The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-01 00:00:00

'7 Rout- Ind as tre ex- • is in- 11 por ften to , That fenced prOf 11 - faUltS visible rwards Lar 7 with to the -ers of 0- into A this ad the th the elong- Y , and . s pro at har- 13t Jule' vale of La only and in Id gen" th, bad houses, Tress of 6ir, and s raea' )s old 3till, ttS rolineso to tho which mentuni dazzled [Orval ; of the ild dis ry her. man if. 'le co 0 f in cold known 'erhaps np, an d ig turn y carry s home f man ; and 0 11 :Siva Of it mus t at the r other • from iporior )reseo ame 112 per 7. No of old ke the two .e VW° Lshfne, Li e, of Lt the thus, ) ushed eemod us th e da le one , -- ci just arther fittost rhood• ueror• pros ci oil You t° 'erect' u ssia o ONEY MARKET AND CO= lERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is assuming a quieter ap pearance, and, with the daily improvement in the Position of the Bank of England, the commercial classes are expecting a reduction to-morrow in the official rate of discount. A large number of mer cantile securities are therefore held in reserve, but the brokers in the open market continue to enforce full terms for the accommodation they afford. Gold to th e amount of £41,000 in sovereigns re ceived from the Continent was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Metropolitan Railway Company, a dividend upon the preference stock at the rate of 5 Pea cent. per annum, and upon the ordinary stock and new ordinary shares respectively, at the rate 7 per cent, per annum, was agreed to. The following notification has been issued by the Bank of England : Ist "notice is h ere b y g i ven, that in" order to August prepare 6 the dividends due on the 10th October, 1866, the balances of the several accounts in the foll ow i ng f un d s w ill b e s t ruc k on the night of Saturday, the Ist September, 1866, viz. : " 1 £3 per cent. annuities, reduced £3 per cent.• an nuities, annuities for 30 years, annuities for terms of years, and India £4 per cent. Stock. On Monday, September 3, the above -named funds will be transferrable without the dividend due on the 10th October next." The half-yearly bonds of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad. Seven per Cent. Loan, 1 863, due on Aug. 15, will be paid on that day and any succeeding day at the offices of Messrs. Schroder an d Co. The coupons must be left two clear days for examination. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's telgrarn, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f 55c. Extreme inactivity of speculation and the limited demand for investment will every now and then ac count for the little heaviness in the markets for stocks and shares. A few sales, effected to-day, have caused a decline of 1 per cent., though affairs generally, home and foreign politics included, are not unfavourable. The latest quotations for Consols are 88 f for money, and 881 1 for the 9th instant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87 11; New 5 per Cents., 1021 ; Bank of England Stock, 248 250 ; India 5 per Cents., 103 1 ; and ditto bonds, 13s. prem. Foreign Stocks exhibited weakness. Turkish 5 Per Cents. have declined 1, to 261 27 1 ; Mexican 1, to 171 ; do. New 1, to 14 1 ; Spanish Passive, to 191 201 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 1 to 31 2/ ; but Italian have advanced 1, to 51i 4 ; Greek remained at 11} 12 ; and Spanish Certificates at 141 15. American securities are also generally at lower quo tations. Erie shares have advanced 1 to 4211; but Illinois have declined 1, to 74 1 1 ex div. ; and United States 5-20 Bonds have receded to 681 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has re mained very inactive, and prices exhibit a slight uo wnward mo vemen t. M anc hester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined £1; North-Western, 15s. , and Lancashire and Yorks - hire, ss. T he Foreign an d C o lo n ial lines are without ch ange of impo r t ance . G ran d Trunk of Canada, however, have receded 1 to 211 22. In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been On ly a mod era t e b us i ness entere d i n t o . Alli ance have i mproved to 201 1; London and County have d eclined to 421 ; and London and Westminster are * ll l at 91 1 ex div. ; Anglo-American Telegraph are dealt in at 12413 ; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 21 7' ; and relegraph Construction and Mainte nance, at 11/ 12. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES a GOVERNME NT FUNDS. . Der Cent. Consols 8 Do. Account, July 10. k .,pe r Cent. Reduced B7i 1 } revr Per Cent B7l i 1 New 2t per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4, 4 1) °•. per Cent. Jan. 1873 lO2l ullotutfies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan ., 1880 Do • or 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — . 1 , - - -•- . Mar c h. J une . tic quer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. D £SOO -111 : 1 k of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account a ill ,a_ nr -AN Go ItNMENT SECURITIES. 1- 1, - “ ,ll Stock, v ltl per Cent., April 1874 2lO ••te, Account 103 "°' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 12Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 % Certificates _ ' - ' O. Eofaced Paper 4 per Cent °. per Cent , Jan. 1872 _ Do ' 5 } Per Cent., May 1879 r, 106 t-, ° . -eb., 4 per Cent Aug. 1866 "Q' ~,0 Th, • •I t , • •Douda t 41,000 l3 pm " 44 er £l,OOO A F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm rittstrian Bonds, 5 p er C en t, 1859 — i t zi liao 5 per Cent — °' 4 } Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do De. 9 Bon Account 1863 — 1865 D o. 410 d . s 73 Su et ,s "criP, £75 paid 1 : , 8 Ares 6 per Cent — 0:0° 004 Bonds h.,? 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ' l an 6 per Cent 0 • 41 per Cent Do .„ 0 . 6 per Cent 0°0:101 n B b e i a r i n P ' 6 . 4p7esr paid t . — pm t) 6 per Cent. e n s,h 3 per Cent, 1825 — I„nuoian Principalities ,al-'O. Account 41Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D°4'l P rovisional Land Warrant itD e b : , d _ t rre P mu 7 per Cent B Second nd Iss s ue — D o £lOO o r „ Do. 1864 B5 .-to £lOO B on d s — Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl 1 . , Do. £6O p a id Lireek Do Acc unt per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do. account Ittlaternala 5 per Cent. italia n 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 651 Do. Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Co. Account Do 1864 l4} Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada — Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 6l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Doq per Cent. 1850 4 1 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 pe r Cent. 1862 B7 900 1i 8 t Do 5 p per Cent. 1861 1 Bardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent — D o Account Do Now Defer r ed — Do Account D o Passive — Do Account 2O 6 1 P 3431 811 Cert. of C ou p no t f un d e d Do Account S Wedish 4 per Cent. — , b Do. f per Cent. 1864 t utk isb• 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 52 11 Do £lOO Bonds 531 D , 0 6 per C en t. , 1863 — Douo 5 per Cont., 1865, paid up Scrip — Account . 4 per Cent. Gua ran teed — v enezuela 3 per Ce n t. — Ditto account Do 6 per Cent , 1862 25 Do. Account . 13 °. 6 Per Cent, 1864 26 7 8 Dividends on the above payablein London. ilStri 11 5 1, 111 ) 5 per Ce n t., E x . 10 Fl or i ns Ls ,Ltcs4l. 4-} per cent., Ex. 25f. h 23 1 . per Ceut. Ex. 12 Gull„ 571 rDo. C ertificates ,. .• ea c . — it Aa „ L.• 'lentos 3 per C en t. , a.a h 5 per Accountant., 1861, Ex. 25f. De.. Calleols for . THREE O'CLOCK. 1) O. Ace money 88; 88 Quilt ............ • SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways, p a t d. I Closing l Business Price. done. Am, ibLui auu Extter Caledonian ... Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& A b.June E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. etk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pa. (RS, and W. of Ireland Western Do. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oatiord Do. Newport Do. Hereford.:, LaneAshire & Yorkshire London and Blaekwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Weston, Man., She., & Lincoln l l Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Nlidiand Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby l aid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., di Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. CU.N•E purohast Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok' Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha I West Cornwall BRITISH fi Atlantic k St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, s Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. } shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butt,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- 4 Calcutta & S. E., Urn—, :ape Town & Dock, gu•l Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. Nast. Ben4al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. ,J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock ' Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred (3 t. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c lit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. , . 41 per cent Do Great W. of Canada.. _ . D.). New .. .. Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 50 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. 13nds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 111.C' da, 6pc Ist pf. be I Scinde Do. Delhi .. d Do. do Do. Puniaub... • Do.lndus St.FlO ,„ 90 92 121 L 35 45 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 112 111 19 30 5 6 121 122 129 j3l 91 93 63 .5:3, 31 33 1211 25 91 93 21 23 118 )14 92 73 58 60 130 131 2 3 p lf, 92 94 115; 128 It 2 p 9a 07 54 56 3 25 107 109 69 71 104 ICO 35 35 9 11 p 119 121 1 2p' 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 18 88 69 74 84 14 215 2 3 100 -oil 53 55 ISIONS. 63 66 93 100 jd ip 4 4i 78 80 55 60 100 102 99& 11;04 100 101 2?, 23 85 87 57 60 58 55 50 55 45 SO 40 15 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 a 1 t a IF' 98 100 91 93 151 151 54 5 d vl 43 83 85 it Otd 98 89 N 9 01 85 87 8 S 2 96 97 96 97 1 5I 95 96 190 100 100 14 0 100 100 BRITISEE MINES. Cam. Consol. Cold, Tina Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakeuralls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea ii;ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Love,' • E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G Wen. Great L xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .b Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, 11w Ne v Seton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (I llogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr,videnee Uny Lel ant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (11logs;n Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West tkassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chirerton ....... . West Seton .... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8. L 6 7 5 7 425 445 12 11 7 8 it 1 2 3 di 71 3 34 19 20 t IA 18 22 1* 2 30 32 31 31 4 6 31 41 35} 1 45d 2 4 f 1 20 26 325 375 1t 2 171 .t2i 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 64 87 105 115 80 85 10 15 3 6 .40 150 8 10 ?REFERENCE SHARES Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 77; LINES LEASED AT FIX_ Nottingham and Grantham R. and 0 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, eua. 7 per:item., 131 13 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15f FOREIGN KIN ich. Chontales Gold:and Silver Alining, 11 Don Pedro, Nor h Del Hey, rrontino and tsoltvia Bold, Inn., Scottish Australian, lira., f Washoe Gold, lim., 14 Ydaumutana of S. Australia, BANIih AND STOCIIb CD RENTALS. ,"93 Alliance, lint., 2Ci 1 Anglo Austrian, 5 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 10 Auitralasia, 68;1 Bank of utago, lim., 51 5 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 Chartered Bank of India, A.ustralta, and China. 15 Chartered I.er. of India, London, and China, 321 3 City, 151 English. Scotch. and Australian Chartered, 181 Hindustan, China, and Japan, i1m.,1 41 London and River Plate. 48 9 Ditto, issued at 11 pm., Londo n a Ditto, nd di C o unty,o, 641 4 60 London Joint Stock, 421 2 London and Westminster, 91 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim„ 10 Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 1 1 Union of London, 45 MISCELLANICOUB. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 1 13 / Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 31 1 Berlin Water Works, Rm., 10} Bombay Gas, lim., 4 Ditto. 3d ligue, Ditto, new, 1 City of London Real Property, lim., 21 1 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 12 Commercial Union, Insurance, 61 Credit troncler and Mobilier of hngland, 5 4/ 51 5 1 East India Irrigation and Canal. 12 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3 .. 1 Gen. Credit an d Fi nance o f London. Jim.. t Hudson's _Bay. 15/ 1 6 International Financial Society, lira., 3i London Financial Association, Um., 13 1 London General Omnibus Company, lira, 31 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Rm., 1/ Isis.tional Discount tompany, 121 Ocean Marine Insurance), 211 1 Oriental Gas, lim., 5 1 l'eninsula and Oriental Steam, 671 6 1 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, 11111., 2 Royal Mail Steam, Nei Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Ditto (Cl 2), 14E 15 141 haraes and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim, 0} CHAPEL ROYAL, SAVOY.—Her Majesty's Chapel Royal in the Savoy is undergoing a thorough restoration under the Earl of Devon, the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. When it was reopened after the fire it was found that the walls were bare, the ceiling defective, that common deal seats had been put down, and that the. whole arrangements were of the most meagre character. .It is expected that the chapel will be reopened before Christmas. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1372 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 D 50.. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug p. a Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c.1873 Do.Apl. &Oct .4890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9, Do. Jan. &J uly, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 Do. 1878, do Ntauritius, 6 p. a 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.478 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. • Do. 185, Feb. & Auz Natal .iov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. , SzJuly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t , Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1858-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct 92 94 93 95 91 95 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 101 102 101 100 103 86 8) 100 102 105 1 7 102 IC4 103 105 101 MA 1(3 105 97 100 VG 02 90 9Z 90 95 83 Y 5 92 01 73 75 94 96 90 93 102 104 IC3 105 124 i I /IN I I' [ 71 18 871 91 1241 21 ,ITI ES. 92 11 584 5.17.0 SCN, LOINDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 18C6. i f ortrit I I lir lIER, MAJESTY. •---- OSB 0 RNE, Tuesday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four with Princess Louise, Prince Leo pold, and Princess Beatice, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh left Osborne yesterday, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland and Lord and Lady William Osborne have returned to town from visiting the Marquis: and. Marchioness of Winchester at Amport House, Hants. The Duke of Grafton leaves Piccadilly to-day for the family seat, Euston Hall, Norfolk. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family are expected to leave Chesterfield House on or about the 12th inst., for the Castle, Dublin. The Marchioness of Winchester and family have left Amport House on a visit to Lord and Lady Rokeby, at Haelewood, Herts. The noble marquis remains at Amport. The Earl Annesley has left town for Goodwood, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. On Saturday his lordship will leave for a cruise in his yacht for a few weeks. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Sir R. T. Kindersley.) ETON T. GRANT.-THE CREDIT FONCIER AND WEIMER COMPANY.-JUDGMENT. The Vice-Chancellor delivered judgment in this case which has excited much attention in consequence of the new turn which the affairs of the company have recently taken. It was a motion on behalf of Charles Seton, and all the other shareholders in the Credit Fonder and Mebi lier of England (Limited), except the defendant, Mr. Albert Grant, M.P., against Albert Grant, George Edward Seymour, and the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England to restrain the company from purchasing out of moneys, belonging to the company, 8,900 shares in the Milan Improvement Company, held by the defendants, Albert Grant and George Edward Seymour, and praying that the company might be restrained from delivering up to the defendant Seymour certain promisssory notes and other securities held by the company ; and it also prayed that the defendant Grant and the company might be restrained from handing over the assets of the company to any other com pany or person until all the debts and liabilities of the company had been paid and discharged. The object of the latter part of the motion was to restrain the company from proceeding with the reconstruction of the company, which it had been proposed immediately to carry out, and which it was resolved to do at a meeting of shareholders held at Exeter Hall on Monday last. The proposed arrangements were that the old company should be dissolved, and that the liquidators should transfer the business of the com pany, and also such part of the property of the company as should not be required for the discharge of its liabilities to the now company. The plaintiff had recently become a shareholder in the company, and he also alleged himself to be a creditor as the holder of one of its debentures. As re garded the latter part of the relief the plaintiff relied upon the following clause in the circular, signed by the company. "Allassets of the existing company subject to payment of the liabilities will bo taken over by the new company," and he contended that the effect of this clause was to hand over all the assets subject to a lien thereon for payment of debts and liabilities, which it was contended could not be done as against creditors. He (the Vice-Chancellor) looked upon the Milan Company as a sort of child of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier Company. It was financed, or brought out, whatever the intention might be, by the Credit Foncier Company, and Grant and Seymour entered in an arrangement to get shares in the Milan Company, and to deal with them for their own profit. In the slang lan guage of the city, this confederacy or comtraction was called a " Syndicate." A scheme u it was said, was formed for thrusting these valueless shares, as the bill called them, on the Credit Foncier Company, to the injury of the share holders, of whom the plaintiff was one. The defendant, Grant, borrowed £BO,OOO from the company, and deposited with them a certain promissory note or bond, which had been given to him by Seymour in consideration of his part in the transaction. The bill further alledged that not only had Grant and Seymour perpetrated this fraud upon the com pany, but that the intention of Grant was to make the company purchase some 3,900 additional shares in the Milan Company, which were not only not worth having, but which indeed it was a bad thing to possess, inasmuch as there were heavy liabilities upon them, and calls to the extent of £lOO,OOO, which must be paid. Such were the facts alleged, and he (the Vice-Chancellm:), of course, said nothing of their truth. Tho injunction was to rastrain three things-Ist, to restrain Grant and the company from purchasing with the Credit Foncier money the 3,900 shares in the Milan Company now held by Grant and Seymour. 2d. That the defendants, Grant and the company, might be restrained from giving up to Seymour the promissory note or bond given by him to Grant as security, and now held by the Credit Fonder Company until the sums ad vanced should have been paid. 3d. That Grant and the company might be restrained from handing over the assets of the company untill all the debts and liabilities of the old company were paid off and discharged. With regard to the first part of the application, it appeared to him that there had been an entire failure of any evidence to show that there was an intention to buy the 3,900 shares, and he could not, therefore, grant an injunction to restrain an action which was never intended. With regard to the second point, it had been sworn that all business between the company and Seymour had been closed, and nothing remained that could be delivered up to Seymour. No injunction on the part of the case could therefore be granted, In reference to the third part, that of handing over the assets of the present to a new com pany, it appeared that the present shares were £2O, of which £5 had been paid up, every shareholder therefore being liable to a call of £l5 per share. The shareholders were sensitive upon that point, and others thought that it would soothe that sensitiveness of they reformed the com pany, and limited the shares to £lO —.£3 more were to be paid, and each shareholder would bo liable for only £2 more. Then the question arose, what was intended with regard to the assets. There was nothing in the act of Par liament to prevent a company winding up if they liked, but they had no right to hand over to a new company, or to any other company, their assets, without making full pro vision for discharging all liabilities of the existing company. On this point the affidavits were not very satisfactory on either side, and he did not think there was any proof of a design or intention to hand over the assets without making provision by money payment or otherwise for the liabili ties of the existing company. In addition to all this, it ap peared that the plaintiff Seton had but very recently be come a registered shareholder in the company. He had occupied himself in buying and selling shares with the Credit Fonder and other companier, which was gambling or job bing, although many persons holding respectable positions were engaged in it. He had no shares with companTh but it occurred to him that he would like to file a bill. (Laughter.) He considered the matter for two months, and on the 6th July last he bought five shares, which he registered on the 16th of July. Three days afterwards he filed this bill. Whon asked why he bought the shares he said it was to enable him to file the bill, and that for the purpose of recovering some of the money ho had lost in dabbling in the shares of the company. A suggestion had beeh made that he had taken these proceedings in order that he might be bought off. He (the Vice-Chancellor) could only imagine one other reason, which was, that the shares of the company would not, after its reconstruction, be open to so much jobbing and gambling as at present. Mr. Seton bad no grievance, no risk, no liability, no justi fication in asking for relief. There could be no injunction, and the application must be dismissed with costs. Motion dismissed accordingly. BREEDING OF OYSTERS.—At the first general meeting of the South of England Oyster Company (Limited), held yesterday, the chairman, Mr. Alderman Abbiss, had the satisfaction to announce to the shareholders that, for the first time in England, an abundant fall of spat bad been preserved by artificial means in the company's beds made for the purpose. This is the more satisfactory, as it has been strenuously denied by the theorists that oysters could be artificially cultivated in this country. The alderman informed the meeting that 5,000,000 young oysters, at the very lowest computation, had already been produced upon the first four acres of the company's beds,' and that the directors had every reason for hoping that a proportionately abundant spat will be obtained upon the remaining six acres of the experimental beds. THE CATTLE TRADE.—In the report of the com mittee upon the trade in animals, which appeared in our impression of Monday, one paragraph needs correction. The paragraph running thus —" Your committee recom mend that all imported fat cattle should be subject to the same rule as English fat cattle when exposed in a market —that is to say, marked for slaughter within a week, and not allowed to be exposed in any other market" should terminate with the " words " when exposed in a market." THE PRUSSIAN LOSSES.—For the last three weeks or more the principal Prussian journals have been full of lists of killed and wonded in the recent campaign. On Monday the Cologne Gazette (the largest paper in Ger many) devoted 14 columns to the dreadful lists, 'which are scanned so eagerly by thousands of families. On the pre vious day the same journal issued a supplement, which was entirely filled with the sad details ; and yet the roll has not come down later than the battle of Gitchin on June 29. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.—" Nina Balatka, the Story of a Maiden of Prague," is continued, and the close of this instalment leaves all the chief persons in a very deplorable state. It is a contrast to the tales of the present day, and may thus afford a pleasing variety to some readers. Nina is an attractive character, but she is in a very awkward position, which does not show her off to advantage. "British America" is the title of an article which is sure to command attention at this junc ture ; it refers to the great increase that has taken place of late years in colonisation from this country. While the continental nations have greatly fallen off from the habits and practices of their forefathers, the English have gone on with the work with renewed zeal and energy. Pressed by overwhelming numbers at home, elbowed out of existence, as it were, in the nar row area, left for the hewers of wood and drawers of water, in the Old World, the, strong, the brave, the reck less, and youthful have built up'the United States, overrun British North America, peopled the South of Africa, and converted the solitudes of Australia and New Zealand into populous commonwealths. A good deal is said here as to the advisability of the scheme for the Confederation of Canada and the maritime provinces, and some true obser vations are made as to the mutual advantages thereby gained. If Great Britain require more seamen, plenty will be found in New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Newfound land, and, honouring the traditions of our glorious flag, they will do their parts, without stint of blood or bravery, to add many years to the old and memorable thousand during which it has "braved the battle" and courted the breeze, and carried the blessings of civilisation beneath its folds to the remotest corners of the earth. " Sir Brooke Fossbrooke " is proceeded with, but nothing very important occurs in this decision, if we except the unfortunate hero being imprisoned through a misapprehen sion. Colonel Sowell proceeds on his iniquitous course ; but really he is so aggravating an individual that the reader has hardly patience to dwell upon his doings and sayings. A great deal of the secret official life of certain parties is here narrated with great ingenuity, and the undercurrent of events can be easily traced, owing to the very able manner in which the sketches are given. " Art, Politics, and Proceedings " is an article that will repay perusal: it refers to the changes now impending over many institutions, and a conaigehensive review of these alterations is taken: It is pro Posed that there should be a, Minister of Art, and the scheme does not seem a bad one upon the, whole. " The Nile " is an interesting paper on the work of Mr. Baker, called " The Albert Nyanza Great Basin of the Nile." Of Course the Consideration of such a subject contains much that is sure to be attractive and entertaining. The self-imposed labour of Mr. Baker was indeed ono not easy of execution, and he merits great praise for the zeal with which he carried it out. It is a very interesting passage which refers to the meeting between Baker and. Speke and Grant. They were not jealous of each other, but each sought to profit by the other's doings. Those who sit at home at ease are too apt to dwell upon the results of an expedition like this, and to overlook the difficulties that led to its achievement. These will do well to peruse the accounts here given, and they will appreciate more fully the sacrifices which are made at the shrine of science. " Cornelius O'Dowd" has his say as usual, and sends his random hits far and near. Some stirring verses, entitled " Stuart Mill Again", appear as the poetical contribution. " A Review of the Continental War" is a brief and im pressive sketch of the chief events of the recent memorable campaign in Germany. It will be found to convey a very good idea, and can be recommended to those readers who wish to get a resume of events they have not had time or opportunity to dwell much upon as yet. " The New Ministry" is the last article met with, and it is written in an animated manner. As may be expected, the late Ministry do not meet with a very flattering mention in these pages, and, indeed, we do not know that they deserve it. It istrue what is here stated of their many deficiencies and shortcomings, and nothing can be too strong that is said in condemnation of their doings respecting the Army and Navy. The Administration of the Poor-Law Board has not been very good, if we are to judge of its results, and the blunderings and blusterings of our Foreign Secre tary have injured small nations and called - forth the con tempt and scorn of largo ones. We fully concur in the expressions used by the writer of this article as to the claims 'which the new Government have on the House and the country, and the cordial support which they should meet with. Fair play is what they have a right to de mand, and there Boerne no reason why they should not have it. This magazine may take credit to itself for the veracity of its political predictions, for it has all along prophesied that the Russell-Gladstone Administration would only have a short tenure of office. TEMPLE BAR.—" Lady Adelaide's Oath" is con tinued at some length, and the period of ten years passes by, in which no progress for good is made by any of the party. Lady Adelaide turns out a selfish and exacting person as time goes on, and acts very despicably to her step. children. Wilfred Lester comes to grief, which is not to be wondered at under all the circumstances of the case. " TiftlS! is a character that is very aptly described, and in fact is one of the masterpieces of the tale, and the author's keen powers of observation are well displayed in her portraiture. Lord Vane has returned, and all seems on the eve of a grand discovery. " Through Surrey" is ono of those pleasing sketches such as have before appeared in the pages of this magazine. Some interesting information is met with as to the peculiariti es o f th e places throug h w hich the writer passes, and on th e w h ole we may say th a t those who can not travel abo u t f or themselves will d o we ll t o peruse these animated page s , where he will meet with good descriptio ns of places of no t e and objects worthy of attent i on . It i s t oo much the fashi on nowadays for people w h o h ave time and money at their disposal to run over the Continent and survey with eager eyes the marvels of foreign cities ; but they could often find plenty to attract their attention at liome, if they only took interest in home things. There is much to win regard in most of the English counties, and Surrey is not deficient in merit, as those who read this sketch will find. i t i s said at the commencemen t o f the paper th a t a tour through surrey seems a very common place affair — cross the Thames at Water l oo or W es t minster and you are in Surrey ; yet there aro wild hills and wide heaths in the county, small as it is, where the traveller may easily fancy himself long leagues away from any city. "Archie Lovell" is con tinued, and the present portion of the tale is more serious, as it relates the adventures of a detective in search of the evidence concerning the death of Maggie Hall. Gerald Durant seems lik e l y to get into serious trou bl e a b ou t thi s affair. Th e manner in which he becomes implicated in t h e affair is very story will n o d oubt prove very exciting. " Cous i n F an i ngeniously told, and the remainder of the and the New Curate" is a lively sketch, which tells us of some strange adventures met with in consequence of a ' series of mistakes. The tale is written in an amusing manner. "Modern Eccentrics" present us with the usual entertaining descriptions of oddities, who have contrived to make themselves remarkable in their day by their sayings and doings. " Brighton Races Thirty Years Since' relates some st range doings. " One Thi ng O n l y " i s a sketch, in vers e , o f the requirements of a l a d y o f th e f as t school, which appear neither pleasant nor pro fit a bl e . GrOuse Sho oting in Cantyre " is a very rea d a bl e s k e t c h, and "Getting A way from Leipsig " ject just now. is an appropriate sub- CoßNmr.,L.—....cc tinted, and th e d i fferent fortunes o f th e t wo The Village on the Cliff" is con- Catharines are ably described ; the old ladies make things as uncomfortable as they can for the poor little governess, whose position is cleverly sketched. ' ' Criminal Women" is an article well worthy of perusal. It sets before us some curious and sad statistics o e d uca ted woman is almost unknown in prison." It is said hferceriintheattacnridmoinnae part lwarot s women especially worthy of notice. "An en are worse than criminal men ; the:man's nature may be said to be hardened, the woman's is.destroyed. "Criminal women, as a class, are found to bo more uncivili sed tha n the savage, more degraded than the slave, less tr ue to all natural and womanly instincts than the untutored squaw of a North American tribe." A fearful picture is drawn of the antecedents of these factiono f knowing wretched women ; and, awful as it i s t o con t emp l a t e it, then the writer is the here tis emphatically states, hn ptek,aitn a if gweuprootgeneration t the ion or two, evil , of that " Reformatory efforts m ay get h o ld of a, few ; educational e ff orts wou ld rescue t the many.,, 4; The Pearl Harvest" is an interesting paper, which tells of t he p ecul i arities of those precious stones, w hich are found in the g reat dee ps. It appears that the eaitlhye education, good will w emay greatly triumph over t h e b a d. A s h Eastern pea rl -fishery is beginning to fail, an d a l so th a t nu mbers of excell ent p earls hav e been found in the rivers of Scotland. sa Th e rugged ugly shells contain the true gems, and adepts delight in finding them. " Once obtained from sea or r i v er the pearl requires nothing at th e h an d o f m an, having been perfected and polished by Nature her self." "Defamation" contains some hints that may be use ful to the ignorant and uninitiated who make mistakes in their headlong passio n and hasty zeal. The practical school of actual litigation is the only one now open to those who have doubts on the subject, and, as the writer hero observes, that is a very unprofitable one. " Tho Agriculturist in Prussia," by a German, contains a very favourable account of the modes and man ners there practised ; but th e hi g h- sound i ng praise hero bestowed upon the customs of the country comes very inopportunely at this j uncture, when there is little left us to admire in the government of the people or the conduct of the rulers. Great stress is laid upon the care taken in training the children " in duties, morals, sins of commission and omission, and original sin." With all due deference to the writer, we must say that, neither politi cally nor morally, do we witness much of the good effects of this learning in after life. " The Theory of Flirtation" is a lively sketch that will doubtless entertain some readers. " The Claverings" is continued in a melancholy instalment, though Clavering's hard nat u r e appears to greater disad vantage t h a n ever, now that he is in trouble. This story is indeed a warning to those who marry for rank and posi tion instead of for better things. Harry is pursuing a very dangerouS same, which 4 'l lre - tt : t 011 4 ixt tr914)19 t 9 01 99n cerned. " Sleep" is a paper that contains some suitable remarks on this important and interesting subject, which so materially affects the comfort of many, and we may fairly recommend it to an attentive perusal. This article appropriately terminates with the following quotation from an old author :—" When Ptolemy, King of Egypt, had posed the seventy interpreters in order, and asked the nine teenth man what would make one sleep quietly in the night, he told him the best way was to have divine and celestial meditations, and to use honest actions in the day time." " The Scot at Home" is a smartly written sketch, that, however, hardly renders full justice to its subject, but takes rather a one-sided and prejudiced view of the ques tion. THE MoNTH.---Several topics of interest are dis cussed in this number. First and foremost, that all engrossing ono of the Art of War, to which recent events have given so great an impetus. Following this is the continuation of Lady Georgiana Fuller ton's story of " A Stormy Life, or Queen Margaret's Journal." Lady Georgiana Fullerton is always a fascinat ing writer, and she has chosen a subject which will give full scope to her powers in the chequered career of Mar garet of Anjou. As yet the "stormy life" of the high spirited queen is but in its earliest days, but already her chronicler shows us traces of her proud and imperious spirit, her warm affections, and dauntless courage. " The Hostess of Silvio Pellico" gives us a glimpse into ono of those beautiful Christian lives whose least thought is to be praisedfor their virtues. The article on "Pedro di Lima" is continued, and a paper entitled " Audi Alteram Partem" sets forth the grievances of Catholic pauper children. " The Windeck Family" is brought to a conclusion, which is unexpectedly tragical. ONCE A WEEK.—This agreeable miscellany gives us as much variety as ever, and is certainly increased in attractiveness since the commencement of the new series. " The Race for Wealth," a clever novel by the author of " George Geith," proceeds with interest. This writer has the courage to desert the old fashionable world of sentiment and improbability for the plain matter-of-fact business life of the present day, and boldly locates the heroes and heroines of the tale far away in the veritable east end of London. There are several other stories among them—" Hazeley Mill," "A Country Story," and "My Friend the Gari baldino," though the latter is rather a leaf from that awful record -of despotism in Italy, which has supplied so many a domestic tragedy with materials. Congenial in its sub ject is a "Memoir of Francis Deak, the Hungarian Patriot," by Sir John Bowling. Herr von Deak is, says his biographer, the most prominent man in Hungary. " Universal opinion recognises in Peak a man of rare in tellect, deep and varied knowledge, of emphatic eloquence, indefatigable inquiry and love of labour, and of most cor dial and enduring affection." A compatriot says of him that "he is the orator of peace, of order, of conciliation, always listened to because never intruding. His courage is never wanting on occasions worthy of its exercise, but he wastes it not on trifles. His policy has ever been to surrender nothing which is essential, but willingly to make the concessions which involve no such surrender, whereby the concession serves, as it often does, to strengthen the essential." The brief memoir of this dis tinguished man will be read with deep interest at the pre sent juncture, when the attitude of Hungary has assumed a European importance. " Homes without Hands" gives us some instances of the marvellous ingenuity of the lower orders. The illustrations are numerous, and the "For tress of the Mole," the nests of the trap door and raft spiders, and the tailor bird, give a vivid idea of the won derful handicraft of the creatures here described. There are plenty of other papers on miscellaneous topics, and many of them are of a high order. NATURE AND ART. - Nos. I. and 11. Day and Son.--This very beautiful and interesting periodical is a new competitor in the field of serial literature. It has, however, no rivals in the particular path which it has marked out for itself, and there is no reason why it should not secure a very large circle of subscribers, provided the public taste is equal to the merits of "Nature and Art." The principal feature is the illustrative department, and the admirers of chromo and photo-lithography will be delighted with the specimens of those beautiful arts in the numbers before us. The name of Messrs. Day and Son's establishment is a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of anything of the kind which is issued under their auspices ; and the taste for litho graphy has spread so much in our day that there was really a vacancy to be filled by a first-rate illustrated periodical. The principal coloured plates in these two parts are the new vegetable the Indian radish, the full striped quagga of the Zambesi, and the Ailanthus silkworm in the No. 1., and a very beautiful Bhootanese bird, the honey hunter, and a scene in the Trosachs Glen, and a very perfect chromo-lithograph of a costly and elaborate fan presented to the Princess Mary, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Hamilton. The letterpress is worthy of the illustrations, and is very readable and entertaining, besides containing a good deal of varied information. It will be noticed that a good many of the topics referred to apper tain to the geology and botany of foreign countries, and this is likely to prove a conspicuous department of the magazine. There are, however, numerous articles on do mestic matters, such as the future of the Academy, the several Art Exhibitions of the season, the Breed of Horses in this country and in France, &c. Among those of a wider range we may mention a series on "Ancient Greek and Roman Field Sports," beginning with the pastime of fishing; "A ramble among the Crim Tartars ;" and a paper " On Mummies," describing the process of embalming. Alto gether, "Nature and Art," though somewhat ambitious in title, fulfils its pretensions, and addresses itself alike to the student and the idler, the artist and the amateur, and, be yond all, to the man of cultivated taste and occasional leisure who wishes to extend his acquaintance with "all that is beautiful in nature and admirable in art." The Bank Charter Act. It is singular how universal the impression is abroad that the temporary suspension of the Bank Act of 1844 was virtually a suspension of specie payment by the Bank of England. In the Chicago Tribune of July sth there is an article headed, " Plunder Pretext of the Prohibitory Ring," from which we take the following passages :—" All at once a great financial panic broke out in England, where $150,000,000 of our bonds were held by speculators, smashing numerous banks, and render ing insolvent hundreds of merchants and commer cial companies, and compelling the great financial regulator, the Bank of England, to ask of the Go vernment the right to suspend specie payments. What was the result? Why the British holders of our Bonds sent them home by the cord in order to extricate themselves from their embarrassments. Their own banks having refused to pay specie, they checked on Uncle Sam for $60,000,000 or $70,000,000 on sight." This is what we get, and all we get, for making a law which "no fellow can understand." The same impression holding strongly on the Continent has drained, and is draining, Eng land of the precious metal, and it is in vain for the English press to endeavour to explain what really did happen. The Bank of England never moved in the matter at all. They took up a dignified position, which gave great umbrage to the Joint- Stock Banks who combined in the application to Government. A director of one of these is reported to have turned angrily on the representative of the Bank of England and said, " I can draw two cheques on you, which to-morrow morning will shut up the Bank of England." But the Bank made no application to Government. The grave error abroad, however, is that the Govern ment authorised the Bank to stop specie payment. Nobody wanted or asked for specie payment. The Bank had close on £13,000,000 of bullion in its cellars. What was wanted was an extension in the issue of notes, which the law of 1844 restricted. Over an arbitrary boundary the Bank could not pass, on the brink of which it was, and all the people wished for was the removal of that boundary. Tell the people in a ship at sea that the last cask of water has been broached, and an agony of panic and thirst will be the consequence ; but let the captain declare that he has a condensing machine on board, by which the sea can be turned into fresh water, and the panic and thirst cease. No one for a moment dreamt of the stoppage of specie payment, yet this fatal idea has got abroad, and has produced the most injurious effect on our exchanges, and, in consequence, the large and disastrous drain of gold which has tended more than any other cause to keep up the 10 per cent. minimum. —Anglo-Anzeri can Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 1.--Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Afrived, July 31—Metropolitan, from Hamburg; Aurora, Eaglet, and Annio Foster, from Montreal; Neckar, from Quebec ; Diana, from Berbice ; Jacob Levi, from Jamairom ca; Kelpie and Kingstown, from Bathurst ; l'recieux, f Morlaix. Arrived, August I—Waldoch, from Montreal ; Volan't from Messina ; Corsair's Bride, from Cape Town William Thornborrow, Concordia, Lord Strangford, Fairy, Alabama, and Marnhull, from Guernsey ; Lizzie, from Gergente ; Ingeman, from St. Crux. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored —Argonaut, from Montreal; Louisa and Fre derick, gam §Wanor, frog th 9 YfePt 49th fox London. THUM EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were agreed to :—Burntislamd Harbour and . Dock, Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station), Devon Valley and North British Railway Companies (Arrangements), Glasgow Bridges, Glasgow Corporation Water, Newport Railway, Pembroke and Tenby Railway, St. Martin in the Fields Workhouse, &c., STRAND UNION. On the motion of Sir J. SIMEON, copies were ordered of letters addressed by Dr. Rogers to the guardians of the Strand Union 'and the Poor Law Board, of the report of Mr. Farnall, and of the correspondence on the subject of such report. THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, returns were ordered of the number of private bills introduced and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in the session of 1866 ; of the number of select committees appointed ; of the number of divisions of the house ; and of the number of days on which the house sat during the session. EXPORTS, &c. On the motion of Mr. HENLEY returns were ordered of the official value and declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom in each year from 1826 to 186;, both inclusive ; the aggregate amount of each five years ; and the percentage of increase or decrease in each period of five years ; and of the gross amount of revenue received from taxes in the United Kingdom in each of the years afore said; the average amount of each five years; the estimated population of the United Kingdom at each period of five years ; and the amount of taxation per head on the popu lation of the United Kingdom at each of such periods. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to Mr. DODSON, Mr. CORRY said the report of the select committee on Trade in Animals was considered at a council held yester day, and, with every desire to relax the restrictions upon the traffic in cattle at the earliest possible moment con sistent with safety, the Government did not think it ad visable yet to issue any new Order either as regarded the metropolis or elsewhere. The disease had decreased so much, however, that he hoped a relaxation of the restric tions would be practicable in a short time. THE COURT OF PROBATE. In reply to Mr. W. LESLIE, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that designs had been asked from a number of architects, with the view of making provision in the New Palace of Justice for the safe custody of wills, and for the due transaction of the busi ness of the Court of Probate. In reply to Mr. WALDEGRATE LESLIE, who asked what arrangements would be made for the safe custody of wills, and for the due transaction of the Court of Probate between the present time and the building of the New Palace of Justice, seeing that the Metropolitan Board o f Works would very shortly take possession of the buildings of Doctors'- commons for the purpose of carrying on the new street from Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion House, Lord JOHN MANNERS said negotiations were pending for the transference from the Board of Works of a piece of ground to the west of the present site, upon which build ings would be erected fully sufficient for the custody of wills and the carrying on of the business of the Court of Probate. He did not think, howevdt, that it would be necessary to remove the wills until the new Palace of Jus tice was ready. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. Major DICKSON said that in the absence of the Presi dent of the Board of Trade he would postpone until to morrow asking if his attention had been called to the reports of the embarrassment of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and if he had taken any measures to secure the public against the inconvenience of any interruption in the working of those lines. COMPULSORY CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. The adjourned debate on Mr. Neate's amendment to the second reading on this bill was resumed by Mr. HENLEY, who believed that the two main provi sions relied upon by Mr. Gladstone, as embodying the principle of the bill, would be found to be most mischievous in their operation, and he considered that they would inflict a great blow upon the voluntary system. It would be the greatest curse to the voluntary system to saddle it with a machinery of taxation which, though so highly vaunted by the right hon. member for South Lancashire, would be an act of the greatest injustice in the agricultural districts. He proceeded to substantiate this assertion by figures, which he contended could not be controverted, and he opposed the bill on' the ground that it would introduce a machinery which would not only be mischievous, but which would prove worthless for thepurpose for which it was introduced. Mr. A. PEEL hoped to see a settlement of this much vexed question, and said he would accept and vote for this bill because he saw in it an earnest symptom of that which he believed we must come to—and which he believed the sooner we came to it the better—namely, an unconditional and untrammelled abolition. Mr. HUNT would be sorry to see a broad line of de marcation drawn between Churchmen and Dissenters by the system of ticketing, and he confessed that this bill ticketed Dissenters by exclusion, because the proposal was that no person was to vote unless he had previously his name in a book, stating his willingness to pay church rates. The principle of the measure lay at the root of the question of Church and State. He maintained that there could be no connection between the State and the Church unless there was legal provision for the repair of the church. He be lieved that the signature of the book would afford the means of putting the screw on conforming ministers, and he thought this would be a great evil. He should vote for the second reading of the bill, but he at the same time reserved the right to vote against the bill in any future session. Mr. GOLDNEY said, as he understood, it was propcsed to allow the bill to pass the second reading, but if they did so he did not think there was any reason why a clause might not be introduced in committee similar to what the hon. member (Mr. Neate), proposed in his amendment. The object of the bill, as he read it, was that the votes should be compulsory, but that they should not be com pulsorily raised by a legal process, and as some such clause as that to which he had referred might be introduced, he would vote for the second reading. Mr. T. CHAMBERS alluded to the great change of sen timent in regard to this bill, many of those members who had at first thanked the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Glad stone), and spoken in favour of the bill now coming for ward, and expressing themselves entirely in an opposite sense, and absolutely one or more of them putting their names on the back of other bills introduced into this house, entirely inconsistent with the bill of the right hon. gentlemen. They objected to the clause which closed the courts of law, but that was the very clause which ho ap proved of. He entirely disapproved of all the others, believ ing that any attempt at compromise would be hopeless and unsuccessful. It was an impossible compromise. He be lieved that the Church would be as well if not better sup ported under the voluntary system than under the com pulsory system, but by attempting a compromise they would lose all the grace of voluntaryism by having that form of law, and they would lose the form of law by the rates not being compulsory. Lord J. MANNERS said if the principle of this bill was accepted it would be better to go the whole length and adopt the bill of the member for Bury St. Edmunds. Ho deprecated the taking away from the poorer classes of the country the privileg hitherto guaranteed to them free of cost, and contended that the bill would invalidate the existing relations between the Church and the. State. Alluding to the preamble of the bill the noble lord said the second clause of it was a charge against a large number of the people of England—an assumption that they could not discuss and settle a penny, twopenny, or threepenny rate without ill-feeling. He defended the character of his coun trymen against the assault of the right hon. gentleman, and said that it was a libel on the people of England— whether Churchmen or Dissenters—to say that they could not decide in their properly constituted local courts the very simple question of the which it was desirable to levy. Further, the bill would divide every parish into two hostile camps—those who would pay and those who would not ; and he could not conceive anything more calcu latedsai to lead to local strife. He characterised the pr o o r p ß o as an arrow from the quiver of the hon. membtieorilf. Con mingham, and that it would not settle the q w n i e t s b anyques bill n ti e o c n te f d o :s se h v e ei ( a L l or y d ea J rs, . M h a e n n n e e v rs e ) r on the subject with regard to wh e i d c bill of out of nation had been expressed has l bill or the right hon the house with reference to the h d s so remembered v e tossed a of tfh c i o s n e o nation affirmed that the compulsory character Sir G. GRE Y —l with in the large it aw w a a y s only continued in centres of population , believed the bill preferable to that of church rates very small parishes. geuslailtiOini,)caennd donethat of the member for Bury St. Edmunds, because it left the machinery for levying the rate, while it did away with the power to compel payment by a legal process. Ile con curred with Mr. Goldney in saying that a clause might be introduced in the spirit of the amendment of Mr. Neate, either by appropriating the surplus funds in the hands of Ecclesiatical commissioners, or by any other means. The speech of the noble lord who preceded him was mainly directed against the abolition of rates, but that question had already been settled by the house. The only diversity Of opinion being on matters of detail, which could be settled in detail. Mr. SELWYN said the bill was a mere repetition of the proposition made over and over again by the hon. member for Birmingham and others, and believed it to be destruc tive of the nationality of the Church. He never could assent either to its principles or details, and would far rather ac cept a total abolition of church rates- He hoped the mea sure be withdrawn, and that during the recess PQMO one more worthy of the name of a compromise would be proposed. The discussion was continued by Mr. Holden, Mr. New degate, the 6olicitor-General, and Mr. Hadfield, after which Mr. GLADSTONE said the First Commissioner of Workst alluded to an arrangement between the Government and the members sitting on the Opposition bench, but with the details of which he was not conversant. The circumstance of the case was that that he received a communication from Government announcing that no objection would be taken to the bill, provided it was not pressed further this ;ses sion. He was, therefore, surprised that hon. members on the Government bench should have risen up and opposed the bill. He hoped that in future Gouernments wouldknow their own minds better. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) li e was astonished to find the member for Birmingham, the recognised and established bugbear of the country-- (laughter)—brought into connection with this bill. Jle never knew of any such proposal as that contained in the bill having been made by the right hon. member. The bill did not interfere with the monies offered by mem bers of the Church, and he denied that it would have the effect of excommunicating any portion of the community. He could not admit the figures of the right hon. gentleman the member for Oxfordshire, but there was no doubt at all that the land of a farmer would be assessed more heavily than the house of a resident in a borough. The same argument, however, applied to the bill of the Solicitor-General. There was one futida mental objection to both bills. There was a charge on every tenant of land, and they both proposed to give that charge as a present, if the person wished it. He was not satisfied that because he had not met the objections of every one he should withdraw the bill. The encourage ment he had received was in his opinion ample. With regard to the bill of the hon. member for Warwickshire, that proposal had already been considered by the house and negatived. At the close of the speech of the right hon. gentleman the Opposition side of the house called for a division, and several members of the Government immediately rose and left, amid a burst of ironical cheers. Colonel TAYLOR explained that the Government l►ad stated their intention not to divide the house. The SPEAKER then put the motion for the second reading, which was carried without a single negative. The Church Rates Abolition Bill, the Church Pates Commutation (No. 2) Bill, and the Church Rates .A.mend ment Bill were withdrawn. ' The Attorneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Bill and the Con solidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill were read a third time and passed.. THE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. This bill was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house then adjourned. GERMANY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, August 1. The Common Council held an entraordinary meeting to-day to agree to an address to the King and Crown Prince on their return from the seat of war. The address, of which the contents will not be allowed to transpire before its presentation to the King, was adopted without dis cussion. A resolution was also agreed to that arrange ments should be made for a grand illumination of Berlin on his Majesty's arrival. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE.—This Day. GOODWOOD RACES.-'—Tms DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, for . 2-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Mr. S. Thellusson's Ostregor (Fordham) 1 Lord Westmorland's Icicle (Kenyon) 2 Baron Rothschild's-Magpie (Peaks) 3 Queen of the Isles, Verbena, Lord Waldegrave, Caprice s Python, and Rose Nera also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Icicle, 5 to 1 agst Magpie, 6 to 1 agst Ostregor. DRAWING-ROOM STAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 100 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b ; certain winners extra. Craven Course. 46 subs. Count F. Lagrange's Auguste (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. M. Dennett's Langham (Adams) 2 Mr. Savile's Sealskin (Bordham) 3 Toxopholite c and Selim also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Langham, 5 to 1 each agst Selim, Auguste, and Seal Skin. SWEEPSTAKES of 300 sovs each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 101 b each ; certain winners extra. Craven Course. 7 subs. Duke.of Beaufort's Ischia (Fordhana) w.o. HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Craven Course. • Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw (Custarice) 1 Baron Rothschild's Guinevere (Peaks) 2 Mr. W. G. Craven's Provisor (Scorey) 3 Beadle, Brahama, Ambition, and Medina aleo ran. Bet ting-5 to 2 agst Broomielaw, 4to 1 bar one. The GOODWOOD DERBY of 25 sovs each, 15 ft for 3-yr-olds colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; certain winners extra maidens allowed 31b. 1 miles. 15 subs. Mr. Bowes' War FINDON STAKES of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; winners of 100 sovs, 31b; of 500 sovs, 51b extra. T.Y.C. 49 subs. Mr. Pryor's Friponnier Mr. W. G. Craven's Bismarch Count F. Lagrange's Trocadero 3 GOODWOOD STAKES (handicap) of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 if declared. The winner of a handicap cf 100 soya sub sequedt to June 8, at 10 a.m., 31b, of 500, 71b extra; weights accumulative up to 101 b. Two miles and a half. 73 subs, 42 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Lord Westmorland's Rama 1 Mr. W. Day's The Special ... Count F. Lagrange's La Fortune SWEEPSTAKES of 300 sovs each, h ft, colts, Bst 101 b each certain winners extra. Craven course. 5 subs. Rapid Rhone Apsley 2 Jack in the Green 3 COWDRAY STAKES of 10 soya each, h It, with 50 added ; 2-yr-olds, ist ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 131 b ; 4-yr-olds and up wards, 9st 71b; mares allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. T.Y.C. Indigestion 1 Musa Rupert's dam c Five ran. GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 4 agst Tourmalin 5 to 2 agst The Duke 6 to 1 agst Moulsey LATEST SCRATCHINGS. GOODWOOD STAKES.—Bradamante and Archimedes. GOODWOOD CUP.— Cambuscan. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7"O'CLOCK. AQUATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.-(THIS DAY.) The annual contest by " six 'prentices" for the liver y given by the late Mr. Thomas Doggett, the comedian, took place, this afternoon, the distance rowed being frozu the Swan at London-bridge to the Swan at Chelsea. The names of the competitors, which have to be selected by ballot, were Arthur Isles, Kew; James Flower, Poplar ; Thomas James Atkinton, Bermondsey; George Jones, Surrey Canal ; Robert Colpus, Thames Ditton ; and Ed ward Robert Beard, Alderman's Stairs. The start took place at five o'clock, and after a very good race they arrived at Chelsea as follows : Isles (Kew) ... ." ••• Atkinson (Berm on dsey) ••• ••• Flower (Poplar) •,. ••• ••• Won easy. ... 1 2 3 In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last feeweenoderaoeysastrthihcaetvereed.has been a moderate deal ings u h n a t v o e f bbusiness transacted.generally _n s Operations m ainitna maintained at i ful sugar g r a a r t etsh;e while c h o o ff w e e e v , er r , i c h e a , v eand former values. Tallow has been in fair demand for both present a n d future delivery, at steady rates. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN KINGSLAND ROAD.—This (Wednesday) morning, about a quarter before six o'clock, k r; a afinrde, h w a h m ic a h n a l t ir o e n , e h t a im pp e en th ed rea in ten th ed e gprreeamtilsoesssboef longing to Mr. George Norman, a tobacconist, hairdresser, and perfumer, carrying on business at No. 10, Kingsland road. The discovery was made by police-constable 248 of the G division, who at once aroused the inmates, who with great difficulty managed to effect their escape in safety. Head Engineer Barton quickly attended with the manual engine from the Shoreditch station, being pre ceded by Conductor Kidson with the Royal Society's escape. Several land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., followed, and plenty cf the East London Company's water having been procured the firemen went to work in their usual intrepid manner ; but they wore unable to get the flames extinguished until the shop and the contents were destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE VOL USTEERS.—The annual review of the Staffordshire volun teers was held on Stafford Common on Monday. There were upwards of 3,000 men under arms who took part in the review. 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