The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB, CITY, Two o'CLocK. .1.110 markets are very thinly attended this morning in consequence of the Derby, and there appears to be little disposition for business. In general, however, the tone is not bad. The English Funds, notwith standing the limited transactions, arc very firm, and railways also support yesterday's quotations in nearly all e ases. Consols are very firm at yesterday's advance, at 95 to 95;:, , for money, and 9-1 to 94k ex div. for account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 94 - r , to 911 . India Five per Cents., 110/ to 116.1 -u , lnk Stock, 247 to 249 ; and Exchequer . Bills, 7s to 12s prem. The Discount market is very quiet. The rate for b :.5t bills remains at i, with exceptional transactions at I.l_. - In foreign stocks there is very little doing, and the market is rather tlat, except for Turkish Five per Cents, which are hiidier, and quoted 37f to 371 ! and also Egyptian 1864, which, at 81 to 82, are rather better. Greek are 13.1 to 13 ; Mexican, 10 to ; Portumwse, 40,1 to 401 ; Russian 1866, 87 to ; Spanish N ew - Three, 36ft to 36 7 6 ; Venczuelo 20 to 22 ; Peruvian 1865, 851 to In foreign markets there is a degree of heaviness without m uc h c h ange i n pr i ces. American Securities are firm. United States 5 ' 2 0 Bonds are better, at 711- to 72. Erie shares unaltered, at 451, to 46. Illinois, 95 to 96. tlll:nglish Rail wa y s h a res are quiet but generally firm, except M anc h es t er , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Midland, the former being lower and the l atter being quoted at 42/ to 43/ and 10 61 to 107 respectively. The following are the prices :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 128 k ; South Eastern, 771 r to 78 ; Great Eastern, 34 - to 31 ; Great Western, 53 to 53k ; Great Northern, 1021 to 1031 ; the A stock, 97 to 98 ; London and North Western, 1151 to 115 k ; London and South Western, 91 to 93 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 52 to 52 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 19i t() 19 1 ; Metropolitan, 111 to 112/ ; Caledonian, 741 to 741. In Foreign Railway Shares, Great Luxembourg is Inquired for at 111 - to 111 ; and Lombardo-Venetian, 14'1 to 15 _ _ . Miscellaneous Securities are steady. Anglo- American Telegraph is quoted at 224 to 22i ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., at 5 to 51 ; Hudson's Bay, at 151 to 151. , London General Omnibus, 1-4 to 2 1 . The Corn Market is dull, with prices nominally the rue as on Wednesday. The steamers which left New York yesterday for Europe bring £85,000 in specie. The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday R as £195,000. The Cit y of Antwerp has arrived from New York With .L 50,000 in specie. The half-yearly court of the proprietors of the Canadet Company has been called for the 25th June, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. b A call of ..£2 Os 8d on the old and new shares has il en made by the directors of the Dutch Rhenish allvay Company, payable on the Ist of July. 13. At the m ee ti n g to be held on the 23rd June, of the a `, 111 .k of South Australia , the directors will recommend _„"11 income at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum free ut tax. The report of the City of London Real Property Many (Limited) issued, in anticipation of the d e eting on th e I s t o f Ju n e, recommends that a divi :nd be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, an interiki dividend of 2i per cent. having been paid to December last. The ann ua l meet i ng o f th e T emperance an d G enera l Provident Lastitution was held at the London Tavern 3esterday. The report stated that 2,161 policies had b r n issued duri ng 1867, assuring the sum of £425,981, ,ua that th e ca pit a l o f th e institution now amounted to £990,000. C The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway er °4l Pany for the week ending May 24 show an in ofiease £2OB ; the receipts of the Bahia and San .rall eiseu Railway for the week ending April 18, an l th cease of £336 ; the Great Luxemburg Railway for the week ending May 24, an increase of £1,304 ; and i _ue Bombay Baroda, and Central India Railway, an Period of £958, as compared with the corresponding yelled of last year. The followi ng ' * are the rates of continuation , &c., ,""r . ent at the settlement now in progress :—Ci le- Zlmaian, k to * back, closing * to f back ; Great i\Torttehrenr,n,2s to 3s contango, closing is to 2s ; Great ± to g- ditto ; ditto A, even to * contango, i! °B tng Oven to * back ; Leeds Stock, * to * contango ; lan:don and /•:Torth-Western, 1-16 to * contango, c e , ° „ B :ng * to 3-16 contango ; Great Western, * to 3-16 v -- ‘ an g o ; Midland, even to k back ; Metropolitan, to * contango, closing even to k back ; Dovers, to contango, closing fto # contango ; Berwick, hlek to 4 contango ; York and North Midland, I \T ek to ft contango ; Sheffields, 1-16 to I contango ; earth British, even to * back ; Great Western of Cd to 9d contango ; Grand Trunk of Canada, ' 0 1 8 contan g o ; Brighton, to contango, closing L., to 3-16 contango. ' B RITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. ( 3 1,, t ()V ERN M ENT If UNDS. ..--r vent. Consols D itto for Account June 4 941 4 lir" Cent. Red uce d 94 1 li . 'r 3 per C en t e ri v 2 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 —°. 0 p©r Cent. J an. 1873 I.illtrities, SO yrs, exp i re s t h J an ., 1880 — 11 0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E"c Do (noheque Cl Sileal Televaph), Aug., 1908 12 7 pm Do. r Bs, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. II D o £5OO £lOO & £2OO 7 ank of En g l and Stock, 41 per Cent — -ue- Account Lx GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. jildia Lock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 ... Do. Account , 5 per Cent. July, 1880 DO. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 V°. Certificates D O . Enfaced P a p er 4 p er C en t — °- 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 T, o - 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 -n— —° 5 per Cent., Blip. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — rtc. D e b. 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — PO. Bonds, 6 per Cent., £l,OOO pm no. under £l,OOO A FOREIGN FITNDS—CLOSING PRICI.S. -4. gentine Repubc, 6 per Cent 9 Au3tria Bonds 5 per Cent. 180 tlrazilialln 5 per ' Cent - xd ~.,I )3. 4/ per Cent., 1852 l— •'-',.°- do , 1858— , __ i ,"°- do . , 16 60 ................. 1 0 - do . , 1863 I ° . 5 per * Cent, 1865 13,7° per ".,, *4 OB Ayres 6 per Cent • _ .. 1) ,,` ) 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) o`i.s., 6per Cent.• . — ' Li n 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent , B .. t O-1 1867 o-) 7 Per ,Cent., 1866 1024 i S ~, I erg) .£32 paid D anish : u3l' rnbian 6 C t n , per eu . /I 0 per Cent , 1825 , — xd —l!ubfan. Principalities, 7 par Cent — 84 -, u 0 8 791 ut per Cent., 1867 . . •• .. 1 11 ador X. N ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent. 13 -puan, 7 per Cent... 4 — 1,0. Second Issue DO . 450 Bonds —0- 4 100 0 Bonds Do. 1861 • Do, A ccoun t — e, ° - 0 , 0:1 Bowls — •'•'°- £lOO Bonds .., , 831 6 Chetl"ernment Railwny Debentures ..... 921 li DO ' A 5 Per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — . 1) • -account - I, ° -Co•op one ... (1 A'°- Account 444tetuala 5 per Cent .. — lt ° l l4ll rae Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p p ia !' 5 per Cent, 1865 — ..,0, Account lin Marernmana Raiway i. le 'tz 3 per Cent 14 ° for Account — Do ...- 0 6 tit ° Per Cont. Anglo-French — 1104teridetiu 6 per Cent. — • Ne°rjah Imperial 5 per Cent — D o r Granada xj 3 Per Cen l5 to- Defert-Cod — •P ern Land Warrants (Hectares) ff 'ria 6 t o A ccoun per Cent. 1865 854 4 t ..-- . O n !I Per Cent. (Uribarren) ,.. b°" **l Per Cent.. 1862 • — t, Account . — 111 1 1 7 404 (41 r. 4 c' ll eee 3 per Ct., 1853 '6 '7 '9 '6O '2 '8 404 "'IV* do. , 1'67 ItlisV• do., Scrip, £2O paid —B44 ij,;',, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 0 ,=4,1 Per Cent. 1850 D ° Zi Per Cent., 1860 b o u z Per Cent 1859 . 7 u , Per Cent., 1862 ... 1) ( ,:'' 11 0' 10 -Duteh, 1861, £loo_Bon , ds. —___ D o do. £B4 los. ao. .„ 00? 186 G, £lOO Bonds BB E 3 l D o N. e°4° R dailwa o £B4 13s. do — a span, y 64:7 • n, 0 per C ent. — Per Do 3 Cen 14 ,° Accc amt New Deferred — •'-',.° Account D° P asaive — 0 Accoant 0 ° Cow. Cert. of Cour. not funded ~, r? Account -.- n 4 isli a per Cent- !is° Account . 1 - 7 0 6 ecO t-• 1) 0 Ac rer %./ent. 1858 621 4 unt ~~;ya y 24. ajesty's princess old at irathie. asonby ty, ac- .ighnesi Royal Soren.) Ittenlod Knollys, ierform- vith hor persons larchio- :r1 and his Ex- Paget, I Lang- Earl of And and y Proby, .angfo d . (Away Villiani Howell, with an 'remier, lat ea, in r thy of rwa rds, of the ad —all History starting to this re three cal treo niece erhaps, baton, 6t other also in lt Lord r John Baron Derby. 3ver, as 'ollard, rrative, it due i which )y m ar 'genets in their 1 power Their ,er© and annals most Stanley "We of r who, I, Lord 31ose of D., torn head of It was y called is loyal lrles 1., axe of of the creation xr 1485, e writer of the Edward .)y, who, An d to the Stanley, for Fo s of the th, re- lausion ma with stances a with ce front reasury. taching aceable. testnan, Party ngland, it gifted [lament, of the highest m Tory, onstitu- md, for At that r of the Derby's d as A order, In that Macau )W Lord he Times alogiuno Lt by the Derby's e hung d's very sability, I into a its un-_ count of opening )11 those rs of the Le of the corns the i should 0," absurd• should :Pilling brilliant ;ain !] O f ading of ttiug of 11 over' e to sal 'taut, a 4 t juct tlll3 expen." n g, WI% f preeer" coillra iS- _ ire to be Justic e an d of he Ue v. and the on the rew form is not Furore at 3110 " She fourteen Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6l Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 66 7 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 37i. f Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 6of 1 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch_2f per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil, — DJ ACcOunt French lientes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. Austnan a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Itltian 5 per Cent. 1831, zsf. Do. Account 5l- 1 CLOSING PRICES, Consols, Money 951 Do. Account, 4th Juno .. 01 LAW IN TELLIGE NCE.—This Day. ICE-C 11 ANCERY COURT. (Before Vice-Chance for Gifford.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. EDMUNDS.--TUE PATENT- OFFICE. This cause was resumed this morning before his Honour by Mr. I)igby Seymour opening the case of the defendant. Ile entered at length int.) the various bearings of the suit with respect to the dis count on stamps, the 12s. 10d., or " parchment" question, and the alleged balances due from the suitors' fee fund, the imprest money, and the moneys received from the Treasury. He contended that the imprest money fund was closed, that there was no evidence to support the allegation with respect to the suitors' fee fund, but, on the contrary, the defendant had a balance due to him. He denied that there was any sum due as exchequer fees, and with respect to the discount on stamps the defendant, he contended, was justified by cus tom in making the charges. The learned gentle man occupied the court until its rising, when the further hearing was adjourned until Tuesday next. THE COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Right lion. Sir J. P. Wilde.) BIRT V. BOUTINEZ. The learned Judge Ordinary delivered judgment this morning in this case, and said that it was a suit instituted by the husband on the ground that his wife had contracted a prior marriage. It appeared that the respondent had been mar ried at Gretna Green, in 1845, to a foreigner, and they were afterwards, in 1846, married again in Belgium according to the law of the country. The respondent contracted her naarriagewith the petitioner in 1847. The court in Belgium has been subsequently applied to, and it dissolved this marriage, but the Court did not know of the marriage at Gretna green. He held, therefore, that the respondent was a married woman, and the petitioner was entitled to a divorce. This was the first time that the point has been raised in this court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS AND DRIVERS.-- W. Butcher, a cabman, badge 3,144, was charged before Mr. Knox, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, with cruelty to a horse by working it in an unfit state, and Mr. Henry Green, owner of the horse, was summoned for causing it to be worked in an unfit state. Inspector Temperley, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, saw Butcher driving a horse attached to a four-wheel cab in New street, and on examining it, in consequence of seeing it very much distressed, he found it to be lame, diseased, very old, and unfit for work, and on speaking to Butcher he said that the horse keeper and the owner both knew its condition. Mr. Knox discharged Butcher, on hearing that he was not ill-using the horse. The defendant Green said he was not aware the horse was lame, and called his veterinary surgeon, who said that it was not lame till that morning. Mr. Knox fined Green 10s. and costs. THANIES. COMMITTAL OF THE MODERN CAPTAIN SCARLETT. —Francis Moorland, a well-dressed lad of 15, and who adopted the romantic name of Captain Scar lett, was brought before Mr. Benson on remand, charged with the commission of eight daring watch robberies. When be was taken into custody he was armed with a stiletto, a six-barrel revolver, and other offensive weapons, and when lie was followed by a boy after his last daring robbery in the shop of Mr. Ludson, watch maker and jeweller, in the Cannon-street-road, he threatened to stab the boy, and would have probably carried his diabolical threat into execution if he had not been seized by some grown persons, who promptly interfered. A black mask for the face, a long cord, and a pocket-book, were found upon him. In the pocket-book he had entered the name of Captain Scarlett, in a fair round hand, and on the opposite page a list of eight watches, their value attached to each, and dates corresponding in every respect with the dates of his recent most impudent robberies. The revolver and stiletto were also stolen by him. No clue has been obtained to his haunts, friends, or antecedents ; but there is no doubt he has received a tolerably good education, and that after his dismissal from school he had been reading low works and associated with low company. All the watches stolen by him were in court. They bad been pawned, within a few hours after he had stolen them, in the suburbs of London. The proprietor of a respectable and well conducted boarding-house, called the Moon Coffee house, Whitechapel-road, attended with his super intendent and waiters, and said • the prisoner had never boarded and lodged in the Moon, as he represented to the police, and that not one of the people employed there could identify him. Mr. Benson asked if there were any more cases against the prisoner, and any more watches to be produced ? Six watchmakers said they had been robbed, an d as man y pawnbrokers produced thei r wa t c h es . 11Ir.Benson said he had already taken two com plete cases against the prisoner, and one more would be sufficient. After some further evidence the prisoner was committed for trial on three charges of felony. MARKETS.—(7 his Day.) CORN. The weather has again become extremely fine, and cal culated to give the best result to the recent propitious showers. The country markets are still dull, with prices tending iu buyers' favour, but without any general pressure to sell. At Mark-lane the attendance was thinned by the attrac tion of Epsom, and there was very little inquiry for any kind of grain. English wheat was limited and held for Monday's rates, at which purchases were made but slowly. There was a liberal supply of foreign wheat, which mot very little demand, and prices remain nominally the same as on Monday. Flour met only a slow sale at late rates. Barley, beans, and peas steady in value, but quiet. Oats in short supply and in good demand. Prices against buyers. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. There is only a partial attendance in thesa markets, and but little is passing. There are no public sales of any description. Sugar is dull, and the increased supply now in first hands gives buyers the advantage in prices, although there is no decided pressure to realise. Rufined sugars also dull. Common English lump, 45s Gd. Coffee.—ln the absence of business, quotations remain without alteration. Tea.—But little doing, and rates unaltered. Turmoric.—Some inquiry for Bengal, at 25s 6d to 25s 9d, fully supporting sho previous advances. Gambier firm at 178 6d to 17s 9d. TALLOW. Y. C. spot, 433 3d ; Juue, 43s 3d ; last three months, 43ad 9d. Dull market. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 27.—Sales probably 5,000 bales. Market very dull and declining. A curious book has been published at Leipsic. It is called "The History of the Emigration of the Ger mans to America." The details are very interesting and instructive. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN SHARE LIST. ORDINARY tIIIikENS AND STOCKS. ihare, i Paid./ os Railways. done. I it . 4 nano stet .... 100 82 94 Closing Business at "aledonlan -.. 100 714 75 711 1/ 1 at 'ambrian - serk and Bandon...- - - - 90 'orn wall all 24 3 4 st Dublin & Belfast June lO3 754 77 st Dun„Pertb, A Ab.Junc -.00 70 72 -16. London, bcrip Cfriti all - - Do. 100 - -- d st Glasgow &S. Western, 100 - - at Great Eastern,Ord.stk.l lOU 31 - ,.311 311 at Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 100 7 8 at larcatNorthofScotlan:i 100 15 6 at Great Northern 1 100 102 103 at Do. A stock . ! 100 17 93 1 974 st Do. B stock lOO 124 146 at Do. New, Is. at 25 pre, t 0 - - at Gt 6, and W. of Irelanui 100 96 87 at Gt. Western -Original! leo 53 634 53 4 it D. :.',. Val. Rail. gua li_) - - at Do. South ;talcs at Do. W. Mld.-oa.tord 100 30 35 at Do. licwi.ort at I to. Rereford lOO - - at Lanc,siiire a iorkalliry 100 1271 )281 1281 71 at Landon ..nd 131ackwali! 100 - - it Lou., lirigh.,J':. S Coast, 10u 52 5 3 e 24 1 at I on., that., 441(.1 Dove; 109 19 ; 20 1 9 3 it Do. Aletrop. Ex. A ' too - -- et Len. A 'North He s ter: loi, 115 1154' 1151 4 15 at Lon. A Souili Wertcri lui. 91 9•t , 914 at Man., 611,(1,, A LAl:dole Ito, 421 14 at aletr:.,poutae all IL4 1.•41 112 4 91 Do. New - - i at Do. Ex LClISIOII at ( Nletrupolitan Diatriet all 8.) 5 it / Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 1)o. and:A. John's IN 'k, 6 - - at ,Ilid;and - Do. £9 Share 7 - - at Do, 13iriniu.. A Diirbi 100 75 77 - Bid Kent . - - at North British at Do. Ed. ' Pill., A Dun lO9 - - at Nth. Eastern-Berwich 100 1024 1034 1021 25 Do. U.N•E purchas( 10,13.* - - at Do. Leeds st Do. York lOO 01 95 141 1 at Do. Carlisle ..... st Po. Stock. & Darling all 131 133 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - -- p at North London ... at Do. do. 1861 5. - - - Do. do. 1865 10 North Staffordshire at N. AS. W. Junction st Scottish Central -•-- - Soot. N. B , Abcr. stock 100 - - - Do. Soot, Mitt stook lOO - - - Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 43 15 at South Eastern 90 Staines, Wok., A Wok all le 11 st raft* Vale 10 Do. C - - -- V ale of Neath - ,- - Waterford A Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterlod A Whitelia*l 6 - - - West Cornwall - - - BRITISII fOSSESSIONS. (00 Atlantic& St.Leawrenoe all / 64 46 ,„ 1 doin.,l3aroda,(kCen.ln. 100 I 105 106 1.5/ ' gu. 5 per cent... 40 Do. I shares l6 1 91 , 404 Buffalo A Lake liurow all 3 4 10 Do. Preference 100 1 Butf.,Brant,&Goderich / 5 p.c. 4872-3-1 WO 68 71 at Calcutta .I 4 S. E., lim lOO - - at ,Jape Town A Doak, gu: 100 18 52 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi all 99 102 at East Bengal, gu., 6do 100 104 4 105 4 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 109 110 1111 } JO Do. .1 Extension - - at tirandTrunkot Canada 100 15 1 1 6 1 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o all 78 82 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 Do. do deferred - - 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 33 100 Du. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 4th Pret. stook 100 Do. do. deterred - - at Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0. 100 100 11 0 1101 6 i 3 (.o. (Ina. 5 per cent lB 14 2 p tO Do. New gua. sp. o 6 1 9 3 P at al t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 41 per cent lou 94 90 2 8t 4 p ';reat o li 2 es. of Canada oall 1 0 4-64 ! 204 Do. New .... - - 00 Do. 6p. c Be.s. pay. 1873 all 08 100 00 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 91 et Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 102 at Do. 41 do at Do. 41 do .. 100 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension! 5 - at ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. Biada.l 100 - - 50 Mel. A Bobson's 8ay..1 ail -•-• at N.lll.C'da.6pclstplbs 1100 83 65 at Dude Althiik'nd, g. 5 p.O , 100 1034 1014 at Seinde . .. st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do : 7 , 4 2 4 !p st Do. Puniaub.... =to I WU 101 102 at Do.lndurt St.Flot 4 . 1 I 100 87 89 COLON I.a.L (4 0 VERN ME NT SECCRITI 5. I British Columbia, 6 pert cent., Deo. 31, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.J ft.& J uly 1877-131 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug l4O 102 IU4 Do. sp. o. Mar. La Sept , 100 102 143 Do. 6p. c. Jan. & Julyl 100 91 93 921 Do. sp. c. Inscribed 100 91 93 Cape G. dope, 6 p.o. 1873 i 160 105 107 Do.Apl.3tUct.ll,9o-120 0 1 100 108 ILO 108 Do. do 1880-94 100 100 108 Do. Jan..sg..luly, 160-91 100 108 Itu , - ID°. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 :00 Nov. 1878, 61. 100 1 8 110 Do. 1872, do 2OO 105 147 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1873 ... lOO 11.6 108 do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. In 100 107 109 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO IC6 108 alai 'Joy. Co per cent. 100 - - iN.8.G0r.6p.c.Ja.3/.1u1;! 100 99 10 S. S. W. Gov. 5 p•0.,166,,, 109 LI) 101 - j Do. 5 p.c. 1811 to 1876! 100 98 90 101 I Do. 5 p.c. 1388 to 1896: (00 4'51 9.1 - New Zealand, op. oeni; 100 - - Do. 5 per cent.... .j 100 978 981 904 - Nova Scylla Gov. 6p. 0.1 sterling, 1475 1190 102 101 ,teueensland Gov. 6p. e.' 100 103 105 c. Aua.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-0 100 Do. IS7B al, upwards lOO 110 :11 Vic,Uov. 6 p.o.Ja.ltJuly 100 Do. do, dpril k Oot lO O 1111 112tI 110) 11 BILITISLI 511141t13. Carn. Consol. tiold, Um. 1 - Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated, SO 51 6 1 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 440 46) Drake walls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 East Caradon 2.11.6 4 5 East Carn Brea 3l 2 24 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.0 4 41 -- East E. W'l Russell (Tavistk' 11.7.0 14 2 Jam.LSc StAubyn(Gwen. 66 4 5 Great Lakey, limited.. all 18 174 Brest South Toigus.... 1.4.0 Great Wheal busy-- 14.9.0 (1. Wheel Vor 40 15 17 Grenville 9.0.6 1) It llerod's Foot 8.10.0 38 40 tiiagston Downs 5.10.6 21 2/ Margaret (Uny Le1aut 1 1 3 .17.6 6 8 Ilarke Vallev 4.10.0 6 gi Ilwyndy Iron Ore, Urn 8) 21 11 New S ton North toskear 4.Wh Bassett(lllogau 4.1.0 -- - North Wheal Crotty 2.13.4 2 3 Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24 Provideuce k UnyLelant 10.6.: 25 27 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 380 400 South Coudurrow t.2.0 4 f S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 421 Stray Bark . 35.15.6 4 6 Croft l.l 14 15 —• Vigra and Clogan, Um all - - West Bassett an l+ 14 W. Caradon (Liskeardl 10 10 i. 2 West Chiverton ll 61 66 West 5ct0n....... 474 200 210 Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 75 80 \Vheal Butler atedruth l 22ls 9 11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 Wheal Scton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 7 9 PREFERENCE STARES. London, Chatham, end Dover 5 per cent., 47 South Eastern (tteading Akns. £1.0.6d), 22} ritilarlqumws btlA KM> AND STOCKS Great Western, 0 per cent., irrd.. 1866, 104 London, Chatham, &0., Motrop. Ext. C, 6 per Cent., 28 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Someset, SO FOREIGN RAILWAir. _ Dutch Rhenish, Ditto, all, 211 i;reat Luxvannuurg, 11l Recite awl San leranctsc9, lira., qua. 7 per cent., 11 Sea Paulo. Lim., gut'. 0 per cent.,lBi FOtt Atlr4B:B. Anglo Braz it Cape Copp-T. ll m, 12 BANhS. Anglo-Italian, lim., 5 Agra, Aim., A. Ang.o. Austrian, 11l • Anglo-Hungarian, 8 9-16 Anglo-Italian, 1866, lim., 6 Bank of South Australia, lim, 29 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 18} Consolidated, lim., 4} imperial Ottoman, Ilf } London and River Ylate, new, 111 London and County, 52} Ditto, new, 35 London Joint Stock, 35} London and 55 est.ninster. 7 1 1 Ditto, Scrip, 48) Union of Australia, 481 I Union of London, 351 11 LISLIELLANXOOS. Bombay Gas, 11m., 4 Ceylon Company, 71 7 E2Yptiau per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gna.by Egypt. Gov 88 1 Gen. Credit and Discount, tint.. 5 ti udson's Bay, 151 Ocean Marine Insurance), 191 Rio de Janeiro Gas, 22a Telegraph Construct. and Maintenanee, 113 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 2 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 721 THE OXITORDSIIIRE MlLlTlA.—=this regiment, commanded by Colonel Fano, has just concluded its an nual training. The men have boon dismissed to their homes after an inspection at Aldershot. The inspecting officer complimented the regiment on its smartness and soldier-like bearing. Au official complaint, however, was made respecting the form by which officers are selected for promotion in the regiment, but the matter is likely to be satisfactorily arranged. . • CITY SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—At the execution of Barrett yesterday, in addition to a strong body of police, there was assembled at the Parade-ground, rear of St. Sepulchre's Church, as early as six a.m., s reserve of the City special constables of the district of St. Sepulchre under the command of the chief constable, Mr. Charles Woolforton, Messrs. Superintendent Hough, Midwinter, Bethel], Francis, and others, who remained on special duty until after the body of the culprit waa taken ciQWII; CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) , . PARIS; TUESDAY, May 28 4 . The recent speeches at the Berlin banquet to Customs Parliament have caused a considerable' Sell's'igiin here. The Government journals attempt to attenuate Count Bismarck's:and Prince Hohenlohe's reinarkS;and lay the flattering unction to their souls that the Treati A Prague has been faithfully kept, for the line A the Mein has not been crossed by Prussia. But the Opposition journals point out that virtually this line has been crossed, for all the speakers referred to the unity of Germany as an accomplished fact. In fact, we now learn—though the information was carefully with held by the Haves Agency—that the President of the Prussian Diet, Herr von Porkenbeck, proposeel the toast "To the Ger Man Unity," and that Herr Metz; Southern deputy of the Customs Parliament, proposed "To the suppression of the line of the Mein ;" and that Bismarck, so far from discoun tenancing these sentiments, made the speech with which we hare all been made acquainted, and which, as the Libfrtts says, " does not contain a single word insulting to France, and yet every word is a threat." There can be no doubt but that German unity is an accomplished fact, and that foreign intervention would have the same effect as is produced by a shake upon a freezing mixture—con vert the country into a compact solid mass: Why does not the Emperor make up his mind to recognise this obvious fact ? Or, if he is determined to prevent it, why did he not seek to do so before. Every day is rendering that task more difficult, and every day is reconciling the French people as a nation more and more to the inevitable unifica• tion of Germany. At present it would seem as if Napoleon, while pre• paring for war, was very anxious to avoid an immediate rupture. For instance, the Hanoverian officers at Amiens who have refused to accept the King of Prussia's amnesty and retarn home, have been told that, while they will be permitted to remain in Amiens, they must not indulge in any manifestations of animosity to the Prussian Government. In this matter Austria appears to be working in harmony with Prussia. It was Baron von Beust, according to all accounts, who put pressure upon the Ex-King of Hanover to suppress the situation, a newspaper published here in the interests of King George. This is not the only indication of close relations betyeen the Vienna and Paris Cabinets. I hear that the Marquis de Moustier has written to Baron von Beust to pohit out in the most friendly way the ill effects that would be produced by the proposed taxation of the Austrian funds, and recommended him to find some other means for supplying the wants of the public treasury. Marshal Niel has Ntritten a long report to the Emperor on the Chassepot rifle. It is highly laudatory of that weapon, and states that the effect obtained by it at 1,000 metres is better than that obtained by the old rifle at 400, and twice as good as that obtained at GOO metres, which was the utmost limit of that piece. This report is considered in some quarters as an apology in advance for the Minister's refusal to assent to the reductions insisted upon with so much pertinacity by the Budget Commission. There seems to be no chance of a speedy termination to the French occupation of Rome. The Sicle mentions that the military sub-intendant has just entered into a contract for the supply of the French Military Hospital at Civita Vecchia from June 1 to December 31. The Government is just now deliberating very anxiously with regard to the elections. It sees clearly that redder the regime inaugurated by the new press and public meeting laws it must not cnnmit itself to some of the deputies, who are too Napoleonist to be prudent. It is therefore proposed to bring out a number of new and less objectionable Government candidates. AL Rouber and M. Pinard have had long consultations on the matter, and each ministerial supporter has been the subject of a deliberation whose decision will affect the deputies of more than half the departments of France. A petition is being circulated Praying the Senate to re store the elective Municipal Council of Paris. The petition has already received several thousand signatures, and is said to be assured of powerful support in . the Corps Ldgis latif, which seems disposed not to let Baron Ifaussmann off too easily. It appears as if the actual demolition of the Boule vard end of the Rue de In Paix had broken the camel's back of public patience. The inability of the city of Paris to meet its engagements to the Credit Foncier within the period of the contract, which is avowed by the appeal to the Legislature to allow the payments to be spread over more than double the number of years, affords formidable weapons to the Opposition deputies elected by Paris, departmental jealousies in . the Ch am b er. ln at a t t a rile c e k upon M. She, Professor byc provincial, or rather course of his speech on education, reinforcedßad,)ne Bonnechose, e c a she s ovs they e e of Medicine, for mater ialistic and atheistic doctrines introduced into the lectures to his class. This morning, reopening of the course , M. S6e rec o c r i n N i -e n r g l 'at quite an nhovationfrom his pupils ; and, judging by the police precautions that had been taken, a disturbance seems to have been apprehended, though none took place. Cardinal Bonnechose had, however, previously addressed a letter to M. Troplong, stating that .the professor's words had been incorrectly reported to him, and that he had gone too far in his strictures. The Figaro, in relating the demonstration of this morning, adds that a number of the students who bad assembled after the class in the yard were locked in by the police, and that it required the in tervention of the Dean of the Faculty to procure their liberation. You know that the Figaro must not be always taken very literally. A violent thunderstorm burst over Paris this morning. I hear that the lightning struck the .well-known photo graphic establishments of Nadar and of Alophe, nearly opposite the Grand Hotel, and also a house in the neighbouring Rue Caumartin, but without causing very serious damage. rhe birth of the new prince has given immense satisfac tion in Russia, where, perhaps, more than in any other country of the world, the sovereign's relations to his people are those of a father to his family. A salvo of 301 guns announced the event There would have been but 31 rounds if the child had been " only a girl." The Czar has issued a proclamation ordering that the title of Imperial Highness shall be " on all necessary occasions given to the new-born grand duke, our well-beloved grandson." The infant's names are Nicholas Alexandrovitch, and he has been inscribed in all the regiments of the guards and hussars in which his fatherls inscribed. He has also been named chief of the Cali Regiment of Infantry of Moscow, which is henceforth to be called " His Imperial High ness's Own." Rathe r an infantile commander of infantry this. Thichere w as has been oau a sp h i ly ena g i o a rg r e e o v u i s ew spe i e n ta S el t e .. P e n ter: b c u z r a g r , ex pressed himself we ll satisfied with the conduct of t h e t ro ops, and gave th em fifty copecks each. Sometimes th e se military spect ac l es are costly affairs. A few d ays. ago the Emperor, on th e occasion of t h e fê te o f th e h ussar reg iment, made a g if t of 300,000 rou b les f rom hi s pr i vy pur se to be divided amongst the superior of fi cers an d subal terns of the Guard on active service. The Constitutionnel confirms the statement of the Liberti that there is serious discontent in Malta, and gives the following account of its origin. Before Sir Henry Storks quitted the island he raised the salary of the Auditor General, an Englishman, from £5OO to £6OO. The Admi nistrative Council, composed of eight Maltese, sent a protest against this measure to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, but he ratified the decision of the late governor. Five of the members then resigned, and as the Council is an elective body, the election of new members gave rise to much excitement. One of the journals declared that the Maltese were not Abyssinians. " Sixty-five years ago we gave ourselves voluntarily to England, and a constitution was granted to us which ought to be respected. But of late years we have been treated like puppets, and . every day things become wora e . ,, "Why," adds another . paper, " does England always send us governors who pocket their salary of £5,000 for doing nothing? There aro plenty of other nations who would gladly take charge of Malta. Let us endeavour to get rid of our pre sent oppressors." The Constitetionne/ adds that England takes no notice of these complaint; for she has eight regi ments in the fortress and a squadron in the port of La Valetta. "Nevertheless, the English journals, so prodigal with their advice to other Governments, should advise their own to give some attention to the intellectual situation of the Maltese population, deprived of;, schools and given up to idleness.s and consequently to pauperism. There is only one opinion in Europe as to the miserable state of the lower classes in the island of Malta." Sir Roderick Murchison sends some more letters to the Times, touching the latest prosecution of the Ex-Governor of Jamaica. The first is from the Hon. IL N. Addington, who considers that the proceedings are now assuming the character of a "persecution," and encloses a cheque for £5O in aid of the "Defence Fund." In the next place, Mr. Hamilton Hume, the hon. sec. of the fund, calls attention to the statement in Mr. Buxton's recent letter that " it is notorious that sums vastly beyond all possible costs - are at his (Mr. Eyre's) disposal.,, He asks what right that gentleman had to make such an assertion,know ing full well that it would have been impossible for Mr. Eyre to meet the expenses of the civil and criminal prosecutions but for the generous aid of the public. " The object," says Mr. Hume, " is to prevent the public sub scribing to assist the late Governor of Jamaica. It remains to be seen whether such tactics will succeed." The third communication is from Mr. J. Humphry, who calls upon the public to come forward to defend the man " who saved our colony," and who "should be held up to every colonial governor as an example, not as a reproach." At the same time he encloses a cheque for £3OO, by way of counterbalancing the £3OO sent by the hon. member for BaltihneY t9wan4 the oNtifimst tq mocuticqk _TG, MAY 27, ISOB. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. VOTE OF THANKS TO SIR ROBERT NAPIER. The'Earl of MALMESBURY announced to the house that the vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier, for the ser vices rendered by him in Abyssinia, would be postponed Until after the Whitsuntide holidays, in consequence of no official despatches having been received. CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARDS AND RELIGIOUS SITES BILL. On this bill being committed, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved as an amend ment to one of the clauses that the clergy of various de nominations should at a fixed time be allowed to come into the churchyard to perform the- burial service app:r taiuing to their denomination's. The Bishop of OXFORD entirely ohjocted to this; he thought it would be highly inexpedient that the clergy of the other denominations sliould be albwed at a fixed time to come into tho chure'uyird and perform a service. Therefore he trusted that their lordships would not eut , . r tain his noble friend's amendment. The bill was then pissed through committee. THE REFORM..A.TORIES OF IRELAND BIIL. This bill vas read a first tune. ARTIZANS AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS BILL. . _ _ Lord CHELMSFORD moved the second reading of this bill, and said that it was with great pleasure that he moved it. The evil which it was to mitigati was daily and daily increasing. It was calculated to confer happiness upon a very large number of the inhabitants of our large towns. Several bills on the subject had been introduced, but although read a second time, none of them had passed, although the last one passed without a division. .One of course of the objectors to this bill would come from those who owned a large portion of these buildings, but he would refer their lordships to some of the statistics referring to these localities. In one statement was to be found the particulars of fifty-seven persons who had been sleeping, eating, and living in the same tenement, and when ono unhappy sufferer died the corpse was left there, while his wife and family were sent to the wcrkhouso. It was for the well being of the country that these horrible and not sin gular condition of the dwellings of the labouring classes should be ameliorated. He knew that it was a painful recapitulation, but it was beyond doubt necessary that the very worst phases should be fully exposed. He would refer to three great towns, Manchester, Liverpool, and London. In them the overcrowding was so great that it was found that 56 adult daughters slept in the same beds as their parents ; and in another that in 99 instances adult sons slept in the same room as their mothers and sisters, and in 37 instances in thesame bed. In one mostnotorious instance in the same room two sons slept with the mother, and the husband, wife, and daughter in the same bed. In o ne .street (Lord-street) in Manchester through this over crowding there were 200 cases of typhits fever in nine months. In 89 houses there were 3,050 persons. After reciting and justifying the provisions contained in the bill, Lord Chelmsford referred to a suggestion that had been made to refer the measure to a select committee, and, although himself opposed to such a course, said he would consent to the reference, fearing he could not successfully resist it if it were pressed. Lord SHAFTESBURY spoke in confirmation of the evils Sat present existing and the absolute necessity of some such measure as was now proposed, which was continually becoming more urgent in consequence of the incessant de molition of houses for improvements and the ever grow ing numbers of the population in all large towns, espe cially in the metropolis. The Duke of SOMERSET thought the bill might be made more effective by a reference to a select committee, and pointed out how the poorer classes suffered from the proceedings of trades' unions, which objected to cheapen ing the cost of erecting houses. The Bishop of LONDON warmly approved the bill. Lord PORTMAN was prepared to oppose the bill in its present shape, but thought that it might be made into a useful measure by the labours of a select committee. Ile instanced several points in which the bill was deficient or vague to prove that it required more careful con sideration. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH approved the principle of the bill, and concurred in the reference to a select committee. Vv Lord DERBY expressed a similar opinion, indicating one defect in the bill in its present shape, that it did not deal with overcrowded dwellings, but only with dwellings that were unfit for human habitation. Ho also suggested other points requiring further consideration than could be given in commitee of the whole house. After a few words from Lord FORTESCUE, the bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be referred to select committee. _ . The Sea Fisheries Bill passed through committee, after some objections expressed by Lord Clanricarde on behalf of the Irish firshermen. The other orders having been disposed of, the sitting was concluded at 23 minutes to nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR a now writ was ordered to issuo forllublin in the room of Sir B. Guinnoss. BURIAL CERTIFICATES. Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had beon called ue the following passage in a charge to the Grand Jury at V.verpoel in March last by Mr. Justiee Mellor conclusion the learned judge referred to frauds recently practised upon burial societies, and said that in many cases ho feared that the registration of death was a mere farce. In one of these cases, ho said, the doctor had given a cortificata of death without being aware that the person was dead, and if such was the usual practice, and ho was told it was, tho sooner it was changed the better." Mr. HARDY s&.d his notice had not been called to the matter until the motion had been placed upon the paper, but he made inquiry into tho subject, and he found that it arose in consequence of two persons making declarations in the presence of the registrar, and also bringing with them the certificates of two medical men who had for merly attended the two persons represented as being dead, but who were then alive. The making a false declaration before the registrar was punishable with penal servitude; but he had received no complaint that such false certifi cates had been used, as far as London was concerned, but he had received such an intimation from Manchester. H did notthinkthat any new system could be adopted without a reconstruction of the Registration Act; but he thought if proper vigilance was used the dangerous practice could be put a stop to. THE IRISH REFORM BILL. In reply to Sir C. O'LOGLIL EN, The Earl of MAYO said it was proposacl to proceed with the Irish Reform Bill on Thutsday fortnight, who la it would stand as the first order of the dly. THE OUTRAGE IN JAPAN. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs what truth there was in the statement in the China newspapers that our ambassador in Japan, on a first visit of ceremony to the Mi kado or Emperor of Japan at Kioto, accom panied by a European escort, was attacked by Japanoso and twelve of the escort wounded: And, whether twelve of the crew of a boat belonging to the French ship of war Dupleix wore assassinated on landing on the estate of Prince Tosa, near Osaka, and what effect these outrages had on the relations between the British and French Governments with that of the Emperor of Japan. ' Lord STANLEY said it was quite true that Sir Harry Parkes and his retinue were attacked by some Japanese fanatics on his way to pay a visit to the Mikado, and several of the party wore wounded. The Japanese autho rities had done everything that could be desired in the matter, and had gone so far as to say that, in the event of any permanent injury resulting to any of the persons in ured compensation would be made them. (Hear.) Nothing had taken place which would affect the good relations which now existed between this country and Japan. With respect to the murder of some of the crew of the French vessel named, that had also been amicably arranged. The Mikado was anxious, ho believed, to cultivate the relations of frierdly nations, and had expressed his willingness to adopt all the treaties entered into with the Tycoon. (Hear, hear.) MAILSITO THE CAPE. Mr. CANDLISH asked the Secretary to the Treasury if any contract had been effected with the Union Steam Shipping Company for the conveyance of an intermediate monthly mail between England and the Cape of Good Hcpe. Mr. BOOTH said a contract had been entered into with the Union Steam Shipping Company for the conveyance of an intermediate monthly mail between this country and the Cape. After the contract had been completed another offer was made, but that was not nearly as favourable as that entered into with the Union Company. THE GENERAL ELECTION. Mr. SA.NDFORD asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether her Majesty's Government intended to bring forward any measure, and, if any, what measure, for the purpose of shortening the period which, under the exist iug law, must intervene before a general election can take place under the provisions of the Reform Act passed in the Into session of Parliament? Mr. DISRAELI said the subject was undet the con sideration of Government, but the difficulties in the way were greater than was at first supposed. He, however, trusted that the difficulties would be surmounted, and in a few days he would be able to make a communication to the house. _ _ Mr. GLADSTONE asked when it was likely the views of tho Government would be made on the subject to the house. He thought that if a select committee was appointed to look into the matter it would facilitate the business. AUSTRALIA. Sir R. PALMER asked the Under Secretary of State for the Qvloniee Whether 119 Weal 41 upon the table of the 'house the despatches from the Governor of Victoria brought by the last mail. Mr. ADDERLEY said the despatches would be laid on *be table in the comae of the week. THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. In answer to an HoN. MEMBER, Dlr. DISRAELI said he proposed to move that the house at its rising on Friday adjourn over until the fol loiring Thursday. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.-THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. Mr. DISRAELI, in moving that the house at its rising adjourn until Thursday, said that it would be recollected that he had placed a notice on the paper to move a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier on Friday next, he at the time supposing that certain despatches had boon lost. However, within the last 48 hours information had been received which led him to believe that those despatches were in existence, and would soon be in the haede of the Government, and, under such eircunistancas, feeling it would b 3 well that all the inform.ition possible should be in the bands of memb,ms, ho should therefore postpone moving the vote of th.tulis until after the 'Whitsuntide holidays. (Hear, hoar.) Tho me ion was then agreed to. THE DIPLOMATIC SEUVICE. Mr. LABOUCHE LIE moved that, in the opinion of this house, all sums required to defray the expenses of the diplomatic service ought to be annually voted by Parlia mout, and that estimates of all such sums ought to be sub mitted in a form that would admit of their effectual supervision and control by that house,. The hon. member referred to a number of cases in which pensions were now paid, although the recipients were not beyond rendering further service to the country. lie also condemned the system of sending expensive missions abroad for the in vesting certain persons with the Order of the Garter, which he thought could very well be done by the am bassadors resident at the places. It was very pleasant, no doubt, to the noblemen selected to go out ou such business, but it was not so to the tax payers. (Hear, hear.) lie also thought the system of agencies, as at present carried out at the Foreign-office, was highly objectionable, and ought to be abolished. Lord STANLEY said some of the recipients of pen sions alluded to by the hon. gentleman had retired as long as thirty years ago, but ho was not responsible for more than three of the pensions alluded to. The greatest en deavour was made at the Foreign-office to keep down the expenditure, but he could not consent to the cutting down the salaries of those who had left the country on the un derstanding that a certain sum would be paid for their services. The rule was to place at the disposal of the Fo reign office a lump sum of £lBO,OOO, with the understand ing that there was not to be any further money voted for diplomatic service. If the expenditure of that sum was questioned, it was open to bring the whole subject under the consideration of the house. He must oppose the mo tion of the hon. gentleman opposite. Mr. OFIILDERS regretted that the noble lord had thought it his duty to oppose the ►notion of the hon. mem ber for Middlesex. He thought that there was much in the present system that might be altered with advantage to all parties, and thefefore he had hoped that a different course would have been adopted. Mr. D. Griffith and Mr. Alderman Lusk supported the motion, and Mr. W. Lowther also made some observations correcting exaggerations of Mr. Labouchere. On a division the motion was carried by 76 to 72. The subject of accidents in coal mines was brought be fore the house by Mr. GREENE, who read numerous ex tracts from the inspectors' reports and from the evidence before select committees, and discussed the various pre ♦entive measures which had been suggested, such as an increase in the number of inspectors, the appointment of sub-inspectors, improved education of men and managers, and an alteration in the law limiting the liability of the mine-owners. He moved for a Royal Commission to in quire into tho subject. Mr. JACKS° N, on behalf of the coal-owners, ex pressed their willingness to accept and carry out any sug gestions for the prevention of accidents, for none were more interested in the safety of mines than they. He strongly recommended a subdivision of districts and an increase in the number of inspectors. Mr. PO WELL was arguing in favour of an addition to tho staff of inspectors, when the house was counted out at half-past 7 o'clock. PROBABLY THE WORST JOURNAL IN ENGL AND. A great broadsheet of huge, coarsely-executed woodcuts, representing, in a style of art the bad ness of which has never been surpassed at any period of our uncivilisation, every kind of violent and murderous act, every foul and diabolical crime, every incident marked by special characteristics of noisomeness, horror, or cruelty, which the annals of the week preceding the publication-day of this grievous sheet have furnished for the benefit of the morbidly disposed part of the British pub • lie. Only the worst crimes are comm.mo rated here. has some wretched child been tormented with rare ingenuity by an unnatural parent has some miserable woman been assailed with more than common ferocity by her husband ; has a father been murdered by his son, or a son by his father ; has an ardent lover blown out his sweet heart's brains, or his own, or both his sweetheart's and his own ; here, as surely as the Saturday comes round, we have thrust before our eyes, certain great woodcut. illustrations of such horrors, the original ghastliness of the subjects being supple mented by the additional grimness which the vilest and rudest execution can impart. illustrations may be enjoyed free of expense, by those who choose to study them in the shop win dows ;'not so the letter-press. 'This the public must pay for, and, as it does pay for it, it is logical to conclude that the public likes it. Lit us examine for a moment what the public does like. it likes— else why should it pay money to get them 2 de tailed accounts of all sorts of ugly and terrible transactions. It likes graphic descriptions, with particulars, of human remains discovered under mysterious circumstances and in an advanced state of decomposition. It likes—judging by the titles of the different articles —to read of Brutal Assaults, of Fearful Murder and Suicide by a Father, of At tempted Wife Murder at Bury, of a Frightful Case of Suicide at the Bristol Union, of a Charge of Murder against the Servant of a Duke, of a Dreadful Assault with a Bar of Red-hot Iron. • Bat what this particular public seems to like best of all is a detailed history of the last hours of some well known malefactor—a kind of murderers' Court Circular. Such a history is furnished of the final scenes in the life of Miles WetlAerill. The narrative is subdivided into sections, each with a heading or title of a stimulating character. Conduct of the Culprits since their Sentence of Death—Wether hill's Interview with his Relatives and Sweetheart— Wetherhill's Last Letter to a Friend—Timothy Faherty—The Gallows and Barricades—The Crowd —The Culprits—The Pinioning—The Official Pro cession to the Scaffold—Last Preparation of all— Calcraft threatened. The subject indicated under these headings receives careful treatment, the details being (to employ an expressive phrase much in use am ong French artists) "caressed" with affection. . We are imitative creatures, and the in • • ffuence of bad example is notoriously great in the criminal world. Any offence of an exceptional kind,and distinguished by exceptional characteristics, is sure to be followed btanether and another, won derfully like the first iu all respects. . . Th e area sneak, who objects to the nature of his recep tion at the house where his young woman resides, and where no followers are allowed,determ ines in like man ner, as he broods over his wrong, "he'll do for them people as Miles Wetherill did for them Plows at Todmorden." He adds, moreover, that h e doesn't care if he swings for it," and, to do him justice, when the time comes for swinging, it seems as if this boast were well founded, and he really does not care very much after all. Is he sustained by the thought that his picture will appear in the next number of the Police News, with the hangman attending to him on one side, and the clergyman in his surplice attending to him on the other ? Dickens's " All the Year Round." A posthumous opera by M. Gustave Fay " Fiesko," has been given at Pesth. Madame Ristori has been producing a grew effect in Havana. Heir Berwald, a Swedish celebrity as a com poser, and the director of the Stockholm Con servatory, died the other day, aged seventy-one. A theatre now being built at -Bassett°, Signor Verdi's native place, bearing the composer's name, is to be opened this autumn. Mr. Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne Castle, has allowed the Master of the Rolls to make a copy of all the historical papers of his ancestors, the Earls of Bristol. A WOMAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. —On Satur day, as the Scotch express train was within a mild of Usworth Station, or the North-Eastern line, an old woman, named Maria Hind, who happened to be walking on the line, wa§ knpckccl down gad NOTICE. The Fourth Edition of " The San" of last Evening, con taiuing the Latest Betting and Races at Epsom, was published at 7.30 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, EPSOM RACES—Turs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BENTINCI PLATE. Airdrie Laird of Scutlaud Milton ........................ .......................... 2 .......................... 3 Eight ran. THE DERBY. BLUE GOWN (Wells) 1. KING ALFRED (Nal-luau) 2 SPECULUM PAUL JONES ORION .(Clement) 0 GREEN SLEEVE ROSICRUCIA.N (Custance) 0 ST. RONAN (Jeffrey) CI LADY ELIZABETH (Fordham) 0 FRANCHISE (Challoner) 0 FOREST KING (J. Snowden) 0 COCK 0IJ"I'llE WALK (IL Day) 0 MAID OF MASHAM COLT (Cameron) 0 SAMSON VISCOUNT (J. Osborne) 0 CAP-A-PIE (J. Grimshaw) 0 SEE-SAW (Maidtuent) 0 SUFFOLK (Daley) 0 Eighteen ran. Won by half a length. Betting-13 to 8 agst Lady Elizabeth, 4to 1 agat, Blue Gown, 12 to 1 each agst Rosicrucian and Sei. folk, 14 to 1 each agst Paul Jones and Orion, al to 1 each agst Pace 4nd Speculum, and 25 to 1. agst any other. A good start was effected, and the horses kept in a cluster till reaching Tattenham Cosner, but Lady Elizabeth never took a prominent part in the race. On descending the hill there was the usual tailing off, and the cheers from the supporters, of Sir Joseph Hawley were tremendous as they passed the Grand Stand, as Blue Gown, ridden patiently by Wells, shook off the challenge of King Alfred, and won easily by half a length. It was at first supposed that Suffolk was second, but the hoisting of the number of King Alfred, the Baron's second representative, settled the question. Speculum a bad third. Pace broke down in the preliminary canter, and did not run. TIME, AS TAKEN BY BENSON'S CHRONOGRAPH. h. min. BCC. Start 3 ... 17 ... 0 Arrival ... 3 ... 19 ... 43i Duration of race... . 2 431 MANOR STAKES. Regula ...... Valentia •• ....... ...... 2 Rhododendron Sixteen ran. • BURGH STAKES. Cyclamen Lelia Little Coates Fif teen ran. EPSOM TOWN PLATE. Lily .. 1 Lore Derby •• Sir Oliver 'Twelve ran. GOING TO THE DELZBY. THIS DAY. Several years have rolled away since the great thoroughfares leading out of the metropolis, even on a Derby-day, presented such au animated and crowded state as they did this morning. Nothing could equal the brilliancy of the scene. on account of the rich trappings of the fours in hand, and the gay colours of the " post boys" riding the horses iu the West-end traps. The rich dresses of the ladies who accompanied their hus bands were gorgeous, and reminded the many thou sand spectators of what might have been seen at the Italian Opera House on a great night. As early as six o'clock in the morning thousands of pedestrians turned out and took up their posi tion on every piece of vantage ground leading from Hyde - park Corner, along the Vauxhall bridge-road, Pitnlic), over Vauxhall-bridge to the Swan at Stockwell. Up to this point an un broken line of people of both sexes had congregated to witness the richly caparisoned horses and equipages conveying the company to wards the Downs at Epsom. The most crowded spots along the route were at the Elephant and Castle and Kensington Park. At those places strong bodies of the L, M, and P divisions of police were placed on duty, but owing to the removal of the gates, which for years used to cause such obstruction and confusion at this particular place having been removed, enabled the carriages to pass along with out any detention, and none of those unavoidable accidents which were of frequent occurrence in former years happened. In the immediate vicinity of Clapham-common the scene was one of great bustle, and the common itself presented an im mense moving mass of heads. To pro vide for the amusement of the company there were all the appliances of a fair, for there were games of Aunt Sally, stalls for the sale of ginger bread, hot stewed eels, pickled salmon, and other eatables and .drinkables. There were also several troupes of " Unreal Christy Minstrels " and itine rant bands of musicians. Very little inconvenience was occasioned along the roads until the vehi cles reached Tooting, and here the plot cum mencad to thicken, for some of the horses be coming fatigued it was found necessary to halt for a short time, so as to water the nags, but the confusion, however, was considerably less than it used to be on former years on the Derby day. This may be accounted for in a great measure to the accommodation provided, as will be seen below, by the railway companies having their termini in the heart of the metropolis. THE JOURNEY FROM WATERLOO RAILWAY STA TION. —A special cheap train left this station at a quarter past nine o'clock, and long before that time an immense multitude had assembled outside the station, and long as the train was it was inadequate to accommodate the pumber of per sons iu attendance, but another train was put on, and was started fifteen minutes later, and every carriage was completely crammed. Other trains were kept running until half past 1 o'clock this afternoon. THE LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAY STLTION.—The whole of the open spaces leading to the entrances to the South-Eastern Railway were crowded for hours before the time announced for the first Derby train to start, and great confusion prevailed amongst the many thousands congregated together. Beyond the fact of a few women fainting in the crowd no accident took place. The trains kept filling as fast as they could be made ready, and the living freights were conveyed in safety to the Downs. (rininD EDITION- SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via tiouthampto"......May 23. Ditto, via Marseilles .......... ...... ••... June 17. Ditto, via Panama ......................... May 2). Brazil, liaenos Ayres, and Monte %Woo •... June 4. Ditto, by French paoket ......... ... ... June Cape Verde. by Brazil packet • • .... . June 4. Cape of Good dope. AseenWlou. au.l St. Helena —June 12. ellina. Tenant:, and Singapore, via Southampton June 6. Ditto, via gamines ..... ........• . -June 11, Falkland Islands ...... .•. .J une 4. ilbraltar, via Southampton . • May 30. India. via Soutna m p ton ...... ••• ...„„ Ditto, via Mansell es . ....„..............June i Malta, egypt, Jzo. May 31. Ditto, Marseilles... May - . Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Soutliumpton Ditto, Marseilles June ! 8 Newf0und1and........... June 3 Portugal ........June t, Ditto, by priN Lie ship to Oporto ... Ditto t..tto 4eisloon United States, t anada, California, &0., by British packet _..,.... .nay 23. West Indies and Pazitic (except Mexioo and klaha- MAO tli•pOtil up I • ur u t, jag 0.