The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-19 00:00:00

rKNALS. e ci' s teb 1 • es - ti ,,,0, t0 it ' l 's. L, s , e:;0. , ?ersoi oil' 'Tit er ':itY b i e d, 31 cliecver bh e th e . fi n e tei . a )f de l lsti c t iol e w ere le t° obst tle „ rO ,l elool d ! nre e ect e o) yluti° lot 11 - oWte'r r lil "A' cc T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocE. REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. At the meeting of the Bauk of England directors this morning the rate of discount was reduced from 3 per cent., at which it was fixed on the 15th of July, to 21 per cent. The joint-stock banks and discount establishments have made no alterations Yet; but a corresponding reduction will be made in the course of the afternoon. Consols are: firm to-day at 92i 3 for money; date, for Ac2ount, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 93i I ; New Three per Cents, 93i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, Prem. ; June, 7 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 k 4 ; ditto 4 Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 Per Cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 29 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 30. Continued inactivity prevails in the Railway Market, and prices, although dull, show little or no change, except London and North Western, which isk higher, at 1181 to 1181. Metropolitan is a shade lower, at 93 to 931 ; and the other descrip are quoted as follows :—Caledonian, 801 to 81; Great Eastern 384 to 39 ex div. ; Great Northern, 10 61 to 1071 ; ditto A), 105 to 106 ; Great West ern, 511 to 511 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261 to 127 ; London and Brighton, 44 to 441 ; Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 164 ; Midland, 118 to 1181 ; and South Eastern, 764 to 774. IL Foreign Stocks opened quiet, and are now a shade stronger, but prices generally are without Movement, except Argentine Six per Cents., which better, at 799 to 791 ; and Egyptian (1868) I, at 76 1 to 77. Turkish are dull. The following are the principal quotations :—ltalian Five per Centsi, 551 to 554 ; Mexican Three per Cents., 114 to 121 ; Peravian Five per Cents., 79 to 791 ; Rus elan Five per Cents. (1822), 88 to 89 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 28k to 281 ; Turkish Six per Cent. (1862), 651 to 661 ; ditto (1865), 66 t o 661; and ditto Five per Cents. (1865), 43.1 to 44. American Securities quiet. United States Five- Twenty Bocds are steady, at 831 to 831 ; Illinois are I lower, at 94 to 941 ; and Erie Shares are un altered, at 191 to 20. Among Continental Railway Shares, Lombardo- Venetian is steady, at 224 to 224 ; and Great L uxemburg, at 10i to 11. The only feature in Bank Shares is an inmprove lrient of in Agra (A), which is dealt in at 11.1 to 11 1. Chartered Mercantile is steady at 33 to 34 ; Imperial Ottoman, 31 to 3i prem. ; London and County, 49 to 50 ex div.; London and Westminster, 56 to 57 ; and London Joint Stock, 30 to 31. In Telegraph Shares the dealings are only mode rate, and no change is marked in prices. Anglo- American is quoted at 191 to 201 ex div. ; French Cable, 20 to 201 ; and Telegraph Construction and M aintenance, 2S:i to 291. The sum of £64,000 in gold was taken to the .flank yesterday, making a total of £292,000 for the Week since the date of the last return. The City of Washington, from New York, has brought £109,200. The report of the Southampton Dock Company, to be presented on the 25th inst., recommends a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4 per cent. 1 1 °r an num. The tenders for Rs. 32,50,000 in bills on India has been received at the Bank of England. The a mounts allotted were—to Calcutta, Re. 31,15,000, and to Madras, Rs. 1,35,000. The minimum price W as fixed as before, at ls. 104 d. on Calcutta and Madra s , T en d ers on th ose pres id enc i es a t ls. W 11 receive 39 per cent. ; those above that price in full. We learn that a memorial has been recently sent b' the Lond on p r i va t e b an k ers t o th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, po:ntiug out the great incon f eni enee which will arise in the money market r om the p ayment of the large amount of taxes re ceivable in Ja nuar y. nex t. In reply Mr. Lowe i understood to have stated that it is now too late to deal with the suggestions which have been ::) "red to hi m , b u t th a t th e views of the memo rialists shall not be lost sight of on a future oe e4ion. Th e failure i s re po r ted of Mr. Francis Dunn, vin"- s°Y manufacturer, of Glasgow. The liabilities atnonnt to about £17,000. t h Me ssrs. head, Brown, and Co., carpet manufac- F r ers, of Kidderminster, have also failed ; but a 4Vourable liquidation is looked for. A crowded meeting has been held in the sub scription room of the Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, of gentlemen interested in the corn trade, for the Purpose of taking some steps in reference to the prese nt state o f t h e me t age o f corn. U n d er an o ld 'tarter the Corporation of the City of London 1 1 . 14ae sses the privilege of measuring all the corn th? u , ght into the port of London, and in late years and vexatious been f oun d to i nvo l ve a most oppress i ve vexatious impost. In 1865 a similar meeting iitspBll i4nt`(l, and a c omm itt ee was a pp o i n t e d to take Ps he matter, but no definite result was ar eeYed at. R ecently the Corporation has taken pro qiedirigs against some o f th e l arge d ea lers, to tol ' , Qtee the payment of arrears of metage. Re aefe iti ona were unanimously passed deciding to cli t " such actions, a n d the comm itt ee w ere re vieellteci to negotiate with th e C or p ora tio n , w ith a kat i te t r o . Bome arrangement being arrived at on the It a ppears that the directors of the Albert Life 11 4 ,: a ta uce Company have placed its affairs in the As of Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, and Messrs. lirB t, Morris, a n d Co., and that Mr. S. L. cf house Messrs. Price, Ilolyland, and Water -I\rh' has been appointed provisional liquidator. th e - ,: at net objecting to the steps thus taken by u°ard on behalf of the shareholders, a feeling th a t ml the p ar t o f some o f t h e po li c y-h o lders wi th It l ,, w ould be more satisfactory to associate int er 'N-tr• Price a special representative of their of t eat ; in order to a s ce r tai n the exact position 4E 3 r e co mpany, and to examine any scheme for 4014 "esci tation. The deficit is believed to be Vioertiling enormous, an d it i s sa id that unless eo ts - „ °4B measures are adopted without delay, the bough euces will be ru i nous i n the e x treme. Al. Lim th e company is not registered under the hold'ed Li ability Act, the liability of the share la th e appears to be restricted by certain clauses Thus it may turn out that the po th::4_ko..ie ,:leirtshs of have scarcely any security at all, seeing e uncalled cap i tal i s very sma ll com pared to liabilities the company. are hn directors of the Midland Railway Company haat , f vit in g tenders, t o b e d e li ver ed by the 31st a t ii, ii °t the constructio n o f p ar t of the Settle and el udie e Rail way, commencing at Settle, and in the wi th flea M oor T unn el a b out 17 m il es of The 441. " - Company half learlY meeting of the Great Western Com pany will be h e ld on September 3. a ( LlU: rain FUND S—TWO O ' CLOCK. 4)17t1t ' kr ee Nmtvt IruNns.; 92i 3 b itt C onsols ~Sofiplvtiraenett/iitr.Atteccaotiuctiedt, Sept 8 93i i N e t z 2t Ppeerr dull 931 3;: .......... J3i i _ kg,,,,itinPer ceb. Jan. 1873 14. f o r ' 4, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188(' — li„ r ,, 3 0 yrs expire sth April 1685 t ikel l . " el l Sea 'l'2elei.rapli). Aug., 19"8 iAlit-r itilim ,cI.,OUU, 21 p. L . t. March tt b 3 Do. ' ' "8 - do. June pin i 'llk o f /,, £ l9O, £2OO & £sou 7 _ c,4 1),.. ,tigland Stock., 4,1 par Gent t 4 :,.Opetil ng ................. 1 111,0 1 . 4 _, 4 4 Per Cent. Bonds __ , I -4,loliiiil Oinnitun ~. &II lia ,Pl4ll UovEnNistENT. ..6 ............ ,;..d ( kili, 10f per Cent . April 1874 • __ . Do. sPeuiug, tor Account 112 i } cat 1) 0. Pt,: Cent., Oct. 1888 ii br ::, . 1 4k * ',.-. e , f et r a i e f ibd Oct. i,.. 1 ; 1 : .... ::::: (. t )% A.. ...... .-- r) o u . ',.: i'l.a' C et., Jan, 1872 .... . 13 4 ',I I,,er 0 -it. May 1879 -- It: Cent. ilup. Deb. 1872 — do 1877 — 0 bo, _ do. 1882 Co . . 4 4 _ 1J ., 5 per Cont. Aug. 1873 unde r 2 9 lbo. u4ils,4 per Cent, 1,000 80 pm 41.000 . 23 =FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO VOLOCk., Ar4eutine ttepublic, 9 per Cent yu Itrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — B:azilian 5 per Cent Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. au 186 ' — Do. do., 1863 ' — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account B4} Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) (Juba, 6 per Cent. )Alian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 1 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., ...... Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Co. 6 per colt. 1867 941 3 lo tibial], 6 per Cent. Dantsn, 3 per Cent., 1825......... — Dan..bian Principalities, 7 ler Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — I !;quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent E4yFtittn, 7 per Cent...,. B6 14 1 Second Issue •• •• Do. £591, Bonds •—• Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. Abu() Bonds De..E196 Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 tioverument Railway .otbenturo , : 9q Greer 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups -- Do. deccunt Do. Coupone Do. Account - /aatenaala 5 per Gent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loon., 10 p. Gt., all pd &Ilan 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ro Marernmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevidvau 6 per Cent .. — Vic:fish Imperial 5 per Ceut Sow Granada l7l i Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred .. Peeuviat 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79i Do 4i per Cent. (lll:harren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 34i Do. do. 1867 — . _ Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid - R 5 g ar Cent., 1822, .4.: St Do 4i 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 Bonds.. -- Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..,, Do., £loo Bonds 1866,. DJ. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6B 71 Sarliniau 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Accriunt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deterred — Do. Account Do. Passive , — Do. Coln. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account :::zwedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Goirernment, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent. „,., i i i,) Account Do 6 per Gent. 1858 — Do Account Do ..CIOC Bonds ... 75± Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 66 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 66i 1 Do I per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Ace. ant Do G per Cont. 1664 Do Account Dividends on the above payable iu London. Austrinu o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... 41 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch if per Cant. Ex. 12 Gail,. — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 por Cent.. Ex. 25f. Pt.-dial, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do Account 551 TWO O',MOCK. Joneols, Money' .. 921 3 Do. Account, Sept. 8 CRIMINAL COUR7—(Thi3 Day). OLD COURT. Benjamin Church, clothier, was indicted with obtaining on credit large quantities of goods within three months of his bankruptcy, with the intention of defraud, and Charles Aldworth was indicted for aiding the said pri soner Church. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner carried on business in the Old Kent road, and within three mouths of his bankruptcy ho succeeded in obtaining goods to the amount of 2,000, and then he proceeded to various fairs, and sold thorn for less than prime cost. The plan adopted was to dispose of them by auction, or, as it is commonly called, the "cheap Jack" system. 'Witnesses proved that Aldworth had assist d Church in the disposal of the goods, and ho was also said to have made a demand against the estate of Church for a sum of £2OO, for which so little could be shown, that it was looked upon as nearly fictitious. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Church was sentenced to 12 and Aldworth to six months imprison ment with hard labour. Two men named John Ingram and Charles Smith were found guilty of burglary. The learned judge sentenced Ingram to five years penal servitude and Smith to fifteen months imprisonment with hard labour. INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE. PUTNEY, This day. A new boat arrived this morning built by Jewitt, of Dunstan, for the American gentlemen, who are sparing neither expense nor pains to gratify themselves to contend successfully against their opponents. Another boat built by Mr. Elliott, their American builder, at Simmons's yard, Putney, will also be ready to launch to-morrow. At a little after 12 this morning the Jewitt, having been properly prepared, the crew went out in her to form an opinion of her, and appeared to sit her very well. She is 42 feet 6 inches long, and 19 inches at her widest part. She is built of cedar, and is very handsome. The crew improve much in their style of rowing. The Oxonians went out at mid-day, " coached" by Mr. G. Morrison from their steam yacht. They went down to the aqueduct, and were regularly started by letting go their stern as for the race. They went away to Hammersmith at 39, 40, and 41 strokes per minute, admirably pulled throughout, and reaching great perfection of style and execution. Every arrange ment is being made to secure a perfectly clear course for the race, and no doubt it will be deter mined by the proper authorities that no steamers will be allowed to accompany the race. The Greenwich and Newcastle crews for the Thames National Regatta arrived here this morning, and are out to practice. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE A 7 GREENWICH. At a few minutes before three o'clock this morning a fire of no small magnitude broke out in the extensive pre mises belonging to Mr. G. A. Casson, a furniture broker, 6, Church-street. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock in trade but a very short space of time elapsed be fore the whole building presented one immense sheet of flame. The :inmates were fortunate enough to gain the street in safety, but before an engine arrived the flames had penetrated three floors of the still larger establishment belonging to Mr. A. Murrell, a grocer and tea dealer, and were attacking with full force the side of .11r. Gale's linen drapery warehouse. The engines of the Metropolitan Brigade attended with all possible expedition, as well as the London Salvage Corps, but in spite of tho exertions of both bodies the conflagration could not be extinguished for some hours, and not before property valued at some thousand pounds was destroyed. The Queen, with Prince and Princess Christian, Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, who arrived at Windsor from Osborne yesterday, will, attended by her Majesty's suite, leave the Castle to-night, for Bal moral. COUNTY AND SUPERIOR COURTS. —At th e Judges' Chambers yesterday an application was made to Master Bennett to remote a judgment obtained iu the Ulerkenwell County Court into the Queen's Bench by certiorari, iu order to enable the defendant to be taken in execution, as the debt exceeded £2O. The application was made under the County Court Act, 19 and 20 Victoria. Master Bennett ordered the certiorari to be issued. MONUMENT TO AN OARSMAN.—The monument which has been erected by public subscription at Newark iu memory of the late Robert Chambers, the champion of the Tyne, has been unveiled in Walker Churchyard. The ground plan is a parallel, gram. On a pedestal is placed the statue of Chambers in a reclining position, with a broken oar, emblematic of his sudden and premature death, lying by his side. On the angles of the pedestal are placed which v e a lis'buttress jambs. Th e space b e t ween th e tw o front jambs is five feet ei g ht i nc h es, w hi c h a ll ows t h e fi gure t o b e seen to greatadvantage. finhheanedancoompypliestensuesrms to o un th te e in d o w n i u th finials,- ment THE SUN, LONDON, T.HttESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 169. JOINT-STOCK B ANKS. _ Closing Busineea Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 111 40 Do B lO 33 4 '5O Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, di m a ll 221 241 p 231 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 15 21 95 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 12 20 1)o issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 _ 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3'J 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 101 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tnd China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 321 3CI 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 25 38 4J 10 Consolidated, lint 50 Delhi and London, dim 50 East London, dim 5 2f 11 20 English and American, lira 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, Scottish, and Ans. tralian Chartered . all 61 17 281 Hong liong and Shanghai Bank Corporati on all 36 38 281 Do new ll5 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 2 1 26 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, llin 4 31 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 90 100 London Banks of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 Londouaud Brazilian, dim, 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London do River Plate, Hui. 40 6 8 475 25 Do new 10 15 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia alt 231 211 20 Loudon and County 2ll 191 505 50 Do new, issat2o p.m,16 pd ll ... .. London Joint Stock 1 all 325 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lira, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, dim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 5,1 100 Do Scrip, lee at 10 pm 100 Merchant, dim 25 61 31 10 Metropolitan, lira all 71 71 00 Midland, Urn. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, dim l5 2.1 1p 00 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . 42 ... ... 41 50 National. SO ... .. 20 New South 'Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., dim lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, Hui 25 14 1 i 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australis, all 43 ll 100 Union of Ireland, Hill 50 Union of London l5 33 36 TELEGRAP II COMPA NI F.S. igo mericall limb I 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 lel 17 161 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 18 20 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 55 60 371 81 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Um. 100 112 177 St Electric 3: Inter. Telegraph 100 265 270 10 Do. New 8 12 Hp 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 Id pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. hut all 35 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all s p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 6 6 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 80 0 Societe Transatlant., hm all 20 215 20 at Submarine Telegraph 1 D o . Scrip all Is 15 4U. Kingdom Tel. Co., Wu ull 61 71 ei 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 p MISCELLANEOUS. - ----_____ 10 Anglo-Mexican Mat all lli 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, But 3 sd 10 Berlin %titter Works, lint. all 141 16 111 10 Do. N.tw all ill 15 100 Bolckuvr Vaughan, lint. .. 4 30 , 10 5 Bombay W.s,lhu. 5 Do. New 4 II id 5 i British Ant;rican Land 4l 15 17 20 Britist. Indian Tea, lint._ all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... ... 29 Canada Company all 63 4 ,6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest mentlim 2l .. 20 Ceylon Company, Rm. lO 1 21d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, dim b _ 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 9 bl 411 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all i 6 25 City of Moscow tias, him._ all 50 City Offices, lint 25 2.1 22 1 50 Colonial, lint Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 pr , p 10 Company of African Mer chants, him. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 23 24 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4, per cent. all 1011 1001 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 24 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 21d at Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 st Do. Preference lOO 92 97 at Do. Gp. c Pei potual Deb. 109 100 110 20 Darjoeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, lint 80 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint.... 3 51 41 1 20 East India Erriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 271 13 12 d ISt 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gnu. by Egypt. Gov all 961 971 97 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lint 6 ~ 3 Eng.& Aust rat. Copper, ilea 23 3 I Is English and Foreign Credit 73 43 34d 100 Eng. and Scot. ilarine, lint 8 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 . 2d 20 Fore-streetWarohousedint l2 1 2 p too For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 90 91 92 50 Gellivara, lint 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 71 If I.t 61 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 22 50 Hom et COI Marino In. lint 5 25 2d 10 Hong Kong and Chiva Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 121 13 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.FinancialSoc. lina b 2 13 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 Id p 20 'ltalian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, llm 2l lld 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 f'd 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. d ... ...d 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 81 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 21 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, li nt 25 21 IGd 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. p. c. by India Gov. lOO 1031 1041 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int...... 5l 11 Id 50 Merchant Shipping, all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint . 121 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co. , lint 5 11 114 11 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 94 105 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lint. 6 31 3 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 11 Ild 5 New Quebrada, lien 4.8.0 44 4 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer . candle Agency,lim 1:1 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint . 5 7 ° 10 Do. B a ll 9 , at North Brit. Austral., Rm lOO 43 !, 50 North Brit. & Merca n . I n 6l 9 i' 4 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 6 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, 1int..... 5 Ottoman Gas, lint l/ 24 10 Panama, New Zealand and Australian R. Mail lint 5 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 46 48 50 Do. New 1867 lO 3 2d 60 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Iro.,u m _ all 18 19 Do. Gas, 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 43 .5 Scottish Aust. Invest., lira lOO ; 8 83 Do 6p C. Guar. Pro f OO ••• • • • Societe Fin. d'Egypte, - lim. 10 7 6d Societe Cleu.de l'Empiro Ot. 8 24 3/ 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 271 28/ 2) 4 9 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Him— 8i ~ ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 . f 1p 10 Do do. do. all .. .. 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. C anada 6 i ip 50 Union Marine L'pool• lira 5 44 bp 8 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 0 1 , . a . 20 Universal Mariuejn.), lim 6 11 :l 10 Upper Assam Te a, lim all 3 4 2 p 30 Van DieMaP'S Laud 2Bl 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all € O 4 811 81 50 Warrant Finance, lhn. l2 11 iod 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 5 3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO •• ... COLONIAL GOVJCSNMXNT SJCCUICITIIGt, 100 • lOO 1....e4, - u l! iroL:niesto. cent., b . o. 1805 •&Jul c .jB4 .b .. a n y - 1041 } - Do. p. 7 01), & Au g•••• 100 1 0 5 107 1 D „ . p . C . Mar. .1; Sept 100 102 104 Do. 5 p p : c e: J an. July 1 1 0 00 0 9 0 0 2 i :221 922 31 - Cape G.110pe, 6 .p.c. 1873 109 102 101 100 it / 113 - DDOL.API.& Ooi dr 39 1 9 8 0 8 . 0 1 -10 0 100 107 109 - Do. JanArJuly, 1891 lOO 108 111 - Do. S per oent. 15 April and 15 Uot., 1900 100 08 100 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 11. es 100 108 110 - Po. 1872, do 100 105 iur - Alaurltius, 6p. 0, 1871, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ........ 100 1(5 /06 - Do. 1882, Slay and NO. - D 0.1815, Feb. & A1M...." 10 1 06 1 ;; - Melbourne Corporate., - 1867-75, 0 per cent ICO 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.0.Ja..t./uly•• 100 103 104 - Natal 6 p ot, Apl& Oct OO __ - Do 6p o. 51.:y A Nov l,O 14 C 105 - N. S. N'. 5 '7l to 76 lOO 99 1 , - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1896... 10] 99 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 - N. - 0 Z e e a . 5 1a p n e d r , e ti e n p t ..0 . t . ..18 . 9 . 1 l lO OO - DoJan, Aprl,July,o,t lOO 91 92 911 - Do 6p C. Mar crept '9l lOO 108 110 - Du June ,t Deo , I ` 9l . •••• I CO 109 11 - IDo Pror. 1 Auckld. - bcric3l,B 2, 163 .. lic) - - Di ova Scotia 6 p - and Jnly, 1875 - Do 18c6.. ......... •. NO 102 VA - Qunensind. Sp. c. 100 107 108 -Do 18111 . - Tasmanian 6 pet 4.1895- .. 106 107 ••••• Do t Ll)3 ' 97 • • • - Victoria 6t or cont. 1891 lOO Its 6 - Do. April and Oct 1 .0 0 112 113 SHARE' LIST. OKDINARY iLtAli.l6l3 AND STOCKS. itiare Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 at Caledonian iuu fOl 81 at ()an.' oi lan .... WO 13 40 20 Cornwall. all 21 3 st Dublin & 13ellart J 100 17 79 at Dun„rerth, & 100 /0 12 2i East imidon all 7 8 40 Do 15 2 ) Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western IOU 101 106 at Great Eastern .. 351 39 384 it Do. E. Angl. No. Z lOO ... at Lircat North ol Scotland lOO 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 1061 1071 1071 at Do. A it Do. II stock lOO .. st (RS, and W. of Ireland lOO i 0 v 8 si Gt. Western -original lOO 511 514 511 at Do. South Wales lOO 5 . 57 st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 30 it Do. Newport lOO 29 31 st Lancashire & I oritshirs lOO 1 2 1 iz7 127/ 7 at Lon., Brigh., & b•Coast lOO 444 144 01 Du Scrip it ion., Chat., and Dover lou 161 17 161 at Uo. Metrup. Ex. A lOO 9 11 st Lou. & North Western lOO 1:81 19 1181 4 at Lon. south Western lOO bb SO Man., Suet., & Lincoln ICO 142 551 Ail n it Metropolitan •.. at Do Extonsi.in S Do. New all 41 44 at Metropolitan District. au 11 31 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 00l 6 - at Iltusatud st & Ditrbj lOO t 5 b 7 at North British St Do. kid., rth.. & 109 st Tor . hiasteru—Berwick.. ICO 114 115 1141 25 Do. (I. N.E purl/bust-10.13.1 st Do Leeds lOO 701 714 711 ! at Do York l4O 1061 i7l 1074 at Do Carlisle .... • lOO - st Do Stoca. & 110 141 143 111 at North Lon ton ..... 100 119 . 21 10 Do New 18C.8 • 2 14 111. st North Staffordshire.... 100 51 57 66 at North and Junction 100 100 102 10 Do New £lO shares 7 •• st Rl.:nney . lt 0 S 3 65 st Shropshire Union 1(.0 531 591 st South Devon',.. st South Eastern lOO 76 761 77 st Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at Tail Vale lOO 153 136 -- Do. C Waterford &Kt aenny 1(0 Ili Waterloo Jo Winteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-P.REFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS, at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., .4 per cont lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua ti p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st D. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 at Do. 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 Glas.l S.W. gun. 5 per et lOO at ilt.Eastern, EA.) Ex. No.l 100 97 F)) at Do do N 0.2 100 96 90 at Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do du B 6 do. 100 m at Do do C 7 do. lOU st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 1 1 15. c. gua. 100 68 72 st Do Not folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1646 100 m st Do du 5 p.c.War.Val.lB47 100 st C reat Nut them, 5 per cent 101 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. put. 100 Du 4 1 do do do 100 1011 at Du 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax,. 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Snit uf Scotland, let pf 100 ~, st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 1,9 st. G West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent c hg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 104 It st Do. Orig. (B. U. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 too at Do do 4, per cent. 1850 lOO el 8) st Lo do 4 do do st JAI do 5 per cent. redeiu lOO 91 y 6 st Do di) Birmingham gua lOO 66 7 n st Do do du pref lOO st Do do Chester gal lOO b 5 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.e loo ••• •.. at Do do 4 2 1853 lOO at Do du 5 at Du West Mid. Oxford lat g IUJ 110 112 at Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.o. WO 9u 92 at Do do 23 do 104 97 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ••• ••• 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 45 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 7; 135 at Do Barnsley, .C 5 Is 103 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) too 1:1; 1.15 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 93 WO sti London & Brighton, b p.c. guaranteed, 1() 1 lOO stf Do 5 per cent. gua. N o . 4. 1 00 at Do 6 do do 1() *** at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO *** st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1850 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover ••• ••• 5 per cent ICO st London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 st Do Bedf.wd &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchpl lO3 at London and 5 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Portant. perp ans 256(1) s Man., Shef., &Linelu. 0 p.c lOO Do s Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 Do Bristol & Birin., 6p. 100 112 134 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO US lUJ a Do 41 per cent. irrodeein too 83 too 1001 a Do Leicester & Wenn, k p.c lOO 8 . ..) 81 at North British, 5 p.c. N.,. t too ... at Du E. 5: t+. 4p.c. S. 100 at Do N. 13., N 0.4, 5 per ceu.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 8) st 1)0 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 st Do G N.B. 4 per cent., lOO „. 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stclttn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 st Do W, Hartlepool li. and It 100 87 89 20 North Staffordshire all 20f 21 f 10s S. Devon Annuities, is all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 81 91 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 it 1,0.6. S. East. (Road. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 45 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 150 153 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 pc tit Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c. 100 ... at Do 41 p irredeem all ... ...• st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 et Do 5 do, 1862 100 86 e 8 at Do New 5 do, 1863 100 81 86 at Do do 5 do, 1864 100 84 86 824 at Great Northern, 5 p cirred 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent 100 ... at Do Boston 2 Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100 at Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 tot st Do do 6p c irred., ISG6 100 106 108 23 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 2• st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, IL. 100 b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 / 1p at Load., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 So, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8/ 81 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 101 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 914 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 19/ 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 14 20 it Norty British, E. and (1 No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E. e.; C 4 , No. 2, 5 p.c lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.e 100 ~„ at Do E. & (Ordiry) 44 p c 100 st North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 97 99 st Do Stock. & Darl., 100 112 114 at North Loudon, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ,„ st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1059 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 „ st Do 5 do, 1864 s t Victoria St.& Pimlico, 44 pc 100 ,„ RAIL%VAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birken ead lOO 91 93 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 at Do. 6 4 per cent. at Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... a t Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gas.. 6p. c lOO 132 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... qtt a Gt. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... .._ a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 1 00 ... : at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 96 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 a t Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2.6 at London and Blacks all lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... ... al Do. Coin. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ~.. ... at Loudon, 'Tilbury, & South 100 SO 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 51 blanch., Buxton, & Matlk all ... ... at Midland, Brallord, Pref lOO 92 94 93 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 percent all 53 56 80 Du. do. 6 do. all ... .. at N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N.W est. A perp. pro', 5p c. 100 107 109 at Du B minimum 14 p.c lOO ... ~•• 134 at Notting. & Urauth. R. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and ‘Vyre. Royston, lditch., and Shep. 10032 1 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 21p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 t Do 4 per cent gua 10; 78 80 at Do b do st Wet. Station and Pimlico lOO . at \Vest Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Du do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all ..,, ... at Weymouth and Portland., lOO ... ... s t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and Weg:,lndia. lOO 118 121 _London and St. Katherine. 100 40 41 100 D oDeb. Stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land et Dock lO 27 32 st Southampton lOO OS 70 at , Surrey Uvuun , m;ial HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, August 18. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prin cess Beatrice, with their suite, left Osborne ibis afternoon at three o'clock, and slaved at Windsor Castle at half-past six. POLICE INTP , 'LLIGENCE.-7 his Day. MANSION-HOUSE. FORGERY.—John Gibbs was placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with forgery. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was formerly in the service of Mr. Draper, a merchant, carry ing on business at London-wall, and the prisoner was formerly in his service as clerk. His salary was about £5O, but about the latter end of July the prisoner left, and after ho had gone a cheque was presented at the prosecutor's bankers for £4OO, and paid. On the cheque being returned to Mr. Draper it was at once pronounced to be a forgery, and from certain writ ing upon the two bank notes it was at once suspected that the prisoner was the person, and he was then sought for and taken into custody by Hayden, the detective. A number of persona were called who said the writing on the notes, "John Draper," was, to the best of their belief, in the handwriting of the prisoner. The prisoner, who said he was not guilty, was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. --NARROW ESCAPE.—Stephen Burglin, a labouring man, was charged on remand with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the Serpentine. The evidence of John Wiunett, boatman at the Serpen tine, showed that his attention was called by some gentle men to the prisoner, who was in deep water, in the Ser pentine. lie rowed his boat to the spot, and with some difficulty rescued the prisoner, and while rowing towards the receiving house the prisoner was violent, and nearly upset the boat. The prisoner, who said he was in distress, now ex pressed his contrition, and was discharged. Sergeant Horsley, 19 A, after the prisoner was dis charged, said a lady who had seen him taken from the water, had called at the boat-house and left. a half sove reign for him, and that he could have it by calling there. A PRETENDED DETECTIVE.—Wm. Linton, a young man, described as a footman, was charged before Mr. Knox with disorderly conduct. Police-constable Wm. Nicholls, 184 E, said that about one o'clock that morning he was coming down New Cavendish-street., when, healing the prisoner talking in a loud tone of voice to two prostitutes, ho told him he had better go away. The prisoner said that he (Nicholls) had bettor not interfere with him, and that he would hoar of it the next mottling from Scotland- yard, as ho was a de tective, and that he would take his number. As the pri soner was very disorderly he took hint into custody, and on the- way to the station he offerel hint half a crown to let him go, and on his refusing he tried to throw hilt, and got his head down on some low railings ; and as the pri soner was getting the upper hand of Win he got a gentle man to spring his rattle for him, au .1 on another con stable corning up took the prisoner to the station. The prisoner said he never stated he was a detective, but the constable said he was positive he did. Police-constable Troy, 17J E, said the two females told hint that they had given the prisoner drink because he had represented himself as a detective. The prisoner said the fetna!es told him that he was like a detective, and he c iuld not help that. lie might have told a falsehood, but would not do so again. Mr. Knox—lt is a serious matter for a person to go about the streets assuming the character of a constable and extorting money front people. The prisoner said he did not get any money. Mr. Knox—You got drink. It is a fortunate thing for you that the females are nat here this morning. I believe you have by misrepresenting yourself obtained drink, and if the females had been here you might have had to pay a penalty of £lO, that being the penalty under the Act, but I must nol take suspicions as proofs. You told the officer you were a detective, but that I shall deal with as idle task. The charge against you is for disorderly conduct, and the constable was only doing his duty in telling you to go away, as persons are entitled to keep the peace, and on the way to the station you assault him. You will have to pay 40s. or a month, and you may consider that you are getting off remarkably cheap. TITA.MES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —John Gamble, a shoo black, aged 17 years, not belonging to any of the regular brigades, was charged with stealing a purse cortaining £1 17s. 6d., from the person of John Lauaberg in Upper East Smithfield, near the Loudon Dock. On Thursday, the sth iust., the sailor, who belongs to the ship Winged Arrow, was lighting his pip., when the prisoner suddenly accosted hint, struck him, and before the foreigner could recover from his sur rise, put his hand in his pocket and took from it a purse cmitaining £1 17s. 6d., with which ho ran away, with the fleetness of a greyhound, and escaped. lie was then without shoes or stockings, and had only a few rags on his back. Foster, an intelligent palice-constable of the detective force, saw the prisoner a few days afterwards with new boots and new clothes on. He suspected him at once, and said, " You robbed that foreign sailor the other day, and have been having a new rig out with the money." The prisoner admitted that was so. The sailor now identified Lim, and said he could not stop on shore to prosecute, for the Winged Arrow sailed this evening. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said it was his first offence. Foster said the prisoner had been twice summarily con ♦icted of small offences. The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and said he would have been committed for trial and probably sentenced to penal servitude for a long period if the prosecutor was not going to sea. NAVAL AND 1111LIJARY INTELLIGENCE At the recent meeting of the county of Cheshire Rifle Association, six prizes, of the value of £2O, were presented to the 2d Battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, in garrison at Chester, for com petition. The prizes were divide 1 into two series-- the first, open to all marksmen, were shot for at the 500, GOO, and 700 yards ranges, five shots at each, with Snider rifles ; and the sec3nd open only to first-class shots, were shot for at 200, 500, and 600 yards, also with the regulation Snider. The winners of the marksmen's prizes were -Ist prize, Private Wheeler, 31 points (11 at 500, nine at 600, and 11 at 700 yards) ; 2d prize, Private Caesar, 24 points ; Private Searle, 22 points ; and Sergeant Poulton, 21 points. The shooting of Sergeant Poulton was very remarkable, as in the first range out of five shots he failed to score a single point ; he made up for it, however, at the longest range, by the highest score, 14. The win ners of the first-class prizes were—Private Hopper, 26 points (9 at 200, 12 at 500, and 5 at 600 yards) ; Private Tipper, 20 ; Private Denison, 19 ; and Private Hilditch, 19. A serious accident occurred to a member of the 3d Essex Artillery Volunteers on Saturday after noon last, at the Government Battery, Plutnstead Marshes, while carrying on gun practice. After the gun had been made ready to fire, through some neglect the tangent scale was left up, and a man, stepping on to the platform to put it down, the gun was unfortunately fired while he was in the act of doing so, and in recoil the carriage struck against the man's leg, and fractured it. Major-Gen. Lord G. A. F. Paget, K.C.8., the Inspector-General of Cavalry, made his inspection of the 14th Hussars yesterday, in drill marching order at the Curragh Camp. The Inspector-Gene ral expressed his entire satisfaction with the ap pearance of the regiment on parade, and also with the precision and steadiness with which the diffe rent movements were performed. The regiment was under the command of Col. P. Scott l'homp• son, C.B. The Channel Squalron is under orders to leave Plymouth o❑ Monday next for Gibraltar. The Monarch turret ship, Capt. J. E. Commerell, V.C., remains at Spithead anchorage, requiring certain alterations and repairs to be made in the carriages of her turret guns, resulting from the recent experimental firing in the Channel. The 15th Hussars have been disembarked from her Majesty's screw troopship Sirnoom, Captain S. B. Lethbridge, at Portsmouth, and have taken possession of quarters at Chichester, where they will remain until their departure for India in one of her Majesty's screw troopships, via Alexandria. The Siwoom is coaling, and is expected to sail im wediately on further troop service to the Cape of Good Hope. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. IVEbNrspe.y. The chorus of congratulation Al. the amnesty to all political offenders has not yet ceased. The act was so complete, so well-timed, so truly statesmanlike that it has awakened the gratitude of all moderate men, And won the admiration even of the Emperor's bitterest enemies. There ought, indeed, to be no stint in praising the most important act of tho Emperor's reign, and the one which will contribute more to tho establishment of his dynasty than the conquest of a fair province. The pardon was made at the very moment when it was likely to have the best effects. The hesitation manifest in the first message to the Chamber announcing the reforms had pro luced an un favourable impression. The discontent was increased by the sudden prorogation of the Corps Legislatif, announced by the President with scant ceremony from the window of his carriage. But these errors--the obscurity of the Imperial message, and the disrespectful prorogation—have been well redeemed. The draft of the reforms submitted to the Senate spewed clearly that they were of very liberal character. Succeeding explanations and discussions have still further proved that the Emperor has made a real concession, and has not given with the one hand to take back with the other. Finally, on the eve of the one hundredth anniversary of Napoleon Buonaparte's birth, the prison doors have been opened, and the hundreds who were confined for political offences have been set free. It is not too much to say that this measure had a per ceptibly good effect on the day of the Fetes. The amnesty seemed to gladden the hearts of all men, even those who cared nothing for politics, and had never been connected in any way with a political offence. The crowd was more lightsome, the fun was more unrestrained, and, what is more, the festivities were more identified with the Imperial house than any of the kind that I have known before. One question was debated with much curiosity. How would the amnesty affect Rochefort ? It was found that so far as political offences are concerned, the lampooner's many and long terms of imprisonment were wiped out; but, unfor tunately for himself, Rochefort has been guilty of thrash ing a printer, and for this criminal offence, which does not fall within the political amnesty, he has still to undergo three months in gaol. But the amnesty frees him from sentences amounting altogether to more than two years' imprisonment. The scene at the release of the St. Etienne miner; to which I have already alluded, was very interesting. These men, imprisoned for violence when on strike, had been pardoned just before the amnesty was signed. M. Cuisson, who went to implore the clemency of the Sovereign on their behalf, thus describes the release : "The hour was that fixed for the prisoners to receive visits, and wives, mothers, and children were all waiting in the outside court for permission to enter the prison. On my appearance, What news do you bring?' said they. ' Their pardon,' I replied. And then they threw them selves upon me with cries of joyand bursts of tears. In the inner yard the scene was, if possible, still more affecting. A hundred arms were extended towards me, and a hun dred hands sought mine. I wished to speak, but my emo tion choked me. Take it as you please ; but it was one of the bright days of my existence.' There is not much political news to tell, for our period of expectation is not yet at an end, but it is thought that it will terminate to-morrow. The Ministers are then ex pected to lay before the Senate Commission the final recommendations of the Council as to the modification:, proposed in the second article of the reforms. This article as you know, is a little embarrassing in its, construction, for it states that the Ministers arc responsible, whilst it adds that they " depend only on the Emperor." This material question has been reserved by the Commission, and was discussed yesterday by the inisters. The Temps thinks there ought to be no diffi culty- whatever. Ministerial responsibility, it says, is the natural result of the third article, which permits Ministers to be members of either House. It must be practically impossible for a Ministry to remain in office if it is in a minority. The responsibility is not a principle, but an effect of the principle that members of the Government may sit in the popular Assembly. M. Jules Favre paid a visit to Algiers the other day. In a conversation lie gave his opinion that the reforms are the expression of the effect produced by the elections, and as such they ought to be made the most of. Considering that the political wind was in the Liberal quarter, it was not at all improbable, he thought, for a really substantial mea sure of liberty to come even from such a Conservative assembly as the Senate. The Emperor's health is a subject of considerablt, anxiety at present ; but the Liberte pronounces him better, and so does the Pattie. "The rheumatic pains have lost their acuteness." The Journal (*cid, on the other hand, is silent, and in some quarters it is affirmed that the Chief of the State can get out of doors only in his carriage. The Empress is going to Lyons on the 25th, and the Emperor contemplates leaving for Chalons on the same day. One of the finest paintings of Philippe de Champagne has just been discovered stowed away in a corner of a church. It «113 covered with dust, and wrapped in old rags. The cure was about to sell it as lumber, when the discovery was made through the agency of a lady. It is expected that Lord Clarendon will visit Paris in the early days of October. There he will meet Count Beust, who does not find the waters of Biarritz essential to his health now that the Imperial Family of France do not intend going there. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and Lie short exchange on London is 2M. 1710. per £1 sterling.. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is the same in London and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GU days' sight was on the IGth inst.lo9Z per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, Capt. F. Beau champ Seymour, and Capt. G. 0. Willes, leave Whitehall early on Monday morning for Plymouth, and will embark on board the Agincourt, which will proceed under steam to join the combined Mediter ranean and Channel squadrons that are ordered to assemble at Gibraltar. The North German armoured iron-built screw frigate Kron Prinz, 16 guns, 900-horse power, Capt. Werner, was undocked yesterday at Ports in3uth from the great Warrior dock, where she has had her hull below the water line cleaned and painted over with the protective and anti fouling compositions of five different inventors, and berthed temporarily alongside the dockyard preparatory to going out to Spithead this morning. She is a very fine vessel as a marine war machine, carrying no_ less than fourteen 12 ton 7-inch muzzle-loading guns on the main deck, manufac tured by Krupp from his celebrated steel. The frigate is in very good order, and, the public having been freely admitted on board, she has been visited by a large number of persons during the time she has lain in the Warrior dock. The Sirius, 6, unarmoured wood-built screw sloop, Capt. David Miller, sailed from Spithead on Tuesday evening for the westward and foreign ser vice. EGYPTIAN EXPLORATION.—Dr. Gedge, a member of a respected Bury St. Edmund's family, has accepted the post of superintendent of the medical staff in Sir Samuel Baker's expedition to Lake Nyanza. Dr. Gedge is also intrubted by the Viceroy of Egypt with the collection of natural history specimens for a museum about to be esta blished at Cairo. Sir Samuel Baker's expedition is ex pected to start from Alexandria on the Ist proximo for Souakiu, on the Western shores of the Rod Sea. SWIMMING MATCHES AT PLYMOUTH.—The chief swimming contests which annually take place in the west of England came off at Plymouth yesterday amid intense interest. The All Corners' Match, of 1,000 yards, was won by Dawe, a newspaper machinist, of Plymouth, who came in first by 50 yards ; Mitchell, of Penzance, being second. The other competitors included Coulter and Pamplin, the champion swimmers of England. An hour afterwards Dawe won the Town Cup, in another 1,000 yards race. The winner was carried on the shoulders of enthusiastic partisans amid loud cheers from a vast crowd. Some acts of gallantry have attracted the atten tion of the American press. We give the young lady the precedence who saved Devorois, of Baltimore, from drown ing. Miss Bodo, daughter of ex-Secretary Bode, was bathing at Cape May when the gentleman got into his perilous position, and when ho was drowning she swam out, grasped him by the hair as he was sinking for the last time, and succeeded in bringing him to the shore. Some weeks ago we told how the young son of the President gallantly saved his cousin from drowning, and at the Brooklyn navy yard an interesting ceremony took place in the Guerritre on the '26th July. A middy named T. B. M. Mason, son of Col. Myers, of New York, and grand nephew of Admiral Bailey, was then presented by the It v. Ilenry Ward Beecher with the gold medal of the Life-s iving Benevolent Society for rescuing in the harbour of Rio two drunken sailors, whom he was bringing to the ship, who jumped overboard when in irons. The youngster never hesitated, but immediately sprang into the water, so alive with sharks as to double the dan ger, and kept the seamen afloat till the boat could get round. Perhaps the most heroic of all was the act of a fireman of the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain Rail way. The mail train wa3 running west, at full speed, when the engineer saw what lie supposed to be a dog on the track, but which, on nearing it, turned out to be a child about two years old. Instantly the whistle was blown for the breaks to be applied, and the noise attract ing the mother, she, seeing the danger, rau screaming to save her infant. W. Lavanway, the fireman, knowing she could not reach it in time, leaped from the rushing engine, and jerked the child from under the wheels. a---- S 2ORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day - c CITY BETTING.—TATS DAY. EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Crown Princess (offered-8 to 1t) 9to 1 agst War (taken freely) 9to 1 egst Furtuuio (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst The Laird (taken and wanted) 10 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered) 10 to 1 agst Winifred (offered—take 12 to 1) 100 to 8 aget Tabouret (taken) 100 to 4 egst Aneroid (taken) 100 to 4 agat Prince (taken) 9 to 1 agst Stork and Acaster coupled (offered) sto 1 agst War and The Laird coupled (w) ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Pretender (offend) 9to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered —lO to 1 t ant w) 20 to 1 agst Thorwaldsen (offered) CESAREWITCH. 33 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 40 to 1 agst Piovost (taken and offere.l) 40 to 1 agst Cecil (offered) 40 to 1 agst Wildbai (taken and offered) 50 t 3 1 aget Miss Peddle c (offered) 66 to 1 agat benbow (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Tramp (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 66 to 1 agst Tramp (taken) BROMLEY RACES-YESTBRDAT. RAILWAY PLATE. Topsy ........... ........ Glen Stuart ... Piper STAND PLATE. Bliss Simla Red, White, and Blue _ a Six ran. BROMLEY HANDICAP. Mars Triana Weather Isle Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Glen Stuart Primula.. Empross Malcolm Maurice Eight ran. ELTEIt STAKES. Contempt Seven ran. BICKLEY STAKES. Trflo Red, White, and Blue Clarionetto Four rau. STAND CUP. Harrogate Gluckzu I STOC KTON RACES—YEsTEnDAT. CLEVELAND STAKES. Zeno.. Syrian Algeria Eight ran. TRIAL STAKES. Lacklan Aggravator , King of the Fairies Soren ran. lIARRY FO\VLER STAKES. Prior East Coast.. . La Cbarautonuo Scum run. SELLING STAKES. Better Half.. Mavela Sea Captain Four ran. TRADESMEN'S HANDICAP. Lord Hawthorn. Viscount Dryad 1 2 Five ran. TWELFTH ZETLAND BIENNIAL Toison d'Or Dryad Consternation Number Nip TO WN PLATE. Mastorman Sunshade Tripthong Sixteen ran. RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Stockton lB Canterbury,,.... 30 Oxford l9 I Scarbor _nigh ..bU, .11 littugmford '4 1 Badou Bacion ll York ,4, 25, 26 Groat Yarmouth 31 Uroydou Pb mouth 66, 9 ; ‘V eyniouth 3l, Sep. 1 6EPTEIIIIEIL Ipswich ') I Richmond ,,...21, 22 Ala rgato 3 L ich MAI, t \Vcst Drayton 3 Western (Ayr)........22, 28 I Warwick... 7, 8 Hendon .)1 24 Curragh (Royal) 7, 8, 9 1 Monmouth...., 23, 24 Abingdon 9, 10 1 Newmarket i st 0ct....28, &6. Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Lanark... 29 ii(, Hampton 21, 22 1 OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9. 21 Edinburgh G, 7, 8 I Curragh l9, 2‘, 2sl. Leicester 7, 8 ' West Drayton. '22 Bromley 7 , 8 I Hereford '2i, 22 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, &e. I Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9 20 i Newmark‘t li'ton ...25, O. lielso 19 20 I NOVEMBER. Harrow ,„2, 3 Eglinton Huut 6 1 I Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury ..... l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. OCTOIJEit. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 • N O VEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, Harrow 2, 3 Leamington Huut ....23 Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 COURSING FI i XT URE S. AUGUST. St. Albans .. Al OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G. Ormesby 1J tte. Huntingdon ()tub.. 26, 27 YACHTING FIXTURES. AUGUST. 21—Clyde Yacht Club: Corinthian Match 21—Cheshire Yacht Club: Fourth Match 24, 25—Dartmouth Regatta 27 Torbay Royal Regatta 28—Clyde Yacht Club: Closing Cruise SEPTEMBER. 4—Prince Alfred Yacht Club: Closing Cruise 7—Victoria Model Yacht Club: Second Class Match REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. AUGUST 21—Scottish National Regatta 23—Deal, Wahuor, and Kingsdown Royal Annual Regatta 25—Vesper Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea 27 Albion Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea 28—Oscillators Rowing Club: Senior Sculls 28—Lurline Boating Club : Senior Sculls 30—Thames Rowing Club : Four-oared Gigs 30—West London Rowing Club : Senior Sculls 31—KingstonTown Rowing Club : Junior t3culls SEPTEMBER. 4—Hope Rowing Club: Eights 4—Oscillators Rowing Club : Junior Sculls B—Orion Rowing Club : Senior Pairs, River Lea 10—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Four-oared Rue• 11—West London Rowing Club: Eights 11—Lurline Boating Club : Vice-President's Pairs 11—London Rowing Club: Tub Fours 21—Alexandra Rowing Club : Scratch Fours, River Lea 25 —West London Rowing Club: Eights 25 —Vesper Rowing Club: Club Fours, River Lea 25 —London Rowing Club : Twelve-oared Race 25—Oscillators Rowing Club : Eights OCTOBER. 2—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Eight-oared Rao* PEDESTRIANISM—MATCHES TO COME. AUGUST. 21-11 r 11. Platt's 135 Yards handicap, .£lO, New Bellevue Grounds, Basford 21—Alkin and Suffield: 140 yards, £lO a side, Victoria Race Grounds, Leeds 21—Messrs. Wager and Coep.: , r's 125 Yards Handicap, final heats, Aston Cross Grounds, Birmingham 23—Mr Parnell's Two Miles Handicap Sweepstakes, f.. 5, Hackney Wick 21, 23—Various handicaps for the benefit of W. Woardon, manager of Bow Grounds 23 —lslessrs F. Hewitt and Peat's 505 Yards Handicap for Novices, £lO, Queen's Ground, Sheffield 23—Childs and Jofie: 120 yards, £5 aside, Bow 2d—Coley and Lang : 80 yards, £lO a side, the former with 40 yards start, City Grounds, Manchester. AII.IEIZICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) EW YoRK, Aug. 16, Morning. Chief Justice Chase has written a letter declar ing that the mission of the Rdpublican party has been accomplished, and advocating the formation of a new party, to be composed of the Consurvativo elements of existing parties. Reports received from Virginia, Noah Carolina, and several Western States, state that the corn crops have suffered badly from drought. e• ktio Cl,ll 41-thel4 ' •