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

AIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGINOZ. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank directors have met, and decided to mak DO alteration in the rate of discount. The demand in the open market is as yet very quiet, at 2to 2 per cent, for the best bills. The supply apears to be a little larger. The Stock Markets are quiet, and the only change of importance is a recovery of per cent. in Consols from the unofficial close of last evening. In foreign Stocks, Egyptian continue very unsettled. Imperial Ottoman Bank Shares are flat, and there is a little animation in Hudson's Bay Shares upon the statement that arrangements have been effected for the transfer of the company's property to the Government. Cotton iu Liverpool continues to have a drooping tendency. Consol s are firm, et a recovery of per cent., being quoted at 937, to .9 ' 4 for delivery, and 92k to 924 ex div. for account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., .9 to 92'1 ; India Five per Cents., 1152 to 1 , 1 , 6 1 ; Ruik Stock, 244 to 213 ; _Exchequer Bills. 4 43 to 17s prem. In Foreign Securities the dealings are moderately ;active, but the var i a ti ons i n p r i ces are no t o f m uch Impor anee. Egyptian, 1862, 7 per Cent. Stock is lower, and Greek also worse, while Egyptian, 1864, hi bett er. Th e following are the prices : Italian, 48 to 4 8; Greek, 13 t o 13 ; Peruvian, 1865, 83fr to ; Portuguese, 40 to 40k ; Russian 5 per Cent.l62 , 831 to 84 ex div. ; ditto Orel Vitbsk, 794 to ;' Spanish New 3 per Cent., 35i to 35g- ; Turkish u,per Cent., 1862, 621 to 621 ex div. ; ditto 5 per 'eat., 1865, 341 to 35. Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are 891 to 90. The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully mid up, is 91 to 914, and the Scrip, 2 to 1i dis. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. Colonial Government securities are firm. Canada Six per Cents. is quoted at 103 to 104 ;_ ditto Five per C ents., 90 to 91 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 104 to 106_,- New South W a l es Fi ve per C en t s., 10 0 to 102 ; New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 106 to 107 ; Victoria Six per Cents., 112 to 113. In American securities, United States 5-20 Bonds are i t better, at 70 There is no p 2. to 70i. articular change in railways. Cale (lonian have been quoted 7511 to 76 ; Great Eastern, 341 to 34} ; Great Northern (A), 97 to 98 ; Great Western, 54 to 54 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1281 ; Lo:cdon, Brighton, and South Coast, 53,E to 531 ; Chatham, 181 to 19 • London an d N ort h Western, 115 k t o 116 ; Sletropo ' litan, 1124 to 112, ; ditto Extension, 1051 to 1051; South Eastern, 74; to 74 a . The Indian lines are firm. Bombay and Baroda are 104 to 105 ; Great Indian, 109 to 110 ; and East India, 111 to 112. 'Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 29 to 30 ; and th e C onso li dated Mortgage Bonds 321 t to 3 3. In Bank Shares the dealings are merely nominal, And prices are littl e a l tere d . U n i on. o f L ondon Shows a furthe r i mprovement of i e at 34 to 35, Imperial Ottoman is -1 1 - lower, at to f P r em. Agra (A. shares) steady at 9i to 10i : Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo - Austrian, 41 is 5 ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consoli ckeat 4i to 41 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; London and e °u ntY, 52 to 53 • London and Westminster, 69 to 40 ; I D • , Joint _Stock t13,54t10i-36t.0 42i ex div. ; and London Finance shares are little dealt in, and prices are lvi_t_kout movement. C re dit F onc i er, 2 1 to 3 ; G eneral Credit, di e. _ ro c e L ii nd St. ;London Miningn Finance, Y re git, 2i t o 24 ; International Finance, 2 to 11 23 to 21 dis. Shares have met few inquiries. Phi lip del R e y s are quote d at 1 9 to 20 ; P ort 'Pt Chontales, better, at 24 to 2i. Mis cellaneous Securities are steady, the only change In prices being An advance of * in Hudson's Bay, at 15 t i t°15 l e * An Telegraph, 234 to 2311 Atlantic Telegraph 51 to 5,4 ; London General Omi 14t", to 2A ; Ocean Marine Insurance, 14 to 15 ' 1 ". ; Thames and Mersey, 41- to 5 ; Universal nee dis. to prem. the Bank y es t er d a y £29 , 000 i n b ar go ld were e P' in. and £7,000 in coin were withdrawn for the _ •st C oast of Africa. On the week these operations are X 53,000 aga i nst the stock held. T he prevalence o f eas t er ly w i n d s is probably delay now the arrival of one or two Australian gold ships Ps' quite due. The total at sea from Melbourne is _ t ith el e vt City of London has arrived from New York -4 5 ,000 in specie. t n ' he steamers which left New York yesterday for i r .,?Pe took £125,000 in specie. li o 'ne yearly g enera l meeting of the Bank of British forrtb America has bee n ca ll e d f or th e 2 n d J une, "nl Pany the transaction of the ordinary business of the I rßPecial general mee ti ng o f th e Titanic Steel and 13i, r , c'n (Joi npany will he held on the 21st May, for the t e , \ P!' s e of confirming the resolutions passed at the 11'011Ataeeting. 1 / I (ltlingi for £350,000 in bills on Calcutta and to,)k p ask lace yesterday at the Ba of England. to \ f " nl ouets allott e d were t o C a l c utt a ....,f316•00, and a1" u1 " fixed 8 £32,600. The minimum price was 13r t 1 i t 3 11(1 on both presidencies, and tenders at that wile will receiv e a b ou t 48 per cent. Those above get be all o t te d in full. No tenders on Bombay eele? invited. These terms show a reduction of 1 per in the minimum, and also in the demand. haoue Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday per consideration the claims of the New Three r e i ljr. Spanish Stock, to be marked in the official but ultimately adjourned the question for a ur tnight. T he London and North-Western Railway traffic) return shows this week a decrease of £B.C - 45 corn- K r it.'" , ,.l with the corresponding period of last year ; the Northern an increase of £2,468 ; and the Great 2thern a decrease of £B5l. 11 :-Eh,, traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco allway Company for the wee k ending 111 arch 28, show an increase of £347 as compared with the corre sponding week of 1867. s _At . the hale -yearly meeting yesterday of the United o lextean Mining Company the directors' - report was stlepted, and the. proposed call of 2s 6d per share, na v „ ble on the Ist of July, was agreed to. Telegrams f rom H ong Kong to the 15th ult., says Messrs. Townend Brothers' tea circular reports the tea season closed, with an export of 115,000,000 ; ' 4 1 _ 4 11 if the usual allowance is made for loss of weight, a With wrecked cargoes, our actual supply will pr•- ' u lY be about 110,000,000 lbs. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GOT ERNMENT FUNDS. I),,er Cent. C onsols 1 „ ui tto for Account, June 4 1 ist"Per Cent. Red uce d ),,•? per Cent 92 1 1 •••,ew 21. per Cent. Jan. 1894 a 1) % per Cent. .) an. 1873 110uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 18 , 80 ▪ —__ Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1880 Z,l l) ° (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 19(18 • 201 'l4equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et l2 V a l Do. .C5OO D o 11 • £lOO & £2OO l6 100 Acco alik of Engld Stock, 41par Cent 2451 -11untan 1 INto dOVERNIMENT SECURITIES. 215 -4cP,l%tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Do: Account 17.51 16+ 15i b rs 5 per Cent. July, 1880 102 11 b"' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 00. Certificates Do. Enfacecl Paper 4 per Cent b ° ' 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Bo per Cent., Cent., May 1879 ° 6 Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do. do. 1877 — D o b • do. 1882 — `-'• Deb Cc t Aug. 1873 b_ ~ ... per en ~ - 27 pal 1-,u- B onds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 441:::::::Rer 4pu1:006 FUNDS—CLOSINGpercent....... __p —RITES. trrltrhifa i:o7 : xd k ili pl 6 pars, 5 Lenter Cent. 1859 _ D 3 ' 'i Per Cent., 1852 o. do 1858.... bo, a , bo . ° *l 18qn D 1 1 , , do., 1863 i io " 0 per Cnt., 1865 751 I _, Account no t b, 2 Ayres 6 per Cent Cic ~' 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do,o if' 6Per Cent. •• %. 4 per Cent , 41 per Cent — b o • 6 Per Cent„ B — C 961 6 8 ., 1867 8 0 ., 7 pe r r. , ~ °(., ey.t. ,k.,ent., 1806 lO2l 2 ,11,--erip £32 paid . I),ttti'',ulan, 6 per Cent. xd b,,_ s ,u., 3Pr Cent., 1825 1301ua,e n cipalities, ?par Cent -.7141. ta 8 e re ent 1867 _ 70,4 4 i t sn'ador '' - 1 Cent. .r.vt,ti, „'s' C onsolidated, per t„. c :JJ, , per Cent by, '3ecoud Issue , • -fuo Bonds U°. 4106 I3ond b o s 1864 Do • z 45.10 Ponis 7B (I °. 41813 Bonds ....................... ....• 7 2 tirZ'jen'Ant Railw a .. oebent tires . 6 0 Per Cent. 1 82415, ox Coups — } 4 Ace ' • Do (1 °°nt. ............................ 4b ho, A '4o nel ............................. • 4ti --econitt .................. ..• 011,,ettulla 5 per nt .... . . It ,`',t're Gov. Rail. Loa.n., 10p. Ct., .£25 p ifo.':_ Per Cer r., 1865 74i ,Zo. Al'e°llnt •... .. ........................ 52 ei.. are ltai h.'etkr. 3 per lvaY ..,it to , ,ent `°, Account .......................... 16 } b° 6 • 1861 ... ..- ' O ll I:" zit An 10-French — 41144 4 a Per emit ......... , I _. ,OUiSC after- ouise, - also liable triny. a few I that The daily little reck- b with i fol- E im ;cl the d my —the go on 'onsul erred, .Ras vas in train, mpli itnesa nould saw's ieaux ers, a a d to vhiCh fresh rpret. lso it to ority, [yself a are ndig -3E3,113t ePi tters, tudel I rue ,eesed r th e 1 , re long n his prof' and o . taken t lified 3 diS' Cing• and le ft ; s cisif ;roof )os e " jo' Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) -- Perwrian b per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 831 1 _ __ . Do 4} per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 4 per Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 40.1. Do. do., 1.67 4O Do. ' do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X. S Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 Da 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds. 87 Do. do. £B4 15s. d0..._ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do £B4 13s. do — sflrdinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... "Do Account Da New Dderrou •• Do Account Do Passive Do Acc.unt Do Corn. Cert. of Cou'. not fu dad ... Do Account Tn kish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .•• Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£10(' Bonds Do. 1863 -- Do 5 per Oent., 1865 D.) Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 5Bl Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Belgian, 41 per cent., E. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. Austruin o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Ititliat, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 94 I Do. Account, 4th June 921 CRIMINAL Col7Rt—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) William Harman was indicted on the coroner's inquisition of killing and slaying George Bayley. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was admitted into the Lambeth Workhouse on the 4th of April as a lunatic, and was placed under the care of the prisoner, himself a pauper, and who acted as a kind of warder in the house. The deceased was very violent after his admission, and continued so during the whole of the night. On the Sunday following the prisoner was left alone with the deceased, who continued in a very excited state, and it was stated that he was heard to say that he would give him something that would quiet him. He — was then observed to go to a bottle and pour out a quantity of morphia and then gave it to the deceased, telling him it was port wine. Immediately after the liquid hal been taken the deceased became unconscious and ultimately died. On a post mortem examination being made the brain of the deceased was found very much diseased, so much so that death was likely to have occurred at any moment. There was nothing to show that death had been occasioned or accele rated by morphia. It was, however, given in evidence that morphia was kept in the ward, and that the prisoner could have easily obtained it had he felt EO disposed. The Judge told the jury it would be for them to say whether the death of Bayley had been occasioned by the administration of morphia, and that it was administered by the prisoner. The pri soner was an ignorant person, and it was not at all to be supposed that he was aware of the extent of the properties of morphia, but against that it must be considered that the brain of Bayley was in a very diseased state, from pre mature softening, which would, according to the medical evidence, be quite sufficient to account for death arising from natural causes. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Alfred Cruise, William Palmer, and Elizabeth Cruise were indicted with feloniously stealing a quantity of carpet, the property of Samuel Barnett. The prosecutor it appears was removing a quan tity of furniture from a house he had occupied in the neighbourhood of Bedford-square, and on leav ing the place he told the person in charge not to deliver any things to any person without a written authority from himself. The prisoner Cruise, it was alleged, wrote out a false order for the delivery of some of the carpets, and the other prisoner on getting possession of the pro perty conveyed it away by means of a truck, which was in waiting near the premises from which the property was stolen. The carpet was soon cut up and sold, but was afterwards discovered by the police, and the prisoners taken into custody. The jury found Cruise and Palmer guilty of steal ing and the female with receiving. Lockyer, the officer, proved two former convic tions against the prisoner Cruise for felony and conspiracy. Mr. James Brennan, the officer attached to her majesty's Mint, informed the learned judge that the prisoner was a well-known character. He (Bren nan) had, in the perfo rmance of his duty convicted a least 30 or 40 of the associates of the prisoner, andt a lso six of his principal companions. Th ey all belonged to the Bristow gang, one of the most ex tensive societies of mace-men that ever infested the metropolis. The prisoner Cruise was a most dis tinguished member of the " long firm" and he bad convicted him a sh or t tune ago of uttering counterfeit coin. He had k nown thepris prisoner Cruise for 18 years, and he could say for the whole of that period he had never earned a lin by honest industry. Th e female was ecr s m h i i i l ya g a dexterous as the man she called her husband. Inspector Garforth, of the C division of police, said he had made inquiries relative to the prisoner, and he found that for years he had been carrying on a system of wholesale plunder. He had taken a house in Bouverie-street, and then started the commission business. He also had succeeded in getting large quantities of property of all descrip tions from persons residing in the country, who ad vertise in the London papers. Nothing came amiss to him. He had succeeded in obtaining potato seed, lemon juice, chaff-cutting machines, and every kind of goods by merely giving an order with the promise of payment on delivery. When the goods once reached the door of the house at which he was residing some very clever mode was adopted for getting them into the possession of " the firm." Sergeant Gordon, of the C division of police, said he held a warrant for the apprehension of the pri soner Cruise on a charge of obtaining £lOO worth of timber from a person residing in the country, and some time ago he made a sudden descent on the prisoner and his friends in Tothill-street, West minster, when they all escaped by the back windows, leaving him in possession of over £2OO worth of chaff-cutting machines which had been stolen. Cruise—My lord, all that man is saying against me is perjury. The Common Sergeaut—Ah, yes ; I often hear that charge made against constables. (Laughter.) It is quite clear, after what I have heard, that you and your confederates have for years been preying upon other persons. I, therefore, sentence you, Alfred Cruise, to ten years' penal servitude; Palmer to five years' penal servitude, and Elizabeth Cruise t) 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. COBDEN CLUB.—The annual dinner of the Cob den Club is fixed fur Wednesday, the 24th of June, at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., in the chair. The weekly meetings of the club are held on Wednesday evenings, at No. 56, Pall-mall. THE TRADE WITH ST. PETERSBURG.-Although there is no definite news of the opening of the Nova, seve ral of the Hull steamers have left for St. Petersburg. Tho first to sail was the Lion, belonging to Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsden, and Co. She was followed on Monday by the Neva, belonging to Messrs. Dunkerley, and on Tuesday by the Cossack, belonging to Messrs. Bailey and Leatham ; the Bride, belonging to Messrs. Brown, Atkinson, and Co.; and the Dwina, owned by Messrs. Norwood, Hull and London. All these vessels have gone out very deeply laden, but the greater portion of their cargoes consists of coal, on which there is not a yery large freightage. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1868. •of the sympathy offered to him. (Cheers.) My lords and gentlemen, I have sometimes asked myself what is the reason why there is a general sympathy with the literary character—a character so pecu liar in its organisation, and often in its results one which is not calculated to command the com mon sympathies of the world—bow is it that even among those who are little lettered there is a respect for authors ? I believe it is because there is an instinct in man that society is greatly indebted to literature ; and if you ask yourself for a moment what society would be without books, I think you may comprehend this feeling, and arrive at some conception of its origin. Without books the disco veries of science, the inventions of art, the grand pedigrses and noble precedents of the intellectual developinent of man would have no record.; none of those maxims and household words which illus trate, animate, adorn, and cheer life would exist; those imaginary characters, as they are called, but which are really much more vital and sub stantial than half of our acquaintance—(laughter and cheers)—who mix with our daily life and represent our feelings, often give us counsel, and occasionally cause us merriment, would no longer move among us. There would be no Ham lets, no Don Quixotes, no Falstaffs. (Laughter.) And, therefore, I can easily conceive that man kind has instinctively felt how much even those who are unlettered owe to the cultivated record of the impulses of invention and the discoveries of truth. (Cheers.) I think, gentlemen, you will see this very markedly when you observe how much the test of the condition and the mind of a country is the state of its literature. If you look at the great empires of antiquity, the Assyrian, the Babylonian, and even the Egyptian, why, in the consciousness of men they are really nothing more than mere phantoms. We are aware of their names ;we know they possessed power which no longer exists ; that they perhaps indulged 'in mysteries which may never be penetrated ; but they have no effect upon our active life ; they do not mould our characters ; they do not illustrate our feelings ; they have not left us human examples for our instruction. And why not ? Because they have left us no books ; because they have left us no literature. We have heard of their conquerors, their statesmen, and their priests, but never of their authors. (Hear, hear.) And this want of influence upon living generations is not the consequence of the lapse of time. There are countries which were coeval with them—countries that flourished 3,000 years ago ; and yet those countries, composed of tribes and clans who were content when they had formed a polity which secured their material comfort, then gave up their minds to the cultiva tion of the intellect, and produced literatures of startling originality ; those countries, though they were not the countries of great conquerors, have at this moment a constant effect upon the life and conduct of existing generations. (Hear, hear.) There is not a day that the incidents of their history do not illustrate our life ; there is not a day that their household words do not animate and adorn the hearths round which we live ; and at this very moment there is no part of the world which is not influenced by the conduct and the thought of nations who in population were very small, but who exercised and will exercise perhaps for ever this irresistible influence. And why ? Because they left us literatures and produced authors. Now, if it be true that the state of a literature is the best ,est of the condition of a country, I think I may wsaiythEngland may look t t he vernacular litera ture with which we are all conversant, and which withoutpride and exaggerationsatisatisfaction ioo t t h o a at this time commands the attention and the ad miration of the world. (Cheers.) I may say of our literature that it has one characteristic which distinguishes it from almost all the other litera tures of modern Europe, and that is its exuber ant reproductiveness. Other countries at par ticular epochs have produced admirable speci mens of the thought and expressions of man in all their forms of philosophy, of history, poetry, and science. But they have rarely repeated those mo dels. Now, I must say of our vernacular tongue that there is a reproductiveness about it which is its most remarkable feature, and which, I think, is not paralleled in the history, ancient or modern, of any other nation. Why, it is only 40 or 50 years ago—l daresay there are some present who remem ber the time—when England produeed a constella tion of poets which rarely has been rivalled by any other nation. Those poets were not alone iu their glory. At that time there was also a development of critical power—the power which is supposed to be the most contrary to the creative--that was most remarkable. Indeed, in every department of literature there was excellence. They have all passed away, but that period has not been succeeded by one of long and sterile reaction ; on the con trary, though it would be invidious at this mo ment to name instances, I am speaking only the truth when I say that we live is au ago when the voice of true poets is heard, when our language is working with a vigour and a versatility which has never been exceeded, when historical in vestigation has been conducted with an ornate sa gacity that very few periods of literary excellence could equal, when the conclusions of science have been communicated to the multitude in a classic style which certainly a century ago was wanting to these invaluable labours. Therefore I say we can boast for our vernacular literature not merely that it has produced classical authors at a particular epoch, but that, combined eith an exuberant repro ductiveness, there is a vigour and a versatility in our literature and in its power of expression which has sustained the commanding influence of the English language. ( C h eers.) I confess, my lords and gentlemen, that I am not surprised at this re sult, at which every Englishman ought to be proud, but I think it can be accounted for. I attribute it in a great degree to the wide circle to which an English writer appeals. He appeals no longer to the inhabitants of the illustrious island in which he lives. If he is capable of it he can affect the feelings and influence the conduct of the inhabi tants of every transatlantic city. His prodec dons soothe the labour and solace the life of the workers of the antipodes. It is in this great and expanding tribunal to which the English author addresses himself that I find the elements of his inspiration. But if this view which I have sketched, and sketched very imperfectly, has some foundation in it—if it be, as I believe, true—l think there is au additional reason why we should seriously and ear nestly consider the condition of those pale-faced votaries of the Muse by whose devotion to the cul tivation of these arts those great results are in some instances obtained and in 80 many instances aspited to. We must recollect that, although there may be cases of dazzling material success combined with in tellectual excellence, it is in the nature of things, and it is the necessary consequence of that very en larged sphere of literary sympathy which adds so much excitement and stimulus to literary effort, that there must be many and frequent cases in which sympathy and aid are needed to minister to the sorrows and repair the broken fortunes of our literary brethren. (Hear, hear.) The most popular author suddenly finds that the literary fashion of his age is capricious ; and he falls from the high empyrean in which he thought it was his destiny to soar for ever. The scholar who devotes his life to the noble pursuit of some investigation which can not bring him any material support, though in its results it may influence the character of nations ; above all, the man who, full of triumph and success, falls the victim of a shattered nervous system, who just as he was reaching the zenith of his glory, and palpitating with the sense of high intellectual power, sinks into despondency and despair ;--these are the cases repeatedly occurring, as I have said, from the excited conditiou of literary life, in which this society may afford that remedial aid which fulfils one of the most beautiful purposes phis is the c ause w hi c h of its existence. (Hear.) I have to plead to-night. I wish I could have pleaded it in a condition of mind more adapted to an object so worthy of the best feelings of us all. But I have this advantage—l appeal to those who at least sympathise with the subject, if they may not with the speaker. (Cieers.) I speak to those who are a brotherhood, who, either by their pro fession or by their tastes, are all literary men. If I cannot bring before you those aromenta which ought to influence your intelligence. I make an appeal to you which I am sure will at least ti >uch your hearts. (Cheers.) I therefore beg to pro pose to you, " Prosperitf to the Royal. Liter,lry Fund," and I connect with the toast tha name of Earl Stanhope, the chairman and great supporter of the society. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Lord STANHOPE responded to the toast, and pro- , posed the health of the chairman, who responded. The remaining toasts were —"Poetry and Imagi native Literature," proposed by Sir Stafford North cote, and responded to by Mr. Venables ; "The Judges and Legal Literature," proposed by Lord Houghton, and acknowledged by Chief Justice Bovill ; " Classical and fliAorical Li teriture," pro poscel by Lord Raverisworth, and acknoNleclged by Dean Stanley ; "The Stewards," and "The La ies." The subscription lint amounted, ag announced the course of the evening, to £1.400. POLICE lATELLICIEM,VI.-1 ELLS DAY MARL BO ROUGII-STRE ET. THE STREET FIGHTING NUISANCE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF Soto,—John Iligerty, a boy, was charged, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, with beho.ving in a disorderly manner in King-street, Soho. Police-constable Thomas Pieklts, 217 C, said— About half-past eight yesterday evening I saw about 150 boys in Princes-street, Leicester square, all of them armed with bludgeonS and sticks. They were stopping passengers and flourishing their sticks in their faces. The prisoner, who was armed with a thick stick, with his named carved on it, and intended to imitate a staff, was very active in the affair, and I took him into custody. One young man who was passing was knocked down and rendered insensible by a blow from a large stick. Mr. D'lLyneourt —llo you mean to say that they used such a thing as that produced (the bough of a tree) ? Constable—Yes. Mr. IYEyncourt—What is the meaning of it ? Constable —The lads call them " stroot fights." Inspector Ilarrison—The nuisance has become so seri ous that the inhabitants cannot carry on their business without some steps are taken to put an end to it. The prisoner—l did not hit any one with my stick. An inhabitant of Princes-street said—ln common with my fellow tradesmen, I am much annoyed by assemblages of boys every night armed with sticks, and we frequently have our windows broken. Last night about 15 of the boys collected, and there was a fresh disturb ance. I saw a young man struck with one of the sticks. The boys called them sham fights, and there were different parties, who set to fighting— there is the Dales' party fighting the Leicester square party, and there is a disgraceful tumult, and it is time a stop was put to it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Such conduct is likely to ter rify persons, and must be very annoying to trades men, and must be put down. The prisoner will have to find a surety to keep the peace for six months. TILE RO Y FUND. The usual anniversary banquet of this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern last night. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli presided, and was supported by a numerous and distinguished company. On entering the hall Mr. Disraeli was very warmly received by the company. Between 200 and 300 gentlemen sac down to dinner. Mrs. Disraeli and a party of distinguished ladies witnessed the proceedings from the body of the, hall, and the ladies' gallery was also well filled. The CHAIRMAN.--My Lords and Gentlemen,—l beg to propose to you a toast which is always drunk in every society of Englishmen with feelings of re spectful cordiality ; but in this assembly of the Literary Fund it is received with feelings of pecu liar enthusiasm, because it is the toast of one who now for many years has been our munificent patron. (Cheers.) In proposing to you the health of her Majesty this year, I cannot forget that sine,: I last bad the honour of dining with the Literary Fund her Majesty has inscribed her name in the memor able list of Royal authors—(cheers)—and her Ma jesty has experienced a fortune which has not always been the fate of Royal authors, or even of authors of another description ; for her Ma jesty has found thousands and hundreds of thou sands of readers for her volumes. (Cheers.) That is not surprising, since those who have read those pages must have recognised in them the touch of nature that makes all hearts kin. (Cheers.) I propose to you, therefore, with all the honours, "The Hoaltla of our munificent patron her Majesty the Queen." (Loud cheers.) The CIIAIRMAN—I have now to propose that we shall drink "The Health of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales and the other Members of the Royal Family." The Royal Family is peculiarly con nected with this institution. .His• Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has deigned to fill the chair which I now occupy. (Hear, hear.) In that he only followed the example of his illustrious father, a Prince who did more for the refinement of the taste of this country than any prince who ever flourished since the days of the Medici. (Cheers.) But there are peculiar circumstances which on this occasion must force us to drink this toast with feel ings of no common emotion. All of us must have heard with alarm and indignation of the attempt recently made in a distant settlement of the Queen upon the life of one of her children. (Hear, hear.) That attempt was, I think, unjustly associated with the name of Ireland. But if anything could have proved more triumphantly than another the injus tice of that aspersion on that nation it was the recep tion which at that very moment was being accorded by a loyal and a generous people to another child of the Queen, whose presence on that soil with the charming partner of his life and state proved what I for one never doubted—the entire loyalty of that gifted people. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I propose to you " The Health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other Members of the Royal Family." (Cheers.) Earl BEAUCHAMP proposed 44 The Church," re marking upon the services which the clergy had rendered to literature, science, and art. The Bishop of ROCHESTER briefly acknowledged the toast. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the toast of the evening, was greeted with loud and continued cheering. He said—My Lords and Gentlemen,- 0 tie of the most illustrious of my predecessors in.the seat which I now occupy regretted that, when he had to approach the most interesting theme on the even ing of our anniversaries, he had to touch upon one which for more than three-quarters of a century had been handled by the most illustrious and eminent men of this country, and therefore he drew the very sound inference that there was no novelty of treatment of which it was capable, and no new suggestio❑ which could possibly arise in regard to it. I myself must admit the justice of that obser vation. But in my own experience I have a pain ful recollection that the difficulty is increased and the disadvantage aggravated, because I cannot for get that this is not the first time that I have had the honour of sitting in this chair, and that there is upon record my inadequate attempt to vindicate the constitution of the society and to advocate the sup port of i.s fortunes. (Hear, hear.) Bat, alas, my lords and gentlemen, ou the present occasion there is an additional reason why I should feel my utter inadequacy to the office which I am now attempt ing to fulfil. I come to this assembly like one who from the heat of combat repairs to the pure flow of so:ne placid stream to slake the thirst of battle. (Cheers and laughter.) It is au effort to me to attune my mind to the gracious and refined offices which I have now to per form. If, indeed, I had followed my own im pulse, I would have declined the chair which I once filled and the honours which I so much enjoyed. But I must trust to your indulgent re ception of my desultory remarks, and I feel that I can be sustained at this moment only by that which I say will ever endure—namely, my sympathy for the good old cause. (Cheers.) That observation of my predecessor to which I have referred reminds us at this moment that the Literary Fund is an ancient institution ; but, though ancient, it is not an obsolete institution, which may easily be proved by contrasting the assembly now present with the first dinner which was held in this metropolis to commemorate the foundation of this fund. Perhaps during the 70 or 80 years that have elapsed since that time some of the greatest events that have ever occurred in the experience of mankind have hap pened. It is possible that within au equal space ❑o more memorable incidents could be com prised, and the great changes which during that interval have affected the fortunes of humanity have not spared the position of the author. At the time when the Literary Fund was founded the man of letters had escaped from the patronage of nobles, and had taken refuge in the more sub stantial protection of the bookseller. But the great feature of our time, that great creation which is rapidly developing—a reading public—did not exist. (Hear, hear.) Its growth, however, has exercised a considerable influence on the position of the author. It opened immediately a great area of literary sympathy which, when this institution was first established, was unknown. Instead of the Grubb-street of Queen Anne's time, literary men have Low founded a compact, a well-orgauisel, and an honourable profession ; and we know well that there are many men of letters who, exercising that professional power, have realised incomes that may match those that the learned professions, which have long been admitted to an honourable place, had alone hitherto produced. But it would be a great mistake to suppose that because this great change, and to a certain extent this happy change, in the position of literary men has oc curred since the foundation of this fund, there is no longer any necessity or a reduced necessity for the active exercise of its offices. On the contrary, in the first place we must recollect that this very increase of the area of literary sympathy has in creased the number of aspirants for literary fame and success. But there is something for us to re collect beyond that. The author is, as we must ever remember, of peculiar organisation. lie is a being born with a predisposition which with him is irresistible, the bent of which he cannot in any way avoid, whether it directs him to the abstruse re searches of erudition, or induces him to mount into the fervid and turbulent atmosphere of imagi nation. But in either case we know that the life and career of such men cannot be regulated by the common rules of prudence which, wis e ly and properly, are expected to regulate the con- duct of ordinary men. Well, then, I say it was a suggestion beautiful in feeling and profound iu thought that when such characters required assist- ante—when they wanted aid, and consolation, and succour—they should not have to appeal to those common feelings of charity which influence us all in our relations with ordinary. men, but that they should find an institution which, like a generous and sympathising friend, should minster to all their wants, and at the same time appreciate their pur- suits and their idiosyncracies. That was the object of the Literary Fund, whereby in lieu of the patron they find a society which, instead of expecting gratitude from the individual who is succoured, feels that it is honoured and rewarded by his acceptance WESTMINSTER. LACONlC.—Applicaut—Please, your worship, I owe a month's rent. Mr. Arnold—Go and pay it. Applicant retires (evidently much chagrined). RUFFIANISM IN THE ARMY.—Wf• Graves, a pri vate in the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, was charged with violently assaulting Jane Dismore, an unfortunate woman. Prosecutrix, who was evidently very weak, and whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said—Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning she was in York-street, intoxicated, and the prisoner accosted her; because she would not go home with him he knocked her about with his stick, cut her head open, kicked her about the head and body, and loosened all her teeth. Prisoner said she and her companion were 'kink ing together with him, and oue of them stole his money ; he asked her for it, and she said she had not got it, and then he hit her with the back of his hand. Police-constable Audsley, 251 B, said he saw the prisoner cross the road and speak to the prosecutrix. She said she wanted to have nothing to do with him, and walked away ; ho followed her, knocked her down, and kicked her while on the ground. The prosecutrix denied being with a woman or the prisoner. The worthy magistrate, having ascertained that prisoner beyond all doubt was sober, said he had asked the questions about his sobriety to find any excuse, however bad, for his conduct. He would give him credit for supposing that this was a woman who had robbed him, but even were that true nothing could justify such a cowardly and brutal assault as he had committed, and these un fortunate wretches who were the victims of their own misconduct were not to be subjected to these dastardly and brutal attacks from ruffians like the prisoner. He sentenced him to the full term, viz., six months' bard labour, and, having ascertained that his character was " indifferent" in the regi ment, said even were it the best he would have given him the same term of imprisonment. 111 A leKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SuGAR.—The market is firm but less active, the supply on offer being light. L'OFFEE.—Except lot the best qualities the market is rather quiet, but firm and steady. TEA. —Not much passing, and rates unchanged. Rice is well held, but the firm rates demanded keep tran sactions in check. Saltpetre.—Transactions aro of merely rot ail extent, at lets rates. Jute =remains quiet but steady, at £l6 lOs to £22 for common to line. Metals—Market quiet; Straits tin £33 to £93 10s, Wal larou copper £s3 to £B3los. TALLOW. The market is still flat at 43s 93 spot, 43s 93 to 41s June 4is last three months. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of stock to-day was moderate, and the trade was dull. Of beasts there were 770, including 198 from abroad. The beef trade was dull, and prices were barely sustained. Of sheep and lambs the number on sale was 10,700, of which 2,290 were from abroad. Mutton sold slowly at rather lower prices. Lamb met a dull sale. The number of calves was 350, the proportion foreign, being 220. The veal trade was steady for best qualities, but dull for inferior. There were 60 pigs on sale, all English fed. The pork market was steady. Quotations —Beef, 3s 4d to ss; mutton, 3s to 4s 83 ; veal, 8s 43 to 5s 6d; pork, 3s to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s to 7s 6d. HAY. There were shorter supplies of hay stuffs at Whitechapel and Smithfield to-day, and a brisk trade, and 2s per load mire was realised in many casos for both meadow hay and clover. Straw sold without quotable change. We quote meadow hay at 60s to 88s; clover, 60s to 1028 ; straw, 28s to 863 per load. POTATOES. The potatoe trade is steady with about the previous ave rage supply. The greenstuff trade is brisk, and moderate supplies were speedily cleared off this morning at late rates. Cabbages, Gd to 9d ; broccoli heads, is to 3s per dozen ; greens, Gd to Is Gd; carrots, 45 to 8s per dozen bundles; loose carrots, £3 to £6 per ton ; spring onions, is 6J to 2s 6d per dozen bundles ; rhubarb, 2s to 4s per dozen bundles. COTTON. LITERPOOL, May 7.—Sales probably 5,000 bales. Market quiet, and prices drooping. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived.—Ranger, steamer, from Rotterdam ; B;ron Osy, tamer, from Antwerp ; VolocAy, steamer, fru:u Uulaie ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Blunde, fur Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday Morning. _ Passed.— Jamna, fr m London, fur Bushire ; Agra, from London, for Cardiff ; Frederick Basso], barge°, from Shields, for Capetown ; Harriet Wardle, from London, fur Jamaica ; St. Vincmt, from London, for St. Vinc.nt ; Macedon, from London, for Bombay. ELECTION EXPENSES.—An official return of the expenses incurred by tho throe candidates at the recent Ilelston election, when the Solicitor-General was returned, gives Sir W. Brett's expenditure as £ll5 9s. ld. ; Mr. 11. Rogers's, XII 16s. 4d.; Mr. Lea's, £45 19s. Zd. Thu prin cipal items are for printing, stationery, and advertising. It will be remembered that the Liberal candidates with drew cta the day of nagastia. VIIIIID EDITION- SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last evening, con taining the Latest Betting and Races at Chester, was published in time for delivery in town at 7 p.m. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day . CHESTER RACES—THIS Dar. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STAMFORD WELTER HANDICAP Dick Turpiu Aiusley Cz tr Four rau. HANDICAP PLATE of the Garter tack Freeilla,ou . TWO-YEAR OLD PLIIE. Perfuma Pose GGp •ry Seven ran. \YES nu NS L'Elt P LITE. Ilicia Minster 8e11..., Weather Isle.. SELLING STAKES. Astracan Festival, 3 yrs War Queen Seven ran. CESTRIAN HANDIC AP. Indian Star.. Russian Bear Seame w Thirteen ran. DEE STAKES. Uncas W .0. BEIUFORT STAKES. Priest . Thalia Success lasi QUEEN'S PLATE. Purveyor Prince Regent Corporal, l isi LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Blinkhoolie (taken) 100 to 15 agat Westwick (taken) 100 to 15 agat Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 15 agst Beauty (taken) Bto 1 agst Fortunio (taken) 12 to 1 aga Landscape (taken) DERBY. 100 to 30 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 7to 1 apt Rosicrucian (taken to £500) 9 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 12 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 8 agst Blue Gown (taken) 1.3 to 1 agst Totu Bowline c (taken) 100 to 6 apt Orion (taken) 25 to 1 agat Suffolk (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Pace (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Harvester (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS May 1, at 11.5 a.m., Weather Star, out of all engage ments. May 4, at 9 a.m., Ackworth and Planet, out of the Chester Cup. May 4, at 9 a.m., Beanstalk and Huntsman, out of Chester engagements. May 4, at 9 a.m., FerTacques and Fenella, out of Chester engagements, 1868. May 4, at 1.30 p.m., Yard-arm, out of all engagements. May 4, at 3 p.m., Cape Race, out of the Great Chester Produce Stakes at Chester, and Lancashire Produce Stakes, at Liverpool. May 4, at 3 p.m., Cape of Gool Hope, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 4, at 4 p.m., Ceylon, out of all engagements. May 4, at 9 a.m., Kidderminster, Ilium, and Namouna, out of Chester and York Spring engagements. May 5, at 5.33 p.m., Aquilla, out of the Chester Cup. May 6, after 6 p.m., Festive, out of Chester engagements May 6, after 6 p.m., Young Fenton, out of Winchester engagements. FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses havo been paid :—Uhilbolton, Isabel (to qualify), and False Alarm. STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The Fawn's forfeit has been paid. The followi❑g assumed names have been registered :—air. Gibson, Mr. W. South, and Mr. E. Chase. COLOUItS OF RIDERS: -- Mr. G. J. Archer, back, yellow cap ; Mr. Lore], primrose and rose hoops, ruse cap ; Mr. W. South, black and white hoops. The fol!owing barns has been given : --Lord St. Vi❑- cent's b colt-foal by Lord Ciifd ,u, out of Jeanne d'Albrot' IT he Bishop of Bond -street." RACING FIXT M. RES FOR 1868. Chester Eglinton Hunt Winchester York Spring 12 Brornyard 14 Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Wye Croy,luu Ist 6 ummer Newark tiorpeirlou Epswa 6 d rumor Parid J U NE West Drayton 1 Newton Croydon 2d Summer .. 3 I ll.Ludton Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Binary Club 13everley, Hull, and I Stoeitbri.lge East Itidinb ............ 1U Alexandra, Park Windsor Sununu- JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer ... 2 Oilihatu Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Stainford Radcliffe I Csrlislo 7 Nottingham July Newunirkot Ju1y......... 7 Chesterfield I liuugerford Poutefract Down Royal C0rp......, . 1-1 Sudbury and Ealing Reading I Spilsby AUGUST. Deauville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 Scarborough I Lewes Suininee Csuterbury IYolverhampton ......... 11 Groat Yarumutk I Stoilktou Plymouth Windsor August l3 i Ipswich Egharn Hastings York August Oxford —., -...—_ SEPT i:SIBEFL ----- Baden Warwick September ... 1 I Monmouth .. l7 Abingdon S Manchester I Leicester Doncaster September 8 Wals 01 I Brecon l4 Edinburgh Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Royal GAledunian Hunt Kelso l,.^ Stud Westera &1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT _ HOUSE OF LORDS —THIS EVENING, The Loin CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE NEW . The Mar qu i s of SALISBURY took PEER the oath and his seat. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PRISONS BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of this bill, and said that many of the scones at executions were provoking to the people. The proposal of the bill was that the execution should take place within the walls of tho prison, and that the sheriffs and certain other persons were to be present, and that the surgeon was to certify as to the death, and that a coroner's inquest should be hell on the body. The bill had passed the other house of Parliament. The bill was read a second time. THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS (IRELAND) BILL. Thu Earl of KIMBERLEY move,' the second reading of this bid, aid spoke as to the prosperity and good mareigmtent of thus - schools. The class who came to those schools wai nat criminal bat iudu,trial, and they in theiosyl yes Wore must valuable utiotts. Lord I)ENMAN ilisapprov, d of some of the conditions of ttti I id. The hill was real a second time. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' CORONERS BILL. This hilt was r,a i a third tiine and passed. Tit:dr lordships th n adiiurned. 1101.33:4: OF COAAIOSS—Tars EVENING. Thu SPe.mcmt took his seat at 4 o'clock. i.3OItRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. S. MILL gave notice that on going into committee ol this bill he BLIOUId 1110 , 76 certain a►nendmeuts to the bail to preserve soma important provisions which would bo repo,led by the passing of the act as it stood. IIK- AN E. Mr. LOCKE asked PA the First Commissioner of Works by whosa authority a pavement was b3ing laid down on the west side of Park-lane, thereby reducing the portion of ground taken from the Park for the purpose of the road way from t 8 to less than 12 feet. Lord J. MANNERS said it was being done in accord ance with an agreement entered into between the Metro politan Board of Works and the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, and a license from the Crown. Sir R. PEEL asked the Lard Advocate what were the duties and emoluments of h Alaiisty's High Commis sioner to the General As , ennbly of th 3 Church of Scot land, and out of what fund the Cominiss Liner was paid ; what is the total amount of salaries paid to the several officers in the department of the Lord High Commissioner, and omit of what fund such salaries are paid ; and, whether the Established Church of Scotland was fa a minority in that part of the United Kingdom The LORD ADVOCATE said as the High Commis sioner had to hold levees and represent her Majesty, he received the sum of £2,000 payable out of the consolidated fund. The suns bad been paid out of the hereditary re venues of the Crown in Scotland before they were sur renthred. lb thought the number of members of the Established Church was about one-half of the population, although others might think differently. SCOTCH REFORM BILL. In reply to Mr. M.oNcaEIFF, Mr. DISRAELI said li, proposed to take the Estimates first on Monday next, and then the Scotch Reform Bill. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. VERNER asked whether, - having in view the speeches and resolutions made at a large meeting yester day, the right hon.:member for South Lancashire intended to press forward his measures for the destruction of the Irish Church and the supremacy of the Crown. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") On the motion for the house going into committee on the second and third resolutions with respect to the Irish Church, Mr. GLADSTONE said he would now just say one word with respect to the question which had been put to him, although he felt it was beyond the line of Parliameu tory practice. The majority of the house were in favour of the resolutions as far as they bad gone, and lie had every reason to believe that the great majority of the people were of the same opinion. (Hear, and No, no.) in proceeding to move the second resolution, he said charges had been made against the party with whom h e acte d that they were not dealing in sincerity with the subject which now had been so long before the house, but that they were using it for party purposes. (Clear, hoar, from. the Ministerial benches.) He did not want to beady assertions or negations , but he said openly that the sincere desire of all on his side of the hoUse was t,:e general wish and desire to see the measure carried iu order that the good results that were anticipated might follow as soon as possible. (Hear, hear.) There were many reasons why he should go ou with the Resolutions, because supposing they were to leave the question for future consideration, all the time that had been given to the subject this session would be lost, and great interrup tion to the public business might occur. (Hear.) When the matters referred to in his Reeolutions had been em braced into an act of Parliament, from that moment he believed that a great deal of opposition would ba done away with, and many who now were op posed would be found pressing forward ameasure for the final settlement of the question. (bear, hear.) That would give a practical shape to the course it was intended to pursue, and such a proceeding could not entail any inconvenience on the Government or the discipline and spiritualities of the Irish Church. Ile proposed to embody the resolutions into a suspensory bill extending to the month of August, 1859, and which would stop all appointments in the Irish Church up to that time, and which would allow a small margin for Parliamentary discussion. The provisions of the bill would extend to all Episcopal appointments, all laymen or capitular offices of sinecures, and all such ap pointments as were not private patronage. (Hear, hear.) The reacts that he made that reservation was because had he included those appoiatinents it woul t have brought about the question of injury to private rights. (Heir.) Ile thought the adeptiou of such a course would be the one niost c esduciyj to the public interest, and when the Resolut ous were assented to by the house, he intended to follow thew up by bringing in a bill which would carry out the purpose Le had just spoken of. On toe seeoud resolution being put, Mr. G. HARDY said he should imitate the right bon. gentleman in avoiding- all acerbity on this occasion, as lie thought that, with a view of bringing the business to au end in order that the Government might do as they intended, the right lion. geutlem in had adopted the most convenient course. Of COLI iS3 her Majesty's Guyer:inn:let could give no as -out to the remain ing resolutions, nor could they .approve of a bill which they had not yet seen. The c.mrso, therefore, that the Government proposed to take was to meet the resolu tions with a simple negative, which would prevent the trouble of the house dividing upon them. Af , er a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. WHALLEY, Mr. DODSON put the second resolution to the house, when it was carried by a great majority. Mr. GLADSTONE , i n moving the third and last reso lution, said he had no desire to bring on any (discussiont on the bill before the consent of the Crown was obtained. Mr. D. GRIFFITH said it appeared to him that the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) had made up his mind that the consent of the Crown was certain to begiyeu to his proposal, but it such an arrangement could be made in that house, it appeared to be that the consent of the Crown was a mere matter of form, and came to nothing. Ho should like to know what the right hon. gentleman would do supp,sing the consent of the Crown was not given to his proposal. The hon. gentleman continued his address to the house amidst the greatest impatience. Mr. DISRAELI said he did not think it necessary for hint to trouble the committee, but he must say he did not see there was any assumption on the part of the right hon. gentleman as to the character of the answer that would be received to the address of the House. When the resolutions were passed it would become the duty of the Gov - eminent to consider them and then advise her Ma jesty. (Hear, hear.) Mr GLADSTONE said ho never thought of proceeding until the reply of her Majesty had boeu received to the address. The third resolution was then put by Mr. DODSON, and carried amid loud cheers. Mr. LAING- then withdrew the following resolution which he had on the paper:—" That this house is of opinion that while the principle of disestablishing the Irish Church has been affirmed by this house, the question is tun nuportaut to be settled without an appeal to the con stituencies created by the New Reform Acts ; and there tore that it would be the duty of the Government to ar range the course of public business so as to enable the appeal to be made at the earliest practicable opportunity. FLEFT SITTING.] OCTOBER. Bedford 1 1 Sudbury and Ealing ~. 15 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 : harrow Lanark Chelmsford Autumn Chelteuhatu NOVEMBER. Liverpool 3 Leam i ng t on l7 I Shrewsbury 9 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Broraley DECEMBER. L Albans 1 Ealing 26 Kingsbury 8 I A REESE RIVER MILL : —The K , istone dry crushing mill of 20 stamps is the best -arranged and most effective establishment of the kind we have in this region. The batteries are placed so that the reduced ore is received into chambers on a level with the roofs of the roasting furnaces and con veyed to them by a car passing along a line of rails. When the ore is roasted it is discharged on a cooling floor, and thence taken by another car way to the amaigaina:ion room, where the rims of the pans are about on a level with the line of rails. The settlers hre still lower down and with a descent of 30 feet from the battery flour to the amalgamat ing room, the ore in its progress through the mill is all the time working down hill with the least pessible amount of manual labour. With a double discharge through brass wire screens of 50 mesh, the batteries reduce from 16 to 18 tons of sulpfiuret ore every 21 hours. Toe indl is provided with 8 reverberatory roasting furnaces-10 Varney pans and 4 settlers. After having been idle for several months, mainly from want of salt, the stamps go into operation once more on Monday morning, with abundance of high grade o re at command.— Are coda Enterprizo. 'flue Audi.or of Montana states that owing to increase of machinery, and the .discovery of new gold and silver fields in that territory, the yield of these metals will be tea tiu:ws - larger than that of last year. Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, May 6, 1868. ISSUE DEI &RTMENT. Notes issued .....£34,234,165 Governmt. Dabt..£11,015,100 Other Securities.. 3,984,909 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £34,234,165 BANKING D: L 34,284,164 Proprietors' Capi tal .£1.1,553,000 Rest 3,14705 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. , EPART AUNT. Goverunit. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) 613,277,696 Other Securities 19,238,404 Notes 9,779,280 Gold and Silver Coin Aceonuts ..... 5,128,327 Other Deposits.. 20,24,045 Seven D,►ys and other Bids.. 472,130 £43,461,207 GEORI 1 £49,46 t,207 FORBU. Chief Cashion Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. a ustralla and New Zealand, via Boutbampton.....3ray 21. Ditto, ria Marseilles ...... •• • •••• Us y ii . Ditto, via l'itasin3 ........ ........• ..... .... ~ AL L. , 2 ,. artzli, liat:nos Ayres, arid Monte Vid.ia slay 4. . -• G.i O 4 f10p... Ascension. ALTA St. lloleaa May Unto, by I,"CCLIOU paokot 11 2:1 Cap 13. ,: Verda. by Brazil paoret . .... . slay i, A we .• • obis,,, L.,....,az, and Singapore, Via Southampton slay 1. Vigo, via alars.ilies ....... •• •...11ay 4, ir.ait ia•iil Islands.-- ..aibrsitar, via Southaaptoa May 2, Ludt:a. via Southampton Ditto, vii 31:arse:I ea , Malta, i , :gypt, ,ti... . ........ ... Mau D ri i t l i t n ° ;, M C: r ;: 'l o ll l eB (3 " o • od live, au-i Natal, via l:17;25: do:auk:l4lton Ditt i, Ilarseiiies . ' ewfoundla t; t e J r tu Ditto,g a 1 b ; . . l e p , t i a ito O r p u o ia rt , o jc . c.., ) .................. .. •..... : 1111:yY 61: Uadi. l-)l2,i i tt :tite 3l) . r: :: i n zi a °ll3 da 'l : ' • ........... to Lisbon . 6 Y Britibli px,ket ................ bitta.), by Lilted Stiltc.b praxl - ........ Illy 2. ........ Ditto ditto fAm York) ....... CJ;s~. short ly do mift rded, m eth a❑d TCI%. iron int() pieta titter s !et at gua r arillg a nd /ilerS, gUll . sl3it' 's tern CAI- he ld ilbl e, :". 0. 1 thil° 0 , 0 per ior , 0 13 ' ,stY'6 ter 1 °,l