The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-24 00:00:00

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Balm is. ocalation and mita roma, to, ISt/ . ; 500 /lamb ill rat, 60. la nu.; rid. to Sit; • ire wu • very mell Wheat met • eke be wet weetbmie aplr of sew Ume r. wee mad blew oats widen* *km sly's market 114 edy retail bra, l4 of, its tiiiy Umbra was 1414 y est, aad Eeri prism Ws e"' 14 " *sly at the eioNst, —Hui*P iii * Walls Ow, 17s. Moe 6 n d , 19L ; W :it: 5.1 1 Origisol p o ol, 1944—ghtp RNB. we- TA, ebaudbm. A MOS WOO _ IA _ 034 men 16,00 14 350 lON 4145 6 9 . 056 12, P. 12i 71 . 8:906 WO SIA 0 188 8 3 1 7 , 18 al .a je, 711 171 ono j. n,ins 4U WU U. 619 suss St 24,91,1 fATIB 1.904 14,154 294 3 11 I 1; •.• 154,849 L 814 444 7,691 13,8511 sox. laid sum stex fogs , ea LT" 1;51 & t PI el 1,151 keg week WA 140 7 - ke London. OatUS! or. to retain 50 per " .•••••=. AND DZATEL ,elll,WaSeOlk Wi oUCCIter"P ISC4 PI I .111, FAQ. QA., Thwin hue-roed. s" . ti tat gob elf sitham-rod las, go: 1 1 , Taalut B. It Feta% of n sage, sordowesr c k, ioa Oma r. /6te f mt. toms O. aryb chunk 966.6° at key, Bag.. OT. us, id1.1...-I°.". t,fleece. Mg* * . 10 md-road, Dastoe , W , : e! l nt.t pulu oL_X imi • 017-o°' A 1." 6 Bernlona." et ft! zos • um" ing w N t oo.. mows ot "a4_ ~- - Prom Rani: y, Aug. 211 edneeday, Sept. SS Wednesday, oct. ednesday. Nov. to _ to NEW YORIL—UNITED STATES MAIL Lo —RMIT= PAM—The etaleadid and dd►wheel stemma of the New Tort and Nam Meant Cuspewp are appointed to have for New York • toNowa : — it T e —t cittit—. kursdAy, n , arsda7 Luridly, Od. torsday, Nov. - rave :—Theßams, Ltd ma £t second clam Ala and Lk= Ter az t ir ther a renares .a 7t , 'AB. A. Woll7olf, Havre ; Para; 0. C. and B. W. FOX and Oa. latmonal; Z etrilT. ARE and Co., la, Cbeeporlds, Landaus num PROM wrzarooL OE oinsparsToww TO HEW YOWL TWICE A WRIT. LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and 1 111 1 11 .111LADELPHIA STRAY-SHIP COMPANY intend de akeding their fal=red Clyde-built Iron Screw Steam aim, imffylat as United FROM LIYERIO a I for NEW YORK: CITY OF MANCHESTER, This Day, August IM CITY OF BOSTON, Wednesday, August SI. And ev Wednesday sad Saturday. Cabin pump by the ery mail simmers sailing every Wednesday, 11, 17, and It guineas, according to ths accommodation. forward wage includes a MR supply of 000ked prorksiona tor Canada and the United States booked through on 111.7 4 i nt= Whoa— For further particulars appic i t WIIIIAM, ER Wateretrest, Limped ; and to Sad MACEY, 111. King WillisraArset. Landon. ATRIP to SWEDEN and BAOK in SEVEN DAYS.—NOTICE to PABSENCOEUL—The upleodtd twin Berm downer MARY, Captain T. LEW will tall for OOTION BURG on SATURDAY, 2:411 initant, cal at Elsekwall for Cmiaatlrt.,. and from Me 441- Oreatbar . Atnesw ala accalatillibed la tau an sled time of 40 loam WIC mem from as a e Clothaebtog to alooklolis br ib r o a si ll la am= aid s w Was sublet to IFEMEIRR, vlog • t last thre e is .M aV ISI IIa For lliiihp b llib r POISIOS may at CHAPLIN'S Universal timaa, w., ar to l'HillUrS, GRAVES, PHILLIPPS iCo.,. it. Dfiratan'a-boaatt, Craw-lane, Gnat Itwer4treot, C. ROYALPRENCESS'S THEATRE.--SoleLeasee sad Itemiser, Mr. YINING —SUILMIII. SHAWN.— = s at half-past 7 palm:twee commence at a ciao& . WILT WINING during the week, a new and ar l in Three Acta, try Watts Phillips, entitled l a ilJratOT CAPTAIN. Principal eissisetere:—/ira dUr- Lag, ]the Kim Amelia Thompson. Mr. George Bone), and Kr. Mood BaIMM Bohemians, In which Meseleors limpoist, Comet., and Normand. will appear. New lerson by FOREIGN WINES, cheap and pure; Catalonian Sherry, 17a ; Andalusian Porl l l 4 7s. 6d. : Trench, 16a , French Sherry, las per dozen ; Besujo tad.: Macon, ; loussillon, 17s. ad .: Chablis ! la ; Hoe Ms. to 111 a. ; and Sparkling Hoek and Moselle, aim a doom : Cognac Brandy. pals or brown, 40s. dozen, bottles included. Terms Mish. Carriage paid upon four down into the sountry. EDWARD BANK and SONS, Distlilers and Importers, 1f Ti. tiunntrsoL London. Established 1781 AITCE.— , LEA and PE RR I N WOlCianatalinte SAUCE. Mk delicious condiment, pronoanced E Leaan s ol . seems " THE ONLY GOOD BAIJC Ti prepared solely by LEA and P The public are repecttully castioned against worthless belts. Noes, and 'Wald see that Lea and Ferries' names are °swapper, ▪ bottle, sad stopper. ASK for LEA sad PERRIN& BAUCH Bold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Worcester Items. CROSSE and BLACK WELL ; Messrs - AY sad BONII. London, to.. to ; and by grocers and oilmen universally. ENGRAVING on WOOD. drecriptioa of PICTORIAL WORK far Publishers, Prtnters, sad Advertieors 'applied at moderate charges by .1. RASH. 114, Mead, London—Specimen look sad Scale of Prices NM free by ratan of post. DB. JOHNSTONE and Co. of 109 to 112, ..1-re Edgware-mad, having PURCHASED the entire STOCK el Mr. WILLIAM HOLLAND, draper, silk mama, , of 97, te, and lel, Newington-eauseway, amounting to ARIAL at a gleam& et R par sent off the met or maantactarers' prices for Immediate cash, have arranged to SELL it OFF on their own premises on MONDAY next, 20th August. and following days and at the same time win offer the remaining portion of their Bummer Meet in all departments at greatly reduced prima. The Edgwareroad Station on the Metropolitan Railway In con trition with the London, Chatham, and Dome Railway a lew yards of D. B. Johnston* and Co.'s premien; alsowithin Ave minutes' walk cif the Great Western Railway. Doom open at 10 o'clock, close at B. CLOSE on SATURDAYS at fIENTLEMEN'S DRESS. Gentlemen who VI require good and fashionable DRESS, and do not llind pOng a fair prim, can depend nu the best materials and Med style at HAMILTON and IMIPTOWS, 106, STRAND. N.B. The Tromerings are of patterns and textures that cannot be areellsd. 106, Strand, oppoaft• lizeter•hall. RD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—The D medical profession for thirty years have approved of this pare solution of magnesia u the best remedy for acidity of the stomach, headache, heartburn, gout, and indigedlon as a Mild aperient it especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD and On., Chemists, Ac., 172, New Bendstreet, London, and sold throughout the world by all respectable chennate. Caution-80e that "Dinneford and Co." la an each bottle and red label over the cork. TONIC BITTERS. WATERS QUININE WINE, ,7twl mood palatable and wholesome hitter In existence. AN EFFICIENT TONIC, An encqualldl stomachic, and a gentle irtimulant. bid b groom, Italian warehousemem, wine Eserenants, eon fectloners, end others. nt aft. a dozen. Manufactured by WATERS and WILLIAMS, Martln's•lane, Cannon-street, London. Wholesale Agents, E. Lewis ►nd Co., Woreeder. WEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDEIL—FLESS, Bugs, Co:A:roaches, Beetles., Ante Moths, in, are instantly destroyed by this Powder. which Is vats harmless to =lod life. Imported and sold in packets. la, Ss. 6d., and M. 6d. each, or Is. packets, free by post, for IS stamps, and Is. 61. on rceelpt of Sn. Also in bottles with postage lows, Is 6d. and Ss. each, by T. KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Pure Churchyard, London. (IHOLERA and DIARRH(RA may be avoided V by the Umely use of Karin% WOBBDELLB PILLS. To be had everywhere, Wholesale Brod'. 11. Bread-street. London. GOUT or RHEUMATISM is quickly relieved and cared in • few days by that celebrated Medicine, MAWS GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILL& Obtained through tay Chemist, at 1L lid. and 2a. 9d. per box. LLETTUCE • contains an active principle the Latucine, which possesses all the soothing =es of 2iium without its dangers.—Mr. JOTEAU, Free& , 40, l 7 recommended prepares a Syrup and • Pate of Lanus Me lettuce+, ly recommended by the Medical Preferudon for golds, asthma, chats, and all chest affections. Syrup, 2s. 9d.: Pita, la. led. and 0 66. Pate, by post, Is, 1114 d and in. 6d ARCHEOLOGISTS at M.AYFIELD. —HOTEL In CHESTER. -The BUILDER of TIIIS DAY, price ed., Ztitpoet Sal., contains:—Fine View of the Grosvenor Hotel, —Hastings Congress of British Archeological Association —Visit to a Keswick Pencil-mill—The Alkali Works Nuisance— Wan Notes—Agglomerated Concrete and Hydraulic Cements— Arterial Drainage — Grantham Town . hall —Tbe Maplin Land idle/se—Metropolitan Water Supply—Lecture by laud Russell —The Fall .1 a Howie in Holliorn—Meetings of County Areltwo bdal Societies—The Monuments, Westminster Abbey, Sc.— Mice, 1, York-street, Covent-garden : and all booksellers. LONDON, TILBURY AND SOUTRIND RAILWAY.— I The report of the dire ctors to be presented at the half yearly meeting, on the 25th inst., says :—" From the revenue account furnished by the lessees, it appears that the receipts have amounted to 25,3871. 35., and the ex ke to 17,9711. 13a. 2d., leaving a balance of 7,415/. . 2 rO l d. Compared with the revenue account of the pre vious corresponding half-year, there is a decrease of 47/. 1 %.10d. in the receipts, and an increase of 3007. Os. sd. in the expenses ; making a total decrease of 348/. Os. 3d. in the balance of the present account. The capital account shows that the sum of 950/. has been received on deben tures during the half-year, and now. paid on account of works at Thames Haven. The returns of passenger tolls and proportions of goods receipts derived by the Great Eastern and North London Railway Companies, from the traffic of this line during the half-year, have been supplied taig i ie companies, and are as follows, viz. :—Orsat Railway Company, 10,119 W. Oa 10d. ; North Lon don Railway Company, 721/. 14s. sd. ; and adding thereto the amount of receipts as given in the annexed revenue statement, viz., 2.1,3871. Is., the gross receipts for Tilbury traffic for the half-year will be 36,706/. 18s. 3d. The re turn of the Great FAstern Railway Company includes the eeeci tram tra ffi c over the London and Blackwell line. The directors are not able to report much progress in the works at the Dagenham Docks since the last meeting' of proprietors. The delay is caused, they learn, by dis putes with the contractors. In reply to inquiries, the di rrtors are officially informed that a " settlement of these disputes has been definitively arranged, and that negotia tions are now pending with a new contractor to complete the docks." The works at Thames Haven for providing accommodation for an increased cattle traffic are in a for ward state, and will probably be completed in two months' time. Owing to the restrictions imposed, in consequence of the cattle plague, the Thames }fermi traffic has been rejudicially affected during the last half-year ; nor can the advantages anticipated from the arrangement entered into with Messrs. Phillips, Greven, and Co. (who have formed a limited liability company to earry on the business at Thames Haven) be realised till these restrictions are re moved. Mr. John Venables has been aypointed a director of this compan_ y by the Blackwell Hallway board, to inc ased Captain Mingles. Mr. A. Nimrno has secured the American little wonder ship, Red White and Bine, with its new, for the Crystal Palace, where it will be exhibited as soon as the incemary arrangements see completed. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (RIOTER'S TILIOR•118.) THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, AUGUST 23. The debate on the address, in reply to the speech from the throne, took place to-day, in the Chamber of Deputies. Herr Virchow, the reporter of the committee on the address, said : " The committee have, in every respect, thoroughly appreciated the importance of the present moment. The speech from the throne is of a warmer cSaracter than ever, and, therefore, a reply couched in more general terms would be inexpedient. The committee have desired to avoid all references to former differences, and they have, therefore, withdrawn their draught of an address in favour of one proposed by Herren von Stavenhagen and Bonin, to which all parties have given their assent." Dr. Jacoby said that the recent war had not been in the interest of the people, or of freedom. The success achieved had been glorious, but the strengthening of the Prussian mo narchy could not be approved from a German point of view. The Bill of Indemnity he declared to be senatitutioially in.diapavable. Herr von Reic.hensperger spoke in favour of the draaght of the catholic party. HerrWardecir,Coluit Schwerin, and Herr von Blankenburg withdrew the draught they had brought forward. The latter deputy said that it was necessary to show foreign countries that on certain questions the house could be unanimous. The Polish amendment was lost. The address of Herr von Stavenhagen was then pealed paragraph by paragraph, and the whole address was subsequently adopted, only 25 mem bers voting against it. The minority consisted of Herr Jacoby, three members of the Left, and the Polish and catholic deputies. A deputation of 30 members was then elected to present the address to the King, THE PROPOSED GERMAN PARLIAMENT DRESDEN, Auat:Err 23. The Ministry of the Interior has commenced making arrangements for the elections to the German Parliament.. BOHEMIA. PRAGUE, Aram 23. The departure of the Prussian troops is being so greatly accelerated, that by Friday next the troops who are to remain here until the complete evacua tion of Bohemia will not exceed 6,000 men. THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. PARIS, AUGUST 23. The Empress of Mexico left this morning for Miramar. Her Majesty will stay to-night at Macon, where apartments have been engaged for her reception. HUNGARY. PE3TH, Atmwin , 23. The Pali Norio, organ of M. Deak's party, re commends the immediate settlement of the Polish and Eastern questions, to be followed by the group ing together of Hungary and the German provinces of Austria. MONTENEGRO. VIENNA, AvouBr M. A deputation from Montenegro has arrived in this capital. Up to the present it has only been in communication with the Russian ambassador, and has not yet been received by the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, AccusT M. Prince Charles of Hohenzollern left here to-day for Jassy. He intends to make a tour in Moldavia. AMERICA. (NT ATLANTIC INLIGILAPH.) NEW YORK, AucvsT 22, Ermixa. , . Gold, 144. Exchange on London, 154. 5-20 United States Bonds, not ; Illinois, 1221 ; Erie, 74. Cotton : Middling Upland, 34c. THE ANNEXATIONS OF PRUSSIA. (fox ous OWN COMUNIPONDENT.) FRANKFORT, Aucuirr 21. Providence has seldom placed so much influence in one man's hands as in those of Count Bismarck. It rests with him whether the recent changes shall be a curse or a blessing to millions of people. Should he follow the advice of the Kreuz Zeitung, the annexed countries will become so many Venetias, while if he acts in a statesmanlike and conciliatory manner, allowing a time of transition to prepare the people for Prussian institutions, the result will be very different. I took a trip last week to the districts of Nassau and Hesse, which will be annexed, and I found that to the great majority the change is quite welcome. In Hesse, where the people bad the worst government in the civilised world, where they were not allowed to telegraph, or to exercise the moat ordinary rights of citizenship, where, in fact, the Elector planned every possible annoyance to his subjects, they can only be gainers by a Prussian administration. All their fetters, in fact, have been already re moved. In Nassau, with the exception of Wiesbaden, which loses the court and its accessories, public opinion is equally favourable to the change of government. It is only here, where we had nothing to complain of, and where we were our own masters, that the loss of inde pendence is universally regretted, and unfortu nately nothing has been done to allay this natural • feeling of the population. The press is trampled upon by an agent who acts like a pacha, declaring reference to the law out of the question, as be acts i on the right of conquest. Subscriptions for the families of poor liberals who have fled have been prohibited. The consequence is that confidence cannot return. There is not a carriage in the streets, not a barge on the river, not a customer in the shops. Peace has been concluded with Baden and Wurtemburg on easy terms, and even the continuance of the Zollverein has been con ceded. With Baden it has been stipulated that the tolls on the Rhine similes/Ise ; this is a benefit for commerce. The Nassau princely family, which had some hopes last week of remaining in posses sion, has been disappointed, while Grand Ducal Hesse has been more successful in consequence of family interference. It will be let off with the loss of some small tracts of territory, including Hesse Homburg, whose gambling will accordingly come to an end. Troops continue to pus here northwards, where the landwehr will be disbanded, as all apprehen sion of a French war has ceased for the present. The annexed provinces will give to Prussia an ad ditional force of 28 regiments, all arms included of 213,000 men. In spite of insufficient drainage we have now ee -1 caped for a fifth time the invasion of cholera ; just as in previous outbreaks, it stopped at our gates. There were some isolated cases in the military hospitals, but the disease did not spread. It has committed heavy ravages at the Vpper Maine. THE BANK OF FRANCE RET URNS. (atom's Junius.) PARIS. Auoura 23. The following is the return of the Bank el France for the week ending to-day, together with the corresponding figures of the previous account : Dinvost. August An la c. a. Capital of the Bonk to capital 181,500,000 0 uksoion Proeta in addition (Art. 8, law of June 9, 1857) 7,0.4,778 5 7,044,778 Lesser. of the Bank and its branches 12,105,710 14 22,106.750 14 lifters'e of landed property Notes in circulation Bank notes to order and reeeifta payable at sight 28,963,757 as 28. 436 . 917 66 Tresaury account—current swe de.: 140,084,100 74 110,801.702 61 Current account., Parts 211,274,885 71 32/.51 6 . 666 34 Ditto branch banks 34,927,475 9 89.201.0.8 lifttasads Meant. sTrat e dry intiresta 647;401 18 47111,8 81 61 11•41Zootintad the last six sacaths 2.372,306 91 2.87 9 . 10 6 61 Bends. of rucelpt• not distri bated 8.8130,106 70 9,25102 $7 Sundries 1.716.761.0.98 bt 1,710.141,121 20 Await 211. August 16. CRIDITOIL Jr. I. Tr. a. Cash be hand and In branch banks Commercial bUle overdue 184,216 2 2,9641 4 4 7141V4 K w elleconated, • 117.5C,706 36 2644746 A r Ellie brands hanks ' • ' ' ' rwriver 0 060.110.100 0 WB2nes* on 602061160 t bathes 22497,500 0 14314,400 0 Ditto branch banks 11,454300 0 11,881,70 e 0 idTIZCSI on French public se muittes Ditto branch banks 8,042,900 0 8,165,404 0 Advances on railway shares and debentures 24422,000 0 24,557,100 0 Mb Maack banks 22,817,500 0 22,694100 0 Advances on Credit Fowler Bonds Ditto branch banks 496,e00 0 479,000 0 Advances to the State (conven tion 10th June, 1857 Government Mock reserve 12,160,760 14 12,900,750 14 Dittoes ia Hentes=lisees (law and June, 1857 1 liotelandtarnltureot thebank& landed property Winches Expensed ot soansiament Sundries 1,716,336.066 63 1,724,601,411 10 Certlited by the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed ) Anvorn.u. sabal anZt iiittitatra. CHATHAM, Auoust. 23. A beautifully-execnted half-block model of the ironclad frigate Belleeephon, the work of Mr. J. Liag,•mo deller at tins dockyard, has been forwarded to the Admi ralty, to be exhibited at the approaching French Exhi bition. The models of several of the ironclads sad other ships are also ordered to be prepared at Chatham. The Wellesley, 72, Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., flag- ' ship at this port, was this morning towed up the harbour from alongside the Gloucester, 50, receiving ship, by a couple of government steamers, and placed at her former moorings, nearly opposite the Anchor-wharf. An order received at the dockyard directs every effort to be made in hastening forward the completion of the Blanche, 4,.330 horse power, building at this dockyard, as she is rapured to be ready for commission in the course of the ensuing year. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY. TELEGRAPHIC CODING. " July 9, 1866." " Crsrs FULD. " WILLIAM THOMSON. It may be added that Mr. Latimer Clark and the rest of the scientific and practical electricians con nected with the undertaking concurred in the above testimony, and that we are able to confirm it from having practically tested the merits, of Cap tain Bolton's system. Every message sent through the Atlantic or any other telegraphic line may be I expressed, some in half, some in a fractional part of the number of words now employed. Any com pany who had the exclusive use of this code could afford to send messages at a moiety of the price demanded by its rivals ; any telegraphic agent en joying its monopoly could reduce his expenditure and amplify his intelligence at least fifty per cent. ; and any merchant in possession of the secret and the means of working it might telegraph to his agents in all languages and in every part of the world, at less than half the rate he disburses now. In proof of this, and to show that the code effects even greater economy than has been claimed for it, an interesting experiment was made yesterday. The following message was taken from the journals of the morning, and coded, when it was found that sixty of what electricians know as " elements," or, in other words, sixty deflections of the needle or ray of light, sufficed to express every word and fraction of a word it contains : An official inspection of the progress of the works of the Metropolitan District line of railway was made yesterday in the presence of the Earl of Devon and • large number of noblemen and gentlemen connected with the system of our metropolitan railways. The inspection was made under the immediate superintendence of the noble chairman (Earl of Devon), and amongst those present were Lord Gort, Mr. A. C. Sherrift, M.P., Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. Alderman Dakin, Mr. George Worms (directors of th e company) ; Mr. C. Waring, M.P., Mr. H. Waring, Mr. W. Waring, on behalf of Messrs. Peto and Betts ; Belk and Waring Brothers (the contractors), Mr. Burchell (solicitor), and Messrs. James and G. Burchell, Mesas. Baker and Cooper, representing Messrs. John Fowler and T. M. R- Johnson, the engineers; Mears. C. Phillips and H. F. Perky, were the district agents. The general manager of the Metropolitan Company, Mr. Myles Fenton, and Mr. Henchman, repre sented the Metropolitan Company ; and Mr. C. Hopwood, the secretary of the Metropolitan District Company, and Mr. H. Spencer, the assistant secretary, represented the District Company. A. select party of gentlemen, in vited by the director', left the office of the Metro politan District Railway at No. 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, shortly after noon, and proceeded to the works near the Broad Sanctu►ry. They made a close inspection of the tunnel, where the side brick works have been most satisfactorily proceeded with, prior to the removal of the earth for the opening. The party then proceeded in • number of private carriages, ria Tothill-street, to the site of the proposed Broadway station, from which runs • lift. opening on a slight curve towards the Victoria-street station. Here the engineer explained a most interesting series of works by which the new premises of Messrs. Elliot and Watney would be supported on 12 tons iron girders placed about 20 feet apart, to be tied by transverse girder-joints. In this district there are a large number of houses of great height, and as the company are bound to place founda tions of sufficient strength for • similar class of buildings in the other portion of the street, the contractors have con structed all their crowning, of archways with no less than ten rings of good stock bricks. Beyond this point there are other great works which have had to be proceeded with, and amongst them are the pumping stations by which the works have been most materially relieved and assisted at Victoria station. Near the bottom of Victoria street there will be underground paasages, placing the whole of the Metropolitan District Company's traffic in direct communication with the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the London, Chatham, and Dover lines. The same may be said of the whole of the other lines where there is any connexion with the metro politan system, including the Charing-cross, Cannon street, Finsbury, and at Paddington, antral*, on the West London on to Kensington line. The carriages were directed toward' Coleshill-street on to the Sloane-square station, and from thence to Cromwell-road, which is the largest, most commodious, and important on the line, but at the Gloster-rood the works were found to be in more rapid progress, and a large and useful station showed itself approaching towards a state of completion. It is 308 feet in length and 84 feet in width, having three platforms with four lines of railway. A halt was cried here, and the dusty explorers were cheered by refreshments amply supplied by Mr. Henry Fisher, of the refreshment department of , the Victoria Station. On resuming the journey, a small engine carried them in a light train of trucks, improvised for the occasion, over the portions of the line connecting the Metropolitan District Company with the West Midland and the Metropolitan Proper. The company then proceeded on through Ken sington and Bayswater to Paddington, where they sat down to a substantial and elegant collation, at the Great Western Hotel, under the presidency of the chairman, Earl Devon. The usual loyal tooth, and • few compli mentary speeches were delivered, and the company broke up, much gratified with a very interesting excursion. RESIORATION OF THE CANADILIT Frzuscs MINISTER.—We learn by this mail that the Hon. A. T. Galt has resigned in consequence of the French Canadian members led by Mr. Callahan demanding the dropping of the Lower Canada School Bill, or the pushing on of the Upper Canada Bill of Mr. Bell pari Foam with it, backed by government influence sad votes. The government could not do the latter, and adopted the former alternative, Mr. Galt found himself so pledged to the bill that he resigned rather than consent to [its abandonment. — Canadian News. . ------ [Advertisement.)--Hou.owAT's Onrrmarr An PILLS.—A Word of Provabs.—All sufferers from sores, ulcers, scorbutic affections and skin diseases mayoonfidantly commence the treatment of their several infirmities with these balling and cleansing remedies. Under Hollowsrs wellMisd medicaments the worst mem win soon assume a more kindly aspect and In the of the care the afflicted will milker be embernemd by Miles nor disheartened by failure& A little perseverance and moderate attention to the " dbections for use," felfeiMin sack whet of Ointment and Pills, will enable every Invalid to cure kineelf, and to conduct his complaint to a Immosesful bees, and he may feel awned that by following this demi*, but treatment. Ms side win be made sound, severe =Or. s t::=A &ad health restored. transmitted day by day in a few symbols by this ' method, and the public have some right to hope Coding is to telegraphy what telegraphy was to for its general adoption, and the acceleration of letter-writing not many years ago. It bridges pace which would neceaaarily follow. _ over space more certainly, effects an enormous 1 Captain Bolton has had long and successful saving in time, and is imperfectly understood. Hitherto coding has been confined to auch'mer- experience in codifying and signalling, and, in con- Hitherto on cti with Commander Colomb, of the navy, chants and others as arranged -signa a aeries of private tried some important experiments for the govern ls with their agents, and has never been ment a couple of years ago. Their then object was adopted on a uniform and comprehensive scale. P to establish a system of conveying messages by sig rivate coding has, however, been employed more nal from ship to shore at great distances in such a with the view of securing secrecy than speed ; way as to supplement the electric telegraph, and it , l and a code which should at once promote accuracy, / cheapen messages, and save labour, has long been is admitted on all hands that this was effectually , done. After many trials made independently, these a desideratum with telegraphists all over the world. gen tl emen decided that to communicate effectively When the first Atlantic cable was laid, the impor tance of codifying messages sent through it seas so by night and day the " dot " and "dash" alphabet , invented by Professor Morse for the electric tele strongly felt that an elaborate volume was Dom- 1 graph must be used, and its application extended piled, by aid of which it was hoped to abbreviate to the flashing of lights and the sounds of a steam language and save time. It was reserved, how• ! whistle, bugle, and hig_hsisi, By these means it ever, for the successful laying of the cable of this I was proved that communications of a character year to elicit the most perfect code yet attained, hitherto unprecedented for accuracy and speed The following certificate, signed by Mr. Cyrus could be easily made at vast distances, and without Field, Mr. Cromwell Varley, and Professor Thom- the operators being visible to . each other. Ala * ** its own story respecting the system in- The oode now under cossideratios is, however, .611114111 Captain Bolton, the heads of which We exclusively designed for electric communications, propose to explain : and the advantages it claims may be briefly sum "We have witnessed several trials of Captain marised :—Gain of speed ; simplicity of trans- Bolton's systbai of coding messages. These have mission ; non-liability to mutilation in passing been transmitted through the Atlantic cable, first through foreign countries ; facility of repetition ; by the More alphabet in full, and then codified. and applicability to any language by translation " The messages have been correctly transmitted, without loss of time. If these things are proved, and the time occupied in doing so through the as the electricians declare they are, and as the in cable has shown a saving in favour of Bolton's vestigations conducted independently show, the code for messages of ordinary character, varying public may hope for the full benefit of the inven from 50 to 400 per cent., according to the nature tion, and that the evils of blocked electric lines and of the message. "C. F. Vasusr. consequent delays shall be reduced to their minimum. AMERICA. (Er avuoreso TTL 1101•11.) NEW YORK, Amon' 20, EVENING. Gold, 148{. Exchange on London, 1584. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 110}. Middling upland, 344 c. The message was moreover put into code and read off without a moment's delay or a single error ; and the general reader will understand the enor mous saving implied when he learns that " ele ments" in the Morse alphabet are the "dots" and " dashes " which go to form the letters, so that 60 of theserepresent a considerably less number of cha racters. Nor is there any difficulty in mastering this startling system of abbreviation, or imparting its mysteries to telegraphic ope rators. Since Columbus bruised the egg, there has been nothing simpler or more effective than Captain Bolton's mode of ren dering whole sentences by a few symbols, and long words in a couple of characters. Another curious thing is, that any language under the sun, provided it is expressed by the English alphabet, can be transmitted by this code. Neither the ope rator who transmits the message, nor the clerk who transfers it to paper, need comprehend a syllable of the tongue they are conversing m ; mere nonsense words can be expressed with a like facility ; and the whole charm can be learnt in a few minutes. In- deed this experiment might be easily tried. If a few gentlemen were, we will say, given facilities for inquiring into the working of the code—none of whom had seen or investigated it before—and were asked what languages they wore acquainted with, selections might be made and messages written out and distributed in such a way that each man should hold a sentence he could not read. Five minutes' explanation of the system, and the means of working it, would enable every one present to express the sen tence he was unable to comprehend in the symbols of the code. These symbols can always be read off with ease by those acquainted with the method, and thus the absurd and annoying telegraphic dia. culties respecting foreign words and places seem to be at an end. An order for a banquet to the celebrated Fran catelli, sent the other day by the ordinary tele graphic method, came out thus : Frank Atelli, and, it is unnecessary to add, was seriously delayed in consequence. The paragraph re cently quoted by a contemporary shows the havoc made by the Indian telegraph of native names, and few of us at home use the wires frequently without learning how easily a simple English mes sage may be transposed and its meaning lost. By the code under consideration these mistakes are impossible. At present it is necessary to use the English alphabet—s stipulation leaving an enor mous margin ; but the system could be employed to any extent and in any character or cypher. On the 26th of last June the following message was sent through 2,374 miles of Atlantic cable by re versals in this code, and transposed into Hin dustani without a single slip or repeat :—"Aj k-yalt calm hi hanko maioum nay room guddah pur sand lii." But the vast practical value of the invention is the greater speed and cheapness which can be secured for ordinary messages. Not one of the morsels of news published in the newspapers per Atlantic wire but might be sent at a saving which is incalculable. The President's and the Queen's oongratulatioos we have seen coded, and they would have been worked across at a redact. tion of nearly a hundred per cent in the number of words used. The commercial items supplied by Mr. Renter might, as we have shown above, be THE CHOLERA. The official returns of deaths from cholera and diarrhom on Wednesday show a decrease which, as com pared with any previous figures, is as uprising as it is gratifying,_ On Tuesday there were 51 deaths from cho lera; on Wednesday, but 35. On Tuesday 27 persons died from diarrhtea ; on Wednesday only 14. The following are the classified returns : Cholera. Diarrhom. West district. North districts 2 Central districts East districts 25 South districts 4 Total in London .... 14 Last evening the fund now being ridged at the Manion house for the relief of poor persona suffering from cholera and their families amounted to about 14,M01., of which 6201. odd had been received during the last two days. The Lord Mayor, on taking the chair at the weal meeting, said he wished to invite the attention at the committee to the orphans. He had given the subject much considers tion, and his great fear was lest they drifted into what was commonly called a balance. To that he bad a great ob jection. The money had been given to them to be spent among the poor creatures in distress from the disease or Its consequences, and it most be spent, and spent promptly, at a time when it was most urgently needed. He suggested, therefore, that they should convene a special meeting, on an early day, to consider the case of the orphans, and it was then hie intention to propose that 5,0001. be set &pert for that object. Mr. R. H. Wads had gone into the figures, and he thought 5,0001. in the lough would provide for 100 orphans. 501. a head would be about the whole cost, but it was more likely to be GO/. Up to lest evening the total grants made by the committee since the commencement of the fund amounted to 4,5501., of which 4251. was voted yesterday, besides wine and stores. On some parts of the wart of South Devon remarkable mortality is being experienced, which, be it cholera or some less malignant disease, is sufficiently fatal to be alarming, and should receive more medical attention than has hitherto been bestowed upon it. At Dittisham, a small town on the banks of the Dart, midway between Dart mouth and Totnee, cases of sickness have been occurring daily since Sunday, August 12, when woman named 'Williams died, having all the symptoms of cholera. During the week • labouring man and several children also died. The parish authorities have roused themselves, and sani tary precautions have been adopted. On Monday a man named John Earle and a child named Drowse died, and two other children of the Prowae family were dangerously ill. On Tuesday Mr. J. P. Stone, surgeon, of Erixham, attended to no lees than 27 cases of illness at Higher Dit tisham, the locality apparently most affected. Mr. Stone was e 1 some six hours or more dispensing medicines and administering aid, sod we regret to add that he was the only medical gentleman on the spot. The total number of fatal cases at Dittisham up to Tuesday evening was 14, most of the sufferers having been children. it is impossible to say what the sickness really is, as the doctors do not agree on the point. Scene of the symptoms are certainly choleraic, but the sufferer, when attacked, though experiencing great prostration or collapse, has not that bluish appearance of the body so remarkable in cholera, and is free from cramp. At lirishani four death are reported since Sunday. On Tuesday night • fatal cam happened at Dartmouth, the victim being a strong young man named Allan Gibbs, son of Mr. Gibbs, shipbuilder, of Galmpton. He was at work on Tuesday morning. A DEAD Bony SEIZED PAR Rrier.—John Owens, a lourneyman locksmith, resided with a wife and four children in lodginp in the house of William Whitehouse, in Temple-street, Wolverhampton, there only room being the front parlour. After three months' grievous illness, dur ing which everything that could be puled with was either 1 sold or pawned to buy food, knd two of the children were sent away to persons who ware charitable enough to keep them, the poor man died on Friday. One hour before his death an execution was put into the house. The bailiffs let the widow take away her bed and what remained to her to a neighbour's. But for the charity of other neighbours the dead husband must have been taken to the workhouse, to be buried by the pariah. This was prevented by a liberal subscription, im mediately organised, the very poorest adding their mites. Enough was raised to pay for a decent funeral. A coffin was bought and the corpse laid in it, and there the dead lay alone in the desolate room which had so late been to the liv i ng at best but a desolate home. Whitehouse, the landlord, however, resolved that the corpse should not be carried forth until some 16e. rent was paid. He and his wife locked the dead body up in the empty room, and drove some ten large nails into the sash of its window outside, to prevent the coffin and its contents being taken out by that way. The widow and her friends were ignorant of this proceeding until Tuesday, the day the funeral was to take place. When the hearse was driven to the house the undertaker and his men were informed by Mr. rtliitehouse that he would not allow the corpse to be removed, and he ordered them out of the hall passage in language not befitting a house where death was. Remonstrance was vain, but an excised multitude that had gathered round the door proved stronger, for they entered the passage and broke open the parlour door. Among the first to enter were the landlord and hie wife, who, in great fury, clung to the coffin, and a terrible scene of violence ensued, in the presence of the mortal remains of one then eternally at rest. At length Whitehouse and his wife were dragged from the coffin, which, with its corpse, was carried out of the house ; and there, in the open street, amid a large oonoonrse, whose rage was bushed by the dread solemnity of the alt, the coffin soul down. It was placed in the hearse, and the funeral party, thus shockingly disturbed, proceeded to the cemetery. A large number of those who had congre gated round the house followed the hearse, but a great number remained in front of the house, to vent their indig nation with groans at its occupsata—Birmusoksiso Gazette. OWNERLESB PICEA/la.-1E nearly all great build ings in the metropolis a large number of pigeons have located. At the Guildhall more than 200 pigeons have domiciled and become tame. At the Royal Exchange, Bt. Paul's, and other City churches, many pigeons have settled down and made chief quarters. At Fioneersethouse there is a hip flight; and at St. clement* St. MMUS'S, and St. George's, Hanover-square, and other churches west, pigeons have congregated ; they nest in the buildings, but rarely mature their young; and during the winter m onths Loudon pigeons endure great privations, sad numbers die from sheer starvation ; but the stock is weekly increased by stray pigeons which escape the gun at shooting-pounds. The whole of these pigeons are rocks ; and if a stray tumbler, beard, bald-head, or other pigeon, temporarily locates among them, they are beaten off by the rocks. It is estimated that there are upwards at seven hundred pairs el stray pigeons domiciled in London. A vessel which arrived at Falmouth yesterday having lamed the wreck of a vessel on the 22nd Mt: lat. 37 N., long. 60 W., apparently burnt, no masts standing, decks blown up, and stern washed out. She bad a white deckhouse forlz v ard ari; : i faminon knee with gilt scroll en the side, and has y been a long time in the : water. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS. GREAT YARMOUTH. Before the commissioners yesterday, Mr. W. Livingstone, • draper, who took an active part in *Rios on the liberal side, ppre • statement of the bribes given j ot the liberal osadid tee at the last election. One roan, John Adcock, In, said, was paid three times by the tones sad once by the whip. That man would rather vote for the devil than for the Wise. (Lighter.) He got altogether 76/.. and voted for the lihepik The witness proceeded to name the different liberal operators, and to describe the way in which particular to* were " managed." Reales said he could get vales far 4001. Sir E. Loon's statement about his cannelOrsa all lesh. (laughter.) He knew of 400 who were bAhig _book and would go on either side. There was a greet deal of money spent. Voters were not bashful in @eying what they wanted. The liberals bad NO bona Ade promises in Yarmouth sad Garteekm. It was all nemosase for the con servatives to say they bad 800 promisee. Mr. Hammond gave evidence as to his offer of compro mise. He never said Mr. Breeden would vend 10,0001. The elaternest wee a rklieidous mare's nest. Sir E. Leon's and Mr. Breed's's promises were as near es possible equal. Mr. Nightingide_ appeared to have bought 280 vdtes, and he could not Smears undentand how Sir E. Loma could claim • majority an his nave's, and state that he polled within MI ri hie promises. Home further evidence was given by Mr. Livinptcrne, after which MN committee adjourned., REIGATE. . . Th. inquiry was resumed yesterday • . Yr. Thomas Gilbert, parliamentary wet, the stops taken to present a petition against the return of the fitting amities at the last election, and mentioned the muses of those who were prepared to give 'Tideless in its . - support. Mr. J. Hamblin, a licensed victualler, residing at 99, Shoraditch, said he went down to the election announcing that he came to clear off old mores. That was the we he adopted. A number of persons told him they had been promised sums of 41. and Si. for acting as messengers, and hd only reosived.2l. or 31. Mr. Church had been promised 101. for the use of his horse and cart to bring up voters. The election took place in July, and it was in March he maw Church. The parties be had mentioned were all em ployed on behalf of Mr. Gower. lie made no inquiries respecting Mr. Moriaon's voters. James Hall, • working prdeuer, voted for Gower on the understanding that be was to be treated the same as others. Some said others were to receive 51., and he ex pected the same. He get 30e. as an advance. Junes Kiss, journeyman weaver understood that those only who were taken from their work would be paid. He canvassed about 12 people for Mr. Gower, and got Si. from Mr. Buekland. He received 50s. from a person belonging to Mr. Monson's ride about a week before the election, and after be had perched to vote for Mr. Gower. (laughter.) He saw Mr. Gower the night before the elec tion, and he said *is time he did not intend to pay any voter whatever. Mr. Monson seemed angry about the 50a. James Peters, • working gardener, voted for Mr. Gower, and was promised 41., of which he received V. He never canvassed a single voter or did any work dining the election time, and be paid over 161. rent. Further evidence of a similar character having been taken, the inquiry was adjourned. The conunisaionersiipoinsed to inquire into the alleged acme practices at the late mid previous elections for the borough of Toting met yesterday at the Guildhall, and formally opened the inquiry. The commissioners are Messrs. Montague Ben (chairman), Ennuis Davy Longs, and Charles Edward Coleridge. Considerable intermit is manifested by the inhabitants of Totnea, in the inquiry which has Just been opened, and the little hell which the proceedings were oonanenoed wm well Ailed when the commissioners took their seats. The commission having been formally opened by the clerk, The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Ben) made some opening remarks, and adjourned the inquiry till to-day. PROCEEDINGS ON A WRIT OF " ELROIT."—At the Sheriff Court, Red Lion-square, yesterday, in a case " v. Tinto," proceedings were adopted to obtain the rents of 80018 houses which could not be taken in exe cution. Several witnesses attended, and three barrister. appeared. The result was that • verdict was returned for the plaintiff. sad the rents will be received until the judg ment debt is satisfied. Tee FALL or A SOUSE IN HOLBORN. —An ad journed public meeting in aid of the sufferers by the fall ing of the house in Ely-court, Holborn, was held last even ing in the school-room attached to St. Peter's Chursh, Saf fron-hill. The Rev. J. Laughlin, rector of the parish, pre sided, and announced that the subscriptions received up to the present amounted to 5/71. 16e. 41c1., which was a good deal in excess of the estimated value of the property de stroyed. Assistance had also been received in the shape of clothing, which was highly acceptable to the poor people. It afforded him much satisfaction to state that they would be able to more than compensate the sufferers for the lows they had sustained, inasmuch as the n.oney in hand was sufficient to purchase • new stook of things. A resolution was then proposed, empowering the commit tee to investigate the claims of the sufferers, with the view to an equal apportionment of the assistance received. WIRT LONDON WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES CoMFAN V.—The ordinary half•yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the offices, 66, Cannon-etreet, City ; Major Kitson, in the chair. The chairman said as the appointment of the official liquidator of the International Contract Company had not yet been ratified, the directors were unable to make any statement to the shareholders as to the course which would be adopted. It was therefore decided that the meeting should be adjourned. Since the last meeting • deputation from a section of the shareholders had waited on the board to ask permission for • committee to inspect the accounts and the books and of the company ; but while the directors were to give every shareholder an opportunity of examining the accounts, he thought it was an unprece dented thing to allow them to see the minute book or the papers of the company, unless at the request of the gene ral body of the elianeWders. A Shareholder asked whe ther as a fact a contract existed between that company and the International Contract Company. Chairman — Undoubtedly. But as this is a meeting of a pro forted character, it would be better that there should be no dis cussion until the adjourned meeting. Mr. Chatteris said he was one of the deputation who waited on the board, and the application was justified by the exceptional posi tion in which the company was placed. Eventually it was agreed that the meeting should be adjourned for a fort night. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business. GREAT BARRIER LAND HARBOUR AND MINING COMPANY (Liarren).—Az adjourned ordinary meeting was held yesterday at the eidcm, No. 8, Austinfriars, Colonel Barslgette in the chair ; but the business was little more than formal. The report and accounts were, how ever, received, and the retiring officers re-elected. It was also stated that the beard bad succeeded in piecing all the debentures issued. A SCANDAL IN STAMBOUL. —An affair is now before the Ministry of Police which is worth report. About three weeks age a letter purporting to come from Plir.kiatib Mu st Psalm, ex-governor-general of Bagdad, was re ceived by the Grand Wirier, recommending a couple of junior employes named Mean Bey, a scribe in the bureau of the grand council, and Mehemet Ali Bey, a clerk in the office of the Cadastre, for promotion. Wishing to please the venerable aut hor: of - the request, the Grand Vizier gave immediate effect to the recommendation by decreeing the promotion of the two Heys to the rank of functionaries of the second class, and this being promptly . confirmed at the piclace, they were inducted into their new grade with the umal formalities. A week later, • second letter from the same Swum was addressed to his highness, requesting • decoration for one Asian Bey, who present ed the letter in person. As this was rather overdoing it, the musteschar was directed to write to the old Pasha, requesting him to hold over this second application for some weeks. His answer to tkis letter, denying any knowledge of either this or the previous affair, led to a dis covery of the fraud which bad alre ady succeeded in the one case and was now being attempted in the other. Asian Boy was at once arrested, end after some besi , tation confessed that he bad forged both the recommenda tions, receiving for the former one 80/. from Mean and Mehemet Ali. Finding denial useless, the latter sits ly made a clean breast of it, and their promotion was o accord ingly at once cancelled. Mean Rey was at the same time sent to keepeompany with Asian at the Zeptieh, the youth of the other culprit for the time exempting him from arrest. As all three of the parties belong to high familhis the affair has crested a good deal of scandal in Mumulman society, which will be curious to see if "influence" will avail to save them from the penalty attached by the cri minal code to such an offence.—Lerant Gerold; August 15. The foundation stone of a new fish market ham been bad is Banderhiad. The ceremony was most appro ; print*, the trowel performance, usually entrusted to some titled personage, being gone through with considerable effect by a popular fithwife rejoicing is the name of Peggy Potts , who was well supported by the fishwife sisterhood of the town on the 000111011. BLUTH AND STRENGTH RiSTORED IST Du BAILIN'S MILKEN°. IKVALMITA ASAJ,cA 1.000. WM& MOO WINO°t medicine or Inconvenience dyspepsia. in oonotesption, &batty. constipation, dl =Zea, ""4 # l 4°o°. ENlvous, UM and stoma& complaints t ones fifty times Ito east In other remedies, and is the best food for Waste. se,ese corm saminy.—Da Barry and the., No. 77, Ineilos, W. laths, 1141.•. 11b., dd.: lira, ;ITT:: also MK, Oreambireb444l4 l 4 ; Cb 4144644 et, 164, sad 1111, 06344.418484; sad at aM graces.—(AdvertiessoiLl