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

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Do most Teat her 66, has he inn ince of was a a keen Iment ), ply be . :And, -3 COlll there used of 3CCMCd :smen ; awaY , re two their brace, rought Wales. abated in the 5 brace bad e, and if ested - even" of mis iearted arriV° after young n coat! rudged sat Caul' ;, were I seen• .plexed pretty miles proba st on e ;cd 11P ►e Will w ith at T ie f field arqui° at her :night that of 3 BOD:1" ) xpodk . ;erday e chil d police" Lorniog in oat) is the 3un ling en and iurdol riot s i° portio n raur on the ' IU - rLib Ur . toe d, to i d to b e Lucy °f 0 Ye ar° and the L aloo.° This 09, only j u t tho [eluded latter at least ;.- col-n° i , j u ry L . a r BIONEY XARKET AND C OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION OF THE RATE OF The I DISCOUNT. on — . g expected alteration in the rate of dis count has at last been realised, the directors having t his morning reduced the official minimum from 1 0 to 8 per cent. This movement has occasioned considerable satisfaction in all commercial quar ters, and it will no doubt lead to a renewal of activity in all departments of business. Within the past week the London and Coventry Banks have manifested more confidence in the stability of things by employing the large balances they have for a lengthened period kept idle, beside,s which go ld i s fl ow i ng i nto the vaults of the isank, owing to the favourable turn in the Foreign descriptions are buoyant, and the future is now full of promise. T here was a f ur th er i n fl ux o f go ld yes t er d ay a t the Bullion-office of the Bank, amounting to £73,000, which included 33,000 sovereigns. It has been reported that Messrs. George Little wento., W est I ndia merchants, have stopped pay- The liabilities are not large, and a favour rable liquidation is entertained. Me ssrs. Hopwood and Son, of Burnley, spinners 11(1 M anufacturers, have suspe n d e d p a y men t. Th e liabilities are estimated at between £70,000 and 40,000. Two o'CLocK. t h e 3 per Ce n t. R en t es , accor di ng t o R eu t er ' s e iegram from Paris, was 68f. 90c. Inanimate. d O wing to th e re d uc ti on i n th e m i n i mum ra t e o f e t : e i. °ll. nt the banks have reduced their rates of inte -" 11 Pon deposit accounts to 5} per cent., the L ondon and W es t m i nster, h owever, ma ki ng i t 1 o, e , r cent. und er f or l o d gments l ess t h an £5OO . Th e her priv a t e and joint-stock companies have made 4 Proportionate reduction. a The English Stock Market opened with a buoyant PPearance, cons uent upon the reduction in the r eq , t e of discount, and a moderate business has been ahg e tiated. Th e F un ds have i m p rove d f per cen t., c d the ton e o f a ff a i rs i s excee di ng l y satisfactory. °llBol s are 88f f or mone y, an d 881 I for the ac -3()lint The New Threes and Red uce d Annuities 84 re been dealt in at 878 -a; Exchequer Bills, June, P r em. ; Bank Stock, 245 ; India, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1038 4 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 93 ; and ditto Bo_ kw ,s, 18s. prem. In th e F oreign Stock Market prices have gene lailY improv e d. M ex i can h ave , h owever , d ec l i ned I ° while Spanish Passive have advanced to a' 19i 8 ; the Certificates, fto 14/ ; Italian, to 6, r -7 ; and the Brazili a n Scrip, / to 4, 34 dts. ; h 5 per Cents. are 26i and Greek 118. i t : er 'ean Securities show no important alteration t prices. United States 5-20 Bonds are 688 ; rl e shares, 42/ 43 ; and Illinois, 751. in moderate amount of business has been done 44 t he Railway Share Market, and in one or two a ', an ees prices are a shade higher. Caledonian Great Western have each advanced 10s., and an e at Northern A Stock, and London, Chatham, d rifi l .liever, each ss. ; while Great Eastern have e e e e n e d 5 5., Great Northern and North Western, a r-;, I °S., South Eastern, 155., and Brighton, £l. t„," -Lie Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit n 0 material alteration in values. d o Ba nk and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Lon (1,11 joint-Stock have improved to 41/ ; Consoli ;ted are at prem. ; London and County at 61/ 1 2 8, div. ; Anglo-American Teleg ra ph are quo ted g ' Credit F onc i er an d M o bili er of Englan d , 3 di * ; Hudson's Bay Co., 158 ; General Credit, 18 and National Discount Co., 7/ I prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. : betor.C4ecneto. Account, 9 881 1 k Per Cent• n d . ct .. , ew 3 • e in,A 871 1 Ne w per Cent II I r , W ° Cent. Jan. 3 1 per _ I I C s pr Cent. Jan. 1873 — lluities,e 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 ° /I for 30 ys, expire sth April, b° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 11 — tzarch. e. o v, qUer Bills,'' e 3 pin ° £1,000,3 per Cent. J un in £5OO 0 13 h i, Cs £lOO and £2OO D a-- I England Stock, 5 per Cent 0 AC a u — 1 )4 0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'tall Stock, 1 01 pe r Cent., AprillB74 2ll 0. Account D o 1031 I 3 L I • 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D 0. 4 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 93 to. Ctificates 1 ) 2. .. nfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 0u• 0 per Cent., Jan. 18i 2 D o ° ' 5 i per Cent., May 1879 _ 0, ) .. 1 feb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 i),, ends, £l,OOO — Pin u• ends, £l,OOO 18 pin 44 ~Th„„ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. In ,--"rie Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pin lira Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 0 44 4 5 per Cent _ °' 4 1 per Cont., 1852-58-60 1) 0 , 1863 D o 1865 — 0 1)° A -eee unt 7Ol 1 o ° . 4100 Bonds — B tie u 'L Se ri!), £65 paid D o s ' l ' Ayres 6 per Cent — b e £lOO Bonds — D 044 6 per Cent : :° 11 1)1:11013'1 11 :1 1 )6,i r a Pei n P;E: : r C. tepCen7eint. p C ta o i Cent. t . (Deferred 3 per Ce n t ) 1 ---_ 13 i n lla n a, , , ' Per Cent. , D is '', 3 Per Cent 1825 ~ uau„,`: Per Cent., 1864 ,.. b -vian Principalities tqu°,: i 'keeount Lo,--"er New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 6 Provisional Land Warrant — °„4l,)efrred o -1 1r 4° 7 Per Cent — t ~ Se 4100 Bcond Issue ° onds — BO xio I) 0 o . 1864 B4 Bonds b. Government Railway Debentures 79 dis reek c) ", o paid ° ° Per Ce n t s ., 1824-5, ex C ou p ons 13 °eo Unt L 0 °. Cou pons (111 . Account Ital.ten'ala 5 per Cent. — D iatl 5 Per Cent 1865 too A ccount — kteki: kft remmana Railway — oscati • Accou pernt Cent D o 1) 0 1864 ,klo b , 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French .5104videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid 0 -sh Imperial 5 per Cent tiß:NLand Warrants (Hectares) 1), ,ra , nad a b o 4 ,Per C en t ilvit , ;;' - 'eferred .6 0 -44 5 ti . Ac a unt er Cont., 1865 0 Do ,43,Per Cent. (Uribarren) i)„ 1 . per Cent., 1862 P ort;Aeeeunt 0 Kilese 3 per Cent., 1853 ,13 0 3APer Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60, .' 6 2 , '3 , ,ttikts°'-'eenunt pi Ittn 5 per Cent. , 1822, £ St BB O s :11 Per Cent 1850 D o ii Per Cent., 1860 Do Pei Cent. 1859 0 0 '' Per Cent 1862 874 Bard' :. Per Cent. 1864 9l 1 , D o lan 5 Per Ce n t N ) , 3) : cco uot 13-4&11... 3 Per C en t IP O '` Ni c estuat 1) 0 ,"7 Deferred — 00 •'eeount N Passive I:",l°.Aec4nint 191 _ ljpll Cert. of Coup not funded I, cre t tA c eolat ~, Do", 4 Per Cent. ___ •ettrki 9 - Per Cent 186,1 D o S A h 6 Per Cent. 1854 _ 00 'eeourit 0, - A P 5 r Cent. 1858 bo -'eeeunt bo 4100 Bonds ___ 6 _ b_ , Per Cent. 1862 ,u Account . • too 4100 Bou.(i; 00000000000000 000 50 0000000000000 0 0 5 6 Per Cent., 1863 D Per Cent 1865,p a id Scrip 26/ 0 .ik ec., ,,_ •, 26/ Neu per , ‘ „, -I '',. , 000 0 . ezer,ij Guaranteed 0, 6 ''' . per Cent. .0 0. Per C ent , 0. Account .... .. • L) . 61,)pier Cent, 1864 ............ ,k4,3tri vidowis on the above payablein Loudon. Lx. 10 Florins Cent.,lB .... 25 .. .. .... ----27 Loudon. Dot fr perel'art A F t . :l• ' .x. 12 Gull 4.111 4 1t:e0:111:::r P t15' e i r filP) ar 1861 E 25f. _ Q ' 4ece Cent' '4. 521 al olisoi,. ~ TWO O'CLOCK. ihtt ' form . 87i 8 Q A ec ,,, ~ , .................... • '''" 1' SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Share Railways. Paid.! P r i ce . done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian C‘itnbrian Cork and Bandon ~ Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Pertli, & A b.June E.London, :,trip Certi Glasgow ,t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland: Great Northern D A stock. Do. ti stock Do. ew, is. at 25 pu. Gt S, and \V. of Ireland tit. Western -Original D. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord, Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire J.-, Yorkshire Landoll and Blackwall Lou., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Davcr Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou. & North Western ,Lon. St South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension.... Xletropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share .Derb) ).lid Trent North Britisii Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun N th. Eastern— Berwick Do. U.N•E purchaec Do. Leeds Do. Yo”k Do. Car ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Siafloalshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish (),.A.:al Scot. N. E .Aber. stock 1)0. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Oevou South Eastern Staines, Wok., tt Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 'Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & White West Cornwall BRITISH I'OSSE Atlantic & St.La wrenee Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butf.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 187 . 2-3-1 Calcutta & B. E., lira 2a; e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. PI East. Bengal, gu., 5 do 'East IL dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred ...• G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do great W, R. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. C. Bds. pay. 187:1 )0. 5 1 dot pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Helix Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay , N. 111. C 'da, 6pc Ist pf.lis Scinde .- Do. Delhi al Do. do j erd Do. Punlaub... • • Do. Indus St. Flo WO XOO 100 all 100 100 68 90 122 124 85 45 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 111 113 •7 28 G 7 il9 L 5 126 91 93' 3.1 35 37 33 3$ 121 :25 83 85 19 20 117 )17ti 8) 91 56 57 i 29 130 2 3p' 104 10k 89 91 /22 It 2 I 91 ,)3 48 LO 22 21 104 ICO 118 176 90 127$ I ►oi 67 69 101 103 34 Ea 9 11 ti 119 121 I 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 73 76 45 47 65 66 7a 8 14 N 5 2 3; 100 103 53 65 1181 19 18i ISIONS. 53 55 93 100 Id ip 4 4i 71 70 80 60 6.5 100 102 991 MN 99 101 20 22 85 87 55 58 48 52 50 55 45 50 40 45 3i 3J 24 26 24 26 105 106 6 1p 1p 08 100 91 03 14i 141 54 3dl 91 9.3 83 85 1} 011 97 08 89 dl 85 87 100 tlOO 2 100 100 8 82 96 97 96 v 7 1n 95 96 97 } COLONI . O A II I I ., m G bi O a, V 6 E p R er NME NT SECURITIES. cent., Dec. 31, 187 9 lOO - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.,kJuly - 1877-81 Do. 6p. P.C.c Feb. & Aug 1 0 93 95 D. S P. e. Mar. & Sept 102 91 96 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 75 77 - Do. sp. e. Inscribed at 100 75 77 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 99 101 Du.Apl.&oei, 1890-1900 100 102 101 - Do. do: 1880-9: 100 102 101 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 100 100 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 80 8) - Ceylon, Nov. 18138, 6 p., 100 100 'O2 - Do. 1878, do. LOO itS 1.7 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. .1. 100 101 103 - Do. 1895, Feb. ct Aug lOO 143 105 - Natal ',ov. 0 per cent NO 97 100 - N.B.Gov.Bp.c.Ja.&July 100 93 92 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186(5. 100 90 92 - Do. 5 p.c: 183 to 1870 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189) 100 83 85 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling*, 1575 lOO 94 96 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 93 1 71 8 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards llO 102 101 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 102 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated. CO 6 7 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst. 1 410 430 - Drakewalls ?.1.0 * - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 15 17 - East Caradon 2 . 14.0 7 8 - East Carn Brea 3l 1 - East Grenville 9 .14.0 2 3 - Eat Gunnislake 8.3.8 - - East Love.l ... .. . 3.9.0 6i 74 - E. W'l Russell (Tavisik - Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. 66 - 4 Great L ixcy, limited., all 19 20 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 11 - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.e i - G. Wheal Vor 40 18 22 - Grenville 8.18.0 1} 2 - Elerod's Foot a ,10,0 30 32 - Elingston Downs 0.6 31 31 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 1 3. t .6 4 6 - Slarke Valley 4,;0.1 3 . 1 4 si w yndy Iron Ore, lin, 35 25 lid - New Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 8.4.0 - North Wheal Crotty 2.13. k t Prosper 7.1.6 - Pr .vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.; 20 25 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) !,+, 325 375 - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 179 -. Stray Park - • Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, all 3 5 1A 1 2 ‘ bleat l a l r a a s d s o e n t t ( ( 1 1, 11 t o s g k a e a n ; d . 9 _ 6 7 - West Chiverton - West Seton• Wh ea l Bassett ( Mogan 5; ; 80 85 - Wheal Buller atedruth 16 10 15 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 - Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.15.0 8 10 rICEFERENes snAtoc, Great Western Orig. pref. 4i per cent pf., 811 FOREIGN ItAILWAYB. Great Luxembourg, 121 i 3 W e st Flanders, 5a per cent. pf., gi FOREIGN st KR. Anglo 'Brazilian Gold, limited, i t dlB par Dun Pedro, Nunh Del Key, pra Alliance, lira.. 181.10 Consolidated Bans, lira., 4i 3 English and Swedish. lira.. 13 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ihn., 31 London and County, 614 London Joint Stock,:4os 11 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 10 oriental Minx Corporation, 43 2 Union of Australia, 46 Union of London, 431 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 128 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua. lien., 675 Commercial Union, Insurance, 5k 6 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 5 Discount Corporation, 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira., 45 Hudson's Bay, 15i London Financial Association, Um., 101 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 31 Nr.tional Discount uompany, 121 hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira, 65 " THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO," says the Nord, "is expected at Brussels. Her Majesty is said to have ex pressed a desire that no official honours should be paid her, either on her arrival or departure." CARDINAL CULLEN arrived in Dublin yesterday morning, and presided during the day at the religious ceremonies in Marlborough-street cathedral. THE LATE LORD PALMERSTON.—A plain marble slab has been placed in the north transept of Westminster Abbey to the memory of the late statesman. It is in scribod, "Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, October 18, 1865." TIIE PUBLIC DEBT OF TIIZ UNITED STATES.—The public debt of the United States in 1861, on the let of July, which is the close of their financial year, was only £10,930,797. In 1862 it had risen to £107,127,369 ; in 1863 it was £2 . 28,915,246; in 1864, £362,643,832; in 1865, $2,682,593,022, or £558,873,546. TIIE UNION.—We understand that the Fenians are about to hold a great meeting to celebrate the success laying of the Atlantic Telegraph cable, which accomplishes ono great object of Fenian ambition, by uniting Ireland with America. —Fun. TIIE LIVERPOOL INCENDIARY CASES.—At the Liverpool assizes on Tuesday two young men, named Sweeting and Williams, were each sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude; the former for setting fire to Compton house and destroying property valued at £200,000, and the latter for setting fire to a cotton warehouse and causing the destruction of X 30,000 worth of property. 272 2 if 1201 .231 6 } 531 3i 21, 2 1; THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1866. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) The lad 'Watson, aged 17, who was yesterday convicted of a heinous offence against Martha Hunt, aged 16, was brought up this morning for judgment. The learned Judge said, taking into consideration the recommendation of the jury, he sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBERY BY A SOLDIER. James Berry, a private in the Scots Fusilier Guards, was ndicted for stealing a watch. The prosecutor, a young man named Mathews, said he was at Lisson-grove, Paddington, on the 12th of this month, and there being in a public-house he met the pri soner and some other persons. lie paid for some beer for the party, and then left the house with the intention of going home. Oa his road he was pushed about by the men, and ultimately prisoner made a snatch at his watch, which he tore away and then ran off. He was followed by a witness named Castle, who never lost sight of him until he was captured by the former, and just as ho was being arrested he threw the watch away, which was after wards picked up and. identified by the prosecutor as his property. The evidence left no doubt about the matter, yet the prisoner strongly denied that he ever took the watch. The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty. A former conviction was proved against the soldier. The Recorder sentenced him to 18 months' imprison ment. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) James Leary and James Gulliver surrendered to an in dictment charging them with stealing a quantity of seed from St. Katherine's Dock. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced Leary to 12 months' and Gulliverlto 9 months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.—A young man named William Poole, a shoemaker, was charged before Sir R. Carden, with attempting to rob Emily Bastin of two leather bags, her property. _ From the evidence of the prosecutrix, a young unmarried lady, it appeared that yesterday evening about 9 o'clock she was going up Queen-street, City, and had the two bags in question in her hand, when the prisoner snatched at them, but she succeeded in retaining them. He then ran away, and about five minutes afterwards she saw him is the cus tody of a police officer. Sir R. Carden—Did he pull the bags very violently ? Prosecutor—Yes, and the chain of one of the bags was broken, and the handle of the other was torn off. A Police-constable of the City force said that last even ing, while he was on duty in Watling-street and Cannon street, he saw the prisoner running towards him and stopped him. The prosecutor immediately afterwards came up and gave him in charge. The prisoner said to him that he saw some others running and that he ran too, and he denied being the party who made the attempt to rob the lad. He stated further that he had been staying at a house in Church-street, Shoreditch, but could not give the number, and that he had come up from Nottingham. One of the officers of the court said he thought the pri soner had been in custody before, but he did not recollect, under what circumstances or whether ho had been con victed. The prisoner denied this, and repeated iu substance the statement he had previously made to the policeman ; and upon examining his hands it appeared that he had been lately at hard work. The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow, in order that some inquiries might be made respecting him. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE LONG VACATION. The long vacation has just commenced here, but one Commissioner remains in town to take ordinary applica tions, the principal business of the court standing over until November, when it is expected to be unusually heavy. At present it is purely formal. The American Navy. A visit to the navy-yards at Washington and New York will afford a convincing proof of the de termination of the Americans to profit by every lesson which they learnt during their recent war. During the last three years of that great struggle the ingenuity of the people was turned solely to the improvement of warlike appliances, and conse quently the lists in the Patent-office include compa ratively few inventions intended for manufacturing or domestic purposes. All the skill of a sharp-witted race was bent upon a particular subject, and the number and variety of new arms or plans for con. strutting iron ships which were laid before the Go vernment are past calculation. The necessities of the weaker side led to the first and greatest invention of the war—the ironclad. The Merrimac was cut down and covered with old railway iron, at the sug gestion of a Confederate naval officer, and, although the regular navy will not concede that the idea ori ginated with the " rebels," yet there can be no doubt that when the Merrimac began it 3 terrible work, the North had no veztsel fit to match her, but they soon produced an imitation of her which was far better than the original. From that time to the present the improvement of ironclads has been' the constant aim of the Navy Department. It has tried every suggestion that seemed to have a reasonable prospect of success, and it is the simple truth to affirm that every Monitor which is launched is stronger and more complete in all its details than the one which preceded it. With our present knowledge, at least, it is difficult to point out any part of these formid able vessels into which an improvement can be in troduced. The labours of the Navy Department have doubt less been greatly facilitated by the fact that the ad ministration has not been subject to constant and sudden changes, such as take place in our Board of Admiralty with every change of Ministry. One set of men, understanding their business thoroughly, and with a perfect recollection of all that has been done in the. Department, have had the American navy under their control for years past. There has, therefore, been steady and continuous work ; in ventions have not been dropped because the first officer has been. removed, nor has any inventor suf fered on account of the reluctance of a new staff of officials to accept the responsibilities and engage ments of the old. The officer who has been sent to Europe in charge of the Miantonomah has been Assistant-Secretary of the American navy through out the war, and the chief bureaus remain as they were in 1861. Most of the heads of these bureaus received their appointments in reward for some im provements which they had discovered. The Depart ment is not embarrassed by party ties, nor have its chiefs to study family interests, and thus it is left free to do its work in its own way, and, as there is no representative of the Government in Congress, there is not even the check of "questions" or notices of motion upon the action of Mr. Wellcs and his colleagues. All that the people ask for is that their fleet shall be made the most powerful in the world. The Navy Department promises to give them that, and if there is any question about its having ac complished its purpose to-day there will be none a few years hence, if they advance_as swiftly, and we and other European nations move as slow, as at the present moment. The whole principle of rifled ordnance, as is well known, is being abandoned by tie Americans. Their argument is that they care nothing for high velocity so long as they can throw the heaviest weight of metal possible from a vessel which can go close to the object of attack, and be itself almost impregnable to attack. Such a vessel they believe they po2se3s in the Monitor. They do not want high velocity. Their plan is to get to close quarters with the enemy and destroy him by superior weight of metal. The smooth-bore invented by Rear- Admiral Dahlgren, and improved by Rodman, is indisputably the most efficient application of this particular principle. The Americans maintain that their cast iron is very superior to ours, and it is cer tain that, although every Dahlgren gun has been severely tested before being sent from the yard, very few indeed have burst. It is the 15-inch gun of this kind with which the latest Monitors are armed, but it is soon to be superseded by a 20-inch, which the naval officers at Washington believe will be the most serviceable and destructive gun known to the world. - A better gun than the Dahlgren may still be found, but an engine of war more perfect than the vessels intended to carry them it is hard to con ceive. The Monitors were at first built with a single turret, but almost all that are laid down now have two turrets, and carry four guns instead of two. The Tonawandah, which is now laying off the Navy Yard at Wazthington, is one of the latest turned out, and it is in all respects l ike the Miantonomah, at pre sent on a visit to Europe. The turrets are of iron, 11 inches thick, and the guns inside, by a clever piece of mechanism, can be rased or depressed easily by a slight movement of the hand. The turret itself can be lowered in a few minutes, and a plate of iron slid over the porthole, so that there is no weak point left for the enemy to make a mark of. Down below the vessel seems to be all machinery ; but she has room for her crew of 160 men, all told ; and, al though the landsmen may not covet the quarter where this crew are stowed, as a matter of fact, American sailors prefer a Monitor to any other description of vessel. This may, perhaps, be owing to the fact that they have less work to do in her, for there is no rigging to look after, and the sea washes the deck of the Monitor when she is out on a voyage, so that all deck labour is taken off the hands of the crew. Moreover, after the visitor to the Monitor has spent half-an-hour in her he will have a better opinion of the quarters as signed to the men. There is room to stand upright in them and they are safe against shot, for they are be low the water-line, and seven inches of oak and five inches of iron are between them and the water. Any danger must come from shells above or torpe does below, and in action, battened down, the crew of a Monitor must die together if any mischance occurred. But it would be remarkably good prac tice which enabled the enemy to pitch a shell on to the flush deck of a Monitor, which only stands three feet out of water, and would prove an uncertain mark at the distance of half a mile. As to the torpedo, some of our own naval officers have concurred with the Americans in thinking that Monitors as they are now being built have little or nothing to fear from these instruments, and it is of course in har bours only where they could encounter them. The officers' quarters are as comfortable as any true sailor can desire, and they are now being fitted up with some attention to elegance and finish. There are bath-rooms and pantries, and the cabins are in every respect more roomy than those in an ordinary pas senger steamer. The draught of a Monitor of the size of the Tonawandah is only 13 or 14 feet, her tonnage being 1,564. She carries four engines of about 1,400-horse power, and is fitted with appa ratus for pumping down the air from the turrets and for condensing steam, similar to that which the Miantonomah carries, and which was recently de scribed in these columns. The Tonawandah is about 300 feet in length and 57 feet beam. Most of the new vessels of her class are being built of exactly the same dimensions. A ram has long been under construction in New York which most people now look upon as an eccen tric rather than a useful development of the ironclad theory. It is called the Dunderberg, and is intended to carry a heavy armament, broadside awl turret, beside the formidable ram at her bows. This ram may be detached without injury to the vessel, but the Dunderberg is too unwieldly to please naval men. Her tonnage is 5,090, and her plating thicker than that of the Monitors. It must be this vessel which Sir John Pakington alluded to in the House of Commons as intended to combine " three distinct means of attack—the broadside, the turret, and the ram bow." There is no other of the class in any of the navy yards. It is not, however, to the construction of iron clads that the naval authorities in the United States are confining themselves. They are build ing 20 " cruisers," intended to do the work which made the Alabama and the Shenandoah famous, only to do it much more effectually. They are the most graceful and beautiful vessels in appearance that were ever seen, and our own naval officers w h o hay° boon to the New York yard a):0 tho fait to declare that they are far superior to any vessels' of the same kind in the British fleet. Their bows are as symmetrical as the bows of a yacht ; they are built to run 17 knots an hour, and may be depended upon for 13 or 14. They carry from 18 to 20 guns, and, without a doubt, four or five of them could commit dreadful havoc upon the commerce of any nation. They have four smoke stacks, or funnels, and all their engines are of the most complete and perfect construction ever known. The injuries which the Alabama inflicted upon commerce taught the. Americans the wisdom of furnishing themselves with means of retaliation. They began these cruisers during the war, and have not desisted from building them because the war is over. They will finish the whole number to be in readiness for service at any future time. The Admiralty has had its attention directed to these cruisers on several occasions, but it is very doubtful whether we have at present any vessels in the English fleet which possess their powerful armaments and great speed. Three or four of them are completed, and have been tried with complete success. Besides guncasting and shipbuilding in the Ame rican navy -yards, there is always some new tor pedo or shell under trial. There is an expanding torpedo which throws out huge arms when it is fired, and shells which would destroy a Monitor, if any 511311 could.' The authorities are also proud of a little machine for making percussion caps at the rate of 25,000 a day, invented by a workman in the yard. Economy and efficiency are the two ends sought for in everything by Mr. Welles and his subordinates, and if they sometimes fail they have undeniabbly given the United States a naval force capable of holding its own against any that the European Powers could bring against it. When the vessels now under construction are completed the American fleet will include 75 Monitors, 401 screw or paddle steamers, and 112 sailing vessels— carrying in all 4,443 guns. In January, 1861, 68 vessels made up the whole Americon fleet. In the difference between the fleet in 1861 and 1866 is to be found the best illustration that could be given of the vigour and energy of the American navy de partment.—Times. 3IARLBOROUGII-STREET. CAPTURE OF BURGLARS.—John Williams, 17, described as a carpenter, and Alfred Croft, 16, errand boy, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting burgla riously to break into the dwelling house of Mr. Foster, tailor, No. 46, Poland-street, Oxford-street ; and Mr. Cleak, watchmaker, of No. 16, Tyler-street, Regent-street. Sergeant Cole, an expert officer of the C division, said— About a quarter-past 10 o'clock last night I saw the two prisoners, and two others not in custody, in Little Wind mill-street, near a publichouse, and knowing all of them I followed them into Silver-street, and afterwards into Mad dox-street, Regent-street, where I saw them go into the doorway of No. 17. After standing talking a short time they all left and went to Foubert's-place, Regent-street, where they stood in consultation for a short time. They then walked away, and a few minutes to 12 they went to the door of 46, Poland-street, and I saw Croft place a " jemmy " close to the keyhole, Williams standing by his side, and the others near. They did not succeed in opening the door, and left. After standing at the corner of Marlborough street for a, short time, they went to Tyler-street, Regent street, and went up to the door of a watchmaker's (No 16), and Croft took the "jemmy " from his pocket, and forced it three times between the door and the doorpost—this being about ono o'clock. Some persons in the house making a noise, they all started off. I followed them, and at the top of King-street seized the prisoner, but the others ran away. Croft, on the way to the station, threw a piece of candle on the ground, and afterwards handed me the jemmy, which he took from his pocket, saying—" Here, Mr. Cole, you may as well have this." On searching the prisoners he found seven lucifers on each. On examining the doors this morning I found one mark between the door and doorpost of No. 46, Poland-street, and also similar marks on the door of No. 16, Tyler-street, all correspond ing with the " jemmy." A young man in the employ of Mr. Foster said there were no marks on the door before last night. Mr. Cleak proved finding some marks on his door this morning, and stated that his wife, hearing a noise, got up, and that no doubt alarmed the prisoners. Sergeant Cole asked for a remand, which was granted. As the prisoners were leaving the court Croft said— " Cole, we'll take a stretch (12 months' imprisonment) for our bit." • SHAMEFUL CONDITION OP A COAL MERCHANT'S HORSE. —David Crane, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Henry Stockman, of Belmont Wharf, York-road, coal merchant, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the instance of Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly illtreating and torturing a horse by working it in an unfit state. From the evidence of George Monnery, officer of the society, it appeared that ho saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a coal waggon, and noticing that the horse appeared to be in agony ho examined it, and found two large discharging wounds on its shoulders and the col lar pressing into them. Tho defendant told him that he was obliged to go out with the horse. In answer to - Mr. Tyrwhitt, the defendant said that he had told his master of the horse's condition, and that if anything happened he would have to pay for it, and he was ordered to take out the horse. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the defendant on his own recog nisance, and ordered the officer to summon the defendant's employer. THAMES. CHOLERA AND liUM.—Abis Lovet, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and disorderly. Dickinson, 46i K, stated that ho found the prisoner drunk and riotous in a public street in Stepney last night, and surrounded by a disorderly mob. The prisoner, in defence, said she was a nurse, and had been attending cholera patients yesterday. One of them died, and the relatives of the deceased gave her a largo quantity of ruin as an antidote, and it made her drunk and forget herself. Mr. Partridge—How very disgraceful this is. In the midst of the awful visitation in this district, and after the death of a person you attended, you get intoxicated. Go your way. You are a bad woman. SMUGGLING ON BOARD A STEAMER.—Willialll Smithers, the steward of the Baron Osy, a steamer trading between London and Rotterdam, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with smuggling Vbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. William James Game, a Custom-house officer, stated that he went on board the Baron Osy this morning, at the St. Katherine Dock, and asked the prisoner if he had any goods in the ship liable to duty. The prisoner exhibited half a pound of tobacco and 25 cigars ; and said that was all ho had on board. Ho searched the prisoner's pantry, and therefound in ono drawer, under some corks and other things, 3ilbs. of Cavendish tobacco. In another drawer I discovered 11b. mole of the same sort of tobacco, in all 411bs. It was cr foreign manufacture. The duty and value was 255. The Prisoner—That is all true. lam very sorry for it. I will not do it again. Mr. Partridge—You are fined 255. The money was paid. EX ERAO TB FROM " PUNGII." THE UNITED STATES.—England and America. TELL US, IN A WoßD.—When the Park rascals come --what they ought to get—and who ought to deal with them ?—Nos—knocks—Knox. When is a crop likely to be deceptive 2- - When it is all your rye. THE FASTEST THING GOING.—A hunting watch. ETIDENT.-With what material ought the needle rifles to be loaded ? Gun cotton, of course. WHICH WAY TIIE CAT SHOULD JUMP, Several scoundrel garroters have been soundly and pro perly flogged at Manchester. As ono of Mr. Dickens's ladies remarks, " Their owls was horgaus," and organs which, we hope, will intimate to the garrotting world generally that society is pleased to soo the cat jump in such a direction. PRIVATE MEETINGS. It is believed that some steps will be taken to arrange private meetings, so that in future no interruption may be caused. At present these meetings are conducted very loosely, in some instances improperly, and to servo pur poses which cannot be defended, while information as to what has been going on is frequently offered by some one who has been inside. The fact of a police-officer being able to force Lis way into a private room during an important inquiry has given rise to considerable comment, and will probably be .brought under the notice of the Lord Chan cellor. MARKE TS. --This Day. -- s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day. Prime breeds moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise, the demand was inactive at Mon day's decline. The top price was 5s 6d per 81b. We had a fair sale for sheep—the show of which was tolerably good—at full quotations. Downs and half-breds realised 5s 10d to fully Gs per 81b. Lambs were dull at late rates, viz., from Gs 8d to 7s 8d per 81b. The inquiry for calves was inactive, yet prices were supported. In pigs next to nothing was doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. ads d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0 Pincers-wool sheep 5 2 5 S Second quality do ..4 2 4 8 Prime 6'thdown ao 5 0 0 0 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large coarse calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c.. •.5 4 5 r Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb.... 65 8d to 748 d. Suckling calves, 2)s to 235; anc' quarter-old store pigs, 30s ;0 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 420 Cows. Beasts 1,2C3 Cows. — Sheet, and lambs 12,630 Sheep and 14mbs Calves 3t2 Ca yea 259 Viga 3OO t.Pigs ‘ 50 MEAT. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are only moderate, and the trade is inactive, as follows : Beef, 3s Sd to 4s 10d ' • mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs ; new do, £3 Ss to £4 4s ; old clover, £5 Os Od to £6 6s Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 12s Od; new do., £3 8s to £4 5s Od ; old clover, £5 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £1 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade du'l. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 I.os to £5 I.os Od ; new do., £3 5s to £4 4s ; o'd e'o ver, £5 ;is Od to £6 lOs Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to .£2 8s per load. Supply moderate. The Austrian Forces on the Adriatic. -0-- (From the Times .211ilikL,w Correspondent) GORTZ, Aug. 9. Last night the road between Trieste and Gortz was full of marching troops, cheering and making merry as they passed along, for the Italians have no zundnadel-gewehr, and meet the Austrians with the straightforward up and down fighting which they love, and in which lies their strong point. The country which will probably be the scene of future battles is the plain at the head of the Adriatic, which has been to all appearance formed by the debris washed down from the mountains which enclose it on three sides. Favoured by nature in its climate, its soil, and in the nume rous streams which water it, the hand of man has not been wanting. The rivers which descend from the steep faces of the mountains bring down with them quantities of soil and stones which fill up their beds, and would soon transform the whole sur rounding country into a marsh were not their banks attended to and kept up. As it is they are elevated above the soil, and their raised banks afford ram to support those actually parts behind which may be hid the troops intended while by cutting the banks the country can be inundated. This rich and cultivated plain is popu lous and covered with towns and villas, the latter always surrcuuded with high walls or hedges, furnishing many defensive posts ; and, combined as they are with numerous small canals and stone walls, rendering the ground very unfavourable for the action of cavalry. It is seldom that great moun tains rise abruptly from the plains at their feet. As a rule there is first undulating ground, then steep hills, then the buttresses, and finally the peaks, but the south side of the Alps, looking down upoa Italy, is strangely abrupt, and rises so steeply from the plain as nc havelos n the g h appearance of a vast snow-topped wall garden at its foot. From the mouth et e of the Po to that of the Isonzo the borders of the sea are neither ocean nor land, but a combination of the two. Large lakes only one or two feet deep surround the mouths of the rivers and canals, the beds of the latter being cut through three lagunes as they are called. Oppe3ite their mouths, and defending them from the turbulence of the sea, are numerous islands, some mere sandbanks, others more important, but which in all cases act as breakwaters, co that ships can lie safely in the canals within their shelter. Springing from surrounding mountains, and radiating towards the lagunes, are nine principal rivers, the Po, the Adige, the Bacchiglione, the Brenta, the Piave, the Livenza, the Tagliamento, the Ansa, and the Isonzo. During the time of the truce the Italian army was pr:_ncipally on the Tagl;amento, stretching out their outposts nearly to those of the Austrian army,which was concentrated in front of Gortz; but having heard of the reinforcements daily arriving to strengthen the corps opposed to them, they drew in their out posts as the time for a recommencement of hostili ties approached, destroying, it is said, all bridges and means of approach, and have now withdrawn to the mountains on their left. The Austrian troops pushed forward early this morning, many of the late arrivals who were quartered in the town leaving at 3 a.m. The additional 24 hours' truce will give time for further reinforcements to come up, and armies are making their way to Villach and Brinen, so as to be ready for the moment when, all hope of arrangement over, the north of Italy shall again become a prize for the strongest. The railways have been entirely taken up for the conveyance of troops during the last few days, and the postmaster honestly says that he cannot tell when letters may reach Vienna, as it is no easy mat ter for the mails to struggle past the numerous and slow going military trains that follow each other at intervals of less than an hour. The Archduke Albrecht arrives to-morrow with his Staff. Everything looks like war, and yet it is almost impossible to believe that Italy will risk so much for the prospect of so small a gain. FEMALE BEAUTY.—The plainest face is redeemed by a lovely skin and colour; the mist beautiful is not per fect without it. Paints and powders are absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but the silly wearers gentlewoman of rank, s to impart to every one oem t those shehi philanthropic i ts n he o rxo u , p s ic a c p hm p oo l applications. motives, oor, the means of procuring the et i" most oot v beautiful u and t i f o naturalp o o s i ycomplexion means.—Send wholesome, simple, ff -end stamped di rec t e d N envelope for particulars to Mrs. GRA.. TLEY, 4, Connaught terrace, Hyde-park, London, W.—(A DTT.) FALLING DEAD IN THE STREET. -.—A n inquest was held on Tuesday evening by Dr. Lankester, at the King's Broad-street, Bloomsbury, on the body Head Tavern, of a man unknown, ve app ar ently about 60 years old, who fell suddenly dead in George-street, St. Giles's, on T a, Monday afternoon last, as witnessed by a woman named Mary Driscoll. Police-constable 166 F, with assistance, convoyed the body to St. Giles's workhouse. Mr. William Bennett, who made the post-mortem exa mination, found the body very badly nourished. There was no appearance of food in the stomach. The deceased had undoubtedly been a very great rum drinker, and the cause of sudden death was a failure of the action of the heart through valvular disease. Mr. Bl a ke r e v d in t g he tools and pieces of bone Property found on the ( d c o o o r e o a n s o e officer)v viz., se v e p i r a o l d u o a c and ivory, on one of which there was a head in course of cupawnbrokers' duplicates (fora tti. T vice, in n h t e h r w the name e two of "John Richards," and for a vest, "John Moore"), a sermon on " The Life of God," and a temperance ticket dated March 19, 1866, bearing the following declaration :—" I, John Richards, agree to ab stain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and in all suitable ways to discountenance their use throughout the community." A pair of spectacles, a comb, needles and thread, and a halfpenny completed the list of property. The deceased had slept in a neighbouring lodging-house, but, like most others who had bacome reduced in circum stances, refused to give his name. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes, accelerated by habita of intoxication." THE MOORS AND FORESTS. Earl De Grey and Ripon, accompaniedbya distirguished party o: gentlemen, shot on Dallowgill Moor on Monday. The Princess of Wales and the Countess de Grey and Ripon had a drive in the same direction, and then rode on to the moor on ponies. The opening day on Monday upon the north-eastern moo:s, lying between the Derwent, the Tees, and Vale of York, was a capital one for sport. The weather was cloudy and still; in consequence the utmost caution was requisite to come within shot, after a few rounds had been fired. The moors were wet from the late heavy rains, but by day light some of the old hands had made capital bags, and at noon grouse were obtainable at 7s. 6d. per brace. The birds are healthy, strong, and tolerably numerous, and it is only occasiorally that a barren pair are seen. The alarm ing reports o: death by scores and old birds barren, re ceived from the north-western hills, are generally disbe lieved; at least there is no si , rn of such discouragement hero. Some of the old moor rangers say they never had a better opening, nor birds in better order. The Sheffield btlependent rays :—" For twenty-five years we never remember a more enjoyable opening day than Monday. The weather was neither too hot nor too cold ; there was a good scent, and the birds wore far more numerous than had been anticipated, though certainly the crop was far less than last year. This year, under the new regulations on the Bradfield Subscription Moors, the shoot ing commenced at ten, instead of at nine o'clock, and ter minated at five, instead of at six. This led to a good deal of grumbling. On the whole, however, the short time system has great advantage. The late rains had made the birds very wild, and we saw several large packs which, during the day, kept far out of the way of breech and muzzle loader. Nevertheless several good bags were made; the old hands making up for the delay in starting by shooting through without enjoying the usual hour for luncheon." Our Barnsley correspondent states that on the ex tensive moors running from Yorkshire into Derbyshire and Cheshire the grouse shooting was inaugurated on Monday, and although the prospects of large bags were anything but cheering, there was a goodly number of sportsmen on the principal grounds. Yesterday, the wind being strong and some little rain falling, the number, of bids krled was not so large as on the previcus day. Although the shooting so far has been tolerably good, yet birds are by no means so numerous as they have been in previous years, and the probability is that the season will not cont'nue so long as it has previously done. On several of the most extensive ranges, like those of Mr. Stanhope, the7e has been no shooting as _yet, and: on several of the moors a large number of young birds have been found dead on the ground, no less than 100 having been counted be tween what is known as Stepping Stones and Saltersbrook, a distance of three miles. The Scotsman says the season Las opened in Perthshire under the most unfavourable circumstances. For a week previous heavy showers of rain fell at intervals daily, and Sunday especially was very Wet and unsettled throughout. Monday morning dawned With the hills enveloped in mist, accompanied by a thick drizzling rain ; and about mid-day the fog became more dense, and was followed by heavy rains, which continued up till a late hour. In consequence of the almost continuous ,rains, the heather and ground were completely saturated, and only a few of the more keen sportsmen ventured out ; and long be:ore evening they had to beat a retreat home, owing to the pelting rain and dis agreeable state of the moors. We only heard of a single party of two guns which bagged in the course of three hours 20 brace of game, and the birds are represen t e d as b e i ng " drooket" and inclining to p...ck in consequence of the ex cess of rain. The accounts we have lately received from Breadalbane and Athole are highly satisfactory as regards the abundance and condition of grouse. The coveys, in cluding the old birds, range from eight to ton each, and ptarmigan on the higher mountains are unusually nume rous, and in splendid condition. It is stated, also, that blackcock are more plentiful than in the average of years ; but the young birds are scarcely so well grown as they were at th 3 corresponding period last yea-. The reports from the various forests of the county are highly encouraging for deer stalkers. The late trains on the various railways yes terday afternoon did not convey many boxes of game to the south, which too plainly showed that shooting had been by no moans general. The season which commenced on Monday is expected to be a good one for a sportsman; more so, indeed, than was anticipated two months ago. All along the weather has been favourable for the grouse. Last year the shooting was very close and successful, but although an unusually la-ge number of birds were killed a sufficient remnant was left as stock for this years crop. This point is care fully provided for in almost all leases; but whether or not, no true sportsman would overshoot the ground in his occupancy. During winter there were some severe storms, but they were not of such duration of in tensity as to cause a heavy mortality among feathered game. Hares suffered considerably. Spring was late, which kept back hatching somewhat, but ultimately the weather was as genial as could be desired. Nesting looked well, but the number of eggs were under the average of last year—ono of the best grOuse seasons for a lengthened period. The average may be stated at from eight to nine. During hatching a singular and unknown disease made its appearance among the hills. It was not the old grouse epidemic, but scarcely less deadly in its results on those moors affected. The mortality was principally amongst the males, and so heavy was the deaths on some hills that 40 or 50 birds have frequently been picked up in the com pass of a few yards along the hill streams. Gamekeepers at tiibute the disease to the drought, as so soon as there was a fall of rain it suddenly disappeared. Fortunately the ravages were somewhat local, but we ars inclined to think that the loss of the birds all over Perthshire has been pretty considerable. Thero were few barren birds, and the particularly warm and diy weather during the incu baLio a in a great measure made up for the destruction through the disease. If anything, there was a want of moisture for the young broods ; but the extreme and con flailed drought had this effect at least, that there were no deaths from the flooding of nests. On the whole, there fore, the stock of birds, though below that of 1865, is at least an average, and very fair sport may be looked for. The wcrst weather we have had has been during O. pre sent month, and the hills are a little spongy i n parts. The sent month, and the hills are a little spongy in P a 1 for young broods on a few of the hills are sca rcely rea d - the gun, but generally they are well gro wn d . , On the Bre a o n the moors a:bane ranges there is a very fair stock, and, the county the F o of Strathearn and the western shooting districtseei:.s Past sportsmen d y appearances are promising. 0 r o f their time to angling, w ee w the gentlemen have devetedt part ti - ucc ess. In short, every train brings have heen arriving at the ng l o d g es, and many of a nd in the Highlands gre a t ma de for opening the season.-- e fear a ho with host but of s i n poerietffesinreen n preparaeons have b Edinburgh Courant. PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE. _y es terday, nearly 500 persons, adults and chil dron, w ho had resided in Ship -yard, St ran d , and Serle's place,in compliance with notices received from her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Works and Buildings, removed from their dwellings, which are required for the site of the new Courts of JUSaC9. Some of the persons evicted re ceived compensation in Sums ranging from £2 to £l5, the amount dependin g upon whether they rented shops or rooms. Many cases of peculiar hardship occur in the eviction of a class of hard working and industrious persons who rent furnished rooms, or single men who reside in lodging-houses. Such persons are not entitled to compen sation under the act. The rent of hollow in, other places /4414 la gaNgl fully 50 pet teat. Cannabalism in the Pacific. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 16. Advices received by the Norseman state that a boat's crew, belonging to the French war steamer Fulten, have been killed, cooked, and eaten by the natives of New Caledonia. The officers and crew of the Fulten, in retaliation, have taken summary vengeance upon the savages, killing every one they could catch in that neighbourhood, and setting fire to their villages. Over 150 were shot and bayoneted, besides those burnt.. Dr. Colenso has prohi!Ated clergymen from offi ciating in Maritzburg Cathedral who have not their licence to officiate in the diocese. JAMAICA. (REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) LIVERPOOL, August 15. The steamer West Indian has arrived here wit! dates from Colon to the 21st July ; Car'ihageaa, 24th ; and Kingston, 28th. The Jamaica papers are engaged in controversy relating to ex-Governor Eyre. The Gleaner says that a memorial is to be pre sented to the Queen for permission to present him. with a memorial. The Morning Journal exults in his departure, and advises that he and his acts be buried in oblivion. The rum duties are likely to be increased. Fall of Two Houses and Loss of Life. (This Day.) This morning, shortly after seven o'clock, the inhabi tants of Ely-court, Holborn-hill, wore thrown into the utmost consternation by the falling in of the back of two houses. At the time of the occurrence the houses contained about 40 persons, and were old and dilapidated. As soon as the dust had cleared away a most frightful scene pre sented itself, and the groans of those beneath the debris was heartrending. Men were at once set to work, when four persons wore extricated and carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. One man was found quite dead, and many more remain under the ruins. The cause of the catastrophe is unknown. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. CARDIFF, Aug. 15.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Pembroke Castle, for Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Caro line Harris, for Quebec. FALMOUTI; Aug. 15._Wind S.W.—Sailed—lmogene, for the Cape of Good Hope. CLYDE, Aug. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—E. M. Per mop, from Havanna. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Norse man, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the 13th of July. BRISTOL, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Evernas, from Trinidad. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thurssday Morning. Arrived, Aug.-15.—Germania, steamer, from Hamburgh, Veritas, from TJleaborg. Arrived, Aug. 16.—Exchange, Venice, Abeona, Water- Lilly, Ashford, steamer, and Meloria, from Constadt ; Me jufuron Penypinga, Caroline, and Fadrenas Minde, from St. Petersburg ; Napannah La Mer, Schralbe, and Maxims Allude, from Rigs; Rose Hill, from Windau ; Bethreda, from Dantsic; Fardig, from Slito ; Dantsic, from Nyland:; Shannon, from Nyham ; Warwick Castle, from Calcutta ; Collier, steamer, from Dieppe ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, Aug. 16.—Cologne, steamer, for Boulogne ; La tone, for Madras ; Lady Newborough, for Halifax ; Colona bine, for Canaries; Marchmont, for Quebec. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Aug. 16.--Alexandra, from Calicut, for London; Genova, screw steamer, from Liverpool for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens steady. Sales probably 15,000 bales. Vice-Chancellor Kindersley has appointed Mr. William Turquand official liquidator of the Cork and Youghal Railway. The tenders for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The proportions al lotted were—to Calcutta, £295,400 ; to Madras, £9,000 ; and to Bombay, £29,440. The minimum price was as before, Is. 10d. on Calcutta and Mad ras ; and Is. 100. on Bombay. All tenders at and above the minimum will receive in full. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1866. 1865. Great Western 81,546 79,431 North Western 131,576 131,469 South Western 29,414 30,942 Brighton Midland South Eastern 29,288 30,727 Great Northern Lancaster and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 8,719 North Es -stern 76,365 42,367 46,770 8,266 75,016 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,651 19,946 Great Eastern London and Chatham and Dover 14,667 14,611 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are, with a few exceptions, of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,115, on the Brighton of £3,644, on the Midland of £4,097, on the Great Northern of £1,740, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,520, on the Bristol and Exeter of £453, on the North-Eastern of £1,349, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £705, on the Great Eastern of £6, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £56 ; while the South-Western shows a decrease of £1,528, and the South-Eastern of £1,439. wasE x h E a C n uT ge r d o a N t O B F oA,elSooc77esit.—Jhn Grant, terda o yinornig a , i s n ol f d r i o c a r t , of the county gaol at Exeter, in the presence of some 6,000 persons. The convict did not shrink from the terrible ordeal, but before being pinioned shook hands with Cal craft, and at the given signal walked up to the scaffold with a firm tread. He was executed in his uniform. Death appeared immediately to follow the drawing of the bolt. Grant was sentenced to death at the last assizes by Mr. Justice Blackburn, for what was termed the Staddon Heights murder. He was a native of Ireland, 88 years of age, and was in the 13th Regiment, stationed at Staddon Heights, near Plymouth. Ho had previously been in the Indian army for 14 years, but abroad as at home he bore a very condemned a c c e t l e l r, ha be s drink. His victim was a little boy aged seven, the se Mr. Booker, a contractor, of Plymstock. He was missed from his home on Saturday evening, near e ea other evidences a bloody stick, besides which there were w o er f a murder. From foundtiling i s n ea a rc d h it b eh y his eu ssotrardodweionglipealigvhnttss,; his r dead 9, t therebody was both on the body and on the ground Juno and after a circumstantial crime was brought ffeums " -- 11 ,-„ n y deceased was last seen. The jury found him g uilty with but little hesitation. The ehvolindeente:Gpraunret'lyin whcdviemeanour at his trial gave rise stolidity of the t i hr ug ou m gh u o c c u lt e t roe b a fv d e e e d tr a i he c ne te o t f d l n sy t e h u ot t of e o_ convictsl impenetrable to moral aud but this has proved a mistake. His el:actor. Although he never wade a full conduct to religiousn t d h u e ct belief inintfih t ec most contrite Ice, confession ef . :.ssPassed m inistrations i ri enstbeenf repeatedly this t u e d him. i t t i h Y ! , w R i i ti e vo admitted.a d t lV t : W. attended O e v h d i n i s vu i s t es o e rt n d ly. , him,a Romanand whoCa thohG p was with him during his last moments. It is also said that he sen t a message to those of his comrades at Plymouth who were of the same communion as himself, begging them to intercede for him at the throne of mercy. His deep sense of his awful position seemed' to increase, and there is good reason to believe that a material change took place in his views in spiritual matters. From the very first he had accepted his fate with apparent resignation, and he is reported to have stated to one of his warders that he would walk as boldly to the scaffold as ho would to the battle field. The possibility of a reprieve seems never to have occurred to his mind. Indeed, so atrocious was his case, that there was not the least effort in that direction in his behalf. SCHOOL EXCURSION AND TREAT.—Yesterday about 600 of the children and friends of the Northern Schools of St. Martin-in-the-Fields marched, with flags and banners flying, from their schools in Castle-street, Long-acre, to Ludgate-hill station, where a special train was in readiness to convey them to the romantic common, St. Mary Cray, Kent. A very substantial dinner and tea were provided by the liberality of the parishioners and other friends. Cricket and a variety of rural games amused tho children during the day. In the evening a fire-bal loon and a display of fire-works called the children to gether for tho departure ; and they returned to their hcmes without an accident of any kind having occurred to mar the pleasures of the day, and grateful to their bene factors who had enabled t hem to s p end such a. happy day in the country. 100 st 1 20 20i 10 100 1 100 5 100 P 1 100 100 100 6.13.4 1204 f SL 4 U 1 46 i 654 5 8 93 i 100 I :".6 . 4 7 106 51 \~