The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, 'IONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1868.

SHARE LIST.

ORDINARY 311 ARES AND STOCKS.

Share' Railways.
Paid. Citorisolen.g I Buds.innee.se
Tht MlTtfol and Exeter .... 100 /2.2
,t Caledonian
et •Cambrian 1 100 29 30
I
- 'Cork and Bandon.-- - -
20 Cornwall
st Dublin & Bellast Juuc 1 100 751 77
st Dun„ Perth, (le. A b..Junc '2o/0 70 72
- E.Loudon, scrip Certi !a 1 -
100 - tl
al Glasgow AS. Western, 100 - -
at Great Eastern, Ord.stk.! 100 35 33 3.5 5
at Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 100 7 8
Et Great Northol Scotland! 100 15 6
st Great Northern 1 100 1021 1035
at Do. A stock ..1 IGO 96 Di 9Q
at Do. B stuck
at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 100 - -
st GtS, and W. of Ireland' 100 96 97
at Gt. Western -Original; 100 53 635; 131
at Do. 6. Val. Hail. gua.; 100 - I
A Do. South \Vales 1 100 55 57
at Do. W. 511d.-01010ra, luo 3.) 35
at Do. Newport
at Do. Hereford...—. 100 - -
at Lancashire & Yorlshir:l 100 1281 t 29, 1281 95
at London and Blackwall 100 - -
at Lon., 8rig,11.,& S. Coast 100 52 53 52 5
at Chat., and Dover' 109 101 2(i Zug I
at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO 13 25 r
at Lou. A North Western 100 115 1155 i 1155
at Lon. A South Western 100 91 91 92
et Man., Shet., A Lincoln 100 43 14
at .Metropolitan..... all 1095 191 110
at Do. New lO - -
at Do. Extension.— all 105 1055 1055
at Metropolitan District. all 80 85
2C ( Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 i)o. and St. John's W'd 6 - -
at Midland
- Do. Z 9 Share 7 - -
at Do, Bizinin.. A Derby 100 75 77
- slid Kent . . all - -
et North British ...... 100 335 34
st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 100 - -
st l 3 th. Eastern-Berwick 100 1025 1035 1031
25 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.13.4 - -
st Do. Leeds
st Do. York lOO 94 95
at Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 130 134
at Do. Stock. & Darling. all 11l 131
45 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - P
at North London
st Do. do. 1861 5 - -
- Do. do. 1866
10 North Staffordahire , lOO 57 59 571
st Y. &S. W. Junction
at Scottish Central
- Soot. N. B , Aber. stock 100 -
Do. Scot, Mid. stook 100
Shropshire Union 100 57 58
st South Devon lOO 44 16 45
st South Eastern
g 0 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 10 12 110 j
at fall Vale lOO 143 145
10 Do. C
- Vale of Neath - -
- Waterford & Kilkenny 10u - -
10 Waterloo A Whiteha 1 6 - -
West Cornwall I
BRITISH rossEssioNs.
LOU Atlantic &1.-s(.Lawrencei all 65 67
itom.,Baroda, Cen.ln.l 100 1,5 1,6
jt gu. 5 percent...
20 Do. shares l6 5415.
405 lsufralo A Lake Huron all 3 4
10 Do. Preference
,00 ButL,Brant, &Goderieh
ll 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO 68 71
at Calcutta AS. E., lim too - -
at Jai e Town A Dock, gu. 100 18 52
00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. all 99 102
at East Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1044 1054 109
at East li.dian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 129 110 112
20 Do. J Extension - -
at a rand Trunkof Canada 100 151 165 151
iOO Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c all 78 62
100 Do. tat Pref. Bonds all 43 95
100 Do. do deferred ad - -
100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 33
100 Du. do. deterred -
100 Do. 3d Pref.stook all 27 29
100 Do. do. deferred - -
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 18 1)
100 Do. do. deterred - -
at it. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 109 110 11105
13 0. Gua. 5 per ce,:t lB 15 2ti
20 00. Now frua. sp. o 6 15 20
,t it. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
at D.. 45 per cent-- 109 94 06
at Do 2 - -
205 ;real Wes. of Canada., all 165 165,
.104 Do. New .. -
00 Do. 6p. c 13c.s. pay. 1873 all 98 100
00 uo. 51 do. pay. 1877-8_ all 91 91
st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 VI
at Do. 41 do ' 100 93 95
at Do. 45 do NO 89 91
29 Do. Fifth Extension! 5 -
Ilelb. Cor 6 p. c. 11/1(16d 1011 - • -
50 Mel. A Ilobsoc's tray ' all - -
at IN. IH.C'dat.6pc istpf.bs! 100 83 15
at ;Gude A Ithiik'nd, g. 5 p.O .00 105 106
at ISeinde . . 100 1015 1125 1031
p
st Do. Delhi
20 Do. do ..1 ar 25/ PI
et Do. Punlaub..... ga 100 10) 104
at Do.lndus St.Flot 6° 100 87 89

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITI.B.:6.
Columbia, 6 per
1)ec.31, 1872 ' 100
can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July
1877-84 llOO 104 105 1056 5
iDo. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug LO 102 104
!Du. sp. c. Mar. & Sept' 100 102 11.3
ID°. sp. c. Jati. .st July I 100 92 03 924 34
!Do. sp. c. inscribed se 100 91 93
'Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 18731 100 105 107
Do.Apl.,tOct 1890-190U' 100 108 1,9
Do. do 1880-90 In 106 108
iDo. Jan.&July, 1890-0, 100 108 1(u
I Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO j 08 00
'Cg lon, Nov. 1878, 6p. lOU 1 a 110 1104
Do. 1872, do lOO 103 107
aerial's, 6 p. o, 1873,11
Jan. and July t 100 104 106
Do. 1873 .
110. 1882, May 15, Nov.,. too 107 10,
Do. 1813, Fen. ,32. Aug.. too I 1,.,6 1,1
i Natal 'ion. 6 per cent..
ul.), 100 09 10
S.W. Gov.s 180' 100 99 101
Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 98 00
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1898' 100 1151 961 9)
New Zealand, 6p. cent 1100 -
Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 974 931 98
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0
sterling, 1675 l9O 102 104
Queensland Gov. 6p. c j 100 103 105
S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-9 100
Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 111
Vio,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.,t3 uly 100
Do. do. April Az Oct lOO 1111 1121 1111
BRITISH. MINES.
,Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1
Chiverton
Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 64
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 440 460
Drake walls 2.1.0 11 4
East Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 12
-- East Caradon 2.14.0 4 5
East Carn Brea 3l 2 24
East Grenville 2.14.0 11 2
East Gunnislake 8.3.6
-- East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9
W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2
am.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 4 5
great Laxey, limited., all 166 176
Great South Tolgus 1.4.0
Great Wheal Basy 14.9.0
G. Wheal Vor (lielstnn 80 15 17
Grenville 9.0.8 11 11
Ilerod's Foot 8.10.0 38 40
if ingston Downs 5.10.6 21 21
Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.8 6 8
narke Valley 1.10.6 6 61
Awyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 21 11
New S ton ...... 561 80 70
North toskear . 384 5 7
N.Wh Bassettallogan 4.4.0
North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3
Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24
Providence (UnyLelant 11.6.7 25 27
S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 380 400
South Condurrow 3.2.0 4 1
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 37/ 421
-- Stray Park . 35.15.6 4 6
fin Croft 9 14 15
-- Vigra and Clogan, lim all -
- West Bassett (Mogan
W. Caradon (Liskeardl 12 10 12
West Chi verton ll 61 66 624
West
Wheal Bassett gilogan 51 75 80
-- Wheal Buller (Kedruthl 22 15 9 11
-- Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23
-- Wheal Seton
584 774 821
Wheal Trelawney (I,is. 5.17.0 7 9

• PREFERENCE SBARES.
Norh Eastern, G. N. K, 4 per cent.,
Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 128

riiIGFEItENCE /3.IIAKEb AND STOCKS
Great Eastern 4i per cent..
Ditto, 5 per cent., 186: 77a
South Eastern, 5 per mut:Charing-cross, 1863, 93

FOREIGN RAIL WAY b.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10
!kali& and Stka r'rancisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 15}
Dutch Rhenish,
Ditto, all,
Ditto, new, 5}
Great Luxembourg, 1.4

- - -
Ottoman (Smyrna to Attila), 3 /
San Paulo, 11m., gua. 6 per cent., 18/
FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pedro, N rill Del Rey, 2 3-16
Pm
Scottish Australian. lien.. 1 1-16
St. John del Rey, lim IE4

DOCKS
London and it. Katharine, 181

Agra. lim.. A, 10 I

- Ditto, .13, 8.
Australasia, 51
Chattered Aer. of India, London, and China, 28
City, 124
Consolidated, lint., 44
Imperial Ottoman. 114
London Chartered Bang of Australia, 24
Anglo-Austrian, 114
Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 18
Land Mortgage Bank of India, inn,,
Loudon and County, 5
London and 11 estininster, --
Ditto, Scrip, 48
Provincial of Ireland, 9:4
Union of Australia, 49
Loudon Joint Stock, 346
aletropolitan Bank, lint., 74
National Provincial of Eiwiand,
Ditto, and 3il issue, 39
Oriental Bank Corporation, 43
Union of London, 354
MISCELLANICO UU.
Atlantic Telegraph, 50
Commercial union, insurance, 14
Credit Fonder of England, lint., 3 146
Crystal l'alace, 25
Ditto, Pref., 101
East India Irrigation and Canal, 16}
Egyptian U per Beat.. Viceroy Loan, gua 871 8i
Etictric and International relegraph, IGS 3
Ditto, new, l'l4
English and Australian Copper, I
lore-street Waretiousti, liw., ity
lien. Credit and Discount, i 54
Hudson's Bay, 16 11,
Lon ou and Provincial Marine, 14
National Viscount .oinpauy. ;
Ocean Marine Ineurantc.), 114 2,1
Ctago and Southland Investment, 1
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 734

THE ABBOT'S REPROOF.—The monks were eat-
ing at a festival, and one said to the serving man, "I eat
nothing cooked ; tell them to bring me salt." The serving
man began to talk loudly : " That brother eats no cooked
meat ; bring him a little salt." Quoth Abbot Theodore :
"It were more better for thee, brother, to eat meat in thy
cell than to hoar thyself talked about in the presence of
thy brethren."—The Sunday Library.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TIDS DAY.

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

THROWING STONES AT THE DUCKS IN KENSING-
TON GARDENS.—Frederick Page and Henry Willer,
two lads, were charged before Mr. Knox with
throwing stones and wilfully damaging the em,
bankmeut iu Kensington Gardens.
Police-constable George Strutt, 273 A, deposed
that on the previous evening he saw the prisoners
throwing stones at the ducks in the Serpentine in
Kensington-gardens, and also pulling up stones
forming the embankment and throwing them into
the trees.

The prisoners denied doing so.
The constable said the prisoners seemed to be
bent on mischief.

The prisoners said that all they were doing wa,
throwing at an old tin pot in the water, and that
they were not doing any harm.
_ _

Mr. Knox said lie felt bound to believe. the con-
stable, and fined the prisoners 10s. each, or seven
days.

A FIFTEEN SHILLING PONY.—SIIAMEFUL CRU-
ELTY.--Edward King, a dealer in hay, living in the
Waterloo-road, was charged before Mr. Knox by
the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals with the following cruelty to a pony :
Inspector Townley, of the above society, said
that while in Oxford-street his attention was called
to the prisoner, who was driving an old pony at-
tached to a van laden with hay. The poor animal
was sweating very much, and appeared to be very
distressed. Noticing that it was flinching from
the saddle, he stopped it and examined it, and
found that it had a sore as large as the palm of his
hand under the saddle, and it was very old and
nothing but skin and bone. The prisoner said that
he had given 15s. for it a week ago, that it had the
sore on its back at the time, and that he had
brought a load of hay from Paddington.
Barns, the gaoler, said that he had seen the
pony, and a more miserable creature he had never
seen ; it was a mere skeleton and could scarcely
walk.

The prisoner said he had paid altogether for
the pony, and he was only a poor man. He would
promise not to work the pony again, and was wil-
ling to have it destroyed.

Mr. Knox said that if the prisoner had not con-
sented to have had the pony destroyed he would
have sent him to prison for a month.

Temperley went with the prisoner and saw the
pony destroyed, and on his reporting the fact to
Mr. Knox he fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days'
imprisonment.

A STILL NORSE CASE._William Spencer, an
old man, a greengrocer, of Stephen-street, Edge-
ware-road, was charged by the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelty
to a pony, by working it in an unfit state.
The pony was brought into the yard of the
court
the magistrate's
wasist
rate'3 inspection, and a.more
dnever seen, every bone in
wiete
h fore sp
the poor creature's body being visible.
the prisoner driving a pony attached
thalrhpect
to a cart laden with greens in Oxford-street, aud it
reeled as it went along. Seeing the prisoner whip-
esoar Temperley, of the above society, said
w
whip-
ping the pony as he went along he remonstrated
with bins for his cruelty, when he said that he was
obliged to whip it to get it along, and that he
could get 15s. for it when it was dead, and that
that was enough to buy another with. On ex-
amining the pony he found that both its hind legs
were diseased, the hip bones nearly through the
skin, and there was a wound extending nearly the
whole length of the back, and of all the wretched
animals he had ever seen it was the worst.

.•
Barns, the gaoler, said that he had given the pony
some hay, but it did not appear to have strength
enough to eat it.
Mr. Knox, after seeing the pony, said it was a
wonder to him the prisoner could have had the heart
to put it into the shafts.
The prisoner said he had only had the pony two
days, and that he had given it plenty to eat.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner was au old man, and
he would like to know how he would like to be put
to do work beyond his strength. Was he willing to
have the pony destroyed ?
•
The prisoner sail he was.

Mr. Knox said thAt he was not going to let the
prisoner put the proceeds of the wretched animal
into his pocket, and told him after the p)ny had
been destroyed he would decide the costs.

On the officer returning to the court, he informed
the magistrate that the pony had been destroyed,
and that its carcase only fetched 53.
Mr. Knox, taking into consideration that the
prisoner was poor and old—about 70—and remark-
ing that the result of the case was that the poor
creature had been put out of its misery, discharged
him.

As the prisoner was leaving the Court he became
very excited, stating that he should have to go to
the workhouse.

THAMES.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.,___Abraham Taylor, an
elderly man, a cabdriver, was brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with assaulting a respectable young
woman, named Elizabeth Tym, the daughter of a
licensed victualler in Ratcliffe.
Mr. 11. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate
Institution for the Protection of Females, and for
improving and enforcing the laws for the protection
of women and children in the united kingdom
watched the case for that useful society.
The prisoner has been several times in custody
for assaulting
the mother of the complainant, who
alleged that he had made improper advances to-
wards her, and wanted her to live with him. He has
been convicted four times for assaulting her, and on
one occasion it was proved that his conduct was of the
most gross description. Last night he met the com-
plainant in Brook-street, Ratcliff, while the rain
was falling heavily,
and assaulted her. She called
the police and gave him into custody.
The prisoner made loud protestations of inno-
cence, and said that the story of the complainant
was false from beginning to end. He asked the
magistrate if he did not recollect that last time the
mother of the prosecutrix came before him, she did
not say, "My daughter will charge you next."
Mr. Paget made no answer to this question and
committed the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Allen said—The Associate Institution, which
he represented, would prosecute in this case if the
prosecutrix would consent.

TILE LATE G. BOLTON.—Tho lamentable end of
poor Bolton, as reported a few days since in the papers,
has loft six orphan children in great distress and totally
unprovided for. The Dramatic, Equestrian, and Musical
:';'r Eecslti:ei"ve any further sums,
Sick Fund have taken the matter up, and headed a sub-
scription list, to which the following sums have been
added:—Dramatic Sick Fund, .£2 ; Drury-lane Fund, .£2 ;
RoyalMl rs
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thankfullyn
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V Dramatic
£1; 11. Barnett, .£1 ;
Dr Almanack,"
0 W. Anson, at the Now
however small.

SIIIPWRECK.—News of a distressing wreck, for-
tunately, however, unattended by any loss of life, has
been received from the far north. On Saturday, the 23d
of May, the German emigrant ship Lessing ran ashore in a
fog, on Fair Isle, between the Orkneys and Shetlands ; and
the violence of her collision with the lofty rocks breaking
the ship's back, the sea rushed in, and the passengers and
crew, numbering some 480 in all, were exposed to immi-
nent jeopardy. The islanders, however, actively and bravely
set to the work of rescue, and through a cavern communi-
cating with the creek in which the ship lay, the rocks there
being too high and precipitous for any attempt to be made
immediately at the wreck, the passengers were all extri-
cated from their perilous plight, and landed on the summit
of the isle—for the most part la a thoroughly destitute
condition. Information of the disaster was at once sent to
Lerwick, and a schooner was despatched thence to the isle
with supplies, and in two trips brought most of the luck-
less emigrants to Lerwick; but the unlooked-for increase
of the town's population causes much inconvenience, and
the distress of the shipwrecked families is greater than the
resources of the district can fairly or lung be taxed to al-
leviate.— Scotsman.

I AnvEßTisEmENT.]:—Holloway's Pills are decidedly the
best remedy for alt disorders of the stomach and bowels,
the liver and kidneys. They act with so decided an effect
and yet so gently that people of the most delicate consti-
tutions may take them with the most perfect confidence.
They do not contain a single grain of mercury or other
noxious substance, l-eing. composed exclusively of rare
balsams. They are therefore equally safe au.l efficacious,
and as a family medicine nctliing yet inveuted or dis-
covered can be compared with them for a moment. With
these inestimable pills at hand, together with the printed
directions affixed to each bs)x, no other medical advice in
case of sickness can be needed.

fI'ALLIN BRIGANDAGE.

(From the Times' Correspondent.)
SALERNO, May 26.

The trial of Gaetano Manzi, the brigand chief,
who captured our countrymen Mr. Moens and the
Rev. Mr. Aynsley, has now terminated, and 1 send
you a very brief and condensed report of it. Toge-
ther with him, seated on the benches appropriated
to the accused, were 19 of his accomplices, several
of whom had been the companions of his boyhood,
and one was a near relative. These were the only
members of his band whom he implicitly trusted,
the others being bloodthirsty villains, who, had they
deemed it their interest, would have murdered their
chief as well. One of these it was who, according
to the assertion of Manzi, urged him to cut off Mr.
Moens's ears—whether it was humanity or calcula
tion which made hiql refuse it would be diffi-
cult to decide. This important trial began on
the 2d instant, and was terminated on the
2Gth, thus oceupying twenty-five days. . During
its progress 91 witnesses were examined
for the prosecution and 32 for the defence.
Many of them at first equivocated and hesitated
from fear of the vengeance of the friends of the
accused, but at length they confirmed the depo-
sitions which had been taken on the drawing up of
the proces. The requisitoria or speech of the
Public Minister lasted two days, while the advo-
cates of the accused occupied the attention of the
Court for four days.

The summing up by the President lasted three
hours, on the conclusion of which he proposed 311
questions for the consideration of the jury. After
having been shut up for five hours and ten minutes,
they returned to the court, and pronounced a ver-
dict corresponding for the most part with the re-
quisitoria of the Public Minister, who demanded the
punishment of death for three of the accused, forced
labour in irons for life for nine, 25 years for two,
22 years for one, 21 for one, 20 for one, and for two
manuteugoli, 10 and 12 years of seclusion. The
Court finally condemned Manzi, De Angelis, and
Olivieri to death, and the others respectively to the
punishment already named. The crimes imputed
to Manzi and his accomplices were 20 in num-
ber, and I give them in proof of the enormi-
ties which have been daily committed for now
eight years in Southern Italy. 1. For being an
associate of brigands from April, 1863, to March,
1866. 2. The extortion of 46,748 lire, with seques-
tration of person, to the injury of Pietro Arcusio,
17th of August, 1863. 3. Rebellion committed in
an association of malefactors, accompanied by at-
tempts at murder, 1863. 4. Extortion of 11,751
lire, with the sequestration of the Priest Olivieri
and Luigi Calabritto, on the 11th Jantury, 1864.
5. Extortion of 16,999 lire, with sequestration of
the Canons Perito and Galetti on the 11th of Feb.,
1864. 6. The murder of Gaetano Gambrille on the
9th-10th of March, 1864. 7. Extortion of 4,675
lire, with sequestration of Giacomo Cerino and his
two sons, as also of another man, on the 6th May,
1864. 8. The premeditated assassination of Celes-
tiano Zambrile on the Ist of October, 1864. 9.
Robbery with violence. 10. Extortion of 4,794
lire, with sequestration of Francisco Caperano,
on the 31st of October, 1861. 11. Extortion,
of 50,000 lire, with sequestration of Francesco
Cornelia, ou the 13th of December, 1864. 12. Ex-
tortion of 9,771 lire, with the sequestration,
wounding, and murder of two men, 10t1 of Feb-
ruary, 1865. 13. The attempt at extortion, and
the capture of three men, the 15th of May, 1865.
14. The extortion of 127,900 lire, with the seques-
tration of Moens and Aynsley, the 15th of May,
1865. 16. Extortion of 179,745 lire, with seques-
tration of Federico Wenner and another, on the
31st of October, 1865. 17. Complicity in the afore-
' said extortion. 18. Murder of Giuseppi Trincaro.
19. Robbery with violence of three persons. 20.
Murder of Giuseppe Torio.

It is not to be supposed, however, that one-half
the crimes committed by these miscreants are
enumerated in this category. These were vio-
lations and other and heartless murders, and
earcroppings and robberies without number ;
the entire province of Salerno was kept in a
state of continual fear, for, like fire-flies, the
band attacked an individual, a house, or a
district when least expected, and with equal
rapidity dartel off to their fastnesses. Imagine
thb existence or zany nunnler of bands--rim, t
Roman frontier doWn to the toe of Italy acting
with equal ferocity and promptitude, and you may
realise what is the state of the Southern province.
The jury—which was composed of proprietors,
lawyers, medical men, merchants, and others
equally re3pectable acquitted themselves with
great firmness—so much the more laudable that
some of ,them reside in the immediate neighbour-
hood of the old haunts of the accused, and will pos-
sibly be exposed to the vengeance of their friends.
Nothing was heard of extenuating circumstances,
and one would almost hope that the moral sense of
the people was becoming more elevated, were it not
for the fact that several of the charges were for se-
questrating and robbing foreigners. Among the
advocates for the defence• were several of the most
distinguished at the Naples Bar, as Professor En-
rico Pessina. Public opinion severely criticised
their conduct in undertaking the defence of such a
case, which was well paid for, and still more
severely their leaving their seats as soon as the ver-
dict of the jury had been given in. It is almost
unnecessary to say that the court during the whole
of this long trial was crowded to excess by persons
of every class. Many foreigners were present, the
great majority of whom were English.

THE QUEEN'S GROUNDS, LIAMMERSMITIL-A very
well contested series of pigeon shooting matches have
been given at those new grounds, the proprietor offering
several valuable articles of plate and six fat lambs as prizes.
On Tuesday there was a capital trial of skill between the
two best shots on the ground, Mr. Page and Mr. Collings.
Each killed his three birds, and then followed a series of
" ties," which ended in favour of Mr Page by only what
is termed a " lost" bird. Each fired thirteen times, and
the actual misses being but too. Collings hit his thirteenth
bird severely from both barrels, but it was just able to
perch and then it fell dead ; but Mr Page met with better
fortune, he killed his bird with a single discharge. A
gun club has been formed at the Queen of England, and
the meetings are arranged to take place at the now grounds
twice a week.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
—At a meeting of the St. Paul's, Covent-garden, Vestry,
yesterday, an important subject was brought under discus-
sion relative to the conduct of the Government with respect
to the late swearing-in of special constables in the metro-
polis. It will be remembered that when the Fenian outrage
at Clorkenwell House of Detention occurred, the Home
Secretary sent to all the vestries instructions to aid the
swearing-in of spacial constables. Some of the vestries took
up the matter slowly, and some promptly, and the Vestry
of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, in whose district Bow-street
Police-court stands, acted with exceeding promptness, as
was then most needful, for Bow-street was then almost
daily filled with Fenian roughs, and that police-court
could not be occupied with swearing-in specials, as there
were many important examinations going on. Two
Middlesex magistrates, Mr. Henry White and Mr. Still-
well, sat on a great many days, and three thousand per-
sons were sworn in and brigaded into companies. On the
bill for the payment of clerks, the cost of advertising,
the payments for staves and badges, being sent to the
clerk of the peace, the Middlesex magistrates had
ordered the matter to be left in abeyance, as the Bench
were not quite clear as to whether it had the power to pay
for this hasty swearing-in (reference not having been
made to the magistrates direct), and the Home Secretary
was thereupon appealed to. He, however, is unwilling to
" make a precedent" for paying for county work by the
Home-office, and refuses to pay for anything more than the
staves issued. The question now arises if the parishes are
to be left to pay the burden thus thrown upon them, and
the general expression of the vestries, thus left with the
bills oa their hands, is that the Government and the
magistrates will not find the local authorities ready to give
their co-op,ration iu such matters again if they are thus
left to face the expenses. Eventually the further consi-
deration of the matter was left over until next week.
THE CLYDE.—The amount of Customs revenue
collected at Glasgow in May was £74,818, as compared
with £90,00 iu May, 1867, and £68,954 in May, 1866.
At Greenock Customs revenue was collected in May to the
extent of £105,708, as compared with £101,068 in May,
1867, and £132,32.2 in May, 1866. The imports of sugar
into the Clyde in the first five months of this year
amounted to 66,389 tons, against 78,587 tons in the cor-
responding period of 1867 ; the deliveries for home con-
sumption in the Clyde during the last five months
amounted to 69,613 tons, against 70,788 tons iu the corres-
ponding period of 1867. The stock iu bond in the Clyde
at the close of May was 12,757 tons, against 26,785 tons at
the close of May, 1867.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, June 4.

Mr. Win. L. Newman, M.A., Fellow of Balliol
College, has been appointed to the Readership in
Ancient History, recently founded.
In the convocation held this day, at two o'clock,
it was agreed to affix the University seal to a copy
of "An Act for the Establishment of a United Con-:
itabulary Force in and for the University and City
of Oxford," in order that it may be laid before the
House of Lords.

In the same Convocation, it was agreed, after a
short discussion, in which Mr. King, of Merton,
Mr. Clarke, of St. John's, and Mr. Wickham, of
New College, took part, that Owen Broun, of St.
John's College, should be permitted to present him-
3elf for Responsions in this present term, notwith-
standing he has omitted to enter his name with the
Proctor.

The statutes concerning the Indian readership'
And the appointment of curators of the University
chest were accepted without opposition.
In a Congregation held immediately after, the
Pass Examination Statute was submitted to the
house. Vote 1., fixing the character of the Mode-
ration Examination, was carried by 37 votes to 32
—majority, 5. On Vote 11. there was no opposi-
tion. Vote 111., fixing the character of the Final
Examination, was rejected by 53 votes to 19—
majority, 34. Vote IV. was opposed, but accepted
by 42 votes to 22—majority, 20.
The form of statute on the subject of attending
University sermons, which was promulgated on.
Tuesday, May 26, will be submitted to Congre-
gation, unaltered, on Wednesday, the 10th instant,
at 2 o'clock.

In a Convocation to be holden on Friday, the 12th
inst., at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Uni-
verity Seal be affixed to a power of attorney for the
sale of a sum not exceeding £2,500 Reduced
Annuities, in order to enable the Vice-Chancellor
to complete the purchase of certain property adjoin-
ing the Angel Hotel, towards which the sum of £5,000
has been already granted. In the same Convoca-
tion it will be proposel that the sum of £2OO per
year, for the period of three years, dating from May,
1867, be granted to the Curators of the Parks for
the purpose of defraying the ordinary expenses of
the same. In the same Convocation it will be pro-
posed to grant in perpetuity a portion of the tithe
rent charge of the rectory of Holme Cultram, not
exceeding £5O per annum, exclusive of outgoings,
to be disposed of in such way as may best conduce
to improve the income of the incumbent. In the
same Convocation it will be proposed that a pen-
sion of £l5 per annum be granted to the widow
of the late BeJel John Pillinger, for the term of
her natural life.

Au examination for the Degree of Bachelor of
Civil Law will be held on Saturday, June 13, at 10
o'clock. Candidates are required to give the
Regius Professor of. Civil Law notice of their inten-
tion to present themselves for examination three
days before, and to exhibit evidence that they have
assed all examinations necessary for the Degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and also to send in their names
to the Superior Bedel of Law with the statutable
fee of

The Senior Master of the Schools has given no-
tice that the Responsions examination willcommence
on Friday, June 5. Candidates are requested to
attend at the schools at 9.30 a.m.

The Professor of Poetry (Sir F. Doyle) will give
a lecture on Provincial Poetry in the lecture-room
at the Taylor Institution on Monday, June 15, at
two o'clock.

The Corpus Professor of Latin (Mr. Conington)
will read a translation of Virgil's " ./Eneid," Book
10, v. 747 foil., and Book 11, on Monday, June 8,
and Tuesday, June 9, at 1 o'clock, in the hall of
Corpus Christi College.
Mr. Tozer, of Exeter, proposes to give an ele-
mentary course of lectures in Greek and Latin
philology during the ensuing October Term, with
a view to the Honour School in moderations. The
charge for attending these lectures will be £3. Any
gentlemen who may wish to attend are requested to
call on Mr. Tozer on Wednesday, June 10, be-
tween 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening.