The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-26 00:00:00

MONEYMARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are steady to-day at 93 I for money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 93k 3 ; New Thee per Cents, 93 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, —; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 6 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —• India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1008 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., ; ditto 51- per Cent., 1101. The Carlist rising in Spain has not affected Spanish Stock, which is quoted 29 to 294, but the is dull, and not only here but in most foreign de scriptions. In Eyptian the Nine per Cent. Loan is 4 lower, at 97k; ditto (1868), 1, 77'' ; ditto (1864), 92 ; and Viceroy Sevenper Cent., 82. There is a deline of 1 in Argentine, at 791 ; Mexican, 121 ; and Peruvian, 771. Italian 13)nds are firmer at 55. Orel are firm at 8:3 to 84 ; Charkof, 82 to 82*. 'She Railway Market is very quiet. The prices are as follows :—Caledonian, 81 to 811 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 106 i to 1071; Great Northern (A), 104 to 105 ; Great Western, 501 to 511 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261 to 1261 ; London and Brighton, 441 to 451 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 17; London and North Western, 118/ to 119; London and South Western, 8 9 to 91 ; Metropolitan, 1001 to 1001 ; Midland, 1 17 to 117 - ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1081 to 10 9; and South Eastern ; 76* to 77. American Securities are flat at Saturday's decline. The Five-Twenty Bonds are 82-2- to 821 ; Ten- Forty' s , 731 to 741 ; Erie, 181 to 191 ; Illinois, 94 to 95 ; Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 22 to 23 ; ditto Debentures, 27 to 28. The transactions in Bank Shares are of little im portance, and prices show little or no alteration. Among Miscellaneous Securities the transactions are very limited, and prices show little alteration. Anglo-American Telegraph is marked at 211 to 211 ; General Credit, 11 to 11 dis. ; Hudson Bay, 121 to 13 ex div. ; and National Discount, 111 to 1.14. The City of Limerick, from Brazil, has brought £15,000. The India and China mail steamer Bangalore has taken out £177,195. The steamers leaving New York on Saturday will bring £260,000 to Europe. It appears from the financial speech of the Se> retary of State for India that it is contemplated dur ing the next ten or 20 years to construct 7,000 addi tional miles of railway in that country, being nearly double the amount thus far completed.,l Supposing the outlay to be at the same rate as hitherto, the cost will be £126,000,000, and even if, as seems to be hoped, a reduction of one-third can be achieved b. y the work being carried on by the Government, instead of through the agency of companies, the Minimum requited will still be £84,000,000. Taking 15 years as the average of time over which the out lay is to be spread, it would thus be necessary to raise about either six or eight millions a year through out the whole period. The Indian Government cal culate that because they can now get money at 4 Per cent. they may hope to effect the whole ope ration at that rate, and thus avoid the neces sity of guaranteeing 5 per cent, to public compa- In the city of London, however, there will be little response to their sanguine expectations. The su ms raised during the past 15 years under the 5 Per cent, guarantee and the prospect of future pro fits not been obtained without difficulty, and , th roughout th e whole time complaints have been aeard that the constant drain was injurious to the Prosecution of enterprise both at home and in other couutries of as much importance as India to our commerce. Hence it will be prudent to assume tha au average of 5 per cen t, will be the lowest that can be contrived, His Highness the Viceroy of Egypt has thought At to state through various journals 44 that The Sun , B . °l - 11 0 days ago repro d uced a false statement pub iuslied in th e L evant H erald concerning negotiations °Y: the Egyptian Government fur a loan of 60 millions of francs." The sensitiveness of the Vice- I°Y with regard to Egyptian credit is, however, a !Avouratle feature, and it is to be hoped it may be further manifested in a practical shape by some Immediate settleinent being made of the claims of the English shareholders in the Socidte Agricole. The half -yearly meeting of the London and 12 th of Au gus t . South-Wegtern Railway Company is fixed for the s T he half -yearly meet i ng of the Millwall Free hold Land and Dock Company is called for the 9th August. Yhe dirctors of the British and Irish Magnetic al a 4ele graph Company (Limited) have decl are d a al f Yearly dividend at the rat e o f 12 per cent. per annum.. The half yearly meeting of the Lands Improve 'gent Company is convened for the 7th August, W hen a dividend is to be recommended. T he half yearly meeting of the City of London 'rewery (Limited) is called for the 4th of August, W hen an interim dividend is to be declared. L 4 t an e x t raor di nary general meeting of the ' , Il el reh o ld ers of the United Land Company(Limited), thd at the o ffi ces th i s day, an interim dividend, at e rate of 5 p er cent. per annum, was declared by directors for the four months ending 31st " II Y) 1869. army bills of Messrs. Tait and Co., Southwark, ri L til Y and general contractors, have been returned. u.e debts and liabilties are large, but nothing de 4tunite h__ azi transpired with regard to assets. It is t( l ) l s 4 ersto o d a meeting of creditors has been called , ar range the mode of liquidation. x„' h e directors of the Thames and Mersey Marine r eport Company (Limited) have issued their rQ P lp rt prior to the meeting. The directors recom deehd the payment (free of income tax) of a divi folicl of 2s. per share and a bonus of 2s. per share r rp t h ile half-year ending 30th June. d i ;:" 8 Master of the Rolls has ordered a further di' l „ cl end of 3s. in the pound (making with previous %:Irtediors _ Iq.eds 14s. 6d. in the pound) to be paid to the of the Financial Corporation (Limited), t v til e office of the official liquidator, Mr L. H. ' 4118 ) 15, Coleman-street. BRITISH FIJIYDS --TWO O'CLOCK. g QQ'fbANSiEn FUNDS.; tl Ceut• Consols 8 itto for Account, July 7 li e ' s? 3 Per Cent Z t o 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 oEfor'•tutliti 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — o. 30 yrs, expire sth April 168 o" Z o2 (Red Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 — In (40qUer Bills, £l,OOO, 2f p. Ct. March pm Bank 1) 0 Do. 3 do. June .4 4 , k £lOO, £2OO it £5OO 6 4 60f t ngland Stock, 4} per Cent Int a 4 per Cent. Bonds — I°T-onial Uranium haill,blTl UOVERNILENT SECURITIES 4, 4 'etock, 0f per Cent., April 1874 — Do,' Oponiu f A. ouza t .N . x g, Or CC - 111:12 A " Per Cent. July, 1880 100 t Ls ' Per Cet., Oct. 1888 1,,. Certificates — )."0: Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent..... — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D,' 1 Per Cent. Ma 1879 .... llof 0 per C t P Deb. 1872 Cent., ~ ,up. .0 0 do 1877 — 1) ;• De. 1882 — 11 do. " l a., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — ho• Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO "G. Under XL 000 ArgexitiorOi REIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK. Ati lt • e nau Bo n te public, 6 p er C ent ds b per cen t 4a. 1 . 14 Do. 1859 - kil 5 er Ce t A i :'1 Per Cent nt. 1852 — : lo 1858 . 1) 0 , ". 1861 - D o , do., 1863 f 13 Do 0 per Cent., 1865 iloo,:-. Account .. e Ayres ti ....... . Co . .. ... Cabo o 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) e 6 Per Cent. 4,111eu per Cent "G• 41 - •,, per Cent. -u o• 3 .vo. 6 P e r Cent., . Do. 7 Per cent. 1 867., . 94/ i 0 1 , o v . i per C ent., 1866 rubian, 6 per Cent. 4,,u'eili 3 per Cont., 1825. .. I,,,,thbian Pr incipalities 7 i.er Cent — 4) 0 g k: per Cent., 1867 ...... cillltdT Nei'? Oonsolidated, 1 per Cent • .112:Titian ; 7 per C0nt..,.. — 86 .- , evood Is4ue Do. £sot, Bouds Do. ‘lOO Bonds .77. ••.• —• Do. 1864 Do. Account D 0.1500 Bonds Do. 4.130 Bonds 9l Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 (livJrativni 1 - o,ilwav Debentures — Gireert 5 per Cont., 1821 5, ex Coups — De. Account . Do. CourOL 13 Do. Account 3-11.toinala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 83i it-.;ian 5 yr Curt., 1865 — Jo. Account . — Do Mitrenituana Railway ssi ftisicar. 3 per Cent • Ditto fir Account Do. 1864 -- Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — - Aouteviclvau 6 per dent. .. — A c:rish Imperial 5 per Ceut .ow Cluatiada — Do 3 per Con -- Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ,, 771 Do 4} per Cent. (Ul:'.arren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 ~ — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': 334 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Sc, ip, £2O paid — Russian 5 i •er Cent., 1822, £ Sc Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 8 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do ;do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. 94 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6B 74 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Acc‘funt . 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 per Cent. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .., 694 4 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account . Do £IOC Bonds 684 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Dividends on the above payable in t....14,t0i.. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins - Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, R. - .:. 25f. - Do Account 544 TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols Money .. 93 ; 1 4 . 1 Do. Account, August 5 PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. SUNDAY, The second act of our Constitutional play will commence on the 2nd of August, on which day the Senate meets to consider the Emperor's reforms. The public are waiting rather impatiently for the rising of the curtain, and all the more so as, politics being entirely nil for the present, the excitement is venting itself in some disagreeable rumours. Some say that a party in the Senate will attempt to put a very liberal construe. tion on the Emperor's Message, and will make it the foundation of some very real reforms. But this party, it is admitted, is a lamentable minority. The majority in the Senate, it is well known, are opposed to all reforms whatsoever. And it is now generally whispered that these reactionary senators will endeavour if possible not to interpret the Emperor's Message liberally, but to burke the reforms to a great extent. The help of M. Rouher, who will preside, is counted on. It is rumoured, too, that the plan of reform, being drawn np by the Govern. ment, will not concede one important point much insisted on. This is the right of proposing ordres du four motials—in English, resolutions to do this or that, and motions of "No Confidence." If this concession be not made, half the value of the reforms will be lost. But these are all nothing more than on dies, suggested by the excitement of the situation. They may prove groundless. It is just as well, however, to point out what difficulty must be experienced in getting the Senate, unless on a positive order from the Emperor, to pass any great mea sure of change. Like your House of Lords, the Senate has nothing to gain by change. Like your House of Lords it cannot be Letter off. It is unlike the great aristocratic assembly of England in every other respect; but the interests of the two are identical in keeping things as they are. The Senate is not an heredi tary body, it is entirely nominated by the Emperor, save and except that all cardinals, marshals, and admirals of the Empire have a seat in virtue of their office, an exception which clearly makes no difference. The power of the Senate is considerable. Every law must receive its sane- tion, petitions can be presented to it alone, and, most important of all, every modification of the Constitution must he submitted to it. It is composed almost wholly of novi honzines, men who have risen with the Empire, and have nothing to hope except from the Empire. They are not formidable from their aristocratic influence, for the Empire has no aristocracy, properly so called. Our many revolutions have put an end to that sort of thing. 'limy are not men of great intellect, for if they were they would not do for the Senate, which must be wholly under the Emperor's control. Lastly, these humdrum senators get £1,200 a year, which is a great deal more than they could get in any other capacity. You may imagine, then, that the Liberals do not look upon the prospect of their settling the reforms without some mifg:ving. There will probably be a fight of sonic sort even amongst the quiet senators. There is, as I have just said, a few reformers in the Upper House, and it is certain that these, if the programme of reform be not satisfactory, will endeavour to procure an extension of it. The leaders of this small band are Baron Brenier, the Count e Sartiges, and M. de Maupas. M. Sainte Beuve is seriously ill ; Marshal Niel has been ill, but is now better ; M. de Montalembert is almost entirely recovered. A rather extensive stock-jobbing case has just been settled. It is another example of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of bringing commercial offenders within the reach of the law. In this instance, a broker, named Laperche, who absconded in June, but since surrendered, was tried by the Seine Assize Court on various charges of misapplying funds entrusted to him by customers of the firm, and of falsifying his books to conceal various fraudulent transactions. He commenced business in 1858, and appears to have speculated cn his own account, in violation of the laws regulating his calling. In 1865 the attention of the Syndicate of the brokers was attracted to his proceedings, and an examination of his books having shewn that his profits had amounted to £40,000, he was called on either to resign his charge, or pay over his unauthorised gains to the funds of the corporation. He chose the latter alternative, but a sum of £lO,OOO was afterwards returned to him. He, however, failed to profit by the lesson, and recommenced speculation under assumed names, but fortune turned against him, and being at length involved in difficulties he disappeared, leaving considerable deficits, after em. ploying various moneys deposited with him for invest ment. He afterwards gave himself up. The brokers' Syn. dicate then returned the other £30,000 which had been taken from him, and his family likewise came to the rescue. By their help all the creditors were paid in full, and the only losers by these swindles are the culprit him. self and his partners. The latter, however, have been recompensed to the extent of 40 per cent., and may pro- bably receive a further dividend. So far all's well that ends well ; but it will be seen that the breach of the law remains notwithstanding that most of the losses by it have been made up. The jury, however, seemed to be of opinion that if a crime was paid for there was an end of it, for they found the man not guilty of fraud, and he was set at liberty. Is employing other people's money in speculations a fraud or not? The papers here—French papers are so indefatigable in fishing up grotesque odds and ends —contain notices of two remarkable suicides. The first took place in France. A woman of the commune of Nouziers lately conceived the frightful idea of burning herself alive. She con- structed in the middle of a field, with straw and faggots, a funeral pile, on which she placed herself, and then set it on fire. The corpse was found completely calcined. The deceased was about 55 years of age, and had long suffered from an incurable malady. The other is a Hungarian suicide. John Stebaleski, a shopkeeper at Pesth, loaded a pistol, and discharged the contents into his heart. He had previously written the following letter to a friend :—" My dear Friend,—l have decided to kill myself tomorrow. Life is insupportable. I adore my wife, but she has grown so stout—she that was of so ravishing a figure when I married her. Adieu, my friend ; tell my wife that I prefer to die rather than be ✓ unfaithful to her, or to separate myself from her by means of the law. Farewell, and pity me." This eccentric character thought it necessary to shave himself and put on his best clothes before putting the pistol to his heart. The heat is tropical. The theatres are empty ; the vendors of cool drinks are making their fortunes. It is a fact worthy of record that at one of the Bordeaux theatres yesterday not a single spectator put in an appearance. SHARE LIST. - ORDINARY *HARES AND STOCKS. ibare Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prin. done. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 et Caledoruan.....--..... 100 811 82 81 et C-tuibrian 23 Cornwall all 25 3 it Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 at Dun„rerth, & Ab.dunc ioo 70 72 2. East London all 61 71 40 Do 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - st Glasgow &S. Western lO3 103 105 at Great Eastern .. .02 381 39 3 1 st Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO ... ... St Brest Z.4orth et Scotland lOO 15 13 st Great Northern lOO 107 103 at Do. A. stock lOO 106 107 1041 35 st Do. B stock lOO .. ... et GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 95 1 , 7 et Gt. Western -Original lOO 61. 514 it Do. South Wales lco 04 56 et Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 1:5 27 at Do. Newport lOO 05 10 at Lancashire 3z Yorkshirc lOO 126 ,27 et Lon., Brigh.,& S.Uoast lOO 45 451 Oi Do Scrip .... - - at Lou., Chat., and Dover lOO 164 171 181 1 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 9 1 at Lou. & North Western lO5 lil 1191 11 219 ;t Lou. & South Westcru lOO 81 91 90 1 st. Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO 56 57 st Metrotoittan ... • lOO 101 1011 100/ I st Do Extousi)n .. .. 100 iBl 9 5 5 Do. New rd .. at Metropolitan District. all - - 10 Metrop. St. John's Ai oott 6 - - at Midland st Do, Sirmin. & Derkiy at Nirtb. British at Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun lOO - - at Nor.Kastern-Berwice lOO 108 109 1081 25 Do. G. N.E purchase-16.13,1 - - at Do Leeds . ....... 100 61 65 at Do York lOO 98 99 at Do Carlisle .... • lOO - - st Do Stocs. & Darling lOO 136 135 st North London 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire lOO 57 5 9 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 98 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • at Rhyniney . ICO 53 55 st Shropshire Union ICO 581 591 at South Devon' .. st South Eastern lOO 771 71/ 764 at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 13 st 'Taff % ale lOO 152 155 -- Do. C ... 6 - - - Waterford & Mike:may lOO -- - l 0 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - - EtAILV7,I YS-PREFER ENCE SHAKES AN D STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88.fif68 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all st Dundee, Perth, and . :.'kber • - deen Junction lOO 105 IV7 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ~. st Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st Gt. Eastern, L.O Ex. No.l 100 99 101 st Du do N 0.2 100 97 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Du E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 . 12 st Do Nut folk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100 st Du du 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 1011 st Great Nut theru, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 Do 4, do do do 100 st DU 5 do at sp. c. pus. 100 _ st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-ltent chg., per g,tia.s p.c lOO 104 106 106 st Do. Ori , ' . (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1650 100 67 t , 9 st Do do 4 do do lOO 71) 80 st Lu do 5 per cent. redein 100 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 Os 72 st Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO b. 5 6 st Do do do 8 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 Vi 100 St Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1859 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO Ito 112 st Do do 20 gua lOO 107 111 st Do Newport,Jst g. 5 p.c lOO 90 92 st Do do 25 du 100 97 IVO st Du gua. 51 per cent. 1563 100 • ••• 00 Lancaster & ' Carlisle 41 p.c. all •• st Laueash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 St Do Barnsley, £5 as 100 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1 . 3 . 5 st Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 Del WO sq London & Brighton, 5 P.C guaranteLl, No 1 lOO sti Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO. st Do 7 per cent l OO st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 st Do 4 do 1659 IOU st London, Chatham, & Dover ••• ••• 5 per cent lOO st London and LI.W., C. and ••• •.. Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lO3 st London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 s Do (Portsm. peril Sus 2s6d) all s Mau., Shot., &Eine'''. 6 p.c. 100 . • Do 8 Do 31 per cent DU 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C.. 100 lit/ .1.5 s Do Bristol& Birm., Gp. c lOO I;2 131 s Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 96 100 s Du 41 per cent. irredoem.. 100 98 100 s Do Leicester &LI:0111,4 p.c. 100 80 I'l st North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1.. 100 st Do E. &U.4p.e. S. & D.. 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t . 100 st Do Border Union, .-E 5 1 p.c.. st Nastern—Cons. 4 g p.c... 100 87 89 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 97 99 st Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Berwick capital Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 104 Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 106 105 st Do W, liartlepoul 11. and B 100 84 86 20 North Staffordshire all 20 1 214 lOs 8. Devon Annuities, 1,1 all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 8 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 84 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO _ st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. _done 10 Agra Limited, A, all 101 11/ 11/ 1.0 Do B lO 31 4; 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 201 211 211 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Angle-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian ......... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 101 1!4 it 20 Do issued at 2pm 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, 'Mt. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 30 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 to Bank of I\ ew Zealand all 10 17 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China, 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, .. 4 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 2.5 ... 50 East Loudon,line„ 5 21 11 20 English and American, lint 10 ... 20 English Bank of itio de Ja neiro. lhn ............. 20 English,Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered ...... 281 Hun ,, Kong and Sha ng h a i Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new........ 51 2 )- 2/ 100 Imperial, lim . ............ .90 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman ............ 10 24 21 131 islonian ......................... all 19 22 25 Do new .................. 5 6 3 Lnd Mortga,e of India, lim 4 31 34 100 Dos p. c. De 1%.1861, 30 all 76 78 10 100 London Bank, of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 54/ 100 London & River Plate, 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 12 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 221 20 London and County 2O 491 001 511 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.rn,l6pd ll .. London Joint . 1 311 321 London and South African al 8: 9 100 London & S.-Westeru lint, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, 121 ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 62 59j 84 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O .. 100 Merchant, 10 Metropolitan, lira 00 Midland, lim.. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Bin l5 31 1p 00 National Pro vine. of Enz . :l 42 10 Do ..... 50 National. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 61 .51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 . 92 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 is 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 45 46 45) 1 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London all C 17 ... ... 41 With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. IA Caledonian 44 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. rain. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 t 8 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 e 7 854 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 st Great West., W. llidl., 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 103 20 Do ValeNeathperp. 5p c all 19 '2O st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ~„ st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ..„ st Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c .., 100 st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c et London& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London &S. Western, 41 p. 3 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8/ 84 at Metropolitan 5 percent lOO 100 104 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 214 2 .. 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 at North 8 .. ,6 io r p, i t gG: is i Su s a. , h appi IDNr , eearouor E n. n. enna2s2, sdt u tdpp: 11 1861 :000080000i s a t / DDDE. D OOOO O N ENEE / B B st 1862 1 101 *** st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 ••: at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 9 . 7 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 111 113 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire bp c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 *** *** st Do 5 do 1861 100 m *** ••• at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LLNES LEASED AT FIXED BENTALSJ St Balce/M 110 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all ICO 102 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 13i N Gloster and Dean Forest all „ Gt. Easat., _Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 „ at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Here: 100 96 /4 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2.6 at London and Blackwell , 100 9,3 9 3 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &e., 41 pc. 100 ,„ at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ,„ at Loudon and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO ••• ..• 85 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 80 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 8 1 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all ••• ••• st Midland, Bradford, Pref , 100 04 o t 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East., 5 percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastara —.Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B llLllinsuulll p.c lOO at Notting. & Granth..ll.& C lOO 91 9 3 23 Preston and Wyro. all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 112 104 at Shrewsbury and Hereford lot, 1:32 1;4 1 10 Do do 8 2 24 p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 90 at De 4 per cent gua lO 78 80 at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 8t West London, t Cornwall rnll 20 WestT Class A.,.,• lOO 14 1 57 ' 5 1 20 Du d o B all 20 Do d o C,., all „, at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 11) 121 st Loudon and St. Katherine 100 46 47 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent , all Millwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 30 14 -st Southampton lOO Oi 70 et Surrey Commercial THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1.869. ---- - SPIRIT OF. THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times remarks that another colliery explosion occurred last week, with a loss of fifty-eight lives. The public ought to be inexpressibly shocked by the frequent recurrence of these fatal catastrophes. To omit minor accidents, in April last we reported the deaths of thirty three men by an explosion. In May, out of ten men at work in a coal mine in South Wales seven were killed, and it was mere chance that the number at work was not 300 or 400, with' the deaths in proportion. June brought an explosion in the Ferndale Colliery' at a cost of fifty-three lives, and in July we bare this fatal explosion at Hay dock. There are two distinct elements of danger which ought to be kept in view and to be separately considered in any discussion of these disasters. There is the danger which arises from carelessness, and there is that which must be ascribed to the imperfect development of the science of mining. It is, no doubt, a temptation to those who may be rendered responsible fur these disasters to assume that the blame lies at the door of some of the unfortunate men from whom no further penalty can be exacted. Nevertheless, it is the business of science to reduce the dangers of such necessary occupa tions as mining, and it seems to us that the ignorance, revealed at every inquest, of the conditions or means of security amounts almost to a scandal, if not upon science, upon scientific men. rt would seem as if the recklessness of the miners themselves infected all who are responsible for them or might be in terested in them. They appear to care little for their own lives, and employers and men of science seem to take them at their own valuation. Let but a tenth part of that energy and research be employed on the art of mining which has been devoted to the arts of railway travelling and of navigation, and we may he confident mines could be managed with, at least, as much safety as powder magazines. The Post remarks that it might have been thought that whoever else would be made to suffer from the tendency of the age to qualify the genuine with the spurious, the farmer, by reason of the important trust he holds for the nation at large, would be spared. His prosperity is ours ; and there is no one who does not share it. According as his hopes are buoyant or the reverse, we look to have our bread cheap or dear, our beef and mutton plentiful el scarce. Is it possible, then, that the commercial immorality which sells sand under the name of sugar would go the length of adulterating the seed upon which the food of the country depends It is ; and it is in evidence before the committee, that in some cases the adulteration is carried to the extent of fifty per cent. It is assertei that if the bill to prevent the adulteration of seed were to pass it would ruin the seed trade altogether. Why so? There was certainly a time, not very remote, when mer chants sold seed which was not spurious. The race of competition set in, and then they began to lower their prices, still pretending to give their customers as good seed as ever. Now the stimulus of competition has so far reduced prices that a respectable seed merchant never guarantees his goods, but sells only "by sample." That an Euglish farmer will buy avowedly adulterated seed merely because it is cheap, when Irish and Scotch farmers refuse to have anything to say to it, we doubt. But this, at least, is clear to us, that under no possible circumstances can any system of undeclared adulteration be defensib:e. The Standard refers to the causes now in various stages of progress before the Ecclesiastical Courts, and protests against the line of conduct pursued towards Mr. Wix, one of the defendants, by his diocesan, the Bishop of Winchester. His lordship calls upon Mr. Wix to abandon, on his requisi tion, the practices for which he now stands impugned in the law courts. Nothing could be more natural than that the incumbent should decline to allow the bishop to anticipate the decision of the judges. Immediately upon receiving this intimation his lordship resorts to coercion. The expedient is a very simple one. He cuts off Mr. Wix's supply of curates. He inhibits the two gentlemen who have hitherto acted in that capacity, and refuses to license any others, so that the incumbent, himself in failing health, finds himself confronted with the alternatives either of giving up his services or of taking upon his own shoulders the amount of work hitherto shared between three clergymen. He might shut up his church from Sunday to Sunday, and plead the example of hundreds -of the clergy of the diocese of Winchester. It would seem that invalid as be is, this impracticable gentleman prefers t 4 struggle on under a pressure of work which would break clown a strong man. Let us not be misunderstood. We believe that Mr. Wix is acting illegally in retaining the practices complained of, and shall be well content if the proceedings now in progress in the Court of Arches should teach him his duty pretty sharply. But, on the other hand, we strongly reprehend the measures taken by the Bishop to enforce his extra-legal monition, in anticipation .vf the judgment of the courts, as an abuse •of power amounting to downright tyranny. It was never intended that the right of inhibiting curates should be employed for purposes of this kind, and if the precedent is recog. nif•ed, we may expect to find an established rule for Highs Church bishops to inhibit the curates of Low Church incumbents, and vice versa. The Daily News thinks that among the minor electoral reforms which must follow in the wake of household suffrage is the entire remodelling of our system of electoral registration. Our present methods both of preparing and -of correcting the electoral lists are adapted to a theory which regarded the suffrage as a privilege for which the man who would keep it must be content to fight. They were meant to be, in some degree, self-working ; they tave proved to be in a great degree self-obstructing ; and are felt to be so entirely inapplicable to the present extended suffrage that a parliamentary committee has been inquiring into them with a view to their reform. The report of this committee executes due justice on the present system. It truly says that " the scenes at the revising courts are a scandal to our representative system." The battle of the Constitution is fought in the registration courts, and the motto of the combatants too often is that "All's fait in loVe and war." Unhappily, the weapons with which the law arms them are far more powerful for aggression than for de fence. It is an easy thing to launch an objection, but it takes time and trouble to defend the best of votes against it. One of the most familiar of electioneering tactics is to send out objections by wholesale, and it is pretty cer tain that some of them will succeed. In the new system which household suffrage has necessitated it must be the duty of a public officer to make the electoral lists as com plete as possible, with the least danger of accidental os designed disfranchisements, and the minimum of trouble to the individual elector, while the lists themselves must neither be complicated by needless details, nor mystified by cumbrous arrangement ; but must be so clear and plain that even uneducated electors may easily find their own names and the names of their neighbours, and easily detect omission or mistake. " I can see no particular reason why the Government should undertake this prosecution." Such, says the Telegraph, were the words with which the Home Secre. tary dismissed Mr. Locke's appeal for an investigation into the conduct of the police who brought the charge of assault against the three clerks in the National Bank. Now, since the public does see very particular reason why the matter should not be passed over without inquiry, we should be wanting in our duty if we did not again press the subject on the attention of the Home Office. We are the more bound to enter our protest against Mr. Bruce's decision, because it is clear from the language used by the member for Benfrewshire that he is strangely misinformed respecting the facts of this remarkable case. It is the public, and not the clerks , _ who are n ow c hi e fly concerne d in the prosecuti on of the inquiry ; and it is for his failing to appreciate this truth that there is much cause of complaint against Mr. Bruce. The real issue is, not whether the police assaulted the clerks, or the clerks atta c k e d th e po li ce, b ut whether some members of the forco to which we entrust the protection of ous lives, property, and character, have been guilty of wilful perjury, abuse of trust, and assault on unoffending citizens. It is quite possible, or even probable, that, when the police first arrested the b an k c l er k s, t h ey may have been guilty of no worse offence than carelessness or want of consideration. What we complain of is, that, saving made a mistake, they attempted to escape the consequences by deliberate false swearing in a court of justice. If Mr. Knox's decision was right, no other con elusion is possible ; and neither the public, the police, nos the Home Office ought to rest content until that conclu sion shall be either disproved or made the ground of further action. The Home Secretary has been led into a mistake, by not having sufficiently studied the facts of the case. When he has given them sufficient considera tion, he will, we have no doubt, see very particular reasons why he should rescind his hasty judgment. The Herald, in comparing the provision made for special professional education on the Continent with that among ourselves, observes that it was the Paris Central School which Dr. Lyon Playfair, in 1851, pr o p ose d as t h e b eat model of imitation when Prince Albert thought of found ing a great industrial seminary. The practical advantages which this school confers upon French manufacturing bkill are inestimable. They elevate the standard of work manship, promote increased excellence of design, and esta blish a uniform perfection of finish. It is from the pupils .of this school that the great companies search for their -employ 45, and the possession of one of its diplomas is the sure guarantee of a place. Perhaps one of the most convincing proofs of the soundness of the educa tion which it administers is the fact that of a total of pupils of the Central School up to January 1, 1864, amouaing 1,114 were foreigners, of which latter number 441 obtained the certificate or diploma of the foreign nations who have taken advantage of the institution. Switzerland has contributed the largest contingent, 16'2, while England has sent SS. If, according to the account before us, the influence of the Central School upon France has been of unmixed good, the Impe rial Conservatory of Arts and Trades, a more venerable institution, the date of whose birth is the year 1794, in the first place gave the impulse in this happy direction, Practically, the Conservatory is established for the pur pose of giving courses of lectures to workmen, of affording them opportunities for observing the latest improvements in instruments and In tools, for carefo;ly examining vari ous scientific models, and for procuring such books as from time to time they require. These are the two great typical institutions of France. Others, such as the various schools of arts and trades established in different places through• out the empire, there are in abundance, whose operation is equally satisfactory. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. IU Atigio-American Tel., lim all 211 2.4 21/ 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... JO 15 f 16 35; at Atlantic Telegraph lO 20 25 24 at Do. 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A FRESH MAN. 7 RAINING REPOR7 S. KINGSCLERE.--.At Goodwood, in the Lavant Stakes, Madame Eglentine filly and Blue Stocking are engaged. The first-named will take a lot of beating, but she is not quite so fit as I should have liked her to have been. I think her myself to be rather a difficult mare to train over hard ground. Gratwicke Stakes—Siderolite and Kiig Cophetua are in, and 1 give the preference to the first named. Goodwood Derby—Pero Gomez is well, and the race is at his mercy, but at present I have my doubts about his going. Molecomb Stakes—Uadame Eglentine filly has plenty of weight, but will run over this distance. Rosicrucian is engaged in the Cup, but I am of opinion he will not run, as he is still suffering from a sore back. Racing Stakes—lt is just on the cards for Siderulite to win. Morua will take her own part for the Nassau Stakes, es she is very well. NEWMARKET.—At Goodwood, in the Lavant Stakes, we have Religieuse, Marie, Chanc,lier, Podesta, and the Easquine filly ; this lot are all well, and the Basquine filly is the best. lions Stakes.—Rupert I fancy Hill beat Brigantine. Gratwicke Stakes.—Midsummer is well, and will win. Ham Stakes.—We have Pibroch, Bulldog, Podesta, D'Estournel's darn colt, Harlequin's dam filly, and Kingcraft ; all are well, but there is nothing to beat Kingeruit. Annesley Stakes.—We have St. Ronan, Blue. skin, and Vale Royal. The last-named I believe will not run, having been short of work. St. Ronan has been doing good work on the tan, but being a roarer will not beat Blueskin over this distance. DIALTON.—At Goodwood, in the Gratwicke and Nassau Stakes we have Kentish Fire, who is well and fit to run, but the company will be found too good for lirr. She is also in the Zetland Stakes, which I think she will win. Goodwood Stakes-- Taraban and War are in. The last named has undergone a thorough preparation, and is fit to run for a man's life. I think be is sure to be in the first three, if not actually the winner. Seventeenth Bentinck Memorial. —The Spy has returned home after his recent victory, and looks none the worse for his journey. I think he will credit his owner with this stake. STOCKBRIDGE. —Ham Stakes. —Roderick Dhu and High land Lassie are engaged. The first-named will bo the best. Steward's Cup. Red Rice has too much weight on, and he has been stopped in his work since last Wednesday week. Findon Stakes. Roderick Dhu is engaged, but I do not fancy him much, as he is not fit. Sweepstakes of 300 Sovs.—Scottish Queen will win, as she is very well just now. Racing Stakes.—Scottish Queen will win. Nine teenth Bentinck Memorial.—Cra Ile and Lady Annie are in, and the last-named will be the best at present, as the other is not fit to run, nor will she be until the Newmarket Meetings. Molecomb Stakes.—Stanhope and Gossamer filly are in, and the first will be the best, but he is only moderate. Nassau Stakes.—Scottish Queen is engaged, but she cannot give 71b to either Morna or Heather Bell. MfooLmfam.—On Wednesday Pretender led Lord Haw thorn, Argyle, Derventio, and Thorwaldsen a mile and a half. Lawrence led Tabouret, Outfit, Tom Bowline colt, Morphia, Enfield, and Sea Captain twice. Departure and Adelaide went a rattling gallop of a mile and a half, little Grey on the former, and Hudson on Adelaide. Master man's Honesty, led by The Sawyer, went a good gallop of a mile and a half. Thursday —Briggs' Bracken, Myosotis, Vansittart, Jarnock, Canon, Lord Harewood, Lackland, Duchess of Athol, Lady Mary, Clifden, Anna Bell, Pistash, La Colonne, and filly by Blarney were sent the mile and a half twice at a smart pace. Dawson sent Pretender, Thor waldsen, Lord Hawthorn, and Argyle a mile and a half at a nice sweating pace. FIFIELD. —At Goodwood, in the Lavant Stakes, we have Rasper and Wildflower engaged. I like the last napled's chance the best, and I think she will run well. Gratwicke Stakes—l have not seen Boundary since she ran at Ascat, and I believe she is at Lord Aylesbury's seat, Savernake Forest. Ham Stakes—The Cantine filly and the Bribery colt are both well. The lant-named moves first-class, but I don't think he will run hero. Findon Stakes—Claudius, Bon Voyage, gasper, and Cantina filly are in. I like the Cantina filly best. Nassau Stakes— Boundary, Heather Bell, and Carina are in. I like Carine. Stewards' Cup Spider, Skipjack, La Belle Helene, Heather Bell, and Bosworth are our lot. LAMBOURNE.—In the Gratwicke Stakes at Goodwood Belladrum is engaged, but he will not leave Russley on this occasion, as he is laid up in lavender just now. Ham Stakes... We have Sunlight and a filly by Defender out of Amazonian, but Sunlight will be our best, and he has only Kingcraft to fear. " The King" must not go to sleep in the race, as he might get second. Lavant Stakes.— The filly by Thormanby cut of Masquerade and Sunshine are in, and I cannot see anything to beat Sunshine. Steward's Cup.--Vulcan is not class enough. Findon Stakes.—ldston and Reveller are in, but I cannot stand either of them. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs.—Crocas will win. Molecomb Stakes.—We have Macgregor and Sun light in. They are both well, but I cannot tell which of the two will run. lIEDNESFORD.—I do not think many horses will leave here for Goodwood, nor do I think we shall have many out before Wolverhampton. The following aro doing good work:—lndian Ocean, Catamaran, Whinyard, Ocean Wave, President Lincoln, Abbotsford, Dean of York, General Prim, Emily, Masquer, filly by Lifeboat, Edin burgh, Jenny Mills, and Nonsense. The others are only going along steadily, on account of the hardness of the ground. STANTON.—The following horses have been rattled along since my last:—Curio, Ben Block, See-Saw, Salliet, Jeannie Deans, Lady Evelyn filly (2 yrs), Chamade colt, Marquis filly, Whist filly, Mont Blanc, Ampleforth, Parma, Jacqueline colt, Palmitine, Free Trade, and Royal Read. LEWES.-At Goodwood we have Lumley and Wanderer in the Stewards' Cup, but they have handicapped Lumley out of the race, and Wanderer is not good enough to stand on. Lavant Stakos—Scarbro' is amiss. Findon stakes Scarbro' and Elsham are both amiss. Goodwood Stakes— Provider, Choral, and Young Fenton are in. Ihe old mare is doing well, but 1 cannot stand her. Provider has been at work, but it is too late to think of him at this the eleventh hour. RICUMOND.—On Tuesday Little Bell and Potash colt led Bete Noire two miles and a half, fast all the way. Wednesday.—Bete Noire took two smart canters the length of the moor, led by Little Bell. Thursday.— Auchinleck led Bete Noire two miles and a half as fast as she could go. The Goodwood Stakes candidate went re markably well withi❑ himself. ILBLEr. —At Goodwood, Plaudit, Athena, and Lady Beaconsfield are in the Stewards' Cup. They are doing good work and going iu excellent form. Old Plaudit looks and goes better than ever I saw him since he has been trained here, and is as tit as a fiddle. Ho will be our boat. Cap-a-Pio is as well as he can be fur the Chester till Cup, but I will say more about him in my next re port. Oratava, in the Nursery , SLakes, is daily d o i ng good work. is a fine eJlt, and CHILTON. —The following are doing good work:— Chivalry, Cameroon, Vigilant, Virginia Creeper, Mr Pitt, Macduff (by Malcolm), horse by Knight of Kars, Slattern colt, Minus, Alice Maud, Repose, Westward Ho, filly by Neville, filly by Buccaneer, and Triton. MADAME TASSA 'S Ex lIIBITION.—The new Court dresses at this Exhibition are most superb. They have been purchased, we believe, from the celebrated house of Worth, of Paris. " Glorious Goodwood," as it is termed, begins on Tues day:-Mie Stewards' Cup is the chief item set for Tues day, for which Adelaide, The Orphan, and Xi are the pick of the best engaged. The Ham and Lavant Stakes will bring out the two Derby favourites, Kingcraft and Sunshine, and the former is in danger of defeat, it is whispered, in the eix-I urlong contest for the rich Ham. The Levant is only a half-mile race, end here 31r. Meri y will be at home with Sunshine, who gave Altaic quite a 51b beating in the July, and should dispose of him again. Alex. Taylor has a long string that includes Posworth. La Belle Helene, and Skipjack, and the best will be as dangerous as anything in the race. So will the pick off Joseph Dewson's basket, whether it be Tenedos or one of the lighter weights; and Sir Frederick Johnstone must be respected with Curiaet, Xi, an..l others to choose between them. The Goodwood Stakes is of primary importance, because it has created more noise in the betting world than the Cup. A more moderate lot, with one or two exceptions, could not well be collected together. Hence the prospects of a glutton like Cecil are really good, with all his weight, and his stable comiauion, Adolphus, has iun so very badly all through his career that I shy •u:d con deetly anticipate the four year old proving the better animal if if a good jockey were on his back. Chaloner would have the mount Lad he not been en gaged for Alpenstock, one of the early favou rites it is impossible to shake from his position, and such a superior horse, so far as quality is concerned, that no good judge dare stand against him. Stayer or not, ho has won longer races than Robespierre, the doings concerning whom have been too mysterious for me to and him, great as is my respect for Jeffrey as a jockey in a long race. Cameron is to mount War, whose com plexion is improved by the running of Number Nip at Knutsford since they met at Carlisle, particularly if the latter's stable companion BotreNoi. e, is as lame as is stated. The horse had arrived in London when the pencil fever attacked him, and the most contradictory reports were rife concerning him until he started on for Chichester. Some said he was " sound as a bell ;" others that he was'"lame as a tree ;" and I incline to the latter party. At any rate, the money laid against him is enough to damp the ardour of his most unprejudiced ad herents. Should he not be too lame to run, Hudson will s have to jockey him, and then he will ltiok no better than Storm King, who may possibly carry extra weight for the sake of Butler. Miss Gratwicko has immensely improved in condition in a few weeks, and may carry Hammond al most as nearly home as Ilium did last year. Our Mary Ann is the best handicapped animal in the race, and with a good jockey on her back, or on that of the Starter, W. Day and Company would have a chance second to no other party. The winner, in my opinion, will turn up in either WAR, ADOLPIIUS, or STARTER. The Goodwood Cup is almost a certainty for BRIGANTINE, hut I shall expect to see both Restitution and See Saw close on her heels. :~•~-- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day LONDON BETZING.--alas DAY. STEWARDS' CUP. 7to 1 agst Amaranth colt (taken) 8 to 1 agst Pichn (taker) 10 to 1 agst Adelaide (wanted) 100 to 6 agst La Belle Helene (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rosicruciau (taken) 20 to 1 apt Orphan (offered) 25 to 1 agst Xi (offered—after 100 to 6 taken) 25 to 1 agst Bounceaway (offered) 40 tJ 1 nest Lady Righthoru (taker) 5U to 1 agst Snowdrop (offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 agst War (taken) sto 1 agst Starter (taken) 6to 1 agst Robespierre (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Adolphus (taken and offered) • 15 to 2 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Choral (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Storm King (taken and wanted) 50 to 1 agst Bete Noir (taken and wanted) TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY EVENING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 11 to 2 agst War (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Robespierre (taken. and offered) 6to 1 agst Adolphus (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Starter (taken) 15 to 2 agst Alpenstock (taken) 100 to 8 agst Miss Gratwicke (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bete Noire (taken) 20 to 1 agst Choral (taken) 25 to 1 agst. Cecil (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Storm King (offered) 200 to 3 agst Make Haste (taken) STEWARDS' CUP. 10 to 1 agst Fichu (taken) 12 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 100 to 8 apt Amaranth c (wanted) 100 to 6 agst Pericles (taken) GOOD WOOD CUP. 50 to 40 on Brigantine (offered) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 100 to '. agst Brenuus (taken) RACING 'IXTURES. AUG. UST. Oxford Huogerford 24 York 94, 25, 26 Croydon Plymouth £6, 27 Scarbormigh 80, 31 Baden Baden Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ..... B ll Sep. 1 Deauville Ripon Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton 4 i Brighton Club 5 I Lewes 6, 7 Evian' lO, 11 1 Wolverhan'pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 Bromley 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I Dover 18 1 SEPTEMBER. Margate 2 1 Richmond 21, 22 Ipswich 2 I Lichfield West Drayton 3 I Western (Ayr)........22, 28 Warwick... 7, 8 Hendon 23 24 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Monmouth... . 23, 24 I Abingdon 9, 10 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, eze. Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Lanark 29 3 0 I Hampton 21, 22 OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham IQ . 21 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 ()armlet l9, 21., .1 Leicester 7 , 8 I West, Drayton .........21, 22 Bromley 7 8 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, &c.I Monmouth 23, t 4 Chelmsford l9 20 ! N ewinark..t ll'tuu ...25, .kt o. Kelso 19 20 j NOVEMBER. Barrow .... ... ...2, 3 I Egliuton Hunt 6 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, t; 1 Shrewsb ury ..... l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES, OCTOBEIL 7 I West Drayton 2l 22 N 0 VERSE& , Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury lb, Harrow 2, 3 1 Lewnington Hunt ~..23 eto Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12 I .. Bromley.. COURSING FIXTURES. AUG UST. St. Albans.. 17 OCTOBER. Aneaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. • Ormesby 19, &u Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27 .ETING —JULY 29. Cup ; two miles and a half. +d to date.] Age at Lo) d Hawthorn ... 3 7 7 St Mungo ... 3 7 7 The Drummer ... 3 7 7 Provider ... 3 7 7 Typhon 3 7 7 Martyrdom ... 3 7 7 Robespierre 3 7 7 Thorvvalsden 3 7 RuFeit 3 7 7 Lancet 7 7 Idle/1p) of 25 sore each, 15 ft, ith 100 added. 2k miles. 54 Age st Miss Gratwicke ... 4 6 10 Provider ... 3 6 10 Vallation g ... 4 6 6 Choral ... 4 6 6 Y. Fenton... ▪ 3 6 6 Adolphus ... 3 6 2 Storm King ...36 0 Hobart ... • 8 512 Queen of the Forest, by Atherstoue ... 8 5 10 Starter ... 3 510 Vacuum ... ▪ 5 9 Aubade 8 5 7 Judge ...3 5 7 GOODWOOD Mt. Weights for the Goodwood I Calculate, Age st lb Kt. of the Garter... 5 9 7 Trocadero 5 9 7 Portmno ... 5 9 7 Blinkhoolio ... 5 9 7 The Rake ••• ... 5 9 7 Sue-Saw ... 4 9 0 Rosicruciau ... 4 9 0 Tabouret ... 4 9 0 Rehtitutiou ... 4 9 0 Blueskin ... 4 8 10 Brigantine... ... 3 7 10 The Goodwood Stakes (Hat and only 5 if declared, wi subs, 2d of whom declark Age st lb Blinkhoolie 5 9 0 The Rake ... 5 8 9 Cecil ... 4 8 7 Taraban ... 5 8 5 Phoebus ... 4 8 2 Alpenstock ~. 3 7 12 Islam ..• 3 7 9 Bracken . 5 7 7 Robespierre ... 3 7 2 War • ... 6 7 0 Assineboine ... 57 0 Our Mary Ann ... 4 6 12 BeteNoire ..• .. 3 6 12 Make Haste ... 4 6 12 Acaster 3 610 YACHTING FIXTURES. JULY. 27, 28 —Royal Western - Yacht Club and Plymouth Royal Regatta 30—Royal Welsh Yacht Club Regatta AUGUST. 1, 2—Havre Regatta 2—Doggot's Coat and Badge : Thames 2—Temple Yacht Club : Second Match 3—Victoria Model Yacht Club : First Class Match 3,4, 5, 6—Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta s—Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club: Regatta at Oulton 7—Cheshire Yacht Club: Third Match 9-14—Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta 10—Great Yarmouth Regatta 13—Shoreham Regatta 21—Clyde Yacht Club: Corinthian Match 21—Cheshire Yacht Club: Fourth Match 24, 25—Dartmouth Regatta 28—Clyde Yacht Club : Closing Cruise 2i—Torbay Royal Regatta REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COIIE. JULY. 27—Alexandra Rowing Club : Senior Fours, River Lea 28—Vesper Rowing Club : Trial Fours, River Lea 29—North East London Rondon Club v. Orion Club 4 Fours 29—Wingfield Sculls: Challenger's Heat 30—Phcenix Rowing Club : Senior and_:Junior Pair; River Lea 30—London Rowing Club : Eights 3 1—Wingfield Sculls: Final Heat 31—Staines Amateur Regatta AUGUST -Alexandra Rowing Club : Senior Sculls, River Lea -Tewkesbury Regatta -Orion Rowing Club: Junior Pairs, River Lea Kingston Town Rowing Club Regatta -Ariel Rowing Club: Sculls, River Lea -Worcester Regatta -Albion Rowing Club ; Senior Sculls, River Lea -Sunderland Regatta -Barnes and Mortlake Amateur Regatta SPAIN. (RE'UTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, July 24. The Onicial Gazette of to-day publishes a decree setting in force the Martial Law of the 17th of April, 1821, in reference to conspirators against the public tranquillity. This decree is preceded by a long explanation of the motives which have led to its issue. The new treaty between the North-German Con federation and the United States, for the protection of emigrant; provides for the formation of an international sworn commission in the ports of departure and arrival. Besides possessing the right Df thoroughly examining the emigrant ships, the commission shall be empowered to summon and hear witnesses, to prescribe all necessary oaths and declarations, to impose fines and punish with imprisonment, to decide in all cases of claims for compen sation, and to pronounce a ship unfit for transporting passengers between the ports of the two contracting parties. The resolutions and verdicts of the respectiv e con: - missions shall be docisive in case of their being unanimou and when there is a difference of opiu )c_t among them appeal may be made to the highest Court competent in Mill'i/10 affairs belonging to the State under the flag of which the vessel in question sails. The members of 11:e commission shall discharge t'ieir functions gratuitous] ,- , but the under officers are to receive a salary. The cos! s of administration shall be defrayed by fees, fines, &c., im posed by i ll() commissions, and any balance remainin; over and above, after meeting the expenses, shall be ap plied to the relief of indigent emigrants.—North German Correspondent. A private soldier in California has invented a new methol for skimming milk. He fits a line gauze sieve to a hoop of the size of a pan. Tho milk is then poured jute the pau so as to a little more than cover the sieve. When the cream has risen the hoop is lifted, and the cream is thus completely removed. [igh• Iter- also b ris- ICCSS gen this -I ),-4v . op o