The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

LI rERATURE.

Adam Bede. A New Edition. By George Eli°t*
One vol., pp. 470. Win. Blackwood and Sons.
A Stereotyped Edition of " Adam Bede," as bestl"
ttful in typography, as cheap in price, and as irre:
proachable in all the details of its general gotta*
up as this one—to say nothing at all about its WO'
trations, eight in number and full of freshness
-11
is tolerably certain, we presume, of having
.a,„
the crispness and clearness of the stereotyri°"r
worn off as as quickly as the wear and teak
of the printing press can accomplish tb3,
very material evidence of an author's POtin,
larity. A handier, welcomer edition of a Inciv i
dery fiction, the excellence of which has sirsiresl
ripened it into a national classic, the admirers °ll
George Eliot could not reasonably wish for. nW.
serve to spread the fame not only of
WO George 0,,,
but of the happiest of all George Eliot's DlOO.
;lightful creations—meaning that racy,
thoroughly original - personage Mrs. POl'',
And, together with the fame of Mrs. rOsei-e',
it will widen and diffuse the only lesser eel
brities of Dinah, and Hetty, and Mrs. Bede --fro
Seth, and Adam, and farmer Poyser, and Scrlid
Donnythorne, and of all those other flesh and bit)? ;
not mere paper and ink people, having endurintit
names as well as local habitations in and ab°
the picturesque little village of I-larl°Pe.
A charming book, " Adam Bede" is, frlf
the first of its writer's magical dips
no
ink, down to the very last—down to the '9;f
recording fair-haired Dinah's last cheery ell ‘,/..
welcome—" Run, Lisbeth, run to meet aunt rol-f
Come in, Adam, and rest ; it has been a hard "Aet
for thee l" And of all the editions there have ~r
been of this charming novel, the present is one';itt
pond any doubt of it, the cheapest, the best, an
every way the welcomest.

The Publishers' Circular says that ;Ir. ClArrlite:
Dickens is to write a story for the New York SisedaY
thel‘lol
manuscript for which is to be ready not later thaa
Ist of August. The annual gathering of booksellers est
their friends, at the Booksellers' Provident Retreat"
Ebbots Langley, will take place on Saturday, 15th Julie.
THE SHEFFIELD TRADES' UNION C021311551°14.:0f
r.irniehtliedmtihdeitrionfii Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry
aatndthreacttoeuninocgil in the eyeSshteerifidealya.:-Ist
:stousittrtaigneg,
commissioners—Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Chanincet°,3c:ca-c10:
iF.fsorrsecretaryei
ltßarstow—tookseodna)ft
e r
attendedtotht
eht their eioei
commissioners.rnr e
fs
behalf
rae dth seats a atltf
r ooeeftl e
alt'ffhei:ent
rrom. ' caal
and
tcaek Chambersr
masters'
o t:teroireoi
presented the trades unions' defence committee' Atiritr
manufacturers present were Messrs. li. '
Jackson C•v`-areel
son, S. Butcher, A. Jackson, T. Gamble, W. I';`,,,e„ioti°
and W. Waterfall (Kenyon and Co.) The trades. Zoief
were fully represented. The mayor, ex-mayor, 3ntt;o6'
gentlemen were present during a portion of the s'
Several witnesses were examined. aver
TRIAL BY JURY.—A meeting was held last la
ctf
inn at the rooms of the Law Amendment S°c^ 00'4
the Adelphi, for the purpose of distributing the
Pirt•t'
awarded by the adjudicators—Sir Eardley
Mr. Sergeant Pulling, and Mr. G. D. Ilastings"-°0 so"
four best essays on the importance of the presersiltib°l
amendment of trial by jury. The chair was te:thearefeci
Sergeant Pulling, who addressed the meeting
didates at considerable length. The first prize isqo 5.1,1. A"
to Mr. G. Overend the second to Mr. 11. Locichart'a tbi
Stowell fellow of University College, Oxford ; . so'
by Mr. J. W. C. Washington, of Congleton, Chesh,l„;;Jrle'
the fourth by Mr. F. 0. Crump, of the Middle) -"ii:Lt
The chairman, in announcing the awards, said t
merit of almost all the essays was very high. oilier
DR. LIVINGSTONE.—A reference to Pr. let'
stone is contained in the following extract, of ale
ter from the gunner of U.M.S. Lyra to his wileiviter';
at Iluwth, which is published in •S'attliders's News.
jogstoor
" I think I told you in my last letter that Pr. Ll.:, s. '0
had been murdered in thu interior by then:natl la it,
have just received the news that there is tr" .0 stet'
of e
and that he (Dr. Livingstone) had sent some ,rla bef3
down to see after his cattle and other articles. 'b
that it is true." The letter is dated Zanzibar,
1867. WoOtt°l3c;
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.--The late Nir.
adergo.,
of the Brewery, St. Clement's, Oxford, has, eau 1\1r•
xlO, 06
00,
among other bequests, left the munitic,ent sun 000
the interest of which is to be appropriated for ovTi_uoton,
anecaerrtßaii
ei.YV 5111:11 of 1.45. per week.
enenstuemr,blevrhoefrepOboar pheards persons
iaciteod,x6f,
0o rtdhaant de
each
01%),, re-

NOREY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTALMGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Stock Exchange has opened this morning
with considerable strength, and the position of the
Funds exhibit increased firmness, while other se-
curities are exceedingly well sustained. To-day
being the 4th of the month, and a heavy amount of
conunercial paper arriving at maturity, it might
have been reasonably supposed that the discount
market would have been firm and more active, but
this has not proved to be the case, as it is difficult
to and employment for money in the negotiation
of first-class bills, even at 21 per cent. Consols
at the present price pay a little more than 3 per
cent., and as they must be regarded as a
better security than any commercial bills, it may
be argued that they are still below their proper
value,
especially as no disturbing element can be
anticipated in our financial situation, nor is there
anything of a character to affect us in home or
foreign politics. Agricultural prospects, it may be
added, are in favour of values at the Stock Ex-
change.
By the Atlantic Telegraph it is announced that
another steamer had left New York, June Ist, with
BPecie amounting to £lOO,OOO for England.
During the last few days there has been rather
More animation exhibited in the markets for foreign
and colonial produce, consequent upon the reduc-
tion in the Bank rate of discount. A large quantity
Of China tea will be offered to-day at public sale,
while there has been a better demand for sugar at
slightly enhanced rates. Superior qualities of
Coffee have sold readily at full values, while in rice
the transactions have only been to a moderate ex-
tent, and not sufficient to affect values. In tallow
the dealings have been to a moderate extent, and
quotations for present and forward delivery have
remained steady.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
~lave advanced 1, to 30 32; and the Consolidated
A'lertgage Bonds 1, to 251 261.
The sum of £37,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank of England yesterday. The silver market
remains very dull. The latest prices of bullion are
as follows :-.Bar gold, 775. 9d. per ounce standard;
bar g 0 parting, 775. 11d. do. ; Spanish doubloons,
c6B. g
to 765. 6d. per oz ; Mexican and South Ameri-
:au doubloons, 735. 9d. per oz. ; United States
,agles, 765. 24d. ; bar silver, ss. id. to id. per oz.
standard ; do. contg. gold (5 grains and upwards),
61
id. per oz. do. ; Mexican dollars, 4s. lOid to
lid. Per oz. ; cake silver, G6s. id.
At a meeting to-day of the Canada Company the
directors recommended a division out of the assets
ianaband of £1 10s. per share, free of income-tax, as
ti`` bY way of dividend for the half-year ending
to 6 10th July next ; and, provided the resolution
same
Proposed at the special general meeting on the
theydate be passed and subsequently confirmed,
zn
will pay a further sum of £1 15s. a share as a
‘.4`rt. instalment towards the repayment of the paid-
"Papital of the company.
41 the meeting held to-day of the Bank of British
nrth America the following report was sub-
ta.itted
:---The Court of Directors have the satis-
unc:4l of submitting to the proprietors the
"exed statement of accounts, and con-
Vaof tulating them on the continued prosperity
the Bank therein exhibited. This will be
furtherhe seen by a comparison of the net profit of
the 13ank for the last four years. Thus, in 1863,
186 amount of net profit was £61,413 14s. 7d.; in
in £72,569 16s. 3d. ;in 1865, £77,877 6s. 3d.;
066) £78,802 ss. 4d. ; and this result has been
batainled after making liberal provision for all pro-
cir inssus. The Court of Directors, under these
they rustanees, feel warranted in making a fur-
-111. increase in the distribution to the
ell°l),,t,iet°rB) and they have accordingly de-
in addition to the usual half-yearly
ben-'end at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, a
ta-kliaa,°f 4 per cent. This will leave the sum of
itie'Ci,7 58. 4d. to be carried to the rest, which,
December,
that addition, amounted, on 31st
s, 1866, as per annexed statement,
te, "9)273 10s. Bd., or, deducting the bonus
bZ. declared, say £15,000, to £
134,273 10s. Bd.
t, rants for the amount of the dividend and
Till b~ 455. per share, free of income-tax,
h _ forwarded as usual on the sth of July next.
":_directors have the pleasure to add that the
tdao nnts received from the branches up to this
e
at th vuiPare favourably with those of last year
e Same period.

Two O'CLOCK.
day e4"tie ,°rding to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
rench Rentes were 7Gfr. 40c. Better.
iler''‘ further improvement of rather more than 1
the pee". has taken place to-day in the market for
sild'glish Funds ; Consols being 941 for money
ace "" Present account, and 94 11 for the July
erect eolint. There is still a strong disposition to
Purchases.
Iticb•a 5
el‘revf Threes and Reduced Annuities are 94 ;
I Per Cents., 109 Icx div. ; ditto Enfaced
I,pr Cents., 86, and ditto 5 per Cents., 104.
buoForeign Stock Market, after being very
et weant) is rather dull, and prices in a few in-
-621.11-3eB show a decline. Italian are g lower, at
St •2; Mexicanat lit 1 ; Spanish Passive
1)4, ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 331 '1 ;
ehiiussian Scrip has advanced to 11 2 prem. ;
Greek it 21 prem. ; and Danubian Ito 3 1 dis.
tiac' continued firm at 161 ; and. Spanish Cer-
-1 ates at 151 i.
1141,11, , utho Railway Share Market the transactions
been be Railway
to some extent, and a further advance has
i~ucistablished in prices. North-Western have
Boitris°veci 1, Great Eastern, Great Western, and
tan't astern each 1, Metropolitan 1, Caledonian,
(Iri,4hire and Yorkshire, and Midland each 1, and
Berwick Northern, Brighton, and North Eastern
,terwick) each 11.
elpt he Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little
illmnire importance. Great Luxemburg have
t'r°ved to 124 1, South Austrian and Lombardo-
elletiau to 161 t, East Indian to 110 f 111, and
Get Indian Peninsula to 1111 j..
Ottlerican Securities are improved, except United
;1,4,te4' 520 bonds, which are lower, at 721 73,
thm`le Erie shares have risen 1, to 402 41 ; and
411015 1, to 781 79.
oaiktnk shares remain in fair demand, at steady
Ctle. Alliance, however, have improved to 188
to-gartered Mercantile of India, London, and China
aa. ; and Union of London to 45 6.
fair rellaneous and Finance shares continue in
0,
„lob,: at, e'llandin most instances, fully previous

MINING MARKET.
tli
s TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
la
rllBBB liaB been animated. The shares chiefly
ecillest are Prince of Wales, Retallack, Seton,
lateBt
quot°4tales, and East Caradon. Annexed are the
hire :
Cho'rert°ll Moo 5
litfrltttles Gold r ******* 31 4
,I,°r4 Amalgam. *** 41
~ast°l3l,,Gt Consols
f * 15117
t4t i4triktlon
********** t5l
t,kat 14°vell
********
.Nrtmtv!',BBoll *******
.r.riettt I,lla!,2lGre”n.v..ill.c. 21 2:
sitreeal,
****** 17f 18f
4t Wheal ******* 171 184 t

Marke Talley
North Crofty
North Treskerby
Prince of Wales 5756(1 GUs thi
Providence Mines
South Caradon — --
West Chivortou
West Pr. of Wales... lOs 15s
Wheal Basset 65 70
Wheal Chiverton G 6f
Wheal Grenville —
Wheal Setou l2O 123

a 4
evtliftlTlSLl FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
ANMENT FUNDS.
5 41 xd
Plt. ..
94! ii 4
bo A"'lt• Consols
94i I 41
'' tiqr.(;.'ecciullt, Julie 6
ciii
.1 4
iovi‘-elll.ltefluced
lil,,
,I)er Cent' ... ~, .
1)0. I Per Cen.t..Ja.; ..
..
. 1'89'4 ..
___
Aikt4 per Cont. Jan. 1873 o, 11", 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
,
to (11;1'
,30 yrg, e,-piro sth April 1885 ---
gelik'et Sea Teletpraph), Ati.v7 1908 —
blotter tills .£l,OOO
...._
1)0 £5OO
pm
no •
.ClOO & £2OO
kw: AdVertl'ed
4. of -,,,, b-
In
i‘i ,4nglalid Stock, 5f per Cent
LI,. ' I-11-‘1 GOVERNMENT BECURITIES.
,ort, s
Do. 'A
kick, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 —
Do Recount - -
o. 5 i
10Df 9 xd
bo.
~ I ur Cent. July, 1•880
bbo..,Pthr. Cent., Oct. 1888
o. _,,,ortificates
8-6
k...Jalaced Paper 4 per Cent

Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug-. 1873
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 7l aif
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
3razilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account
Do. £lOO Bonds 76 5}
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
DJ 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 82
C.Alian 6 per Cent loo}
Do. 41 per Cent —
t)o. 6 per Cent A .
Do. 71 B
Do. 0 1867
Do. „ Scrip, £49 paid
C il mbian, 6 per Cent. --
luba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
D.). 5 per Cont., 1351 —
D inibian Princ se, 7 per Cent
Do. Do. 8 „ 1867 611
Do. Do. Scrip, £35 paid dis
E tuador New Consolidated, l per Cent —
6gvotian 7 per Cent —
Do. Second Issue
Do. £lOO Bonds
00. Do. 1861 Bl 3
Do. £lOO Bouis Bll
Do Government Railway Debentures B5l 1
Greek 5 per Cents., 1821-5, cx Coupon, --
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
G tateunala 5 per Cent .. —
1 aiian 5 per. Cent 1865

Do, Account .. —
Do. Maremmana Railway s4}
Blexicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1861 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
Slontevideau ti per Cent. . —
Hoorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —

Do 3 per Con
Po7uTian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account 7oi 1
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren)
Do 4 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3
Hussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si BBl 1
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 4'4 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 p.q Cent., 1859 541
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B7l 4 i
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 9O 89
DD. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 874 1
Do. do. £6O paid — pea
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Accbunt _ 391
Do New Dotei ted —
Do. Account
_._

Do Passive
Do Acc.unt 2.11 5
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
Dividends on the above payaole in Loudon.
Austrian, o per Cent. Ex, 10 Florins
Belgian.,4l • ,r cent., Ex. 25f

,oigian. pe_ , ~. •
Dutch 2ir per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ 571
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
French Itentes, 3 nor Cont., Ex. 25f. —
Italiah 3 per Cent.- 1831, Ex. 25i.
Do. Account 521 3
TWO O'CLOCK,
Consols, Money 9ll 1
Do. Account
Do. July

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings at N isi Prius, before Mr. Justice Byles
and a Common. Jury.)
BURY V. PACIILER.

Mr. Joyce and Mr. Bexley were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Denman, Q.C., and Mr. Thrupp
for the defendant.

The defendant is a lighterman, and the action
was brought to recover damages for injuries which
he sustained, and according to his allegations were
'caused through the negligence of the defendant, a
wine merchant in 'Water-lane, in the City of Lon-
don. The defendant denied that he was guilty, and
pleaded further that the accident was owing en_
tirely to the plaintiff's own negligence.
The plaintiff, in his evident:, stated that on the
14th of May last he was proceeding along the high-
way, when in endeavouring to pass a flap which was
lying before the cellar of the defendant in Water-
lane he stumbled over one of the spikes project-
ing from the flap, and fell with great force
on the pavement. He swore most positively
that the flap was placed so as to render it impossible
for him to have gone along the pavement without
coming in contact with it. Ile was eight weeks
suffering severely from contusions on the wrist and
right knee, caused by the accident, which prevented
him attending to his work as usual, and earning at an
average from £2 to 103. a week.

This evidence was corroborated by two witnesses,
who stated that they saw the plaintiff fall, and
described the position of the flap.
Mr. Kaye, a surgeon, practising in the Corn-
mercial-road, explained the nature of the injuries
which the plaintiff sustained, and said that his bill
for medical attendance on him was £5 ss.

For the defence only one witness was called, a
gentleman named Ayres, who is in business with
his father in Water-lane, their counting-house being
over the cellar of the defendant. Ile stated that
the defendant was entirely to blame for the accident, as
he " came along the pavement in a crab-like fashion,"
looking after a companion from whom he had just
parted. He had no doubt that the plaintiff could
have avoided coming iu contact with the flap if he
only looked before. lie said that he and his father
did business for the defendant in carting, and that
the flap was placed in the gutter, so as to offer no
obstruction to any passenger who exercised the most
ordinary caution.

The jury almost immediately found a verdict for
the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at £25.

COURT OF EXCIIEQUER.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Piggott

and a Common Jury.)
This was an action to obtain compensation in
damages for an alleged slander.

Mr. Francis was counsel for the plaintiff, and ➢ir.
Huddlestone, Q.C., and Mr. Lewis for the defen-
dant.

It appeared that the plaintiff in this case was a
dressmaker at Orton and the defendant resided in
the same place. The alleged slander was that the
defendant had come to the plaintiff's shop and found
his wife there, and had stated that she had sub-
stituted one lining belonging to him for another,
and that an inferior lining had been put into his
wife's dress.

Marion Hyde said that she was the stepdaughter
of Mrs. Hyde, and she worked with her as a dress-
maker. She remembered the 30th June. She was
at work when Mr. White came outside the window,
and said her mamma had kept his good lining and
sent an inferior article home in the dress. lie said
it cost Bid. a yard. She helped to make up the
dress, and the right lining was put in it.
On the 9th July she remembered Mr. Juke and
the defendant coming to the houlee. Mr. Hyde saw
them first, and she afterwards repeated what he
had said in the presence of them all, and when she
had finished he said it was his pet that made him
say this. He capered about the room afterwards,
and then went away.
Cross-examined—On the 30th June he said
" Good morning, ladies," and they said " Good
morning." He said on both occasions, " You have
made a mistake, and sent me au inferior lining in-
stead of the one belonging to me, and substituted
one out of your own shop."

Miss Thomson is an apprentice to Mrs. Hyde.
Was present on the 30th June when defendant
came to the window. Her evidence corroborated
the last witness's statement.

Cross-examined—Mrs. Hyde said there could be
no mistake, because she kept all the linings wrapped
up separately.
Mr. Huddlestone—llid not Mr. White say that
possibly there might be a mistake, because one of
the young ladies might have put it in by mistake ?
Witness—No. She did not know what brought
the answer " there could be no mistake" from Mrs.
Iyde.
Mr. Francis Lore interrupted, when Mr. Huddle-
stone remarked that he would lead the witness as
gently as a lamb—(laughter)—as if he allowed his
learned friend to lead the jury to believe that he
had badgered her in that case, he should stand
no chance against her blue ribbons with the jury.
(Laugh ter.)
Mary Bird, another apprentice, gave similar
evidence.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.