The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-16 00:00:00

.t her light hat of Boni cpecli- YLONEi'* MARKET AND COMMERCIAL ENTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION OF THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The long -expected alteration in the rate of dis ht has at l as t b een realised, the directors hav i ng this m orning reduced the offi c i a l mini m um from 10 to 8 per cent. This movement has occasioned considerable satisfaction in all commercial quar ters, and it will no doubt lead to a renewal of activity in all departments of business. 'Within t he past week the London and Coventry Banks have manifested more confidence in the stability of things by employing the large balances they have for a lengthened period kept idle, be side i) which go ld i s flowing into the vaults of the Bank, () wing to the favourable turn in the Foreign Exchanges. At the Stock Exchange values of all descriptions are buoyant, and the future is now full of promise. T here Was a furth er i n fl ux o f go ld yes t er d a y a t th e Bullion-office of the Bank, amounting to £73,000, which included 33,000 sovereigns. It has been reported that Messrs. George Little nd CO., W es t I n di a merc h ants, have stopped pay - The liabilities The liabilities are not large, and a favour "able liquidation is entertained. Messrs. Hopwood and Son, of Burnley, spinners and manufacturers, have suspended payment. The liabilities are estimated at between £70,000 and £BO,OOO. Two o'CLoca. „ T he 3 per Cent. Rentes, according to Reuter's telegram from Paris, was 68f. 90c. Inanimate. Owing to the reduction in the minimum rate of re c ount the banks have reduced their rates of inte t upon deposit accounts to 5i per cent., the London and Westminster, however, making it 1 Per cent. under for lodgments less than £5OO. The other p r i vate and joint-stock companies have made a proportionate reduction. The English Stock Market opened with a buoyant appearance, consequent upon the reduction in the rat e of discount, and a moderate business has been negotiated. The Funds have improved 1 per cent., a nd the t one o f a ff a i rs i s exceedingly satisfactory. Consols are 88k for money, and 88/ 1 for the ac e'3llnt• The New Th rees an d R e d uce d Annuities 1, 3 a ve been d ea lt i n a t 87 1 1; E xc h equer Bill s , J un e, Ei • Prem. ; Bank Stock,. 245 ; India, 211 ; ditto 5 t ie r Cents., 1031 1; ditto 4 per Cents., 93 ; and dit to Ronde, 18s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market prices have gene tallY improved. Mexican have, however, declined tOl6l 1, while Spanish Passive have advanced 1 to 191 +; , z the Certificates, Ito 141 1 ; Italian, Ito ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 1 to 4,3/ dis. ; America n 5 per Cents. are 261 and Greek 111. Ameriean Securities show no important alteration P ri ces. United States 5-20 Bonds are 681 1; Ile shares, 421 43 ; and Illinois, 751. moderate amount of business has been done t he Railway Share Market, and in one or two :stances prices are a shade higher. Caledonian t i l ld Great Western have each advanced 103., and a r eat Northern A Stock, and London, Chatham, declined 55., each ss. ; while Great Eastern have „„ eci ,. l necl 55., Great Northern and North Western, 'ell 1 0s., South Eastern, 155., and Brighton, £l. rr he Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit '0 material alteration in values. d B ank and Mi s cell an e ous Sh ares are dull. Lon (1°11 Joint -Sto c k h ave i m p rove d t o 411 ; Consoh esed are at 1 1 prem. ; London and County at 611 div. ; Anglo-American Telegraph are quoted d . I ; Credit F onc i er an d M o bili er o f E ng l an d, 3 ; Hudson's Bay Co., 15.1 ; General Credit, 11 is ' ;and National Discount Co., 71 1 prem. POREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 8 0.130r4a. Account,. l t ß . o z n N s T A o Consols N 9 Ds. 88 1 71 8 7 881 1 Per Cent. Reduced iv_ riv. _ 871 1 1 i s r 6 d per Cent B 7iiiii i. D 3} per Cont. Jan. 1894 4 °0 ..5 . per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Dnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1)0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — • Ev,i, March. June. ""cicliler Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — 8 pin B £5OO B ii,t_Do £lOO and £2OO --;," of England Stock, 5 per Cent 245 ••-'0 Acco un t — 1 ...v1),..., .1 1 , - -- ,, i GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 13 4184 1 Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2ll 8 .„0. Account Do.o 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D 0 • 4 per Cent Oct. 1888 .. Do.°. Certificates 0 tk • Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent D u • 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5 1 - per Cent., May 1879 D • Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 „o• Bonds, £l,OOO — Pin "0. under , .£l,000 Arg ent ziii ßßl s TISE[ FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES h ne Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm 847 4 ° Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 per Cent _. °• *o pen Cent., 1852-58-60 . 330 Acco unti 1863 1865 — De 7o l 1 . £lOO Bonds — 8 Il0 t). e riP, £65 paid D l los Ayres 6 per Cent Cho £lOO Bonds ° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 1).. 14 . 11 . 6 per Cent — pou s} per Cent — O D. 6 per Cent 1 0 o ° S crip, £75 paid dubbat,' i ala 6 per Cent. — b aia !l 6 per Cent. U D IBI . Per Cent., 1825 i ti ,„*,'? Per Cent, 1864 .. N"lao Principalities b o al° r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — IckDv..,• P rovi rre sional Land Warrant — ° •, 1 3 , efed ilv"aal 7 per Cent 00 ° ., Second Issue £ lO O Bonds 0 0 121 °- 1864 B4 Do. £ , lO O Bonds Bsf 0 o• ‘ -t overnment Railway Debentures 79 1 81 4 r e e k Bo paid Do- 5 ier Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1 - 11 ~ • Account V.o. Coupons tti.4,o. account ifolteluala 5 per Cent. — DAccoutert e Cent 1865 0 kt?. M areuunana Railway exican 3 per Cent . l6il C/0. Account Do 1864 0 0 a k - Per Cent. Anglo-Freuch — boUtevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid gockerish Impel-la) 5 per Cent 4 1) ° Land Warrants (Hectares) etitt Granada ll2 .„ 1 -„,'o 2 per Cent , ..,(:)„ Deferred (6 .I) .n tu o. i a an4 i p u e t r t Cent., 1865 IT' 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) D o 4 i per Cent. 1862 1 , .?0 Account ' 60k D guess 3 per Cent, 1 !, 35 b o ° 3 Per Cent., 1856, 'i, h e : Account '9, '6O, -'62, '3, _- 881441 5 C t 1822, £St 0_ per en ~88 + / 2 ,`" 4 1 per Cent. 1850 . I) 4 , Per Cent., 1860 D°° 0 Per Cent. 1859 ii 5 Per Cent. 1862 874 t a , I ° . 5 Per Cent. 1864 .. 9l + l -„,l\onian per Cent /3 4jo. sh A ccount I t il l 3 per Cent 0 A ccsunt V° Nw D AA e weferred — c e count rT) P assive _ Sp" m ° i P a ssive tt ß u Cert. of Coup not funded • — - ° A c count — 0. 1 e4181 4 Per Cent Turki sh '9 Per Cent. 1864 Do 184 6 per Cent. 1854 76} 7 ,o Account 77-k j ,°6 Per Cent. 1858 "`"°' 4e count uo 41.00 )3 - r j , OP _ n n - -..,nds ...... --- _ ti - - Per Cent. 1862 50 D o Account 50 .1-4) .£lOO Bonds D ° 6 Per Cent., 1863 • Do 5 per Cent. 1865, paid up Beni)" 261 D 0.4 Account ' ve 4 per Cent Guaranteed v euezuela per Cent. .!,- ) 0 6 per Cent., 1862 -u„0. Account . . . . ............... 27 i " 0 . 6 per Cent, . 1864 n , Dividends on the above payablein Loudon. t - Lri&n, 5 Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins .121 -6 '. q Per cent., Ex. 25f. Du tch 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull. • — _ I , -Lic• Certificates .................. • ' "41‘fah 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ,... iii -0. Account ................ 4 . , _- K. .................. Consols fo u bitt o 41 inoney ................... CC°lllat ..... el THR,EE O'CLOCK. gaJS'• Aug. 15. moon with •ounds this 3 went out 'ore'. ma y fitly n-iu-Tees ed to spend ng season. of manu- ;mote even 'aradise in Dors," and r that " to Irriviog at e guest of waterfall expressed )ng before oar of the iatering a th towards wn below. : tempting coats. A me of the ie moors. ade stone )n emerg ill view of ,h coming rags, part ightly re- t is down ter gushes 3hing and cataract, sunlight the boil mber hue tends to the light as to be ow looks Dining of the river ,ers dash Ireds of echo the inn is the 'olds the Durham dace too• common a very ;ctability Irse, the cleguests of the to Mr. rer Tees ;s. AC' 'rinse of )f Cam - Colonel 3.1 r. De most weather '66, has the inn rince of i was 3 1 a _keen oyment ID. He dnly he a. And, Le com- there )osed of seemed ismen ; n away )re two th their brace, Irought Wales. 'abated c in the 5 brace )n, bad e , and ifested - even Df miS warted arrive , after young I coat, mdged lat the Cam- wero seen. plexed pretty miles )rOba ;t 0110 A up amain with ill at effleld SHARE MARKETS.—This B. Share Railways. Irad./ Closing ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Bristol anti Exeter Caledonian Carl brian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.J une E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther❑ Do. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. ;New, Is. at 25 pu , CRS, and W. of Ireland (it. Western -Original Ds). S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid,— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford..... ... Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. MetrOp. Ex. A Lun. JD North Western Lon. &tz South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby vt id Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•K purchast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. 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 110. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea stern ... Staines, Wok., & Wok raft Vale Do. C Vale or Neath ,Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha ► West Cornwall Business dune. 88 90 124 126 35 15 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 111 113 27 28 6 7 11D '2l 1:6 !27 91. 93 631 s:li 35 37 33 36 120} 201 81 86 19 20, 117 118 81 91 55 57 27 128 2 3 p 10; 102 89 91 118 119 1/ 2 p 89 21 50 52. , 2 21 102 104 67 6) 101 103 3 S6 9 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 73 76 45 17 84 65 7i s 14 145 2 3pi 98 101 53 55 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic Le St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, . Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. P shares Buffalo SG Lake Huron _ —.— Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-4.• • •••• • Calcutta & B. E., lien Ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. 1 Extension Grand Trunkot Canada , Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds, 1 charge 6 pas Do. Ist Pref. Bonds ; Do. do deferred De. 2d Prcf. Bonds 1 Du. do. deterred .. • • Do. 3d Pref. stock ' Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pret. stook • • Do. do. deterred —.- ... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. so. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0.. Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada Do. New .. ...... Do. 6 p. 0 . Bd s . pay 1673 Do. St do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gna. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. 4q do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Etl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs 6cinde ..... • Do. Delhi Do. do t ' Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus ft 3 65 93 100 id ip 4 •1i 7 3 / 4 Si 100 100 100 all 100 100 76 80 60 65 100 102 99i 1(0, 99 101 20 22 85 87 55 58 48 52 50 55 45 SO 40 45 3i 3) 24 24 24 26 105 106 1 P 1 1: 98 100 91 03 14} 14f m s d vt 23 83 65 If Oft 97 98 89 01 85 87 Os I 100 i 21_ 2 li 561 7 108 51 8' 92 96 97 96 07 1 1 95 96 97 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug. 1 0 93 ,93 s p. c. mar. sepi 100 94 96 ')o. sp. c. Jan. & Jul) 100 75 77 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sic 100 75 77 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 90 101 D0.41.&0ct, 1800-190 C 100 102 101 Do. do; 1880-9 100 102 104 Do. Jan.&J uly, 1890-9 100 100 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900.... 100 86 8) Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 100 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 11,5 1 7 Mauritius, op. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 1)0. 1882, Illaylls, Nov. ,1 10') 101 103 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 103 105 Natal giov. 6 per cent.. 100 97 100 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 90 92 N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1861 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871) 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1894 100 83 85 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 02 94 Do. 5 per cent....... 100 73 75 135 1 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 03 71 11 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards llO 102 101 Vic,C4ov. 6 pm. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 1021 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, U. 1 Chiverton , Jlifford Amalgamated. 30 6 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst. 1 380 400 3775 80 Urake walls 2.1.0 • East Bassett (Illogan) 295 15 17 East Caradon 2.14.6 6 7 65 East Cam Brea 34 4 1 Nast Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - - - East Loved 3.0.0. 65 74 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 16 4 Great Laxey, limited all 19 20 195 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 I t 4 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,0 40 18 22 Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 Herod's Foot .. 8.10.0 30 32 Gingston Downs .. ... . 5.10.6 35 31 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 45 4 Viwyndy Iron Ore, B i n 31 21 11d New Se ton . . 435 35 45 North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - North Wheal Crotty 2.13.( 1 Prosper United. 7.1.6 Providence UnyLelani 10.6.: 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l5 325 375 South Condurroy. S.Wheal Fran. ("Mogan 18.18.9 175 Ai stray Park 35 15.6 - Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 3 5 West Itassett (Mogan _ W. Caradon (L)skeard 9 6 7 West Chi verton ....... . 11 61 67 West Setou ..... Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 55 80 b 5 _ Wheal Buller atedruth 16 10 t 5 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 8 Wheal Seton ...... —. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 8 10 YKEFERENPIS 811AKEti Great Western Orig. pref. 4i per cent pf., 83 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Groat Western, West Mid., Hereford, 101 i London Tilbury, and Southend, 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg. 121 131 sf.utli Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 1 West Flanders, 51 per cent. pf., 91 FOREIGN MINKS. Anglo Brazilian Gold, limited, i dis par Don Pedro, North Del hey, i pm DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 651 BANKS. Alliance, Urn.. 181 19 Consolidated Bana, Bra., 9; English and Swedish, lira., 13 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Imperial Ottoman, 8 London and County. 61} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London Joint Stook,:4oi I} London and 11 eatminster, 90; Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 10 Oriental Bans Corporation. 43 2 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., 41 Union of Australia, 96 Union of London, 43i 3 ; MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 1 1 1 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cant. zua. lim., 671 70 Commercial Union, Insurance, 5 6 Credit Fonder and nobilicr of England, 5 41 5 Discount Corporation. 6 1 Ebbw Vale, 1 2 . 1 1 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Sm., 3/ Gen. Credit and Finance of London, inn., 41 4 Hudson's Bay, 154 Italian Irrigation - (Canal Carour`, 41 London Financial Association, lim., 101 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 341 National Discount Company, 124 Panama, N. Zealand,'and Australian It. Mail, Urn., 64 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira, 61 SCHOOL EXCURSION AND TREAT.—Yesterday about 600 of the children and friends of the Northern Schools of St. Martin-in-the-Fields marched, with flags and banners flying, from their schools in Castle-street, Long-acre, to Ludgate-hill station, where a special train was in readiness to convey them to the romantic COMM; St. Mary Cray, Kent. A very substantial dinner and tea were provided by the liberality of the parishioners and other friends. Cricket and a variety of rural games amused the children during the day. In the evening a fire-bal loon and a display of fire-works called the children to gether for the departure ; and they returned to their homes without an accident of any kind having occurred to mar the pleasures of the day, and grateful to their bene factors who had enabled them to spend such a happy day in the country. " THE EICIPRESS OF MEXICO," says the Nord, " is expected at Brussels. Her Majesty is said to have ex pressed a desire that no official honours should be paid her, either on her arrival or departure." 23 i I } 1201 .251 6 1 I- 531 I 1 4 31 1206 1 8L 4 5 .9 i ,13 171 1 90 1271 I WI 4181 19 181 19 44; 651 5 41 TIIE 'SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, i 866. Central C:fininal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) The lad Watson, aged 17, who was yesterday convicted of a heinous offence against Martha Hunt, aged 16, was brought up this morning for judgment. The learned Judge said, taking into consideration the recommendation of the jury, he sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBERY BY A SOLDIER. James Berry, a private in the Scots Fusilier Guards, was indicted for stealing a watch. The prosecutor, a young' man named Mathews, said he was at Lisson-grove, Paddington, on the 12th of this month, and there being in a public-house he met the pri soner and some other persons. He paid for some beer for the party, and then left the house with the intention of going home. On his road he was pushed about by the men, and ultimately prisoner made a snatch at his watch, which ho tore away and then ran off. He was followed by a witness named Castle, who never lost sight of him until he was captured by the former, and just as he was being arrested he threw the watch away, which was after wards picked up and identified by the prosecutor as his property. The evidence left no doubt about the matter, yet the prisoner strongly denied that ho ever took the watch. The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty. A former conviction was proved against the soldier. The Recorder sentenced him to 13 months' imprison ment. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) James Leary and James Gulliver surrendered to on in dictment charging them with stealing a quantity of seed from St. Katherine's Dock. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced Leary to 12 months' and Gulliverito 9 months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.—A young man named William Poole, a shoemaker, was charged before Sir R. Carden, with attempting to rob Emily Bastin of two leather bags, her property. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, a young unmarried lady, it appeared that yesterday evening about 9 o'clock she was going up Queen-street, City, and had the two bags in question in her hand, when the prisoner snatched at them, but she succeeded in retaining them. He then ran away, and about five minutes afterwards she saw him is the cus tody of a police officer. Sir R. Carden—Did he pull the bags very violently ? Prosecutor—Yes, and the"chain of one of the bags was broken, and the handle of the other was torn off. A Police-constable of the City force said that last even ing, while he was on duty in Watling-street and Cannon street, he saw the prisoner running towards him and stopped him. The prosecutor immediately afterwards came up and gave him in charge. The prisoner said to him that he saw some others running and that he ran too, and he denied being the party who made the attempt to rob the lad. He stated further that he had been staying at a house in Church-street, Shoreditch, but could not give the number, and that he had come up from Nottingham. One of the officers of the court said he thought the pri soner had been in custody before, but he did not recollect, under what circumstances or whether he had been con victed. _ _ _ The prisoner denied this, and repeated in substance the statement he had previously made to the policeman ; and upon examining his hands it appeared that he had been lately at hard work. The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow, in order that somo inquiries might be made respecting him. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE LONG VACATION. The long vacation has just commenced here, but one Commissioner remains in town to take ordinary applica tions, the principal business of the court standing over until November, when it is expected to be unusually heavy. At present it is purely formal. The American Navy. A visit to the navy-yards at Washington and New York will afford a convincing proof of the de termination of the Americans to profit by every lesson which they learnt during their recent war. During the last three years of that great struggle the ingenuity of the people was turned solely to the improvement of warlike appliances, and conse quently the lists in the Patent-office include compa ratively few inventions intended for manufacturing or domestic purposes. All the skill of a sharp-witted race Was bent upon a particular subject, and the number and variety of new arms or plans for con. strutting iron ships which ware laid before the Go vernment are past calculation. Thu necessities of the weaker side led to the first and greatest invention of the war—the ironclad. The Merrimac was cut down and eovered with old railway iron, at the sug gestion of a Confederate naval officer, and, although the regular navy will not concede that the idea ori ginated with the " rebels," yet there can be no doubt that when the Merrimac began its terrible work, the North had no vessel fit to match her, but they soon produced an imitation of her which was far better than the original. FrOm that time to the present the improvement of ironclads has been the constant aim of the Navy Department. It has tried every suggestion that seemed to have a reasonable prospect of success, and it is the simple truth to affirm that every Monitor which is launched is stronger and more complete in all its details than the one which preceded it. With our present knowledge, at least, it is difficult to point out any part of these formid able vessels into which an improvement can be in troduced. The labours of the Navy Department have doubt less been greatly facilitated by the fact that the ad ministration has not been subject to constant and sudden changes, such as take place in our Board of Admiralty with every change of Ministry. One set of men, understanding their business thoroughly, and with a perfect recollection of all that has been done in the Department, have had the American navy under their control for years past. There has, therefore, been steady and continuous work; in ventions have not been dropped because the first officer has been removed, nor has any inventor suf fered on account of the reluctance of a new staff of officials to accept the responsibilities and engage ments of the old. The officer who has been sent to Europe in . charge of the Miantonomah has been Assistant-Secretary of the American navy through out the war, and the chief bureaus remain as they were in 1861. Most of the heads of these bureaus received their appointments in reward for some im provements which they had discovered. The Depart ment is not embarrassed by party ties, nor have its chiefs to study family interests, and thus it is left free to do its work in its own way, and, as there is no representative of the Government in Congress, there is not even the check of "questions" or notices of motion upon the action of Mr. Welles and his colleagues. All that the people ask for is that their fleet shall be made the most powerful in the world. The Navy Department promises to give them that, and if there is any question about its having ac complished its purpose to-day there will be none a few years hence, if they advance as swiftly, and we and other European nations move as slowly, as at the present moment. The whole principle of rifled ordnance, as is well known, is being abandoned by the Americans. Their argument is that they care nothing for high ♦elocity so long as they can throw the heaviest weight of metal possible from a vessel which can go close to the object of attack, and be itself almost impregnable to attack. Such a vessel they believe they possess in the Monitor. They do not want high velocity. Their plan is to get to close quarters with the enemy and destroy him by superior weight of metal. The smooth-bore invented by Rear- Admiral Dahlgren, and improved by Rodman, is indisputably the most efficient application of this particular principle. The Americans maintain that their cast iron is very superior to ours, and it is cer tain that, although every Dahlgren gun has been severely tested before being sent from the yard, very few indeed have burst. It is the 15-inch gun of this kind with which the latest Monitors are armed, but it is soon to be superseded by a 20-inch, which the naval officers at Washington believe will be the most serviceable and destructive gun known to the world. A better gun than the Dahlgren may still be found, but au engine of war more perfect than the vessels intended to carry them it is hard to con ceive. The Monitors were at first built with a single turret, but almost all that are laid down now have two turrets, and carry four guns instead of two. The Tonawandah, which is now laying off the Navy Yard at Washington, is one of the latest turned out, and it is in all respectslike the Miantonomah, at pre sent on a visit to Europe. The turrets are of iron, 11. inches thick, and the guns inside, by a clever piece of mechanism, can be raised or depressed easily by a slight movement of the hand. The turret itself can be lowered in a few minutes, and a plate of iron slid over the porthole, so that there is no weak point left for the enemy to make a mark of. Down below the vessel seems to be all machinery ; but she has room for her crew of 160 men, all told ; and, al though the landsmen may not covet the quarter where this crew are stowed, as a matter of fact, American sailors prefer a Monitor to any other description of vessel. This may, perhaps, be owing to the fact that they have less work to do in her, for there is no rigging to look after, and the sea washes the deck of the Monitor when she is out on a voyage, so that all deck labour is taken off the hands of the crew. Moreover, after the visitor to the Monitor has spent half-an-hour in her he will have a better opinion of the quarters as signed to the men. There is room to stand upright in them and they are safe against shot, for they are be low the water-line, and seven inches of oak and five inches of iron are between them and the water. Any danger must come from shells above or torpe does below, and in action, battened down, the crew of a Monitor must die together if any mischance occurred. But it would be remarkably good prac tice which enabled the enemy to pitch a shell on to the flush deck of a Monitor, which only stands three feet out of water, and would prove an uncertain mark at the distance of half a mile. As to the torpedo, some of our own naval officers have concurred with the Americans in thinking - that Monitors as they are now being built* have little or nothing to fear from these instruments, and it is of course in har bours only where they could encounter them. The officers' quarters are as comfortable as any true sailor can desire, and they are now being fitted up with some attention to elegance and finish. There are bath-rooms and pantries, and the cabins are in every respect more roomy than those in an ordinary pas senger steamer. The draught of a Monitor of the size of the Tonawandah is only 13 or 14 feet, her tonnage being 1,564. She carries four engines of about 1,400-horse power, and is fitted with appa ratus for pumping down the air from the turrets and for condensing steam, similar to that which the Miantonomah carries, and which was recently de scribed in these columns. The Tonawandah is about 300 feet in length and 57 feet beam. Most of the new vessels of her class are being built of exactly the same dimensions. A rain has long been under construction in New York which most people now look upon as an eccen tric rather than a useful development of the ironclad theory. It is called the Dunderberg, and is intended to carry a heavy armament, broadside and turret, beside the formidable ram at her bows. This ram may be detached without injury to the vessel, but the Dunderberg is too unwieldly to please naval men. Her tonnage is 5,090, and her plating thicker than that of the Monitors. It must be this vessel which Sir John Pakington alluded to in the House of Commons as intended to combine " three distinct means of attack—the broadside, the turret, and the ram bo w." There is no other of the class in any of the navy yards. It is not, however, to the construction of iron clads that the naval au thorities in the Uni ted States are confining themselves. They are build ing 20 " cruisers," intended to do the work which made the Alabama and the Shenandoah famous, only to do it Much more effectually. They are the most graceful and beautiful vessels in appearance that were ever seen, and our own naval officers who have peen to the Now York yard are tie Ant The Charge of Infringing the Foreign Enlistment Act. BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. The further hearing of the charge against Captain Ellis and Mr. Peters for an infringement of the Foreign Enlist ment Act, in endeavouring to enlist men to join in a warlike operation against a Power with which her Majesty was at peace, was resumed this afternoon before Sir Thomas Henry, chief magistrate. The only witness examined was a seaman named Hicks, who stated that he signed articles at the instance of the defendants for a yachting voyage for two years ; but when he, in company with a number of other seamen, engaged under the same circumstances, were taken on board a ship called the Gretton Hall, it was discovered that the men were to join a ship, which, it was believed, was a vessel of war under a Chilian flag. As some of the men engaged were Naval Reserve men, they objected to the voyage, and a number of men left the Gretton Hall, and the present proceedings were instituted. The case against the defendants having been closed by the solicitor for the Treasurer. Mr. Sleigh said, as he fully expected that the magistrate had made up his mind to commit the defendants, he should not say a word further than asking that the defendants bo committed directly to the Court of Queen's Bench. The Solicitor for the Treasury objected. He desired that the defendants might be committed to the assizes at Maidstone, as the offence was committed in, the county of Kent. Sir Thomas Henry said a portion of the alleged offence was committed in the docks and at Limehouse, and there fore ho felt it would be desirous to send the case to the Court of Queen's Bench. After a long discussion the witnesses were all bound over to appear and give evidence at the trial of the de fendants in the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster. The defendants were admitted to bail. BANK OF FRANCE. ---s . -- PARIS, August 16. The Bank of France return for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with t - he previous account : INCREASE. Cash -3 millions. DECREASE. Commercial bills 27 Advances 3-10 11* 1 2-5 1i Notes Treasury balance Current accounts SPORTING INTELLIGENOE.—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. OXFORD RACES—Tms DAY. A HAIMICAP of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after Au g , 10 (at 11 a.m.) 51b extra ; half a mile, strai g ht ; subs Prince D. Soltykoff's Fern Leaf (Covey) 1 Mr. Hart's Venturer (Pepler) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Vexatious (Heartfield) 3 Newnham and Bunch also ran. Betting—Even agst, Fern Leaf, 3 to 1 agst Vexatious, 5 to 1 agst Newnham. The PRINCE OF WALES'S PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst7lb ; winners of a stake of the value of 50 sovs 31b, of two fifties or a stake of 100 soya Sib, of 200 sovs 71b extra ; starters twice without winoinn , allowed 31b, three times 51b; half a mile, straight; 30 subs. Moonbeam Dick Turpin Plantago Five ran. 1 The PORT MEADOW PLATE of 100 sovs (Handicap); witi ners after Aug. 10 (at eleven am.) 51b extra ; five fur longs, straight. Her Ladyship King of Spades Gem of the Sea.. 3 Thirteen ran. PRIVATE MEETINGS. It is believed that some steps will be taken to arrange private meetings, so that in future no interruption may be caused. At present these meetings are conducted very loosely, in some instances improperly, and to serve pur poses which cannot be defended, while information as to what has been going on is frequently offered by some one who has been inside. The fact of a police-officer being able to force his way into a private room during an important inquiry has given rise to considerable comment, and will probably be brought under the notice of the Lord Chan cellor. MARKETS.---This Day. -0- METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day. Prime breeds moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise, the demand was inactive at Mon day's decline. The top price was 5s Gd per 81b. We had a fair sale for sheep—the show of which was tolerably good—at full quotations. Downs and half-broils realised 58 10d to fully Gs per 81b. Lambs were dull at late rates, viz., from 6s 8d to 7s 8d per 81b. The inquiry for calves was inactive, yet prices were supported. In pigs next to nothing was cluing. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d s d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0 Pme ars-wool sheep 5 2 5 S Second quality do ..4 2 4 8 Prime s'thdown oo 5 0 6 0 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 La ge coarse calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c.. •.5 4 5 8, Prune small do 5 0 5 4 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 Small porkers 1 8 5 0 Lamb... .6s 8d to 7 Suckling calves, 2)s to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s ,o 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. i Foreign supply. Beasts 420 Cows Sheep and 1 alibi Ca ves .. 253 Pigs 0 Beasts .. . ... 1,200 Cows. — Sheep and lambs 12,6C0 Calves 3t2 rigs 3uo MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIAI.I.—The supplies of meat are only moderate, and the trade is inactive, as follows : Beef, 3s 8d to 4s 10d.; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od por 81b by the carcase. lIAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 103 to £5 109; new do, £3 5s to £4 4s ; old clover, £5 Os Od to £6 6s Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4los to £5 12s Od; new do., £3 8s to £4 5s Od ; old clover, £5 Os to £6 Gs Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slos Od ; new do., £3 5s to £4 4s ; old clover, £5 5s Od to £6 lOs Od ; uew do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. Supply moderate. The Austrian Forces on the Adriatic. (From the Times Military Correspondent) GORTZ, Aug. 9. Last night the road between Trieste and Gortz was full of marching troops, cheering and making merry as they passed along, for the Italians have no zundnadel-gewehr, and meet the Austrians with the straightforward up and down fighting which they h and in which lies their strong point. T which will probabl y b e th e scene of e e e love, u country y future battles is the plain at the head of the Adriatic, which has been to all appearance formed by the debris washed down from the mountains which enclose it on three sides. Favoured by nature in its climate, its soil, and in the nume rous streams which water it, the hand of man has not been wanting. The rivers which descend from the steep faces of the mountains bring down with them quantities of soil and stones which fill up their beds, and would soon transform the whole sur rounding country into a marsh were not their banks attended to and kept up. As it is they are elevated above the soil, and their raised banks afford ram parts behind which may be hid the troops intended to support those actually defending the passage, while by gutting the banks the country can be inundated. This rich and cultivated plain is popu lous and covered with towns and villas, the latter always surrounded with high walls or hedges, furnishing many defensive posts ; and, combined as they are with numerous small canals and stone walls, rendering the ground very unfavourable for the action of cavalry. It is seldom that great moun tains rise abruptly from the plains at their feet. As a rule there is first undulating ground, then steep hills, then the buttresses, and finally the peaks, but the south side of the Alps, looking down upoa Italy, is strangely abrupt, and rises so steeply from the plain as to have the appearance of a vast snow-topped wall enclosing the garden at its foot. From the mouth of the Po to that of the Isonzo the borders of the sea are neither ocean nor land, but a combination of the two. Large lakes only one or two feet deep surround the mouths of the rivers and canals, the beds of the latter being cut through three lagunes as they are called. Opposite their mouths, and defending them from the turbulence of the sea, are numerous islands, some mere sandbanks, others more important, but which in all cases act asbreakwaters, so that ships can lie safely in the canals within their shelter. Springing from surrounding mountains, and radiating towards the lagunes, are nine principal rivers, the Po, the Adige, the Baechiglione, the Brenta, the Piave, the Livenza, the Taglianaento, the Ansa, and the Isonzo. During the time o f t h e truce the Italian army was principally on th e Tagliamento, stretching out their outposts nearly to those of the Austrian army,which was concentrated in front of Gortz; but having heard of the reinforcements daily arriving to strengthen the corps opposed to them, they drew in their out posts as the time for a recommencement of hostili ties approached, destroying, it is said, all bridges and means of approach, and have now withdrawn to the mountains on th e i r left. Th e A ustr i an troops pushed forward ea r l y this morning, many of the late arrivals who were quartered in the town leaving at 3 a.m. The additional 24 hours' truce will give time for further reinforcements to come up, and armies are making their way to Villach and Brinen, so as to be ready for the moment when, all hope of arrangement over, the north of Italy shall again become a prize for the strongest. The railways ha ve b een ent i re l y ta k en up f or the c onveyance of troop s d uring t h e l ast f ew d ays, and the postmaster ho nest l y says th a t h e cannot te ll when letters may reach Vienna, as it is no easy mat ter for the mails to struggle past the numerous and slow going military trains that follow each other at intervals of less than an hour. The Archduke Albrecht arrives to-morrow with his Staff. Everything looks like war, and yet it is almost impossible to believe that Italy will risk so much for the prospect of so small a gain. FEMALE BEAUTY.—The plainest face is redeemed by a lovely skin and colour; the most beautiful is not per fect without it. Paints and powders are absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but the silly wearers gentlewoman of rank, from m philanthropic those ruinousis anxious to impart to every one of her sox, rich or poor, the means of procuring the most beautiful natural complexion by wholesome, simple, ap m p o li t ca fy i e t a o , ns. effective, and inexpensive means. —Send stamped directed envelope for particulars to Mrs. GRANTLEY, 4, ConnaUght terrace, Hyde-park, London, W.—(Aovr.) FALLING DEAD IN THE STREET.—An inquest was held on Tuesday evening by Dr. Lankester, at the King's Head Tavern, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, on the body of a man unknown, apparently about 60 years old, who fell suddenly dead in George_street, St. Giles's, on Monday afternoon last, as witnessed,by a woman named Mary Driscoll. Police-constable 166 F, with assistance, conveyed the body to St. Giles's workhouse. Mr. William Bennett, who made the post-mortem exa mination, found the body very badly nourished. There was no appearance of food in the stomach. The deceased had undoubtedly been a very great rum drinker, and the cause of sudden death was a failure of the action of the heart through valvular disease. Mr. Blake (coroner's officer) produced the property found on the deceased, viz., several carving tools and pieces of bone and ivory, on one of which there was a head in course of cutting. There were two pawnbrokers' duplicates (for a vice, in the name of "John Richards," and for a vest, " John Moore"), a sermon on " The Life of God," and a temperance ticket dated March 19, 1866, bearing the following declaration :—" I, John Richards, agree to ab stain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and in all suitable ways to discountenance their use throughout the community." A pair of spectacles, a comb, needles and thread, and a halfpenny completed the list of property. The deceased had slept in a neighbouring lodging-house, but, like most others who had become reduced in circum stances, refused to give his name. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes, accelerated by habits p iztozicativia." MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAPTURE OF BURGLARS.—John Williams, 17, described as a carpenter, and Alfred Croft, 16, errand boy, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting burgla riously to break into the dwelling house of Mr. Foster, tailor, No. 46, Poland-street, Oxford-street, and Mr. Cleak, watchmaker, of No. 16, Tyler-street, Regent-street. Sergeant Cole, an expert officer of the C division, said— About a quarter-past 10 o'clock last night I saw the two prisoners, and two others not in custody, in Little Wind mill-street, near a publichouse, and knowing all of them I followed them into Silver-street, and afterwards into Mad dox-street, Regent-street, where I saw them go into the doorway of No. 17. After standing talking a short time they all left and went to Foubert's-place, Regent-street, where they stood in consultation for a short time. They then walked away, and a few minutes to 12 they went to the door of 46, Poland-street, and I saw Croft place a "jemmy" close to the keyhole, Williams standing by his side, and the others near. They did not succeed in opening the door, and left. After standing at the corner of Marlborough street for a short time, they went to Tyler-street, Regent street, and went up to the door of a watchmaker's (No 16), and Croft took the " jemmy " from his pocket, and forced it three times between the door and the doorpost—this being about one o'clock. Some persons in the house making a noise, they all started off. I followed them, and at the top of King-street seized the prisoner, but the others rau away. Croft, on the way to the station, threw a piece of candle on the ground, and afte;wards handed me the jemmy, which he took from his pocket, saying—" Here, Mr. Cole, you may as well have this." On searching the prisoners he found seven lucifers on each. On examining the doors this morning I found one mark between the door and doorpost of No. 46, Poland-street, and also similar marks on the door of No. 16, Tyler-street, all correspond ing with the " jemmy." A young man in the employ of Mr. Foster said there were no marks on the door before last night. Mr. Cleak proved finding some marks on his door this morning, and stated that his wife, hearing a noise, got up, and that no doubt alarmed the prisoners. Sergeant Cole asked for a remand, which was granted. As the prisoners were leaving the court Croft said— " Cole, we'll take a stretch (12 months' imprisonment) for our bit." SHAMEFUL CONDITION OF A COAL MERCHANT'S HORSE. —David Crane, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Henry Stockman, of Belmont Wharf, York-road, coal merchant, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the instance of Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly illtreating and torturing a horse by working it in an unfit state. From the evidence of George Monnery, officer of the society, it appeared that he saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a coal waggon, and noticing that the horse appeared to be in agony he examined it, and found two large discharging wounds on its shoulders and the col lar pressing into them. The defendant told him that he was obliged to go out with the horse. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the defendant said that he had told his master of the horse's condition, and that if anything happened he would have to pay for it, and he was ordered to take out the horse. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the defendant on his own recog nisance, and ordered the officer to summon the defendant's employer. THAMES. CHOLERA AND Rum.—Abis Lovet, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and disorderly. Dickinson, 462 IC, stated that he found the prisoner drunk and riotous- in a public street in Stepney last night, and surrounded by a disorderly mob. The prisoner, in defence, said she was a nurse, and had been attending cholera patients yesterday. One of them died, and the relatives of the deceased gave her a large quantity of rum as an antidote, and it made her drunk and forget herself. Mr. Partridge—How very disgraceful this is. In the midst of the awful visitation in this district, and after the death of a person you attended, you get intoxicated. Go your way. You are a bad woman. SMUGGLING ON BOARD A STEAMER.—WilliamllitherS, the steward of the Baron Osy, a steamer trading between London and Rotterdam, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with smuggling 4lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. William James Game, a Custom-house officer, stated that he went on board the Baron osy this morning, at the St. Katherine Dock, and asked the prisoner if he had any goods in the ship liable to duty. The prisoner exhibited half a pound of tobacco and 23 cigars, and said that was all ho had on board. He searched the prisoner's pantry, and there found in one drawer, under some corks andother things, 3ilbs.of Cavendish tobacco. In another drawer I discovered I.lb. more of the same sort of tobacco, in all 411bs. It was of foreign manufacture. The duty and value was 255. The Prisoner—That is all true. lam very sorry for it. I will not do it again. Mr. Partridge—You are fined 255. The money was paid, EXTRACTS FROM "PUNCH." THE UNITED STATES.—England and America. TELL US, IN A WORD,—When the Park rascals come —what they aught to get—and who ought to deal with them ?—Nox—knocks—KNox. When is a crop likely to be deceptive ?---When it is all your rye. THE FASTEST THING GOING.—A hunting watch. EVIDENT.--With what material ought the needle rifles to be loaded ? Gun cotton, of course. WHICH WAY THE CAT SHOULD JUMP.-- Several scoundrel garroters have been soundly and pro perly flogged at Manchester. As one of Mr. Dickens's ladies remarks, " Their owls was horgans," and organs which, we hope, will intimate to the garrotting world generally that society is pleased to see the cat jump in such a direction. to declare that they are far superior to any vessels of the same kind in the British fleet. Their bows are as symmetrical as the bows of a yacht ; they are built to run 17 knots an hour, and may be depended upon for 13 or 14. They carry from 18 to 20 guns, and, without a doubt, four or five of them could commit dreadful havoc upon the commerce of any nation. They have four smoke stacks, or funnels, and all their engines are of the most complete and perfect construction ever known. The injuries which the Alabama inflicted upon commerce taught the Americans the wisdom of furnishing themselves with means of retaliation. They began these cruisers during the war, and have not desisted from building them because the war is over. They will-finish the whole number to be in readiness for service at any future time. The Admiralty has had its attention directed to these cruisers on several occasions, but it is very doubtful whether we have at present any vessels in the English fleet which possess their powerful armaments and great speed. Three or four of them are completed, and have been tried with complete success. Besides guncasting and shipbuilding in the Ame rican navy-yards, there is always some new tor pedo or shell under trial. There is an expanding torpedo which throws out huge arms when it is fired, and shells which would destroy a Monitor, if any shell could. The authorities are also proud of a little machine for making percussion caps at the rate of 25,000 a day, invented by a workman in the yard. Economy and efficiency are the two ends sought for in everything by Mr. Welles and his subordinates, and if they sometimes fail they have undeniabbly given the United States a naval force capable of holding its own against any that the European Powers could bring against it. When the vessels now under construction are completed the American fleet will include 75 Monitors, 401 screw or paddle steamers, and 112 sailing vessels— carrying in all 4,443 guns. In January, 1861, 68 vessels made up the whole Americon fleet. In the difference between the fleet in 1861 and 1866 is to be found the best illustration that could be given of the vigour and energy of the American navy de partment.—Times. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. Bank of England Returns.•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t' cap. 32, for the week ending 1 ISSUE DEI he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 1866. 'ARTMENT. Notes issued ....X28,151,595 Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,151,595 £28,154595 BANKING I). Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 3,353,525 Other Deposits 18,125,280 Seven Day and o ther bills 693,939 :PARTMENT. Governint. Seem rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £10,711,723 Other Securities 25,224,317 Notes 3,611,505 Gold and Silver Coin 999,361 £40,546,906 X 40,546,906 Cannibalism in the Pacific. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 16. Advices received by the Norseman state that a boat's crew, belonging to the French war steamer Fulten, have been killed, cooked, and eaten by the natives of New Caledonia. The officers and crew of the Fulten, in retaliation, have taken summary vengeance upon the savages, killing every one they could catch in that neighbourhood, and setting fire totheir villages. Over 150 were shot and bayoneted, besides those burnt. Dr. Colenso has prohibited clergymen from offi ciating in Maritzburg Cathedral who have not their licence to officiate s in the diocese. Fall of Two Houses and Loss of Life. (This Day.) This morning, shortly after seven o'clock, the inhabi tants of Ely-court, Holborn-hill, were thrown into the utmost consternation by the falling in of the back of two houses. At the time of the occurrence the houses contained about 40 persons, and were old and dilapidated. As soon as the dust had cleared away a most frightful scene pre sented itself, and the groans of those beneath the debris was heartrending. Men were at once set to work, when four persons were extricated and carried to St. Barth°lommeow:es Hospital. One man was found quite dead, and many remain under the ruins. The cause of tho catastrophe is unknown. NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE. PREPARATIONS FOR n o rE t a r d an u d lt , s an a d nd S e e r il lo il 's - - ' dren, who had residedw —Yesterday, nearly A l i, notices received from her Ma place, in compliance jesty's Comm . , Which are required for the site of the .1,50 s hippo_yrsaordn,s,s issioners of Works and Buildings, removed .9 Some of the persons evicted re new Courts tion in sums ranging from £2 to .£1.5, the ceived compensation amount depending upon whether they rented shops or fromtheirdowfe jlluinstgisz . rooms. M a ny cases of peculiar h ar d s hi p occur in the eviction of a class of hard working and industrious persons who rent furnished rooms, or single men who reside in lodging-houses. Such persons aro not entitled to compen sation under the act. The rent of houses in other places has been increased fully 50 per cent. CARDINAL CULLEN arrived in Dublin yesterday morning, and presided during the day at the religious ceremonies in Marlborough -street cathedral. 'f HE LATE LORD PALMERSTON.--A plain marble slab has been placed in the north transept of Westminster Abbey to the memory of the late statesman. It is in scribed, " Ilenry John, Viscount Palmerston, October 18, IMP _ 6._ ria.mika aUlas. molmIsrall• ............ -. 10n00.........•••• The FREEMEN'S PLATE of 30 sous, added to a Handicap of 3 sous each ; winners of any handicap after Aug. 10 (at 11 a.m.) 71b extra ; one mile, straight ; 11 subs. Plover .... Vocalest.. 1 Calot.. a Won easy. The OXFORDSHIRE STAKES (Handicap) of 15 sow; each 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; winners of any handicap after Aug. 2 (at ten a.m.) 51b, or any two handicaps 71b extra ; the second to save his stake ; two miles ; 25 subs, 16 of whom pay 5 sovs each. The, highest weight accepting being 7st 21b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Edgbaston ,w, 1 Retrousse ..... 2 Stinger . S . 3 Won in a canter. Five ran. The SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs ; two year olds 7st 31b, three 9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, five 10st, six and aged lOst 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75 101 b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b; half mile, straight. Ambitious . Sesame Newnhatn 1 • • 2 ••.. ....• 3 Wan by a n ec k. Si x ran. --- The COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE of 30 soya, added to a Han dicap of 3 sovs each; winners of any handicap after Aug. 10 (at eleven a.m.) 71b extra; three-quarters of a mile, straight ; 10 subs. Alice Lee 1 Varnish Vampire Five ran. STOCKTON RACES-THIS DAY. The WYNYABD HANDICAP of 5 sovs each 3ft, with 50 added ; winners of any handicap value 50 sovs, after Aug. 8 (at noon), 41b, of one value 100 says 71b, or of any race value 200 sovs 101 b extra (extreme penalty) ; the second to save his stake ; seven furlongs ; 18 subs. Bonaparte (Snowden) 1 Capitols (Walker) 2 Mayflower (Dunbar) 3 • Three per Cent., Hopvine, Duty Free, and Louisa also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Three per Cent., 4tol to 1 agst Hopvine and Bonaparte, 5 to 1 agst Capitola. Won in a canter. The LAMBTON PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 6113; the second to receive 50 sovs, and the third to save his stake. Seven furlongs. 16 subs. Vauban Mandrake .. 2 •• Rose 3 .. Five ran. The GREAT NORTHERN LEGER of 10 sovs each, h ft, w:th 100 added, for 3-yr olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies or geld ings Bst 61b; the winner of the Derby 101 b, the second in the Derby, or the winner of the Oaks, Two Thousand Guineas, or the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York, 71b extra; weights not accumulative; maidens allowed 51b ; the second to receive 30 sovs and the third 10 sovs out of the stakes ; one mile and a half ; 48 subs. Westwick Honesty 2 Strathconan The THOANABY SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs (Handicap) for all ages; the winner to bo sold for 40 sovs ; five fur longs. To close and name Ly eight o'clock on Wed- nesday evening. Carnizette Bavarde Gipsy Queen Five ran. Won by two lengths The HARDWICKE STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld ings Bst 61b; winners of 100 sovs 21b, 200 51b, 500 81b extra ; starters twice without winning allowed 51b ; un trieds allowed 31b ; the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes; T.Y.C. (from the Red Post); 55 subs. Gipsy King 1 Jeannie Deans Admiral .. Six ran. Won in a canter. The ELTON JUVENILE STAKES (Handicap) of 5 SOW, each, 2 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners of any race after Aug. 8 (at noon) 51b, of one of the value of 100 sous 71b, or of ono of 200 101 b extra (extreme penalty); the second to save his stake. Five furlongs. 19 subs. Elvire Admiral Breeze filly a Eight ran. HORSES STRIJOK OUT OF THEM ENGAGE MENTS. July 28, at 5 p.m. (to C.C. Empress of India, Lady Dur ham, Gayous, Zenobia, Hawkswell, Limber Magna, and Compensation, out of St. Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon. July 28, at 5 p.m. (to C. C), Empress of India and Gay ous, out of the Members' Plato Handicap at Ripon. Aug. 6, at 9 a.m. (to C.C.), Warwick, out of the Studley and Mowbray Plates at Ripon. Aug. 10, at 3.45 p.m., Lord Lyon, out of Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. Aug. 11, at 9 a.m., The King's Daughter, out of the Nur sery Stakes at Wolverhampton. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m., Olivia, out of all engagements at Oxford. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m., Audax, Birkgill, Inca, and Louis of Hesse, out of all engagements at Stockton, 1866. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m., Delilah, out of engagements at Stock ton. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m., Moulsey, out of Wolverhampton S takes. - - - Aug. 13, at 0.31 p.m., Claymore, out of Nursery Stakes at 'Wolverhampton. Aug. 13, at 1.30 p.m, Plover, out of Enville Welter Cup at Wolverhampton. Aug. 13, at 1.30 p.m., Maid of Erin, out of Port Meadow Plate,, Oxford, and Welter Handicap at Egham. Aug. 14, at 9 a.m., Contraband, out of Wenlock engage ments. Aug. 14, at 9 a.m., Overture, out of Prince of Wales's Handicap at Oxford. Aug. 14, at 5 p.m., Yellow Girl, out of Stewards' and Committee's Plate at Dover. Aug. 15, at 9 a.m., Fiztroy, out of Stockton Tradesmen's Handicap and Great Ebor Handicap at York: Aug. 16, at 9 a.m., Merry Wife and Lady Aubrey (dead) out of all engagements. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. LoNnoN, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. CARDIFF, ,e..ug. 1 5.—Wind N.W. — Sailed—Pembroke Castle, for ValPars is° ' PORTSMOVT.U, Aug. 14 . — Wind S.W.—Sailed— C aro - liue Harris, for Qu ebec. u,Aug.Au 15.—Wind S.W.—Sail e d I ogene, f or the m C a pe of Good Hope. tn CLYDE , Aug. 14.—Wind N.W.—Ar r i ve d—E . M. Fer rooy, from Havanna. P L YMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wi n d S W Fiamour • .—Arrived—Norse luau, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the 13th of July. BRISTOL, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Evernas, from Trinidad. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thurssday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 15.—Germania, steamer, from Ilamburgh, Veritas, from Uleaborg. Arrived, Aug. 16.—Exchange, Venice, Abeona, Water- Lilly, Ashford, steamer, and Meloria, from Constadt ; Me jufuron Penypinga, Caroline, and Fadrenas Minde, from St. Petersburg ; Napannah La Mer, Schralbe, and Marens Minde, fiom Riga ; Rose Hill, from Windau ; Bethreda, from Dantsic; l'ardig, from Slito ; Dantzic, from Nyland ; Shannon, from Nyham ; Warwick Castle, from Calcutta Collier, steamer, from Dieppe ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, Aug. 16.—Cologne, steamer, for Boulogne; La tona, for Madras ; Lady Newborough, for Halifax ; Colom bine, for Canaries ; Marchmont, for Quebec. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Aug. 16.- -Alexandra, from Calicut, for London; Genova, screw steamer, from Liverpool for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market opens steady. Sales probably 15,000 baleg, rquiS a o ne L the ming