The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The position of the Bank of England correspond to that of the money market in general. There ha been a falling off in business, and an increase in un employed reso urces . Th us , while the circulation has declined the notes and coin in reserve have largely in creased, i to that for the first time for many months au addition has been made to the Government S ecurities. Seeing that the employment of its means in advances and discounts has declined, and there is consequent diminution in the private securities, it Singular that the Bank did not enlarge its I, ° "lin of GoVernment securities a fortnight earlier. he relapse in business is demonstrated by the signi ficant fact of an addition of more than half-a-million sterling to the private deposits which are now not witch l ess than twentv-one millions in the whole. The bullion is largely increased, and as further considera ble amounts will b e sen t i n , th e stock is likely in a f ew w eeks to be greater than has yet been known. The following are the principal changes since the pre vious return : Decrease in Circulation Increase in Public Deposits Increase in other Deposits 5 .26,643 Increase in ilovernment Securities 16,861 Decrease in other Securities 92,408 Increase in Bullion ...••••• 501,689 Increase i n R eserve Increase i n R est Bullion in both Departments —.... 21,290, 652 Reserve o f N o t es an d C o i n Circulation, including Bank Bills. 24,147,874 The following is the returns of paid clearing for the week ending Wednesday, May 27, as certified by the chief inspector, Mr. Geo. Derbyshire : May 21, Thursday ... £8,669,000 May 22, Fri day ••• "' 9,620,000 May 23, Saturday ... 10,275,000 May 25, Monday... ... 9,632,000 May 26, Tuesday •.• ••• 8,915,000 May 27, Wednesday ... 6,840,000 Total £53,951,000 This is a low total. This may be accounted for by the two facts that during the week no settlements have occurred on the Stock Exchange, while business must to some extent have been checked by the attractions of Epsom. But the total is not only less than in the Derby week of last year, but the clearing Upon the Derby Day itself is less. In 1867 the aggregate clearing of the week was £57,468,00 0 , showing a falling - off in 1868 to the extent of 4:3,517,000 ; and on the Derby Day of 1867 the clearing was £8,288,000, while this year it was only 4,8 40,000, showing a decline of £1,448,000. The discount inquiry shows no improvement at 114. to 1.6 'B . per cent. The funds remain firm at the advance of esta blished yesterday. Consols are 96 to 96k for delivery and 94i to ex div. for the approaching settle ment ; New and Reduced, 944 to 94g. ; Exchequer Bills 7s to 12s prem. ; India Five per Cents. are 114 to 117 ; and Rupee Paper, 1041 to 1051. The corn market is dull, but' not quotably lower, althon(4ll there is no doubt that a decline will be established on Monday. Foreign stocks continue firm, and a further advance th r eported. Pe ruv i ans are b e tt er , a t 86 to 87, and 3ere is a rise of k in Mexican, at 161 to 161, in New ganish, at 37i to 37-a. ; and in Turkish, at 381 to i. Of Egyptian, the 1864 Loan and the Nine per Cents, are better, at 81 to 82, and 87i to 884 r espectiv e l y. The Ra i lway De b entures are 91i- to 4, and th e Vi cero y' s S even p er C en t s ., 731 to 74. Italian are steady at 51/ to 51i, and Greek, 13i to 14. I. ) A merican Securities are very firm. United States , Bonds show an advance of ,at 72 to 72k ; better, at 961-, to 97i ; and Erie Shares 1, at 47 t o 48. Colonial Government securities are steady. Canada per Cent. is quoted at 104 to 105 ; the 5 per Cents., u 2 to 93 ; Mauritius 6 per Cent., 105 to 107 ; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 100 to 102 ; New Zealand 6 Per Cent., 109 to 111 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 10 8 to 109 ; and Victoria 6 per Cent., 113 to 114. .English Railway shares are fiat, and most of the t P i r le in rn cip is al i d.escriptions show a reduction. Great Nor lower, at 102 to 103 ; and the (A Stock) f, 'astern, 0 7k to 98. A fall of is also established in Great -- ',; lBt ero, at 341 to 35/ ; Great Western, at 53i to t '''*; London, Brighton, and South Coast, at 52i 'A° 53 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, at ~- 24 to 44i ; Metropolitan, at 1111 to 112/ ; and Caledonian, at 74-k to 75 ; but London, Chatham, an d Dover is better, at 20.4 to 21 ; Lancashire r'd Yorkshire are steady, at 1281 to 1281 ; Mid 10G1 to 107 k ; South Eastern, 76i to 77 ; London and North Western, 115± to 115/. In Bank shares the dealings are moderately active but the movements are confined to an improvement of Chartered Mercantile, at 27-- to 28} ; and a de 'one of in London and Westminster, at 704 to 70k ; A g r a (A), s t ea d y, at 10 to 10 4 ; Alli ance, 13 to 12 X• ; Anglo-Austrian, 51 to 51 prem. ; Consolidated, to to 4 1_; Imperial, 18 t o 19 ; I m p er i a l Ottoman, 1/ ; London and County, 52 to 53 ; Oriental, 42 r ' .- ° 4 3; London Joint Stock, 3E: to 36. Union of London 34 to 35k. Discount and credit shares are qu i e t. National „, 18 00unt are quoted 101 t o ilk ; L on d on Fi nan cial, .V to 21i di s . ; I n t erna ti ona l, 2 to 1/ di s. ; Gene tol Credit, 4' to 2g dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 3 . n glo - American Telegraph shares are 22/ to 23 ; and Atlantic Telegraph, 5 to k dis. fo r i A d . hu s r p s e t ei n al ail g w e i n ly eral meeting of the Chichester and has been called for the .10th June, bill the purpose of submitting to the proprietors a ',,,now pending in Parliament. ~1-be following telegram has been received by the :' - :° 11 Pedro North del Rey Company, in anticipation of D o n Brazil mail :—" Produce to 2nd May, 13,500 tatav _ a 3; estimated produce for April, 15,500 oitavas." _The gold sent i nto the Bank yesterday amounted to ",15 4 , 0 00. O n t h e ot h er h an d , 20,000 sovere i gns were withdrawn for Lisbon. A furthe r sum o f £2 50,000 i n specie has left New -L ark for Europe. The Erin has arrived, with £ll,OOO in specie, and t he Shannon is telegraphed from Lisbon, with £6,000 in specie from the B raz il s .. The bills have been returned of Bassett, Green, a nd Hewetson, hop and seed merchants. The li abilities are small, and there is a prospe c t o f a goo d li quidation. Messrs. A. Young and John Ball, the official liqui dators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association, tTliounce as follows :—" In accordance with the 4th clause - of the arrangement made by us with the credi tl)ire in June, 1867, we now beg to give you notice t at We are prepared to pay, on the Ist day of June ai e xt, under discount, at the rate of 5 per cent. per b e Tuni, the promissory notes issued to you by us on 3O u t alf , of this association, which become due on the ~7 0 of that month, and we have therefore to request _411,7.t0 present such notes for payment at the Bank of lionsd on the Ist proximo, the Bank having instruc ten, to pay all such promissory notes as shall be pre tor `, e(l on or after that date, less discount as above, .tweuty-nine days." 434 further dividend of is in the pound is announced l O ri ) ayable on th e I s t o f J une to t h e cred i tors of the a s 0 411 Commercial Bank (Limited). This makes . 1 4 4 Paid. tbl-arseilles advices state that th e arr i va l s o f gra i n at p `' r ilt e port had cea se d i n consequence o f t h e fa l l i n stri e ct , and that business has become exceedingly re go ,9• The French m ar k e t s a pp ear t o b e f u ll y d e PJ . ,,d, and p r i ces are very wea k , an d sellers are `Tioed as urgent. A ace_remittance of £1,222 6s 2d has been received on r; i i _int of Ecuador dividends. of '''',e,.Russiati Government has authorised the issue ? o ligations to the amount of 17,000,000 Dutch to r o illa jor the construction of a railway from Jelez to Griss l being a continuation of the li ne fr om J e l e z andlin er ve rs us ul Riga to Saratow. Th e lengthis 177 ce nt • The Russian Government guarantee 5 per !nterest, recei v i ng th e cap i ta l, so t h at t h e tied?,eription becomes really a loan. The obligations, ee o c tiug the allowances, are issued at 74i- to 74 per whilsubscriptions ex t en di ng to N ovem b er next, rat e loe interest is payable half-yearly, at a fixed '4 of Exchan e in Berlin, Atusterdatn, and London. ce iz e ,,, l3 bligation s g are ' redeemable at par in 81 years, The in 1870. Ita;: e 1 r eceipts of the Great Southern of India Rail erea4eer the week ending February 29, show an in -41. o f £122 16 s sd, an d t h e m i leage an increase of T heeor t . traffic receipts of th e G ran d T run k R a il way fil loi Pa l l Y of Canada, for the week ending May 9, ka s of 186 ho ncreas e of £3,685 as compared with the cor a; tiding week 7. B RITISH FLUIDS —TWO O'CLOCK. 3 (iOVERNMENT FUNDS. 961 51 1:1°1. eent. Consols 94 I -O itt 4 a Leor Account, Juno ... 94/ i -1,1,!3'°' nt. Reduced 9411 1),T., 7 3 per (lent ''''? 21 Per Cont. Jan. 1894 I)°' 5 . ' 1873 474.1.,4uiti4,75k"'. " p n ire sth Jan- 180 — Do ' - ' 0 - for di, y Y r: B' t W ed Bja 1. 1 0 x f,, ap h ) A g , 19 8 .• expire sth , April u. ' 18 0 85. 7 7 - 12 ion 2 1 . ; 040quor bills, £l,OOO, 2 per CC 11 . Do. X5OO —1/ II kn , £lOO & £2OO ,k of Englaza Stock, 41 per Cent 246 8 4.'0. Acconnt 1 .INDIAN GOVEUNMENT SECITIUTIES. 444 %took, 10 } per Cent., AprillB74 0_ ri-,°' Aecoun ...J 5 , 117 1 • per Lent. July, 1880 _ D 4 Per Cent Oct 1888 4,0 . 0 • , Oct. erttficates A ° • trtfaCed Paper 4 per cent II Do. 5 por Cont., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cont.., May 1879 — Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 188' ) D 6. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £L000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. Argentine Repulic, t; per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — xd _.. _ „... Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 1858 — Do. • do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 Do Account B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. — DJ 2 per Cent.. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 47 Cu').t, 6per Cent. C .tlian 6 per Cent 7o} Do. 4i per Cent t/o. 6 per Gout., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C ): rubian, G per Cent. Danish 3 par Cent., 1825._ D .nabian Principalities, i I..er Cent 731 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 801 .:ouador Now Consolidated, 1 pr.r GOD'. 13 1 Egyptian, 7 per Gent ... Do. Second Issue Do. X5OO Bonds Do. LlOO Bonds 81; P. 1.864 Do. Account T/o. 15 0 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bowls ..... 821 Goverormort ltai I way Dei um t ures . ... 921 Greeir 5 per Cont., 1821-5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent t. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £2sp Its iiau 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account •., — Do. Maremmana Raiway 55 M.exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — I.lontevidQau 6 per Cont. .. — Sloorish imperial 5 per Cent — Now Granada lsi Do 3 per Con 37 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account . .. 871 GI 71 7 Do 41 per. Cent. (TJribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account Porta f.ruese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 42 Do. do., 1e67 4l Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 8t — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent. l 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 841 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 ... Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 8 8 1 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. ... 1)o., 1866, £lOO Bonds BBf Do. do £B4 15s. do .....• Do Nicolas Railway ~.. 64i 51 Sardinian, o per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen Do Account Do New Deferred ........ ... Do Account - Do Passive —_ Do Account Do Com. Cert.. of Coup. not funded — Do Account ........... 6 per Cent. — Do Account ................................ Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ..................... Do Account 65: Do £lOO Bonds G6i 71 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account - Do 6 per Cent., 1865 621 11 2 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cont. Do 6 per Cent, 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ea. 25f. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins It%liali 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 5ll 1 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 Do. Account, 4th June 94: ad GREAT FIRE Al GREEA MICH. (THIS DAY.) It is many years since the inhabitants of Green wich have witnessed a fire of such magnitude as happened this morning, which for hours continued to rage, destroying in its progress property roughly estimated at several thousand pounds sterling. The premises in which the disaster commenced belonged to the Messrs. J. and G. Rennie, boiler manufac turers, situate in Ravernsbourne-street, Greenwich. A police-constable of the R division in going his rounds had his attention directed to huge volumes of smoke pouring forth from one of the factories 140 feet long, and nearly as wide, which contained a great number of boilers partially finished, and other valuable property. The officer knowing that all hands had left off work felt convinced that a fire was burning within the premises, and at once sounded an alarm in the usual way, and having obtained assistance he sent off for the aid of the engines. Before, however, the news could be communicated to the nearest station of the Metro politan Brigade the fire told its own tale by shoot ing through the different windows of the immense building, and rising so high into the air as to prove a far more speedy messenger of danger than the persons despatched by the police for the same ob ject, and the consequence was that the firemen of every station on the south side of the Thames turned out with their engines, as well as Captain Shaw with an engine from the chief station in Wat ling-street, so that in less than half an hour there were six powerful land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., on the spot, and a great many manual power ones. The mains of the Kent 'Water Works having been drawn, it was found that the water was supplied so scantily that it was not sufficient to feed one half of the engines present, and, as a last resource, some of the engines were backed to the edge of the River Ravensbourne, but even here the water was exceedingly scanty, and the flames in consequence, being to a certain extent unrestrained, lapped over and ignited another building, similarly constructed, and exactly the same size as the one first mentioned. No sooner did the lower part of this factory show the least signs of fire than, as if by magic, the whole fabric shot forth huge sheets of flame from every part. The London Salvage Corps, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Swanton and Mr. Foreman Cooper, was in formed that there were a large number of boilers for her Majesty's Government in another part of the premises, and it was feared that if the flames should reach them that they would be de stroyed. The greatest care was therefore taken by the salvers in covering over the premises, and thereby saving the costly work which had taken many months to bring to perfection. The firemen, however, although they labourered under such dis advantages from the want of an adequate supply of water, did the best that was possible under the circumstances, and ran no little risk by conveying the hose from the steamers to the extreme ends of the buildings. Owing to the cause above named—the want of sufficient water—the fire could not be said to have been en tirely extinguished until 10 o'clock this forenoon, nearly eight hours from the time of the outbreak. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing that can be depended upon can at present be learned, but various rumours are rife in the district that some evil-disposed person was the:cause of the mischief. The Messrs. Rennie, it. should Le stated, were highly respected by the :nal)) , hundreds of men they employ, and it is not likely that any of them would do an act that would deprive tneir families of bread during the rebuilding of the premises. The whole of the two factories, each, as before stated, 140 feet long, have been burned out, and the costly contents consumed. The stores, containing boilers for the British Government, are all saved, and great as the destruction of property has unfortunately been the premises burnt down form only an incon siderable portion of the works at Greenwich, and the business can, in conjunction with the factory at Rolland-street,, be carried on as usual. The buildings were insured in the Phosaix Fire-office. TIIE METROPOLITAN BOARD.—This Board have of late been particularly unsuccessful. The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds in maintaining Mr. Pollock's award for .£8,325 ; the Park-lane Bill is a second time rejected , and the committee on the Thames Embankment (North and South) Bill on the 21st ordered costs of £3OO each against the Board to be paid to two petitioners, the Mar quis of Salisbury and Mr. Drummond, because they had been (the committee report) " unreasonably subjected to expense" by the Board, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1868, SIJARE LIST. CORRESPONDENCE FROM FARM ',Frbou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, May 28. The telegrams from Berlin announcing that irsurrec tionary Polish bands have appeared in Gallicia, and that they have been recruited from the Polish emigrants in this city, have attracted a good deal of attention. It is noticed that they come from Berlin, and not from Vienna, which would seem most natural, considering that Gallicia is an Austrian province. The general impression is that there is no truth in these telegrams, but that have been originated by the Russian Government in order to furnish an excuse for inflicting fresh severities upon its unhappy Polish subjects. Even that explanation, however, leaves the matter sufficiently serious. It cannot be doubted that Russia is determined to crush out the Polish nationality altogether, and seems to desire rather to outrage than to respect French susceptibilities, always very keen on this subject. The question is, if France will much longer sub mit to this. For my own part lam beginning to suspect that the enormous armaments which are still going on, and which must certainly mean war somewhere, will be used for, among other purposes, the re-establishment of the Polish Kingdom, with perhaps Prince Napoleon at its head. Such a measure would be immensely popular in France, where the belie:! in the Polish nationality is still an article of the popular creed, is still one of the " ideas " for w Lich Frenchmen would be prepared to " make war." The fact that General Langiewicz, the ex-dictator of Poland, has just gone to Constantinople, whither Prince Napoleon is now setting out, seems to con firm the suspicion that some project of the kind I have mentioned is on the topic. The Avcnir National boldly declares that " the acts of the Russian authorities in the ancient Kingdom of Poland afford only too great justifica tion for armed protests." The same paper adds :"It is certain that the Eastern Question would be raised, with all its consequences, in a fortnight, if the different move ments in Bosina and Gallicia are not immediately suppressed. What would be the part which the French Government would take in connection with events so grave? It is impossible for us to foresee. The Moniteur ought clearly to give us some explanations upon the Eastern policy of the Marquis de Moustier, but it may be.. pre dicted that no explanations will be forthcoming." In this. last Statement the Arcnir National is certainly correct. At the same time we have just had a very serious indication of what our Government thinks of the present political position. The announcement has been made within the last day or two that the contingent of 100,000 men for next year will be voted at once. The announcement seems to have puzzled the Paris journals, and very few of them have as yet taken any notice of it. Those that have see in this move, which will enable Marshal Niel to call out the recruits for 1E69 five months before the time, an omen by no means peaceful. An article in the Berlin paper the Kreuz Zeitung has attracted some notice on account of its very unfriendly tone towards this country. As the mot d'ordre to the Berlin press has been of late to be courteous towards France, this renewal of semi-hostile utterances excites some surprise. It is scarcely likely, however, that Bis marck had anything to do with the article. The Temps asserts that the report upon the loan, which I mentioned was to be presented to the Corps Lflgislatif to-day, shews that the disagreement between the Commission on the Budget and the Council of State has not terminated. The commission insists on reducing the original figure 444 millions (£17,760,000) to 411 millions (16,440,000) including the 8 millions (£320,000) recently appropriated to the construction of roads. The commis sion propose to devote of this total the following amounts for extraordinary expenses : £5,560,000 for the army, £1,320,000 for the navy, and £ 3 ,400,000 for public works. Baron Haussmann's destructive mania has become so intolerable that the Parisians are determined to bring the matter before the Chamber. 11T . Ernest Picard, one of the deputies of Paris, is going to move, as an amendment to the proposed loan from the Cr6dit Foncier, that a com mission of eighteen members shall be appointed which shall make a valuation of all the buildings and lands belonging to the city, and to divide them into lots, which shall be submitted to public auction. There is a method in the baron's madness. If report speaks truth, he has on more than one occasion be come a large purchaser of house property, which (infelix home I) had to be dest royed very shortly after he purchased it. satisfactory and that the baron got a ance, to know that virtue did n good deal more in the way of compensation than he had paid in the way of purchase money. The projected telegraphic reform is exciting much in- o t go unrewarded is i n tbs in terest in this country. The Paris journals are asking that there shall be an increased charge for messages during the busy hours of the day, say from twelve to four; but it is doubtful if the Government will adopt the suggestion. There is still much talk of the circular which it is said the Government has determined to address to the prefects respecting the new Press Law. Hitherto the members of the Government have not agreed upon the terms of this address, but there are unpleasant rumours that instructions will be issued which will have the effect of greatly impeding the circulation of the journals. The Emperor goes to Rouen on Sunday. He will be received at the cathedral by the Archbishop, Cardinal Bonnechose. There will be no political speech any more than there was at Orleans. The latest correspondence respecting the Algerine quarrel has been published. Writing on May 22 to Marshal Niel, the Archbishop expresses his " profound surprise" at the letter written by Marshal MacMahon on the 6th, accusing him (th e A rc hbi s h op ) o f h av ing demanded the suppression of lib erty of conscience f or t h e Mussul mans of Algeria. The Archbishop states that his whole life and career a s a bishop protest beforehand against such an interpret a ti on of his wor d s. H e goes on to deny with great ve h emence that h e ever w i s h e d to use force. On the contrary, he refused to baptise some widows who demanded baptism because he thought they were not sincere. He g oes on t o speak of what he has done for the Arab s , and says all that he wants is that his liberty and ri g ht s as a bishop shall be respecte d . To this letter Marshal Niel replies at great length. He says that the difference which has arisen between the Archbishop and the Governor is due to a mis understanding rather than to any difference of opinion, and that really they are agreed. The Marshal says he is rejoiced to know that the Archbishop is prepared to respect the religious liberty of the Arabs, and be may be sure that there is no thought of trespassing upon his rights as a bishop. The Archbishop may rest assured that so long as he exercises those right s su bj ect to the necessary con diti on s of their existence in a colony like Algeria, he will have the support of the Government. The letter concludes with a very flattering eulogium upon the life and character of the Archbishop. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald views with the greatest alarm the announcement just made, that the contingent of 100 ,000 men for 1869 is to be voted at once. '" Never sin ce th e days o f t h e Fi rs t E m pi r e have two contingents b een voted in one sess i on. Th e measure is most ominous ; it l eaves no d ou bt as to the intgn tions of the Fren c h G overnmen t, b u t it does not imply that war will break out before next yev, unless indeed Prussia should take umbrage at such an evident menace, and think it her interest to precipitate matters and bring about the crash before the preparations of Fiance are completed. It may be ex plained by the fact, that as the Government contemplates a dissolution and thinks it may want a fresh supply of chair a canon before the next Legislature meets, it wishes the present Chamber to vote the contingent which in ordinary times should only have been voted next session. However that may be, this extraordinary measure is sure to create the greatest sensation throughout France and continental Europe." The Gazette de France comments upon this step, aro asks, " Why so much haste ?" It will enable the Minister of War to proceed with the recruiting five months earlier than usual. This is certainly " not ca lculated to restor e con fid ence to commerce and put an end to the strike of the milliard (£40,000,000) now lying idle at the Bank." It is remarkable that this step should have been taken s imultaneously with the noti fication of Prussia that two contingent s o f th e L an d we h r are to be immediately relieved of their liability to further service. It may be news to some of our readers that the Isthmus of Suez Canal is already available for some kinds of traffic, and is actually earning a revenue. For the first quarter of 1867 the receipts were over £lO,OOO ; for the corresponding period of 1868 they were nearly £23 ,000. The French postal authorities are exceedingly deficient in enterprise. It is not astonishing, perhaps, that they should fail to see the advantages of the Brindisi route, by which the overland mail would be quickened three or four days. But it is remarkable that they should virtually render the Mont Cenis railway useless by keeping English letters for Italy twelve hours in Paris, and by refining to run an early morning mail to St. Michel. In this matter the Italian authorities are little better than the French. For instance, when Mr. Fell's line is open, which will be on June 8, the mails will arrive at Turin about 9 p.m., and should start immediately for Florence, in which case they would be delivered there before noon. At present they do not arrive until nine on the following morning. There is, however, reason to hope that this service will be improved, for the recent complaints which have been made respecting the mails between. London and Genoa have induced the Italian POstmaster-General to attempt an alteration. He met with opposition from the French Government at first, but it is believed that this will be overcome, and that the letters will now take only three days which used tc. take Satia4l42kjefitWPlo44l_ IBIPERIAL PARLILMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVES SING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the; Woolsack at five o'clock. Tho Sale of Poisons and Pharmacy Act Bill was read a second time. ORDINARY Slials.Es AND STOCKS. :hare hallways. ' p aid j Closing I Business 1 rise. dens. - it -- anaMeter ivy 62 24 st Caledonian ... 100 743 7.3 71/ at Cambrian .. - Cork and Bandon...- - - 20 torn wall - all 21 34 et Dublin & Bellaet Juno lOO 75, 77 at. Dun„Perth,& Ab. June ioo 70 72 - E.London, bcrip Ce:ti all - - DO. 100 - - d at Glasgow &S. Western 100 - - et Great Eaetern,Ord.stk. NO 31 3 1 1 342 et Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 7 8 at Great North of Scotland; 100 13 :6 at Great Northern 1 100 102 103 103 1 at Du. A stock ' 100 s 7 08 V7l at Do. B stock lOO 124 146 at Do. New, la. at 25 prn 100 - - at (315. and W. et Ireland 100 00 97 st Gt. Western JO Si t3l 51 1 at Du. S. Val. Rail gua. luU - - st Do. South Wales lii 45 57 at Do. W. Mid.-Oxlvru 100 3) 35 at Do. Newport lOO 31 31 at Do. Hereford lOO - at Lancashire A Yorkshira lOO 127/ 1284 11:8; 4 at I.Judon and Blackwail 100 - - at Lon., Brigh., A S Coast 100 52 53 3 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 ill 20 1 20.1 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - at A North Western 100 lts 1153 113 k et Lou. South Western lOU 91 a. i 92 2 at Man., Shel., 100 121 Ibk 14 1 at Metropolitan at. Du. New - - et Do. Extension...- all 1 0 7 1 9 8 107 4 et I Metropolitan District all 8) 84 20 ( Uo. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's VV'n 6 - - at Midland i 100 1102 107, 1061 k - Do. .C 9 Share - - et Do, Birmin.. S, thrrbi 100 7i 77 - mid Kent . . - - at North British et Do. fold., Pth., & Dun. 100 - - at N th. Eastern-lierwies 100 1(21 1031 25 Do. G.P.I•E purchaot 16.13.4 - - st Do. Leeds ..... 100 184 694 at Do. York lOO 91 95 934 et Dc,. Carlisle at Do. Stook. & Darling. all 131 133 45 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - p at North London at Do. do. 1861 5 . lO - Do. do. 1866 . lO it 114 10 North Staffordshire et N. &S. W. Junction all 107 100 et Scottish Central - - Scot. N. 10 , Aber. stook 100 Uo. Scot, Mid. stook 100 - Shropataire Union et South Devon lOO 43 15 et South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & 'Wok all 10 11 104 et Vail' Vale 10 Do. C 5 - V ale of Neath - Watertord & Kilkenny too 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 0 - - West Cornwall BRITISH. rossicssioNS. 100 .ittlantio A St.Lawrenoe all 54 46 Born.,Baroda, 100 115 116 st gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. F shares l6 k 11, iO4 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 3 4 to Du. Preference Butf.,Brant,&Goderich 100 0 p.c. 1872-3-4 WO 68 71 et Calcutta AS. E., lim lOO - - et _Alpe Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 62 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 90 102 at East Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1044 11:54 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 1(9 110 1114 20 Do. J Extension - - et 6randTrunkof Canada 100 152 162 162 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o all 78 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 13 45 44 100 Do. do deferred - - 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 35 100 Do. do. deferred all - - 100 Do. 3d I'ra:stock-- all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock .. all 18 19 181 100 Do. do. deterred all - - et Ut. India Pen. gua. ip.e. 100 100 110 1101 13 to. Grua. 5 per cent.. 18 14 2 p 10 Do. New gua. sp. 0.. 6 14 21' et Ut. South of India gua. 5 per cent st Do. 41 per cent lov 9 1 96 et Do 2 - - 304 Oreat Wes. of Canada all 164 164' 14j j . 204 Do. New ...... all 00 Do. 6p. o Bhs. pay. 1873 all 98 100 00 Ina. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 91 91 et 3tadras, gua. 5 p.o __ 100 100 104 106 4 7 at Do. 41 do at Do. 41 do . . 100 89 91 9 55 2') Do. Fifth Extension 5 - at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - 50 Mel. & Ilobson's Bay.. all - st N.lll.C'da.6pcletpf.be 100 83 65 st Dude & Ithiik'nd,g.6p.o 100 1031 1001 105 t Scinde 100 1011 lt2o et Do. Delhi 20 Dodo . . 2 t i et Do. Puniaub.... 100 101 102 et Do.lndus St.Flot 41 ' 100 87 89 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per) cent., Deo. 31, 1872... 1 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. a. Feb. &Aug lOO IC2 101 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 102 103 , Do. sp. 0. Jan. A July 100 92 93 921 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sit 100 91 93 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.1873 100 105 107 Do,Ap 1. tic Out .1390-1900 100 108 119 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 106 108 Do. Jan.&J uly, 1890-9, 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 .00 Ca) lon, Nov. 1878, 6 p., 100 ,0 1)o. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 . ()o. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 100 107 109 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 11.6 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 - N.l3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 99 10 N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186,, 100 Liv 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 18701 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1886 to 1890; 100 1'54 981 9) New Zealand, 6p. cent' 100 - - Do. 5 per cent.... ...1 100 971 981 —• Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aua.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards l t ,o 110 lIL Vlo,Gov. 6 p.o..fa.&July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1114 112 i BRITISII MINEB. Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated BO 5/ 61 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 910 960 Urakewalls 2.1.0 1 -- East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.0 4 3 East Carn Brea 3l 2 24 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.0 1 1 East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 11.7.6 11 2 Gam.& StA uhyn(G wen. 66 4 5 Great Laxly, limited., all 164 171 Great South 'reigns 1.4.0 -- - Great Wheal bady 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Helst.n 40 15 17 rrenville 9.0.6 11 11 tlerod's Foot 8.10.0 38 90 LI ingston Downs 5.10.6 21 21 Margaret (Uny Lelant , l3 17.6 6 8 Ilarke Vallev .... • • *• 10 . 6 6 6 4 slwyndy Iron Ore,lim 31 21 11 -NCW S ton ...... • • 66 1 00 70 North toskear N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United-- 8.11.0 2 21 Providence ,Uny Lelani 11.6.7 25 27 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 380 400 South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 421 Stray Park *— yin Croft V 14 16 eilgra and Clogan, Rm all West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 1t 10 12 West elliverton ll 61 66 West Setou Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 76 80 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 22 15 9 11 Wheal Mary Ann (Mend 8 21 23 -- Wheal Scton Wheal Trelawnev (1.18 1 5.17.0 7 9 PitEFERENcE s a ARES• London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent., 43 rUltaMiN dALLWIIIt. Great Luxembourg, 11l Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3} Paris and Orleans, 3& Recite and San Prancisca, Urn., gua. 7 per cent, l' San Paulo. ua. 6 per cent.. Western and North-Western of France, 22 4.1k4 Cape Copper, Um., 12 l;houtales (Jot_ aud.silrer Ilm., If BANKS. Agra. Jim., A, 10/ Anglo-Italian, 18e6, lim., 44 City, 121 Consolidated, Urn., 4/ English and itio de Janeiro, lim., 8 imperial Otioinau. 11/ National Provincial of r-lngland, Ditto, .d and 3d issue, 39 MISCW.LLANEOUI3. li Ezyptlan 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua.. 88 74 Credit and Discount, Hudson's Bay, 164 I la n a t e d r r n a r o r n g a t i ; o i a anduc a l c Saone! l e t y (guaranteed 3 5 per ce n t by India Government), 1011 Ocean .uarine Insurance), 19/ Peninsula and Oriental aiteam, 54 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 14 Trust and Agency of Australasia, 2 Viceroy ot Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 731 f Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &manna and New Zealand, via Eouthampton.....May 23. Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via Panama Slay 24, tirazit, Bueihis Ayres, and .I.loute Video June 4, Ditty, by French packet (Jape Verds. by Brazil puma , _ June 1. Uape of (loud Hope, Asoension. and dt. tlelena June 12. Uhina, renang. and Singapore, via Sou:hampton...June 6. Ditto, via Marseilles raikland Islands Jibraltar, via Southampton May 30. India, via Southampton flay 30. LtO, via alarseil es Sialta, Egypt, Sm.. ... •••• \lay 3;. Ditto, Marseilles... May Itauritius, Cape of (food live, and Natal, vla Southamptou Ditto, Alarseilies June 1 8 Newfouudlanti • • ..... —.Jain 3 Portugal Ditto, by p riv Lie ship to Oporto .. Ditto L;ttO to Lisboa United States, l anada, California, dm, by British packet West ladies and raafic (except Mexico and Baha mas) Ditto, by L Lited States paoket Ditto ditto (New et s POOR RELIEF BILL. Lord REDESDALE, on the motion for this bill to go into committee, said he should not go into the point raised by Lord Portman, but he should bring be fore the house the fact of the inmates being allowed to go to places of religious worship. Now it was well known that many persons in the poorhouse who had children wished to get rid of them, and leave them behind, and so it was with children who wished to semrate themselves from their parents. If this were allowed therefore, to g,.) out for the whole of the day they might be able to get 3U miles away iu the course of the day. Aftera few words from Lord DEvoN,the bill was committed with the exception of the insertiou in the sth clause of the words "in a union" after the words "parish," when a division took place, and the amendment was carried. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock - . S ALFORD HUNDRED AND MANCHESTER COURTS OF RECORD BILL. The debate on the consideration of this bill, adjourned from the 26th of May, was resumed. Mr. CIIEETHAM moved that the bill bo taken into consideration that day six months. Mr.ORAWFOR D— The promoters of the bill in the first instance said the bill was merely one of amalgamation of the Courts of Salford and Manchester, and now it was dis covered that that was not the only object of the measure, but that the jurisdiction of the court was extended. He hoped, as the promoters had broken faith, the bill would be rejected. The house divided, when there appeared For the consideration of the bill Against it Majority —lo3 The bill was then ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. ABYSSINIA N EX PEDITION. Sir S. NORTHOOTE laid on the table papers con nected with the Abyssinian expedition. THE SUFFRAGE. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Birmingham praying for the extension of the suffrage to female house holders and ratepayers. STUDDED SHOTS. In reply to Mr. ESMOND, Sir J. PAKINGTON said the studded shot system was not to be abandoned. No trial of Mr. Murphy's plan had been made. EDUCATION. Mr. BRUCE asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Government, having withdrawn their Education Bill, it was their intention to propose the repeal or alteration of Article Eight of the Revised Code, so as to admit secular schools to the benefit of the Parliamentary grant ? Lord R. MONTAGU said it had been determined to in troduce a general measure of education during the present session, which it was hoped would be satisfactory to all parties; but it had unfortunately been withdrawn. It was not thought advisable to deal merely with one branch of the subject. He regretted that Congregational bodies who had altered their trust deeds would be inconvenienced by such a course. • CAUSES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. LABOUCHERE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the house a return of the number of causes standing for hearing before the House of Lords at the commencement of the present Session of Parliament, and of the number already heard during the present Session ; with the number of days on which the Lords had sat for hearing appeals, and the number of hours occupied on each day of sitting, and the names of the Lords who sat on each day. Mr; HARDY said if the hon. member would move for . the information in the form of a return no objection would be made to it. THE SCOTCH REFORIi BILL. Mr. YORKE asked the First Lord of the Treasury 'what course the Government proposed to take about the three boroughs proposed to be disfranchised by a late vote of the house, and not assigned to Scotland in the Govern ment scheme of Redistribution: And whether the seven boroughs to be disfranchised were those which are lowest in the scale of population. Mr. DISRAELI said the Government did not intend to avail themselves of the privilege as to the seven seats. The programme of the Government would be strictly ad hered to, and the disfranchisement of the seven boroughs would be made according to population. TILE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Mr. HARVEY LEWIS asked the Secretary of State for the Rome Department, whether, ilefore in wing the se cond reading of the Metropolitan Police Funds Bill, whereby the local taxation of the metroplis for pollee purposes is sought to be augmented, he would lay before the house copy of the evidence taken by, and the Report of the Home office committee on, the Metropolitan Police ; and whether he would also, before the second reading of the bill, pro duce an estimate of the increased expenditure to be in curred thereunder ? Mr. HARDY said the police had been augmented not with a view to increased local taxation, but for other pur poses. With respect to the expenditure, he proposed to lay on the table of the house papers connected with the matter which ho hoped would prove satisfactory. BOKIIARA. Sir H. RAWLINSON asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he had auy information of a proposed renewal of Russian hostilities against Bokhara ; and, if so, whether he could state the aim and object of such hos tilities ? Lord STANLEY said an account in the journals of St. Petersburgh had appeared of the return of an armed party from Bokhara, but ho was not aware that any other expe dition had been despatched. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND. Mr. MURPHY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether her Majesty's Government intended to take any further stops with regard to the proposed Catholic Uni versity for Ireland ? The Earl of MAYO said a copy of the correspondence on this subject would soon be laid on the table ; but he might say that, as the right rev. prelates who had been appointed to represent the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland had declined the condition the Government pro posed, the matter was considered to be entirely at an end. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The house then went into oommittee on the Scotch Reform Bill. On clause 9, Mr. GRAHAM moved an amendment, the effect of which was to divide Glasgow int, three divisions, eac returning one inombor in opposition to the proposition of the Government, which also dividod Glasgow into three parts, but allow the electors only to vote for two per sons. Mr. DISRAELI said before the discussion proceeded further ho wished it to be clearly understood that the effect of carrying the amendment would be to rescind the proposition that had been already adopted by Parliament with respect to triangular representation. Mr. SMOLLETT said he should give his support to the amendment of the hon. member opposite. He believed that the triangular system was bad, and he felt for the future that the representation of Glasgow would in the next session be found very much to have deteriorated. He thought thothird of the three-cornered members would be the worst one of the lot---(laughter)—as he more than likely would be the mouthpiece of some trades' union. Mr. GLADSTONE thought it would b 3 very unwise to revive the question of the representation of minorities, which occupied so much time last year on the English bill. He thought the system would get a fair trial under the English bill, and therefore he hoped the house would accept the proposal of the hon. member for Glasgow. Mr. LOWTHER hoped the committee would reject the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE said if G'asgow was divided into three ward; each ward returning one member, there would be no representation of the minority at all. As the opinion of the minority was to be respected, he hoped the horse would reject the amendment. Mr. MILL argued in favour of the representation of minorities as an act of justice entirely apart from party considerations, but . _ Mr. BRIGHT, on the other hand, warmly condemned it, characterising it as an odious innovation, eminently dis tasteful to the English constituencies to which it had been applied, and certain to produce chaos in all electioneering organisations. He denied that the principle had been de liberately adopted by the house last year. Originally it was rejected by a majority of 140, Mr. Disraeli (as well as Lord Derby) being among its most earnest opponents. But when the bill came down from the Lords with this and other amendments (all of which the Commons struck out), the Government persuaded the House to accept it rather than offend the Lords and provoke them to post pone the bill. Colonel L. LINDSAY claimed that if groat towns were to be exempted from this principle it ought not to bj ap plied to counties. _ . _ Mr. Liddel, in opposing the amendment, attributed to Mr. Bright a " devoted adherence" to American institu tions, which Mr. Bright contradicted so tartly as to bring down on himself the condemnation of the chairman, and Mr. Liddell retorted that, at any rate, Mr. Bright seemed an admirer of American manners. Mr. CARDWELL explained thet having last year voted in favour of the representation of minorities, he now sup ported the " voting by wards," on the same ground as Mr. Gladstone, that it was an experiment which deserved try ing. Mr. DISRAELI reminded the committee that th© cou troyomy lay act IntiTM tho inia9rity priaciple aid On present system of voting, bat between the minority prin ciple and a new plan, totally unknown to the Constitution, which had never been proposed before. kr. HORSMAN replied that the metropolis was divided into wards in 1832, and Sir G. GREY added that the bill of last year divided the Tower Hamlets. On a division Mr. GRAIIAM'S amendment was rejected by a majority of 59-244 to 185. A second division was then taken on an amendment proposed by Mr. Bouverie a 3 to the boundaries of Glas gow, which resulted in a tie of 112 on each side. The Chairman, taking into consideration that a second oppor tunity would be afforded of debating the point on the schedules, decided with the Ayes, thus leaving the bill unaltered. Clause 9 was then agreed to, the actual appli cation of the minority principle to Glasgow being post poned till the new clauses are brought up. On Clause 10, the proposition of the Government to combine the counties of Peebles and Selkirk was agreed to, after a short conversation, Mr. Moucreiff being the only dissentient. Mr. ORAUFURD proposed that the member thus ob tained should be given to Aberdeen, but his motion meet ing with but small support, he withdrew it, and tho Go vernment plan of conferring the member on a group of Border boroughs, consisting of Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk, was agreed to. The next discussion was on a motion by Mr. LAING to combine the counties of Iloss and Sutherland. ..,Lord R. LEVESON-UOWER made a spirited and effec tive speech in defence of Sutherlandshire, which, though its electors were only obout 120, had a population (25,000) larger than that of some counties and many boroughs re presented by two members. Sutherlandshire also found powerful alvocates in Mr. BOUVERIE and Mr. lionsmAx, who urged the committee, if it desired to get through the bill before Whitsuntide, to accept the Government plan as a whole, and to discounte nance the amendments of private members, which now spread over 20 pages. Mr. DISRAELI resisted aay further disturbance of the electoral arrangements of Scotland, and opposed also ou its merits the proposal to disfranchise a constituency ex tending over a large tract of country and representing IL considerable population. Mr. GLADSTONE also protested against the disfran chisement of Sutherlandshire. Population, and not the number of electors, ho maintained, had always been the teat hitherto, and he hinted that to depart from the Go vernment plan might lead to the reopening of the English scheme. Ou the suggestion of Mr. C. Bruce, Caithness was sub stituted for itoss, and the proposal, as then amended, was supported by Mr. H.llie, Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, Mr. M'Lareu, Lord Eleho, and Lord H. Scott, but on a division it was rejected by 195 to 92. Clause 10 was then agreed to; and on Clause 11, Mr. H. BAILLIE proposed to join the .Wigton Burghs to Dumfries, in order to give a third member to Edin burgh, but it was negatived almost without discussion. Sir E. COLEBROOKE divided the committee on Muse 12, which provides for the division of the counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Aberdeen. His object was that the two mem bers should be elected by the whole county ; but the com mittee agreed to the clause as it stood by a majority of U 3 —206 to 141. Clause 13 was agreed to, completing the Redistribution part of the bill. _ _ The remaining clauses in the bill, which relate to mis cellaneous matters, were rapidly run through and dis posed of with a few verbal amendments, and the consi deration of the postponed and now clauses was adjourned until Monday week. In Committee of Supply a vote of £1,400,000 was taken on account of the Civil Estimates. Some other business was disposed of, sand the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAl'. WESTMINSTER. BRUTAL OUTRAGE BY A DAUGHTER UPON A MOTHER.—Rosina Carroll and Mary Canes, two young women, were charged with violently assault ing the mother of the latter. A policeman proved that he was called last night to a public house in York-street, 'W estminster, where he found the defendant engaged in a quarrel with an old woman, the mother of Canes. He separated them, but soon after he found both the defendants kicking the old woman. Elizabeth Canes, whose face was dreadfully dis figured and head tied up, said that she had been most cruelly beaten by her daughter and the other girl last evening. They had, besides the injuries she bore, inflicted others which were not visible. One of them had kicked her on the jaw and knocked two of her teeth out. Canes—Then you shouldn't have taken nine pence and my apron. I hadn't got a halfpenny left to go to market with. Carroll—l tried to part them. The policeman said that that was true in the first instance, but after that she helped in the attack. Defendants both said they had all been drinking together before they fell out. The policeman said they were all affected by drink. Mrs. Canes again complained how cruelly she had been treated. Mr. Selfe committed the defendant Canes for six weeks to hard labour, and Carroll for seven days. T fIA NIES. CRUELTY TO A WlFE.—G eorge Curtis, a painter and writer, was brou g ht b e f ore M r. P age t, charged with violently assaulting his wife. A police-constable stated that the wife of the prisoner was severely beat and wounded, and that she could not attend. He put into the witness-box Georgiana Curtis, the daughter of the prisoner, who said the night before last her father took hold of her mother roughly, and said " I mean to have busi ness with you." He knocked her down, and when she got up he knocked her down again. lie got upon her and beat her, and draggel her along the floor by the hair of her head. Her mother got away from him, and her father slept for an hour and a half, and then began to ill-use her mother again, and she became insensible. Her father was drunk. _ _ _ Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, attended, and said the society had directed him to watch the case, and to prosecute the prisoner, if the magistrate should think it necessary to commit him for trial. CRUELTY TO A 1 1011 SE.—Joseph Goodway was charged at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with working a horse and torturing it. The horse was in the yard behind the court. It was iu a weakly condition and suffering. The belly of the animal was chapped and sore. Police-sergeant Harvey said the horse was plunging and kicking frightfully, and the people who saw the state of the animal were very indignant. The prisoner, who said he was a greengrocer, had another horse in a very bad state. The prisoner said he only had possession of the horse in the yard for a fortnight, and if it was taken from him it would be a very great loss to him. Mr. Paget—l certainly will not consent to your working the horse I have just seen in its present condition. The prisoner said he would send the horse to grass. _ _ Mr. Paget said the horse had been sadly tor tured. lie directed the prisoner to bring the horse before him again in a month's time, and he would then determine what he should do with the pri soner. Mr. Colam, the secretary of the Royal Society, said the officers had received particular directions to look after overworked and diseased horses. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.--The Neva screw, built by Messrs. Laird and Co., of Greenock, for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, has left the Clyde for Southampton. She was originally built for the North Ger man Lloyd, but has been transferred to the Royal Steam Packet Company. She cost about £llO,OOO, and her di mensions are as follows : length,. 310 ft.; breadth of beam, 40ft. ; depth of hold, 27ft. ; burden, 3,000 tons. She is propelled by direct acting inverted cylinder engines of 600 horse power nominal. Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co. have launched a twin screw of 464 tons, builders'measure ment, and 120 horse-power nominal, of the following dimensions : —Length over all, 160 ft. ; breadth, 20ft.; and depth moulded, lift. 4in. She has been named the Midge, andtas been built to the order of the British Government, which supplies the engines. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has purchased from Messrs. W. Denny and Brothers an iron screw of 3,000 tons' bur den, now being built by them. The dimensions of the vessel are 316 ft. by 42ft., and 31ift., and she will be fitted with engines of 600-hprse power nominal. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of La,ruplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin. or biliary affections. Pleasant palatable, micuJosorAtiPis. Fl by all CliqMilitri..(44ll.2 --- EAST TV OI- 4 . CESTERsIfIRE ELECT! ) THE POLLING -THIS DAY. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Lyttleton (L) Laslett (C) 799 743 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.. EPSOM RA.CES.--THrs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE OAKS. FORMOSA . LADY CuVENTRY ATIIENA , GLASGOW PLATE. S ilenus Foresight •• 1 .. Eight ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE 'COURSE. THE OAKS. 65 to 40 on Formosa (taken) sto 1 bar one (offered) - NEWCASTLE SUMMER, MEETING. TUESDAY, Juno '23. Acceptances for tho Northumberland Plato of 300 sore In specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 2 sovs each. Two miles. Age st lb Blinkhoolio ... 4 8 12 Tynedale ... 4 8 10 Moldavia ... ... 6 8 8 Fortunio ... 4 8 7 Romping Girl ... 4 8 6 Taraban ... 4 8 5 Lord Hastings ... 4 8 3 Honestish... 8 3 War ... ... 5 8 0 El Cid 5 8 11 Fairwind ... 4 7 8 Polecat .. 4 7 6 Viscount St, Albans 4 7 5 Ainsley ... 4 7 4 Virtue ... ... 3 7 4 Minster Bell ... 4 7 3 Deceit ... ... 4 7 2 Ago st lb Policy ... 4 6 12 Lord Palmerston ... 3 6 12, Beanstalk 4 6 1.1 Happy Thought ... 3 6 11 , Flora ... ••• 3 ci 9 Stella ... 3 6 9 Miss Osborne •• • 3 6 9 Russian Bear ••• 3 6 8 Warrington ... 3 6 8 Lady Zetlaud 3 6 8 Cawdor 3 6 6 Cactus ... .... 3 6 5 Philosopher, by Laughing Stock 3 6 5 Catterick ... 3 6 5 Buttercup ... ... 3 6 5 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEUI ENGAGE- MENTS. May 22, at 0.55 p.m., Mysotis, out of Cite Epsom Oaks. May 22, at 4 p.m., all Prince Soltyk.off's horses, out of Epsom engagements. May 23, at 11.20 a.m., RaEcan (de.►d), out of all engage . month. May 25, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Flemi.nes horses, out of th Epsom Derby and Oaks, 1868. May 25, at 9 a.m., Spy, T horsi;ill, Vivier, Bramble, Oor Jacket, and Mercutio, out of the, Epsom Darby. May 25, at 9 a.m., Merry awl Wise, Booty, and Thank ful, out of the Oaks. May 25, at 9 a.m., all 34:r. G. Bryan's horses, out of Epsom Summer engagements, 1868. May' 25, at 9 a.m., Shibboleth, out of all engagements. May 25, at 9 a.m., Tatala and Viridior, oat of all engage— ments to July Ist. May 25, at 11.20 a.m., Belfast, out of Epsom Derby and Newcastle engagements. May 25, at 11.33 a.m., Slanderer, out of the Epsom Derby. May 25, at 11.40 a.m., Forecastle, Lictor, Limner, York, and Mexico, out of the Epsom Derby. May 25, at noon, Puff, out of tho Epsom Derby. May 25, at 0.45 p.m., Mercury and Donaldbain, out of the Epsom Derby. 'May 25, at 3.25 p.m., Chelsea, out of the Epsom Derby, f [May 25, at 4.45 p.m., all Lord Glasgow's horses except a by Brother to Bird on the Wing—Young Melbourne—. Maid of Masham, out of the Epsom Derby. May 25, at 6.2 p.m., Uneas, out of the Epsom Derby and the Grand Prize at Alexandra Park. May 25, at 5.30 p.m., Adosinda and the Bas Bleu filly out of Epsom engagements. May 26, at 9 a.m., Tregeagle, out of the Epsom Derby. May 26, at 7 p.m., The Earl, out of the Epsom Derby. May 27, at 1.45 p.m., all Mr. Merry's horses out of the Paris Grand Prize. May 28, at 9 a.m., Garsande, out of the Epsom Oaks and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot. RACING FIXTI JII, TRES FOR 1868. E West Drayton 1 Newton Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton .. Manchester 3 Newcastle Ascot Summer 9 I Bibury Club Beverley, Hull, and Stockbridge East Hiding lO Alexandra Park I Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford 22 I Worcester Summer Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Radcliffe Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 H I ungerford Poutefract Down Royal Corp.__ 114 Reading Spilsby Liverpool July M. Odilut m Stamford Huntingdon Nottiugham July Chesterfield Knutsford Southampton Sudbury and Ealing Goodwood AUGUST. Deauville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham l7 Hastings York August Oxford OCTI Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Somerset Dover Scarborough Canterbury Great Yarmouth Derby Summer Weymouth Ipswich Lichfield Tunbridge Margate Lanark ... 8 Chelmsford Autumn l3 Cheltenham l3 SEPT Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon l4 Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Kelso l4l' IBER. ISudbury and Ealing l5 Newmarket Hougnton 17 Harrow . 27 I Worcester Autumn- 27 Lincoln Autumn 29 lIBER. Hendon l7 I Monmouth .. I Manchester lB Newmarket let October 22 I Walsall 23 Edinburgh 1 West Drayton 23 Royal Caledonian Runt and Western M MARKETS.—(?his Day.) CORN. The fine weather and increasing arrivals of foreign con tinue to affect the principal markets for wheat, and prices and still drooping. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was small and the wheat trade very dull. English wheat in limited supply, but purchased cau tiously at the late decline. Foreign wheat not pressed, but with further supplies ; buyers act with renewed caution, and have the advantage is terms, although the rates are not correctly quoted lower. Pour a dull sale ; prices irregular. Barley, Loans, and peas relatively firm. Oats in steady request, and good qualities are rather dearer. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—The close weather and increased supply had caused a decline i❑ beef and mutton, 2d to 4d is veal, and 8d in lamb. We quote beef at 3s 6d to 4s Ga ; mutton, 3s 64 to 4s Gd ; veal 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and lanlD, 4s 8d to 5s 8d per stone of Blbs by the car case. Poultry.—lncreased supplies of poultry have depressed prices. Surrey chickens, 3s to 45 ; Essex, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; Irish, is 9d to 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; goslings, 5s to Gs; pigeons, Gd to 10d ; quails, fat, is 3d ; lean, 10d ; rabbits, tame, is to is 6d each. Eggs more plentiful. French, Gs 3d to is ; English, 7s 6d per 120. BOROUGH HOP. Henry Turnbull and Co. report an increase of fly, more particularly in Sussex and East Kent, consequently there is less disposition on the part of holders to sell ; prices on the whole showing an upward tendency with a continued steady enquiry. Belgium letters mention an attack of blight, but gene. rally spooling the Continental markets aro unchanged. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 29.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Market quilt and unchanged. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning, Arrived, May 28.—Regalia, from Christiania ; Bolderaa steamer, from Cronstadt. Arrived, May 29.—Wear, steamer, from Cronstadt ; Normandin, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Abeone, from Ran d Sappatneer, from Barbadoes ; Johan, from Laurvig ; Energy, r gy, from Windau ; Clares Thompson, from Krageroe ; Harmouie, from Dantzie; Vissery, from Wore= ; Ossian, steamer, from Dantzie; Hanna, from Christiania. Sailed, May 28.—Lanarkshire, for Melbourne ; Eliza, Boston; Gold Fish, Annie Lisle, and Speedwell, all for Jamaica; Riflemen, for Gibraltar and Sydney. Sailed, May 29.—Geueral Havelock - , for Buenos Ayres ; Strang, for Waux River ; Greatham Hall, steamer, for Mogador ; Secret, steamer, for St. Petersburg; Esther, steamer, for Paris; Triton and Vigilant, steamers, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, May 28.—Speedwell, for Jamaica; Sado, screw steamer—both from London; Magdala, from Sunderland, for Genoa; Dunbar Castle, off Cowes; Mary Ann, of Sun derland ; Wycliffe, of Dundee ; IL T. P. S. Code)—all 9111 thc klorth, i 94 Wegit. (Commercial. 4 "or