The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-05 00:00:00

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TO' als ls- i n iforo' ° ol it on o {eft the PI : 1 . 0 61 1 " ,„ fottud ee t ' _At 3 131 g er held ° ll O t ie pr ess UP° he the nested coo )r d e r tO S e fV I 3ttCr r O tOClldale, r e plan f° • 1 0 1 1 1, i v ca le.i e o rir r •4 US? 0 00 a ,0 , t g oo T oo , 7,,p0r als i_ 5 01 70 0 : hafd° cs the 1 siri4 andi d a , ie tioo , Litt the u Bvel • ecl p ropos „ o ur • toll' MONEY ZIAREET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. :the stock Markets are without much change, though exceptional movements of importance are rc poqed. Neither the Funds nor Foreign Bonds have Varied, except that Italian and Brazilian are in rather More request. But American Securities are again Very flat. Erie Railroad Shares are as much as 3 Per cent_ lower. In home railways there is not much feature. Midland have risen 1 per cent. on the dividend announced this morning. The favour able. dividends so f a r announced and other encourag ing circumstances are reviving this market. The Discount Market is firm at 1 to 1g per cent. Corn is in demand at Monday's rates. The English Funds are steady. Consols for money and account, and New and Reduced 3 per Cents. are quoted at 941 to 94a Bank Stock, 247 to 249 ; India Five per Cents., 1141 to 1151 ; Exchequer Bills, 14s to 18s preni. Foreign Securities are withoo particular movement. Brazilian (1865), is 1 better, at 771 to 78 ; and Italian k, at 52/- to 53k ; but Greek is lower, at 13 to 13k ; and New Spanish at 331 to 34± ; Mexican is steady, at 15k to 15k ; Turkish, 39k to 39 . k j Egyptian (1864), 85k to 861; Viceroy's Seven Per Cent. Loan, 72/ to 721 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 1/ to 91/ ; Peruvian (1865), 791 to 80 ; Honduras Loan, 83 to 83i. American Securities are flat. United States 5-20 Bonds are lower, at 71 to 711 ; Erie Shares s how a decline of 3, at at 921 to 931 ; and Illinois 2) at 37 t o 39. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 391 to 40/ ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds - I to 421. 12T jo. . reign Railways, Great Luxembourg remains at 3 h • and Lombardo-Venetian at 16 to 16k. Test Wisconsin Bonds are / to 1/ prem. Colonial Government Securities are steady. The fol 7mg are the quotations :—Canada Six per Cent:, 1 0 3 to 105 ; ditto Five per Cent., 90 to 92 ; Mauri tius Six p er C ents. , 103 to 105 • New South Wales Five per C en t., 99 to 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 105 to 106 ; and Victoria Six per C en t., 113 to 115. The railway market is steady. The leading feature is an advance of 11 per cent. in Midlands on the dividend. The present price is 108 to 1081. London and North Western, and Great Northern (A) are better ; Brighton, ; and South Eastern, Great Western, and Metropolitan, ir each. Great Northern an t lower, an d C a l e d on i an, *. Th e pr i ces are : eas.hire and Yorkshire, 130 k to 131 ; South East ern, 77 London and North-Western, 117 to r ; Great Northern, 106 k to 1071 ; ditto A, 105 , k to 1061 ; Great Eastern, 39k to 40 ; Great Western, 501 to 51 ; Brighton, to 55 ; Sheffield, 431 to 44 ; Metropo litan, 118 4)1 ; Caledonian, 77/ to 1 ;• and Chatham, 20 / to 201. Bank Shares are without feature, and the dealings are limited. Th e only change is a decline of in Imperial Ottoman , at /to 1 prem. Agra (A Shares) 11± to 111 ; Alliance, 101 to 9} dis. ; Anglo-Ame rican,, 7to prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 281 to .Vtk ; Consolidated, q. to 47 ; ; Imperial, 17 to 18 ; •London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and West ilinster, 68 to 69 e x di v . ; ditt o , N ew , 44 t o 45 ; Lon don Jo int - Stock, 32k to 331 ex div, ; Union of Lon (ten, 35 to 36 ex div. In Foreign Mining Shares St. John del Rey is better at 2oi to 214 ; Port Philip 11 to 11; Chontales, 2± to 2i ; Rosso. Grande, 5-16 to 7-16 prem. Miscellaneous Securities are very quiet. Anglo- American Telegraph is quoted at 21i- to 21i ; Atlan tic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 3 13-16 to 3 15-16 ; 41 Atlantic and Great Western Mortgage Bonds, 40.} to ; Hudson's Bay is firm at 15k to 15/ ; London General Omnibus, 1/ to 2. Th e • increase in the Metropolitan traffic last week was £247 7s 4J, and in Great Luxembourg, £2,239 7s 9d. The G enera l Credit Company announce that they require a d epos i t of 1 per cent. only upon applica tions for the new French Loan. There was no bullion operations at the Bank Yesterday. ,„ The Exchan ges were yester d ay aga i n rat h er l ess ravourable to this country. The report of the London and South Western Bank, after stating that the proposed dividend of 5s per Share, payable on the 12th inst., will allow £560 18s to be carried forward, remarks as follows :—" The directors have had under consideration the desirability of reducing the present liability on the shares to such an extent as may be satisfactory alike to the share holders and customers of the bank, and with a view to carry out such arrangement they have instructed the bank's solicitors to prepare the necessary forms and obtain legal opinions on the subject. The di rectors propose, if they find no i mpe di ment ex i sts, to call the shareholders together at an early date, to determine as to the mode of carrying out such reduction." The City of Antwerp has brought £17,400 in B Pecie from New York, and the Bremen £47,500. On the other hand - 1. 30,000 left by the steamer New York yesterday for America. Considerable purchases of grain continue to be made at 1113 rseilles on Spanish account, so that prices at that Port are more firmly maintained than in any other of the French markets. The o r di nary general meeting of the North Austra lian Compan thy has directors' been convened ort re forand the 19th statement instanof t, to receive e ac counts. p CThe London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway oman are offerinff £550,000, 4i per cent. perpetual debenture stock to die proprietors, at 95 per cent., the instalments of which extend over nine months. v The judg ment, on appeal, against the directors of ,"e Credit M o b ilier of France, on account of the .' ‘iredit Immobilie r e, amounts to 83, 000 , 000 f., equa l t o „3,320,000 sterlin g . Th e f a t e o f t h e s h are h o ld ers i n e Credit Mobilier, after this, is quite in the hands °f M. de Germiny, who stands in the position of liquidator. If he makes common cause with_ 4 c ,,,m, the s h ares, which yesterday were worth Sides with MM . Pereire, it is said they will not fet ch more than 60f. la The Metropolitan Railway Company convene a c ,etinef for the 19th inst., " for the purpose, if so ` 4°te rnaTned, of passing a resolution, pursuant to the provisions contained in the Regulation of Railways co et, 1 868, to divide the paid-up ordinary stock of the P referred into t wo c l asses, to be called—the one, orredferred Ordi nary S tock, and the other, Deferred a Ina rY Stock, an d to i ssue the same su bj ect an d .kcc or ding to th e prov i s i ons and consequences defined i n ° s aid Act." T he East I n di an Railway Company announce the a 4,,su e t to their proprietors of £1,000,000 new stock, int P r emium of 61 per cent., bearing a guaranteed , x lest of 5 per cent, per annum. p er 'e Midland dividend is at the rate of 5 per cent. dividcomparing with si. The G rea t Northern c 0..: end ;_s l, at the rate of 4.1- per cent. per annum, 4. This allows £3 for the half-year Stock, and £1 5s on the A. 00'aile directors of the Indo-European Telegraph ali t PanY have issued their first report. It relates paacst e xclusively to the establishment of the corn- Ir a 3 c r i ' and to the progress of the works necessary for pre7evelopment. The necessary capital had all been cried, tto rtation;„" but only 16,646 shares issued, and the Th e nni narY expenses had been exceptionally small. (1. 01 ,,„ concessions to Messrs. Siemens by the A ede vrii tnea of Russia, the North German Con and Persia, had been transferred fad e Company, and modifications had been w ould 1 the proposed route. The estimated cost rilenot be exceeded, and the line would fully exped; a t ?' the public requirements for accurate and T he co . dil l ' telegraphic communication with India. siat„ lll PanY had received great encouragement and en t " n ce (not financial) from the Indian Govern conw which had decided upon the construction of a tacCete alternative line between Dislike and Kur and i c y and also an additional wire between Teheran . ti o4 ,nehire, so that a complete through communica liah uetween this country and India would be estab- Wir e e B cl ,.hY means of two special and well insulated rle ki '.aPable of doing a very large amount of busi- Wit,ll2Deed and regularity uoll,Rl'l'ISII TUNES—CLOSING PRICES. 3 1 ERN mExT ruNDs. 94+ 1 i I Nl' Cent. Consols bitt c 041 3 ‘or Account, Aug 6 941 -,1 x , per Cent. Reduced 1‘, 1 11 :: 1 '''' 3 per Cent b v os l Per Cent. Jan. 1894 . k _ .. por Cent. o an. 1873 )Iluities, 31) yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — I :r O. for 30 yrq, expire sth April 1885 12,1 _ E,_ . ) (Red Sea Tel.4,raph), Aug., 11'08 2u4 xil , :I 13 pm Icquer Bills, £l,oop , 2 per Ct 1) 0. D o £5OO - 17 B anc, £lO O & £2OO _. 17 2 I, AL Account o f Fn lan d stock, 4 pir Coot '• , 7 S 1 •, " itoitsrnikx ,40VERNMENT SECURITIES. ,) _ tia ...ock, 104 per Cent., April1874 0. Opeuit),, for Account — D o k 114} 15 4 • . Per C b ent..fuly, 1.880 D o 104 i I r , • 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ),-,0. Certificates uno• Enf aced Pap et 4 per Coot — 0u •-)t : .10.ero Cent., Jan. 187 . 2_ Do 5 pr Cent., May 18i 9 — ''' per Cont., Rup. Bob. 187 2 — Do. do. 1877 — n bo 188/ do. - 6'2 nu b ' , 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 pin ,$)). 13 onds, 4 Per Cont., £l,OOO 14). under £IOO . -s.lithae Repuhc, t; per Cent... "sti Arian / 3 ond s 5 per Cent. 1859 Br 5 per (.leut ..._ .... Da. 4} per Cent., 1852 7O Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 77 BtienosAyres 6 per Cent Do 2 per Cent. (Defornd 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6per Cent. Cuilian 6 per Cent 73f Do. 4} per Omit — Uo. 6 per Cent., ll — Do., 18'37 130., 7 per Cent., 1866- loo} Do., Scrip £32 paid • . tubian, 6 per Cent. D ,nisn 3 p r Cent., 1825.... D .nut,ian Principalities, i_zr Cent Do 8 por Cent., 1867 -- quadoi• New (:onsolidated, 1 per Cent. 4 .lgypf iar, 7 per Cent ••• 1), , . so, oad Issue D s. .C5:)0 Bonds )o. 4100 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. /5 io Bowls — Do. £lOO Bonds • • ••• Government Railway Debentures .... 94 Graett . 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ox Coups — Do. Account Do. t;oupon..7 Do. Atc.Junt Glateinala 5 per Cent . — llouduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., £25 p 821 It iiian S lei Ccr t., 1865 — ;10. Account .. — Do Marommana Railway — Alexicas 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — iontevidean 6 per Cont. .. — Sloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4i Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Perivian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 791 I i } Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account Po-tuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1'67 — Do. do. Sc, ip, £2O paid — 1 issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9; Do 41 per Cont. 1850 Dn 41 per Cent., 1860 , Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent~ 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds., ; , 931 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 93 1 Do. dl £B4 15s do Do Nicolas Railway 661 1 Stir Tinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Accf,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do• New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Account Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Turaish 6 per Cent. Oo Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£10(' Bonds 66 1 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D , ) 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian D par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ii per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ — Da Account French pontes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. lhlian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Zsf. Do. Account 521 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 941 1. Do. Account, Aug. 6 IMPOLICY OF FOUR-YEAR PRESIDEN TIAL ELECTIONS. A. large class in the United States aro becoming seriously alarmed at the effect on the country of the oft-recurring Presidential election-3. The sys tem in vogue is not that intended by the framers of the Constitution. What they meant was, that the Electoral College should at the appointed inter vals choose from among the most eminent citizens the man they considered qualified for the high office. They did not W,ericl rival candidates to be pitted tgaiust each oiler, and the country subjected to the furious excitement of an election campaign. the Electoral College simply assembles to count votes, and in an article in the Ratoul Table on Ruler-making, from which we quote largely, the proportion to population returned by States is drown to be unfair; for instlnce, Oregon, Dela ware, Kansas, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Vermont, Kew Hampshire, California, Connecticut, lowa, contain in the aggregate 3,661,579 people, who are represented in Congress by 31 members, but whose electoral votes amount to 53. Against this New York and Ohio contain a population of 3,220,286, sending 50 representatives to Con 4re,s, while the electoral votes are but one more than those of the population, only half as large, being 54. Thus, if the eleven States were . to choose a Democrat each by a narrow majo rity, while New York and, Ohio voted en masse for a Republican, the population of six millions would be all but balanced by a narrow majority of a population of only half that number. The im mense increase in the Government machinery since the war has opened many eyes to the necessity of a change. No sooner does a President get into office than he commences to distribute patronage and ce ment alliances to secure the leadership of his own or a new party looking to his re-election. If he quarrels with his party, the case is even worse, for he is impelled to wild bids to gain the favour of the other, and in this he sets an example in the highest degree demoralizing. The Round Table considers that, first, a President should be divested of his patronage even more thoroughly than proposed in Mr. Jenckes's Civil Service Bill, retain ing office so long as he commands the support of Congress or of the Lower House, with possibly an extreme limit to his term. So often is the House elected that its vote might be taken to indicate the popular feeling, and the Senate, as a check, might have a veto power involving a special appeal to the people. The English system of making the Ministry dependent on a majority of the Representatives is one worth imitation, for it is found in practice to work well, stopping effectually what is otherwise sure sooner or later to occur, the hostility of the Legislative and Executive branches. The Round Table is severe on the class of men sent as delegates to New York for the late Convention. Dressed in conventional suits of black, with their blue Delegates' ribbons conspicuously displayed, they were seen in groups in broad daylight seated on the door-steps of strange houses in Broadway, embracing each other with tipsy affection. Some of the correspondents to the London dailies have described the extraordinary scene presented by the commercial metropolis during the sitting of the Convention ; but they were even more struck by the womankind of these quaint specimens. One correspondent is ungallant enough to speak most disparagingly of their personal appearance ; but making due allowances for the curious cut, mate rial, and colour of the men's garments, we believe them to have been fine specimens of humanity. They did not, however, favourably impress the more intellectual East with their qualifications for ruler making. The Chicago delegates were not thrust so prominently into the glare of the civilized world ; tucl although the Round Table does not know how far drunkenness there prevailed, the probabilities, it thinks, are, from their coarse and uproarious songs and howling at each other like so many Red Indians, that they had a fair allowance of artificial stimulus. The Republican party asserts the moral superiority of its members, and instances this by comparing the delegates sent to the Con ventions. But Chicago is not New ,Fork, and due allowance ought to be made for the fact that they endeavoured to combine pleasure with busi ness, going up to the great city filly prepared for a spree. The long and short of it is, that the Re public has grown out of the clothes cut for it by its foundtrs, and if something new . be not quickly provided there will soon be greater rents than any yet seen.—Anglo- American 7 rotes. It is announced that the Emperor of the French, " as a mark of his high personal esteem and admira tion of the character and public principles of the late Mr. Cobden," has sent a subscription of £4O to the committee who have erected the memorial at Camden-town. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1868. SHARE LIST. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TIIIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE BETTING MAN AND THE COOK—A BREACH OF PROMISE CAE.—A remarkably good-looking young woman, with a profusion of ring!ets, applied to Mr. Tyr what for his advice under the following circumstances : The applicant said that she was a cook, and that she had become acquainted with a person who had promised to marry her, Lut SOlll3 words having taken place between them he now rJusel to fulfil his promise. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the applicant what the man was, at the same time telling the young woman that he had no power to interfere iu such a case. The applicant said that he was a betting man. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the applicant whether that being the case-she, considered it much of a loss. The applicant said he was also a teacher of gym nastics, and was a black man—(laughter) —and he was also a married man. All she wished was to punish him, so as to have revenge on him. She did not care what it cost her, so that he was punished. Tyrwhitt advised the applicant not to throw her money away for such a purpose. The Applicant thanked the Magistrate for his advice, and left the court smiling, but evidently not quite satisfied in letting her gay Lothario escape. SERIOUS Loss BY A FOREIGNER.—Jobn Behrens, a merchant staying at the Frankenstein Hotel, Wil son-street, Finsbury, was charged More Mr. Tyr whitt with being drunk and incapable yesterday. The defendant was found by Police-constable Todd, 37 C, in Mo3r-street, Soho, in a helpless state and taken to the police station, and charged with being drunk, and on being brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, was discharged. Our reporter was informed by a f►icnd of the defendant's that he had ascertained for the defen dant that he had, after spending the evening at the Alhambra, gone to different houses, and that he had every reason to believe that something more than drink was given to him, as he suddenly be came stupified, and on recovering his senses found himself in the station and nearly £5OO in foreign notes, mostly Belgian, had been taken from him. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION IN IRELAND. (From the 31 ;)fah.) There are probably not many, even among the loudest opponents of the proposed measure for the disestablishment of the (so-called) Irish Protestant Church, who believe in their heart of hearts that the passing of that measure can be long delayed. They may be determined to do all that they can to avert what they consider so great a calamity, and they are not to be blamed if they fight hard, even withiut much hope of ultimate success. On the other hand, the very certainty of what must, sooner or later, be the issue of the conflict now raging around us, may perhal s be disadvantageous in its effects on many who vi WI well to what seems to be the winning side. There are many, perhaps, who have no taste for agitation, and who dislike the uproar and excitement of such a conflict, and they may be inclined to fold their hands and forbear to exert their full energies on the present occasion, just because the result is hardy uncertain —foi•- getful_ that such indifference works, in reality, against the cause which they have at heart, al though it is not likely to defeat it altogether. The wis r course would, perhaps, be to use every possible exertion to bring about the speedy termi nation of the contest. Whatever may be the feelings and the motives of the friends of the. Irish Establishment in England, there can be no doubt that the Orangemen of Ireland, and a large num ber of other Protestants who would repudiate the title of Orangemen, accustomed as they are to the privileges and nurtured in all the traditions—in the pride and swagger, and bluster and pomp —of ascendancy, will certainly die as hard as they can. The last thing that can be expected of them is, that they should listen to reason and let themselves be gently persuaded to resign their pretentious position without a struggle. We shall have, there fore, to witness the process of the more or less fore - ible reduction to their proper position as a mi nority of a largo class of persons of - rigorous character, determined, self-reliant, and by no means cowardly or scrupulous, who have hitherto lived in supreme and confident contempt of the mass of their fellow-countrymen, in the undisturbed belief. in their own innate and lleaven-ordained superiority—dreaming, moreover, rather that they themselves were conferring a benefit and earning the gratitude of England by keeping up her domi nation over Ireland than that they were a small colony of which very short work would have been made long ere this but for the power of England behind them, and that that country owes them thanks for nothing except for having made her Government the object of intense hatred in Ireland and in America, and of the scornful criticism of the whole civilized world besides. Now, this pro cess is of a kind that had better be got through as soon as possible. There can be no real peace or security for Ireland till the Eystem of Protestant ascendancy, in all its manifold ramifications, be utterly demol . shed, ti amp led under foot, buied and f rgotten, and a new; system of perfect equality of race and creed established in is stead in full life and vigour. If some representative embodiment of " ascendancy " could be preserved in spirits of wine, by the s'cle of the Danish swords and gold collars in the Royal Irish Academy, is might per haps be well that antiquarians should have the opportunity of refreshing their memory as t its surpassing and inconceivable unlovelincss ; but the sooner all record of it vanishes from the mind of the people of Ireland the better it will be for all the h'ghest interests of the nation. A new edifice of harmony and happiness has to be raised in Ire land, and the first step must be to get rid of the hideous portent which now occupies the ground. Everything must wait till the work of demolition has cleared the way. Although it may be possible to exaggerate the immediat! consequences of the destruction of Pro teataut ascendancy in Ireland, and although it may be very difficult at the present moment to forecast the future so accurately as to discern for certain what those consequences may be, it is at least a matter of practical importance to reflect that the change cannot possibly be insignificant, and that it is sure to tax to the utmost the energies of all true lovers of the Church and of their country, in order that the great opportunities for good which will present themselves may not be allowed to pass uuheede 1, and, perhaps, even that some possible dangers may not b..) unprovided for. We hear many speculations as to the result of the dis establishmeut of Protestantism in the country, and we are not inclined to ad I oar own contribution to the number. Surely, the results will in the long run very much depend upon the Catholics of Ire land themselves. It is quite possible to conceive a state of things ensuing after the demolition of the ,Establishment, many features of which wou'd be discouraging and disastrous. Some people tell us that there will be greater bitterness between classes which are already separated by crud as well as by position. Others are so good as to predict that there will ensue a separation between the Catho lic clergy and the Catholic laity, and that a golden reign of " Liberal " Catholicism will set in. " I believe," writes a sharp Protestant clergyman to one of the ablest of our London papers, " that the spread of true Protestantism and liberal teaching will be much served, and that more progress will be made in enlightenment and civilization, such as are incompatible with the so-called Ultramontane views, during the next ten years than has been made during the last hundred." Others take a brighter view—brighter, that is, in a Catholic sense—and predict that all the evils which now afflict Ireland will suddenly disappear. We con fine our own prognostications to two prosaic state ments, both of which are founded on reason, and therefore, we suppose, tolerably certain. The first is, that as no one who knows Ireland ventures to call Protestant ascendancy a merely sentimental grievance —as it is, in reality, a grievance on which rests a whole system of social injustice, biting deeply into the heart of a noble and, therefore, sensitive people—the destruction of such a griev ance, tardy though it be, cannot but tend to change most happily the whole tone of feeling of that people towards those who have hitherto maintained the obnoxious system, and now have removed it. The race which has borne it patiently, though indignantly, will reward the justice that is done it with a gratitude almost as great as might have been c tiled forth by an undeserved benefit. Our second prediction has already been anticipated. Results very good or very disappointing may follow from the disestablishment on which we are now engaged. Which of the two will follow must depend very much upon the intelligence, the activity, the loyalty to the Church, the amount of cultivation, the wideness and justice of view, which are brought to bear upon the opportunities and difficulties of the new position of the Catholics. The title prefixed to this paper will sufficiently indicate to which of the many urgent needs of the Catholic population we are now directing attention. The very marrow, and muscle, and sinew of the nation is its middle class, and the peculiar condi tion of Catholic Ireland, as also the strong tendency of the age in which we live to throw power into the hands of the people, make us look with special eagerness to this class among ourselves. The destinies of Ireland are in a great measure in their hands. Much as we hope for the future, much as we may reasonably expect from an era of peace, har mony, and justice, shining for the first time on a nation which has so long been denied ordinary opportunities for the development of its abundant energies and unrivalled natural gifts, it can scarcely be denied that the dawn of this happier period in the existence of Ireland finds her most important classes, at the best, imperfectly educated. We believe it to be true that in whatever way the youth of this class have had an opportunity of testing themselves by public competition the re sult has been remark tbly in their favour, even without making full allowance for the great dis advantages under which they have laboured in re gard to preparation for those examinations. What we must insist upon is that no disadvantage at all shall in future exist. This must be urged not only on the Government ani on all those whose posi tion gives them the power to remedy the wrong, but on the class itself on which the wrong has operated. Any syskm of social or intellectua — ' depression continued for centuries must infallibly alect those who are subjected to it' not merely in the way of actual injury, but in that a'so of taking away the desire and the pursuit of better things. To take no other criterion of a fact for which the present generation is certainly not to ,blame, surely the condition of literature in Ireland, the scanty support accorded to it, and the. comparative weaknes3 of its influence, i 3 an evidence of the absence, of that wholc3ome. s'imulus to intelle tual activity contained in a sound and elevating system of .middle class education. Literature helps on education, bat education must come be fore literature ; and when the latter languishes, when people who have time and money to spare, who can afford th emselve - S amusement. 4 and luxuries of a certain kind, take no interest in the world of thought, w 3 may conclu le that material well-being and prosperity have outrun, in their case, the pro gress of intellectual culture. Such persons When entrusted with political power, and placed in the front of a great national movement, are not indeed without all Pght to guide them and all training to fit then for the emergency, but they are still only half furnished at best with the qualifications re quired for the adequate discharge of the momen tous. duties imposed on them by Providence. The supply of abundant educational means for the middle class of Catholic Irishmen thus becomes one of the most crying nece3sitie3 of the present eventful time. It may be worth while to remind ourselves of part at least of the history of intermediate educa tion in Ireland. It is not that nothing has been done to provide this boon for the people, but that all that has been done has been done in the wrong way, and with the distinct end in view of using education for purposes of perversion. It is im portant to insist on this, because the same prin ciple is still in operation, and has not been by any means abandoned in the hearts of many who call themselves the friends of education in Ireland. The evil spirit of bigotry first worked openly and without disguise, and afterwards put on a mask, which it still wears, First of all, the Irish were deprived of the ample means of education existing in the country before the so-called Reformation, and then education was offered them at the hands of Protestant achers. This downright system failed, and tie mixed system was devised to suc ceed it—a system which has been used for much good, by being made, in practice denominational, but which is clung to pertinaciously by a large and influential party, because it puts fetters on Catholic education, and " muzzles " the Catholic religion in its own home and on its own domain. The spirit which still keeps up this system, be cause it prevents any outward display of Catholi cism in schools where teachers an I children are all alike Catholic, is akin to the spirit which kidnaps children in the holy name of charity, and b. ibes starving peasants into apostacy by the and un lividel offer of br,?al and the Protestant Bible. The workings of this spirit in Ireland are as of as Protestantism itself. The tale of intermediate education in that country shows how theinstitu tions which at one time afforded education to the Irish race were in the first place tratnpled under foot, and literally crushed out by force of law, the handmaid of despotism; in the second place, how by the same force all substitutes that would or could be accepted by Ir:slunen were rigidly pro hib:ted ; and lastly, how education, supplemented by endowments and foundations, was off ere 1 to that people on the condition of their foregoing their ancient language and religion. This history is unfolded and detailed in the " Report of her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the endowments, funds, and actual condition of all schools endowed for the purpose of education in Ireland, accompanied by minutes of evidence, docu ments and tables of schools and endowments, pre sented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty." The report—contained in 287 pages of Blue Book, besides an Appendix of 56 pages—and the minutes of evidence, in three bulky volumes of 2,334 pages, were presented to Parliament in the year 1858. The commissioners were the present Marquis of Kildare, the Right Rev. Dr. Graves, Bishop of Limerick, George Hughes, Esq., now one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Irelan 1, and two barristers at law. As wo believe th - it this report is little known, and likely to be entirely overloiked, by reason of the more lively interest excited by the recent re port of the English Comtni,sioners on the cognate institutions in this country, it is desirable to call attention to its contents at a time when every de - tail likely to throw a light upon the present state of Ireland should be studied by the statesman and the legislator. MARKET S-7 MS DAY. NEWGATE AND LEAtiENIIALL. MEAT.—Tbe . trade is very irregular in consequence of the heat of the weather, and our reference to quotations on Monday will apply to-day. CORN. The weather continues fine, and the rapid progress of the harvest is undisturbed. The grain trade througho u t i s a littl e fi rmer i n tone. _ _ At Mark-lane to-day the attendance was small, arrivals light, and rates firm. English wheat was held for the full terms of Monday last. Foreign wheat, of which but a very moderate quantity came to hand, was also quite as high. On the coast a cargo has been sold at a full pric3. The quantity now on the way is about the same as last year. Barley is unaltered. New foreign malting quoted 48s. to 51s. Beans and peas unaltered. Oats rather a slow sale. TALLOW. The market is quiet, but steady, at 44s 6d, spot ; 45s 6d last three months. COTTON. LIN-EstrooL, Aug. s.—Sales probably 8,000 bales, Market quiet and pricos drooping. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This ray. GRATZSEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 4—Mary Jane, from Memel ; Thomas Elizabeth, from Guernsey ; Dido, from Uleaborg ; Nora, fromyrederiekstad ; Miranda, from Hudikswall ; Eleanora, from Cronstadt ; Adelaide, from Sisal; Norman, steamer, from Stettin; Era, steamer, from St. Petersburg. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 181 Do Rotterdam — ... 11 191 ... 12 0 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Hatuburgn — ... 13 9 ... 13 101 Paris Ditto Mrasoilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 11201 Vienna — ... 11 571 ... 11 62} Trieste — ... 11 571 ... 11 65 Petersburg Copenhagen — ... 9 17 ... 9 20 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 494. Leghorn Milan — ... 27 75 ... 27 80 Genoa — ... 27 75 ... 27 80 Palermo, — ... 27 75 ... 27 80 Messina Lisbon — ... 51f ... 511 Oporto — ... blf ... 61f RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A train left the Victoria Station yesterday morning at 7.30 for Croydon, but had not proceeded far when the engine and tender and one car riage got off the line. Several of tho passengers were. much shaken, and werefietained half-an-hour, being finally forwarded by anothe train. TIIE MASTODON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—Captain C. 0. Boutelle, of the United States Cl..st. Survey, whilst making explorations in the neighbourhood of St. Helena Islands, South Carolina, recently unearth,d a hugs RlM tudon, lying in a bed of in ►rl. The skeleton was perfect, but a portion of the bones very soft, while other parts are petrified. The bonus are of enormous size. Professor C. U. S..epard, of the South Citrolint 3ladical College, and his son, the professor, who recently returned from Europe, will exhume the monitor and bring it to Charleston. It is the first mastodon yet discovered on the Atlantic coast, though it has heretofore been mot with iu the West. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences has received from Kansas the bones of an enor mous reptile embedded in crystalised gypsum, and is now engaged iu chiselling them out and putting them together. The vertebral column is over 30 feet long, and the moo• ster is believed to have been more than 50 feet in length. Professor Cope pronounces it a hitherto unknown species of saurian. APO 3.I!LNG INTEL LIGEN JE—This Day. BRIG'•ITON RACE; —T111.3 DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TZLEGRAPIL) PAVILION PLATE. The Pavilion Plato of 100 sovs for all ages, added to a Handicap of 10 soy.; each, h ft. Ono President Lincoln Fitz-Ivan Prince 11,3 gent , ROUS STAKES. The Rous Slakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 addod ; two year olds 7st 71b, three, 9st; tho winner to ba sold for 109 sovs, if fur 59 allow,Al 71b. Bevingdeau Course (about 4 fur). Northern Star BouquctiJre •• 2 King Richard 3 NURSERY STAKES. The Brighton Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added; T.Y.C. (Tinee-quarters of a mile). 35 subs. Storm King 1 132cky Sharp f Imperatrice c Ton ran. 13RIGIITON CUP. The Brighton Cup, value 400 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 10Ib, four Bst 121 b, five, six, and aged 9st 41b. Old Course (about two miles). 16 subs. Speculum Blueskin 2 Paul Jones Five ran. SUSSEX STAKES. The Su;sex Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; two year olds, 7st 101 b, three 9st 81b, four and upwards lOst; mares and geldings allowal 31b. Now Ovingdeau Course (about 6 fur). Sir Oliver Lady Lambton 2 WELTER STAKES. The Welter Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a handicap of 5 sovs each, 2ft (to the fund). Warrene Course, ono mile and a quarter. Lionel 1 Miss Gratwicke 2 Charles 11. Six ran. OVINGDE AN PLATE. 'rho Ovingdeau Plate of 100 sous (Handicap), for all ages. New Ovingd3au Course, about six furlongs. Miss Gla liateur 1 Seringapataan Narino Six ran. LATEST BETTING. LEWES HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Glengarnoek (oinittod in acceptances) (taken) sto I agst Thoradyke (taken) El3oll ILINDIC..P. 7 to 2 agst The Spy (taken) Bto 1 agst Fervacques (taken) ST. LEGEII. 7 to 4 agst The Earl (taken to £800) PROGRAMME OF LEWES AUGUST MEETING. FRIDAY, Aug. 7. The Queen's Plate of 100 p. ; three year olds Bst 51b, four 9st 71b, ti ye and upward; 93L 12!b. Two miles. A Sweepstakes of 5 .ova each, with 50 added, for two and three year olds ; two year olds 71b, three gat 91b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. df a mile. The Borough Members' Plate of 50 sous ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 7.b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 101 b. T.Y.C. The Castle Plate of 50 SOV.3 ; two year olds Get 71b, three Bst 91b, four 9st 10lb, five and upwards 9st 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. The Priory Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bat 71b; winners of 100 sues, 31b, of two such stakes or of 500 at any one time 71b extra; maidens which have inn three times allowed 51b; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C. (about 5 fur); 36 subs. by Plum Pudding out of Lozenge's dam, The Lad of Scotland, Clifford, Saraband, Van Tromp, br c by Vedette out of Blanca Capella, Queen Esther, The Baroness, Cicala, Achilles, Master WhifSjr, ch f Yellow Rose, Pladda, Festive, Benefactor, Blairbuie, Co.isul, Amazons, Melody, Martyrdom, Sovereign, Tambour, Shoebury, radoc, Antics, Glen Stuart, Lady Dar, Chilliauwallaii, Elector, Mess•;ngor, Ethui, Border Knight, Envelop., Musk, Nanny Thormauby, Night Hag. The Da Warrenne Handicap of 10 sovs emb, h ft, anl 1 only (to the fund) ii° declared by two p.m. on Aug 4 with 100 added; any winner aft3r July 29 (at 5 p.m.) 71b ex tra. T.Y.C. (about 5 fur). Ago st lb Bombastes ... 4 8 12 Tibthorpe 4 8 10 Leonia ... 3 8 10 Indian Star 5 8 5 Python 4 8 5 Victress ... 4 8 3 Wolsey 5 8 1 Lily ... ... 3 7 12 Problem ... 4 7 17 Haymaker 3 7 0 A Nursery Handicap Plata of 100 sovs for two year olds; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs (about 5 furlongs). The Welter Cup (Handicap), value 70 sovs, by subscrip tion of 5 Bove each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; gentlemen riders ; ono mile ands half ; 26 subs. Purveyor 3 yrs, Chippenham 5, Cannon Ball 4, Alder shot 3, Silenus 4, Olairon 3, Dunrobin 4, Catilibe 4, Rabbit Trap 4, Miss Gladiateur 3, Anthony 8, Leases 4, Zeloo aged, Chivalry 3, Toy 3, Venom 4, Pevensey 4, Shamrock 3, Sweet Boy 4, Miss Gratwicko 3, Merry Andrew 3, Maesllwch 3, Violent 5, Vortigorn 3, Ambi tious 4, Makeshift colt 3. Ago st lb Freemason Reindeer ... - :1 7 5 ... a 7 O Foresight ::: Kettleholder Carlotta ... ... 4 7 3 ... 3 7 1 Hermitage ... Vestmivater Lionel ... Witless ... ...2 7 1 ...3 612 ...2 6 9 ...3 6 5 ... 2 6 5 SATVADAY. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs ; half a mile. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft ; gentlemen riders; others 71b extra; T.Y.C. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; T.Y.C. A Plato of 50 sovs ; two year olds 6st 41b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 121 b, five and upwards 10st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; ona mile and a half. The Sussex Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for two year olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Untrieds allowed 31b, both 61b. T.Y.C. Candidate, Queen Esther (31b), Glentilt (31b), Lop'z, Nutbreaker, Lure, Border Knight (31b), Parmesina, Rph worth, Stronghold, The Maze (31b), Lyttleton (h b) (31b). The County Cup, value 200 soya, by subscription of 20 sovs each, h ft., with 100 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; any previous winner of 200 sovs 51b, of 500 sovs at any one time 101 b extra ; maiden two years allowed 31b, three 71b, four and up wards 141 b. T.Y.C. 11 subs. King Victor 4 yrs, Acaster 2, Vestminster 2, Leonia 3, Abbtinonce 2, Sampson 3, Fleetwing 2, Lavender 2; lii golboche filly 2, Saladiu 2, Wolsey 5. The Railway Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added. T.Y.C. Pontus, Sofiluka, King Richard, Lure, Lady Dar Chris tine, Winchilsea, Minster Chimes, Lytti c t on , Lou i se, Al bania, Lampoon, Crown Priucess, scout, Antis; Troy, Trade Wind, Prince Paul, Baroness, Saladin, The Rajah, Vestminster, c by Kettledrum -luiperatrice, Kellogg, c by Master Fenton—Chaperone, Arlington, Islam, Rattlotray, Pompeii, Rosecleer. The Lewes Grand Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared by two p.m. on Aug. 4, with 200 added ; winners of a handicap value 200 soya after July 29 (at five p.m.) 71b, of two such stakes or of 500 sovs at any one time 101 b extra; the winner of the Goodwood Cup 101 b, and the second in that race 51b extra, any other winner 31b extra ; the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes ; Ago st lb 4 8 12 ... a 8 4 8 1 ,wo Mandrake ... Dolby Romping Girl Age st lb Thorndyko 3 6 10 Vixen g 4 6 9 Ainaley 4 6 9 Cecil ... 3 6 9 Recap ... a 6 7 Vortigern 3 6 5 Choral 3 6 5 Lady Blanch° f ... 3 Irish - Qireen f Python ... Emigration ...4 8 1 -4 7 7 ...5 7 5 Bandmaster ...4 7 1 Birdseeker ... ... 3 7 0 Lord Palmerston ... 3 6 11 TILE MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA CABLE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) MALTA, August 5. This telegraph cable was repaired yesterday afteruoon, awl the cotwarawicatiow is now re established. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoft.....Aug. 1 - , Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via Panama . Brett, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. J. Ditto, by 'french packet Capa Verdi', by Brazil packet . • ..... Cape of Good hope, Ascension, and St. fieleno A.lg. It China, Penang, and Singapore, via riouthampton Atig. t 5 Gibraltar, via Southampton - 8 Indla,via Southampton ...... ........... pato, via Marseille' , &talta, Egypt, Sea . 8. Ditto, horseflies... . r ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. raid. 1 Closing Business • Price. i done. at Rniatol and F.ketei .... 100 82 44 st ;Caledonian .lOO 714 18 71 84 74 84 at !Cambrian - .Cork and Bandon...- - - - t 0 ;Cornwall all 3 5 4 st 'Dublin Belfast June loc 73 7; at !Dun„l'erth, Ab. June lOO 70 72 - E.Londun, scrip Cszt', all - 100 - - at Glavow .0 S. Western, 100 15 07' at 'Great Easteru,Ord.s ,, k.; eU 391 40 'O4 4 at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 21 100 S st Great North ol Scotland' 100 1i 6 at Great Northern lOO 1:.:6 1(7 107 15 1J o. A stock lOO 104 ( u 100, f 4 64 5 at Do. stock ' 100 123 120 at Do. New, Is. at 23 pip! 10J - GtS, and W. o 1 Ireland, 100 07 08 at Gt. Western -Original; 100 .50j AI 10/ 14 at Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua.l 100 - - ,t Du. South Wales ..., ILO 53 Gl at Do. W. Mid.-Oxford 100 28 13 at Do. Newi ort at Do. Hui:lord.- 100 - st ;Lancashire& York:dim,' 100 13 1 ,31 at 'London and lilackvtall , 100 - - at lirigh.,& S. Coat , t! 10,, 31 55 5:4 1 at lon., Chat., kind Dovei' 100 20 291 201 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - • - at Lon. & North Weston, 100 116, :17 1.74 04 I at Lon. Z; South Western 100 Si 03 y2 l 3 et Man., Shel., & 100 43 1 14 41 at Metropolitan... . a ll 117 11 4 118 4 174 1 - Do. New lO - - at Do. Extension...- all 113 115 1141 st Metropolitan District all 77 80 79 1 2) I Do. do. do. 10 - - la Do. and St. John's IV 6 - - at Midland at Do. .£0 Share - - - Do, Birmin.. & Darby 100 74 76 et Mid Kent . . ICO - - at North British at Do. Ed. ' Ptli., & Dull lOO - - at Nth. Eastern-lserwich 100 1044 1051 25 Do. G.N•E purolias, 16.13,4 - - at Do. Leeds ..... 100 58 6 584 8 . Do. York lOO 04 06 at De. Carlisle ..... 100 133 134 135 et Do. Stock. & Darling all 131 133 - Do. do. 1860-61 - t North London - Do. do. 1864 5 - - 10 Do. LIO. 1866 at, North Stallordahire 100 58 60 et N. 8. W. Junction all 107 10i - Scottish Central - • - Scot. N. N ,Aber. stems - - uo. Scot, Mid. stock - - et Shropshire Union 100 57 18 at South Devon lOO 45 47 it south Eastern iv Staines, Wok., & Wok all 11 12 et rat' Vale 10 Do. C 5 - Vale or Nealli et Waterford .Iz, Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whlteha 1 6 - - West Cornwall - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Ntlantio&St.Lawrence all 55 58 Bom.,Baroda.&Cen.lu. st gu. 6 per cent... lOO 103 104 1031 4 20 Do. F shares lB 4 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 3 10 Do. Preference 001 Bulf.,Brant,&Goderich 1 6 p.c. 1672-3-1 lOO 68 71 st Calcutta &S. IL, lim lOO e Town & Doak, gu lOO 62 67 tO Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, all 101 tt,3 st East Bengal, go., sdo 100 106 108 066 at East Indian, go. p.u. 100 1,9 flu 108 20 Do. J Extension st Trunkof Canada 100 161 173 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o all 73 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds., all .50 52 100 Do. do deferred LOO De. 2d Pref. Bonus all 33 40 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred a ll st t. ludic, Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 107 4 1084 #3 o. G ua. 5 per cent lB 14 X I . 10 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 16 11 , et iit.South of India gua. 5 per cent DJ. 41 per cent tOu t. 9 101 Lo 2 ~reat %% is. of Canada all 14/ 141 131 Do. New all 00. 6p. u Btls. pay. 1b73 all 99 101 101 Do. 54 do. pay. 1677-8 all 9 t 03 Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 1064 1074 1051 Do. 41 do Do. 44 do lOO 95 97 Do. Fifth Exteusioi, 5 .11elb. Cor. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 Mel. & Ilobson's Bay all N.Rl.C'da.,6pc Ist pf.ba l 100 83 15 nude & Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.,3 100 1051 106; 3cinde 100 1124 1(34 Do. Delhi Do. do . 1,1,10. 2 Do. Punjaub.... a . 100 1014 1024 1021 Do. Indus St. Flo: 50 100 COLOSIAL GOVERNAINNT SECURITIES. Columbia, 6 pert I cent., 1)0.31, 1572—.1 100 Lian.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug , 1,0 102 R 3, Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 101 HA Do. sp. o. Jau. & July, 100 91 03 921 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ski 160 90 92 Cape 13.110pe, 6 p.c.1873! 108 102 104 Do.Apl.BtOot 1890-1900' 100 11/ 113 :)o. do 1880-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 i 100 108 Ilu Jo. 5 per oeut. 15 April and 15 Out., 1000 lOO D 5 100 ,:t u y o. lon, Nov 1872,1878 , 6 do p : , 1 1 0 0 0 0 1109 1(, 8 110 — 7 - 4auritius, 6 p. o, 187 3 : Jan. and July Do. 1878 . , o. 1882, May lb, ;Nov. 10u 106 1 8 ,:o. 1895, Feb. & Aug..j 100 it 6 t'l6 I • atal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 8.G0v.6p.c..1a.&.1 til)1 100 99 10 102 t S. W. Gov. 5 p•e.,lB6ai 100 91 101 Do. 5 p.o. 18:1 to 187.2 100 98 90 Do. 5 p.c. 1828 to 1896, 100 98 to 1(0 lew Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... ...I 100 971 981 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 /3, c sterling, 1875 1 190 101 63 Queensland Gov. 6p. c ; 100 105 100 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-91 100 Do. 1878 & upwards 110 110 ill Vio G ov. 6 p.c. J a & Julyloo Do. do, April .k Got 1 IGO 112 114 BILITISEL MINES. - Cam. Coneol. Gold, lion. 1 Chivertan Clifford Amalgamated 3O 1 2 j Devon G. Cone. (Tavlst 1 420 430 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 I East Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 12 -- East Caradon ' 1 14.0 3 4 -- East Carn Brea 3l East Grenville 2.14.0 11 East Gunuislake 8.3.6 1 East Loved 3.9.0 8 10. W'l Russell (Tavietk 12 15.6 1 1 Cam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 3 4 beat Laxey, limited all 16 17 :;rest South Tolgus 1.4.0 Great Wheal busy 14.9.0 qr. Wheal Vor 40 15 16 Arenville 9.9.0 14 14 ilerod's Foot 8.10.0 38 0 Llingston Downs 5.10.6 24 21 Ilargaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6 8 3larke Valley *lo 0 7 71 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lion 31 2 1 1 1 New S ton •• •• 501 60 70 North toelear . 3Bl 5 7 N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 - - North Wheal Crony 2.13.0 2 3 Prosper United........ 8.11.0 2 21 Providence (Uny Lelant I 5.6.7 20 23 S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 14 360 380 South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 19/ Stray Park . 35.15.6 4 6 rin Croft 9 14 15 Vigra and Clogan, lion all West Bassett (IHogan 14 1 li W. Caradon (Ltskeard 11 10 12 WestChiverton ll 61 62 West Seton l7l 190 200 Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 62 67 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 22 15 4 5 ...... Wheal Mary Ann (Men.l 8 20 22 Wheal Seton I 581 60 65 Wheal Trelawney (Lis 1 5.17.0 8 10 ritEFEILENON SilAttZs AND STOCKS. Oro tt Eastern 4i per cent., Ditto, 5 per cent., ISO, 85; LNES LEASED AT FIXED .RENTALS. Notting Jam and Grantham It. and C, Ps FOREIGN RAIL WA Yr. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 1J; Bahia amt San Francisco. gua. 7.per Cent.. 151 Belgian Eastern Junction. 1; Buenos Ayres, Great Southern, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 151 i , reat Luxembourg, 121 13 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pi., 22 San Paulo, lint., gua. 6 per cent., 171 FOREIGN MINT t Choatales Gol'' and . SilYer Mining, lim o 2 Port Phillip, Itoinsa Grande, Scottish Australian. lim., ; tit. John dcl Rey, Nor hing, limited, fit BANAL Agra. lira., A, 1' Australasia, 53 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 371 London and County, 54 London Joint Stock, 3,6 London and South African, 9; London and N 1 estminster, t 8 Ditto, Scrip, 48 National Provincial ot Enzland, ';d and 3d Isaac, 39 Oriental Bank Corporation, 14,1 Union of London, 33i MISCELLAN ff.o U Anglo American Telegraph, 2la Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph, llm., 7a Atlantic Telegrapho-?5 Ditto. S pm' cent , 77 Bla Berlin Water Works, 15 Ditto, new, 91 Bombay Gas, tim., 4 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 6} Eityptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan,"eua., oli Electric ant International Telegraph, ghe Ditto, ne X, '7.1 ;112 G l' re u o u r c - C s r t ed e i t t N a V n a d re p ho is ti c s o i u t, J t 1 3 .... 5 9.16 Hudson's.llay, National /Aswan t Coinpany, 1;1 Peninsula and Oriental 55} Telegraph Construct. aid Maintenance, 15} Universal Merme (insurance), lirn., 63 • Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) I.oan, The Price of Gold. Tae quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 12:,e. per £1 sterling On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 Os. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' tight was on the last date about IEOI percent. At this rate there is a profit on the Importation et gold from the United States. THAMES. CURIOUS ASSAULT CASE.—Jererniall Daly, an Irish tailor, aged 23 years, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with assaulting John Whatinore, a police-constable, No. 198 IT. The policeman was on his beat last night, when the prisoner crossed the road and struck him a severe blow on the jaw. Ile was immediately taken into custody, and on being asked the reason for striking a policeman he said he had been out with his wife on an excursion and they quarrelled, and that she so loudly " bully -ragged" him that he was tired of his life and liberty, and struck the con stable for tLe purpose of being locked up and sent to prison. • Mr. Benson said the prisoner was a fool as well as a coward to strike a policeman because he quar relled with his wife. He sentenced the - prisoner to seven days' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner—l wish it were a mouth. Send me away to prison for a month. ll;nson—No, I will not comply with your request. Seven days' imprisonment on short diet and strict discipline will teach you not to strike policemen again with impunity. DESERTING A WIFE AND FAMILY.—James Denny, an English tailor, aged 30, of No. 6, Napier-street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with deserting his wife and four children, an 1 leav ing them chargeable to the parish of St. George-in the-East. Mr. William Rolston, relieving officer of St. George, said that the prisoner's wife and four chil dren became chargeable to the parish on the 29th of November last, and hail since . been maintained at the expence of the ratepayers. One of the chil dren died a few weeks since. Mr. Benson—And was buried at the expense of the parish ? Mr_ Rolston—Yes, sir. He has been employed by Messrs. Samuel, tailors and outfitters, in Lud gate-bill, and his earnings for the last 16 weeks have averaged 20s. per week. • The Prisoner--Sometimes I have only earned 10s. per week. Mr. Benson said the prisoner's employers had given the average. Sometimes the prisoner had earned 30s. in one :week, and he ought to have made an effort to maintain his wife and children in the best way he could. instead of doing so he had left them to their fate, and abandoned them. There were many labourers supporting large families in all parts of the country on less than 20s. per week. It was a bad case, and the prisoner must be imprisoned for six weeks and kept to hard labour. WESTMINSTER. THE M ARQUIS TOWNSIIEND AND THE BEGGARS. — Mary Anne MTarlane, wretchedly clad, and who presented the appearance of having seen better times, with Mary Anne Rogers and Arthur Rogers, her children, and Mary Rogers, with Jane and Alice Rogers, her children, evidently professional mendi cants, were charged by the Marquis Townshend with begging. a doorstep in Isis lordship said ye s terday at 7 o'clock he saw the prisoner M'P ar l ane an d her children sitting on them a con s id era b le time, an d sa w them receive lordship King's-road, Chelsea. He watched some money a n d f ood from a h o use opposite. Ills wa s waiting for a constable when the other woman begged at the door o f a house hard by. Il e gave them all in charge. M'Farlane, who was evidently far advanced in pregnancy, said in reply to the magistrate, that tho children were hers by a former husband ; she knew nothing of the other prisoners, although they bore the same name. She was not begging but sat down to rest h€rself, as she bad a bad leg, when some kind person sent her tea and food. Rogers said she did ask for alms, and had no one to look to for her livina. Dennis, the gaoler,°thought that Rogers was known, and Mr. Arnold remanded the women for a week, and sent the children to the workhouse. THE HAVELOCK TuitF AGENCY.—On Saturday Thomas Walters was charged before Mr. Woolrych, at the Lambeth Police-court, with stealing bank notes and gold to the value of £lollos., the property of Mr. Joseph Wood, of the " Havelock Turf Agency," Walworth-road.---Mr. Chipperfield appeared for the prosecution.—George West ripp, general manager to the Turf Agency, said prisoner's duty was to receive money for commissions relative to horse-races, pay the amount to Mr. Wood's bankers, and to forward to the respective winners the amount of cash they might win. It was usual for prisoner to give vouchers similar to that produced, which was in the name of " Lee" for £25, and was in prisoner's handwriting. On Monday, May 4, Mr. Wood left with witness an open cheque, to be filled in so as to cover all claims on account of the Chester Cup race, and on piisoner saying on Thursday, May 7, after the Cup had boon won by Paul Jones, "We have to pay £650 to tho winners," witness filled in the cheque for that amount. Prisoner got it cashed at the Newington branch of the London and County Bank, where prosecutor kept his account, and put various sums into five letters for the purpose of transmitting them to the respective win ners ; but although he undertook to post and register such money letters he did not do so as far as regarded £4Ol 10s. On lihe following Tuesday he absented himself, and did not again return to the office. Mr. C. Waters, clerk to the London and County Bank, proved cashing the cheque ; and Police-sergeant Ham stated that he apprehended the prisoner on Friday night last near the Elephant and Castle, and took bins into custody. On searching him he found a purse c _mtaining lls. and the two £lO notes produced. Remanded. THE SCHOOL FRIGATE CoNWAY.—The annual mooting of the School Committee of the Mercantile Marine Service Association of Liverpool was held yesterday; Mr. James Benz, in the chair. The proceedings were of a formal character. The secretary, Mr. Clarke Aspinall, read the report, which stated that an u abating interest in the institution was taken by the Lords of the Admiralty. They commenced the hall-year with 123 pupils, the high est number, save for ono short period, they over had. The financial statement showed that though there hal been a small loss on the past yea-, there was still a sum of £795 to the credit of the institution. Letters from several parents acknowledging the excellent training their sons had received on board the Conway were also read. The newspapers have been lately teeming with refer ences to economy in tea by co-operation. Horniman and Co. have for 30 years co- operated through Agents to supply tea on more advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it leaves the grower; as it is secured in packets. ' l l l ll.llt EDITIO_N- SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third E lition of " The Sive of last Evening, con taining the Latest B3tlitig ani RtC2S at Brighton, was pu'ilished in tim3 for delivery in towu at 7.15 p.m.