The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMEROTAL rNTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial requirements of the public con tinue very limited,- while at the same time the money on offer is abundantly increasing. But notwith standing this comparatively small demand for ac commodation, and the plentiful supplies of capital at the command of bankers and brokers, the idea is entertained that the present value of money has this year nearly reached its lowest point. The deficiency of our harvest, and the limited stock of cotton in the hands of manu facturers in this country, have entirely changed the aspect of affairs. These staples are rising in value, and large shipments of the precious metals will beyond doubt have to be made to the sources Whence these supplies are obtained. Already with drawals of gold from the Bank have taken place for Egypt, and consignments must soon follow in other directions. Meanwhile the rate of discount con tinues easy at 38 to 4 per cent. for the best bills. .The seventeenth report of the directors of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company records the- continued efficient and safe working of the railway for the half-year ending 30th June, 1866. Prom the continued depressed state of all interests in the colony the traffic has been less than in the corresponding period of 1865. Within the six months 179,063 passengers, exclusive of season ticket-holders, and 13,763 tons of goods have been carried, as against 215,244 passengers and 12,112 tons of goods in the corresponding period of 1865, and that the gross receipts have been £20,591 against £22,417. The working ex penses for the same period, exclusive of the sum of £ 1 )882 135. 6d. for the renewal of decayed sleepers, to be passed as beforeto capital account, amount to £17,066 Bs. 10d., as against £17,889 6s. 7d. for the corresponding half year. The result shows a profit of £3,022 2s. 10d. in addition to the amount paid by Government under the guarantee, leaving a balance (after payment of debenture interest and other home charges) of £10,560 is. 4d. available for dividend. The directors recommend that the sum of £10,166 shall be appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The dividend will be payable on the 29th inst. There were no Bullion operations of importance at the Bank yesterday. The Moravian has arrived from Melbourne with £189,185 in specie. The traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway for the week ending 2d September, 1866, were £36,473, against £26,638 in the corresponding week of the previous year. The specie movement during the past week has been on an extensive scale, owing to large arrivals from Australia, and the West Indies, and Pacific. The imports have amounted to about £1,100,039, including £3,600 from New York by the Fulton, £18,431 by the Java, £26,648 by the City of Paris. •The Reigate, from Australia, has brought £30,000, the Moravian £143,350, the Massilia £458,574. The Esther, from Mazathon, has arrived with £139,000 ; the Tasmanian, from the West Indies with £ 1 95,000. £50,200 in gold has been received f rom Portugal, and £39,236 in silver from the con tinent. The exports have been £86,875 to the East Indies and China, by the China, and there have been remittances to the continent, through private sources, estimated at £200,860, the latter amounting to £287,735. Two O'CLOCK. The money market for the week has closed very quietly, and no difficulty has been experienced in Obtaining accommodation on terms much below the Minimum of the Bank of England. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris, to daY, the French Rentes were 68f. 77c. There has been the usual Saturday dullness in the markets for all descriptions of Stock Exchange pro- P,,. e tY, but th ey h ave been very well susta i ned, and Consols closed at the prices last current yesterday afternoon —viz., 894 I for money, and 89} for the account. n r -Lhey are th ere f ore f p er cen t. hi g h er th an R the y were l ast Saturday. The New Threes and educ ed Annuitie s are 87f ; Indian 5 per Cents. 5 1 4, ditto 4 per Cents. 941, and ditto Enfaced 5 Per Cents. 101. No material alteration has taken place in the p r ices of Foreign Stocks. Turkish 5 per Cents. t . are 28 i, 29 ; Mexican, 15} ; Greek, 131 ; Spanish 5 as sive, 221 ; th e Certificates, 141; and I ta li an, R 4 ,1 55 1. A merican Secu r iti es are s t ea dy. U n ited 'leg 5-20 Bonds are 684 69 ; Erie shares, 501 , and Ill inois, 78 79. Atl an ti c an d G rea t W estern -uebentures have further advanced f, to 64 65 ; an d the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds are firm at 41 42, ex coupon. A moderate amount of business bas been transacted sn h the Rail way Share Market, and prices generally itow a furth er s li ght improvement. Great Northern S tock, and Great Western have each advanced ss . ; North Western and South Eastern, each 10s. ; and North British, 15s. ; while Midland have de clined s s. The Foreign and Colonial lines.remain at about Previous rates. Dutch-Rhenish are marked 194 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 12 ; South Austrian and Lo mbardo -Venetian, 164; Grand Trunk of Canada, 19i 20 ; Eastern Bengal, 1001 ; and East Indian, 103. Bank Shares have been dull, although without material change in values. Chartered of India, Australia, and Chinaremain steady at 181 19. Mid d have improved to 17 ; Alliance are marked 18k, Consolidated 5 it; Provincial of Ireland 80, and Union of Australia 47. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are quiet. Atlantic Telegraph stock, however, has improved to 52 55, while the 8 per Cents. guaranteed have declined to 931 ; Credit Foncier of tngland are steady at 31 ; Hudson's Bay Company at 17 ; and City of Mexican Gas at 16. Milian 6 per Cent lOO Do. 4i per Cent 7ok ' Do. 6 per Cent A Do Scrip, .£75 paid — pm Colombian 6 per Cent. — luba, 6 per Cent. Janish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 . Danubian Principalities Do. Account elquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do Provisional Land Warrant Do 'Deferred i'gyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second issue B2/ DO £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Bll 1 Do £lOO Bonds B2 Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl Do. £BO paid G:eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex CouponQ Do. Account Do. Coupons — w (lis De. Account G tatemala 5 per Cent. lttlian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Rail wa y vlexican 3 per Ceut Do. Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French sloutevidean 6 per Cent. Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent Nfew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 651 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 43/ Do. Account aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9l Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 22/ 2 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account 144 14 Swedish 4 per Cent. .. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 551 Do £lOO Bonds 56 Do 6 per Cent.,1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do. 6 per Ce n t, 1864 27/ Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, spr 'Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 13 , 1gian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — !Wins, 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9f 1 Do. Account MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. The Mining Market to-day has been very quiet. Prince of Wales has been flatter, but there has been a slight improvement in Great Wheal Vor. Subjoined are the latest quotations : Cara Camborne, 20s 25s Od ; Chiverton Moor, 41 5 ; Chontales Gold, 21 1 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 7 8 ; East Basset, 21 23 ; East Caradon, 61 ; East Gunnis Lake and South Bedford, 12s 6d 15s; East Lovell, 111 12 ; East G Wheal Grenvill e , —; F rout i no and Bolivia Gold, 7s 9s; Grambler and St. Aubyn, 51 6i; Great Retallack, —8; Great Wheal Vor, 18 20; Marke Valley, —; North Crofty, 20s 255; North Treskeby, I ; Prince of Wales, 258 29s 6d ; South Darren, 11 2 ; South Grenville, —s ; West Caradon, 15 16 ; West Chiverton, 571 GO ; West Seton, ; Wheal Buller, 20 22 ; Wheal Chiverton, 44i ; Wheal Grenville, 21s 268; Wheal Seton, 155 160., BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 ner Cent. Consols Do. Account, Nov 8 B9k 3 era nt. Reduced B7l } Nw per Cent B7- i New- 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - D o . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 D° B 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April:lBBs — E (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — xchequer Bills 41,000,3 & 4 per Cent — D° ' 4500 — Do 4100 and £2OO Do of 1 .11,ibuoi GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4‘ ,, lia n Steck, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do_ -uO. Account . 6 per Cent. July, 1870 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 D O . En faced Paper 4 per Cent °. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ~-°. 51 per Cet., May 1879 — Do.uo. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 D 0• Bonds,4 per Cell., £l,OOO — under 41,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. germs Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pm l!.uas,trian 13 onds, 5 per Cent, 1859 u °. 4 i o per Cent., 185 2-58-60 Do. D. 1863 1865 681 n o Acc ount Do. £l OO Bonds — .., Do. S cr i p, £65 Paid uatooe Ayres 6 per Cent — dis Do 4100 Bonds — 1)2 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. _^... -.--.....---.,, —_.‘ 1863. 1865. 1866 1865 A C Belfast and N. Counties ... '. . . 931 991 2,339 2.087 Belfast and Comity Down 49 411 713 653 Blyth and Tyne., .......... 33 16 2,360 2.200 Brecon and Merthyr ... ••• • • 68 64 1,187 1,048 Bristol and Exeter l3li 121 i 7,312 6.980 Caledonian, Scottish Central 551 56 t 33 331 32,382 Cambrian l3O 310 2.c80 2,666 Cockermonth K & Penrlth .. 311 31 1 463 326 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 446 433 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 196 195 Cork and Limerick Direct Cornwall 651 651 1,961 1.761 Deeside l7 17 351 430 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,631 1.666 Dublip and Drogheda 75 75 1,920 1.986 Dublin and Meath ' 36 35 217 121 Dub. & iVicklow and Wextd. 106 106 3,341 3,467 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, 3ro B5 85 5,3 5 4,3 4 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 422 10i 42,398 3 ,363 Great North of Scotland . . tit. Nortim. & Westn.(lrel.) Si}' 711 661 602 'lLSoutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 sB , # 10,7.8 9,811 Great Wvitern 1292 12604 8),057 76393 Highland Hoy lake Irish North-Wes tern ll5 145 2,241 2,071 Isle of Wi„„ht ~. ......... 13 8 46, 229 Lancashire. Yorkshire 403 403 14 134 4).07) Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 2 61 261 127 104 Llimelly 461 461 745 , 773 1 1 444 Llynvl 'Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Load. Brighton, &S. Coast 3031 2911 25,99 i 23,646 London, Chatham, & Dover; 1 1354 114 4 11.853 11.178 all Metropolitan Extension 1 122 12 j 2,102 2;370 Do. Kent *.oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 364 461 3,3 454 lian.,Shelfield,& Lincolnsh Mandl. S.J un.& Altrincham 9l $ll 1,510 1.313 llaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6/74 56,368 50.703 Midland Gt. Westn. of 1 rind 2601 2604 7.110 6 001 ilonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l 41 2.637 2.61/ North British, Edin., Pertn and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12071 11714 76,771 73;440 North London • 11 8 4,720 8.,31 North Staffordshire 258 258 5,456 8,085 Pembroke and Tenby 271 111 283 201 Rhymney 221 191 1,165 1,071 Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 - - - Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.263 1, 10 South Devon South-Eastern 330 31.5 31,419 27,991 ?air Vale 63 C. 3 6,' (5, 5,511 Ulster lO5l 1051 3,1.7 2.191 Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 .50 5 591 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,618 1,608 West Cork . . . l7l -7/ ..". rexham, Mold, &c ll 11 2e6 231 Irhaveu,Cleator,& Egrnint lO 1U 635 6 51 Fuakanir AND COLONIAL. A.uatrian B2B 828 62,275 41,232 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 2c, ; 39/ 391 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 500 5,6• A 3,162 Detroit and Milwaukio lB9 189 - - Dutch Rhenish Eastern 01 F rance 1 8 16 5084 1., 1 5 03 1 1 8 6 2 , , 5 4 5 8 0 8 82 6 :?5 3 2 6 110 110 2, 493 1,999 East Indian • •• •• • 11291 1126 36,473 26,631 Great(i t..l E it4 ar r: G r eat as eee n aa t a e tt dr Cln'lnveo. Luxembourg nri d : 3u s i te a nr t n : In d ian n. n i o.lt efoon. C ana d an_ t s u i d l i a a . 759 633 Canada 340 315 - - N II N o o a da d r r t i rr v h ia a n e d r n: NorthernB* crag of o il.a:r Trunkns a * s a * la * e t : di* . . .. . . . ca. . . . 11. . . . t. . * ** 673 % / 1 _ 7318 1 1 6717 9 3113 / 4 36816 ; 0;5:812 1 7 6257 , :" v 5 0 665 :, ; 1 ' 97 6 ........ 764 224 7 ,002 . Ottoman .. ............ 4 / 44 8(51 1,155 Paris, Lyons. & Paris and Orleans ... . lirfau ..... 802 484 - - rm.... 2006 20 6 162,632 148,120 Recife and San Franci;...-A,.... 1821 1818 70,2f, 8 9 78, 8 16 01 1 -- .....L 771 77.4 Sc.nde.... .............. IL ' ' 9 Do. Punjab, dm ......... . -9 105 3,733 1,06) South i.i Austrian edo nit o ‘nrat,n&l fen ..e:8.......................... 1 2 076 5 ,1 ; 085 1 2 8 0 2 3 38 3885 1 , : 7 1 2 07 0 01 300 1 . .. 22 6 414 7 1 Southern D 0 619 .7,944 24,976 Victoria Welland 254 261 11,000 40,;10 25 West & N-Wn. of France 1155 25 1,190 1,212 .....................____ 1016 71,712 64,99 2 Liverpool Cotton Blarket.—TMs Day. st St The market is quiet but steady. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. The American vessel the Miantonomah and her consorts aro at Hamburg, and a banquet has been given to the officers. The death-laden blue mists are disappearing, and the terrible epidemic with which we have been wrestling so earnestly seems, for a time at least, departed. That we were unprepared for the visitation, in spite of long and unmistakeable warning, has been too well proved. Our sanitary arrangements were not so complete and effectual as might have been expected, and the cholera settled down with awful consistency in its favourite haunts of filth. But if we were neglectful of the means by which the dreadful plague might have been kept from our doors, we were not found wanting in the matter of remedies. Science has shown herself equal to the great task imposed upon her, and has extracted from the wondrous bosom of Nature medicinal charms which can save us from the grip of this cruel pestilence. It is now some years ago since Dr. J. Collis Brown discovered the marvellous remedial qualities of that for which ho coined the word chlorodyno in cases of cholera and diarrhoea Like most discoveries of the kind many difficulties stood in the way of its great value becoming generally known, but those difficulties ap pear to be overcome, and the statement made by Earl Russell with regard to its efficiency has now established the well-merited fame of its inventor. The most remark able characteristic of Dr. Brown's Chlorodyne is its reme dial power in every stage of the dreadful malady. It has been tried in the most aggiavated cases with extraordinary success, and numbers of the medical profession, convinced of its useful properties, have frankly acknowledged its merits. We hope that the blue mists of cholera will not again closearwouhnde o ouhriohroomdyeso,e is at h but if theyand to do wwaordshoaffll itsbe less alarmed while cruel attacks.— Serrice Gazelle, Oct. 13. THE CHEPSTOW OLD BANK.—This. bank stopped pbyment in June last, with liabilities of £56,000, and the assets were estimated to realise a dividend of 10s. in the pound. Messrs. Brown, Cur re, and Higgins were appointed trustees to wind up the estate, and their management has been so successful that a dividend of Bs. in the pound is announced as payable on the sth of November. Should the liquidation continue favourable, it is probable that the cre ditors will obtain more than the original estimate of 10s. in the pound. BRITISLI MINES. Cam. Consul. (Old, Lim Chiverton .31ifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Love.l K. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam. it StA übyn(Li wen. urrat L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy. • G. Wheal Vor (Heist be Grenville El crod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Awyndy Iron Ore,llw Nev Seton North Roskear N.Wh ' 1 Bassett ( Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Coudurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan,llw West ltassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West C hi verton West 5et0n....... Wheal Bassett fillogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Se to u Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 2.1.0 294 2.14.(s 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10. S. SB4 5,17.0 4 6 8 9 410 460 6 I 20 23 6 7 2 3 2 3 10 12 21 21 5 6 18 10 I 1 17 18 11 14 33 :n n IS 4} 5 21 lid 35 95 2 4 t 1 i:2l 25 310 330 18 z 2 9 11 3 5 1 2 15 17 60 63 130 :40 75 83 2t 23 10 12 155 165 8 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOO fib. London, Brighton. &e., 41 per cent., 1858, 88 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Vale of Neath, 97 FOREIGN MINES. Bastia and San Francisco, 114., gua. 7 per cent., I: Ditch Rhenish, 19) San Paulo. liin., ua. 6 per cent. ' 131 S o uth Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 1f roum GN HAIL WAYI:I. Cape Copper. lim.,'B Chontales Gold and S►iver Mining. 21 Don Pedro. Nur h Del Rey, l.ar Yudanamutana of South Austraqa, BAN lib, Alliance, Urn.. 16/ Australasia, 65 British and Californian, Um., 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 18t 19 Consolidated Bank, Um., 51 5 imperial Bank, lirn.. 21 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11m., 10} Midland Bank, Urn., 17 National Provincial of England, —• Ditto, 'id and 3d issue, 41i Provincial of Ireland, SO Union of Australia. 47 DOCKS. I ondon and;St Katharine, 68} MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 15/ Ati.intic Telegraph, 5 Dit o, 8 per cent., 924 31 China Steam ship and Labuan Coal Company, 1 City of Moscow Gas. lim., 15 Credit Fonder 01 Ern:land. Um . 31 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 122 g d by In. Gen. Credit and Finance of Lmd7n, lira.. ;-4 Hudson's Bay, )7 London Financial Association. lim , 9 Ald London i r as G v t a io l O n m an n 3 lb e u a s n talcluypanery:ciciumt. uarantec , 3 Ir r e dian Government), Ditto a'l), 184 Merchant Shipping, lim., 6i Nr.ttonal Discount k ompany, Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of whiah 3 Is to pay, 8 Peel River Land and Mineral, 90 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. 12 Quebrada Land. tt4ll. and 3lning, lim., Royal Mail Steam, 110 i 9i EARTHQUAKE AT KODIAC.—The ship Imperial, arriving at San Francisco from Rodiac, has reported a violent shock of earthquake at 4 p.m. of the sth ult. Three houses and nearly all the chimneys in town wore shaken down. The sensation on the ship was terrific. She seemed as though passing over rocks at great speed, while articles were shaken down which the most violent gales hail not disturbed. In the southern parts of the island large rocks were torn up and thrown down the mountain. The shock lasted 40 seconds. No lives wore lost. The captain of the Imperial acknowledges the courtesy of the Russian Governor-General,,who sent a steamer to the ship's assist ance and took her to sea without charge. There is a great demand for " domestic help" in Boston, and Irish girls are receiving from $3 to $4 per week, besides their board and lodging. It is proposed to supply the demaucl with negroes from the South. _~_ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, MG. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid., IClosing Price. Briatol and Exeter Caledonian ,Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... 1 I Corn wall Dublin . Belfast June , Dun„Perth, & b.June ' ~London, aerip Certi 87 89 122 ;23 40 45 •13 15 4 6 C 5 63 ;0 72 Do. Glasgow .t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord.stk. 115 119 25 2 , 1 5 6 Do. E. Angf. st. No. 2 G rcat North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A, stock .. Do. B stook Do. New, 18. at 25 poi G t S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original, Do. s. Vii. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. .111 d.— Oxforn 116 US 126 127 90 92 53 51 35 40 33 3 • Lo. Newport 1 , 0. Hereford..... Luno.ishire .1L Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brie;h., 3i S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon : do .North Western Lon. .it South Western Man., She!., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New - I 1211 12111 85 13i 18 9 10 20 118 119 82 81 54 E 5 124 125 2 3 ' 101 11 85 87 Do. Extension ..... Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share _ 122} 1222 It 2 92 11 Do, Birmin.. Derb) hid Kent ...' . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. 36 38 .6 23 103 105 65 67 99 101 Yo. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 34 35 9 10 p 120 425 1 2p 1 21) 72 74 114 118 150 154 40 42 65 67 8 9 14 195 .2 3; 26 51 Business done. 1171 lAi 12it 7 1 53 1 a a a 1241 181 15 101 I I 1231 I lei 61 1 1 i 84 BUITISII ri Atlantic ,tc St. Lawrence Bora., Baroda. s Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference . Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p . .c. Calcutta it S. E., lim.. .;aie Town Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu.s p.c. Do. J Extension . ti rand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred Dc. 2d Prvf. Bongs Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deferred .... Ot. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 1 o Gus. 5 per cent.. • -- Do. New gtia. 5 p. a t. South of India gua. 5 per cent 4 per cent Do • ; reat W( s. of Canada.. DJ. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 .•1 Indian Branch, limited ) ladras, gua. 5 p.o .Do 4f do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Niel. t Hudson's Bay.. N. It LC'da,6pc Ist pf.bs .1 Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do t's Do. Puniaub Do. Indus St.leloi, ISIONS. 66 68 100 102 id ip 4 4i 76 bi 50 60 100 102 994 1606 102 101 19 20 86 89 59 63 48 52 50 55 45 SO 40 (5 3S 3J 25 27 24 26 106 107 6 1 f• . 1V 99 100 91 93 13 134 54 3 S 1 43 83 85 1} Old 99 100 tit) 11 84 86 82 :5 98 99 98 99 lt 1 d 98 99 20 Di COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU British Columbia, 6 per ceut., Dec. 31, 1572. - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. it Sept, ,Do. 5 p. c. Jan. .t July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape li.llope, 6 p.e. 1873 Do.Apl. &Oct • 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9. Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April _ _ . and 15 Oct., 1900 - Ce:; lon, Nov. 1868, G p. Do. 1878, do.. t; p. 0, 187:i, Jan. and JAZIy Do. 1e , 78 'o. 1882, May i 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Fel). & Aue Antal ',ov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.l ul) N. S. W. Gov. 5 pv., 186 t, Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871 , Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... N ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, e pet & Oct 92 1 , 4 90 C 2 90 102 76 7 7 75 77 IG2 114 100 1 4 2 100 1 4 2 102 10i 68 70 102 1( 4 ILS 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 (03 1(3 105 97 100 9'.) 92 90 92 90 95 8!: 87 92 91 79 81 92 94 8) P 1 105 107 103 104 lier Majesty's Ship Waterwitch. It has been said by one of the most eminent of living authorities on marine engineering that there is very little novelty in the idea of propelling vessels by water. This is true in the main, as in 1661 a patent was taken out for an application of the kind, and was followed by many others,-but without any marked success being obtained untillB39, when Mr. Ruthven, of Edinburgh, patented a greatly im proved application of the principle, which was fur ther improved upon and a new patent taken out by him in 1839. A small boat was constructed and fitted with the Ruthven machinery and placed on the Thames, and a working inod..:lof the boat and machinery was also placed in the Gr..at Exhibition building of 1851, but the principle of hydraulic pro pulsion of vessels was viewed with evident disfavour then by the majority of engineers; the chief objec tions urged against its adoption being the large amount of rubbing surface the water has to encoun ter, the cost of producing the propelling power be yond a certain rate, and the liability to choke the perforated bottom- of the ship in shallow water, and shut out the water supply. On the other hand, the invention offered the not inconsiderable advantages of a power of propelling the vessel forwards or back wards, Or of turning her on her centre, stopping sud denly in her course, going on ahead again or astern, all without stopping or reversing the engines. It is also claimed for the invention that a greater power can be obtained from the same amount of fuel burnt, as compared with the paddle or the screw ; that the power of the engines is uniform, producing smooth motion with perfect freedom from vibration or noise ; no reaction on themachinery with the ship plunging in a heavy sea ; an independence of rudder aid in steering or turning a circle ; a power of relieving the vessel of any water entering by a leak or shot damage by simply shutting off the ordinary water entrance thro ugh th e perforated bottom of the vessel's hull, and a complete . control over the movements of the vessel by tit's _officer in charge, and on the upper deck, by a valve lever without communication with the engineers below, the engines never being required to " ease," " stop," or " reverse," the engineer simply keeping the engines straight at their work, and the officer in charge of the ship controlling the propelling power they create by opening or closing a valve with his lever. The majority of these seemingly somewhat sanguine expectations proved to be correct but it was 1853 before the first vessel was built and fitted with Ruthven hydraulic propelling machinery for commercial purposes. The vessel was b u ilt pa r tly at the expense of the Prussian Government, and is said to be still running satisfactorily on the Oder. The first independent testimony we find in this coun try to the valae of the hydraulic propeller lies in the evidence given before Lord Justice Knight Bruce in September, 1863, onthe hearing of a petition of Mr. Ruthven, of Greenock, for an extension of the pa tent granted to his father in 1849, Mr. A. Murray, the chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard, stating that the Ruthven propeller afforded extraordinary facilities for manoeuvring a ship of war understeam, and he saw no reason why the speed with the Ruth- yen propeller should not equal that to be obtained with the paddle or screw. Mr. Murray also stated that he hadbeen on official duty to Belgium by order of the Admiralty to inspect and report upon a vessel called the Seraing, built by the Messrs Cockerell, and fitted with the Ruthven propeller. His re port was favourable to the principle, and from ex periments carried out betweien the Seraing and a paddlewheel vessel of the same form, tonnage, and horse power of engine the difference in speed was found to be about 10 per cent. in favour of the Ruthven propeller. Mr. Murray further stated that he considered the principle of so much value that he pressed it on the attention of the Admiralty, and orders were consequently sent down from the Admi- ralty to Portsmouth dockyard for the lines of a vessel to be prepared for building, of sufficient ton nage to insure a full and practical trial of the inven tion and its suitability as a propelling power for vessels of war. Mr. Murray's evidence thus gives an official history of the causes which originally led the Admiralty to sanction the building of the Water witch and the application to her of the Ruthven sys tem of hydraulic propulsion, the first official trial of which by the officers of the Admiralty took place yesterday in the trial trip of the IVaterwitch down the Thames. The building of the hull of the Waterwitch was consigned by the Admiralty to the Thames Iron works and Shipbuilding Company, and the design and construction of her engines and the construc tion of the enormous turbine wheel, which is the Ruthven propeller, was consigned by the Admiralty to the Messrs:J. and W. Dudgeon, the firm whose name has been so intimately associated with the ex position and success of the independently-working twin-screw system of propulsion in England. The hull of the Waterwitch is built of iron, of 778 tons' measurement, 162 ft. in length by 32ft. in breadth, and 13ft. 9in. in depth. She is flat in the bottom, broad in her midship section in proportion to her length, and is " d3uble-ended"—fitted with a rudder at each end—similarly to some of thesmallThames steamers. Her defensive power as a g,tinboat consists in a belt of armour-plating, of 4} inches in thickness, at the water-line and centrally on her broadside, with walls of iron, or athwartship armour-plated bulk heads, across her upper deck, the object being to fight guns over her deck in linewith her keelthro u g h gunports in the a th war t s hip bulkheads as well as through broadside ports. Th e armour-plating is backed with ten inches of teak, and is f urther strengthened by the usual inner skin of an iron-built vessel. In the bottom of the vessel, and centrally, is a raised space extending to a good breadth on each side of the centre of the vessel, and still further longitudinally, and which maybe termed, for the sake of plainness of description, a long and shallow iro n box. The lower side of this box is fitted with an immense number of small rectangular orifices, which give admission to the water from outside and under the vessel's bottom, but the further passage of the water from the box is controlled by four sluice valves, which, it is scarcely necessary to say, are only opened when the machinery is at work and help from the outer water is required to propel the vessel. Division plates lead the water from the sluice valves to the next portion of the machinery which is the " Rathven," " Hydraulic," or " Turbine" wheel, which draws the water in through the bottom of the vessel and ejects it out through the copper propul sion pipes and nozzles through an aperture on each side of the ship,, a little above the water line. The hydraulic wheel is fixed immediately over the four sluice valves and the water-box or canal. It revolves in a cast-iron circular case, 19ft. in diameter, which has been turned carefully throughout its interior surface, the object of this being to reduce the fric tion to a minimum point of the water driven over its'surfaces. The wheelitself is 14ft. 6in. in diameter, and weighs eight tons. It is made of boiler-plate, and is divided into 12 sections by arms or blades fixed vertical and radial (although only vertical at their extreme diameter, forming a tangent from the surface). From their outer edge they begin to alter in shape and position, and at their centre turn spi rally, like the blades of a Griffiths' propeller, and thus obtain a " grip" upon the water upon their i first suction upon it o n issuing from the canal. twoOn the rec •ts‘alilgeeull-acra_ssihnagpeedd dscharge pipes, in each ofge in opposite positions, are which is fitted a large parallel two-way plug for diverting the water as it rushes from the wheel into the propulsion pipes and thence into the nozzles outside the ship. The copper propulsion pipes have a spiral twist given them to reduce friction in the passage of the water through them, and are about 2ft. Sin. by 2ft. lin., interior measurement. The nozzle pipes on the exterior of the vessel's sides are continued about B ft. o n e ach side of the centre, and orifices 24iu. by 18in. protected by armour or the hydraulic wheel horizontal and direct, Theypm; a t i s n u g r .e are Taht of e their brass,dri driving n d g i a s l c ; discharge orifices f angle of 120 degrees. The connecting rods from the crank shaft of the i s s ta c n o d m i n p g ris t e o d eachint three horizontal a wheel are connecte d direct from the cylinder piston in sin g l e gu id e blo c k s . The engine is 3ft. 6in., and the rods,d lengthia m e t t h eo e rf l o a sf t t t t ob e k r : working cylinders 38iu. The three steam slides are worked by one eccentric, cutting off the steam at about 11-16ths of the stroke, the action being exceedingly good. in, every other respect, however, each engine is distinct in itself, having its own throttle and discharge valves, air, feed, and bilge pumps, and the ordinary condenser and india rubber foot and delivery valves. The combined nominal power of the three engines is 160 horses. Steam is supplied to the engines by two ordinary tubular boilers, each containing three furnaces, with 350 brass tubes. The heating surface per nominal horse-power is 16.7 square feet of tube surface, and 725 square feet of grate bar sur face. Every part of the machinery is iu beautiful proportion to other parts in design, and is as beau tifully finished in point of work. The hydraulic wheel and its casiag and copper propulsion pipes are all marvels of workmanship, the wheel and casing, as iron work,reflecting the highest possible credit on the Messrs. Dudgeon, the manufacturers. The cop per propulsion pipes were manufactured to the Messrs. Dudgeon's order by the Messrs. G. and T. Blundell, the present representatives of the well-known Down ton Patent pump firm, of London. Connected with this part of oar notice of the machinery of the Waterwitch it is necessary to state that, in addi tion to the sluice valves leading to the hydraulic wheel from the perforated box-canal in the bottom of the ship there are also two side sluices which con nect the wheel only with the bilge of the ship. These side sluices are intended to pump out any water from the ship's hold—the sea sluice valves being closed— that may gain sudden access through shot or tor pedo-holes, or other damage to the ship's hull below the water line. As it is calculated that with the engines making 45 revolutions per minute the hydraulic wheel would eject 300 tons of water per minute from the ship, the damage done must be of a very extraordinary nature indeed that would sink the ship in spite of the clearing powers of so huge a bilge pump. In so novel an application of propulsion there is, necessarily, yet very much to learn, and, as a con sequence of this immature knowledge, opinions, even among professional men, are very much divided as to the possible extent of its application and of its working value, and this diversity of opinion has even extended into the question as to the precise point at which the propelling force is first brought to bear upon the vessel. Without, however, entering fur ther upon this subject we may say that the propell ing force brought into action upon the vessel's hull, by the ejection of the water from the hydraulicwheel through the propelling pipes and the nozzles over the ship's sides, is best described by Mr. Ruthven as " similar to the recoil produced by the firing of a gun." In describing this more' ully Mr. Ruthven says:-- " Were a gun placed on a line with the keel and fired towards the stern, there would result a pressure forcing the vessel forward equal to the force with which the ball left the gun, and if a continuous firing were kept up, there would thus result an availrble propelling force. The water column issuing from the nozzles on the ship's side resembles the ball from the gun, and the reacting force which propels the vessel presses on the bent arm of the nozzle in the contrary way to the discharge. With this hydraulic power the propelling force presses directly on the vessel. The paddle and the screw press the vessel ahead by pushing back the water, so that the pro pelling force acts indirectly on the vessel through the yielding water." The Admiralty wisely determined in carrying out so important and costly an experiment to provide reliable data with which to weigh the results ob tained from the Ruthven hydraulic, as fitted in the Waterwitch, against the ordinary principle of screw propulsion, and for this purpose selected the trial figures of her Majesty's armour-plated twin-screw gunvessel Viper, a vessel precisely similar to the Waterwitch in tonnage, displacement, &c., and in ratio of horse power of engines to tonnage. The Viper in her full boiler power runs over the mea sured mile attained a mean speed of nine knots, and against this rate the speed attained by the Water witch, with her hydraulic machinery, has to be placed, and considered as indicating the success or non-success of the system as regards its suitability for the propulsion ofsships of war. The Watcrwitch left Woolwich for Tilbury, where the Admiralty officials appointed to watch and re port upon the trial were to join her, at 8 30 a.m. yesterday, in charge of Staff-Commander Dillon, her Majesty's ship Fitzgard, her draught of water being 9ft. Bin. forward and 9ft. 10in. aft., the lower lips of the nozzle pipes discharging the water on the outside of the vessel being Bin. below the water line. The engines worked almost noiselessly, and with a beautiful uniformity of action, as their three connecting rods whirled round the immense water wheel up to 39 revolutions per minute, that being the maximum rate at v►hich it was attempted to drive them between Woolwich and Tilbury. The measured mile in Long Reach was passed at 9 30 a.m. in 6 minutes and 20 seconds, the speed of the ship being 9.474 knob, with the revolutions of the engines at 39 ; the pressure of steam, 171 b. ; and the vacuum, 27in. Tilbury was reached at 13 minutes past 10, the time from Woolwich having been 1 hour and 43 minutes. So far the amount of success obtained was, without doubt, greater than had been anticipated, and was a favourable omen of the results of the day's trial. In running past the mile in Long Reach the tide was at high water, slack. Tilbury was left at noon, the officials, &c., then on board comprising Vice-Admiral George Elliot, who may be considered as the main supporter and advocate of the hydraulic principle of propulsion with the Admiralty ; Mr. Andrew Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard ; Mr. Steel, in spector of machinery afloat to the Admiralty; Mr. Barnes, from the office of the Controller of the Navy ; Messrs. John and William Dudgeon, the makers of the ship's machinery ; Mr. Ruthven, the patentee of the hydraulic wheel ; Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, Commander S. Brett, her Ma jesty's ship Vixen, and a number of naval officers and gentlemen interested in marine engineering. The ship's machinery was in . charge of Mr. Ham mock, managing engineer to the Messrs. Dudgeon, assisted by Mr. Hefferman, the engineer of the ship. The vessel was steamed down the river as far as Southend, when, everything having proved to be of the most satisfactory nature, the course was reversed and laid up the river again, until the Ad miralty measured mile in the Lower Hope was reached, when two runs were made with the con ditions and results annexed : First Run.—A half-knot tide against the ship. Wind, force of 3 on port-bow; time on the mile, 7 min. 15 sec. ; speed of ship, 8.276 knots ; revolu tions of engines, 41 ; steam pressure, 241 b. ; vacuum, 27 inches. Second Run.—Tide, half a knot in ship's favour ; wind, nil; time on the mile, 6 min. 17 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.549 knots ; revolutions of engines, 42 ; steam pressure, 251 b. ; vacuum, 26in. ; mean speed of the ship in two runs, 8.912 knots. As neither the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Elliot, the patentee of the principle, the manufacturer of the machinery, or the designer of-the ship can ever have anticipated a greater rate of speed being at tained as a mean rate over the measured mile than seven knots, the rate of 8.912, or say, in round numbers, nine knots, attained by the Waterwitch yesterday must have been a surprise as well as a gratification to all concerned. This very agreeable result, it is but fair to say, is as much due to the unusual excellence of the ship's engines as to the many acknowledged good qualities of the hydraulic system of propulsion. The vessel, with slightly more favourable conditions, which can readily be given her, will certainly make a full half knot in addition to her present rate as attained yesterday, and this half knot may be increased to a full three-quarters if she is sent to Portsmouth to complete her trials under the same c onditions as is pursued with all other of her Majesty's ships a l girnt si on the Stokes' Bay mile. For instanc e, the to on the trial yesterday was not equal in wqa';er,ynor, the coal burnt on the Portsmo uth trial was the stoking of the furnaces —one of the most important points in a trial o f a ship's speed—at all a pproaching to the perfect system of fire -feeding carried out at Portsmo uth. The trial altogether yesterday has also suggested manyo ideas which must yet be practically te sted pre:, as to any decided at as to the m easure of opinion bei n g safely arrived ex act value of the R uthven principle . of hydraulic pro pulsion. We believe th e ship will be further tried on the Thames on two occasions, at light and deep draught of w ater, at li g ht draught carrying her discharge nozzles clear above the water line, and ,1T 1 r:5. at deep draught carrying them completely submerged. At present no one can say which of the two plans would be the best to carry them. After these, two further trials have been made the Waterwitch will most probably be sent to Portsmouth to carry out further trials, so as to fully elucidate the merits and demerits of the system. The indicator diagrams taken by the Government officials on board yester day gave a mean indicated horse-power of 750, and were pronounced of extraordinary excellence of figure. On the return_ of the Waterwitch up the river for 'Woolwich after the trial, the officials and company on board partook of luncheon in the Commander's cabin, and Admiral Elliot, in proposing " The Health of Admiral S. R. Robinson, the Controller of the Navy," spoke of the very handsome manner in which the Controller had on all occasions supported him in carrying out the details of the construction of the hydraulic machinery of the Waterwitch, and in determination to give the principle a full and fair trial. To Mr. Andrew Murray, the chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard, also, very high credit was due for the weight he had brought to bear upon the subject by the exercise of his great professional knowledge, and the spirited manner in which he had, so to speak, pledged his professional reputation upon the success of the hydraulic principle of propulsion up to a certain line. To the Messrs. Dudgeon the gallant Admiral said, in conclusion, all possible credit and praise were due for the manner in which they had done their part in their manufacture of the magnificent machinery of the ship, which cou ld not possibly have been placed by the Admiralty in better hands. Admiral Sir EDWARD BELCHER proposed, in highly eulogistic terms, " The Health of the Messrs. John and William Dudgeon, the manufacturers of the machinery of the Waterwitch, and the expositors of the twin screw principle." The future trials of the Waterwitch, if carried out with the attention they deserve, will be of a most interesting character. TIMID EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT TE B SALL S'—This Evening, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6to 1 agst Chepstow (taken) 7 to 1 agst Proserpine (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Abergeldie (taken) 15 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken) 15 to 1 agst Affidavit (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Actrea (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thalia (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Dalesman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Claxton (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Xi (taken) 40 to 1 agst Scarboro' (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Caithness (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Peeress (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Pepper's Ghost (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Dulcimer (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Bradamante (offered) .SCRATCHINGS CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—Master Richard and Repulse. MANCHESTER BETTING—This DAY. 100 to 15 agst Chepstow (taken) 9to 1 agst Proserpine (taken) 100 to 8 agst 'Moldavia (taken) 100 to 6 agst Actaaa (taken) 20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Affidavit (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETrING-THIS DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6 to 1 agst Chepstow (offered—take 100 to 15) 9 to 1 agst Proserpina (taken zmi offered) 11 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 100 to 7 agst Affidavit (offered) 100 to 7 agst Moldavia (offered) 16 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 16 to 1 agst Actaaa (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ambition (taken) 23 to 1 agst Scarborough (offered) 23 to 1 agst Xi (offered) 23 to 1 agst Dalesman (offered) 25 to 1 agst Moil° Filante (taken) 50 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 50 to 1 agst Life Guardsman (taken) 66 to 1 agst Tomahawk (taken) 100 to Y agst Brown Bread (offered) 100 to 1 agst Vigorous (offered) NOTES FllOll TRAINING DISTRICTS. (THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET. The late rains have materially benefited the training grounds, and horses arearriving fast for the ensuing week's racing. Those animals that aro already here to fulfil amongst en gagements during the Houghton meeting include, others, Ambition, Argentel, Aruba, Affidavit, A. D., Ades bury, Bounceaway, Blinkhoolie, Beauclerk, Brother to Ascham, Broomielaw, Breadalbane, Brown Bread, Brada mante, Bombastes, Cecrops, Cheltenham, Court Card, Chignon, Cerf Volant, Cyclone, Claymore, Caithness, Charmette, Claxton, Chepstow, Corsair, Coldstream, Chats worth, Delium, Dutch Admiral, Dovetail, Domestic Bliss, Dr. Syntax (3 yrs), Dragon, Duke of York, Dalesman, -Easby, Etoilo Filante, Friponnier, Fleurette, Gladiateur, Greenback, Godinersham, Guinivere, The Hatter, Hippia, Harefield, Highwood, lon, Imperator, Il Re Galantuomo, Jewel, Jollity, Hermit, Julius, Jasper, Janus, Kingmaker, Londosborough, Louisa, Lochaber, Lady Bugle Eye, My Love, Lozenge, Lively, Moulsey, Magician, Master of Arts, Mochrie, Montagnard, Mazeppa, Maid Marian, Miller's Maid, Mount Palatine, Nu, Novice (2 yrs), Novice (3 yrs), Nine Elms, Nicolet, Oppressor, Ostregor, Out and Outer Plutus, Pluto. Princess Thyra, Primrose, fby Parmesan out of Blanche (2 yrs), Purchase, Pedagogue, Peeress, Pie man, Peon, Paris, Pintail, Puebla, c by Parmesan out of Cincinati (2 yrs), Problem, Roquefort, Reigning Beauty Robin Hood, Roland, Rus in Urbe, yeee, Ravioli, selingap S a t ta ra m th , c s o t n o a le n n , S ea lskin, Satyr, Stradbroke, Sycee, Kisses, Star of India, Scour de Charite, Sunnylocks, Sultan, Saccharometer, Saladin, Squire, Scheldt, c by Toxophilite, dam by Gamebey (3 yrs), colt by Toxophilite, out of the Drake's dam (2 yrs), Trombone, Tempest, Transformed, Tomahawk, Vespasian, Violet, Warrior, Wild Agnes, colt by Young Melbourne darn by Teddington (2 yrs), all of whom were at exercise this morning. Of these Ostregor, Saccharometer, Broomielaw, Sultan, Out-and-Outer, Sala din, Godmersham, Brown Bread, Lozenge, Peeress, Yes pasian, Wild Agnes, Peon, Paris, Dalesman, Bradamante, Pepper's Ghost, Nu, Affidavit, Mount Palatine, Robin Hood (by Wild Dayrell), Duke of York, Etoile Filanto, Caithness, Claxton, Fleurette, The Squire, Harefield, The Scheldt, Il Re Galantuomo, Roland, Guinevere, Lively, Puebla, Tomahawk, Ambition, Jollity, Chepstow, Medina, Charmette, Lightning, and Countersign are engaged in the Cambridgeshire, s i that everything bids fair for an exceedingly large muster at the post for next Tuesday's big handicap. The two last mentioned horses, though, have been added to the list of scratchiugs, which already include Convent, Coup d'Etat, Breadalbane, Exceller, and Tormentor. Penhill led Chepstow a mile and a half at a rattling pace, and the latter is very fit. Caithness galloped by himself. Fleurette went nearly two miles, and looked very light. The Baron's three followed Lothario a mile and three quarters, Dalosman moving e beautifully. Armadillo exercised with Ambition, and latter will take her own part in the struggle, desp....tiitiooptehde state of the market. Brown Bread is infirm, b a mile and a half with Oppressor first cl ij as a b s a . u i t sa l -; : ze ni ng -, e worked with Stratchcona,n, both following eu a e and il and a half. Custard Castle took Claxton ii t ap three quarters, and the latter is very Tcue'Llixe, rbouvteld.o.uEgtlotiilne Filanto worked alone, and is a ver h y , n_ c.. Charmette her coat ; she went a mile and a young :Pi , Butler took her a is not very prepossessing , and showed deal lie temper. Affi x and a quarter ; davit galloped lt a b e m v i luekasehne:tl.fsa. hvhyo:vioulcfr.ke; ust::_iel:fihe galloped siallilotpenne duhi.Litgihnjliyleeitnirtninled)d, 13titaRnnoygstoon with the S ans. Robin Hood is went brilliantly fit; on an d t heL threel n' uarters gallop. Roland very the American gallone'ltate and half steadily; and s amount o F f ri w po o u rt ier, Pe t t represVn g u o i q u ,ti o ,ar se I : lo a cfi s ia g b :n e d e i l l n oer ss(hlta°OrlviP)e.Va;mile ; and the Hermit did three Must of the other juveniles were guar in mile work. The additional arrivals, with the latest tr a i n i ng move ments at headquarters, will appear in our Monday's editions. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON SELECTIONS. TILE CRITERION STAKES. "Bell's Life"—Taraban, Dragon, or Friponnier. "Sunday Times"—Dragon or Achievement. " The Era"--TAraban or Dragon. " The Field"—Taraban or Achievement. "Sporting Life"—Dragon or Taraban. "Spurting Gazitte"—Dragon or Taraban. "Sportsman"—Dragon or Taraban. TILE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. "Bell's Life"—Moldavia or Chepstow. "Sunday Times" —Chepstow, Acta3a, orProserpine. "Era"- Aetrea or Proserpine. "Field"—Chepstow, Life Guardsman, Proserpine, or the beet of Elliott's, " Sporting Life"—Proserpipe or Chepstow. " Sporting Gazette"—proserpine, Aettea, Life Guards. man, or Xi. " Sportsman"—:Chepstow or Life Guardsman. 200 SOYS SWEEPSTAKES. "Bell's Life" —The Hermit. "Sunday Times"— The Hermit. "Era"—The Hermit. "Field"—The Hermit. "Sporting Life" -Prodigal. "Sporting Gazette"—Tha Hermit. ALL-AGED STAKES. "Bell's Life"—Lord Lyon. "Sunday Times" - Lord Lyon or Friponnier. "Era"—Lord Lyon. "Field"—Lord Lyon or Friponnior. "Sporting Life"—Lord Lyon. " Sporting Gazette."—Gladiateur. GLASGOW STAKES. "Bell's Life."—Owain Glyndwr or Mandrake. "Sunday Times."—Grand Cross or °wain. Glyudwr. "Era."- Grand Cross. "Field."—Mandrake or Fakir. " Sporting Life."- Grand Cross. "Sporting Gazette."—Grand Cross or Mandrake. 50 Sods SWEEPSTAKES (WEDNESDAY). "Bell's Life"—•Claymore. "Sunday Times"—Claymore. "Sporting Gazette"—Claymore. "Sportsman"—Claymore. FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. "Bell's Life"—Duke of York or Lecturer. "Sunday Times"—John Day's best. "Era"—Duke cf York or Lecturer. "Field"—Strathconan or Lecturer. " Sporting Gazette"—Lecturer or Sttathconan. 100 SON'S SWEEPSTAKES. "Bell's Life"—Klarinska. "Sunday Times"—Klarinska. " Era"—Klarinska. "Field"—Klarinska. "Sporting Gazette"—Klarinska. 50 Soya SWEEPSTAKES (Thursday). " Bell's Life"- Hippia. " Sunday Times"—Hippia. " Era"—Hippia Or Charming May. " FielV- Hippia. • " Sporting Gazette"—Hippia. TROY STAKES. " Bell's Life"—Marksman. " Sunday Times"—Julius or Marksman. " Era"—Julius or Bombastes. " Field"—Marksman or Julius. " Sporting Gazette"—The Duke of Newcastle's best. 25 Sovs SWEEPSTAKES. " Bell's Life"—Lord Stamford's " Sunday Times"—Freedom. " Era"—The Peer or Freedom. " Field"—Warwick. 500 SON'S SWEEPSTAKES. " Bell's Life"—Marksman. " Sunday Times"—Marksman. " Era"—Marsksman. " Field"—Marksman. " Sporting Gazette"—Marksman. MR. EWART, M.P., IN DUMFRIES. - On Tuesday night the member for the Dumfries Dis trict of Burghs addressed a meeting of his Dumfries con stituency in the Mechanics'-hall, which was well filled on the occasion. Provost Turner occupied the chair, and briefly introduced Mr. Ewart, who was received with cheers. He said—Mr. Provost and gentlemen, it is not without emotion that I hear those testimonies of your kind regard, which you still honour me by bearing towards me. thatlt is 1 h true, av as my extcele practice lent frie of nd coming the here, I believe Provost has said, have beenin the with scarcely an exception, annually since I have had the honour of representing you. 1 think it is a wholesome thing for a member to see his constituency, and for those whom he has the honour of representing saying to him what they think proper, so that he should acquire from this return to his mother earth—as in the fabled mythology of old— new force and new vigour and new resolution to support that which is good in his propositions to the Legislature, and to oppose all that he deems to bo evil. (Applause.) Now, gentlemen, I can truly say that what ever may have been the effects of the opinions of others on my conduct, it has always been animated by a desire to do my duty, and I have been sustained in that desire by the kind reward with which you have allowed it to be attended. In the few words which I shall address to you I shall advert in the first place to domestic affairs ; in the second place, to what has happened abroad ; and in the third place, to the humble endeavours of myself to carry into effect what I thought was for the general benefit of the country. With regard to domestic matters, it would bo almost impossible to avoid bringing first the great question of Reform. That is a question that agitates the country from the one end to the other; and although persons may take different views of it, they all see the injustice of the present state of things. What are the evils under which we are at present suffering? An inadequate representation of the people is the most obvious. In the next place, there is a most unequal division of the localities that send members to Parliament ; and, in the third place, I grieve to say that we have in England, at least, and per haps in Ireland, but, I am happy to say, not in Scotland, manifest indications of corruption. I hold that the real remedies for these evils are that, in the first place, there should be a more equal distribution of constituencies. In the neighbourhood of where I reside in England there is ono town belonging to a noble Marquis that returns two mem bers, and another small place where a few hundred voters return two members. That is an anomaly that should be done away with, and that can only be done by a re-arrange ment of the localities that send members to Parliament, so as to make them more adapted to the requirements and the necessities of the age in which we live. I need not say that I hold the extension of the franchise to be indispen sable fer the security and welfare of the cpuntry. Is the last session of Parliament, we were offered a fair compro mise of this question, which was rejected. I know not what we shall have offered to us by the other party, the present Government. Of their liberal tendencies you are all aware. (Laughter.) Whatever may be their tendencies —whether liberal or not—l believe they will be obliged to follow the impulse of the popular tide, and to concede some thing to the people. Now, what may that be ? I heard ono member of the present Conservative party advocate Reform to the extent of household suffrage ; and i have heard the Attorney-General of the late Government advocate the same thing; and if the present Government offered house hold suffrage, I would deem it my duty, as far as I could, to support it ; if it was the general opinion of the House of Commons, I would not be one to oppose it. Fromithe speeches to which I havereferred, I deem it not impossible that such a proposition may be made by the present Con servative Administration. But, as I said before, it is im possible to go on without a proper and fair distribution of the localities which send members to Parliament. The hon.gentleman went on to say that he 'should like to see the system of voting-papers in use at University elections adopted at elections generally, and to condemn the disgrace ful state of corruption in which recent inquiries had shown a number of English boroughs to be. In Scotland ho was not aware that any corruption existed at all, whieh m attributed to the superior education of the poop corruption But corruption was not confined to political affairs; i # s peculative tended to the money market; and in reS: honour and proceedings there had been a want of Bi ni tt Sir Robert Walpole and the South . Se h eawould see the aboli of common prudence which reminded them e e ni f e t . he H d e ay .sy s o o n f t on to say that he hop which proceeded on the colossal iniquity the Irish C o h f t the Church of the minority tion of Church rate - s, e a d ri n d ex so t assertion of the supremacy people of the country. He then iinsreoeshse:ffoctive dealing withthat • over the Church of the e n diti aud the famine prevailing in referred to the state of . her justly were increased prosperity next to governing+ Win.. so to speak, the life-blood means of irrigation -Wit.t.l communication by road and rail. some districts, and said that two things required for her of India —and increased consolidation of the German em p ire, which lie re g arde d t h e H e next alluded t o the result of the war in Germany, and t h e ir prescience in upholding the cause of the as benefi c ial to Europe ; he congratulated the working classe s on North against the South in the American war; and de plored the error made by the Emperor of the French in in terfering with the affairs of Mexico, which furnished a use ful lesson to politicians. He believed that the proposed foreign interference in the affairs of Rome would meet with so e na f do his r ht the constituency a similar introduction so people. etu f eo a c. n t y e no , f of a er n t t d ht hhee b e n e contemptuouslyerucglancedis mt aslsystem,a tohngi sown twph onesee rejectedlegislative extension enn hs b ia y i oi the nu lian in connection with the abolition of capital punishment, th h l i o hr r :t e r d i , e sl,,,haennde whenever university si resigned o d rm hi ; s a h n o d no a u f i t c h g freeh should restore that trust to thernuneoutarninated. position,C hers.; On the motion of Dr. M'Cullocb, seconded by Councillor Ewing, a vote of continued confidence in Mr. Ewart was unanimously agreed to. yo S i.k oU ,o T n n::: The North Gernrtu Lloyd's Telegram.)— to the morning of the 13th, Oct. 20.—(neuter's , N h T i a i s le a N rn eis ve y d. oik On the Bth she spoke the from the eastward, . steamer New York, from New when - experienced heavy weat her an g e at 4' commenced and at 7 she shipped a heavy sea, completely sweeping her for ward deck. Tho ship's chief carpenter and two seamen were killed and two others wounded. No news has been received of the Saxonia, which left Now York at the same time as the New York, and doubtless encountered the 1 same weather. THE EYRE DEFENCE AND AID FUND.—A meeting of the committee was held yesterday, at which the advisability of at once retaining counsel to defend Mr. Eyre was discussed, and although nothing wasas definitively settled, the following gentlemen were. gt by different members of the committee :—The Solicitor- General, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Coleridge, Q.c., Mr. Karslake, Q.C., Sir B. P a lmer, Q.C., Mr. Bolt, Q.o. It was also announ ced that Mr. Alfred Tennyson had forwarded a contribution, making the sum received in the aggregate about £1,000; and not, as has been erroneously stated, £12,000. 7-.4k._ a ~--~ r~r ~+.r+ :,, Shue 100 st I 20 204 to too 1 SSK 190 100 100 1. 0 100 100 11001 1034 92 3 PO, L IC3 i