The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET; AND COXXVICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. li The r anneY market to-d a y h as b een i n fl uence d t o d trition fling extent by the acti ve d e mand for accommo ;now made by th e mem b ers o f th e St oc k , n le aange fo r a dj usting their fortnightly accounts. e available balances have consequently been Q l g h tlY trench e d upon, and t h e b ro k ers h ave ad lanced th e i r rates for first-class securities to 6- c - 7 , per ° b en t. , a movement which has augmented the num er o f inquiries at the Bank of England. Ban k sum of £64,000 in gold was t a ken to th e of England to-day. An ad v a l orem dividend of 10 per cent. has been decla redA upon the paid-up capital of the Upper As sarn Tea Company. The capital stock of the New Club Company ' die ti was f orme d the other day with a mo s t dis t:/1111shed directory, has, we learn, been so blietllY appli e d f or that very few shares remain on t ld , and th e di rectors have resolved to close e a pplication list early next week. The spontane -01:8 application for membership is at once conclusive the nec ess i ty for such an institution, and evidences the gre at confidence reposed in the directors. Th e club is to be erected on the same scale as the Carlton a nd the Reform Clubs, and situate in Pall-mall, and We are sure will be an addition to the architectural structures of St. James's. ,At the fi rst annual meeting to-day of the share holders of th e I mper i a l O ttoman B ank, S i r Wm. Clay inthe chair, the report of the directors, pre sented for adoption, stated that the accounts to the 31st December show a net profit of £185,680 Os I °d, or nearly 19 per cent. per annum on the paid nP capital o f t h e b an k , from which has to be de ducted, in accordance with the statutes, first, the dis tribution paid on aecount in March last at the ra te of 5 per cent. per annum, amountin g t o £48,937 „ 408 ; and, secondly, 10 per cent, for the reserve f u nd. uf the balance, viz., £118,174 10s 9d, one tenth is a ppropriated by the statutes to the founders and a dministrators of the bank, and the remainder is available on this occasion. The committee propose a Payment of 15s 9d per share, making with the iaterest already paid a dividend at the rate of ne arly 16 per cent. per annum. It is understood that an arrangement is in pro- R A r ess, by whi c h the business of the British and American Exchange Bank will be transferred to t he London and Colonial Bank, which at present car ries h on bu s i ness i n C ana d a an d th e W es t I n di es . ' ls 3' this arrangement the capital of the London and Colonial Bank will be increased to £3,000,000, of Which £450,000 will be paid up. Two o'CLocK. Paris this morning, according to Renter's tel e granl, the Three per C e nt. Rentes were 66f. 93c. 11,,, her e 18 rather a heavy market for the English (In s) and th e p r i ces are k l o wer than they were the early part of the day, Consols being 908 fo r tran s f er, and 901 for the account. The un 11247eurable weather for outdoor operations, and the 4 4eaeilleBs still felt on the subject on the Conference, I ' 6 checki ng b us i ness an d creat i ng h eav i ness . The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 898 1 ; :%eheq uer Bills, 7s. dis.; India 5 per Cents.,lo4f, ; " the Bonds, 15s. die. halee fluctuations in the Foreign Stock Market not been important. Mexican remain at 442 b ; but the New Scrip shows an advance of dis. t o I prem. ; Greek Bonds have receded to 24±; T ur kish Consolid6s have improved f to 4 , 8 k ; and the Confederate Loan, after a dvancing Per cent., has receded to foi mer quotations, viz„ to 6 3 64. In the Railway Share Market business has been v ery inactive, and few changes of importance can he reported in prices. North Western are firm at 1 12, and Midland at 1311 1. stook stook stock stook stock The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in Illaited request at about previous quotations. Bank and Aliicallaneous Shares generally sup- P Ol l former prices. Union of London have im proved to 587 ; London Bank of Scotland to 191 ; Eur opean Bank, 13,1 7 14 ; Hudson Bay Company t 0194 ; while Royal Mail Steam have declined to 111-Mllwal Ironworks aro quoted 1, prem. ; t aPerial Ban of China, dis. BRITISH IrI7NDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 G o'VERNMENT FUNDS. P I T' Cent. Consols Na'Account July 8 , eer Cent. R e d uce d N w ° Per Cent. B 9B * 8 ev? / per Cent. Jan. 1891.... . Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873.... — ' ll -0,., uitis, 30 yrs, xpire sth Jan., Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 -- (Red (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Er March. June. --e 'Lecluer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 7 die Ditto £5OO 13 Dit to £lOO and £200 a f , T ik Engl an d Stk, 5/ per Ct. 'Lao Account,. „ j i P r blax GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '', 4 'a. Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — .!40 Account .. *° 5 per Cent. July, 1870 DAccount4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 , Do Certificates -&-'0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. •IJo 5.z per Cent., Jan. 1872 c De p. , per Cent., May, 1879 . ... -u0 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .. - p 0 8........ ... - Li° under £l,OOO l5 dis NORIEIGN FUNDS-011E O'CLOCK. Attstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Do 1859 L ' i. • 1011 razi lan 5 per Cent _, 58 80 1) 0 41 per Cent., 18a.- - 1 ,, Do 1863 -11,etios Avres 6 per Cent — r. "Jo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — saailian 6 per Cent — 1 ? 0 4/ pm Cent .. C °lo tubian 6 per Cent VA. 6 per Cent. „niah 3 per Cent., 1825 .t o - "° 5 per Cent. 1863 — itlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Optian 7 per Cent — ( 43 , Second I ssue seek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 70 , Account 1 ) -00 Coupons 0 A r, ccount 'illatemala 5 per Cent. 1839 and 1859 i hian 5 per Cent.(Alaremmana Railway, 76 i - `ekican per Cent . - 1, ) 0 Account ' ll ,O Scrip £l3 paid ~..0 ... . - Pm dis "' J o French Scrip, Ex. 251 ...0 .. d.s b i DO 6 per Cent. Anglo-F reench 91 ii° o rish Imperial 5 per Cent - 1, 17 Granada ' l ,- ‘ lO 2 per Cent..... .--,'o Deterred 11.' u o Land Warrants (Hectares) — •er . ••••• D ttvian. 41 per Cent ........... . — 0 A ccounl • • • a •,. )•••. • ,V 0 a per Cent. (CTribarren)... ....... U 4 i per Cent., 1862 pot? Account — 0 1 , guese 3 per Cent., 1853 1,1.1-to Account .. Ditto'itte 3 Per -__ .. Cent ~1856, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ittli,. Account — ttto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Ditto o per Cent., 1822, £ St - Pitt° AI i) .2 . per Cent. 1850 • • ---- 1314t._t0 3 per Cent 1859 ij."`" 5 per Cent, 1862 tltt,to Anglo-Dutch . ... SardiniaeriP, £2O paid . ... pm 111 0 6 Per Cent 13 13 „: , Account jy.', 1 , 8 0 3 per Cent 131.‘,“3 Account , !Lto New Deferred t?itto A ccount — t i c t i to Passive TS ni tc) , Account 321 it i pants, Cert. of Coup not funded .. 13 1 , .0 Account jj:ll4 Scrip, Cent — Turpo £3o paid 4 pm BittoiBh 6 per Cent. 1854 — b. Account 9l i )!, t , t ° 6 per Cent. 1868 .. Ditt o !,10 Account b + , LIT) Bonds b i t ° per Cent. 1862 ..,.tto A ccount • • " ji tto £lOO Bonds.. 7ll 1 D.t Ditto 1863 Ve It '° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ll=zliela 3 per Cent. -hitt° Account Bi t t ,..., t ° 6 per Cent., 1832 Di ,-, Account tto 6 D per Cent, 1864 . — ..stto Scrip £3O paid.... ul tt o 1/ per' Cent Italian o: Dividds on the above payable in Loud •ii rt , 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. , "to:Acc ount pVvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ per Ct. Ex. 4s. I -41 °Utese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Account SHARE MARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SIIAIi.ES AND STOulkS. Share' , Railways. Paid. done. C rri los o i e ny Business 13.11., Bir., Wol., and St r . V a l . a ll 8 si at qnythe and Tyne. i 0 l i ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo all 81 9 } at Bristol and Exeter .. 100 84 66 et Caledonian lOO 1118 119 50 Cork and Bandor 1 21 0 : D eD : o1 : 111 D'I lAl l 1 i leB.p no h d a i v s , 1 all = 6 —7 (been paid to li. I 50 Dublin .1z Belfast June.' all 35 37 15 Dun.,Perth,A r Ab . J une. all 16 17 st !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 91 9 ., 3 , Bt and S. Western. 1" 100 103 at !Greatly astern, Ord. stkl 100 16 7 l 162 I st Ditto A stock at Ditto East &n,9;lian at 100 64 74 at IGreatNorthot Scotland 100 et Great Northern... at Do A stock •• • lOO 142 143 st I Do 1.1 do St S. an iW. of Irelan 100 91 93 at 'Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stocl: 100 Lancash.ze lorkshir, IGO 114 112 i st London and Blackwall 100 ' 06 07 St Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 104 105 at Lon., Chat., and Doves 100 41 43 st Lon. & North Western! 100 11111 1121 112 at Lon. & So , .th Western 100 974 984 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 55 b 64 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do I shares all St Metropolitan all 1113 114 at Midland at Do Binning'. & Derby 100 101 1(3 50 Mid. (It. W. of Irelanu all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line et North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 254 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1014 1024 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.1 0 st Do Leeds lOO 684 694 et Do York st Do Carlisle.. at North London 10 Do New .16.4 North Staffordshire all 77 79 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 114 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stook 100 36 38 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all— at Shropshire Union at South Devon ... 100 33 /5 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 104 106 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 9 45 Stockton Darlington all 864 374 25 Do l7 94 10 t , 25 Do New, 180 G lO 74 84 at Taff Vale... lOO 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 s 10 Do C 3 3 t p 50 Ulster 05 Do - 20 —0 410 Do 54 at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pisa lOO st Waterford & Kilkenny I 100 it West Cornwall lOO 30 31 31 3 at W. Hartlepool liar.&K ' 100 t West Midland —Oxford, 100 -- -- it Do Newport 100 -- at Do Hereford 100 P. 16. Stock suck stock BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. ihart 100 Sk 1 20 gallways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Inn Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaKe Huron Do. Preference Buffalo, Brant,&Godrirh 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, IS7?, Do. do. June 1, 1671 Clcut ao.,tz S. Eastn. (Lin; Cape Town & Dock Scrli ninth. Bengal go. 6 p. Nast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pref. stock . Do. do. clef erred..... Do. 4th I'ref. stock.. Do. do. deferred...... G t. In diaPentn.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. e... Do. January, 1862 ~ Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. G t. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5!4 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4 p. o. Extension Dc. 46 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. & p. o. Budb. Melb. tic Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrovswiok a Canda Class A anti B. po let pi hda 15oinde Do. Delhi Do. do ' Do. Funjaub •• t c Do. Do. ! Do. Indua.St. Flo.) ;;OLU.NIAL GOV Paid, all 100 Closing Price. 60 62 1031 101 103 100 100 100 100 100 park p ui 6 $ 84 94 77 82 77 8! 77 82 101 103 98 100 106 108 1054 1664 p 204 21; 73 15 61 64 66 68 55 57 60 5: 43 45 29 31 27 39 1054 1064 i ± 1, 103 101 10 10t 104 104 90 92 82 81 par p 103 104 97 99 91 91 56 68 stook all 100 (10u i 100 2 all PO 10t, stoct stock 3 5 82 101 105 1023 103 k ip IL3 IL4 E 4 00k 96 98 1031 :;OLUNirII. GOV ERIN Xi.i.i;N . l ':•) t.:t 11111 it udr.Gov. p.c.J a. &J La; 1877-34 . lon 104 106 105 Do. Ap. c. Feb. k Aug. 100 103 105 Do. 6p. a Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 101 93 05 Do. S Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.llope, 5 p c,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap Jt Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 1(9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 103 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 :Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 107 109 :N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. a.&Jul) 100 102 104 1035 ! Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p a., 1S 100 994 1004 Du. sp. to L7l 100 994 1004 - Do. d0.,1888 aupwds 100 994 1001 1004 , New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 1094 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 108 110 !S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 114 Vic.G'ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - io o.c. An.&ost. 100 109 110 104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id diflord Amalgamated.. 31 36 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.), 1 560 670 East Baisett(lllogan).. 30 63 65 —• East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 28 29 East Cara Brea... . 3.4.0 9 91 E. WlRessel (Tavietk )! 8.13.0 35 46 Gam.&St.Aubyn(G wen , 58.1 7 9 .Great South Tolgus l7B 21 9 1 !G. Wheal Vor (Itelston; 40 33 24 !Grenville 6.16. t 81 85 ! fiend's-Foot 8.12 88 40 - 111ingston Downs 14.18.0 31 35 !Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Guy Lelant 05 1 5 8 16 IMarke Valley., 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21. 14 I d New Setun .. 162 80 85 • North Downs 2l 15 at Basset(lllo.4an 3.1,0 14 2 North Wheal Crokty 2.0.9 44 45 l'ar Consols (st. Blaze), 20 Providenoe(Uny Lelut.: 10 . 0., 40 42 ,ioutliCaradon(a.Cleer, la 1 450 470 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — 1 IS. Wheal Fran. (Illocran 181 R. 9 40 45 :Stray Park 30.17.6 29 31 Lunar Silv.& Lead Min. l lin 9 174 181 • West Basset (Morgan), 14 96 104 104 \V Cr radon (Liskeard 5 16 18 West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan, 54 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redrutli; 10 23 32 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanl) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann ( * Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal Teton 5Bl 225 235 . Wheal Treiawney (Lie.)l 7 19 21 -- Wheal Union 1 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE S Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 83_ Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 76 ARES. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Ace., Metrop. Wat., B 6 per cent., 97 Ditto, ditto, C 0 per cent. 80 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20k West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia, BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 61 1 Anglo Austrian, 7} Anglo-Italian, limited. 51 Bank of Queensland (lim), 18k Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and:China, 39k English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21} European Bank, lira. lat 11 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 33 Ditto, new, 16 151 Imperial Ottoman,: 19k 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ern. 51 L on don Bank of Scotland, lira., 19f; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24} London and Colonial (iim.), 21! London and County, 65 14 London, JHoianDltbsUtrocg,kCont. 4 6 Exchange, 11m., 20k London London and South African, 25 0 31 r e i r e c n h t a a i l i t ß ß a a n n ic k c , ui Corporation, ' ra2t3it k on South Eastern, lim. , 5 1 Union of Australia, 56 o , 59 Union of Ireland, lim., 20! Union of London, 58L, MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 181 Australian Agricultural, 10 Bo:i bay Gas, lim., 5i Continental Union Gas, lim., 61 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 4j Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 14 19 k International Land Credit, lira., Joint Stock Discount, iim., 71 Land Securities, tsk London Financial Association, lira 27! Ditto, new, 15i 16k National Discount Company, lira., 141 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim.,— Ditto, ditto, 21 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian g. Mai', lien., Ditto (a,l), rR Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim.. 27 Royal Mail Steam, 91 PATENT MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON. --Num ber of visitors for the week ending June 11, 1,377 ; total number since the opening of the museum, free daily (M a y 21, 1858), 819,283. THE NAVIES OF TUE WOI:LD —The navy of Great Britain cat ries 14,050 guns, of France 8,876, United States 4,184, Russia 2,013, Holland 1,220, Denmark 958, Sweden 920, Spain 904, Austria 852, Italy 789, Portugal 362, Norway 340, Turkey 297, Brazil 276, Prussia 265, Greece 119, Peru 104, Chili 66, and Belgium 28. The navies of the world consist of 1,684 steamers, and 1,296 sailing ships carrying 36,653 guns,—.4merican Paper, Business done Mt SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1864. Meeting of Middlesex Magistr ates, THE GOVERNMENT GAOLS BILL. A special meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was — held yesterday at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, to consider the Gaols Bill now before the House of Commons, and to take such measures regarding the said bill as the Court may deem necessary. Mr. HENRY POWNALL occupied the chair. The report of the Parliamentary Committee of the Court was presented by Mr. Turner, which, after alluding to the bill, merely recommended some slight addition to one of the clauses. Mr. sergeant PAYNE said under this bill powers would be given to the Secretary of State to alter and annul rules for the government of prisons. At the present time the clerk of the peace was r(quircd to send once a year all existing rules for the govern ment of prisons approved by the justices and all new rules which were proposed, and when a certificate was received that they had been sanctioned by him they had the force of law; but under the 4th clause of the present bill it was enacted, " That it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, by writing under his hand, from time to time, and without such rules being submitted to him, to annul, alter, or add to any rules for the time being in force for the government of any gaol, and any rules made by. the said Secretary of State in pur _ _ _ suance of this section shall be binding upon sheriffs and all other persons during the time that they are is force." Therefore it was clear that under this section he would have power to put his pen through all the rules that were then in existence, or alter them in any way that he might think it fit to do. He could wipe out all existing rules and orders, and make new rules and orders without consulting the justices at all, and therefore he said that this bill would give the Secretary of State powers which were contrary and repugnant to the very spirit of the Constitution of the country. If it were not so. then, he asked, what was the use of this act of Parliament P By the act of the sth and 6th William IV., it was required that all rules in force, with copies of proposed rules, should be submitted to the Secretary of State; but by the fourth clause of this act he could alter, annul, or add to any rules without their being sub mitted to him, and such rules or altered rules would be binding upon all persons. That was a most dangerous clause, and one that ought never to have been submitted to the House of Commons. There was no doubt that Sir George Grey had been pestered by a certain class of persons out of doors, and scarcely knew what to do, but he (Mr. Payne) did not believe that his own mind went with such an enactment as that. The learned sergeant having read the sth clause of the bill, said that clause would give him power to authorise a Roman Catho lic chapel to be built in Coldbath-fields prison, and if that was not complied with he could order the Roman Catholic prisoners to be removed to some other gaol, there enter a contract for the erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel, and then call upon the magistrates of the county, and they would be bound to pay for it. Mr. SWIFT said Sir George Grey had disavowed, in th© House of Commons, any intention of doing anything of the kind. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said that might be so, but Sir George Grey would not always be Secretary of State. This bill placed that power in the office of Secretary of State, and the question was not what he intended to do, but what the law authorised him to do. He could enter into contracts which were binding on the justices, but the Secretary of State incurred no liability whatever. He bound the jus tices, but he refused to be bound himself, and said he was not liable for anything. When the money was to be paid, he:stepped behind the screen, say. ing, " These are the gentlemen who are to pay ; I am not liable." His (Mr, Payne's) objection to the bill was that it gave the Secretary of State an un constitutional power. He could bind the magi strates without their consent in any way he pleased ; he could call upon them to pay any expenditure he might incur out of the county rate. Their autho rity was set at nought, and they would be no longer the guardians of the county rate or the county purse. His objection was not merely to the power of appointing Roman Catholic chaplains, but it was to the principle of the bill ; for such undefined, un limited, and dangerous powers ought not to be given to any man. He hoped the Court would agree to his motion to petition the , House of Commons against the bill, and if that should be agreed to he would then submit a form of petition. Mr H. H. HARWOOD seconded the motion. He seconded the requisition to call this meeting; for this was a matter of the deepest importance to the county, and they ought not to allow the opportu nity to pass without giving expression to their feelings on the subject. The Court of Aldermen of the City of London had already taken action on this bill, and they thought it strange that they were not backed up by the magistrates of the county. The preamble stated that " it was expedient to amend the law relating to gaols, and to discontinue certain gaols that are inadequately provided with the means of regulating the discipline and classification of prisoners;" and as in many instances the governor had almost the entire control, the placing this power in the hands of a competent authority might be attended with good results. But the most unrea sonable and the most objectionable part of the bill was the fourth section. It had been drawn with great art, ingenuity, and subtlety, and seemed to be totally unconnected with the bill. The Parliamen tary committee said this bill gave the Secretary Of State no more power than he then possessed; but he said then, cui bono—what was the use of thi s clause ? Mr TURNER said when the rules were submitted to the Secretary of State he could alter the whole of them, and he could add fifty new ones if he thought fit. Mr HARWOOD said even if he admitted that, he did not see the use of this clause in the bill unless it was for some lurking mischief ; but he hoped what was said in that court would be spread over the length and breadth of the land, and show that the magistrates of this county had discussed the measure, so that the hands of those country gentle men who had seats in the House of Commons might be strenghthened in recording their votes against the bill. Mr. TURNER did not believe that the bill was in tended to take from the Court the power that the Prison Ministers Bill gave them, for if such rules were made as to be in opposition to that bill they would become void. That was a recognised prin ciple of law. No power would be given by it to alter the law of the land s but merely to carry it out, and nothin g more . _ _ Mr. Sergeant PAYNE having shortly replied, The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which was car ried with about four dissentients. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE then moved the following petition be presented to the House of Commons against the bill " The Petition of the Magistrates of the County of Middlesex— " Showetti—That your petitioners have observed with surprise and regret that a bill applying to all county and city prisons, gaols, and houses of correction in England has been introduced into your hon. house, by which most undefined powers are proposed to be given to one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to annul, alter, or add to any rules for the time being in force for the government of any gaol, without the concurrence of her Majesty's justices of the peace for such counties or cities, and for authorising such Secre tary of State in certain cases to make contracts in the names of such justices, by which they are to ba bound without their consent to pay out of the county rates for the removal to, and the lodging and maintenance of county and city prisoners in other gaols; and the said bill also proposes to give such Secretary of State the Power of making a par tlto particular prisone rs or par ticacl order larel ly as a s p e p so i f ng prisoners confined in such gaols, and to make the keeper of any prison who disobeys such order of the Secretory of State subject to a penalty of £2O per day, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable. "That such provisions are contrary to the exist. ing regulations, by which the Government of county and city prisons are placed under the direc tion of the county and city justices, who have now the power to make rules, orders, and regulations for the government of such prisons, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and your peti tioners humbly suggest that the granting of such general and undefined powers to a Secretary of State would be entirely unprecedented, and that the provisions of the said bill, if carried into effect, would not only be a great inroad on the rights of the county [Aral city m ag i s t rates th roug h ou t th e kingdom, end subject the r a t e p a y ers in counties to a large and excessive taxation, but would also be subversive of that system of local self-government which has always been found to be most useful and effective. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray, that as the said bill proposes to gibe such extraordinary and undefined powers to an officer of the Govern ment, eontrary to the spirit of the existing laws, and consequently subversive of the powers of the magistrates, and to the detriment of the ratepayers of the country, that the slid provisions may not pass into a law, snd your petitioners will ever pray." Captain MORLEY seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN supported some portions of the bill, which empowered the Secretary of State to order prisoners confined for short periods to be put in smaller cells than those committed for long periods. Mr WALTERS, while looking upon some parts of the bill as dangerous to be put into the hands of the Secretary of State, said there were some parts of it that would be really beneficial, and, so far, the in tentions of the Legislat ure ought not to b e frus trated, The CHAIRMAN put the motion for the adoption of the petition, which was agreed to. A discussionition, then arose as to the presentat i on of et the petition, and a motion was made that Mr New degate, who had a motion on the paper, should pre sent the petition to the Rouse of Commons, to which an amendment was moved that it should be presented by the members for the county (Lord En field and Mr Hanbury); and it was carried by a majority of one that the presentation should be en trusted to Mr Newdegate. There being no other business, the court adjourned Something Like a Fashionable Marriage, (From the London Review) hyave with accorded th e same the crowd. When a notorious criminal is exec ute d , t h e envoys of the Press, it is well known, groundareontheewd. T a h l e l Morning t,biv p o o u s a t ek se i e n na g s ho to ldl proud recognition to Lord Frederick Cavendish that the Times did last February to the five pirates. At a very early hour—long before the ceremony was to begin, we find its faithful emissary reli giously attending a matutinal service in the Abbey. How he got there, or why he went th ere, unless he had b t e o e n explain. in a e wTthherroet,ighli however, w u throughout the v er night, it is not easy , he was seated, watching the worshippers, looking at the carriages as they arrived, and lost in astonishment at the number of coronets, which was so great that he was driven to exchange confidences with an Abbey verger on the subject. The picture of the inde fatigable matrimonial correspondent talking affably to the police and the Cathedral officers about the carriages is instructive and edifying : "A veteran official in Dean's-yard was heard to express his opinion that Dean's-yard had never been so full of coroneted carriages since her Majesty's coronation." This is the proper way in which information should be gathered. It is a bright example to foreign correspondents throughout Europe. We can conceive how, o n such a subject, the matrimo nial corre s p on d en t w ould treas ure up everything that fell from th e lips of so great an auth or ity, an d how important he would feel it to get the numbers of coronets in their right and accurate order. The early ten o'clock service soon began and ended; the matrimonial correspondent somewhat severely, and, we think, pharisaically, remarks that the object of those present was less devotion than the gratifica tion of feminine curiosity. This appears an uncha ritable censure from one who had been in a pew all night, and who accordingly could attend morning players on this occasion without much additional trouble. After service the Abbey was cleared of strangers. But the matrimonial correspondent was soon back again, if indeed he was put out at all; and we have a burst of descriptive power which seems clearly modelled on the famous description in Macaulay of the trial of Warren Hastings : The friends and relatives of the bride and bridegroom took their places early. There were the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Houghton. Earl Stanhope sat next to the Queen's Advocate, Sir John Pakin.gto n behind them, and Black Rod opposite. The Earl of Powis, High Steward of the University of which the bridegroom's father is the "honoured Lord and Chancellor," was seen far away under the pulpit. Whether "far away under the pulpit" is a pie turesque way of saying that the matrimonial corres pondent had a dist an t v i ew of his lordship in the reading-desk, it is n o t easy to decide. On a matter so all•impartant as that, where Earl Powis and Black Rod sat, it is a pity that history should be thus loosely writt en . At half -past 12 the clergy appeared with th e c h oir. Posterity will do well hereafter to reme m b er that the choir posted them selves "at the jun c ti on of the choir with the tran septs," and that th e c l ergy betook themselves to the vicinity •f "the altar." So waited the audience till the principal performers came. At a quarter to one the bride entered, attended by bridemaids, whose appearance naturally "elicited universal admiration." Then the marriage commenced. It will be a proud recollection in after life to the noble bride and bridegroom th at it took five clergymen to marry them. The H on. and Rev. F. R. Grey read the opening exhortation. When he was exhausted, he was succeeded in tu rn b y the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Lyttelton. Then th e versicles and prayers were c h a nted by the Rev. S. F . Jones, whose "voice was a dmirably heard." Th e Re,. W. H. Brookfield read the concluding exho r t at i on. Last of all the Hon. and Rev. W. Lyttelton--whe, by this time had recovered himself a ; gaal—gave the benediction. "The organist played out the " Wedding March," of Mendelssohn, the bells of the " Old Abbey , ' rang out a merry peal. Through a dense crowd of ladies and gentlemen the bride and bridegroom passed to the Jerusalem Chamber, where the regis ter was signed. A very large crowd assembled outside the Deanery to see the newly-married couple enter their carriage ; and, adds the matri monial corresponden t , with a t , g enui ne flow of sen- was raised)" historian of the timent and enthusiasm , " e very hat Di a T r h r l a a t g ea this nf is right aristocracy righ t style tn f lv o r t i t t h ee , and animated, and in cannot be dis puted all of it w . underlt is powerful, evul,ery i inw picturesque and then seem to catch the fresh gushi n g s of a h umanheart. Few writers could go by after day to see no b lemen turned off, and preser ve throu gh it all that child like simplicity of nature which i s equally ready in the discharge of duty to j ot down what veteran officials have to say about the carriages, or to raise its bat to a lord. These are the -- There is a..... ar vemrgaltreeenueallYoung. literary things kind o f that e ability that always astonishes us, while it charm s. The matri mit.oniAalncootrnreerspaonnddeeeinacaelloyf the papers i s one type o f w flow of poetical descr i p tion in t he advertisements o t o k f e keep all t ke weddings What a inhigh li fe distinct and genius life-like! What a gen ius must it take to describe all the Surrey pand mansions lawnsand well-watered which pasture lands about to be s o ld or let, so vividly and yet so differently ! ulwi; te area trd That the world knows nothing of its greatest men is a reflection from which occasionally it is difficult or impossible to escape. Full many a village Hampden, if we are to believe Grey's elegy, lies buried in the country—full many a town Macaulay lies buried in the fashionable columns of the Morning Post. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Among the most noted orimino e of modern times, we may mention that of Doctor Coley de la Pommerais, who was guillotined a few days since in Paris for poisoning Madame de Pauw, whom be had induced to insure her life in his favour, under pretence of being indebted to him in certain sums of money, and who afterwards prevailed upon his victim to feign illness for the more effectually carrying out his base designs by slowly poisoning her, A full length portrait model of the cu'prit, taken from the original photograph by M. Trin quart, of Paris, expressly for Madame Tussaud's exhibi tion, is now added to the chamber of physiognomy, in BAker-street. The Fatal Accident at Egham, THE INQUEST. The inquest to ascertain the cause of the death of Robert Wilkey, Ed win Hall, Joseph Clegg, John Coppard, and William Winfield was resumed yesterday at 12 o'clock, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, Egham. Colonel Yolland was present to watch the proceedings in behalf of the Board of Trade, The following gentlemen were also present :—Mr F. Clarke, for the brothers of Mr Trigg; Mr Chubb, of Gray's-inn, for Mrs Hall; Mr Robinson, of Jermyn-street, and Mr Newman, of Chelsea, for Mrs Clegg ; Mr Lamb, of Ship-street, Brighton, for Mrs Trigg; Mr Rawlings, of Romford, for Lee and Trainer, the engine-driver and fireman ; Mr Crombie, the law clerk, Mr Frederick Clarke, the secretary, Mr Beattie, the engineer, and 'Ur Godson, the superintendent, were also present on behalf of the South-Western Railway Company, The jury, with Mr William Gardener as foreman, having answered to their names, the Coroner said that at the pro ceedings on Thursday he had pointed out the evidence he should require. He should first take evidence as to the gradients, the stations, and the signals; then the time of starting and arrival; and, lastly, whether the code of sig• teals were properly exhibited and observed on the night in question. The jury would have the assistance of Colonel Yolland, but it was not probable that any engineering question would arise. He (the Coroner) desired to know it the guards and fireman were present, Mr Crombie said the guards were present, and notice had been sent to the houses of the engine driver and fireman, !earning them to attend. Mr Rawlings said he represented them, and he would not at present tender them for evidence. The following evidence was then taken : William Frederick Godson, superintendent of the line, said—The line on which the accident took place was the Staines and Wokingham, properly so called. Special instructions were issued with reference to the traffic on the Tuesday, and for other days of Ascot Races. They were issued to every servant of the compote , with regard to the service of the week from the 4th to the 11th of June. That would comprise the four racing days. 'With regard to the exhibition of signals on the Tuesday there were instructions on the third page. Witness was at Ascot all day. Those instructions would be delivered through the head of each department, Mr Beattie having charge of the engineering department. There were not any times mentioned, and the traffic was of necessity uncertain. There were 11 plate layers on the line between Egham and Ascot, scoot ding to the regulation, which is in the following words :—" Line be tween 'Waterloo and Ascot, and between Reading and Ascot.—On Tuesday and Thursday platelayers will be sta tioned along the railway between Waterloo and Ascot and between Reading and Ascot to signal trains throughout the day, and until the last train has passed. After the passing of every train they will show a stop signal for five minutes, to be followed by a caution signal for five minutes more; but when the line is clear, and the preceding train has passed over ten minutes, they will show an all-right signal. While stop-signals are shown fog•signals trust be put down also, When a platelayer shows one red sig nal enginemen will not stop their trains, but pro ceed very cautiously till the obstruction is seen." The first station from Ascot will be Sunningdale, which is about two miles, Virginia Water is the next, and beyond that is four miles, and then the Egham station another two miles. The signals at Sunningdale are the usual standard and two auxiliary signals, one for the up and one for the down road. At Virginia Water the same. Between Virginia Water and Egham there are gates called Rusham from 1,250 to 1,300 yards from the Egham station. That is a level crossing, and a gate keeper and standard signals. There is an auxiliary signal 530 yards from the Eghani station, and worked from there. On Tuesday, in accord ance with the regulations, there was a platelayer named Wm. Drew near the distant signal. He had directions to be there the whole day. Mr Crombie—All the platelayers we have, Mr Coroner. By a Juror—There were arrangements made for putting out passengers at various stations, Egham amongst the number. By Mr Rawlings—Both Mr Scott and myself were pre sent. There was no such train on the Monday night as on the Tuesday. If the driver of the train had to stop he would have his instructions from Mr Scott, through the guard. The second train had to atop at Staines, and the memorandum now put in is in Mr Scott's handwriting. The printed regulations are special, but do not interfere with the ordinary traffic. On Tuesday, the 7th, 14 special trains ran, but no notice was given to the public of them. They were to run at intervals of five or ten minutes, but the ser vants of the company were not informed when they were likely to pass. The station masters had notice to expect trains every or any minute. We have the telegraph on this line, but it is not used to signal the train from one station to another. Nit. Henry Clay is the station master at Egham, and was present. It was customary to run either engine or tender first, as was convenient, 'Witness was familiar with the rules. There is no time-table at Ascot, If the train was run ning, tender first, he (witness) was not prepared to say communication could be fixed. The train, as made up, would carry about 400 persons. There is a rule as to the guard seeing that communication was fixed. The engine driver can only communicate with the guard by the whistle. Witness went to Egham after the accident and saw the station master there. Mr Scott was then at the station. Witness did not say anything to any person at the station. By Mr Chubb—The plate layers were on duty early in the morning, and were not relieved all day. The second train started six minutes after the other train. The Coroner—You mean the interval between the two trains. Witness—Yes, precisely. I was only uncertain as to the accuracy of my watch as to general time. By Mr Chubb—The engines of both trains were running —tender tit st. By the Coroner—There are general orders as to the sig nals, but no special instructions. After the train has passed the signal, the danger is fixed—five minutes red and five minutes green. Mr John Strapp, resident engineer of the South Western Company, said he prepared the plans produced, tae., under his dire ti on, and he had checked them by the working plans of the ;inc. The distances are correct as stated. The distance from the Egham standard to auxiliary is 513 yards, and from the auxiliary to the level crossing at Rusham-gate is 703 yards. The gradient from Rush= to Egham is at the rate of three feet three inches per mile, the distance being three quarters of a mile. Beyond that point towards Ascot the line rises for a mile and 18 chains at a ratio of 45ft 3M per mile. The line takes an easy curve of rather more than a mile, and you could see the signal at Rusham gate a little more than halt a mile before you get to it. The standing signal can be seen a long distance before the auxi liary signal. John Walker, guard in the service of the South-Western Railway Company, deposed he was in charge of the up train which left Ascot station at 10 minutes past 7 on Tuesday, the 7th inst. He took the time from his own watch, having referred to it. Mr Scott directed him to leave. He is the traffic manager. Instructions where to stop were in writ ing, and witness gave them to the driver Honer. The paper (produced) was in Mr Scott's hand writing, and contains the names of the places we we-e to stop at. The train consisted of 14 carriages and a break. We had to stop at Egham, Twickenham, Barnes, Clapham, and Vauxhall. They were not to stop at Virginia Water. In pursuance of those instructions we stopped at Egham station, having got there at 20 minutes past 7, The signals were all right, and barring the caution signals there was not anything to interfere. The train stopped at Egham to put down passengers. According to the rules and regu lations the usual time for stopping at Egham was a minute or a minute and a half. The train barely stopped two minutes at the Egham atelier,. The extra traffic, and some altercation with some passengers, made the difference in the delay. He got out at the station, and having done his work, and had the signal from the under guard, he (witness) took the orders to start from the station master, and gave the usual signal to start by blowing his whistle and showing the green flag. 'Witness did not look back until after alter ing his break, and before his train had got 20 or 30 yards from the platform, he saw the following train coming round the curve under the wooden bridge. The Coroner (to Mr Strapp)—How far is that? Mr Strapp-1 will have it measured accurately. Examination continued—Witness called out loudly that the other train was coming on, He did not know whether his driver heard, He (witness) did not know whether the steam was full on when the second train came under the bridge, but " I am certain it was on when it at' uck our train, but whether reversed or not I cannot say, but I should think it was by the beating of it." The train ran into them, and the result was that the last break van was broken up, and one second next to it, and the next one too, also a second class slightly damaged, So were all the other car , riages, less or more, the effect of driving the train forward. The rear of the train was about 20 yards from the platform when it was stuick. After the collision, when he (witness) came back he saw three bodies lying there dead. After some little delay witness went on to Staines, after having first gone to the down road to stop the down traffic. The second train was not to stop at Staines. All those who were injured were attended to. There was no whistling as the train came on, The auxiliary was put on as the witness's train passed the arm road, and the standing were at caution and raised to danger, and were never lowered, By Mr Crombie—All the signals were right. The plate layers were all right with hand signals. By Mr Rawlings--Witness considered the road quite good. The ordinary traffic ran between London and Read ing. When the train left London the communication was applied, but not on returning, the tender being first. After some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned until Friday next. " M. Emile Olivier," says the Independanee, "has forwarded to the electors at Toulon, who have some idea of supporting him as a candidate for the Council-General, a circular drawn up ha terms almost similar to the reply recently made by him to one of his electors, and published in the journals. A pamphlet intended to explain M. 011ivier's con duct is about to appear. The rupture which has taken place between him and all the other members of the Left is nevertheless still more marked, espe cially since the presence has been remarked of M. 011ivier, as well as M. Darimon, in the commission charged by the Government to examine the clues tion of cheques." GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY,—The audited accounts of this company show that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec., 1863, amounted to £207,871, and the expenses to £149,173 or 71 76 per cent including £23,734 or 11,42 per cent, for compensation ascertained and estimated :for cotton, &c., damaged and lost, leaving a balance of £58,697. The amount of interest paid and payable by the Government o f India on capital deposited with them to the 31st of December, 1863, was £2,570,811; the profit paid and payable to the Govern ment out of revenue amounted to £614,947, leaving a balance chargeable against half surplus profits over 5 per cent of £1,955,864. The capital acci unt showed that £10,783,690 had been received, and £10,456,877 expended leaving a balance of £326,813, THE FEDERAL NATIONAL DEBT,—An American has measured and weighed the Federal national debt, which is 4,000,000,000 dole, Estimated in silver dollars, he says that if they were placed edgo to edge they would stretch nearly 90,000 miles, Their weight would be 125,000 tons, which would lead 62,500 railway trucks, the aggregate length of which would be 355 miles,—Panama Star, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, HAMPTON RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS) TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. Vision Sisyphus Whisky Five ran. NEWTON RACES--Tats DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAER.) TRIAL HANDICAP. \Vynnstay Gaily . 2 Colonel Crockett Five ran. AMERICA. [The following appeared in our Late Edition of law evening :—] (Per the Peruvian via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, JUNE 3 (Evening). Oa Wednesday evening Grant ordered Wright's corps, supported by Smith, to attack the Confede• rate position at Cold Harbour; Hancock, Burnside, and Warren being in readiness to advance their front. After a three hours' engagement Wright captured and held the Confederate works in his front. An unsuccessful endeavour was made by the Confederates to recapture them. Sheridan deforted the Confederate cavalry and Clingman's infantry at Cold Harbour on Tuesday. Burnside's corps advanced on Wednesday, and was within a mile of Mechanicsville. Les occupies a good position north of the Chicka. hominy. He has been joined by a large portion o Beauregard's troops. Fitzlaugh Lee, with 500 cavalry, is reported to hsve been captured, whilst attempting a raid on White House: The Confederates attacked Butler's left on Wed nesday, but were repulsed. A Confederate ironclad attacked the Federal monitors in James River, but was driven up after two hours' engagement. The Confederates have erected formidable batte ries on the Mississippi and burned several steamers. The Foderala are being driven out o! Arkansas by the Confederates. NEW YORK, JUNE 4, EVENING. Despatches from General Grant dattd yesterday afternoon state : "Early this morning we assaulted the enemy, driving him into his entrenchments, but gaining no decisive advantage. "Our troops occupy a position within 50 yards of the enemy, and are there remaining. We cap tured over 300 prisoners, Our loss is not severe." Other official despa`ches state that the Federal loss was 3,000 in killed and wounded. Three colonels were killed, and two wounded. General Tyler was severely wounded. General Forrest's cavalry are said to be at Corinth, preparing for a raid in General Sher- man's rear. The Federal Government has announced that they are prepared to pay in advance the interest on the public debt due on July 1. They have also raised the interest on temporary deposits to 6 per cent. The steamer Caledonia has been captured. NEW YORK, JUNE 3, Evening. Gold opened this morning at 92i, but declined to 90-, 1 , under the announcement of new financial measures by the Government. NEW YORK, JUNE 4 (Evening), Money easy. Gold, 92 prem. Stocks steady. New York Central, 131 f ; Illinois, 127; Erie, 1111 ; 5.20 Bonds, 106. Petroleum—crude, 42c.; refined, 64c. (Per the City of Baltimore via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, June 4, (Morning). General Grant's despatches down to Thursday morning report no general engagement. The War Department announces that no later despatches have been received, assigning as a reason that a storm had disarranged the telegraphic communica tion. Heavy firing was heard on Thursday at White House, leading to the belief that an engagement was progressing. _ _ Sherman continues his advance. On Wednesday he was beyond Dallis. His cavalry occupied Altona Pass. The .Richmond Examiner states that the Con federates repulsed Howard's corps of Sherman's army the previous Saturday with the loss of from 5,000 to 7,000 men. The Secretary of the Treasury has announced that he will receive sealed tenders until 16th June for 75,000,000 dole, of 6 per cent, bonds, redeemable in 1881. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money higher. Gold 91 prem. Exchange on London 207 to 209; on Paris 2.70 to 2.721-. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 1324- ; Illi nois, 126; ; Erie, 111 Z ; 5 20's United States Bonds, 105 Z. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the I:s7i:ter-Generate Report.) The deaths in London were 1,213 in the week that ended on the 4th inst.; they rose I o 1,285 in the week that ended last Saturday. n the last four weeks the mean temperature of the air wa s successively 61 deg. 8 min., 52 deg., 50 deg, 4 mi n ., and 69 deg. 6 min., showing great fluctuation. Th e increase of deaths last week was entirely amon gst persons of midd l e a g e ( 20-60 years ) , the num b e rs in that period having been in two weeks 328 and 388. The average number of deaths in the twenty third week of ten years 1851-63 is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,155. The excess in the present return above the estimated number is, there fore, very considerable, and amounts to 130 deaths. At the present time the most fatal complaint in the epidemic class is measles, to which 82 deaths are referred. Typhus was fatal in 51 cases, whoop ing-cough in 50, scarlatina in 47, diarrhea in 19, diphtheria in 11, smallpox in 5. Nearly half of the deaths from measles occurred to children one year old and less than two years. Five deaths from this disease were recorded in the subdistrict of Gray's-inn-lane, 6 in Islington, 5 in South Hackney, 9 in the district of Shoreditch, 7 in Bethnal-green, 9 in St. George's-in-the-East (6 of which were in the sub-district of St. Mary), and Bin St. Luke's. Measles prevails chiefly in the East districts. Typhus was returned in five cases in the sub•dis trict of Mile end New Town. rls Last week the births of 9 8 5 boys a nd in all 1,923 children, were registered in In the ten corresponding weeks of the 9 3 L B o London. In years 63 the average number (corrected) was 1,687. BERLIN, June 13.--Count de Bismark yesterday received a deputation from Schleswig. He after wards had a long conference with Prince Gortscha koff. In the afternoon a Council of Ministers was held. In the evening the King received Prince Gortschakoff and Count de Bismark, and had a long audience. The Prince will leave to-morrow for Kissinger. QUESTION ABLE AUTTIORSIIIP OF AN OLD JOKE. —lt is in vain to inquire whence came such a man as he who said to a friend, " I heard you were dead I" and,when the friend denied the truth of the report, replied, " Sure, he who told me was more worthy of belief than you are I" The story is Irish, Greek, Hindoo, Chinese; but its age is not to be determined. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT - HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bourton on the Water Railway, Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (No. 1), Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway; Dublin, Rathmines, Rathgar, &0., Railways; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Blackburn, &c., Lines), Lancashire Union Railways, Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Cross Keys Bridge), Southern Railway, and South Eastern Railway (No. 4). DUBLIN METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. Mr HERBERT moved, with respect to the Dublin. Metropolitan Railway Bill and the Dublin Railway Bill, that the orders of the house of the 9th of Julie be lead and discharged, and that the bills be recommitted to the former committee. He also moved that the Dublin Trunk Con necting Railway Bill be also recommitted. Mr H. BAILEY, the chairman of the committee, whose decision was objected to by the hon. member opposite, said, the utmost considlration had been given to the measures, and he hoped the house would not adopt the unusual and extraordinary course of reviewing its decision, be2ause the committee had not considered itself justified in passing. Mr P. O'BRIEN supported the motion. LEFT SITTING. The Wholesale Emigration of the Circassians The emigration of the Circassians to the Turkish erritory furnishes the Siecle with matter for an in dignant article against the severe measures pursued by the Russians against those unfortunate popula tions. Actuated by a love of liberty and indepen wd e a n r c l i e k t e o t a r n i b e e t e fi n n t d n h g a t, t i b s e n: e t e o l v f t e e e n b w o i r t n n e e s s d e o d w , t n h o b s y e numbers and obliged to quit the mountainous regions of their forefath ers , bid an eternal farewell to their native land, and, without resources and almost without clothes, seek an asylum on an other territory. The writer, after remarking that Turkey, formerly the land of slavery, is now affording protection to the persecuted from every part of Europe, goes on to give some details of interest relative to the hostilities which have been so long going on on the Caucasus :—" This war, which ends in the collective emigration of the population, has lasted ever since 1727, and no one can enumerate the brave defenders of their country who have perished during the long interval. Since 1783 the war has been waged with unflagging per tinacity ; but the Russians met with little success until 1818, when the famous Jermnlof com manded. Notwithstanding the advantages gained by him, however, the populations held their ground against Paskiewitz and his successors; they were led, first, by Kasi-Moulla, then by Schamyl, and lastly by Ismail Bey : they would have maintained the struggle still longer had they been aided. But of late years Europe has altogether neglected them, and not long since a small expedition of Polish emigrants, commanded by a young French officer, was unable to succeed, because it met with no support. The Russians, moreover, have con ducted this war in the Caucasus with the skill, cunning, and extreme means which they employ on all occasions. The conquest of Georgia in 1787, the manner in which the will of the last King, George XL, was made in favour of Paul 1., with the other circumstances of the subjection of this small but flourishing kingdom, would furnish ample materials for many volumes of history and romance. After the submission of the Georgians and the Abases, Russia undertook the more arduous task of reducing the Tcherkeses or Circassiane. Being unable to subdue them by open force, she progressively surrounded them by a military cordon, which was constantly drawn closer, and adopted that skilful strategy of occupation of which Lord Napier, in the apologetic despatch which we have published, indicates the last combinations. Pre• viously it was by pressing them at once from all points of the compass that Russia had well nigh succeeded in surrounding them, relying much more on this local strategy than on fighting. Thus mili tary colonies of Cossacks, supported by the garrisons of lekaterinogroi, Mosdok, Gregoroscaia, and Kis , • liar, gradually occupied the north of the Caucasus as its conquest was effected, whilst the strong occu pation of Georgia to the South deprived the Circas sians of support on that side. At the same time the Russian maritime possessions of Anaps, Soukoum - Kale, Djelendjik, and Soudjouck-Kale, intercepted all communication with the sea, and, finally,the reduc tion of the Daghestan cut off all hope of assistance from Persia, As for the Caucasus itself, we have se veral times explained to our readers both its aim• tion and extent. This celebrated chain of moans tains, of the most famous on the globe, is one of the natural barriers of Asia. It extends from the Black Sea to the Caspian, from Anapa to the peninsula of Bakou. At one time it contained a population of 4,000,000 of men, of whom the Georgians, the Abases, the Tcherkesses, the Ossetes, the Kistes, and the Lesghuiz, were the more remarkable. The Russians have divided it into two provinces, that of the Caucasus or Cis-Caucasia, with Stavropol for its capital, and the Government of the Caucasus or frans-Caucasia, retaining Georgia or Grusia, with Tiflis, Telaw, Erivan, Gori, Elisabethpel, and Koutais." The Siecle does not believe that the country thus conquered will remain indefinitely tratluil ; insur rections will, it thinks, break out from time to says the writer, " the t e:emigrationo‘'lf :—`'Notwithstanding," wewhi c h i c th i r s i se t : la n e ae d i w e i pntge be a ' in g place, complete will mission‘lre d 0 not think so. There is too much hatred accumulated in the hearts of these mountaineers for them not to seize the first opportunity to revolt, notwithstand ing the depopulation and the military m easures which will be taken. Russia considers her triumph certain, but the Caucasus will some day become another Poland. The great shades of Kazi-Moulla and Schamyl will reappear in the mountains, and the war will be more desperate than ever." MANTINEA. E — E T CE he How GREECEOF STOOD dying exAcriaTmEßati:EofßEApTaTmL iEn on das—" I have lived long enough, for I die unconquered"— was the farewell to that glory which he alone had obtained for Thebes; and his last breath was spent in bidding his countrymen make peace. Polopidas had fallen two years before at the battle of Cynoscephals in Thessaly (B.c 364). All parties, except Sparta, were content to join in a general pacification, on the basis of the status quo, recognising the new constitution of Arcadia, and the independence of Mem senCe. To this last article Sparta would not consent ; but her spirit of practical resistance was confined to the aged Agesilaus, who, in his 80th year, sought a new field for his restless energy in Egypt. After aiding Nectanebo the Second to obtain the crown, he died, on his road to Cyrene, B.C. 361. After the pacification, the power of Thebes speedily collapsed, in a manner that showed how completely she owed her sudden elevation to the brilliant qualities of her few great statesmen. Sparta was finally fallen. The, new power of Arcadia was yet in its infancy. A dull pause appears to fall upon the scene of energy and conflict, while the exhausted states await the new destiny which was pre pared for them by the secession of Philip to the throne of Macedonia (B.c. 359). Athens alone seemed to retain, in her free constitution , her maritime power, and her succes sionvigour enough to become the cham piond liberty. The long train of o o f f a H b e le lle s n ta ic te l s i m fe e a n n , match less orators, who ruled the debates of her ecclesia and pleaded causes in her courts, had been crowned by the first appearance of Demosthenes, in his 18th year (B.c. 364). I that idd thele om Newedom Her drama was still flourishing, though her tragedians wer e no longer com p arable to JEsch y lu s , Sorhocles, and Comedy. It Comedy was of Eur i p id e s, and the satire of the Old Comedy h a d p asse d ninottotitlhl the the comparatively generation ely pointless manners and intrigue flourished in the hands of Philemon and Menander. Plato was still alive, and Aristotle was 24 years old ; but the great sects of philosophy were yet in their infancy. The art of Phidias had lost none of its beauty in the hands of Scopas and Praxiteles ; and paint ing was approaching the perfection which it afterwards reached in in the hands of Apelles. These fair fruits from the root of Hellenic liberty attained their perfection as the stem that bore them began to wither. --Philip Smith's History of the World. THE PARIS CALCRAFT.—" Since the day," says the Figaro Programme, " when the last of the Sansons was able, as he so philosophically expresses it, to give himself the satisfaction of really washing his hands and writing his memoirs, the executioner in Peals has been M. Hendereich, who resides in a handsome house on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. The person who liveg on the same floor with him is the actor Laferriere, who salutes his neighbour on the stairs, thinking him a private citizen. M. Hendereich has living with him a youth of is, whom he is having educated at one of the colleges. The lad calls M. Hendereich his uncle, and is net aware that the latter is an executioner. The youth is also ignorant that he himself is the son of a condemned prisoner, and that he was taken care of from charity by the man who had been charged to execute his father." 73} f 195} 2f