The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING._ JUNE 1G 1870.

THE SUMMER CIRCUIT OF TILE JUDGES.
The last of the forthcoming summer circuits was fixed
this morning as follows, viz., the Midland Circuit (Lord
Chief Baron Kelley and Mr. Justice Brett) ; Warwick,
Thursday, July 14 ; Derby, Wednesday, July 2G ; Not-
tingham, Tuesday, July 26 ; Lincoln, Friday, July 29 ;
York, Thursday, August 4 ; Leeds, Wednesday, Aug. 10.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--THIS DAT.

The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four•

o'clock.

THIRD READINGS.

The Birmingham and Staffordshire Tramways Bill Etna
tile Glyn Valley Tramway Bill was read a third time.

NEW MBMkE R.

Mr. W. U. Hey-gate took the oath and the seat for
South Leicestershire.
THE EDUOATION BOARDS.

Mr. TAYLOR asked the Vice-President of the Committee
of Council on Education, whether by the Use of the words
" he" and "his " in the clauses of the Elementary Edu-
cation Bill relating to Local Boards, he intended to ex-
clude women from sitting on such boards.
Mr. FORSTER said it was not proposed to exclude females
from school boards. The expression used in the bill, it
was thought, was the best way of preventing such a pro-
ceeding taking place.
SEATS IN THE CENTRAL HALL.

In reply to Mr. Stacpoole,
Mr. ATRTON said the reason seats were not placed in
the central hall for the use of persons excluded from the
lobby, was because the Lord Great Chamberlain thought
it would prove inconvenient to the prosecution of the
business of Parliament, as they would most likely be
occupied by loungers and others during the time the
houses were sitting.

THE MONEY MARKET

AND
COMM ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The state of the weather soon begins to affect the prices
on 'Change. For railways the prices have improved to a
trifling extent, and so also have American Securities.
Consols are 'now 92 to 923 ; ditto Account, 923 ;
Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 to 923 ; New 3 per
Cient., 923 to 923 ; India Five per Cents., .1103 ; ditto
Four per Cents., 1021.
In the Foreign Market Italian are now 591 to 593 ;
Spanish 1867 Loan, 311 to 32 ; do. 1869, 31 5-16 to 31 7-16 ;
Peruvian, 903 to 91+ ; Portuguese, 34 to 331 ; Brazilian,
913 to 923 ; Egyptian, 823 to 833 ; New Peruvian, 3 dis.
to 3 prem. ; Quicksilver, 21 to 23 prem. ; Turkish, 1869,
643 to 653.
In the Railway Market Caledonians"are 78 to 783 ;
Great Eastern, 403 to 403 ; Great Northern, 1343 to 1343 ;
Great Western, 733 to 733 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
1331 ; Brighton, 443 ; London, Chatham, and Dover,
151; London and North Western, 1293 ; London and
South Western, 913 92 ; Metropolitan, 673 to 673 ;
Midland, 1311 to 131+ ; and Manchester and Sheffields,
533 to 533.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are at 90 to 903 ; Erie
Railroad, 183 to 183 ; Illinois, 113+ to 1143 ; Atlantic and
Great Western Bonds, 28 to 29 ; and the Debentures,
35 to 36.
Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 151 to 16 ex div. ;
British India, 73 to 83; China, 33 to 3 dis.; Falmouth,
81 to 83 ; French Atlantic, 143 to 15 ; Telegraph Construc-
tion, 24 to 243 ex the return of £4.
In Bank Shares Alliance are quoted 143 to 153 ; Anglo-
Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 30 to
31 ; Consolidated, 43 to 5 ; Imperial Ottoman, 43 to 53 ;
London and County, 503 to 513; London and Westmin-
ster, 633 to 643 ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; and
Union of London, 393 to 403.
In Miscellaneous Shares, General Credit are quoted 3 3
prem. ; International Financial, 13 1 dis. ; Hudson's Bay,
123 133 ; National Discount, 113 12.
In Mining Shares St. John del Rey are 223 to 233 ; Port
Philip, 3 dis. to par. ; Rosso, Grande, 3to 3 dis. ; Fron-
tino Bolivia, 3 to 1; Don Pedro, 23 to 23 prem. ; and
Anglo-Brazilian, 3 to 3 dis.

A meeting of the Mexican Bondholders is called for the
21st inst., for the purpose of considering some improve-
ment in their position, with the view of deciding upon
some course of action, which at this juncture it is pre-
sumed would be opportune.

A new bank has been started at Frankfort under the
title of the German-American Bank, and among the pro-
moters there are very good names.

The Frankfort municipal authorities hare granted a
concession to a company for extensive waterworks, with
a guarantee of 4 per cent. interest on the amount of their
shares, taking also a million and a half florins on their
own account.

At a meeting of delegates from the French and South
German railway companies interested in the traffic
between Franoe and Austria-Hungary at Prague, it has
been resolved to reduce the freight for corn from Pesth to
Paris via Cologne.

The advices from Buenos Ayres by the present mail are
to the 16th of May. An experienced engineer, sent out
by M. Lesseps, had arrived to survey the port and report
on the practicability of making a harbour.
The Brazilian journals received on this occasion contain
the Financial Budget, and confirm the favourable details
with regard to it recently published.
The Secretary of the Metropolitan Railway Company
writes to say that no other bill has been filed by the Cor-
poration of London than that referred to and explained at
the meeting of the proprietors in February last. The
Board has, with a view of terminating all disputes, di-
rected an offer to be made to the Corporation of London
to leave the matters in dispute to the Recorder of London,
or any gentleman named by him.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies have invited ten-
ders for £367,600 Jamaica Government Debentures, bear-
ing interest at 4 per cent. per annum from the Ist of July
next, and redeemable on the Ist of July, 1897. This
amount forms part of £600,000, the interest and principal
of which were guaranteed by an Act of the Imperial Par-
liament passed during the last Session, to enable the colony
to withdraw and consolidate debentures previously issued,
and maturing at earlier dates.
Messrs. Gow, Brothers, and Co., of 17, Finsbury-street,
late of 47, Friday-street, ' and Glasgow), desire it to be
stated that they are not, and have never been, in any way
connected with the firm of Messrs. Gow, Brothers, and
Co., of Auchterarder.
The directors of the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal
Company (Limited) recommend a dividend of 20e. per
share, making, with the interim dividend paid in Decem-
ber last, 30s. per share for the year.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL MUSIC
HALL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUH."

SIR,—In the Telegraph of this morning there is an ac-
count of what is termed a very serious accident occurring
to one of the celebrated trapeze performers (the Brothers
Voltaire), one of them having fallen into the net while
taking what is termed amid-air summersault. lam happy
to say that he is not injured in any way, and instead of
being removed amidst great excitement as reported, he
coolly bowed to the audience and walked off the stage,
and could have been seen about the hall for some con-
siderable time afterwards. The net suspended over the
stage is of sufficient strength to prevent any injury should
either of the performers miss or fall.
Trusting you will insert this communication, as the
report may cause some anxiety to their admirers and be
prejudicial to their interests-1 am, &c.,
J. SWEASEY.

ANIMAL INSTINCT.—The instinct of animals is
sometimes really surprising. There was once in posses-
sion of a farmer in Clonmel a goose that, by accident, was
left without mate or offspring, male or female. Now it
chanced that the good wife had set a number of ducks'
eggs under a hen, which in time were incubated, and of
course the ducklings took' to water, seeing which, the
motherly old hen was in a sad pucker—her maternity
urging her to follow the brood, and her selfishness to re-
main on dry land. In the meantime, up sailed
the goose with clack and clatter, which interpreted,
meant " Let me take care of them." She swam
up and down with the youngsters, and when
they wearied of their aquatic excursions recommitted
them to the guardianship of the hen. In the morning,
down came the ducks, there was the goose, and the hen
was in great flustration. On this occasion, we don't know
if the goose invited the hen to a friendly sail, but it is a
fact, being near the shore, the hen jumped upon her back,
a-Ad in company they cruised up and down, conveying the
feathered flotilla. Day after day the hen, on board the
goose, might be seen in perfect content and good humour.
Numbers of people came to witness this extraordinary
occurrence, which happened day after day until the juve-
nile excursionists arrived at the age of discretion, and fully
posted in maritime matters, no longer needed the service
of " goose and hen pilots, instructors," &c. -
THE PROTESTANT (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.—The
programme of the Protestant Conference, to be held in New
York in September next, has been published :—" All
Evangelical Christians in sympathy with the object," who
can make it convenient to attend, art 'Promised a cordial
and fraternal welcome. As an inducement to the accept-

ante of the invitation, it is announced on behalf of the
Inman Royal Mail Steamship Company that persons
proceeding to New York to attend the confer-
ence will be conveyed from Liverpool to New
York and back by any of the company's steamers
at greatly reduced rates. The proceedings will begin on
Thursday evening, September 22, when an address of
welcome to the visitors is to be delivered by the Rev. Dr.
Adams, of New York, and the ,visitors are to reply.
During the following week a great variety of subjects will
be discussed, and several well-known divines and theo-
logians will speak. Among the names announced are
those of Dr. Tholuck (of Halle), Professor Revel (of
Florence), Senor Carrasco (of Madrid), Dr. Stoughton,
Dr. Angus, and Mr. Allon (of London). The Rev. Pro-
- fessor M'Cosh, formerly of Belfast, will discuss " Mate-
rialism and Positivism ; " the Rev. Ernest Naville of
Geneva, " The Gospel and Philosophy ; " Dr. Pressense,
of Paris, " The Present Aspects of Romanism ; " and Mr.
Henry Ward Beecher, War and its Prevention."
As shewing the wide range of subjects to be
embraced, it may be stated that Professor Kidder,
of Chicago, is to read a paper on " False Theories
of marriage, with special reference to Mormonism :" and
after the conference an international congress will be
held for the discussion and prcootion of the material,
social, and spiritual welfare of emigrants, in which dele-
gates from Europe and America are to take part. Al-
though the invitations are not limited to members of the
Evangelical Alliance, it is expressly stated that they do
not go beyond those who subscribe to the creed of that
body, which is set forth in nine articles onrthe programme
From these it appears that no person will be welcome
who, does not believe in the eternal punishment of the
wicked, and the Quakers are excluded by the ninth
article, which requires belief in " The divine 'institution
of the Christian ministry, and the obligation and perpe-
tuity of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's
Supper."

THIS MORNING'S NEWS.

THE FRENCH EMPEROR.

The Emperor of the French presided at a Council of
Ministers yesterday. His health has improved ; the
rheumatism from which he suffers is confined to the leg.