The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-25 00:00:00

ether ender ler a ulars t re- shore ;ailed ;ailed Could. t, and everal round 'ers of 2 their ey as t they s, and: 1, say them- . We hame strafes l ay be which y tend n our re the ,o such unit 11,868 in al peals in 186 1 , 1 to the ii;lshed. £30,2 54 icreased a cheek which rom the i which 4. OBEY MARKET. CITY NE W S-YESTERDAY. It is ten years since the Bank of England rate of discount was at the low point now witnessed. On the 22d of April, 1852, a step exactly similar to the present was taken, the rate being lowered from 21 to 2 per cont. The Bink's resources were then much larger than they are now, the coin and bul lion being then £19,591,784 (now £18,060,617), the reserve of notes £11,526,200 (now £9,652,160), and the " other" securities only £11,225,844 (now £19,581,822). At 2 per cent. the rate remained for nearly nine months, viz., until the 6th of Jan. 1853, when an advance to 21 occurred. At this latter date the " other" securities had risen to £15,875,756, and the reserve of notes had sunk to £10,960.495, but the coin and bullion, being £20,527,662, were more than on the previous 22d of May, when, as already stated, a descent from 21 to 2 per cent. had taken place. The reduction in the Bank of England rate has not yet led to any increase in the applications for discount at that establishment. The business there to-day was very limited. In Lombard-street the rate for good bills was only 11- per cent., and in other quarters transactions ai:e said to have taken place as low as 1.2-. In consequence of the alteration at the Bank, the joint-stock banks have reduced the rate allowed for deposits from 11 to 1 per cent. The discount esta blishments will henceforward give 1 per cent. (in stead of 11) " at call," arid 11 (instead of 1f) " at notice." At Paris torday the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 68.42, and closed at 68.60 for money and 68.45 for the account, being sc. better than yesterday. A general meeting of shareholders in the Bank of Egypt is called for the 6th of August. The half-yearly meeting of the Blackwall Rail way Company is convened for the 12th of August. A general meeting of the City of London Brewery Company is called for the 7th of August to declare a half-yearly dividend. An instalment of 10 per cent. fell due to-day on the Italian Five per Cent. Maremmana Railway Loan for £1,338,000 sterling. The final instalment of 9 per cent. is payable on the 27th of August. The Ottoman Bank have received ad.vices from Constantinople that a further sum t 'Taal to about £16,000 in various descriptions of Turkish cur rency has been paid into their branch at that capital from the proceeds of the customs duties, hypothe cated to the 1858 Loan, on account of the ap proaching September dividend. The gold taken to the Bank to-day was £30,000. The influx of specie from New York continues on an extraordinary scale. The arrival was announced this afternoon of the City of Baltimore with no less than £450,000. The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day was very quiet. The transactions were limited to 3,500 bales. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 23d instant, as generally anticipated, exhibits some very favourable changes. The bullion shows a rather large addition, while there is a considerable augmentation in the reserve of notes. A further falling off is apparent in the other securities. The public and private deposits show no alteration of importance. The various items of the balance sheet, and the charges they present, are exhibited in the subjoined table : Active Circulation, .. . .. .. £22,203,055 Decrease .. .. .. .. 155,335 Bullion .. .• .. .. .. 18,060,617 Increase .. .. .. .. :388,727 .heat. 3 , 255 , 479 Increase . 13,650 • •. .• •• _Public Deposits .. .. • .. 5,291,213 Increase .. .. .• •• 67,833 0 ther Deposits.. .. .. .. 17,202,923 Increase .. •. • • • • 139,293 Set/ en Day and other Bills .. .. 739,448 Increase .. •• •• •• 12,429 G ovev .nment Securities .. .. 10,952,679 No alteration. Other Elecurities .. .. .. 19,531,822 Decrease .. •• •• •• 310,857 Notes trnemployed .. .. .. 9,952,160 Increase . 652,105 During th e last few days there has been a mode rate amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, without, however, producing any material change in the value of the principal staples. Tea has been at full rates ; sugars have slightly advanced, while good and fine descrip tions of coffee have been inquired for, at a slight advance on former prices. _Rice, fruit, and spices have remained at about previous quotations. The Tallow Market has been more active, and opera tions for both present and forward delivery have been negotiated to some extent at enhanced quota tions. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 49s 3d to 49s 6d, and last three months' delivery 50s 6d to 50s 9d per cunt. Interest at the rate of 5 por cent. will Ile paid on the Algerine Railway shares on and after the Ist proximo. The directors of the Bahia Gas Company have made a final call of £2 per share, payable on or before the 21st of August next. Notice has been given that Vice-Chancellor Wood will make a call of £5 per share on the 2d Proximo on the contributories of the Phoenix Life Assurance Company, now winding up in Chancery. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per C ent. Redui :..ed Annuities e l , Per Ce n t. C onso I s Annuities a i N ew 3 per Cent., tonnuities s'3 6 per Cent. Annuities llO/ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1 atiit, to w. f o o e r k 3o . yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 5 5-16 227 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditt o 5 per Cent 1, ,3/ f 4/ Ditto 51 per Cent ... 1101 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 k Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 I Dili , Bonds 1.1,000 Consols for Account, Aug. 7 (-)3 i I i Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 21 pm Ditto MOO Ditto Small . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES Brazilian, 5 per Cent. — Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4} per Cen.t.. 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 38 Chili= 6 per Cent lO2/ Ditto 41 per Cent. - Egyptian, 7 per Cent., S cr i p Ditto aid-up Scrip ... 92± 44 31 4 31 Italian 5 per Cet,it. (Maremmana Railway) 721 31 At xican, 3 per Cent Ditto Accow at 8i i New Grenada , 2 per Cent 251 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Acco unt Ditto SmaJ I ringFtian 5 war Cent 1822 £ St .. Ditto 11362' (Scrip) 2_l_ . a i Ditto, Plid‘up Scrip Bphtush 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Ne w Deferred — i)itto Ac count / . 1 Ditto Pa,Fsive.. 'Danish Cert. of Coup. not funded ...... 91; ' '' 214 1, - ish 6 per Cent. 1854 -bitt o 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862. Scrip 2 lia D itto, Paid - u p Scrip v e nezuela, 3 p er C en t 7_o 691, 70k Ditto Account Ditto 11 pet Cent I t _ Divid.end s on the above payable iD London. ~_ _ 1 alian, per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Nt'Lsols, Money I litto A ccount Nit ies Two O'CLOCK. l'here is still a very quiet demand for discount Et.ee' )Inroodation, notwithstaniing the increased fa now offered. The Bank for the moment 11t'' receiving- very few applications, for although !the Minim um has been reduced to 2 per cent. ac °''lntociation is obtainable elsewhere as low as Per cent; \ Increa se d b uoyancy pervades the Stock Exchange a t kets, and although the transactions are limited i " re is a strong upward tendency. This, of course, a ttributable to the uneasiness of money, and the scr ° llluble weat h er .c or t h e crops. For some de iPtions of securiti e s th e re is a n extraordinary 4 - ' ll and, b ut specu l at i on genera l ly continues quiet, ' 1 the investments are not sufficient to creat e " activi t y. Com,ols are 9V,-, for mo ney an d 7th proximo, sho'cving an advance of per cent on the improved quotations of the previous afternoon. The New Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 931 a ; Exchequer Bills to 17s. 21s. prem.; Bank Stock has risen to 238; and India Five per Cent. Loan to 108°,4 Egyptian Scrip now attracts most attention in the fore;gn department ; it closed yesterday at 81 9/ prem., and this morning, owing to an extraordi nßry demand, it has advanced to 111 121 prem. The other principal securiiies have also shown con sider9.ble buoyancy. Italian 5 per Cents. have improved to 704 71 ; Russian New Loan scrip to it prem.; Portuguese to 46 ; Venezuelan to 241 ; ditto 11 per Cents. to 121 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1851, to 85/ a ; ditto 6 per Cents., 1858, to 731 74; and the New Loan Scrip to 21 prem. The New Portuguese Loan is 21 a prem., being a furthe advance. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, and most of the principal lines have advanced about to per cent Cale donian,?, Great Northerns, Blackwell, Midlands, and South-Easterns have improved 10s.; and Great Westerns, North Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain firm at about previous quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally aer at slightly enhanced prices. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto .. 3 Months. 11 171 11 184 Rotterdam — 11 17/ 11 181 Antwerp.. Brussels — 25 451 25 471 Hamburgh .. 13 73 13 4 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. —119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz ' 4 49f Leghorn — 25 50 25 55 Milan — 25 60 25 55 Genoa — 25 50 25 55 Naples Palermo —119 i Messina — 1191 1191 Lisbon —52 i Oporto — 521 23 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons SHIPPING---THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH). GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 24—Sarnian Gem, from Trinidad; Astrea, from N .ssau ; Marianne, from Quebec; Massonic, from M ayaguez. z-a led—Josepia, for Bremen; Conflict, for Calcutta; Juan, for Marseilles ; Roebuck, for Cal diff and Alexandria; Greenwick, for Algoa Bay; Sea Belle, for Colombo. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Sarnian Gem, from Trinidad ; Ocean Bride, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Percy Douglas, from Colombo ; Eclipse, from Trinidad ; Euphrates, from Ber muda; Victoria, &tan St. Kitt's ; Minerva, screw steamer, and Westphalia, from West; Edenborough. from Calcutta ; Mereda, from West; Manchester, from Jamaica—all for London ; Swea, from Porto Rico, for Hamburg; Akbar, from London, for Kurrachee. ALLEGED FRAUD BY A TRUSTEE.—Yesterday James Macroft Osbourn, a cattle dealer at Chelmsford, charged by authorit y of the Attorney- General and under the Fraudulent Trustees Act, with appropriating to his own use £2,300 in Bank of England stock, which he held as trustee for the legatees under a will, was placed at the bar before Alderman Gabriel and Alderman Copeland, at the Mansion house, for further examination, Alderman Gabriel com mitted the prisoner to Newgaie for trial, and peremptorily refused to entertain an application to admit him to bail. A hippopotamus was born a few days buck at the zoological gardens of Amsterdam. Hopes were at first entertained of bringing it up, as for some hours O'er its birth it was playing about, the dam at the same time watching its movements, and treating it with the greatest care. The male, however, which was separated from the female by a partition, became greatly agitated and made every effort to reach the young one; the mother in the meantime driving back the cub each time that in playing it approached too near the partition dividing them from the male, In the evening of the following day the male became furious, refused to take any food, and made violent efforts to climb the hoarding, seven feet high. The anxiety of the mother now became intense, and each time that the young one rose she drove it with force to the farther side of the enclosure, that, with the hope of saving its life, it was removed. The male and female then became quiet, and fed as usual. New milk was given to the young one, but it died on the following day. It is to be regretted that more efficacious m?ans had not been adopted to separate the male from the female, as had it been po , sible to leave the young with the latter its life would probably have been preserved. COTTON FROM TURK EY. —The week's advices from the provinces (says the Levant Herald of tho 16th instant), concur in reporting a great extension in the cultivatio n of cotton this season throughout both Roumelia and Anatolia. The encouragement arising from the large advance which has taken place in the price of the ar- tide, cau-ed by the disastrous course of events in Ame rica, in addition to the fact that the crop is now better handled in this country than it has hitherto been. renders it a matter of certainty that more attention will be devoted to its preparation for the future. It is an interesting and gratifying fact that cotton now forms, for the first time in the commercial history of the place, a regu lar article of export from the Golden Horn. The Liver pool steamers which sailed hence during the past few weeks have taken away a large number of bales; the Italian for example, which left on Saturday, had 250 bales, and the Calpe, which is to leave next Saturday, will have a still larger quantity. This intelligence will be satisfactory to those who have taken an interest in promoting the growth of cotton in the country, furnishing as it does, encouraging proof that their exertions have not been in vain. The mortal remains of Prince Jerome, which had been temporarily deposited in a vault at the Hotel des la valides, were on Wednesday removed to a tomb which Prince Napoleon has had built in the Chapel St. Jerome, close to the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon I. The abso lution was given by the Abbe Gambier, Cure of the Inva lides. The ceremony, which was strictly private, took place in presence of Prince Napoleon and some of the officers of his household, and the staff of the Invalides. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARMA MENT.—Yesterday, in committee of the Lords, the case for the promoters of the Great Western Company's Ellesmere and Oswestry line was continued, Mr. Grierson, traffic manager, and Mr. Fowler, the engineer, being examined at considerable length, the committee requesting the counsel not to encumber the case with cumulative evidence. Mr. Chorley, engineer for the millowners, was examined in the committee of the Commons against the Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver Navigations. THE BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.—A Wash ington letter has the following :—" The President has informed a member of the Senate Military Committee that our loss in killed, wounded, and missing, in the late series of battles before Richmond, would not exceed 15,000. This is, probably, a correct estimate. The President found the army much stronger in numbers than has been reported, and in a very effective condition." NEW ORLEANS.—GeneraI Shepley, military commandant at New Orleans, addresses an order to the bakers :—' Head 'quarters Military Commandant, Orleans, City-hall, June 1. The price of flour being this day 24 dots. per barrel, bakers are requested to give, during the ensuing week, commencing on Monday, 23d instant, as fillows, until further notice :-24 ounces of bread for 20c., 12 ouncei for 10c., six ounces for sc. Purchasers of bread from whom a higher price is exacted will report their names, the name of the baker, and leave a loaf of the bread purchased and a statement of the price paid, at any police station, or with any assistant provost-marshal." The wife of General Beauregard has died at New Orleans. SUFFOCATION IN FL O T JR. — Yesterilay morning an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, at the Bell Tavern, Upper Thames -street, respecti ng the death of William Heathe, aged 19, a miller's labourer, who was suffocated beneath a mass of flour at the City Flour-mills, Thames-street, on Tuesday last, under the followi ng s h ocking circu mstances. Mr. W. Edwin, solicitor, appeared for the friends of the de ceased. It appeared from the evidence that it was the duty of deceased to receive the flour and prevent any stoppage in the shocts when it was sent down from the dressing. floor at the top of the seam mills in question. On Tuesday he was receiving as usual in a chamber or "1 arting." and,the flour accumulating the height of 6 feet from the floor, he directed a person to open the shoot underneath, go as to allow a portion to be cart ied off. This was done, and deceased was carried down through the shoot in the midst of an im mense mass of flour, and the first that was known of the occurrence was his lifeless body being dug from out of the m h o a u v t e h b e a e n n d in n s t o a s n t r t i a l piles w e e e r n e o s s f . t u f i u e t d r w w o a n i s t with u h fl p e o p u l e ) r s w , e d a e r n t d h fl a d o t e o a r h t . e h n shoot, in consequence of there being nothing toindicateits s mil to uj o ss d t too nearly over the position when the floor was covered with the flour. Mr. William Waite, the foreman of the mills, admitted, in cross-examination, that two men had been previously suffo cated, but not under th.t present proprietors. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death," and recommended that proper guards should be constructed to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable accidents. Mr. Hadley, one of Proprietors of the mills. said that he should give instruc tions to the engineer to carry out the recommendation. '~.~,.. 2s. 6kl 10. 6 2.0•1 I yTh THE SUN, LONDCFN, FRIO klr EVENING,' JULY 25, 1862. it3tiAßE MARKET-THIS DAY ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! I Raihwe. p a i th i Closing I Business Price. done. 13.14 10 st st 50 20 10 10 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. liost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no di v Do A till 6p cp an. has Do. B ibeen paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. s t oc k Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. o t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 8 8 / 1 6 7 91 93 100 107 91 1061 & i 6} 7 1 2 5 6 42 44 10 11 21& 22& 58 59 804 876 296 306 102 IC 4 140 145 119 120 116 117 133 135 1054 1064 721 73k 65 57 107} 108 6! 03 124 125 46 47 95 654 102 k 1031 40 45 38 39 121 10, st 6.4.0 8 Bi 1244 13) 1i 10 98 10d Do liirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid tient Do 'Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British ,Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 74 76 6211 63i Do A stk ; A rem no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.Z. purchase Do Lecds Do York North London Donew North Staffordshire 97 os I 0} d 56 57 85 56 105 105 P 4} 4} d 111 114 116 45 17 102 104 9.10.41 N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central . Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Seat. Mid. stook Shrews. and Weichpooli Shropshire Union !South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern 45 47 36 58 South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do 83 1 831 67 68 97 100 6 7 393 401 9 10p 6 1 118 152 41 4 ~j 2f p 55 boi 24 3i *di p 85 88 138 142 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 12.10 Vale of Neath. a , Victoria sta:Tend Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxiord Do Newport; Do Hereford 6 1 7 44 46 39 41 87 sa 58 . 1 f HO 116 ! t U * i 731 1 3 1071 1 1 62 1 46 7 95 5 1031 2i 81 1291 1 981 971 i 85 I 831 I 3 121 I 100 1 121 i 1 1 13 68 254 931 4 181 761 391 I 151 I 79 101 10 1 53 281 }. xd 321 } 2 xd Divi , Shari 100 Railways Atlantic it St La wrenct B om. , Baroda&-Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Buffalo uu d Lase klurot , Do. New Do. Preference .. • • • Bufl alo , Brant&Godriel , 16 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1,1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. Cleutta.&S do. E a s t n el, 18:9 ) Cape Town & Dock Scrii Demerara.. Hutu. Bengal gu. b p. c East Ind:an, gm. 5 p. c. Do. do. (3- Ext..... Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 percent 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of IndialLim guara.nteed 5 peecent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. .......... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1878. Indian Branch Limited madras guar., p. o . Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 41 d 0........ blelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick & Can& Ry.&Land(Lim.6pc. )g Class A Capital Shar, Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. L an d d o. N.B.LC'da 6 pc Ist pf bde Scinde 'Do. Puniaub z Do. Do. . • Do. Indus.Seflo. 4,g3 Plod. stk I 2O 100 100 100 17i Stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stock 20j 20j 100 100 100 10 stock tock stock stock stoei stock Cloei ag Price. 68 ~62 104 toli 5 ild 8 84 80 85 75 80 75 0 100 102 107 108 103- 104 104 105 # I iP 21 22 60 63 60 53 31 33 20 $4 I 30 33 30 33 102 103 * IE P / IP 100; 101 12( 121 81 8 97 100 88 92 8 92 I dis par 10)1 iuli 94 95 90 90 Business don, 100 100 100 100 1 all 101} 21* * Al* 1 2 30 1021 i I 101 I 121 96i 101 i 100 100 15 all 100 5 7 4 C 85 E 8 1024 103& pr }p 20 20 98 100 FOREIGN RA IL WAYS Share! Railways. Closing 1 Business P "'" . l Price. Done. Antwerp &Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.i p.nc. Beigian East. Junct io Carmeaux Mine & CopiaPo •• •• •• •••••• Ditto Extension .... Dntch Rhenish Te 71 11 2 p t 2 10111 a 41 1 I} p 7 e I a Do • . Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar 6 p: e : G t. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Namur & 1 doge Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn(SmYrn a to Aide) Pan 2,Lyon s, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) 211 a. 7 p. ct. 1im...... Riga & Royal Danish. Royal Swedi Do. 7 ner cent. Prof_ Sambre & Meuse .. Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, a. 7 p, c. S.Aust.tLorab Venetin s. Fast Portuzal 7 p Turin and Savona Southern of France.... West Pander' , „ Do. 54 p C. Preerence •.1 W. ez N. VV. of France FREFERENCE SW [ends contingent on the 201 211 14/ 14 - - 8 8/ 1v 4 20i 39 ill 8 10 8 7 d 42i 43# 48 60 14 15 15 16 gilol 10i 10 1* 11pm 4 1 # » 21 1/ i 311 32 7 / 7 10 ;(ii 211 12e 10 I i x d 9/ i i 22j I tRES Profits AN D STOCKS of each separate Year. all _ Ti:t) ico.craniedwaoini.,fplo.?"guaa pberpt---03 luo st '"E. Anglian, (ABB, a pm. 100 122 126 st * Do. Clse, 7 p.c. 100 132 136 st Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c• 100 63 1,5 • st Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 44 per cent.. iBiB 100 101 It 6 st Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 92 95 st Do. do. 4 per ct 1801! 100 104 106 5 Do. do. 4 per t 1861 3/ 10 Lon. &Chat'm,Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c... -• • . all 101 101 st Lon. &S.Western 41p.c. 10u 104 106 10 North British £lO Gll2. atl Shares, 1861... .... „., st *SzottishCentral4l p.c. 100 irred. prct 10 S.-Eastern 45 p.c. 1859 all 1100 DOOO.. 55 pp:ec: JAuuncreg66ll ((rrad )) 66 r. ipp: 20 Vale of Neath • • I all 201.21# * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be made good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. BRITISH. AlliN Clifford nil 25 27 )Pl,Oll G. Con, (Taoist 1 435 445 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. par 1p ,ast Bassett iu 15 ,7 East Caradon tat I 45 en 451 East Cam Brea 3.0.n 151 Kt 151 WI Russel (Tavistk 7.12 6 34 g 34 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 1614. 17i ' Great South Tolgus l7B 41 4/ G. Wheal Vor(lielstoW 40 5i Al Grenville 'd.ls.l' 6 6i 6 Herod's-Foot 8.12 38 40 ilingston Downs 4.14 2 84 Lady Bertha liargaret (tJuy Lelant 9'4 41 43 Marae Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 1 04 North Downs 2l 34 4 3/ vorth Frances (Maga 12.3 Baseet(lllo ;an 9 0 4 45 - \Torn Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 31 45 Par Consols (.5t Biazey ie 5 6 20 Providence(Un- Lelnt. 10.6.; 41 43 .4ortrid2e Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 South Caradon(StCleer 15 335 45 S. Cam Brett (Illogan) 5.11.6 21 3 Fran. (Illoqsn 18.1-.1 100 103 Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 1 14 10 fin Crort 9 11 111 West Basset (Illogan) l4 124 131 W Caradon ILiaxeard' 5 14 36 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 87* 825 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 521 574 - Wheal Edward (Cale.) 74 11 li' Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 101 114 - WhealLud ott ........ 2.10.8 171 186 18 17 18 171 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 14 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian .............I 71 ' 1 14 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. all 5 Brazil Land & Min. Co... all 4 1 40 Cobre Copper .......... all 22 28 20 Bopiapo •10 7 8 2 Capula Silver .. .. ...... 158. pr {rpm 1 Dunmoun.Cep.Mlnz.(!o ail / 1 3 East Da Ray (Limited) 1 lif 2 Fortuna... ............ all 3 3; 20 ';eneral ............. all 21 2 Gt N. Cop. of' Alistr. 14 11 d 11 Kapunda iLitnited)..... i z z d Linares ................ all 61 73 5 Lueltanian ............. 2 4dl ar 1 Mariquira ....... ... . ali 6 4. *.ithineCopotS.AusL.. ds 20 Pontglhaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... alt 2 4 5 Port Philip . .... .. l 14 II Santaßarbara Mine kPm -cottish Austrln. (L. 1.. 108. I* litm 20 it. John del Rey (14... 15 59 60xd 60 59 28.2.81 1 T nited Mexican a;, 74 764 64 I Wnrihinv 511164 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all 24 2/ 25 1 I 60 59 i 7 GA 1 (4 2a .1 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..t.July - 1877-S2 ........ 100 103 105 10311 41i 3i Do 6 p.cent.lBB3-1 tOO - - Do. e p.c. Feb. Au,. 100 105 11 , 7 Do. 0 p.c. Mar. 4 Sept.l 100 1(5 1( , 7 i Do. 5 per cent . too 94 96 xd 05 4 --I Do. 5 Inscribed stock' . 100 93 95xd Cape G. H °Pc. 6 p c. 18731 100 07& 1081 Do.Ap 41 Oct 188 Q 100 111 113 Do. 18w, too in (13 - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112xd Ceylon, Nov.lBol, 6p ci 100 100 100 102xd 101 La 6p. c.Ap. Az Oct. 100 N. S.W. (iov. sp. c.,1866; 100 99 100 Do. Sp. c.. 1871 to 187fi; 100 19Si 99i - Do. d0.,1888 drupvcrde 100 98 09 981 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 106 108 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 100 102 S. Aus Giip.c.lB7&& up ! 100 IC7 101 6p. T WY 100 ;105 107 io rho. 100 11(8 108 i 1081 DOCKS. _ took Commercial I 100 took Do. 4 per Ceut.Pret.lllin ' 100 _ took East and West India 110 128 131 x d tnnk !Inndor stook !Commercial , I 100 stock Do. 4 per Ceu t. I retlirin: 100 stock (East and West India ICO 128 131 stook I m% dor . . ! 100 55 57 stock .St„ Katharine. lOO 56 58 stock I . Bouthampton ' 100 1 st.Jok i iistoria .... ...... .- 100 1 96 98 20 inn , New ...-- ----',..-' 2 lid par M I SCELLANEc. - ui --- 10 XnEr.lo-Mexican Mint al. i i , 18 ------ - - 10 X tlantic 11. MI. St m (10) a n 2 N 25 A.ustralian Agricultural 19 2 a 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). I 23 21} 124 2 4 10 'terlin Water (Limited !an 6 ss} 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 ti die .1. 50 ,sritisii AraeriCall Lane 40 _ s p ii 1 50 11.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim., all 43 52 t 20 Do. 11,7n,e.t1111852 (Lim) all zs ~u 20 Do. C. (Limit ed)... all _ :.... 324 Canada Land all 10 China w J av an Coast & 100 105 River Steam Naviga. 5 _ st. Cop.blin.olEng.&Sinit,,,,. kr, ..... 7 ... 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. • . all 100 it) 13 1A st. Crystal Pala ce st. Do. Preferen ce a 8 Bt. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 16n 14 1,...'5 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship 16 Do. R all 20 f.. 1. India Irrign. & Canal 1 Pt ; f at. Electric T e legraph 26 Do. New all _ 5 E n glish & Ans. Copper all 2 n 15 `;en. Steani Navigati m 14 26 fi 1 Great Ship I,imited) all , . 1 Do 17i pct Prelerenc , all 74 _i 2 Indian Carrying (Lim. I a_ _..., • 5 Lon. District Tel. t Lim II 3 , 31 . 4 L G . oimnibte. ro. (Lim ' $l, 10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L 2 __2_ . 2 20 ,iadras arr. and Camp. 1 2 . __ 10 lied. Exten. TeL (Lim ill 3 1 p 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _ _ 25 National Dis. Co. ( I .!m : 4 1 4 114 gi I 20 Nerbu.CoalStlron ( Lim 5 2 10 Netherlands Land,SP c. all i' l 100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaano i 111 1 2 11 1 ,NB. A us t r alaslan (Lim .) all 1 ;Or i e ntal Gas (Limited)., all 11 4 10 lOrintl.ilanaSslematnin.(triiimin.l all at. !ruin. 1 lio 55 6 p 564 Xlll 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam a.l 70 ,?.„, 50 Do. N eW -° 10 i; 20 AledSea,tln.Tel.g,.44p.c an 19 5 50 litliymney Iron 15 1 Do. Nos 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts a 1 281 29 , 12 Do. ! do. ......... . 7 _ _4 2; 3 a d 100 i Royal Mail Steam _. ! 55 4 st. ,t Scot. A.ustin. Inv.(l.lm )10 I ' 3 'l l I L 25 South Australian Land a.l 32 84 1 !Submarine Tel. Scrip al 1 1 'Do. do. Re4istered 10 Do. do ill 4lt„ 2 ' Telc ,rvpli to Ind a(L Y 1 a id 10 I I Trusq and Agency oil 1 Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 id pr 20 I Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 i 1 5I U. li'dom Tel. Co. (Rm.) 3 1 04 d 100 Wag Diemen's L ad., 284 11 13 VARIETIES. Who was Scipio's wife P—Missis-sippi-o of course. G3IOI7ND RENTS.—The chasms left by an earthquake. When is beef not beef P—When it is boiled to a rag. Rulers weild the people, but schoolmasters weild rulers. Why do women like stays P Because they feel so-laced by them. _ _ .An American editor, in speaking of a blind sawyer, says: —" Although he can't see he can saw." If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what article of stationery would he be supplied with ? Ceiling whacks. The lions of the forest are said to live a century. The lions of fashionable society are generally lions of only a season. Please honour me, most charming of ladies, with the gift of thst pretty daisy."—" Oh, certainly, air, for you are very lack-a-daisy -cal." A greengrocer having unexpectedly come into property, sends for a tailor to come and measure him for a coat-of arms. There will always be quarrelling in the world so long as there are two persons to quarrel, and two straws to quarrel about, The Spanish proverb says that a melon and a wife are hard to choose. Of coure the moral is, that "we cannat judge by appearances only." A tradesman, the other day, would not pay the carpen ter's bill for a new counter in his shop under the pretext that he was nothing but a counterfitter. " Pray don't attempt to darn your cobwebs," was Swift's advice to a gentleman of strong imagination and weak memory, who was laboriously explaining himself. . . A lady who had a silk gown spoilt in being re-coloured brought an action against the establishment, and summoned several of the workmen to give their dyeing testimony. A temperance editor, in drawing attention to an article against ardent spirits in one of the inner pages of his paper, says, " For the effects of intemperance see our inside I" " Well, Sambo, hot , . do you like your new place ?" "0, berry well, Massa." " What did you have for break fast this morning ?" " Why, you see miss s biled tree eggs for self and gave me de broff "—Pottsville Journal. - EDITOR'S WIPES. —An editor says his attention was first drawn to matrimony by the skilful manner in which a pretty girl handled a broom, A brother editor says the manner in which his wife handles a broom is not so very pleasing.— American Paper. A German Prince, in a dream, seeing three rats—one fat, the second lean, and the third blind —sent for a cele brated " wise man" and demanded an explanation. " The fat rat," said the sorcerer, "is your prime minister; the lean rat your people; and the blind rat yourself." One of the Federal soldiers who was in the Pittsburg Landing battle happened to be inordinately fend of cards. During the fight he had three of his fingers shot off. Hold ing up his mangled hand, he gazed at it with a look of in effable sorrow, and exclaimed as h big tear stole into the corner of his eye, " I shall never be able to hold a(ull hand a gain." An eccentric American pastor once addressed his congre gation as follows :—" Fellow-sinners, if you were told that by going to the top of yonder stairs (pointing to an unused ricketty pair at one end of the church', you might secure your eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But lot any man proclaim that there were 600 dollars up there for you, and I'll be bound there would be such a getting up stairs as you never did see." PREFERENCE SHARES Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Rris. & Bxet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares 'aledon. qr. shrs, No. ''ork A Bandon, 54 p. c. oorn wall. 5 per c( nt Dun. Perth, & Abc.Jun 00. Ist Claes Pref.. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. Coun. Ex. $ p.c. No. 1 Do No. Do. new 6 p, 0. st klastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar..,, Edin.&Glae.s p.c. shares 10. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Mits.& S. We ti u. 5 p.e . Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pn `it. Nh. of scot. ist pret G*. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great WRst. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. - redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. a redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shr Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stocl Do.Barnal.stXs 3s 104pe Do. 6 p, c. (Bast Lan.).. Do. 4i p, c, (Blackb. pur. £onatßrig.sp,e,gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent, do, No 2 Da 5 pea cent. d 0.,, . Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' Do. 4p at. (dfv. def.lll'6' I,on.Chat.&Dnv.sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W.. Coy. .6 Nuneaton, 5 per cent. ',on. & S.West.7p. cen' et., late 3d allares Do. (Port sm'th perpet anns. of 2s. 6d.) .ondony. & Ennis. sty Sh. b. Lin. t per ct Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. ....... Do. redeem. 6percent... garyport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent 14idlinil Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c Do. 4 p.c. pref. st, rdem . Do. 43 p.c. irredeemable Do. 4i per cent ~ . . Do.Leic. and Hit4per ct Niallk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1841 Do. 5 p. c. Pref. st. 184 D 0.5 Way. Val Ex. st 184; sort British, sper cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Ern. g. prf. shs Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4ipr. ct redeemabl, Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. prel Do. Berwick 4 p. c. prel. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. l Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... •lcoctish North-Eastern 3i p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeengua.6p.e Do. 7 p. a. pref. stock '4outh Devon, Ann, 10a. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading nn., 1.0. 6) 9i per Cent Fixed 44 per cent Wales. gua. 4 p. c 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. Do, South Do, 5 per cent •kshire, 4 p. c. ,gua Do. sp. C. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B fS p. c Do. C R p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. . „ Do. i. Yoi atrt d & Kilkpy, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf let gua atk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.a. pflred Do. Perpet.6 p. C. pf. 1866 1)3. till 1869 all all 100 100 100 100 94 96 201 214 6 61 105 ICB 112 114 111 113 128 130 62 84 110 112 90 92 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 97 99 100 102 90 92 91 f/3 103 105 78 80 77 :9 170 175 104 106 (35 138 103 105 117 119 117 119 140 145 117 119 153 157 130 135 78 80 100 102 2} 2i 125 127 jpm e 7 69 Pm L 39 141 04 106 94 96 [ll 113 [O9 111 1 I,pm 93 95 101 103 96 98 1i 0j d, 18. 13. i i cl iI) 23 24 140 145 10 11 23i 24 103 105 103 105 86 N 20f 211 281 294 33i 344 334 344 45 130 126 106 125 122 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , Paid. Leasing i Closing Business Railways. ' Co. a ! Price. Done. .—....-- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W I Birkenhead. Buekingh ms.nre lOO Do. ,' 95 97 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do .. 155 56 Do. 51per cent 1 00 Do. '126128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon. Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.11.&143..0 67 69 E. Lincoln g a pre.! 100 Gr.Nerth. 137 139 E.Union,HarwicliShsi all E.Counts. 41 4f Do. Woodbridge.. 100 . • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.DreV. 100 .Cled • on .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. [lull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W,201 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0....... .. .. 11; D3.New ShlB6l, 41p.c all D 0........ 21 23 Do. W ,I. Ext. A, 41p c all D 0........ 8; 0 Loudon & Greenwic , 100 S. Eastern 63 65 Do. Frei eren ,t'iendloo Do. Lon.,Ti lb. & S.. 100 pet o & Co. 86 88 64 Lowestoft gua. 4p e 1 100 Norfolk .. .. .. - Do 6 per cent ) 100 D 0....... .. .. Alne.,Bxtn.,& Matlockl all LNW& M 3; 41; 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer- 1 enee stock I 100 Midland 96 98 Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 1 p gua. 5 per cent... pm Northm&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... 1 all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber P R r o e y s s t t O n n m an ith d h 7 s r h e. e a o l. o l .. .. North Western I all Midland 161 17 Not. Gran. El. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 95 96 95. 6 :: & t.N N O V rth ) 1 4 3 4 6 139 46 Shrewsby & Hereto d 100 : B L r . a Yk ss . ey . 133 138 Al2Do. 4 shares A 1 all Do. Do. Do. , 5 South Staffordshire . 100 LTLIINT.Nic 21 3 p 71 West London, Cls A I all W.Ln.F • . • • Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all & Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset , 100 Ut. West. 91 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 91 91 93 8i 94, JO 1 NT-:STOcii BANKS. A ara&Uritp , iSprviep Ric Alliance B. Ln. &L'pool Austral :pia Hank of Hosypt of Loudon ... . British North Anwri,f), Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Li td.B nkof i n'lia, Ch.llier. of in. Lem& Ch , City Colonial. Cora. Bank of Canad.. !Env., Scot., Ans. CI).. Bk .ot Switzerland Imperial Bank Limited Lou ion and Brazilian . Lou.l Char.Bkof Austr:: , l London and County • I London Joint Stock London and S.Alrican.. London & Wesi.minate) netrop. & Provinl. Nat. rrov. of Englan. , Do. new ....... I National B%nk 'Nen South Wales.... i)rient. B. C orporatiot ;.. Otto.ran Bank ...... l'rovinci a l of Ireland Do. new........ ..... , 3outti Australia Union of Australia l Uniou of London —..„ !Unity ') 0 r BB 90 7 5 all 67 4 ( 6 9 p all f 25 e 6 , 0 E 6 11,1 5 Hi ali 204 21 p ail 34 Vi 50 1 93 26 4 0 92 all all 18 181 all 7' I qlip 5 , 11 2,p all 25f ,61 VU 39 40 36 12 I It 1/ 20 1 1 , 9 S 1 10 I P 42 l'?. 3 , ail 90 42 all ,52 t 4 all 29 95 187 8? all all all 12 135 37 44 46xd , 1 32 Z 3 xd THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The attendance of visitors at the Exhibition was, as usual on Thursday, very good. The total admis sions were 59 467, of which 5,130 were by season tickets, and 54,337 by payments. The numbers for the same day in 1851 were 45,721, giving a conspi cuous minority as compared with the attractions of the present display. Yesterday all the domestic and farm servants employed on the estate at Osborne visited the Exhibiticn, the entire expenses of their trip being defrayed by her Mjesty. The children of the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, and the children of the Woodford Parish School were afforded a similar day's enjoyment at the expense of their respective managing committees. Mr. Scholefield paid the expense of the visit of the children of the Wraysbury School; Lady Palmerston sent up the children of the Rorasey National School, and the Governors of the Romsey British Salo& paid for the visit of their young pupils. A determined sea son ticket holder has summoned all the Royal Com missioners to the County Court at Brampton, on the 6th of August, to recover from them the sum of one penny, charged for the care of his umbrella while the owner was in the picture galleries. The Com missioners have accepted the summons, and will, of course, defend the justice of the char ge. They are empowered by their charter to make such rules and regulations from time to time as may seem to them expedient, and this charge of one penny for taking care of articles of any kind,—cloaks, sticks, parcels, and umbrellas—is one of them r and thousands cheerfully pay their penny every day Supposing, however, for argument's sake, that season ticketholders or the public generally could establish their right to take their sticks and um brellas into the picture galleries, what would be the result ? Before such a right had been exercised a fortnight half the pictures would be removed by their owners. It must not be forgotten that during the first week or 10 days after the opening the com missioners did allow sticks end umbrellas to be taken into the picture galleries with a view of see ing if the experiment could be continued through out the Exhibition. During the very first week of the permission it was seen that the experiment had failed,and before the first week was over the owners of the most valuable works of art remonstrated agaiest the danger to which their masterpieces were exposed from enthusiastic admirers who would trace out their beauties with a walking-stick held within half an inch of the canvass. It was then, and then only, and entirely out of consideration for those who had entrusted those priceless works to their care, that the commissioners decided that no sticks or umbrellas should be taken into the pin t at e galleries. If it were possible to overrule their decision we believe, as we have said, that the gal leries—certainly the Englishones—would be almost I empty in a fortnight afterwards. The Feuillet of KiAklala publishes the following statistics of the trade of Russia with China, in 1861:—The exports from Russia amounted to 7,629,069 roubles. The importations from China into Russia r. ached the value of 7,785,415 rubles, of which 7,405,428 were of Chinese mer chandise, 333,255 of Mongol productions, and 20,333 of European articles. PITHY AND TRUE.—Henry Ward Beecher says: "Life would be a perpetual flea•hunt, if one were obliged to run down all We inuendos, the inveracities, the insinua tions, the suspicions, which are uttered against him." GROSS MILITARY BARBARITY. Considerable excitement now prevails in the town of Woolwich arising from an act of refined cruelty which has taken place at the garrison, and is now under the consideration of the mili tary authorities. It appears that a few nights since a man who had been apprehended by the military police, on sus picion of being a deserter, was conveyed to the guardroom at the Royal Art:llery Barracks. Whilst there it is stated that he committed some act which offended Prov st Sergeant Ashton, the chief officer of the force named, who thereupon took upon himself to order that the priscner should be re moved to the cells, stripped naked, and scrubbed with sand and water. This abominable abuse of authority appears to have S been carried out to the fullest extent—the task of " scrubbing" being delegated to two marines, who were also prisoners, and who so exerted themselves that the unfortunate sufferer was completely covered with abrasions and sores, being in fact in such a sad condition that he was removed to the hospital. Here the facts of the ease came to the knowleage of one of the medical officers, who at once reported it, and the result was that Major-General Sir R. llacres, the commandant, immediately ordered Sergeant Ashton to be suspended from his duties and confined to his quarters pending a representation to the superior military authorities and their decision thereon. It is said that the man upon whom the cruelty was inflicted has not turned out to be a deserter, and although he has now been under careful treatment for three days, he is still in a dreadful state of suffering at the Ordnance Hospital. SIR RICHARD MAYNE AND THE OMNIBUSES.— The Chief Commissioner of Police and the directors of the London General Omnibus Company have come into violent decided tone was iv collision, and all sorts of hostile proceedi n g s ar e t hreatened. It is known to those who are in the habit of ascending omnibuses and taking their seat on the " knifeboard" that there is an iron railing running along each side of the car riage against which they generally place their feet. This part of the omnibus the directors determined to utilise, and acco rdingly they turned it to advertising purposes, so th at nowlqrge boards are placed against this iron railing on t h e top of the omnibuses, giving the carriage the appe arance immense height, and making them look like huge s,d° tising vans. Sir Richard Mayne in the first instance gently upon remo nstrated against this bold innovation old,altreated estab lished to er- vehicular customs, but tehredireoscrtozdrgsee,c profits than to the Commissie e e dert , ol do e him with contemptuous silence. A o remove at pr the s present u th n e a n ig t h a t k iy en h , e a a n , d dthe t d t i h r e e c y t otresf refused eordered mis s th ol e v m ed a t t h te a r t is th in e o lt in 'te n , i t b h u e se C s o t so, and shsioner of Police being re all not be turned into adver tising vans, and the directors being determined, on the other hand, that they will of income. CRYSTAL PALACE. O ne Shilli ng day.—Yester not forego so profitable a source day the adraissions ßB . payment were 8,876; by seal" tickets, 812; total, 9, t-- -._. T) X 4z 6_ c SPORTING---THIS DAY. STAINIFORD RACES—THIS DAY. (B: ELECTRIC TFLEGRAPH.) KELTON STAKES. Types colt ATerte ............................................ 1 .... THIRD WOTHORPE BIENNIAL. Exchequer 1 Flighty .............. Welland C LIFDEN CU 3 P. Humphrey Hetty ................ Birdhill 2 .............. 3 Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING, GOODWOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Canary (taken) 12 to 1 agst Audrey (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst, Myrtle (taken) 16 to 1 agst St. Bernard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rather High colt (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 3to 1 agst Wizard (taken freely) sto 1 agst Tim Whiffler I MPERIAL PARLIANIENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. UNION RELIEF AID BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. POTTER said he thought the Govornment should carry out their intention of affording relief to the distressed operatives in Lancashire other than the bill proposed, see ing that no less than 300,000 of the best artizans of the country, whose conditions it was intended to ameliorate, were suffering the greatest distress. Col. N. PATTEN would not oppose the bill, but con sidered it was insufficient, and thought there should be a loan granted to the millowners, to enable them to assist the unfortunate operatives in Lancashire. Mr. J. B. SMITH thought that the bill should be read a second time in order that the different constituencies of the kingdom might be prepared to consider its provisions before it went into committee. Lord STANLEY objected to the principle of the bill. Alderman SIDNEY would not oppose the second read. ing of the bill, but considered it could be materially im proved in committee. Mr. HENLEY was of opinion that they ought not to de. part from the act of Elizabeth, and alter the law merely to meet what he hoped was a temporary emergency. He thought the subject of any alteration in the present state of the Poor Law should be postponed until next session. Mr. COBDEN said that the observations of the right hon. gentleman who had Just addressed the house convinced him that hon. members generally did not understand the subject of the distress in the cotton districts. The fallacy was, that it was proposed by certain honouraLle members to t-x this district to meet the local distress, but it was in a state of collapse. There must be production before there could be taxation, and as to the district to which he referred, unless manufac'ures were carried on, they would no more be able to pay taxes than Ox.ordshire if it were struck with sterility. Let Parliament, therefore, give the people a chance of tiding over the tremendous difficulties which were before them during the next six or twelve months, by enabling the beards of guardians to raise money on the security of the rates, in addition to the plan of a rate in aid proposed by the bill. The hon. men,ber also suggested that the guardians might be empowered to grant small loans to the workpeople and render the admi nistration of relief more fac le and unobjectionable to the poor. Mr. LYGON censured the Government for having de layed the introduction of the bill until so late a period of the session. Ile doubted if the distress was so severe as had been represented, and as it had arisen from excep tional causes care should be taken that these causes did not last longer than was absolutely necessary, He trusted, therefore, that as that was dependent upon the continuance of the war in America, the Government would not abstain from intervention for a longer period than was required b 3 international law and international justice. Mr. E. P. BOUVERI P. deprecated an alarm that was not justified by the facts of the case, and argued that loans and public grants were not to be thought of, and that the only course of proceeding was to legislate in the spirit of Elizabethan statute. After some observations from Mr. HIBBERT :and the Marquis of HARTINGTON, Mr. BOVILL pointed out several defects in the details of the bill ; and with regard to the principle of the measure itself stated that in its present shape it would throw the charge, not upon the owners of property, but upon the occupiers, who were least able to bear the burden. Mr. C. VILLIERS was only anxious to make the bill as ffective as possible, and with that object in view he was willing to adopt any practical suggestion for its impr-ve ment. He was ready, therefore, to reconsider the sugges- ti,n to provide, either as an alternativ i or substitute, that parishes should be allowed to raise money by a mei tgage of the rates. Upon that subject, however, a great difference of opinion prevailed even in Lancashire it: elf. The case was not an ordinary, but an extraordinary case of manufac turing distress ; and it would be ridiculous, when the house was consithring how best to alleviate the suffering, to be too strict or rigid in tile's views so long as the evil was not aggravated, He proposed to go into committee on the bill on Monday next. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY expressed himself favourable to raising loans on the security of the rates. It would thus become the interest of the local authorities to practise eco nomy, at the same time that their own good feeling and knowledge of the wants of the applicants would be a suffi cient guarantee that they would administer the fund in a spirit of humanity. The bill was then read a second time. The Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill was also read a second time. The Militia Pay Bill, the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act Continua , . ce Bill, ani the Court of Common Pleas (Officer for Acknowledgment of Deeds) Bill were passed through committee. The Gunpowder Act Amendment Bill and the Consoli• dated Fund (Appropriati, n) Bill were read a second time. The Poor Removal Bill, and the Mutual Surrender of Criminals kDenmark) Bill were read a third time and passed. The Night Poaching Prevention Bill was again com mitted, and its consideration resumed at the first clause, the verbal amendments to which occupied several hours' discussion. It was hal•-post one o'clock when, af.er nu merous divisions and the adoption of some material altera tions, the clause was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 2 was struck out, and the remaining portion of the bill having been agreed to, the house resumed. During the last two hours that the bill was under discussion, not a single member of the Cabinet was present, and the sole oo cr.pants of the Treasury bench were Mr. Brand and one or two Ministerial subordinates. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. TIIIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his meat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway, and. the Somerset Central and and Dorset Central Railway bills were read a third time and passed. PARK Fl UR:5l' PRISON". Viscount DUN CIANNON gave notice that on Monday he should move for a return of the number of officers employed at Parkhurst Prison with their respective salaries, and the number of convicts empl o y e d t h ere dur ing the year 1860-61, and up to the Ist July, 1862. Also ter the number of convicts who have effected their escape during that period. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Trus EVENING. The SPEAKER. took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE :BILLS. The Lords' amendment s to the following bills were agreed to, and the tills were ordered for third reading :—Cannock Chase Railway E ytension—Eastern Union Railway— Great Western, Hereford, R oss, and Gloucester and Ely V,dley Railways—lient, Coast Railway---Shrewsbury and' Hereford . Ra ilway—Spaldin g , and Bourn Railway—Totten haul and Hampstead Junction Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway—Sid mouth Railway and Harbour —and Tufnetl's Estate. NEW WE T. On the motion of Mr. WHITEHEAD, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the county of Carlow, in the room of Captain Bunbury, who has accepted the Cheltetn Hundreds. PIRACY IN THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. In reply to Mr CHAWFORD, Mr. LAYAItD said hat the attention of her Majesty's Government had been directed to this subject, but without any successful result up to the present time The Govern:- ment of the Netherlands had expressed their willingness to act in concert with England ; and Spain and th e ot h er powers, it was expected, would accale to a similar arrange , ment. THE 140 POUND ARMSTRONG SHUNT GUN. In reply to Mr. OSBORNE, Sir G. LEWIS said the bun in question had be en l oa d e d with 251bs. of powder, and had split. He did not think that the appointment of any additional committee in addi tion to what had been sitting on the subject of the ordnance could be desirable, but he thought that the committee should be reappointed next session. Mr. O , BORNE said his object was for a committee to inquire into the bursting of the gun. Sir G. LEWIS said that the committee in question would consider that subject. INDIAN PRIZE MONEY. In reply to Sir N. FARQUHAR Mr. BARING sa i d that the ' distribution of this prize money had commenced in India last December, and would be continued from September next. ALLEGED CONCERT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS IN RESPECT TO MEXICO. In reply to Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. LAYARD saia that her Majesty's Government had received no information as to there having been any concert between the two Governments alluded to by which the Italian Government was to send troops to surport the French in Mexico in exchange for the retirement of the French troops from the 1 rovinces of Viterbo anu Villetri, or that any such scheme was abandoned in consequen e of its unpopularity in Italy. He could give no information whatever on the subject. WITHDRAWAL OF THE BATTA. TO THE AD. MIRAL ON THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA STATION. Sir J. ELHIINSTONE drew the attention of tbe house to this question, and complained that the dficer in question, had not been properly treated by the seduction of the allow ance referred to. CAPTAIN SHERRARD 03BORNE. Sir J. HAY asked for httormation relative to the terms of the agreement by wt ich Captain Sherrard Osborne, of the Ito, al Navy, w,,s employed in the service of the Chinese Government. He took occasion to advert to the different cases of complaint which had been made in tt e course of the session as to the treatment of the Royal Navy by the Government. Lord C. PAGET said with regard to the latter subject that Captain Sherrard Osborne had obtained leave to enter the service of the Chinese Government for the purpose of FORTIFICATIONS (PROVISION FOR EXPENSES BILL. Earl DE GREY , in moving the second reading' of this bill, said he did not intend to enter on that occasion into any recapitulation of the arguments in favour of the neces sity of adequately protecting our principal naval forts and arsenals. In 1860, a plan was submitted to Parlia ment, and having received its approval, a sum of money was voted to carry out the provisions of the bill embodying those plans. He did not think it necessary to detain the house by showing that it was not desirable to stop their mad career ) , or either that the plan approved of in 1860 was inadequate, or unsuited to the p esent time, or that the danger that was then apprehended had altogether passed away. The sum that had already been voted, viz., two millions, in order to carry out the plan, had v er y near l y b een expended,' and it became necessary at once to apply to Parliament for a further amount. The works propose at Portsmouth, some of which were rapidly approaching completion, had all been: commenced. The work s a t Spithad had been temporarily . suspended. The torts in the Isle of Wight had been com menced, and the land purchased fur others in that direc tion and at Plymouth, the sea, and what was called the western defences had been commenced, while those works at Pembroke were also proceeding satisfactorily. The works on the rivers Thames and Medway were being pushed forward as rapidly as possible, and in his opinion the works looked upon as a whole were going in a manner that merited the highest approval. The sum proposed to be voted by the present bill amounted to £1,500,000. lie was perfectly ready to reply to any arguments which might arise; but not anticipating any such opposition to the measure he would concl u d e by moving the second rea di ng o f t h e bill. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH rose, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] putting down pirates in the Chinese seas, but there was no agreement on the part of this Government that he should receive an indemnity of £3,500 from the Chinese Government. With respact to the observations of the hon. baronet (Sir J. Elphinstone) he could only s ate that all officers accepting the situation in question did so with the understanding that they were to give up their pay from this country. _ DEFENCES OF CANADA. ADDERLEY drew the attention of the house to this subject, and asked the Government for informs , ion as to whether any arrangement h a d b een come to between this country a.:d Canada as to the relative force that should be supplied for the defence of that colony. He cited the authority of different colonial s:cretaries to show that Canada, from its wealth, was in a position to defend itself from invasion. He referred to this country sending out troops to defend the colony at the time of an expected rup ure between this country and America, and he complained that the Canadians had shown great apathy in providing for their defence. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTE —this Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 25. It is hereby notified that the Right Hon. the Earl Rue sell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received trout the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a communication, enclosing a l e tt er fr om Cap tain Miller, of her Majesty's ship Clio, dated Acapulco, the I , ith of June, reporting that the port of Mazatlan, on the West Coast of Mexico, was blockaded o nthe 28th of May last, by the frigate Bayonnaise, b e l ong i ng to the Naval Forces of his Imperial Majesty the Emper or o f tb.e French. _ ;I\ P I I A. ea L B L d , J' - ' g L i l ve 2 o 3 r . der s for WAR-OFFlCE, gra P ei k ea L s L l Heontoourable Order of a h p a p s o b in e t e ru n ents the Most ~Governor _ts C ommanders, of the said of M t o h s e t h e T following Queen :he Bath : DECIDEDLY IRISH.—A Dublin journa: observes seTcoonabeclOasrsdinoarryKAnliemhbers of the Civil Division Y Honourable Order, viz ' : .Animander-in that a handbill annoucing a public meeting in that cit Cbiet in and over the states, with boundless liberality, that " the ladies, without William Stevenson, C.B and , distinction of sex, are invited to attend." • Island of Mauritius and ALARMING FIRE ON THE RIVER.—This after- Phili ' Edmond 'WM its depen dencies noon a conflagration, which at ono time threatened to Commander-in -Chief ehouse, Rsq , C. 8., Governor and cause great damage to the works of the Charing-cross Good Hope an d i ts din and over the colony of the Cape of Railway at present in progress across the Thames, occurred Commissioner for the epsendencies, and her Majesty's Higli on board a barge heavily laden with kyanized beams and ot territories adjacent eating and aojustment of the attars sleepers, which had but a short time before arrived, and of that colony ; or contiguous to the Eastern frontier which was moored precisely wider the first arch ofCharles henry Darli c. P Governor-in-Chief n .. , —sq. Captain-General and the new bridge next the Surrey side, of a serious nature its dependences, in and over the ' Island of Jamaica and broke out about half-past three o'clock this afternoon. Major-General Such an occurrence created the greatest excitement, and of administering Ed ward Macarthur, c • B., , some io time course most active exertions were made to extinguish the fire, Tobe Ordinary Government i‘ of theceivolie _3: I the i u Di ° vision to ol a ihe but without success. One of the engines of the Fire B. i- .rhird Class, or Companions, Members of o o f f tlae said Most Honourable gade, however, shortly arrived on the adjacent wharf, Order, viz. : and commenced discharging a large quantity of Francis Ilincks, Esq.. Governor and Commander-iti veater Chief in and over the Colony of British Guiana. upon the burning craft for some time with very little Charles John Bayley, E,9 ~ Gov...nor and Commander-- effect, and fears now began to arise for the safety of thy' in -Chief in and over the Bauania Islands and their depen vessels lying near, on board of which were lar dencies. of hay and straw. Fortunately, before any ge quantities Tier Baillie Hamilton, Esq., Governor and Commander was done, the fire burned through the sides further damage in-Chief in and over the Islands of Antigua, Montserrat, thus let in the water in the river, few moments extinguished the which, of course, in a Islands, and D i_ .! mu d ni teennedy E flames T Arthur .Ed war 1 sq., some time Captain appears to be entirely destroyed.. he la, ge cargo General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Colony of gine arrived after the fire wa The . floe b ag st eam en- Sierra Leone and its dependencies, and subsequently oo as extin extinguished, vernor and Commander-in.-Chief in and over the Colony of KIRKALDY BuRGEr g shed '. •) , --B ,. ‘Nreatern Australia. Lord Schomberg Ythe 'withdrawal of S i r Alfred Stephen, Knight, Chief Justice of the Kerr, the fie independent Liberal candid field is again left clear for the Supreme Court of the Colony of New South Wales; and a crowded meeting in ate, Mr. Aytoun, who addressed Henry Black, Esq , Judge of the Vice -Admiralty Court of the Province of Canada. day evening, and was f Corn Exchange, Kirkaldy, on Toes- PeDINIIR.ALIY, JULY 21. Kerr's address to th favourably received. Lord Schoinberg Royal Marine Artillery—Second Lieutenant Alexander it was withdrawn, e electors was scarcely issued before George Anso n t o be First Lieutenant, vice Siuddert Kirkaldy that s his lordship finding on his arrival at placed on half-pay. with the Liberalinterest • *ded there was BANKRUPTS. nu chance fora C fully ex- petted that a ___ h. onservative candidate. It was importance The follow ing are the only bankrupts of any commercial W ig candidate would be brought forward as importance which appear in the " Gazette" of this even the proper A t b - successor to Col. Ferguson, but Mr. y oun e im, . ing first in the field it was thought inexpedient to oppose Henry Prosser, brewer, Merthyr Tidfil hint, and so disunite the Liberal electors. Eletijaanin Hayward, innkeeper, Oxtord _Ed war] Oliver, attorney, Birmingham A ROMAN R.ULWAY. A letter from Rome of the Charles Henry Mort, hardware merchant, Sheffield Will says :—" A „rent danger threate ns the Pontifical Go- J. W. Attwater, builder, Sheerness vernment. The railway which is to unite Rome to Naples Thomas Amos, builder, Upper Norwood is no w entirely completed. Tho section. from Rome to the Thomas_ Beckensall, builder, Steveutoa, LL:lishiry Vontifical frontier will be opened in a few days. Although i l ohn r Wit . ,tton e , a g e eneral dealer, Chelsea H I y, steno-sawyer, this part has been finished since the end of last year, it has way-roa y d Francis-place, Halo required no less than six months to induce the Government Win. Low, chemist, Lewes, S ussex to put the line in op eration. The munici p alit y of Velletri, Jahn Bird, carpenter, Everdon, Northamptonshire at once surprised and happy, has just struck a medal to .. `..i l aniu n el Royle, provision dealer, Manchester preserve the memory of this bounty of the z•overeign Pen- i` John , I , •w rw . i .,: i o s ates, maleter, Bedlingten, Northumberl and tiff . However, the Pontifical Government, not wishing to Joseph Moreto c"e f tibuildri , Liverpool have an y contact with ' the invaders,' requires that the James Williams,n, .arraer, Leicester pontifical employes of the railway from Rome to Naples "Wilber a Adcock, b_rickmak.er, Stafford , stra nd wine and spirit inerehan7,, vicius uera, shall not in any case pass the frontier. Even the rolling Joseph -,Fisher and 'William Fisher, License" stock is to be sp cial. After having arrived at Cep ant. '',heapside travellers will have to change trains. There is no junction, Willi arral Perry, farmer, IV - 11 . rigs ,te Essex i t of the rails on the frontier, end it will, therefore, be notes- SCOTCH BANKRU PTS ' sary to make a bit of the journey on foot in order to reach " G ° "" DT7 ?burgh, grocer, _ _asgow ow ge the other train," " 2 I'Lerie , GI confectioner, Glasg Roxburgh Ellis 114 rtin Tier, Alorebasao, Other bills were forwarded a stsge, and the house ad journed. , get)si Ci ~~~ ~, . t., ~ii~ a ed de si ed ce, ion the um, ?re- in ob- ion. SUS- Lion, ired mall ient, ared im hich i our oh a .•