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

Mgen gw ' and in I gen b., had ouses, •ess of r, and 1110 3, old All, as Ainess to the which nentunl a zzled oval; o f the Id dise y her• Ilan if ece of cola mown 3rhaps a nd g turn c arry' I hall ° plan ; n d on 3iVO Of 0 two 0 two 1 10 did s fault ners—: ;ourse: ino 11' r — P 3tll [me of ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL 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 the amount o f £ 41,000 i n sovere i gns 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 per cent. per annum, and upon the ordinary stock and new ordinary shares respectively, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, was agreed to. The following notification has been issued by the Bank of England : " Ist August, 1866. _." Notice i s h ere b y given, that in order to prepare the dividends due on the 10th October, 1866, the balances of the several accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Saturday, the Ist September, 1866, viz.:- 1 ' 1.6 w £3 per cent. annuities, reduced £3 per cent. an nuities, annuities for 30 years, annuities for terms of years, and India £1 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 and Co. The coupons must be left two clear days for examination. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's telgram, 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 8 per cent., though affairs generally, home and foreign politics included, are not unfavourable. The latest quotations for Consols are 88 + for money, and 884 1 for the 9th instant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87f 4; New 5 per Cents., 102/ ; 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 264 27 1 ; Mexican 4, to 174 ; do. New 4, to 14 1 ; Spanish Passive, / to 1 94 204 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 8 to 34 24 ; but Italian have advanced 4, to 511 ; Greek remained at 11 4 12 ; and Spanish Certificates at 141 15. American securities are also generally at lower quo tations. Erie shares have advanced 4. to 421 4 ; but Illinois have declined 1, to 74 1 + ex div. ; and United States 5-20 Bonds have receded to 684 -1. Business in the Railway Share Market has re 'named very inactive, and prices exhibit a slight downward movement. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined £1; North-Western, 15s. , and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. , The Foreig n an d C o lo n ial lines are without , ch ange of imp or t ance . G ran d Trunk of Canada, no wever, have receded 1 to 211 22. In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been , O nly a mode ra t e b us i ness en t er ed into. Alliance have improved to 204 8 ; London and County have declined to 421 ; and London and Westminster are f irm. at 91 1 ex div. ; Anglo-American Telegraph are dealt in at 124 13 ; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 4 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 2/ dis„ ; and telegraph Construction and Mainte nance, at 114 12. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cont. Consols Do. Accou n t, J u l y 10 . B Per Cent. R e d uce d 87 1 1 m,eNew3 per Cent B7} 1 i 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 — 12/0 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 lO2l Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — D o (Red Soa Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. Juno. EZ el l equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do. £5OO 4 7 , Do £lOO and £2O O "'al* of England Stuck, 5 per Cent D° Account — "DUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES..4,Ij3.II Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Re. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 "0. 4 D o. Cer pe tificates r Cent., Oct. 488 _ _ Re• Enfaced P a p er 4 p e r Cent — Do 5 per Cent., J an: lB72 —O . s i• per Cent, May 1879 _ Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l3 pm D e• under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 j3O . 4 i• Cent., per 1852-58-60 Do D 0 .1863 . 1865 — uo Acc oun t 72 Do. £lOO Bonds — Do • _ dis 8 u. Do n i oi a o x s B l c A 6o r o y l p r , e Bondsf 7 6 a P e r a i C d e n t 0 1 1 1 D ° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Do.per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — o 6 per Cent s,• . . Col criP' £7a paid pm Cub s clan° 6 per Cent. — D,e ai l , b 3 b a -B ''' Per Cent, 1825 — nubian Principalities ~, Do. Account 'Ts•lador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferr d E • e gyptian 7 per Cent — 1)0 ., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds B9 , Do. 1864 — -lie £lOO Bonds • Do. Government Railway Debentures. DO. £6O paid k 3 reek 5 per Cents, 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons tl 1)o. Account it ualaittielrina s la 5 per Cent. per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Maremmana Railway tlexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l4i Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ilontevidean 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 q per Cent., 1862 DO Account 6l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russia n 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 . B7 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 ,I )(1 3 per Cent. 1859 '''-',° 5 per Cent. 1862 L' o 5 per Cent. 1864 9oi Sardinian 5 per Cent , Do• A.ccount s'PaLlish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — D 0 Account Do Passive — Do A ce , S &lint 2O i Palush Cert. of Coup not funded — De Ac count — Swedish 4 per Cent. — D e• 4- 1 ,, per Cont. 1864 T — urki s h 6 per Cent. 1854 — D o Account — DCont. 1858 Do£ l . oo Account X l . OO Bonds — 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 52 1i• Do £lOO Bonds D Do 6 p er Cent., 1863 Do 53i ° 5 per Cent 1865, paid up Scrip Account " - 7 A - per Cent. G uaran t ee d — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Di tto account — I -° 6 per Cent 1862 DO. Account ~ Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 26 7 Dividends on the above payabloin London. Austri )3, 1 . 11 , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b e rn, q per cent, Ex. 25f. D0•e" 'hi per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 7,7 i , Certificat -R ren e h r es • itswa lentes 3 per Cent. — D 0•1 1, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Account " ' sli I TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls for moue Y Do, A c _ vvlult ~,,,,,,,,,, .. ~,,,, i• SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share: Railways, 90 92 121 123 35 45 13 15 4 6 87 70 70 72 112 11l 29 30 5 6 120 122 129 131 91 93 &3 53 31 33 1241 :25 91 93 21 23 118 )14 92 73, 58 60 130 131 2 3YI 1 11' 92 9/ 1251 123 It 2 p 95 J 7 54 €6 3 25 107 109 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 54 3 54 124 81 9i i 1241 2I Paid) Clo Price sin den se I I Biness I . cl. [ 7 1 1181 I 171 18 57/ 1 1301 1 Bristol ana Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„rertli, & Ab.Junc &London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow dt S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Ang): et. No. 2 G rev t North of Scotland, Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn , Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D.,. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newport Do. Dereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London .nd Blackwall Lon., Brig - h. ; & S Coast Lon., and Dover Do. lile..top. Ex A.. Lun. Ja Nor,:h Western Lou. a South Western Man., Stie;., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension... Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do and St. John sW'd Alidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birrnin & Derby vtid lient 'North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. btock.& Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. 1 865 North Staflozdshire N. Sr S. W. Junction Scottish Cen:ral Scot. N. ii . Aber. stock Do. Scot. llici. stack ' SPropshire Union South De% on oath I.],stern atees. Wokr.. & Wok httf Vale. Do. Vale o' N eath Wateelord & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE Atlantic & St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda,..Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo &t Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,diGoderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-t Calcutta & S. E., 11. u e Town & Dock, gu Denievara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Bengal, gu. ' 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. I Extcns'on (fraud Tr unlioThana& Do. 1..114). Mort, Bonds 1 ettarge 6 p.c Do. t,.t. Pref. Bonds 1)o.do deferred De. 2d t , ct. Bonds 1)o. do. deterred Do. ttct Pi el. stock Do. ao. deretred Du. Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt.) e s. Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 V t. South of India gus. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do tireat Wes. of Canada.. D 4. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 187.1 t , o. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. i.idian Branch, limited Dadras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Niel..lL Hudson's Bay N. 6pc latpf.bs Scinde ..... 4 Do. Delhi Do. do ..1 6.1 Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St. Flo, 'OLONIAL GOVERNMEN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572 Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877- Do. D. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed si. Cape G. Dope, 6 p.c. 1373 DJ.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 go. do: 1 8 80-9, 1 o. .1 an.&J uly, 1890-9; 1 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Cerlon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do SlaurAius, 6 p. o, 1573, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.. C , Do. 1895, Feb. Az Aug ' Natal ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.BzJuly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Soya &Ala Gcv. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Jo. & July Do. do, A pril & Oct 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 69 71 101 106 35 36 9 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 48 68 69 7i si 14 245 2 3 100 ,Qj 53 65 ,SIGN S. 63 65 93 100 id ip 4 44 7i 96 76 80 55 60 100 102 99; ICO4 11/11 101 2t 23 85 87 57 60 58 55 5u 55 45 50 40 15 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 if 1 p 98 100 91 93 15} 151 5 3 / 4 5 d 91 e 3 83 eis 11 Ofd 93 89 ti 9 81 85 87 8 82 96 97 96 97 1 io 95 96 FT SECU. 92 94 93 95 94 96 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 101 102 101 100 103 8 81 100 'O2 105 ! 7 102 104 103 [O5 IGi toa tea 105 97 100 91 92 90 92 90 95 83 85 92 91 73 75. 94 96 90 93 102 104 103 105 BRITISH MINES, Cam. Consol. U old, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan),, Ertst Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Lovell E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Helst Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lh New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh ' 1 Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (11logt;n Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard West Chiverton ....... . West 5et0n....... an Wheal Bassett 'Mog Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.4 6 7 5 7 425 445 i i 12 11 7 8 i 1 2 3 di 71 3 31 19 ::C1 _ 1 18 22 1 2 30 32 31 31 4 6 3 1 4 1 2 1(1 35 1 45 1 2 4 t I 20 25 325 375 if 2 174 22i 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 64 67 IUS 115 80 85 10 15 3 5 k4O 150 8 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS . Nottingham and Grantham R. and c,:93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 BAN.Lib lliance, lien.. 20:1 ; Bank of utago, lira., 51 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 83 Chartered filer. of India, London, and China. 321 3 English, scotch, and Australian Chartered, 181 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilin.; 3 London and Couuty, 643 4 London Joint Stock, 421 London and Westminster, 91 Oriental Bang Corporation, 43 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 13 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 31 f Berlin Water Works, Rm.. 10} Bombay Gas, lim., 4 Ditto, new, 1 City of London Real Property, Um., 2 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 12 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 5 41 51 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira. 3i Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 41 Hudson's Bay, 151 International Financial Society, lira., 31 London Financial Association, lim., 13 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3f Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, Rm., 11 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 67f 61 Telegraph Constructi‘n and Maintenance, lim.,_ Ditto (£l2), 12 lit Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim, 6} COURSE OF EXCHANGE-•Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171 11 181 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 12 1 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 471 25 571 Brussels Hamburg — 13 91 13 10 Paris Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 118 119 Vienna — 13 50 14 0 Trieste — 13 50 14 0 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid 44 441 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 27 85 28 20 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 w ere o f th e most meagre charact er . It is expected that the chapel will be reopened before Chri§tmas, 100 ;00 100. all 100 100 ITIES. 92 11 5§4 5.;7,0 THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY IiIVENiNG, AUGUST 1, 1866. 14k- 1 ' —11,4,70 7'ol/4,41r7ft(-, z- • 4)11 6 Court ) ro HER MAJESTY. --- OSBORNE, 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 Hazlewood, 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.) SETON T. ORANT.-THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER 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 Foncier and 3/Al 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, 3,900 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 new company. The plaintiff had recently become a shareholder in the company, andhe 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 be 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, 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 wore the facts alleged, and he (the Vice-Chancellor), of course, said nothing of their truth. The injunction was to restrain 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 Foncier 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 be 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 ha n d over the assets without mak in g provision by money payment or otherwise for the liabili ties of the existi ng com p any . I n a dditi o n 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 s e lli n g shares with the Cred it Foncier and other companier, which was gambling or job bing, although many persons holding respectable positions were engaged in it. He had no 'shares with companys, but it occurred to him that ho 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 ho registered on the 16th of July. Three days afterwards he filed this bill. When 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 he had lost in dabbling in the shares of the company. A suggestion had been made that he had taken these' proceedings in order that he might be bought off. Ile (the Vice-Chancellor) could only imagine one other reason, which was, that the shares of the company would not, after its reconstruction, bo open to so much jobbing and gambling as at present. Mr. Seton had 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, au abundant fall of spat had 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 bo 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 wended in the recent campaign. On Monday the Cologne Gazette (tho 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 cf Gitcllin, 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 co'onisation 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 bas "braved the battle " and courted the breeze, and carried the blessings of civilisation beneath its fo!ds to the remotest comers of the earth. "Sir Brooke Fossbrooke " is proceeded with, but nothing very important occurs in this decisior, if we except the unfortunate hero being imprisoned through a misapprehen sion. Colonel Sewell 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 cm:trill parties is here narrated with great ingenuity, and the undercut:ont of events can be easily traced, owing to the very able manner in which the sketches are given. " Politics, and Proceedings'.' is an article that will repay . per weal : it refers to the changes now impending over many institutions, and a comprehensive review of those alterations is taken. It is proposed that there should be a Minister of At 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 one 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 aro 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 istruo 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 seems 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 undoall the circumstances of the case. " Tin)" 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 one of those pleasing sketches such as have before appeared in the pages of this magazine. Some interesting information is met with as to the peculiarities of the places through which the writer passes, and on the whole we may say that those who can not travel about for themselves will do well to peruse these animated pages, where he will meet with good descriptions of places of note and objects worthy of attent i on. I t i s t oo much the fa s hi on nowadays for people w h o h ave ti me an d money at th e i r di sposal to run over t h e C on ti nen t an d survey with eager oyes the marvels of f ore i gn c iti es ; b u t they could oft en fi nd plenty to attract t h e i r a tt en ti on a t home, if th ey only took interest in home things. There is much t o w i n regard in most of the English counties, and Surrey i s no t deficient In merit, as those who read this sketch will find. It is said at the commencement of the paper that a tour through Surrey seems a very common place affair —cross the Thames at Waterloo or West minster and y ou are in Surrey ; yet t h ere are w ild tse em hills and w id e heaths in the county, small as it is, where th e t raveller may easily fancy himself long leagues a way from any city. "Archie Lovell" is con tinued, and th e present portion of the tale is more serious, n as it relates the ad ventures of a detect i ve i n searc h o f the evidence concerningslikely tot the get d intoeath ofM seriousag affair. Th e manner in which he becomes implicated in the g t i r e ou Hblaell about Gutet- alDurathisd affair is very ingeniously told, and the remainder of the story will no doubt prove very exciting. "Cousin Fan 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 strange doings, " One Thing Only" is a sketch, in verse, of the requirements of a lady of the fast school, which appear neither pleasant nor profitable. " Grouse Shooting in Cantyre" is a very readable sketch, and "Getting A wa .. y .. from Leipsig" is an appropriate sub ject just now. CoENHILL.—c( The Village on the Cliff" is con tinued, and the different fortunes of the two Catherines are ably described ; the old ladies make things as uncomfortable as they can for the poor little governess, whose position is cleverly sketched. t , Criminal Women" is an article well worthy of perusal. It sets before us some curious and sad statistics of crime, and ono part is especially worthy of notice. "An educated woman is almost unknown in prison." It is said wrotfhiattethold of a here that criminal women are worse than criminal men ; savage, the man's nature may be said to bo hardened, the woman's is destroyed. " Criminal women, as a class, are found to the slave, less true to all natural and womanly instincts more degraded than be more uncivilised than the North American tribe." A is drawn of the antecedents of these tfehaarnfutlhepinentuturatored squaw of a earlyrt h h ser egoci will education, emphatically wretched women; and, awful as it is to contemplate it, there is the satisfaction owf e k m no a v ;in h g op t e k , a i t n i a f w ge e n u e p ra ro ti o o t n th or e greatly triumph over the bad. As two,e th v e i l "Reformatory efforts few ; educational efforts would rescue may ge • the many." " The Pearl Harvest" is an interesting paper, wh i c h t e lls of the peculiarities of those precious stones, which are found in the great deeps, It appears that the Eastern pearl -fishery is beginning to fail, and also that numbers of excellent pearls have been found in the rivers of Scotland. The rugged ugly shells contain the true gems, and adepts delight in finding them. " Once obtained from sea or river the pearl requires nothing at the hand of man, h av i n g boon 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 passion 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 here observes, that is a very unprofitable one. " The Agriculturist in Prussia," b y a German, contains a very favourable account of the modes and man ners there practised ; but the high-sounding praise hero bestowed upon the customs of the country comes ve ry inopportunely at this juncture, 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 nature appears to greater disad vantage than 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 game , Which 10 Pure to end ixt trouble to all CM 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 ih 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 MoNni.—Several topics of interest are dis cussed in this number. First and foremost, that all engrossing one of the Att 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 Georgiaua, Fullerton is always a fascinat ing wi:ter, and she has chosen a subject which w l ll give full scope to her powers in the chequered career of Mar garet of Anjou. As yet the "stormy life" of the high spit:ted queen is but in its earliest days, but already her chronicler shows us traces of her proud and impel:ous sp'-it, her watin affections, and dauntless courage. " The Hostess of Silvio Pellico" gives us a glimpse into one of those beautiful Christian lives whose least thought is to be praisedfor their v7l'ates. The article on "Pedro di Lima" is continued, and a paper entitled "Audi Alteram Partem" sets foah the glievances of Catholic pauper children. " The Windeck Family" is brought to a conclusion, which is unexpectedly tragical. ONCE A WEEK.—This agreeable miscellany gives 119 as much variety as ever, and is certainly increased in attractiveness since the commencement of the new seises. " The Race for Wealth," a clever novel by the author of " George Geitfi," proceeds with interest. Tbis 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 vetitable east end of London. There aro several other stoiies 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 Beak, the Hungarian Patriot," by Sir John BoW:ing. Heir von Beak is, says his biog:apher, the most.prominent man in Hungary. " Universal opinion recognises in Deak a man of rare in tellect, deep and varied knowledge, of emphatic eloquence, indefatigable inquiv and love of labour, and of most nor 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 occrsions 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 mat venous 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 wall 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 'a the No. 1., and a very beautiful Bhootaneso 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 wi'l 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 conspicucus department of the magazine. There are, however, numerous articles on do mestic matters, such as the futu-o 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 Spor beginning with thopastime of fishing; "A ramble among the Crim Tartars ;" and a paper " On Mummies," describing the process of embalming. Alto li "Natr7e 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 a", to the man of cultivated taste and occasional leisure who wishes to extend his acquaintance viith "all that 55 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 undeiztand." 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." 13ut 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. mininzum. —Anglo-Ameri can Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENOE--Thig Day. LONDON, Aug, I.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIT. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, :Tilly 31—Metropolitan, from hamburg; Aurora, Eaglet, and Annio Foster, from Montreal ; Neckar, from Quebec Diaa, from Berbice ; Jacob Levi, from Jamaica; Kelpie and Kingstown, from Bathurst ; Frocieux, from Morlaix. Arrived, August I— Wa ld e cb, from Montreal; Volan William from Messina; Corsair's Bride, from Cape Town ; 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, screw steamer, from the wot —both for Loudon. IFITERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Ties DAT. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were agreed to :—Burntisland Harbour and Dock; Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station), Devon Valley and North British Railway Companies (Arrangements), Glasgow Bridges, Glasgow Corporation Water, Newport Railway, Pembroke and Tonby Railway, St. Martin in the Fields Workhouse, &c., Re-building. 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 186 G ; 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 1865, 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. DODSONT • 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 GoTernment 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 lo 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. WALDEGRAVE 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 of 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 bull 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, however, 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 bo 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 the purpose for which it was introduced. [LEFT SITTING:I Charge of Enlisting Sailors for Foreign Service. As the Bow-street Police-court was about to close, yesterday afternoon, a smart, well-dressed young man, described as James Peters, alias Smith, sailor, of Croom's-hill, Greenwich, was brought before Mr. Flowers, in the custody of Superin tendent Evans, of the Thames Police, and Inspector Clarke, charged with having induced John Marchant and others to enlist in the service of a foreign State, against a country with which England is in amicable relationship, contrary to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act. Andrew Pardon, a sailor, deposed that on the 7th July he was at the , 4 Union," Limehouse, when the defendant accosted him, and asked him if he would accept of a situation to go with a vessel to Chili, as mate and chief boatswain, at £6 a-month. He looked at witness's certificate, and appointed to meet him at the Stepney station next day (Sunday) where he supplied him with a ticket for Southend, stating that the vessel was off the Nore, and that he would have to go to it in a small boat. Witness went to Southend on Monday morning, the de fendant having previously given his (witness's) wife £l2, as by agreement. On arriving there he went on board the Greetham Hall boat, which was lying off Southend. Something which he saw led him to think that all was not right, and he men tioned his suspicions to a man on board, saying, It's my belief we have been brought here wrong, and I don't mean to go any further." He could not, however, get ashore. The vessel started on Monday evening. Witness attempted to get into a pilot boat, but was prevented. The next morning he spoke to one of the lieutenants, and asked him what it all meant. He replied, "It means that we are to sink, burn, and destroy all Spanish property we can lay hold of, and the more you get the more money you will have." On nearing the light boat another boat came up with some men from Portsmouth. Witness jumped into it, and others followed his example. There was a great row, and threats were made to sink the boat if they did not return. Eventually they got away, and on reaching Portsmouth he walked about all night. On the following morning witness applied to the Mayor of Portsmouth for relief, and he was sent up to London as a dis tressed seaman, after receiving 2s. 6d. for relief. Mr. Hodgson, from the Treasury, stated that, although the warrant was issued some time since by Sir T. Henry, the police officers had only just succeeded in capturing the defendant ; and, as there were other witnesses to be examined, he would be glad of a remand upon the above evidence. The defendant was accordingly remanded for further examination. 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Other printed papeis or b oo ks (except those specified above), addressed t o th e 7 p f l h ac e e re s a m b u ov st e named,be enowriting, i ng, o liable r t o are persona on the s cep periodical t the an m e names works, and d pamphlets,ads of the th or e u resse & covers, ex to whomthey uh are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and a dd resses of the senders Any other writing, &c.will , render the packetsliable to letter rates of postage. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens firm. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 balm SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. GOODWOOD RACES.- THis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOODWOOD STAx sto 2 agst Special 7to 2 agst Black Prince 4 to 1 agst Midia colt Bto 1 agst La Fortune No other change. GERMANY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANKFORT, July 31. Civil Commissioner Midai is about to proceed to the headquarters of the army of the Blaine. BERLIN, July 31. Burgomaster Midler, of Frankfort, arrived here lad night, and will remain in Berlin until the ar rival of the King and Count Bismarck. He was received to-day by Count Eulenburg, Barons Werther and Von Heydt, and Herr von Savigny. THE FRANKFORT CONTRIBUTION.. VIENNA, July 81. The contribution imposed by Prussia upon the City of Frankfort has been reduced to 1 5,000,00i1f1., of which 6,000,000 have already been paid. Con.. sequently 9,000,000f1. only remain to be eou tributed. MUNICH, July 31. The Prussians continue their advance upon Upper Franconia. Mr. Gladstone and the Reform League. TO THE EDITOR. 11, Carlton House-terrace, S.W., July 30, 1866. Sir,—Mr. Beales , obligingly requested to see me on Saturday, when he placed the following letter in my hands. It is forged. In it I am made to declare that I sympathise with the Reform League, and that I was ready to take part in their projected meeting ; and the writer, who is an adept in his art, guards against discovery by deprecating a reply, and appears in the person of nay son, lest if he had written in mine the false hand writing should be detected. I request you to be so good as to publish the let ter, since it is only by publication that I can defend myself and others against similar fabrications, and the delusions they are intended to produce. Will you further oblige nie by returning the document, which is in original. I have the honour to be, sir, your very faithful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE. 11, Carlton House-terrace, July 26, 1866. (Strictly private and confidential.) Dear Sir,—My father requests me to say on his behalf that while he sympathises with the Reform League he cannot but feel that the cause which it espouses is likely to suffer through the lawless conduct of some who care nothing for Reform, but are only too glad of a pretext to indulge in riot and disorder. If you can arrange, "on the ground of general convenience," that your proposed meeting for Monday next shall take place on Primrose-hill instead of in Hyde Park, you will adopt a plan which will sift the " roughs" from the Reformers, and give an opportunity for some real friends of Reform to appear as independent supporters of your League. lam authorised to state, that not only my father, but some other influential friends of the people will address the meeting, if assembled, as herein suggested, on Primrose hill. Please do not answer this letter, as it may be convenient to be able to repudiate the idea of any correspondence having taken place between the Council of the Reform League and members or supporters of the late Government. If you think your cause will gain by admitting Parliamentary supporters as virtual members of the Reform League, speaking to the people out of doors as of them and with them, you cau readily make the re quisite change in your programme for Monday next. —Yours faithfully, W. H. GLADSTONE. Edmond Beales, Esq. LONDON GAZE I TE. Last Evening. WHITEHALL, JULY 28. The Queen bas been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.8., G.C.5.1., General Commanding her Majesty's Forces in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ire land, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Stratlinairn, of Strath nairn, in the county of Nairn, and of Jhansi, in the East Indies. OSBORNE, JULY 26. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon William Bovill, Esq., M.P., Q C., her Majesty's Solicitor-General. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieut. W. G. Stirling, Royal Horse Artillery, to be an extra Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Gifford Palgrave, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at the Ports of Soukhoum Kale and Redout Kale. INDIA OFFICE, Jurr 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Benson Max well, Knt., at present Recorder of Prince of Wales's Island, to be Recorder of Singapore. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Hackett, Esq., late Chief Justice of the Gold Coast, to be Recorder of Prince of Wales's Island. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 28. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Eye—The - 11L.djerge William Barring ton, of No. 19, Hertford-street, in the county of Middle sex, in the room of Sir Edward Clarence Kerriscn, Bart., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead, in the county of York. JULY 31. College of the Holy Trinity, Dublin—John Edward Walsh, LL.D., her Majesty's Attorney - General for Ire land, in the room of the Right Hon. James Whiteside, who has accepted the office of Lord Chief Justice of her Ma jesty's Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121, per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris that in Londor. The course of exchange at New York on London tor bills at 60 days' eight is 109 to 1091 per cent. At theso rates there is a profit on the importation ut gold fr,,m the thii ie 1 St es, In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been a moderate amount of business transacted. Operations in tea, however, have been restricted. •In sugar the deal ings have been to a fair extent, at full rates; while coffee, rice, - and cocoa have generally maintained former values. Tallow has been in fair demand for both present and future delivery, at steady rates. —gslTanhdis lperno be longing y t o and Mr. c o h a a reo m e : an .: (Wednesday)DESTRUCTIVE morning, FIRE IN aboutlCiNG s a L A quarterND no before A K D i u. six w lif ue , m h a a d p e p b e y ne p d:n ice t_h c e on p st r a e b m ie is 2 e 4 s 8 b (3 0 - 1 o'clock, afire, which at one time threatened great loss of a Norman , a tobacconist, hairdresser, trahoneadd.PaerdiTfuh:siseidisro'n, who at once aroused the en in ci tn e inmates, who carrying on business at No. 10, n o th r e ( 3w d i i st a a t tion, being pre ceded great difficulty managed to effect their escape in with the h with quicklyt t e h i the Royal Society's lev s a c t a e p r e. hav S i e n v g er b al een lan p d roc s u te r a e m a steamers , by Shand, Mason, and safety. manual b y er in eg C ai d o n Conductor fromunu Engineer u p e elr plenty the n i. t ,y i d BartonSse o h f East y London Company's Co., followed, t t h he e ir fl u ai s n u e a s l intrepid firemen b went to work in were destroyed. The origin of u t tn t e he fi y re w i e s r u e n u k n n a o b w le n t . o get extinguished raanil u e n r t ; il the shop and the contents REWARD OF COURAGE. —An Imperial decree in the Moniteur confers a gold medal of honour upon Madame Cornuau, wife of the Prefect of the Somme, for her courage and devotedness during the cholera at Amiens. The medal bears the following inscription :—" L'lmperatrice Eugenie h Mme. Cornuau. Epidemic cholerique d'Amiens, 1866." ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE VOL UNTEERS.—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. At the close of the movement the chief officers were summoned to the centre of the field, where they were addressed in complimentary terms by Colonel Erskine A deputation of directors of the Royal Academy of lfusic, consisting of the Marquis Townsend, Sir George Clarke, and Mr. K. J. Pyo, had an interview with the Lord President and the Vice-President of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, at the Privy Council-office, yesterday. The directors of the Scinde Railway Company have made a call of £3 on the shares in the Delhi Railway, payable on or before Aug. 28, making £5 subscribed. It is notified that shareholders who may be desirous of paying in full have the option of doing so until further notice. tout- ICI aS 0 CX- s in por- , e n to That !need rofu- isible vardS with o the too 1 103§ 35i I 121 22 li 75 6