The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The tendency of the rates of discount is slightly the dir ec ti on o f greater eas iness, first-class bills being now negociatcd as low as 31 ; per cent., although that can scarcely be quoted, as the average Charge 3; per cent, being generally required by the Joint-stock banks and private establishments. There was a further influx of £BO,OOO iu gold at the Bank of England yesterday. The Hibernian has arrived from America with £BO,OOO. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1863. 1862. Great Western £58,609 £61,906 N orth-Western S outh -Western Brighton .kidland S outh -Eastern 20,549 25,710 great Northern Great Eastern i aneashire and Yorkshire 34,910 41,713 North Eastern Bristol and Exeter Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,521 15,552 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Luxembourg .. 4,784 4,668 These returns owing to the comparison being made with Whitsun week last -year, generally show a considerab e falling off. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £3,297; on the North Western of £4,080 ; on the Brighton, of £3,948 ; on the Midland, of 2,454; on the South-Eastern of £5,161; on the Great Eastern,of £3,580; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £8,800; and on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, of £lO3l. The South - N4 esZern, however, exhibits an increase of £ 1,877 ; the Great Northern, of £1,913 ; the North Eastern, of £782, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow of £B4B. Two o'CLo CK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's tel egram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f 52; 68155 c. Heavy. The yearly meeting of the Natal Land and Colo tiaation Company was held to-day, Sir James D. H. Elphinstone, Bart., in the chair. The report Was unanimously adopted. It was stated that the result of the first year of the company's operations enables the directors to propose the payment of a dividend at the rate of ss. per share, tree of income tax, after writing off 10 per cent. of the preliminary expenses, leaving a surplus of £362 lls. ld. to be carried forward to the profit and loss account for the present year. The chairman stated that the company's operations were satisfactory, that the pro posal for equalising the two descriptions of shares would, it was hoped, meet the great difficulty hitherto experienced by the proprietors of the Paid up shares who did not now receive More interest than the £5 shareholders. It would also be the means of increasing the basis of the company's credit by placing a larger fund at the disposal of the directors. A resolution to the following effect was thereupon agreed to, viz.: —,That the holders of the 14,000 paid-up shares have the option of receiving in exchange for each annh share two shares of £lO each, with £5 paid, Charging for the advantage of the conversion 108. for each new share. The operation, when carried e at, would give an actual profit to the company of £14,000, which the directors propose to divide as a bonus amongst the shareholders. The company 'Quid derive the great additional advantage of increasing their uncalled capital from its present e tini of £42,500 to £182,500. There is a heavy market to-day for the English !ends, a few sales having resulted in a decline of I per cent. Consols, therefore, are only 911 92 for transfer, and 92k 4 for the 9th proximo. Business ee atinues dull, and the limited number of transac tions is sufficient to influence the tendency of Values, A small amount of business has been transacted in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities, at 91 1 ; Bank Stock is 232 2331; the March Exche quer Bills, 2s. dis. to ls. prem. ; and Indian 5 per Cents., 1081 1, - • There is less animation and buoyancy in the Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have receded to 71/ 4 ; ditto Consolides, to 501 51 ; Greek, to 384 to 1 ; ditto Coupons, to 18; 4 ; Spanish Passive are 314 35 ; ditto Certificates, 121 1,-; Mexican, 371 38 ; Portuguese 491; the Confederate Loan is 13 to 01 dis. ; and the New Venezuelan Loan, par to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have cor,tinued very inactive, and prices have in Several instances exhibited less firmness. Great Western, and North Western have declined ss. ; and London and Brighton, 10s.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have improved 15s. ; North Eastern (Ber ick), 10s. ; and South Eastern, ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re- I n'ained inactive at about previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 1; Peninsular dull. Imperial Ottoman Bank realised t ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam have declined 76 1 ; International Financial Shares are quoted " 6 1 prem. ; L on d on Financial do., 2 2 ; ; Genera C redit, 21 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Trading Com • 13413 Y, 21 -I. prem. , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 232 3i Per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities Ne w 3 4 per Cent. Annuities tnauitie s , 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 14k - 1 . Ditto (Rea Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 411dia Stoc,k Shut ex d for opg Ditto 5 per Cent, loBk i 8 i Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 k D ' '' , Bonds t;1,000 l2 pm eDitto under £1,000.. o nsola for Account, July 9 92s t March Zehequer Bills, £l,OOO 4 per Cent... 2 die Ipm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small June 1 die „ FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICE S . -ur azilia.n 5 per Cent • Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 • • 904 D il ilia.n 6 oer Cent. lO2l ,gY'otian 7 pet Cent.. lOO4 'Atc;ek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 3 Bt 1 IDitto Coupons l9/ 18i t alian,, 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80/ 11 1 Atexican 3 per Cent New Account 3B 71 t • P "ew Granada l6 Ditto 2 per Cent. .. 321 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, 2 9, '6O, 62 — 'Jitto Account 491 *Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account,. `Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 1 -ntto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 73 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ,•••• 711 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1!363, £3 19s 4d paid I 1 1 pm Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lO3 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account..._ 251 6 51 i Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 5Bl 9 Ditto li per Cent .„ 13t Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account 721 1 O' Con sols, Money TWO 92 iCLOCK. Ditto Account 92/ TUE ST. GEORGE'S CHALLENGE VASE.--It will be gratifyin g to the volunteers throughout the country t o know that an additional prize has been decided upon by C ol. Lindsay, to be awarded to the winner of this beautiful Prize in the contest at Wimbledon. A purse of five dragon a "cre igns will be found inside the vase up on presentation the Crystal Palace, in addition to the gold an d enamelled jets Crystal St. George, &c. The entries for the selection of re presentati ves f rom t h e var i ou s battali ons i n England, Sco tland, and W a l ea are rapidly progressing ; b u t as the li st will close en the 26th of Jane, the adjutants and shoot ing c ommittees of such battalions have no time to lose, bea t i ng in mind that there is no limit to the number of e ntries of competitors for selection, at 2s. each, provided tile3 ' a re in all respects qualified according to the rules. A Photograph of the vase will be presented to every represen tative in the contest at Wimbledon, which, together with the di stinguishing badge, he will receive on application for hio PasE•ticket. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ktallways Paid. Price. business don 100 titlP.ntiOdtStLawrenc , all 57 (0 . tk J itom.,Baroda&Cent Ina 1,, 109 Ito 1 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 101 flutlalo ana Lake tturon au, 51 Of 10 Do. Preference . all 7* 8 100 / Ituflalo,Brant,&Godricl ' ___ 1 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 10 0 Do. do. July 1,1 K:. tut 100 10. do. Juste 1, 100 et ilcut ta.& S. Eastn. !, ) 100 108 109 st ;apeTown & Dock Serl 100 101 1104 1051 10,1 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 111 1.2 stock East Indian. go. sp. c. in , 1091 11 1 1091 101 20 Do. do. G 10 11 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 20 21 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds >l.;; 72 74 100 Do. ao. deferred all 56 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 62 60 100 Do. do drier ed all 48 62 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 33 15 33 100 Do. 4th Pref. slo k... all 25 27 26 1 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 21 stock GLlndiaPentn.o"na.sp.a lOO 110 1. 110 1 110 1 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. n l2 1 2 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 11 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1081 1091 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all lilt in 111 4 201 Do. New ....... 18 91 9 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 / p 21 stock Madras guar., sp. c. 100 1071 10 81 1071 81 4 8 stock Do. 41 p. a. Extension 100 102 103 stock Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 0 101 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock lielb.Corp. ap. o. Bnci, 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 54 100 Do. 7p. o. slortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr unswick a Cant!, Class A. anl B all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 84 86 stock ,kinds (100 lit 112 st 5 Do. Delhi Do. do • i t m 2 ip 21 20 Do. Punjaub :fls it 14 11p st Do. Do. ........ , t u t , 100 107 1184 1084 ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) klOt 105 107 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT s' ECIrRITI t.,41,u0v. tip.e.J a 4i,J ui: 1877-84 Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Atm 100 It 5 107 Do. /1 p. a Mar. & Sept 100 1(5 107 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 98 19 981 8 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 96 91 Cape G.Hopc, p c. 187: 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 112 114 Do. 181 , 100 tl3 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 115 117 Ceylon, Nov.l p t WU 113 115 Mau itius 0 per cent .. 100 109 11l Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1.09 11l N.B.Gov.op.c..ta.&J uly M., 103 U 9 i.o. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5p 1,18 • 100 102/ 1034 Do. sp. c.,18 ito 1' ;I- 100 103 104 Do. d0.,1888 & upwch 100 1031 1041 1014 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 .Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 3 115 'S. Aus G6p.c.1870.& up lOO 113 115 6 p.c. Ja.aJul) 100 110 IP Do. to Sp.°. An.&00,. 100 1111 1111 1111 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Id 'Ai lord Amalgamated 20 22 211 Devon G. Conc.. (Tavist , 1 53 , ) 640 East Bassett (Illozan) 30 78 82 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. Id Ip East Caradon 27 28 27 11 1 East Carla Brea. - W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 8.1.6 3 3 4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) - ',74 8 11 Great South Tolgus l7s 4} 41 .3. Wheal Vor (Helstow 40 6 1 7 Grenville 0.16. 6 6i lierod's-Foot 8.12 44 16 liing - ston Downs 4..7.0 21 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Matte Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 2/ It f New Setun .. 19/ 110 120 North Downs 2l 11 21 liasee.t(lllo4an 1.17. v 31 4 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.0 4 41 ['ar Consols (st. Blazey, 1/ 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.1 t: '2 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer,' 3. 1 1 ( 5.0 4 2 02 1 1 4071 3 6. Cam Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1•-.9 75 80 Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.‘t Lead slin l/ 1 1 Tin Crott l2O 2i West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13 Caradon (Liskeard 5 25 27 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan; 51 671 72 1 Wheal Buller(tledruth) 5 so (A) Wheal Kitty (li.Lelanni 2.0.6 WhealLud ott Wheal MaryAnn(Men )1 8 la on Wheal Seton ..I 58i 230 240 - heal Trelawney (Lis.)( 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 I 3; 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. WAY AND WIFE V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an action for an injury sustained by the wife by the falling of a mast upon her, in consequ- nce, as was alleged, of the want of due care on board one of the company's steamers in which she and her husband had been passengers to Herne Bay. Mr. Huidleston, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, QC., and Mr. Lumley Smith were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. C. Pollock were for the company. In August last the lady and her husband were passengers on board of one of the company's steamers, the Prince of Wales, to Herne Bay, and while they were going down the river one of the masts suddenly snapped short about a foot from the deck and fell heavily upon the lady, doing her severe injury. She was datained at Herne Bay until Octo ber, and the expenses came, it was said, to nearly £l5O. The plaintiffs' case was that the mast was made of two pieces, one of which was let into the other, and that partly from this defect and partly through the want of proper supports the fracture took place at the point of junction as the men were hoisting or shifting the sails. The case for the defence was that the mast was made in the ordinary and, indeed, approved way, and that the acci dent arose simply through a " sudden squall," and it was so stated in the report made by the company to the Board of Trade at the time. After a long trial in which there was a great deal of evi dence on both sides, The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff; damages, £l,OOO. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) CAUTION TO SERVANTS ILL-USING ANIMALS-FA.LVEY V. GRIFFIN. This was an action to recover wages, alleged to be with held by the defendant, who is a livery stable keeper. His Honour—Why does defendant refuse to pay the money ? Plaintiff—He says that I beat a horse belonging to him, and I did not. Defendant—My attention was called to the plaintiff, who had been cruelly beating a horse belonging to me. I found that the animal was seriously injured, and I prosecuted the plaintiff at Guildhall. Ile was fined 405., which he paid. Plaintiff— I paid the fine, but I was quite innocent, I assure you, His Honour—l have no doubt that the magistrate was satisfied before you were fined. The fine was for the public offence, but as you have misconducted yourself you must forfeit your wages. Verdict for defendant. THE COURT IS SAFE.—HULL V. BATTY. This was a claim to recover £4 4s.—defendant being the well-known Italian warehouseman of Finsbury -pavement. Mr. Pook, of Basinghall-street, stated that his client, the defendant, was obliged to attend the Society of Arts to=day upon a most important inquiry into the rights of prize -medal holders. He had a good defence to the action, and applied fur the case to be adjourned. His Honour said defendant must pay ss. costs. Plaintiff—lt is a great bother. Mr. Pook—The money is quite safe. The defendant is of Finsbury-pavement. His Honour—l must not know anybody here. You had better pay the money into court. Mr. Pook—He will do so. His Honour—There, Mr. Hull, the Court is quite safe, you know. (Laughter,) Adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. "YOUNG MEN FROM THE COUNTRY" IN THE 111Y MARKET,—Charles Rubinson, coachman, living at 20, Eccleston-square, and Henry Farrington, coachman, living at 18, Eccleston-square, were charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in the Haymarket. Austin, 188 C, said—At " closing " time this morning I saw some persons turned out of a tavern in the Haymar • ket, and as soon as they got outside they began fighting. Mr. Knox—What is closing time ? Austin—Four o'clock. The defendants then backed the females, and urged them to fight, and on his interfering they began laughing and jeering, and said that if they gave me 2d. I would let them see a good fight with the —. Soon afterwards I saw one of the defendants fighting with a young man, and as they were both drunk I took them into custody. One of the defendants said—We are young men from the country, and were on our way with another coachman to see Covent-garden, and went up the Haymarket, and stood to see what was going on the same as others did, when the constable told us to move on. A girl at the time took our friend's watch. Neither of us were drunk. Sergeant Harrison—They were both drunk. Mr. Knox—l believe you are both from the country. Instead of seeing Covent-garden you got drunk, and saw the inside of a police-station. You must pay ss. each. A HARD CASE —A female, named Brown, applied this morning to Mr. Knox for his advice under the following circumstances : The applicant said that some time ago her and her hus band sold their life interests in a little property for the sum of £lOO, the money being paid over to Mr. H. W. Young, a solicitor, who acted for them. Some of the money was paid over to them by Mr. Young, but Mr. Young was sub subsequently charged with forgery, and convicted, his pro perty being seized by the sheriff. At this time Mr. Young had about £45 of her and her husband's money in his hands. Messrs. Parsons and Lee, of 15, Coleman-street, City, then wrote to the sheriff (Mr. Gammon) requesting that applicant's claim might be investigated, in answer to which the sheriff stated that money had been paid over to the Crown-office. She then went to the Crown•offce, and was there informed that the accounts had been made up, and that the officers could not interfere. As she was in great distress—her husband having had to un :ergo two operations—she had attended in the hope that she might find some means of getting her money. Mr. Knox said the applicant had better petition the Se cretary of State; it was the only course she could pursue. The Awards at the International Exhibition. MEETING THIS DAY. A meeting of prize medalists was held this day, at the Royal Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, for the pur pose of considering the best means to be adopted for their protection, in consequence of a recent decision in the Vice- Chancellor's Court, by which it appeared that there did not exist at present any legal power to restrain non-exhibitors and others, who had not received awards at the late Exhi bition, from making use of the medals as trade marks, or otherwise. The chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P. The CHAIRMAN said he had been called upon to preside et that meeting by a number of gentlemen, who were en titled to medals by merit, and by the council of the Exhi• biron, who complained of the use of those medals by per sons who had not had them awarded them, in furtherance of their trade. He could not help calling such a proceeding a fraud. He was not fond of using strong language, but in a case like the present, he thought it *as right to speak very plainly, and he was of opinion that any per son who acted in the way described, viz., by falsely representing that he had received a prize medal, placed himself in anything but a favourable light as an honest tradesman. He should be very glad to hear obser vations from any gentlemen present, and also to assist them in approaching Earl Granville, in order to induce his lord ship to take some steps by which all persons who committed such a fraud would be punished. Mr. WADE moved tho following resolution, viz. : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the use of the Ex hibition prize medals of 1862, or any previous exhibition, by any person or persons other than those to whom such medals have been awarded by her Majesty's Commissioners under the direction of the jurors, is a direct fraud, tending to deceive and mislead the public, to injure the authorised medal holders, and to subvert the objects of the Exhibition." Mr. S. C. HALL thought that the resolution•ought to be so worded as to embrace " honourable mention," because he thought it quite as bad to make use of the latter term as in asserting they had received medals when such was not the MARKETS--This Day. MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 46s lld ; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 22s 10d; rye, 34s 10d ; beans, 39s 8d; and peas, 36s lld. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 8d; barley, 33s se:t ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, 34s 5d ; beans, 38s 9d ; peas, 35s Ild. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 75,642; barley, 1,756; oats, 6,167; rye, 106; beans, 3,029; peas, 181 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day, in good condition. Prime Scots, &0., sold steadily at full prices, but other breeds moved off heavily at barely late rates. The highest quotation was ss. per 81b. The show of sheen was moderately extensive. Downs and half- breds were firm in price; otherwise, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. The top figure was ss. per 81b. Lambs were in good supply, and heavy request on former terms—viz , from ss. 4d. to 6s. Bd. per 81b. We have to report a dull sale for calves—the sup ply of which was large —at previous rates. Pigs were rather cheaper, In mulch cows very little was doing. Per 81b. to sink the offal. P. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 81Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 4 161 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 S'thdown d 0.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 1 Lai go crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 j Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. S.: inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 ' Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 5s 4d to 6s Bd. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old storo pigs, 20s to 275. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows l3O f Sheep and lambs .... 1,100 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 330, SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share( Railways. 13.14.1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. iilythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 8 8i all all 160 10 all 81 8/ 85 tl 118/ 1181 Cork and Ban, lon Corn wuli A Do A ;:.; ets die Do. B till 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburg.% & Glasgow. Giasg. and S. Western. G reatEastern, Ord. elk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st , GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an,) W. of Ireland : Great Western 6 6i 40 41 14 15 92 93 108 110 52a 63i 48 50 24 25 128 (29 131 132 134 136 101 103 66i G 7 Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire Az Yorkshire London and illackwali Lou., Bright., & S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Doveri Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & Ser.th Western Man., She., & Lincoln. Maryport and t3rlisle. Doi shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Llll 1111 75 77 120 222 43 45 102 1024 1044 1054 1 451 461 11# 11i I 128 i 281 j Isll-x1 97 99 8.4.0 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwicl. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London 514 Eli 24A 256 1021 1021 L9.18.4' Do New North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot IN. E., Aber. stock Do Scot, Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpoo, Shropshire Union , South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun ,taines, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton & Datlington Do ••••• 58i 59.% 89i 90 Do New, 18%... Taff Vale; Do 8... Do C Ulster . Do ... 12.10 Do . Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R , West Midland -Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford' 115 117 P 16 L 34 11f 12} 119 121 45i 40i 99 101 N 52 32 33 911 411 69 71 100 102 7* S 8 39 10 11 o 8 p 153 156 52.054 3 Si p 78 82 155 157 28 30 46 47 39 41 102 105 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOul‘S. Paid. Closing 1 Business I , Price. done. 65 ; 111 I 1201 20 44 3i lu2i 105 1281 I Sli 1021 33 91 I 47 39j 9 PREFERENCE S Great vorthern, 5 per. cent., red. at Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 92. Lancashire and Yorkshire rd. 6 per cent. stock, 1386 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 pt r cent., 140 West Midland gua. Shares 5# per cent. 1863, 4 LAKES. 1 . 0 percent. pm., 111 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 8} LINES LEASED AT FINED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96} London and Greenwich. Ditto, Pr( terence, 117 Preston and `Pyre, 16a FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (Ion.) gua. 7 per cent.. 201 20 Recite and San Francisco (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 16k I 16 San Paulo lira), gua. 7 per cent., 9i Ditto (all), 22 2} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian 422; FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 291 1 8 9 7 8 General, 21} Port Philip. 14 6 St. John del Rey (11m.), 57 United Mexican (Rio ), 71 Vallanzasca Gold, lim., Yudanarautana of S. Australia t JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 1021 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 34} Australasia, 75 Ditto, new, 311 Bank of Queensland (lira), 9 British and American Exchange (Urn.), 7r, Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 111 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 234 Imperial Bank him.), 22 Imperial Ottoman, 191 London and Count} - , 441 5 London Joint f'tock, :;71 London and Middlesex, lim., Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 171 Ditto, Heserved iss. at £2 pm., 121 New South Wales, 52 Provincial of Ireland, Ditto, new, 36 DOCKS. London, 64} St. Katharine, 6L 3f 5 MISCELLANEOUS, Berlin Water Works, 87 F I Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 117 Electric Telegraph, 105 i International Financial Society, lim., 84 984 I London Financial Association, 74 Natal Land and Colonisation Co., lun., North British Australasian, 4 I Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 764 7 Ditto, new, 474 Quebrada Land, Rail, ana Mining, South Australian Laud, 31 The Price ©f Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 par mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 23 178 . told. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold io aboUt 1•1Otlr ,p or mit. dealer IA London th4n in rads. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1863. THAMES. RECTOR'S RATE IN SR ADWELL,—ALLEGED ILLEGAL CHARGES OF A BROKER.—Mr. Cornelius LyonL, the land lord of the George and Vulture public-house in Wapping wall, Lower Shadwell, who complained a fortnight since that his goods were distrained upon for non• payment of a rector's rate to which he objected on conscientious grounds, again appeared before Mr. Woolrych to complain of the illegal conduct of a broker, named Thwaites, of No. 13, Upper North-street, East India-road, Poplar. The corn-, plainant was accompanied by Mr. ,Crighton, a Guardian of the Poor, and other inhabitants of Shadwell, who have lately entered in a compact in opposition to the rector's rate, which is levied in pursuance of a local act passed 100 years ago, to provide a stipend for the rector in lieu of tithes. Mr. Lyons said he was in arrear 16s. Bd. only, and a broker named Thwaites seized 18 pewter pots and a pier glass. The " condemned " price was 28s. Bd, The pro perty was knocked down at Middleton's action room, and sold for £2 2s. 6d. The legal charges of the distraint amounted to lls, 6d., which he thought was quite matficient, when the original debt was only 16s. Bd., in all Bs. 2d. The broker returned him 12s. 2d., which was 2s. 2d less than the sum to which he was entitled. Re refused to re ceive less than the proper balance, and the broker said he should have none. He had since written to the broker for the real balance of money to which he was entitled, and had received no anwer to his letter. He was opposed to the payment of the rector's rate, because he was a Roman Catholic and paid towards the support of his own priest and church. Mr, Woolrych said he had nothing whatever to do with the transaction, and had no jurisdiction to act in this case. The warrant of distraint was signed by Mr. Statfield and Mr. Dixon, county magistrates, and if there had been any irregularity a complaint must be made to those gentlemen, who would no doubt afford redress. Mr. Lyons and Mr. Crighton expressed their determina tion to seek redress of the two justices, and to agitate the subject of rector's rates in Shadwell, until the law was re • pealed. THE HEIR OF FRANCE.—The Prince Imperial, says a letter from Paris, is now 7 years old, not very well grown, or what would be called a fine boy for his age, but healthy, and with an interesting countenance and very gentil manners. On the occasion of his birthday, the other day, he attended the theatre with the Emperor and Empress, and after the performance walked about among his little brother soldiers in the pit, distributing barleysugar, and fol lowed by his two small aides-de-camp, all in uniform. He is very affectionate, and fond of paying little attentions towards those with whom he is allowed to associate, sending them bouquets of his own gathering and letters of his own com position on their ion, s-de- fete with great regularity. His instttutrice from his infancy is an Englishwoman, recom mended originally by the Queen, and formerly in the house , hold of the Duchess of Argyll. To those who believe that the Empress's Ultramontatie tendencies are very strong, and bear much weight in the Councils cf State, it may be surprising to hear that this lady—Miss Shaw—is a strict Protestant, whose attendance at her own church is entirely sanctioned by the Empress, and who is permitted b 0 far to influence her pupil as to induce him to pass his Sundays altogether in English fashion. Several times the little fel low has been known to say that he would not allow people to work on Sunday as they do in France. Since his seventh birthday a tutor has been appointed for him—a young man, M. Mom uer, chosen a p parently solely for his good moral qualities. The little Prince, however, still spends the larger portion of hi s ti me with his governess, to whom he is greatly attached, t o w h om his parents allow' almost entire authority over him. Another lady attached to the Court having induced him to disobey her on one occasion, the re currence of such an accidant was provided against for the future by the lady being no more invited to attend on the Princ, , .. The Emperor's fondness for his child appears to be extreme, and the little fellow seems never so happy us when standing by his father's knees while he points out to him whatever may be likely to =teethe boy's imagination. Mr. WA DE objected to • the suggestion. He thought " honourable mention" ought to be dealt with by a separate resolution. Mr. HALL could not agree in that opinion, because it seemed to him quite as important that the one class of ex hibitors should be protected as the other. The words " honourable mention" were then agreed to be introduced into the resolution. Mr. JOEINSON moved the next resolution as follows : " That the prim medal holders and others, to whom awards were made by virtue of the awards of the jurors, conse quent upon the superior skill displayed, have acquired an interest in the awards, weich they are now entitled to con sider as a property of commercial value." Mr. COLES seconded the motion. A GENTLEMAN present said he was of opinion that the only value of the medal was as an advertisement. As far as the awards were concerned, he looked upon the whole thing as a farce. There was, however, a commercial va ue attached to them. Mr. WADE thought the last speaker was rather in oppo sition to his opinions. He did not think that anything that was of commercial value could be considered as a farce. He was sure the majority of gentlemen present were not of opinion that the awards were a farce. The resolution was carried unanimously. Various other speakers addressed the meeting, but the decision arrived at was that steps be taken to obtain an act of Parliament during the present session to protect the right of holders of awards, and to prevent those who had not from representing to the contrary. A vote of thanks to tho Chairman terminated the pro ceedings. case. Arrival of the Explorers of the Nile, Captain Speke and Captain Grant, who have earned a place in history by their discovery of the source of the Nile, are now in England. They ar rived at Southampton yesterday, on board the Pera, and were, as may be supposed, welcomed with en thusiasm. As soon as it was made known that the Pera had arrival, bringing the above gentlemen, the Mayor, F. Perkins, Esq., accompanied by the Town Clerk, on behalf of the Corporation, and Cap tain William Henry Jones, RN., Colonel Rigby, Dr. Bullars, and other gentlemen, waited on Captains Speke and Grant, and presented them with the fol lowing address : Gentlemen,— As Mayor of the town of Southampton, may I claim the honour of very briefly addressing you on behalf of the Corporation and inhabitants. It would ill beseem the representatives of an ancient sea port whose history is connected more or less with every period of the annals of England, to neglect an opportunity of most respectfully greeting travellers whose recent dis coveries have solved the perplexing problem of all ages, by ascertaining the true source of one of the most wonderful rivers on the face of the earth. And it would be quite as unseemly in us either to at tempt on such an occasion to speak of the value of your labours, or to detain you thus happily restored to your native shores. on the very threshold of that home which you may well be eager to reach ; we beg leave, therefore, simply to be allowed to congratulate you on that Divine protection which has carried you unharmed through regions in which to many noble votaries of science have either fallen victims to pestiferous climates, or have perished by the hands of their savage inhabitants. Praise then be to God that we have the pleasure of seeing you safe in your own country, and honour be to that un flinching courage which no danger has daunted, no diffi culties have discouraged. Long may you live to enjoy the honours which you have so bravely won. The M iyor, with his usual hospitality, invited the renowned discoverers to a banquet, which they were compelled to decline, being under an engsge ment to wait upon the Geographical Society, but at the same time expressed the pleasure it would afford them to accept of his worship's invitation on a future occasion. So widely felt is the interest which was displayed in the seaport of Southampton, and which, before many hours have past, will be demonstrated in a more extended area, that we offer no apology for placing before our readers some personal aecount of these twin heroes of modern investigation. They are both stalwart men, above the average height, and possessing toe well-knit frames of which the pick and flower of our army may be said physically to consist. It required, indeed, somewhat more than ordinary physique to undergo such immense hard ships as, for three years, these two English gentle men have unflinchingly borne. Before encountering the almost inconceivable difficulties of African travel, they had seen hard service in other parts of the world; and Captain Grant, we are informed, suffers even now from his old Indian wounds, more than from the effects of fever in Africa. Ho lost part of his hand at the siege of Lucknow, and has other marks of the memorable Sepoy rebellion. However, of the two officers Captain Grant appears at present the healthier, his companion having hardly recovered an affection of the lungs which he suffered during part of his African wanderings, These notable travellers, who have explored the Mountains of the Moon—as the clusters of the hills are called which border the Lake Nyanza—and who have traced the source of the Nile to those acclivi ties over whose sides torrents of rain fall into the lake and cause the periodical flow of the stream, bring marvellous accounts of the fertility and natural wealth of regions through which they have passed. Cotton and every tropical product was seen by them growing in lavish abundance; and vast accumula tions of ivory strewed their route for very many leagues. Deserts, indeed, they met with, to the north as well as south of the Equator; but these arid tracts were of no great magnitude. Attended by gigantic savages of various tribes, whose photo graphs have been brought to this country among other trophies, Captains Speke and Grant penetrated through obstacles which even their Zanzibar guides shrank from facing, till they reached the Lake Nyanza. To this wild spot Capt. Speke had once before made his way ; but his second journey was, from some causes, more arnuous than the first. Both gentlemen were robbed of everything, and stripped Only a remnant whom they e nearly t n e a r k e d e d d , ü b r y i n tah theire bar j b o a u r r o n u e s y . p sspi e of their following proved faithful to them, and ac companied them as far as they travelled. They have brought home the skull and horns of ft gigantic buf falo which had been shot near the Equator. It is gratifying to state that, by the instructions of Earl Russell, the Custom-house authorities at Southampton passed the luggage of Captains Speke and Grant free ; and that all possible facilities were alforded them for reaching London early io the day. MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL .—The supplies of meat are moderate, an d the demand rules inactive, as follows —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d , mutton, 3s 64 to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s sd; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 17.—The supplies of stock were season ably exter sive, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s Fie to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, June 17.—Prime stock was in fair request here to day, at full prices, otherwise the trade ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef. from 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d , veal, 4s Od to 4s Bcl ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per sibs ; suckling calves,l2s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 19s to 265; and mulch cows, £l4 to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade slow. CumßEßLANn.—Mearlow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs; clove) do., £3 lOs to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 18s to £1 16s per toad. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to 108 ; clover do , £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 16s per load. Supply moderately good. COAL .1% l'rloes of Coal per Ton a' .ARKET. the alone of the market. Walls End. 8. d. Hartlepool 17 0 Heugh Hall 16 6 East Hartlepool 17 0 Trimdon Hartlepool 17 0 Framwellgate l6 9 Russel's Hetton 16 6 lielloe ... Hetton l7 6 Haswell l7 6 Stewart's 17 0 South Kelloe.. 16 9 t, 63; sold, 51. Davison's West Hart- s. d. ley ..15 3 Holywell 16 0 Wylam 15 9 Carway and Dufiryn Malting , 19 6 Eden Main ..15 9 Hastings Hartley ....15 3 'Valle End. Brr.ddyll's Hetton 16 6 Riddell l5 6 Ships at roarkei HOW WE ARE REVENGING SUMPTER. The following is from the Old Guard, a monthly journal, recently established in New York:— "HOW WE ARE REVENGING SUMPTER. "The following are the reported casualties of this war from its beginning to Jan. 1, 1863 : Federals, killed 43,874 " wounded " died of disease and wounds " made prisoners Total Confederates, killed 20,893 " wounded 7 , died from disease and wounds 1) made prisoners Total .. 222,677 "They have killed twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-four more of our men than we have of theirs. "They have wounded, not mortally, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and fourteen mere of our men than we have of theirs. " One hundred and fifty thousand more of our men have died of disease and wounds than of theirs. " They have mado prisoners of forty-six thousand more of our men than we have of theirs. "Our total casualties are two hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and ninety-seven mole than theirs —that is, our casualties have been fourteen thousand more than as much again as theirs, " This is the way we have 'revenged the firing on Fort Sumpter.' "But this is not all. We have spent almost two thou sand millions more of money than they have spent. "We have made two hundred thousand of our women widows. " We have made one million of children fatherless. " We have destroyed the constitution of our country. " We have brought the ferocious savagery of war into every corner of society. "We have demoralised our pulpits, so that our very religion is a source of immorality and blood. " Instead of being servants of Christ our ministers are servants of Satan. " The land is full of contractors, thieves, provost mar shals, and a thousand other tools of illegal and despotic power, as Egypt was of vermin in the days of the Pharoahs. ‘; We are rapidly degenerating in everything that exalts a nation. "Our civilisation is perishing. " We are swiftly drifting into inevitable civil war hete in the North. " We are turning our homes into charnel houses. "Th re is a corpse in every family. " The angel of death sits in every door. " The Devil has removed from Tartarus to Washington. " We pretend that we are punishing the rebels, but they are punishing us. " We pretend that we are restoring the Union, but we are destroying it. " We pretend that we are enforcing the laws, but we are only catching negroes. " That is the way we are 'revenging Sumpter.' " Selling our souls to the Devil and taking Lip.coln and Co's. promise to pay. We have it in greenbacks and blood " That is the way we are revel, ging Sumpter.' NEW MUSIC BY WEBER,—Mr. Benedict pro mises to produce, at his concert on the 22d, some as yet unpublished MS. compositions of Carl M. Von. Weber, a duet for soprano and tenor, an arietta for soprano, and a choral war-song, "We trust in God." These pieces are items in a list of " monster" dimensions, including some forty or more pieces, some new or unfamiliar, the rest suffi ciently hackneyed. MUSCULAR HEROES.—Any number of such books as " Guy Livingstone." might be written by any one who could hit off the particular trick of style. Take a giant with knotted muscles, and some women for him to love or flirt with—alternate between inchoate adultery and incohate seduction, flavoured with scowls, re icence, and the affectation of being unaffected—and you have only got to change the names and vary the Greek quotations in order to make as many novels as the publio will buy. It must be a strange sensation for the author to bring on the stage his fourth or fifth giant with knotted muscles, and to tell the reader for the tenth time, in a sort of confidential aside, that he does not hold him up as a model of virtue, with his hard face and evil smile. Such a giant must in time be come a sort of Frankenstein. "Master," he might say, " I have held a man out at arm's length and choked him. I have swung out my mighty fist from my left hip and felled to the ground a man bigger than myself. I have crumpled up a silver cup between my fingers in the agony of death, and what on earth am Ito do now f" If his master would or could have the kindness to tell him to go to his own place and stay there, it would be a satisfaction to his readers and himself.—Saturday Review. WELLINGTON AND TALLEYRAND, AS " SIX" AND " HALF-A-DOZEN I ."—lsaboy, having been Com missioned to paint the Congress of Vienna, in which were to figure united, at the end of a conference, all the per• sonages who formed part of it—" Monsieur," said Lord Wellington, with the genuine British pride, to the artist, " I consent to figure in your picture only on condition that I occupy the first place : it is mine, and I hcld to it." " Mon chor ami," said Prince Talleyrand, "authorised as I am to represent France, as regards both you and me, I ought to occupy the first place in your picture, or not to appear in it all." How were these pretensions to be re conciled ? It was indispensable that they should be ; and the plan hit upon by the artist, after mature reflection, was this :—Lord Wellington was entering the hall of confe rence, and all eyes were fired upon him, so that he could believe himself the king of the scene, whilst Talleyrand, seated in an arm-chair in the centre, had, in reality, the pictorial place of honour. Then Isabey persuaded the noble lord that he was far handsomer seen in profile, because Dukeeausehoef t h us re sembled Hen r y IV., which so flattered the Wellington that he insisted on purchasing the sketch of this picture, which is now in England, and ranks in his family as one of the most glorious memorials of his career.— LcS &ions IP4utrefois. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STOCKBRIDGE RACES.-TIIIS DAY. FOURTH BIENNIAL. Sea King Golden Dust Blondin .. Eight ran. STAND PLATE. Confidence Southport Peahen Seven ran. STOCKBRIDGE CUP. King of Diamonds 1 Vivid Cerintha Seven ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat On the woolsack at five o'clock. THE INDIAN NAVY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH. said he would on Monday week present a petition from the East India Com pany, but he would ask on the present occa,ion a question as to what arrangements had been made corsequent upon the abolition of the Indian navy. What he understood was that all the war services formerly performed by the Indian navy were to be performed by the Crown, and the conveyance of troops and stores were to be conducted by the Indian Government. The Duke of SOMERSET replied that there would be a small local navy provided by the Indian Government for the purpose of conveying troops but, as regarded the gene ral protection of India the Admiralty would be called upon to provide. The noble lord then entered into the particu lars and extent of that navy. The Earl of ELLENBOROUcIH wished to know who was to have the control of the navy. The Duke of SOMERSET said the Governor-General of India would direct all its movements. THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. The Duke of RUTLAND then rose to put the question of which he had given notice relative to the purchase of the International Exhibition building. He thought it would be a decided mistake to purchase the building, either on the grovnd of usefulness or economy. It would be altogether impossible to adapt the building, supposing the purchase was effected, to the purposes for which it was intended. Experience had always shown that attempts to convert large buildings for purposes of an opposite nature for which they had been erected had resulted in signal failure. As %,r as economy was concerned the purchase was quite out of the question, and instead of the building being offered at a very advantageous figure he thought the price asked was tar more than its value, because it was only worth as much as the materials of which it was constructed would fetch in the market, and that he supposed would not exceed £30,000. It had been been said that the architectural teatures of the building were to be improved by covering bricks with a coat of stucco, but nothing would convert it into a sightly Hestructure. thought the best thing that could be done was to remove the building alto gether, and to erect an entirely new one, hdapted to the purposes for which it was intended to alter the one now standing. The noble earl concluded by asking his ques tion, which related to the state of the foundation of the EY. hibi iou building._ _ . Earl GRANVILLE said he regretted the noble lord had not stated the precise nature of his question when he put his motion on the paper. With respect to eco nomy, the noble earl thought the house was scarcely competent to deal with the question. He thought it would be the better plan to get the very best professional advice upon the matter that could be obtained, and be guided by that. With regard to taste, he did not profess to be posse-sed of any great taste, but he understood the picture galleries that had been erected were the finest in the world. In reference to the question of the noble duke, he did not think it would be necessary to raze the the building to the ground before it could be made either a permanent or suitable one for the purpose proposed. The Earl of DERBY said he should like to know, as the ground upon which the building stood was to be sold for £120,000, why a vote in the other house for its purchase was only taken fir £67,000. Lord REDESDALE said it appeared to him the simple question was should the building be removed or or allowed to remain. He thought the best thing that could be done was to let the contractor clear the ground, because no amount of money would ever make it an ornament or at traction to the metropolis. The Earl of HARDWICKE said it was iecided to pur chase the,building, of which very little could be said by way of admiration, they would buy a bad article, and all the money that would be spent on it would never make it 4 good one. The Duke of ARGYLL said it was entirely a question of evidence, With respect to the value of the materials, that depended on the time the contractors had to remove them. After a few words in reply from the Duke of RUTLAND, the subject dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ _ The (%haring• cross bridge, New Millford docks, Oswes try and Newtown railway (branches), Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds railway, Shrewsbury and Welchpool railway, Evesham and ftedditch railway, Ashbourne, Sudbury, and Yoxall bridge, and Ulloxeter and Collingwood road, For martine and Buchan railway, Great North of Scotland railway, London, Brighton, and South Coast railway, and Mid Kent railway bills were rf ad a second time. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway (Extension of Time)—Bisffopa W alai= Railway—Galway Water—Kettering and Thrap stone Railway —Lor don and North Western Railway (Ad ditional Powers) —Midland Railway (Bristol Line)—Mist ley, Thorpe, and Walton Railway—and North British Railway (Wansbeck Railway). The Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill was read a second time. LON DON (CITY) TRAFFIC REGULATION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. AYRTON moved that the bill be read a second time this 'lay six months. He objected to the bill, because under the guise of a private measure, it sought enormous public powers. The measure would give the city power over the traffic on the other side of Temple-bar - but strictly speaking this proceeding would affect the traffic all over the metropolis. It soug,t to introduce exceptional legislation, whereas what was proposed to be accomplished should be effected by a public measure of a far more general character. Mr. MASSEY was surprised to find so stanch an advo cate of local self government as hi. hon. and learned friend opposing a measure which would confer upon the city of London simply power to regulate its traffic with a view to the public convenience. He hoped if this bill were per mitted to go to a private committee that none of its provi sions would be impaired by the nut ante of street music, crawling cabs, and improper loiterers in the streets, Mr, CRAUFURD supp irtect the bill, which he consi dered indispensable for the better regulation of the traffic of the City. In the course of a very short time there would be three railway termini within the confines of the City, and the public convenience would be jeopardised, unless the powers sought by the bill were conferred on the City. Mr. LOCKE was an advocate of municipal institutions. He would have been better pleased if the bill had been extended to the whole of the metropolis. He greatly ob jected to committees of five, because they worked a great deal of mischief. The bill should have been introduced as a public measure. He criticised the provisions with respect to cobs and the delivery of coals, as in the one case not worth legislation, and in the other as constituting a system that would increase the cost of coals from is 6d to 2s 6d per ton, As the bill was couched in the form of a private measure, the parties who would be chiefly affected by it would have no locus standi before the select committee. Mr, COX supported the second reading, believing that some of the clauses would confer great advantages on the public. Sir G. GREY said the bill was only part of a plan of legislation pursued for some years by the house. It would be a great boon to the metropolis. He advised the house to read the bill a second time, and probably subsequently it would be well to consider its provisions in a committee or the whole house- Sir J. SHELLEY opposed the bill, If the city was so anxious to rem,,ve all obstructions to the enormous street traffic, why was not Temple-bar removed ? The bill, to be effectual, should be extended to the whole of the metropolis. Atter a few words by Mr. SCULLY, Mr. AYRTON withdrew his amendment. The bill was read a second time. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that he should to-morrow move that the bill be reterred to a select committee of fifteen. POLAND—THE KNOUT. Mr. SCULLY gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the statement in the second edition of the Times of to-day to the effect that a Russian general in Poland had issued an ordinance that all Polish ladies attiring themselves in mourning should be punished with the knout, was authentic. Mr. FORS lER gave notice that he should move an amendment to the motion of the hon. member for King's County (Mr. Hennesse to the effect that her Majesty be thanked for the papers presented to the house, and that she be sol,cited to signify to the Emperor of Russia that his violation of the treaty of Vienna in regard to Poland will lead Great Britain to withdraw from the contract then entered into. SPITHEAD FORTS. Sir M. PETO a.ked the First Lord of the Treasury when he proposed to bring in a bill on the subject of a loan for fortifications, and whether he proposed to re -Commence the suspended works of the Spithead torts? Lord PAMERSTON hoped shortly to introduce a bill on the subject. He would then enter into an explanation. 01,17T,n+". THE SEVERN DEFENCES. In reply to Sir W. MILES, Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government had bought the land, and meant to erect a battery upon it, but no vote would be asked for the current year. THE INDIAN FINANCIAL STATEMENT. In reply to Mr. A. MILLS, Sir C. WOOD said that he was quite ready to make his statement ; but he feared the papers presented had not yet been sufficiently long on the Mole of the house. Due notice, however, would be given. COURT-MARTIAL ON PAYMASTER SMALES. In reply to Mr. CONINGIIAM, The Marquis of HARTINUTON said he had no objec tion to lay the report and the reply of the Colonel of the 6th Dragons on the table. THE RATE IN AID. In reply to Lord G. CAVENDISH. Mr. VILLIERS said that the act did not expire until the let of September. INDIAN REGIMENTS, In reply to Captain Jzuvzs, Sir C. WOOD said that officers retiring under the Indian regulations would attain the step adverted to. The officers referred to in the second question, mainly consisted of those belonging to disbanded regiments. The regulations re gulations referred to in the third question had been agreed to three months ago. . _ _ SALT (FRANCE). In reply to Mr. TOLLEMACIEE, Mr. LAYARD said that the French had appopinted a commission on the subject, which had concluded its labours, but the report had not yet come into the hands of the Go vernment, Patrick . w. o. HULL STAKES. Little Stag .. 1 Tarleton Little Hannah filly 3 Seven ran. SCURRY STAKES. .. 1 Jackal'. . Croastadt Lady Bird Twelve ran HOLDERNESS HUNT STAKES. 1 .. Hetman ... Ripley Rarey ........................................ 3 Eleven ran. AQUATICS—(This Day.) COOPER AND EVERSON FOR 4200. The match between these men came oft this afternoon, the distance being the usual one, viz., from Putney to Mortlake. Cooper won the toss, and of course chose the Middlesex side. The preliminaries having been arranged, the start was effected at 25 minutes past three. Cooper, after the first few strokes, had a decided ad%antage, and before passing Finche's had obtained a clear lead. The race was virtually over at this point, for Cooper had it all to himself, and he rowed in a winner easily ; in fact, he won the match just as he pleased. The distance was rowed in 24 minutes. Odds at starting, 5 to 2 on Cooper. An accident took place during the rowing of the match, which nearly terminated fatally to two gentlemen and a lady. It appears that they had hired a small boat to accompany the race, when, from the usual recklessness of the steamers, the boat got jammed in betwixt two of them. The greatest excitement was caused on board as it was thought that the whole par! y must have met a watery grave. Happily it was found when the steamboats were separated, that only one of the party had been capsized into the river. The life buoys were immediately lowered, and the unfortunate gentleman was dragged on board little the worse for his immersion. Bank of England Return.--This Day. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending of June, 1863: 'Emus DEP :Notes issued ..—...028.612,205, he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the 10th day £28,612,2051 BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Comm s - missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 9,882.135 Other Deposits 13,904,506 Seven Day and other Bills 521,423 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,962,205 Silver Bullion .... £28,612,205 :PARTNINT. Government Secn- £42,020,059 M. ] rities including Dead WeightAn- June 18, 1863. flinty) .C11,251, 3 05 Other . Securities 21,402 558 Notes Gold and Silver 887,951 Coin U 42,020,0511 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Market quiet. Sales of the day, about 5,000 bales, Imports, 2,328; previously, 14,533. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Take the square of five, multiply it by fifteen, divide it by three, deduct eight from it, add four dozen to it, give me the result in pence, and tell me how many eggs I could get for it et three farthings apiece. The problem is hardly stated, when a dozen small boys pour out answers. Some wide, some very nearly right, some worked as far as they can with such accuracy as at once to show what link of the chain has been dropped in the hurry. For the moment none are quite right ; but behold a labouring spirit beating the buttons on its corporeal waistcoat, in a process of internal calculation, and knitting an accidental bump on its corporeal fore head in a concentration of mental arithmetic ! It is my honourable friend (if he will allow me to call him so) the fifer. With right arm eagerly extended in token of being inspired with an answer, and with right leg foremost, the Etter solves the mystery ; then recals both arm and leg, and with bump in. ambush awaits the next poser. Take the square of ' three, multiply it by seven, divide it by four, add fifty to it, take thirteen from it, multiply it by two, double it, give me the result in pence, and say how many halfpence. Wise as the serpent is the four feet of performer, on the nearest approach to , that instrument, whose right arm instantly appears and quenches this arithmetical fire. Tell me some thing about Great Britain, tell me something about its principal productions, tell me something about its ports, tell me something about its seas and rivers, tell me something about coal, iron, cotton, timber, tin, and turpentine. The hollow square bristles with extended right arms ; but ever faithful to fact is the fifer, ever wise as the serpent is the performer on that instrument, ever prominently buoyant and brilliant are all members of the band. I observe the player of the cym bals to dash at a soundin g a nswer now and then rather than not cut in at all ; but I take that to be in the way of his instrument. All these questions, and many such are put on the spur o f the moment , and b y one who has never exam i ne d these boys. The Uncommercial i nv i ted to add n a o t man her, born falteringly onthe twenty-ninth . o f demands how many birthdays Feb ruary will have had on completing hi s fif t i eth year A general perception of trap a n d p i tfall insta tl a y arises, and the fifer is seen to retire behind the corduroys of his next neighbours, as perceiving special necessity for collecting himself and commun ing with his mind. Meanwhile, the wisdom of the serpent suggests that the man will have had only one birthday is all that time, for how can any man have more than one, seeing that he is born once and dies once ? The blushing Uncommercial stands corrected, and amends the formula. Pondering en sues, two or three wrong answers are offered, and Cymbals strikes up " Six !" but doesn't know why. Then modestly emerging from his Academic Grove of corduroys appears the fifer, right arm extended, right leg foremost, bump irradiated. " Twelve, and two over !"—Dickens's "All the Year Bound." SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, June 18.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; light breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PoitTsmovvi, June 17.—Wind S.—Sailed—Her Ma ;tine 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Beeshine, for Australia. j f e o siii t ; . m, s r bo oh i uo p n2i lsk , • FALUOUTH, June 17,—Wind S.W.--Sailed—Julie, for Fernando. Lonua FOYLE, June 18.—Arrived—Hibernian, screw staatuer , from Quebec. SY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursdhy Morning. ArivA, June 17—Tyke, : 4 :rum La'Nig; Form (;,ye tis , from Bagua Le Grande; Lizzy, from Oarand, . THE LISBURN ELECTION.-PROPOSED PRO- SECUTION. Mr. COLLINS gave notice that to-morrow, in going into committee of supply, he should move a resolution on the subject of prosecuting persons who had been guilty of bribery at the last election PUBLIC WORKS (MANUFACTURING DIS TRICTh) BILL. Mr. VILLIERS, in proposing the second reading, en tered at length into the provisions of this measure. (LEFT SITTING.) NAVAL PROMOTIONS—This Evening. ----4 , - The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this afternoon : Alfred G. Hill, assistant-clerk, additional, to the Edgar. W. F Banbury, do., do. Russell Osborn, do., to the Fisgard. C. K. Maloney, do., do Cecil Reid, do., supernumerary, to the Royal Adelaide. Edward G. Whitemore, do., do. H. W. Paul, do., additional to the Indus. William H. Fos, do., to the Majestic. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. BEVERLEY RACES—THIs DAY. STAND STAKES