The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

~Y CE• ) iroa ne i nto m oeto a atter ° lot 0 Or t) g . i 51)1t( vas ter: a CAI' ring le ° strol se pP o . n . ler 1" ....r4.—1marwa.........••••••,..M., M ONEY MARKET AND CIOMMERGIAL N TELLIGS NCIL CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Bank directors have met, and decided to mak no alteration in the rate of discount. The demand in the open market is as yet very quiet, at 2 to 2. per cent. for the best bilk The supply apears to be a little larger. The Stock Markets are quiet, and the only change of importance is a recovery of per cent. in Consols from the unofficial close of last evening. In foreign Stocks, Egyptian continue very unsettled. Imperial Ottoman Bank Shares are flat, and there is little animation in Hudson's Day Shares upon the Statement that arrangements have been effected for the transfer of the company's property to the Government. • Cotton in Liverpool continues to have a drooninri tendency. Caunsols are firm, at a recovery of I per cent., being quoted at 934 to 91 for delivery, and 924 to 92i • • ex div, for accannt ; New and Reduced Three per Gaits., 92'1 to 9V; ; India Five per Cents., 115'1 . to 116 1 ; Bank StoJk, 211 to 21G ;• Elehequer Bala, 124 to 17s pre m . In Foreign Securities the dealings are moderately active) but the variations in prices ore not_ of witch itnpor , ance. Eoyptian, 1802, 7 per Cent. Stock is 4 lower, and Greek also ! worse, while Egyptian, 1864, is better. Th e f o ll ow i ng are t h e pr i ces : Italian, 48g to .40q a a o „-e ; Greek, 13 t o 13!; ; Peruvian, 1805, 83,' 1 to Portuguese, 40 to 40k ; Russian 5 per Cent., 1'4;2; 83/ to 84 ex div. lotto Orel Vitbak, 70g- to 71 4 ; Spanish New 3 per Cent., 354 to 35 ; Turkish 6 per Cent., 1802, 621 to G 2/ ex div. ; ditto 5 per ,ent., 1865,34/ to 35. Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are 891 to 90. The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully pail 1113, is 91 to 911-, and the Scrip, 2 to I:L i dis. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. Colonial Government securities are firm. Canada Six per Cents. is quoted at. 103 to 104 • ditto Five per Cents., 90 to 91 ; Mauritius G per Cents., 104 to 106 J:New South Wales Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ;• New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 106 to 107 ; Victoria Six per Cents., 112 to 113. InAmericata securities, United States 5 20 Bonds are 4 better, at 70;i to 704 There is no particular change in rail ways. Cale -donian h ave b een quoted 751 'to 70 ; Great Eastern, 34.1- to 311 ; Great Northern (A), 97 to 98 ; Great Western, 54 to 544 ) ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1272 to 1281 ; Lon-don, Brighton, and South Coast, 531 to 53/ ; Chatham, 18; to 19 ; London and North Western, 1151 to 116 ; Metropolitan, 1121 to 114- ; ditto Extension, 1051 to 1051; South Eastern, 744 to 74ik. The 'lndian lines are firm. Bombay and Baroda are 104 to 105 ; Great Indian, 109 to 110 ; and East India, 111 to 112. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 29 to 30 ; and the Consolid a t e d M or t gage B on d s 3 24 to 33 . In B an k Shares the dealings are merely nominal, and prices are li ttle altered. Union of London shows a furthe r i mprovement of 4, at 34 to 35. while Imperial Ottoman is 4 lower, at 4 to Prem. Agra (A shares) steady at 91- to 10/ Alliance, 'l3 to 12 dis. ; Anglo - Austrian, Consoli dated, 4 t o 4i to 5 . Chartered; i; Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Imperial, 18 tnt 19 ; London and Count. 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 69 to Joint -Stock ; Oriental, 414 to 421 ex div. ; and London tteint-Stock 35 to 36. Finance shares- are little dealt in, and prices are !ithoat movement. Credit Foncier, 24 to 3 ; General die. 2a. to 24 ; International Finance, 2to 1/ „Foreign ; London Finance, 23 to 21 dis. Mining Shares have met few inquiries. John- del Reys are quo t e d at 19 to 2 0 ; P ort 11 to 14 • Chontales, better, at 2;1 to 24. Mis cellaneou s Securities are steady, the only change in prices being an advance of k in Hudson's Bay, at 15 ;A tolsl antic ti c ; Anglo-American Telegraph, 23g to 23h; aelegra h 5/ to 51 ; London General Omni bus' 114 to 24 ; P Ocean Marine Insurance, 14 to 15 ; Thames and Mersey, 41 to 5 ; Universal dis. to 4 1 prem. -- se,,f : t the fink yesterday £29,000 in bar gold were - in, and £7,000 in coin were withdrawn for the W est C oast of Africa. On the week these operations 'lre £53,000 against the stock held. • The prevalence of easterly winds is probably delay ng the arrival o f one or two A us t ra li an go ld s hi ps .0 "7 quite due. Th e t o t a l a t s e a from Melbourne is -;,1,609,000. v . T he City of London has arrived from Now York ith 3 5,000 in specie. t the steamers which left New York yesterday for t „ r °lJe took £125,000 in specie. yearly general meeti ng of the Bank of British for "'th Atneriea has been ca ll e d f or t h e 2n d J une, the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. 1,," A - Veda' general meeting of the Titanic Steel and „" (joutpany will he held on the 21st May, for the j " b ,,' lr P,l'se of confirming the resolutions passed at the ‘evtous meetin g . ArThe biddings for 5350000 in bills on Calcutta and r : ir '" took , Thy Place y ester d ay at t h e Bank of England. - ttnrouara allotted were to C a l cu tt a £317,700, and at is lad r Nrafiras £32,600. The minimum price was fixed on both presidencies, and tenders at that c will receive about 48 per cent. Those above Will be allotted full. No tenders on Bombay „„ m eor t . invited. These terms - show a reduction of 1 per in the minitnum, and also in the demand. Th e c o • u Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday hail he consideration the claims of the New Three_ Uent. Spanish Stock, to be marked in the official "St ; bllt ultimately adjourned the question for a fort • h t . —. T he London and North-Western Railway traffic ti3eatuern showS this week a decrease of .£B.MS com- V....rd.;1 with the corresponding period of last year ,• the I and an increase of £2,468 ; and the Great 9rthern a decrease of £B5l. Railway traffi c rece i pts of the Bahia and San Francisco I N -tway Com pany for the week ending March 28, s 'a v increas e o f £ 347 as compared with the corre- Ponding week of 1867. MeAxticathne__h_a_llfl-yearly meeting yesterday of the United adopted, amid iMining Cp°rniopPoas'elYd the directors' report was Zagofre2eds to.Gd per share, payable on the Ist of July, Telegrams from Hone Kong to the 15th ult , says Messrs. Townend Brothers' tea circular reports ;he tea : e ason closed, w i t h an export of 115,000,000 ; I;amid if the usu a l a ll owance is made for loss of weight, ‘ , l with wrecked c argoes, our actual supply will pro muly be about 110,000,000 lbs. BRITISH YU/IDS—TWO O'ULOCIC. , COTE RNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols ~ Ditto for Account, June 4 iNeerl Cent. Reduced 92i 1 3 per Cent ° l ,' % ' 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 .1 '''''• per Gen L. 4 an. 1873 144Uities, 80 'yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — E te for 30 yra, expire sth April 1885_ -- to (ed Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 2,01 pin otleqUer Bills. 41,000, 2 per Ct l2 Do, £5OO a • £lOO St £2OO m - „,°.k of E ngland Stock. 41p3r Cent 2451 41 4.'0- Account 1 .INbtA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , _ ilk. took, 10i per Cent., April 1874 0_ :account 115; 16} 15/ p,., ° ' , Per Cent. fuly, 1880' 102 D o , ' Per Cent., Oct. 1888 . (J ertificates ID?: tifaced Paper 4 per Cent — b"• 4 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D 0 5 1 Per Cent., May 1879 — ° 5 per Cent Ru Deb. 1872 ~ P. D Do. 1877 — do. D o 1882 — , r. • do. t i , eb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 o'• °lids, 5 per Cent., £l,000 °. Under 41.000 At. "ORUION FVNDS —TWO CLOCK. A N itiu A it, , . — , -, 4it r i. „ --„ pane, S per Cent... •••• .. 45 r4 il:'' fonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 xd ; .1 , 4 , 4 Per Cent b o 4 1 Per Cent., 1852 _ i ) ' do _ O , i 1858 _ _ 110. de., 18;0 • b o. 5 do., 1863 _ i) Per Lent., 1865 _ t ° 4ec outit .' 751 I ell ° , , „ 1),, 2 Yree 6 per Cent `l . ) - Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0 ikia6Per Cent. 6 Per C e t .D O. 41 ,-, Cent n Doti c) ~. or — " Per Cent., B ... b O ., 7 1867 96i 6 bo . ' R 0" 'Cent. 1866 lO2l 2 0 ,!,eriP £32 Paid ...... q uI TI, 6 Per Cent Dad, nt. i i i',,`11.1, -r Cent. 1825 .. .. • .. xd D, g -1' pr Cent., 7 I.:r Cent...... •-•-- ' 1 4(.1 P°l. C eut 1867 7014/ -;', tetZkeW Co'usolidated, 1 poi- Cent. Do, 8 , 4 per oent, I.;.ecoad Issue •• ••• b.. 4510 n,,,,i, _ u 4 . 1 . 4 bonds ' _ vl O. j.! O . Let, I . 0 0. -0 , 0 li onlB 78 u , Ur i 4,10° B onds . ... . ....... ••••• e i, -/ ,, vil'e f .k lf "0" "'it ltai . 1 . 1:1; il; . ....... .:t; i I 1 iiros . ••• B =4 bO. a Per Cent., 1 824 1 5, ex Coups — G 1 )0. , ( '''ount. . . . Do, Loupous• ................. .. • , i ,,.; Aceouut ....................... . . 4 °4d ibuja 6 Per Ce• nt . I t . ura sei ..,hau ~,..'-r°v•Rail.Loan 10p. Ct., X 25 p :0 ,r7r C elt . r _ 1 865 '' • AC . 'x l3- ?. 1/4, 011 0t . , ... lczt _ . ar e Itaiw a tittoi p er Cent Y - .ur Account .. ................... I) . 151 ,b o ^. , „, ... ....................... 1,:t3 14911tisiPt rj at• A nglo-Frouch %9lth n --- - Par Celit.mmitt,, — ~:1~: ~y 6: Louise - after Louise, I T also 3 short 868. 7eliable army y a few ed that The y da►lY a little t reek- rt with i s fol- of ha' I nd the ted mY ;e--the . age on Consul venal, [r. Rag' was ill strain, mpg' patness mould tSSaU i'ti ideau% Mere, .end to illy do ignili tarded, which fresh erpre t ' also It nic t° horitY , Mysel f 3rs are i.ndig teas.►nt ig eP i " fetters, ietuclet th me, areesea ail 3• ay the aalified as dis' King. 8, an d Oa moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada :Jo 3 per CBn Do. Deferred Warrants (Ffectares) - - Peruvian b per Cent. 1865 ... Do Account B3i 4 Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1E62 Do Account PorcAguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, 401 Do. do., 1' 67 4O Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, 3t Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1.62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondc., 87 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0. .,. Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds._ - Do. do £B4 15s. do — c4ar. , inian, 5 per Cent 'Spanish 3 per Cen . Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Acc. ant Do Cerra. Cert. of Con . . not fu:.:ded Do Account Tu. - kish 6 per Cent. Do Account 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Acconnt Do ..ClOO Bonds i)o G per Cent., 1862 Do A crou t De £lOl Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per fient., 1865 , D. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 5 6 1- Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the abore payable in London. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,. Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., E. 25f — Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italian 5 per (lent. 1831, E. 25f. Do. Account 4B TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94 .•• .• Do. Account, 4th Tune .. 92/ 63 CRIMINAL COUR r,—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) William Harman was indicted on the Coroner's inquisition of killing and slaying George Bayley. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was admitted into the Lambeth Workhouse on the 4th of April as a lunatic, and was placed under the care of the prisoner, himself a pauper, and who acted as a kiud of warder in the house. The deceased was very violent after his admission, and continued so during the whole of the night. On the Sunday following the prisoner was left alone with the deceased, who continued in a very excited state, and it was stated that he was heard to say that he would give him something that would quiet him. He was then observed to go to a bottle and pour out a quantity of morphia and then gave it to the deceased, telling him it was port wine. Immediately after the liquid hal been taken the deceased became unconscious and ultimately died. On a post mortem examination being made the brain of the deceased was found very lunch diseased, so much so that death was likely to have occurred at auy mo.meut. There was nothing to show that death had been occasioned or accele rated by morphia. It was, however, given in evidence that morphia was kept in the ward, and that the prisoner could have easily obtained it had he felt so disposed. The Judge told the jury it would be for them to say whether the death of Bayley had been occasioned by the administration of morphia, and that it was administered by the prisoner. 'lhe pri soner was an ignorant person, and it was not at all to be supposed that he was aware of the extent of the properties of morphia, but against that it must be considered that the brain of Bayley was in a very diseased state, from pre mature softening, which would, according to the medical evidence, be quite sufficient to account for death arising from natural causes. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Alfred Cruise, Willialn Palmer, and Elizabeth Cruise were indicted with felouiuusly stealing a quantity of carpet, the property of Samuel Ciarnett. The prosecutor it appears was removing a quan tity of furniture from a house he had occupied in the neighbourhood of Bedford-square, and on leav ing the place he told the person in charge not to deliver any things to any person without a written authority from himself. The prisoner Cruise, it was alleged, wrote out a false order for the delivery of s )ine of the carpets, and the other prisoner on getting possession of the pro perty conveyed it away by means of a truck, which was in waiting near the premises from which the property was stolen. The carpet was soon cut up and sold, but was afterwards discovered by the police, and the prisoners taken into custody. The jury found Cruise and Palmer guilty of steal ing and the female with receiving. Lockyer, the officer, proved two former convic tions against the prisoner Cruise for felony and conspiracy. Mr. James Brennan, the officer attached to her Majesty's Mint, informed the learned judge that th e prisoner was a well-known character. He (Bren nan) had, in the perf ormance of his duty convicted a least 30 or 40 of the ass oc i ates of the prisoner, and also his principal compan i ons. They allf belonged six of ongedto the Bristow gang, one of the most ex tensive societies of mace-men that ever infested the metropolis. The prisoner Cruise was a most dis tinguished member of the " lo ng fi rm, " and he had convicted him a sh or t time ago of uttering counterfeit coin, lie had known the prisoner Cruise for 18 years, and he could say f o r the whole of that period he had never earned a by honest Industry. T he female was equallydexterousas as the man she called her husband. Inspector Garforth, of the C division of police, said he had made inquiries relative to the prisoner, and he found that for years he had been carrying on a system of wholesale plunder. He had taken a house in Bouverie-street, and then started the commission business. He also had succeeded in getting large quantities of property of all descrip tions from persons residing in the country, who ad vertise in the London pipers. Nothing came amiss to him. He had.succeeded in obtaining potataseed, lemon juice, chaff-cutting machines, and every kind of goods by merely giving an order with the promise of payment on delivery. When the goods once reached the door of the house at which he was residing some very clever mode was adopted for getting them into the possession of " the firm." Sergeant Gordon, of the C division of police, said he held a warrant for the apprehension of the pri soner Cruise on a charge of obtaining £lOO worth of timber from a person residing in the country, and some time ago he made a sudden descent on the prisoner and his friends in Tothill-street, West minster, when they all escaped by the back windows, leaving him in possession of over £2OO worth of chaff-cutting machines which had been stolen. Cruise—My lord, all that wan is saying against me is perjury. . _ The Common Sergeant—Ab, yes ; T often hear that charge made against constables. (Laughter.) It is quite clear, after what I have heard, that you and your confederates have for years been preying upon other persons. I, therefore, sentence you, Alfred Cruise, to ten years' penal servitude; Palmer to five years' penal servitude, and Elizabeth Cruise t) 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. COBDEN CLUB.—The annual dinner of the Cob den Club is fired fur Wednesday, the 24th of June, at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., iu the chair. The weekly meetings of the club are held on Wednesday evenings, at No. 5/4, Pall-mall. THE TRADE WITH ST. PETERSBURG.—AIthough there is no definits news of the opening of the Neva, seve ral of the Hull steamers have left for St. Petersburg. The first to sail was the Lion, belonging to Messrs. Browulow' Lumsden, and Co. She was followed on Monday by the • Neva, belonging to Messrs. Dunkerley, and on Tuesday by the Cossack, telouging to Messrs. Bailey and Leatham ; the Bride, belonging to Messrs. Brown, Atkinson, and Co.; and the Dwina, °wiled by Messrs. Norwood, Hull and London. All these vessels trzve gone cut very deily laden, but the greater portion of their cargoes consists of Oa Which then is iivt a yery large freightage, 3f 2. t 4.0 I 1.7.6 5Si 5.17.0 2} 56 0 4 440 16J 10 12 4 5 2 24 1y 2 a 8 11 2 4 5 161 171 18 19 16 36 40 21 24 6 S 6 61 24 1 60 70 5 7 2 3 2 24 25 27 380 400 1 37, 1 42 4 d 14 16 1J .2 61 66 110 195 75 8J 16 14 21 23 8:8 /18 6 8 ettEr6ItEN,J.: S.I.AftES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2. b 5 LIES LEASED AT FIXED It ENT AL S. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., f 2/ Vale of Neath, 9 rotuiiGN Antw: rp and Rotterdam, pi ifa ~a 8U 1 34u:erancideo. 11. n., eua. 7 perfeent., 15 South Austrian tad Lombardo Veuettuu, 1t * _ 101i1latikt MIN tb. Dm Pedro, N r:h Del Iley, 1 15-16 pm St. John del ltey, 2J United Mexican, li.n., BANIS S. Australasia, 531 Cnartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 17 City, 12 Consolidated, lira., 41 Imperial Ottoman, IQ London and 4 estmiuster, 091 Ditto, Scrip, 471 61 New South %Vales, 45 oriental 'lank Corporation, 42 Unto of Australia, 43 Union of London, 34} MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 5) tioiribay Gas, rim.. s City of Aloycow Gas, rim., 5 } least India Irrigation and Canal. 17 Egyp:tan Loper Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gum by Egypt. Goy 1 139 .s. it , on's Bay, 15} .5 } National Steam Ship, lirn., 9 oriental Gas, 15-ia Peninsula and Oriental *test;n. 591 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 111 Vic.zoy of Egypt, 7 per cent.). Mortgage) Luau, 7. 13 A REESE RIVER MILL—The Keystone dry crushing mill of 2') stamps is the best -arranged and most effective establishment of the kind we have in this region. The batteries are plaeed so that the reduced ore is received into chambers on a level with the roofs of the roasting furnaces and con veyed to them by a car passing along a line of rails. When the ore is roasted it is discharged on a cooling floor, and thence taken by another car way to the anialgamaion room, where the, rinks of the I pans are about on a level with tha line of rails. file settlers are still lower down awl with a &scent of 30 feet from the battery floor to the amalgamat ing room, the ore in its progress through the mill is all the time working down hill with the. least possible amount of manual labour. With a double discharge through brass wire screens of 50 mesh, the batteries reduce from 16 to 18 tons of sulphuret ore every 24 hours. The mill is provided with 8 reverberatory roasting furnaces-10 Varney pans and 4 settlers. After having been idle for several months, mainly from want of salt, the statups go into operation once more on Monday morning, with abundance of high grade o re At OQUltilaltd& Nevada Entoprlze. _ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVP,NING, MAY 7, 1868, THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The usual anniversary banquet of this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern last night. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli presided, and was supported by a numerous and distinguished company. On entering the hall Mr. Disraeli was very warmly received by the company. Between 200 and 300 gentlemen sac down to dinner. Mrs. Disraeli and a party of distinguished ladies witnessed the proceedings from the body of the hall, and the ladies' gallery was also well filled. The CHAIRMAN.—My Lords and Gentlemen,—l beg to propose to you a toast which is always drunk in every society of Englishmen With feelings of re spectful cordiality ; but in this assembly of the Literary Fund it is received with feelings of pecu liar enthusiasm, because it is the toast of one who now for many years has been our munificent patron. (Cheers.) In proposing to you the health of her Majesty this year, I cannot forget that since I last had the honour of dining with the Literary Fund her Majesty has inscribed her name in the memor able list of Royal authors—(Cheers) —and her Ma jesty has experienced a fortune which has not always been the fate of Royal authors, or even of authors of another description ; for her Ma jesty has found thousands and hundreds of thou sands of readers for her volumes. (Cheers.) That is not surprising, since those who have read those pages must have recognised in them the touch of nature that makes all hearts kin. (Cheers.) I propose to you, therefore, with all the honours, " The Health of our munificent patron her Majesty the Queen." (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN —I have now to propose that we shall drink " The Health of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales and the other Members of the Royal Family." The Royal Family is peculiarly con nected with this institution. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has deigned to fill the chair which I now occupy. (Hear, hear.) In that he only followed the example of his illustrious father, a Prince who did more for the refinement of the taste of this country than any prince who ever flourished since the days of the Medici. (Cheers.) But there are peculiar circumstances which on this occasion must force us to drink this toast with feel ings of no common emotion. All of us must have heard with alarm and indignation of the attempt recently made in a distant settlement of the Queen upon the life of one of her children. (Hear, hear.) That attempt was, .I think, unjustly associated with the name of Ireland. • But if anything could have proved more triumphantly than another the injus tice of that aspersion on that nation it was the recep tion which at that very moment was being accorded by a loyal and a generous people to another child of the Queen, whose presence on that soil with the charming partner of his life and state proved what I for one never doubted—the entire loyalty of that gifted people. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I propose to you " The Health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other Meinbers of the Royal Family." (Cheers.) Earl BEAIJCHAMP proposed " The Church," re marking upon the services which the clergy had rendered to literature, science, and art. The Bishop of ROCHESTER briefly acknowledged the toast. The CHAIRMAN, lu rising to propose the toast of the evening, was greeted with loud and continued cheering. He said—My Lords and Gentlemen, — One of the most illustrious of my predecessors in the seat which I now occupy regretted that, when he had to approach the most interesting theme on the even ing of o he had to t ouc h upon one which for u o -quarters of a cen t ur y h a d been illustrious and eminent men d therefo re h e d rew t h e ft handled h mai this n o nrcei country, by than u e nrst therayrtl mosthesrene very sound inference that there was no novelty of treatment of which it was capable, and no new suggestion which could possibly arise in regard to it. I myself must admit the justice of that obser vation.experience I have a pain fulre colleßctuiotnin my own that theditficulty is increased and the disadvantage aggravated, because I cannot for get that this is not the first time that I have had the honour of sitting in this chair, and that there is upon record my inadequate attempt to vindicate the constitution of the soeieiy and to advocate the sup port of its fortunes. (Hear, hear.) But, alas, my lords and gentlemen, on the present occasion there is an additional reason why I should feel my utter inadequacy to th e office whiCh I ant now attempt ing to fulfil. I come to this assembly like one wh o from the heat o f combat repairs to the pare flow of some pla c id stream to slake the th i rst of battle. (Cheers and laughter.) It is an effort to me to attun e m y mind to the gracious and refined offices which I have now to per form. If, indeed, I had followed my own im pulse, I would have declined the chair which I once filled and the honours which I so much enjoyed. But I must trust to your indulgent re ception of my desultory remarks, and I feel that I can be sustained at this moment only by that which I say will ever endure—namely, my sympathy for the good old cause. (Cheers.) That observation of my predecessor to which I have referred reminds us at this moment that the Literary Fund is an ancient institution ; but, though ancient, it is not an obsolete institution, which may easily be proved by contrasting the assembly now present with the first dinner whi c h was held in this metropolis to commemorate the f oundat i on o f thi s f un d. P er h aps during the 70 or 8 0 years that have elapsed since that time som e o f the greatest events that have ever occurred in the experience of man ki n d h ave hap pened. It is possible that within an equal space no more memorable incidents could be com prised, and the great changes which during that interval have affected the fortunes of humanity have not spared the position of the author. At the time when the Literary Fund was founded the man of let ters h ad escaped from t h e patronage of nobles, and h a d taken refuge i n t h e more sun stautial protection of the bookseller. But the great feature of our time, that great creation which is rapidly developing ---a reading public — did not exist. (Hear, hear.) I ts growth, however, h as exerc i se d a considerable influence on the position of the author. It opened immediately a great ar,:a of literary sympathy which, when this institution was first established, was unknown. Instead of the Grubb-street of Q ueen A nne ' s ti me , lit erary men have now founded a compact, a well-organised, and an honourable profession ; and we know well that there are many men of letters who, exercising that professional power;haVe realised. incomes that may match those that the learned professions, which have long been admitted to 'an honourable place, had alone hitherto produc e d. B ut i t wou ld b e 'suppose that because this a certain ex t en t thi s h appy position of lite rary men h as oc garega gr eat change,ac 13 change; :in mistake teeand t t oc curred since the foundation of this fund, there is no longer any necessity or a reduced necessity for the active exercise of its offices. On the contrary, in the first place we must recollect that this very increase of the area of literary sympathy has in oseased the number of aspirants for literary fame an&success. But there is something for us to re collect beyond that. The auth or i s, as we must e of peculiar organisati on . H e i s a bevienrg remember, born with a predisp os iti on which with him is irresistible, the bent of which he cannot in any way avoid, whether it directs him to the abstruse re- searches of erudition, or induces him to mount I I into the fervid and turbulent atmosphere of imagi nation. But in either case we know that the life and career of such men cannot be regulated by the common rules of prudence which, wisely and properly, are expected to regulate the con duct of ordinary men. Well, then, I say it was a suggestion beautiful in feeling and profound in thought that when such characters required assist ance—when they wanted aid, and consolation, and succour—they should not have to appeal to those common feelings of charity which influence us all iu our relations with ordinary .men, but that they should find an institution which, I:ke a, generous and sympathising friend, should minster to all their , wants, and at the same time appreciate their pur suits and their idiosyncracies. That was the object of the Literary Ftwsil, whereby ip lieu of the patron they find a society which, instead of expecting gratitude from the individual who iS succoured, feels that it is hoactacci and - rawarclect ilia acceptance of the sympathy offered to him. (Cheers.) Ny lords and gentlemen, I have sometimes asked myself what is the reason why there is a general sympathy with the literary character—a character so pecu liar in its organisation, and often in its results one which is not calculated to command the com mon sympathies of the world—how is it that even among those who are little lettered there is - a respect for authors ? I believe it is because there is an instinct in man that society is greatly indebted to literature ; and if you ask yourself for a moment what society would be without books, I think you may comprehend this feeling, and arrive at some conception of its origin. Without books the disco veries of science, the inventions of art, the grand pedigrees and noble precedents of the intellectual development of man would have no record.; none of those maxims and household words which illus trate, animate, adorn, and cheer life would exist; those imaginary characters', as they are called, but which are really much more ital and sub stantial than half of our acquaintance—(laughter and cheers)—who mix with our daily life an represent our feelings, often give us counsel, and occasionally cause us merriinent, would no longer move among us. There would be no Ham lets, no Don Quixotes, no Falstaffs. (Laughter.) And, therefore, I can easily conceive that man kind has instinctively felt how much even those who are unlettered owe to the cultivated record of the impulses of invention and the discoveries of truth. (Cheers.) I think, gentlemen, you will see this very markedly when you observe how much the test of the condition and the mind of a country is the state of its literature. If you look at the great empires of antiquity, the Assyriap, the Babylonian, and even the Egyptian, why, in the consciousness of men they are really nothing more than mere phantoms. We are aware of their names; we know they possessed power which no longer exists ; that they perhaps indulged in mysteries which may never be penetrated ; but they have no effect upon our active life ; they do not mould our characters ; they do not illustrate our feelings; they have not left us human examples for our instruction. And why not ? Because they have left us no books ; because they have left us no literature. We have heard of their conquerors, their statesmen, and their priests, but never of their authors. (hear, hear.) And this want of influence upon living generations is not the consequence of the lapse of time. There are countries which were coeval with them—countries that flourished 3,000 years ago ; and yet those countries, composed of tribes and clans who were content when they had formed a polity which secured their material comfort, then gave up their minds to the cultiva tion of the intellect, and produced literatures of startling originality ; those countries, though they were not the countries of great conquerors, have at this moment a constant effect upon the life and conduct of existing generations. (Hear, hear.) There is not a day that the incidents of their history do not illustrate our life ; there is not a day that their household words do not animate and adorn the hearths round which we live ; and at this very moment there is no part of the world which is not influenced by the conduct and the thought of nations who in population were very small, but who exercised and will exercise perhaps for ever this irresistible influence. And why ? Because they left us literatures and produced authors. Now, if it be true that the state of a literature is the best test of the condition of a country, I think I may say without exaggeration that England may look with pride and satisfaction to the vernacular litera ture with which we are .all conversant, and which at this time commands the attention and the ad miration of the world. (Cheers.) I may say of our literature that it has one characteristic which distinguishes it from almost all the other litera tures of modern Europe, and that is its exuber ant reproductiveness. Other countries at par ticular epochs have produced admirable speci mens of the thought and expressions of man in all their forms of philosophy, of history, poetry, and science. But they have rarely repeated those mo dels. Now, I must say of our vernacular tongue that there is a reproductiveness about it which is its most remarkable feature, and which, I think,ds not paralleled in the history, ancient or modern, of any other nation. Why, it is only 40 or 50 years ago—l daresay there are some present who remem ber the time—when England produced a constella tion of poets which rarely has been rivalled by any other nation. Those poets were not alone in their glory. At that time there was also a develo i meat of critical power—the power which is supposed to be the most contrary to the creative—that was most remarkable. Indeed, in every department of literature there was excellence. They have all passed away, but that period has not been succeeded by one of long and sterile reaction ; on the con trary, though it would be • invidious at this mo ment to name instances, I am speaking only the truth when I say that we live in an ago when the voice of true poets is heard, when our language is working with a vigour and a versatility which has never been exceeded, when historical in vestigation has been conducted with an ornate sa gacity that very few periods of literary excellence could equal, when the conclusions of science have been communicated to the multitude in a classic style which certainly a century ago was wanting :o these invaluable labours. Therefore I say we can boast for our vernacular literature not merely that it has produced classical authors at a particular epoch, but that, combined Kith an exuberant repro ductiveness, there is a vigour and a versatility in our literature and in its power of expression which has sustained the commanding influence of the English language. (Cheers.) I confess, my lords and gentlemen, that I am not surprised at this re sult, at which every Englishman ought to be proud, but I think it can be accounted for. I attribute it in a great degree to the wide circle to which an English writer appeals. Ho appeals no longer to the inhabitants of the illustrious island in which he lives. If he is capable of it he can affect the feelings and influence the conduct of the inhabi tants of every transatlantic city. His prodec tions soothe the labour and solace the life of the workers of the antipodes. It is in this great Bud expanding tribunal to which the English author addresses himself that I find the elements of Lis inspiration. But if this view which I have sketched, and sketched very imperfectly, has some foundation in it—if it be, as I believe, true—l think there is an additional reason why we should seriously and car nestly consider the condition of those pale-faced votaries of the Muse by whose devotion to the cul- tivation of these arts those great results are in - Soule instances obtained and in so many instances aspired to. We must recollect that; although there may be cases of - dazzling material success combined with in tellectual excellence, it is in the nature of things, and it is the necessary consequence of that very en- larged sphere of literary sympathy which adds so much excitement and stimulus to literary effort, that there must be many and frequent cases in which sympathy and aid are needed to minister to the sorrows ana repair the broken fortunes of our literary brethren. (Hear, hear.) The most popular author suddenly finds that the literary fashion of his age is capricious ; and he falls from the high empyrean in which he thought it was his destiny to soar for ever. The scholar who devotes his life to the noble pursuit of some investigation which can- not bring him any material support, though iu its results it may influence the character of nations ; above all, the man who, full of triumph and success, rails the victim of a shattered nervous system, who 'ust as lie was reaching the zenith of his glory, and palpitating with the sense of high intellectual power, sinks into despondency and despair ;--these are the cases repeatedly occurring, as I have said, from the excited condition of literary life, in which this society may afford that remedial aid which fulfils one of the•ruoit beautiful purposes of its existence. (Hear.) "Ibis is the cause which I have to plead to-night. I wish I could have pleaded it iu a condition of mind more adapted to an object so worthy of the best feelings of us all. But I have this advantage—l appeal to those who at least sympathise with the subject, if they may not with the speaker. (C,heersl) I spea,k to those who are a brotherhood, wfro, either by their pro- fession or by their tastes, are all literary men. If I cannot - bring Wore - you thorn argumoutit which oRDINAIti StiA.RES AND STOCKS. Kailwaya. r a id . ' Closing Zusincse 1 Prise. dsne. , urns-Lot an .6xeier (Aledonian Cambrian 82 V 4 zo o ' 30 tS lCork and Bandon Corn w4ll Dubliu & Belfast June D un„l'erth, Zs A b.J tine E.London, aerip Ce:tl Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' Do. E. Angl. St. No. z tircat North of Soot lit11:4 Great Northern Do. A Lock. Uo. B st vex Do. New, IS. at Y 1 poi (i t 6, and W. of Irehtud (it. Western -Origtuat 6. V4I. Itaii g ua. Do. South ‘l 7 ales Do. W. Mid.—Oxforu 3 4 75 77 70 72 lU2 104, 31 311 7 8 IS 6 1021 10.3,, 7 08 122 iza 94 96 trii sa 6,5 57 3J 35 3.) 33 Do. Ziewport 00. 1 1,0Aord LALloashtre L lorkeiitr, ILJation and Blackwt,i.; a 8 Cozllo. il•un., Chat., a. d Dovel Du. Aletrop. k.;:t. A 11,vu. ..Nortii 1i enteri, Liu. 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Wheal Vor kitelst , ,t .ierod's loot ,iiugstou Vowna 'largaret (Llny Lelauti ,larlce Avvyndy Iron Ore, Hull .e:9, ton North toskear . Baanett(ltlogan north Wheal Crotty .. !'roever Cr.widence UnyLulailt , i. Caredon (St. Cleer).. ;:iuuth Condurrow 1. Wheal Fran. (11loguni tray Park . ;'in Croft 7igra min Clogan, West Bassett (Illogatt W. Caradun (Luskeartli ,VestChtverton West Setou Wheal Basset, 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Bedruthl IVl,eal Mary Ann (Ilen l W heal Sefon Tr..lawoey istliTista ought to influence your intelligence, I make an Appeal to you which I am sure will at least touch your hearts. (Cheers.) I therefore beg to pro pose to you, " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund," and I connect with the toast the name of Earl Stanhope, the chairman and great supporter of the society. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Lord STANHOPE responded to the toast, and pro posed the health of the chairman, who responded. The remaining toasts were —" Poetry and Imagi native Literature," proposed by Sir Stafford North cote, and responded to by Mr. Venables ; "The Judgos and Legal Literature," proposed by Lord Hough.con, and acknowledged by Chief Justice ; " Classical and iii:torical Literature," pro posed by Lord Ravensworth, and acknowledged by Dean Stanley ; "The Stewards," and "The Lad:es." Tile subscription list amounted, as announced in the course of the evening, to £1,400. POLICE INTELLIUEACP;.-l'illS DAY MARLBOROUGU-STREET. Tiu STREET FIGHTING NUISANCE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF Sono.--John Iligerty, a boy, was charged, before D'Eyncourt, with behaving in a disorderly manner iu King-street, Soho. Police-constable Thomas Picklys, 217 C, said— About half -past eight yesterday evening I saw about 150 boys in Princes-street, Leicester square, all of them armed with bludgeons and sticks. They were stopping passengers and flourishing their sticks in their faces. The prisoner, who was armed with a thick stick, with his named carved on it, and intended to imitate a staff, was very active in the affair, and I took him into custody. One young man who was passing was knocked down and rendered insensible by a blow from a large stick. Mr. D'Eyncourt —Do you mean to say that they used such a thing as that produced (the bough of a tree) ? Constable—Yes. Mr. D'Eyncourt—What is the meaning of it ? Constable —The lads call them "street fights." Inspector Ilarrison—Tho nuisance has become so seri ous that the inhabitants cannot carry on their business without some stops are taken to put an end to it. The prisoner—l did not hit any one with my stick. An inhabitant of Princes-sheet said—ln common with my fellow tradesmen, I am much annoyed by assemblages of boys every night armed with sticks, and we frequently have our windows broken. Last night about 15 of the boys collected, and there was a fresh disturb ance. I saw a ycung man struck with one of the sticks. The boys called them sham fights, and there were different parties, who set to fighting— there is the Dales' party fighting the Leicester square party, and there is a disgraceful tumult, and it is time a stop was put to it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Such conduct is likely to ter rify persons, and must he very annoying to trades men, and must be put down. The prisoner will have to find a surety to keep the peace for six months. WESTMINSTER. LACONlC.—Applicant—Please, your worship, I owe a month's rent. Mr. Arnold—Go and pay it. Applicant retires (evidently much chagrined). RUFFIANISM IN THE ARMY.—WLII. Graves, a pri vate in the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, was charged with violently assaulting Jane Dismore, an unfortunate woman. Prosecutrix, who was evidently very weak, and whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said—Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning she was in York-street, intoxicated, and the prisoner accosted her; because she would not go home with him he knocked her about with his stick, cut her head open, kicked her about the head and body, and loosened all her teeth. Prisoner said she and her companion were drink ing together with him, and one of them stole his money ; he asked her for it, and she said she had not got it, and then he bit her with the back of his hand. • Police-constable Audsley, 251 B, said he saw the prisoner cross the road and speak to the prosecutrix. She said she wanted - to have nothing to do with him, and walked away ; he followed her, knocked her down, and kicked her while on the ground. The prosecutrix denied being with a woman or the prisoner. The worthy magistrate, having ascertained that prisoner beyond all doubt was sober, said he ha I asked the questions about his sobriety to find any excuse, however bad, for his conduct. lie would give him credit for supposing that this was a woman who had robbed him, but even were that true nothing could justify such a cowardly and brutal assault as he had committed, and these un fortunate wretches who were the victims of their own misconduct were not to be subjected to these dastardly and brutal attacks from ruffians like the prisoner. He senteucA him to the full term, viz., six months' hard labour, and, having ascertained that his character was " indifferent" in the regi ment, said even were it the best he would have given him the same term of imprisonment. MARKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAIL—Ttie market is firm but less active, the supply on offer being light. COFFEE.-Exe - opt fel the best qualities the market is rather quiet, but firm and steady. TEA. - Not much passing, and rates unchanged. Rice is well held, but the firm rates demanded keep tran sactions in check. Saltpetre.—Transactions are of merely retail extent, al late rates. Jute !remains quiet but steady, at £l6 108 to £22 for common to fine. Metais—Market quint; Straits tin £93 to £93 10s, Wal larou copper .Z:s3 to £B3los. TALLOW. The market is still fiat at 4359(1;p0t, 43s 91 to 44s Juno 44a last three months. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of stock to-day was moderate, and the trade was dull. Of beasts there were 770, including 198 from abroad. The beef trade was dull, and prices wore barely sustained. Of sheep and lambs the number on sale was 10,700, of which 2,290 were from abroad. Mutton sold slowly at rather lower prices. Lamb met a dull sale. The number of calves was 350, the proportion foreign, being 220. The veal trade was steady for best qualities, but dull for_ inferior. There were 60 pigs on sale, all English fed. The pork market was steady. Quotations—Beef, 33 4d to ss; mutton, 3s to 4a 8d ; veal, .3s 4d to 50 6d ; pork, 3s to 43 6d ; lamb, 6.3 to 7s 6d. HAY. There were shorter supplies of hay stuffs at Whitechapel and Smithfield to-day, and a brisk trade, and 2s per load ru - ,re was realised in many Mies for both meadow hay and cluver. Straw sold without quotable ehango, We quote meadow hay at 60s to 88s; clover, 608 to 102 s ; straw, 28s to 36s per load. POTATOES. The potatoe trade is steady with about the previous ave rage supply. The greepstuff trade is brisk, and moderate supplies were speedily cleared off this morning at late rates. Cabbages, 6d to 9d ; broccoli heads, is to 3s per dozen ; greens, 6d to is 6d; carrots, 4s to 8s per dozen bundles; loose carrots, £3 to X 6 per ton ; spring onions, is 6d to 28 6d per dozen bundles ; rhubarb, 2s to 4s per dozen bundles. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 7.—Sales probably 5,000 bales. Marko quiet, and prices drooping. SaIPPING INTELLMENCE—This Day. (BY TELEURAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived.—Ranger, steamer, fruna Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; Velocity, steamer, from Calais ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Blonde, fur Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—Jumna, fr 'm London, fur Itushire ; Agra, from London, for Cardiff; Frederick Basso), barque, from Stifolds, for Capetown ; Harriet Wardle, from London, for Jamaica ; St. Vincent, from London, for St. Vincent; Macedon, from London, fur Bombay. ELECTION EXPENSES. —An official return of the expenses incurred by the three candidates at the recent Holston election, when the Solicitor-General was returned, gives Sir W. Brett's expenditure as £145 9s. 41 ; Mr. H. Rogers's, £ll Itis. 41 ; Mr. Lea's, £25195. 2d. Thu .prin cipal items are for printing, stationery, and advertising. It will be remembered that theLihor4l cttatli , latori With &Of Vi the d 119alingtiQU. • . - SPURTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CHESTER RACES—TIIIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) STANFORD WELTER HANDICAP. Dick Turpin ........................ Ainsley ................. ..... Czar ..................... ........ Four ran. 1 3 LATEST BETTING. CLEAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (taken) sto 1 agst Beauty (taken) 6 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 7to 1 agst AVestwick (taken) 7to 1 agst Fortunio (taken) 12 to 1 agst Landscape (taken) DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 8000 to 1000 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 9 to 1 agst Speculum (taken to £500) 32 to 1 east Paul Jones (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) I'/0 to 6 agst Orion (t tkeli) 25 :A) 1 asst Suffilk (talcou) RAGING- FIX l'U ILES FOR 1868. 21:11*. Chester 5 Mtth ........................ lignintoa Iluor, 7 Wye W ....................... IJche6;er Puck Sprlu t ; Broniyard DuaezisLuc Spring -1 i Epso.o Sumta,,r ......... Saliseury JUNE (Vest Drayton 1 Newton Uroyduu 2.t Sthnater ... 3 Hampton Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Bantry (Nun Beverley, Hull, and I Stockbridge East Riding. lO Alexandra Park Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford Worcestor Summer 2 I Odihain Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Stamford Radcliffe Carlisle Newmarzet July 7 Chesterfield Huugerford Pontefract Down Royal C0rp....... 14 j Sudbury and Ealing Reading Spilsby AUGUST. Deauville Leek .40 Brighton ••• . Brighton Club 6 ScArborough I Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll li:eat Yarmouth. I Stookton Plymouth Windsor August l3 I Ipswich Egham l7 Lichfield /Listings York August Oxford B EPTEIIBER. Baden I Warwick September kningdon 8 I Manchester Leicester Doucaster September 8 I Walsall Brecon l4 Edinburgh Richmond ilattipton Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Hunt Kelso le Lad Western M ...... 31 is 22 23 24 2a OCTOBER. Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing ... 15 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 21 October 5 ; Harrow .. 27 Lauark .. 8 I Worcester Autumn...-. 27 Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 Lincoln Autumn 29 Ohelteuhana Liverpool Shrews bury NOVEMBER. .. 3 I Leamington l7 9 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Broraley DECEMBER. 1 Ealing 26 8 I St. Albans Kingsbury DIPERIAL FARLIAMENI • HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—YESTERDAT. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock. MINES ASSESSMENT BILL. Mr. P. WINDHAM moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to (meats a more equitable distribution of taxation, more especially as respected mining property. Mr. 6r. Al_ll3l'N seconded the m tion, and said the time had arrived when mining property should coutribtt:,:e its just proportion towards the local and other burdens of the country. Mr. PEASE thoug:lt that mines ought to be rated, but he was exceedingly upipsA to hasty or blind legislation on the bubJect. Mr. DEN MAN sail as the bill proposed to make mining property rateaiolo in the s one w.ty as the highways, tae question that would soon have to be ecui:derad would be the policy of continuing the highway rate. Mr. IiIi.)II)ALL said that without a fair principle of justice was appiiel to the case of the Cornish people be should oppose the third reading. Lord U. O.I.VENDISII said it was the desire of the owners iu Psorloysliire to pay the rates as at present, be cause it would create great confusion if it was proposes to collect them from small proprietors. After some further discussion, the motion for the second reading was agreed to. DI VORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. Mr. FOSTER unwed the second reading of this bill, which wa, fur the purpose of still further improving the mode of conducting business in the court. It was proposed—first, to ah.)lish the necessity of extending the time when suits could ba proceeded with, and the second object of the measure was the taking away of the right to appeal in undefended eases. The S OLICITOR -GENERAL did not see any neces sity for the bill, and he should oppose it in its present form. After somo discussion the VII was read a second time. COTTON STATISTICS BILL. Mr. BAZLEY moved the second reading of this bill, the obj.et of wh ch was the collection of statistics with reference to the importation and consumption of cotton in England, &c. The bill was read a second time. ARLISANS' AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS. The adjourned debate upon the consideration of this bill as whended was resumed. Mr. Ayrtou moved an amendment to one of the clauses, but the Sp2aker de cided that the hon. member could not go on with it, as it involved a principle of taxation. Mr. LA.BOUCHEHE said he also had a somewhat similar proposal as that of the hon. member for the Towel• Hamlets. The motion led to SOlll9 discussion, when. the further consideration of the motion was postponed, in order to enable Mr. Ayrtonito give the requisite notice of his in tention to move his amendment. Thu house then adjourned. THIS DOVER MURDER. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. DOVER, Wednesday. This afternoon Thomas Wells, railway porter, was placed at the bar, in the town Hall, before Mr. Churchward, the mayor, and a full bench of magistrates, charged, under remand, with the wil ful murder of Mr. Edward Adolphus Walshe, the superintendent of the Priory station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, by shooting him through the head on Friday last. Mr. Cleather, solicitor to the railway company, prosecuted, and Mr. Minter defended the prisoner. Mr. Squire Martin ; superintendent of the eastern division of the railway, and several other officials, were present. The principal witnesses in the case were examined on Saturday last, and the proceedings to-day were principally of a formal character. The prisoner was fully committed to the county jail on the charge of wilful murder. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS D UE. Azetrnill& and New Zealand, via 2...louthampton ..... May 23 . Vitt% via alarseilles .......... • • .... • •• • ••• •••. Ma y li. Ditto, via Pan 4ma ........ .. • • .... . ... Ilay 21. Jrazii, BaenJa Ayres, and Monte Vide.° Ittay 4. Ditt.o, Dy Irronon paatati .... ' ,.l.iy 2 !, 'Jape Vords. by Brazil paoicet —. ~;ape of c 1004.1 Nape. At. enaion. anti St. Lluleux n ay 13. ~;ama, l'eaang. and Sinktpure, via Sou.hazapton M.v i. 1.1:tto, via alaris,illes... - •••..... - ...... . • May 4. eaaiand Labials May 4. dibraitar, via outtiacap toa May 2. I.alitt. via Southampton Ditto, via Slaraeil es .. Malta, ‘t:gypt, moo. play .!. Ditto. Alars,illea.. 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