The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

01\TEY MARKET AND COMM2ECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no diminution perceptible in the demand for monetary accommodation. Everywhere —at the Bank of England, in the open market, and at the Stock Exchange—activity is noticeable, and, as a c onsequence, no bills, not even the very best mercan tile securities, are taken by the brokers at less than the efileial minimum. The Shannon has brought £315,364 from the West Indies. At the ensuing Wf-yearly meeting of the share holders of the City Bank for the declaration of a I lividend and the election of the late manager, Mr. A• J. White, as director, a proposition will be sub- Mitted for increasing the capital of the establish- Meat by the issue of 10,000 new shares of £lOO each. The allotment and the premium at which the shares are to be emitted are to be left to the dis cretion of the Board. During the last few days there has been less ac tivity exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugar, however, has been in mode rate request, but is some instances at reduced rates. Tea has been in rather more demand, while a fair amount of business has been done in coffee and rice It fully previous quotations. The tallow market has been rather excited, in consequence of the pre. sent position of political affairs on the Continent, and an advance of ls. to 18. 6cl. per cwt. has taken 1 Place for both p resen t an d f orwar d d e li ver y. tp The Stook Exchange Committee have appointed the following special settling days :—Scarborough Cliff Hotel Compny (Limited), Friday, Ist July, not to be quoted ; G enera l C re di t an d Fi nance Company (Limited) New Shares, Monday, 4th 4 'uly, to be quoted. The committee have also ordered the quotation of the following securities : Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Equipment kortgage Bonds (Ist issue, X 250,000), andAt.antio and Great Western Railway, Second Mortgage bonds of the Ne iv York and Pennsylvanian Sections Two o'CLoCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to ; Iteuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes Were quoted 66f. 80c. Rather firm. 2 No alteration can be noted to-day in the value of _ the English Funds. The uncertain state in which Political affairs is shrouded tends to induce a great deal of circumspection on the part of operators, and the fortnightly settlement at the Steck Exchange 4180 retards operations. Console are 90k s ! f or money, and 90.1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89k e ; 'arch Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 4s. die. ; and June ditto 6s. to 6s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1041; 511 d the Bonds, 10s. die. There has been no new feature of importance in the Foreign Market, business being quiet and prices 3 8 1 ste ad;. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 709 71 ; 6 . 1 Consolides, 48 ; Mexican, 441 ; Greek, 231 s! 31 ; Spanish Passive, 29 9 ; Portuguese, 48 9 49; Russian, 87 f ; and the Confederate Loan, 62 64, Business in the Railway Share Market has been tether inactive, but in some instances prices have firmer. Great Northern A Stock have ad l'sneed £1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, !Gs. ; and North-Western, 55.; while Great Eastern have declined 52.. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little or 11 ° change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are generally st a shade flatter. Imperial Bank have declined to et , 87 1., London and South African to 2 31, and Crystal 'elate Stock to 311. Chamounix United Hotel St! Shares ore quoted f If prem. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, July 8 I per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B 9l i New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1673 Atnutties, 30 yrs, expire i9th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. zchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 4 5 dis Do £5OO — Do £lOO and £ 2OO "allk England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Do Account.. Tivrit or GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. andia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Do Account .. o 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888............ • IR Do Certificates ... • Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent........ Cent........— '° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. Do 5} per Cent., May, 1879, --- Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds £l,OOO Do under £ l ,OOO .... 10 dig FORNION FUND/—ONE O'CLOCK. 44strian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- Do 1859 "irazilian 5 per Cent Do 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 h Do 1863 B6 "%Mos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do Account .. cl Do 1 p er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — 4 .„itian 6 per Cent. Do 3 psi Cent. .. • i olonabian 6 per Cent — Oit, er Cent. anish piper Cent., 1825 t Do 5 per Cent. 1864 E gnador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — gYptian 7 per Cent.. .... 101 k Do, Second Issue 'reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 23i I Po Account uo Coupons — ~D 0 Account.... "fluttemala 5 per Cent. It Do 1839 and "glian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 4‘texican 3 per Cent Do Account Do Scrip £23 paid ... ... I dig 34 .„0 French Scrip, Ls. 251 200 — dis Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dui „„ Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Zoorish Imperial 5 per Cent N ew Granada Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred r ,Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ertivian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. ... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — n - Ds Account ' ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'9, '6O, 62,'3 49 I)o Account — b Do 1863 Scrip, £ 4O paid '‘lissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent.. 1850 .. -Do 3 Der Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 ...... Do Anglo-Dutch .......... 6 Do Scrip, £3O paid .................. -- pm ardinian 6 per Cent SpanishDo Account 3 per Cent - 1)0 Account Do N e w Deferred Do Account . Do Passive Do Aceoun` 29;1 'Tallish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account "W.,,elish, 4 per Cent. — lio Scrip, £6O paid --put Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 DO Account DO6 per Cent. 1858 09/ I)o Account — Do :100 Banda Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 7Ol _ __ Ditto Iv Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ...... enezneia 3 per Cant. .ado Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account .„Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do lt per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud >u l k,tistrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex, 10 Florins. ••••• ll eigian. 4} per Coat„ . ... Ex 25f Lo Acc o u n t .. 9S Dutch 2t per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —.., ~ Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Atali an , 5 per Cen.t., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account P 9ruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s — P lejmontese, 5 per Cent,, Ex. 25f — _ TWO O'CLOCK. C onsols Money Do Account... Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, _.__ - _r=... Market opens very firm, and prices of American Roods, Surat and Egyptain, are x higher. Sales Probably 12,000 Mee. SHARE Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. .14. 1 Cir.. Wol., and Str. Val al it Blythe and Tyne. O al 3t I Bristal and Exeter 101 at (Caledonian lot SO i ;','ort. and Bandon 10 Cornwall al 10 D o A{A t'ets no div }al 10 Do. B till Cpe.pan.has ben pai tB. SO Dublin & e lieliast d Ju o nc. al' 15 Dun.,Perth/zAb. Juno. al St. Edinburgh & Glasgow. 10( st (pa s g . and S. W es tern. 10( at GreatE'astern, Ord. stk 101 ' et Ditto A stock at Ditto Ils.stAnglian st 101 St GreatNorthol SOolland 101: St Great• Northern.. ••• 101 at Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. an IW. of 101 at Great Westcrn st Do Str Val gita. stook! 10 1 st Lancashue Yorkshirel ill st London and tilackwail 19! st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coait! 101 et Lon., Chat., and Dover. 10 st Lon. & North Western 101 at Lon. & So'.th Western! 10 st Man., Shet., & Lincoln. 10 50 Maryport and Carlisle al 126 Do t shares et Metropolitan al at Midland Do New st Do Binning. & Derby 10 60 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland al 26 Do. shares 25 Slid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 101 et Nth. Eastern—Berwick 101 26 Do, G-.N.E. purchase 16.1 Bt Do Leeds lOl it Do York it Do Carlisle lOl it North London 10 Do New 16.4 North Staffordshire l 0 N. and S. W. Junction al it Scottish Central it Scot N. E., Aber. stock 101 it Do Scot. Mid, stock lOl .0 Shrews, and Welchpoo; al it Shropshire Union 10( it South Devon 10( it South Eastern it South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 10( 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. al 25 Stockton & Darlington al 25 Do 25 Do New, 1800 1( at raff Vale- .. lOl (0 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 410 Do st Vale of Neath et Victoria eta. and Plm lO ;1 Waterford dz Kilkenny 101 It West Cornwall lOl It W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOl it West Midland -Oxford 101 it Do Newport 101 t Do Hereford 10C Paid Coping, Business Paid.' p rim . dane. 11 8 11 Si ge )0 84 t 6 10 118 119 I 1 I 61 -7 ll 3 5 37 it 16 17 0 CO 93 0 163 tO5 0 I S 6 47 • - 6i 7; 131 ]32 144 145 728 i3t 90 9: Co 01 0 i 1131 114 00 C 8 0 10: 104 0 40 42 0 112 112 0 97 08 0 57 28 - 11 112 113 iu , 131} 101 1( 3 63 65 24 `ss 0 103 IC4 13.4 d 0 60 61 ) 22 £3 )0 125 128 5 14 2i a 7d 10,1 0 123 1 0 80 t 5 (7 10 33 85 io 90i 91 10 1 10 i 106 11 8 9 11 S6l 37& 7 90 10 0 74 Bi O 1165 170 8 6 7 3 I 3 p 11 - - 1435# 44. iu ; ; 97 58 BRITISH POSSE Hallways Atlantic &St Lawrence a] Bom.,Barodadv.Cent Ind ~ Gu. 5 per cent :0 Do. New . . . 1 .0 Do. E. Shares... Bunalo and Laaefluroni al 0 Do. Preference ...... al 0 Buffalo,Brant,..tGodrich 10 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 1)o. do. July 1, 187: to, O Do. do. June 1, ls;i 111 t C/cutta.S., S. Eastn. (Lm, 101 t Cape Town u Dock Seri! 101 ;ock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 10 cok East Indian. go. 5 p. c. to 20 Do. do. (I Ext 1 20 Do. do. II do. oak Grand Trunk of Canada Zvi DO Do. Ist Pref. Bonds al DO Do. co. deferred al )0 Do. 2d Pref. 13011d8 al )0 Do. do. deferred al )0 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock al )0 Do. do. deferred— al 10 Do. 4th Pref. stock a 10 Do. do. deferred ook Gt.lndtaPontn.gua.sp.c O Do. New gua. sp. a 1 Do. January, 1802 .. Ok Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 11 Oi Gt. W. of Canada Shares a : New.... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. al, Do. 5a p. o. do. '77-8.. . al 10 Indian Branch Limited ,ck Madras guar., sp. o. .. 101 ek Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 ck 1)c. 101 10 Do. Fifth Extension. 1' Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bads. lOC A Melb. & Hobson's Pay. all 00 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßrucawickt Canda Claes A and B. al N.Rl.C'das pc: lat pt bde lt stock Soinde ) (l' stock Do. Delhi l4 fll 20 Do. z st Do. Funjaub Do. Do. o Took Do. Indus. St. Flo.) -1-'4 COLONIAL GOTv'ER: uw.C.iov. 8 p.c.J a. &J al) 1877-S1 1)o. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 10 , Do. 6 p. cr.Mar. A: Sept. 101 Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. 101 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 101 Cape G.Hope, d p 0,1873 101 Dc.Ap & Oct. 1880 101 Do. 1890 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10( Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 101 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 10C Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 13( N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. a.&Jul) 10( Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10( N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 101 Do. bp. 0.4/ILL to Lit 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdo 101 I New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOl Queensland GM 6p. a 101 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 101 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 101 Do. to A n.n. An.&00t... IC 'll2 104 104 106 )0 103 105 li 93 95 10 92 94 10 104 106 10 107 109 )0 109 111 10 110 112 W) 111 113 O 197 109 10 197 IC9 10 302 104 - )0 99i 100/ 10 906 1006 )0 90. IGOi )0 10) 111 ID tOS 107 10 108 110 10 109 111 109 110 1001 100} 1095 BRITISH MINES. 2 I Uambrian Coneol. Gold 1 1 id , ;11fford Amalgamated ' 32 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavisto 1 566 675 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 65 .57 East Clogau Gold Ltd. d East Caradon ..... ?..14.0 29 30 Nast Carn Brea... ... . . 3.4.0 71 bi E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13. c 35 4f Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen ,St 7 9 Great South Tolgus 37 s 21 22 :4. Wheal Vor (lielston, 40 33 34 Grenville . Benxi's-Foot 8.12 88 40 +I ingston Downs 4.18.0 35 3/ Lady Bertha Jfargaret (Uny Lelant 14 16 Illarke Valley.. 4 ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 2X 11 d New Seton l6l 70 80 • North Downs 25 15 2 Baseet(lllo;an 3.1.0 14 2 - North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blaze), 20 l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. ) 10.0.7 40 42 iouthCaradort(St.Cleer, 14 450 170 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 50 55 (Stray Park 30.17.6 29 31 I L',:rnar Silv.& Lead fin Cro:t 0 171 181 West Basset 14 9/ 101 W radon (Liskeard, 5 16 18 'West Seton Basset (Mogan) 65 90 85 I Wheal Buller (ltedruth) 10 x 7 29 %V heal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WheallLud( ott Wheal MaryAnne s Llen ) 8 14 16 Wheal Oetou 5Bl 220 230 Wheal Tretawney (Lis )i 7 19 21 Wheal Union I 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 99; FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Rm.) gua. 7 per cent, 171 Great Luxembourg, 10; San ralllo gua. 7 per cent., 11} FOREIGN MMES. Yudanamutana Of 8. Australia, lim.,:2i BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 7 01 Australasia, 72i Ditto, new, L6* English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, lira.. 13 2* Hindustan, china, and Japan (lien.), 321 Imperial Ottoman, 181 London and Brazilian (iirn.), London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21* London and County, 051 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Jim., 16 London Joint Stock, 4s Loudon and South African, 231 London and 11 estminster, 90* 7 New South Wales, 17 Union of Australia, 53 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lint, 43- _ 6. Palace, 31} Crystal. and Trading, lim., 4 1 1 e 3 n io ta b l il y t n r, io s n Gas, Jim, z of London, lira., 7 } Credit and Finance Gen. Cre , Egyptian CC°l.elcitiint C Drat I 8 / g . 1 Credit Asso., lira., 71 f Imperi,.l and Mercanti e HFourdes-oentr::sent Warehouse,.. lira : , 71 Indian Carrying, lim., It' lim., 10.1 10 International Financial society, Italian Irrigation (Canal . Cavourl, 6 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83j Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7i i London Financial Association, Bin ,25i 61, ~i 61 Ditto, new, 141 London Provincial Marine, 31 M , dras Irr gation and Canal, 1 01 Milwall Iron Works, 47,- National Dip-count Company, lim , 142 Royal Mail Steam, s li 2 1 ' Telegral h Construe. and Maintenance, lira., 31 I The citizens of Kiel have given a grand ball to the Prussian officers of the garrison, at which 400 persons were present.. The fete terminated with a supper, at which toasts were drunk to the Zing of Prussia, the Prus sian army, etc. The Turin journals announce that the fifth anni• versary of the victories of Solferino and San Martino, which were gained on the 2lth June, 1859, was celebrated by reviews in all the principal garrison towns of Italy. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS TIES DAT.—This afternoon her Majesty visited the House of Lords for the purpose of inspecting Mr Herbert's great fresco painting in the Peers' Robing Room. Her Majesty remained for some time contemplating the beauty of the painting, and previous to her quitting the apart ment, sne highly complimented the talented artist on the success of his dne work, 107 110 33 36 , SIONS. Closing Prioe. ii — 596 f Loo 103 k 10! 7i ipars p Di 6 4 9} )0 77 )0 77 )0 101 10 08 )9 1041 104 15 gyp , 15 ru 29 21 11 72 74 11 64 61 11 66 68 ti 55 s 7 1.1 48 5! II 43 *5 I) 28 30 11 _27 29 104.1 iOs! 2 pr v 103 104 11 10 10A ,8 10a 101: 11 90 in 11 82 84 2 d fa 1021 103 )0 97 99 JO 94 Of 2 II 156 58 II 3 5 100 82 84 00 1031 1042 03 1022 1032 2 pr ip all 1u24 1031, 1021 lOt :00' 98 98 MENT SECURITIES. :8 I 1041 5 41 THE SUN, LONDON', TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1864. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day. The SrzAxER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tba Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. THAMES CONSERVANCY (RE-COMMITTED) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The clauses up to 75 were agreed to. On clause 76, Mr LOCKE strongly deprecated the facility which was afforded to Kingston and other places situated on the Thames to deposit impurities in the river. Ho said that if he stood alone he would go into the lobby and vote against the clause, which he considered most unjust. Mr ALCOCK moved an amendment to the follming effect on the clause :—Page 25, line 4, after "condition,'' insert 'provided always that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to apply to any legally authorised sewers, drains, or works, now in course of construction by the local Board of Health for the district of Kingston upon Thames, and the connection of the houses in such dist' jets with the said sewers, drains, and works." After some discussion the remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. LUNACY (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Some discussion of a technical character took place, in the course of which The LORD ADVOCATE said that considering the duties that devolved on the commissioners he though £6OO e year was not too large a remuneration for the services they ren icred by devoting the whole of their time to the duties of their office. He bore his personal testimony to the efficiency with which these commissioners discharged their onerous duties. The bill then went through committee. ADMINISTRAIION OF TRUSTS (SCOTLAND: BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE, in reply to some hon. mem bers, said that the object of this bill was intended to meet what was considered a defect in the.existing law, which restricted the powers of trustees in the purchase of property which they held in trust. Some new clauses were added to the bill, which went thnugh committee, on the condition that it should be re printed with certain amendments which had been agreed to. The house then adjourned until six o'clock. Meeting of the Conservative Party. WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, AND MEXICAN MAILS, [REUTER'S TELEGRAM SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 27, The Royal Mail steamship Shannon has arrived here with the above mails, 300 passengers, and £345,363 in specie, She left St. Thomas's on the 13th inst. Jamaica was flooded in some parts by the rains, causing damage and stopping the traffic with the interior. Things were quiet at Hayti. The President had perdoned all the conspirators except three, who were to be shot, Beyond the bombardment of Monte Cristi, the Spaniards were making no progress at Santo Domingo. The Emperor and E repress of Mexico arrived at Vera Cruz on the 28th ult., and proceeded to Soledad the next dad-, where they were net by Generals Almonte, Solas, and \Vol!. Their Majesties arrived at Cordova Itte on the 29th, and reached Orizaba on the 30th. MARK.ETS--Tlita Day, HAY MARI2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, lOs to.C4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to :C5 10s Od; and straw, £1 Is to £1 100 per load, Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Mea'IOW hay, £2 10a to £4 10s; clover £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, .C 1 is to £1 lOs per load A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, 105 to £4 105; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, £145 to £1 105 per load. Trad© inactive. COLONIAL. T!&.—A fair amount of business bas been transacted in most kinds, and prices are well supported. SUGAR.—The demand has not been active, but prices of West India have been generally well supported. In the refined market the operations have b e en confined to the supply of immediate home requirertents, and quotations are unaltered. CoFFEs—There has been a moderate enquiry for colo , I nial descriptions at about previous rates. Ries --A fair amount of business lies been done in East India, and late prices are well sustained. TALLOW—The market has been rather excited conse quent upon the aspect of Foreign politics, and prices have advanced ls. to is. 6d. per cwt. P:c.C., on the spot, is quoted 41s. 6d., 41s. 9d., and last three months, 445, to 445, 3d. per cwt. SECOND EDITIOIV SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLoc: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, NEWCASTLE RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STARES. Catalogue Tabitha Bramble Lizette 3 THIS DAY. A meeting of the Conservative members of both houses of the Legislature was held this afternoon at the residence of th) Earl of Salisbury, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, to consider the present position of the Government with reference to the Danish question. The hour of meeting was two o'clock, and within a few minutes of the short hour Mr Disraeli arrived, and was quickly followed by the Earl of Derby. Amongst those present previous to the arrival of the noble Earl, were the Ea►l of Malmes bury, Lord Hardwick, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lord Lennox, Lord J. Manners, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Naas, Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Colonel Dunne, Sir G. Northcote Mr. Hunt, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Vance, Mr. Longfield, Mr. P. Hennessy, Mr. Laird, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Adderley, General Peel, end Sir 3, Packington, &3. The result of the meeting will not, of course, become generally known until this evening, when it is expected Mr. Disraeli will put on the oper the motion ho intended to bring forward. Thursday, it is ~.s a id) is fixed on as the evening for the commencement of the dei.?fe. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~-----, Belfast and N. Counties 1864. 1863. 1804. 1863. 136 136 2,177 2.111 Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 765 692 Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2, 6 / 1,803 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 8,5 8 4,859 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington Bl 84 340 314 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 418 318 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6} 195 233 Cork and Youghal • • 32/ 321 542 89') Cornwall 651 531 1,905 1.425 Deeside l7 17 420 292 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,381 1.405 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,826 1,915 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 914 481 2,9 5 2,470 Edinburgh and Glasgow Furness, &c 5O 5u 3,211 3,( 62 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 8 663 8 6 55 6 8 i 3 1" i 3 27 3 57 2 2 1 8 ° .:70 0 8 8 134 5 Great Northern Great North of Scotland 5B Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 71/ 81D 613 9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3731 329 8,146 8 120 Great Western 10561 1056/ 68,803 61.0 0 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno- 804 864 1,40 ,1,333 Inverness & Perth Junction 119} - 1,658 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,676 1,6:2 Lancashire & Yorkshire 432 1395} 40,830 35,220 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 214 201 Limerick and Foynes 265 264 1 6 256 Llanelly 461 461 655 6218 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 2,015 1,933 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &B. Coast 2611 2501 2 ,142 20,113 London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 725 6,491 5 103 Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 6} 1,909 600 Blan.,Sheflield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9} ii 1,451 1,330 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,567 1.Z67 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6'lo 46,721 41,054 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 2591 5,446 5,157 Monkland ' 711 714 1,715 1.591 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,697 2,516 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee' N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10791 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 254 254 Oswestry and Newton... 5O 42 Rbymney l9l 191 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 Somerset and Dorset 66 391 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 Taff Vale 67 67 1051 1051 Bahiawßw:WV Ulster AntwerpVvveaa h. e a ,l ll ilhgs t i e Waterford m ra ne oo r vch l t a i eoto. and dsin d le a np3cea w w a asno a si tynhl Clwyd Kilkenny 431 38 31 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 redtoaa:anll Rotterdam 1. I ltnoaor:u a jt, s , r rts z F ranci s coabne ncr r Eed . ces & gta mniirojminu na Indic . L it. .i. . .. 128573 5 2 1(5620 2 5 7 ; 142 4 128_ ! 5,75 7 , 2 1 4 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bombay, Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} 161} Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 _____ 13,053 12,253 61,588 63,•103 3,313 3,22, 8,363 8,043 1,1 2 1,151 1,197 019 2,107 2, 1 152 5,012 4,766 4,9 0 4,8% 877 3' 6 4.220 4,076 23,503 21,413 5,030 5,264 2,415 2,1 2 2'l 191 2,956 2, 20 312 3 0 1,28,7 1,431 1,t04 861 4,462 3.712 795 680 1,000 808 958 842 52 1,331 1,166 828 33,915 31,ii0 423 333 277 3,11: 3,143 1.813 1.791 4,688 3,876 THE ACCIDENT AT EGHAM.—The adjourned in quest into the death of Mr Esau Trigg was concluded yesterday at the Vestry Hall, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The jury, after heating evidence sufficient to establish the fact that the deeeised died in consequence of injuries re ceived during the accident at Egham, returned a verdict to that effect. MANCHESTER UNITY'ODD FELLOWS.—The half yearly meeting of the Nortil London District of the above society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, yesterday, at 9 o'clock, presided over by Prov. 0. M. Stephens, and over 60 deputies attended. The auditor's report was read by P.P.G.M. Rough, showing the cash receipts during the half-year to be £1,192 16s. Old., against an expenditure of £1,247 7s. 10d. Fifty members have died, causing an expenditure of £594 12.3. 3d. ; thirty-one members' wives have also died, causing an expenditure of £ iB6, which is to be met by a levy on 9,407 members at Is. 7d., which will produce £744 14s. sd, The report was adopted, two alterations of district rules were made, and the subject of graduated payments, recently adopted at Birkenhead, not being published to the members, was left to spec'al meeting. An application was made to (Aeon another lodge in Con stantinople, which was a:lowed, but considering the high rate of mortality in that country, should be met by the lodges there forming a district of their own at a higher rate of payment. A dispensation was granted to open a new lodge at the New Inn, Henry-street. St. John's-wood, also to open a new lodge at the King's Alms, Hanway-street, Oxford -street. Several petitions and appeals were heard, and propositions for officers for 1865, and the meeting separated after many useful suggestions, ANCIENT HAIR-DOCTORS.—But it seems that in all times ladies and gentlemen losing their hair be lieved in the possibility of a remedy, and where there was a demand there was, of course, a supply. The Ediths and Rowenas of the Saxons consulted the doctors ab Jut their hair, and so did the Julies and IStnilias of the Romans be • fore them. The treatment was rather different in those days, but probably not less successful than that of our time. We may doubt whether the Lady Rowena put' her hair in curl-papers; we may be sure she went to bed with her nose lull of sowbread, serenely confident that she knew how to keep her hair on her head'. "In case that a man's hair fall off, take this same wort (sowbred) and put it into the nostrels," says Apuleus, He adds, soon afterwards, "It also is well beneficial for heartache;" possibly he might have said with equal truth, for "the thousand natural ills that flesh is heir to." But in any case it is no small thing to know how your hair may be made to grow, and your heart cured of its aches by one and the same remedy. But not content with act ing upon the hair indirectly through the olfactory nerves and brain Apuleius and the Leeches occasionally recommend local appfications. They mention especially water-wort. " If a man's hair fall off," they say take this same wort, pound it in oil, smear then the hair therewith, it soon becometh fast." The assertion is rather vague as regards time, especially when we consider that the Saxons were a patient people. We are mere precise in these days; "a month's trial will suffice to convince the most sceptical of the infal lible virtues of the pommade Philocome ;" and "we need ask the Elf!' icted to buy no more than one bottle of the oil of the EEquimaux chiefs,"--Dickens's "All the Year Round," COUNTRY TXIARETS. _-__.,'-_.---- COLCHESTER—J.OE 25. At this corn exchange to-day there was a small show of wheat, and in the few sales made former prices advanced is per qr. Spring corn slow. Price were rather higher for moat articles. Wheat, white ..42s red 3Ss 46s Beans Mazagan 2Bs 32, 42s laiddle & small 32s 36, 38s Pea; white 35s 38s 25s grey 34s 36s ---- Barley Oat .... 2os NORTHAMPTON —JUNE 25. A rather limited show of wheat, and the demand was good, last week's rates advancing filly 2 s . Not much doing in barley. Oats and beans seirce; trade healthy. —White wheat, new, 3Ss to 425; aew red, 33s to 4h old. 38s to 40s per qr. Barley, new pelting, 34s to 365-- grinding. 26s to 33s per qr. Oats, 193 to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, 34s to 38e. Peas, 32s to 36 8 ter qr. GLOUCESTER—Jnix 25. There was a fair attendant e of faroers at market to-day, and they asked a considerable advand in the price of Ems lish wheat, which millers refused to pa', and the few trans actions that took place were at au innrovernent of 2s upon last week. Foreign wheat in modcrae demand, with a rise is in value. Barley 6.1 higher. Oae were rather dearer. , D-Julz 24. 'heat on offer at this market I more miskness at Is per qr ing core firm, and prices the bUSinelS. teas, Partridge 36s 38s Whte 308 348 %Jug .. 38s 42s 31s 358 DitP new —s *--8 Betuu, Tick, old 34s 36s new —s —s &few Ticks 34s 36s new —s —a b42tgan 23s 33s SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2to 1 agst abler Ou (taken) 9to 4 agst Baktitchi Serai (taken) Bto 1 agat Alice (offered—take 9to 1) 100 to 8 agst Lady de Trafford (taken) ICO to S agst Oldminster (taken and offered) Limosina, Found Again, and Sir Roger are struck out, the latter at 5.15 this afternoon. NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. —Found Again was scratched fox the Northumberland Plate by some one who had not power, consequently he remains in. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 12 to 1 agat Madcap (taken) 12 to 1 agat Major (taken) 12 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) 12 to 1 agst Highflyer dam colt (taken) THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ely (offered) THE DERBY OF 1865. Bto 1 agst Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 agst The Duke (offered) 33 to 1 agst Wild Charlie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Koenig (taken) 40 to 1 apt Le Mandarin (taken) 50 to 1 agat Sortie colt (taken) 50 to 1 agat Longdown (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rufford (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gladiator (taken) 55 to 1 agst Friday (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —MONDAY. There was a good attendance at the Subscription Rooms to-day, and some spirited betting on the Northumberland Plate took place. Sir Roger opened first favourite, 3 to 1 being taken freely, but he gradually receded, until 100 to 7 was laid against him. Baktchi Sersi was in force at sto 2, and 7 to 2 was the largest offer against Caller Cu. Alice was in request at 9 to 1, and 100 to 8 was laid on the field bar three. There was no St. Leger or Derby betting. Clos ing prices NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 2 agst Baktchi Serai (taken freely) 7to 2 agst Caller Oa (taken) 9to 1 agst Alice (taken) 100 to 8 agst Trust (taken) 100 to 7 agst Sir Boger (taken) 100 to 7 agst Oldminster (offered) 16 to 1 agst Lady de Trafford (taken) WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING—JUNE 30. The Worcester Stakes, One mile and three furlongs. Age st lb Burgess !.Irs Somerville Manchester Moulsey Vacuna Lord Lltland 3 6 3 Outlaw Fisherman's Daughter Olivia 3 5 13 Farnham Under the Cloud 3 6 7 Wildman 3 5 7 The Tyke Queen of Trumps 3 5 9 Age at lb Fairwater Umpire .. a 8 ]2 The Monk a 8 12 Johnny Armstrong 5 8 9 Dollar 4 8 8 General Hess Twilight Exchequer King of Utopia Loiterer a 7 10 Beverley Fantail Myrtle Fontenoy Chaff 4 7 0 Canzonett© LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING—JULY 13. Aoc,eptances for the Liverpool Cup, value 200 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each. Two miles. Age at lb Age at lb Dollar 4 8 12 Lord Zetland .... 3 6 6 Limosina Golden Pledge Tippler Stanton 6 7 2 Claret Cup Black Deer Fontenot' Thalestria Major Bacchus The Clown The highest weight accept: raised to Bst 121 b, and tho oti ing being Sat 81b, it has been sere in proportion. .E GOONVOOD Cup. to June 14.) ( Claremont .. 3 7 7 Bel Demonio 4 7 0 Bacchus 3 7 7 Glendusk Age at lb 3 7 7 The Little Stag 3 7 7 Myrtle Lord Zetland Hollytox The Major.. 3 7 3 Molly Carew 3 7 3 Esperance 3 7 3 THE DANA-GERMAN WAR, THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Earl RUSSELL, after laying on the table the protocols of the recent Conference, was understood to commence by referring to the course pursued by the Government of Lord Liverpool in 1823, after the invasion of Spain by France, which was followed by the Conference of Verona, The Government of that day had declared that the invasion of Spain was contrary to the interests of Europe, and lead pro tested against it, while at the same time they thought it advisable to preserve peace, and declare neutrality between France and Spain. Upon the present occasion (continued the noble earl) I have to discuss a question of a very com plicated character, and one which it was hoped might have remained in suspense for many years without exciting any conflict. For the last year it has, however, been in a very critical state. In 1852 a treaty was, as 3 our lordships are aware, concluded, with reference to the succession to the Danish throne. It is necessary, however, not only that a treaty should have the signature of ministers and the rati ficaitons of sovereigns, but that in its wording it should be made to agree with the sentiments and wishes of the people who are to be governed by it. Unfortunately the treaty and the arrangements previously entered into in 1851 were in their operation exceedingly unsatisfactory, It has been alleged against Denmark, both previously and lately in the Conference, that, contrary to the treaty and to sound policy she endeavoured to make the people of Schleswig change their nationality—that she interfered with their churches-- that she kept up a perpetual vexation and irritation, and thereby violated the spirit of the treaty. It is certain that great discontent prevailed in both Schleswig and Holstein in regard to the manner in which they were governed. The fact, I am afraid, is, that by an impolitic course at all events the Danish Government produced a feeling in Germany that the German subjects of the King of Denmark wore not fairly treated. Oppression there was none. The Govern ment was a free Government, and generally speaking, the people were well off. But there was in the two Duchies much of that irritation which prevailed in Belgium previous to its separation from Holland. On the other hand, Ger many, instead of asking that which might have fairly been asked, that the engagements of 1551 and 1852 entered into by Denmark should be kept, made proposals which were inconsistent with those engagements, and would have ren dered Denmark subject to Germany. One of the chief of these proposals was that the 900,000 people said to be of German race in Schleswig and Holstein, and even the 50,000 people in Lauenberg, should have a representation equal to that of the 1,600,000 people in the kingdom of Denmark. This was so unfair, and would have been so destructive to the Danish nationality, that Denmark refused to accede to it. The consequence of these disputes was, that there was a kind of never-ceasing irritation, and as Germany was immensely more powerful than Denmark, it was only too probable that Denmark would have to suffer one day on account of the complaints to which she gave rise. It was in consequence of seeing this that, in September, 1862, I made certain proposals which, if they had been accepted by Denmark, would have put an end for ever to the demand that at Copenhagen there should sit a Parliament containing a majority of German representatives, and would have satis fied the people of those Duchies that while remaining under the King of Denmark their self-government should not be subject to invasion. Unfortunately the Danish Government rejected that proposal. At length, in October, 1863, :the German Governments declared at Frankfort that they must proceed to Federal execution. : Had that been grounded on the misgovernment of Holstein, and on the violation of the rights of the Confederation in Holstein, no power could have complained of it or contested it. But the Federal execution was in fact based upon complaints much wider than this, and which, in the opinion of the British Government, did not form the proper ground of Federal execution, Matters, however, remained in suspense until the death of the King of Den mark, which promised an entire change in the state of affairs. It was then contended, on the part of Germany, that they I should at once proclaim that the King of Denmark had no right to succeed to the Duchies; and that, by the Federal law, the Prince of Augustenburg was heir to the crown. This declaration was adopted throughout Germany by per sons of all parties and all ranks ; and every Government that pretended to adhere to the treaty of 1852 was denounced as traitors to the cause of Germany. Austria and Prussia, in the beginning, declared that they would proceed to Federal execution ; thereby, to all appearance, making the King of . Denmark responsible for all that was done by the late king, and thus acknowledge his title over Holstein and Schles wig. They at the same time, somewhat privately and with- 1 out the knowledge of Europe, declared that they reserved the question of succession. It did not appear either to the Danish Government or the English Government that Federal execution could be resisted without increasing the evils of the situation, Bat presently Austria and Prussia declared that they must occupy the duchy of Schleswig to obtain the fulfilment of the engagements of 1852. Your lordships are well aware that, shortly before that communication was made, the Government of Denmark declared that they were ready to repeal the constitution of 1863, which was apparently the cause of the proposed measure. Unfortunately, they had not acceded to that proposition when Lord Wodehouse was at Copenhagen, and when the concession might have been of some use. The German Governments, in a hurry to go to war and to gratify the German sentiment, took no heed of the proposal when it was made by the British Government, supported by France and Russia, that a protocol should be signed, bind ing the different Governments and Denmark to the repeal of the constitution. The Austrian and Prussian troops entered the duchy of Schleswig. It is impossible to have but ono opinion as to that. It is evidently the invasion of territory which did not belong to Germany, and to which Denmark had the fullest right. Your lordships are aware of the subsequent events of the war. The Austrian Govern ment had always said that they were ready to have a Con ference. The Prussian Government adhered to that pro posal. The Austrian Government not only proposed, but constantly urged the putting a speedy termination to hos tilities. The English Government therefore proposed that a Conference should take place. The Danish Government expressed their readiness to enter a Conference, but in the first instance refused to consent to an armistice. Eventu ally, however, they agreed to this. The German States and France wished that a plenipotentiary from the German Confederation should attend the Conference. This was assented to, and the Conference met on the 25th April. Some delay took place with the view of obtaining a sus pens o w n o l f d a r n m o t s a e g r r e a e n to ar m a i n s t c r e m . i s t T i c h e e , but t n is h wouldG o a v g e r r n c a in matters so intricate, and in which pass to a suspension of arms for a limited period. It sovaaas haddif ficult, been so much aroused, to come to an agreement. But i ty, o i n n the i h n e t r e re tsMajesty'or peaces a a G c o e: e t r o nm p r e o n c t e e t d h o t u o g h a t 12th of May, after the suspension of arms had been C i to n their duty, in the interests of peace, to proceed to a Conference. agreed to, I asked the Austrian and Prussian Governments to declare what they required in the interests of peace. Be it observed that although the Prussian and Aus trian Governments had continually declared that they had certain engagements to insist upon which had not been fulfilled, they never agreed to specify what these engagements were, or what the terms were with which they would be satisfied. When Lord Wodehouse went to Berlin on his way to Copenhagen he endeavoured, in accordance with instructions he had received, to have an explanation from the Prussian Governm en t on this po i n t. The Prus sian Government first replied that the Danish Government should first repeal the November constitution, and " we will then," said they, " see what arrangements the Danish Go vernment proposed to put in place of it. We must consider those arrangements b efore we p r onounce our opinion upon them." Nothing, I must say, could be less explicit or less a justification of the course they were pursuing; because, at the same time, they were ready to carry war to an extre mity, and use all means to invade Schleswig with all the dreadful consequences, but without making an express de claration of their demands. When, however, the Powers were assembled at the Conference—when Austria and Prussia were obliged to meet the plenipotentiaries of France, Russia, Sweden, as well as those of the other neutral Powers, they found themselves obliged to make some state ment of their claims. Be it observed that, up to the 31st of Janr'ary, the two German Governments had declared that they adhered to the treaty of London, and the execution an d occupation were proof that they adhered to the integrity of the Danish monarchy. Her Majesty's Government, therefore, had no reason to suppose that their propositions would be of a different character. But we were told—alpthoau. though not officially, yet upon what seemed to bean rity—that there was an intention of proposing what is and called a personal union, namely, that Holstein navy of the latter were to be separated frm -bovD Schleswig were to be united, and that the armyeaanmdarteo; that the Duchies were to have a complete self-government and that the King of Denmark was scarcely to have a n y e - ernment • influence over them. At one of the me etin g s of the Con ference the Danish plenipotentiary de clared that if t hat per sonal union had ever been proposed it would have been im possible for Denmark to agree to it. Therefore, though nominally adhering to the integrity of Denmark and the treaty of 1852, the proposition of a personal union would be an actual separation of the Duchies from Denmark under an independent Government. That, however, was not the exact proposal of the German plenipotentaries at the meet ing of the Conference on the 12th of May. The PILIPSiau plenipotentiary declared that what the Austrian and Due- WEIGHTS FOR ra (Calculated Age at lb Lord Clifden .. 4 9 7 Stradella Limosina Blithfield Dollar The Ranger 4 9 0 East Lancashire 831 t King La Toucques • 4 8 10 Queen Bertha Scottish Chief RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. JULY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 i I Nottingham i Winchester l9 . Southampton .. 2O IChesterfield King's Lynn ' 21 Goodwood GUST. Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon Wolverhampton , 9 Reading Egham Dover Oxford lB Yarmouth York August 2 : -: Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter ..., 30 Stockton Derby ;1113EX. SEFT: Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September.... 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester 6 Doncaster OCT Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club. 5 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 NOTE: Brecon . . 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 ,BER. Lincoln Kelso .... Gloucester Newmarket Houg.. on 24 :MBER. Worcester Autumn .... 1 Ehrowebury Autumn .. 14 Leamington &War. Hunt 22 IRISH. JULY. Down Royal Corporation 1 SJPTEMRSR• Curragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 A Specimen of Idiotcy Rampant 1 Such an extravaganza as we trust may never again be perpetrated was, under the title of "Mumbo Jumbo, or ye Mountains of ye Moon, near ye Gaboon," performed before the Prince and Princess of Wales and a distinguished audience, on Thursday week, for the benefit of the Female School of Art. The following is a veritable specimen of this sickening piece of folly (The MOON appears, in tears.) Enter the Moox, alone (chants). I am the Moon, with my silver shoon— Shoon, not sheen, I mean—and my spoon. Enter BOGER OGER (speaks from his cheeks). Ah I Psha II Va I! l (Dances and prances with ferocious glances.) Hum! Mum! (Puts his dibs to his ribs). Ho So !I Nolll (Intones with groans.) Why am I here ?—oh dear l Where are you ? there ? or where ? When are the men ? oh when ? What is the matter ? and who—who is my hatter ? (Dances again with savage disdain.) Tu, ru, lu, Tu, ru lu, Tu, ru, lu, Tu, ru, lu. (The BEE comes forward.) (The BEE brings the Pea! BOGER OGER tells on his knee.) (The BEE can't sing, but flips his wing,) " Where the Bee sucks.") Mines the money, where the honey, Fills the flower after shower, There with swag I fill my bag. On a thorn I rest forlorn, Nor wag, nor lag, with my rag and tag. (With sonorous chorus.) This piece, says the London Review in referring to it, is written by Mr. Charles Cole—a new, fresh, daring, and original author, and is not the production of a feeble mem ber of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Burlesque Writers. The Prince and Princess, and the rest of the visitors, adds our contemporary, are as well as can be ex pected. At ,13.‘ an extraordinary general meeting el the shareholders of the London Colonial Bank (Limited), held to-day, it was unanimously resolved to increase the capital of the company by the issue of 5,000 new shares of £lOO each, to ba offered pro rata to the holders of the present ism of 10,000 shares. Business don, 104 3 41 1041 CHELMSFO: We had a fair show of w to-day, and the trade showed over last week's prices. Spri same as last week, with a fair Wheat, old white 30s 45s new 43s 47s old red 34s 37s • new Barley ..25s 338 Chevalier ..26s 36s Grinding 208 28s Malt.... Chevalier . 64s 68s Oats 20s 26s KIRKCALDY GRAIN-JrNE 25. We had fair supplies of all ifinca of grain at market to-day Wheat sold at 2s over the flees of last week, and oats is per qr up. • Sales quick. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First.... 36s Od 1 26s 61 I ISs Od Second ..385,0d —s Ri 18s 63 Third....4os Od —s Oc 20s 6d COAL M. Pflug of Coal per Ton al dui er, the clise of the market. s. d. 13w:idle'sWest Hartley 16 3 Eden Main ...16 6 Hastings Hartley ....16 3 l'aindeld Moor Butes..l3 6 Wylam 16 0 Hartlepool W. Hartleyls 9 alker Primrose 13 3 Walls End. Tiaswm . . .... ,..18 0 HeugA g a ll 17 0 K elloE. South II:silos 17 0 FramVellgate l6 3 Gosforth l6 0 Braddill , s Hetton 17 0 Wharleliffe Elettota lB 0 Tanstau . .... Casoop 17 3 t, 93 ; am, 72. Walls End. Hartlepool 17 6 East Hartlepool 17 9 South Hartlepool... l6 9 Caradoc l7 3 Ships at markei Foreign Mail packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southanibton ..... June —. brazil and Ca Verds . via Marseille; ... ...... JulY 14 . Cape of Good Hope,, Ascen s i on, and St, H ....... Ju1 ..... • pe ,by Brit ish packet....... y 5. clhina, Penang, and Sing a p ore, via Su itt h am pton.June via Mkrseilles .• . June June 27 29 Falkland Islands OOOOOOOOO •••••, ***** ••• Gibraltar, via Southampton .............. June - -. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vh 4 Sout}: a . t o . pton.. June — June 27 Margoillea •• • • 25 India (Bombay), via Southam pton ..... J u ne via Marseiiles• ....... July 5. Portugal .... July 5. ........ Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... Newfoundland via MarBeillea ........ July 5 . ...... ........................ June 22 Oporto and Vigo ......... U. S. and British N. America, t. b y paoket• • • • -11 - ad b ing Chili, Peru, } June 28 Briti s h •• All parts of West Indie s , Canadianllrit. J u u7e 3 2 0 4 California. and A violent firs broke out about five yesterday morning in the large buildi ng Delesseux, in the Ruo de s Arde4tlos near La Villette. A Worelarge body of firemen with their en g ines speedily on the spot, and by about half -past eight the fire was got under, but not before property to tio 3 ber yard of M. th e ataount of 60,0001 r. had been burnt. The walls r ound the yard were about 2,000 metres in length, of which about 200 metres have been destroyed. In a letter addressed to the Courrier du .Pas de • Calais, Count d'llericoult, writing from Souehez, gives the .following account of a attacked an important produce o f the earth :—" Beet-rocst has greatly suffered this year, and an inquiry instituted is new disease which has anything but reassuring, as it proves that in Belgium, the Aisne, and the Nord, the land under beet. root has been renown three or four times. In the distriot where I reside, es are indicated root 8( 1) ) a red or white worm several centimetre%in lergth is very Y attacked withers and A black spot on th e dies." s c t o e m m m o o f n t h ; o i its lraanvt:g and every TURIN, June 25.—h the Chambe r of Deputies this day the Minister of Finan ce announced that the proposition Credit Fey cier had been Withdraw n , and that an other based on a relative differe to different tprtihne co nvention of the principle Would be pre sented. Births. 26th r FARLEY.—On the 24-th inst., at Thornton-h eath, C roy d on , the wife of Thomm Farley, Esq. . of daughter. F R ASER.—On the. a 26th,H. r a inst., a t 20 , Bolton -street, Picca dilly, Esq., of a daughter. P As. wife o 0 n the at Little S u tt o n House, Chiswick, the wife of John P ar ki nson, Esq., of a son. W H ITE. —On the 25th. inst., at D u dl e y. grove H ouse , th e wile of W. A. White, Esq., of a d aughter. inssetr.,, Marriages. FOSTER—WILLS 7 0n the 25th inst., at Saint George's, Tombland, Norwich, lyilliarn, eldest son of Sir William youngest d aug ht er o f th e l a t e Ep F C a a: rci p s i t s t h RATNSFORD.—MAYIIEW.—On th e 25 t h i nstan t , a t th e , n B T e . r G t . to Wilts, Harriet, church, Chibwick, Ch ar l es A r th ur R eyns f or d, foster, iariof London, to Kate Mallo n , only child of the late Th omas M a ynew, Esq., and uieoe of Alfred Mayhew, Esq., of Sydney House, Kew, Deaths. Curzon.—On the 25th inst., at Derby, John Carson, Esq., of Breedon•on•the-hill, in We county of Leicester, aged 87. GARDINER.—On the 26th inst., at Melbourne Lodge, Clare mont, General. Sir Robert Gardiner, G.O 8., aged 84. HUBBERMELD.—On the 25th inst., at her residence, Wat combs, Torquay, Mrs. Hubbe field, late of Tulsa-hill. LLOYD.—On the 22d inst., at his seat, Leaton Shropshire, John Arthur Lloyd, Esq. RUSSELL,—On the 26th iust, James Russell, Esq. ! , of Wor sham, Bexhill, Sussex. TINLING.—On he 23d inst., at Ch e lt e nham, Major Geo. Vaughan Tinlthg, LJAPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LOEDS.—Last Evening, The appearance of thelobbies leading to the House of Peers presented a very animated scene last evening, in consequence of the importance attached to the statement to be made by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs relative to the position of matters with respect to the Dano-German war, Persons who had been fortunate enough to secure members' orders attended in large numbers, and on the opening of the strangers' gallery the rush was terrific. The interior of the house presented a very unusual appearance from the large number of elegantly dressed ladies who filled the galleries extending the entire length of either side of the magnificent chamber. The space in front of the throne was also crowded, and altogether the scene of animation presented was one not often seen within the walls of Parliament. The attend ance of peers was very large. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 4 o'clock. sian Governments want ed was a specific would e.eatio...„„seen whicha. secure absolute guarani ccs to the Duchies against forenen angression, and againe t the recurrence of revelation and war. These guarante ss can only be obtained by the c o plete political i n d e p en( f ence of the Duchies. This declarrna tion on the p ar t o f t h e German Powers was not a little remarkable. Your lor "ships will observe the phrase, "absolute guarantees at atinst any foreign aggression." Those words evidently had reference to the late King of Denmark, who was also :Duke of Holstein, and whose title 'was never disputed. At the same time there was a general requisition for security ;against war. Those two Powers— Austria and Prussia—toy whom the other Powers of Europe had a right to look for respect for treaties, asked the Go vernment to declare at once that the government of the Duchies should he ee.cluded from all disputes tending to revolution and es 'an That demand on the part of the German Power s was considered so ambiguous in the mi n d s o f the plenipotentiaries that they co not tell what they meant. The Danish plenipotentiary asked what those words meant. The French plenipoten tiary also inquired as to their meaning, and for a long tine the plenipotentiaries were unable to ascertain what was really intended by the German Powers, and at last it was asked who was to be the sovereign of the two Duchies, fhe answer given on the part of Austria was that that was a question to be decided by the German Diet. :Now, both Austria and Prussia had declared by the treaty of '52 that question had been decided, and the King of Denmark had a right to settle the succession, and that his decision in favour of Prince Christian, the present King of Denmark, would be respected. It was equally notorious that the Diet might by a considerable majority declare against any title of the King of Denmark, and Count Bernstorff did not deny that the majority of the Diet wculd never consent to an are rangement which would unconditionally restore the union between Denmark and the Duchies. Thus, while the two Powers were, in appearance, consenting to the treaty and to the succession devolving upon Prince Christian, the plenipotentaries of Germany, who had greater power in effect than Austria and Prussia, declared that they never would consent to a restoration of the union. At the next meeting of the Conference, which took place on the 17th of May, Austria and Prussia declared that they could no longer acknowledge the King of Denmark; that they thought the duchies should be separated from Denmark and placed under the sovereignty cf the Duke of A ugusten b urg; and that he should be declared the rightful possessor of the throne of the Duchies. Before this declaration was made, and in anticipation of such an event, the plenipoten tiaries of the neutral Powers had to consider the situation. The Government of France, which had many communica tions with the Government of this country, declared that they thought that a personal union would not be the found ation of a lasting peace; that the only mode of obtaiuing such a condition would be by separating the German nationality from the Danish nationality, and endeavour to make peace upon that ground. After this communication I consulted the other plenipotentiaries, and we came to the conclusion that it was useless to propose that the two Duchies should remain under the King of Denmark —that it was obvious, unless we were prepared to carry on a great war for the purpose, that after the hostilities that had taken place after the declaration of the German Powers, if any thing like a personal union were established, that there would have been at once a declaration on the part of the Duchies, and on the part of the German Confederation, supported by Austria and Prussia, that the Prince of Au gustenburg was entitled to the whole of the Duchies, and that if any Danish troops entered the Duchies to dispute his title, it was obvious that Austria and Prussia, and the whole of the German Confederation, would have resisted them. We had therefore to consider what was the best arrange ment to propose in consequence of the difficult position in which Denmark was placed. We accordingly prepared a statement, which I, as president of the Conference, was asked to draw up, proposing such an arrangement as we thought would be supported by the neutral Powers, among whom was the Russian plenipotentiary, although he had not then received definite instructions. What we proposed was that the King of Denmark should leave to Germany the duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the duchy of Schleswig—that the boundary should be drawn as far as the Schlei, and that it should go along the line of theDannewerko —that there should be no menacing fortress in the territory —that the German Powers should not interfere any further in the internal affairs of Denmark—and that a general gua rantee should be given by the European Powers for the rest of the Danish possessions. With regard to this pro posal, the Danish Government made a concession which I think did the Government the highest credit. They declared that the King of Denmark had accepted the crown in the expectation of the treaty of 1552 being carried out, but as the surrender of a portion of his territory was now de manded from him he was willing to make that concession provided future independence and self-government were left to the remainder of his possessions, (Hear.) The King of Denmark declared that he was ready to accept the line cf the Schlei, and that without defining it, it would be neces sary to have a military and commercial line drawn for the sake of the protection of Denmark, and he declared, more over, that there should be an European guarantee for the possession of the rest of his territory. The German Powers, while they accepted the principle of the partition of Sales wig, and they no longer demanded the whole of that duchy, yet they declared that, according to their view of the line of demarcation, the line must go farther north, and that they could not accede to the line proposed by the neutral Powers. They declared, at the same time, that, while they were unwilling to have any restriction, they were perfectly ready to agree that, with regard to the rest of the territory to be left CO the King of Denmark, there should be no inter ference whatever. I confess, my lords, it appears to too that, upon principle, this was the best arrangement that could be made. It was not to be expected that these duchies could be retained under the nominal sovereignty of the King of Denmark, without giving rise to fresh disputes and fresh complications. It was obvious'likewise that if the sovereignty were to continue to be vested in the King of Denmark there would be constant interference on the part of the German Powers. 'These disputes may go on for years, and it would be far better for Denmark to retain a restricted territory with the conditions that the Danish Go vernment should have absolute control over such territory without being subject to the perpetual interference and control on the part of the German Powers. The French Government, more especially, took that view of the case. The French plenipotentiary declared, in the fairest terms, that it was always the ()Onion of his Govern ment that the union of the nationalities was the cause of all the complications which had taken place, and that nothing could be settled without some division of them. But then the plenipotentiary declared, in the name of the Emperor, that at the same time it was necessary that great forbearance should be shown towards Denmark as the weaker Power— (hear, hear) —that that part which was confessedly German should be given to Holstein, but that with regard to the mixed districts, that they should be left to Denmark, as a means of preserving her independence and giving her com mercial freedom. Unhappily, my lords, upon this qu es ti on, as tiroughout all the questions, the German Powers, instead of taking that view of generosity and forbearance which had been so well urged by the Emperor of the French, had been determined to insist upon their rights of conquest—the vic tories they had gained on the disputed territory over a Power so disproportioned. (Hear, hear.) With respect to gene rosity and ferbearearce—with respect to due consideration for the peace of Europe, and the absence of a desire to rush again into war in order to obtain their demands by right of arms—l should be wanting in sincerity if I were to say that any such generosity, that any such forbearance, any such regard for the zeace of Europe, were manifested on the part of the German Powers. (Hear, hear.) The Danish Go vernment considered that this which we —my noble friend (Lord Clarendon) and myself—proposed on the part of the neutral Powers, and which was to be the basis of pacifica tion, was an English proposal, by which England was bound to abide. Nothing of the kind was ever stated by an Eng lish p l en ipotentiary, and nothing of the kind has Denmark a r i g ht to expect. I did inform the Danish plenipotentiary, when there was a prospect of continuing the armistice,that I would not propose any division of the line without the con sent of Denmark, but I never gave him the least reason to hope that England would support that line otherwise than by urging its adoption in conjunctionwith otherneutral Powers. At a recent meeting of the Conference the Russian pleni potentiary, after stating that he would adhere to the pro posal of the neutral powers, as advanced by England, de clared, on the part of his Government, that the Emperor of Russia had renounced all his claims to the duchy of Schles wig in favour of the Duke of Oldenburg. The Danes de clared that they could make no further concessions. In this situation of affairs, not knowing whether the German Powers would concede any other boundary line, the Prus sian plenipotentiary said ho was ready to recommend to his Government a line from the north of Flensburg to Toeberg. The Austrian plenipotentiary did not agree to that proposi tion at first; but afterwards he concurred in it. The Danes, h o w e d e ever, e r t e h f o u r s , e w d r i r t h a o t u o r n p e r e o . p s l i t o t g h e a n hy r e o m rh ain er e l i d to h e , r b h e e r c e o nsi- was der t some mode by which peace might still be maintained. We considered that question most anxiously. It was obvi ous that many difficulties w asread y'o givee already pertre m o o f v h e i d s . The ging o f p domi nions, and, on the other hand. th e G erman pl en ipotentiaries wer e willing that a part of the d uc h y o f S c hl esw ig remain under the dominion of the King of Denmark. Both powers also were ready to accept the pro posal that there should be no interferen ce i n th e i nterna l affairs of Denmark, and all the Power s wou ld h ave b een prepared, if there had been an agreement on other points, to give an European guarantee to Denmark, who would then have been left without indeed any sovere i gn ty over the German potalla ',ion of th e D uc hi es , b u t still possessed of a territory entirely free from foreign interference. Well. under the circum stances, we thought that the spirit of the protccol of Pal its might be adopted. The protocol of Paris said that when arose or ha b d etw f e a e i rt led, Powers,the means of reconciliation good dcr otherffi i s of a friendly Power might be resorted to. It ap peared to us that sooner than this unequal contest should serious differenceensiati be resumed. it would be well to seek the gocd offices of a s f r i e ndly Power, under the condition th a t both the parties h ou ld submit to the line decid e d u p on by the arbitrator. a rbitrator would have fixed up on a line far more favour able N e w, ray lords, I cannot b e li eve b u t th a t r.ny impartial to Denmark than any which the Cit.tman Pow ershad proposed—that a Power impartial and without passion would prob°,l4 hale given not a line to the nnrth cf EItLE- Y ',ti: t J 1 V ~~'