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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ENENING, JUNE 5,186 S.

SHARE LIST.

oIiDINARY diIAIL.EB AND STOCKS.

Share, Railways, I raid. Cl
FosinriCle.g duns. Business
at li§rbl and titter .... 100 62 14
et jUaledonian -- 100 741 751!
st jcarnhrian
- Cork and Bandon - - --
20 12orti wall all 3 4
st ,Dublin & Bellast June. 106 751 77
st !Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. 1,00 70 72
- &London, 6er ip Corti. all -
DO. Ico - -
at Cilasgow &S. Western 110 - -
et Great Eastern, Ord.stk. 100 351 361 331
st Do. E. Angl. at. N 0.2 130 7 8
at UrcatNorthol Seotlauti 100 15 6
at Great Northern lOO 102; 1034
at Du. A stock lOO 261 671 9el
st Do. B stuck lOO 124 116
at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 10c . - -
at (its, and W. of Ireland 10u 904
at Cit. Western Ibo 634 64 i 531 1
at Do. is. Vat. hail gua. 100 -
5t Do. South Wales
st Do. W. Alid.-Oxtoru 100 39 35
at Do. Newport
at Do. lierelcsrd. -
at Lancashire. Yorkelm, 100 129 1291 1281 91 9
at Loudon and Black+talll 100 - -
at Lou., Brigli., J 1 h CUM, 10u 53 534 52 131
at 'ion., Chat., and Dovet .10,. 191 244 201 a 1
at Do. 3letrop. Ex. A lOO la 15
at Lou. A North 15 eaten, 100 1151 16 '154
at 'Lou. str. 000th 11 ester, iOu vss 94 11
at ,
~liana,
slief., Lincois, iou 131 141
at j
at Du. New - -
at L)o. Extension all 105 106 1051
at slcirupolitan District. all 82 115
IC ( no. du. .10. 10 -
10 Do. and St. John's NY", 6 - -
at alithand
- Do. £9 Share 7 - -
st Dart); 100 7,1 n
id Bent . - -
st North British
at I Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun. 109 - -
st N th. Eastern -Berwies 100 1121 104 1031
25 Do. G.N•63 purolissa '6.13.4 - -
at Do. Leeds .....lou 581 6:14
et Do. York lOO SA 95
at Do. Carlisle
st Do. Stock. & Darling all 131 131
15 Do. do. 1800-01 lB - 1'
st -north London
at Do. do. 1864 5 -
Do. do. 1866
10 North Staffordshire 100 57 59
at N. &S. W. Junction
at Scottish Central -
- Scot. N. , Aber. steel: 100 - -
uo. Soot, Mia.stucir lOO -
Shropshire Union 100 57 58
st South Devon lOO 44 (6 45
at South Eastern
20 Staines, Wok., A Wok all lu 12 10/
at Vail Vale flat 143 145
10 Do. 0 5 -
V ale or 'Selttil
- IWaterford A Kilkenny) 10u
10 1 Waterloo & Whlteha 6 - -
• West Cornwall - -
BRITISH YOSSESSIONS.
.L 1 Atlantic& lit. Lawrence all 65 67
,t itoni.,Baroda,&Ceu.ln. .100 1(.5 116
) gu. 5 per cunt..
20 Do. 1' shares l6 4 41,
.0/1 )tutialo A Lake Huron all 3 4
10 Do. Preference
„, Butl.,Brant,&Goderich
) 6 p.c. i 872-3-1 lOO 68 71
at Calcutta AS. E., litu lOO - -
at ,at e town A Dock, gu. 100 18 52
00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, all 99 102
at east Bengal, gu., sdo 100 ,041 1164 1084 9
at East Indian, go. 5 p.o. 100 109 110 112
40 Do. J Extension - -
at 'rand Truukot Canada 100 151 161' 131
100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c all 78 62
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 41 45
100 Do. do deferred - -
100 Dc. 2d rra. Bonds all 33 33
100 Du. do. deterred -
100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 27 29
100 Do. do. deferred - -
(00 Do. 4th Frei. stock
100 Do. do. deterred - -
at qt. India ren.gua. sp.e. 100 109 110 1101 111
0. Gua. 5 per cent lB 11 2 p
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 14 2
at ut. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
st D 41 per cent lOO 94 1/6
st Do 2 - -
204 ';rent Wcs. of Canada all 161 161
201 Do. New ...... all -
00 00. 6p. c Boa. pay. 187 a, all 98 100
00 Do. 51 do. pay. 1677-8., all 91 91
at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 10h I'7l 61
at Do. 42 do
at Do. 11 do 100 69 111
2`) Do. Filth Extension 5 - -
at tielb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - -
SO A Hobson's Bay all - -
at N.ll.l.o'da,tlpc IstpLbs tOO 83 95
st Mule& p.O 100 105 106
bt seinde . luo 1014 1t24 1032
at Do. Delhi
20 Do. do
at Do. runisub bou 101 114
at 00. Indus St.Flot I iOu 87 89

COLOOUitL (.10V1OaiNMENT SECUItITII.:,
tiritivh Columbia, 6 per
I cent., De 0.31, 1572.... 100 -
- ICen.Gov.6 uly
1577-51
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. &Aug.. 1.0 102 11/4
- Do. sp. c. Mar. 1e Sept; 100 102 103
- Do. sp. c. Jan. t July 100 91 93 921 31
- Do. sp. c. Inscribed sit 100 9l 93
- Cape U. Hope, 6 p.c. 1573 100 105 107
- Do.Ap1.&001 1890-11100 100 108 1:9 1091
- Do. do 1880-9 u 100 106 108
- f)o. Jan..tJuly, 1890-91 100 108 110
- , Ds. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 uct., 1900 lOO 98 00
- Ce3lon, Nov. 1875, 6 p.i 100 1.8 110 1106
- 110. 1872, du lOO 105 107
- Nlauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,
Jan. and July
- Do. 1878 ..
- 00. 1882, Alayls, Nov. o 100 Iv 7 100
- Do. 1815, Feb. & Aug.. 100 IL6 108
- Nutal goy. 6 per cent.. 100 -
N.11.G0v.6p.0.Ja.&.1u1y 100 99 lu
- N. S.W. Gov.s p*c., 18601 100 0) 101
- Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870, 100 98 110
- Do. 5 p. 0.1888 to 1896 100 951 969 9)
- New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 -
- Do. 5 per cent.... •••• I 100 974 981 98
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0
sterling, 1875 lOO 102 104
- Jueensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 103 105
- 8. A116.001r. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 - -
- Do. 1878 & upwards lto 110 i 1 1
- Vic,Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 - -
- Do. do. April 84 Oat lOO 1116 112, 1112
8a1T1614 311'4163.
- Cam. Consol. Gold, Urn. 1 -
Chiverton
- Clifford Amalgamated SO 54 61
- Oevon G. Cons.(Tavlst 1 440 460
- • urake walls 2.1.0
-- East Bassett (Mogan)" 291 10 12
- • East Caradon 2.14.0 4 5
-- East Cara Brea 34 2 21
- East Grenville
- East Gunnislake 8.3.0
-- East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9
- W'l Mussel! (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2
‘..4 am. & StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5
- treat Laxey, limited., all 169 176
- d reat South Telgus 1.4.0 -
,Ireat Wheal Busy 11.9.0 -
.1. Wheal Vor (lielstoou 40 15 17
-lrenvilic 9.0.6 14 19
- tlerod's loot 5 . 11).: 38 40
- Ilingston Downs 5.10.6 24 24
- 3largarct (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6
I
- 51arke Valley 5.10.0 6 6)
I.lwyncly Iron Ore, iim 31 24 14
- •.e:v S Lon I 564 60 70
- North tcskear
- N.Wh Bassett(lllogau 1.4.9 -
North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t 2 3
- Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24
- Providence Uny Lelant i 1.0.7 25 27
- S. Caradon (St. Cleer) lj 380 400
- South Coudurrow 5.2.0 1 1
7. Wheel Fran. (Mogan 18.18 374 429
Stray Park . 35.15.0 4 6
rin Croft 9 14 18
- Vigra and Ciogan, lint , ail -
It
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Wheal%‘: .ehhseeCta. 'raas:sl 0° Ist t ((11,11t°641t ae
d. 1 ! 24
- West Chi verton
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- West Seton
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- Wheal Buller atedruth 22 15 9 11
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-- Wheal Seton

PREFERENCE S&AR►yS.
Norte Eastern, G. N. E., 4 per cent.,
Stockton and Darlington B, e per cent., 128

. _
rit.neEnicNois bkiAllt:b AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern 4} per cent.
Ditto, 5 per cent., 1862, 77
South Eastern, A per unt. Charing-cross, 1863, 93

rousicix I:LA.II.WAIb.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, lo
Bahia and dta eratigmcv, thn., gua. 7 per cent., 151
Dutch RlK:uish,
Ditto, all,
Ditto, new, bk
Gieat Luxembourg, 12a-I

- -
Ottoman (Smyrna to Akita), 3
ban Paulo, liuu., gua. 6 per cent., 181
FOILIGIGN AILLNII43.
Don Pedro. N rth Del Rey, 2 3-16
Scottish Australian. Aim.. 1 I-16
St. John del Itey, lira , 18.1

DOCKS
London and it. Katharine, 181

Agra, 11m.,A, 10 i

Ditto, ii, fi
Australasia, 5k

Chartered :tier. of India, London, and China, 28 5
City, 12i
Consolidated, Urn., 45
Imperial Ottoman, it f
London Chartered liana of Australia, 24
Anglo-Austrian, 115
Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 18
Land Mortgage Bank oi. 5
Loudon and County, 5
Loudon and 11 estminsi,cr,

Ditto, Scrip, 48 I
Provincial of Ireland, 9'i
Union of Australia, 49
London Joint Stock, 34i
Metropolitan Bank, lirn., 71
National Provincial of Engiand.
Ditto, zd. and 3d issuo, 39
Oriental Bank Corporation, 43
Union of London, 35}
MISCELLANIGOUB.
Atlantic Telegraph, 50
Commercial union, Insurance, 6i
Credit Fancier of England, lira., 3 1-16 I
Crystal Palace, 25
Ditto, Pref., 101
East India Irrigation and Canal, 161
Egyptian 9 per cent., Viceroy Loan, gita , 83
E 1 carte and International Telegraph, 165 3

Ditto. new, 14
Englisili and Australian Copper, 2
Pore-street Warehouse, Wu., 11)
Gen. Credit and Discount, lUn., 5f
tiudson's Bay, 10
Lon oil and Provincial Marine, la
National oiscount tAnnpany,
Ocean .Marine insurance), lila 24
Ctago and Southland Investment, 1 a
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 74

THE ABBOT'S REPROOF.—The monks were eat-
ing at a festival, and ono said to the serving man, "I eat
nothing cooked; tell them to bring Ins 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 brothreu."—,l74 Sunday Library.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THROWING STONES AT TILE 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-
bankment in 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 cluing wa•
throwing at an old tin pot in the water, and that
they were not doing any harm.

Mr. Knox said he felt bou❑d to believe the con-
stable, and fined the prisoners 10s. each, or seven
days.

A FIFTEEN SHILLING PONY.—SIIAMF.FUL CHU-
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 las. 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 £3 altogether for
the pony, and he was only a poor man. 1I 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 WORSE 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
courtmagistrate's inspection, and a more
d spectacle
p ectaclewas never seen,-every bone in
wrete
h fore the
the poor creature's body being visible.
Inspector Temperley, of the above society, said
that he saw the prisoner driving a pony attached
to a cart laden with greens in Oxford-street, and it
reeled as it went along. Seeing the prisoner whip-
ping the pony as he went along he remonstrated
with him 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.
➢lr. Knox said the prisoner was an old man, and
he would like to know how he would like to be put
to do work beyond his strength. Was be willing to
have the pony destroyed ?
The prisoner said 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.

Ou the officer returning to the court, he informed
the magistrate that the pony had been destroyed,
and that its carcase only fetched 5.3.
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 ho became
very excited, stating that he should have to go to
the workhouse.

THAMES.
EXTRAORDINARY (;ASE.—Abraham Taylor, an
elderly man, a cab-driver, 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 fur
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. lie 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 iu 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. lie 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.

THE LATE G. BOLTON.—The lamentable end of
poor Bolton, as reported a few days since in the papers,
has loft six orphan chil Iron in groat distress and totally
unprovided for. The Dr&tnatic, E iu,3strian, and Musical
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 ;
Mrs. Mellon, £1; C. L. Thorpe, Esq., £1; li. Barnett, £1 ;
Dr. Joy, 10s.; and J. W. Anson's " Dramatic Alman ack,"
10s. Mr. Geo. Behnore, or Mr. J. IV. Anson, at the New
Royal Adelphi, will thankfully receive any further sums,
however small.

S _News of a distressing wreck, for-
tunately,lilPlv itK.EC
however, unattended by any loss of life, has
been received from the far north. On Saturday, the 23d
of May, the German emigrant ship Leasing 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 tho 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 in a thoroughly destitute
condition. Information of the disaster was at °floc sent to
Lerwick, and a schooner was despatched thence to the isle
with supplies, and in two trips brought most of tho luck-
less emigrants to Lerwick; but the unlooked-for increase
of the town's population causes much inconvonienc, and
the distress of the shipwrecked families is greater than the
resources of the district can fairly or lcng ba taxed to al-
leviate.— Scotsman.

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ITALIAN 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 I 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 cars—whether it was humanity or calcula-
tion which made him refuse it would be diffi-
cult to decide. This important trial began on
the 2d instant, and was terminated on the
26th, thus occupying 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 hesi•ated
from feiir 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 proc,,3. The requisitoria or speech of the
Pubiic Minister lasted two days, while the advo-
cstes 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 fur two
manuteugoli, 10 and 12 years of seclusion. The
Court finally condemned Manzi, 1)e 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 January, 1861.
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, 1861. 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, on the 13th of December, 1864. 12. Ex-
tortion of 9,774 lire, with the sequestration,
wounding, and murder of two men, 10th 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 Tonic).

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-fli, s, the
band attacked an individu tl, a house, or a
district when least ekpecte 1, and with equal
rapidity darted off to their fastnesses. Imagine
the existence of any number of baudi from the
Roman frontier down to the toe of Italy acting
with equ d 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 respectable 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 fcr 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
gr eat majority of whom were English.

THE QUEEN'S GROUNDS, HAMMERSMITII.—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 new 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 spaei d constables in the metro-
polis. It will be remembered that when the Fenian outrage
at Clerkenwell House of Detention occurred, the Home
Secretary sent to all the vestries instructions to aid the
swearing-in of special 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 on their hands, is that the Government and the
magistrates will not find the local authorities ready to give
their co-operation in such matters agaia if they are thus
left to face the expenses. Eventually the further consi-
deration of the matter was left over until next week.
THE CLIDE.—The amount of Customs revenue
collected at Glasgow in May was £74,818, as compared
with £90,000 iu May, 1867, and £68,994 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 £132,322 in May, 1866. The imports of sugar
into the Clyde in the first five mouths 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 is the Clyde during the last five months
amounted to 69,613 tons, against 70,788 tons in the corres-
ponding period of 1867. They stock in bond in the Clyde
at the close of May was 12,757 tons, against 26,785 tons at
the 91.949 ALI? 107.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER toll: the Chair at 4 o'clock.
THAMES EMBANKM.ENT (CHELSEA) BILL.'
This bill was, after a short discussion, read a third time
nd passed

111EDLAND RAILWAY BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
.greed to.

METROPOLITAN FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET

BILL.

Mr. M. GIBSON moved that the Metropolitan Foreig❑
Cattle Market Bill be referred to the examiners of peti-
tions for I 1 ivate bills, to inquire whether the amendments
%chich have been introilueed in the select committee on the
bill involve any infraction of the standing orders.
The in itiou was agreed to. It was thou arranged that
all petitions against the bill were to be lodged at the
Private Bill- oflica before the 9th instant.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BILL.

Mr. Gravos, Lord John Hay, and other members pre-
sented v titioas in favour of this hill.
THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.

M". J. S. MILL presented a petition complaining of the
way in which Kmg Theodore was treated after he had
surrendered, and praying for a select committee to inquire
into the whole matter.
EX-GOVERNOR EYRE.
Mr. LIMONT presented a petition, signed by 76 peers,
6 bishops- (hear, hear)-20 members of Parliament, 40
generals, 26 admirals, 400 clergymen, 300 justices of the
peace, and about 30,000 other persons, praying
that the house would recommend her Majesty
to speedily appoint Mr. Eyre to some public employment,
and also that he should be repaid the expenses he had been
put to by the unceasing persecution he had been subjected
to by an irresponsible body calling itself the Jamaica Com-
mittee. (Loud cries of "year,hear.")