The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

1 PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS. THE novelty of changing seats in the House of Commons has passed away. The Ministers appear to be in their proper places, and the Opposition seem accustomed to the change. Mr. Disraeli, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, fills his place with dignity, at least, if not with power. Mr. Walpole and Sir J. Pakiagton to his right, Lord Stanley to his leffc, Sir Hugh Cairns as Attorney-General, and Mr. Bovill as Solicitor- General, are particularly apt in their several vocations. Mr. Disraeli's manner as leader of the Rouse is nearly perfect; he has such vast control over himself, that nothing seems to flurry him; his calm courtesy, ready tact, and pleasant humour, give quite a different character to the House. There have been several what are called hits made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the past week, which have carried the House with him. Sir Robert Peel, in a very bold manner, taxed the late Government, and Mr. Gladstone especially, with deceiving the House by adding a supple- j mental charter to the Queen's University, Ireland, I 'whilst they were pledged to acquaint the House of any change before such came into operation. His remarks were so personal that Mr. Gladstone said Oh, oh," upon which Sir Robert Peel Was still more severe, saying it was all very well for the late Chancellor â the Exchequer to say Oh, eh," in the place of non-responsibility which he now occupied, but he thought it was due to the House that an explanation should be given, and that the right honourable gentleman should acquit himself, if possible, of forfeiting his pledge. Of course, Sir G. Grey defended his colleague, and talked of the justice of the step they, the Govern- ment, had taken, and of its usefulness. Mr. Lowe was equally irritating in his manner to Mr. Glad- stone as Sir Robert Peel had been, and, after several members had spoken upon the same sub- ject, it remained for the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer and the present one to close the debate. Mr. Gladstone vindicated his conduct in the first instance, and then inveighed against the taunts of Sir Robert Peel, who himself sat on the Treasury Bench when the Act they had carried out was first proposed. In a sarcastic vein he pointed to friends who deceive you, and that of all other men he expected least to find the late Secretary for Ireland declaiming against conciliatory mea- sures for that country. He then appealed to the I present Government, and hoped they would adopt such measures for Ireland as would tend to make the people more contented and happy. One mode of doing this was by giving the same privileges to Roman Catholics as were enjoyed by Protestant?, and the supplementary charter given to the Queen's University was a step in that direc- tion. There are speeches of Mr. Gladstone's which may be called pivot speeches, because whenever the late Chancellor of the Exchequer is debating anything in which he really feels a warm interest, his body revolves all the time he is addressing the House. First, he turns to the person who has attacked him, then to the Speaker, and then makes a general appeal to the House, which gives an ani- mation to what he says, very different to Mr. Disraeli, who stands feverishly clutching the despatch-box before him, or fiddling with the papers on the table. Well, on this occasion Mr. Gladstone was in a rotary mood; round and round went the great orator—forth in potent volume flowed the ecstatic utterances of his Irish policy and he ended with a peroration in which he called IIPOII the Government to do their best for that Country which was fast being depopulated, saying that now was the time to legislate, to-monow would be too late. After Mr. Gladstone'sat down Mr. Disraeli rose. A gentle whisper went round, What will he say ?" because it is well known that the Attorney-General and several of his collea,gues are Orangemen, and by supporting a policy which let in Roman Ca- tholics to Protestant colleges, ha may not meet with their support,. lNo difficulty was, however, visible in his cVantesance or manner; but with a confidential sort of tacit admission of how con- venient it would be if Government had time to Consider the matter, he assured the House that the subject would have the serious attention of Ministers, and suggested that it might be as well to wait and see what the Senate of the University "would do about the matter in the autumn." The humour of the thing quite won the House, and dis- armed criticism. The speeches of Mr. Disraeli as compared with Mr. Gladstone are as different as can be. The latter is rather verbose—too minute in details, Often occupying the House an hour in wha,t may be delivered in ten minutes. He appeared during his leadership to be fond of speaking, and when it, should have been the place of one of his colleagues to reply, he often undertook to do it himself. The reverse is the case with Mr, Disraeli j he seems to have thorough confidence in his coadjutors. If the Home Secretary is called upon, Mr. Wal- pole answers without' any exchange of words with his 1 iader; the same in the Army and Navy departments, alike in Indian: affairs, as also in the Board of Works, legal ques- tions, &e., the representatives of the several heads make their reply. "When as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, or as leader of the House, Mr. Disraeli is called upon, he answers in a few words and to the purpose. For instance, when asked concerning the appointments of Mr. Blackburne and Mr. Napier to the highest legal oSices in Ireland, who were represented by Mr.Oaboroe, in a very brusque manner, as both unfitted for the several positions of Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Chief Justice of Appeal-the one being as octogenarian and the other "deaf as a stone' Mr. Disraeli merely answered, that her Majesty had made these ap- pointments on the of her Minis- ters, and he believed both these gentleraea were fitted tofulfil their duties. But I think tho prettiest retort was given an evening or two a>:tev, when Sir Patrick O'Brien, reviving the subject, asked whether it was true that Mr. Blackburne declined the Irish Chancellorship in 1858 on the score of age. The reply was given with all Mr. Disraeli s pre-eminent mastery of trifles, and particularly of the art of pausing, and a real bit of comedy was his statement that Mr. Biackburne declined the Chancellorship when Lord Derby offered it to him because he was already in possession of a dignified and permanent office, and he did not think the Chancellorship would possess the latter character. Here he paused, and the House for a moment did not see the force of this, but gradually a laugh broke out-i good-humoured laugh-from every side, as if quite ta,ken by the sly frankness and subtle humour of the reply. The right lion. gen- ,r,, tleman said no more, but eat down amid cheers. On the other hand, however, Mr. Disraeli seems to know where he may take liberties, and he can castigate severely when he pleases. No one would desire to have been in the place of Mr. Mill the other evening when lie placed upon the paper ten questions concerning the Jamaica inquiry, which j occupied about two pages of the orders of the day. I Every member, as well as every reporter, is sup- plied with these .papers; therefore, to save the time of the I-louqe, it is customary for the Speaker to call upon the member at the proper time, when the orders of the day are being gone through, to submit his motion, who merely rises and says, I beg to submit the motion which stands in my name" to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary for the HOllie Department, or who- ever it may be, and then sits down again; the Minister replying to the motion as it appears on the printed paper. Mr. Mill went through the ordinary form, whereupon Mr. Disraeli asked him to read his motion. What, all of it ? asked the philosopher ? Yes, all," said the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and for about ten minutes Mr. Mill was the laughing-stock of the House. Mr. Disraeli then rose, and replied to them with such a scathing of their impropriety, inaccuracy, and general objectionableness, as one had need to be a philosopher to bear with anything like equa- nimity. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the first nine questions made accusations de facto, and the tenth asked Government whether such things had occurred. Mr. Mill made positive assertions against numerous persons, and then asked the Government to contradict him. Mr. Disraeli reminded the hon. gentleman that whatever acts had been committed, they were during the existence of martial law; and the legality or illegality of the proceedings was a point upon which there was a difference of opinion. Some farther inquiry was being made, and so far as Mr. Eyre was concerned he had already been dismissed from his post. It was unfair to confound errors of judgment with malice prepense; and the most convenient mode of deal- ing with the question was with a direct motion, and not by a string of questions like those sub- mitted to him. I don't know how it is, but recently Mr. Mill has not taken with the House at all. Whether it is his advocacy of female suffrage, or whatever it may be, he is not the popular member he was; and on this occasion the majority seemed to delight in the chastisement of Mr. Disraeli. Later in the evening, when Mr. Mill endeavoured to speak on another subject, the House roared him into his seat with a peremptori- ness which showed how vividly they remembered the philosopher's recent faux pas. A LITTLE circumstance occurred during Mr. Disraeli's speech which shows how perfectly at home he is in the House. Colonel Sykes was talk- ing rather loudly on the Opposition side during his speech, whereupon the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer put his glass to his eye, and openly quizzed the colonel, turning round to Lord Cran- borne, who sat next to him, and saying some- thing so droll concerning the grey-headed Indian Scotch colonel's appearance, that put the whole ot the members on the Treasury Bench into laughter. A number of bills are sftill on the papers, which were originated by the late Ministers, but one after another they get shelved, and I dare say in about a fortnight's time the business of the session will be closed, and that many of the members will be on the hills of Scotland, or preparing for part- ridge shooting at home. The vacation, however, will be used by the Liberals to get up a consider- able opposition for the forthcoming session. Their head-quarters will be the "Cobden Club," which was inaugurated last week, Mr. Gladstone taking the chair. :r.œ:t

MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN BY THERP., MOTHER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERESS. On Saturday morning, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, Inspector Frazer, of tha Y division, and Police-constable Ballard, 154 Y, were fetched to the house, 67, Wilstead-atreet, Somers-town, by a female, who stated that a woman had murdered her two children, and had then killed herself by drowning in the wvter-batt. On proceeding there the police found that the story about, the children being dead was correct, and it was also true that the mother had attempted to commit suicide. The front kitchen of the house, 67, Wilstead-street, was occupied by William Butcher, his wife, Mary Butcher, and his children, Emma Butcher and Agnes Butcher, aged respectively three years and six and twelve months. The husband is a baker, and his avocations keep him out the whole of the night. On Saturday morning, shortly after seven o'clock, John Brown, a carpenter, who resides in the upper part of the house, he-ird a moaning noise in the back yard, and, thinking that all was not correct, he went there and saw the water-butt move. He looked in and found the woman Mary Butcher there, and he at once pulled her out and conveyed her to her apart- ment. She was then in an insensible state, and Mr. Jackson, surgeon, having at once attended, restora- tives were applied, and, after a great deal of trouble and labour, she was brought to, though still in a very weak at, The lodgers in the house, not hearing the children about, asked the mother where they were, but she did not make any reply. They then turned down the bed- clothes, and were horrified to find that they were both dead, and the surgeon gave it as hia opinion that they had been so for an hour or two. They were washed and laid out, as if ready to be coffined, and their jaws were tied up. An examination was then made to ascertain the cause of death, it being at first considered that they had been poisoned, but no trace of poison could be found, nor were there any marks of violence on the bodies. It was then supposed that they must have been drowned, and that supposition would appear to be correct, as there was a large tub nearly full of water in the room. T Oa Saturday evening the woman Ba^cusr h&a sufficiently recovered from the effects of the attempt upon her own life to be safely removed, and she was conveyed in a csh to the infirmary of St, Panorss Workhouse, where she at present remains. As she left. home she wept bitterly. Is is said that insanity runs in her family. About six weeks ago the sister of the murderess committed suicide by leaping out of a window at Gay's Hospital. The husband of the gailty woman bears a good character for kindness and attention to his family, but it is stated that he had been out of work for some time, and they had been pinched in consequence.

THE CHOLERA IN ENGLAND. Liverpool. rriia coroner's jury investigated a case in Liverpool, on Friday, in which they returned a verdict of "Died from Asiatic cholera." The deceased man, a carter, aged 85 had been much given to drinking, and being on Thursday night seized with purging and cramps, he went into a cellar in Portland-street and died. He could not afford a doctor, but had a draught from a chemist. It was stated by the witnesses that in the cellar where this man died there was a child ill of cholera at the time of the inquest. At the workhouse there had been another death from cholera, another of thefoundlinga having died tnat morning, and two others were expected to «3i0 daring ling child admitted on Friday from Milton-streer,, and two children who had been some time in the foundling ward, where they had been under the care of the woman Shaw, who died of cholera on Friday morning, were taken ill with symptoms of cholera on faatui day but in these cases the doctors hoped to prevent the more serious form of the disease from developing itself. Cheshire. After the lapse of one weet-, dnting whio/i no fatal cases occurred, five persons have died of Asiatic cholera in Winsford duringtha last, thotkird, week of its presence in tha township. On Monday, John Oilier, aged 32, died, after an illness of 14 hours' duration. Then followed Ellen Thomas, aged 11, who died in less than 12 hours; William Sproston, aged 14, who was also ill only 12 hours; Elizabeth Warbixrion, who succumbed to an attack of 11 hours' duration; and George Panning, who was at his work cutting a hedge no to eight o'clock on Friday evening, was dead at six o'clock on Saturday morning, and was ouned be tore night. The little girl Ellen Thomas, got up e?»rly OH Thursday morning to go for a doctor to visit her father who was suddenly taken sick, and on her wav" home she herself was taken id. She died at" seven o'clock on the same eyening. Her father's illness proved to ba cholera, but on Saturday afternoon he had rallied, and hopes were entertained of his ultimate recovery. All the above cases were certified \e, diffusa* attendant medical men to be Asiatic cholera; and.Dr. Leake, who was ia craatiee in the Potteries ac the time of ra- the visitation of cholera which praveaso disastrous to Biiston and other towns, describes, the disease in I such oases as have come under his charge, ad equally malignant in character. There am about a dozen cases I of cholera now in the town, and cholera/to diarrhoea, is I almost universally prevalent. A personal inspection | of the town, and of the mode of living existing among l its inhabitants, satisfactorily solves the question why Winsford should be selected for an isolated visitation r of cholera. In the two divisions of Oven and Wharton there are about 6,000 inhabitants, who almost exclu- sively belong to the labouring classes, and find occupa- tion in the large salt works on the Weaver. There is no system of sewerage in the town, and very little water for drinking purposes, and that of a quality whichchemioalanalysis proves to be highly impregnated with animal and vegetable matter. The majority of the houses are totally unprovided with ordinary con- veniences, and stagnate pools and ditches more or less near the doors are made the receptacles for the daily accumulations of filth. At the Meadow Bank Salt Works, the locality where on the 20 th of June the cholera made its first appearance, and where the whole of the patients who died last week were eithsr employed themselves, or lived with those who were so employed, the hovels wherein the people exist are unfit to herd swine is. They nestle in any vacant hollow or corner around the works, and are chiefly built of bass, the refuse matter of coal caked together after being used in the furnaces. The house where Enoch Hodkinson (the flrst victim of the cholera) lived, is a kind of shed built out from the side of the works, and abutting on to the canal. It stands about eight feet high from roof to basement, and here a family of eleven persons lived till the father and the youngest child died of cholera, when it began to be looked upon as an unhealthy residence, and the proprietors of the works, who are also landlords of the surrounding cottages, shut it up. There is no resident board of health in the town, and several attempts which have been made by Dr. Okell and other gentlemen to have the Local Government Act enforced, have been defeated by the disinclination of the ratepayers to sanction any measure that will result in the imposition of higher rates. Dundee. During the past week rumour was rife in town that Asiatic cholera had made its appearance in Dundee; but we are glad to say that as yet it is without founda- tion. There have been numerous classes of supposed cholera reported to the different medical gentlemen, but en investigation they have turned out to be rather severe cases of dysentery. That these have, however, generated into British cholera of a very malignant type is beyond all doubt. One man, named William Edward, a cabman residing in Ilalthouse. close, com- plauaed of an illness witn wmcn he was seized about five o'clock on Friday night; but it was 15 hours afterwards before it was thought necessary to pro- cure medical aid, and he died. Deceased was about 45 years of age. Another man, about the same age, a labourer, residing in Barrack-street, died between eight and nine o'clock the same morning. He was seen by Drs. Duncan and Cristie, who considered British cholera the cause of death. A labourer residing at Crichton-close, Overgate, was seized about one o'clock on Sunday morning, and died at two in the afternoon. Dr. Pirie saw the man, and considered he was suffering from British cholera. We understand this man's wife and daughter are labouring under the same complaint. A very weakly- looking man was found lying in Dock-street on Saturday night by the police, and as they thought him under the influence of liquor, and unable to take care of himself, they took him to the police. office. After he was conveyed there, the man was found to have been attacked by dysentery. He was removed with all possible speed to the infirmary, where ha died on Sun- day morning about half-past 10 o'clock. A man living in the Model Lodging-house, Overgate, was also at- tacked with bowel complaint, and died there on Sun- day morning; another man, who lived in Barrack- street, died on Saturday; a child, residing in Hill- town, died on Friday; and a woman, who lived in Rose-street, died on Thursday, all the victims of British cholera.-Dmdee Advertiser. The cholera is assuming a serious aspect in Wins- ford. There were outbreaks in fresh quarters of the town on Friday morning. Sixteen fatal cases have occurred since Saturday last, and between thirty and fortv cases are. now under treatment. Within the last few days two fatal caseg of English cholera have occurred in Manchester. The first was that of a man named John Wrigley, a tailor, twenty- three years of age, residing in Blossom-street, Great Ancoats, who was seized on the 17th, and died the same day. His wife, who attended upon him, was also attacked, and died on the 18th. On Saturday David Wood, fifty-one years of age, who )ived in Chorlton-on-Medlock, died of choleraic diarrhoea, after an illness of ten and a half hours. Notwithstanding the sanitary precautions taken by the Stockport corporation and board of guardians, a case of English cholera has occurred in the very heart of the borough. Mr. Shuttleworth, coach and cab proprietor, He%top-lane, died late on Wednesday night, after three days' illness. He was attended by three medical gentlemen, one of whom was attacked by the disease. Another fatal case of cholera has occurred in the South Shields Workhouse. The sufferer's name was Sarah Maekey, aged six years.

TRFJ BOMBAY MAIL. The Times of India of June 23rd contains the fol- lowing :— The B. and B.S.S. Co.'s steamer Yamuna arrived at Bombay on the 19Lh inst., with London papers to the 261;h May, in anticipation of the regular mail. The south-west monsoon has set in, and up to the 22nd inst. the rainfall amounted to 9.21 inches. A Hindoo child has been murdered in Bombay for the sake of its ornaments, worth SCOra. (. £ 30). The murderer has been committed for trial. The ship Diamond, with upwards of 400 Mahotnodan pilgrims on board, from Jaddah. to Calcutta, has been wrecked at Bombay. As far as is known, most of the pilgrims have been saved. The ship Stafford, from Sunderland to Bombay with a cargo of coal, has been stranded at the entrance to the latter port. Several of the Bombay Financial Associations have commenced to wind up their affairs. The Governor of Bombay has prohibited the trans- portation of firearms from any part of that Presidency to the Gaek war's dominions, or to the states of Kat- tiawar, Kutoh, and Cambay. The Alliance Financial-Corporation of Bombay has been fined 7,065 rupees ( £ 7l)6), for failing to comply with the provisions of tha. Joint-Stock Companies' Act. Some of. the hill tribes on the western frontier are committing so many depredations that Government contemplates sending an expedition there in October next. Several deaths from heat apoplexy have occurred amongst the 41st Welsh Fusiliers. A dreadful panic was caused in Calcutta by the suspension of the Agra and Maaterman's Bank. The Government of Bengal has ordered two more lacs of rupees to be sent towards alleviating the famine in Orissa. The erection of a building for the Calcutta Univer- sity is to commence immediately after the rains. The Chief of Khokan'a application to the Supreme Government for assistance against the Eusaians has met with no success. Great distress prevails in Gaajam, in the Madras presidency, and the Government has forwarded 1,500 bags of rice for the relief of the sufferers. The viceroy has conferred upon the Bag ah of Tra- vancore the title of Maharajah, in recognition of his excellent administration of that State. Distress among the famine-atricken districts of Bengal is on tha increase, and mothers are actually Eielliisg thai? children to save them from starvation. A severe shock of earthquake has been felt at Si"-r:!a.. Large numbsrs of cattle are dying at Calcutta in oonsequsnod of the intense heat.

I; OUR as CITY" ARTICLE. THE appearance of affairs financial and com- mercial during the past week has improved mate- rially. There has been an increased confidence, a greater disposition to transact business, and a reliance that the acceptance of a truce will lead to peace. Although the Indian advices are not altogether favourable, trade is, on the whole, sound, and it may be reasonably supposed that, if a reduction in the rate of discount shall take place, the recovery will not only be marked, but rapid. The weather-so satisfactory for the pro- gress of the harvest—must also exercise a benefi- cial influence; but after such a severe season of depression we must be prepared for some violent fluctuations before the end of the year. A great deal yet will, of course, depend upon the crops, and the issue of continental politics. The Money Market has been very tight. Although the Bank directors keep the official minimum at 10 per cent., the real price of money out of doors is quoted 1 per cent. lower. The Bank of England return, according to the working of the Act, will not allow of a reduction, but since money is gradually coming out there are more favourable expectations entertained of the future. It must be allowed that the strain is very severe, and in the exciting position of affairs borrowers are obliged to be very cautious in their proceedings. The Bank of France return is com- paratively strong, and with the large supplies of bullion no great difficulty can take place. In addi- tion to the prospects of cheaper money—though the actual event may be deferred for a week or two-the expectation of an abundant harvest must produce its effects before long, and it is hoped we are arriving at the end of the difficulty. A few more bank failures for small amounts may take place, and they will, of course, be accompanied by some local distress, but it is not supposed that any severe aggravation of existing depression will be occasioned; indeed, there is reason to suppose that we are gradually passing through the ordeal. The rates for first-class bills averaged during the week from 9 to 9 J per cent.; the amount of capital seeking employment is increasing; and with this augmented abundance we shall shortly be looking for permanently reduced rates. The failure of the Birmingham Banking Com- pany has been quickly followed by that of the Preston Banking Company In the latter case the event was not unexpected, because the bills of the establishment were freely afloat in the cotton dis- tricts. Its engagements in this shape were very extensive, and are said to have ranged from £ 1,500,000 to X2,000,000, and the assets are, it is feared, trifling. Nevertheless, the shareholders are held to be wealthy, and, therefore, no loss is likely to accrue to the depositors. A liquidation will immediately be carried out, and the business of the eight branches wound up. No other financial or great mercantile suspension has taken place; but with accounts from India of the present character it is probable we shall not be long with- out serious disaster. An application will, it is understood, be made to the Vice-Chancellor in the case of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), to pay interest half- yearly to the depositors. It-will be a convenience to many individuals who have their money locked up, and who, in a measure, depend upon such re- turns for a portion of their income. Following the example of the Agra and Masterman's Bank, certificates of indebtedness are to be issued to tha depositors of Overend, Gurney, and Co., and these will be available for obtaining advances, if neces- sary. English securities were fairly supported, and the tendency was still in a favourable direction. There was an evident feeling that peace would be restored on the Continent, and the result was a steady advance in prices. Without any im- portant activity, the operators were inclined to make investments for the rise. Bankers and others were buyers of Consols to some extent, and if money should decline in value a further improvement would doubtless take place. Re- duced and New Three per Cents, are gradu- ally creeping up, though there is only a moderate amount of dealing. Bank Stock and India Stock exhibit steadiness, with a very moderate business. India Bonds and Debentures have manifested quietude with an improving ten- dency, and it is thought that a further partial rise may take place. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds present scarcely any change the prospects of money are rather more favourable, but it is yet too early to state how fluctuations may arise. In the beginning of the week the terms for short loans were rather dearer; they have since slightly subsided, and the average was about six per cent. On Monday the demand for discount was good, but there was no pressure, though heavy Indian engagements were matured. The payments were made with regularity. The rates ranged from 9 to 9 per cent. At the Stock Exchange the terms for short loans averaged from 6 to 6-1 per cent. Tha transactions were, however, moderate. The Funds have been steady, but are now a little weak after the late great rise. Consols for 4 ff money are SSi, to £ for the account the price ranks 88 to i. No movement of consequence has taken place in Foreign Securities. Mexican is fairly supported at 17 to £ Spanish Passive, 19 to {-; the Certi- s 8 ficates, 15t to -1; Greek Bonds, 11 to 12; the 4 2 Coupons, 4t to 5. The Railway Market has been quiet, and some few purchases have been effected. Steadiness is the great feature in prices. Finance and Credit Shares have been dull. London Finance rank 11 to 10 dig.; General Credit, 13.j to .V dis.; International Finance, If to i dis.; and Credit Foncier and Mobilier, 3| to £ is.

Money Market. CITY July 24.—There is little demand to-day for public securities, and the general tendency of prices is rather dull, notwithstanding the announcement thai: Austria has RC- cepted the preliminaries of peace proposed by Prussia, ino statement that the Government intend to relinquish 1\11", Gladstone's bill for the creation of terminable an is the chief cause of the flatness, because under the of this measure stock would have been bought » extent ill the market. The funds have declined p -t both for money and the account.. The applications for discount are moderate, g- ncsa. 53; Midland, 126 to lla| to S: Great'Western^to South-Eastern, ro-i +ar'ra rre at "Pastern 30! to i; Caledonian, 121 to 125; 03-i to 69 Great Easter^ Northern, 121* to 322% j Metropolitan, 133| to -j ivt „o IZ ditto A, 130 to 131; and London, Suu jjover, tu BANK OF ENGLAND.—An Account, pursuant to) the Act 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 32, for the week eaaiag on Wedsea- day. July 18. 1866. ISSUE DBPAilTJujEHT. Notes issaed 919,835 £27919)335 Government debt 100 Other securities. 3,!?8V-0C Gold coin & bullion 12,919.835 Im,er bullioa I E KM KINA DEPARTMENT. proprietors'eapit'l £ 14„55::5,000 Kest 3 714 05S Public Deposits 2,181,72 Other Deposits 19,820,93c Seven daya and othsc bills 755,2 K £ 11 Of) 1.93; IIG-ovei-unientaeoa- Sj rities (inc. fimid freight annus Sy) I)Other Secuti-oies 27,752',2*9- Notes 2,490,455 11Gold & silver coin 723,140 £ 11,034,967 July 19,1858. n -r W. MITLOR, Chief Cashier. ] f The Corn Trade. MABTT-LANE, JULY 23. -We bad a small supply of Eng. lish fresh up for to-day's market, but arrivals from abroad of all descriptions of gram are large.—Under the influence of a continuance of fine weather we had an inactive trade, and factors accepted a decline of 23. per qr. on English Wheat from the rates of M'mday last. The business doing in foreign Wheat was small, and at Is to 2s per qr. less money.—The Flour trade was Cull at Is per sack decline.— Beans were Is lower.—Peas una'.fcered in value.—Barley was dull, and all descriptions Is pei qr. Io^er.—Large arriva.13 of Oats have depressed the trad., and sales can only be made at a reduction of Is per qr. fr-o the quotations of this day week.—At the ports of call we Lave few fresh arrivals. The business done last week was at Is per qr, decline for Wheat and Indian Corn. CTJBBENT PRICES OF BRITISH GEAIr AND FLOUR. Slniings per Quarter. WHEAT, Essex and Kent, white. new 43 to 55 „ red „ 42 49 Norfolk, Lincoln, aad Yorkshire, red 42 49 BARLEY 39 to 34 Chevalie^ new 38 42 Grinding 29 31 Distilling 32 37 MALT, Essex, Norfolk, & Suffolk, new I. 59 68 Kingston, Ware, & town-made, new 59 66 Brown 52 5S EYE 26 28 OATS, English, feed 20 to 26.Pota.to. 5 31 Sootela, feerl 20 27 Potat% 5s 31 Irish, feed, white 19 22 Pine 23 27 Ditto, black 18 21.Potato. 23 28 BEANS, Mazagan .41 43 .Ticks 41 43 Harrow 43 47 Pigeon .46 -9 PEAS, white, boilers 39 42 Maple 40to 42 Grey,new 36 if FLOTTE, per sack of 2801bs., Town, Households 47 5u Country,on shore 36 to 37 11 39 43 Norfolk and Suffolk, on shore. 35 36 FOItEIGST grain. WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed .53 to 55.old, extra 58 61 Konigsberg 50 55 extra 56 57 Eostock 51 55 fine 56 57 Silesian, red.48 52.white,51 55 Poraera., Meckberg., and Uckermrk.red old. 50 53 Russian, hard, 4.3 to 47.St. Petersburg and Riga 45 47 Danish and Holstein, red 45 46 French, none Rhine and Belgium 50 53 American,red wiriter50to53,spring00to00,white BARLEY, grinding 23 to 28. distilling and malting 35 39 OATS, Dutch, brewing and Po.lands 20 to 28.feed 18 23 Danish and Swedish, feed 20 to 25,Stralsund. 20 25 Russian, Riga20to 22.Arch., 20 to 22.P'sburg 22 25 TARES, spring, per qr 45 50 BEANS, Friesland and Holstein 37 4Z Konigsberg 40 to 42.Egyptian PEAS, feeilingand maple 37 40.fine boilers 37 40 INDIAN CORN, white .30 32.yellow 23 SO FLOUR, per sack, French 37 40.Spanish, p sack 37 40 American, per brl 24 23.extra and d'ble. 28 30 LIVERPOOL, JULY 20.—The market quiet. Wheat and flour dull at barely late rates. Indian corn slow, and 3d per qr. lower. All articles unaltered. WAKEFIELD, JULY 23.-DeinaTid for wheat so limited, hat all but finest qualities are the turn lower to effect sales. Other articles unaltered. Meat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LEADENtIALL.—There are moderate supplies of meat, fmrl the trude is slow. Per 81bs. by the carcase s. d. B. d 8, d. to s, <1. Inferior beef 3 6 to 3 10 Capons, each. 0 0 0 0 Middling ditto 4 0 4 4 Gtuckens, each 19 2 6 Prime large 4 6 4 8! Ducklings,each 2 0 2 9 Ditto small 4 10 5 0 Rabbits, each. 10 16 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Hares, each 4 0 4 6 Inferior mutton 4 0 4 8 Grouse, each. 0 0 0 0 Middling ditto 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 Prime ditto 5 6 5 8 Pheasants,each 0 0 0 0 V"eal 4 4 5 4 Pig-eons, each. 0 8 0 10 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Ostendfr. butter, Lamb 6 4 7 8 perdoz;lbs. U 0 14 6 Turkeys, each 0 0 0 0 English diuto— 12 0 lo o Goslings, each 8 0 9 0 French eggs, 120 6 0 7 6 i Fowls, each 2 0 3 0 English ditto. 8 0 9 0 METROPOLITAN.—A statement of the supplies and prices* of fat live stock on Monday, Jaly 24, 1865, as com- namd with Monday. July 23, 1866:- r- Per 81bs. to sink the offaL July 24, 1835. July 23,1866. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 8 to 4 2 3 10 to 4 2 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 10 4 6 4 10 Prime large Oxen 5 0 5 2 5 0 5 4 P ritre Scots, &c 5 2 5 6 5 6 5 8 Coarse and inferior Sheep 4 6 4 10 3 10 4 2 Second quality ditto 5 0 5 6 4 4 5 0 "Prime coarse-woolled ditto 5 8 6 0 5 2 5 8 Prime Southdown ditto 6 0 6 4 5 10 6 0 Lambs 6 0 7 0 6 8 8 0 Large coarse Calvea 4 2 4 8 4 4 4 10 Prime small ditto 4 10 5 2 5 0 5 4 Large Hogs 3 10 4 4 4 0 4 6 Neat small Porkers 4 6 4 10 4 8 5 0 Fru.it end Vegetables. COVENT-GARDSN, JULY 21.—Soft fruit is still fur- nished in great, abanffeftce, and the supply of pineapples at present far exceeds the demand. West Indian lines are arriving in iarse Quantities. Foreign imports continue heivy; aiiion-z them are apricots and greengage plums. Peas are arriving in excellent condition. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids,, heaths, calceolarias, pelargoniums, fuchsias, balsams, cockscombs, mignonette, and roses. FRUIT. s. cl, s. dI s. d. 8. d. Apples,p.hf-sieve 0 G to 0 0 Peaches,per doz. 4 0 15 0 Grapes, per lb. 2 0 6 0 Pears,kitchen,dz. 0 0 0 0 Lenious,p. 100 S 0 14 0 dessert ,0 0 0 0 Gooseberries qt. 0 3 0 6 Pineapples,p. lb. 3 0 6 0 Nuts,cob,1001b 0 0 0 0 Strawberries,p. lb. 0 6 10 Filberts, prtb. 0 0 0 0 Walnuts, pr bh. 0 0 0 0 Oranges, p.100 6 0 13 0 I Chestnuts, do 0 0 0 0 VEGETABLES. d s ("i 8d a <1 Artichokes.per doK.2 0 to 4 0|Mushrooms,perpott.3 0 5 0 Asparagus,per but) 3 0 8 0iMust.ard&Cress, p.p.O 2 0 0 Beans,kidney,p.100 0 6 1 OjOaions, perbushel.7 0 10 0 Beet, per dozen 2 .0 8 0| „ picklmg, p.qt.0 0 0 0 Broccoli, p. bundle 1 0 1 6 Parsley, per i sieve 1, 0 3 0 Cabbages, per doz. 1 0 201 Parsuips, per doz, 1 0 2 0 Carrots, per bunch 0 4 C 8j Peas, per qt. 0 6 10 Cauliflowers,!}, doz. 2 0 6 0| Potatoes,*ork Re- Celery, oer bundle 2 0 2 6 gents, per ton 80 0 9a 0 Cucumbers, each 0 3 1 0 Rocks, per ton 60 0 70 0 Endive, per score.1 0 2 6IFlnke, per ton 105 0125 0 Garlic, par lb.0 10 00 1 KilneYs, per cwt. 8 0 12 0 Herbs, per bunoh.O 6 0 0|Radishes, p. 12 ba. 06 10 Horseradish, p. bn.2 6 4 OiRhnbarb, p. bundle 04 0 8 L°eks, per bunch.0 3 0 punnet 0 0 0 0 Lettuces, Tier score 1 0 1 6; Spinach, per bush. 20 3 0 Mint, per bunch .0 3 041 Ttirnips, p- or biinch 06 0 9 London Produce Market. MINCING-LANK, JTOY 24.—SU&AB.—The market has opened stei-dilv at the full prnes of last week. The privata sales include Tobago at 27s to 293 6d; Trinidad, 27s to 288 6d; and brown Mauritius, at 29s. Refined continues to be sold at firm prices. COFFEE.—There are buyers at nrm prices, but as_ there 13 little offering for sale, the lmsiness done has been limited. TEA.—The market privately is quiet; the public sales have commenced and are progressing without material change in value. Eusi.—30 puncheons 'of Jamniaa sold at steady prices, and 20 puncheons of Demerara, at Is Oid, SPICKS.—About 400 bags of black pepper sold for cash- Singapore, at 3 £ d; Peaang, 3 1 13d; also 1,000 packages of Zamnbar pod o.t 203. RICH AKD SALTPETBE.—The demand is lipaitect. INDIGo.-Abrmt 300 chests of East India. have recently emoted at 31, 6d to 223. ^old at 115s to H7s 6d, landing weights; 12COTTOT-Tbe market has become rather quiet, but prices show an advance of d per lb. since Friday last. pnrmja r>v T5TTTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &c.,afcper cwt. -Bntte? SS 10 U to 103,; Jersey, 90s to 100s; TWPt ii4 to 120.«. Fresh: per doz., 10s Od to Us Od Cheese'- Cheshire, 72s to Sis; Double Gloucester, 74s to 78s; nfcodd-r 76s to84s; American, 60s to 7 Is. Hams: York, new, qo= fr,ino's • Cumberland, new, 90s to 100s; Irish, new, 90s to 100s Bacon: Wiltshire, 72s to 78s; Irish, green, 68s to 72s. HOPS, BOROUGH, JULI 23.—Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that the market remains quiet; the demand for all descriptions being merely nominal prices ruling firm at the reduction. The plantation accounts this morning are decidedly an improvement upon last week's, the recent forcing weather having had a beneficial effect on the plant n general. TALLOW, JULY 24,-r.Phe market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 423 6d net; Petersburg Y.C. en the spot, 43s 9d; Oc^ob?r to December, 45s 9d; December, 46s 6d to 45s 9d. HAY MARKETS— Smithfield. J Cumberland. Whitechapei s. d. s. d.| B. d. s. d. s. d. s. a Meadow Hay.. 70 0 to 126 0 70 0 to ISO 0 70 0 to 120 0 Clover 80 0 140 0 80 0 147 0 80 0 140 0 Straw .40 0 50 0! 40 0 50 40 0 50 0

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