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-R- PAELIAIEKIARY JOTTINGS. KEFOBM, and nothing but Reform, was the only topic discussed by gossipers up to Whitsuntide, the old maxim of too many cooks spoiling he broth" is likely to be exemplified in Passing this bill through Parliament. Mr. ■Disraeli has too many nurses for his baby, and though a strong, healthy child at the outset, some give it too much pap and others none at all, and the disconsolate parent, obliged to take every ??e s. appears to please no one. It is time 'he infant was out of his swaddling clothes,* we ^ant to see him walk through both Houses of Parliament this Session, and obtain the Queen's Consent to take his place in the world in 1868. after day the over-fond parent dangled his child before the members of the House of Com- mons, who, on their part, differ in the clothes it • shall wear, and in the diet necessary to form a sound constitution; no child, was ever talked about so much, and I sincerely hope when he does get on his legs he will be the means of pacifying all parties, and give general satisfaction to the parties, and give general satisfaction to the country. Joking apart, Mr. Disraeli has conceded to the ■o-ouse of Commons far more than was anticipated ^Tory Government could concede,, and now the r?ost Liberal members are crying, Hold, enough," here are upwards of forty clauses in the new Reform Bill; the first seven, which refer to the Oorough and county franchises, have passed trough the committee after about three weeks' sCussion. A yet more difficult thing follows— ? £ the redistribution of seats" and i, 0UI}darie8 of new franchises." "The soul of J.6 bill," as Mr. Newdegate*observed the other ght, "ig iQ these latter arrangements," arid by ery slow degrees does Mr. Disraeli advance these oiisideratipns before Parliament. Some members are locally interested in retaining things as they are, others, on a general principleof a full and *&plete reform^ desire to extend the franchises as J*8 as possible, so that every class in the community g.ay be represented, and that no close borough 8ch allowed to exist. The Government on e16 was reduce the number of members to ~e for all boroughs wkere the inhabitants do not j 7,009. Mr. Laxng, however, on Friday, produced an amendment to the effect that Should be extended to boroughs of >000, and this, although opposed by the Govern- was carried by 306 votes against 179. jj the Government concede thia, they will be^6 new seats to create, as that aumber of mem- of^iH cease to represent small boroughs instead thii -as proposed by the Government measure cla S' require a little time to reconstruct a gi ttse which, according to Mr. Laiag's idea, shall larger representation to densely-populated jtricts. This is one of the difficulties Me.i sraeli has to contend with, and when Parlia- se^have agreed upoa a plan, there must be a ect committee to decide upon the boundaries tt?eW electoral districts, so that there is a multi- °f business to be gone through before the rBa Bill passes the House of Commons. THE NEW MORNING SITTINGS. Co r- israeli is fond of his dinner, and has of ten: \V tnpl.allled that important business is going for-, dop iB during a whole evening wl ich 8 give a Cabinet Minister proper time to lief6' aad as it is most important to expedite the Jlorra Bill befere the committee, during which tne he is desirous of being present, he proposed, order to accommodate himself and the public p8°» that on Tuesdays and Fridays the House of should meet at two o'clock in the aft-er- and the committee should sit till seven at which time the meeting should be sue- din un^ n*ne °'c'oc^> to give members time to Cftol ,e^0.re the other business of the House is pro- fireded with. Tuesday, the 28th of May, was the jj jrial of the new scheme, and members were iietaal to the hour named. At once the House ah^V11-0 comm^^ee) and the meet-iag was renaark- conciliatory feeling1 of the great ma- «*<* members. Mr. Disraeli gave up the eom- fr ^.householder clause—he gave up his fancy c ^cbises of edueationary and pecuniary qualifi- awons, and, though Lord Cranborne and a county members would have liked to limit tvl6 ^^Chise to householders paying a rental of £ 4, pe borough clauses were passed, which give abso- lute household suffrage to every man whose house i ^.rated in ever so small a sum. Mr. Bright com- Phtnented the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and aid he had proposed the extremest measure of htranchisement in boroughs that he had ever *[ocated in public or in private, and it would be ^handsome in him (Mr. Bright) if he were to say 1 against the borough franchise clauses as stood, or withdraw his cordial support from P bill which was now giving satisfaction to the t(°Untry j "but," said the hon. gentleman, although I will not taunt the members of the ^ernment with the change which has taken wace in their opinions, it certainly is one of the ^arvels of the age. If they had conceded the bill () last year they would have settled the question reform for twenty years, and when they had called upon to take the next step they might :1Ií.' found a population well qualified by education 1° come under the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Jaacy franchises." A little sparring now took Elace between Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone. j*e former, as leader of the House, asked "in what respect the members of the Govern- tnent had changed their opinions." Roars of laughter followed this, and Mr. Gladstone Viewed the conduct of Ministers in Opposition they cheered Mr. Lowe when he spoke in favour I a lateral and not a downward exteneion of the rauchise, and now, when the right hoo. gentle- expresses the same opinions, they fall dead ? fPon the House because there are no Tory members cheer him. All amendments on the first seven pauses were then withdrawn, and the Chancellor of iv congratulated the committee upon "*6 amount of business they had gone through, that Part I. of his bill had passed, aad he for the same success which had attended first morning sitting to get through the whole °t the bill soon after Whitsuntide. THE COUNT-OUT. .The success of the first morning sitting was^of •^ort duration; there were many private biMs ponthe paper to be discussed on the re-assembling Jper dinner. Punctually at nine o'clock Mr. I &v.ljtae^ took hisaeat on the Treasury Bench, beside him were Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir J. ^ington, Mr. Hardy, the Attorney-General, &d Solicitor-General, &c. No one appeared J1 the front Opposition Bench, however, until Mr. g a vford walked from his place behind, and sat .°le tenant for a minute or so j presently he was JOIned by Colonel French, who was heard loudly to *claims I can't think what's the meaning of it, av w°n't come in." Then Colonel Knox, who on the third bench behind the Ministers, _revir the Speaker's attention to the number of ?!eoibers present. The right hon. gentleman for he had not quite taken his seat when Qf 8 Referred to; but with the evident intention ot giving time, asked the gallant gentleman .aether he was still desirous that; the House ^ould be counted, affirming that when he intro- the subject he was not then in the chair. Colonel Knox immediately rose and said, I think, f there are not, suffioient members to constitute iiouse." There was therefore nothing for it but «° c°nnt, and the Speaker called upon the gangers to withdraw," and set the sand-glass gangers to withdraw," and set the sand-glass gOIng; during the three minutes which thus ^anspirg^ Colpn^. Freseh tried tohip up his friends; but it was no use, there were I plenty of members in the lobby, bat they only peeped in and retired again. The Speaker had evidently some hope that he should make a House. He took his three-cornered hat in his hand, and counted very deliberately one, two, three, up to 28, then, as if he had made a mistake, commenced again and went slowly up to 38; he looked in all directions and could see HO other member than himself, and as he only made 39, the House was declared ad- journed. On the day following Colonel French called attention to the unprecedented conceited plan to prevent certain measures then on the paper from being introduced into the House, when Colonel Knox admitted that he had moved the count-out in order to defeat a motion for appoint- ing a select committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Act in a small House. The Government promised they would endeavour to prevent such an occur- reneg in future. THE DISFRANCHISED BOROUGHS. On clause eight of the Reform Bill being intro- duced on Thursday, which was one to disfranchise the boroughs of Yarmouth, Lancaster, Totnes, and Reigate, there were a few advocates for the disfranchised boroughs, the most powerful being Mr. Bright and Mr. Lowe. The former made no less than three speeches, in one of which, after arguing in vain for mercy, he said, if the Hon e wished to punish, let them suspend the represen- tation for a few years, but it was a horrid thing for a great borough like Yarmouth to be totally disfranchised. This argument was set aside by Lord Cranborne, who said that if the representation of Yarmouth was suspended, they weald be in a worse position than if the borough representation was at once aricl- for ever to cdase; because in the one case the inhabitants would lapse into county voters, whilst in the other they would be entirely unrepresented. When the amendment.of Mr. Howes, that Yarmouth should be omitted from the clause, was put, so few Ayes responded against a multitude of Noes, that the hon. gentleman thought "fit to withdraw it; but Sir G. Bowyer dared a division on the pre- amble of the clause, when 325 voted in favour of the Government measure, and osly 49 against it. <ste.ee again a. division was taken upon the suspen- sion rather a.n the disfranchisement of Yarmouth and Lancaster, when there were in favour of sus- pension, 87; in favour of disfranchisement, 159. feoor Reigate and Totnes had no advocates ia their f favour; thus, these four boroughs will be artiong the things of the past, and wili rank lis.« St. Albans and Sudbury of a bygone period. On Monday we had I know not how many amendments to the redistribution clause. Bir- Serjeant Gazelee and Captain Hayfcer bringing forward the most formidable ODe, but the first was outvoted by a majority of 52 and the other was withdrawn. Thus Mr. Laing's amendment is the only successful one, and from the few hints which Mr. Di&raeli dropped on Mor.-diy he wit), after the Whitsuntide re-sees, introduce a new clause into the bill which shall incorporate the scheme of Mr. Laing, which the House has ac- cepted.
A GRAND AND BfiNY AL EMTMMT…
A GRAND AND BfiNY AL EMTMMT £ IK- MENT IN PARIS. We extractithe following .account, of a- ::grard fte in Paris from tho special co-erespondest of fit Court Journal:— It was thought that the sutcaost effort of .elegance and good taste had'been made by Lady Cowiey on the. occa- sion of theball given to the Prince of Wales but the fete recently given at the Austrian Embassy throws even that memorable triumph far into the shade. Never since the days of the Great Napoleon, when the famous "crystal ball":given by Prince Schwartzeaaburg, where every ornament was ofstrns ancl cut ball which terminated so fatally by the burning of the hotel in which it took place-Nvas,sacli magnificence displayed as that which greeted the eyes of the Princess Metter- nich's visitors on the above-mentioned evening. The rooms of the Embassy are known to be small and poor, furnished with faded yellow lampas, hut ill-suited for the reception of Royal and ^Imperial guests. But the Princess Metternieh has not been d&setniaatedin her Own ,country the golden ifairy" for siothing. In the twinkling of an eye, as if byi. magic, arose from out the dreary mass of sfaded walls ,and mirrors, ;all blackened and bedimmed, very "Palace of the Coral Caves," vying in Tlehness and romance with the most ,splendid inventions of Oriental poets, or the smore practical ^productions of our finest artists. The idea of throwing the garden of the hotel, into the very middle of the grand sal&n originated (entirely with tthe Princess herself. An octagon gallery., of which the salon formed one side, was contrived so as to inclose the a-ars shrubs and -flo,w.ers of the parterre on which the apartments occupied by the Princess open. T-he i-effect of this arrangement was magnificent; the hangings of the walls, even of the artificial ones destined to be thrown down the next day, were of green and pink fluted satin innumerable chandeliers, interwoven with flowers, made the light most birilliantwhile concealing the means of lighting; and over all now andfthen waved a brilliant rainbow, green, orange, blue, and purple, produced fey the electric light. At the end of. the great gallery ''thick curtains of tapestry had been drawn until the arrival of the Imperial guests, when suddenly they rose as the band struck up" Partant pour la tsyrie," and the view became dazzling in the extreme. A splendid throne had been erected in ;& kind of lighted boudoir, and here it was that the Imperial guests were led, and whence they could enjoy the most wonderful coicp-cPmU ever before displayed. A fountain arose in the midst, lighted with electric light, and the fairy rocks whence it was supposed to spring were all covered with aquatic plants, real, fresh, and but lately torn from the eool caves whence they took their birth! The air was cooled in an instant, and the very sight of the green freshness was sufficient to dissi- pate all idea of the stifling heat which is anticipated at these gorgeous fites. The Emperor, who, in spite of the distraction afforded by the scene, looked ill and harassed, was attired inrevening costume, blue coat and black silk smalls. The 4upper portion of his figure has grown xather bulky for the legs, and the fashion of shoes much cut away on the instep, which has been lately set by the Due de Mouchy, detracts greatly from the finesse of the ankle. His Majesty appears much less to his advantage in this costume than in the general's uniform he adopts on most occasions. The Empress, always charming in whatever attire she may choose to appear in, wore a strip of straw-coloured satin embroidered in pearls over this a tunic of white tulle, ornamented with hedge- roses intermingled with pearls and diamonds. A little toquet of "straw-colou-,red satin and lace, made in the fashion of that worn last of all by Marie Antoinette, formed the coiffure, and in the softened light of the bar- room the effect of the whole toilet was soft and vapoury fia the extreine., The Parisians were grateful to Princess Metternieh for the vast trouble she had taken in assem- bling so many specimens of native beauty together, thus destroying the impression which every foreigner carries away with him that French beauty consists of pomatum, rouge, andpwdre de riz. "How have you managed, princess, to display so much youth and beauty ?" said the Empress, as the groups of lovely women passed in one ceaseless stream before the throne, bowing as they passed, and glittering for a moment like figures in a marriC mirror. Ah 5 that is my secret," returned the princess, laughing. They are specimens sent from all parts of France for the Exhibition." Presently the young brother of the Taicoun walked by in state, followed by his tutor and attendants. He paused to salute her Majesty with no ul grace. "You must dance to-night," said her Majesty, sweetly. Nay, your Majesty," -replied the youth, "I have too much to learn while I am young to waste time upon frivolity it will be time enough to learn to dance when I am osd. The Empress smiled, but not being exactly of the same opinion said no more, and the young Taicoun withdrew, leaving the small space in front of the throne vacant for .1 the next courtier. Thus did the whole evening pass away, and when it was over the Empress gracefully owned that she had been for some few hours in a dream of Paradise. After this fete, which has been the great talk and oc- cupation of the hour, no other of the kind can be worth recording, and we look to the future to surpass it on the arrival of the Emperor Alexander. From the very first moment of his Imperial Majesty's alighting at the station at Chantilly, is every moment to be occupied in seeing, hearing, and enjoying the cream of the delights of Paris. The Comedie Franqaise of St. Petersburg, all in court costume, is to be at the station to meet his Majesty, and this ceremony, which has never been be- held since the days of Louis Quatorze, is of itself a rich and invaluable treat to the artists who belong to the theatres of Paris. 't \IUID!\M''¡¡,
A CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE.
A CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE. It is a singular fact that up to the present moment no educational system has been adopted for the Civil Service, although it is acknowledged by the highest authorities in England that this class of persons hold the most important positions, and the information de- rived from them is the basis of all our political and moral improvements as a nation. Years ago a spirit of disunion and jealousy existed among the employes of the Government. Every one was desirous of tread- ing in the paths of his predecessor and withholding all the important facts connected with his office from others but latterly a new principle has been established. The Civil Service men have gone with the times have united themselves as a body, ready and willing to impart information to the Government and the public, and have been an important element of progress, of the advancement of commercial enter- prise, and of the general welfare of the nation. Of late years the English Government, seeing the importance of efficient men filling the various offices, in the Jivil Service, have caused every, candidate for such appointment to undergo either a test or a competitive examination. Thus a new order of things has come into existence, and every man in the Civil Service is able to perform his peculiar duties with satisfaction to himself, and to the benefit of the public at large. great gap was left unfilled. The army, the navy, the medical, asd other professions have all distinctive educational institutions, but for the Civil Service hereto- fore there has been no special schools or colleges where the rising generation can acquire the ne- cessary knowledge which will -fit them to fultil, 4he duties they may be called upon to perform. The Civil Service men, now a united body, are making a great effort to establish a system of collegiate instrue-, tion for their children, and for the children of former comrades who are orphans. With a true philanthropic; spirit, which every one must applaud, C. P. Measor, I Esq., late sub-inspector ef factories, Home-office, some 12 months ago originated a-plam for instituting a Civil; Service College, and to his indefatigable exertions is due the great gathering of statesmen and Civil Service men who met at the Geological Institution in Jerisyn-street, on Wednesday. Spaoe will not permit us to enter largely into the matter, but suffice it to say the meeting was a. success, that thelate Premier ofEngland occupied the chair; that the late President of the Council proposed the first resolution, which was secondedbytheEarl of Shaftesbury that the Bishop of Oxford,-entering heart and soul into, the matter, proposed that Earl Russell should be the per- manent chairman ,that various noblemen and members of Parliament joined in -applauding the efforts made by Mir. Measor, and eEpressed their willingness to aid, by every means in their power, the institution, of a college which will be a boor- to the servants of the State, iand add dignity and honour to the profession. To show the exertions made by Mr. Measor, we aiay 3nenl5.ui that after the great and glorious aame of Karl Busssil as president, come upwards of 100 vice-presi- dents—from noble dukes sto earls, barons, members of Parliament, aucLheads oft the various depaytmentsof the Civil Service. The object of the Civil-Service College is to provide instruction of the best. order not only forithe children of Oovernmènt errvjpleySs, but for children of-other parents who are preparing for competitive examinations. The college will be almost self-supporting, the best .possible education will be given on the most liberal terms, and it is computed that for £45 per annui-n youths may have a first-class education under this system, equal to that given at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge. All persons taking an interest in this movement would do well to apply to the honorary secretary, C. P. Measor, Eq" 8, Craig'is-court, Charing-cross, for .prospectuses, •and'-sre commend the ;institution to every Englishman who wishes well of his country.
A WILL CASE.
A WILL CASE. An application was made in the Probate Court, cn Saturday, that the probate of the will of Robert Sudgen, late of Wortley, near Leeds, which had been granted to his aiight be revoked Oil the ground that ithe will had not been properly executed, that the deceased was incapable .of making a will at the time at was signed, and that it had been procured by fraud. The deceased, who was a size-boiler, died on the 4th of March, 1866, the will bearing date the 1st of March. He left two children, the plaintiff and defendant, between whom he divided his property, but in respect, of ihis son he attached this provision, that unless within five years he returned from Australia, where he had gone against his father's wish, and took up his permanent abode in England, the bequestdn his favour was to be void. It appeared that the deceased had been in ,a.drunken fit two days before, the will was signed, and that while in this state he had fallen downstairs and broken two or three of his ribs and it was alleged from the period of his accident .until the day of his death he had been in a semi-comatose state, and was not in a condition, to know or approve of the contents of the will. The property amounted to between < £ 4,000 and < £ 5,006, chieflyiu land.. Mr. Mandsty and Mr. lnderwickfor the plaintiff, and Mr. Spinks for the defendant. The evidence in support of the plaintiff's case occupied ■the court the greater part of the day. The condition of the deceased was described by Miss ;Bailey, his daughter, who deposed that her father had frequently expressed his determination to leave the whole of his property to her. After the accident he directed his solicitor, Mr. Rook, to be sent for. -Mr. Rook called, and took instructions for the will. When he came back the .deceased was asleep, and Mr. Rook went away, and left directions as to how the will was to be executed as soon as the decea.sedshould,be capable of signing it. The cdeceased recovered again, and the will was executed in the presence of herself ;and her father-in-law, and a Mrs. Coghill, all of whom spoke to the fact, and said the deceased was conscious of what he was doing, and was in a fit state to make a will. It being now half-past four o'clock, the court ad- journed the further hearing of the case, but suggested that, considering the near relationship of the legatees, it would be very desirable if they could come to a mutual arrangement for the division of the property. «
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WHITLEY ABBEY, NEAR COVENTRY.—There was a large assemblage of gentlemen at the Auction Mart on Friday last, to witness the sale, by Messrs. Rushworth, Jarvis, and Abbot, of this interesting old place, the family seat of Viscount Hood. After a spirited competition it was knocked down to Mr. Edward Petre for £ 30,100, Two Boys BURIED ALIVE.-On Saturday afternoon, about a quarter to six o'clock, a sad accident occurred upon the new line of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway which is being made to Greenwich. In a cutting near Wickham-bridge, Lewisham, two boys, Wm. Wright, a lame lad aged about 15 years, and Wm. Marks, about 12 years of age, were amusing themselves by driving a tunnel into the bank, which is of sandy stuff. Without warning, a heavy mass of earth fell upon them, and both must have been almost instantly suffo- cated in a grave of their own digging. A little girl who witnessed the accident raised an alarm, and some men were speedily on the spot. A considerable time, how- ever, elapsed before the bodies were extricated, when they were found to be lifeless. Wright's neck was broken, and Marks had also sustained serious injuries.
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GUR "CfTY" ARTICLE THE stock markets opened the first week in 'I June under the influence of the reaction that was naturally to be looked for after the recent exten- 1 sive rise, and a further cheek was given by the disa,greea,ble state of the weather. Some specula- tive realisations being pressed, Consols showed at one period a relapse of i to f per cent. The in- herent strength of the market, however., soon re- asserted itself, and when it was found that the public were availing themselves of the deeline to absorb stock, the outstandiag speculators for a fall, coming in as buyers, gave at once a material impetus to prices. Consols on Monday closed at the highest point touched since the upward move- ment set in, and were quoted £ to f per cent, higher than on the previous Saturday. The movements in the railway market were of a similar character, prices closing at a rather general rise of l to 1 per cent. over Saturday's rates. In this department the advance was chiefly due to speculative repurchases, pro- moted by the expectation of a satisfactory traffic return from the South-Eastern Eailway. But the real strength of the market consists in the scarcity of stock, and in the usi willingness of the public to sell until afcer the dividends were paid. Bonilfide sales of any kind of stock, however, have been deterred by the impossibility of finding remunera- tive employment for floating balances. L, As regards railways, attention has been directed to statements r al from the Midland districts that an important increase of fares, especially as regards first and second class return tickets, has been made, as from the 1st of June, by the London and North- Western, Great Western, Midland, and other lines. Indian railway stocks continue in demand for investment, and show a steady upward tendency. Foreign stocks, in some instances, have bee1, fractionally lower, but several of them closed at a I rise, and the general tendency of the market has been decidedly steady, especially as regards good dividend-paying descriptions. In bank shares there has been a further rather general improve- ment, the only exception worth mentioning being another relapse in London and Westminster Bank. The shares of some of the financial companies met with further inquiries, and increased attention has been directed to certain of the miscellaneous undertakings, the prices of many of which had for a long time previously been little more than nominal. I The tendency of the rate of discount is still droop- inf, owing to the magnitudeof the supply of money. n, Grood three months paper has been readily taken at 2 £ per cent, and transactions have occurred in the choicest bills of shorter.date at 2k. The ap- plications at the Bank discount office have been only moderate. In the Stock Exchange loans on 'Government Securities were little wanted, though freely offered at [It to 2 per cent. for short periods. The foreign &took market has been dull, but prices have experienced a little reaction in some cases. Russian serip has declined i per cent.; Spanish Passive, the Committee's Certificates, Italian of 1861, and Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.), §; Mexican, J; Chilian Scrip, Russian of 1862 and 1866, •Spanish Three per Cents., Egy p- tian of 1864, and Venezuelan of 1864, 1; Turkish of 1832, and Spanish New Deferred, Venezuelan of 1862, and Egyptian Railway Debentures, t. On the other hand, Turkish of 1863 has improved 3 percent.; ditto, of 1865 (Six per Cents.), 2; Greek, 1; Buenos kyrean Deferred, Chilian Six per Cents, and B, and Turkish Guaranteed, 1; and Brazilian of 1865, |. In the market for financial shares there has been a demand for London Financial and Credit Foneier., which have risen £1 and 5s. respectively; but InternationitlFinaIwial and General Credit have shown no movement. Prices may be quoted as follows :-Int.e:rnational Financial, It to If dis.; Creneral Credit, If to die.; London Financial, 194 rod8! dis.; and Credit Foncier of England, 4f to 4j- dis. Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference shares were quoted at 1SJ to i, and 4| to respectively, but Telegraph Construction declined 5s.-viz., to 2t to IJ- dis. The old stock of the Atlantic Tele- graph Company was quoted at 48 to 52—a reduc- tion of from 2 to o(ij ,per cent. The market for bank shares has been again very firm, with a good amount of business. London and County and Union of Australia rose £ 2 per share; Australasia, Chartered Mercantile of India, London, aed China, City, English and American, London and Brazilian, New South Wales, Stan- dard of British South Africa, and Union of London, XI and Bank of New Zealand, Chartered of India, Australia, and Chiaa, London Joint-Stock, and Midland, London and Westminster, how- ever, has shown a relapse of £ 5. The official business reported during the first week in June was as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 94 £ 3f, 4-J-, ex div.; ditto, for account, 94, 3f, ex div.; Three per Cents. 8 S, Reduced, 93f, 4, 3f, New Three per Cents., ,93f, 4, 3§, f, 4, f; Bank Stock, 252, 4, 5; India Five per Cent. Stock, s.004-, 9; ditto Four per Cent. 100, ex d it. ditto Four per Cent. enfaced rupee paper, 86; ditto, Five per Cent., 103f; ditto Five-and-a-HaM' per Cent., 108,$; ditto Bonds, 57s. prem. A special meeting of the Great Eastern Railway Company will be held on the 18th inst., for the purpose of considering, and, if thought proper, approving a bill now pending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill to confer upon the company facilities for raising money and to provide for the payment of the new interest upon their de- bentures and debenture stock, and for other pur- poses." We have receivedL W. Silver and. Co.'s circular, dated May 25th, which, as usual, conveys every pos- sible information concerning colonial affairs. This circular is now published monthly in an enlarged form, as soon as possible after the arrival of the colonial mails, at their offices, 4, Bishopsga e Within, London. The present circular gives the price ef provisions, the rate of wages, and all other information useful to emigrants, whilst to the capitalist and to the mercantile world it shows the general exports and imports, the traffic on railways, the price of colonial stock, and every other security in which English- men are likely to invest their money. From this circular we find that mutton is sold in Buenos Ayres at td. per pound, at Sydney it is 2Jd., at Melbourne 3d., at Adelaide 5d. and 6d., at Auckland and Wellington, 6d. to 8d. Beef averages about the same price as mutton, varying in the diffe- rent towns as in the former case. Bread is sold in Melbourne at 5d. the 41b. loaf at Adelaide it is 6d.; at Canterbury, 8d.; at Buenos Ayres, 9jd. and 10d.; Sydney, 10d. and lid.; Geelong, lid. Auckland, and other parts of New Zealand, Is. Farm labourers get from X45 to zC50 per annum in Sydney and Adelaide, in Nelson and Canter- bury from J650 to £ 60 per annum. The skilled labourer averages both in Australia and New Zea- land 10s. per day, whilst the common labourer averages 5s. per day. ♦
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THE LATE MR. W. R. COPELAND.-The re- mains of this gentleman, for many years the lessee of the Theatre Royal and Amphitheatre, Liverpool, were interred on Saturday at the Smithdown-lane Cemetery, Liverpool. The funeral was attended by the entire com- panies of the Royal and Amphitheatre, by many mem- bers of the other theatrical companies, and by Messrs. Henderson, H. J. Byron, A. Whitty, and other gentle- men connected with the management of the principal local theatres.
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The JYLoney learket. v CITY, JUNE 4—The markets for puhlic securities arc decidedly firm to-elay, owing to the drooping tendency of the rates of discount and the improvement in the weather. rhe amount of business is large, and comprises many pur- chases for investment, chiefly on orders from the country. The demand for money is very moderate, aod the supply large. The rate for the best paper is 2| per cent., with occasional transactions at 2t. The charge for sbort loans in the Stcek Exchange on English Government securities is 2 to per cent. Consols are now quoted 941 to t, ex div., both for money and to-morrow's settlement, and the Three per Cents. Bsduced and New Three per Cents., 91} to The railway market ia firm, and the general course of prices favourable. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 127| to 123; Great Western, 4% to f; London and North- Western, llGf to U7t; Midland, 115^ to 116^ Lancashire and Yorkshire, 129f tol30J; Caledonian, III to 112; South Eastern, 69 to t; Great Eastern, 33t to 3411; Great Northern, 117 to 118; ditto A, 1151 to 116i; London, Chatham, and Dover, 18i to 19; Brighton, 62 to 63; and North British. 331 to 35. The Corn Trade. BIABK-LANE, JUNE 3.—The few samples of English Wheat on sale here to-day were taken off slowly. The quality of the supply was tolerably good. We were weii supplied with foreign Wheat, and all descriptions met a dull inquiry.—The supply of English Barley was trifling, of foreign, moderate. The trade was by no means active.— Malt was in moderate supply.—Gats a good consumptive inquiry. The supply was only moderate.-Beans were he' d at very full prices, owing to the small quantity broug ht forward.—Feas were far from active.—The flour trade was very quiet. VlrTltu]CITT rnlo]agt-ENGLISn. PerQr. j WHEAT. B. B. Esx.,Knt.,rd., old 66 to 72 „ „ new 59 to 70 i Esx., Knt., w., old 66 to 74 U u new 59 to 70 Norfolk and Lin- ooin, red, new 56 to 59 BARLEY. Malting 33 to 50 Distilling 37 to 42 Grinding. 32 to 34 MALT. Essex,Norfolk,and Suffolk 69 to 73 Kiugstonand Ware 69 to 73 Brown 54 to 62 BYE. New. 32 to 37 OATS. English,feed 25 to 31 DOt&fco 28 to 34 Per Qx, OATS. S. S. Scotch, feed 22 to 80 Scotch potato 28 to 34 Irish, white 22 to e „ black 22 V BKANS. Mazagaa 35 to Sr Tick Harrow 37 to *2 Pigeon. to PEAR, Grey 38 to 40 Maple 41 tf vi White 4/) to i-> FLOtja. Towr, made, Ver 2801bs 55 to 60 Household. 53 to Country 44 to 52 Norfolk & Suffolk, ex ship 43 to 47 POBEIGN. WHEAT. Dantzie and Konigs- berg 61 to 74 Rostock & Mecklen- burg 59 to 69 Danish 59 to 62 Kussian, hard 55 to 61 „ soft 58 to 63 American, red — to — ,t white — to — BARLEY. Grinding 30 to 32 Distilling 83 to 3S Malting 36 to 38 OATS. Dutch brewing 24 to 31 feeding- 21 to 26 OATS. Danish & Swedish. 24 to 30 Russian 24 to 2S BKANS. Danish 38 to 43 Egyptian 38 to 39 PEAS. Maple. 87 to aS Boilers 38 to 41 IKDXAH COBM. White 38 to 41 White 38 to 41 Yellow 37 to 40 PLOTJK. I French, per sack 44 to 52 Spanish. „ 46 to s2 American, per barrel 27 to 34 Canadiou M 27 to 35 LEEDS, JUNE 4.-Whent held firmly for late rates, and very little business done in consequence. Spring Corn fully as dear. WAKEFIELD, MAY 31.—With fine weather, the Wheat. trade is quiet, but last week's rates are fully supported. Ia other articles no change. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 4. The market moderately attended. Wheat in limited demand. Although the market opened with a steady tone, towards the close it assumed an easier aspect, and Wheat was quiet at a decline of 3d to 4a per cental; Flour Is per sack cheaper, and little business doing. Beans and Peas 6d per qr. lower. Oats and Oat- meal quiet, without quotable change in value. Iniiam Corn -The business passing is but retail, at Is per qr. decline; new mixed, 38s, old 39s. Meat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LE A.DENI-IA-LL.-There are moderate supplies of meat, and the trade is steady. Per 81bs. by the carcase a. d. s. d Inferior beef 3 2 to 3 6 Middling ditto 3 8 310 Prime large 4 0 4 2 Ditto small 4 4 4 8 Large pork 3 0 3 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 2 Middling ditto 4 4 4 6 Prime ditto 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 8 5 0 Sr-all pork 3 8 4 6 Lamb 5 0 6 4 Turkeys, each 0 0 0 0 Goslings, each 5 6 6 6 Fowls, each 6 0 8 0 fl. d. to S, d. Capons, each. 0 0 0 0 Chickens, each 4 0 5 0 Ducklings,each 2 6 3 6 Babbits, each. 1 9 2 0 Hares, each 0 0 0 0 Grouse, each. 0 0 (,"0 Partridges,each 0 0 0 &' Pheasants,each 0 0 0 0 Pigeons, each. 0 8 0 10 Ostend fro butter, per doz: lbs. 0 0 0 0 English ditto. 12 0 14 0 L French eggs, 100 6 6 4) 0 English ditto. 8 0 0 0 MiSTKOPOHTAN. — A statement of the supplies and prices of fat live stock on Monday, June 4, 1866, as cow pared with Monday, June 3, 1867:- Per 81bs. to sink the offaL June 4, 1866, J llM 3,1867. s. d. s. d. s.\d. a. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 8 to 4 0 3 4 to 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 3 8 4 0 Prime large Oxen 4 8 4 10 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 5 0 5 2 4 10 5 2 Coarse and inferior Sheep 3 8 4 2 3 6 3 10 Second quality ditto 4 4 5 0 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto 5 2 5 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 5 8 5 10 4 10 5 2 Lambs 6 8 8 0 6 4 7 4 Large coarse Calves 5 4 5 10 3 10 4 S Prime small ditto 6 0 6 4 4 10 5 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4, 4 3 2 8 8 Neat small Porkers 4 6 5 0 3 10 4 4 Fruit and Vegetables. COVENT GARDEN.-The return of fine weather has brought us a plentiful supply of everything, and prices have receded accordingly. Peaches and nectarines, French cherries, and apricots may still be obtained at moderate prices, and grapes are plentiful. There is also an abundance of French strawberries, which are of very inferior quality. Forced vegetables comprise French beaus, potatoes, and rhubarb. Apples consist of nonpareils, Cockle pippin, Sam Young, Sturmer pippin, and one or two others. A few Kent cobs may still be had. Green pells from Kent have made their appearance, and realised 10s per sieve. New potatoes are arriving from the coittirkent in large quantities, and meet with a ready sale at moderate prices. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, pelargoniums, cinerarias, cytisus, misrno nette, and roses. FBUIT. s. d. s d. Apples, p. bushel 4 0 to 8 0 Chestnuts, per bs.O 0 0 0 Currants, pr. siv. 0 0 0 0 Grapes, per lb. 4 0 8 0 Lemons,p. 100 7 0 9 0 Nuts,eob, 1001b 75 0 80 0 Firtw»t.8,prlb. 0 0 0 oj B. a. a a Oranges, p.100 4 0 12 0 Peaches,per doz. 0 0 0 0 Pears,kitchen, dz. 0 0 0 0 dessert.. 0 0 0 0 Pineapples, p. lb. 5 0 8 0 Strawberries,p.1b. 6 0 12 0 Melons, each 0 0 0 0 VEGETABLES. B d sd Artichokes,per doz.2 0 to 4 0 Asparajrus.per bun. 16 60 Beans,kidney,p.Jsv.O 0 00 Beet, per dozen 1 0 2 01 Broccoli, p. bundle 0 0 0 0| Cabbages, per doz. IS 2 0 Carrots, per bunch 0 6 0 8 Cauliflowers,p. doz.3 0 6 0] Celery, per bundle 16 2 0 Cucumbers, each 0 6 16) Endive, per doz.2 0 3 0| Garlic, per lb ..0 8 0 0 Herbs, per bunch.0 2 0 4 Horseradish, p. bn.4 0 6 01 Leeks, per bunch.O 2 0 41 Lettuces, per score 1 0 2 0| Mint, perbunch .0 4 9 6] S d si Mushrooms,perpott.l 6 2 0 Mustard& Cress,p.p.O 2 0 0 Onions, per bushel 4 0 5 C „ piekiing, p.qt.O 0 0 0 Parsley, per bunch 0 6 0 E Parsnips, per doz. 0 0 0 0 Peas, per qt ,o O 0 Q Potatoes,York Be- gents, per ton .140 0 160 0 Rocks, per ton 100 0 120 0 Flukea, per ton 150 0 180 0 Kidneys, per cwt.O 0 0 0 Radishes, p. 12 bn. 0 0 0 C Rhubarb, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 SeaRale,per punnet 0 0 0 0 Spinach, per bush. 2 0 3 0 Turnips, per bunch 0 6 C C London Produce Market. MINCING-LANE, JUNE 4.—SUGAR,—The market has opened firmly at the full prices of last week. The private sales included Tobago, at 31s; Cuba muscovado. 31s to 32s; Native Madras, 26s 6d; brown Mauritius, 27" 6d to 30s 6d; grainy, 3403 6d to 36s 6d. Refined continues in fair demand, at fully last week's currency. COFFEE.—For both plantation and native Ceylon, business has been done at the full currency of last week. COCOA.-About 600 bags have been sold. Trinidad., 55s to 54s; Granada, 50s; Guyaquil, 65s. 8 TE:A,-The market continues quiet: the public sales are going off steadily. RUM, RICE, and SALTPETRE.-No sales reported. COTTON.—There are buyers at previous prices, but few sellers. JUTE.—6,000 bales sold at former prices, including cutting, at £9 to £9 10s. HEMP.—St Petersburg cl-ft". po; o PRICES OF BUTTEit, Ùí:1.c.c., tiAMS, &c., at per owt —Butter: Friesland, 86s to 92s; Jersey, 78s to 85?; Dorset, 102s to 108s. Fresh: per doz., lis Od to 14s Od Cheese: Cheshire, 78s to 88s 5 Double Gloucester, 74s to 78m; Cheddar, 80s to 90s; American, 66s to 74s. Hams: York, new, 801i to 86s f Cumberland, new, 80s to 86,8; Irish, new, 80s to 86s. Bacon: Wiltshire. 648 to 68s; Irish, green, 58s to 64s. COTTON, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 4.—The market continues to improve, and American staples are fully ta per lb. dearer. Sales about 15,000 bales. TALLOW, JUNE 4. — The market ia steady. Town Tallow, 41s 9d; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 43s 6d; June, 43s 6d; October to December, 41s 3d; December, 44s 6d to 44s 9d. HOPS, BOROUGH MARKET, JUNE &-Xesm.- Pattencien and Smith report a continued improvement in the demand for hops of all descriptions at the late advances. The re- ports from the plantations speak of an increase of fly, which deposit freely.