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

310NEY MARKET AND COMMIII,OIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Indic a ti ons of ea3ier feeling have been manifested to.day in discount circles. The transactions to-day have been very moderate, and as money is now h gabsorbed on account of the revenue payments the quietude of business has occasioned some sur prise among bankers and others. The rates are a little lower, but notwithstanding the concessions 'discounters are willing to make the mercantile cora tnunity seem to be holding back their bills as much ee their current demands will permit. A further sum of £12,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The Harriet Pinckney- has arrived from Bermuda With £70,000 in gold. In the manufacturing districts doting the past week there has not been any great deal of anima tion witnessed. At Manchester there was a decline cothe quot at i on of cotton, with a dull market for he and y arn. Operations in woollen cloths at Leeds and Huddersfield, and in worsted goods at lhl ifax, have been carried on to a rather large ex tent, but at Bradford little business was negotiated. In the hardware districts also of Birmingham and Sheffield, there was a slight falling off in the de 114nd both for country and foreign orders. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris thi s morn i ng, according to Renter's tel the Three per Cent. Ren tea were 67f. 10c 4 : ll er firm. O nly a very limited amount of business has been Fun ds, to-d ay i n t h e mar k et for the English "de, and it has not led to any alteration in the qot ations, Cons o l s b e i ng 901 for money and , 0 0nunt, an d 901 1 for the Bth of July. The Ne w Th rees and Reduced Annuities are u n 9 i ; Red Sea Telegraph, 207, ; India 5 p er " 64 %, 1031 104 f, and Enfaced 5 per Cents. 104. In the Foreign Market there is very little animation, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71i ;do Consolide3, 481 ; Mexican, 441 45 ; do. New Loan, 1 die. to par ; Greek, 241 s ; SpaniA). Passive, 32; 331; do. Certifi. eates; 101 ; Russian Scrip, 4.1 prem.; Swedish, do, 3 4 prem. ; and the Confederate Loan is 64 65. In the Railway Share Market the deal ings have been very restricted. Prices, however, have shown more firmness. Metropolitan have im proved ss. Midland 55., and Great Northern A Stock LI s s . The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about former rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and exhibit little variation as regards prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Gov ~ ERN:WENT FUNDS. ..._° Per Cent. Consols initto;Account, May 8 „Per Cent. Reduced 'oy? 3 per Cent . B9l t "ew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891.. - . Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yr s , expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2Ol March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO ** Ditto £lOO and £2OO p., . -.4. England Stk, 51 per Ct. thtte Account. lijlstDifor G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. .-da Stock, 10i per C ent., April 1874 — A Ditto Ditto 5 o per Cent. July, 1670 ccunt Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 Ditto 51 per Cent. May, 1879 .. D itto Deb en t ures , per Ct., April 1861 T, Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Bonds £l,OOO — die Ditto trader £l,000 FO ndREIG per Ce N FU nt NDS—ONE. O'CLOCK. a astrian Bos, 5 - - Ditto 1859 ' Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-53-60 Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) `;lelian 6 per Cent ",.., 110 Din ttbia o 4 pet Cent ‘,an 6 Der Ceat '-','lbit, 6 por Cent. 'apish 3 per Cent 1825 Ditto 6 per Cent.. , 1863 BO r, Di tto Scrip £7O paid .cfi l ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — . evil); --'' . - - 41 1 7 per Cent lOll 11 ,„ Ditto, S econd Issue Ditt o week per Cent. ) 1824-5, ex-Coupons — 241 Account Ditto Coupons — ...big° Account q uat eraala 5 per Dlt . to 1839 and 1859 — [ tali , ! n l a d per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) • ~",Leall 3 per Cent -",tte Account 11,1:00rish Imperial 5 per Cent f mew Granada i tto 2 per Cent.... itto Deferred • .. — _ . _ Ditto • Land Warrants (Hectares) rera via D . n4l per Cent itte Account... ) _ Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .•• • Ditto ... 4 per Cent., 1862 — buitt9 Account ..• orttquese 3 per Cent., 1853 - Ditto Ditto Account • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Account — , Ditto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid -- ,Ditto 5 per Cent., 1822, £St --. Ditto 44. per Cent., 1850 .. —.. Ditto 3per Cent 1859 bitto 5 per Cent, 1862 D itto Anglo-Dutch . .. Ditto Scrip, £2O paid • Pm 'ardinian 5 per Cent .... bat() Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive i D itto Account 615enish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Accoun t "edish, 4 per Cent — t D itto Scrip, £4O paid — P m 4,rlxlsh 6 p er C en t. 1854 _ Ditto Account Ditto,, £lOO Bonds 721 Pitt () 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 1 Ditto 1863 v. e bit to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO neztrela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 p er C en t., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond A ustri an , 6 per C ent. , E x. 10 Fl or i ns. --- l ' e b igian 41 per Cent,, Ex. 25f... — • ' - 'itto Account .. Dutc h 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 64 ,i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 4t alan, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 691 p Ditto account..... TWO O'CLOCK. C Oneols Money Ditto Account .................... Ditto July _.........._ . ••• • 1 dis iiverpool Cotton Market---This Day. No change. Market steady Sales, about bal es . Imports, 145. Previously, 3,516. 6,000 F EAR OF LORD PALMERSTON.—I remember an lincident which occurred some years ago at the Bag d izee a• Au E ng li s h s t ranger a t one o f the hotels, after ~14B1ling his h an d s , th rew hi s b as i n f u l o f soap and water ' k t of the window just as the Grand Duke was passing, lu ging his Imperial Highness from head to foot. The eager hurried at once to the street, and, throwing him °cif before the dripping Sovereign, made the most humble and apologetic excuses for his act; but the Grand Duke at°l3 Pad him short at once, saying, " There, there I say no more of it ; don't mention the matter to any one, or I shall get into a correspondence with Palmerston, and be com • Pelied to Pay a round sum to you for damages I"—Uornelius O'b owd, in Bl ac k wood ' s Magazine. THE PRUSSIAN LOSSES IN THE LATE CAM - PA The total loan of the e Prussian troops during the late campaign is calculate.' from official sources °t 116 officers, 218 sub-oißcers, 46 bandsmen, and 1,592 Privates killed and wounded, with officers and 117 sta. °facers, bandsmen, and privates taken prisoners. More t han. half the latter are cavalry, the Bth Hussars in parti oalar having contributed a large proportion. Five of the captured officers and many of t he men are included in the • n umber of the wounded. 28 officers were killed in action or died immediately after of their wounds, consisting of 1 '1111:jor-general (Von Raven), 2 maj (Von Jena an d Von °te ll); 3 . ca pin, ors ains, 4 first-lieuten a nts, and 18 second .,,e4tellante The total P r u s si an l oss may be broadly esti ...Anted at 120 otilocro and about 1,800 men, 0.16.4 , hart 100 SI t 20 stock 4trok stock itoot, Lock itGok +took +Lock vt oek rOW: SHARE XARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuft.S. Railways. Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. ( done. 8 8 8i 9 83 *5 1181 119 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 lot 106 401 7i 64 74 130 131 139 140 128 LIZ 90 92 05 651 11d 112 i 66 G 7 104 106 40 4 110 f 111 i 974 980 534 5414 113 114 1301 1311 101 1(3 80461 244 :151 1010 102 57i 68i 8h 9O 123 123 14 24 78 79 1( 111 121 123 36 38 64 66 33 35 902 104 106 7i Si 36} 37i 94 10 8 8 17J 17 5 6 7 , 3 4 p 100 105 2! 24 ;hare t 3.14. st 10 st st 50 20 and Str. Val, Islythe and Tyne. B ost. , Sleat.,andMid.kio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwt , ll D o A .1 zets no di; D o. B till Cpc.p an.hafi paid to B Dublin & been lltliast June. 1 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.l Edinburgh & Glasgow. try lase. and S. Western. read ;astern, astern, Ord. stti Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorlhof SCotlanti Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Irel an, Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stoat Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and BlackwaL Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Ilan., Shef., d Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot sharon 1 M etropolf tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of irelano Do. shares 34id Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwie. Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle ,North London Do New North Staffordshire LN. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool. Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welohpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6 taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 188 G rail' Vale. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny, West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilardtki ' West Midland --Oxford, Do Newport; Do Hereford! BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways It 'auto & St Laiireno Rom.,Baroda&.Ceat [nu Gu. 5 per neat Do. New . . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laze Guron Do. Prefersnoe Buffalo, Brant,&G odrich p. ot. bda. Aug. 1, IS?2 Do. do. July 1, 187:-i D , Do. du. Jude 1, lh; k_lieutta.& S. E as tn. CripCTOWII e: Dock Sort, Eastn. Bengal Ku. b p. hat Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. Go. deferred...—. Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred__ 4th l'ref. do. deferred__ (3 t.lncharenut.gua.sp.e Do. N ew gua. 5 p. 43... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.ot dia (Lint ,uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of LanadaSLareF Do. New ....... Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. 1)o. 54 p. c. do. '77-5.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. o. Extension Dc. Vilth Extension. Alelb.Corp. p. o. Lind, & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. nortg. New Br une.wick a Cand:A ' Class A and B. N. El I.C'das pc Ist p 1 bdr Soinde Do. Delhi... ....1 Do. do ..... . "c• E. Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) )LUN LiL GOVERIN 10u 100 100 100 100 all 100 (10 , i 19 all 100 ioo Paid. all 10() Closing Prioe. 60 62 -- 103 WI 8 7i all all to pars p Ji 8i 9i 77 82 77 8: 77 82 101 103 98 100 106 108 105 106 2 P 21 22 73 15 6: 61 C 6 68 55 57 60 5.: 43 f 5 29 31 27 30 105 105 par 102 101 10 104 104 10}, 90 1)2 82 81 par 1024 1034 07 99 9: 91 MEN 56 58 3 82 14 103 101 1024 1034 , d 1024 10341 96 98 101} 1011 1' SI?CUKITIr;r. <. t;p.c.Ja. &JulJ 1877-81 Do. ti p. c. Feb. At Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. is Inscribed stock 'Cape G. Hope. ti p 0,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. IS:Jt Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul) Do. 6 p. u.Ap. & Oct. N. B."W• Gov• 5p 3" MA Dv. 5 p. e.,18/1 to Int Do. d0.,1888 &upwth New Zealand 6 p cent. Neva. Scotia Gov. 6 p. e sterling, 1875 Queensland (icy. 6 p. C IS. Aus G6p.C.1878.4 up IVIc.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July Do. So film. AD.OtOct, 104 106 102 104 102 104 9 t 04 91 03 106 108 107 109 it 9 111 110 112 103 104 106 108 106 108 102 104 Icoa 996 1006 996 1C06,' 10,1 111 100 100 100 100 100 104 106 10 11 Z ton mil 1091 1 BRITISH. MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I uhtford Amalgamated 33 35 Devon G. Con.. (Tavisto 1 555 665 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 64 66 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 28 29 28+ East Cara8rea......... 3.4.0 8 81 8 ! E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) . 8.13.0 31 4 5 1 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(G wen , 584 7 9 (3 reat South Tolgus 17s 21 3 - G. Wheal Voralelstan 40 33 35 'Grenville ilemd's-Foot 8.12 68 40 El ingston Downs 4.!8.0 33 Lady Bertha \l arke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim; 21 1+ 3 d New Setun l9l 80 83 • North Downs 23 13 13 -- NAM . ' Baseet(lllo4an 3.1.0 14 2 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 4} 43 Par Consols (t•t. Blaze), 20 rrovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer 1+ 450 170 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — - ,S.Wheai Fran. 18.14.9 40 45 +Stray Park 30.17.6 29 31 ratuar Silv.6z Lead Itin. - l'in Crort .J 171 181 IWest Basset (Mogan). 11 91 04 !W C, radon (Liskeard 5 16 18 ;West Seton IlVhevl Basset (Mogan , 54 90 95 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 30 35 heal Kitty (U.Ledant ; 2.0.6 WhealLtat ott Wheal MaryAnn(Lien ) 8 14 16 Wheal 3etou 531 220 230 Wheal Trciawney (Lis ) 7 I 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di'to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Midland 41 per cent. pf. stK. rd., 100, Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4:per ct.:93 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 46 per cent., red., li.ol 100 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent C os at, 6 per cent. pref. B, 29i LINES LEASED Ar FIXED RENTALS, London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1031 Wilts and Somerset, 91} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam,l9l:i - Eastern of France, 18i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21i FOREIGN MINES. Yudanarautana of S. Australia, lira., SA DOCKS. London, 741 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 130 Alliance (bm.). -- Ditto, new, 53 Anglo Austrian, n Australasia, 73; British Brazilian anadnd Californian,l'o ru ii g l d u i e al ;Ara l Chartered Bank o, Australia, and'China. N cit, 3 Chartered yl4 Nier. of India, London , and China, 68 68 1 Continental, lira., 101 181 uHindustan,r 0 English, pea n S Scotch, a a l na d n. u 3d At p ra a li n an alin Ch .) ;te 2 r i e B d, 211 a Imperial Ottoman, 201 2u I Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 6 zla Scotland, n tli m 11 ) ra , 5 . , 7 20 LLLLLLooooolnannnddddddoooognunnun Ban k k ß o r f a cai l da r m r. ct be . oruu a erl n da d yß. S a . 6n Sia o ff t o A r Staffordshire, a l m 2 . 6, 21 g. Cont. Exchange, lira., 22 London Joint Stock, 47} London and South African, 211 London and 11 e s t m i nster, Merchant Bank, lira , 25 t Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 20 Ditto, new, 14} Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira. , 811 New South Wales, Si Oriental Bank Corporation. CO Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, 1im.,11131 South Eastern, lira., 6 Union of Loudon, 58 MISCELLANEOUS,. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira, f 3 Consolidated Discount, lim., 8 Continental Union Gas, lim., 61 , Contract L orporation, lim., 4; Credit Mobiii , r, 9 EgYntian Coln. and Trading, lim. 5. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 71 I Imperial Finl Financial Nxiety, lim., 10i 11 I nternational Land Credit. lira.. 4; Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour , Ditto fi per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, Issued 00, 87 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7i Loudon Provincial Marine, 31 Mercantile Credit Association, Jim., 131 Royal Mail Steam, Bdf 90 131 30i 141 t Bnsin eRs don, IG6 7i 106 f 6k 30 & lot i 6} 100 i f MARKETS—This Day. close this week, have gone off steadily since our last, at very full prices. Port Philip wool is now Id to lid; Syd ney, Adelaide, and Cape, id to ld per lb dearer than at the close of last series. Up to the present time, rather more than 90,000 bales have been disposed of, and of this quantity a considerable proportion has been taken by foreign buyers. In the English wool trade there is much less fine ness, owing to increased supplies having been forwarded to market, as well as to a disposition on the part of holders to realise. Prices, consequently, have fallen ld to 2d per lb for the late highest point, The import into London last week amounted to 535 bales from East London ; 672 Port Natal ; 3,730 Launceston ; 3,008 Moretown Bay ; and 479 bales from Odessa. MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were Um for wheat, and selected parcels were held at enhanced rates. In most descriptions of spring corn a moderate business was transacted at previous quotations. The flour trade was steady on former terms. • We learn from New York that the value of wheat and flour had improved, and that the shipments to Great Britain had been on a liberal scale. On the Continent the trade, generally speaking, is steady. Limited supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 13,925 quarters of wheat ; 590 barley ; 8,113 oafs ; 853 beans; 1,035 peas; 140 linseed; 6,500 rapeseed ; 1,000 maize ; 70 sundry seeds, and 27 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were decidedly on the increase, and the condition of the produce was for the most part good. The accounts at hand respecting the appearance of the crops being very favour able, he demand_for red and white qualities ruled inactive. Compared with l‘londay, however, no quotable change took place in prices. At the close of business a fair clearance was effected. Current prices of English woor per lb, Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 101 to 1 11 Half-bred do , 231 2 5 Kent fleeces South Down ewee and wethers 1 8 1 9 Leicester do. ...... 110 111 Sorts—Clothing ............................ 1 6 1 9 C0mbing........... SEEDS. Considering the time of year there was a steady inqu'ry for seeds, and the quotations were firm. Cakes were in slow request on former terms rurnip, White,p.bus.lls to 148 Swede -8 ---g Mustard, Brown loa 13s White, Tares, Spring.... 4s Od 45 6d Old per quarter - s — 8 Canary, per quarter 52s 6 a Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, lied Eng., et s — 8 White Foreign It ed —s — 8 White —s — 8 Trefoil, new --a The supply of oats on sale was very moderate, and the trade ruled firm, with an upward tendency in prices. Beans, the supply of which was small, fully supported last Monday's currency. Peas were firm in price, and most descriptions met a steady sale. The show of samples on the stands was small. Most descriptions of flour changed hands to a moderate extent, at late rates. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was but mo derate. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly, at the rates current on Monday last. Carraway 22s 263 Coriander l2s 16s Rempseed, per qr 44s 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 763 78s Crushing Baltic —s -s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton --s —s English ..,...X9105£10 16s Foreign 4910 s £lO 5s Rape Cakes,p tonXs Os £6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s _ Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at previous quotations. TALLOW. The tallow trade is dull to-day, and prices are 6d per cwt lower than on Monday last. The quotation for .P.Y.C. on the spot is 40s 6d. per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 39s 9d, net cash. Rough fat remains quoted at 2s 2d per 81b. The market was seasonably well supplied with barley. Both for grinding and distilling qualities the demand ruled far from active; nevertheless, previous quotations were supported. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent, on former terms. Particulars, 1850. 18 " I 1862. 1863, Stock this nay.... Price of Y.C. Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from Juue 1 ['rice of Town .... 26.980 ? 65,693 37 r 57 37.338 s!s 3d —l3 Od —s Od 52s0a ;o 54s Od to 4C861 to 43803 tol —s Od 2,255 550 -,, 1,289 656 2,975 1,426 1,289 656 2,479 1,478 514 251 2,851 1,562 514 251 53s 61 528 91 468 6d 448 3d 444,662 us 6d to 1 -8 Od 755 , 519 CURRENCY PER DIPERTAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 3is to 41s Ditto, old •—s —s Ditto, white, 1863 lls 16s Ditto, old _ _ 160 416 6,1 Norfthk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 22s 25s Malting —s —s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding .193 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 33s 36s Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk ....—. 27s 29a American, per barrel l9s 2.5 s CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day the h S e Sirhee Rff i. are. s 8 3 The June sessions of the Central Cri m i na l C our t com menced this morning before the Common S ergean t, Alder man prisoners for trial, but th e greater port i on Carden, Sir G. Moon, P hillips, and Lusk, and of the charges are of the ordinary character. One of the gentlemen summoned on the grand jury objected to serve on the ground that he had conscientious objections to taking an oath. In reply to Sir R. Carden, the jurcr said he knew he could not claim exemption, but if excused he knew it would only be as a matter of favour. Sir R. Carden asked what course he would pursue supposing he should be obliged to bring an action against any one. The gentleman replied that he always settled any dispute of that nature without going to law. He should not take the oath under any consideration. Sir It. Carden observed that if he were a witness in a case of murder, he would be compelled to give his evidence, or else he would be committed. The gentleman said he had no desire to evade the per• formance of his public duty, and he had on various occa sions been excused from taking the oath. wouldims as t arise. he pr They w the a circu ms t ances h e Sir R. Carden said that if sucenhudletcryl were,ere to haw b e e v f e r r e , q v u e e r n y t ra g r r e e , at aa d d iffl a would admit the excuse. Another juror was then sworn, and the grand jury com pleted. The Common Sergeant, in his charge, said he was happy to inform them that there were not more persons for trial than would have been expected, considering that the inter val of five weeks had elapsed since the last session. He was glad to be able to state that from having for the past few years watched the state of crime, this showed a very satisfactory state of things, and that, taking into considera tion the very great increase in the population, and a like increase in property, and the consequent increase in tempta tion, criminal offences did not increase in the like propor- tion ; indeed, as regarded juvenile offenders, the number during the last three or four years had decreased at least two thirds, which could be accounted for by the exertions which were being made by philanthropists in taking charge of aban doned children. He wis sorry to see, however, that five of the charges involved the loss of life, and ono assumed the mere serious charge of murder, and the other four for the milder offence of manslaughter; and he could not help noticing with regret, that this, as usua l , in most cases of violence that came before the Court, resultbJ from the effects of drink. 'With regard to the case of mna'ller the prisoner and the deceased had had a quarrel in a house, and deceased went up to the prisoner in a fighting attitude, but it did not appear whether or not he struck him. However, the prisoner, who had a knife in his hand, made a cut at deceased and stabbed him, and he died in three weeks after from the effects of the wound. If these facts were extenuated he thought it was prima facie murder, and it would be rather for the jury to consider more minutely whether there was anything to justify the charge being reduced to manslaugh ter. The Common Sergeant then alluded to the charges for manslaughter, amongst which was that of the woman lately residing in Johnson-street, New Cut, remarking that all of them appeared to have been committed while the pas sions of the prisoners were inflamed by drink. In conclu sion £4,000 belonging' to his he alluded to the c ase of which a captain o f a vesse l was charged with em ployer. The prisoner, t appeared, received the money abroad end ought to h ave at once accounted for i t, an d remitted it to the own ers o f the vessel. Instead o f d o i ng embezzling i so, he came to England with the money which he deposited in different banks. The prosecutors hearing of the fact of his arrival in England caused him to be apprehended, and his statement was that he invested the money for security, while he foolishly went about to see his friends instead of going directly with it to his owners. The question for them would be whether or not the prisoner had any felonious in tent when he invested the money, or whether it was, es ho stated, a mere matter of neg li gence. The Court then proceeded w i th the business of the sess i ons . 'William Heath, a respect a bl e looking man, pleaded gui!ty to a charge of embezzling Money, the money of Mr. Ed • wa rds, the proprietor of the Building, N ews . The prisoner had been ,in prison two weeks, and he appeared to believe that he was only civilly liable t o th e p ros ecutor for the money. He was bound over in his own recognisances to come up for judgment when called upon, at tf Aao 8 ueSCOTCHnrdn aeeo , aoon n thsi MI N ISTER enaanwsdo:de sha_f o t, ON afternoon, OAoLDV,IiNn. his — I o n w the c course hur o h, Call no man father on the earth," Mr. George Gilfillan alluded to the influence of early su ff ocated with rancid incense. Reformers. These had been, l a his judgment, the most ill at' daring their lifetime their escaped feedi ng the flames, and after death their ub os John Calvin had been the htro of the past week, but it was rather ominous that his admirers had selected for anniversary not the date of his birth, July 10, 1509, but the date of his death, the 27th cf May, 1564. Calvin, d e d i e of f a narrowlymafame l had men, been n no doubt, was a great man, and there was a great amount of truth in his sys t, em• But Calvin was not only not Christ, but he had less of Christ about him than almost any Christian divine he could name. He was harsh, nar• row, dogmatic, cold, cruel. The syste m o f /nifty established while he lived in Geneva was worse than th it which pre vailed in Naples under Bomba• It was a system of brutal cruelty. One James Gru3t, for writing some loose verses, was beheaded. Even little boys and girls were liable to capital punishment for trivial offences. And need he name Servetus—a name which, despite the one-sided sophistry of Calvin's defenders, rested like a bloody blot on that Re former's brow. He ventured to make an assertion—it might seem strange now, but there was a day Coming when it would appear a mere truism —that Shakespere whose ter centenary had been recently celebrated, was a better repre sentative of the Christian religion Calvin. than n „ in. The one was a Jew of the stoniest type; the other a Christian of the noblest grain. The one found evil in things good ; the other a soul of goodness i n things evil. The one wrote in stitutes of theology in e legant Latin, which were read only by scholars; the other dramas in plain English which were read by the civilized world, and would be read after Cal vinism was, to say the least, no longer , as now, a b sur dly identified by many with Christianity. He spoke then of creeds, and expressed his delight that Dr. Candlish had broken ground on that question by asserting that there were statements in the Confession of Faith opposed at once to science and Scripture.—Dundee Advertiser. M. FIORENTINO'S DEATH is announced, he being a theatrical, or rather musical critic, whose name was a subject of terror to all artists NA ho had to make their b)w before a Parisian audience. His talents were of the very highest order, but ho was often swayed by considera tions to which he should have been inaczessible. His greatest achievement in a literary way was a translation of Dante, which is as good as the baldness of the French lan vulge will admit of. It was published, with illustrations, by Gustave Dole, and to some of your readers, at least, the boils must be well known. V _ JOHN LEECH'S C " " ART OONS PROM UNCII ." Following the example of Mr Tenniel, M r L eec h i s prepar ing for the press a volume of his Political Cartoons. A SECOND VOLUME of iqR CHARLES KNIGHT'S " Passages of a Working Life" is in the press. A HORSE KILLED BY BEES.—On Thursday even ing last a valuable mare belonging to Mr Richards, farmer, , )f Ladock, Cornwall, broke over a fence into a garden and ipset a couple of beehives. A vast number of bees at once _tuck to the animal and stung her so severely that she. died in a few hours. THE SUI, LONDON, MONDAY EYI4:4.NING, JUNE 6, 1864. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,500 Scots, short-horns, and crosses ; from ether parts of England, 800 various breeds; from Scotland, 970 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 100 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was considerably in excess of Mon day last, and its general quality was good. All breeds moved off slowly, at 2d to 4d per 81bs less money. A few very inferior Downs and half-breds sold at 5s 2d; but the general top figure was 5s per 81bs. Lambs—the supply of which was good—sold slowly on rather lower terms, viz., from 6s to 7s per 81bs, We had a slow sale for calves at barely late rates. The supply was moderate. The pork trade was steady for the timo of year, at full prices, There was an increased supply of foreign stock on offer in to• day's market. The quality of the beasts and calves was good; but the sheep came to hand in but middling condition. Sales progressed slowly, on lower terms. The arrivals of beasts, fresh up from our own grazing districts, were considerably on the increase, and mostly in prime condition. Our receipts from Scotland were large, viz,, 311 from Aberdeen, 300 from Fifeshire, and 359 from East Lothian. This portion of the supply was remarkably prime. From Ireland, very few beasts came to hand. Although the attendance of buyers was numerous, the de mand for all breeds of beasts was heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last of from 2d to 4d per Sibs. The general top figure was 4s 8d per lbs. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pmo. S i thdown d 0.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 ILarge erse. calves 4 2 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 ;Prime small do 5 0 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 ISmall porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs....6s Od to 7s 01. Suckling calves, 163 to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Cows Sheep and lambs 32,450 Calves 390 Pigs. 660 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 6,340 Calves Pigs The total imports of foreign stocr into London, last week, amounted to 8,708 head.a In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 5,778—in 1862, 2,323—in 1861, 7,849 —in 1860, 10,231—in 1859, 3,lll—in 1858, 3,605 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAO WEBS. Flom Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 640 .. 1362 280 .. 649 .. 143 Harlingen .... 13S .. 1714 .. 151 .. 63 Hamburg .... 86 .. 2477 .. •^ • .. 191 Amsterdam.... • • • • • • Boulogne.• .. -- .. -- •• ---- —. Bremen . — • . • • • • •• Dordt. l2 • . 130 . . 253 . . 3 .. 3 Guernsey Antwerp .. .. Ostend ..... .... 27 .. Havre — • • .. .. 14 . • - .-•-• "---. -. , b 8 .. 16 Oporto Dunkirk 1 •• '"'" • • ..." • • -- • • - - . • - • • 7 .. 103 Total 925 5863 684 .. 964 .. 642 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: — Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 .618 3,272 .. 1014 945 .. 29 1862 483 .. 4,077 277 .. 401 .. 25 1861 478 5,562 .. 592 .. 620 .. 60 7 1860 1859 l6O 1,921 637 .. 502 .. 13 1858 202 2,469 .. 481 459 4 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, June Si 1863, and this day, Monday, June 6, 1864, Fer 81b. to sink the offal. June 8, 1863. 3 4to 3 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 38 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 4 10 4 8 410 64 6 8 40 4 6 48 5 0 34 4 0 42 4 6 June 6, 1864. 3 2to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 4 46 4 8 3 6 310 40 4 4 4 6 410 410 6 0 60 7 0 4 2 410 50 5 2 36 4 0 42 4 8 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality do. Prime ?ergo oxen Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. Prime coarse-woolled do ..... Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. .... Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 3lO 560 SUPPLIES ON SALE, June 9, 1862.—Beasts, 3,260--- sheep and lambs, '24,9oo—calves, 200—pigs, 350. JUNE 10, 1861.—Beasts,: 3,94 o—sheep, 26,940—calves, 279—pigs, 440. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. For the time of year full average supplies of each kind of meat are on sale here to-day. Generally speaking, the trade is heavy, at drooping prices, Per 81b. by the carcase. s d s Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling do, .. 3 4 3 a Prime largo do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Largo pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 a dsd Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations this morning are favourable. The recent easterly winds have had the effect of checking the too rapid growth of the bine, which, although it made but little progress hat week, looks healthy, and is tolerably free from blight. The amount of business doing in our market is moderate; nevertheless, all good and fine hops command extreme rates. Inferior hops are obtainable at slightly reduced quotations. No imports of foreign hops took place into London last week. Mid and East Kents.. £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s ~ Sussex Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os „ Bavarian • Belgian American BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Largo supplies of old potatoes continue on sale, and the trade for them rules heavy, at from 20s to 50s per ton. With new potatoes the market is hut moderately supplied, and most qualities move off steadily, at from 10s to 158 per cwt. The import last week was 229 boxes Madeira, 173 from Genoa, and 13 baskets from Jersey. Yorkshire Regent. sos to 60s per ton. Flukes 5OB to 65s ~ Rocks ........ . Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 40s to 50s ~ Rocks Kent and Essoc Regents . —s to —s WOOL. The public bales of cilouial, which will be brought to a LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HOUSE OF LORDS. (Before the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Kingadown.) YELVERTON V. LONGWOR.TH (OR YELVERTON). This appeal case was continued this morning. Long before the doors were opened a large crowd-of persons had assembled, a large majority of them being ladies, who were actuated by curiosity, so that all the space appropriated to strangers was very soon occupied. Several members of the House of Commons occupied seats in the gallery, The respondent was in ono of the side seats with two other ladies, but, as she sat on a hassock, she could only be seen by a few persons. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., who on a pr3vious day called attention to the position of the parties, and the manner in which they became acquainted, together with a history of the various law proceedings which have taken place, proceeded this morning to read lengthened extracts from the evidence bear ing upon the case of the Hon. Major Yelverton, the appel lant, with a view to show that the lady had acted impro perly in her early connection with the appellant. Lord Chelmsford could hardly see how that evidence, supposing it were all true, affected the marriage. The Lord Chancellor concurred in the opinion that it was useless to trouble their lordships with suu!i matters. Mr. Holt could not argue that point at present, but thought it might be found to throw some light; on subse quent stages of the matter. He would now proceed to ad vert to the correspondence which had passed between the parties, contending that, as the judgment of the court below, and which was against Major Yelverton, was founded upon that correspondence, it was of the greatest possible import ance to his client, and that must be his apology for intrud ing it upon their lordships at some length. Shortly after 12 o'clock it was evident that Mrs. Yel verton was becoming unwell, and she was removed from the house. In the course of a few minutes afterwards she made her appearance in the Reporter's Gallery, being escorted by one of her counsel, and accompanied by her two lady friends. The news soon spread, and several mem bers of the House of Commons came up to the side galleries to catch a glimpse of the lady who has attracted CO much notoriety, She is a person rather above the ordinary stature, of pleasing features, and very fair complexion. She wore a light silk dress and a light silk bonnet trimmed with velvet ribbon. Mr Rah. proceeded at great length to read extracts from the lady's letters, and said there were some passages which he would not read, but he would request their lordships to read them. Some of them were in Italian, and he agreed with the Lord Ordinary that it was almost impossible for the lady to have been acquainted with the nature of many of the expressions she used, some of those expressions being capable of bearing the most filthy interpretation. He pointed out other passages in English, in which the lady had expressed pity that persons about to contract marriage could n6t go on trial. Such remarks, he contended, were entirely inconsistent with all honourable courtship. The learned counsel was proceeding with his address when our report left. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A. RUFFIAN PROPERLY PUNISHED. —Fred. Compton, a powerfully-built young man, described as a bill-poster, living at No. 1, Queen-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr Knox, with savagely assaulting a young woman named Elizabeth Thompson. The complainant, a young woman, said that on Sunday morniug about four o'clock she was standing at her mother's door in Stacey-street, when the defendant came up to her in a menacing manner. Thinking he was going to strike her she said " Don't hit me." The defendant replied, ' 6 N o I will not hit you, I will kick you," and then gave her a violent kick on the hand. She fell to the ground, and the prisoner then kicked her on the nose and also on her body. The complainant showed her hand to the magistrate, and there was a bad wound on it. Mr Knox asked the complainant whether she knew the defendant, and she said she had " kept company" with him. She had not seen him since the previous night, and she had given him no provocation whatever. The defendant had frequently beat her before, and once she charged him with using a poker to her. Defendant asked the complainant whether a man was not talking to her at the time, and she denied it, and said the defendant often followed her in the streets and threat ened to have her life. Mr. Knex inquired of the complainant whether she lived with the defendant, and she said she did not. Walter Sheppard, b 5 F, deposed that on going to the place he found the complainant on the ground and the de fendant locking her. The defendant stated that the com plainant had been with another man. The defendant said that what the complainant had re ceived she wholesomely deserved. It was her own fault— she was in the habit of following him. Mr Knox said he did not care what the complainant had done. The defendant had no right to take the law into his own hands under any circumstances. If the complainant had annoyed him he could have had protection tram the Court, and certainly was not justified in kicking the com plainant in the abominable way h 9 had done. He should commit the defendant for three months with hard labour. SPORTING NOTES, THE ASCOT MEETING. The glorious uncertainty of the turf was never more exemplified than it was yesterday at Paris. The great race seemed to be reduced to a match between Blair Athol, the Derby winner, and Fille de the French and English Oaks victrix, but suffered defeat from a stable companion of Bois-Roussel. The Ascot meeting commences to-morrow, and no doubt will be honoured with the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales. There are nine items set down fcr decision on the first day. The Ascot Stakes has a miserable acceptance out of the 49 entered, only having cried " ,:ontent." Baldwin, the top weight, is entirely out of the race. Canary and Thalestris are nicely in, and if Canary be meant I elnnot see how he can lose. Wandering Minstrel, Sheridan, Alabama, and Claxton will be found the best of the three-year-olds. I shall cxpeet to see CANARY win, with Thalestris and ALABAMA as h's im mediate followers. The Prince of Wales Stakes has both Blair Athol and Fille de l'Air engaged, with 91b penalty each, the former for winning the Derby and the latter the Oaks. Both are likely to be absentees. Scottish Chief has 51b penalty, which will just enable Knight of Snowdon to reverse the Epsom running. Lord Zetland will be his most dangerous opponent. Little Stag has only to face the starter to win the Gold Vase; but as he may be reserved for the Cup on Thuisday, I shall couple Fairwater and Oldminster with him. The Queen's Scalia. Plate, T.Y.C., looks more like a handicap than a weight for age race, as the weights, af,er adding the penalties and deducting the allowances, stand as under:— Age at lb Aga at lb Umpire Bertha Lady Clifden .... 6 9 5 Victorious 2 7 1 Castle Hill 3 9 1 La Mechante .... 2 6 12 Sirchbroom Pearl Diver Soapstone Starbeam .. 3 8 9 Zambesi King John Royal Stag 4 8 5 , Black Duchess 2 6 9 Woldga The top-weighted Umpire won this race last year. The distance to be traversed is only five furlongs, and as weight makes very little difference over a short course, he may just pull through. Lady Clifden is by far the best of the old horses engaged, and if she comes to the post in anything like form she will have no difficulty in disposing of all who may oppose her. The only one likely to upset her ladyship's colours is LA BEARNAIS. The Tenth Ascot Biennial will be carried off by Blue Mantle or King of the Vale, and the Seventh Ascot Biennial by Gardevisure, unless she is reserved for the New Stakes. The Royal Hunt Cup is seldom won by the best horse. It is one of those races that depends more on a start than merit. There are several good horses amongst the entries, amongst whom are Trumps, Amelia, Muezzin, Humphrey, Caroline, and Finesse. If HUMPHREY will only run up to his three•yr old form, when he beat as large fields as will contest this race, I should look no further for the winner ; failing him I shall trust to Amelia and Caroline. The Cup and the New Stakes I shall refer to on Wednesday. Lord St. Vincent no doubt will win the Cup, as he has two strings to his bow in Lord Clifden and Little Stag. A FRESH MAN. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A PRIVATE OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—James Pastell, a private in the above regiment, was charged before Mr Selfe with the following assault : Henry Peckard, a waiter at Cremorne Gardens, stated that at about half-past 12 o'clock this morning he was going along Millbank, nearly opposite the barracks of the regiment, when he came up to the prisoner who was in the company of another private of the same regiment. Com plainant was in conversation with a friend, when as they were passing the prisoner he held up a cane he had in his hand. Neither he nor his friend said a word to the soldiers who followed complainant and his friend fur about 60 yards, When the soldiers got up to them they were talk ing about the prisoner holding up his cane. They never said a word to the prisoner who gave him (com pla:nant) a severe blow with his fist on his cheek. The blow was so violent that it caused the blood to flow, and complainant was knocked down. Com plainant got up and asked him what that was for. He then received another severe blow on his cheek. r Selfe—Had you given him any provocation ? Complainant—None at all, sir. My friend was also struck by the prisoner, who was drunk. Prisoner said that he was struck by the complainant, Complainant denied that he assaulted the prisoner, and said that he felt great pain from the blow, and had his ~:2thes saturated with blood. s ara ,-.3 Buxton, also a waiter at Cremorne, corroborated the evidence. Mr &ifs asked a corporal of the regime4t, who came with the prisoner, wh a t sor t o . character he bore. The corporal said he was an .!ndifferent character, Prisoner was sent to prison for 1,; days. THAMES. AN UNQUAT EFUL SCOUNDREL.—John Allen, !), Lanca shire man, aged 25, was brought beforo Mr. Partridge, on remand, charged with stealing a pair of cloth trousers, the property of John Vine, a seaman belonging to the schooner Railway, in the London Dock. A few nights since the prisoner fell in with the mate of the Railway, and said he came from Wigan, in Ltiuca shire, and was hard np. The mate treated him with a supper and grog, and told him if he would come on board the schooner in the London Dock he would give him a pair of shoes. The prisoner accepted the invitation, and was hospitably treated in the forecastle of the vessel. He received a pair of shoes from the mate, who soon afterwards left the vessel and went on the quay to smoke his pipe. The prisoner, taking advantage of the absence of the crew, opened a seaman's chest and took out a pair of trousers, which he put on over his own. He left the schooner and was hurrying towards the dock gate, when the prosecutor was informed that the prisoner had his trousers on, He pursued him, and after a long chase overtook him. The prisoner, on being captured, said, "Let me go; I'll pull off the trousers." --- --___. Rainer, a Thames police constable, said the prisoner was a hamnaerman, and said he came from Wigan, in Lanca shire, and had been iu London since Wednesday night. He bad been unable to ascertain anything about the prisoner. Mr Partridge said the prisoner was a very ungrateful fellow, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.—A young woman came before Mr Partridge and said she was married on Saturday morning in Bromley Church. Her husband's name and her own name were carefully written on paper, but the clergyman who officiated at tho ceremony made a mistake in entering the name in the register-book. Her maiden name was Hammersley. The parson entered the name as Hemmersly. She put in her marriage certificate. Mr Partridge said he could not assist the applicant. The mistake of an E for the A would not affect the validity of the marriage, He advised the applicant to make a declara tion of the mistake, and he would sign it for her. DUNNING AND LORD MANSFIELD. Lord Mansfield once interrupted Dunning when plead ing before him with the exclamation, "You are quite mis taken, Dunning." Dunuing—" No , my lord, I am no t." Lord M.—" Then I had better go home and burn all my law books," Dunning—" No, my lord, you had better go home and read them," JUSTICE TO THE CATHOLIC GAOL CHAPLAINS ! A return has been issued (says the Spectator) show ing that on the let January, 1861, there were in the Irish county and borough gacls 364 Established Church pri soners, with 39 Established Church chaplains receiving £1,607 a year amongst them; 122 Presbyterian prisoners, and 14 Presbyterian religious instructors receiving £6OB a year amongst them ; and 2513 Roman Catholic prisoners, and only 39 Roman Catholic chaplains receiving £1,727 amongst them. And this is justice to Roman Catholics ! They do seven times the work of the Established Church for almost precisely the same pay. 1864, Doctors' Commons. All . the houses in the Commons have a tumble down look, several were apparently uninhabited; the closed shutters blankly proclaiming " our doctor has departed." Indeed there were signs of emigra tion in several of the tenements, and Messrs Lowndes and Co. (I think), though still abiding in the Com mons, have other offices in an adjoining lane. With out any spirit of prophecy we may say of these ancient haunts of the long-robed generation, "Ichabod," the glory is departed ; for in the next crop of railway bills who can doubt that there will be a scheme to break them all up, to facilitate a new plan of locomotion ? Emerging from the Commons and crossing the lane, I stumbled on the Heralds' College, also a brick edifice, but rather fresher than the clamp of time-browned dwellings we had just left ; yet it is probably quite as old. In appear ance it resembles a second-rate city hall, and has nothing notable about it, except a narrow enclosure on the right, the back wall being adorned with some heraldic devices, and the front surmounted by gilded turns or vaees. Desiring a glance at the inner sanctum of the tabarded sages, I sought permission of the janitor, but was curtly told there was "no admission except on business." A few steps brought me to Harrow-court. Entering by a narrow, dark, dirty passage I found myself surrounded by a dismal square of tenements, tall and smoke blackened; a century since, doubtless, the resi dence of well-to-do Londoners, but now evidently a mere refuge for the destitute. The central open space was hung with ,clothes.lines, and wet garments in every variety, except that none of them were whole, but as they flapped to and fro raggedly eccentric, proclaimed the poverty and wretchedness of their wearers. A few half-clad women were bending over wash-tubs, and labour ing in the suds; while a few children, uncombed and shoeless, stared inquisitively in my face, and one bolder boy said, " Good morning, sir." Frym this area a view is commanded of some hundred feet of a grievously smoky atmosphere, for the cracked chimney-pots remorselessly belch out their contents and obscure the whole neighbourhood, already too dark.— City Press. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) LONDON, June 6.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze and Ane weather. CARDIFF, June s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Britannia, for New York. . SWANSEA, June 3.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Georgiana Stephano, for Coquimbo. FALMOUTH, June 4 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Superior, from Smyrna—Thora, from Porto Rico. Sailed—Dora, for Mogadore. PORTSMOUTH, June s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Anna Kay Harrison, from Bahia for Bremen. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Pearl, 21, Captain John Borlase, from China, is now entering the Sound. (n MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH ; ) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Sailed—Leon Raymundo, for Madeira; Seine, steamer, f or i;soulogne. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, ~`,2ne s —Crusader, from the West for the North ; Seaton, screw et ,`eamer, of Sunderland, from the North, f or the West. Raymund°, for Madeira; the as-- , Berb . ice, for Cardiff— Le 'i n eti , from London.. Passed, Tune 6 March Hare, for Syra— Anchored—Strong, for Heath.: Claudia, for Demerara—Helene, for la neriffe—Argali, for Algoa Bay—all from .London—Hermo Hill, from Porto Rico, for London—Commerziou Rathin, from Haupt, for Alexandria—Marley Hill, screw steamer, from the west, for London. LORD BROUGHAM AND JOSEPH STURGE.--I re member a very graphic description which Lord Brougham gave me in conversation at his house in Grafton street of Joseph Sturge's conduct in the matter pf the ap prenticeship system, which he adduced as an illustr.. Ation of our friend's indomit a bl e energy. He told me o f M r Storfe coming to him to arraign the conduct of the masters in ti.:e West (Brougham) re a g l h n a d m i e ) s oppartehssiimng, laughed lr in this fashion deriding th eir for proposing to abolish the apprenticeship " Why, aphpimrentices ; how he Joseph Sturge, how can you be such an old woman as to dream that you can revive the anti-slavery agitation to put an end to the apprenticeship"—how the quiet Quaker met him with this reply, "Lord Brougham, it, when Lord Chancellor, thou hadat a ward in chancery who was apprenticed, and his master was violating the terms of indenture, what would'st thou do ?" how he felt this as a home thrust, and replied, " Why, I should requir e g ood ~ proof of the fact, Joseph Sturge, before I did anything how how our friends rejoined, "Then I must supply h proof •" how he packed his portmanteau and cliita'entlt, em barkedy for the West Indies, made a tour o f the io i n that was being practised on the negro apprent ices • lected the necessary evidence of the " andy t h e i r masters commenced un the planters : how he returned to England r to abolish the ap prcnticeship, to accomplish which country y wa s necessary to re organise all the old Anti-slave r y Societies which had been dissolved, or had laid down their arms, happy to be relieved a frcm their long and arduous the narrative ; how he brought them again into the field and attained in conclusion, ho awarded the whole narrative of Lord Brougham, and . well do I remember the "Joseph Sturge," said he, " won the merit to our friend.. very words in which, game off his own bat.—.Rtchards's Life of Joseph Sturge, just Published. OSTRICH FARMING.—At the Swellendam Agri cultural Show, Mr van Dyk said that he had many ostriches running on his place; he had formerly got £1 for them each year, but now he got from £lO to £l5 sterling. Be considered that every tame ostrich was worth £2O sterling a year.—Port Elizabeth. (Cape of Good Hope) paper. S]ECONIJ► EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. POLAND. KOENIGSBITRG, Jnue 4,—The TVilna Courier an 4 nounces that M. Stugielnki, an cfficial of the muni cipality of Swalki, has been taken prisoner in a band of insurgents and condemned to death and shot. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, (irs: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. ROYAL lIIINT CUP. 10 to 1 agst Amelia (taken) 14 to 1 agat Exchequer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Evelina (taken) 16 to 1 agst Trumps (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gem of the Sea (taken) 20 t) 1 agst Boid Houghton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tademus (taken) ASCOT STARES, sto 1 agst Canary (taken) 6to 1 agst Sheridan (taken) 7to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 100 to 15 agst Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 agat Hippolyta (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wandering Minstrel (taken) 11 to 1 agst Hypermnestra (tagen) 12 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) GOLD CUP. 100 to 13 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 4to 1 agst Little Stag (offered) 4to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) Bto 1 agst Wingrave (taken) ARRIVALS AT ASCOT. Peon, Cordelia, Catch'em Alive, Hymettus, Oldminster, Blue Mantle, Cadiz, Little Gentleman, Tomato, Hippolyta, Breeze, Evelina, Sister to Tomato, Amber, Wing-rave, La Mechante, Calista colt, King of the Vale, Blooming Heather filly. Clairvoyante, Alabama, Spice, Guerilla, Weatherspy, Saccharometer, Privateer, Figaro, Tailor, 11.1seneeth, Dr. Syntax, Black Deer, Kew, Advance, Fiancee, Iphigenia, Gazza Ladra, Bertha, Linda, Black Duchess, Gen, Hess, Lytham, Zeloo, Leader, Edmonstone, Taje, Black Lilly, Wandering Minstrel, Stockinger, Vivid, La Bearnais, La Fortune, Birdfinder, Goldylocks, Principal, Queen Bee, Verger, Bacchus, Disappointment, Jessie, Lucky Star, Gem of the Sea, Black Doctor, Rialto, Lady Hylda, Clown, Cutler, Bunch, Lord Clifden, and Little Stag. THE PARIS RACES, THE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS. PA.RIS, June 5. For this race five horses started. Vermouth won easily. Blair Athol was second, and Fille de I'Air nowhere. The Emperor and Empress were present, and the assem blage of spectators was immense. The weather was exceed ingly fine. When it was known that the French horse had won, a crowd surrounded the Emperor's stand and cheered their Majesties enthusiastically. PARIS, June 4. The following are the results of the Paris races : Prix de la Neve, for 5-yr-olds ; 5,000 f ; 3,200 metres. Soutnise Prix de la Ville de Paris (handicap); 5,000 f; 3,200 metres. Nobility Prix de l'Empereur ; 10,000 f; for all horses of three years old and over. 3,200 metres. SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S AND MR. GRE VILLE'S YEARLINGS AT HAMPTON COURT ON SATURDAY. The annual sale of her Majesty's yearlings took place at the Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court, on Saturday last. The weather was very fine, and the event brougkt together many noblemen and gentlemen, and an unusual number of turf habitu6s, including owners of horses, trainers, &c. As will be seen by the subjoined list of prices, the gross amount for the 24 Royal yearlings sold was 6,625 guineas, making an average of 276 guineas each—a larger sum than the produce of the stud has realised for many years. One filly was sold for the unprecedented sum of 1,2.50 guineas, but although ehe is a big one, the price was considered by most good judges to be in excess of her value. She is, however, got by the famous Stockwell, sire of Blair Athol, winner of the Derby, andunquestionably the moat fashion able stallion of the day, added to which she traces her lineage through her dam (Bracey) to the famed Queen Mary, dam of Blink Bonny, and grandam of Blair Athol, &c., and will always keep the money together, if only for breeding purposes. After the sale of the Royal produce thirteen of Mr. Oreville's yearlings were sold in the same paddock, and realised a total of 2,491 guineas, or an average of 190 guineas each. Messrs Tattersall as usual officiated. The following are the prices and the purchasers' names : HER MAJESTY'S. Guineas. Chestnut filly by Stockwell, out of Bracey, by Moss Trooper, out of Queen Mary (dam by Blink. Bonny) (Mr Maurice) .. .. •• •• •• •• Bay colt by Orlando, out of Distal:km (Mr A, Day) Chesnut colt by Stockwell. out of Lady Gough (Lord Zetland's darn) (Mr Preston) .. .. .. Chestnut colt by St. Albans, out of Sister to Little Lady (Mr Harlock) . , .. ~ .. .. Chesnut colt by Stockwell, out of Equation (Mr Pardoe) .. .. .. .. .. .. Bay filly by Newminster, out of The Arrow (Col. Price) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Chestnut colt by Rataplan, out of Stamp (Mr Mau- 1250 830 _ . rice) .. .. .. .. •• •• •• Bay colt by St. Albans, out of Bay Celia (Mr J. Bay filly by Orlando, out of the Deformed (Mr A. Bay colt by King Tom, out of the Peri (Mr Maurice) Bay colt by King 1 orn, out of Trickstress (Mr Pres- Bay colt by Orlando, out of Ayacanora (Mr Har lock) Brown colt by Wild Dayrell, out of Amazon (Mr J, Woolcot) •• •• •• •• •• „„ Chestnut filly by Rataplan, out of Flight Mr Par- doe) .. • • Brown filly by St. Albans, out of Garnish (Mr W. Bay colt by Rataplan, out of Lady Palmerston (Lord Coventry) .• •G Bay filly by Orlando, out of Tarella (Mr A. Day) Bay filly by Rataplan, out of Nina (Mr J. 'Wooleot) Bay filly by Orlando or Marsyas, out of Countess of Albemarle (Mr H. Hill) •• •• •• Chestnut filly by Orlando, out of El Dorado (Capt. King) .. Bay filly by St. Albans, out of • Hersey (Mr Night ingall) •• • • Bay filly by Newminster, out of Himalaya (Mr. Maurice)•• • • Chestnut filly b y S t. Al b ans , ou t o f Idohne s dam (Mr W. Reeves) • • • • .• • •• • • Raycolt (mrA, by,:.:loAr) .. .. .. lbans, out of R osahne, by Orlando Total .. 6625 Gs. Ma. GREVILLE'S Bay colt by King Tom, out of Contadina (Mr H. Hill) ~ .. .. Chestnut colt by Dundee, out of Raillery (Mr Beau mont) .... 370 •• •• •• •• •• Chestnut filly by Idle Boy, out of Apricot (Lord Stamford) „ .. .. ~ .. • • 350 Chestnut colt by St. Albans, out of Doralice (Mr W. Day) • •• •• Brown filly by Prime Minister , out of Barcelona (Lord Coventry) • • • • • • • • • • 2 20 Chestnut filly by St. Alban s, out of Durindana (Mr Preston) .• • • • ' • ' • • • . 160 (Mr H, • • • 125 Ba A y ie fi lv ll i y ile b r • St. .A . lban.s: out . o . . f • jerusaleln Che.,Anut filly by St, Albans, out of Twitter (Mr H. .. 470 • . 350 ---- G , .. •• •• ~ • • • • 120 Clae St. Albano, out of Elspeth (Nir J. :ittrj filly by 105 BaDyali)ly by 31u:c . ovite, ' Out of ( * Duke . of St. Albans) *" • • • • • • • .. 95 Bay flay by King Tom,. out of Torment (Mr H. Hill) 75 Ba y filly by Orlando, out of Catawba (Mr Y. King) 51 Bay filly by Prime Miniqev, out of Muscovado dam (Mr W. Scott) .. 50 Total .. .. 2491, RACING FIXTU. Ju: Newton l5 I Odiham 2l Bibury Beverley Stockbridge C Nwni a e rlis l e arket July ...... g I Pontefract ..... 11 Abingdon ... • .. 12 Liverpool July ........ 13 Stamford .............. 14 AUG RES FOR. 1864. Bright on .............. Brighton Club .. 4 Lewes 5 Huntingdon. Wolverhampton Reading Egham ...... 16 Dover Chelmsford 2B Ne F c.stle-on-TYne • • • • 28 New Forest Hunt Ipswich Worcester (Summer) 30 - . Nottingham l9 Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood UST. Oxford is Yarmouth York Augttst Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Stockton .... 3O Dexby ......... • 31 461 71 1111 971 8 541 1131 131 1 90i i