The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-01 00:00:00

nodifica )est con- seeking le House , and re nit time, I recog- c~~ ne 30. Beatrice in the 1 High- Louise, ent out lay, ac lark. [ with a Duke Han n-street, death ;ned to happen to the rations of the uite of a por- e died, the in task is as are and his extra mtiary, corres- vat's a with a Rome, rties in taff of other as ab ed the it the ;ers is heory. inner mt in to the prohi ts the to the :nized )n, by which • seen e t er- An elec- one of ;on to Such ian in more ed by irmed case greed quent votes gular ;onny ocent erina nani pro- ed to !ngth 'hilip I as- those iding ation ial of loubt • the the 'ging -hat the X 0 N y mA , E T AND COMMEIICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. A less favourable tone prevails in Stock Exchange business than was the case yesterday, but there is no quotable depreciation of. prices to cite. The Funds, however, remain at previous prices, owing to the be lief that the surfeit of money must stimulate pur chases. Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares are flat, and many of the leading descriptions are 5 lower. Among the latter Brighton is exceptionally firm. Joint Stock Bank Shares are again lower, London and Westminster being chiefly offered. Though this is only the first day of the new quarter there is observable an increase in the money seeking employment, and the demand is also rather less. The minimum rate in the open market is, however, main ta :led at 1 per cent. The Funds are without change. Consols are quoted at 94g- to 941 for delivery, and 941 to 94/ for account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 945 to 94g- ; India Five per Cents., 1145 to 115 ; Exchequer Bills, 13s to 20s prem. ; Bank Stock, 240 to 943. Colonial Government Securities are steady. The following are the quotations :—Canada 6 per Cent., 104 to 106 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 92 to 94 ; Mauritius 6 per Cent., 105 to 107 ; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 100 to 102 ; New Zealand 6 per Cent., 110 to 112 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 1085 to 1095 ; Vic toria 6 per Cent., 114 to 116. Speculativ e Foreign Stocks are being sold upon the decline in Paris. This morning Peruvian, Viceroy's, Turkish, Italian, and Spanish are all lower. The quotations current are :—Mexican, 15/ to 165 ; Greek, 134 to 13/ ; Honduras, par to 1 prem. ; New Spanish, 361 to 305 ex div. ; Italian (1861), 51 to 514 ex div. ; Turkish, 395 to 39g- ; Peruvian (1865), 79 erg9s ex div. ; Egyptian (1864), 81 to 83, and Vicy's Seven per Cents., 731 to 74±. In American Securities United States Five-Twenty Bonds are firm, at an improvement of 4, being dealt in at 735 to 731 Erie shares are ± lower, at 45 to 46 ; Illinois unaltered, at 101 to 102. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 28 to 29 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 334 to 33/. English Railways are irregular. There is a decline of /in Great Northern, in Midland, and 4in Lan cashire a n d Y orkshire, South Eastern, and Sheffield, and f in Great Northern A and London ana North- Western. On the other hand, Brighton are 4 better, Caledonian f, and Great Western and Metropolitan each. The prices are :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12 75 to 128 ; Midl and, 104/ to 1055 ; South Eastern, 724 to 73 ; London and North Western, 1131 to 1141 ; Great N or th ern , 1015 to 1025 ; G rea t North ern A, 955 to 96 ; Great Eastern, 351 to 36 ; Great Western, 495 to 50 ; Brighton, 514 to 52 ; Sheffield, 41 to 414 ; Metropolitan, 1105 to 111 ; Caledonian, 715 to 72 ; and Chatham, 19 to 195. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four ner Cent. Debenture Stock is 96 to 97. Foreign Railways are without movement. Lom bardo-Venetian is inquired for, at 15k to 15f ; and Great Luxembourg. at 111 to 11k. In Bank Shares the principal feature is a fall of 1 per cent.. in London and Westminster, which are quoted at 69 to 70 ; London and County unaltered, at 495 to 50J ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Imperial Ottoman, to / prem. ex div. ; Agra, 11 to 12 ; Alliance 115 to 104 dis. ; London Joint Stock, 33 to 34; Union of London, 33 to 34. In Foreign Mining there i s littl e or no b us i ness doing. St. John del Rey remains at 19 to 20 ; Tort Philip, 15 to 1/ ; Ch ontales, 1i to 2 ; Rossa Grande, to 4, prem. Miscellaneous Securities are without feature. Anglo-American Telegraph is marked at 21 11-16tht to 21 1 3-l6ths ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 4i to 4/ ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 15i to 15a ; London General Omnibus, 2 to 21. £35,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank yester day. According to Messrs. Mocatt a an d G o ld sm id, the sil ver market remains in a very quiet state with no alteration to report in the prices of bar silver or Mexican dollars. The former is rather flat at present, but the amount offering is not considerable. The inquiry for dollars for China, which appeared possible a fortnight ago, has not developed itself, and they are therefore purchased by the refiners. The arrivals of gold from America continue to be on a large scale, and are forwarded to the Continent ; but the greater part of the gold received from Australia is taken to the D an k . The City of Antwerp has arrived from New Zea land with £82,000 in specie. The ordinary general meeting of the City Bank hat been called for the 21st inst., to receive the directors, report and to declare a dividend. A special general meeting of the Queen's Hotel Company has been called for the 7th inst., for the purpose of confirming certain resolutions passed at the 'previous meeting. A joint-stock company is announced under the designation of the London, Belgium, Brazil, and River Plat e R oyal Mail Steamship Company, which proposes to purchase and work a postal concession obtained by Messrs. Tait and Com pany from the Belgian Government. The con tract has been in operation sufficiently long to indi cate its profitable character. The capital is £200,000, in £2O shares, with power to increase. It is proposed to call up all the capital within nine months. The company take over from Messrs. Tait the four ste steamers prepared by them for the conveyance of the Mr. Robert Page Kemp, Mr. Alfred Lawson Ford, and Mr. Richard Waugh Macarthur (the two former of whom have for many years been engaged in the ollice of M essrs. Kemp, Canaan, Ford, and Company), have commenced business as public accountants, at Liverpool, under the fi rm o f " K emp, Ford, Mac arthur,and Company." Arrangements have been mad e by which they will have the co-operation and assistance of the firm above mentioned. l, and Mr. G. H. Jay has j o i ne d t h e fi rm of P r i ce, Holy , and Waterhouse, accountants. Mr. Sam Mendel's weekly report is as follows, dated Manchester June 30th :—" The tone of this market has become weaker since last Tuesday. Business to-day is very sluggish, with prices easier and more pressure to make sales." The traffic return of the Metropolitan Railway for tas he week ending June 28 shows an increase of £523 compared with the corresponding week of 1867 ; the Great Luxembourg an increase of £476 ; and the Oude and Rohilkund Railway an increase of £331. A. dividend of 9d in the pound is announced to the creditors of the Contract Corporation. BILITISN FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols ......... , (3l i Ditto for Account, July • .............. ,43_ 4.. per Cent. Red uce d 91 1 4 Nev 3 per Cent Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ Do. 5 per Cent...tan. 1873 4. Inuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., _1 . 8 . 6 . 0 —..._ Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188_0 Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 I -- 5 - Exch equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 71 Do. £500 DO. £lOO & £2OO --..— Bank of England Stock, 41 pe r Cent 2lO u Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 D o. Opening 212 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 _ Do. 1 per Cont., Oct. 1888 _ Do. Certificates Do, Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., J an. 1872 Do. 5/ par Cent., M ay 1879 — Do Do 5 per Cent., R up , D eb. 1872 — do. 1877 _ Do. do. 188 4 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., 41,000 Do. under £l,000 FORRIGN FUNDS —TWO CLOCK. Argentine Repubc, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858..... Du. do 1860 Do. do:, 1863 Do. 5 per 'Cent., 1865 13 b° Account uenosAyres 6 per Cent Clth'Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cailiil 6Per Cent. Doan 6 per Cent .41 per Cent .......................... DD. o per Ceut., B .... D0D0.,0., 1867 7 per ,Cent., 1866 ' ~ Scrip £32 paid CI )1, ff ib ia „ n . _ .................. _ Dtur "' ° Per Cent. ................. . . 3 ~, sh, 3 per Cent 1825 .. --- aJattoiliga,uep_rincipalities, 7 I:e.r.. Con —.....1 n 1% 14 4 Z. Cent., 1867 ............ Egyptian'4,,BNlT Uonsolidated, • 1 per Cent -- DDo, 8 „,aAer, saneCic t ........................ o. £5OO 80..,..................... — D o. 4100 Bow,. • Do. us 1 .. 8 . .... Do. A ccount 8.)/ 2 0 Bonds, -a Do. .£lOO Bonds ................ :: ....... : Go vora ille: It t Railway Det;F:n..;;;r:::::1: — Ulan- per Cent., 1824' 5, ox Coups' 000.. Accounte ......................... . .... ~. . —..... 114). Ace e3uot I G ktatculala 5 per 63;7'1". ............ II onduras Gov. Rail. Loan lO p. ct. t £25 p t iliau 5 p a rent., Cent , 1865 . — Do, Account .: O. Uttrora luau; ................ ........ litexicaz 3 per Cent . 16/ Ditto for Account ....................................... Do. 1863 ........................ Do 6 per Com. iluelo-Frouch. ......... .. -, 31ontevidiertr, 6 per Cent. . — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) PeraTian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 80 79 i Do 44 por Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2.'h Do. do. 1 ,-, 67 Do. do. Sc. ip, £2O paid Ruisian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.„ Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 904 Do. (11 £Bl 15s. do. — i'o Nicolas Railway 64 4 4 Sardinian, b per Cent 73 Spinisli 3 per Cen . — Do. Acw.,unt Do. 1867 Do. New Deferred. - Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Account Do. Com. Cert. bf Coup. not funded Do. 9.ccount Tur osli 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 614 Do Account 8G i 8 Do .£loe B on d s 634 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 1 per Cont. ' 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. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 23f. Dutch 21- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ — Do Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1 g 51., Ex. 25f. Do. Account 5ll 1 1 TWO O'CLOCK. , . Consols Mone Do. Do. Account, July 9 . 941 k xd REVENUE RETURNS, -- t-- I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Threnue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ending June 30, 1868, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarters ended Customs . Excise Stamps Taxes Property 'fax I Post-0111.e Crown Lands ' them. anemia Total+. Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 3', June 30, 1867 1867 186 i 1868 -- ----- X £ £ £ 5,5 2,000 6,19 2 , 000 5 , 547 , 0 05 5,453,000 4,3 0,000 5,092,0 00 5,742,000 4 857,000 2,2 0,000 2, 29 %,000 2,49,,000 2 , 3 7 2 ,000 27 ,000 1,317,0 00 414 , 0 00 1,476,000 648,000 685,000 3,067,000 2,269,000 1,20',' 00 1,10, 000 1 0 00 ,00 J 1,12 ',OOO 72,000 0.,0,000 101,000 73 ,0 00 719,740 553,98, 909,57! 661,003 4_!+11.710 17.5!5.9 :0 19.378.5:4 18,284 003 '14, , J13,710 17,5!5, 9 18.284 003 Quarters en .!ed Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, 1866 180 1867 1867 _— _— -- X £ £ £ Customs 5,541,000 5,964, 000 5,527,000 5,499,0( 0 Exci3e 4,5.10,000 ' 5,47!, 000 5 , 535 . 000 5,028,000 Stamps Taxes Proptrty Tax I'ost-offi e 1,1 6, ,000 1,140,0 00 1,100,000 1 150,000 Crown Lands Miscellaneous ---- -- Totals Year el (June 30, 1808. mded June 30, 1867. 22,604,003 19,991,000 9,361, , 00 3,470,000 6,869,; 0 4,60 ',OOO 346,00 2,847,217 70,162,297 22,5 .1,000 2 ,554,000 9,484,000 3,496,000 5,68 ,0( 0 4,550,000 331,4 0) *3,129,829 C 9.752- 29 Ind Bonds, £560,000 he periods ended June 30, responding periods of the Customs Excise Stamp s Taxes Property Tax Posc-Otlice Crown Lands Misce 1 .ncous Total * Including New Zealal 11.—Increaso and Decrease in 1868, as compared with coi preceding year : 1 !Quarter ended June Year ended June 3), 186 . 30, 1168. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Cul' oms Excise Stamps. — 17:;0i.0 1 I e,OOO Ta NeB - SO,O 0 - 17, , 0,) Property Tax Post-Office .... - Cro 4 n Lands thso..llancous Tota's 8,4,0:7r) ----- 452, 0 00 1,32 ,ojo 977,5 ,2 Nt t lucreace £532, 78 Net Incr. sae £3 9,46? lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended June 30, 1868, the ap plication of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended March 31, 1868, viz.:— Great Britain Ireland £C 0,946 Income received, as shown in Account I 18,281,003 Amount rased on Account of Fortifications, dtc., per Act 28th snd 9th Viotori t, ogp 01 Amount raised by the issue of Ex,,hequer Bonds, per Act 3J and 3:st Victoria, cap 31 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, Ate. Ditto for New Courts of Justice 103,000 £19,409,181 Balance, being the Deficiency on March 31, 180 4 , upon the charge of the Consolidated. Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Divi dends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Sept. 3 1868 4,123,639 £23,',39,[23 Deficiency of the Income of the C Amolidated Fund in Great Britain in the Quarter to March 3 , , 1818, for the charge cf the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain for that Quarter (as shown in Mei rec ding ac count) Less Amount of Sinking Fund Applie in Repay ment of Advavcao to meet the Baia De fi.Aency Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser vices Amount Ad ianced for New t_ ourts of Justice 4,000 Ditto for Greenwich llospital Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended June 30, 1858, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent . Debt £6,093,9 10 'terminable Debt Interest of Exchequer Bonds 11,375 Interest of Exchequer Bills 81,4,5 Interest on Advances on Account of Deficiency._ The Civil List Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 961,011 Advances forPublicWorks,&c. 338,102 10 !,737 7,972,511 Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the Quarter ended Jaw 39, Ms ....... 72q,306 £33,53J,123 PRINCESS'S Mal? . RE. Last night Miss Neilson nwle her first appearance in Landon as Juliet, and fully justified the high expectations entertained with respect to her embodi ment of the part. The young actress has been en dowed by nature with every personal requirement for the character, and her impersonation of it was iu every way highly artistic. There was a charming freshness about Miss Neilson's acting that was par ticularly pleasing, and altogether her rendering of the arduous part entitles her to the highest commen dation. Stagey conventionalism was wisely avoided, and all the emotions suggested by the text were given with the utmost truthfulness and poetic feeling. The balcony scene was charmingly given, as in no one instance did Miss Neilson overstep the modesty of nature. All was real, tender, and affectionate, and the applause it produced was as genuine as it was well deserved. The scene with the nurse on her return from Romeo was another fine piece of act ing, and in the latter part of the tragedy, where the loving girl emerges into the devoted wife, the young actress showed talent of a very high order. Altogether it was a very fine per formance, and one that proves Miss Neilson to be one of the most promising and rapidly-rising, actresses on the m3tropolitan stage. At the con clusion of the tragedy she was led forward to receive the enthusiastic applause of a very delighted audi ence—a tribute she well deserved. A new drama entitled " Ruth " is underlined by Mr. Vining, in which Miss Kate Saville is announced for the leading part. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—In the splendid Roya group at the Exhibition, Baker-street, has been jai added a life-size portrait model, in the dress of a nava' officer, of our popular Sailor Prince, the Duke of E lin burgh. We feel assured that hosts of visitors will avai hen:wolves 9f an early look in at the LLiAorical Gallery. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1868. Businese lone. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THAMES. POLICE 11VTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. A DETERMINED WOULD-BE SUICIDE.—Hed.wig Hoffman, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide. Police-constable Wilson, 407 A, said that seeing a crowd of persons standing near the Serpentine he went up to ascertain the cause, when he found that the prisoner, who was standing against the railings, and whose clothes were saturated with water, had thrown herself into the Serpentine. He asked her why she bad thrown herself . into the water, and she replied, "To commit suicide." Ile took her to the receiving-house, and afterwards to the workhouse, when she was supplied with fresh clothing, and then to the station-house ; and while on the way there she said that if she got off that time she would go to the Thames and destroy her self. He had made inquiries respecting the pri soner, and ascertained that she hal been in the asylum at Ifay ward Heath for nine months, and then discharged. . Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, that the state of her mind might be ascertained. CRUELTY TO A DONKEY.—James Holmes, of Gill street, Limehouse, appeared before Mr. Benson to answer a charge of cruelty to a donkey. The charge was preferred by Joseph Dobie, an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and in support of his case he called Mary Ann Stevens, of Moor's-cottages, Bow common, who was coming along Devon's-road, Bromley, on the 10th of July, at six in the evening, with a fast-trotting and valuable donkey, when the defendant, who was armed with a thick and heavy board, struck the donkey a tremendous blow across its back, which made the poor animal fall almost on its knees. lie then made a second blow at the donkey with the board, which the witness Stevens warded off with a sickle. The donkey was disabled for a week—it went off its feed and ate nothing for six days, and was very pe culiarly affected. _ _ Mr. James Broad, veterinary surgeon, on behalf of the Royal Society, said that the heavy blow in flicted on the donkey caused temporary paralysis to set in. Dobie said the defendant struck the donkey, and endeavoured to make it valueless because the owner of it refused to sell it to him. Mr. Benson said the defendant had been guilty of great cruelty, and find him 10s. and 4s. costs, which he paid. WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST.—Thomas Ward, a tall powerful fellow, was brought before Mr. Ben son, charged 'with violently assaulting James Hall, 115 11. The prisoner had been severely beaten by the policeman, who admitted that he had used his trun cheon freely, and if he had not, he should have been killed. Ile found the prisoner drunk and in capable in Upper East Smithfield, and raised him from the ground, on which the prisoner knocked him down, got on the top of him, and bit him. He described the biting, and said he was much injured. The prisoner also kickei him. He then used his truncheon. He was in great pain from the bite. The evidence of Hall was confirmed by Police sergeant Tranter, No. 4 11, who was present, and assisted in picking up the prisoner. Mr. Benson said he never heard before of any thing so malicious and diabolical as the conduct of the prisoner, and sentenced him to six weeks' im prisonment and hard labour. Ann ➢Tahomet, William Preston, and Emily Wallis were brought before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and disorderly . and assaulting John Tucker, a police-constable. The complainant said that Mahomet was a woman of infamous character, and married to a Tuscan. Last night Mahomet was using very bad language in Shadwell, and was very noisy. He took her into custody. On the way to the station-house the other prisoners met him, and said " Where are you taking her to?" He requested them to stand aside and not interfere with him. Preston then drew a knife and said, "I'll rip you open," and was ad vancing towards him apparently for that purpose, when Wallis took• the knife away. With some help he got all the prisoners to the station. John Jarrett, of 3, Crown-street, Limehouse, saw Preston with the knife. He threw him down, and took it from him. He was afraid he intended to stab the policeman. The prisoners were all very noisy and violent. Mr. B,mson said there was much disorder and violence among the infamous characters in the dis trict. He sentenced the woman to seven days' im prisonment and hard labour, and Preston to one month's imprisonment and bard labour. SHARE LIST. Sbare l Rallwayb. ' I raid.' Closing Prioe. Bristol and Exeter .... !Caledonian --.. 100 82 51 luo i 71 7 ICO 2,1 30 Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... 'Corn tcafl Dublin & Belfast J one Dun„ Perth, & Ab.Junc lE.Lundon, scrip Cvai DO. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 31 3 , ! 100 ; 75 , 70 72 all 100 100 101/ 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 110 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all • I 10 96 97 35t 351 7i ; 15 )6 102 103 96 17 123 126 Do. E. Angl. st. NO. 21 Great North of Scotland I Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock... Do. New, Is. at 25 pm GIS. and W. 01 Ireland Ut. Western -Original Do. N. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. lid.—Oxl out Do. Newport Do. Hereford...—. „ Lancashire St 1 orkshir, Loudon and Black wal Lon., Brigh., At S. Coast I•on., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. ht North Western Lou, A South Western Shel., Lincoln ,%tetropolitan.. Do. New ... • 97 98 4:2 49, G 5 57 k 8 %1 30 33 1274 Do. Exten , lon fttrupolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's 'u Aid;and Do. £9 Share. 106 107 r 5 je43 IUS Do, Birinin...lt Durb; utti lient •• • North British ...... Uo. Dun. N th. 14:astern—Berwick Do. purohusi Do. Lee.l.B ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. tock. tit Darling. 1 00 110 100 100 10.13.4 74 76 bOl do. 1860-61 " North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do, do. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junotlon Scottish Central Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock Uo. Scot, Mid. stJok Shropshire Union south Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok ruff Vale Do. C V rile of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I v‘r est Cornwall 100 100 'Co all 'Co )RDINARY d.ii.dES AND STOCH:,.. 51 51 19 111. 13 )5 111 il5 111 03 11 12 11‘ ;1 31 34i 711 93; 1211 191 1 52 li 111 i 1051 5 73 1 103 104 58 5) 93 95 130 134 13.1 134 418 126 11 11i 57 59 107 10) 57 69 45 47 73 74 19 12 143 145 MARKETS-7 HIS DAY. CORN. There is no appreciable change in the general condition of the trade. From the country markets the reports speak of d u ll ness with drooping prices, and the returns show some increase of home-grown wheat. 011 the coast the number of wheat cargoes on sale has been increased to 50, and buyers are very shy. At Mark-lane to-day the supply of English wheat was moderate, and met but little inquiry. Prices remain nearly the same as on Monday. There was a good arrival of foreign wheat, with a very re stricted demand, and quotations remain unchanged. Barley, beans, and peas maintain their value, and meet a steady sale. New white peas have scld at 465, quality good. There has been a liberal import of oats, but the demand is good, and holders are not disposed to make any further reduction in prices. The flour trade is dull without change in quotations. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET. SUGAR.—The demand on the spot is still dull, and prices tend in favour of buyers. Floating cargoes met some in quiry, but the list on offer being large buyers had the advantage in price. The last transaction was at 258 6d for No. Coffee—The market is well supplied with Costo Rica of the new crop, for which there appears a good demand, and full rates are paid. Good ordinary, 58s to 58s fid ; fine ordinary, 60s to 635; low middling to middling, 68s to 75s 6d per cwt. Tea—Busiuess is very quiet, but rates are unaltered. Spices.—The public sales to-day are light of most kinds, and are progressing rather rapidly, without change in price. Saltpetre.—A parcel of Bengal sold at 19s. 6d. for 4i per cent. exportation. Rice on the spot is dull, but for floating cargoes of soft grain there is still some inquiry. Homp met a limited sale at .£36 lOs to £37 10a accord ing to quality. Oils remain without quotable change. Petroleum is firmer at•ls 4-id on the spot. Tallow—The market is quiet at 44s 6d spot, and 43s 9d last three months. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Meat.—There was a heavy supply of middling lamb in the market this morning, which not only depressed the price at 2d to 4d per stone, but also caused a decline in the value of muttov by supplying its place to a very great 'extent. Prime veal was rather scarce, and in good demand. We quote—Beef, 3s 8 , 21 to 4s 6s ; mutton 3s 4d to 4s 2d; veal, 4s to 4s 8d; lamb, 4s to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Bd, per stone of 8d by the carcase. Poultry—Supplies in the aggregate are moderate, and the general character of the trade dull. For the better descriptions of chickens there is, however, a fair demand. Eggs remained without further change. French 7s, and English 8s per 120. COTTON MARKET. LivEnrooL, July I . —Sales probably 8,000 Market quiet and prices drooping. bales. The Queen of Portugal is now at Meudon on a visit to Princess Clotilde, her sister. The Grand Duke of Baden is said to be some what seriously indisposed. Prince William of Hesse, admiral in the Prussian navy, has lately arrived in London with the inten tion of staying during part of the season and making himself acquainted with the latest naval improvements. For several years past a pair of zebra parroquets have haunted the garden of Lincoln's Inn, London, where they live on the most familiar terms with the sparrows, and are never seen except in company with them. During the winter months the parro quets disappear, but whether no one knows. On the return of spring they come back and rejoin their old friends. This year for some time only one was observed, but now both are visible, with a brood of five young ones, CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE .01 CANTERBURY. Both Houses of Convocation met on Tuesday. Ile bishops remained deliberating with closed doors thagreater part of the day. At about three o'clock reporters were admitted, when the Bishop of London read the report of the committee appointed in a previous session to " report on the canonicity of the judgment of the Bishop of Cape Town" in reference to the case of Dr. Colenso. The document was of considerable length. It is stated that, although on the supposition of the invalidity of the letters patent the Bishop of Cape Town can claim no coercive jurisdiction as metropolitan, be was fully entitled to act in the ques- Con under discussion ; that he so duly acted; and that the granting of the appeal to the Archbishop of Canter. bury was in due accordance with the tenour of the letters patent. The committee were not equally agreed as to the proceedings in synod. With regard, however, to the whole case their lordships are of opinion that substantial justice was done to the accused ; that though the sentence, having been pronounced by a tribunal not acknowledged by the Queen's courts, whether civil or ecclesiastical, can claim no legal effect, the Church as a spiritual body may rightly accept its validity. The Bishop of London made a formal addition to the report, stating his inability to append his signature to the report, as it does not set forth those grounds which have chiefly prevented his acknowledging the validity of the trial and sentence. A discussion followed which lasted till five o'clock, and several bishops being anxious to speak, the archbishop said the debate must be adjourned, and their lordships then separated. In the Lower House, which assembled in the Jerusalem Chamber, the business was not of very great interest. A notice of a resolution promising an exciting discussion was given by Dr. Jebb, declaring that the disseverance of the Irish portion of the united Church of England and Ireland from the State would be most injurious to the best interests, both civil and religious, of this nation, would be a breach of the solemn compacts between Great Britain and Ireland made at the time of their legislative union, and the violation of a fundamental principle of our national polity, which has immemorially recognised the Church as an integral part of the con stitution. Canon Seymour pres9ted a petition signed by over 1,300 churchmen, including some of the most distinguished divines of the province of Canterbury, praying for a formal declaration that the Church of Eng land would no longer hold communion with. Dr. Colenso, who had so grievously departed from the faith • A QUAKER ENCYCLICAL. An extract from the Quaker Encyclical, an address which is issued annually by the executive of the Society of Friends to their constituents, has been published. The writers say :—" We lament the increasing departure amongst us from true Christian simplicity. Whilst providing liberal instruction for their children, may parents not be drawn aside by the desire for fashionable or merely ornamental accomplishments, from a course of training and education condu cive to a useful and honourable life upon earth and in harmony with the discipline that renders meet for heaven. We have received, in the usual course, epistles from our friends in Ireland, and from nine of the yearly meetings on the American continent. The accounts therein contained of the spreading of the truth, and of a continued concern in connection with scriptural educa tion, with the welfare of the freedmen and with our Christian testimony against war, are encouraging. Our lively interest has been again awakened for our dear friends in the newly-settled yearly meeting of Canada, and we desire all our distant friends to accept the renewed assurance of our sympathy and love. Arrong the subjects which have come before us, few have taken deeper hold of our feelings than the awful fact that in this, the nineteenth century of the dispensation of the Prince of Peace, we find amongst the nations of Europe millions of men, including the ?strength and stay of families, withdrawn from their homes and all the sacred duties and joys of life, and forced into immediate con tact with temptation, vice, and wretchedness. And for what purpose ? That they may become adepts in the science of mutual destruction, and that nations called Christian, under the influence of distrust, rivalry, or am bition, may the more promptly and effectively engage in mortal conflict one with another. Although on this solemn subject our voice may meet with but little response in the professing churches of Christ, we feel called upon to entreat all who love His name seriously to consider the utter incompatibility of these things with those fruits of the Spirit which Christians are to bring forth, and with the great purposes of the Redeemer's coming and reign." Fresh herrings were disposed of in Douglas market, Isle of Man, during the past week at 2a. per hundred. At Warrington the borough magistrates have made an order, under the 100th section of the Local Im• provcmcnt Act, for the substitution of incombustible for combustible materials in the roofs of certain cottages in the outskirts of the town, imposing a fine upon the owner in the event of non-compliance—the object being to diminish the risk of fire. Wednesday, the 15th July, has been fixed for the ceremony of presenting the memorial window in the Guildhall to the Corporation of London from the Lan. cashire cotton operatives, to commemorate the munificent subscription raised in the City and other parts of the metropolis for their relief during the protracted cotton famine consequent upon the American civil war. A Mr. Kerr, of Edinburgh, has invented a re flector for a locomotive, by means of which the engineer is able to see the rear of his train, the conductor, and all who are either getting on or off, without moving from his seat. It can be arranged for any length of train by simply changing the angle of reflection. It has been tried on the Jeffersonville road, and pronounced to be a success in every respect. From a return to an order of the House of Commons, shelving the amount assessed for income and property tax in the United Kingdom, it appears that the total amount of property and profits charged to income tax in 1866 was, in England and Wales, £316,331,476 ; in Scotland, £32,309,138 ; and in Ireland, £25,273,390. The gross amount of revenue raised, excluding miscellaneous, for the same year was, in Great Britain, £61,727,257, and in Ireland, £7,463,710. SHOCKING SIIICIDE.—A soldier of the 33rd Regiment (a volunteer from the 100th Regiment) named Patrick Daley, committed suicide at Portsmouth on Tuesday by discharging a loaded rifle into his mouth. The unfortunate man had been detached for duty at the commissariat stores in Earl•street Point, and almost directly on going on sentry he committed the sad act. His head was literally blown to pieces, and death was instantaneous. "An Old Bristolian," writing to the Western Daily Press, suggests that both Mr. Morley and Mr. Miles should be withdrawn as candidates for the city of Bristol, and that some person quite unconnected with either party be elected, with the understanding that he will not he thought of for the general election. The expense, which would be small, should be divided between both parties. He would name Sir Robert Napier, the hero of Abyssinia. "It would be a compliment to him ; he need not be consulted." His political views are not known, but that is considered of little importance. MURDER AND SUICIDE BY . A WOMAN.—An in quest has been held at Huddersfield touching the death of Sarah Blackburn, aged 29, and Arthur Blackburn, aged 2 years, the wife and son of John Blackburn, dyer, Mold green. The evidence shewed that a few days ago the woman said to her husband and mother that " it had been done now," for attempts had been made to prevent her getting a living by damaging her character ; and about two hours after she said this she was seen with her child in her arms near the canal, not far from the place where she was subsequently found. The jury returned a verdict that she had destroyed herself and her child in a fit of tem porary insanity. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The half-yearly meet ing of the proprietors of the Crystal Palace, held on Tuesday, was very protracted and somewhat excited. The cause of contention was the old-standing question of opening the palace on Sundays. The result was another triumph for the friends of the Sunday opening. In the course of the discussion the chairman, Mr. T. Hughes, M. P., stated that the Duke of Edinburgh had consented to a public reception to take place next Saturday at the Crystal Palace, that the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family would be present, and that everything would be done to give eclat to the occasion. LORD JUSTICE SIR WILLIAM PAGE WOOD ON TEMPERANCE.—Mr. John Bennett Anderson has received a letter from Lord Justice Wood, which is forwarded for publication :—" 31, Great George-street, S.W., June 28, 1868. My dear sir, I fully appreciate your labours in the very important direction of promoting temperance among our people. If they would but learn this they would, indeed, become changed into new men. The only founda tion for such a happy result is a sound Christian faith, and you have done well in resting your arguments on that sure basis. Whilst they are yet weak in faith, perhaps total abstinence may be the best course of tuition, but the Christian will be temperate in all things, and recognise that every cr ture of God is good when used with faitl and thankseing.—Yours truly, W, J), W99D,—gy, 33, Azcleivon2l.. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. flu Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 55 47 8 . Boni.,Baroda,&Cen.ln. 100 106 107 IG4} gu. 6 per ce nt 20 Do. F shares l6 1 if, Ni t Buffalo Lake Unroll all 3 10 Do. Preference t Butt.,Brant,&Goderich ;00 6 p.c. WO 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., lint lOO - - st ,at e Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 100 ionerara. 7 p.o. per. p, all 99 102 at : , .:ast Bengal, gu., sdv lOU LOB 11G st East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 112 113 109/ 10 Do. J Extension at ,randTrunkot Canada 100 15} 16j 100 Do. Equip..slort.Bonth 1 charge 6 p.c all 78 t,2 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 15 100 Do. do deferred all 100 De. 2d Pra. Bonds all 53 35 100 Dv. do. deferred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 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Inscribed ak' ICO 03 95 'Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.18731 100 102 101 - Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 1 100 111 113 'Do. do 1880-9 v 100 107 109 'Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. 100 108 110 ID°. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Uct., 1900 lOO 18 100 ,Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 8 p.e 100 1 8 110 Do. • 1872, do lOO 101 107 Ili.uritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July l Do. 1678 . I )0. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 100 107 10.; Do. 1895, Feb. Aug.. 100 lcd 108 'Natal , 4ov. 6 per cent.. 100 - N. El.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 1100 99 10 I N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,18(10 100 99 101 1)o. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870! 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1606 100 5:54 964 974 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 974 984 Nova Sc. , tia Gov. 6p. c eterling, 1875 l9O 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p 03.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 Jt upwards lco 110 i 1 1 Vic G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.& J uly 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1114 1124 81t1T1.61.1 MINES. 'cam. Co/mi. Gold, lien. 1 - Chiverton - 'Clifibrd Amalgamated 3O 54 6 4 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 440 460 I Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 4 East Bassett (:Mogan) 294 lu 12 -- East Caradon 2.11.6 4 5 East earn Brea 34 2 24 - East Grenville 2.14.0 14 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 -- East Lovell . 3.9.0 8 9 E. VP! Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5 Great Laxey, limited.. all 164 174 161 Great South Tolgus.... 1.4.0 - - Great Wheal Isasy..... 11.9.0 - - G. Wheal Vor (lielstou 90 15 17 " -- Grenville 9.0.6 14 14 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 38 40 llingston Downs 5.10.6 24 22 Margaret (Uuy Lelantl3 17.6 6 6 Marke Valley ...... I 1..10.6 6 6 3 Mwyndy iron Ore, tin! 84 24 14 New S ton I 5 0/ GO 70 North toskear N.Wh Bassett(lllogaul 1.1.0 _ North .sTheal Crony .„j 2.13.0 2 3 • 'Prosper United......... 8.11.0 2 24 'Providence s lJny Lelantl 1 1.0.7 25 27 IS. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 380 400 South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (11logan 18.18.9 374 42 4 Stray Park Fin Croft 9 11 15 Vigra and Clogan, lien , all —•- - West Bassett (Illogan W. Caraden (Ltskeard 1c 11 .2 West Chiverton ll 62 01 60 West 5et0n....... Wheal Bassets; 'Mogan 54 75 8 0 Wheal 13uller (ltedruth 22 15 9 11 ‘Vheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 Wheal Scton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ' 5.17.0 7 PREFERENCE SNARES. kianchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., YREFERENCE Sl4 ARES. Jester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ato (£6;, 6 INTES LEASED A T FIXED RENTALS. Brkenhead, 91i FOREIGN RAILWAY?. • Antwerp and Rotterdam, 101 :,atria and San Francisco, li.n., glut. r per 0ent.,15 (4reat Luxembourg, 111 Royal Sardinian, 1 15-15 FOREIGN MINIM DAI Pedro. N rth Del 11ey,"3 I 3-16 Port Phillip, la Rossa Grande, a St. John dcl Rey, Ilm , 13f DOCKS East and West India, 114 BANGS. Alliance, Um., 14 Anglo-Austrian, 121 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 181 Anglo Hungarian, 101 City, 12 Consolidated, lim,, 4 13-16 Imperial Ottoman, 10f Loudon and Westminster, Ditto, Scrip, 46; • New South Wales, 4:} Oriental Bank Corporation, 42f Union of Australia, 49} MISCELLANEOUS.= Anglo American Telegraph, 21f f Atlantic Telegraph, 48, 9} Berlin Water Works, 111 Credit Fonder 01 England, lim., 3 3-16 Crystal Palace. Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 105 Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gun., 58 Electric and International Telegraph, 163 Gen. Credit and Discount, lim., tf Hudson's Bay, 14 International Financial Society. 11 tn. , 31 London Provincial Telegraph, hin., 3 L indon General Omnibus Company, lim., 2} Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 74f COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 181 Do Rotterdam —,. 11 19 4 1 ... 12 0 . Antwerp — ... 25 371. ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburgn — ... 13 91- ... 13 101 Paris Ditto ..... ~.. 3 Ms. ... 21 30 ... 25 371. Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ~. 120} Vienna — ... 11 80 ... 11 85 Trieste — ... 11 80 ... 11 871 Petersburg Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 491 ... 491 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 55 ... 27 65 Palermo — ... 27 55 ... 27 65 Messina Lisbon ()port° Hanel DI IPEE'ERIAL PARLIAMENT ,>.-....-.-..-..... HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill (Lords) was read a second time. BUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. GATHORNE HARDY moved that the public busi ness should commence to-morrow at a quarter past four instead of at half-past four. NAVAL CHAPLAINS. Mr. EYKYN asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty had come to any decision in regard to the improvement of the organisa tion, pay, and positii,n of naval chaplains ; and whether it it was the intention of the Board of Admiralty to appoint commissioned Presbyterian and Roman Carbolic chaplains for the service of her Majesty'a fleet at home and abroad ? Mr. CORItY said the Board of Admiralty had una nimously agreed that the chaplains of the navy had a perfect right A) be placed upon the same footing as the chaplains of the army. With reg trd to the second question, the hon. and learned member must have la boured under a mistake in supposing that the Board had considered the appointment of commissioned Presbyterian and Roman Catholic chaplains. What they had been con sidering was the advisability of increasing the sal•try of three Roman Catholic chaplains situated at Sheerness, Chatham, and Dartmouth. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC SYSTEM) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. J. B. SMITH moved that the order be discharged, which, after a few remarks from Mr. BERESFORD Nora, was agreed to. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES BILL. On the motion for the continuation of the debate on this bill, Mr POWELL combated a large number of the argu ments which had been brought forward by the hon. and learned member for Exeter (Mr Coleridge) on the motion for the second reading, and contended that if the doors were once opened there would be great difficulty in keep ing the governing body in the hands of members of the Church of England. (LEFT SITTING.) • HOUSE OF LORDS—Lasr EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat or the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Thames Embankment (Chelsea) Bill ; the South- Eastern. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company's Bill wore real a third time and passed. ' LONDON . BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY BILL. With regard to this bill the Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that the 26th clause of it be struck out. He urged that it was highly desirable that such a course should be pursued as it would bo most advantageous to the public, as it (the clause) was designed to benefit the company rather than the public. After a short discussion the bill was read a third time. The Representation of the People (Scotland) Bill passed ,hrough Committee with verbal amendments, and that for freland was also real a second time, and the house ad ourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAIUR took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE STEAMER GARONNE. Admiral ERSKINE asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade (with reference to an inquiry lately held at Penzance into the loss of the steamer Garonne) whether the report of the inquiry published in the Western Times, wherein it was stated that Mr. O'Dowd, Solicitor of the Board of Customs, said in his speech, " The boats were get out, and ho would be able to show that the men who were saved brought with them bags full of clothes" was true ; and whether the fact so stated by Mr. O'Dowd•had been proved by the evidence to have occurred, whilst the passengers, includ ing several women and children, were left to perish ; and if he would lay copy of the evidence and report upon the table of the house. Mr. CAVE said Mr. O'Dawd was at present in Ireland, but a telegram had been received from him that afternoon to the effect that his statement was accurate. Thero seemed to have been very little effort to save the passen gers, and altogether there appeared to be a total want of discipline amongst the crew ; and to such an extent did it prevail as to amount to a total disregard of safety by the captain and chief officer, who went down with the ship. If the hon. and gallant gentleman wished for the papers alluded to, he should have no objection to their pro duction. ROTTEN ROW. Mr. COWPER asked the First Commissioner of Works whether there would be anyoxtension of or addition to the ride in Rotten-row to compensate for the interference with the ride, occasioned by the carriaga road being made across Rotten-row, near Kensington-gardens. Lord J. MANNERS said it was not proposed to make any alteration in the ride_during the present year, but next year, on the north side, in consequence of the completion of the Albert Memorial, great alterations would become necessary. Lie would then take the opportunity of mak ing compensation to the frequenters of that side for the in convenience to which they had been subjected. OVERCROWDING OF MERCHANT SHIPS. Mr. WEGUELIN asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether any regulations had been promulgated by the Board of Trade to prevent overloading of merchant ships. Mr. CAVE said the Board of Trade had no such power. Certain suggestions had been offered to prevent over crowding, but he thought it would be quite impossible to meet every case. There was greater danger t 3 be appre hended from over legislation. IRISEI REGISTRATION BILL. In reply to Sir C. O'LOGIILEN, The Earl of MAYO said the Irish bill would be intro duced the day following the passing of the English bill through committee. PRISON MINISTERS' ACT. Mr. MAGUIRE called the attention of the house to the indignity and contumely with which Catholic Ministers of religion were treated by the magistrates who had the government and regulation of certain prisons confided to their care. The treatment those gentle men received who attended the prisoners as an act of ministerial duty was disgraceful, and such that ought not to bo directed against any educated persons. The poor Catholic prisoners, in addition to the punishment they had to undergo, were, as matters now stood, refused all moral improve ment by the indignity with which their priests wore treated, and to such a petty extent were matters carried that whilst four Protestant ladies were admitted on Sunday to oue of the metropolitan prisons a Roman Catholic lady, the daughter of a member of one of the Louses of Legislature, was refused the poor privilege of playing the harmonium to some poor Roman Catholics in the same prison on the same day. Feeling deeply the indig nity that had been inflicted, he asked the house to affirm the following resolution :—" That in consequence of the persistent refusal *or neglect of the autho rities having control over certain of the county and borough prisons of Great Britain to put in operation the powers given to them by the Prison Ministers Act, it is necessary they should be compelled by law to make ade quate provision for the religious instruction and divine worship of Catholic prisoners." Lord E. HOWARD, in seconding the amendment, said it was gratifying to know that some important places, such as Preston, Liverpool, and Manchester, had made provi sion for Roman Catholic prisoners by the paying Roman Catholic ministers to attend the prisons. He thought it would be at once conceded that the greatest good had fol lowed the appointment of a Roman Catholic priest to pri sons, and such being the case, he hoped the day was not far distant when such arrangement should become general. Mr. lIARDY thought the returns already produced showed there had been no refusals. With respect to the county of Middlesex difficulties existed, which it was not at all easy to overcome. He could not give his assent to the proposal of the honourable member for Cork, the more so as it was not proposed to follow it up by legislation, but as an improvement had already began to show itself, and as it was going on vary rapidly, he hoped the hon. member for Cork would persevere with his amendment, which he thought would do no good, whilst it would interfere with all poor Roman Catholic prisoners getting that to which they were entitled, viz., religious instruction. Mr. MONSELL hoped during the recess the right hon. gentleman would consider it his duty to introduce a a bill carrying into effect regulations in England such as existed in prisons in Ireland, and which would make Roman Catholic prisoners independent of the feeling of any bench of magistrates. Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the resolution. Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought that the Roman Catholic prisoners were only asking for that to which they had a right, and therefore there could be no "con cession" in the matter at all. He thought the giving to Roman Catholic priests the privilege of visiting prisoners could only be followed with but cno effect, and that was good. He hoped eventually all within prisons, Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, would have the privilege of attending divine worship in a way consonant with their own feelings. Mr. SYNAN supported the resolution, and altogether denied the statement of the right hon. gentleman the secretary for the Home Department that 'there had been any great improvement in the matter since the amend ment of the Prison Ministers' Act. Sir C. O'LOGIILEN endeavoured to alter the Parlia mentary practice which makes irrevocable the votes of ;entlemen who stray inadvertently into the wrong lobby, but he was opposed by Mr. Disraeli, Lord ifotham, Mr. Bouvarie, and others, who urged that Parliamentary rules are made vigilantibus non dornzientibus; and ho was com pelled to withdraw his motion. The house next took up Ur. Monk's bill fur colforring the franchise on revenue officers. It was read a second time some weeks ago under peculiar circumstances, and its committal was now opposed by The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, whose chief argument was the importance of keeping apart from poli tical strife, and above the suspicion of political bias, the class which has in its hands the difficult and often delicate task of administering the revenue laws. He pointed, too, to the groat power the change would give the permanent heads of departments, who, if their tenure was long, could fill the department with men of their own politics, and to the interference with the discipline of the departments which must flow from giving revenue officers this direct influence over members of the house. He doubted whether the revenue officers themselves wore desirous of the franchise, and further objected that the bill would not remove all anomalies of the present system ; for instance, it would leave the durability of the notice untouched. Mr. GLADSTONE also opposed the bill on much the same considerations, —the expediency of keeping apart from politics the men who collect the revenue, sometimes by very delicate processes, and the apprehension of in creasing class' influence upon the House of Commons, which he characterised as the scandal of the Reformed Parliament. Another objection on which he laid much stress wat that the first nominations to the service now proposed to be enfrauchis d wore in the hands of members of Parliament, though no doubt many held them to be a. nuisance, and he predicted front the change a perpetual temptation to members to interfere with promotion. The question, in Mr. Gladstone's opinion, involved much larger censid rations than the simple enfranchisement of one class, and there ought to be no legislation except after very careful inquiry. The debate which followed, interrupted by an attempt to "count out," was entirely oae-sided. Sir H. Verney put the opponents of the bill in the dilemma of consenting to the enfranchiseMent of all public servants or of dis franchising the dockyard men. Mr. Clay testified to the desire of the revenue officers to be relieved from this dis ability, and Mr. Grave 3 acknowledged that if the change were made members ought to give up their patronage in these services. Mr. Otway,Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Alderman Lusk, and Mr. P. Wykeham-Martin, also spolt , 3 for the bill; and after Mr. Monk's reply the stage was carried by 79 to 47. The bill was then passed through committee without any amendments. Au Irish controversy occupied the remainder of the evening.. The adjourned debate on Mr. Sergeant Barry's bill for prohibiting ttte presence of military at Irish elec tions, which corn Lenee 4 same six week back at 1 o'clock in the morning, was resumed by Mr. Bagwell, who main tained that the use of soldiers on these occasions was nut so much to protect the voters from violence, as to compel them to vote according to their landlord's dictation. The same argument was enlarged on by Mr. Synan, Sir I'. O'Brien, Sir J. Gray, Mr. Esmonde, and lively reciproca tions of angry feeling were provoked by occasional refer ences to the unfortunate Dungarvan affair. The sole op ponent of the bill who spoke was the Attorney-General for Ireland, and he argued that the power of employing military was necessary for the preservation of the peace and the freedom of election. On a division the bill was thrown out by 95 to 53. The same fate befell Mr. Mill's Municipal Corporations (Me'ropolis) Bill, the - second reading of which stood ad journed from Wednesday weak. Mr. Mill now said a few words in reply to the arguments urged against him in the previous debate, and the bill was at once negatived with out a division. Some other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at' 0 minutes to 2 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ALEXANDRA RACES— Nis DAY. HANDICAP PLATE. A Plate of 70 sovs (Handicap); any winner after the pub lication of the weights 71b extra ; half a mile. Carlotta Rhododendron Goodfellow a Six ran. RACING FIXT I JU Chelmsford Worcester Summer Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Radcliffe Carlisle Newmarket July Hungerford Pontefract - 13 1 'Down Royal Corp- 14 1 Reading Spilsby ll AUGUST. IiES FOR 1868. LT. Odiham.. I Stamford Liverpool July M. Huntingdon Nottingham July Chesterfield Knutsford Southampton Sudbury and Ealing Goodwood Deauville . Leek V 3I Somerset .. Brighton Brighton Club 6 1 Sc a rborough Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll I Groat Yarmouth St oc kt on Plymouth Windsor August., l3 Ipswich E g ham l7 Lichfield hustings York August Oxford SEPTEMBER. Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 1 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond - • Frampton Autumn Kelso li• Hendon Monmouth .. Manchester Newmarket Ist October Walsall Edinburgh West Drayton Loyal Caledonian Iluut and Western M OCTOBER. Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing Bromley- Autumn 1 Newmarket liouguten Newmarket 2d October 5 Harrow Lanark ... 8 I Worcester Autumn Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 Lincoln Autumn Cheltenham l3 I NOVEMBER. Liverpool 3 Leamington I Shrewsbury 9 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley 1 Ealing' DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury 8 I 22 23 21 29 26 DEPARTURE OF SIR ROBERT NAPIER 1.011. LONDON. MARSEILLES, June 30. Sir Robert Napier, accompanied by General Staveley, Captain T. J. Holland, and other officers of his staff, lcft this morning by the 11.30 express train for Paris en route for London. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JUNE 30. Chaplain's Department—The Rev. Charles Jas. Duthie, 8.A., to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 2G. Dr. John Nihill has this day been promoted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in hor Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Ist January, 1868. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. inc. per .t:1 sterling. On cAnparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lis. lOid. per ounoe for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris and Loudon. The course of exchange at Aew York on London for bills at Co days' right was on the last date about 1 !tit percent. At this rate there is scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United states. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. tustralii. and New Zealand, via Southamptos.....July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles ...............Ju1y 15. Ditto, via Panama July 2J. Bruit, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July b. Ditto, by Prenoh paokot July 22 Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... . Juiy 5. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Lielena July 19. China, Penang, and Singapore,• via Southampton July 4. libraltar, via Southampton July 4. India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil.es Malta, Egypt, 0... . ........ .... July 4. Ditto, Marseilles July —. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Ditto, Marseilles , . July li. Sewfoundla nd ...... ...,„ . ..... ....,„ ..... July 2i. fortugal ... - -- -- Ditto, by L idled States packet ............ . Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .... ...... ••• United States, t. anada, California, &o , by British packet . - - July 4 Ditto, by Canadian packet %Vest Indies and Pa-ilio ,exoept Mexico and Baha . July 14. mas) West Coast al Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 4. ratk lan d Islands ........... • • • July 6. Cuba and ilexica • •. ....... .1 ....J aly 2.. Bahamas, via New i Bermuda, via Halifax . Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto, by p riv tie ship to Oporto •• . Ditto G•tto to Lisban We are requested to state that on and after the Ist of July next the new Foreign-office will be opened for business. The entrance to the office for general business is by the northern portico in the Quadrangle. The en trance to the Passport-office is under the archway, on the left hand side, entering front Downing-street,' and the office is on the first landing. elec elec- e of pre- ►ised e is, ever isage for ities tiny )een :line ting ling