The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-05 00:00:00

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A GANG OF SWINDLERS IN TILEEAST.—A grocer, carry-
ing on business in tho Whitechapel-road, came before Mr.
Paget and complained that ho had been swindled of a par-
cel of grocery, 251135. weight, by a person who had taken
some premises in Three Colt-street, Limehouse. The goods
were to be paid for on delivery, and the boy sent with them
received special directions not to part with the goods with-
out the cash, but the fellow who had taken the shop in
Three Colt-street induced him to part with the goods.
Mr. Paget said the matter had better bo left to the dis-
cretion of the inspector or police in the district, who would,
on the facts being represented to him correctly, either take
the offender into custody or refuse to act. If the goods
were to be paid for on delivery, and wore obtained by
a trick, it would be a larceny. If the inspector of
police or any other °Meer wanted his advice he
would be most happy and ready to give all the information
and assistance in his power. The grocer thanked the
magistrate, and said ho understood there was a gang of
villains engaged in swindling tradesmen of their goods,
and taking premises in which they only remained a short
time, and receiving articles for which they gave extensive
,orders, and sold them directly for loss than cost price.
The gang, who have been carrying on their nefarious
schemes for some time, have opened premises in Bonners-
lane, near Victoria-park, the western end of the East
India Dock-road, the West India Dock-road, Three Colt-
street, North-street, Whitechapel, and other places, and
have adopted the names of Gould, Birdseye, Harvey,
Goodey, and Plant. Amongst a variety of other goods they
have obtained 50 dozen new sacks, hams, bacon, cheese, six
casks of beer, each containing 18 gallons, from a brewer in
Camberwell; bread to the amount of £5 16s. from a baker
in Crisp-street, Poplar ; a cart load of lettuces, delivered
in Bonner's-lane, and other goods. One of the gang was
taken to the Poplar station for defrauding a tradesman,
and discharged by the inspector, who said the victim could
only sue the fellow in a civil court. There is a warrant
out against one of the gang. They are all well known to
the police of the K division at the Arbour-street station,
adjoining
the court, and Buden, a -very intelligent detec-
tive officer, 4 K, who has been watching the operations of
the scoundrels for some time, and warning tradesmen
against their schemes, has obtained a mass of evidence
against them, to justify an indictment against them for
conspiracy.

A WORD ON CANONBURY.—A silly notion once
prevailed that there was formerly a subterranean com-
munication between the Priory of St. Bartholomew and
Canonbury Rouse. We have contemporary evidence of
its general productiveness, its meadow for pasture, its
fields of corn, and the excellent produce of its dairies;
so that from the thirteenth century till the Reforma-
tion, Canonbury, and other large estates in Islington,
were cultivated under the monks. Those of Canon-
bury even supplied the distant priory with water, much
esteemed for its clearness and purity, from " the
condyte hede of Saynt Barthilmewes, within the manor of
Canbury," or Canonbury. To it a small piece of land
called Ze Coteliers, or the Cutlers, was added, to benefit the
soul of one John, of Kentish Town, deceased. The manor
retains its old boundaries to the present day, i.e., from the
Cock, at Righbury, along the Upper-street, to the statue
of Sir Hugh Myddelton, on Islington-green ; thence, via
Lower-road to St. Paul's Church, Ball's Pond ; and so by
St. Paul's-road back to the starting point. The waste of
the manor is the triangular plot of land called Islington-
Green.--Jourt TIMBS iIA Once a Week.,

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 4.
Her Majesty the Queen and the Queen of Prussia,
accomprnied by Prince Leopold, drove out yester-
day afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge was
in attendance upon horseback.
Princess Louise arrived at the Castle yesterday
from Marlborough-house, attended by Lady Caro-
line Barrington and the Hon. A. Liddell.
Her Majesty the Queen, the Queen of Prussia,
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice, walked and drove in the Home Park this
morning.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aurnale, the Duke de Chartres, the Count and
Countess de Paris, and Prince and Princess de
Joinville visited her Majesty the Queen and the
Queen of Prussia to-day at Windsor Castle.
The Duchess of Wellington and the Right Hon.
Sir Stafford Northcote arrived at the Castle yester-
day, and had the honour of dining with the Quell
and the Royal Family.
Sir T. M. Biddulph had also the honour of being
invited.

The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Sir James Clark ar-
rived at the Castle.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis
of Hesse, attended by Baroness Schenck and Capt.
you Westerweller, visited the General Lying-in
Hospital and King's College Hospital yesterday.

GENEROSITY OF THE SULTAN.—When the Sol-
forino was firing a salute of 101 guns at Toulon, on the
arrival of the Sultan, one of the guns burst. The master-
gunner was killed and three men wounded. His Ottoman
Majesty, on hearing of the accident, declared that he would
accord a pension to the family of the deceased and pay
sum of money to each of the others.

A SUMMER EXCURSION. —On Monday last the
fifth annual excursion of the members and friends of the
Whitechapel Church Young Men's Association took place•
The party, numbering over 200 persons, accompanied 11
the president of the association, the Rev. James Copen, and
dirs. Copen, left the Allhallows Pier, London-bridge, for
Richmond, on board one of the saloon boats belonging to
the Citizen Steamboat Company, specially chartered for the
occasion, and, after a pleasant day's enjoyment, arrived at
London-bridge about 9.30 in the evening.

THE Bo UNDAiCY COMMISSIONERS.—In comparing
the names of the Boundary Commissioners under
the present Reform Bill with those named in 1831 the
balance of impartiality weighs in favour of 1867. The
following is the list of those appointed under the firs
Reform Bill :—L. B. Allen, candidate for Southwark ill
1832, but defeated ; Benjamin Anstey, Thomas B. Birch,
Henry Brandreth, R.E., John J. Chapman, R.A., Robert
K. Dawson, R.E., John E. Drinkwater, Thomas F. Ellis,
Henry Gawler ; H. B. Ker, Whig candidate for Norwich
in 1832 ; George B. Lennard, son of Sir F. Lennard;
William Wylde, R.A. ; William H. Ord, M.P. for Net'
port ; John Romilly, 31. P. for Bridport, 1 32 ; R. 1•
Saunders, R.A., Richard Scott, Rev. R. Sheepshanks;
Henry W. Tenured, M.P. for Banbury, 1832 ; Joho
Wrottesley, now Lord Wrottesley. This list consists
nearly all, if not entirely, of ultra-Liberals.—Pall .31a11
Gazette.

NEW BOROUGHS.—The population of those
boroughs which, according to the proposed amendment of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, aro to return one member
each, are thus epitomised in a Parliamentary paper that
has just appeared :—Luton, 22,291 ; Darlington, 16,901;
Hartlepool, 27,475 ; Stockton, 16,483 ; Gravesend, 24,523 ;
St. Helens, 41,345; Burnley, 37,984; Staleybridge, 56,931;
Wednesbury, 92,633 ;Middlesborough, 23,356 ; Dewsbury,
38,559; Barnsley, 30,849; and Keighley, 34,186.
A FRENCHMAN'S BULL.—The following is an
address recently presented to the Emperor of the French,
in the name of the Juges de Paix of Auxerre
The Juges de Paix of Auxerre and their deputies feel+
like all Frenchmen, the necessity of expressing to your
Majesty their profound indignation at an attempt which
culpable author did not mean to direct against your august
person." The worthy magistrate could not surely mean t°
say that they would not have been so indignant had the
assassin aimed at the Emperor.

TIIE UNIVERSITY TENNIS MATCHES.—On Wed:
nesday last the four-handed match of the sister Universi-
ties was decided at the tennis court, Lord's Ground, On
Oxonians being victorious. Messrs. Boyle and Coatel
played for the dark blues, the Cantabs being represented
by Messrs. Swaine and Stephenson. The first game 104,
won by the Oxonians at G. to 3 ; they also won the second
bout at 8 to 6. The third was a pretty close game, 10
the Oxonians ultimately won at 7 to 5, thus winning the
match. The single-handed game was played on Saturdai
last, and resulted in an easy victory, Mr. Boyle, on the
part of Oxford, winning all the games. Mr. Stephenson
played for Cambridge.

A VOLUNTEER SCHOOLMASTER.—The Banffshire
Journal records the death of James Beattie, son., Gordons"
town, better known as the Auchterless John Pounds, wbiell
took place on Thursday last. Tho deceased was born 270
January, 1781, in the parish of Rayne. About the end of
last or beginning of the present century Mr. Beattie 51/'
moved from the parish of Rayne to Gordonstown, to
Auchterless, and there commenced business on his owu 3e;
count as a shoemaker. At that period schools were few a 731;
far between, and many, especially in rural districts, though;
it only a useless expenditure of money and time to send
their children to school until they reached the age of 12 °'
13 years. Owing to this state of matters, Mr. Beattie Og
not long in observing the lamentable state of ignoran°
which then prevailed around him. Many had grown uP
to man and woman's estate unable either to read or write;
and who with respect to religious instruction were eqUt°,ll
ignorant. This first suggested to him the idea of hiresei
becoming a volunteer instructor. On his intentions be'
coming known, many of his neighbours placed their dill'
drcn under his tuition, and such was his art in gaining the
affections of the young folks that his workshop was sol
filled with the rising generation of both sexes, and he 13%
often to work till past midnight to make up for time spel
in teaching during the day. Fur the long period a 7.
years Mr. Beattie conducted a school, at which there wer'n,
daily in attendance from 30 to 40 scholars, and nothi"
would have offended him so much as to have offered JO
anything in the shape of school fees.
EXTRAORDINARY MORTALITY AMONG TIIE SAI';
MON OF THE SOLWAY.—During the last three or four
the residents in the neighbourhood of Rockliffe 31)
Burgh Marshes have witnessed the recurrence of an erf
traordinary phenomenon connected with the sahnonido od
the Solway. After each tide tho shore has been foil°
strewed with dead and dying salmon and salmon trouts'
presenting no indication of the cause of death. We 133/'
heard of some 50 fish being found on the sands of Roc"',
liffe Marsh, and we believe that on the Burgh Marsh side
of tho river a much larger number have been picked or
It will be remembered that a similar occurrence took Pl3cen
last year, when various theories were put forth as to ~
cause of death. The fact, however, that the mortality et
last year was accompanied by the same conditions °A
weather and water as that of this year scorns to settle
doubt as satisfactorily as probably it ever will be settled.
During the whole of last week the Eden had fallen oil;
usually low ; the tides were also low ; while, at the s3Vt
time, the weather was exceedingly warm. The chronicle;
of meteorological observations at Silloth records " a Wee;
,if
of brilliant summer weather, sky almost cloudless ; s°,'"
radiation great, and atmosphere very dry." The silo
would, therefore, play with un wonted power upon tbo
shallow water at the mouth of the Eden, raising its W;
perature, and sickening its finny inhabitants even Wit
death. There is little doubt, in fact, that the fish loft b 9
the tide have either died of a sun-stroke or have bee° 86
much sickened and weakened by the action of the sun,
to bo unable to get away with the receding tide.—Carl""
Journal.

MARINE DISASTERS.—The monthly statera.-
published by the Bureau Veritas of Paris shows that i 4
the month of May last 182 vessels were totally lost, j„,
which number were comprised 94 English, 27 America'
20 Prussian, nine French, nine Dutch, nine NerwegtAvf
and 17 bearing various other flags. The number of IleS;
eels supposed to have been lost with their entire cam` i,
1,
during the same period is 28. The total number of ves6e'
lost duting the first months of the present year is 1,319+
diminution of 17 as compared with the correspaadlii'

period of 1866.
A CLERGYMAN DROWNED.—On Tuesday morn'g
the Rev. Mr. MGilchrist, assistant to the Rev. Dr.
son, minist©r of the second charge of Montrose, went €10"/
to bathe on the sands between the two stake-nets abouthe
o'clock. The tide was ebbing at the time, and when
accident happened it was almost full ebb. The place igher
the rev. gentleman wont in is rather dangerous, as the C° J,
rents meet and cause a strong rush of the water settly3.l.o;
This current has formed a bank, and one gentleman p55.6:1,0
saw his danger, and was about to cry to him whe°,7o.
bather stood up, the water reaching near to his °Jo;
Thinking the bather was coming ashore, the gentle /134 r
passed on ; but it seems that he had felt the current grg",,t,
ing the sand from beneath his feet, and then cried rt;,
and attempted to swim ashore. The current was, b°•
ever, too strong, and he was carried out to sea and droWnebe
There was another man not far from him, but owing t° the
very great danger he could not go to his relief, as /33',
ri
done so ho must also have perished. This is a veil I".`g'
gerous part of the sands, and unless the unfortunate g-io,
tleman had been a good swimmer and practically 0,
quainted with the locality there was no hope for boot
Deceased was a young man, having only been Ilea of
about a year ago, and his parents reside at the fOil
Hilton of Guthrie.--Edinburgh Courant.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is no appreciable alteration in the general
state of the Money Market ; the supplies and circu-
lation have increased instead of showing the
diminution usual at this period, owing to the
millions sterling locked up in provision for the half-
yearly dividend.
A further sum of £76,000 in gold was taken to
the Bank of England yesterday.
The return from the Bank of _England for the
week ending the 3d of July gives the following re-
sults when compared with the previous week :
£3,180,866 Increase.. £57,840
Public deposits ... 9,356,727 Decrease 1,748,686
Other deposits 18,858,210 Increase 1,014,104
On the other side of the account :
Government securities £12,830,773 Decreaso...Xss,sll
Other securities 20,456,251 Increase ... 358175
Notes unemployed 12,088,710 ... Decrease... 803,630

The amount of notes in circulation is £24,353,860,
being an increase of £1,148,950 ; and the stack of
bullion in both departments is £22,495,855, showing
an increase of £209,171 when compared with the
preceding return. Usually the first return after
the end of the half year shows a decline of about a
quarter of a million in the bullion, owing to with-
drawals of sovereigns for Government and other

payments.
Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prioe of Consols
with the corresponding week of last year :
Same week
At present. bust year.
Bank £22,495,855 414,876,945
Notes is reserve... ... 12,088,710 ... 3,335,800
Notes in 'initiation ... 24,353,860 ... 25,811,865
Bate of dieoonnt ... 2} per sent. 10 per sent.
Pries of Consols ... 941 36}

The Bank of France returns show the following
changes compared with the previous return. The
cash in hand has increased £103,500, the bills
receivable £592,000, and the votes £178,400, while
the Treasury has decreased £620,000, and the pri-
vate accounts £860,000.

The Union Bank of London have announced
that at the half-yearly meeting, to be held on the
10th inst., a dividend of 7} per cent., and a bonus
of 5 per cent. will be declared for the six months
ended 30th June last, making, with the distribution
of profits in Januarylast, 22k per cent. for the year,
being the same rate as in the previous year.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway debentures
have declined k, to 30 32, but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain steady at 241 254.
During the past few days there has not been
much animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro-
duce Markets. The dealings in sugar have been
restricted, and prices have shown little variation of
importance. Coffee has been in fair request, par-
ticularly superior qualities of Plantation Ceylon
which have brought full rates. In rice scarcely any
business has been reported, and quotations are a
shade lower, while only moderate transactions have
been entered into in tallow, and insufficient to
cause any material change in values.

With regard to the corn trade in Birmingham,
Mr. W. C. R. Cane states as follows :—Weather
until Monday night continued fine, with a
high temperature. We had then a splendid
rain, which will be of immense benefit to
the growing crops and pastures, but more
especially to the barley, which was showing serious
signs of want of moisture. The corn trade during
the week has remained in the same dull, inactive
state so long noted ; this is caused chiefly by
the continued determination of manufacturers
to work on the hand to 'month system,
and by the entire absence of speculation.
Supplies of English wheat continue most moderate.
Arrivals of Foreign are to a fair extent. At our
market to-day we had again a poor show of fine
English wheat, and such sold at the prices of last
week, while secondary were unsaleable.

The subjoined circular, with reference to the
affairs of the London, Brighton, and South-Coast
Railway, has been issued by Mr. S. Laing, M.P.:—
" Company's Offices, London-bridge, E.C.,
July 2, 1867.
"Sir,—Having consented to become chairman of the
Brighton Company in the hope of saving it from its present
embarrassments, I am satisfied that au amalgamation with
the South-Eastern Company is the first step to place both
properties on a sound footing. lam further satisfied that
the enclosed agreement is perfectly fair for both.sides, and
mutually advantageous ; and as it is of great importance
with reference to the application to Parliament that it
should be adopted by large majorities of the shareholders,
I beg earnestly to request that you will attend the meeting
to be held on Friday, the 12th of July next, at one
o'clock, at the Bridge House Hotel, Southwark; or, if you
are unable to attend, that you will sign the enclosed
proxy in favour of myself or Sir Charles Jackson.--Yours
faithfully, "S. LAING."
At the meeting held to-day of the Colonial Bank,
Mr. C. M. Marryatt in the chair, the report, seconded
by Mr. Gurney Hoare, was unanimously adopted,
and a dividend declared at the rate of 6 per cent.
for the half-year, being equal to 12 per cent.
for the year. It was stated by the chairman that
there were no fresh losses, and that the bad debts
of last year were all cleared off. The net profit for
the half year amounted to £41,121. The reserve
fund amounted to £136,000.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram this morning,
the French Rentos were 68f. 60c.
Scarcely any business is reported in the market
for Consols, and the quotations for money and ac-
count are now exactly the same, viz., 94 1 for
both. The dealers and brokers, investors and
speculators, are now awaiting, with some anxiety,
the issue of the settlement.

The New Threes are 934 l ; Reduced Anntities,
934 4 ; Exchequer Bills for March, 245. to 275.
prem; India 5 per Cents., 1094 4 4 ; ditto Enfaced
5 per Cents., 1031 ; ditto £l,OOO Bonds, 60s. prem,
In the Foreign Stock Market a firmer tone has
prevailed. Italian 5 per Cents, have improved 1,
to 484 ; Mexican Stock, 4, to 16 164 ; Turkish
5 per Cents. 4, to 304 314 ; Spanish Passive 4, to
234 24 ; ditto Certificates 1, to 154 16 ; and Rus-
sian Loan Scrip 5, to 4 4 prem. ; while Greek
Bonds have declined 4, to 14 144.
Only a moderate amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Share Market, but prices
in most instances exhibit greater firmness. Brighton
have advanced 11 ; South-Western and Metropoli-
tan each 1 ; Midland, 4 ; South-Eastern, ; and
Great Western, 4 ; while Great Northern have de-
clined 4.

In tha Foreign and Colonial undertakings little
variation was apparent, Great Luxembourg being
dealt in at 1111. ; South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian at 15i ; East Indian at 107} ; Great
Indian Peninsula at 106; ; and Bombay and Baroda
at
_lOOl

Miscellaneous and Finance shares are without
material variation. General Credit remain firm at
5i 6 ; National Discount Company have declined
to 12i ; and Hudson's Bay Company improved to
151 ; Fore-street Warehouse are marked 13i
and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 42i 44, ;
Bank Shares remain very dull. London Joint
Stock have declined to 44i, Union of London to
40k, and London and Westminster to 103 ; while
Bank of New Zealand have improved to 18g.

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 por vent. Consols
Do. Account, July 10
3 per Cent. Reduced 931 i
New 3 por Cent 931 f
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885
Do (Rod Sea 'lelebraph), Au,,., 1908 —
elt
Exchequer Bills, £1,000
9.
4
Do £5OO — pm
Do. £lOO dr £2OO plu
Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent
• Do. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian stock, 10k per Cent., April 1874 Shut
Do. Account
D 0.4
5 per Cent. July, 1880
per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872
Do• 5} per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873
Do.
Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under .£l,OOO .......... t.,,ste.r . —pu

June.