The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVBNING, JULY 16, 1862.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
Share! Iftailways. i Paid. Price Bnsiness done
100 .Atlantic 4 St Lawrence all 60-64
tit c 'Bom.,Barodaez.Cent lnd 100 100 101 x d
B— ( ; Gu. 5 per cent
201 Do. New
201 i Buffalo and Lak.e Huron all 41 s}cl 5
lo Do. Preference ...... all 7/ 81
et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 - ' 80 85
100
{ ,6Bpu.flalo,Brant,&Godrich ~,,
100 !Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 75 80
100 Do. do. June 1, 11+:1 100 75 00
st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li,. ; 100 ion 102
st Cape Town & Dock Seri] 11,0 107 108
174 !Demerara all
stock !Eastn. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 1021 1031 1021 x d
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1031 104 1031 41
20 Do. do. G Ext all 4 ip
20 Do. do. H do.
i
stock Grand trunk of Canada 10i 21 22 211
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 62 65 63 2
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et_ all 51 54
100 Do. dper ct. Debentr. all 33 36 a
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867
100 Do. do. 1872 all 30 '33
stock j Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 101 102 1014 2 x d
20 I Do. New gua. sp. a l2 i a p
20 i Do. January, 1862 .. 2 it IP
stock
,Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 100 101
204 Gt. W. of Canada Share,- all 111 12 12
201 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt all 97 100
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 88 92
100 Do. 1878
19 Indian Branch Limited 1 4 dis par
stock Madras guar., sp.c. . 10u 100 101 101 1004 x d
stock Do. 11 p. c. Extensioi 100 94 95
stock Do. 4f do lOO 90 90
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bncl!, 100
20 Newßrunswick a Cand:
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.dp‘ all 5 7
Class A Capital Sharc
... ' o. do. Land do
20 Do. do. B Capital. do
F
all 4
..
.D.oR.
id.
co „dLaaenpdadiosi
p. i
b..a.t.3
stock Scinde .......... ~...; 100 0,2 103 x d
20 Do. Punjaub ....
.73 ~ 15 pr 41)
100 85 08
20 Do. Do. .. ...... as e all 20 201
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. gin, 100 97 98

204
204
100
100
100
10
stock
stock
stock
stock

stock

Share/ Railways.

Antwerp & R otter dam.
Ardennes....
Flah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c.
Belgian East. Junction
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Copiapo .......... • • • • • •
Ditto Extension ....
Diiteh Rhenish .......
Do.
Eastern of France ....
Grand Rus Guar. ti p. c.
Gt. Luxem., Con. shs...
Italian Junction. ......
Namur & I Aege ........
Do. 5 p. c. Pref.........
Northern of France....
Do. New Shares .....
Norwegian Trunk Pref.
Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn)
t'arts,Lyons, & Mcditer.
Paris tic 0r1ean5........,
Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.)
zua. 7 p. ct. 1ira......
Riga & Dunaburg......
Royal Dani5h.........
Royal Swedish .......
Do. 7 per cent. Pref....
iambre & Meuse ......
Do. 54 per cent. Pref.....
san Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c.
S.Aust, &Lomb VeneLin
•;. Fast Portugal 7 p ct.
Turin and Savona ....
.Southern of France....
West Fiandern
Do. 51 p c. PreSerenm..
W. & N.W. of France ..

REFERENCE SH/
ends contingent on the

Divi

i*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk
Cornwall4l p.c. ga.perp
*E. Anglian, Clsß,ll p.c.
;* Do. CleC, 7 p.c.
lEdin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.e.
Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 44
per cent... ...... 1858
Do. do. 4 per ct. 1866
Do. do. 4i per et. 1861
Do. do. 4 per et. 1861
Lon. & Chat'im, Metrop.
Ext. B, 6 p.c... ....
'Lon. &S.Wcstern 41 p.c.
North British £lO Gua.

Shares, 1861
*ScottishCentral 4a p.c
irred. pref
S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859
Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.)
Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd )
Vale of Neath • •

* Fi
made

inure of full dividends i,
good out of the profits (

.RE S
?rofits

100
all
100
100
100

1 all
a any 1
)f any

1 2
11 11
10i Ili

41 4
li 1i 13

2O 41}

14& 1411
- -
81 Si
196 20i
39 i 0

8 10
8 7d
42 43
49 51

14 15

15 16

10i MI
gi 10
1 pm
4k 41

314 324
7k 71
10 104
21 22

AND S 1
of each o,

103 105

120 123
130 133
82 e 4

103 105
92 95
103 10

10k 101
103 105

pr aptn
r
20!
21k
given halt-:
subsequent

BRITISH MINES.

A I tre,t Consols (Philaok
!Clifford
I )evon G. Con m. (Tavist
[East Clograu Gold Ltd.
Blast Bassett (Mogan)"
East Caradon .....
East Cam Brea...
E. WI Russel (Tavistk.)
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Owen.)'
Great South Tolgus
1-I.Wheal Alfa. (Philack
G. Wheal Vor (Helston`
Grenville .. ..
Herod's-Foot
Gingston Downs
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny Lelant
Clarke Valley..
Myndy Iron Oro (Lim )
North Downs •
North Frances ;Mogan
13aseet (1110 4an
North Wheal Crotty .
Par Consols (sit. Blazey
Vrovidence (Uny Lelnt.
*4ortricicre Cons. Min. Co.
South Caradon(St.Cleer
S. Cam Brea (Illogan)..
3.Wheai Fran. (Mogan ,
Stray Park
Tamar Silv..t Lead Min
Tin Crort
West Basset (Illogan). •
W Caradon (Liskeard)
West Setort • ••••
Wheal Basset (Illogan,i
Wheal Buller (Redruth),
Wht4l Edward (Cats.)[
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)
W heal Mar yAnn (Men.),
Wheal Treiawney (LisA

3.9.3
nil

25 27
430 440
pax ip
44 48
4,1 181
161 171
4 4?
16 17
41 5

3.0.0
7.12 6
574
17s

6.15.
A. 12
4.14
1.14.
91
4.3.0

54 6
774
37 39
21 31
41 43
10 304
1 04
4 44

12:3
?90
2.4.9
1k
10.0.7

4 4i
3i 4
5 6
40 42

0
330 AO
2f 31
115 110
30 32

5.11. f
' 28.9.

11 114
12 13
34 36
230 240
874 92i
50 60
11 11
10} 114
12 14
13 15

2.7.2

FOREIGN MINES.

'a I

8f ad
20

10k
9 x d

OCKS
parate Year.

rear not to be
half year.

20 Australian
1 BonAccord Copper,Llm all 4' 4
5 Brazil-land & Min.Co all , i.
40 Cobre Copper all 21 2S
20 Copiapo .
2 Capula Silver los. pr 6pm 4 4
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 54 p
3 East Del Ray (Limited) 1 4 4.
2 Fortuna..
20 General all 20 22
2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ll 14 ;'d
14 Kapunda kLimited) I 4 i p
II Linares all 64 74
5 Lueftanian 2 4 d car
1 lariquica all 4 4
1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L i 5 4 4ds
20 Pontglbaud Silver,Lead
Mining and Smelt... a 11 2 1
5 Port Philip.
t Santaßarbara GrldMine 4 4 ;pm
1 4cottish Austrin. (L.) lOB. 14 14pm
20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 6o 62xd 61
28.2.81 United Mexican
1 ' Worthing (Limited) all 4 4
1 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all , 21 3
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July
1877-82
Do Bp. cent.lBB3-4 100 i
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 005 107
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 pO5 1(7
Do. 5 per cent lOO 93 95 xd 95 xd
-- Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 93 95xd xd
Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 100 ,07 108 1074 7
Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 111 113
Do. 1890 100 111 113
Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112xd xd
Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 _
-- N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&July 100 103 105xd xd
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S.W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 981 994
Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99xd 984 xd
Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 974 985xd 985 4 xd
New Zealand 6p. cent! 100 109 111
iova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0
- sterling, 1875 NO 104 106 xd
S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO :106 108
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 1104 106
, io Sox. An.&oot lOO ,107 1074 1074 51 1
DOCKS.
stock Commercial lOO
stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO
stock , East and West India 1 110 131 134 129 30
stock !London , , 100 66 58
stock 'St. Katharine.. 1 100 56 58
stock Southampton lOO
stick Victoria .. ......
20 I DO' New .-- —.....+1 2 Id par
MISCELLANEOUS.
I, Anglo-Mexican Mint all 1 174 'B5
10 'l/4 tlantic 1.1. MI. Stm (1d) all 2 3
25 Australian Agricultural El 23 25
10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1
10 Berlin Water (Limited' all 44 54
5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 4 dis 4p
50 isritiati American Land 40
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 50 55 1
20 Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all IS 20
20 Do. C. (Limited) all
324 Canada Land all 102 107 x d
10 China & Japan Coast &
River Steam Naviga. 5
at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sinitg all
25 Do. Pref. 7/ per cent. .: all I 13 16
at. Crystal Palace
at. Do. Prelerene,..
st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet, Deb. Iron 104 108
10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. all
10 Do.
B. all
20 E.lndlalrrign. & Canal 1 par ipm
at. Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New all
5 English &Aus. Copper, all 2 24
15 Gen. Steam Navigati in 14 20 027
I Great Slip 1 ,invited).. . alll
1 Do 174 pct Preference all f 5 1
2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) i _
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 31 q d
4 T,,G. Omnibus Po. (Lin Rh 14 14 .
10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. 2
20 Madras irr. and C:.nal I 2: 2,
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 3 4a
10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _
25 National Dis. CO. (Lim ) 5 it 14 p 64
20 Nerbu.Coal&l ran (Lim ) 5 2 0
10 Netherlands Land, 8p c. all i 1
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 12 14
1 N.B.Australasi an (Lim.) all 1
1 oriental Gas (Limited). all 14 14
10 orintl. in. Steam (Lim.) all 64 64
8512;5.
sPlieheuylinß.:Lenvdl.&rolVtilin.(Lim) 199 55 57 xln
50 E'en. & Oriental Steam all 69 71
30 9 ii
5.2° ReDd°S. eNae&wln.Tel.g.46p.c all 19
18.05:021.
RDR.
010. b.,,
OJd. ano . e.
cireo SteamTCei tLy
Scrip
emr
ippt.s
all 17 19
•
„. Do. Niic all 44 54
ad
I ila 2; 3
Austin. Inv. Lim.)_
scoVta. Tail
100
60 53 5: 5 a
130 140
e:jaistered
1 SubAustralian(ttpinnand to Odao
....
aa 11111 3424 1630
aalll, 28+ 29
i fi
10 I I
I 10
TT erAul e
ust :Pt icra•
IT iOl3l. 1 5d Pr 6
20 Tr.& Ln,Co, citiren)lesYt
d
5 11. li' dom Tel. Crr-Cli_a°' 5 4
11
10Q ,VilD Dionien'o L'''''')l 3 2 1 laid
-- - - b• 281 11 13

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL RACES.
LATEST BETTING.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
sto 2on the Field (off)
sto 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
7to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken)
9to 1 agst Neptunus (taken)

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862.

JULY.

Pontefract
flungerford . .. 17
Nottingham
Southampton

Stamford 24
Knutsford
Marlborough 25
Goodwood
XST.

Radcliffe
Brighton 5
Brighton Club
Lewes ...... 8
Hartlepool
Great Yarmouth ...... 32
Wolverhampton ....... 12
Reading

Wenlock l5
York
Dover
Stockton 2B
Egham
Lichfield 26
Bridgwater
Ludlow .. 29

LAW-THIS DAY.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury).
PORTER V. PORTER AND ROSS.

This cause, a report of which appeared in the Sun of
Saturday last, was resumed and concluded this morning.
The jury were of opinion that adultery had been c9m-
milted Ly both respondent and co-respondent.

POLICE---THIS DAY.

WESTMINSTER.

A SAILOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE AT THE EMI).
BlTlON.—Alexander Fraser, a sailor, was charged before
Mr Arnold with violently assaulting several police-con-
stables at the International Exhibition.

It appeared from the evidence of 438, that between four
and five o'clock the previous afternoon he was at the Inter-
national Exhibition, when he was called to the French
smoking. room by a French waiter, who told him to take
the prisoner into custody. The constable found the prisoner
who was very drunk, fighting with some men. He asked
the prisoner to be quiet and to leave the Exhibition. He
refused to go away and struck the constable on the chest.
He was obliged to take the prisoner into custody. When
he did so, he was pulled down by the prisoner. Chambers,
112 X, came up to the officer's assistanee, when the prisoner
gave him a violent blow on his eye. The prisoner kicked him
in a most ruffianly manner. Stevens, 245 X, and other• con-
stables came up, seeing the determined resistance that was
made by the prisoner, and it required the united efforts of
seven policemen to seize him. He was eventually placed
in a cab, and in that was conveyed to the station-house.
Chambers said that the blow on his eye was so severe
that he was then suffering from the effects of it.

The prisoner observed that he was so drunk that he did
not know what happened.
_ _

Mr. Arnold observed that the conduct of the prisoner was
most violent and ruffianly.

The prisoner was fined £5, or in default, one month, and
he was required to find one surety in £lO to keep the peace
for six months,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE—NO HOME.—A young woman
named Catherine Keafe was brought before Mr. Knox
charged with attempting to commit suicide in the Serpen-
tine, from which she was fortunately rescued by a park
constable named Robertson, by means of the life buoy.
Mr. Knox, finding that she had no home to go to, and
with the view of taking care of her till it could be seen what
could be done for her, sent her to the House of Detention.
On being again brought before the magistrate, a letter
was handed to him from the chaplain of the House of De-
tention (Mr. Jepson), stating that if she was sent back for
a few days, a female officer should be sent to the court on
the next occasion to take her before a committee of ladies,
who would probably take her under their care.
Mr. Knox sent her back to the House of Detention, for
which she seemed very grateful.

A COWARDLY RtFFlAN.—Henry Lucas, a general
dealer, was charged as follows :—Sergeant Lambert, 12 E,
was passing along Oxford-street this morning when he saw
the prisoner in company of two females. On coming close
up to them, Lambert saw the prisoner strike ono of the fe-
males, who had a child in her arms, a violent blow, and
then turn round and strike the other. Lambert then asked
him how he could act in such a cowardly manner, when
the prisoner replied, " You can't I do what I like with
my own wife." He then told the prisoner he was a police-
officer, upon which the prisoner said, " Then give
you the same," and struck him a severe blow on the eye,
blackening it very badly, and then knocked him down and
either struck or kicked him in the stomach, the effect of
which had been to cause him to spit blood. Sergeant
Edward Nightingale, of the G division, having assisted
him, they got the prisoner, who had been drinking, to the
station.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, to see whether any
serious effects might result to the officer from the prisoner's
violence.

BANK OF LONDON.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING-(THIS DAY.)

The thirteenth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Bank of London took place to-day, Sir John Shelley,
Bart., M.P., in the chair. The statement of accounts sub-
mitted to the meeting by the directors showed that the
balance of plat at the conclusion of the past half-year
amounted to £40,811 3s. After liquidating the current
expenses, providing for all bad and doubtful debts, and
allowing for rebate of interest on bills disceunted not yet
due, there remained for appropriation the sum of £23,592
Os. Id. The directors applied £12,000 to the payment of a
dividend at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum, free Of
income-tax, and they transferred to the reserve fund the
sum of £11,164 3s. 6d., carrying the balance, viz., £428 2s.
7d. to the credit of profit and loss account of the current
half year. The suit in Chancery instituted against Mr.
Tyrrell having terminated by the confirmation of the decree
in favour of the bank, the sum received from the defendant,
viz., £5,835165. Bd., stands at the disposal of the directors,
who have resolved on transferring it to the reserve fund,
which, with the additions made from profit and loss ac-
count, will then amount to £72,000.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted,
said it had been his good fortune to be present at each
half•yearly meeting since the bank had been established,
and although he had congratulated the shareholders upon
the progress and success of their undertaking, his pleasure
had never yet been so enhanced as it was regarding the
very satisfactory close of the past half-year's business. Ihe
operations of the bank had been gradually extended, and
the confidence of the public had increased in proportion,
and that confi lence was mainly due to a firm belief that the
business of the London Bank was conducted with great
tact and prudence. At the last meeting he had ventured
to predict that an increased dividend might be expected
by the shareholders, and it was now his pleasure to an-
nounce that his anticipations had been realised. This it-
crease was warranted by the profits made during the last
year, and although the directors might previously have made
larger distributions,they would not depart from the policy they
had laid out at starting, viz., that the dividends should be
gradually increased in accordance with the profits, taking
care at the same time to have a large reserve fund at their
command. He then, as evidence of the bank's progress,
stated the gross profits made is each year since 1859, after
the establishment of the bank. In 1859 the profits amount-
ed to £11,683, in 1860 to £53,202, in 1861 they reached
£60,602, and in 1862, the present year, to £71,391. Those
figures showed what the business and resources of the bank
were, and how justified were the directors in augmenting
the present dividend. Mr. B. Scott, the chamberlain, after
congratulating the meeting upon the satisfactory
condition and prospects of the bank, said the figures
of the hon. chairman, although correct, might mislead
the public, and he would therefore give them
the net profit divided and placed to the guarantee
fund in each year, which he (Mr. ScoL) believed would be
a better illustration of the business transacted. In 1858
the net profits amounted to 6/ per cent., in 1859 to 6f per
cent., in 1860 to 10 per cent., in 1861 to 94 per cent., and in
1862 to 151 per cent. The report was unanimously adopted,
and a vote passed warmly appreciating the services of the
directors and officers of the establishment.

The dividend will be payable on and after Thursday, the
24th inst.

LONDON AND WES7MINSTER BANK

MEETING THIS DAY.

A meeting took place to-day of the London and West-
minster Bank proprietors, Mr. Alderman Sb.lomons, M.P.,
in the chair, when the directors' report was unanimously
adopted. It stated that, after making provision for all bad
and doubtful debts—paying the Income Tax,—and setting
apart £2,000 towards the buildings of the bank, —the net
profits of the bank for the last half-year amounted to
£121,538 4s. 3d. This sum, added to £5,633 Bs. 10d., the
unappropriated balance of the preceding half-year, then
amounted to £127,171 13s. Id. Out of this amount, interest
on the Rest, or Surplus Fund, at the rate of five per cent.
per annum (£6,250) had been added to that fund, which
now amounts to £256,250. The directors declared a divi •
dend to the shareholders at the rate of six per cent. per
annum, and by way of further dividend out of the profits a
bonus of seven per cent on the paid-up capital.
The CHAIRMAN, in the course of a few observations,
remarked that the Bank continued in its satisfactory
career. The deposits for the past six months had diminished
nearly half a million, but it would be found that at the
present moment they were equal to those of last year. The
directors, with the concurrence of the proprietors, awarded
the sum of £l,OOO to the distressed poor in Lancashire.

VARIETIES.

(From Fun.)

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION BEFORE EN-

TERING A FISHMONGER'S COMPANY.
Quote from Milton without reference to the shrimp
market.

State the difference between a crane and a hoister.
Are you aware of auy other establishment except the
church for the cure of soles ?

Can salmon in pickle Le compared with the same fish in
preserve 2

Has the Nile's source anything to do with oyster sauce ?
Is the culture of read herrings at all assisted by the
bookworm ?

1 s the term " gentle," as applied to the piscatorial art,
derived from the general use of that bait ?
Can you state the net profits of a fishmonger's haul ?

NURSERY RHYMES FOR INFANT CABMEN.
Bye, bunting babby,
Daddy drives a cabby,
The foolish foreigners to skin,
And take the poor provincials in I
HullO! hi ! cabby I
Why wont you stop ?
Onward he goes
Unmoved as a rock ;
When at the Beak's
His courage will fall ;
Down tumbles cabby,
And looks very small!

DON'T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—There are several ways
of dusting a carpet. Perhaps the most effective is that
adopted by our Mary Anne, who knows very well that dust
rises, but mud doesn't.
Mucu BETTER, CERTAINLY.—A gentleman said, a few
days ago, to a friend, " Let's go to-night to see the girls at
the opera." '1 he more gallant friend replied, "Would it
not be better to say, Let's go and see beauty in tiers "
THROWING ONE'S SELF ABOUT.—An instance of this
proceeding was witnessed a few evenings ago at a party, in
the case of a young lady who, when asked to sing, first
tossed her head and then pitched her voice I

THE QUESTION OF THE (CAB)-AGE.—If you offer a cab-
man sixpence for driving you a mile, what is the chance of
his receiving it in a railed manner?

What is that which works when it plays, and plays when
it works ?—A fountain.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—MaCe is reported
to be " in spicy condition."
What is taken from you before you get it?—Your
portrait.
A QUESTION FOR THE GRETNA. GREEN BLACKSMITH.
—ls there any connection between a clandestine marriage
and a runaway ring.
44 HE'S A LUNATIC."—A correspondent writes to ask how
much the waste of time measures round I
PUTTING nls PIPE OUT.—Passenger (sings)—" Oh I I
wish I was with Nancy—Heigho I heigho I" Guard-
4, Now, Sir, you really must put that pipe out; there's no
smoking allowed, you know." Passenger—" No smoking
aloud? Oh, very well I Then I'll smoke in silence."
(Discontinues the melody, but does not practise the
refrain.)

ACClDENT.—(Specially reported.)—The usually quiet
neighbourhood of Dulsimer• on-Thames was, the other day,
thrown into a great state of excitement by an explosion of
combustible matter in a dwelling-house. Several human
lives were lost, but our benevolent readers will be glad to
learn that the gas escaped.

REMEDY FOR DEFECTIVE SIGRT.—Eyes in glass.

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
So LITHA3IPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—Jenne Adeline, from St. Malo; Alarm, from
Newport ; Thomas, from Bideford.
Sailed—Argyll, steamer, for Carentan ; Rob Roy, for
Sunderland ; Isabella Croll, steamer, for Cardiff.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, Morning:
Arrived, July 15.—Seine and Tamise, frora Paris,
Western Norland, from Sundswall; Snowdrop, from
Cochin.
Arrived, July N.—Prosper, from Barbados; Esperance,
from Aalborg; British Banner, from Bassein.

MARSHAL EXCELMANN'S OPINION OF THE
BRITISII CAVALRY.—MarshaI Excelniann's opinion of the
British cavalry struck me as remarkably instructive : he
used to say, "Your horees are the finest in the world, and
your men ride better than any continental soldiers; with
experience
oug
more than has ever been accomplished by them on the field
of battle. The ht to have done
such materials, the English cavalry
asdermstyood the use
far
niisapplied that important
vest deficiency is in your officers, who have
nothing
welll
r yv e
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. WYNN, who was introduced by Lord Hotham and
Mr. Omby Gore, took the oaths and his seat on his election
for Montgomeryshire.

NIGHT POACHING PREVENTION BILL.
Sir B. LEIGHTON briefly proposed the second reading
of this bill.

Mr. MAIN WARING second the motion.
Sir G. GREY said he was surprised at the second read.
ing of this bill being thus proposed, as it had been printed
only that day. He considered that such a measure should
have the fullest consideration. The bill increased to a very
considerable extent the strengthening of the game law;
and gave the police very arbitrary powers in de-
taining persons suspected ~of the unlawful possession of
fire-arms or game. It did not, however, define what con-
stituted unlawful possession, which was left to individual
judgment. He trusted that the house, while he admitted
that the subject required the attention of legislation, would
agree with him that it was one which required great con-
sideration. He was not aware that there were any cir-
cumstances which required the passing of a bill like the
present, which, on the face of it, was, hastily framed. His
attention had been directed to the subject last year, by the
receipt of a memorial from 28 chief constables, stating that
they were most anxious that the services of the police should
not be required directly or indirectly in the preservation of
game. (Hear.) He then called for a return, which was
furnished, and from which it appeared that, ac-
cording to the statement of ten chief constables, the
murders arising out of poaching affrays for two years
amounted to nil. (Hear, hear.) It could not, however, be
denied that in two or three counties there were frequent
collisions between gamekeepers and poachers. Having re-
ferred to the existing game laws, the conflicting judicial
decisions arising out of the game laws, he analysed in detal
the provisions of the bill and concluded by appealing to
the hon. baronet to withdraw it for the present.
Sir H. STRACY said that the arguments of the right
hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) was intended to throw ridicule
on the bill. He had considerable experience on this sub-
' jeot, having acted for several years as a magistrate, and he
considered that it was desirable to extend the powers of the
police, and he referred to the statements of certain
competent persons to show the extent of poaching
and the desperate character of persons engaged in
that pursuit. It appeared that several of those poachers
were men who had been convicted thieves, and some of
them had been sentenced to penal servitude. In some in-
stances persons were detected in the possession of hares
and pheasants whose insides were stuffed with
silver forks and knives. (Laughter.) In the re-
turns that were made to the Home-office there
was no reference made to the poaching committed out of
season, and according to judicial statistics the crime had
considerably increased. He contended that by the course
the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) pursued he was
throwing the mantle of protection over poachers—(Oh, oh)
and by doing so, over thieves (Oh, oh.) He thought the
police were the most proper body to suppress poaching, and
the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey), by not introducing
or supporting a curative measure, would be responsible
for any murders arising out of poaching this year.

Mr. FOSTER opposed the bill, which he considered
would convert policemen into gamekeepers, By the pre-
sent law they were compelled to abstain from interference
in the preservation of game.