The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-27 00:00:00

S SECURITIES.

Pd
51. Rbbr. GP Tel. Wks. 45 46
100 Intr. Financial (L) If 1 dis
5 Mdraz Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 105
5 National Discount IL) 11f 12
50 Ocean Marine
20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 40 42
Telegraph Constrctn - 261 261
St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Gua.
5 by Italian Gyrnmnt 91 93
Trust & Ln of TT Cnda pin

KETS.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—TaIIow has been
quiet, at 455. spot.
LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, SATURDAY.—The produce
markets have been quiet to-day. For tea there has been very
little demand ; nevertheless, prices have been maintained. In
both raw and relined sugar the transactions have been to a
limited extent, at about late rates. Coffee has been firm, on
former terms.

LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Linseed oil has been
quiet, but rape has been firm. Palm has sold slowly, and the
demand for other oils has been to a very moderate extent.

LONDON METAL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Iron has been firm.
Tin and copper have been quieter, but at full prices.
LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY. - At the public sales
of colonial wool the attendance has again been good. Some
buyers have operated freely, but the quantity taken for export
has been sma 1. Prices have ruled firm. English wool has been
steady, on former terms.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKETS,
SATURDAY.—These markets have been fairly supplied with new
potatoes, but the show of old has been limited. The demand
has been inactive, at about late rates. English regents, 6s. 6d.
to 7s. ; Scotchtegents, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; and rocks, Os. 6d. to 7s.
per cwt.

METROPOLITAN lIAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY.
—The market was more freely supplied to-day. In consequence
of the recent showers the demand was rather easier, and prices
were scarcely maintained. Prime meadow hay, 110 s. to 1205.;
inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; prime clover, 1355. to 1455. ; in-
ferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 115 s. to
1255. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; and straw, 245. to 30s. per
load.

GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market
to-day there was a fair supply of English wheat, which sold
slowly at fully ls. per quarter lower. There was a very limited
demand for foreign wheat, and holders would accept is. to 2s.
per quarter less than last week. Barley and maize were
fully as dear. Oats were rather cheaper, and met with a slow
sale.

DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a
large supply of wheat at this market to-clay, at from ls. to 2s.
per quarter lower. The market was heavy for other cereals.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.-This market
to-day opens with a steady demand on the spot, and with less
cotton offering for arrival. Sales will probably be 10,000 bales.-
The market closed steady both on the spot and for arrivals. Sales
10,000 bales. Speculation and export, 2,000 bales ; 7,000 American
bales sold at Bd. to 111 d. ; 20 Pernambuco bales, 101 d. ; 200
Bahia, 101 d. to 100. ; 30 Maranham, 111 d.; 300 Egyptian bales,
80. to 17d. ; 20 Smyrna bales, Bd. ; 50 Peru bales, 10Id.; 2,380
Surat bales, old. to 91d. Imports, 200 bales.
LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.-At this time of the
year the attendance in the cloth halls is always good ; but it is
best when out-town buyers muster both in halls and warehouses;
such is the case to-day. Some shippers, including Canadians,
imparted more spirit than usual into the market, which was well
stocked with dark tweeds, and a few good lots changed hands.
No large sales of these took place to exporters ; but the home and
foreign trade is somewhat brisk in goods for the new season,
such as milled meltons and fancy coatings. Some
fair parcels of the most attractive colours, and patterns of these
have been cleared out. Trouserings in stripes sell frequently,
but no large parcels to-day. The plain goods department is
quiet, but likely to improve. Beavers keep a better-position
than was expected, and woaded cloths also are bought freely by
the larger firms. In the local flax trade there is no change ex-
cept that tow yarns are dearer again to-day. The coal trade
around Leeds is slacker as regards local consumption, but there
has been as much shipped as ever of late. The crucible steel
works are fully supplied, and unusually large castings of
machinery fitting have been successful.
DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.-There was a
poor show of beef at this market to-day, but prices were rather
better. There was a good show of sheep, but a poor demand,
and a slight reduction in prices. The same may be said of pigs,
particularly young ones.
DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this mar-
ket to-day there was not s 6 much shewing, but it was a heavy
market. Hogs from 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d. per stone. Half hogs
17s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. per stone. Eyes 15s. 6d. to 16s. 6d. per stone.
THE READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The market
to-day was very thinly attended by the trade, and very scantily
supplied with corn. The business in wheat was exceedingly dull
in consequence of the millers declining to purchase, except at a
material reduction in price. In all probability business will close
about 2s. cheaper. Barley is quoted (nominally) at the same
figure as was given last week. Oats are firm, and peas scarce ;
the latter incline to be dearer,
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-At
this market to-day there was an abundant supply of farmers'
wheat, and good deliveries coastwise, but nothing from abroad.
There was a reduction of is. per quarter for wheat, and Is. less
par sack for flour.. There was no change in other grain.
NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The refreshing
showers which fell yesterday and last night checked an upward
tendency in the price of wheat at this market to-day. There was
only a dull trade in wheat, but where sales were forced, from
6d. to ls. reduction had to be submitted to. Oats, beans, and
malt were quiet. No quotable change. Averages-June 20th,
wheat, 836 qrs. 5 bushels, 50s. 7d. per. qr.
LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this market to-day
the trade in wheat was quiet, and rather lower in price. Flour
also met with a slow sale. Barley and oats were unaltered.
Peas were steady. Beans were dearer. The arrivals for the
week amount to-wheat, 6,474 qrs. ; barley, 2,103 qrs. ; oats,
2,916 qrs. ; beans, 534 qrs. ; peas, 129 qrs. ; flour, 2,350 sacks.
CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.-Ordinary firsts, 113 s. ;
seconds, 110 s.: thirds, 106 s. ; fourths, 100 s. ; fifths, 755. ; sixths,
555. 2,400 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 116 s, ;
seconds, 113 s. ; thirds, 0. 130 firkins in the market.

THE EUROPE il‘T ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
A petition for the compulsory winding-up of this well-
known company was to have been investigated before Vice-
Chancellor James on Saturday, but Mr. Kay, Q. C., applied
on behalf of the petitioners for an adjournment, on the
ground that affidavits had been filed by the company to
which his clients had not had an opportunity of replying.
Mr. Kay said that the petitioners applied for the appoint-
ment of a special examiner on the 9th inst., and on the
11th the appointment was made, the order being drawn up
two days subsequently. The first examination took place
on the 13th, since which time proceedings had been con-
tinuous, and had not yet been completed. Important
evidence had been adduced with respect to the company,
and amongst others Mr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, and Dr.
Watts had been examined, and the cross-examination
of those gentlemen had been of the most pro-
tracted character, The depositions were very lengthy,
and even if some of them were now filed, copies could
not be obtained until Monday next. The utmost diligence
had been used in preparing the evidence, and under the
circumstances there was a reasonable excuse for an
adjournment.

The Vice-Chancellor : I suppose the fact is you have
been searching for additional evidence since.
Mr. Kay replied that evidence could not be filed before
the presentation of petition, and those whom he repre-
sented desired to give every possible facility for testing
the evidence to the utmost. They produced witnesses
before the examiner, and he would be surprised to hear
anybody assert that that was irregular. He was informed
that the respondents had filed twelve affidavits, which
the petitioners had not seen. Copies of the depositions
had been obtained by the respondents, and upon the
strength of that they had filed their affidavits. If that
were so the depositions had been procured surreptitiously,
and it was an unfair attempt to take advantage of the
petitioners.
Mr. Fry, Q.C., who, with Mr. Millar, appeared for the
respondents, said he was perfectly prepared to meet the
petitioners on the evidence. They allowed nine days to
elapse without applying for a special examiner, and eleven
daysbefore taking evidence, and at the end of that time no
affidavit, save the statutory one, was presented.
Mr. Murray remarked that if copies of the depositions
had been obtained it was a most improper thing. No
authority could have been given for the adoption of such
a course.

The Vice-Chancellor : I will go on with the petition on
Wednesday next, by which time I shall expect all the
parties to be ready.

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIBEL CASE.

The case of Anne Royce Morgell v Sir Edward and
Lady Emily Gambier was resumed before Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a special jury in the Court of Common
Pleas, on Saturday. It will be remembered that the
action was one for libel, contained in two letters from
Lady Emily to her sister, a Mrs. Searle, and said by the
plaintiff to charge her with destroying her brother's will.
In them she was called a " cheat : ' but the plaintiffs
pleaded that this referred to a fraudulent removal of
certain securities from among the effects of her deceased
brother. On the conclusion of the evidence in the case,
His lordship said he had looked over the depositions to
find when the letters in question got into the hands of
the plaintiff, and from the evidence of the plaintiff and
the deposition of Mrs. Searle, he came to the conclusion
that it was not until after the abandoment of the former
action. However,the time did not signify in point of law,
although it might in so far as it related to the question
of damages. Then with regard to the justification pleaded,
there was strong evidence for the lawyers that if the
securities were not the property of the deceased there was
no fraud. What the attention of the jury would be
called to would be the question of damages.
The Solictor-General was much obliged to his lordship
for thus simplifying the case. He then briefly summed
up the evidence for the defence, adverting to the fact that
the defendants had twice over distinctly sworn that they
never charged or intended to charge the destruction of
the will, and that Mrs. Searle had sworn that the defen-
dants never made such a charge to her.
Mr. Bidder replied for the plaintiff, denying that she
had been actuated by the motives imputed to her by the
Solicitor-General. Ore advantage she had over the de-
fendants was that she had come over from France to
refute, before the jury, the calumnies to which she had
been subjected for a series of years, and during her long
examination and cross-examination she had not swerved
from strict truth. With respect to the undertaking in
1867, to abandon further proceedings, the terms were " in
reference to the matters." Now, inasmuch as she was
not aware of the letters to Mrs. Searle at that time, the
undertaking could not be held to apply to the present
subject matter, but only to the verbal slander charged
against the defendants in 1866.
-The Lord Chief Justice intimated to the jury that the
plaintiff's counsel had withdrawn the third and
fourth counts, charging the later letter, and accordingly
a verdict for the defendants must pass upon
them. On the first count, charging a general
libel in the letter of July 1866, the plaintiff was entitled
to a verdict, and they would have to consider what
damages ought to be given therefor. The second count
charged that Lady Gambier accused the plaintiff of having
destroyed her brother's will ' • and the jury would have to
consider whether that was the meaning of the words in
the letter, and assess the damages accordingly. His lord-
ship then read and commented upon the evidence at consi-
derable length, and asked the jury in the first place to say
whether the words in the letter meant that the plaintiff
had destroyed the will of her brother, Thomas Royce
Morgell ?
The jury at once found that there was no such imputa-
tion.

His Lordship said that was a verdict for the defendants
upon the second count; and left only the first count for
disposal, being a mere question of damages. That it was
a libel there was no doubt, as it contained the word
" cheat." Upon this point he might say that it was
clearly understood that the plaintiff had not taken any
securities which did not belong to her. They were all
agreed upon that. The only imputation was that she re-
moved them for the purpose of defrauding the French
Government of certain fees.

The jury then found for the plaintiff on the first count,
with one farthing damages.
His Lordship refused to certify for costs, but ex-
pressed a hope that all the letters in the case would be
given up.

THE STEAMER DACIA.—A despatch from Kings-
ton, Jamaica, June 12, says :—" The Dacia has grounded
in harbour. She received no damage. It will be necessary
to transfer two hundred miles of cable to Consort. There
is no cause for alarm."

THE AUSTRIAN ELECTlONS.—According to a tele-
gram from Vienna, the result of the elections in Vienna
and Lower Austria has been in favour of the old Centralist
party, but the others have gained some triumphs, even in
the capital. The former Ministers, M.M. Giskra and
Brest 4, have been re-elected without difficulty. The
Czechs are making great efforts to become reconciled with
the Germans in hernia, and have called together various
meetings, in order to persuade these latter that they ought
to consider themselves citizens, and seek to obtain the
recognition of public right in the kingdom. These efforts
at reconciliation have hitherto beeu most unsuccessful,
as the Germans have rejected all the overtures which
were made to them, and will not attend the meetings to
which they are invited.

THE GREAT FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—A poor
woman in Constantinople, the other day, was about to go
the upper floor of her living place to bring down the
mangal, or pan of lighted charcoal, for cooking ; but, feel-
ing lazy—the day was warm—sent her child for it. The
child let the pan fall on the stairs, near a window curtain;
and the result of the woman's change of mind was that
terrible fire we have all heard of, which has reduced
30,000 persons to destitution, utterly destroying many
hundreds of them and some thousands of houses. If a
neighbour had given the poor woman £lO,OOO not to send
the child it would have been a good bargain. —Builder.