The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-18 00:00:00

IVES"; fore the r iploy of, William :ted for, 'Cs. The were in savouredi officers logy —to t ore most purpose spo k e to, a, severe !stinlollY to silo! ;s. The rce t en lergea nt '; g rocer , ;tine, for entirely , lordship g uiUl ach. reoder 9 As vi al ldiog der th e aPPe 3II c ollier° ionists qnselves, isses sua 85 04 . se king 1111 , ve ding. 00 1 4 11 was W 01 1 . `pier .}, an . curt° be three to t a lly a ctiv e. ., ) , a t tb eJ Lao the t, rtle as t ye rd i age fie ye D ° Au i alto tri- h.....••••, MONEY MARKET AND COMAIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocii. Consols are steady to-day at 921 I for money; ditto, for Account, 93 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 93i 3 ; New Three per Cents, 931 3 ; Bank of England Stock 41 per Cent., 245 4 51. India S to c k, 101 per Cent., Apr i l, 1874, 2 081 10 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 111 121 ; ditto 4 , Per Ce n t ., Oct., 1888, 101 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per C ent. 1051 ; ditto 51 per Cent., 1101; ditto Debentures, 1031 4 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. Although business continues inactive, Foreign Stocks, on the whole, are stronger, and iu several instances an improvement is marked, including 1 in I:gYptian (1864), 1 in the Railway Debentures, and in the Viceroy's Loan. Chilian is higher, and Russian Railways are firm. On the other hand. Danubian Eight per Cent. is flat at 901 to 911, being a de c li ne o f 1 . Th e f o ll ow i ng are some o f r Principal prices :—Egyptian (1864), 901 to ti ; ditto Railway Debentures, 98 to 981 ; Italian, 55 i to 55a ; Peruvian, 79 to 791 ; Russian Five per Ce nts., 861 to 87 ; Turkish Six per Cent. (1862), 80 to 6 7 ; ditto (1865), 64; to 641 ; and ditto give per Cents., 44 to 441. Eta In the R a il way Share Market the quotat i ons are follows :—Caledonian, 801 to 81 ; Great Eastern, 38 1 to 384 ; G reat Nort h ern, 105 i to 106; Great l'orthern (A), 1051 to 106 ; Great Western, 511 to 52 ; Lanca s hi re an d Y or k s hire, 1261 to 127 ; Bandon and Brighton, 441 to 441 ; London, Chat n; and Do ver , 161 t o 161 ; L ou do n a n d N or th Western, 1181 to 1181 ; London and South West ern, 88 to 89 ; Metropolitan, 931 to 94 ; Midland, 118 to 1181 ; N or th E as t ern (B erw ick), 114} t o ; and South Eastern, 77 to 771. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet, an d not a single variation is marked in prices. In American Securities United States Five ii7enty Bond s are f b e tt er , a t 831 t o 831, b u t Li nnis are 1 lower, at 94 to 95 ; and Erie Shares are steady at 191 to In Telegraph shares are rather stronger. Anglo 4tnerican is marked at 191 to 20 ; French Cable, j. 1 9.1 to 20 ; an d T e l egrap h C onstruc ti on an d M a i n - Lenanee shows a recovery of 1, at 291 to 291. Continental Railway shares are not quite so firm, b ut the on l y movement in pr i ces i s a f a ll of I in t,!obard o -V enetian, the price being 211 to 221. Great Luxemburg is unaltered, at 10/ to 11. The sum of £74,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. a s p ec ulation is active at Vienna, Constantinople, 114 S ome other continental cities. At Vienna, al theugh t h e affair of the Turkish railways proposed b y Danud P as h a has met with a temporary c h eck, negotiations for it are understood to have been re filmed on a ne w f oo ti ng ; w hil e a t C ons t an ti nop l e r 2°,0 00 shares o ff ere d th ere i n th e new company led th e G eneral Credit Ottoman the applications w ere to th e extent of £957,000. 20 ' 4 a ppears that out of the new Tu r ki s h loan for has been nominal stock, the contract for which Generale, beet:, signed by the Ottoman Bank, the Societe j_enerale, and the " General Credit Ottoman," be ,v,veell four and five millions will be employed in 'il e r .,redemption of Bon de Tresor, held in Paris. The ordinary meetings of the mortgagees and shareholdersita., of the London, Chatham, and Dover 30t I k i waY Company are convened respectively for the the " and 31st inst., pursuant to the provisions of °°3 Pany's Arrangement Act of 1867. Flo first o r di nary meet i ng o f t h e S t. Th omas Seat°ing Dock C ompany i s ca ll e d f or th e 3d o f P t ember. se T h e state of trade at Manchester is thus de far,l4bked by Messrs. Neroutsos and Co. :—" Yarns e C ui ng dearer since Friday. Values of cloth in „ e , e in sellers' favour, and the market is exceed ggTlY strong, but inactive." t h h e advices from the River Plate and Brazil by 4 , e Present mail contain little of interest. At Rio is 'ae rate of exchange was steady, at 1811 to 19d. 11 t he provinces of San Paulo the Provincial Zserably have passed an Act approaching the a luisi te sum for the guarantee on the proposed r ul P i nas extension of the San Paulo Railway, and .14! ° autho r i s i ng b ranc h li nes f rom C amp i nas to Claro, and from Rio Grande to Jacarehy. C W ith reference to the Metropolitan Railway °4l Pany it is officially announced that the direc tor; "after debiting revenue with £36,421 for i :‘ e rest on debentures, and making allowances for " 1-18 Pense and other charges, have resolved to re efcilmneud to the proprietors the following dividends r the half - year ending the 30th J une l ast., v i z., f at the rat e o f 5 per cen t . per annum on the Pre feerenee Stock, 6 per cent. per annum on the Pre thl:red Ordinary Stock, 2 per cent. per annum on itti ' Deferred O r di nary St oc k, 4 p er ce n t. per urn on the O r di nary St oc k, an d 4 per cent. per annum On the E x t ens i on St oc k, carr yi ng f orw a r d h hm f ata nee of £2,823 to the credit of the current St ec e r a r." The distribution on the Ordinary th e r _ er the corresponding period of 1868 was at T h e ' e te o! 7 per c en t per annum. neeti, following circular has been issued in con- Aith r with the Albert Life Assurance Company. for reconstruction is desirable, it will, it is said, be el etoe ' 4 7 to watch its progress. Any of the old sa,ti af ,, ll ts Must not be allowed to exist, otherwise no tlder4e,t°rY adjustment can be arrived at. It is fere tort' a full investigation will take place be , th e co b'' .e ' s Will regard urt, and some curious revelations with The to several amalgamations are anticipated. '°gue of probably put a stop to the system in buying 411 4 0ra oup offices, and then allowing a 0 °Non bonus rati to those 'engaged in the special "Sir ___ "Albert Life Assurance Company.. oe the ' The time has now arrived for immediate action 13111317,Part of the policy and share holders. The . scheme ritiPlY spoke of as about to be promulgated will retgeuriree qee'B.nrutiun The company is admittedly unable Alliparsengagements—to what extent remains to be seen. tt strop ns interested in the company must rally round V re 13. g and independent committee, the names of which ittee voi_ _ ll best till ' b all to ,811,°rtlY publish. The object of the comm and kalz G e t , 'llllY investigate the affairs of the companyn .n. arrangement for all the large interests thei baitiv:ll at the same time to steer clear for the future of _ 8104 enfterested lary.atlagernent which renders action imperatively neces kst i 48 YoU may be aware, we have for many months ourselves in this matter, and are in posse r s .. - 0b.,.'i0 direct com munication with Rel v . e ,.. tile fullest data, and shall be happy to place ou ur -.41E114 servants you. —We are, your e 8, i l / 41. °lll in " WILLIAms and WYMAN. naberl and-street, Strand, London, August 17, 1869." _ 13 111 PRICES. -1811 PIINDS—CLOSING a ~, (lON'tp,,,, Per ee --41 EXT Irt.rxDs.: 1 3 nt. C onsol s . 92/ i a e 13 itt o ts) , 4 .......................... 93 2f 3 kter o etii. be count Sept 8 . 93 i 3 lie: pe r Zeedattleed .3, 3 b o i pa r , 4, I._ ............................ _. i 4 4 ..5 n er ' n e t• Jan. 1894 intl ei t . „„;4311 Jan. 1873 o, t '‘, Yrs ex ire sth Jan. 1880 — t ,b °I. 39 yrs ' P 1895 ,o for ~ ~ expire sth April cliecii,L;lleE,Lieleisrii.ph), Aug., 1908 — he,lku_ D4;1.10, 41 ,000, 2t p. Ct. March —_. pm 3 do. Julia ' Ilk Of I, £lOO, £2OO & £5OO —_ 45, I:llari_be. t),_4lland Stock, 4i per Cent ci tt Tiling /ter.0011)(3 Cent. Bonds ................... tt,tibt.,°.„,4lAl 01311111 nm ‘44a t -'" •-iovEltrsittiT SECURITIES. 1:10, o °C k, ICl* per Cent., April 18'74_, 208} 10 ti bo. sPe4'llg, fur Ancoun t — Do;121 o. d Pur Cent r 1 1 ' Per 0 "'I Oct .880 goCert.p e4 t., t. 1888 . timiliteatea 0. 5 cod Pape 4 per CH lA.. 00.51 Per Oett., Jan. 1872 '" 1051 Do sz,. Per Cent. Ma 1879 ........ " 110)er Cant., Itup.yDeb. 1);57 . 2 D'• o, do 1877 ........ . b.. b o b . , do. 1882 ° •l3 ' u Per Cent., Aug. 1873 0. 44°44edre,.t1ip0e0r(t.3,..,..f.1. 25 Pm Ar iroptt, tlBlltitk„—,-41(IN PCNSLOSING PRICES. Ultriiti;p°Pliblic, 8 per Cent .I, t.?tida 5 Per cent ... Do,''itili,, 5. 1859 b l• -lit P er Per Cent e e ,. 11,;11 ................... !J o. do g ' 188.::: b o. CAU 1) do 1 86 ) ......... ..: I 3 • 1),? 6 pe r '6 ent _18863 ~e„!tecoullt . -, 1 66 . 1 Cubb„,,2B 3,,,refi 61)e; . iie.r.l.t .. — o , * 61),,er °aut. (Def d . *i' ...... i 3 ... t) q ui , ,er oe,, erre per en . 11 0. 9 6 p ar "e, o. 9 per ee,,,,,-,,,,, ... . ......... .. ° Per 0, 4 7; .... .......... . • ...•,. J auction, 7 per Cent...„ Bsi Do .4econd Issue •. Do. £5O(, Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ..... 9 li Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do..tlOG Bonds — Do. 7 per Cent., 18(38 Government Railway Debentures Greea 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups -- Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Lov n., 10p. Ct., all pd IA q Jan 5 per Cent., 18(35 — ,Do. Account . — Do Ihrenatuana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto fcr Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — montevidoou 6 per Cent. .. — . . . . _ Mc crish luiperi;.l 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred . — Pe:urian 5 per Cent. 1805 Do Account .. 79 4 i Do 41 per Cent. (Ui:'atrren) ... Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 961 Port:iguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — II assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondk.„, Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 944 31 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway t)81 8 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .. — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred - Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 por Cent. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do A eaniint Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 66 51 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 66i Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do Account Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian n per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil., 5ll Do .f 100 Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 CLOSING PRICES Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Sept. 8 CRIMINAL COUR7—(This Day). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. J ustice Smith.) CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. 'William Dixon, 28, a private in the 7th Regiment of Fusiloers, was indicted for the wilful murder of William Brett. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was stationed with the regiment at Aldershott, and that lie, with several others, occupied hut No. 1 the deceased (Brett) was a corporal having charge of the place. Ou several occasions it had become the duty of the corporal to report the prisoner for misconduct, which, it appeared, incensed him very much against Devon. On the 20th of July the soldiers in the hut were engaged filling their mattresses, during which the prisoner and a comrade named Renshaw went to the canteen, and remained there till fetched back. At that time Renshaw made use of some threats against the deceased, and said "he would put his light out before the night." For that he was ordered to the guard-room, and very shortly after the pri soner was seen handling his rifle, and as the corporal was coming towards the hut Dixon levelled his weapon. A comrade named Adams cried out to him to put down the gun, at which Dixon said if he didn't mind ho should have the contents instead of Brett if he busied himself about that which did not concern him. The prisoner then put the piece to his shoulder took aim, and as the deceased was entering the hut he fired, and the corporal fell to the ground dead. The prisoner then put down the rifle : and said, "Now, I'm satisfied; I have done it." After the prisoner was in custod , he said, Brett had always acted as a tyrant towards hint, and that it appeared was the only reason ho gave for shooting the corporal. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner at the time was not accountable for his actions, he had become a lunatic through excessive drinking. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The learned Judge said it was a most cowardly and deliberate murder, and such a ono that no brave man would have thought of. Of course the recommendation of the jury would be forwarded to the proper quarter, but he could only do that which the law directed. The learned judge then passed sentence of death in the usual solemn form. . ---- The prisoner heard the sentence pronounced with the utmost calmness. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF STEALING A SILVER TEA-POT.—Charles Lee, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Knox with steal ing a silver tea-pot, the property of Mrs. Amy Lewis, re siding at No. 12, Little Stanhopa-street, Mayfair. Mary Ann Culley, servant to Mrs. Lewis, said that on the evening of Tuesday week the prisoner called to take a carpet away. She showed the prisoner into the drawing room, where the carpet was rolled up, and only wanted tying. While there she had to leave the room, and on her return he had left, and the next morning a silver tea-pot which was on the floor of the drawing-room when the prisoner was there was missing. Philip Shrives, who was assisted in the case with Wm. Beechey, another divisional detective, said that on finding the prisoner and asking him whether he had been to Mrs. Lewis's, he denied it, but afterwards on his telling him th'at a silver tea-pot had been missed, which was in the room he took the carpet:from, he said he knew nothing about it, but that if he took it away it must have been rolled up in the carpet. In answer to Mr. Knox, the officer said he had no other evidence at present. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for a week, and said he would take a £lO bail. WESTMINSTER. A DISGRACEFUL MOTHER.—Anne Thornton, a woman about 30 years of age, was charged with being found drunk and incapable, by which a young infant child, of which she had been recently confined, was placed in imminent danger. Police-constable, 126 B, said that at half-past ten on the previous night he found the defendant lying in Hendon place, near Victoria-station, - nsensibly drunk. With much difficulty he conveyed her to the police station, and some time aftor she had been there she owned an Want that had been brought in. Police-constable, 77 B, said that when the woman was taken into custody he found a child lying exposed on the step of 49, Milton-road, which is a continuation of Hen don-street. He took the infant to tho station. Mr. Arnold asked how far it was from the mother where the child was found ? Witness said about 50 yards. Defendant said she was very sorry. She had recently been in the workhouse for her confinement, and coming out with the child had too much to drink. If she had not the child would have been found with her. Mr. Arnold remanded her fora week, in default of bar finding bail. THAMES. JACK ROPETARN IN TROUBLE. —A starwart black man , named Jack Ropeyarn, aged 28 years, was b roug ht up on remand before Mr. Paget, charged with the unlawful pos session of a coat. He was captured a few days ago with the coat in his possession by a police constable named Watts, 303 11. Jack Ropeyarn was trying to 5..11 the coat, and the policeman asked him to give some account of it, which he was unable to do, and he was taken into custody. The coat was now identified by a boarding- house keeper, with whom the prisoner had been lodging. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner what he had to say, a n d where he had obtained the name of Jack Ropeyarn? The Prisoner said him took de coat; him mother and father gib him do name of Jack Ropeyarn. Mr. Paget sentenced him to two m.mtlts' imprisonment and hard labour. GERMAN MENDICANTS. Isaac Guvartz, aged 18 years, and described as an assistant schoolmaster, of No. 13, Goulston-street, Whitechapel, and Martin Schrate, 13 same address, and having no occupation, wore charged with mendicancy. A police-constable named Sheppard, 43 IT, saw the prisoners, two miserable-looking creatures, begging of passengers, and took them into custody. They pretended to be starving, but they had no occasion to starve, for 91d. was found on the elder prisoner and ls. sd. on the other. One had eight boxes and the other three boxes of fusees on them, and said they were selling them. This was only a p re t ence to as k for alms of passengers. Mr. Paget directed inquiries to be made concerning,them, and remanded them for a week. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE S LURES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUSf 18, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Zlosing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 111 111 1 19 Do B lO 31 4 41 50 Albion l5 9 7 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 221 231 p 234 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 321 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ,ud China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere, of India, London, and China all 321 IC4 381 1 3 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 25 38 40 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, am 50 East London, hal 6 21 11 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lim le pr 1p 20 English, scuttish, and Aus. tralian Chartered • . all 61 17 161 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all SG 38 281 Do new ll4 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2/ 21 131 25 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new. Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3i 3 1 100 Do sp. e. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 10 100 London Bauki of Mexico and South America, Rm. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 30 27 20 Do new 74 5 41 100 London &River Plate, liin. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 12 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 221 3 20 London and County '2o 191 501 491 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... . • London Joint Stock 1 311 321 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, ' Um._ 124 ... ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 571 5.1 561 I 6 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 prn... 100 Merchant, Hui 25 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lim all 74 74 00 Midland, lim . 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Ihn l5 8d a lp 00 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4l 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lira. 10 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland.. ..... 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim '25 11 11 100 Du issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, Inn 60 Union of London THE TRADES UNION CONFERENCE. The Trades Union Conference, or annual congress, com mences on the 23rd inst. The following are the subjects which will be submitted for consideration :-1. Justifica tion of Trade Unions. 2. Legislation, Trade Unions, and the Commissioners' Report. 3. Trade Unions, Political Economy, and Foreign Competition. 4. Is Reduction of the Hours of Labour Beneficial to the Nation? 5. Limitation of the Number of Apprentices. 6. Strikes and Lock-outs : their Cause and Effects. 7. The Necessity of Assimilating the Factory Act and Workshop Bill of 1867. 8. How far will Co-operative Production, and Industrial Partnership, assist in Settling the Conflicting Interests of Capital and Labour. 9. The Absolute Necessity of Trade Unionists having Representatives at the Meetings of the Social Science Congress. 10. Primary Education. 11. The Best Means to Secure the Direct Representation of Labour in the Commons House of Parliament. 12. The Necessity of Working Class Newspapers, and the Best Means for their Establishment. FORESTER'S FETE AT TILE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Annual Fete of the Foresters took place on Tues day, at the Crystal Palace. The fine weather rendered the gathering a most successful one. The doors were thrown open at an early hour, and the various excursion trains, especially throughout the morning, were crowded to excess with the rcembers of the "Ancient" Order and their friends. The Brothers, as usual, came out with their green dresses and regalia, after the usual fashion. The day was auspicious for the occasion, but the numbers present were far below that of the previous year, although the various excursion trains throughout the afternoon brought large additions to those already assembled. The programme was judiciously arranged, and such as to meet the manifold tastes exhibited generally in the interests of Forestry. There was a grand procession from the cricket ground, sports by the boys of the Duke of York's School on the sporting ground, a display of the fountains, ascension of balloons, and an exhibition of the life-preserving appa ratus. SHARE LIST. oItDINAILT 611AILES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Busineas Yrioc. done. AFFRAY MITI! BELGIANS. The Brighton Daily News reports a serious affray at St. John's Common, between Belgians and English. There are a large number of foreigners, principally Belgians, employed in building the new nunnery at Ditch ling Common, and a kind of feud seems to have existed between them and the English workmen in the neighbourhood. There having been a club day among the members of a Court of Foresters held at the King's Head last week, a large party of the foreign mechanics came over in the evening, but it was not thought proper to allow them, on account of their be haviour, to go upstairs into the club-room. This seems to have led to a disturbance, the foreigners drawing their knives and making an indiscriminate attack on the com pany. The aggressors were bundled out of doors. Meet ing with a reinforcement, and arming themselves with some sticks, they again forced their way into the house and attacked the party. A terrific hand-to-hand fight took place. While the fight was furiously raging, P.C. Dives stepped in, and siding with his countrymen, drew his truncheon, and knocked down six or seven of the invaders in half as many minutes. The Belgians, numbering between thirty and forty, fought savagely, but their opponents were too skilful for them, and not caring to give quarter, drove them before them, until every one was fairly cleared off the Common. This occurred between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, and it seems that on their road home the foreigners met a young man named Joynes, whom they sh:ma3fully assaulted and ill-treated. The police are in possession of the names of several of the ringleaders. The Roman Catholic Bishops, under the presidency of Cardinal Cullen, aro to assemble in Dublin to-day to consult ou public questions. The Scotsman reports that harvest operations have begun in several districts in Scotland, and hitherto th.y have been favoured with fine weather. The accounts to hand are generally that the crop is a fair average. The Bishops of the Irish Church are proceeding to give eff2ct to their recent resolutions respecting the Church. A synod of the clergy of the diocese of Limerick will he held to-clay, and other synods aro also arranged. The Church Commissioners will also hold their first meeting to-day, and prom dto elect a secretary. The laity await with great anxiety the action of the Bishop The mails which Nv.,r supposxl to have been lost in the recent wreck of the Germania off Cape Mom kayo been entirely saved, and will bo brought by the Cimbria, irhieli is expected at Plymouth on Friday. The specie likewise has been nearly 1:11 recovered, and this has been deposited in the Bank of St. John, New Brunswick, await ing salvage claim. The di.putc in the building trade at Sheffield, which has lasted for such a length of time, is now on the way to an amicable settlement. The mayor has been instrumental in arranging a conference. Tho Associated Master Builders have now intimated to the mayor that they aro willing to appoint six of their body to meet an equal number of the operatives to discuss the disputed point. Tho men have already offered to accept arbitration. The Birmingham Horse Show opened at Bingley Hall on Tuesday. Tho judging was confined to thorough bred stallion hunters and to hunters of different ages. Tho first priz) for thorough-brods was given to Major Barlow, of Woodbridge, Suffolk ; the first for hunters 15} hands high, equal to 15 stone, to Major Staplyton, of York ; the first for hunters, 15i hands high (on condi tion as to weight), to Major Barlow, Woodbridge, Suffolk. A new feature in the arrangements is that the judging is dis tributed over two days of the show, making the work lighter for the judges, and not giving a monopoly of entertainment to the ss. visitors. King Theodore's horse, with complete trappings, is exhibited as an attraction. There aro a larger number of entries than last year; and the show promises to bo a success. Ae Portglenone, county Antrim, the Liberal can date, Sir Shafto Adair, was cheered when ho said that there was not a corner in Ireland in which the land question was not uppermost. There was now, ho added, no differ ence between Irishmen on religious grounds, and the next blessing would be a good land bill. Ho regarded the contest in Antrim as a momentous one, as tenant-right was at stake s " Tenant-right must be provided for by law; the tenant must be secured in his tenure. Let the Government of Eng land give an assurance that such a bill would be passed, and he believed bright days were in store for Ireland." The Go vernment were, hecontinued, pledged to bring in a land bill, and the question he was putting to the electors was, Were they in favour of it? There was no means, ho also observed, of patting an end to the intimidation of tenant voters but lq tlie ballet. FEARFUL EXPLOSION IN SOUTHWARK Late last night the inhabitants of St. George's road, Southwark, were thrown into a state of the greatest excitement in consequence of an explosion, resembling in noise the discharge of a piece of artillery. Many persons at first imagined that one of the fire-work factories, which abound in the parish, had blown up, and fear ing that other explosions might probably follow, they rushed out of their houses in a frantic state. It was, however, soon ascertained that the disaster had taken place in the manufac tory belonging to Mr. G. Clark, a dye maker, carrying on business at No. 28, Pitt-street, a thoroughfare running out of the before-men tioned road. From inquiries made it ap pears that the disaster was occasioned by a bottle of nitric acid exploding, and such was the force of the concussion that the factory, which in some parts is two floors high, was blown to pieces, walls were cast down as if they were only made of pasteboard, and the dwelling-house was only injured by the power of the explo sion, but, fortunately, none of the in mates were injured, beyond being much shaken. The damage was not confined solely to Mr Clark's premises, for the back kitchens of the private re sidences of Mr. 11. Pearse, No. 27, and Mr. J. Carter, No. 28, in the same street, were broken ; but, as in the first case, none of the residents were hurt, but of course were terribly frightened. The damage done at each by fire was inconsiderable. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Sub-Licut. Thomas 11. Simpkins, Sub-Lieut. James H. T. Chowne, and Sub-Lieut. Elward J. P. Wade, to the Northum berland ; Dr. Charles F. K. Murray, Dr. Thomas W. O'Sullivan, and Dr Joseph Wood, to the Duke of Wellington, for service in Haslar ; Arthur V. Smyth and Bernard Renshaw to the Royal Adelaide, for service in Plymouth Hospital. The above medical officers have been appointed on passing the competitive examination recently held at Chelsea Hospital. Her Majesty's ship Malacca, Captain Oldfield, left Rio de Janeiro on the 20th of une on her pas sage home. •hare Railways, at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 - - et Caledonian .. 100 001 81 801 St Cairwriscu 20 Cornwall .. all 21 3 it Dublin & Belfast J 1041 77 79 et Dun„Vertholt Ab.Junc... WO 70 72 2 / East .London all 7 8 20 Uo 15 - - 21 Do 10 - - st Glasgow &S. Western IOU 101 106 at Great Eastern .. , OU 381 39 38; at Do. E. Angl. No. 100 ... ••• at lirtat Northui Scotland lOO 16 1.1 at Great Northern ... 100 1061 14174 1065 at Du. A stock at Do. B stook at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lO9 iro ta at Ut. Western -Original lOO 515 511 51 0t Do. South Wales lOO 0., 07 57 st Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 30 12 805 at Do. Newport lOO 19 31 st Lancashire & Yorktilurv lOO 12, 5 Ul7 127 at Lon., Brigh.,& b.Coast lOO 44.5 444 4.5 OJ 1)o Scrip - - at I on., Chat., and Dover l6O 161 17 at Do. Jletrop. Ex. A lOO 9 It at Lun. & North Western lOO 1185 19 1184 at Lou. & South Western lOO 88 50 88 9 Man., Simi., & Lincoln llO 141 555 it Metropolitan ..... lOO 935 94 931 4 I st Do Exteusi.in 100 .81 941 925 5 1)° • New rd all 41 44 st Metropolitan District. All 11 3$ 31 10 Metrop. St. J ohn's o°l 6 - - at Miciand st Vo, iiiriniu. & Utrby lOO 15 87 st North British st Uo. 16d., rth., & Dun... 109 - - st Nor. Eastern-Berwick.. 100 114 115 1141 25 Do. G. N. NI purchase.. i 633, 4 - - at Do Leeds. lOO 701 711 st Do York . 100 1061 171 07/ st Do Carlisle .... • llO - - at Do Stoe.c. & Darling lOO 141 143 at North Lou luu 10 Du New 1808 at North Staffordshire lOO 65 57 554 at North and Junction 100 100 102 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 . - • at Rl , :, , niney at Shropshire Union llO 651 575 at South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 76 705 st Staines, Wok.'hani, & Wok nil 12 13 st 'tad Vale -- Do. C.. • 6 - - 10.4 - Waterford & Khkenny lOO - 19 Waterloo & Whiteha,l 6 - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SB.AItES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. du. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Du. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at tit. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 97 1,1 0 st Do do N 0.2 100 96 99 st Do du 6 per cent 100 107 110 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do du B 6 du. li) at Do do C 7 do. 100 „, at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1616 100 „, „, at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Crest Not thorn, 5 per cent 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. put. 100 „, Du 4; do do do 100 „, at Du 5 do at 5 P.C. pm 100 ,„ at Du Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ,„ at Gt. N rth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 „, st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 19 at G t.West.—Orig.& Jut.-ltent chg., per guit. 5 p.c lOO 104 1( st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 IN st Do du 4; per cent. 1850... 100 97 90 st Do do 4 do do ... 100 78 80 at Du do 5 per cent. relent. 100 94 96 st Do do 13irmingham gua.. 100 66 7U st Du do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO b 5 90 171 at Do do du 8 per cent lOO st Du do do 5 du 100 95 . 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 „, at Do do 41 p.c lOO ••• ••• at Do do 4 ; 1651 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 112 at Do do 2,1 gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 st Do do 2d. du 100 97 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 13 . 5 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 100 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.15 st Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 98 IVO 14 London & Brialitun, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ••• ••• tit' Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „, at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N.).4 lOO ,„ 951 at Do 7 per cent lou at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) lon at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ••• ••• ••• ••• at London, Chatham, &Do ver 5 per cent 'CO ••• ••• at Loudon and 1;. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Du Shrewsb'y & Weichp'l jud *** at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Purtsm.perpans 286 d) all ••• a Man., biol., & Linelu. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 31 per cent IOU 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 13 . 0 . 1735 a Du Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO li2 134 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 98 lee a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 96 100 Do Leicester &IPelm,4 p.c lOO 8 , 0 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l too st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO „, ,„„ st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO „, at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 S 9 at Do 41 per cent. redeem.— lOU 97 99 at Do (1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO „, 17 Do Berwick capital Do York, IL Sr S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at Do W, Llartlepool 11. and It 100 87 89 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, lis all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anna., lOs all 8/ 91 lOs Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 81 1,0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO „, at Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No. I lOO 150 155 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Atgro::lrnerican Tel., hail all 20a 20; 20/ 1U Anglo Meditcr Tel., lira.— 10 101 17 lit Atlantic Telegraph lO 18 20 st Do. S per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 172 177 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 265 2:0 10 Do. New 8 12 Isp 25 Indu-European Tel., lint lO ld pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all 81 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all I 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 5 6 25 Iteuter's Telegram all 78 80 20 Societe Trausatlant., lira all 20 201 201 1 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1 i 4 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all tf a 5 Do. to per cent. Pref all 41 5 p MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mist all 11i 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance. lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, hen 3 5.1 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 141 15 10 Do. New all lil Di 100 Bolckow Vau,ghau, lint. 5 Bombay G.is, Inn. .5 Do. New 4 11 id 51 British American Laud 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 ;;I 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 63 ,d 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lien 2l .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lien 9 51 41,1 30 City of Milan linprov. lint all 4 6 25 City of Moscow Ur" Inn._ all 50 City Offices, lint 25 23 22 il 13/ 50 Colonial, lint. Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 4 pr , p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 3 2 1 (1 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 23 24 241 2.5 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4i per cent, all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 50 Credit Fou.of Ma.uritiuslim lO al '2ld st Crystal Palace lOO 21 28 st Do. Preference lOO 9.2 117 at Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lien. 10 Eastern Assam, lien. 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. .f.; Canal all „. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Inn. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. (Ina. by Egypt. Gov all 9ci} 971 97/ 20 Egyptian Coin. Trad. tint ii 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 3jd 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint, 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 3 2d 20 Fore-streetWltrohousoditn l2 1 2 p 13}. 100 For. St Col. (Joy. Trust and alto Pr aelie Australian riaaL a'ivloNi aNfonenerawtwEg&Bg Egypt, M. g l --- - Loan Scrip, issued at J;S:S all co 21 50 Gellivara, lint. 10 General Credit & Dia., lien 71 11 1.1 1.5 General Steam Navigation 14 27 22 50 Hones & Col Marine In. line. 5 21 25 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 121 13 20 Imperial Laud Cu. of Mar seilles, lien. 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 2 • 17 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 44. 50 Italian Land 5 ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 8 1 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, lien 2l 115 25 Loudon African Trading.., 10 7 &I 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, line. 6 ... ...a 10 London County Land and Building, 1ien.....,,,,, 4 ..• ~,d 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lien 30 22 21 81 4 Loud.Gen.Oninibus.Co.lim. all '2 2 1 2 1 80 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, line 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov, lOO 1031 1041 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1 im...... 50 Merchant Shipping, lint all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lien, I'2l ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lieu 6 11 111 11 10I r 25 National Prov. Marine, lien. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, lieu, all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, line. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Die. lint. 3 if lid 5 New Quebrada, line 4.8.0 41 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Mee*. cantile Agency,lim ........ o f I IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 10 Northern Assam Tea, lieu 5 7 6 . 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mereau. In 6f 9 19 1 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lien ll ..• .•• 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New .................... 1 1 IP 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint ...,..• Id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim --... 5 Do. do. 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 46 45 50 3 31 25 34 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio do Janeiro City Im.,lina all / 8 „ Do. Gas, line all 25; -A 'S 100 Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., lien lOO 7 8 83 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Prof lOO .•• ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 • 6d Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 2f 3* 50 S. African Mort. & Inc., lien 6 ... ••• 25 South Australian Land 271 281 2)1 81 Con. & r. M ey a m in a ., r lin in e e . all 2 2f 3 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 f a lp do. all ••• ••• 22230 TelegraphT Th r ( i am e d seu a sr d ea.tln:de), Petroleum, lint lin 1 . . 10 Do do. a 5 511 22 411 214113 $ 252000 Union Trust u nio n&s MarineLt e o a a m n C s o t . i , pp U O, .01m, line Canada 1 1 1 i 2 4d p 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1ien......, 28k 6 7 30 Van Diemar's Land ........ . 2 a o ll 20z 4 81i 81 cent. 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Do do C 6 p.c at London& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8; 84 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO luu 102 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to corm. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Ineony. New Shares all 19 19; 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at north British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ...... 100 8$ Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 ' 100 Jo Do E & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 et Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ... 7. et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & U., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO .. ti t Do E. & 4., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 99 st Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 112 114 I A North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at 13irken ead lOO y 1 9:3 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 't 5 6 _ at Do. 5 per cent. 100 117 His at Do. 5 do. a t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO a t Colchester Stour Valley .. 100 " at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c... 100 18} 20 Gloster and Dean Forest.. all a Gt. EaBE., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 96 9 4 N Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2,6 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ~, at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 1000 at Loudon and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 b 0 81; at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont Wu 79 81 at Do. do. 6 do. Mancli., Buxton, & Matlk all Bt Midland, Bra'lford, Pref 100 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 63 56 1)o. do. 6 do. all at N. Eaatern—llartlepool loo ... ..• at N. West. A perp. pre,l, 5p c 100 107 109 at Do B minim umli p.c 100 ... ... at Notting. & C., ninth. I{.& C 100 91 93 25 Preston anti vVyre. all 44 48 . Royston, Pitch., and Shep. 100 132 13 4 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 10 Do do 8 2 gip at S. Yorkah. and River Dun 100 97 99 t Do 4 per cent guts 10 i 78 80 st Do I do all 98 100 at Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 • at West Cornwall 20 West London, (Alias A all 13 14 20 Do do B • '2O Do do U all • • ••• at W e ymouth and Portland lOO - Ea - Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and IVeBL India, lOO 113 121 London and St. Katherine lOO 99 61 ,00 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent , all 31illwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 27 32 et Southampton lOO 68 70 at surrey Ccanwercita SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times remarks that the Pope and his advisers are in a little dilemma. It is hardly to be supposed they desire the attendance of Dr. Cumming at the (Ecumenical Council, but then why did they send him the invitation ? He was invited to attend the Council, and, unless the invitation was a mockery, he must have been invited on terms extending at least to freedom of conference. Dr. Cumming is a fair, indeed an eligible, representative of a numerous body of Christians, and he states with great fairness the case between his friends and the Roman Council. "We separated from Rome in the sixteenth century. Rome may fairly invite us once more to return, or give our reasons for standing aloof." Nothing could be more plausible, but still we fancy the Cardinal Secretary will not admire the proposition, any more, we fear, than he will recognise the "accustomed ecclesiastical Latin" in the language through which it is conveyed. The universality of the invitation was only a form, and though the company of polemical Protestants might have been actually requested, it is hardly to be supposed that it is de sired. Dr. Cumming may go to Rome without fear of being burnt by sentence of the Council, or even attacked in the streets like Protestants in Spain, but the freedom of speech which he respectfully solicits for an exposure of Romish idolatry is not, we should think, likely to be accorded to him. Perhaps most persons would he of opinion that the collision would be of little good, but as the Pope undoubtedly sent the invitation, and the capacity in which Dr. Cumming proposes to accept it is inevitable, our readers may possibly look with some interest for the conclusion of so remarkable a correspondence. The Daily News reminds us that four English bishops are physically incapable of fulfilling their official duties. It is believed that a bishop, capable of performing certain duties, is essential to the organisation of the English Establishment. It bas been stated over and over again that these functions are so important that a large increase of the Episcopate is an urgent necessity. Some years ago one of these invalidated bishops was himself a party to the proposal that the county of Cornwall should be separated from the diocese of Exeter, and made into a separate bishopric. In order to enable these of our prelates to effect their resignation on equitable terms, and to substitute vigour for incapacity, the Government took up a bill of the Archbishop of Can terbury, and passed it through a somewhat reluctant House of Commons. Now, however, we are told that the personages for whom this machinery is set in motion do not intend to avail themselves of it, but will continue to supply their own deficiencies by means of certain commissaries -- that is, by clergymen who have retired from colonial sees, a class which is getting very numerous, and the members of which, in some irregular fashion or the other, correspond to the Roman bishops in partibus. The episcopal status has its duties. A bishop has a large correspondence. He is the inspector-general of the clergy in his diocese. He is sup posed to travel incessantly about it. He examines and ordains the inferior officers of the Church, and he exercises great patronage, which he is bound to distribute intelli gently and equitably. Such duties require a vigorous mind and body for their adequate fulfilment. It is out of all reason and analogy that when he is unable to do his work he should be allowed to delegate his duties to some person in the selection of whom nobody is con. suited. There are probably a great many retired colonial judges in England. What should we think if any one of our higher judges, being physically or mentally incapable of administering the law, should appoint one or more of these people to exercise his functions. To many Englishmen the Establishment is all that is known off, Christianity, How long will they retain that faith while it is exhibited in its least attractive guise by a large proportion of its chief representatives? The Standard says that late on Monday night an extra ordinary accident occurred on the Great Northern Rail way, within half-an-hour's rib's; of London. A train which had just discharged its freight of passengers at Barnet was run into by a goods train. So far, we may say, there was nothing unusual. A collision between a goods and a passenger train is the ordinary type of a railway disaster. But this common-place event was immediately followed by something which—like the Abergele catastrophe illustrates a special and peculiar danger. The shivered carriages of the passenger train were set on fire, and it is alleged that the conflagration was either caused or aggravated by a charged gas-holder in the guard's van. Certain it is that when the flames were extinguished the charred remains of the unfortunate man—one of the guards of the passenger train—were found in the debris of Lis van. We can only view the occurrence in the light of one more warning. It is sufficiently lamentable to have "a servant of the com pany" kil!ed and roasted; but a dozen passengers might just as naturally have met with the same fate. Such a disaster as this indicates either some grievous blunderingor a seriously imperfect system. A railway train is becoming a highly scientific compound. On some lines we have our electrical communication between the passengers and those in charge of the train, and perhaps this contrivance will play us an odd trick some day, though for the present it appears one of the most beneficent things imaginable. The idea that people should travel in company with a roaring furnace, a huge boiler, a quantity of ignitable gas, and an electrical battery, is certainly a notion which only appears reasonable when viewed as part of our actual experience. It might be thought that an age which could turn out a railway train so marvellously equipped would at least possess sufficient ingenuity and forethought to spare the precious creation from being ingloriously and fatally smashed to pieces, the chips being forthwith burnt to ashes on the spot. Two cases of military assassination, observes the Telegraph, are set down for hearing this week in the Central Criminal Court ; and a third attempt to commit the same crime is reported from Aldershot as having been made on Saturday night last. There is a melancholy similarity between all these instances of homicide, actual or attempted ; the soldier is angry, drunk, or mad, and when the thought of blood conies into his head, he has nothing to do but take his rifle from the rack, and a ball cartridge out of his pouch. The Snider Enfield is a handy weapon for such deeds ; there is no noisy loading, no ring of the ramrod ; the revengeful soldier simply slips the cartridge in at the breach, and shoots his comrade dead. On the last occasion, the quick vigilance of a corporal alone prevented murder from being consummated. Nor was the care of the protector limited to a single effort ; for the ruffian positively contrived to load and present a second rifle, after his messmates had wrenched the first from his hands. Surely, whatever punishment is awarded to these men, the occurrence of three such attempts so close together will put an end to this facility of homicide in camps and barracks. The muskets should be fastened into their places on the rack with a chain or bar and padlock ; and all cartridges, whether ball or blank, should be given up after returning from drill and counted into regimental store. If this be riot done, and done at once, the next coroner's jury which sits upon a murdered soldier must add to the verdict remarks unpleasant for his superiors to hear. The Post declares that the tendency of men in authority to overrate their powers and to abuse them is well known, and the instances in which it has been exhibited by railway officers are so numerous that it may be admit ted as one of the dangers which beset the wayfarer whose path lies over the iron road. It is by no means an insig nificant danger. A surly answer may be borne, but when passengers are rendered responsible for the stupidity of station-masters and others to the extent of being taken into custody and locked up; or when they are subjected to such rough per sonal maltreatment that the effects of a collision could hardly be worse, it is time that railway companies should be warned that such gratuitous inconveniences will not be tolerated, and that they will be held strictly responsible for the misconduct of their servants. A lesson of this kind has just been taught to two of the great rail. way companies on the Home Circuit. Both of these cases belong to the category of high-handed insolence. A third was tried on the same Circuit, which also claims notice. In December last the plaintiff was stepping into a carriage at Chiselhurst Station on the South-Eastern line, when the guard prevented him from entering the carriage, shutting the door sharply, so that it struck him on the head, causing him such injury that he has never been the same man since. The jury were satisfied of the mis. conduct of the company's servant, and, after a brief con sultation, they gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £250. It is to hoped that these warnings will not be lost upon railway companies. The rudeness of many of their ser vants is notorious; but when it goes the length of knock ing passengers down, shutting them up in a police cell, or inflicting permanent physical injuries upon them, the grievance becomes very serious indeed. Happily, juries are alive to it ; and the verdicts we have mentioned ehew that, as far as they are concerned, such victims as have the courage to follow up their grievances will not do so in vain. Tlic Herald says it is the fashion to ascribe the result of the Lancashire elections to Mr. Murphy, and the hatred of Popery which the presence of a troublesome Trish population ucTires. But this is a great exaggera tion. It may be doubted whether we owe three Lanca shire seats to the Irish Church question alone. Hatred of Popery could hardly do more than countervail the other and adverse influences peculiar to the occasion— the great power of the Dissenters among the more Chris tian class of operatives, and of secularism among the scep tical and indifferent—the personal popularity of Mr. Gladstone in his own county and his native town, whicl undoubtedly secured many hundreds of wavering votes to the Liberals of the south-west; the political popularity attached to the author of the French Treaty, which, if it have ruined Coventry and Macclesfield, has as yet produced nothing but benefit to the cotton and woollen manufactures which form the staple trade of Lancashire— the prestige which years of struggling for an extended suffrage had given to the Radicals, and the great advan tage of possession. If, on the one hand, the next elec tion will hear no anti-Popery cry, on the other hand these advantages_ will n o . longer oporkto in_fp i vow of Eadicaliam EVTERIIATION.4L BOAT RACE. PUTNEY, 2 p.m. The American gentlemen tried a new boat by Mr. J. 11. Clasper, of Wandsworth, last night in the dark, and were o satisfied with her that this morning thhey rowed a trial over the whole course on the flood, a bad tide, about an hour and a half Wore high water. They started at 37 strokes per minute, and rowed the 1:10 steadily and at great pace up to Hammersmith, where they eased slightly, and put the pace on main as they rowed through Corney Reach, where there was luckily no wind to hamper them. 'They finished the entire distance in 22 minutes 25 seconds, a very creditable performance. They returned to Putney by steamer. The Oxonians NV ere later, and came down on the ebb, their boat having gone up previously. Their rowing was better in smooth water than yesterday, and they came right through the course at an uni form pace of about 36 strokes to the minute. The time was a few seconds less than that of the Americans. Betting is 5 to 2 on the Oxford crew, odds that are certainly only justified by their world-wide renown. No arrangements have as yet been made for the start, appointment of umpire, &c. SPORTING ikiTILLIGE.NUE—This Day BROMLEY AUTUMN MEETING—Tits DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) RAILWAY PLATE. Topsy OOOOOOOOOO •••••• Glen Stuart 2 Piper STAND PLATE. Bliss Simla Red, White, and Blue . 8 Six ran. BROMLEY lIANDICAP. Mars 1 Triana Weather Isle Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Glen Stuart 1 Primula.. Empress.. ,3 THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. Eight ran. WELTER STAKES. Malcolm.. Maurice . Contempt Ti lie.. Red, White, and Blue.. Clariouette Sven ran. BICKLEY STAKES. Four ran. 2 8 STOCK Fax RACES—TiIIs DAY. CLEVELAND STAKES. 3 Zeno.. Syrian Algeria Eight ran. TRIAL STAKES. Lackland.. Aggravator King of the Fairies . Seven ran. 1 a HARRY FOWLER STAKES. Prior.. East Coast.. La Charantonno.. 1 3 Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Better Half Mavela Sea Captain 1 2 3 Four ran. TRADESMEN'S HANDICAP. Lord Hawthorn ••••• Viscount Dryad ••• Five ran. CUT BErfING.—THIS DAY. EWE. HANDICAP. 9to 1 ngst Lord Hawthorn (offered) 9 to 1 agst Fortunio (offered) 100 to S agat The Laird (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tabouret (taken) 100 to 6 agst Acaster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bracken (offered) 6to 1 agst Fortunio and Tho Laird coupled (t) ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Pretender (offered) 4to 1 agst Drummer (offered) CESAREWITCII. 33 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Wildbad (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) 50 to; 1 aget Tramp (offered-66 to 1 taken) 66 to 1 agst Anlace (takeL) DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken) 40 to 1 apt Torreador (taken) AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18, Morning. Chief Justice Chase has written a letter declar. ing that the mission of the Republican party has been accomplished, and advocating the formation of a new party, to be composed of the Conservative elements of existing parties. Reports received from Virginia, North Carolina, and several Western States, state that the corn crops have suffered badly from drought. THE ALLEGED CHILD MURDER IN DRURY-LANE. - This morning Edward Pullin, Marie Pullin (his wife), and Mary Pullin (his daughter), were again placed at the bar of Bow-street Police-court, on remand, charged with concealing the birth of a male child. The facts of this cane have already been pub lished at length, and to-day the prisoners Were brought to court to hear the evidence of the sur geon, who had made a post mortem examination of the body. Dr. Bennett said he had made a minute exami nation of the body, and he found that only one of the lungs had been inflated, so he was firmly of opinion that the child had never lived. Annie Fredericks again gave some further evi dence, and was cross-examined by the male prisoner, but she still persisted that she heard threats from her husband and statements from his wife about disposing of the bodies of children, all which ho said was untrue. Sergeant Kerley said he had made some further examinations of the house, 37, Wyld-street, by digging in various places, but he had found nothing but the body of the child which formed the subject of the present inquiry. The case was further remanded, in accordance with the wish of the police. The three prisoners were then removed. On being conveyed from the court to the van they were hissed and hooted by the great crowd of per sons assembled in the front of the court. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N. ; fine. Arrived, Aug. 17.—Arrow, from Misulongi. Arrived, A ug.lB.—Victory and Peter Lauritz, both from Archangel ; Beatrix, Waterloo, steamer, Zephyr, steamer, and Batavier, steamer, all from Uotterdain ; Princess Alex andra, steamer, from Konigsberg; Argos, steamer, from Calais ; Saxon, steamer, from Stettin ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend ; Vrouw Atina, 'row Dieuwke. and Drie Broeders, all from Worcum. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.E. ; moderato. Passed.—Carlota, from London, for Lisbon ; Blonde, screw steamer, from Smyins, for London. DUNVILLE at U LO., bel/aei, ac e the lat,. est holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports).- tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co , Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-bvildinge,Strand, London, W,C.--LA.d. Teimonient,