The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-06 00:00:00

A: ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. _. The Mark e t s are fi rm , b u t no t an i ma t e d. The 'Jonsol account, beginning to-day, has perhaps some thing to do with the want of an active general busi ness. The chief feature is a recovery of per cent. in Peruvian (1865) Bonds upon the announcement this morning of the bonds drawn for payment at par ' Imounting to nearly three hundred thousand pounds. Russian Railways are rather flit upon the new loan. I% nglish Railways are fractionally firm, with the ex 'ePtion of Metropolitan and Caledonian, which are nat. Joint Stock Bank Shares are in one or two 115133 lower. The Money Market has a downward tendency, in of the payment of the dividends, which takes place in a few days. The rate is 1g per cent. for the hest bills. English wh ea t i s I s t o 2 s lower. The Funds are very firm, at Saturday's close. Consols are in demand at 95 to 95k for money, and 95 1,- to 95 for account. New and Reduced Three Per Cent s ., 941 to 95 ; D an k St oc k, 240 to 243 ; India Fi ve per Cents. unaltered, at 1141 to 115 k ; Exchequer Bills, 15s to 20s prem. The movement in foreign Government Bonds are favourable. Peruvian (1865) are per cent. higher, 1- ' ( ing quoted 821 t o 83. Th ere is also an advance of m Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds, at 74± to 75, and Turkish, at 40± to 41, and of k in Italian, at 52 1 to 53. Mexican Bonds are 15k to 16k ; Greek, 1.3 t t n o New Spanish, 36f to 36k ; Chilian, auk Egyptian (1864), 82 to 83 ; and Hon duras, k prem. Russian railway bonds are I lower, the Orel-Vitebsk stock being 83k to 84 : Nicolai, 65k to 651. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are firm at 73± to 73, being an improvement of k Erie Shares f better, at 45i to 46k ; Illinois 101± to 1012. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 284 to 29 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 34f to 341. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Foui bet Cent. Debenture Stock is 96 to 97. In Foreign Railway shares, Great Luxembourg are it better, at 121 to 12 3 - ; and Lombardo-Venetian, ls i to 16k. As compared with Saturday's unofficial close there is an advance of in Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way shares at 1271 to 128± ; •in Great Northern at 10 1± to 102± ; i n B r i g h ton at 511 to 521 ; and in Sheffield at 411 to 42f ; and of ± in Midland at 105 t o 105 1 . §- and in South Eastern at 73k to 731. London and North Western are steady at 1131 tc 114 ± ; Great Eastern at 36k to 36i ; and Great IVestern at 49. to 491. Metropolitan are -g lower at 1 121 to 1121 ; and Caledonian -1- at 72 to 72k. Colonial Government Securities are steady. Canada 6 per Cents. is marked at 101 to 103 ; ditto 5 pet C m ents. 2 _9o to 91 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 102 to ; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 98 to 100 : New Zealand 6 per Cent., 110 to 112 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 105± to 106 k ; Victoria 6 per Cent., 111 t o 113. . Bank Sh ares con ti nue d u ll . L on d on J o i n t St oc k is 1 per cent. lower, at 31k to 32; ; and London and W estminster -A-, at 69 to 70 ; Agra (A), 11 to 12 ; 11A- to 10± dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 41 to Prem • ex div. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 2 9 div.ex 19 ; Consolidated, 4g- to ; Imperial, 18 to ; Imperial Ottoman, to 1k prem. ex div. ; Lon t2ll and County, 49;4 to 50± ; Oriental, 42k to 43i ; Union of Loudon, 32k to 33±. In F inance Shares there is little or no business doing,p and pri ces are w i t h ou t move ment. Credit _oneier is qu ote d at 2'4 to 3k ; General Credit, 2 a to . E ,- . i i ivl cl a i on s re . eei ;: 2 ll 2 te t r o n 2 a o tio d n is al . Finance, 1-k to ; and London kliey _atonta, M ining Shares are steady. St. John del is quoted at 19 to 20 ; P or t Philip, 1± to 11 ; treat les 2 to 2f ; and Rossa Grande, to . 11l iscellaneou s S ecur i t i es are a l mos t a t a stand still for want o f b us i ness. Ang l o -A mer i can T e l egra ph rem ains_ at 21ff to 21/ ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 4 1 3-16ths to 4 15-16ths ; Atlantic and Great, Western M ortgage B on d s , 34 t o 35 • Ilud- ,s,nB Ray steady, at 151 to 154 ; London 'General nibu s , nre u ni. to 2k ; Fore-street Warehouse, par to le E 4 h teopne Hotelal meeting eeting of the shareholders of the Company is called for the 17th inst., to authorise th e raising of money, and for other impor tant purposes. The Austrafasian has arrived with £75,000 in specie from New Y or k, and the Allemania £140,000. 4.1 i.).„ ii3a a s n p g e f i c l i o e r . e from Alexandria has brought - ear gold to th e va l ue of £ 12,000 was sent i nto the Bank on Saturday. idvic es f rom the leading grain markets in France are to the 3rd inst. ; and they state that generally th ey Were b etter supp li ed t h an for severa l days pre to4BlY, While h o ld ers i n a ll a pp eare d more di spose d t nake con cess i ons . N e ith er a t M arse ill es nor a t Borde aux were a n y c hanges established on Saturday. t he Belgian markets on Thursday all tended down crarde. At Alexandria, on the 23rd " 8 are reported to be ult. the Egyptian iough t h e tl exceptionally abundant, market was tending upwards in conse- Z n ! n ee of arri va l s being checked by a fall in the letters of the Nil e and those of the canals. The from Odessa which are dated the 20th, are generally_ unfavourable in their tone. IthteeTthrBnet \ adjourned h a lf- year l y genera l meet i ng o f t h e pholiintasnt. Railway Comp an y h as b een called for The R annual gen era l meet i ng o f t h e East Indian ailway Company has been called for the 16th inst. ilkhe M idland line of rail wa y b e t ween L on d on an d 0 ford, through St. Alba n s an d L u t on , w ill b e remnci efor passenger traffic thi s d a y. Th e t ra i ns w ill from and to Moorgate-street in the City. CoTnhsnenumbers a re pu bli s h ed of 1,308 bonds of the Consolidated Peruvian Five per Cent. Loan of 1865, amounting to .£289,800, whi c h were d rawn on t h e Ist i nst., for repayment on the Ist of October. The numbers are also p u bli s h e d of 273 Brazilian Five per have.£37,500, been draw n f ur payment on the Ist of September. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for A ccount, July •9, ..•...... ..• 951 4/ 5 ............51 4/ 3 per C en t. Reduced....:. . 9 94/ 5 41 / New New 3 p er Cent 95 4/ / 1 f, 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 —" Do. 5 pe r Cent. ~ an. 1873 ..... Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885...._ Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 pe r Ct — Do. £5OO Pm 71 Do. £lOO & £2OO l9 I 3 Ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 242 3 Do. Account 'nail GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April1874 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Ce r tifi cates 105 Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — DDO. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 0 . 5 1 per Cent., M ay 1 879 0 5 peCent., r Rup. Deb. 1872 Do. do. 1877 ~, Do. do. 1882 — 4 - 1, . Deb, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Pin Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., 41,000 Pm . Do. under .£l,OOO FOREIGN' FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. liA.ruui Argentinet i r i i i a a n 5R bonds, ePu _ lic, € per Cent...... 621 C s en p t er Cent. 1859 xd per ppa. 41 Per Cent., 1852 _ .do. 1858.... _ „" 0 . do., 1860 " 0 . do 1863 I) 5 •'-, 0 . per Cent., 1865 —Do Account It nenosAyres 6 per Cent _ _ Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C ll b`l 6 Per Cent. DO, 4 iliall 6 per Cent B4l 4/ per Cent Do. 6 per Cent B D 0•, 1867 .) Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 - C'Do., Scrip £32 paid D mbian, 6 per Cent. ar. inistt 3 , 1825......• -t) tnubian Print alities l e per Cent P , D o 78 1 .., 8 per Cent., 1867 nador New Consolidated, 1 per Cen t — ,741,yptian per Cent — „0. S econd issue lA% £5OO Bonds D °. £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 Do 821 D • Account 83 1- ,0. 4000 Bonds 4JO. £lOO Bonds ..... 841- _ rGoyernnient Railway • Debentures ..... 921 k- , eek 5 P©r Cent 182 f 5, ex Coups D o. ~ A.ccc tint I), . Uoupervi • G t1.21,(t)e.. niAtteleaTlPer Cent . 1 tosnduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p -.slim), 5 per Cent. 1865 — •4-'0 Account . ' Zo llarernmana. Raiway 80 ‘l"licar. r Cent Di tto for pe Account ..., Do. 1864 — .." 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ,ELontevidean 6 per Cent — ilmeoworishralunaperittl 5 per Cent • • * k.r ada l5/ i Do per Cen Do. Deferred Do r ._. .., ,„,, .._,anu VI , arrauts (Ilectarea) 4-e,srariau 5 per Cent. 4865 u 0 dec 89i 3 1-1 2t ow Cent..................... .. - B 0 41 per. (Uribarr ) en, ... ...... ~, in ly 5. atrice, nce. Hem 8 muise, atrice, es and 3e this 3,S OF morn - es was ffer ing Op CESS L.m. Louis re to Hari- • ggifl ved at resent ce, is Edia ed by Liting, hapel ci. 1g). cupte 3 COW ad by Posts. shall con - .nsive Issible eased it© of iencp• e life e the vated Balti -11. Por if to- larke their hilles, the d the g . N. rising Th e iat of Their , and r the Oak, n villa sence lane° there pared ) hear , s the nn in- mind• avoid ircseli cr and Wale' eatest wing o blu l le had bterea f rail' )10 t° boor' sus stato Do 4i per Cont„ 1662 - Do Kcco int Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Sc: ip, £2O paid 39f R ssi to 5 per Cent., 1822, St Do 4f ler Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 911 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l Do. do £B4 15s. do — Co Nicolas Railway 631 I Sar :inian, o per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Account Do. 1867 D o - New Deferred Do. Aooount Do. Passive Do. kcch ant Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Tuncish 6 per: Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1838 Do Account Do £l.OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account - 3 Du .£IOC Bonds 6.4 6 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 591 60i Do 1 por 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, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, DJ Account French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 23f. Do. Account 521 34 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 941 5 . „ 3Gi i 86 I Do. Account, July 9 IIZEL.,IND. Cardinal Cullen delivered a double lecture on Friday night in the Catholic University. Part of it was addressed to the students, but the more im portant part of it to the Government. His Eminence embraced the opportunity presented at the close of the session of the Historical Society connected with the institution to refer to the recent negotiations on the subject of a charter. He observed that since they met at the beginning of the session hopes had been entertained of a change in the existing state of things which would put the Catholics of Ireland upon a footing of equality with their Protestant fellow-countrymen. The bishops proposed that a charter and endowment should be given to that University, but that fair and moderate demand was refused. They next pro posed that the college authorities should be allowed sufficient power to prevent the use of dangerous books and secure the removal from the chairs of the University of any persons who might inculcate doc trines dangerous to morals. He justified this de mand by reference to the circumstances of the pre sent times, when the source of instruction is replete, as he said, with doctrines dangerous to truth and faith, when indifferentism and pernicious maxims are publicly proclaimed in Universities from the Professors' chairs. As an instance of the effect of such teaching he mentioned that one hundred students at Paris lately called out in favour of Atheism. He also referred to the writings of Dr. Colenso and the principle of the " Godless Colleges, " to illustrate the cha racter of the War against truth, and the duty of defending themselves against " prowling wolves." He observed that Protestants took precautions against the introduction of Catholic doctrines in their Universities, although they inconsistently pro claimed the right of private judgment. He com plained of the manner in which the prelates had been treated in reference to the correspondence, but said it was not a matter of surprise, for the same spirit had been shown for 300 years. At the Refor mation the educational resources of the country had been seized and appropriated for Protestant schools, colleges, and Universities, and so ignorance was pro moted, while the talent and genius of our noble Celtic race were smothered. If it had not been for this per secution Ireland might have produced her Dante, her Shakspere, her Raphael, and her Michael An gelo. It might be said that Protestants had gained what they had lost, but Trinity College had not produced any great Church historians, any great theologians or commentators on the Scriptures. He condemned the Queen's Colleges and the national system as most prejudicial to religion. He com plained that the National 5,...h00l books were with out life or patriotism, that they had been compiled by Scotchmen and Englishmen, and he contrasted this " system of monopoly and insulting ascend-, ancy" with the growth of educational liberty in Spain, France, and Prussia. The events of the last few weeks, he said, gave hopes of a better future. CAST-STEEL AND WROUGHT-IRON BOILERS. Some interesting practical experiments, for ascer taining the relative merits of cast-steel and wrought iron for boiler-plates, have recently been made at Messrs. F. Harkort and Sons', Harkorter Iron works, at Schonthal, near Wetter, Westphalia, and the results obtained were decidedly in favour of steel. The two boilers employed were used in con nection with the puddling and rolling-mills, and were both of the same form and size, being cylin drical, 30 ft. long, 4ft. diameter, with dome 2ft. high by 2 ft. wide ; the thickness of the iron plates was a little over 4-10ths of an inch, and that of the steel plates inch, and the respective weights 8,975 lbs. for the iron, and 5,812 lbs. for the steel. It was found whilst a pound of coal evaporated 3.20 lbs. of water in the steel boiler, it evaporated only 2.51 lbs. in the iron ore. To perform the same amount of work it required in the wrought-iron boiler 28 per cent. more fuel and 30 per cent. more time. The coal used was that from Ruhrort. At the Harkorter Work they have now 15 steel boilers in use, and one of them, which is made of soft Bes semer steel, has been found to give quite as good results as the others. There was, likewise, a marked diminution in the amount of incrustation in the steel boilers, owing probably to the extreme smoothness of the surface ; water which gave an incrustation of inch in two years in the wrought iron boilers, gave in the steel boilers an incrusta tion scarcely perceptible,—Mining Journal. A case was tried on Saturday in the Court of Exchequer in which the responsibility of police officers for transgressing the strict limits of their authority was vindicated by a jury. It arose out of the trial of " Captain " Mackay at Cork. Among the spectators in the gallery were the captain's sister-in-law, Miss Mary O'Connell, and two other ladies. In the evening they were about to leave the court when a constable informed them that Captain Barry, the county inspector, required them to be searched. They were brought into the court keeper's room, where Miss O'Connell was obliged to undress, and was subjected by the women who perform such duties to a very minute, and, as she complained, a scandalous search. She asked to have the blinds of a window which was overlooked by others pulled down, but the searcher refused her request. One of her companions was similarly treated, but the third would not submit to be searched, and became very excited. A constable threatened to arrest them, and they were detained for about 20 minutes and then released. Three ac tions were immediately instituted against the in spector and the constables, and Alia Mahony's was disposed of on Friday. The defence was that she was suspected of having revolvers about her, and the police were empowered under the Peace Pre servation Act to examine persons who were open to the suspicion of carrying arms in a proclaimed dis trict. She admitted that Mackay was in the habit of going openly to her father's house at a time when there was an offer of a reward for his apprehension. He carried a revolver. Robberies of arms had oc curred in the city, and her father's house had been searched about three weeks before the trial. The jury, however, did not hold the defendants justified, but found a verdict for the plaintiff with £5O da mages and 6d. costs. --- The United States war steamer Canandaigua, 7 guns, Captain Strong, from Lisbon, arrived at South ampton ou Thursday morning, and anchored near the Franklin and Ticonderoga, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1868• SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... /Cornwall-- Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„rerth, & Ab. June. E.London, berip Ceztl. l Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angi. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock 62 VI 72i 72/, 26 SO 1 83i 3 72 } 3, 4 75 77 70 72 Vo 97 36 36; 71 8 15 6 101 In 91 al 123 126 Do. B Block Do. AN ew, is. at 25 pm Cirt S. and W. 01 Ireland Gt. Western -Original' Do. S. Val. hail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 97 98 491 191 54 56 28 33 30 33 Do. Newport Do. ilereford Lancashire& Yorkshire , L,mdun and Blackwalll Lon., Brigh., et S Coastl 1.0 n., Chat., and Lover 1271 1281 514 52 J 9 11 12 )5 1.3 115 91 i 3 11 12 112, 11 Do: Metrop, Ex. A Lon. (tc North Western t South Western I Maa., Slid., Lincoln Aletropulttau Do. New Do. Extension uctrupolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's Vi"d 108 109 76 61 - - 1 1011 1051 Do. £9 Share - - 73 73 Do, Birmin.. Derb y uld Kent ... . North British ...... Uo. I'th., & Dun. N th. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E pull:111am, Do. Leeds Do. York Du. Carlisle ..... al 311 102 103 67 69 92 93 13) 13.1 131 133 140. gtock.tic Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London 12) ,21 Do. do. 1862 5 Do. do. 1866 'North Staffordshire a. & S. W. Junotion Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern itaiues, Wok., & Wok Calf Vale 11; 1 I 57 5v 107 10? 56f 57f 45 47 73j 731 luf 11f 143 146 Do. C V ale of Neat ll Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 bVe,t Cornwall I raid./ CPrice I Budseinne.ess LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE PETO, BETTS, AND CRAMPTON. These bankrupts came up to-day to pass their last examination for the orders of discharge. Mr. Linklater, for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, said accountants had been en gaged on both sides, and he was willing to allow the company's proof to the amount of £560,000 to appear, but those figures must not be taken in any way toprejudice their largeclaim of £6,600,000. His Honour asked if there any opposition to the orders of discharge being granted, and on being in formed there was none, he said he should grant the orders without expressing an opinion in the matter. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The July sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning. There are upwards of 100 prisoners for trial. _ The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the calendar contained the names of a more than usual number of persons for trial, and the offences with which they stood charged, although happily not embracing one of murder, yet they were of a very serious nature. There was one attempt to com mit the capital offence, and two cases of arson, but one that would probably call for their greatest at tention was an indictment-preferred against a per son named Sarah Rachel Leverson, who stood charged with unlawfully obtaining, by false pre tences, from Mary nicker Borradaile, the sum of £1,400. The case was of a very peculiar nature, and connected with it was a very voluminous cor respondence, and as that had not been returned to him he had to ask them to read the whole of it very carefully before they disposed of the case, but there appeared to be_ a curious chain of evidence, which, of course, they would hear in the course of the case, and having done so it would be for them to say whether there was a prima facie case against the prisoner, and if so it would be their duty to return a true bill. There was also a case of much importance to the commercial world, and that was the indictment preferred against three' persons named Frankle, Harris, and Rewman, for feloniously having in their possession divers papers purporting to be Russian rouble notes. The offence of having forged Russian notes in their posses sion was one that had already led to a long and patient inquiry, and it was much to be desired that the parties who appeared to make a trade in these forged securities should be discovered and punished. They would have the whole of the evidence placed before them, and, having considered it, say whether there was sufficient to put the prisoners on their trial before another tribunal. He did not think it necessary to refer to any of the other cases in the calendar, but every assistance would be rendered them in the event of their requiring any. The grand jury then retired to their room, and the trials shortly afterwards were proceeded with. CHARGE OF PERJURY. A showily-dressed young woman, named Stagg, surrendered to an indictment charging her with having committed perjury. The prisoner had, it appeared, been intimate, it was stated, with a man named Stevens, and she had taken proceedings against him for the support of the, infant, of which she said be was the father. The prose cutrix said the prisoner came to her and asked her to swear that she had seen Stevens in her bedroom. This the prosecutrix said she could not do, as it was not true, when the prisoner turned round and IA 1 that she would not swear that she had seen Stavens in her (prosecutrix's) room. On the hearing of the summons the prisoner was asked if she had not made use of the threat to the prosecutrix, when she swore she did not. The prosecutrix having corro borative evidence that the prisoner had made use of the threat the present trial was the result. Mr Lewis made a strong appeal for the prisoner, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. CHARGE OF ARSON. The grand jury ignored the bill of indictment preferred against William Norman for feloniously and maliciously setting fire to his dwelling-house, divers persons being therein. Ihe trial of the two lads named Smith for the murderous assault on Mrs. Nunn will in all proba- bility take place on Wednesday,and that of Madame Rachel on the following day. LORD SHAFTESBURY AND HIS STEWARD. Mr. Green applied to the court to allow the recognisances of the Earl of Shaftesbury and also those of the defendant to be discharged, intimating at the same time that it was not the intention of the prosecution to proceed any further with the charge of embezzlement.—The Recorder, who ap peared surprised at the application, said at present he certainly did not feel justified in acceding to the request, and the matter must be brought before the judges later in the session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. STREET PREACHING NUISANCE.—Two rough looking men, named John Ferguson and Michael Healey, were cha r ged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with drunk and disorderly conduct. Benstead \\rebb, 112 C, said that at half-past 8 the previous night, he was at the corner of Thomas street, Oxford-street, where a crowd had assembled, in consequence of a man preaching, when he saw the two prisoners, who had walked from the Victory public-house, and who were both drunk, force their way into the crowd. Ferguson took off his hat, and every ti me the preacher waved his hand Ferguson imitat e d him by waving his hat, which caused a great disturbance, and he had to take the prisoners into custody with assistance. Mr. Alfred Park Philpott, of No. 12, Edward street, Portman-square, said that last night he , was passing along Oxford-street with his wife, and, seeing a crowd collected in Thomas-street, ho went up to ascertain the cause, when he found a man was preaching, and, after being there about two minutes, the prisoners went into the crowd, and the police came up and told them to move on, and 46 C took hold of one, 'and the other ran away, and was caught by 112 C, and both of them were taken into custody, but there was not the slightest cause for doing so. He asked the police why they took the prisoners, and they told him to mind his own business ; and on his following to the station the police said that if he did so they would take him too. On the way to the station 46 C threw Ferguson, and the police behaved very roughly to him. The prisoners were not drunk, though they might, and probably were, sinful people, and were of the class of people the preacher might benefit. Inspector Harrison said there were three gen tlemen present to support the police. Mr. Henry Mitchell, of N o. 168, O x f or d- s t ree t , opposite Thomas-street, said that yesterday even ing he heard a noise as usual on Sunday evening— a sort of howling of a man's monstrous voice, he more generally talking between two and three hours, causing him to feel quite nervous. After enduring the annoyance for several Sunday even ings he went down yesterday evening and asked him to lower his voice. Seei n g the poli c e th ere , he asked them if they could not remove the preacher, and they said they could not, but that they would report his complaint. The two prisoners then came across the road and forced their way into the crowd, and got in front of the preacher and imitated him, and then there was a good deal of excitement and the police removed the prisoners. He had attended the court in the hope that some thing might be done to remove the nuisance. Mr. Adrian Blaiser, of No. 5, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, said that he stopped a short time to hear the preacher, and saw the two prisoners came from the Victory publichouse, both of them being intoxicated, but one more than the other, to the other side. They then forced their way into the crowd, and as soon as they got in made a row by imitating the preacher's movements. The police took them into custody, and then Mr. Philpott in terfered, and as soon as Ferguson found that.some one was interfering in his behalf he became very violent, though he had previously gone quietly. The police said they would not hol I Ferguson so tightly if he would go quietly, and Le did so, but on Mr. Philpott again interfering, Le became vio lent again. He (witness) got assistmace for the police, and saw them do no more than. necessary to take the prisoner to the station. Inspector Harrison said the }colic e had a great deal of trouble in such cases througl persons inter fering who knew nothing about the matter. Police-constable Loosley, 4G C„ said that he was obliged to be a little rough with. Ferguson, as he tried to choke him. It was all thr ough Mr. Phil pott interference that Fergusion became violent, and he would have gone quietly r had he not done so. Mr. James Hollis, of No. 283, Oxford-street, complained of the great annoyance h. ?, had received, in common with other inhabitants of .Oxford-street, and said that he coull not on Suni.ay evenings oc cupy any of his rooms in comfort. Tyrwhitt said it all arose from the preacher, who howled forth and attracted peo7le who had nothing better to do. Preaching was alp` ays tolerated till it created an obstruction, and when. it did so, it should be swept away, preachers and all, by the police. There was no doubt that tl a preacher had caused all the mischief in the presenu case. He had no doubt, what between the howl rag of the preacher and the bawling of the persons. collected, it was a great nuisance, and was a goocli reason for the police interfering. He believed bn.t for the un necessary interference of the witness (Philpott) the p risoners would have gone quietly to the station, the prisoners, taking advantage of his interference on their behalf, most unnecessarily so, as he (Mr. Tyrwhitt) thought. He did not believe the police had illtreated the prisoners. He should discharge Healey, and fine Ferguson ss. WESTMINSTER. CLEVER DETECTION OF A TlllEF.—Sophia Wil liams, a charwoman, living at 6, nisker-street, Chelsea, was charged with stealing numerous arti cles the property of Elizabeth Milner, a dressmaker, living in the same house. henry Jepson, of Great Great James-street, said —On Thursdly night I received a letter from the prosecutrix, stating that she had been robbed. I went to her house on Sunday, and, with Mrs. Milner's consent, concealed myself beneath her bed. Mrs. Milner then locked up her apartments, and told prisoner, who occupied the kitchen, that she should not be home until late. About twenty minutes of ter the prosecutrix had left, I heard a key placed in the door of the room. Th e prisoner then walked into the room, and from there into the front parlour. I heard her ransacking boxes, &c. Did not see what she was doing, but waited patiently. Presently she came into th back-room. I had previously placed a baske of clean linen on a chair. She examined the basket, and selected from it two new pillow cases. She was then walking out of the room with them when I moved. Hearing the noise, the priso ner went and put the pillow-case back on to the basket. She then came to the bedside, and, lifting up the coverlid, looked at me full in the face. (Laughter.) I detained her ; she trembled very much, and asked me to lot her go. I sent for a constable and gave her into custody. The prosecutrix deposed that the prisoner had no business whatever in her room. The key pro duced, with which the prisoner effected an entry, was a false one. The police produced 41 duplicates of pledged property, many relating to articles belonging to the prosecutrix. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner until Friday. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.--William Smith, aged 22 years, who was described as a lightermln, of 47, St. Vincent-street, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with the folloviing impudent robbery. Mrs. Stone, the wife of a tobacconist, of 47, ilardinge-street, Ratcliff, stated that the prisoner came into her shop and asked for half an ounce of tobacco. She took down down a jar, and was about to put her hand in to obtain the required quantity, when the prisoner put his hand in the jar, took out the whole of the contents, and ran away. She pursued him and called out stop thief. He was stopped and brought back. "Stephen Emerton, a police-constable, No. 433 K, said he was passing along Hardinge-street in plain clothes on Saturday night, and saw the pri soner running. lie stopped him. He could find no tobacco upon him. This morning he looked into an area which the prisoner had passed and found a large piece or lump of tobacco, which the prosecutrix had no doubt was her property. The prisoner said he was quite innocent ; he was mistaken for another person. Mr. Benson—How came you to be running ? The Prisoner—l ran because the others ran, that's all. Mr. Benson—You have been here before. The Prisoner—Only for being drunk. Police-sergeant Freeston, No. 58 K, said he be lieved the prisoner was a returned convict. lie had not seen him for eight years. The prisoner was more than 22 years of age, and was not a lighter man. lie wished the prisoner to be remanded ; if the Magistrate would adopt that course he should be obliged. Mr. Benson thought he had seen the prisoner on a charge which was not drunkenness. Ile re manded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS-7 HIS DAY. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Notwithstanding the bad state of trade in the dead meat market, live stock is still brought largely to sale, such is the difficulty of feeding from the protracted drought. The number of beasts on sale to-day was 5,210, of which 10 were from Scotland, 3,300 from the various English pastures, 26 from Ireland, and 1,880 from abroad. The condition of the stock was very middling, and the re lative scarcity of really prime beef gave an exceptional degree of support to the value, but for all other qualities fornier rates fell 2d to 4d per stone lower. Of sheep and lambs the number on sale was 37,730, of which 5,160 were from abroad. Of both the condition was fair. The mutton trade was very sluggish and prices ir regular, our quotations being supported with difficulty. Lamb was depressed in value. Only 279 calves wore on sale here to-day, 248 foreign The demand was good and prices rather higher. Pork sold steadily, 310 pigs at market. Beef, 3s 2d to 5s ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s Iod ; veil, 3s to 5s ; pork, 33 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 81 COTTON MARKET. LITERPOOL, July 6.—Sales probably 12,000 bales Market held firmly. SURREY THEATRE. The above popular place of amusement opened for a short dramatic season on Saturday last, under the management of Professor Anderson. 4, Rob Roy" was produced in a style worthy of the place, Professor Anderson appearing in the character of Rob Roy. Mr. David Miranda both sang and acted the part of Francis Osbaldistone in a credit able manner, and Mr. Atkins appeared as Major Galbraith. The female portion of the drama was well represented by the Misses Anderson. The performance concluded with the farce of " The Thumping Legacy," in which a Mr. John Royston, a comedian new to a London audience, took the part of Jerry Osmium. His style and manner are quite original, and he kept the house in continual laughter by his eccentric acting, being well sup ported by Messrs. Dallas, Howard, Tracey, Paul, and last, though not least, Miss S.- Fosbrooke. "Black-eyed Susan," " Pizzaro," and the farce of " Coupled by the Cuffs," are to be produced in the course of the week. THE VISIT OF TILE PRINCES TO THE CRYSTAL PALAcs.—Thirty thousand right loyal and rejoicing hearts on Saturday welcomed the safe return of the beloved son of our beloved Queen, after long perils of th• sea, and the unforeseen danger of sudden and dreadful death at the hand of a dastardly assassin. Tho reception could not have been other than most gra tifying to the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince his brother, for more spontaneous loyalty, warmer affection, and a more splendid welcome were never given. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The sixty-third quarterly general meeting of tho shareholders will take place at the offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, on Tuesday next, the 7th inst., at 2 p.m. precisely, ViS3COII II litilaelash in the chair. 100 100 100 all 100 BItITISU POSSESSIONS. Xtlautio be St. Lawrenoe Horn., Baroda, .1; Cen.in. gu. 6 per cent... Do. F 'Shares nuffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butl,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. Ualcutta & S. E., . Jape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p. .4A.st Bengal, gu., 5 do gu.s p.c. Do. J E2aathioi 'rand Trunkot Canada Do. Itiquip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Donde, Du, do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... t. India Pen. gus. sp.c. o. Grua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. o t. South of India gua. 5 per oent Do. per cent Do Orcat Wes. of Canada Do. New Do. 8 p. o 13(:.5. pay. 1573 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Aladraa, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 49 do Do. Filth Extension itelb. Cor. 6 p. o. Bnds. & Hobson's Bay N. itl.C'da,6pc lst pt. be Dude & g. 5 p.O - 3oinde . Do. Delhi Do. do ti Do. Puniaub...: Do.lndus St.i lot WO 100 100 all 100 100 45 47 106 107 3 4, 5 7 68 71 18 62 V 9 102 iOB 11G 112 113 15 Ha 74 82 43 15 33 35 25 27 18 19 110 i 11111 14 2 1, 1 iy 2 105 107 99 101 141 L4i 98 100 91 93 1081 Lai 100 102 95 97 83 85 lu7 108 103; ic4i 1C34 1044 P 101 105 87 69 1011 102} 2 5-16 COLONIAL UOVEItN.6I_SINT SECURITIII)6. Brats)) Columbia, 6 per oent.,Deo.3l, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& J my 1877-84 . . ...... 100 101 IC3 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug , luo 103 105 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept' 100 103 105 Uo. sp. 0. Jan. & July! 100 93 115 904 Do. sp. c. Inscribed et 100 93 95 904 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&001 1890-1900 100 11) 112 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 108 110 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 Ceylon, Nov. 1871, 6p. 100 1 , 8 110 Do. 1872, do. 100 103 107 nauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. lOO 106 108 )0. 1882, 51ay15, Nov. i; 100 107 10v Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 198 Natal 'joy. 6 per cent lOO B.Gw. (iv. 5 v oy.6op.c.Ja. ,8 .o&Jli3ulyt, 100100 099, 10 S. 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 E NO 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 100 1 1 54 9611 951 New Zealand, 6p. cent; 100 - - Do. 5 per oent.... I 100 971 981 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 lOO 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 103 105 8. Aun.Gov. 6 p.c. 1808-9, 100 Do. 1878 & upwards—l 100 110 111 Vio Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.& J uly 100 - - Do. do, April & Oot , 100 1114 1124 BRITISI.I MINES. - ,Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 - Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. SO 54 64 Devon G. Cons.(Tavist. 1 440 460 Drake walls 2.1.0 -- East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 -- East Caradon 2.14.0 4 5 -- East Carn Brost 34 2 24 East Grenville 2.14.0 14 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 •Ireat Laxey, limited all 16 17 161 Great South Tolgus 1.4.0 Great Wheal Buoy. 11.9.6 Wheal Vor (lielstiro 40 15 la irenville 9.0.6 11 14 llerod' 8 Foot 8.10.e 38 40 381 • - ilingston Downs 5.10.0 24 22 Ilargaret (Uny Le1ant 1 13.17.6 8 8 Marko Valley ...... .„I 4.10.6 6 84 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, liml 34 24 11 Ne - a , S ton North (oskear N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 ie S 4 o o. l •,ssrt Prosper ret United, en e! ut l efldy. ..e. Crotty a. i 8 2 1 .1 1 1 1 1, 0; 2 225 22 3 74 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 380 400 South Condurrow I S.Wheal Fran. tlllogan 18.18.9 374 42/ Stray Park Croft l4 15 —• Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Bassett (Illogan 14 4 14 W. Caradon (Lialteard 11 10 12 West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 54 75 80 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 22 15 9 II Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 - , Wheal Seton 'Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 7 9 PREFERENCE SII4.ItES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., 1,1%1, 9 2 Ditto, orper cent., lout roitErGV4mLwire. Central Argentine, 13 Gres[ Luxi-mbour4, 12i Northern of France, 431 ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3E3 South Austrian %ad Lombardo Venetian, 151 • FOREIGN MINEI3. Anglo.Brazli . n Gold, Uhoatales Gol 4 aud Sliver Mining, Urn., 2} Don Pedro. N - nh Del Rey, - 2 13-10 3 Hosea Grande, 4 Seottirh Australian, Urn., 1 St. John dcl Rey, lim , 1. DOCKS East and Weat India, 115 London and It. liatharine, 47 LIANAS. Australasia,:s2l Bank of British Columbia, Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 1 Bank of New Zealand, 18 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China. 191 English and ttio de Janeiro, lim., 81 Imperial Ottoman, It Land Mortgage Bank of India. lim., 1 London and Brazilian, lim., 17 151 Ditto, new, 2. London Chartered Banc of Australia, 121 London and Couuty, 50 Ditto, new, 3 :1 Loudon and estminster, Ditto, Scrip, 471 Merchant Bank, Rm., 17 Union of Australia, 491 Union of L0nd0n,.331 21 atusuELLArucoun. Anglo American Telegraph, 211 Atlantic) Telegraph, 47 B. and I. Magnetic Telegraph, lim., 151 Credit Fonder of England, Ihm,. 3 1-16 Crystal Palace, 261 1 6 Egyptfan 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua., 88111 Electric and International Telegraph, 2,18 12 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 121 Ben. Credit and Discount, tan., 5 Hudson's Bay, lb* London Provincial 'Telegraph, Um., 31 L mdon General Omnibus Company, lim., 2 1-13 Madras Irrigation and Canal (guqrauteed 5 per oent. India Government), 1011 2 National viscount uompany, 12 Ottoman Gas lim. 11 Peninsula and Orlental Steam, 55 Dito, new, 1567, tog Itenter's Telegram, 21, Royal Mail Steam, 6 1 Societe Generale de I'Empire Ottoman, 111 Submarine Telegraph, 83 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lim., 4; 1 Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 61 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 741 1 THE LOSS OF THE VOLGA.-ADMIRALTY, July 4.- Intelligence has been received at the Admiralty that Mr. Frederick J. Whittaker, assistant-engineer, 2d class, of the Rinaldo, who was supposed to have been lost in the steamer Volga in March last, reached the island of Miaki, about 80 miles from-Yokoham.a, in a boat belouging to the Volga., 101 95 491 ' 9 12-9 71 511 i 191 1141 1S 4 1 } lal 131 1031 9 105 if i i 100 'Co 100 10Q 100 16.13.4 73 J & & THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE —This Day. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, CUMBERLAND PLATE. 2 to 1 agst Flora (taken) 4to 1 agst Tabouret (taken) 6to 1 agst Fairwiud (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 4 to 1 agit Gomera (offered) 9 to 1 agst Ecartd (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Papillon (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Cann3n Ball (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Romping Girl (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Stradbroke-(offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Tabouret (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Our Mary Ann (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Choral (taken and off red) 25 to 1 agst Eyesore (offered) 100 to 3 agst Kidderminster (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Powderham (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Blinkhoolia (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Minster 801 l (offered) 1000 to 120 agst Mr. Bevill's lot (taken) 1000 to 80 agst Mr. Green's lot (offered) GoODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (taken and off.) 6to 1 agst Speculum (taken and off.) 100 to 8 agst Friponnier (taken) 100 to 40 agst Julius and Speculum coupled (taken) ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst The Earl (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Formosa (taken) 7 to 1 agst Raierucian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Masaniello (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—TIIIS DAT. GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Gomera (offered—take sto 1) 9 to 1 agst Ecarte (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Romping Girl (offered) 15 to 1 agst Cannon 8311 (100 to 6 taken) 20 to 1 agst Our Mary Ann (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Papillon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Tabouret (taken and offored) 20 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Eyesore (offered—take 100 to 3) 25 to 1 agst Fidelia (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Fitz-Ivan (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Wellow (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Elmira (offered) 50 to 1 agst Taraban (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Powderham (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Honesty (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst 3linster Bell (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agst Julius (offered) 100 to 15 agst Speculum (offered) 2to 1 agst Julius and Speculum coupled (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst The Earl (offered) 7 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) Bto 1 agst King Alfred (offered.—take 9to 1) ARRIVALS AT CARLISLE. Honestisb, Fitzroy, Ready Money, Ladylike, Sister to Little Agnes, Master Tom, Flora, Eveliva, Hind, War, Leneva, Sorcerer, Gleaner, Derwent, Sleeping Maggie, Bonaparte, Roderick Random, Contentment f, Heiress, and Soda Water. SPORTING NOIES. The opening of the Alexandra Park Race Course on Tuesday last was a great success in many points of view, but the company will have to tax all their energies to make it a permanent institution. In the first place, the plan of the ground over which the different events took place was universally condemned, and the most strenuous efforts should be made by the officials to increase the size of the course. At the same time it is equally necessary to remove all the trees which prevented the spectators from getting a view of the contests for more than a few hundred yards. There were many other shortcomings which are always apparent in new undertakings, and which will doubtless be rectified on a future occasion. The refresh ments at the Grand Stand are au important consideration, and it is to be hoped the company may be disposed for the future to undertake their supply, or at any rate reserve to themselves the power of reducing the tariff to a reason able scale. There were uafortunately a great many com plaints from visitors last week on the score of price and quality too. Having carried out their plans hitherto with most persistent energy, it is only fair to suppose that the directors will be fully alive to the improvements required, and lose no time in carrying them into effect. The Newmarket July Ileetin,g is principally interesting for the light it throws on the Derby candidates from the running in the July and other Stakes for two years olds. According to:public form there can be no dispute about The Orphan (the newly named filly, by Nowiniuster out of Diornedia), Belladrum, Ryshworth, Do Vero, and Direc tor being decidedly the best. Still I am not at all im pressed with the superior quality of any one of the lot, and before the season is over it will surprise me if we do not find some fresh candidate who will be able to give each of them 51b. and a beating. On the present occasion I question if anything will be able to defeat BELLADRUM if he runs, next to whom I fancy RYSIIWORTII, although DIRECTOB. might do so, as ho is reported to be very much improved lately. The Gladiateur Stakes BADS WORTH should have no difficulty in winning. I should think Count La Grange will depend upon GITRIEUSE, who must be my selection for the Achievement Stakes. Wednesday's events include the Beaufort Stakes,:which is run over the Suffolk Course, about one mile four fur longs, and if ARTESIAN can stay the distance he is remark ably well in, next to whom I fancy BLacK DIAMOND. The Midsummer Stakes will certainly go to the THE EARL with a start. BASILIA seems most trustworthy for the Sweepstakes of 500 Sovs. each, and DE VERE for the Exeter Stakes, although FLOWER Guth is evidently in good form from her running at the Alexandra Park last week. Concerning Thursday's events I see nothing to boat BESMARCK for the Summer Stakes. My impression is de cidedly in favour of ORPHAN and TENEDOS for the Pocket Sweepstakes. The Chesterfield Stakes will probably in troduce us to some fresh candidates for next year's Derby; but if BRIGANTINE conies well to the post, her previous form is quite good enough to win. I hear good accounts of Glenlyon, who is brother to Monarch of the Glen, and one of Mr. Naylor's six nominations for the Epsom prize. The weights for the Newcastle Stakes on Friday do not appear until Wednesday evening, and the only stake to allude to on that day is the Audley-square Sweep stakes, in which one of Prince D. Soltykoff's pair, ROYAL RAKE or COUP DE GRACE, is likely to prove the best in vestment. Carlisle races come off on Tuesday and Wednesday next, where the principal competition will doubtless be amongst the north country horses, as, besides Newmarket, trainers in the south have engagement.; this week at Sutton Park and Hungerford. For the first day my selec tion is LIBERAL in the Grand Stand Handicap, and with out troubling your readers with details, relative to the Cumberland Plate, I may at once state my firm conviction that FLORA will prove the winner. The Corby Castle Stakes and the Carlisle Stakes have HYMEN and THE HIND engaged in both of them. Ono of the pair should win. On Wednesday, if The Czar runs for The Athletic Stakes he will win, and SISTER TO LITTLE AGNES iS by no means badly in The Lottery Stakes. Hungerford Meeting will wind up an unusually heavy week's sport on Friday and Saturday. The acceptances, however, for the principal event, the Barks and Wilts Stakes, do not appear until to-morrow, but if 'Thorn dyke is one of them I should fancy him. The Craven Stakes LIGURIAN may be able to win. The Hungerford Stakes is a foregone conclusion for CARLOTTA. In the Ladies' Plate MISS ALICE is not overburthened with weight. The only two races for Saturday complete for analysis are the John o'Gaunt Stakes, in which I would sooner trust VIGILANT than anything; and the Nursery Plate, for which SISTER to VEDA Or BONNIE KATIE may first attract the judge's notice. A FRESH MAN. Friponnier was struck out of the Grand Prizo at Alex andra Park at 1 p.m. on Wednesday last. The filly by Gunboat out of Flyaway (sister to Flying Jib) has been named Flying Shot. Sir W. Booth's filly by Parmesan out of Lady Blanche has been named Parmesina. The objection made to Electricity, who came in first for the Windsor Stakes, has been withdrawn. THE GRAND STAND TICKETS AT ASCOT.—At the Reading Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, Charles Piggott was charged with having stolen seven tickets of admission to the Grand Stand at Ascot, value £3 10s., and James Rent ley, 42, was indicted for receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. The prisoner Piggott is the son of a highly respectable auctioneer and house agent in a suburb of London, and during Ascot races he was employed as ticket-taker at one of the entrances to the Grand Stand, Mr. Skinner, the manager of the Grand Stand, cautioned him that a watch would be kept on the part of the trustees to check any dishonest prac tices, and on the face of this the prisoner gave Hentley seven tickets of admission. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and the court sentenced them to four months' im prisonment. Immediately after the sentence had been pronounced, Pigott's father---a man of gentlemanly ap pearance—fell senseless to the floor, and caused mull sympathy to Do felt for him in court. INPERIAL PARLIAMENP HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. —_ Pontypool, Caerlyon, and Newport Railway Bill, Great Western Railway Bill, and St. Leonard and St. Mary Mag dalen Church Bill were read a third timo and passed. METROPOLITAN REGULATIONS BILL. The Marquis TOWNSIIEND said, in moving the second reading of this bill, that he regretted that Govern ment thought themselves compelled to oppose the read ing, therefore he would not take up their time, but would ask that the bill be discharged. The order was then discharged. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL. The order for this bill was also discharged. 'ETROPOLIS LOCAL MANACiEIIENT ACT BILL. The order in this bill was also discharged. AFFAIRS IN NOVA SCOTIA. Lord STRATHEDEN presented a petition from Nova Scotia, alleging the existence of much dis content in the province in regard to the Act past last Session under the title of British North America Act, and moved that au lienib;e whirrs.; be presented to her Majesty to iippoint a commission to pro ceed to Nova Scotia for the purpose of examining the alleged causes of dissatisfaction, w.th a view to their reniev.d. Ile said that the cause of iliscoutent was the Confederation of Nova Scotia with Upper and Lower Canada, the fernier province preferring still to re nain attached to the British empire instead of being iuclu led in the Coufaderati The issu) before the House was not as to the merits of the Confederation, which subj met had been so often discusse I. With regard to it lie was ready to conced what they liked. Bat they had not met to review the advantages of confederation, but fur the purpose of ascer taining what was the amount of disaffection. The noble lord entered into a statement as to the importance of the stronghold of Nova Scotia, and said that although England deprecated a war with the United States, yet Nova Scotia in such an event was most important as a military and naval station, and by the discontent to which ho referral we ran the risk of losing it. Earl Grey, the late Duke of Newcastle, Sir John Burgoyne, and many others considered Halifax as one of the most important strongholds that we had. Under these circumstances it was most jealously to be guarded, as the loss of Halifax and Nova Scotia would be of the most vital importance. He would now enter into a few of the facts connected with the disaffection he had spoken of. In 1863, in the month of July, a general disaffection took place in Nova Scotia. The population was aroused to speak upon cer tain subjects of discontent. During the Parliament of that year a great organic change took place. The true object of discontent was that as Nova Scotia was always intensely British, and in all great demon strations against England she was most loyal and always first to oppose invasion, therefore was she the first to resist being dissevered from the Bri tish Empire. When the members of her Parliamea assembled at Halifax in January following, showed that tbry were the partisans of Confederation, their discontent arose. In consequence of this fifteen resolutions wore framed, and delegates had been many months in this country ready to express the discontent that was felt in Nova Sco Another subject of annoyance was that Canada had re fused to enrol the Nova Scotian militia: The new local Parliament of Nova Scotia assembled in August and the question must speedily be decided on. Would it be sup posed that discontent would pass away unless something was done before the Bth of August? He did not believe in the statement that the union of peoples must arouse some discontent, nor was he of opinion that unions of that description were always successful. The local Par liatuent will meet in a few weeks, and this question must then be settled or lead to all the evils which he had shadowed forth. With regard to the manner in which the discontent was to be dispersed, there were ono or two ' ways. The one was that of repeal, but this, when the session was almost exhausted, was impossible. There was another means, and that was there should be a committee appointed to inquire into what was the causes of disaffection. This inquiry could not be made by the Governor-General, because that would only preci pitate an outbreak, and however clever and dispas sionate he might be, his opinion coming from the Go vernment of Canada would create no respect. Tho inquiry should be by commission, and would be accepted as is fair investigation ; and it would have the effect of drawing out in Nova Scotia whatever feeling there was in favour of confederation, and would elicit the opinion of those who did not join in the discontent. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. WINDSOR BARRACKS. Colonel LESLIE asked the Secretary for War whether he had seen the report in the papers of the sanitary c)tn missioners of the Lancet on Windsor Cavalry Barracks; and whether there was any truth in that report as to the bad state of the barracks? Sir J. PAIiINGTON said he had seen the report, but he thought the complaints with respect to married soldiers' quarters was somewhat overstrained. Comparing the condition of married soldiers now with what they were ton years ago, he thought the arrangements were very satisfactory. They had already spent £240,000 in im proving the quarters of mar ried soldiers, and now the outlay was between £30,000 or £40,000 per annum in order to secure each married soldier a separate room. He thought that it was making too great a demand that soldiers having four or five children should have two rooms. With regard to the shortness of water, he did not think, so close as the barracks were to the River Thames, such complaints ought to exist. THE ELECTRIC TEL E GRA.P H. Col. FRENCH i , n the absence of Mr. Dillwyn, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was true that negotiations, contingent upon the passing of the Tele graphs Bill either in this or the next session of Parliament, for the purchase of their interest in telegraph companies by the Government, had been entered into by the Post office authorities with certain railway and other com panies, notwithstanding that a select committee of the house was now conducting an inquiry into the whole question of the expediency of the Government's taking up the telegraphs ; and, if so, whether ho would lay a copy of the suggested form of ayeement upon the table of the house? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said an agreement had been entered into with the electric tole graph companies and the railway companies opposing the bill subject to the approbation of the committee. It it was approved of there would be full opportunity given to the house to express its opinion on the subject. TIIE DOVER FORTIFICATIONS. In reply to Mr. DIXON, Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had received intelligeno through a private source that a schooner, whilst lying in Dover Roads, had been struck by a shot from the bat teries, and he had given directions that a most searching inquiry should be made into the circumstance. THE REGISTRA.TION BILL. Mr. HARDY moved that, first, the orders of the day be postponed, in order that the R , gistration Bill might be read a third time that it might bo sent up to.the House of Peers. The motion having been agreed to, Mr. CA.NDLISH wished to call the attention of the house to a decision which had been given in the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday last, which was to the °free t that tenants of a portion of a house were not subject to the payment of rates, and therefore not en titled to the franchise as he believed it was in tended they should be. (Hear, hear.) The effect of the decision of the Chief Justice of Common Pleas would be to disqualify from between 100,000 and 200,000 persons, whom it was intended to enfranchise. In the borough he represented he believed between 2,000 and 3,000 would be prevented from taking part in the next election, a►nd in Newcastle-upon-Tyne the number would be between 5,000 and 6,000. The new Reform Bill, according to that decision, would not enfranchise more than one-half the number that was intended, awl, as it was a matter of such great importance to-morrow ho should ask the right hon. gentleman whether he intended to bring in a short bill to give effect to that which was the intention of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to know what stops were to be taken to prevent houses being unduly crowded in order to obtain a vote. ➢lr. HARDY said there was nothing in the act about crowding houses. The great question to be decided would be, was the person claiming qualified to vote. Sir G. BOWYER expressed regret that evidence had not been heard on the matter, and he questioned very much whether the registration would be carried out satis factorily. The bill was then read a third time and passed. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 5 being proposed, Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the clause and all clauses following up to clause 18 inclusive be omitted. Ho did so because he believed that the provisions were such that the whole intention of the measure would be frustrated. The right hon. gentleman moved a number of clauses to take the place of those proposed to be loft out : the first set forth the place at which the trial was to be held, the next provided for the appointment of three additional judges, and the other clauses provided that every such election inquiry should be presided over by one of the judges of her Majesty's superior Courts of Common Law at Westmin ster, such judge not being a member cf the House of Peers, and such judge should alone decide every question of law arising on such trial, whether relating to the admissibility of evidence or otherwise, and should direct the said com mittee upon the law by which their decision was to be governed, and such committee should accord ingly, as a jury, give their decision only on the facts of the case': provided always that such trial should proceed and be conducted in all respects in the same way as a trial at Nisi Prins, or a cri minal proceeding before a jur. On the conclusion of the trial the judge, he proposed, should certify to the Speaker the result of the trial, at the same time stating if any and what corrupt practices had prevailed. Ho thought if the house were to adopt his amendments, that great good would result, and they would have a tribunal which would do the work far more efficiently than at present. Sir P. COLLIER objected to the amendments, the more so as they did not provide for any local inquiry, an ar rangement very generally desired, and also that no provision was made for au inquiry being taken when the house was not sitting. (Hear, hear.) He thought if the house parted with the jurisdiction of conducting these inquiries into corrupt practices, the e u r d s i c l f h b e ar st rist j authorities.l)wer je b e e ted giv t e e n gtioveth it e to g ten years' standing or county court judges. (Hear, hoar.) It had been said that the inquiry would ba tou severe, but he did not think that could be so, for if there was corruption existing it was woll for the country that it should be known and rooted out. Mr. LOPEZ supported the amendments of the right hon. member for Kilmarnock. Ho thought that the proposal th e se election inquiries by an assessor and a kind ( se lected from that house was ono of th e b es t arrangements Mr. HUGGESON said the select committee having do t)ofjurytr3 r that could be made. cid , id upon the house giving up its jurisdiction, ho thought the best thing to - do was to agree to it rather than frettur ing the time of the house in useless discussions, which would only prevent anything being done at all during th) present m rsession. HENLEYp s ( u Lle p a o r r , t h e hear.) the ar.) clause, because it gave the security of a jury, rather than making their decisions, rest upon thrffitlionof ono man. Mr. MILL said he wished it could be male unlawful for bribery to be tolerated, and that could rot be done as long as Parliament itself took the initiative in deciding the question. If the matter was decided by an indepen dent tribunal, a much more satisfactory state of things would result than that which at present existed. (LEET SITILNG.) m.) D." Vis- y 5. 5 ---" _ - 3 ) 50 . _..... . ...... Jinn' I it / ZO tool 1 7k long f 1011 i 1051