The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-13 00:00:00

'AMERICA.

NEW YORK, July 12.
The National steamship France and the Guion
steamship Manhattan arrived out to-day.

COAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 137* ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 137*; the lowest, 136*.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1234.
" 1885 l2ll.
ti " 1867 l2Ol.
10-40 44
Illinois 1441.
Erie 2Bl.
Cotton—Mil. upland 34lc.
Petroleum—Standard White 3l4e.
Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80c. Corn, old
mixed, 100 e.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 13.

The North German Lloyd steamer Baltimore,
from Baltimore, on the 30th June, arrived here
to-day with 61 passengers for this port, Havre, and
Bremen ; also a large cargo for the latter port.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, July 12.—Three o'clock—The market,
closed as follows : '

4} per Cent.
End of month... -- Itaran Fives 54 65
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 50 Ottoman Loan ... 324
Credit Mobilier
End of month... Spanish Threes 291
Credit Foncier —1640 - Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred ......
Cash
Orleans ... 9411
Northern 1077*
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6l2*
Western
Eastern • •
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 5271
North of Spain
Saragossa
Homan 55

RAILWAY

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Mis Day.

MR, GLADSTONE AND CONCURRENT
EADOTVMENT.

The following is the exact text of the letter written by
Mr. Gladstone, through his secretary, to the Independent
Orange Association of Ulster on the subject of concurrent
endowment :

" 10, Downing-street, July 12, 18G9.
" Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter transmitting the memorial of the
Independent Orange Association of Ulster, relating to the
Irish Church Bill now before Parliament. Mr. Gladstone
desires me to request that you will assure those on behalf
of whom you write, that her Majesty's Government,
anxious above all things for the success of the great measure
which they have taken the responsibility of introducing,
will give no countenance either to a direct proposal of con-
current endowment or to any plan for the postponement
of those provisions of the bill which relate to the ultimate
appropriation of the residuary property of the Church.
They regard any such postponement, independently of the
incalculable mischief of keeping alive the controversy for
an indefinite period, as the almost acknowledged road to
concurrent endowment at some future time. With re-
spect to the last paragraph of the memorial, relating to
the laws affecting land in Ireland, I am to inform you
that her Majesty's Government have already declared
their intention, as soon as the Church question shall have
been settled, to frame a measure for the improvement of
those laws, which will aim at placing them on a footing
of justice to all the parties whom they may affect— I
am, &c., (Signed) " WILLIA.3I B. C unDoN.
" James M'Farland, Esq., &c."

THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST IN IRELAND,

The telegrams from the North of Ireland are most sada
factory; they are to the effect that the Twelfth has passed
peaceably. Enormous demonstrations, exceeding in num-
ber any that can be remembered, were held all over the
county. Although the Par; y Processions Act was
entirely set at defiance everywhere, no disturbances are
reported. Belfast has been tranquil all the day.
Towards nightfall there were symptoms of disturbance,
but they were promptly suppressed by the police. Most
of the Belfast Orangemen, however, left the town to
take part in the great county meetings. The largest
gathering was at Ballymena, in the county of
Tyrone, at which Mr. Johnston, M.P., presided.
One hundred and thirty-nine Orange lodges were
present with their banners, sashes, and music.
Everywhere Orange processions were to be seen
with their flags flying, bands playing, and Protestant
boys firing shots. There were a great many persons on
horseback. This demonstration far exceeded that held
at Bangor two years ago. Mr. Johnston's speech was
temperate. There was no disturbance. Mr. Johnston
did not join in the procession. At Antrim there was a
great turn-out of forty lodges in Lord Massereene's de-
mesne. Lord Massereene presided. There was also a vast
assembly in the Duke of Manchester's demesne, where
the Portaclown Orangemen were in full force with all their
party emblems displayed. "At a great meeting at Moira,
County Down (says one account) the Rev. Mr. Whalley,
Church clergyman, denounced Mr. Gladstone as an agent
of the devil." Reports from Derry, Armagh, and
Coleraine state everything to be quiet. There was an
immense gathering at Saintfield, County Down, but no
disorder prevailed. The only case of disorder is reported
in the following telegram :—" Eight hundred armed
Catholics met in the Muff Glen, a few miles from London.
derry. On returning to the city they attacked individuals
in the streets. A scuffle with Protestants took place ; one
Catholic was stabbed, but not dangerously. The police
interfered, and order was restored."

Another correspondent writes :—" A great Orange
display took place on Monday at Irvinestown, at which
10,000 persons attended. Large bodies of people marched
to and from the place of meeting, the Lough Erne Hotel,
with flags and bands playing party tunes, and firing off
shots at intervals. The police did not inter-
fere. No disturbance and no demonstration in Derry,
but in the evening a scuffle occurred between opposing
mobs, in which a Catholic was stabbed ; not dangerously,
it is said. A body of 800 armed Catholics lay in wait in
Wolfe's Glen for Protestants, but encountered none.
Large meetings were also held at Tandragee and Killy-
man, at each of which, it is reported, many thousands
attended.

In Dublin itself a meeting of Orangemen took place in
the Rotundo, which *as attended by immense numbers, a
great many of whom were ladies. All the members of the
body wore scarfs and insignia. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. The Grand Master of Dublin—ThomasF.
beck—presided. The meeting partook of the character of a
soiree. The proceedings were diversified by music. Several
loyal "sentiments" were proposed, and addresses were
delivered by Mr. Foster, the Rev. Thomas Wallace, the
Rev;John Ker, and Thomas H. Thompson. All passed
off quietly. There was some excitement in the streets in
he early part of the evening. Persons going to the meet-
ing were hissed by mobs. A cab conveying a party was
surrounded, and a lady's head-dress, with orange ribbons,
was torn off. Some windows were broken in the 'Metho-
dist Meeting House, George's-strect, as also.some in Bride's
Church.

The following resolutions were proposed at the meeting
at Saintfield, and at several other places, and recom-
mended for adoption to Orangemen el erywhere :—" I.
That, inasmuch as the ancient Church of Ireland had
no connection with the Church of Rome, and as the pro-
perty of the Established Church was given either by
private endowment or by grants from the Crown, we
regard Mr. Gladstone's Irish Church Bill as a most
unconstitutional measure, and a gross act of robbery,
injustice, and wrong. 2. That as the Pro%ince of Ulster,
which, in the reign of James 1., yielded only a revenue
of £11,805, now yields £1,948,345, a state of things
due to the energy and perseverance of the Ulster
PreSbyterians, the withdrawal of the Regium
Donum cannot be regarded as other than ungrateful and
ungenerous. 3. That, trusting in God, we are determined
to use every means in our power for the preservation of
the true religion and the maintenance of the Protestant
institutions of this kingdom, assuredly believing them to
be the only safeguards of the civil and religious liberty
of all classes and denominations of people in this empire."

The Wicklow peerage came before the House of
Lords on Monday and was again ad;ourned.

Mr. Hepworth Dixon is about to leave England
on a long tour in Russia. It is understood that he will
not return to the editorial chair of the Athenceum.

Under the terms of a postal convention just
concluded between Norway and Denmark, a reduction of
postage of from Bd. to 7d. has taken place on letters trans-
mitted from this country to Norway, via Denmark.

PROMISING YOUNG MAN.—The son of a clergy..
man was delivering a college valedictory, when, in pulling
out his handkerchief, he pulled out a pack of cards.
" Hullo !" he exclaimed, " I've got on my father's coat !"

A boat accident happened on Saturday at Henley-
on-Thames. Au excursion train brought a large number of
persons from London. Several parties were formed to have
a row on the beautiful reach of the River Tpames, the scene
of the annual regatta. The passage down the river was
safely effected to the Temple, when near there two boats
were drawn up side by sid', and an attempt was made by
some of the young persons to exchange positions. This had
the effect of causing an oscillation of the boats, and the
result was that the boats were capsized, and two young men
lost their lives.

MEN ON THEIR WAY TO WORE AND THE PUBLIC-
HOUSE.—The Pontypool magistrates on Saturday gave s
decision of great importance to publicans. A beerhouse-
keeper was summoned before them for keeping his house
open during prohibited hours. A policeman swore that
at half-past four in the morning he found one man in the
house, and a vessel containing cider under his seat. It was
explained that the man, who lived hard by, had to go
about a mile to his work at the Pace Furnace, and called
for the drink on his way to his work. The bench held
that the man bad a claim to be supplied under those
circumstances, and dismissed the case.

A STOE,Y OF THE BLUE JACKET.—A youth,.
about 14, son of Mr. liaddocks, farmer, of Higher Salter,
near Lancaster, had a great desire for a long sea voyage,
which was brought about by his reading of naval engage-
ments. After considerable reluctance, his parents con-
sented to his goinz a voyage in the Blue Jacket. He
sailed just a year ago. Some time afterwards news arrived
that the vessel had been wrecked and nearly all hands
lost, amongst whom was supposed to be young Maddocks.
However, two or three clays ago his parents received a
letter from him, giving an account of his sufferings and
eseic,;. The boy is now on his way home, where, he says,
he inten,l, the future to remain.

THE EFFE TS OF CoftALttitt ON' THE SKIN,
We mentioned some time ego the irritation of the skin
produced l ted noetzs oral stot,kings, and said that the
effects had Lem traced to a dye lcnowii V.A coralline, and
prepared from carbolic acid. There are very wonderful
stories told of the effects of this .dye both in this country
and in France, but it seems that they must be received
with some doubt. M. Landrin states that he has made
numerous experiments with the substance on animals
and on himself, applying it externally and internally,
and has found it to produce no effect whatever. M.
Chevreul also told of a dyer who dyed his arm with
coralline, and suffered no unpleasant consequences from
it. It is very difficult to arrive at the truth in matters of
this kind. The skins of different people differ greatly in
sensibility, and what produces no effect on one person will
excite the greatest irritation in another --211ff&nics"
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