, lira., 17* European Bank, lira., 14 Imperial Bank of India, Mina, and Japan, lira., 51 1 Imperial Ottoman, 18; London B ,nk of Mexico and S. America, lira., 711 61 7* London and Brazilian aim.), :$3 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2°} London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 161 17 London Joint Stock, 45 • 71 London and Northern, Um., 23 Loudon and South African, 24; London and %1 estminster, 93 9/ Oriental Bank Corporation. 58/ Provincial of Ireland. 91 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Um., 13f South Australia, 39 South E stern, lira., 71 I Union of Australia, 56 Union of London, 58 , 7f MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Azricultural, 19 aerlin Water Works, lim., 9 City Offices, lim., Consolidated Discount, lim., Credit Fonder, 13i Credit M rbiti r, 72. East Indian Financial, lim., 31 Egyptian Corn and Trading, Urn., 4i Home and C lomal ssurauce, lim Hudson's Bay, la Imperi 1 and Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 71 Joint Stock Discount, um., 7 London Financial Association. 1im.,;28 National Discount Company, Um., 151 Oriental Gas (lim.), lk Royal Mail Steam, 0011 Scottish Australian Investment. lim., 1301 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., By hdvices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 attrlin tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3•ltths per cent, elener in London than in Hamburg. 9.154 12.10 t &14.1 48 i 1251 151 LOI 6 Si i : 8 115 1 1 / 10 103 2& 114 13i 1121 1331 i 1061 61} i V5l 100 all all all all 100 100 100 tt5.13.4 3; 6 Ftrudneßm don 1031 2f THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JOLY 2, 1864, LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HARRIS V. HARRIS AND WARDS. This was a suit instituted by the husband, a labourer in the dockyard at Chatham, for dissolution Of marriage. The parties were married in 1848. They first resided at Great Waking, in Essex, and ultimately they went to live at Chatham, where the cohabitation continued until 1861. In that year the respondent formed an improper intimacy with the co-respondent Warde, who was a lodger in the same house. She was at present residing at the same place with the co-respondent. In the course of the evidence it was proved that the peti tioner knew that his wife was living on improper terms with Warde. The learned judge said, under the circumstances, he should dismi=s the petition. ROUTH . . V. ROUTH AND LE MESURIER. This was a suit instituted by the husband for a dissolu• tion of marriage. The petitioner had been an officer in the English cavalry, but he had sold out and had married the respondent at the ofEee of the Charge d'Affaires at Benares in 1817. In 1851 the parties went to Australia, but the health of the respon dent being bad she went to Calcutta, which was her native place. There she formed an acquaintance with M. Le Mesurier, who held an important situation on the Indian Railway. The respondent returned to England, and M. Le Mesurier, who had obtained leave of absence, renewed his intimacy with her at her mother's house. The respon dent and the c - -respondent went on a tour to Nice, and other parts of the continent, as man and wife, and the re spondent gave birth to a child, of which M. Le Mesurier was the father. Rhoda Wood, who had been a servant to Mrs. Routh, ac• companied her to the continent. She was in the habit of receiving visits from M. Le Mesurier, while she lived al Lancaster-terrace, Regent's-park. Mr. Charles Routh, a cousin of the petitioner, proved that, prior to their departure for Australia, they lived very happily. Sometimes they had quarrels and sometimes they were very loving. On the whole they agreed as well as most married people usually do. The respondent did not accompany her hu,b ,nd when he went to China, in con sequence of the bad state of her 11 , filth Mr Routh, the petitioner, was examined by the learned Judge,—He said he had lately returned from India. He lett England in 1849 for China, and from thence he went to India. He went out under the auspices of Sir J. Bowring to obtain an appointment in the Customs there, but in con sequence of the war breaking out, he failed, and afterwards he went to India, where he obtained an appoint ment on the railway through M. La Mesurier, who was the chief engineer on the Jubbulpore Rail way. His family and that of Le Mesurier's had been on intimate terms for nearly a century. He obtained the appointment through M. Le Mesurier, and after that he continued to write to his wife. In six months after he felt annoyed, in consequence of his son being sent to a school which he disapproved. He wrote the last letter to the re spondent in 1863, in answer to one he received from her, dated Nice; but he had no notion that anything improper had taken place between her and Mesurier. He was surprised when he received the letters from Nice, as he thought his wife was residiag in London. He never had the slightest sus picion of 111 Mesurier's honour, and he had always looked upon him as a brother. A more dastardly act than he had afterwards perpetrated could not Lie mentioned. The Judge Ordinary said the petitioner was entitled to a decree nisi. Granted accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. ROBBERY AT A JEWELLEK's.—Two boys named Henry Barford and Alfred• John Gibbs, were charged before Mr Knox with stea'ing, at 311, Oxford-street, some brooche and pins, the property of Mr Nathan Woolf jacobsons jeweller. , Mr Jacobson sail his attention had been called to the boys by a lady ; he ran after them and caught Barford, and found his pocket full of his pins, He took Barford back towards his shop, when a gentleman stopped Gibbs, who dropped two brooches. There had been five boys altogether„ but the other three escaped. He than gave the prisoners into custody. Aldridge, 205 C, proved taking Gibbs to the station, the other prisoner being taken to the station by a gentleman. The parents of the boys were decent people. The mother of Gibbs said he had got acquainted with some bad companions. Mr Jacobson said his daughter knew the other boys by sight. Mr Knox said to send the boys to prison for any length of time would make them worse. Let them go to prison for four days and receive 12 strokes of a birch rod, THAMES. FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY,-INlfiry Ann Jowl, aged 20, of No, 19, Albert-square, Shadwell, of the class called unfortunate, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with stealing a £5 Bank of England tote, £irnothy Cox, a police sergeant, No 45 K, stated that between the hours of 2 and 3 o clock this morning he saw the prisoner in High-street, Shadwell, with a £5 note in her hand. She said a sailor gave it to her, He also found upon her a sovereign and thirteen shillings in silver, She stated that the sailor gave her that also, and that he was in a coffee-shop close by, He found a sailor, a mate tat a ship, in a coffee-shop, He was paid off yesterday, and said he had been in the girl's company and gave her the money, and that he had a right to do what he liked with his own, The sailor, who was quite sober, came to that Court to give evidence, and he was arrested on a warrant by a con stable from Wales, who took him away in custody for de serting his wife and children, and leaving them chargeable to the parish. Mr Partridge—The prisoner must bo discharged. The woman ran towards the witness-box and demanded the money. Cox—Shall I give the money to her, your worship ? Mr Partridge—l shall make no order. Speak to your inspector. A DISHONEST OFFICER OF THE CROWN,—Edward Mur phy, an elderly Irishman, was brought before Mr Part ridge charged with stealing a bottle of port wine. Thomas Cook, a constable in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stopped the prisoner, who was leaving the Export East India Dock with a bottle of wine in his trousers' pocket. The prisoner would not say how he came by it. He ascertained that the prisoner was a Cus toms•hou©o officer employed in the luggage office. A case of port wine had been opened and plundered in the office. Two bottles were missing. The prisoner would be dismissed the service. The prisoner admitted he had helped himself to one bottle of port—no more. He was very sorry. He meant to drink the wine, not to sell it. Mr Partridge said the prisoner was a dishonest fellow, and would lose his situation, which was a just punishment to him. He fined him 10s, for the unlawful possession of the wine. The pehalty was paid. IVES MINSTER. CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND FORCIBLY ENTERING A DWELLING•HOUSE.—Henry Gosling, proprietor of the Princess of Denmark beerehop, 67, New-road, Chelsea and a man named Miles, were charged with unlawfully entering the dwelling-house of Henry Bonal, by putting him out of possession thereof, and by holding now posses sion of the said house. They were also charged with assaulting the plaintiff. Mr Smyth, who was engaged for the plaintiff, said that his client had let the house in question to a person of the name of M'Donald, who underlet it to the defendant Gosling. On the 3d of June plaintiff was informed that his house:was untenanted, when he took possession of it. On the 15th inst. the defendant went to the house with a large body of men, when one of them put a ladder in front of the house, by means of which the defendant got to the top of the house and into it, by the roof. They then committed a most violent assault upon the plaintiff. Evidence was given which showed that on the day in question about 50 men, among whom were the defendants, went to ihe house with a ladder, which was placed in front of it. The defendant Gosling was the first to go up, and he wail followed by four other men, among whom was the other prisoners. 'When they reached the roof some of the men got on it and removed several bricks. Having done this they flung a quantity of bricks at the plaintiff, and he was ejected with great violence from the house. He was also told that if he was seen again in the house ho woula have his head broken. After the examine , ion of several witnesses, The defendants were committed fur trial, bail being ac cepted for their appearance at the sessions. ALARMING FIRES.—This morning about half past 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in Simpson's ship. building yard, known as the Grosvenor Works, Cubitt Tuwn. The flames commenced from some unknown cause in the yard amongst a quantity of weather boarding, but owing to the exertions of the workmen the fire was extin guished, but not until about 200 feet of weather boarding was destroyed and the other goods in the yard slightly damaged. A fire, which at one time threatened most dis astrous results, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr J. Markie, boot and shoemaker, carrying on business in Little Britain, Aldersgate•street. The Royal Society's escapes and several engines of the London Brigade, includ• ing two of Shand and Mason's, were present. The inmates happily effected a safe retreat. About half-past 10 o'clock, 3.111. 7 a telegraphic message was received at Watling-street fire-station that a fire had broken out in a large sailing barge lying in the river, facing the entrance of St. Kathe rine's Dock. The steam-floating and Shand and Mason's land steamers were at once despatched to the spot and the fire was soon subdued. The origin of the fire is unknown. CIIICASSIANS IN ALGERIA.—The French Go vermacnt has, it is said, made arrangements to receive 25,000 Circaccian emigrants in Algeria. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, July I.—There has been more demand for shipping yarns. Spinners, in conse quence of the advance in the price of cotton, have asked considerably higher rates than on Tuesday, and some of the buyers have acceded to this ad vance, and have contracted for fair quantities at about Qd. per lb. advance on Tuesday's rates. Cal cutta telegrams to hand to-day are regarded as of a more cheering character than any recently received, and some of our merchants shipping to India have been induced to make offers for liberal quantities of I❑dia mule yarn. In home-trade yarns prices have been strong, and spinners have been asking higher rates, but it checks business. There has been but a small amount of business ransacted in this description of yarn. These has been a decidedly better feeling in the cloth-market, with a considerable inquiry for nearly all sorts of gocds. The business has not been large, but still some purchases have been made at the lull cur rent quotations of the day, and but for the firm attitude assumed by manufacturers in consequence of a dearer cotton-market it is probable that a more considerable business would have been effected. The advices from Bombay are reported to have been followed by sales at 3d. to 61. per piece higher than could have been obtained a week to 10 days ago. The Bombay telegram, to June 9, quotes 710. 39-inch shirtings at 10 rupees; ditto, at 12 rupees ; 44-inch ditto of Sib., 12r. Sa.; 3,1). Madapollams, 4r. 3a.; 30's water twist, 251 a. and 40's mule, 221 a. per lb. The advance there since May 23 is given by some advices at 2s. per piece on itb. shirtings and ls. on 81b. Calcutta telegrams of June 6 say shirtings are 6d. to ls. higher in a fortnight. Other telegrams say the advance was lost on June 10. CARDIFF, June 30.—The critical state of political matters affects the staple trades of the district, and buyers show an indisposidon to purchase more than just sufficient for actual necessities. The slight improvement that had taken place in the iron trade last week is hardly maintained. The iron masters are fairly supplied with specifications, and the works are in active employ. The steam coal trade maintains its vitality, and there is a brisk business doing. About 11s per ton is the average quotation for Aberdare double screened qualities, free on board. Coke has not improved, and the sale is rather slow. The house coal collieries are on full time, and a large quantity is being brought down for ship. mont, MARKETS--This Day, COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit are on sale here to-day, and the show of vegetiblles is seasonably good. The demand is steady, as fellows ; FRUIT. s. d. 8. d., Pine apples 2 0 to 3 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 6 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 01 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0; Apples, per hf -se. 3 0 to 6 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..6 0 to 12 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 01 Gooseberries ht sve t 6 to 3 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 4 to 0 8 s. d. a d Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb . 0 oto 0 (, Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per ke.sv 3 6to 4 6 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 YEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 ; Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbag - es, pr doz 0 9to 1 3, Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 1 8 Bad ditto 0 oso 0 01 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 01 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 rto 3 01 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 50 oto 60 01 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 6 oto 10 0 i Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 5 6to 6 6 I Cos lett, score .. 0 Bto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 61 Mint and s4vory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 1 oto 1 6 , Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 oto 2 0, Capsicums, per do 0 oto New Do., dz bun 1 uto 1 61 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 .4 Spinach 0 to 1 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 4 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 48 Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, 4s Gd to 6s ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s ad ; ducklings; 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., —d to Os ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os Oct each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 16s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 12s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 7s 6d; capons, Os Od; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Oa to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 03 to Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, 103 to Os lld ; English, Os lid to is Id per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to Os Od ; French do., os 64 to 6s 3d per 100 ; leverets, 2s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. The French Press on the Conference, The able London correspondent of the Independ anGe Beige has done good service in correcting the misapprehensions created here as to the state of public opin i on in England, wilfully distorted by certain Liberal contemporaries. This writer is so dispassionate and impartial that his views have acquired great weight among the Parisian public; he faithfully reports the impression prevalent o❑ your side of the Channel, and that he has felt the public pulse to some purpose is proved by your articles as well as by the drooping of the Funds. That unfailing thermometer, the Stock Exchange, refutes to endorse the pacific acclamations of the Times, and shows that the writer in the Independ ance has accurately gauged the sentiment of the public in the question which involves the honour as well as the interests of England. I specially 'iircct your attention to the following passage in his last letter : It must be admitted that the destiny of some of the most illustrious of statesmen is to have a most inglorious end. Metternich did not survive his successes ; Nesselrode was engulphed in the Crimean disaster; Palmerston has, with his own hands, dug the grave of his popularity. On the 3d of February, 1808, then 24 years of age, h 3 energetically vindicated in the House of Commons the bombardment of Copenhagen, and the destruction of the Danish by the Eng lish fleet. On that occasion the noble lord argued that "the law of self-preservation, which was the fundamental principle of the law of nations, justified England in having forced upon Denmark a neutrality which, had it been left to its discretion, France would speedily have converted into active hostility." Fifty-six years later the same Minister, before the same House of Commons, declares that England is not bound to prevent the dismemberment of Denmark, and sacrifices it a second time, after having encouraged it with delusive hopes of assistance." the coincidence is curious, but it is not easy to see what inference the writer wishes to draw from it. Hs then proceeds to say : Opinions are divided as to the issue of the forthcoming Parliamentary struggle, and even the friends of the Mini stry do not expect a majority sufficient to ratify its policy. My opinion is that the Government will be defeated, or that its majority will be so utterly insignificant that in any case it will have to go to the country. That measure will be disastrous for Denmark, which in the interval will have had time to be crushed by the overwhelmiflg forces it has to contend with. The path of Lord Palmerston is one on which it is not easy to stop, but rely upon it he will not be supported by the country, and the fate of tha Minis try is certain. People are already talking of Lord Clarendon as Lord Russell's successor. That sort of patch work won't strengthen the Government. Truth compels me to add that Lord Palmerston has greatly fallen off both as a Minister and as a speaker. The fact is he can no longer impart a direction to the affairs of the country, but allows a policy to bo forced upon him. It is sad to say it, but it is the literal truth. The Debats has an article on the policy of her Majesty'r3 Ministers, and the feeling which it has excited here, which will convince the friends of the Cabinet that the contempt with which it is regarded in Francs is not confined to any mere party : The great question, it says, is at last decided. The Eng lish Cabinet has fallen on the side towards which it was obviously leaning. The Ministers cf England have aban doned Denmark to its fate, and means to look on with folded arms, so long as the unequal struggle which has just recommenced is confined to limits beyond which it is not likely the German Powers are willing to carry it. The English fleet, which was awaiting orders to pro• teed to the Baltic, will remain quietly at Spithead. The armies of Austria and Prussia are quite at liberty to march forward and to complete the conquest of the whole of Schleswig, about the possession of which the English Plenipotentiaries wrangled eo much at the Con ference. There is nothing to prevent their conquering Jutland, if they be so inclined. But let Austria and Prussia beware I If perchance they are not satisfied with the prey which is thus left at their mercy ; if they touch the Danish Islands, bombard Copen hagen, or capture the person of King Christian I then indeed we shall see! England may, perhaps, get angry and lose her patience. Such, in a few words, is the atti tude which Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell have asaumed in the name of the great country they govern, The general impression which this very meek policy has produced in France has been one of surprise, to use a mild phrase. Not assuredly because France and Europe have any reason to regret the resolution taken by the British Government, not that enlightened and moderate minds would reproach England with preferring peace to war, or with having been unwilling to involve England in the perils of a conflict with Germany. But after disturbing Europe for a whole year with noisy claims on behalf of Denmark—after addressing so many threats and protests to Austria, Prussia, and the Germanic Confederation—now about Schlesw g, now about Jutland—after summoning a Conference, to wind up by laying down eventual casus which have not the remotest prospect of being realised I Is such a course, we demand, worthy of the rank which a great country like England has the right to occupy in Europe? Such, if we are not very greatly mistaken, is the question public opinion is raising in France and elsewhere. In the Press° Emile de Girardin devotes three columns to show that the Britian Government is being crushed beneath the weight of public con• tempt, and poiws out that the primary cause of its being lowered in public estimation is that it talks in one way and acts in another. He sees only one remedy—the appointment of a Gladstone and Cobden Ministry whose speeches and despatches would be in perfect consonance with the policy of Lords Palmerston and Russell. He " adjures" the " British press and the British people" to open their eyes, and prevent their country from subsiding from contempt into ridicule. M. Emile do Girardin's eccentricity occasionally blossoms into perfect insa nity, but there is no denying that there is a certain degree of method in his madness. The Opinione Nationale suggests that France may take her revenge on England for her mockery of France preferring peace at any price. It antici pates that the three coalesced Powers, encouraged by their present success, will desire to solve the Eastern question in their common interest; divide among them the : inheritance of the " sick man," and abut up the passage to India against England. It will be a fine occasion for France to repair the check she will have to meet with in Italy from Aastria, Prussia, and Russia, and to leave to those three Powers the duty of avenging the refusal of England without interfering herself. To these bmenities of the Opinione Nationale I may add those of the Patrie : "It is now averred that a threat from England is no threat at all ; it is a figure of speech, which nobody need set any store by. It is averred that a promise made by England is not of more value than her threats; and that whoever is fool enough to trust her will find in the moment of danger that he has clung to a rotten plank. It is averred that England, long overcharged, as Venice and Holland were in their time, is in reality only a Power of the second order. Without the military support of one of the conti nental Monarchies she is not able to exercise the slightest influence in the affairs of Europe. When face to face with one of the great rowers she is exactly what Naples, Brazil, or Greece was with regard to her. She may complain of it, may cry out about injustice end abuse of force, but she must submit to it." Had an order been sent round to these papers to abase Lord Palmerston and his Government they could not have been more violent and more alike. 1 need hardly say that the intense haters of England look forward with delight to the success of the vote of censure on Monday. The following is from the 7 emps, one of the very few papers which does justice to the English Go• vernment " We thought it our duty to devote a very large space to the debates in the English Parliament, and we particularly recommend to our readers the speech of Lord Russell, who has extricated himself from a difficult position, to his great honour, by his frankness and fair speaking. It is impos sible not to admit, after having read that speech, that England, while feeling real interest for Denmark, could not but recede in presence of the responsibility of making war. The Patrie supposes a secret understanding between the three Courts of Berlin, Vienna, and London. This hypothesis was never probable, and after reading the de bates in the English Parliament it appears to be simply absurd. We willingly admit, however, that it is the sole resource of those who, like the Tail*, blame England for not having done enough for Denmark, while approving France for having done still less. The Constitutions d, so amiable towards England a few days back, contains some bitter-sweet lines with respect to her, which will appear singularly out of place after the ample homage rendered by Lord Rusi,oll to France and her Government," LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday.—Asiatic, at 3, ' Jyci. tish Observation of the Phase of the Colures, &c Pro fessor Whitney—' Brief Notes on Age and Authenticity of several Indian Works,' Dr. Bhau Daji, of Bombay; Entomological, at 7 Royal Institution, at 2, General Monthly Meeting. Tuesday—Ethnological, at 8, Cer tain Japanese and African Cannibal Skulls,' Professor Kirghia and other Tribes of Central Asia,' Mr, Vitzub9ry. Wednes lay—Horticultural, Great Show,— Atitencriim, BILLING SGAT E. Salmon, Is Od to is 4d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, bd to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per Ib ; turbots, 2s Od to 12s ; cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 2s 6d; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 15s to zss ; natives, 64s to 70s per bush. ; whitings, 4s Od to 8s; haddocks, 6s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 30s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 88sortro 100s0p; per brace. Os to Os per 100 ; carp te7ns t° eh, 0 and WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4a 2d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; lamb, 5s Od to 58 8d ; veal, 38 10d to 48 8d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per 81b8 by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 45 2d , mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 56 Od to 5s 8d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, Js 4d to 4s 6d per 81be, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ' • 721 b to 801 b, 3 /d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d; 881 b to 961 b, 4 dto 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b to —d• Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half•breds, Od to ---s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs. 28 Oct to 4s 9d; shearlings, 2s 2d to 28 sd. HAY MARKETS. IntTHFIELD• -- Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 48 to £l. lOs par load. Trade firm. CUMBENLA ND..— Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clove), ; and straw, £1 4 s £1 10s per load. --Mead ow h ay, £2 15 s t o £4 10 3; c l over, L A 44loTO o ss:t di tooT d E e aLc m :t a xi n l: d• d w Od ; and straw, £1 41 to 41 lOs per load. A. steady PUGILISM. (Ft ont Bell's Life.) JOE COBURN AND JE'I MACE. The next deposit of £5O a side for this all -important match is to be posted on Tuesday, July 5, at Harry drunton's, George and Dragon) Beech -street, Barbican. Coburn writes us from Dublin that he is starring it there and gain ing golden opinions, of which we are glad to hear. He will be joined there °n Monday, July 4, by Nat Langham, who will thence accompany him to Limerick. THE C HAMPIONSHIP. MARSDEN AND W oitl 'lA- I, D.—The following articles for this san en Thursday, at Bob Travers's, Castle -street, Leicester-square: "Articles of agreement entered into this 30th of Juno, 1864, between Andrew Marsden and Joseph Wormald. a m nd at T ch hir w te e e r n e The said Andr,,w Marsden agrees to fight the said Joseph C d a ra n w to li ns, Wormald a fair stand up fight, according to the new rules of the P.B A., by Whic h the said Andrew Marsden and Joseph Wormald hereby mutually agree to be bound. The fight shall be for the sum of two hundred pounds a side and the Champion' s Belt, and shall take place. on January 3, 1865, in the London district. In pursuance of this agreement £lO is now staked in the hands of the Editor of Bell's Life, who shall be final stakeholder and name the referee. Further deposits of £5 a side have to be staked on Thursday in each week at houses to be named alternately, until Sept. 27, when £7O a side shall have been deposited ; after which the deposits will be £lO each week up to Dec. 13. The final deposit of £ 2O a side shall be staked at Boa Tyler's, Founders' Arms, Os borne -street, Whitechapel, on Dec. 29, 1864. The said deposits shall be made between the hours of eight and ten p.m, at the houses named, and the party failing shall forfeit the money down. In pursu ance of this agreement we hereby attach our names— " ANDREW MARSDEN. " JOSEPH WonmAr.o." The next deposit of £5 a side is to be made on ThursdaY) July 7, at Boa Tyler's, THE LAUREATE'S "IDYLLS OF THE HEARTH," says the Queen of to -day, is doubtless a collection of poems of domestic interest. Our contemporary adding— Well, why not ? Mr Tennyson has now been a Benedick for some years, an d unless report be a liar has won one of those great prizes in life -- a happy Lnatch. His Clive branches aro growing round him, and the experiment which he determined upon when he announced to the Queen that he would be glad of an increase of income because he was going to be married, has turned out to be a great success. So the harp which sounded the " Morte d'Arthur," and the loves of Vivien and of Guineveve, will now give us, no doubt, some sweet homely ditties attuned to the harmony of a happy man's fireside, and filled with the melody of a honeymoon which lasts lifelong. By the way, we wonder what Mr Tennyson will say when he hears that the hon, member for Derby attributes his residence, in his pleasant q usrters in "the Wight,' entirely to the malign and dis cordant influence of the organ grinders ? THE PROPOSED HOLY ALLIANCS. We are enabled to publish the following authentic correspondence on the subject of the proposed renewal of the Holy Alliance, which has rewntly attracted so much public attention in this eon ntry : THE BARON DE WERTHEE TO M. DE BISMA ItCK. VIENNA, Jane 13, 11364, Monsieur le President du Conseil,—l hay n the honour to announce to your excellency that IC had, previous to the departure of their Majestii s for Kissengen, an a - salience of the Emperor, and a long conversation with the Count de Rechberg. I buten to give you an account of it. Acting in conformity with the instructions which your excellency - gave me in the last despatch which you did me the hon our to address to me, I have profited by the oppor tunity whin 'a presents itself in order to sound the intentions of his Majesty the Emperor regarding the object of the interview at Kissongen with the Emperor Alexander. His Majesty told me he would be happy to see the most intimate and cordial agreement established both between himself and the Czsr, and between the three Governments, which agreement is, in the present state of things, so necessary for the three Powers. His Majesty spoke to me as follows : I am quite ready to adhere to every combination of such a nature as to ensure the peace of Europe, and to guarantee the reciprocal interests of the three countries. It is in this sense that I explain myself to the Emperor of Russia and to my royal ally, your august sovereign. M. de Rechberg entered into more ample expla. nations with me. He asked me, in the first place, whether the Government of the King had already come to any determination with regard to the Russian proposal. According to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the proposal is of too much importance to be decided upon immediately. His excellency recognises almos as much as Russia the necessity, in the pre sent state of things in Europe, of an intimate mutual understanding between the three Powers; but would not each an understanding at this mo ment produce an intimate rapprochement between France and England, and is it not at this time, above all things, the interest of the two great Ger man Powers, and of Germany, to avoid this even• tuality ? What is the present object of Russia P That the three partitioning Powers of Poland may recipro cally guarantee to each other their Polish provinces. But, his excellency went on to say, is this at the present moment a matter of urgent importance ? The insurrection may be now regarded as completely zrushed, and foreign intervention as set aside. It is true that eventualities may present themselves which would revive the Polish question, but for the present it no longer exists. Moreover, co:4tinued M. de Rechberg, although the interests of Austria are not opposed to an inti mate alliance with Russia, we could only adhere to the Russian proposal on certain conditions. It will be necessary that Russia should declare in an un eqnivocai manner that she will give her material assistance to Prussia and Austria in the event of a war with the Western Powers for the affairs of the Duchies. And, from the Austrian point of view, certain guarantees would be necessary which the Minister believes it unnecessary to mention. In a word, the Imperial Government is far from repelling the Russian propesal, but it desires to act with a knowledge of the objects in view, and after having received the assurances it thinks neces sary, Such, Monsieur le President du Conseil, is the summary of my conversation with M. de Rechberg, who, as your excellency is already informed, is to accompany their Majesties to-morrow to Kissengen. (Signed) WERTHER. M. DE BISMARCK TO THE COUNT DE GONTZ ♦T PARIS. BRRLIN, June 15, 1854. Monsieur le Comte,—ln the last confidential communi cation which I had the honour to address to your excellency I was enabled to inform you of the various important pro posals which have been made to us by the Cabinet of St Petersburg in the question of the Duchies and the other pending European questions, and I hasten, Monsieur to Comte, to inform your excellency of the proposals which have just been made to his Majesty the King, our august Sovereign, by the Emperor Alexander in person, at the time of the visit which the Imperial family of Russia has just made to our august Royal family. Your excellency is already aware of the attitude which the Cabinet of St Petersburg has just adopted in the ques tion of the Duchies, and which is so favourable to us in every point of view. The renunciation by the Emperor Alexander of his ulterior rights to the Duchies in favour of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg is an evident proof cf the amicable and favourable disposition of the Court of Russia towards Germany; and the Emperor Alexander has now again given to our august Sovereign the most formal as surance that his efficacious and loyal concurrence is secured to us in this question. The views of the Sovereign of Russia differ from ours only on the question of the succession. His Majesty agrees entirely in our mode of thinking on the frontiers of the new States, only he believes that it would be our common interest to place it under the sovereignty of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Your excellency knows my personal opinion on this subject, but in consequence of the lively sympathy of our august Royal family for the family of Augustenturg, it is not very probable that this combina tion can prevail. The important point is that in all these eventualities the moral, and if necessary the material concurrence of Russia is secured to our policy in this question. Russia only asks for a guarantee against a Scandinavian union, and I think, Monsieur le Comte, that it would even be our interest to combat Scandinavian tendencies. As regards the other pending questions, the Emperor Alexander and Prince Gortschakeff have explained the subject in the clearest and most precise manner. The Sovereign of Russia insisted above all on the necessity of a mutual understanding between the three Powers of the North in the present state of things in Europe. As all treaties are, se to say, regarded as null, would it not be ad vantageous for the great Powers whose interests are in many respects identical to form a league against certain tendencies and pretensions ? Would it not be necessary to put an end, once for all, to the Polish agitations, and to efface, once for all, the Polish question from the list of Eu ropean questions ? According to the view of the Emperor Alexander, it would bo the interest of the three partitioning Powers to declare that they regard the affairs of Poland as a matter exclusively internal, and thus take away every pretext for foreign intervention. His Majesty the Emperor Alexander has clearly made our august Sovereign understand, as also has Prince Gorts chakoff, as regards myself, that it would bo desirable from every point of view to sign a treaty or convention between the three Powers which should be based on the reciprocal guarantee of the territory of each Power. Such is in effect the proposal made by the Emperor Alexander to our august King, the importance of which will certainly not escape your Excellency. Although we agree in many points in the views of the Czar, we have not as yet arrived at any decisi. n, but the bases which I have just indicated to your Excellency will be the preliminaries of the future negotia tions on this subject. The views of the Cabinet of Vienna in this mater aro indicated in the confidential communication which I have just received from the Baron de Werther, and which your Excellency will find annexed. In every case, I beg of you, M. le Comte, to give me early information of the impression which has been made by the interview of the three Sovereigns on the Cabinet of the Tuileries. (Signed) BISMARCX4 The Strength of the Hostile Fleets, HAMBURG, June 29. The Hamburg papers give the following as the respective strength of the Danish and Austo- Prussian fleets in the North Sea, where a decisive eaval engagement is shortly expected : The Austrian force consists of the screw ship-of. the-line Kaiser, 91 guns ; the screw frigate Schwar zenberg, 50 guns; the ironclad frigate Don Joan d'Austria, 16 guns; the screw corvette Friederieh, 22 guns ; the paddlewheel steamer Elisabeth, 6 guns ; and the screw gunboats Wall and See? und, each carrying 4 guns. The Radetzky screw frigate, 35 guns, was at Borkum upon the 26th Inst. The Prussians have the paddlewheel steamer Preussischer Adler, 4 guns, and the screw gun boats Blitz and Basilisk, carrying 3 guns each. The Danish force is believed to consist of the screw frigate Niels Joel , 42 guns ; the screw fri g ate Jylland, 44 guns; the screw corvette Heimdal, 16 guns ; the screw s hip-of-the-line Skiold, 64 guns ; and the ironclad corvette Dannebrog, 15 guns. The frigate Sjaeltand , guns, or the Tordenskjold, 35 guns, w ill also probably b e sen t t o the N or th Sea, w i t h other small craft. THE QUEYNSBERItY FAMILY.--Lady Gertrude Douglas, daughter of the Marchioness, has taken the '"unite veil, and is now at the convent at Hatnnaersinitb,—Ovirt SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-:PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN'. The Madrid journals annoucce that the Govern* ment has accepted the resignation of M. Salazar y Mazarredo. The Duke of Somerset at Liverpool. -___--,0,_ On Thursday, after distributing the prizes en board the school frigate Conway, lying in the Mersey, his Grace and party embarked on board the Satellite, which steamed to the celebrated rams, His Grace went over El Toncson, and made a very minute inspection. A boat's cre w f rom t h e Majestic worked one of the turrets, and showed the repidity with which it may be done, his Grace be ing ins de the turret at the time. He was also shown how the iron bulwarks are lowered for action. The party next went to the Majestic, which was decorated with flags, and the yards of which were manned as he went aboard. hey were then enter tained at an elegant luncheon ~ by Captain Paynter. A salute was fired as the party left. Their next destination was the yard of Messrs. Laird, where his Grace inspected the new ironclad Agincourt, now in the course of constructicn. In proceeding to view the ship wh;ch is now far advanced to wards completion, the visitors were con ducted through the various departments in such a manner as to reveal in a great measure the course of proceeding in this great undertaking. The first visit was paid to the armour-plate shop as it is called. This occupies a very large space, and is supplied with an immense number of pon. derous and powerful mechanical implements de signed for effecting the different kinds of fitting necessary to adapt the massive armour-plates to the places in the ship which they are respectively in tended to occupy. The processes referred to may be briefly stated to consist of so moulding and twisting the armour-plates as to fic them with the utmost nicety to the singular and beautifully modulated curves presented by the different portions of the graceful and flowing outlines of the vessel. The difficulty of accomplishing this purpose may be in some measure estimated from the fact that each of the ,armour-plates is of great size and thickness, the principal portion of their number being Olin. in thickness, and the average of them weighing about five tons each. As these plates are rolled perfectly flat and trimmed into exact parallelo grams before they are conveyed to the building yard, it becomes necessary that each of them shall be moulded to fit the place it is intended per manently to occupy, and as this cannot be done with safety without the aid of heat, the plates are first placed in a furnace till they have acquired a sufficient temperature to admit of being twisted into any form without risk of destroying their fibre; they are then placed in a strong iron frame, which is so fitted with ordinates as to present an exact counterpart to the curves intended to be produced. By the application of wedges the heated plate is then forced to assume the curves presented by the powerful mould. This having been accomplished, the moulded plate is removed and subjected to a process of gradual cooling, by which the tenacity of the iron is considerably increased. After cooling, the final and more delicate modulations of the curves arc produced by subjecting the plate to the action of a powerful dydraulic press. The next process it undergoes is to have the holes drilled into it by which it is to be finally bolted on to the ship's side. In the armour plate shop, besides the furnace alluded to and its bending frame, there are also two hydraulic bend ing presses, four planing and three drilling machines, all of ponderous magnitude and great power, and also an ingeniously contrived as well as powerful machine for putting the screw threads on the bolts and nuts by which the plates are securely fastened to the ships side. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE SO. Orders for the Court's going into Mourning on Tuesday, the sth of July next, for his late Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plain gold or silver ornaments. The gentlemen to wear black court dress, with black swords and buckles. The Court to change mourning on Tuesday, the 19th of July next, viz.:-- The ladies to wear black dresses, with coloured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments. The gentlemen to continue the same mourning. And on Tuesday, the 26th of July next, the Court to go out of mourninv. WINDSOR CASTLE, JTNE 29. This day had audience of her Majekty : General Don Pedro Romulo Negrete, Minister Plenipo tentiary from the Republic of Salvador, to deliver his cre dentials ; To which audience he was introduced by Earl Russell, K. G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette:— Henry Laff, locksmith, Richmond Robert Jams Crowne, job master, Pimlico George R. Glennie, bookseller, Edgeware-road William Tucker, watch maker, Southwark William Paget, beer retailer, Borough Henry Thomas Fletcher, turner, City-road William Lensley, butcher, Newgate•mszket George Samonelle, printer, Newington William Dalcho, gold lace weaver, Sr. Martin's-lane Thomas Bryant, grocer, lientinh Town-road John Richardson, builder, Crass-street. Lambeth Robert Wilson, retired paymaster, R.N., Spencer street, Battersea-road Benjamin Hart, commission-agent, Kennington-cross Thomas Roberts, bootmaker, Somers-town BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Beckley Baker, auctioneer, Bishop's road, Bays water _ _ SCOTCH BANKRUPT. John Cameron, saw miller, Abezfeldy SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Days LONDON, July 2,—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze and fine weather. NEwrour, July I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Louisa, for New York. MILFORD, July I.—Wind W.—Sailed—Dahotah, for Havannah. FALMOUTH, July I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Asternas, from Porto Rico—Troy, from Havannah—Josquine, from Terra Nova. ()LTD; June 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ailsa, from Quebec. GREENOCK, July I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Margaret Pollock, from Quebec. HOLYHEAD, July I.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Sy/Pb , for Newfoundland. Jones, SHIELDS, July I.—Wind S.—Arrived—marg 3 f et from Huelva. fr fro (13Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. ) G RAVESEN D, Saturday Morning; Arrived, July I—Maddalesa, from B o ston—O rierit and New York. Cinderella—both from Calcutta—Thisteod, from Skive— Christian August, from Gefle—Norge, In Demerara. Arrived, July 2—Plymouth Reeks, mar, Satu m rday Morning . Anchored—Skimmer of t he Waves, fro m London, fo Cape of Good Hupe. for Passed—Sir John Lawrenc e, Sy d ney, and Tally-ho, for Malta—both irons London—Augusta, from Liverpool, for London. A communication from B er li n states t h at th e war p e n ark h as a l ready cost P russ i a 25 thalers, n o t muc h s h ort o f 100 m illi ons aonigfiaflrliian millions of t e. A fresh credit of 13 millions of thalers has been demanded by the Minister of War. DIE LONDON HOSPITAL.— This (Saturday) morning the whole of the men employed in making prepa rations for the reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales recommenced work at daybreak, in order to finish the immense work, as to-morrow, of course, no work can be carried on. Seats have been erected for the accommoda tion of 250 persons, who will be admitted by tickets of different colours to various parts of the amphitheatre. Sir Richard Mayne has published a code of regulations as to the admission of the company and keeping the pavement in front of the hospital clear of the populace. No one, it should be stated, will be admitted without tickets. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is announced to preside at the banquet. Tho most extensive preparations are being made by the inhabitants of the non -aristocratic but industrious and densely populated neighbourhood to givo due eclat to the auspicious event by decorating the fronts of their houses with flags and o'her devices. THE AMERICAN BLOCRADE.—HAYANNAII, June s.—Sailed, the steamer Badger (Confederate) for Nassau.—l- , port, June 10, the J. G. Owen (Confederate), and the steamers Mail and Lavinia (Confederate). Ber muda.—Arrived, N a y 30, the steamer Pevensey, from Wil mington. Arrived, June (1, the brig Excelsior, from Wil mington; oth, the steamers Index, Atlanta, and Ilarie Cclestia, from Wilmington, N,C, d, 'T. 71- of 10 Lt. t- , hare 100 sk 1 20 oo UU ,00 stock ',Wok stock 100 100 100 100 iDO 100 WO 100 hook ISSE Paid. all th, 00 100 100 10t, I or, 1021 3 1011 1