The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-13 00:00:00

riONEYTIARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little business in progress in the Money Market, the number of bills brought forward for negotiation being very limited. The distribution of the dividends has tended to increase the floating capital of bankers and others, but the rates remain firm at 10 per cent. and upwards for the best descrip tions of short-dated securities. At the Bullion-office of the Bankof England yes terday there were no transactions of public interest. The New Z ea l an d T rus t an d L oan C om p an y h av e issued a report to be presented on the 18th inst., in which the directors recommend a . dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Com pany have declared an interim dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 30th June, viz., 10 per cent. per annum and a bonus' of 5 per cent. The third report of the Bank of Otago for the year ending 31st March last shows a net profit of £14,781 13 s. 6d. The surplus is sufficient for a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum as be fore, but the directors have deemed it to be their duty not to recommend the payment of a dividend at the present time. With. regard to the debt of £159,852 Bs. 10d., due to the Bank by the South land Government, the directors state that an act had been passed by the General Assembly for the settlement thereof. At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the S hareholders of the Alliance Bank the directors re commended the declaration of the same rate of dividend as was paid in January last, viz., £5 per Cent per annum, free of income-tax. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the French Rentes were 68f. 25c. Heavy offered. Many securities at the Stock Exchange to-day have .bein fiat, but Consols are firm, at 8744 for money, and 871 4 -3 for the account. Why English Government Securities should of late be in so much favour is flat so remarkable when the brief existence of so many joint-stock companies is taken into con side ration. There is at the present moment a reac tionary investing movement, and it is in favour of old established securities. The advertising columns of all our journals are now printing few, if any, prospectuses of new companies, and it will be a long time before the public have digested, financially con sidered, the specious undertakings so abundantly provided by greedy promoters and the folly of cre dulous subscribers. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities have been dealt in at 861 4 ; and India 5 per Cents. at 103 f. Foreign Stocks show no material alteration. Mexican have receded I, to 15/ k ; Spanish Pas give, I, to 19f ; the Certificates, k, to 151 ; Turki s h 5 per Cents. continue at 26f ; and Italian, 54 514 ; Greek have advanced to 11 12 ; and th e Bz.azilian Scrip, f, to 4 3 dis. American securi ties are steadily supported. United States have declin e d , to 671 ; at 39f ; and Illinois, at 761. Erie Shares have remained in the R ailway Share Ma r ket business has b een ve in dl Prices, however, have not varied to any important extent. Great Eastern, North-Western, ,and South- Eastern have each improved 10s. ; while Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined 10s. Great Indian Pe n i nsu l a have declined to 104 g. ank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit no mate rial ch anges. Ch artered of India, Australia, and China are dealt in at 16/ ; London Chartered of Australia, t at 12 13 a 211 ; Metropolitan and Provincial, ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, aunt C DLs r_ ; General Credit, a t 4 di s. ; an d N at i ona l ompany, 81 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNBLENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, July 87 3 3 3 10 3 per Cent. Reduced w 3 per. Cent . Do 2 3 per Cent. Jan .1891 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 -An nuities, 30 ,_ yr s , c pire sth Jan 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, exp x ire sth April,"lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 MTrch. D o Exch e quer Bills, 41,000,3 per Cent. _-- Do. .4500 _ 10 4200 _ Bank of England 4 Stoc o k, and 5 per Cent _ Do Account IN DIAN GOVERN m e E r N T Indian Stock, 101 p Cent., E Z i ril Tl2 lB B. 74 - Do. Account 103 i Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1 1 8 8 8 70 Do. 4 per C en t., Oct. ..._ Do. Certificates _ Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. n Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per C ent., A ug. 1866 . Bonds, 41,000 — Pm .... ptu Do. under 44000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Do. 4 4 per C _ Brazilian 5 per ent., Cent lBs2-58-60 Do. 1863 _ Do. 1865 ___ Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds _ dis Do. Scrip, £55 paid •, Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 4100 Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Do.Chilian 6 Per Cent D°' 43 Per Cent C 6 Cent Cub o Scrip, £5O paid o ombian 6 per Cent. Danisa, 6 per Cent. Danubh 3 per Cent., 1825 ian Principalities ErdDo. Account .......... or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent._ 10i Doo.,_Provisional Land Warrant Egypt Deferred 2 Doian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue £lOO Bonds .... 2 Do. 1861 Do £lOO Bonds .... ........ Railway Do. Government Do. 460 paid Cireek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon s LoD. Account D°. Coupons . Ac count . -- t'uater aa l a Itali an 5 per Cens per tent. 1865 Do Account ....... ... ‘. o. ltis,retnmana Railway a exican 3 per Cent Do. Account D o 1864 ... . ...... Lk) 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Montevidean 6 per Cent., 430 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent lieDo Land Warrants (Hectares) -u°,w Granada D 0.2 1 3 er Cent Peruv D eferred . Dooian 5 per Cent., 1.865 . Account ........ A Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren). Do4l per Cent., 1862 .. A.ccount ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DoDo 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62,23, . Account Ru ssian 5 per Do 4 per C ent Cent lBso ~ 1822, £ 5t...... i . D° 43 Per Cent Do 5 ~ D 8 per Cent. 1859 18600 per Cent. 1862 ...... B6l „ Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Do 5 per Cent 8 110 ' Account P n atli sh 8 per Cent —0 Acc,:,unt D New Deferred Doo Account ........................... . ..... assrve ........................ Do Acc.unt ............... 193 Elp!nish Cert. of . do .. u . ... . no . t funded El lA-ceotint .................................. is} we,Liell 4 per Cent TurkiDo. 41 per Cent. 1864 ..................... R° sh 6 per Cent. 1854 .................. --- ,-;°A, 'coonnt ......... . ............................. 823 Per Cent. 1858 ........................ Do " ' 4c eount _.. ....................... TD°£loo Bonds .... ............................. 60 'Jo6 per Cent. 1862 ........................ 51 Account„ ...........................53 2 .. .. Dog per Cent, 1 . 86 . 3 D° D ° 5 per Cent; 1865, paid up Scrip 26 Account ' 26 3 53 „...o. per Cent. Guaranteed v enezuela. 3 Per Cent. Ditto account .. . . DDo 6 'per Cent., 1.8 6 .2 ... o. Account ~,:,: ......... Do. 6 per Cent: . /tie . % ... 83 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins elgian, 41 per cent, Ex. 25f. Dutch 1 per Cent, 12 G'l Ex. in l'rech .entes 3 per Cent Ibtlitn, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25L Do. Acpount TWO O'CLOCK. C° ll llB°lB f or money ....... ........... 81 —°' 449011 111 min ........ .. .... ...... ..... 13111,. ........ 871 t SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share/ Railways. (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian 89 91 125 127 35 45 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June,. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. &London, bcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. ling]. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock 112 111 31 32 5 6 121 123 150 131 Do. New, Is. at 25 pa, GtS. and W. of Ireland (3 t. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord sif 52 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. t South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan ..... Do. New 34 3,5 123 /23) Do. Extension... Metropolitan District. Po.. du. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid , and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—lierwick Do. G.N•E purchaise Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stuck Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of death Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 3I I I 1231 2) 118 i 133 t 1261 6 J P 69/ 691 1 I p ai I Closing I Business Price. done. 92 94 20 22 1171 )14 91 /3 55 5) 1321 1334 2, 3 p i JiP t 4 86 1?51 /28 It 2 p 95 an E 6 (A 3 4 26 109 110 69 71 106 i 1071 35 36 9 11 p 119 121 1 2P 1 2pl 74 76' 108 112 65 67 46 48 69 70 7} 8} H 245 2 3 3. 100 103 63 55 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence ' Bom.,Baroda, 4 Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. IP shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- s Calcutta & S. E. lirn 'ape Town & Do ck, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c i:o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. 41 per cent.. •• I Do Great Wus. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5 1 do. pay. 1877-8 ' • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. RL C•da, 6pc Ist/A.l)s Scinde ...... • Do. Delhi I Do. do 1 Do. Punl au b -- Do.lndusSurloL 100 100 all 100 100 52 54 100 101 fd fp 4 46 76 tif 78 80 55 60 100 102 994 1606 I‘o 101 18i 19b 85 87 57 60 58 55 50 55 45 80 40 85 37 41 24 26 23 25 108 IL6 11 p 11P ili 9S. 91 93 15k 151 5i 51 91 93 83 85 Old 98 99 ti 9 81 85 87 8) 82 96i 97i 98 97 1 id 95i 90 WO 99} COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ----7111 1 Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec.3l, 1872. 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-04 Do. 5 6g. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 93 93 Do. p. a. Mar. & S e pt 100 94 96 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 75 77 76 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 99 101 Do.Apl.&001, 1890-1900 100 102 101 Do. do: 1880-90 100 102 104 • Do. Jan. &J uly, 1890-91 100 100 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 8) Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 100 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 105 1.7 31auritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1•78 Do. po. 1 1 8 1 7)5 2 : Ar Fe a b Y . ls 4; 1 Nov. iL 1 ;0 a lot 1(3 ; 1 ( 9 5 3 N — N . a ß ial ro , i v ov 6 . p o c p . j e a r . le j u u t iy . 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 100 92 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 83 85 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 91 Do. 5 per cent lOO 76 78 764 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 91 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 94 96 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards ICO 102 104 Vic, G ov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 101 105 1031 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cara. ConsoL Gold, Um. 1 Chiverton .......... . 74 6 7 Clifford Amalgamated. 30 5 7 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 425 445 Drakecvalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 is 11 East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 East Carn Brea 34 1 East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - East Loved 3.9.0 64 74 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 34 Gam.& StAubyn(GWell. 66 4 Great L ixey, limited all 194 104 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 1 14 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (11e1stou 40 18 4 22 Grenville 8.18.0 14 2 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 33 35 Elingston Downs 5.10.6 34 34 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 slarke Valley 4.10.6 34 44 4 ilwyndy Iron Ore, lira 21 24 lid Ne vSe ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crofty 2.13.1 1. 1 Prosper United........ 7.1.6 Pr,,,vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 11 325 375 South Condurrow .. 3.2.0 14 s - B.Wheal Fran. allogan 18.18.9 174 224 - Stray Park 35.15.6 - -- - Tln Croft 9 9 11 5 71gra and Clogan, lira all 3 5 West Bassett (Illogan Caradon (1.0 skeard 9 6 7 - West Chiverton ....... . 11 674 724 - West Set0n...., Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 80 85 Wheal Buller (ftedrkith 16 10 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 3 5 - Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (I.M 5.17.0 10 12 MU:Fit:RIM CB t311A.13E8. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2 Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent. pf,, ..... Ditto, No. 1. 5 per cent. stock, 95 South Eastern (Reading Anna., £1.0.6), Ditto, 4i per cent., 91 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. South Austrian and_Lombardo Venetianliq FOREIGN MINES, Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited • die par Chontales Gold and Silver mining, 3i BANJUL Agra and Hagerman's, lim., 4 lim.. 22i 2 Australasia, 661 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. IQ Consolidated Bank, lim., 51 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19 Imperial Bank, lim.. 27 Imperial Ottoman, 8 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim. ;3 ; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 218 London and County, 67 51 London Joint Stook, 44i London and South African, 151 London and Westminster, 951 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., .13 12 Oriental Bank Corporation, 45 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 9 8/ Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 3j I City of Moscow Gas, Urn , 7 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 3f I Egyptian Com. and Tradin Um., 3j ti en. Credit and Finance of London, lira.. 31. 41 International Financial Society. Um., 3/ Nalonal Discount company, 13} 1 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prom., of whioh 3 Is to pay, 5 f Panama, New Zealand, ana Australian Mail, lim., Her Majesty's screw steam ironclad ship Cale donia, 30 guns, Capt. Foley, flagship of Rear Ad miral Yelverton, got under way at Portland some what suddenly on Tuesday week, and proceeded in a south-easterly direction after rounding the break water. Early on the morning of Friday last she again returned to her former anchorage, accom panied by a screw steam vessel of about 250 tons, brig-rigged, which the Caledonia had captured in the Channel 20 miles south-west of Portland Bill. The vessel, it is stated, has on board 200 or 300 naval men, who were bei ng ille ga lly conveye d to a South American port to take part i n th e war now ragin g between Chili and Peru. The vessel cap tured by the Caledonia is the Greatham Hall. Upon Bighting the Caledonia she put her lights out and endeavoured to escape, but after a run of two hours the Caledonia came up with her, and, having boarded her, Rear-Admiral H. Yelverton returned with his prize to this harbour, and doubtless now awaits instructions as to the disposal of the captured vessel. June. WESTMINSTER IMPUDENT ATTEMPT TO ROB A HOUSE.—Thomas a boy about 14 years old, was placed at the bar, charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Sydney Davis, artist, 172, Cambridge-street, Pimlico, with intent to commit felony. Mr. Thomas Crer, a gentleman living in Cambridge street, said that at 20 minutes to 11 last night he saw the prisoner and a man with him sit down on the front steps of 172. His suspicion was excited by their stealthily watching and removing from the spot where it appeared that they were observed. They returned, however, in a few minutes, and having watched till the street was perfectly free of passengers, the prisoner mounted the balustrade, and having got on to the sill of the parlour window, opened it, and went inside. Witness immediately rang the bell of the house, and apprized the inmates. The police were called, and the pri soner was found in the parlour concealed behind the couch. Mr. Arnold—Where was the man ? Witness—He was at the door when the boy entered, and ran away when he saw me. Mr. Arnold—ls the Ivy known ? The Police—He has been here before charged with felony. He is well known to us. Prisoner was remanded for a week. THAMES. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A WIFE.--Daniel Driscoll, a fellowship porter, was brought up on a warrant, before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting his wife. The prisoner was in the receipt of 355. and neglected his family. His four children, in court, were in a miserable plight, and appeared to have been half starved. The wife, who had been terribly ill-used, was in a similar condition. The prisoner had beaten her in a savage manner, blackened her eyes, and broken a.chair over her in bed. Nine weeks ago he knocked her down with a hammer. When the prisoner was arrested last night by Howland, a police constable, No. 89 H, the children were crying for food, and the officer, asked the prisoner for some money to purchase bread. The heartless fellow said he had no money. He was searched, and 6s. 6d. was found upon him, a portion of which the officer judiciously expended in food. Mr. Paget commented at great length on the prisoner's heartless conduct to his children, and his brutality to his wife, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard labour. He directed that the mother and children should be taken to the Whitechapel workhouse. MARKETS.--This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. The trade for all quali ties was in a most inactive state, and prices ruled next to nominal. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was moderate. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly at late currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were dull at drooping prices. The market was moderately supplied with barley, chiefly foreign. The trade was very quiet, and prices had a down ward tendency. Malt sold slowly at last week's currency. The market was well supplied with oats. The trade was dull, but at full prices for good and fine corn. Beans and peas met a slow sale, at about late sales. The flour trade was quiet in the extreme, and prices had a downward tendency. &HIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. °English and Scotch 1,390 1,480 580 570 Irish — Foreign 20,610 13,420 33,930 610 sks, bls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale. Generally speak ing, the trade is dull, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. d a d Inferior beef 3 6 3 10 Middling do. 4 0 4 4 Prime large do 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 o Veal 4 0 5 0 a d s d Inferior mutton 4 4 5 0 Middling mutton-5 25 6 Prime do 5 8 6 0 Large pork 4 0 4 5 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Lamb. 6s 4d to is 4d. BOROUGH HOP. A very moder ate business has been transacted in hops; nevertheless late quotations are fairly supported. The accounts from the plantations are, on the whole, favour able. • COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is very dull, and prices remain with out change of importance. The public sale of Indian (aid Assam descriptions will commence on Tuesday next. ' SUGAR.—There has been a fair demand in the private market for West India at fully previous rates, but no public sales have been held. Refined goods are in most instances held for enhanced rates. Common lumps and titlers being quoted 44g per cwt. COFFEE.—A moderate demand has prevailed for Ceylon d'scriptions, but Plantation has receded about is per cwt. RICE.—The operations have been on a very restricted scale, and prices are a shade lower. TALLOW.—Business continues very dull. P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted 44s 6d, and last three months delivery 46s 6d to 46s 9d per cwt. LNDIDO.—The sales have again proceeded with conside rable spirit, and prices have further slightly improved. 3,438 chests were offered, of which 470 were sold, 2,768 withdrawn, and 200 bought in. The sales will close to morrow (this day) with the B Catalogue. DRUGS.—At sale Turkey opium part sold, 13s 6d to 15s ; ord. lOs to lie Gd; Egyptian out, 4s. Turkey picked Arabic out, £6 to £ll. Otto roses out, 20s to 228 ; inferior, 17s to 18s. Gum tragacanth, £4 lOs to £ll 5s ; fine, £l3. Turkey galls out, 120 s to 130 s ; mixed, 60s to 755. Roll annatto out, is sd. Yellow bark part sold, 28 5d to 2s 7d ; Calisaya, 2s. Castor oil sold, 7iti to 71d. Cod liver oil part sold, 3s 6d to 5s up to 6s ; Nonvegian out, 58 6d. Alexandria Bengt), out 6id. Cubebs, damaged, sold, 57s Gd to 765. Balsam capivi out is 11d. Honduras sarsaparilla. FRANCE AND THE NEEDLE-GUN.—The Evenement has received the following "communicated" note :—" In your number of the 6t] you assert that the Prussian needle gun was presented to the Emperor Napoleon two years back, and that his Majesty merely thought fit to place it among his curious arms. The gun in question was pre sented to the Emperor six years ago, and immediately the committee of artillery, by his Majesty's orders, engaged in the task of comparing together all the guns which load at the breech. Upwards of DO models were tried, and it was only last year that an arm was adopted far superior to the Prussian one. The troops at the Camp of Chalons will in a short time receive a great number." _ _ Dr. Denvir, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor,.died on Wednesday morning, at Belfast. Dr. Denvir was a man of advanced age, and about five or six years ago his coadjutor, Dr.Dorrian, took the entire charge of the diocese. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —A young woman named Richards, and a little girl, the daughter of Mr. Mann, the station-master at Mary, were killed on Wednes day evening on the Launceston Railway, Plymouth. They were carrying Mr. Mann's tea to him, but, loitering on the way, they were overtaken and run down by a train. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIOAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1860. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE JUDGE AND THE FIRE ESCAPE CONDUCTOR.—James Rowlands, a fire escape conductor, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner, and assaulting Mr. Henry George Brooks, judge of the Judge and Jury Society and refreshment-house keeper, No. 21, Leicester-square. _ _ . Mr. Brooks said that shortly before twelve o'clock last night, in consequence of what he was informed, he went into his public-room, and saw the defendant very violent, and making use of bad language. He requested the defen dant to leave, but he refused, and kept shouting out " Music." Ho told the defendant that be had no music, and again requested him to leave, and as he would not he called a constable, and the defendant then said be would leave. He (Mr. Brooks) left, as also did the constable thinking the defendant would go away, but about ten minutes afterwards he was again sent for, and found the defendant bad forced his way into a a private room and taken up a chair. He tried to get the defendant out of the room, and the defendant then seized him roughly and threw him against the wall and head long down stairs, endangering his neck. He then got a second constable, and after a great deal of difficulty in getting 'the defendant into the street he gave him into custody. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant . said the de fendant was very drunk, and that he never saw a con stable show more forbearance than the one who took him to the station, and he felt it his duty to mention the fact. The defendant denied calling out in the room, but Mr. Brooks said he called out "Music" and "Banjo." Mr. Brooks, manager, proved hearing the defendant call out " Music" and "Banjo," although he requested him not to do so. A waiter proved seeing the defendant throw Mr. Brooks against the wall ; and Suckling, 177 0, proved that the defendant was drunk and used very bad language. In his defence, the defendant said that he never touched the complainant, and that the complainant was intoxi cated. Sergeant Appleton and the constable both stated that Mr. Brooks was quite sober. The defendant's inspector said defendant had been four times reported for absence from duty. He would now have to appear before the committee, and after what had oc curred would be dismissed, the society not permitting such conduct. Mr. Knox said the defendant's.gtating that Mr. Brooks was drunk, when it was proved that he was not so, made him think very badly of him in trying to take away a man's character. As the defendant would be discharged from his employ, he would not send him to prison for a month, as he otherwise would have done, but he would give him the option of paying a fine of .£3, or a month's imprisonment. Prince Consort's Windsor Association. The annual meeting of this exceilent association, under the special patronage of her Majesty, was held in the Home Park yesterday (Thursday.) Since the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Con sort, the Prince of Wales has attended the annual distri bution of the prizes. This year it was arranged that his Royal Highness the Duke:of Edinburgh should present the prizes, but at a late hour, as was explained by Major-Gen. F. H. Seymour, most important engagements had pre vented his coming. At four o'clock the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ox ford entered the Royal tent, with Major-General F. H. Seymour, Viscount Kirkaldie, the Rev. H. J. Ellison, Mr. John Jones, the Mayor, Mr. T. A. Moore, and the Rev. S. Neville, when his lordship addressed the successful candi dates ; after which Major-Gen. Seymour took the chair. The Rev. S. NEVILLE read the report, from which it ap peared that the society is now in its sixteenth year, and is progressing very satisfactorily. The number of applicants was so great that the committee had often been obliged to reject cases in which the term of service had been even longer than 16 years. The honorary secretaries and visitors at the cottages report that they uniformly find a hearty readiness to receive their visits, and the result of their ex perience is that a progressive improvement in the condition of the cottages and gardens, especially in certain districts, is decidedly manifested. Tho allotment gardens were in a very satisfactory state, but the number of them had been diminished by the extent to which building was going on at and near Windsor. The savings bank worked well. This year there were 101 applicants for 118 prizes, and the sums awarded amounted to .£152 55., and about £25 to exhibitors. Her Majesty was specially thanked for singing the prize cards. After reading the report, the prizes were presented to the successful candidates by Major-Gen. Seymour, as follows : CLASS 1.--To the labourer, or artisan, or his wife, who has brought up a family in honest, sober, and industrious habits, without parish relief, except in cases of sickness. Five recipients at £2 each, one at £1 155., and three at £1 10s. CLASS the widow of a labourer or artisan who has brought up a family in honest, sober, and industrious habits, whether with or without parochial relief. Three recipients at £2, one at £1 los., three at £1 10s. each, and one at ss. CLASS M.—To families distinguished for cleanliness and tidiness in house and person. Threo recipients at .Z 1 ss. each, twenty-five at £1 each, and nine at 15s. each. CLASS IV.—To well-conducted servants or labourers, male or female, who have lived the longest period of ser vice in the same situation. Three recipients at £3 each, six at £2 each, three at 355. each, eighteen at 30s. each one at 255., three at £1 each, - one at £2 10s., and one honourable certificate. CLASS V.—To young persons, male or female, who have kept their .first place of service for the longest period (not less than three years). Two recipients at £2 each, one at XI. 10s., two at 255. each, four at £1 each, and six at 15s. each. CLASS VI.—To the best cultivators of gardens or allot ments, being persons of honest, sober, and good moral cha racter. Five recipients at £1 each, two at 15s. each, and five at 10s. each. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN MILE-END.—An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphrey; coroner, at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Charles-street, Mile-end Old Town, on Wednesday, relative to the death, under very singular circumstances, of two new-born children, the illegitimate offspring of a young woman named Emily Warner. Jane Warner, a widow residing at 8, James-street, Mile-end, said that the two deceased were the children of her daughter Emily, a bead worker, who was in her twentieth year. Last Saturday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, witness, her daughter Emily, and her youngest daughter Rannah, aged ten, went to bed to gether in the same bed. Witness did not know that the elder girl had gone wrong. During the night Emily asked for a drink of water, saying she did not feel well ; witness gave it to her, and fell asleep. On Sunday morning, when she awoke, Emily said that she could not get up, for something had happened. Witness then found the two deceased children in the bed dead. She put them at once in an empty pail and fetched a doctor. In cross-examination by the coroner, it was elicited that wit ness had suspected that something was wrong with her positively denied that it was so witness daughter, )e b l u i e t v w ed ile h n sh eri e mplicitly. No baby clothes were prepared. Witness had not heard anything during the course of the night, and the children were certainly dead when she awoke in the morning. Witness knew that her daughter kept company with a young man named Richard Waits. Mr. F. I. Riley said that ho was called in, and told that the girl had had a miscarriage. When he de manded to see the children a pail was produced half full of water, and in it he found two fully-developed male children, quite dead. The post-mortem examination showed that the tongues and eyes protruded, and there was marked lividity. If the children had been born alive he should attribute their deaths to suffocation or strangulation. But he could not undertake to say that . they had been born alive. If there had been proper at tendance, &c., there was no reason why they should not have been born alive. He had hardly thought it possible that Mrs. Warner could have been in the same bed while the children were born and have known nothing about it ; There eg a lewd was si o n h eo a rt v eh e aas o to c ne c l ui s e ye d d. the b . Ae. deceased ee h ae o sn u e r dt he a he n i d l bd children rethnha shouldl i o f wa t but there was one case on record in w hi ch such a thing wa swi n tnh o se t . T av h e s o r have lived. The coroner having remarked upon the case, the jury retur ne d a verdict " That the deceased children, were found dead in a bed; that there was no reason why they should not have been born alive ; but under what cir cumstances they came by their deaths the evidence failed to prove." LAST HOURS ON THE LONDON.—For my part I thought she might keep afloat four or five hours yet (at this ti me I would not ask anybody's opinion for fear of being misl e d), and concluded I would go down to my state room to put en a comfortably for a f ew hours, if I had to d i e then. Before dry coat. I thought I might as well live going I satisfied myself she would not sink while I was below, as I had a long distance to go, and had a particular horror of being, closed in. I went down the companion way to the cuddy deck, then around and down to between deck. At this time the passengers had ceased with the buckets, thinking their labour useless. There was no one there at the time but the captain. He had been having a look at the engine room. I spoke to him, and asked him if he thought it any use to dill continue carrying up water ; wf e unaigs placeihn i e n r g o o i tn about, was; and n d and I the w t breaking if so, I would go and try and get them together again. He d did not care a b out answering me, and walked back to the h ate h r im co . lo l u V ur p e e t l hd o e o b k iia e r codknd with e oo n r , it a nh n ge d sc a oo f ar r i i ig a h n t plat forms, and producing an unearthly noise. And a great pool of water it appeared to be. We stood looking for a minute or two. When he tamed to go aft, I said, Well, captain, what do you say ?" He replied, You may, but I think it's no use." We then went up the steps on to the cuddy-deck. There was a division between the after state rooms and the cuddy. In passing these rooms we saw some sailors and firemen in there opening cases of liquor, and some with bottles of brandy in their hands : there were beveral drunk at this time. The captain said to them, calling some by name, " Don't do that, boys! don't die cowards !" I saw a sailor down on his knees, feeling about in a foot of water for a sovereign which he had dropped out of his mouth. He was as cool and eager looking for it as a street Arab would be for a sixpence he had seen fall. I saw standing at the cuddy-door a first-class passenger with a life-pre server strapped round him. I then turned and went down again to go to my room, opened one of my trunks, took out a coat, saw my watch and purse ; thought to myself, well, I may as well take them; laid them out, shut the trunk, was particular in locking it (such is the force of habit): then put my watch in my pocket. At that moment the ship gave a roll, the water covering the port, which darkened the room, and in picking up my coat, my purse fell into the water. There was about a foot and a half there at the time. I put my arm down, and felt for half a minute, like the sailor for the sovereign, but could not find it : then walked out into the cabin ; there were about half a dozen there at that time. I saw a Mr. Lemmon, of Mel bourne ; I spoke to a Mr. Harding —he shook his head as much as to say he did not wish to be interrupted then : some sitting with their heads resting on the table —almost all preparing for death, and patiently waiting. I saw an elderly person strapping up a railway rug into a bundle ; shortly after he was seen on deck with it, when the captain, with a faint smile, asked him if he intended taking it with him. I have since been told by friends of this gentleman that he had 1,000 sovereigns with him ; and probably these were in the rug. • . . I got on the poop as soon as I could, knowing now that the end was near. I had some difficulty in get ting up the staircase between the cuddy and the poop, as it was crowded with people, who were all mute. It was then about one o'clock or half-past one in the day, Thurs day, 11th January. Just as I got on to the poop I saw an elderly couple, man and wife, with three children, two little girls about eight to ten years of age, and 'an infant. I am not sure, but I think they were the same who were wrecked a short time previously in the Dunbar, and this was the second, if not the third, attempt they had made to get to Australia. The mother and the two girls were sit ting on the lee-side, close to the wizen rigging, and the father alongside of them, holding an infant in his arms, and shielding it from the spray that was blowing clean over from windward. I took the mother and two girls up, and set them midshipi in the lee of the after companion way. In a bout half an hour after, a n d j us t b e f ore we left the ship, I saw the mother and two girls washing about on deck, drowned.—Corn4ill Magazine for July. says the Impartial of - - - al F orey h as gone to th e Plirau‘n‘scsTyia' n h n e" h ajn e o a u d orl - ni q na u cell art ot e h r f s a , tP h Ma i r s aiTs i 'h ission being to determine King William to accept the armistice proposed by the Emperor of the French ; but the fact is that the Marshal has not quitted this town." WHO'S YOUR DOCTOR ?—MORISOIT'S PILLS BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, July 12. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Capital of the Bank.... Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro- July 12. fr. c. 182,500,000 7,044,776 02 July 5. fr. 182,500,000 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 22,103,750 14 . _ perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 956,906,975 Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 4,000,000 937,566,975 31,251,946 62 31,262,065 48 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry 120,224,650 46 347,058,047 76 39,685,904 - 6,604,227 75 126,241,043 51 375,601,218 37 46.943,923 - 11,497,050 75 interests Rediscounted the last 2,225,927 75 1,700,829 07 six months Surplus of receipts not 2,372,301 91 2,372,304 91 distributed _ Sundries 15,944,172 52 23,740,233 19 Total CREDITOR. _ _ _ July 12. July 5. fr. c. fr. c. 657,291,000 79 668,237,785 73 Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- 140,532 44 258,694 69 . counted, not yet due Do. branch banks 363,911,482 72 382,346,406 44 375,118,115 - 378,311,124 - Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities... Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks. Do. on Credit Racier Bonds .. Do. branches . 9,906,300 - 9,711,500 12,336,440 - 12,774,240 15,146,000 - 15,277,100 8,1611000 8;83000 - 4,632,600 - 23,802,200 - 36,091,900 23,615,300 -707,300 - 705,600 545,600 - 535,900 Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees 12,980,750 14 36,171,987 91 12,980,750 14 36,171,987 91 (Law, June 9, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage- 100,000,000 - 100,000,000 8,288,359 - 8,272,758 Mont .... Sundries 97,182 G 1 60,492 15 17,017,459 50 18,760,060 41 Total 1,737,924,710 11 1,772,576,199 47 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. The return issued by the Bank of England is not of a satisfactory character ; but, as the changes which have taken place are partly owing to causes generally in operation at this season of the year, no great surprise has been evoked. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation Decrease ... ...£25,192,830 ... 619,035 ... 13,993,470 ... 883,475 ... 8,659,692 ... 45,552 ... 2,726,739 ... 4,073,512 ... 21,472,485 ... 1,532,878 ... 706,381 ... 20,622 ... 10,278,123 Bullion ... .11111 4.411 41110 •.• Decrease ••• •.• •.• R.st ••• ••• ••• •.• ••• Increase Public Deposits ... Decrease Other Deposits ... Increase Seven Day and Other Bills Increase ... GoTerzunent Securities ... Decrease Other Securities Decrease Notes Unemployed Decrease ... 500,000 ... 29,039,534 ▪ ... 1,710,020 ▪ ... 8,094,685 241,115 With the exception of a decrease in the bullion, amounting to £440,000, and of £1,432,000 in the current accounts, the return from the Bank of France is not unfavourable. The notes in circula tion have been reduced £2,020,000, the commercial bills discounted £870,000, and the Treasury ba lances £1,432,000. Advices from Cronstadt state that a violent con flagration had broken out there, when 32 houses and a great number of sheds were reduced to ashes before the flames could be got under. The loss is estimated at more than a million of francs. The journals of the centre and South of France continue to furnish accounts of disasters occasioned by storms. In the department of the Rhone a paper mill is reported as having been struck by lightning and a large quantity of rags set on fire. Happily the exertions of the workmen and neighbours saved the buildings and machi nery. In the same neighbourhood, at Grand-Pre, a stack of hay was set on fire and consumed. In many other places in that department the hail has done great damage to the crops; in somo localities one half of the harvest is expected to be lost, in others one-third. The cotton manufactory of M. Beghin at Armen tierei (Nord) has just been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 40,000 f., but is covered by insurance. A con siderable number of workmen are deprived of employment. THE RIOT AT NEWCASTLE RACES.—At the New castle police-court on Wednesday. 18 Irishmen were charged, on remand, with creating a riot on the Newcastle Town Moor, after the conclusion of the races on Wednes day, June 27th. Six were discharged, but the others were committed for trial. THE KING OF BAVARIA.—A German correspon dent gives the following account pf this eccentric Sovereign, and the rapidity with which his neglect of royal duties has led to his loss of popularity :—" I was in Munich some days ago, and was surprised to hear the freedom with which Government measures and the King's conduct were canvassed. The Bavarian was hitherto ac customed to consider the latter as something too sacred to be attacked. Now, however, you hear in the streets civi officials, high and low, expressing openly their opinion of the unworthy and unbecoming behaviour of the monarch. And then our King!' they will exclaim ironically, after criticising the state of things in the country; and then our King l'—as if that word were the climax of perverse action, as if that word represented the complete non-com prehension of the earnestness and the necessities of the time. And, in truth, it seems to do so. While every throne is tottering, the young King is unable to leave his roses on the Staremberg Lake. With the utmost difficulty he is at last prevailed on to open in person the Chamber, which is to vote the money for the army. Instead of being in the capital or coming thither daily as the Emperor of Austria does from Schonbrunn, ho buries himself in his castle on the lake ; not, however, to occupy himself with affairs of State, but—will it be believed ?—with the Sagar of Lohengrun and medieval poems. instead of thinking of the impending dangers of the State, of which he is the head, he writes letters to the burgomaster of a Swiss canton in order to be admitted as a Swiss citizen. Or, still worse, ho pens a long condolatory epistle to M. de Bulow, in which he gives full vent to his indignaton that profane tongues should have dared to utter their tittle-tattle about his wife, and promising that he (the King) will do his utmost to find out and punish the chatterers. His head is full of Marie Stuart and William Tell when he should bo thinking of Germany and his subjects. It is thus utter disregard of every regal duty which has embittered the people so against him. And ; believe me, it takes a good deal to make a Bavarian not feelfull of enthusiasm for his King. When he came to the throne he was the idol of the nation. He has entirely lost its love now." MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF A TOURIST AMONGST THE ARGYLESHIRE MOUNTAINS. Three young gentlemen, two of them belonging to Edinburgh, and the third (Mr. Shepherd, a draughtsman, we believe), from London, passed Tuesday night near the summit of the range of high mountains which lie between the road passing by Rest-and-be-Thankful, and that leading from Lochgoilhead through Hell's Glen to Inverary. From what we can learn it appears that the three young men left Edinburgh by the express train on Tuesday morning, and having quitted the steamer at Tarbet, on Lochlomond, they pro ceeded on foot, via Arrochar, with the view of reach ing Inverary that night. One of the party, it seems, had some knowledge of the locality, and, after passing Arrochar a few miles, it was resolved to alter their route, and make their way over the mountains to Loch goilhead, which they hoped to reach early in the evening. Slowly they wended their way up the face of the mountain, but when near the top they became quite bewildered, a close mist having closed around them. They travelled on until near 9 o'clock, unconscious of where they were, or in what direction they were going, and when passing near the brink of a deep ravine, Mr. Shepherd lost his footing, and in a moment disappeared, rolling down the steep bank for a distance of 40 yards. Alarmed at the occurrence, the other two young gentlemen cautiously descended the declivity a little farther down, and directed to the spot by the moans of their companion they found him lying quite insensible, and considerably bruised end cut on various parts of the body, and bleeding profusely from a largo wound on the back of the head. His friends friends having administered a small quantity of brandy an 'water, and bathed his temples with water, re gained consciousness. On consultation, it b h l e t va s s i° r:s Y olve d to remain where they were till daylig being yesterdayupported morning, when the party—Mr. Shepherd by his companions—proceeded to follow t be he in co g ui s- se of the ravine. Ultimately, about six o cloc , they . reached the road from which they bad deviated the previous forenoor They were then quite exhausted ; but a conveyance having been obtained, the party, after getting some refreshments, proceeded to Glasgow. YACHTING. RANELAGH YACHT CLUB. The entries for the next race of this club (July 21) halm just closed, and are as under:— Yacht. Tons. Owner. Teaser, Dione Octoroon Aerolite Stella Clara Water Lily Rifleman Clytie The prizes will be £3O, for the three large boats, pre sented by the rear commodore. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. JULY. Abingdon Reannig N ottinghain Down Royal Knutsford Stamford l9 Caen Radcliffe 23 I Goodwood AUGUST. Airdrie 2 Deauville Ripon 6 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes ..................... 10 Egham Wolverhampt on Stockton.,,, 15 Oxford Northampton...... 0CT(..... . Lothians' Racing Club... 3 Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 8 Bedford 4 I Hastings , York August Dover Plymouth Lichfield Tunbridge Yarmouth Derby Summer Weymouth Baden Baden IBER. Newmarket 2d October.., Hereford • ••• 1 Newmarket Houghton .. SEPTI Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 1 Canterbury lB Ri c hmond NOVE EMBER. Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist October Walsall Lanark :MBE R. Lincoln Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. Down Royal Corporation lB SEPTEMBER. C urragh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. Amiens Abbeville Le Pin 22 Caen 29, 30, 31 3UST. I Le Mans Laon l9, 20 Deauville..., 4 , 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l SEPT. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly „—. IMBED.; Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 OCT Paris . 7 Chantilly l4, 18 OBER. Vincennes SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, July 13.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. CLYDE, July 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Belpore, for Bombay. BRISTOL, July 12.—Wind S.W. - Sailed—Kate Agnes, for Montreal. SOUTHAMPTON, July 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Avoca, screw steamer, from Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, July 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—City of New York, steamer, from New York. 'GLOUCESTER, July 11.—Wind S.W —Arrived—Home, from Quebec. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 12 —Zenobia, from Cronstadt; Arethusa from Dunkirk ; Socrates, from Dram. Arrived, July 13—Zeta, from Cronstadt. Sailed, July 12—Windsor Castle, for Bombay; Villa Franca, for New York. Sailed, July 13.—Star of Tasmania, for Otago. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, July 12.—Patricia, for Jamaica ; Plynlymon, screw steamer, for St. Nazaire—both from London. Passed, July 13. —Newcastle, from London for Calcutta. THE NEEDLE GUN.—The Paris correspondent of the No= Nide de Rouen relates the following anecdote:— " The Emperor, the other day, in explaining the mechanism of the needle-gun to the Prince Imperial, and wishing to join example to theory, descended to the courtyard, and, calling the sentinel, said to him, ' Load, and fire your piece to amuse these boys,' young Espinasse being with the Prince Imperial. Meanwhile, the Emperor who was pro vided with a needle-gun, charged and fired five times when the soldier had only discharge his piece once. The soldier was astonished. Ah !' observed his Majesty smiling, one fires much more quickly with this musket than with yours ; would you like to have one ? Cer tainly, Sire,' roplied the man eagerly. And so you shall, said the Emperor." The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation of Europe yesterday :—" The weather is calm on the coasts of England and France. On the Bay of Biscay and the Channel, the winds have turned to the E. and N.E., and that movement is extending by degrees to all western Europe. The barometer has fallen since Tuesday 5 mm. at Bayonne and Bilbao ; and although no despatches have reached us from Spain, there cannot be any doubt from the general indica tions that a sudden storm has burst over the south west of Europe." The weather continues fine at Paris, but with a considerably higher temperature. At three yesterday, the thermometer marked 29 7- 10 Cent. (85 2-5 Fahr.) ALARMING FIRE AT PECKIIA3I.—This forenoon, about 10 o'clock, considerable alarm was caused iu High-street, Poplar, in consequence of a fire breaking out in the premises of Mr. Ballard ironmonger. The fire ori ginated in the basement, by a spark from a lighted candle igniting some packages. The Surrey Volunteer Brigade, as well as two land steamers, quickly attended, and an abundant supply of water was procured. By affixing the hose to one of Beck and Co.'s patent hydrants the firemen were enabled to confine the fire to the lower part of the premises. FIRE IN THE BOROUGH.—At 55 minutes past three o'clock this morning a fire was discovered by police constable 173, of the M division, in the drying-house at the rear of the main building belonging to Mr. T. Bear, tobacco manufacturer, No. 233, High-street, Borough. Conductors Wheatley and Ball promptly attended with the Royal Society's fire-escapes, and numerous engines of the Metropolitan Brigade followed in rapid succession, and owing to the combined exertions of all present the flames were soon extinguished, but not until considerable damage was done to the building and the contents. The origin of the fire is unknown. The sufferer, it is understood, was insured. DROWNED WHILE BATHlNG.—Yesterday afternoon a young man, about 23 years of age, named Mr. William Saxton, living at New Brompton, went down to Sheerness with his wife and a party of friends for the pur pose of spending the afternoon by the seaside. He went with two friends into one of the bathing machines, and appears to have got out a little beyond his dppth. Not being able to swim, he became frightened and sank. A strong ebb tide was running at the time, which had the effect of driving him further from the shore. An officer in the army was standing on the beach at the time, and he immediately threw off his coat and plunged into the water to try and save the drowning man. He succeeded in tak ing hold of him and got him some distance towards the shore, when he was obliged to loose his grasp, and he sank again. Although several persons were on the beach at the time none of them could swim, and Mr. Saxtonnhwhase drowned not a dozen yards from the machine wh ich i s boat had entered a few minutes before. After son24?nrtnn_ hour was brought to the spot, and after draggi t n o g a i neg an hbou and a half the body was found and taken be ing public-house, where an inqvuehasalt.erennnnesvtaeurahyethlduouutignohg-dttahyiet. Although large numbers of people machines, the bathing cops' , suc h emergencies as t n h e e c s e e s . sary to provide a small b oa t for se l n n t lS y li es C t o er A d s a r y . — a T n h el e v N li a f t e i b o o n a a t l TAE d to A th fl o e s e oc c i on t_ Life-boat LIFEBOATS Institution 32ft. long to Ballcotto station, the coast of Cork,den become inliteinufiotf the r o n 'a c tw i w n hai l cs J h a p ncaste t i e . d • society by v s boat Toniee o n n et n t ls h atd a ny t f o rt t eh a sni i o bi vbeyyaan—cenhvad been readily granted to the boat to Cork by the Cork Steamship Company. The old lifeboat at Bally_ cotton had on several occasions been of great service in saving life, and was instrumental in rescuing a few months s i nce , under very difficult circumstances, Id persons from the ship Alarm, of Belfast. BUSINESS AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS.— Mr. Baron Bramwell was yesterday engaged with the common law business of three courts at chambers. There were as many as 30 summons on the counsels' file. Among the new regulations is one to the effect that the acknow ledgments of deeds will only be taken by special appoint ment on Tuesdays and Fridays, at half-past 9 o'clock, the applicant first satisfying the Judge of the necessity of the case coming before him. The adjourned summonses are daily taken at 10 o'clock. At the present time upwards of 100 summonses are dsy by day taken out. BRIDGEWATER— ELECTlON—(Yesterda: STATE OF THE POLL -11 O'CLOCK. Vanderbyl ................... Patt0n....... ......... 217 .......................... 208 Majority for Vanderbyl , 9 CLOSE OF THE POLL -4 O'CLOCK. Vanderbyl Patton 275 Majority for Vanderbyl IMPERIAL PARLIAMEXT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EvEsmG, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OR URI VoolBaCk at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Great North and Western (Ireland) Railway, West Brom wich and Walsall Railway, Lyme and Sutton, Spalding and Bourne, and Norwich, Spalding Railway Companies, and Bray Improvement. THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON. The Earl of HARDWICKE drew attention to the ox perirnents that had been recently made in gunnery, and expressed his satisfaction that the result of the last experi ments had in all probability been the means of preventing loss of ships and life. It appeared that the ram bow gun was as disastrous to the ship from which, it was discharged as to the vessel against which it w as directed, for if it destroyed the latter it sunk itself. Tkiere was something defective either in the scientific pri; ic i p i s involved or the carpentry of the ship, and in either case the subject was one of the greatest national importance. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE CHANCERY BILL. Lord CRANWORTII moved tho second reading of this bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR objected to the second, reading of the bill, as it would virtually abolish the office of Master of the Rolls, which office was one of great im portance and antiquity. It was proposed that the Mat , ter of the Rolls should be made one of the Lords Jus,tices in the event of a vacancy, and the effect c.,1 that would be to destroy all original jurisdiction on tb.e part of the Master of the Rolls, and the whole saving proposed to be effected would be £l,OOO a year in the salaries of the Lords Justices, because the bill contemplated the appoint ment of an additional Vice-Chancellor, in consequence of transferring the duties of one of the Lords Justices to tho Master of the Rolls. After a short discussion the bill was withdrawn, and their lordships adjourned. Bank of England Eeturns.•.-Last Evening, An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending' the Act ith and Bth Victcwitt, Wednesday, July 11, 1866. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. \ Notes issued ...£28,287,515 Govemmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,981,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion .., — £28,267,515 ... 24 ~ 24 ~ 25 25 ~ 31 .. 21 ~ 21 £28,287,5151 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Di♦ Accounts) 2,726,739 Other Deposits 21,472,485 Seven Day and other bills Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £10,278,123 Other Securities 29,039,534 Notcs 3,094,685 Gold and Silver Coin . 705,955 X 43,118,297 .143,118,29: Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales. UNITED STATES POSTAL ARI?ANGEJIENTS. Mails for the United States are made up in London every Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 o'clock p.m., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6 o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be posted half an hour earlier. The Wednesday and Saturday's mails are taken up at Queenstown, on the following day, by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning mails are taken by the Southampton steamers. Mails from the United States are due in London on Mondays and Thursdays of each week. Periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the shape of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates : —Not exceeding 2 oz., ld. ; above 2 oz., but not exceeding 3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an addition of 2d. for every additional ounce up to 16 ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more than 8 oz (even though it be not a periodical publication) may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon. This postage is only the British portion, a further sum being charged on delivery. The periodical works or pamphlets must always be sent in a cover open at the ends (not more than one being sent in a single cover), and the postage must be prepaid. Other printed papers or books (except those specified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. There must be no writing, or other marks upon such, periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of tho persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders Any other writing, &c., will render the packetsliable to letter rates of postage. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 13 Ditto 3 Months. 11 17f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 Brussels Hamburg — 13 8* Paris .... Short 25 7* Ditto 3 Months. 25 37* Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 117 Vienna — 13 25 Trieste — 13 25 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 40 Naples — 27 40 TEE NEW CHIEF BARON.—Sir F. Kelly, the new Chief Baron, will join the Norfolk Circuit on Tuesday next. 11 14 11 184. 11 18t ; 25 50 25 50 13 9 25 15 25 45 25 45 118 13 70 13 70 26f 6 28 441 44i 27 60 27 60 28 0 28 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] — n il ek:ieG o tyeas l pe l in. o o7 wa Tt y hh 's Pills—Everbody'sWish —One of the many causes of the eminent success of this medicine is the quiet, purifying effect it exerts over the circulation ; it watches over the new blood forming front the food, invigorates the distribution of the mature blood, hso and casts out the old which has done its duty, and whose further presence becomes detrimental. By tak permis sible susual habits, leovwe every Pills,s pe rs m agreeably ay a attain a t o in their th e accompanyingbest of health without interfering materially with his will find pleasures, or pursuits. The weak and do nervous of this medicin©, themselves invigorated by judicious and by steady and persevering attention inlay and better confidently DOGS.--Th e endingr e t a with a s upon b eaern d ch o r, g al s tB , h6 o 6e r : health. hope for increased strength , greate r comfort, REVENUE FROM •••• keeping them, is returned in the to £219,313, an increase of previous year. f 8,984 over t h e P upon dogs' friends for transacted asrefoartthil in the Foreign and Colo nial few days a s Duringfinancialamounting u glues accounts e o ss i thenn t l a s m.aioreProduce Markets. Sugars have been in good I d u einan d at full prices. Coffee, however, has given. fruit, and s pi ces wa y about 1 per cent., while i n r i ce, th e re has been little change of imp or t ance as regards values. The private sales of indigo have progressed with rather more spirit, but tallow has been ne glected, and quotations for both present and for ward delivery are a shade lower. Mr. George Scott, of Bond Court, Welbrook, has been appointed by the Master of the Rolls offi cial liquidator of the Strand Hotel Company. The Journal de Gen eve states that the Federal Council has sent a message to the Assembly, asking for full powers to eventually put 20,000 men on a war footing. " We learn," says the Italie of Florence, " that the Government Procuratore Defarraf., at the Court of Cassation of Turin, has terminated his statement in the important affair of Prince do Crouy-Chanel against the ex-Duke of Modena, and that his conclusions are entirely favourable to the Prince. The iron turret-ship Prince Albert, 4, Capt. A. Wilmshurst, left Plymouth on Tuesday evening for Torquay. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, was placed in the Princes Dock, in Devonport dockyard, on Monday. She will be re paired with all despatch, and may possibly leave again on the 26th, to join the Channelsq h u e a r dron On the present occasion th ere will be no al teration of her masts. The Achi lles would lea ve the dock sooner but for some rep airs necessary to ma chinery. One of tie cylinders is split. nd eo the ,nt, vho tnd rds nd. the the the 700 - Jo I [tit° 9 8k 10.11 5 I I