The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-20 00:00:00

VI CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. BRll2l$ll F (RIDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 8 UOYERNMEXT FuNDs.: P.. ( pl(Cent. Consols 8 -uitto for Account, July 7 Per Cent. Reduced 921 i tOW per Cent mew 3 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 0 per Cen J an. 1873 A turaities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red B ills, 6rp), Aug., 1908 — Exchoqucr £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March . Do. 3 do. June Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4 B ank of England Stock, 41 por Cent I Jo. opening — Canad 3 4 per Cent. Bonds — I nter-Colonial Omnmm [Pm INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECUILITIEb. "IR stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 297} D. Opening, for Account 1 4. ,Q. 5 lier Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per C en t., Oct. 1888 , - Do. Certificates — u '' --? Do. Enfaced Pape& 4 per Cent....., — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ,... losk Do. 5} per (hut. May 1879 — D.) 5 pet Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — 1.):). Deb., ' 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds 4 per Cont., £l,OOO - Pm ' l4) Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS- TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, t) per Cent Austrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Lto. 189 — Brazilian 5 per Cen t — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852.. — Do. do 1858.... bo. (to. 1861) ' -.... • do., 1863 — i, per Cent., 1865 'w Mint B5 ~,,° ititjr_Rs 6 per Cont. c ' - ` l3 4 T - fr,-Plont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) .- 4 -; 6 lief' ckbi. ti.tiliau b la VAit ....... Da. 4i pei'CotrtZ.'.. ' -Do. 3 per Cent., 1 4 -4 6 per cc). t..18G7 94} , I- ' 0 . ; ver Cent., LitCti ,•• lotubia n 6 per C en t . D • ' B6} auts'a, 3 per Cent., 1825...... ... — d I) atoitiian Principalities, 7r Cent — Do 8 p er Cent., yti7 „quador New CoVdated, 1 p,:r Cent, 4 XYptian, 7 per Cen , • — lio Second lss_ue "s - - .. Do. £5Ol. Bonds - , DO. XlOO Bends •„... -.- Do. Its 64 ............ •• _„ Do. - Account - 1 1-)0, A5OO Bonds- r)o, ..4.104; Bonds Du. 7 per Coot., 1868 ~ ( -iov:intoi6nt !=i,vltVaV oobent tros m'reek 5 por Coat., 182 i '5, cx Coups — Do. Account -- Do. Coupone -- Do. Account ti,uttemala 5 per Cent .. Consols are quiet to-liy at 921 8 for money ; ditto, for Ac:ount, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92i 1; New Thee per Cents, 921 j ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 8 prem.; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 13 12 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2071 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1051 ; ditto Bonds under £1,00,p, 20 15 prem. The tendency of Foreign Stocks is not altogether favourable, seeing that while Peruvian, Italian, and, Brazilian are better, Turkish, Mexican, and one or two Egyptian stocks are lower. The following are the 'Aces :--Argentine, 80/ to 81 ; Brazaian, 841 to 851 ; Egyptian (1864), 911 to 921 ; ditto (1868), 781 to 781 ; Viceroy Seven per Cents., 812 to 821 ; ditto Nine per Cent., 97i to 98 ; Italian, 5.42 to 551 ; Mexican, 121 to 122 ; Peruvian, 771 to 78 ; Russian (1822), 861 to 87/ ; Orel-Vitebsk, 821 to 832 Charkof, 81 to 811; Moscow, 811 to 812 ; Nicolas, 671 to 681; Spanish, 291 to 291 ; Turkish Five per Cent., 44 to 441 ; the Six per Cent., 661 to 66i. There is no change whatever in American Secu rities, but the tone is steady. United States Five- Twenty Bonds are 821 to 821; the Ten-Forty, 731 to 74 ; Erie Shares, 19 to 19} ; and Illinois, 931 to 931. The Railway Market is inactive. Metropolitan shares have declined 1, Midland 1, and Great Eastern k; Caledonian, Great Western, and Berwick, on the other hand, are stronger. The following are the prices :—Caledonian, 811 to 821 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; Great Northern (A), 106 to 107 ; Great Western, 51 to 511 ; Lancashirs and Yorkshire, 126 to 1261 ; London and Brighton, 44/ to 451; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 171; London and North-Western, 1181 to 119 i ; London and South Western, 83 to 91 ; Metropoli tan, 1001 to 1001 ; Midland, 1171 to 111 ; North Eastern (Berwick). 1081 to 109 ; and South Eastern, 771 to 771. The transactions in Bank Shares are in active. Agra (A) is quoted at 11 to 111 ; Alliance, 141 to 151 ; Anglo-Austrian, 18 to 20 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 292 to 301 ; Consolidated, 41 to 44; Imperial, 161 to 162 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 3 prem. ; London and County, 581 to 591; London and Westminster, 60 to 61 ; Oriental, 41/ to 42/ ; London Joint Stock, 31 1 to 321 ; and Union of London, 35 to 36 ex div. Very little business is doing in Miscellaneous Securities, and prices show no material alteration. Anglo-American Telegraph is well supported, at 211 to 22 ; Hudson's Bay is quiet at 121 to 121 ex div. ; National Discount, 111 to 112 ; General Credit, 11 to ; and International Finance, 2 to 1:1 dia. It i 3 understood that Mr. Eastwick will leave this country by the next mail, towardsthe end of the present month, on his mission to the Government of Venezuela, on behalf of the bondholders. I❑ his endeavours to obtain justice fur these claimants Eastwick will, of course, receive the strong moral support of the British Government. The amount of gold sent into the Bank yesterday Was £141,000, making a total of no less than £483,000 since the date of the last return. Our Paris advices report a continued unfavour able tendency in the exchange on London, but there is no immediate likelihood of the incoming supplies of specie being diverted to the Continent, and the prospect is therefore that the accumulation at the Bank of England will go on. The traffic of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway exhibits an increase of £498 ; and that of the South-Eastern an increase of £1,102. The traffic of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada shows an increase of £1,413 ; that of the Great Western of Canada an increase of £l,OlB ; but the return of the Detroit and Milwaukie Rail road presents a decrease of £l4. The steamer Deutschland is announced from New York, with £17,417 specie for London, and the liammonia, also from New York, has brought £32,120 for France. The half-yearly meeting of the London an 3 Blackwall Railway Company is called for the 10th of August. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Trust and Laan Company (Limited) is convened for the 28th inst. The ordinary general meeting of the Tower Sub way Company is called for the 13th August. The meeting of the South Essex Waterworks Company is to be held on the 3d August. The question of the right of the French Atlantic Company to land their cable upon the coast of America continues to cause fluctuations in the Company's shares. The stock of the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company advanced 4 to 5 per cent., the closing price being 30 to 34. In the wheat market there is a decline of is. for English and of between is. and 2s. for foreign. The report of the Bank of Egypt, to be presented on the 23d inst., shows an available total of £31,109, and recommends the usual interim divi dtnd at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and the appropriation of £7,900 to the reserve fund. The report of the Lancaster Shipowners' Com- Pally (Limited), to be presented at Liverpool on the 28th inst., recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 5 per cent. The following is from the Don Pedro (Brazilian) Gold Company :—" Copy of telegram from Lisbon. -- Produce for May, 20,125 oitavas; produce to the 1 8th of June, 5,028 oitavas." Honduras Gov Rail.Loan.,lop. Ct.,all pd lt , 1 iau 5 per Cent., 1865 — al 30. Account . Do Rarennuana Railway 51.311Ca1l 3 per Cent Ditto fcr Account — Do. 1864 — Do f per Cent. Anglo-French — A outevidvan il per Cent. lc -..risll llaperio.l 5 per Cent . feu- Granaia — Do 3 per Con _ Do. Deferred re 'Lucian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account - :. 771 Do li per Cent. (G :' :trren) Dol per Cent., 1662 -.. — Do A:c&ltut Por '.,tignesi.; - 4 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'i 34 Do. do. 1867., — Do. do. Sci ip, £2O paid — R Issian 5 per Cent., 182, £ Bt. Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4L per Ccnt., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, 'Scrip — Do. Auglo-Dateb, 1864, £lOO lloodk.. 53 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. .. -1 io 1866 £lOO Bonds 93f _ . DJ. do £B4 15q do — Do Nicola's liailway 63 Sattinian 5 i - A.r Cent - - Spanish 3 por Oen Do. Acc , ,nat ..., 3Ol 1 Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. NortDeferrect — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account. Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 pvr Gent. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 18.58 — Do Account e Do £lOO Londs Do 6 per Oeut., 1862 _ . Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 5 per Oent. 1865 ' — Do Account - 4 . Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Lead Warrants (Hectares) ...... ... Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc.uut Lo 6 per Cent. 1862 Do 6 por Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ilk per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail. : — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Do. Account - — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, Ili. Xsf. ... - Do Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money -w Do. Account, August 5 • .. 03 k 11.1.1RKE7 S-7 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. July 19.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. The market quiet. BISHOP COLENSO AND THE BISHOP OF CAPE 70IVN. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Couacil gave judgment to-day in the appeal of " the Bishop of Cape town v. the Bishop of Natal," from a judg ment and decree of the Supreme Court cf the colony. Their lordships declared that the Bishop of Cape Town had no right to interfere in the matter re ferred to, and that the Bishop of Natal had the full rights which he claimed. 6OURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Do Rotterdam — ... 12 2 ... 12 3 Antwerp — ••• 25 AU ... '25 471 Brussels — ... 25 40 ... 25 471 Hamburg n — ... 13 11f ... 13 111 Paris Short ... 25 171 ... 25 25 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main: ... 1211 ... 1211 V ienua — ... 12 75 ... 12 80 Trieste — ... 12 75 ... 12 -80 Petersburg Copenhagen.. 9 24 ... 9 21 Berlin .29 Madrid. Cadiz 4E4 49 ... Leghorn Milan — ... 26 40 ... 26 45 Genoa . - ... 2G 40 ...- 26 45 Naples Palermo — 26 40 ... 26 45 - .. 26 40 ... 26 45 LIAILWAYS-PREFER KNOE SHAKES AND STOOKS. Messina Lisbon . _ ... 51i _. 52 Oporto — ... 511 ... 521 Rio Janeiro — ••• , .. New Y ork - A TRUE CONSULAR STORY BY W. J. STILLM AN. — That gentleman, at ono time Gansu' at Rome, was trans ferred to Canea by Mr. Seward to silence his complaints against au iniquity the Secretary did not choose tc cor rect. His income was $l,OOO per annum, which sufficed for the modest wants of his family during the first year, one of peace and low prices, but after the war broke out a material change occurred in the price of living in Crete. The Viceroy of Egypt offered him any compensation to get up a petition from the Cretans for the transfer of the island to Egypt. This ho exposed to Mr. Morris, and he to the English Ambassador at Constantinople, who quashed the proj pct. Ms denunciations of the unjust measures to drive the Cretans into insurrection and remonstrances with the local authorities excited their hostility, and hewas accused of being an instigator of the insurrection. Mr. Stillman says, " I was menaced with the withdrawal of my exequa tur ; I was denounced in the Philo-Ottoman journals, the despatches of the French Consul (the most corrupt and mendacious Levantine I ever met); bullied and in sulted by the '. ;;1 authorities, openly menaced with as sassination by the. ~ ,, u lman mob; a picquet of Zapties at my front door, an. " I ‘.4ther at the back, to examine everybody who left my ho ;and though the surveillance of months had found no farz." , ; - i.:,which to accuse me, the charges were no leis viruleu . ;: - .4iiritated wore the Mus sulman population against t I received frequent private warnings not to be outs Say house after sunset, and not to move without a gutacr- For "two weeks we were ready for barricading and defe;r4ing the consulate at any moment, and scarcely crossed its threshold ; and when, weary of this prison -life, I hired - a house which had a garden attached, where we and our children might breathe without danger from the rifle-balls that more than once had whistled by me, the Governor, on learning that I had taken it, compelled the owner to withdraw the lease, though my chattels were partly in the house. My employes were insulted, beaten, denied recognition, and, in some cases, compelled to aban don my employ. In vain I represented this state of things at Washington; no notice was deigned to me. Two or three times men-of-war came to Crete, whose officers mostly sympathised openly with the Turkish authorities as against the Cretans, and impliedly against me, and in one case carried their hostility to me so far that none of them except the captain and assistant-surgeon paid me a visit. Add to this, our worthy and time-honoured Secre tary of Legation and dragoman at Constantinople joined in the hue-and-cry against me, attacked me and his chief, from whom alone I had ever received support and protec tion, in the American and European journals, entered into the conspiracy to drive me from the island, and gave the local authorities, with whom he was in correspondence, tc understand that I was not, and would not be, sustained by the Government." The position being unendurable he asked for leave of absence, which was denied. His wife refused to go to Greece with the children, and as a last resource he hired a little yacht to get out of the polluted air of Crete for ten days. Famine prices supervened, and meat became awfully dear, though the other Consuls were aided by the Government butcher. Nothing but the meetings of the friends of Crete on the other side of the Atlantic induced him to hold on, his expenses being double his income. " Congress will help you," wrote one ; "we will support you in your difficulties," wrote another, so he continued till a physician's peremptory orders sent him and his family to Athens sick. "Even from this asylum," he says, "our worthy representative at the court of the Bing of the nellenes endeavoured to drive me, and, failing that, to diminish ray favour there by representing (as I know officially) to the Greek Government that my conduct in Crete had not been approved by my own Government." We may here observe that Mr. Stillman ought to account for the very general condemnation his conduct received from Americans, according to his own showing, for it is just possible that they may be in the right and he in the wrong. 'However, we aro only telling his own story, and a very sad one it undoubtedly is. Eventually, the family arr:viug in America invalids, and his unfortunate wife so broken down, so unnerved by three years of unquiet, of excited sympathy, of harassed days and nights, that her reason yielded, and in an attack of inseniffshe committed suicide, her last troubles being for the miseries she. had witnessed• and could no longer alleviate. With Lis own nervous system shattered, his working power gone, his home destroyed, and his debts, amounting to $2,000 gold), he returns to private life, being dismissed the Consular see vice, his greatest regret being that he everentered it, while he has never heard from any of his sympathizing friends on the oilier side of the Atlantic sinoe the decline of the in surrection. The moral of Mr. Stillman's story evidently is -do not go into the Consular Service of the United States ; but if you do, our advice is, do not identify your self with an insurrection, nor cJmuienca your career by fighting the Secretary of State, and continue it by fight ing every superior with whom you come in contact. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, 1411 E, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or bilisni affections. Pleasant palatable, and invigorating. told by all Chemists:--[Advt.) RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1569. SHARR LIST. 3;1)12,A1lY .6riAti..Na AND STOCK& , Dare Railwaye Paid. Closing Business Price. dans. St Britt - Li and E ...... 100 77 70. 8t Cate:lonian 100 82 824 81i U.I.:LtUrl3li 2) Cornwall it Dublin June lea 77 • 79 it Dun„Perthot Ab.J was lOO 78 72 2. East L0nd0n..... all 64 71 t 0 iio 15 2J Do 10 et Glasgow.it S. Western lOO 10; 105 at Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. No. 2 10) st Gi rcat North of Scutrauil lOO 15 14 st Great Northern lOO 107 103 1051 st Du. A. stook. at Do. 11 stout lOO et GtS, aud W. oil:eland lOO 115 v 7 st tit. Western 10() 51 514 51 t Do. South Wan,:s at Do. W. 81.1:1.—Uxtoru lllO 25 27 st Do. Newport MO :5 10 et Lancashire .t Yorkshire lOO :251 261 1264 st Lon., firigb.,& 1110 45 401 404 OJ Do Scrip st Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 161 174 it Du. Metrup. Es. A lOO 9 1 4 Lou. Jr isorin Western lOO 1. 4 1114 113 t Loa. .14 South Western lun SO St vl 004 st Alan., Sher., k Lincoln 11:0 5 6 5 7 56 1 at ItietrunWitau . lOO 10 1 102 11.01 at Do Extoustm 100 101 101 9.4 ------- 5 Do LV t: rd . . . . 10 A IN st Die ;cutiolitan District. ail 34 10 Illetrop. St. john's 00l 6 at Aliaiaud st Du, 6irmin. & Dtatri st INT, , rth st Do. Ed., & Dun... 100 at Nor. Eastern—Ber,.. irk.. 100 103 101 103 7 , I 25 Do. U. N. 16 puruhaat !OIL I st Do Leeds st Do York lOO 03 99 100} st Do °exhale .... • llO at Do Stoc & Darling ICO 136 138 st North Lon ion .. lOO 113 .11 10 Do New 1B`B st North Staffordshire " ICO 57 59 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 93 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 . ... • • t Rhymucy st Shropshire Union ll.O 581 5 st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 77i 7,1 71 st Staines, Wolehain, & Wok all 12 13 at Tail Vale -- Do. 0 . Vi'stcrlord & blikrnay.. ILO Waterlue .h Whitcha.l.. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... ..„ st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Du. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at 14t.Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 99 lul at Do do No. 2 100 97 110 st Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ..„ at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 7u 75 at DoNorfolk p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 . at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 4 1 do du do 100 ~„ st Do 5 do at sp. c.pin 100 ,„ st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. N rth of Soutland,lst pf 100 at Great South. sal Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 95 97 at Ot.West.—OrigAJnt.-ltent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. B. li. I.x). 5 p.c lOO 95 IUJ at Do do 4, percent. 1350 lOO 87 is:, st Do do 4 do do at 1.0 do 5 per cent. rede.n lOO 95 In at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 63 72 at Do do du pref 10J at Do do Chester gua lO3 b 5 9) st Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua.. 4 p.c. 100 „. at Do do 44 p.c IOU ,„ at Do do 41 WA lOO „, at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 112 at •Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 2il do 100 97 WO st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ „, OU Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, .C 5 3s 10.1 p.c. BM at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 100 ati Loudon & Brlchton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO 04 Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ,„ at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.r.) 1.)0 at Da 4 do 1350 lOO at London, Chatham, 5 . .. Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111 at Do Beilford &Cambridge lOO • ••• at Do Shrewab'y & Welchp' l lo s. at Loudon and 6 W. _7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 140 150 a Do (Portant. perk aus 2s6d) till a Man., Shef., &- Litwin. 6 p.c 104) Do s Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st laid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol &,Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 2 13i a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 98 109 a Do 41 per cent. irredeern lOO 93 100 a Du Leicester& li'ean,4 p.c lOO 8) 1 . 1 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do E. &0.4p.C. S. & D. lot) „, st Du N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51- p.C lOO at N.-Eastern-000e. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 t Do 4,4 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 9i f at. Do f 3 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, 11. &S. pereliase lO 10 101 Do Stektu & Deliug. A. 5 p.c lOO 106 103 8t Do W, Hartlepool if. and it 100 81 sa 20 North Staffordshire all 20i 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1s all 0 10 91 102 Do Tavistock Alms:, 10s all 8 9 10s Do Fired 41 per cent all 8 81 1,0.6. S. Nast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ••• ••• st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Taff Vale No.l lOO 141 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 et Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great EaStern 41 per cent. 100 77 Bt, st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 89 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 87 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 86 st. Great Northern, 5 p cirred lOO et Do Perhaanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleafd, 44 pc 100 ... et Great West., W. Midi., 5p o 100 ••• ••• et Do Jointporpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 108 1081 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 20 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ••• ..• 5 Lane. and York New 41 per ' cent till July, 1871 2 ip st Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 ••• et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 et Do do 41 do, 1861 100 et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ..• st Do do b do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do et Loud , Chat., 81c., 2d, 6 p.O 100 st Do Mctrop. B 6 p.c 100 ••• Do do 0 6 p.c et London& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London &S. Western, 41 p o 100 t , 3 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 84 84 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO lou 102 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 'et Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony, to OrS. Stk . ., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inoonv. New Shares all 19 191 19 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p st North British, E. and O. _ _ No. 1, 5 per cent at Do' £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... .Do E • P., &Dun., 2d,4 pc 100 ... st Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., N 0.3,5 p.c lOO st Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 4} p c 100 st North Eastern, 45 per cent 100 95 07 st Do Stock. & Dart, D lOO 111 113 at North London, 45, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... at South Eastern, 45 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1363 100 „. st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 45 pc 100 RAILWAYS.--LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS! st .Birlrenhead 109 in 94 100 Do. 45 per cent. Prefer.., all 100 1,02 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 at Do. A 5 per cent.. st Do. 5 do. ..., lOO 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ,„ ... st Colchester Stour Valley , 100 .. at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c.... 100 18i 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest... all ... a Gt. Easa., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 8 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ::: , ~- at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 „. - - at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 96 100 s . ) ; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2 6 .at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 4/ per cent lOO ... ... st London, Coat., &c., 41 p c lOO . .. st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 .. at London and Greenwich st . Do. do Preference lOO ~, .. at London, Tilbury, & South 100 80 6Z at Lowestoft, ,y,thi 4 per cent— 100 79 61 at Do. do. 6 do. ... 51 Mauch., Buxton, &Matik all . ... at Midland, Bra.l.ford, Pref lOO 9 2 yi 10 hid Kent Ong Liue) SU Northernt East.,s percent all 63 LI, so Do. do. • 6 do. all .. ... 13424 13446 st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at . IN. WeKt. A peril. pro', 5p C lOO 107 1 09 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. &Urautti. E.& C lOO 91 96 *.V 25 Preston and yro. ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 1U Do do 8 2 st3p at S. Yorksh. and laver Dun 100 97 V 9 st Dc 4 per cent gua 10; 78 89 at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 10 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 2t) Do do C all m at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ••• at Wilts cud Somerset 82 DOCKS. K ildl at a herine 100 1 9 1 4 9 1 :5 1 451 e s t l Ea ci s , t d a o n n d an N\ d 'e s st t. l 100' D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent.. all • Dlillwall Freehold Land at Dock: st Southampton lOO OS 70 at Surrey cumin %vial •• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Shar4./ NAME. Paid.. Price. dune 10 Agra Limited, A all 104 11/ 10 Du B lO 31 34 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim ...... 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, line. 25 Bank of South Austrada all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 33 10 Bank of New Zealand all Di 17 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, rud China all 18 19 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 32 33 20 City 100 Colonial 25 38 40 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lien 50 East London, lien 5 24 It 20 English and American, line 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of itio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, acottish, and Aus. traliau Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 371 231 Do new 5l 21 2/ Lou Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 24 24 El 123 26 lonian all 19 '22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lien 4 34 31 1 100 Do sp. c. 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(Mortgage) Loan.- all £2l 834 814 fi 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 11 10d 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 5 :3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times observes that, whatever else may be thought of the proceedings in the House of Lords on Monday night, it cannot be doubted that they were extremely inopportune. A difference on a question of the first moment is pending between the two Houses, and it is of great importance that the existing opposition of opinion should not be aggravated by antagenism of feeling. Hitherto, as we have frequently admitted, the Lords have sacrificed a good deal in order to indicate their desire to meet, if possible, the wishes of the Lower House. If such an attitude was ever desirable, it is now doubly important. Yet at this critical occasion the Lords have dismissed the University Tests Bill on "the previous question" by a majority of 91 to C 4. The Times cannot but observe with regret these indications of the policy the Lords are inclined adopt. A ccursa winch can neither be me:! nor honourable is to yield on the princixl and then to endeavour to maintain existing mt> gements—which generally mean existing privileges—by haggEng and bargaining over details. This is the ccurse which has been adopted on the Irish Church Bill, and the - vote of Monday night is simply another illustration of it. It is obvious that such a policy is in danger of bringing the two Houses into collision ou ground where the popular force cannot scruple to exert its full power. If matters of principle, and therefore of conscience, are waived, it becomes a mere question whether the will of the people or the will of the Lords on a point of expediency shall be supreme. Pertinacious opposition assumes simply the character of selfwill. Let us have one thing or the other. If, as was indicated by the vote of a few weeks back, the Lords are prepared to adopt it Al the first rule of political life that the will of the people must be obeyed, let them accept the position frankly, and not needlessly provoke irritation by prolonging a contest of which, by their own confession, the issue is already decida The Standard declares that the aim of the University Tests Abolition Bill is to un-Church the universities in the first instance, and in the seem!' to subject them to the control of Dissenters. To effect this, it proposes to sweep away all guarantees for religious teaching, and the eventual result will be the secularisation of the teaching of the universities. It is one of the most mischievous features of a bill of this kind that none of its friends will acknowledge it in its true character. No one who has a word to say on behalf of it will for one moment admit that it is aimed against the influence of the Church in the first place, or of religion in the second. What the religious Dissenters who favour this bill have to remember is that it would amit to the council board, with full power to take part in the election of a Regius Professor of Divinity, persons who might be declared Atheists. Lord Camperdown says frankly that it is not so much a question of admitting nen-Churchmen to a certain number of fellowships as of asserting the prin ciple that, as Lord Russell says, the universities are the property of the nation, and that their endowments may be devoted to such purposes as may be thought most likely to promote its welfare. The noble viscount admits that upon this theory it may be necessary to " vary" the wills of founders. Would it not be more true to say that if the authors of this measure are to have their way those wills must be treated as if they were waste paper? Everybody admits that the aim of this bill is to obliterate the au7ch character of the gniversities. Can anyone who has passel even half a day among the colleges or Oxford or Cambridge deny the truth which is imprinted on every stone ef those glorious fanes, and which makes itself felt in the very atmosphere racism] them, that they were built by Churchmen for the training and nurture of Churchmen ? Silently, but with a dignity of their own, they declare while they vindicate their mission, and it will be an act of violence little short of sacrilege which forces them to other uses. Thanks to the vote of Mondlty niklit the process of un-Churching them is delayed for at least another year. The Daily News asks how far do educated people really believe in the superstitions which they are so fond of keeping in memory? It is unlucky, we hear, to sit down thirteen to dinner; unlucky to see the new moon for the first time through a window; unlucky to spill salt; unlucky to hand a knife or any sharp-edged instru ment to a lady ; very unlucky to break a looking-glass. Especially on the Continent is the breaking of a mirror regarded as a sign of coming misfortune. Nothing would persuade half the women in France that it is not so ; and just now the French Press is all ablaze with the report of a disaster which seems to corroborate the superstition. A few friends met by invitation in the drawing. room of Madame Judith Mendes, daughter of the well known poet and journalist, Theophile Gautier. Mere was a looking-glass over the mantelpiece which, without any apparent cause, came crashing dawn, at the mire time smashing some magnificent china vases. Madame Mendes was extremely gay that evening. She had just finished writing a new novel, entitled, "'slender, a Fen:an Story," of the success of which she entertained the fairest hopes. The future seemed bright with the prospect of its early publication. But the looking glass was broken, and evil was to follow. Next day Madame Mendes arrived at the offices of the Liberte. A great personage, M. Emile de Ghardin, had consented to publish her novel in the feuilleton of his newspaper. When Madame Mendes proceeded to pull the MS., on which she had bestowed all her care, out (.1'; per bag, she discovered that the omen had fulfilled itself. No novel was there ! It had been dropped in the street or In the cab, or it was stolen. Anyhow it was gone, nor has it been found since. And all on account of that malicious looking-glass that chose to break itself ! Do people really believe in such things, or do they only amuse themselves? One thing at lent is clear, that every time the superstition comes true the event is most carefully registered, while no note is ever taken of its falsification. The Herald remarks that two railway collisions are reported as hating taken place on Saturday last in the north-western counties. In each case an excursion trait/ ran into a train belonging to the goods and mineral traffic. Excursion trains are usually understood to be exception. ally dangerous, and goods trains are recognised as the real " breakers ahead " of a railway trip. Just as naturally as oxygen and hydrogen combine to form water so it would seem do excursion and goods trains unite to create an accident. A junction or a shunting-place is of course a likely spot for a collision. These elements and conditions being all present, the chances are in favour of a disaster. If a disaster does not occur, we may presume it is prevented by watchfulness and good signalling. Generals in command on the field of battle are described as hurling their battalions against the foe. The scene of battle is scarcely more terrible—in some respects less so —than that of a train of twenty-two railway carriages, heavily freighted with passengers, thundering down upon an obstacle which it must either destroy or be destroyed by. The Herald is strongly of opinion that the public have a right to some further guarantees for their safety in regard to collisions between the passenger and goods traffic. It is not a mere question of rules and system, though these are extremely important ; but to the wisdom of adopting the best code . we must add the necessity of having the cods faith fully carried out. Facts seem to shew that, while the signals themselves are sometimes inefficient, it still more frequently happens that the signals are partially dis regarded, and the rules with reference to shunting un blushingly disobeyed. It is to the interest of the railway companies to remedy this state of things. The Abergele catastrophe alone sacrificed more than thirty lives. It is in the obstructions created by the goods traffic that we find the great danger of railway travelling. Signalling and shunting are the elements of safety here, and no pre cautions which skill or prudence can suggest ought to be omitted or trifled with. The Telegraph refers to the false charges that have lately been made by police-officers, and says that a still graver stigma must attach to the head of the police, if it be true that he hears and knows of such instances, yet does not promptly bestir himself to afford justice to those who have been outraged, and purge his force from an odious suspicion. It is all very well to say that it is the business of a person who believes himself wronged to appeal to the law, and not to the Chief Commissioner, That may be precisely the rejoinder upon which easy swearing constables rely ; and we suppose Colonel Hen derson would have the right to make it as regards any complaint preferred against individual officers. But that which may be a sufficient put-off against the private complainant is by no means enough to stifle the public demand for investigation and punishment. Those who are responsible for appointing men to the force, and for retaining them in it so long as their conduct fits them to be trusted with the power of arrest, cannot and must not overlook or " pooh-pooh" revelations like those lately made. We say that silence on the part of the Chief Com missioner will not satisfy the public. There must be proof given, and given promptly, that those in command uf the force comprehend the terrible danger created by the presence of practised perjurers in its ranks ; and that they spare no trouble either to remove that suspicion, or to expel and punish those who have brought a stain upon the uni form. Mistakes will and do occur, and sufferers must bear their ill-fortune with what patience they may, so long as it arises from nothing worse than over-vigilance and energy on the part of constables. Hard swearing, however, to what is not true, is no " mistake," but a deadly and detestable crime, more perilous to society than many which these policemen are paid to prevent ; and it may at any hour lead to the disgrace and conviction of a perfectly guiltless individual. If it is not the business of a Chief Commissioner of Police to see that so perilous a 'Time does not flourish, it is difficult to see that such a `unctionary fulfils his public duty ; and we would require to keep a second Commissioner, specially charged to look after Scotland-yard and its authorities. ERI AL 2F BJ lA ii 1 111 -o lIOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE RIOTS AT PORTADOWN. The Dllke et MANCHESTER read a letter he Lad received from the coroner for the county of Armagh, explaining the reasons for adjourning the inquest until the 23d of July. One of the great reasons was that several of the juryman were compelled to attend the assizes at Armagh ; and further, as some ex citement was anticipated on the 12th of July, it was thought desirable to allow that state of things to calm down before they resumed the inquiry. Lord DUFFERIN said the Government had no power to interfere, but it was to be regretted that the adjournment had been made for so long a period. UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. A number of petitions having been presented against this bill, Earl RUSSELL rose to move its second reeding. Tie said the time had now come ache❑ it was desirable that the tests affected by the bill should be at once and for ever abolished. The Earl of CARNARVON thought the present time most inappropriate for the consideration of the measure brought forward by the noble eirlopposite. lle felt that many great evils would recruit from the passing of the mea - sure, and therefore he would conclude by moving the pre vious question. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the question, " that the original question bo now put." "Upon a division the numbers were Content .. 5l Non-content 9l Majority . —37 The previous question was therefore carried, and the question that "the bill be read a second time." was not put. Their lordbhips then aljourued. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This EVENING. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. The LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN presented a petition from the corportion of Dublin praying the house to support her Majesty's Government in their endeavour to pass this bilL SCHOOL OF MUSIC. Sir J. PAlillsiGTON presented a petition from the Society of Arts, praying for tho foundation of a public school for the teaching of music. FEMALE SUFFRAGE. Sir 0. DILKE presented a petition signed by 10,713 women, praying for the extension of the elective franchise to women. CAST IRON GUNS. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. MILLS, said that there would be now no further delay in making compensa tion to Mr. Parsons, the inventor of the method of strengthening cast-iron guns, as the report of the arbitrar had been received that morning. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AMENDMENT BILL, Mr. GRANT DUFF said, in reply to Mr. GRAVES, said he regretted, in the present state of public business, he could not fix a day on which the bill would be taken COURTS-MARTIAL. Mr. CARD WELL, in reply to Sir J. Pakington, said he intended to give the report of the Royal Conantission on court-martion his serious consideration, with a view to legislation METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS (LOANS) BILL. Mr. AYRTON moved the second reading of the bill the object of which was to enable the Board of Works to aiso money by way of loan secured upon the revenue de rived from other sources. LEFT SITTING. I HOUSE OF COMNIONS.-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in reply to Col. S. Knox, said the intentions of the Government with respect to lighten ing the burdens of Non-Conformist congregations for debts contracted by them in the erection of their chapels or meeting-houses were under consideration. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Marquis of HARTINGTON, in reply to Mr. Stacpoole, said no contract or agreement had been entered into with any manufacturing company or private establish ment, by which it was provided that such company or establishment should be exclusively employed when it became necessary, supposing the bill fur the purchase of the telegraphs passed. No such contract would be entered into under any circumstances, without full notice being given to all those who might be disposed to tender. COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE. Mr. BRIGHT, in reply to Sir William Gallwey, said ho was quite aware of the unsatisfactory nature of the communication between England and France, and as far as this country was concerned a committee had sat and made a very able report on the matter, a copy of which had been sent to Paris, where, it was hoped, it would be considered with a view of making some improvement. IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Sir F. HEYGATE, said ho was afraid the question of the hon. baronet referring to the disposal of the surplus funds of the Irish Church was somewhat premature ; not, however, with respect to the passsiug of the bill, but with regard to the financial por tions of it, which were extremely complicated. Whore large funds had been derived from any special locality the circumstance would not be lost sight of in the arrange ment, but he thought the most equitable plan would be to equally divide the surplus to the whole of Ireland. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Col. FRENCH said it would be of groat convenience to hon. members if the right hon. gentleman at the head of the Government would inform them what the Government proposed to do with certain bills; or, in other words, when the slaughter of the innocents—(loud laughter) —would take place. Mr. GLADSTONE said directly it became known what course Parliament intended to adopt with respect to the Irish Church Bill he would at once take tho opportunity of informing the house of the intentions of thelGovern ment with respect to many of the measures now on the order book. (Hear, hear.) DUBLIN FREEM EN'S DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE. On the motion forgoing into committee of supply, Mr. SAMUELSON rose and called the attention of the house to the higher Government schools of science in the metropolis in connection with the science and art depart ment, and complained of the small assistance given by the Government to schools of the description to which he referred. The establishments abroad, in countries of far less importance than England, were far better than those we possessed, and then with respect to the laboratory, he might enable the house to form some notion of the size and condition of it by stating that the laboratory of Dr. Percy, one of the greatest metalurgists of the day, was the backyard of a tailor's shop, about 13 feet by 7 or 8, and other professors he could name were similarly treated. He wished to know something about the expenditure which was now going on with respect to the science and art department at South Kensington, be cause it was quite impossible that the schools in Jermyn street and Oxford-street could be allowed to remain in their present condition any longer. Mr. FORSTER said the subject was a very important one, but as they were about to consider the vote for scien tific education he hoped the hon. gentleman would excuse him giving an answer . to his question until they had the vote he had alluded to under discussion. Mr. SAMUELSON agreed to - thesuggestion, and the house went into committee of supply for the purpose of voting funds for scientific education. The remaining orders wore disposed of pro forma with out discussion, and the house adjourned at an early hour this morning. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ST. PIERRE, Monday. (Latimer Clark to Reuter.) The 30 days' tests of the Brest section began on July 15th. The same evening the William Cory began to pay out her portion of I)uxbury section, namely, 172 knots, which was all paid out on July 17th at 11.15, Greenwich time. The splice was made in the Scanderia on the 18th July, and began paying out her portion, viz., 450 knots at 10.5 n.m., Greenwich time. All doing well. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. aestralia and New Zealand, via le.outhampton..... Aug 4 Ditto, via Vanelles ......... . Aug. 9 Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Mcnte Video .......... Aug 4. Ditto, by French packet July 21 Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ....... • . cape ut Gcol Eiepe. AdOCIIBiOG. and St. Helena July .3 eettaug, aud Sin,opurc, via 3 outhAnii,taa July 31. tbral tar, via Souttiaca.!•:,o.. ..... ............ July 2i Ind.a, via Soattietinott,i. ...... ...• July 24 LtO, Via Ilar b eil es ..... July 2 Malta, Egypt, Sze... ....... ....... ............. .July 24 DIM, Marseilles July 23 Newfouudlaiht• ........... .July 28 •. .Isiritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Staitliaml ton Ditto, Marseilles Portugal - .... 4. United States, t anada, California, &0., by British pack e t July 24 Ditto ditti ( Baltimore) •• Ditto, by L. Lited States packet Ditto, by Inman packet July 1 West Indies and Pa.zilic (except Mexico an,: Balla mas) Wt et Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via 1ia1ifax.......... Bahamas, via New York • Aug. 11 ':~~.,` Si ORTING INITLLIGENCE—This D.ll LONDON BETTING.—THIS DAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Bete Noir (offered) 11 to 2 agst Adolphus (taken) 6to 1 agst Robespierre (t.a.keu) Bto 1 agst War (taken) 8 to 1 agst Starter (taken) 100 to 8 agst Alias Gratwielle (offered) 16 to 1 agst Make Haste (taken) 100 to 3 agst Choral (offered) ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst D►ummer (wanted) 1000 to 50 agst ThoTwaldsen (offered) SPORTING NOTES. The prl.e'pal feature of the vv. ek is the increa,ed in vestments on Brigantine, who has been heavily supported for the Goodwood Cup, and, as the field is certain to be Enetll, intending backers should be on at onee. No horse can be doing better than Pretender for the St. Leger, and despite the "peppering " of certain operators, 1 repeat he has only to keep well to win the Lege-. Brennus is greatly talked about in the North, but it will be quite time enough to back him after he has mon the Great Yorkshire Stakes, and not before. The betting upon the Goodwood Stakes is now settling down, Bete Noire, Starter, and Adolphus being about equal fa‘ ourites ; but no doubt some startling changes will take place before the end of the week. War gains as much genuine support as any horse in the race. The stable, however, is by no means "sweet" on his chance, for there was nothing really grand in his Carlisle perform ance, for jockeyship, rather than merit, won him the Cumberland Plate. Bete Noire was hardly so fit when he won the Ascot Stakes as he is now, and his trainer is wonderfully sanguine, but would he like to stand Bete Noire in a match with Al penstock at a stone I think not; few would. Make Haste has held a position in the market uncom monly like a safe one since my last. An attempt was made, however, by Mr. P. (who had considerable interest in Cossack's Derby) to got the Make Haste money back at Nottingham, and he succeeded in backing the horse to win something like £3,000 at 20 to 1. At Reading, how ever, on Thursday, the movement was not continued. It may be, however, as these remarks are being penned, and if it is, and the horse keeps well, Make Haste will win the Goodwood Stakes. There is always some thing mysterious with the Fyfield pots, and Make Haste is no exception to the rule; and hence, whilst the opposition to the horse lasts, no one can re commend him with safety. Acaster cannot stay the course, but Miss Gratwicke can, and will run, and do her best. " Lord Frederick" and the " Cecil division" have backed Adolphus to win a large stake, and one gentleman, who was said to have got all the Cecil money for the Cesarewitch, accepted 500 to 75 about Adolphus for the Goodwood Stakes at Nottingham, and he would have gone on at the figure, but it was not forthcoming on that day (Tuesday). On Wednesday Adolphus was not so firm, as it was reported he and Cecil had gone to bo tried, but no one seemed to know where. Holywell was perhaps their destination, where the ground is better adapted for a trial than perhaps any other turf in the kingdom. Alpen stock is a genuine candidate, and is the bast class horse in the race, but then he has a big weight, and cum); I think, give the weight he is called upon to give the light weighted three year o!ds, Startl. and Adolphus. Indeed it is impossible for him to do it if the latter pair are at all worthy the name of a race horse. Islam and Bracken won't run. Provider has been stopped in his work, as he was getting somewhat overdone ; not exactly the sort of horse to back for the Goodwood Stakes, for horses must be as "fresh as paint" to win over that course. The Vallation gelding is in the same interest as Starter, and will not op pose him ; and Choral has lost the grand action she pos sessed at this time last year. Young Fenton is from 71b to 101 b inferior to Provider, and hence of little use here. The meetings of this week aro unimportant. A FRESH MAN. TAT TE EISALL'S—Last Evening. GOODWOOD STAKES. 9to 2 agat Adolphus (taken) 9 to 2 agst Bete Noir (taken and offered) • 100 to 15 agst Starter (offered—take 7 to 1) 7to 1 agst War (offered—take Sto 1) 100 to 12 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered) 100 to 12 agst Robespierre (offered-100 to 11 taken 13 to 1 agat Miss Gratwicke (offered) 100 to 6 agst Make Haste (taken) 20 to 1 asst Our Mary Ann (taken) 25 to 1 eget Choral (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Acaster (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Judge (taken and wanted) 1000 to 15 apt Cecil (offered) 200 to 3 agst Queen of the Forest (taken and off.) 1000 to 5 agst RlinkLoolie (taken and offered) GOODWOOD CUP. Evan on Brigantine (taken) 5 to 1 agst Restitution (taken) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Pretender 4to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 15 to 1 agat Brennus (offered) 1000 to GO agst Martyrdom (taken) 250 to 100 on Pretender and Pero Gomez, both being in the first three (taken) GOODWOOD Mt!: Weights for the Goodwood [Calculate Age st lb Kt. of the Garter... 5 9 7 T rocadero ... 5 9 7 Fortunio 5 9 7 Blinkhoolie ... 5 9 7 The Rake 5 9 7 See-Saw ... 4 9 0 Rosicrucian 4 9 0 Tabouret ... 4 9 0 Restitution ... 4 9 0 Blueskin ... 4 8 10 Brigautine... 3 7 10 :E•FINUU -JULY 29. Cup ; two miles and ,d to date.l Age st Loi d Hawthorn ... 3 7 7 St Mungo 3 7 7 The Drummer 8 7 7 Provider ... ... 8 7 7 Typhon 8 7 7 Martyrdom 3 7 7 Robespierre 8 7 7 Thorwalsden 3 7 7 Rupeit 8 7 7 Lancet 3 7 7 RACING FIXTURES. JULY Stamford ... "2„ 23 AUG Deauville 1 Ripon 2 Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, I 1 Windsor 12, 13 Bromley 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 Dover 18 SEPT Margate 9 Ipswich 2 West Drayton 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragb (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 CT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVEMBER. 1B ER. Goodwood 27, 2Z3, 2U, bU UST. . . . Oxford Huugerford 24 York 24, 25, 26 Croydon Plymouth ZG, 9 7 Scarborough _3o, 31 Baden Badon ,31 Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sop. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ..... Sep. 1 :11BER. Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23 24 Monmouth... - . 23, 24 Newmarket lat Oct 28, &c. Lanark... 29 80 Cheltenham l9, 21 Curragh l9, 24,, El West Drayton .........21, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarkcot non ...25, &o. Harrow ...2, 3 1 Eglinton Hunt 6 1 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrewsbury ...., 15, 16 YACHTING FIXTURES. JULY. 21, 22—Dublin Bay Regatta 24 —Prince Alfred Yacht Club: First Class Match 23 (?)—Kingstown Regatta 27, 28—Royal Western Yacht Club and Plymouth Royal Regatta 30—Royal Welsh Yacht Club Regatta AUGUST. 1, 2—Havre Regatta 2—Temple Yacht Club : Second Match 3—Victoria Model Yacht Club : First Class Match 3,4, 5, G--Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta s —Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club: Regatta at Oultota 7—Cheshire Yacht Club: Third Match 9-14 —Roy a l Victoria Y: cht Club Regatta 10 —Great Yarmouth Regatta 1 3—Shoreham Regatta 21—Clyde Yacht Club: Corinthian Match 21—Cheshire Yacht Club: Fourth Match 24, 25—Dartmouth Regatta 28—Clyde Yacht Club : Closing Cruise `27—Torbay Royal Regatta REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. JULY. 20, 21—York Regatta 21—Orion Rowing Club : Junior Fours, River Lea 22 Staines Amateur Regatta 22—Eveshatn Regatta 23—forth Eastern London Rowing Club: Open Pairs 24—Rope Rowing Club: Junior sculls 27—Alexandra Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea 23 —Vesper Rowing Club : Trial Fours, River Lea 29—North East London Rondon Club v. Orion Club • Fours 29 Sculls: Challenger's El eat 30—Phoenix Rowing Club: Senior and Junior Pairs, River Lea 30—London Rowing Club : Eights 31—Wingfield Sculls: Final lleat 31—Staines Amateur Regatta AUGUST. 3 —Alcx.andra Rowing Club : Senior Sculls, River Lea 3—Tewkesbury Regatta 4—Orion Rowing Club: Junior Pairs, River Lea 4 - Kingston Town Rowing Club Regatta s—Ariel Rowing Club: Sculls, River Lea 5 - Worcester Regatta 6—Albion Rowing Club; Senior Sculls, River Lea 6—Sunderland Regatta 7—Barnes and Mortlake Amateur Re z atta 7—Wakefield Regatta 1 I ~►