The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-03 00:00:00

tf ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An active demand is stilt experienced in the general money market, and the rates exhibit firm ness. At the Bank of England yesterday the bullion operations were rather important, £39,000 in bar gold having been sent into the establishment, while 90,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission to Constantinople. The prospectus has recently appeared of the Pho togenic Gas Company, the object of which is to purchase M. Mangruel's patent, with a view to its general introduction throughout the kingdom. The light is said to be obtainable either from ordinary gas or atmospheric air, to possess great brilliancy, and to be free from ammoniacal and sulphurous acid vapours. Besides these desiderata, it is stated to be less costly than ordinary gas, and that its use will not necessitate great alterations in existing fittings. Application for licences by sub - companies have been made to the patentee to apply the atmos pheric air to the lighting of railway stations, vil lages, &c. The capital is fixed at £200,000, in shares of £5 each. The Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway is a Rus sian line, projected under a concession granted by the Imperial Government, and the company has a fixed nominal capital of £2,600,000, on which the Czar guarantees an annual interest of 5 per cent. for 85 years, and an additional one•twelfth per cent. to redeem the capital at par at the expiration of that term by annual drawings, commencing the first year after the completion of the works. The com pany is constituted according to English law, with directors residing in London, and an agency in Riga. The Government guarantees to pay the interest in sterling money, and not, as in previous cases, in roubles, and to pay the interest and sink ing fund half-yearly. The net receipts of the line are applicable in relief of the guarantee, but the company is authorised, in priority, to set apart 10 per cent., to the extent of £lOO,OOO, to form a re serve fund against contingencies, and the share holders are to be entitled to all profits up to 6 per cent., and to one half of all further profits, above 6 per cent., until the Government be reimbursed the monies it may have paid in respect of the interest; after which the shareholders are entitled to the whole of the profits. The line will be 161 English miles in length, connect Dunaburg with Witepsk, and enable the wheat-growers of Sindlensk, Mohilew, &c., to transport their produce at all seasons of the year, as well as at a less cost than the present cumbersome means afford. The shares are quoted / 14 prem. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were firm at 69f 60c. There has been very little animation to-day in the market for the English Funds, and the tendency of prices has been rather unfavourable, Consols having receded to 91i 92 for money, and 91 15-16ths 92 1-16th for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 91: 4 ; India 5 per Cents. are 107: 8 ; and the 4 per Cents. Enlaced 96. Bank Stock is 233 235. The general tendency of the Foreign Stock Market has been rather unfavourable, and the deal ings have been upon an extensive scale. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have continued steady at 70i 1; those of 1862 have been 711 since recovering to 72 ; and the Consolides have declined to 511 a ; Greek are quoted 328 331, and the Coupons, 151 1; Spanish are also flatter, the Passive being 34 4 f and the Certificates 12 I ; the Confederate Loan is de pressed, at 3 2 die. Dealings have been recorded in Portuguese 3 per Cents., 1853, at 491 1, and in the 1862 issue at 494 I. Russian 41 per Cents. have been marked 911, the 3 per Cents. 59, and the 5 per Cents. 921.. Business in the Railway Share Market continued inactive, and prices have shown a slight downward movement. Caledonian, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have receded 52. ; Great Eastern, Great Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; North Western, 155.; and London and Black -wall, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re mained without any material variation. Dutch Rheinish realise 174 ; Recife and Ban Francisco, 16k; Grand Trunk of Canada are firm at 20k; and Great Western of Canada flat at 111 ; East Indian are quoted 109 t; and Punjaubs, 107-a. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally remain steady at about previous rates. International Finance Company Shares are quoted 61Z- prem. London Financial ditto, 2f prem. ; General Credit ditto, 2i 3k prem. ; and London and Lisbon Cork Wood Company ditto, I 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'flank Stock 3 per C en t. R e d uced Annu i t i es k 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuit i es f New 3 p er C ent. Annuities 91 I New 21 per Cent. Annuities... New 31 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — India Stook.. Ditto 5 per Cent .......... lO7l Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96 Ditto per Cent .............. Ditto 61 per Cent ................ Dirt() bonds £l,OOO . ... . 10 14 Bank Stock for Account ................. Bank Stock for Account ......... —235 Consols for Account, June 9,,,,....•.... 92 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2} per Cent.... Ditto £5OO. .... ........ Ditto Small .................... ... .... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 . ........... 92 Chilian liner Ce n t Ditto 41 per Cent. Equador New C onso lid a t e d , I ;per Cent.. 171 Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO 99/ Ditto, Second Issue reek 5 per Cent., 1824.5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons ... . ......... . . Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremman. a • Reilway) 801 Mexican 3 per Cent . . . Ditto Account New Granada. Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred. Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... Peruvian 41 per Cent. ................ Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account ..................... 491 1 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. Ditto Account . 49t Russian 5 per Cent., 1822 , £ St. .......... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 ........ 91 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. ........... . 59 Ditto 6 per C en t., 1862 .............. 92f Sardinian 5 per C en t .................. -- Spanish 3 per Cent ................. 54/ 5 DiDitto New Deferred...." ..... Dittto Acaount .................. 49 Dittto Passive ....................... o Account . . ...... . .............. 371: TSpanish Cert. of Coup not funded . . .. 121 urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ................. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .............. -- Ditto Account ................... 701 1 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. Ditto Account 711 21 211 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent........ Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 186 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7 - 2 - 1 Ditto Account.. THREE O'CLOCK. C onsols, Money 92 xd Ditto Account An exceedingly gracious tribute has very re cently been offered to the skill and taste of our Bri tish manufacturers of furniture, by his Imperial Majesty Napoleon Although the French themselves have r long bee n noted for the elegance and cunning of their workmanship i n the production of furniture and other home brevetdecora, conferred tions, the Emperor Nap o l eon h as ye t, by imperial upon Messrs. Jackson and Graham, of Oxf ,rd-street, the title of " Fournisseurs de l'Empereur." STATUE OF SITAKESFERE OVER DRURY-LANE PoßTico. —A correspondent writes to us in refer ence to the proposed performance at 011 Drury," in aid of the Shakapere Monument Fund, that the statue over the portico in; Brydges-street might be obtained for a very small sumwould of re money, and th at, in that case, two advan tages sult, that, a very good figure ready to hand, and securing its removal from a spot where it is lamentably inappropriate and out of place, for there the h image of the immortal b ard stand s , pointine• wit significance to a blank playbill, saying, as plainly as a statue can say, " eis way going on here I" Where They will nothing in my find a suitable place for the statue, adds the writer, remains to be seen; but at any rate, they do lot appear to care much about him in that neighbourhood, SHARE MARKETS—This clay. ORDINARY SHARES ANI) STOuKS. Share ' Railways. i p aid. l Closing Busincsr Price. clone. Wol., and Str. Val. all Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all Bristol and Exeter 100 :Caledonian 1 0 ,) Cora and Bandon all Cornwall all Do A A nets no (by ' 1 ) all i Do. B t"I6 P e *P an ' h a g li all been paid to B. 'Dublin & Belfast June. all IDun.,Perth,AcAb. June. all ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 !Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 Great Eastern, Ord. stk 10 0 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st 1 00 iGreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern • 100 Do A stock lOO Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashin & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwell I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western ,Lou. & Siy.th Western I Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New & Derb Mid. (It. W. of Ireland D o . shares Do Binning. y Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlok Do Do L ,G ec -N ds E• purchase Do York Do Carlisle.. • • .. • North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union ;South Devon !South Eastern , South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an d Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterfbrd & (ilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do • Newport Do Hereford BRITISH PI Share 100 atk 20 E.ailways It !antic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New 20i 10 100 st • stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook Do. E. Shares.. . Buffalo anti Laae Huron Do. Preleronce Buffalo,Brant,&Godricb ri p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1812 Do. do. July 1, 1875' Jo. do. Juue 1, 18:1 Clcutta,t2 S. E tn (L ) Cape Town ,t Dock Seri' Kastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c I,:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... H do. Grand Trunk of Canada' Do. Ist Pre. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do deferred._ Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock..., Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New gua. Do. Januiry, 18 . 62 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharee Do. New ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. p. c. do. '77-8.. -. llndian - Branch. Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 43 p. o. Extension De. 4+ d 0. ....... ISSR Paid. all ;SIONS. Closing Price. 54 57 109 110 1 14 p P 5} 61 8 81 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 lon Do. Fifth Extension. Nielb.Corp. o p. o. Both. Melt). & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a tdortg. Bds. Newßranswick a Candi. Class A and B. N. Rl.C'da6 po lst pt bds Saluda Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub ce Do. Do. I Do.lndus.St. Flo.) all 100 (100 1 1 100 ' 2 1 15 100 (100 Business done 108 109 1091 1101 110 1.2 109; 110 1i Itp lip 19t 68 70 51 55 58 60 45 60 41 4S 34 36 27 39 23 25 110 111 1 2 p 1 lip 1071 1081 19 81lt ilt 97 leo 89 r 2 109 i 1091 to it i f 201 20 69 8 Set 11} i 97 107 1 ; 08p 10i 10! 4 , 8 100 50 53 3 5 84 85 IC9i I,oi 107 los 1i l 107 108 ip 10t 107 f 8 COLONIAL GOV ERN MEN'I Can.Uov. 6 p.c.J &J ul - 1877-81 ..... 100 107 108 1071 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 103 1(6 Do. 6p. C. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 106 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 97 08 971 11 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 Cape G.Hope, 6p $3,187, 100 108 110 1091 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 112 114 Do. 1890 100 113 115 !Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 115 117 Ceylon, N0v.11 , 78, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 108 110 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 109 111 1N.13.G0v.6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 108 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18, , , 100 1021 1Q34 I Do. sp. c.,lBii to I_,d(' 100 103 104 1031 Do. d0.,1888 •kupwch 100 1034 1041 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 114 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 107 108 108 7/ Queensland GCv. 6p. e. 100 t 3 115 8. Aim G6p.c.1678.& up 100 113 115 - Vto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,July 100 110 112 Do. io 6 p.a. Ao.&Dot,. 100 in ma 1111 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Goldi 1 4 Id lumiord Amalgamated. , 21 23 , Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 525 635 East Bassett (Illop-an) 30 109 111 , 110 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. Id In East Caradon 1.14.6 :29/ 20/ 301 1 East Cara Brea.... ..• --- E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.1.6 3 4 Gam. &St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 571 11 l3 Great South Tolgus l7s 44 5 G. Wheal Vor (11elston) 40 61 7 Grenville ......... 6.16. 51 6 Elero . d's-Foot • 8.12 4) 47 Hingston D0wn5...,., 4 .17.0 21 3 Lady Bertha slargaret (tiny Lelant) 94 33 35 34 Clarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 14 f d New Seton .. 19/ 110 120 North Downs 24 12 21 '1 Basset (Illo4an 2.17.0 31 41 Forth Wheal Crafty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 44 51 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 11 400 410 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6, 3 34 - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1.'.9 75 80 Stray Park 5 Tamar Si/v.& Lead Min 4l 1 I Tin Crott 9 191 201 191 West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 25 27 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 70 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudtott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 18 'Wheal Seton . 581 /240 250 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 18 17 Wheal Union 3.17 31 41 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 46 per cent. red., 100 1} North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 93 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pre), 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pf., 964 London and Blackwall, 44 per cent. stk., 101 for money London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858. be London, Chatham, &c., Metrop..Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 85 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C.. 96 5/ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17 4 4 . 1 7 per cent., 16/ Ditto (all), 23 24 3 Sanße Recite i Paulote and ( San unl. ),g Franc i sco ua7pe r ( (lira.), FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 4 East del Rey (lim.), 11 4 * 4 Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 11 1 General, 21 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), 1 St. John del Rey (lim.), 55 41 United Mexican (liin.), 71 Vallanzasca Gold, Um., 1 1 Yudanarautana of 5. Australia (lira), 31 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. All iance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 33 1 3 Bank of London, 1251 a Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10: 115 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 294 English, Sco ch and Austr a lian Chartered, 23 2/ ILmoupderoina,l33outt,omosanA, 204 London 1 anadnkli rAal:ia' r ant), 421 Bank it iver Plate, 345 4 London Chartered 7 B London and Comity, all ot .Australia, 28/ London and N.u.thern (lint), 1 London and So u th Atriesn; 26 3 - Metrop. and Prov. Bank (limo, Ditto, Reserved iss. at £2 p m Midland ! Bank (U rn .), 84 74 •, 12} National of New South Wale Livers, 525 pool, li mited, 0I 10 Oriental Bank Corporation, 551 Union of Loudon, 364 DOCKS. London, 641 St. Katharine, 6415 41 si 5 MISCELLANEOUS, Crystal Paine, 35 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5* g,lish and Australian Copper, 1g 2 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 ner cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 451 Joint stock Discount, 4* 4 London Financial Association, 7* London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 1* f Madras Irrtgation and Canal, 4 Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 5* Royal Mail Steam. 62* a 2 * S. African ation Investment (lim.), 4; --------- POSTAGE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—it, is believed, says a contemporary, that arrangements are on the eve of completion for a uniform and internati onal postage system, at reduced rates, between France and Eng and, 8 84 8 9 85 87 117 f 1181 6 7 39 41 13i 14i 91 93 108 110 53 64 48 50 2 4 / 1 t 55 127 128 128 129 134 136 101 103 68 (8i 111 1111 77& 786 116 118 41 42 103 101 k, 104} 11'5i 45 46 12} 12} 129} /291 14 lip 97 99 52 53 24i 251 k Mt .103} 59 60 90 901 115 117 I p 16 i 4 16 f I 11 12 119 121 46 47 98 100 50 52 32 33 92} ni 70 72 100 102 1 7 8 374 38 94 104 o f 7I 81 p. 153 166 54 6; 3 34 79 82 155 157 28 30 444 454 38 40 99 101 674 111} 71 102 10514 451 • 118 172 53 *Pi THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 18G3. The Late Fatal Railway Accident, CORONER'S INQUEST.-THIS DAY. Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, opened an inquiry this morning into the causes connected with the death of Geo. Salmq,n, an engine-driver in the employ of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, Watkins, the guard of the train which met with the acci dent, said ,the deceased with himself joined the train at East Croydon with engine No. 131, for the purpose of taking it along the loop line to Victoria Station. Nothing happened until they were between Streatham and Balham when the explosion occurred, and the next thing he recollected was seeing the deceased lying on his face on the bank of the line dreadfully scalded. He was a very careful man, and was always very attentive to his business. The house-surgeon deposed to the deceased being brought to the hospital suffering from severe in juries on the evening the accident occurred. There never:appeared to be the slightest hope of his surviving. The stoker who was with the deceased was very rapidly improving, and perhaps he might be able to give some in formation relative to the cause of the fatal accident. Some further evidenc3 was taken when the investiga tion of the matter was adjourned until the 24th inst. FUNERAL OF THE TWO GUARDSMEN. This afternoon a great concourse of persons assembled outside the Guards' Hospital, Rochester-row, Westmin ster, for the purpose of witnessing the departure of the funeral cortege of the two unfortunate soldiers who were killed on the occasion. Shortly before two the bodies of the men were conveyed from the hospital in the ordinary kind of hearse, followed by mourning coaches in which were the relatives and friends of the deceased. The orderlies of the hospital also followed, and on the arrival of the melancholy cavalcade at Brompton Cemetery it was received by the greater part of the regiment with the usual military honours, the band playing the "Dead March" in " Saul." At the conclusion of the prayers the firing party, which consisted of about 24 men from the company to which the deceased belonged, advanced, and, having fired a farewell volley over the graves of their deceased comrades, the moumers,,troops, and spectators lett the ground. The report of the medical authorities relative to the other sufferers at present inmates of the military hospital, is very satisfactory ; all are progressing as well as could be desired. Pryme, who received such injuries to his back and ribs, and whose life was despaired of, is now in a fair way of recovery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH ANNOYING FEMALES IN THE STREETS.—John James, described as a gentleman, of No. 9, Lansdowne-terrace, Regent's -park, was chargel before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly, and annoying females in Berkeley-squ a r e , & c . _ _ _ Cronin, 215 C, deposed that about 10 o'clock the previous evening he was in Berkeley-square, and saw the prisoner put his arm round a female's waist. A man then inter fered, and got the prisoner to desist and go away. He (Cronin) then followed the prisoner, and saw him behave in a similar manner towards two other females, who seemed much annoyed, and, after struggling with the prisoner, suc ceeded in getting away. He then crossed over and remon strated with the prisoner, telling him that if he did not con duct himself properly he should take him into, custody. The prisoner then went on to flay Hill, when, having been him stop another female, he took him into custody. The prisoner said he was very sorry, and was drunk at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt said such assaults on females could not be passed over, and prisoner must pay 205., or be committed for fourteen days. FRAUDULENTLY DISPOSING OF PROPERTY.—Ernest Barranie, described as a merchant, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with "that being the bailee of three rifles, four pistols, and other property belonging M. Alexandre David Carit, he did fraudulently convert the same to his own use." Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough. street, ap peared for the prosecution. The case was very imperfectly laid before the magistrate, but it appears that the prosecutor (M. CaHt) is the agent for a French house, and entrusted the accused with the property, and that he pledged it improperly. The accused was remanded for a week. A FEMALE PICKPOCKET.—Deborah Lingard. a young woman, who gave a false address, was charged with pick ing the pocket of a young Frenchwoman in Regent -street the previous afternoon. The prosecutrix had her attention called to the prisoner by two ladies (whose attendance at the court this day week will be of essential service in furthering the ends of jus tice) who said the prisoner was robbing her, and putting her hand into her pocket she missed her purse. The prosecutrix, Louise Bertrand, of 1, Green-terrace, Clerkenwell, said she did not see the prisoner pick her pocket, but the ladies did. Remanded. Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) No change. Firm. Sales, about 5,000 bales. Import, 21,737; previously, 17,784. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was very moderate. Selected samples changed hands slowly, but at full prices. For inferior parcels there was very little demand, yet there were no Balers, at reduced rates. With foreign wheat, chiefly ex granary, the market was well supplied. The demand for all descriptions was very inactive; neverthess, Monday's currency was steadily supported. _ . Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late rates. The barley trade ruled firm, and fine grinding and dis tilling parcels changed hands at rather more money. The supply on offer was small. Malt was firm, and for good and fine produce slightly en hanced rates were paid. There was a full average supply of foreign oats on the stands, but the market was scantily supplied with home grown produce. Most descriptions were in fair request, at Monday's currency. Beans and peas were in short supply, and the trade ruled firm, at extreme rates. In all kinds of flour sales progressed slowly. Neverthe less the quotations were well supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEED. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Flout. English-- 240 I 30 I 1020 550 ' 680 1ri5h.......... 110 -- Foreign...... 9,380 10,420 i 28,880 sks. 2,510 brie BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues firm, and late rates are well sup ported. The supply of foreign hops on offer is large. WHITECHAPEL. The trade is dull, at reduced rates :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED).—We are requested to state that the following influential names have been added to the list of directors of the above company : —William Bevan, Esq. (Messrs. William Bird and Co.), Laurence Poultney hill ; Thomas Dakin, Esq. and Alderman ,(Messrs. Dakin Brothers), Abdhurah-lane, Director of the Bank of London; John Elfin, Esq. (Messrs. J. B. Elfin and Co.), Abchuroh lane, Director of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank; George Garraway, Esq. (Messrs. P. and G. Garraway), St. Helen's-place; R. Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Harkey, and Co.), Old Broad-street; Pieter Gerhard Vanderbyl, Esq. (Messrs. Rutherford and Vanderbyl), London. THE ORANGE REIGN OF TERROR.—It would have been some mitigation of the terrible system of re pression carried out in 1796 had it been carried into effect by a regular military force, disciplined to the usages of civilised war, and free from the passions of an infuriated party , but the Government thought fit to place arms in the hands of 37,000 Protestant yeomanry, who admitted no Catholics into their ranks, and were suffered to assume the Orange Ribbon—the insolent badge of Protestant ascend ancy. The cruelties perpetrated by these men, both before the rebellion, and while it was raging, and after it was sup pressed, differed only in degree from the worst enormities of the French revolutionists. Under the authority to search for concealed arms, any person whom any ruffian, calling him self a Protestant and loyalist, and either with or without a military uniform, chose to suspect or pretend to suspect, was liable to be seized, tortured, and put to death. Hun dreds of unoffendiug people, and people who were guilty of no other offence than professing the creed of their fathers, or of letting fall a word of discontent, were flogged until they were insensible, cr made to stand ul.on one foot upon a pointed stake. These were the most ordinary punish ments. Sometimes the wretched victim was halt hanged, or the scalp was torn from the head by a pitched cap. Catholics, and reputed malcontents of the better class, were subjected to still worse treatment. Militia and yeomanry, as well as the regular troops, were billeted on them at free quarters ; and this billet appears to have been invariably ravishment, as an u n li m it e d li cence f or ro bb er y, d evas t a ti on , and, i n case of resistance, murder.-111assey's .bizstory of E ngland. NovA SC OTIA GOLD MlNES.—Accounts from Sherb ro k e, Wine Harbour, and Isaac Harbour gold fields are most encouraging . taken from uc from t h e N ew f oun dl a nd old fi e ld s, says that 33 t ons 6 Go cwt. of quart z crus h ed at A gentleman who recently returned from the eastern a e i yielded 115 lbs. 6 dwt. of gold. Th e quartz was a claim on the Mulg rave l ead at Harbou r , a nd is the result of four men's l a b our for five months, clarcl, May 5, —Picton Stan- K CARACCIOLI. A Monsieur le Redacteur-en-Chef du Times, MONSIEUR LE REDACTEUR,— J'apprends qua dans le Times, du 16 Mai, votre correspondent de Turin, vous ecrit : —" Quo les aventuriers qui ont fait Cause commune avec les brigands ont ete traltes d'une fagon trop douce. Si le Comte de Christen &aft attache a la meme chaine qu'un malfaiteur ordinaire, a common malefactor (c'est-a-dire un voleur ou un assassin), on dolt se rappeler que ce meme malfaiteur n'etait que le complice du Comte, et que taus deux ont fait ensemble une expedition de brigandage, &e. Le fait est, que messieurs de Christen et Bishop sont traites comme des gentilhommes: pour leurs compagnons de capti vile le bagne est trop bon." II ne peut y avoir de doute sur la personne quo l'on a voulu designer par co mots—un malfaiteur ordinaire, a common malefactor. C'est le Chevalier Achille Caracciolo des Dues de Girifoles. Ii fit en effet avec le Comte de Christen la campagne des Abruzzes, gentiment appelee par votre correspondent, une expedition de brigands, quoiqu'il n'ignore pourtant point que cette campagne a eu lieu pen dant in siege de Gaete, et que ces soi-disants brigands ont fait capituler a Banco, un des meilleurs generaux Piemon tois, le General de Sonnaz a la tete de as division. De plus, M. Caracciolo jugs avec M. de Christen dans le meme proces, condamne avec lui a 10 ans de travaux forces, enferme dans la meme cellule 5. Santa Maria Apparente, fret au bagne attache dla meme Maine. Ainsi que I'attesta Lord Henry Lennox, dans son eloquent discours, quand, en parlant de sa visite au bagne of Nisida, it dit avoir eu de la peine a reconnaitre attaches ensemble par de fortes chaine:, Monsieur de Christen and Monsieur de Caracciolo. Il est done evident, Monsieur le Redaeteur, que votre correspondant n'a pu avoir en vue que le Chevalier Carac ciolo quand it traitait de malfaiteur la personne qui avait etc attache a la meme chaine quo le Comte de Christen, et qui auparavant s'etait battu avec lui. Il y a certaines in suites qui partent de trop bas, et s'attaquent trop haut, pour qu'elles puissant arriver a leur but : elks n'eclabous sent que ceux qui les lament, et ne meritent que la dedain, Mais j'attache trop de prix a l'opinion de la libre nation Anglaise pour garder le silence, quand je vois qua les servi tours du Piemont, cherchent a l'abuser par d'aussi groissiers mensonges, et que, non contents d'applauchr aux fusillades, ils cherchent encore a salir du venin de la calomnie les plus nobles caracteres. Ignorant lea faits je n'en doute pas, vous avez donne a l'insulte, monsieur le redacteur, la publicite par votre jour nal ; ma reponse vcus devez cette memo publicite. Beau-frare de M. Caracciolo et amide M. de Christen j'ai le drcit de l'exiger ; mais j'aime mieux m'en rapporter a votre loyaute, certain qu'elle vous fern un devoir de publier ma lettre. Votre correspondent s'est garde de nom mer la personne qu'il insultait, c'est toujours en se cachant ainsi que marche la calomnie. Aussi pour la demasquer et pour toute reponse n'ai-je vouiu que nommer celui que l'on P ppelle un malfaiteur, le complice du Comte de Christen ! Oui, ils etaient complices I'un de l'autre, complices pour faire leur devoir de soldats I (Meier de l'ancienne armee Napolitaine, M. Caracciolo n'abandonna pas son drapeau, et &est pour etre rests fidele 5. son serment et a son roi qu'il gemit aujoud'hui, avec son noble compagnon. M. de Christen, sous les verroux Piemontais. Mais, aussi eons la veste et le bonnet rouge du bagne, son honneur de gent il h)mir e emit intact, et il ne cessait pas au moires de porter noblement son nom. Un dernier mot, monsieur, votre correspondant pretend qne -Messieurs de Christen et Bishop sont traites comme des gentiehommes, mais que pour leurs c om p agnons d e cap tivite le bagne est trop bon. J' ignore comment sont traites ces infortunes, je sais seulement que M. de Christen est encore le compagnon de cellule de M. Caracciolo dans la fortressa d'Alcanndrie oU M. Bishop est aussi detenu. Je u'insiste pas, monsieur le redaeteur. pour vous de mander d'inserer ma lettre dans le plus prochainnuinero de votre journal ; je sais qu en Angleterre, 3 quelque parti qu'on appartienne, on respecte lee vaincus, et toutes les in fortunes noblement supportees,—Agreez, monsieur, le redacteur, &c. VISCOISITE DE LUPE. Nuits eke d'Or, le 29 Mai, 1863. P.S. Je dois vous prevenir, monsieur, que j'adresse une copie de cette lettre a plusieurs journaux et qua je lui don nerai la plus grande publicite en France et a l'etranger. [Translation.] SIR,—I understand 'hat in the Times of the 16th ult. your eon espondent at Turin wrote to you:—" That the ad venturers who have made common cause with the brigands have been treated in the gentlest manner. If the Count de Christen was attached by the same chain to a common malefactor (that is to say, . to a thief, or an assassin) one ought to recall to mind that that same malefactor was only the accomplice of the Count, and the two of them had together embarked upon an expedition of brigandage, &c. The fact is that Messrs. de Christen and Bishop are treated like gentlemen—for their companions in captivity, the con vict prison is too good." No one can possibly have an instant's doubt as to the iden tity of the person intended to be indicated by these words, a common malefactor—viz., the Chevalier Achille Caracciolo des Ducs de Girifoles. He, it was in effect, who made with the Count de Christen, the Campaign of the Abruzzi, politely called by your correspondent, an expedition of brigands, although he could not but be perfectly well aware that that campaign took place during tne siege of Gaeta, and that these so-called brigands had compelled to capitulate at Banco one of the ablest of the Piedmontese generals, General de Sonnaz, at the head of his division. More than that, M. Caracciolo, tried in the same cause with M. de Christen, condemned with him to ten years' incarceration with hard labour, shut up in the same cell with him at Santa Maria Apparente, was attached with the same chain to him at that convict establishment—all which was attested by Lord Henry Lennox (very recently in the House of Commons) during the course of the eloquent speech delivered by his lordship when, describing his visit to the convict prison of Nisida, he spoke of having had the pain of recognising fastened together by the same strong chains Messrs. de Christen and Caracciolo. It is thus evident, sir, that your correspondent could not possibly but have had in view M. the Chevalier de Caracciolo—when he designated as a malefactor the person who had been attached to the same chain with the Count de Christen, and who had already been associated with him in the same warlike enterprise. There are certain insults which emanate from a source too low, and are directed altogether too high, to render it possible that they should ever reach their aim. They bespatter only those by whom they are hurled —and they merit only disdain. But I attach too much value to the opinion of the free English nation to remain altogether silent when I see that the sycophants of Piedmont endeavour to delude it (that Public Opinion in England I) by any such mobstrous misstatements as these— and that, not satisfied with applauding fusilaeds, they strive to sully with the venom o f i n famy the noblest characters. Ignorant, I doubt not, of the facts here stated, you have given to this insult, sir, the publicity of your journal. To my reply, therefore, you owe that same publicity. As the brother-in-law of M. Caracciolo, and as the friend of M. de Christen, I have the right indeed to demand this. I prefer, however, on the contrary, simply to appeal to your sense of courtesy and generosity, feeling assured that• you will hasten, in discharge of an honourable duty, to publish my letter. Your correspondent, it is observable, carefully guards hiroselt from mentioning the name of the person whom he insults. It is always thus covertly in fact that calumny advances to its end. And now, also, in order at once to unmask it, and as my sole and sufficient response, I have wished to do no more than simply to name him who is called a malefactor and the accomplice of M. de Christen I Yes— they have been accomplices the one with the other —accom plices, that is, to do their duty as soldiers 1 An officer of the old Neapolitan army, M. Caracciolo, would not abandon his flag—and it is precisely because ho remained faithful to his ath and loyal to his king, that he has to lament to day, together with his noble companion (and accomplice !) M. de Christen, under the Piedmontese prison-bolts. Yet, as under the vest and the red cap of the convict prisoner his honour as a gentleman remained intact, he is still none the less enabled to carry his name nobly and unsullied. One word more, sir : your correspondent pretends that Messrs. de Christen and Bishop are treated like gentlemen, although for their companions in captivity the convict pri son is too good. Now, lam ignorant certainly as to how those unfortunates are treated. I only know that M. de Christen is still the companion in captivity of M. Caracciolo in the fortress of Alexandria, where Mr. Bishop is also detained. sir that lish this letter of mine in the e arliest p ossibl e number of , I now only urgently request you, you w ill pub your journal. I know well that in England, no matter what political party one may belong to, respect is always shown to the vanquisheJ, and always accorded to misfortunes that are nobly endured.—Accept, sir, the assurance of, &c., VISCOUNT DE LUPE. think it but right to apprise you beforehand, sir, that I shall address a copy of this letter to several other journals, and that I purpose giving it the g rea t est poss ibl e publicity in France and generally throughout the Continent. THE LOUVRE. —The Museums of the Louvre were raised by Napoleon I. to a high degree of splendour. Louis XVIII. further enriched them with 111 paintings, at a cost of 668,265 f. It was also during his reign that the Venus of Milo was added to the Museum of Antiquities. Charles X. purchased 24 paintings for 62,790 f., and com pleted the Museum of Antiquities, which bears his name. Louis Philippe purchased for the Louvre only 33 paintings, at a cost of 74,136 f. Since the accession of Napoleon 111. the New Louvre has seen several new galleries formed. Thirty master-pieces of the highest order of merit have been bought, at an expense of nearly 1,000,000 f., among them being "The Conceptien," by Murillo, for which 615,300 f. were paid to the heirs of Marshal Soult ; also. two pieces by Velasquez, two Hobbemas, and one a beautiful Denner. Several invaluable pieces of sculpture have also been ob tained; and, last of all, the Campana collection, which cost 4,000,000 f. The Apollo Gallery is now terminated, deco rated, and furnished. The Emperor is organising the great museum which is to bear his own name, and that of the French school of painting, on the right and left of the Pavilion Denon, the first floor of the New Louvre. Napo leon 111. has coutributed more largely to the splendours of the Louvre than any other Sovereign since Francis I. Galignani. EARLY BIRTIIDAYS.—Then came the time when, insepara'ole from one's own birthday, was a certain sense of merit, a consciousness of well-earned distinction. When n graceful achievement of ersarly out. l oved ly of my little bed in the night, mayd own, d a regarded s en monumentse r m e d y o b u i n r od t fhi redounding ) y , g as to my honour. This a independence, was at about the period when Olympia Squires became in volvedmpia Squires was most ovOedher to that degree, that I used beautiful t ob i n e ( o o t f b h c l e i o g u a e I d s n e t course), getand expressly to exclaim to Solitude, " 0, Olympia Squires !" Visions of Olympia, clothed entirely in sage-green, from which I infer a defectively-educated taste on the part of her respected parents, who were necessarily unacquainted with the South Kensoagton Museum, still arise before me. Truth is sacred, and the visions are crowned by a shining whi te b eave r bonnet, impossibly sugg es ti ve o t a little feminine pomboy,—Charles Dickens in „ag th f y e ar Reund;" . • •" STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 2.—The yarn-market has been remarltebly geiet to-dey, but spinners are remarkably firm, and do not evince any disposition to give way. There have been some large offers made for yarns, at about ld. per lb. decline on the terms of last week, which have all been declined. This market, as well as the Liverpool cotton-market, has been unfavourably affected by the news to hand per City of New York steamer. Some of the pri vate telegrams received here respecting the Liver pool cotton market led to the inference that they had possession of American news that had not reached Manchester. Later on this afternoon it was reported that the item of news which had caused uneasiness in the Liverpool cotton market was that stating the probability of 100,000 bales of cotton reaching New Orleans as the result of General Banks' recent operations in the Teche country, the quotations of cotton at New Orleans being reported at 48 cents., and declining. Whatever may be the cause the market here has been very inactive, for all kinds of yarn. Sellers, however, owing to the contracts on hand, appear indisposed to press sales, and, with the exception of one or two descriptions of yarn for India, which are rather weaker in price, there is no change. For cloth, also, we have had a quiet, dull market. Scarcely any business has been effected. Manufacturers are quoting the same prices as last week, but to effect sales it would be necessary to make some concession. This applies to shirtings and all classes of fabrics suitable to India, as well as to printer's and other cloths suitable to the home trade. For some weeks past the market has not been affected by the unfavourable advices to India, but this morning the buyers for the lead ing shipping houses have shown more shyness, and the large offers making by some of them last week, but which fell through owing to the demand for higher rates, have not been renewed. There is some business reported on American account from the blockade runners, and it will be observed in the cotton circular of Messrs. Gibbes and Co., of Charles ton, that there is plenty of inducements, from the fact that prints selling here at a shilling per yard realise in the Southern States as much as 12s. 6d. per yard. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" Since our last report business has been interrupted by the holidays, and little or nothing has been done during the week. The unfavourable accounts to hand per telegraph from Bombay and Calcutta have also caused buyers to hold aloof, and on the whole we have an exceedingly quiet market; but as pro ducers generally are free from stocks, and in many cases deeply engaged, there is no anxiety to sell, and we make no change in our quotations." LEEDS, 2d.—There has been a large attendance of both buyers and sellers at to-day's markets. The principal business Las been done in good meltons, for which many of the leading merchants were in quiring, and nearly all offered for sale were bought up. No advance was effected in prices, but it is quite evident that the plain trade is really very much better than it has been for more than a year. ' The demand is not confined to blacks, but indigo-dyed blues, browns, steel mixtures, and Oxford bird's eye mixtures are taken in fair quantities. Three quarter shirtings and thin fabrics in bright fancy colours have not much regard, though some small capitalists chose occasionally to job in them on specu lation. Superfine black unions are in about the same condition. The manufacturers are too much engaged in working to order to bring any of their new styles to market, but it does not transpire that any novelties have been forthcoming beyond what have been noticed in these reports. NOTTINGHAM, 2d.—At this Exchange-hall to day there was a moderate attendance of merchants and manufacturers ; but the demand was of only a limited character for lace yarns, and prices were the same as heretofore. The inquiry for hosiery yarns was also slow, and very little change from late rates occurred. All kinds of silks were nominally unaltered. In the brown net department very little business was done, and recent rates may be quoted. ROCHDALE, lst.—To-day's market cannot be re ported in a better condition than it was last week. Buyers have not attended so numerously as is their wont, and the few who were present from a distance made the least possible impression on the stocks in hand. High prices are still the impediment to more extensive sales of plain flannel; but finer and fancy sorts are in better request. The shipping trade is but slack, although a few orders have recently been received. The prices of other woollen goods of Yorkshire make remain high, though sales are not brisk. The wool market is in a very quiet condi tion, and calls for no special remark. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CIIARINCi-CROSS RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at the offices of the South Eastern Railway Company, in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords, for the purpose of considering the provisions of the fol lowing bill now pending in Parliament :—A bill for regulating the capital and debenture debt of the Charing-cross Railway Company, and for authoris ing the amalgamation of that company with the South Eastern Railway Company, and for other purposes. The Hon. Mr. BYNO occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the bill was to enable them to increase the capital of the company in order to enable them to grant the lease of the site of the hotel to the Charing-cross Hotel Company, and to enable the South Eastern Rail way Company to lease this undertaking or to amalgamate it with their own. The pur chase of St. Thomas's Hospital had absorbed a considerable amount of capital, and provision was not made for it in the original estimates, and it had become necessary by the present bill to raise the necessary capital. It had also been found necessary to take steps for enlarging the accommodation pro- vided by the railway; and indeed there was every reason to believe that even with this third line of rails, which had been laid down, it would be as much as they could do to carry on the traffic to their own and to the public satisfaction. The direc tors had promoted the erection of the hotel, and had little reason to doubt that it would prove of con siderable advantage to the undertaking. Another of the objects of the bill was to amalgamate the Charing-cross Company with the South Eastern Company. The total amount of capital authorised to be raised was £700,000, out of which they were empowered to subscribe towards the capital of the hotel £65,000. The SOLICITOR then read the heads of the bill, and after a slight discussion a resolution was carried approving of the bill. Mr. SMITH said he should like to have some in formation as to the time the line would be opened, es the shareholders were getting impatient at the delay in the opening. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, observed that their engineer assured him that the line would be opened in September next. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. Yesterday an adjourned special meeting of this company was held at the London-bridge Station, for the purpose of considering the following bills pending in Parliament :—An act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway with reference to t he widening and improve ment of the Pimlico railway and for other purposes. An act to enable the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company to extend their railway to Green wich and Woolwich, to improve the communication with the Victoria station, and to execute certain other works in connection with their undertaking, and to amend the acts of the said company—Mr. Scott in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the board deeply regretted the late accident on the line, and sincerely , sympa thised with the unfortunate sufferers. 'They had or• dered an inquiry into the cause of the accident, an d trusted that they would soon satisfy the public th at the company was not to b l l an] e. The detaitlhseonf the bills had alre ad y been explained to the sha re h o l ders. A r esolution approving of the bills was car ried. The meeting was then made special, and share h o lders confirmed an agreement between d the the Brighton and the Horsham, Dorking, and Leather head Company for the working of the latter line by the former. The proceedings then terminated. 102& 3 2i d THM I EDITTLO SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. THIRD READING. The Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway was read a third time. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time—Dare Valley Railway, and Launceston and South Devon Railway. The house, for a Wednesday, was unusually full in con sequence of the interest excited by the Public-houses Bill. LISBURN ELECTION. The members of this committee, appointed to try the merits of the petition against this election, were called to the table and sworn. PUBLIC-HOUSES BILL. A very large number of petitions were presented in favour of this bill. Mr. JIADFIELD presented 73, signed by 19,136, in favour; Viscount ENFIELD two, but he begged to inti mate that he entirely dissented from their prayer—(hear, hear) ; Mr. VANSIFTART, with a similar disclaimer—(hear, hear) ; Mr. PEASE, from a place in Ireland, praying that the bill might be extended to that country; Mr. 11. BERKELEY, two against the bill, on the ground that its provisions would contravert the liberty of the subject— (hear) ; Mr. Cox, several to the like effect; also by Mr. ROEBUCK, from 24,000 to 25,000 of the male inhabitants of Sheffield, which he looked upon as an expression of the opinion of the town on the subject; Mr. J.B.SMITII, several from Stockport. Mr. SOMES then moved the second reading of the bill. Had the bill been placed in other and better hands, greater justice would have teen done to the subject. He feared it would suffer from his advocacy, He disclaimed being actuated, in proposing this bill, by a blind and bigoted zeal for the Sabbath ; neither had he any desire to trench, as he had been accused, upon the liberty of the working classes. No one more sincerely desired to promote the true interests of the industrial classes than he did. The opening of public houses for eight hours on the Sabbath was a great evil, constituting a temptation and a snare to working men on a day when they were at leisure, and had some portion of their wages in their pockets. In Manchester, last year, 3,373 people were taken into custody for drunkenness, and 1,549 of these cases occurred between 10 o'clock on Saturday and Monday mornings—far more than all the apprehensions for the rest of the week. Several magistrates and judges gave it as their opinion, based upon their magisterial and judicial experience, that drunkenness was the fertile cause of all crimes. Mr. Broughton, the magistrate of Southwark Police-court, declared that there was more drunkenness on Sunday in London than in all the capitals of Europe. The sight of drunken women was very sad, and in every case it happened that where the wifo and mother drank the family went to ruin. And a committee of that house had distinctly de clared that drunkenness was the sole course of the misery and the crime in the country. Justice Coleridge said scarcely a criminal came before him who had not been led into evil courses by strong drink. Baron Gurney said the source of every clime could be traced to drunkenness. Mr. Justice Patteson, when on the bench, declared that he should have nothing to do except for the prevalence of drunkenness. Earl Shaftesbury said that nine-tenths of the pauperism and woes of the industrial classes were caused by their own pernicious habits, and especially from the terrible evil of intoxication. (Hear, hear.) Dr. Chal mers entertained a like opinion, and the chiet physician of the London Hospital said that 75 out of every 100 cases were attributable to drunkenness. The bill simply asked the house to extend a principle already laid down that where the welfare of the country required it special legislation should be adopted. The bill was in consonance with the feelings of the working classes of this country. For instance, up to the 2d of June 4,101 petitions, with 693,255 signatures, had been presented in favour of the bill, and 110. with 148,577 signatures against, and probably this day petitions in favour of the bill, with 100,000 additional signatures, had been presented—considerably over half a million signatures altogether, and chiefly from the indus trial classes and their wives and daughters. (Hear, hear.) Even the drunkards were in favour of the bill, for three pe • titions from well known and avowed drunkards had been sent up to him by the curate of Altringham in Cheshire, desiring to have a restraint placed upon their weakness. (Hear, and laughter.) The important parish of St. Pancras had been canvassed on the subject, and the result was that 25,051 were in favour of the bill, and 18,289 against —giving a majority of 7,462 in favour. Many of the publicans of Liverpool had signed petitions in fa vour of the bill. lbs hon. member said he had the opinion• of between 80 and 90 magistrates and police constables in favour of the bill. A restrictive act of the nature he sought had been in operation in Scotland for nine years and with the best effect, and a Royal Commission appointed to re port on its operations had declared their opinion that it had worked exceedingly well. (Hear, hear.) Restrictions of the like nature prevailed in New York and Tasmania. He was so satisfied that the bill would constitute a great boon to the ;public, that he was prepared at any trouble or cost to himself to extend its blessings to the indus trial classes, (Hear.) Mr. PEASE seconded the motion, declaring that it would be one of the greatest boons yet conferred upon the industrial classes ; nor would it restrict the liberty of the subject of what the house was naturally very jealous. It would promote religion, education, and common decency. He pointed to the fact that the Sunday school teachers were universally in favour of the bill, who saw much of the evils of drunkenness, in proof of its efficacy. He begged the house to let the bill go into committee, where the bill could be amended. Capt. JERVIS moved that the bill be read a second time this day three months. Drunkenness had not increased ; but, on the contrary, had greatly diminished from year to year, and yet they were asked to make it a penal offence. The system of petitioning that had been adopted in favour of the bill was of an extraordinary character ; a more care fully organisedsystem had never been heretofore witnessed. (Hear, hear.) The petitions had been in tke course of pre paration for some months, and all at once the house was everwaelmed with them. And then some of the petitions had been proved to have been forged. Notwithstanding the restrictive act in Scotland, it did not appear, from the returns, that drunkenness had lessened, or that the con sumption of spirits had decreased. (Hear, hear.) He was told that the petitions were got up by a society the members of which paid ss, a year, but which had other objects in view than the closing of publie houses on the Sabbath—namely, reduction of the income tax, and no examination of weights and measures. (Laughter.) The result of the passing of the bill would be (and in his opinion he was borne out by the opinion of Mr. Arnold the magistrate) the illicit sale of spirits on the Sunday. He saw no reason why excursion. ists and others should be deprived of refreshments on the Sabbath. Instead of working men using public houses under good management and proper police supervi.ion, drinking clubs would be established all over the country, as was the way in Scotland. (Hear.) Cottages a little way off the towns were advertised for, and rules drawn up for their guidance, that the members should not split. (Laugh ter.) His experience in the army showed that the more openly soldiers were permitted to drink, the less drunken ness was there, If a colonel shut up a canteen it usually led to an increase of drunkenness. Mr. K. SEYMER seconded the amendment. He de. precated the language, such as "canting hypocrites," used by the journals in the publichouse interest towards the hon. member for Hull (Mr. Somes), and those who acted with him, as he believed they were thorougly sincere in what they were doing. Enactments of this kind would not promote the morality of the people. Would it not be un just to prevent a working man, who walked for miles through the streets, probably carrying a child, in order to see the green fields, to have his glass of beer to refresh himself, when they and others could go to their clubs, and drink what they liked. (Hear, hear.) Class legislation of this kind would greatly irritate the people as in the past. (Hear.) This bill might be adapted to small villages, but c ould never be brought into operati , n in large towns. When they closed the Post-office on Sunday it was supposed to be an act in accordance with the feeling of the country, but as soon as it was effectuated the whole country rose against it, and it was rescinded by the house without a trial. Such would be the case if this bill were passed, and they would probably have a renewal of the Hyde-park riots. (Hear.) They would find it heard to separate John Balleycorn from the people of this country. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He trusted the common sense of the house would reject the bill ; most assuredly if it were adopted the house would be compelled in a great hurry to rescind it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY would do everything in his power to lessen drunkenness, but as ho did not consider this bill would have that effect he regretted he could not support the proposition of his hon. friend and colleague. Were the bill endowed with a permissive character, like the Health of Towns Bill, he should be prepared to support its going into committee. Mr. HORSFALL supported the bill. He had obtained, since the mover of the amendment (Captain Jervis) spoke, a return of the consumption of spirits since the passing of the Forbes Mackenzie Act in Scotland, and instead of the consumption of spirits continuing the same as previously, there had been a falling off in the consumption in five year s of no less than 75,000 gallons. And the Royal Commis sioners sioners reported most favourably of the moral a effect of the change. Eighty-two out of The Clint Constable in the country were in favour of the bill. and gallant Constable of Harwich, which the honourabled reported that member (Captain Jervis) represenitne 87ofanthe chief there had been a great improvementn e _ ne t s h: a h n a d bi ci t s u o ie f t the on town, especially in regard to ( ? rugu and barwomen of the Liverpool Sabbath. petitioned Seven nhzjii..;:etudr barmenf the bill, so that they were A very large majority of h favour cited o thef st ati statisticsclosing might get rest on the found that a majority of the opinion. It every town and rural vil lage of this op t ; an i d n o t the e p householders ubliehot e s o n. of t h e v l d e s r Li p bb o eb o as the people of inhabitants were . of the same opinion would confer a lasting opposed the bill If tssing, upon his country. (Hear.) people would I) , 3 . unable t ) get even their Dlr W. MARTIN f passed i 't reioibtthainbeidl—l were e y l passed %-o ii u ro ld . din nersu t o f r o s r emp the r beer on the S s a e o n b s a e t w h e . all la ig: c e i‘ra%P'sej,is. P o ° ; lll' t ehde : b : 1 1 I N (ruickalvyicfitnordytohvaetrthcommon strung the how too ti htleel ngs of irzitation ou the part of th e people would6be crew y f ted, and they would have a repetition of the Hyde Park riots, when the house would, as on that occasion, have t o go through the undi gn ifi e d course of . iv pressure from w ith out. People woulgd d i r n in g k w a a c y tu t a o ll a y o m u o t b of . spite, and thus druulienness would be promoted. And those whoal‘N.vaoyns They will drink h never d drank • N a v n il k l drink the more 1 (Laughter.) Mr, BAINES supported the bill. The signatures to the petitions in favour of the bill were four-told; those against, which constituted a sufficient manifestation of the opinion of the public out of doors tor the house to act upon. He was satisfied that the passing of the bill would elevate the moral and physical condition of the people. Originally he was opposed to this bill, not to its principle, but because he objected to the total closing of public-houses on the Sab bath, being in favour of evening cluing; but he gave way ii to the desires of a body of rz,ape,ctabie working men who approved of closing publie•houses on the Sabbath, Mr. F ACNE opposed the bill on account of its tyran nical character. Mr. LAWSON viewed the subject n 3 a police question, considering that unless so viewed t.',.tey would have no righ t to interfere in (114 i wEv }yili!. the liberty of the people in re gard to the consumption of strong drink. He cited th opinion of the - Under-Secretary of State for the Home De/pertinent (Mr. Bruce) in favour of the bill, though he said he objected to interfere with tile " recreations et the people." (Hear ' hear.): The legislation of p as t y ea r s h a d been attended, beyond all dispute, by a diminution of drunkenness, and this being so, it would be well for the house to lake a step in the same direction, because increased good could not fail to result from it. In order to avoid any appearance of hardship he should be willing to support in committee the insertion of a clause permitting public houses to be open for two hours per day to accommodate travellers; but merely to accommodate London was no reason why drunkenness on the Sabbath should be per mitted all over the country. (Divide, divide.) Sir G. GREY said he voted for the introduction of the bill out of respect to those who promoted it, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact that its promoters would not stop short of the provisions of this bill, were it adopted, but would seek to place a prohibition on all Sunday recrea tions whatever. (Hear, hear.) If the bill were passed, not a single glass of beer or spirits could be legally purchased throughout the whole of England on the Sabbath —not from 11 on Saturday evening till 6 o'clock on Monday morning. (Hear, hear.) Now, he was bound to say, if the house was so ill advised as to pass this measure, its provisions could not be carried out. (Hear, hear.) Everything tended to show that drunkenness was greatly on the decrease all over the coun try, and the right hon. baronet cited figures with respect to persons taken into custody for drunkenness in the metropo litan district which supported his statement. In the last two years there had been a diminution of 2,000 in the me tropolis, notwithstanding the increase of the population. And he could report a similarly improved state or things in Liverpool and other large towns, a circumstance he attri buted t the improved education and habits of the people. The reaction which the passing of the bill would create in the minds of the people would be fraught with danger. Thu habits of Scotland were different from those of England ; not beer but spirits was chiefly consumed ; and a rigid obser vance of the Sabbath was in acccordance with the desire of that country. In London, at oue o'clock on Sunday, they would see crowds of young men and women respectably dressed fetching their dinner beer. Now why should they and many families be deprived of fresh beer, and compelled to bottle it and place it in a secluded place for use on Sunday. The bill would be a great injustice to excur sionists and others. He blamed the promoters of the bill for seeking by acts of Parliament to improve the morals and alter the habits of the public; by doing so they would retard the happy progress now taking place. (Cheers,) He asked the house to reject the bill. Mr. 11. BERKELEY referred to his committee of 1855, and defended its acts. As to this bill he should oppose it as an attempt to cripple the liberty of the subject. (Divide, divide.) Mr. ADDERLEY rose amidst loud cries for a division. The bill was aimed solely against drunkenness, and it could be easily amended in committee so as to be adapted to the reasonable desires of the respectable class of the com munity, Sir S. M. PETO said, as one of the largest employers of labour in the country, he was not prepared to adopt a strin gent measure of this kind. They must deal equally be tween all classes. Let the seller and recipient of fish on the Sabbath be punished. He could support a bill for a restriction of the hours of selling beer and spirits on the t-abbath, but he could not do otherwise than vote against the second reading of this bill. (Divide, divide.) Mr. NE WDEGATE would support he second reading, on the understanding that this bill was rendered permissive in c inittee. (Divide, divide.) Sir H. CAIRNS would support the bill, in the belief that it, would lead to a restriction of hours. Mr. restricting the hou rs . Sir J. S u LI N E T L w L a E s Y in o ta p y p o o u se r d ot th a e b bi ill. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN should vote against the bill, be cause it was not endowed with a permissive character. Mr. HARDY opposed the bill, and trusted the Govern ment would introduce one to amend the licensing system. The house (five o'clock) being very impatient tor a divi sion, Mr. SOMES briefly replied, ana being appealed to by Mr. AYRTON whether he would endow the bill with a per missive nature, stated that he should abide by the pre amble. Atter a few words from Lord H. VANE, The house divided, when there appeared— ' For the second reading lO3 Against it 78 Majority against —l7s with The announcement w as received h loud cheers by the opponents of the measure. The bill was consequently last. SHEEP AND CATTLE (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. M'M AHON postponed the second reading to Wed nesday next. METROPOLIS TURNPIKE ROADS ACT AMEND- MENT BILL. Bill recommitted pro forma. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL this bill was read a se cond time. He should propose to make a day sitting for it next Thursday ; he should then make a statement of the nature of this bill. SUPPLY.—DAY LICENCES. _ _ On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, a resolution was agreed to in committee of ways and means to fix the charge for occasional licences to sell beer, spirits, or wine at 2s. 61 per day, such licence not to exceed six days in all. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. ASCOT RACES-THIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, ROYAL RUNT CUP. Victor .... Glenorchy 2 The Knave Tsvnty-nine ran. SCRSTCHED —Catch'em Alive, Zelle, and Polynesia. SWEEPSTAKES. Santhal Dirt Cheap .. Lord of Linne 3 ELEVENTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Becky Sharpe 1 Eight ran. CORONATION STAKES. Lady Augusta Fantail Crafton Lass 3 Five ran, ASCOT DERBY STAKES, Onesander • • 1 Queen Bertha Blue Mantle Seven ran. NAVAL PROMOTIONS--This Evening. The following appointments were made at tho Admiralty this afternoon : Commander—David Miller, to be Captain. F. W. Sutton (B),, engineer, to the Indus, as supernu merary. Edward Towel], acting engineer, to the Orlando. Thomas Catchpool, assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for the Charger. Thos. Scott (B), to the Cumberland, as supernumerary. James Legate, to the Edinburgh, for tenders, HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the total number of deaths registered in London was 1,296, exhibiting a slight increase on 'that of the previous weak, which was 1,259. The average number, as ob tained from the returns of corresponding weeks in the ten years 1853-62, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,139. The number contained in the present return is, therefore, 157 more than it would have been if the average rate of mortality had pre vailed. The births in last week exceeded the deaths in the same period by 701. Sixty-eight death s f r om smallpox were reg istered last at the age of 20 and upwards. Typhus was fatal in 46 cases, diarrhoea in 12, scarlatina in 78, measles in 39. Of 178 deaths assigned to diseases of the respira tory organs, 93 were caused by bronchitis, 54 by pneumonia, 8 byfrom b the asthma.bedroom roeoffme c t s P o fh poison,h i a i containingad : w l d a rt s h fatal paper quantities i. l t io s e 9 as cases. The son of a labourer, residing at Plum poefrasrosnesn were re A c g a i u r s l e , dagbeyd deliriuml 4 ye a years; memnst,haen:reosnte ynitsehtiaeenrasswdt,: died from carbuncle. .ntemperance h . A man, aged 57 fromdied barns from o i t e r e e s d i deaths t deaths e s a t o h f four e . r scalds ; five children and one person c ur r e adult were suffocated, The deaths of two they we , nonagenarians were recorded ; e aged respectively 94 and 98 wardel iieesido,off2srtpolili whichfr m occurredtetan ti s Last week the births of 1,005 boys and 992 girls, in all 1,997 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,770. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the metal height of the barometer in the week was 29.978 in. The barometrical reading was 29.71 in. at the b.-- ginning of the week, and rose to 30.14 in. on Thurs day. The mean temperature of the air in the Nretk was 55 4 deg., which is 04 deg. above the awraga of the same week in 43 years (asdetermined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 79.7 deg. on Friday. The lowest night temperature was 34 9 deg. on Tuesday. The entire range of tempe rature in the week Was therefore 43 8 deg. The mean temperatures of the water of the Thames was 55.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 5.5 deg. The mean d e gree of humidity of the air was '76, complete saturation being represented by 100. The direction of the wind was north-east and west. The Registrar describes London as the greatest its population in 1861 a mount i ng to of t i l e imperial cities, 2,603,08 9 , living in 362,890 houses, peopling streets and ~quares extended over 122 square miles, along the terraces of land rising from the banks of the Thames. 13.14. 5.4.0 19.16.4 ! 12.30 128 t 9 70 I 21