The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-15 00:00:00

MARIKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIIIENCIS, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Messrs. Barings Brothers and Company have this morning announced the issue of an Argentine 6 per Cent. Loan of £1,950,000 Stock, at the price of 721 Per cent. This forms the unsubscribed portion of the £2, 500,000 loan which was authorized in 1865, and introduced in the following year. The loan is to l'e liquidated by the operation of a sinking fund of per cent., commencing on the Ist of July, 1869. The Bonds issued in 1866 only carried a sinking fund of 1 per cent. ' and Mes-rs. Barings are instructed to change them for ce hem bearing , the increased rate of 4 ner cent sinking fund. Tlie instalments extend to llarclr, 1869.. The leading features in the stock markets are the inactivity of the funds, and apparently a greater dis position to purchase foreiga bonds and shares, Vt.li one or two exceptions, znd a preference for selected hom e railway securities. The leading foreign stocks nee 4 1 per cent. better. Danubian, upon the fresh crisis at Bucharest, are 1 per cent. lower. Great Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire continue in demand but Midler(' and some others are :main lower. International Financial and Atlantic Tele graph shares are in request at a fractional advance. 114 discount market remains without change at 11 to ] per cent. The English Funds arc very quiet. Consols remain at Saturday's piicea, at 941 to 95 for Money, and 95 to nak for Account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94/ to 94 ; India Five per Cents. steady, at 1 1-1 k to 115 ; Bank Stock, 247 to 249: Excheauel 14s to 18s preen. A firm tone pervades in Foreign bonds. Danu bian are exceptionally 1 per cent: lower, the quotations being 72 to 73, and 801 to 811. There is an advance of -1 in Egyptian (1864) Bonds, at 82, but the Railway Debentures, a t 951, an d th e Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Loan a: 74 shows no - change. An advance ofd; has;occurred in Portuguese at 401 to 41, and Greek, at 14 to 141 of 4in Italian, at 511 to 52, it Spanish, at 371 tc ; and in Turkish, at 38a to 382- ; and of 1- is lexican, at 16 to 161. The New Honduras Lean is par to 1 .prem. Egyptian Nine per - Cent. Bonds are 871 to 881. American Securities are firm. United States 5-20 bonds are 1- - better, at 721 to 73 ; Illinois have l'oeovere'd 1, at 100 to 100 k ; and Erie Shares 4. at 45/ to 461. English Railway Shakes are generally quiet, although i n some cases prices are firmer. Lancashire and York shire are quoted at 128/ to 1291 ; Great Northern, at 103 to 104 ; and Caledonian, at 741 to 741 ; being in each case an improvement of ; and an advance of 1 is established in the following :-South Eastern at 751 to 76 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371; Great Western, 5 3 to 53i ; and Metropolitan, 1101 to 110/. On ,the ether hand, London, Brighton, and South Coast loflower, a t 51/ to 521 ; Midland, -4-, at 1051 tc 4 ; and Great Northern (A) 1, at 96 to 97 ; Maneties t_er, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, at 431 to 431 London and North Western steady, at 116 to 1161. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures 'lave receded to 281 to 291, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds to 32/ to 331. Colonial Government Securities continue to meet with some attention, but prices show no particular thange. Canada 6 per Cents. is quoted at 105 to , I °7 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 93' to 95 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 105 to 107 ; New South ales 5 per Cents. 10 0 to 102 ; New Zaland 6 per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Queensland 6 per Cents., 109 to 110 ; Victoria 6 per (lents., 114 to 116. In Finance Shares the only movement is an advance of ,1 in International, which is marked at 14 to 11 di s ; Credit Foncier, 3 1-16 to 3 3-16 ; General Credit, 21 to 21 dis. •, London Finance, 22 to 20 dis. . 11 Foreign Railway Shares are steady. Great Luxem urg is quoted at 12 11-16 to 1213-16, being an ha p ovement of 1 ; Lonibardo-Venetisn, 15 to 151. Ilank Shares are in moderate request, but prices ,° l l the whole are steady. London and County is 1 row er ' at 511 to 521, while London and Westminster 1 : 4 better, at 714 to 711 ; Consolidated 1, at 41 tc ; Agra (A shares) unaltered, at 111 to 12 ; Alliance, . 10 1 to 91 ; Anglo-Austrian, 51 to 6 prem. ; Char ..tered, Mercantile, 291 to 301 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Impe r i a l Ott oman , 1.1- to 14 ; Oriental, 421 to 4 3 1 ; London Joint Stock, 34 to 35 ; Union of London, 341 to 351. Foreign Mining Shares are very quiet. Clienteles are 1 lower, at Ift to ; Rosati Qrande, 3-16 to 5-le Prem. • 11 to 1 St. John del Rey; 181 to 191 ; Port Ph ili p. ~ 2, Miscellaneous Securities, although quiet, are well Su Piaerted. Atlantic Telegraph is * higher, at 5 1-16 L° 5 3- 1,6 •, Anglo-American Telegraph, 221 to 22ex div. ; Fore-street Warehouse, 1 dis. to -1 prem. ; "Itidion's Bay steady, at 161 to 16a ; Loudon General Omnibus, 2* to 24. A second dividend cf 5; in the pound is in course 3.llDayment to the creditors of the General Exchange at 79, Lombard-street, by Messrs. JaMes . `N(l).oper (Johnstone, .Cooner...Wintle, anr. 1 17 )„ an_ 1. • W. Urwick; ie liquidators. The; suni of £30,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn Item the bank on S iturdity, for Elyet. Tka.steam ship La Plata has arrived from the West Ildies with £75,525 in specie. The steamer which left New York on Saturday for E urope brings £245,000 in specie. o A petition for the winding up of the Brighton Hotel lampany is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Giffard ° l l the 20th inst. • A dividend of £1 per share has been declared by the directors of the Imperial Life Office. 0 A second dividend of 5s in the pound is in course s; ,, Payment to the creditors of the General Exchange special general meeting of the Eastern Bengal Railway has been called for the Ist July, for the P u rpose of authorising the directors to raise any or oPart of the money which they are authorised to raise 11 bond by the creation and issue of debenture 111' ock. of Colonial Company have announced a dividend + 1) . 9 s per share, making, with the 'previous distribu ''On, 12i per cent. for the year. The total bullion imported into this country for the Ir pek ending June 10 amounted to £358,278, and the t.0t..al exported to .£792,931,, showing a balance against the country of £434,653. BRITISIS TUNDii —TITO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. u Per Cent. Consols , D itto for Account, July 9 Neal Per Cent. Reduced 94; Z N T 3 per Cent "`ew 23- per Cont. Jan. 1894 D 0 . 54 per Cent. ~ an. 1873 louities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., MP - ~D o . for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — z..."? (Rod Sea Tolovaph), Aug., 1908 — -. 'aoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ot ll pm 1) 0 . £5OO bo. £lOO 3t £2OO - 77 j34 '„ak of England Stock, 41par Cent 24 B} D O. Account /„ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '.tt tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ... 213 " n o. Account n" . 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ,•;"°. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 'Jo. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent D °.s per Cent„ Jan. 1872 D (2. • 5 } per Cent., May 1879 — 0 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do. do. 1877 — 1 ., Do. do. 1882 L'„'•• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 L'a- Bonds, 4 per Cent., .41,000 be. under £l.OOO •.. Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. t ;entine Repubc, 6 per Cent... i ntrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 4-P rUilia n 5 per Cent 7Ol ad °. 4 } li per Cont., 1852 — ,°• do. 1858.... 7\ 1, - "°o* . d0., d0 : 183( 1863 — .7 7, O. 5 per Cent., 1865 . 77 B .0 Accoun* ;soros/tyres 6 per Cent — e D J 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C 4 ' ) , 1 0 6por Cont. 4 „Jaan 6 per Cent _ 4 "„ a• 41 per Cent — `so. 6 Ce tB I) per n., a., 1867 D 0•, 7 per Cent., 1866 , , _ e 0 ., Scrip £32 paid 0. II nituan, 6 per Cont. alien 3p n• Cent., 1825..................... D nnbfan Principalities, I per Cent 734 4 y De 8 per Cent., 1867 B2l il o ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — si gYptian, 7 per Cent — 1)0 . Second Issue "•,. £5lO Bonds 10 . 4106 Bonds Bl4 DO. 1861 — , Do. Account .., 0 - - ~, • 40.10 Bonds — 4- ' O . £lOO Bonds •••.• 4110 Goyernrmsti. Accountl3 ' t Railway Debentures .... 95 1 Cent., 1824-5, C. 7: Coups ‘-.' ~,r DO . •• Coupons .1( . ~., . 0 . Acs runt etteinala 5 per Cent .. — / t l !liuras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., £23 p Do.' per t art., 1885 — .., Accou .. — k il'o• Maremmana Rai way — 'xica t 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account , Do. 1864- — " g Per Cont. Anglo-Freuch vi on tevidftn 6 per Cont. . — e fl rish imperial 5 per Cent ° F ly' G'ren a d a 1 , 1- '° per Con — r ) . Defer-ed p,;- . 0 Litad Warrants (Hectares) D° "riaz 5 por Cant. 1865 D 0 Account - .. S 9 0 4 4 per Cent. (Uribarren) -..,,,,.. Ju3l June 13. mg, accom- he afternoon npanicd by and Prince 'V 111.11 Ls. June 13. ,h the above 11 a.m. to e valued at my passen- I port, after uthampton. as=age, will p.m. trains. 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'6, '7, 41 Do. do. 1 67 Do. do. Sc ip, X.2opaid ....„ 21, Russian 5 por Cont., ISZZ, .f..: at — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 18,62 ... 85 44 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1861, £lOO Bonds.., Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 4 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian, D pa Cent — Spanish 3 per Ceu . — Do Aervaint ... Do. 1867 Do New Deferred ...... ,„„ ......... Do Account Do r.sive Do A ec. ant Do Corn. Cert. of Coup'. not funded — Do Account. T ar'cish 6 per Cent. DJ Account Do G per Cent. 1858 Oo Account Do E.lOO BoAads Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6ll Do Account Uo .£lOl Bonds Do. 1863 6ll Do 5 per Cent., 1863 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 , 62} 2 DJ 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent.. Do 6 per Cent., 18(;2 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. -4 per. Cent. Certificates liividenos ou the above payable in London. Austrtsn a p3r Cent. Ex 10 Florins Bolgian,•4l per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull., D.) Acconnt French Renter, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E:. - . 25i. Do. Account 52 I TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 xd Do. Account, July 9 94.1 5 xd LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII. {Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief. Jus- tico and a Special Jury.) RISK. ALLAH V. WHITEHURST AND OTHERS. • This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a series of alleged libels against the proprietors of the Daily 7 elegraph. Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. B. Greene, Mr. B. Rigby, and Mr. H. Dunphy appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Balla tine, and Mr. H. James for the defendant. The facts in this case were fully detailed in these columns on Saturday, and to-day the examination in chief was resumed, when M. Risk -Allah said that he always had the greatest affection for Mr Readley, who died on the 31st March, 1863. That morning he was found dead in his bed. lie saw Readley on the bed and drew the coverlid of the bed over the body. Soon after his - death he was arrested. He then proceeded to state substantially what his counsel narrated in his opening speech. The case was proceeding when w e went to press. POLICE 11VTELL1GENCE.-TMS DAY. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. UNPROVOKED AND COWARDLY ASSAULT.—Wi n , John Newbery, a bricklayer, living in the neigh_ bourbood. of Seven Dials, and. who has the reputa tion of being one of the terrors of the district, was charged before Mr. Knox with two unprovoked and cowardly assaults. John Wm. Wright said that on Saturday night he was standing in Dudley-street talking to his wife, when the prisoner walked up to him and gave him such a violent blow on the nose that he wa s deluged in blood and rendered senseless. Mr. Knox --Then, without rhyme or reason, you mean to say that he struck you such a violent blow ' 0 The complainant said he di 1. Mrs. Amelia Wright, after corroborating her husband, said that on expostulating with the pri soner on his brutality he gave her a violent blow in the eye, called her very bad names, and then raa away, but he was afterwards taken into custody. In answer to the prisoner, Mrs. Wright said she had never seen the prisoner before. Police-constable, 97 F, said that on taking the prisoner into custody he said he was only having a round or two with the complainant. Mr. Knox asked whether there were any other witnesses. S of tho F division, said that personserg 2a werenr P 4 a a fe P :icl l' to attend to give evidence against the prisoner owing to his violent character, he having been committed for ass tults and felony. The prisoner said he had a fight with the male complainant. Mr. Knox said the prisoner appeared to be a bad character, and had been convicted for assaults before, and the reason why persons did not attend to give evidence was because they were afraid of him. He should commit the prisoner for two months for the assault on the woman, and a month for the assault on the man, with hard labour in each case. DAMAGING THE HEDGES IN KENSINGTON-GAR DENS.—John. Hill was charged before Mr. Knox w ith damaging a hedge in Kensington-gardens, and on the evidence of Wilding, 283 A, was fined 10s. or 'seven days. THAMES. IMPORTANT CONVICTION OF A DESERTER FROM THE MILITIA.—Thomas Boldera alias Cranston was b rou ght up on remand before M r . P aget charged Queen's O wn Li ght Infan the Tower Ha m l ets, on the twr i y th m d i e li s t e ia rt , i f t o )g rm fr e o r n ly l he 14th of April last. The evidence of four sergeants of the Militia Il Timent proved that he enlisted in December last, and attested at the Worship -street Police court. On the 14th of April a full kit was delivered to him and a day's pay given to him. He deserted on the same day, and was not again seen until the sth of the present month, when he was met by Ser geant William Colvyn and arrested. H e was measured in court, and his height was 5 feet 4i inches ; but his attestation paper stated that his height was 5 feet .5j- inches, and this variation placed the matter in some doubt, which was now effectually cleared up. ne enlisted as Thomas Cranston, andsingularly enough a witness to his cha racter gave that name, while the landlord of the very house to which he referred, a sergeant of the Militia regiment, came forward and said no one in uniform ever called there. This was also satisfac torily explained away. The colour-sergeant, who made the inquiry, was not in uniform at the time. Mr. Paget said that four witnesses identified the prisoner, and tint with the exception of height he answered in every respect the description in the at testation paper. He sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £2O, and in default 4 months' imprison ment and hard labour. WESTMINSTER. THE FULL TERM FOR WIFE BEATING.--Robert Fox, a costermonger, was charged with assaulting his wife, Jane Fox. When the prisoner was put up the constable in charge of the case said there was no prosecutrix. Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, informed his worship that the prisoner had been frequently there for as saulting his wife. ➢lr. Selfe directed a summons to issue to compel the wife's attendance, when The prosecutrix entered the court with two ter rible black eyes and a swollen mouth, carrying a little child in her arms. She said on Friday week she came to get a summons, and went home to her mother's, but returned to prisoner on Friday. On Saturday, at three o'clock, he brought some ale up into the room. She asked him to give a drink to a woman who had looked after her in her confinement; he struck her in tha eye, knocked her down, and while on the ground kicked her in the mouth ; he was drunk. James Joyce, 261 B, said he took prisoner out of bed ; he was very drunk, and witness sent the woman to the hospital. Mr. Selfe inquired whether he had been there before for assaulting his wife? _ _ _ Joyce replied in the affirmative ; he had suffered six months and nine months for assaulting her. Mr. Selfe said he would not allow it: prisoner persistently acted like a brute, and continually knocked his wife about, and ought to be confined and locked up like a wild beast. He sentenced him to the full term—viz., six months' hard labour. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1868. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARI:B AND STOCKS. THE NE 11 7 L ATV COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Mr. Edward M. Barry will feel greatly oblig ql by the publication of the enclosed letter. He considers that the Government entered into a contract with the competitors in order to obtain designs from them ; and that nothing that has occurred since the designs were furnished, for which the competitors are not responsible, can vitiate this con tract. 21, Abingdon-street, Westminster, S.W., June 13. " 21, Abingdon-street, June . 8, 1868. " Sir,—l am informed that her MAjesty's Go vernment propose to disregard the award of the Judges of Designs for the new Law Courts, and to appoint Mr. Street architect of that important work, notwithstanding that they h tve been officially informed by the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, the ch:tir►nan of the Judges of Designs, that the judges have decided that my design is the best in regard to convenience of plan and internal arrangements, and that of Mr. street in regard to elevation only. • " The conditions of the competition provide, in the most stringent manner, that excellence of plan and internal arrangement is to be. preferred to all other considerations. The conditions state, on page 11, that the chief points to be kept constantly in view, and to be treated as superseding, so far as they may conflict, all considerations of architectural effect, are the accommodation to be provided and the arrangements to be adopted, so as, in the greatest degree, to facilitate the despatch and the accurate transaction of the law business of the country ; and, in carrying out this design, the first ob ject should be to provide ample uninterrupted communication and, accommodation for those who have legitimate business in the new building.' On page 7we read— , The arrangement of the courts and offices is of vital moment ; on it mainly depends the success or failure of their ccn centration, and its importance cannot be over-esti mated. For the interior of such a building, andin such a locality, a requirement of the first magni tude, and one having an important bearing on the question of arrangement, is abundant window-light. It will be impossible to give too much to any of the offices. Almost every room throughout the build- ing being devoted to purposes of writing or reading will necessarily require the fullest extent of light ' cation of a suffi c ie n cy of Again, on pages 8 and light g— h h i h isß c uo a tf n while o great e importance, and must neces sarily have influence on the arrangement of the rooms, a necessity of almost equal urgency is quiet. In short, that the utmost precautions be taken, and means provided, by which the quiet of the courts may be secured. The comparative degrees of quiet required for the different offices are meant to be indicated in the schedules thus, q 1, q 2, quietest.' sigAnigfyaiinng, on g sp p e a cti:ely quiet, quieter, and 13—' The ;convenient working of the whole arrangement depends on the manner in which facilities of communication are afforded.' " The above extracts are but specimens of the spirit which pervades the conditions throughout, laying down the principle to be followed in the se lection of the architect, and their requirements are summed up by the general heading in the index, Utility to be attendel to before effect.' " Few practical persons will fail t o a d m i t th e goo d sense of these instructions, or the difficulty of com plying with them, in respect of ,a building which is to be one of strict utility. Fewer still will be pre pared to find that the result of the competition is to disregard them, as if they had never been writ ten, and to choose a design avowedly recommended by a preference for its elevation alone. The Judges of Designs have twice officially re corded their judgment in their award that the de sign of Mr. Barry is the best in regard to plan and di s t r ibution of the interior.' Two of their number, who Messrs. Shaw and Pownall,were specially ap pointed to advise the Royal Commission on points of professional detail , ' have recorded th e ir opi n i on seriatim on the several points contained in the in structions to the competing architects, and have re ported in my favour under the following hca3s : Light and Mr, quiet, rel a ti ve position of depart ments, accesses and stairc a ses, communication betwe.m different sets of offices, intercommu nication, separation of traffic ; private road, Ranch Bell-yard, an.] Strand ; gacen's Ben Court and rooms, Common Pleas t' a 3 n -inn, and rooms,- ,Excheluer Court anl rooms, Exchequer Ch am b er , Sp are C our t, rCe L oo o loeu r Justices Courts and rooms, Vice-Chan cellor Kindersley's Court and rooms, Vice-Chan cellor Stuart's Court and rooms, Vice-Chancellor Wood's Court and rooms, spare Court of Equity, Registrars' offices, Enrolment office, Visitors in Lunacy, Queen's Bench Judges' Chambers, Com mon Pleas Judges' Chambers, Exchquer Judges' Chambers, Queen's Bench Master's office, Common Pleas Master's office, Queen's Bench Associates, Common Pleas A ssoc i ates, Exc h equer A ssoc i a t es, Circuit Associates, C rown Officers' rooms, Royal Commissions' offices, spare rooms, waterclosets and urinals. • " By this report my design is selected as the best, for almost all the courts and most important offices, and is especially preferrei in the all-important matters of light and air, quiet, accesses , genera l arrangements, &c., whi c h are the vital points to be attended to, and for the neglect of which no exterior, however attractive, will farni,h com pensation. • "Mr. Street's design is only specially noticed four times ; first, as to condition No. 5, as being incon sistent with the conditions, in the important mat ter of the size of the courts, which is stated to be deficient ; secondly and thirdly, as to area of site and tramw a y s, on which po i nts it i s pre f erre d ; fourthly, it is p u t on an equal i ty w i t h t h e d es i gns of seven other competitors, i n t h e provision made fur the receiver o f Wi lls Department . " When the architects were invited to compete, they were informed by a Treasury minute dated the 23d of December, 1865, that the notices, or invita tions to compete, should be issued by the Committee of Judges,' and that their award should be final, and though I have been willing, in deference to their award, to waive my special claims, and to con sent to act jointl y w i th M r. St ree t, I mus t, i n justice to myself, mai n t a i n th a t by the a war d o f th e judges my claims were made superior to those of any other single competitor, and no other ought to have been preferred to me. "I write in no spirit of hostility to my friend Mr. Street, but it is impossibl e not to see that my design has bean selected as the best, for what I have done in respect of those important points which the competitors were of vital moment. The d roun(ls told' of the judgment in my f a vour are plainly and intelli g ibly r ecorded, so that all the world may judge of their im portance ; while Mr. Street is to be appointed, from an u3thetic preference for his elevation alone, in de fiance of the clearest statement that such preference was not to determine the competition. Moreover, as Mr. Street's elevation is inconsistent with the plan approved, and cannot, therefore, be carried out, he is selected, but for what hem a ground up on which he might as well have been chosen without any competition ayet not d o, for what he h as d one, at all. " I have every confidence in Mr. Street's ability to design and carry into effect a building worthy of the nation, but I regret to say that I cannot acquiesce in the justice of the course proposed to be adopted, as I consider it directly at variance with the letter and spirit of the conditions on the faith of which I, in common with the other competitors, agreed to devote my time and attention to this work. " Having conformed to the regulations of the Commissioners —having of he complied with the condi tions competit i on —and h av i ng th e d ec i s i on o t of the judges in my favour, I have a right to ask, very respectfully, but most urgently, that the Government, on their part, should abide by their engagement, formally recorded in a Treasury minute, that the award of the judges should be final. I therefore most earnestly appeal to their lordships ,pot to turn my success in this competition into a serious loss and injury by denying to me, after a long and trying suspense, m y just reward, and excluding me from all connectio , 1 with this great national work, with which they have allowed my name to be publicly associated d aring more than twelve months.—l have the honor tr to be, sir, your obedient servant, "EDWARD M. BARRY.. " P. Sclater Booth, Esq., M.P., Seereiailr to her Majesty's Treasury." Railways. Faid. ! Closing Price. Business done. et ••:41 anu tixeter :.2 at ;ftledonian lOO 744 75 741 31 at .lambrian - '.rk and Bandon 20 .orn wall at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 75: 71 at Oun„Perth,& Ab.Junc "I00 70 72 - tO. Lopdon, bcrip Certi all - - Do. 100 - - at ..11asgow &S. Western 100 - - at Great Eastern, Ord.sta. 100 351 3t4 37 61 st Do. E. Angl. at. N 0.2 100 7 8 at Ureat North of Scotlant 100 13 .6 at treat Northern lOO 103 100 104 at Do. A stock lOO 90 37 at Do. B stuck WO 122 126 at Do. New, is. at 25 pw 10 i - - st (RS, and W. o 1 Ireland 100 97 58 st 4 41. Western -Original. BA) 5 / 63 1 5 3 1 at Du. 5. Vol. Rail gua. 100 - - 't Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.-Oxioro 100 3) Y 5 at Do. Newport at 100 • - at Lanoaahire& Yorkshirt 100 129 .30 at London and Blackwalij lou - - Lon., Brigh.,l4 S Coast. 10e 52 53 52 at inn., Chat., and Dover' 10„ l 2 0 1 21 :0/ at Do. Bletrup. hx. A lOO to 13 At Lon. & North Western 100 1161 1101 at Lon. 44 South Western lOu 92 Vt at & Lincol , 100 a 3 14 43 at tletropolitan at Do. New - - at Do. Extension.-- all 100 107 1031 at 1 Metropolitan Diitriet. all 80 t 5 55 IC 1 Do. do. do. 10 - 10 Do. and St. John's W'u 6 - - at aidiand - Do. .C.l Share 7 - - st Do, Birmin.. & Darb; 100 79 11 - slid Kent . - - at North British at Do. Ed., l'th., & Dun. 109 - - at N th. Eastern-Berwick 100 103 104 1)31 1 25 Do. ti.N•ltl purchase-6.13.4 - - at Do. Leads ..... 100 584 531 at Do. York lOO 94 95 at Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 13° 134 at ' Do. Stock.& 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - p at North London .. lO.l 118 119 at Do. do: 1861 5 . - - Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordshire 100 57 69 st N. &S. W. Junotion .. all 107 10) st scottish Central Scot. N. E Abcr. stock 100 7 - - Uo.Scot,Mid.stJok lOO - Shropshire Union 100 • 57 69 at South Devon lOO 14 46 at South Eastern 20 itsines, Wok., & Wok all .10 12 at Calf Vale . 100 143 145 10 Do. C 5 • - V ale of Neath - - Waterford & Kilkenny 106 - "- 10 Waterloo & Whitena 1 6 - - Nest Cornwall - - BKI "ISE rOSSESsIONs. • too ktlantio&St:Lawrence i all 55 47 St 6 ilom.,Baroda, ac Cen.ln.l 100 106 107 f gu. 6 per cent... 20 Do. 3' shares t t o o o Bu . D lt o , 16 1 6i. B r r r a e n t t e , r & en u oe o 201 1:alfalo & Lake Ilitron all 3 4 derich all 5 7 a p.c. 1872-3-1 l OO 68 71 at Caloutta &S. E., lim lOO - - at e Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi all 99 102 at East Bengal, gu., sdu 100 .08 11: 1034 at East ludiau, gu. 5 p.c. 100 112 113 112 20 Do. J Extension - - at irandTrunkot Canada 100 151 IN 15/ 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Builds 1 charge 6 p.c all 74 62 100 Do. lot Pref. Bonds all 41 15 100 Do. do deferred ail - - 100 De. 2d Prd. Bonds all 33 35 100 Du. do. deferred all - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 4th Pre!. stock;, 18 19 100 Do. do. deterred all - - at Gt.ludiaren.gua. sp.e. 100 1101 1114 111 90 o. Gus. 5 per cent lB 10 2 10 Do. New gua. sp. a 6 14 2 e at OLSouth of India gua. 5 per cent at 41 *per cent.— 10u 19 101 at Do . - - 204 treat Wes. of Canada all 141 144 204 Do. New . - 0 0 Do. 6p. o BO.s. pay. 1871 all 98 100 00 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8 all 9 1 9 1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 1 1074 107 at Do. 41 do lOO 100 1 0 2 at Do. 41 do lOO 1 5 17 20 Do. Filth Extension 5 - - st Afelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - Mel. & Elobsoc's Bay all - at N.l2l.C'da.3po Ist pf.bs 100 83 65 at Oude & g. 5 p.o 100 106 10 7 at Scinde I 100 10 1 1(24 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 4.1 2 4 1D at Do. Punjaub.... .0 100 104 104 at Do.lndus St. Plot be. 100 87 69 COLONIAL (.40 1 7.E1tN31.1 1 1NT SECUItITIIO6. 'British Columbia, 6 per cent., lien. 31, 1572 10 0 Cau.Gov.6 J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug 1':0 101 1116 D. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 JO3 105 Uo. sp. 0. Jan. JD July 100 93 95 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sic 100 93 95 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 105 107 t)o.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 100 108 119 Do. do 1880-90 100 106 108 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 100 108 Ilu Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO M .09 (le) lon, Nov. 1878, 6p. 100 1 8 i.O Do. 1872, do lOO 10i 107 Mauritius , p. c, 1873, lan. and July Do. 1578 'O. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 10'. 107 100 Du. 1895, Feb. 3c Aug lOO 14.6 oa —* Natal 'Jov. 6 per cent lOO - N. 11.G0v.6p.0.Ja.&J al ) 100 99 10 V, S.W. Gov.s p•0.,1864. 100 9.1 I/1 Do. 5 p.c. 113.1 to 1876 100 its 00 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896' 100 1 , 51 9611 9 Pi I cw Zcalan 4,6 p. Cent tut Do. 5 per cent.... Nova South Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 103 105 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 St up wards lOO 110 :11 Vio,(loy. p.o. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do. April 6c Oot lOO Ill; 1121 BEITISII MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Una. 1 Chiverton • 81 24 34 Clifford Amalgamated. SO 54 64 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst. 1 440 460 Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 East Bassett 294 10 12 • East Caradon 2.14.1. 4 5 •-- East Carn Brea 3l 2 24 t Grenville . 2.14.0 14 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.e 1 -- East Lovell 3.0.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tayistk 11.7.6 14 2 StAubyn(GWCU. 00 1 b •••-• ureat Laxey, limited all 161 171 • Ireat South Tolgus 1.4.0 drat Wheal nasy 11.9.1. G. Wheal Vor (lielst..o 40 15 17 .1 renville v.0.6 14 1/ , lerod's Foot 3.10.4 38 40 ingston Do wus 5.10.6 24 21 Margaret ( Uny Lelaut 13. 17.11 6 8 ilarke Valley t. tom 6 (3) wyndy Iron Ore, lin s', 24 t .scw S ton . ....... 501 •65 7o iorth loshear V.Wh Bassett(lllogan 1.1.11 North Wheal Crotty erosper United., 8.11.0 2 24 UnyLelant 25 27 • S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 380 400 South Condurrow 5.2.0 4 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 12 0 -stray Park . 45.15.6 4 6 fin Croft ll 14 15 Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Itassett (Mogan 1 W. Caradon (Liskeardl 1t 10 .2 Weat Chiver ton ll 62 04 West Seton. Wheal Bane:, , Illog, , an Si 75 81 Wheal Buller (Iledruth 23 .5 9 11 -- Wheal Mary Ann (3len. 8 21 23 --- Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawuey (Lis. 5.17.0 7 9 2t..16 1 4 ' It; 11; Uri b Attic. London, Brghton. Srz., 41 per cent., &ND STOCKS. MI, 91 WArr. FOREIGN RAM Antw rp and Rotterdam, 1O Belgian Eastern Junction, 2 lariat Luxembourg, 12& f FOREIGN KlNEiti. Dan Pedro, N rth Del Rey, 2/ Frontiuo and IsoLivia livid, lttt. , BANES. Agra, Urn.. A, Ilf 12 C►lartcred ger. of India, London, and China, 30 (lay, 12 Consolidated, lint., 4i Imperial Otiornan, i 1 f I Loudon atld 11 estrainster, 72 MISCELLANXOUB. Anglo American Telegraph, 221 A.tlactic Telegraph, ilk Bo cbay Gas, lirn., 41 Credit Fonder of England, lint, 31 } East India Irrigation and Canal. 11 Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua , 83 Hudson's Bay. lei Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 14} Viceroy of Ifigypt (Mortgage) Loan, 74 Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. 4.ustralia. and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....June 21. Ditto, via Marseilles .• • • ...--June 13. Ditto, via Pansina ........ ...Juoe 22. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 5. Ditto, by French packet ()ape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... Cape of Good live, As‘masiou. and St. iielena July 12. China, Penang', and Sing 'pore, via Sou.hampton Junn 20. Ditto, via Marseilles ....... Falkland ... Gibraltar, via Southampton Jane 13. India.via Southampton Ditto, via liars eil.es Malta, Egypt, ............ .................. June 13. Ditto, Marseilles June —. thurltius, Cape of Go. 3.1 II ape, ani ,Yatal, via Southampton Ditt .11arbei les . Juno 18 .Jewfoundlarle ...... Juno 17 eortugal July 1. Ditto, by pr ais ship to Oporto ... Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, Sic., by British packet Ditto, by L i.ited states packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian paoket .......... June 12. West Indies and re.atie (except Mesloo and Baha- mas) June 13. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe June 17. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New Y . June 17. Bermuda, via Halifax Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto ;New York' 7HE VOL UYTEEIIS. On Saturday a brigade field day of Volurit tiers was held in Hyde Park, under General Lindsay, the Inspector-,General of the Reserve Forces, and be 'ore an immense concourse of people. The corps pre sent were the Queen's (Westminster), under Colored Lord Grosvenor, M.P., and Colonel Lord Geralld. Fitzgerald ; the London Rifle Brigade, ender Col'.' Warde; the St. George's, under C.)lonel Charles Lindsay, M.P.; the Loudon Irish, under the Mar quis of Donegal; the 3 ILondon, under Cal. Laurie, and the 4.h Middlesex, under Colonel Lord Truro. Among the on lookers were the Prince of Saxe- Weimar, Gen. Hamilton, Gen. Sir James Jackson, G.C.8., Cul. Lard Ittuel Lgh,-Col. Loyd Lindsay, M.P., and many mmbers of Parliament. The drill was to be considered the official inspection of the Queen's and of the 3d Landon, the Queen's having ten companies, of 25 files each, and the 31 London nine of about the same s'rength. The London Irish were detailed off to the arduous duty of keep ing the ground, and the other regiments were formed up into a brigade of contiguous columns facing Piccadilly, then by the wheel of columns came into echellon facing Park-lane, and again de ployed into line of columns. The line came to its original front by the wheel of columns on the centre column, and the right wing, consisting of the 4th Middlesex, the St. George's, and the London Bri gade, deployed into a line of companies, the left wing, consisting of the two battalions of the genii's and the 3d London, remaining in cOlumn. The whole advanced, and seen from the saluting point the line was very good indeed, the 4th Middlesex alone showing signs of unsteadiness, an unsteadiness which was seen to still greater disadvantage when, the front being changed, the same line advanced with its front towards the saluting point. The London Brigade and the St. George's, in their dark, sol dierly uniforms, never wavered throughout in their steadiness of march, and if there was, in the march ing by fours to the rear, a slight inclining inwards, the fault was corrected before the order to wheel into line came, for when this movement was execu ted no ground had been lost. Another change of front occurred, and the battalions in line marched in echellon, in which formation they were called upon suddenly to form square, au order which was very quickly obeyed by the St. George's and the London Brigade. 'The battalions which had been thus hardworked gave way to the Q'ieen's and 31 Lon don, and both corps proved to be very good drills. The march past came last, and the large companies of the Queen's showed to special a 'vantage. The Inspector-General made a short address to the com manding officers of the corps present, expressing his pleasure at the manner in which the Volunteers had drilled, and saying that a few of these brigade days would de the service an immense amount of good, in proving what the regiments were made of and in showing everyone his place. The general also said that the ground had been well kept by the London Irish, who, by the way, had a somewhat onerous task to perform in excluding a number of lads and men marching in at the • tail of the 31 London. These were claimed as " recruits" by the . 3,1 Lon don; and, though without uniforms, were allowed to accompany the regiment by the express demand of a regimental officer. With this corps, too, there was a body of cadets, commanded by a lad wearing an officer's uniform and an officer's sword. With General Lindsay were Colonel Colville and Colo nel Wright, Captain Fludyer acting as aide-de camp. The annual prize meeting of the City of Edin burgh and Midlothian Rifle Association concluded on Saturday. The gathering was very successful throughout, more than ordinary interest being taken in it owing to the circumstance that the luterna tional Enfield Match fell to come off this Aar at Edinburgh. On Monday the Association priz were - shot for at three distances-200, ?(), and 60) yards five shots. The highest score, entitling to the bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, was 50, made by Corporal J. Wallace, Edinburgh. On the same day the Associated Companies' prizes were shot fcr at the 200 yards' range —seven shots; the first prize being gained by Corporal Lamont, Edinburgh, with a score of 24. On Tuesday the Quen's Edinburgh Brigade prizes were competed for at 600 yards, and the first prize was gained by Private Paterson, Leith, who scored 22. The Wine and Spirit Dealers' prizes, of the value of £5O, were shot for at 500 yards, 7 shots ; the first prize being carrie 1 off by Ensign Smith, Edinburgh, with a score of 25. On that day, also, the annual match between North, West, and South of Scotland was contested, the ranges being, 200 and 500 yards respectively, with seven shots at each distance. The match was gained by the West, who scored 390, against 380 made by the North, and 375 by the South. Oa Wednesday the International match came off in the presence of alarge number of spectators. The result (as already detailed in The Sun) was that the English Twenty scored 1,063, the Scotch 1,057, and the Irish 980. At the close of the competition the Master of Lovat called for three cheers for the English Twenty which were cordially given. The trophy, which is at present in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, will shortly be removed to London. On Wednesday evening the competitors in the International Match were entertained to dinner in the Hopetoun-rooms, Queen-street. The chair was occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, and the croupiers were the Master of Lovat, Major Anderson, and Major Horne. There were about 150 gentlemen present. The chairman, in propos ing "The English and Irish Twenties," referred to the origin of the International Match, and said that if Colonel Lindsay had witnessed the match they had two years ago and the competition that day, and were present that evening, he would have been glad that the idea of the match being always shot at Wimbledon had not been carried out. (Cheers.) He was convinced of that, because he had always found the English Twenty—and on this occasi.o.n he was glad to find the Irish Twenty —were-glad , to come to Edinburgh and com pete for the trophy ; and the English had good reason, for whenever they came here they carried it off. (Cheers.) For, strange though it was, they had found this to be the fact, that ever since the " hullabaloo" was raised about this match being shot at Wimbledon they had never won it at Wim bledon, but always in Scotland. They (the Scotch) were thus led to the assumption that bad Colonel Lindsay's proposal been carried out the international trophy would now have been their private property. (Cheers and laughter.) Captain Field and Cap tain Hopkins replied for the English and Irish Twenties respectively. Captain Field proposed " the Scotch Twenty." The Master of Lovat, in responding to the toast, said he thought it highly creditable to the Irish, with so small a number of men to select from, that they had made a score of 30 points, over what they , made at .Wimbledon last year. Other toasts followed, and the evening was spent in a very agreeable manner. On Thurs ! day the Caledonian Challenge Shield was com peted for at three distances-200, 500, and GOO yards (5 shots) —and won by Lieut. Menzies, 3d Highland Company, Edinburgh, with a score of 48. Corporal Angus Cameron, Gth Inverness, scored 47. The president's prizes, consisting of 50 guineas pre sented by the Duke of Buceleuch, 10 guineas by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and £46 added by the association, were also competed for on Thurs day., Corporal Smith, 7th Fife, carried off the first prize ; and among the other winners were Private Edv4ard Ross, London Scottish; Capt. Field, Private Dighton, Middlesex ; Corporal Leese, Queen's Westminster ; Private Bird, South Middlesex, &c. In the competition, at 500 yards, for the Brewers' Prize, of the value of £5O, a score of 27 out of a possible score of 28, was made by the winner, Cor. poral Coulson, Newcastle. On Friday there were three competitions—the City Prizes, the Carbine Prizes, and the Hotelkeepers' Prizes. _For the City ....- . J 'rize3, which included £5O from the town council nd ten guineas from Mr. Moncreiff, M.P., there • were about two hundred competitors. The first •Trize was gaine 1 by Colour-Sergeant Clews, 3d Renfrew, with a score of 27—one point less than 1 the highest possible number. There were about 180 entrants for the Hotelkeepers' Prizes, the first being. gained by Captain Burt, Warwick. The Lord-Advocate's Cup and prizes (£5O) were corn , peted for on Saturday. The cup and first prize ' were gained by Private Evans, 7th Edinburgh, with a score of 27 out of a possible number of 28, at 500 yards' range. The Ladies' Cup and prizes (£5O) were also shot for the sum day at the 200 yards' range, the cup and first prize being won by Private Stewart, 8:11 E linbnrgb. Mr. Fraser, Eliaburg'i, gained the first prize ofFerel " for any description of breech-loading rifles." The weapon lie used was by Henry. Throughout the meeting there were, as usual, competitions for " extra Prizes." On Saturday evening the prizes were pre- S, toted to the successful competitors in the Music lia 1, Lieut.-Colonel Davidson presiding. SpORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. ----- -..---- VICTORIA CLUB-THIS DAY. NORTIMSIDERL.AND PLATE. 4to 1 agst Fortunio (offered-9 to 2t. and w.) 8 to 1 agst Taraban (taken); Bto 1 agst El Cid (taken and offered) 100 to 9 agst Flora (taken and offered) 14 to 6 agst Polecat taken) 100 to 6 agst Stella (offered) 100 to 5 agst Philosopher (offered—after 100 to 9 hal been taken) 100 to 5 ngst Cactus (taken) 100 to 5 agst Cawdor (taken) mare ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst The E (offarad-3 to 1, t. and w.) 7to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 500 to 40 agst King Alfred (taken) THE DERBY. 2000 to 60 agst Martyr (tiken) 10,000 to 200 agst Hermiono c (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BE rTING.—Tms DAY. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1868. Windsor Summer Newton mpton s Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Chelmsford Worcester Summer Kingsbury and Hendon G Radcliffe Carlisle 7 Newmarket July Ifungerford Pontefract Down Royal Corp. 14 Reading pilsby ll Odiham l6 Stamford Liverpool July M l7 Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Chesterfield 23 Knutsford 23 Southampton Sudbury and Ealing Goodwood AUG Deauville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton • 11 Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egliam l7 Hastings York August Oxford UST. Bridgewater and West Somerset .. Ddvor SEPT E Baden Warwick September 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond llampton Autumn l5 Kolso Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d Oetobor 5 Lanark 8 Chelmsford Autumn 13 Cheltenham l3 HOVE. Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury Scirborough Canterbury Great Yarmouth Dorby Summer Weymouth Ipswich Lichfield Tunbridge Margate NIBEIL I Hendon l7 1 Monmouth .. Manchester I Newmarket Ist October 22 I Walsall 23 Elinburgh 1 West Drayton 2? Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M 'OBER. OCT Sudbury and Ealing ... 15 Newmarket nougntou 17 Harrow Worcester Autum n ...... 27 Lincoln Autumn 2l) 1M BER. Leamington l7 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley ll Ealing DECEMBER. St. Albans - Kingsbury 8 1 MARKETS-711IS D.IY. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The effect, of the drought is very much felt in this trade and in consequence of the indiffirent pasturage and want of water in many localities, stock is being hurried to market for sale. Although the d - ...a 1 markets ware over supplied last week, so that prices wore heavily depressed, yet the number of cattle sent to market this morning was considerably increased, greatly exceeding the average. Of beasts there were 3,154 from various parts of England and 26 from Scotland. The excess of supply and depression in Newgato and Lead.enhall caused great heaviness, and at 4d per stone decline a clearance could not bo effected. Of sheep and lambs the supplies included 5,176 foreign. The market was fully as much depressed for fi-st, whilst for second qualities the fall was heavier and prices quite irregular. _ _ Veal also dull and depressed ; 311 calves to hand from abroad. Pork difficult to sell and lower. TOTAL AT MARKET.—Beagts, 4,610 ; sheep and lambs, 31,420; calves, 327; pigs, 281. . - • QUOTATIONS (per stone of Blbs sinking offal).—Beef, 3s to 4s 10d ; mutton,ps;to 4s 6d; veal, 3s to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 6s. WOOL. English wocl is dull, and the silos of Colonial are going with only moderate spirit, at easier prices. CORN. The prowess of the wheat crops towards maturity is still facilitated by the fine forcing sunshine, but the condition is in sumo localities said to be deteriorated by the protracted drought wilich has been still more mischievous to spring corn and pasture. The tone of tho grain trade is firmar everywhere. From the eauatry markets quotations for wheat at 2s to 4s higher on the week very generally. _ _ At Mark-lano this morning the supply of English wheat was short, and prices ruled Is. pm: quarter higher. The home trade ruled firm, with tendency of prices against buyers. Malt stew ly in value and demand. Foreign barley in good supply, aad feeling prevails good. Malting firm. Beans scarce and quite as dear. Peas in moderate request, but supply light and holders firm. Oats sold at steady prices for all good corn ; inferior qualities rather easier on the week. Maize dull, and lower for future delivery. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. The markets in general continua to lack animation. In sugar, coffee, tea, rico, or saltpetre, nothing has transpired in the way of sales of any moment, and quotations of all remain unaltered. Linseed oil is quoted 323 to 32s 3d on tho spot hero, and 31s 9d to 325, and Hull rape as before. Metals quite inactive. TALLOW. The market is firm at 44s to 413 31 on the spot ; stock, 20,060 casks against 16,797 casks last year ; delivery, 1,304 casks against 966 casks last year; arrivals, 10 casks against 60 casks last year. COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, June 15.—Sales 8,000 bales. liarlrk quiet, and unchanged, but rather better inquiry. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN -ROAD, The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending J une 13 was, 3,645; of which 1,307 were new cases. HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VIC TORIA PARK.—The number of patients relieved at this in stitution during last week was 1,613 ; of which 331 were new cases. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD. —Number of patients for the waek ending June 13, 1,261; of which 439 were new cases. TAKING RAILWAY PLACES.—On one of the New Jersey Railroads checks may now be obtained beforehand for seats in a train by sending to the station to engage thorn. BIRTH OF A SEAL—On the 9th of this month one of the seals (Phoca vitulina) at the Zoological-gardens gave birth to a young one, which was at first covered with an abundance of fine silky hair; this, as tho animal wriggled about on the ground, was entirely shed, and formed a dense blanket or rug, on which it lay. In less than three hours the young phoca took to the water, and swam about ac tively, endeavouring to suck as the mother turned on the side. Unfortunately, however, there was no supply of milk, and the mother has since died in convulsions, since which time the young one has been fed by Mr. Bartlett on milk and a small portion of cod liver oil, administered by means of a feeding-bottle. The young seal at birth was 32in. long, and weighed 201 b.— The Field. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 175 c. per £1 sterling. On ounparing these rates with the English Mint price 01 .is.loid. per ounce for stsndard gold, it appe.ers that gold 1 8 a t a b o ut the 'Jame price inyaris and London.. SPORTING NOTES. Windsor, Newton, and Hampton aro the fixtures fop this week. For the Royal Windsor Meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr. Frail has issued ono of his usual at tractive lists, in which eighteen races are found. Lengthy entries have been secured for the closed stakes; and everything has been done that experience could suggest iu the way of watering and rolling the course, so as to make the ground fit for horses to gallop over. On Tues. day, iu the Eton Handicap(l twenty-one candidates have accepter, and Vespasian, 9st 51b, has been honoured with the top weight. Python, 7st 91b; Seville, Est 71b, Contempt, Gst 31b; Alicia, Est ; Secrecy, sst 13Ib ; and Skipjack, sst 111 b, are the best handicapped horses in the rase. Of those I prefer Skip jack and Python, though Contempt .will be bad to dispose of, if sent to Windsor• Fer the Royal Stakes (about five furlongs) thirty-seveu two - year- olds have been nominated, several of which have not yet appeared iu public. !twill, however, tekea smart juvenile to beat the two penalised horses—Masaniello and Bads worth—the former of whom has 51b, and the latter 71b extra. The Two year-oil Plate (about foio furlongs) should be secured by Gle:divat or Bmnie Katie, as 'Elec tricity, the best of the remaining candidates, puts up a penalty of 101 b. In the Castle nursery (about four fur-. longs) fifty-nine horses have been weighted, and the imposts range from Martyr, Bet 121 b, to Male, Gst. Those that ap pear most favourably treated are the filly by Atherstone, out of Overture's dam, 7st 121 b; King of the Rovers, 7st 81b; Grand Turk, 7et ; Sea Breeze (by Carnival), e 7st ; the colt by Neville out of Madam Stevely, 6st Blb ; Ur sula, 7st 41b; awl Mcia, 6st. Several of the horses, however, that are entered have been performing with an eye to future engagements; and shall, therefore, merely admit a slight preference for King of the Rovers and Melee There are lengthy entries to the Rays Handicap (about 6 furlongs) and Thames Plate (about 4 furlongs). In the Rays Lord Rsnald and Sirocco have not been over weighted, neither has Pericles nor Bliss in the Thames Handicap Plate. On Weduesday there are several important races on the card. Twenty four horses have accepted fur the Windsor Handicap (about 1 mile and 5 furlongs). The Dean, Bst 81b; Seville, Bst ; Lord Palmerston, 7st 41b; President Lincoln, 7st llb ; and the colt by Ad elms out of Eva, 7st 11b, are the lot as most likely to produce the winner. The Dean, I believe, is a good horse over a distance of ground ; but on this occasion I shall rely on Lord Palmerston and Seville.' The Clamber Cup (about 6 furlongs) has secured sixteen nominations ; .but, as The Hermit, Van Ambers!), and Bounceaway appear•to b out of form at present, the race will rest with Knight of the Garter, Tenedos, the Lady Lurewell filly, and the Dioinedia filly ; and the best of these will be discovered in Knight of the Garair or the Diomedia filly. In the 'Welter Cup (about one mile) twenty-six horses have bean engaged. Lord R maid, list 121 b, if he escapes a penalty, taus:, be formidable, and after Mr. Morgan's horse 1 most esteem the chences of Silenus and Violent, notwithstanding the fact that V era lam and Midwife are clever animals under heavy weights. The Windsor Stakes (T.Y.C.) will be won by Maiaaielle or Electricity, the latter of wheal has no penalty for winning at Epsom. The Newton Meeting will b 3 held on Wednesday, Thursday, lull Friday, and Mr..Bake's programme of 18 races, which aro ovally spread over the three days. Ai the same horses, however, aro engaged in several stakes, I only purpose noticiug the principal events in the list. For the Great Newton Cup (about 14 miles) 16 horses have been handicapped; but, although the Helywell re presentative will be dangerons, 1 suspect the winner will turn up in the electedof Wadlow's pair —the Attack colt or Conundrum, the latter of whom knows the course. The Golborne Park Stakes (about 4 furlongs) I award to H isa Pauline or Disraeli ; and the Makerlield Handicap (straight half mile) to Vulcan or Gordian Knot. On Thursday, for the Manor Cup (1 mile), D linburgh and Deceit have not been heavily weighted; neither have Vulcan and Tor,:h in,the Garswood Handicap (about five furlongs) ; nor Ot toman and Ambition in the St. Helen's Purse (1 mile). The Haydock Plata (five furlongs) should be secured by Rosa Pauline ; and either she or Disraeli will win the Lyme Park Stakes (about five furlongs) on Friday. The remaining items will not permit of comment at this date. The Hampton Meeting, which is notorious for fan and frolic, will bo celebrated on Thursday and Friday; ant, calculating by the immense entries that have been male for the Claremont, Prince of Wales's, Flying, King Hal, and Nursery Stakes, and the Wolsey, Visitors' and Manor Plates, there should be uo lack of racing on Moulsey Hurst. 'So many of the horses, however, that have been nominated have prior engagements at Windsor that I dare not attempt an analysetioa of the Hampton pro gramme. I may, however, remark that the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (two miles) is at the mercy of the Maid of Mashatn mare, unless Tormentor is equal to the task of boating Mr. Payne's representative. A FRESH MAN. LADY ELIZ.JBSTH. A week has now passed since the paying and re ceiving on the Derby aecountat.lB6B was brought to a close at Tattersall's, and it would appear that the settlement has been effected with leas than the usual number of defaulters. We can now, there fore, look with calmness at the result Of the race itself, and see if any light can be thrown on the ex traordinary performances of a mare considered to be one of the first racers in England. Without 'going minutely into the steady advance iu the betting since the mare's earliest perfor mances, we come to the fact that the day be fore the race (aad, indeed, on the day itself) the odds against her were but a trifle more than 2 to 1; and this confidence appeared to be justified by outward appearances. The mare was brought to Epsom somewhat ostentatiously, in a van with one or more of the Days, her trainers, seated on the outside, and it was stated in all quarters that they themselves were bent heart and soul on securing her success. It is melancholy to recur to the miser able exhibition the poor animal made in the race ; her unwillingness to start? her incapability of action, and her sluggishness when her jockey attempted to rouse her (all so contradictory of the mare's antece dents) strongly suggested to many competent ob servers that she had been poisoned, or, in turf phrase ology, had been " got at." Yet, with these staring facts before the world, we hear of no indignation, no inquiry even. The principal writer on sporting matters, " Argus," just intimates that the Days will doubtless institute a searching inves tigation into the affair, but, afterwards, ventures to throw out the suggestion that the mare might have been " over-trained." The Sporting Life, with more audacity, mentions what Admiral ROll3 said on the course, " that if he had taken as much lauda num as had been given to the mare he would have been a dead man." Nevertheless, the whole matter seems to be overlaid with apathy. Now, the cir cumstances of the original owner of the mare had become matter of public notoriety, and it would pro bably not be difficult to show that had she won her success would have gone far to retrieve the fortunes of the Marquis, but at the same time the "Ring" would have had to pay an enormous sum of money. On the other hand, it is said, and pro bably with truth, that the "Ring" were considerable losers by the success of Blue Gown, seeing that the public had stuck to him in defiance of all rumours, as well as of the public declaration of his owner; but there is still the question by which of the two the" Ring" would have lost most—Lady Elizabeth or Blue Gown ; an 1 the true answer probably is that had the mare wou the enormous sum for which she had been backed it would have led to disastrous consequences among the bookmaking fraternity. Supposing this to be the case, it would seem to be for the advantage of all concerned that the matter should be allowed to drop. The Days appear to be satisfied, for we do not hear that they are or have been mak ing any efforts to discover an explanation of a rather surprising result. The public are satisfied, being winners on Blue Gown, besides having had the op portunity of hedging their bets on the mare. The Ring are satisfied to have lost on Blue Gown, seeing that they are saved from a heavier loss on the mare; and if it be true that the Marquis was able to se cure some winnings on Blue Gown we can under stand why he should be satisfied also. It would ap mpeoasrt, therefore, that as tha shet the pioor nevermareb herselfe restored suffersto her former health or powers. To what quarter are wo to look for an elucidation of the mystery ? Un questionably to the stable where the mare was trained ; and we cannot doubt that the Marquis and the Days will leave no stone unturned to bring the whole of the circumstances clearly before the public. The fact that their own character is above suspicion gives us the greater reason to hope that they will do so.—Pall-Mall Gazette. POOR LAW CHANGES.—The Poor Law Board having withdrawn the parish of St. Martin's-in-the -Fields from the Central London School district, which comprises the City of Loudon and East and West Landon Unions and parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, have intimated their intention, in order to make up the nu:uber of unions and parishes within the district, of adding thereto the Holborn Union, instead of, as originally c . Jutemplated, joking that union with the Strand Union into a school district, with their fickkool at Edmonton.