The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-30 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The headquarters of the 31st Regt., consisting of 19 officers, 404 non-commissioned officers and men, 49 women, and 60 children, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Eagar, embarked yesterday at noon on board the screw steamship Avoca (on her ordinary passenger and goods traffic between London, Ply mouth, Falmouth, and Dublin) from Portsmouth Dockyard, for conveyance to Ireland. The left wing of the regiment will follow the headquarters to Ire land on Thursday next. The 31st has been rather a popular regiment during its stay in Portsmouth garrison, and the embarkation and departure of the headquarters yesterday was witnessed by a large number of friends of the officers of the regiment. Admirals Sir T. Pasley and G. G. Wellesley were also present at the sailing of the Avoca. It is a somewhat remarkable fact that not a man of the re giment was on the sick list at the time of the head quarters' embarkation. 'The remainder of the 56th Regiment embarked on Saturday at Portsmouth on board the merchant steamship Preussischer Adler, which the same after noon sailed for Portland and Weymouth. After disembarking there the 56th the Preussischer Adler will receive on board the remainder of the 67th Re giment, for conveyance to Queenstown, sailing for that port from Portland this morning. Letters received on Thursday by our Chatham correspondent announces the arrival at Quebec on the 12th inst. of her Majesty's steam transport Orontes, 500 horse power, Capt. W. Hire, with the 2d battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, from Gibraltar, on board. The regiment, on disembark ing, was to proceed to Montreal. The 2d battalion of the 17th Regt., which had recently arrived at Montreal from Halifax, had been forwarded by steamer to Toronto to strengthen the garrison at that station. The 47th Regt., which had been sta- tioned at Toronto, had received orders to proceed down the country, and. embark on board the Orontes, for conveyance to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The order for the return of the Ist battalion of the 25th (King's Own) Borderers to England had been countermanded, and at the despay,th of the mail the regiment was encamped at St. Helen's Island, where it was to remain during the summer.. The departure of the 30th Regiment from Canada had also been countermanded, and . instead of that corps proceeding to Jamaica to relieve the 2d Bat talion of the 6th Foot, orders had arrived out direct ing its detention in Canada. The whole of the offi cers and men were to be employed, in conjunction with the Royal Engineers, in the construction of additional defences and in strengthening the fortifi tions at Point Levi, opposite Quebec. The Star of India, hired troopship, having been inspected by Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., embarked the following officers and troops at Grave send on Saturday, under the superintendence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch and the officers of the Quartermaster -General's staff at Chatham, for con veyance to Bombay, to augment the various corps serving in that Presidency—viz., 7 men and 2 women of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, from Canterbury; 51 non-commissioned officers and men, 7 women, and 7 children of the Royal Horse Artil lery, from Maidstone; 108 non-commissioned officers and gunners, 12 women, and 15 children of theßoyal Artillery, depot brigade, from Woolwich ; 78 non commissioned officers and privates, 10 women, and 2 children of the Ist battalion Ist Royals, and one master tailor, one man, and 10 women of the 45th Regiment, from Chatham ; 15 men of the 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers from Shorncliffe ; and 3 men of the 108th Madras Infantry, from Gosport. The following are the officers who embarked with the above troops :—Cornet G. Watson, and Cornet J. Stuart, and wife, 18th Hussars ; Capt. C. E. New port, wife and child, Lieut. W. C. Black, and Lieut. J. Rudford, Royal Artillery; Capt. C. B. Steer, Lieut. J. B. Keith, and Ensign B. G. Booth, Ist battalion Ist Foot ; Capt. R. A. Taylor, 103 d Fusi leers; and Staff-Assist. Surg. Robertson, M.D., in medical charge ; giving a total of 10 officers, two officers' wives, and one child, 268 non-commissioned officers and men, 33 women, and 52 children. The Star of India left the Thames yesterday. The following officers and men of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, have embarked on board the chartered troopship Agamemnon, at Gravesend for conveyance to India—viz., Major Annesley, in command ; Capts. E. Harnett, A. P. Garnett, R. J. Somers, Lieuts. R.H. Verschoyle, G. C. Cheape, L. B. Cole, Cornets C. H. Currey, F. Shuttleworth, Lord C. G. A. Hamilton, G. W. W. Richardson, Paymaster J. A. Dyer, Adjt. St. John S. Taylor, Ridingmaster E. Corbett, Quartermaster Teenan, S•urg. G. Pain, Assist.-Sorg. 0. Barnett, and Vet.- Surg. C. Percivall, together with 11 staff-sergeants, 26 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, 5 farriers, 25 corporals, 349 men, 6 officers' wives and 7 children 59 women and 63 children. Col. Fraser, V.C., Capt. Cuning hame, Capt. Tempest, Lieut. Delacour, and Lieut. Preston all proceed to India overland. The follow ing officers of the 11th llussars have proceeded with a portion of the regiment in the Renown :—Lieut. M'Loughlin and Cornet Apperley. A circular has been issued from the Admiralty, dated July 20, stating that the Lords Commissioners, having had under their consideration the pay and position of inspectors of machinery afloat, and of en gineers in the Royal Navy, haVe been pleased, under the authority of her Majesty's Order in Council of July 6, 1866, to create a new rank of chief inspector of machinery afloat ; such officers to rank with pay masters in chief and secretaries to admirals of the fleet ; and to be paid full at the rate of £1 7s. sd. a day, or £5OO 7s. id. a year. These appointments will be held by the three inspectors of machinery afloat for the steam reserve, whose pay will be in creased to £5OO 7s. ld. a year accordingly ; and by the two assi s t an t s t o c hi e f en gineers in the steam factories, whose salary of £4OO a year will be in creased to £5OO. The full pay of other inspectors of machinery afloat will be L increased to £1 4s. Bd. a day, or £450 3 s . 4d. a year. Their Lordships have also, under the authority of thesame Order in Coun cil, granted ordinary pensio ns o f £ 4O a y widows of engineers in the e ven t o f their notar t beingo the entitled to the special rates of pension established for those whose husbands have been slain in action, drowned, or killed on duty, or have died from the effects of any injury or disease caused by extraordi nary exposure or exertion on service within six months after being first certified to be ill, and also compassionate allowances according to the follow inw scale for the children of engineers :—£s to £lO a year, ordinary compassionate allowance ; £6 to £l2 a year if the father was drowned or killed on duty, or died from injury or disease caused by ex traordinary exposure or exertion on service, within six months after being first certified to be ill ; £8 to £l4 a year if the father was killed in action, or died within six months of wounds received in action. The same regulations are to be followed in awarding these pensions and compassionate allowances as in the cases of widows and children of other officers. A naval court-martial assembled on Thursday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, y of Capt. E. Tatham, her Ma jesty's ship Bellerophon,cii Griffith for the trial of Second- Lieut. M. R. M. c on charges preferred by Capt. D'O. A pl i n for disobedience of orde rs given him by C a pt. Aplin, the cmm officer of ocer of the ship. The C ourt fowld the charges proved , v se ed r_ , and sentenced Lieut Griffiths to lose vice and to be dismissed from theltawdioator. The iron screw steamship Achilles, sdoved e 26, Capt a i n em from Edward W. Vansittart, w hi c h Was: the long-dock at Devonport on W e d lyi n g- at Moorings on the west sho re at 717'...isolnozew. 'When the Achilles was placed in dock it was Stated that one of her cylinders was split. This was not the fact. One or two of the ribs, or division pieces, in the side-valve ports were cracked through con traction, a casualty which is usual with all large castings. These cracks were soon repaired, and the Achilles is now waiting orders. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, at Devon port, was removed from Dock No. 2 at Keyham steamyard on Friday, and is under orders to be got ready for active service. it is reported that Prince Alfred, will be appointed to command her. The Galatea had a burden of 3,227 tons, and has engines of 800-hor se power. Four Palliser guns were on Saturday tested with perfect success at the proof butt ill the Royal THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1866, Arsenal at Woolwich, under the superintendence of I control than Portland was fill e d w i t h p i c k pockets Lieut.-Col. Freeth, Assistant-Superintendent of the from Boston and New York. On " Overend's Royal gun factories. These guns were formerly Friday" in the city of London some of the panic cast-iron 32-pounders and 24-pounders, and have stricken depositors received their money, and in a been converted into 64-pounders and 56-pounders few minutes after leaving the suspected bank were bythe.firm of Sir W. Armstrong and Co., at Elswick. eased of all further dread on its behalf and all fur- Twenty more of these guns arrived the same day at ther anxious care as to how it should be placed. In Woolwich, and will at once be sent to proof. A 64- I the surging crowds that beset Lombard-street pounder Palliser gun has also undergone a most I there were those who preferred taking the respon severe test of endurance. This was a 32-pounder, 1 sibility on themselves. It is in such scenes of dis weighing only 58 cwt. The test was as follows : , aster and misery that the ruffians reap their richest Two rounds, with charges of 161 b. of powder and harvest, and the United States furnish no exception 1501 b. cylinders ; 10 rounds, with charges of 201 b. to ether wealthy communities. of powder and 1001 b. cylinders; and, finally, 10 The Philadelphia lqquirer comments on the find-' rounds, with 161 b. of powder and 641 b. shells. The ing of a committee of the Chamber of Represents -1 shells were loaded with their fuze holes towards the tives in a matter where its dignity was concerned. powder, and, as the fuzes had been taken out, the In the course of a debate Mr. Grinnell, of lowa, , : flash of the discharge set fire to the powder in the called General Rousseau, of Kentucky, a coward, I 1 shells and burst them in the gun. It was generally and made merry over the assumed military incapa expected that this test would have burst the gun, city of that officer. The general was naturally or that it would have blown off the muzzle or other- indignant at the malicious attack, and he waited to wise have rendered it unserviceable; but beyond give Mr. Grinnell the opportunity to apologise. Mr. the one fact of the bore being scratched by the Grinnell, however, did not avail himself of this splinters of the shells no injury was perceptible, and opportunity ; so the officer armed himself with a the gun was loaded with the same facility and fired cane and gave Mr. Grinnell a switching, to which as before. It appeared from a subsequent examina- that gentleman submitted. The committee of the tion that some of the shells had burst before they house decided that General Rousseau had no right had moved, and that others had burst close to the to beat Mr. Grinnell, and that Mr. Grinnell had no muzzle 'of the gun. A number of 641 b. shot were right to slander Mr. Rousseau. They recommend then fired with 161 b. charges, but, instead of the i that Rousseau be expelled, and they express their shot being rammed home, they were only pushed 1 disapproval of the conduct of Grinnell. With this down to certain positions in the gun, so as to leave decision the Inquirer justly finds fault. It stands vacant spaces between the powder and the shot. To to reason, if Mr. Grinnell had not called General the astonishment of every one present the gun had Rousseau a coward, the latter would not have con not sustained the slightest injury. It was therefore Isidered it necessary to prove he was not by the "argu decided by the Ordnance Select Committee to put mentum ad hominuin." "Now without desiring to the gun through a supplementary trial to ascertain defend by the slightest implication the conduct of its maximum or highest power of endurance. Major General Rousseau, which we think undignified, Palliser has expressed great confidence in its foolish, unnecessary, and demonstrating nothing, strength, and states that he has no fear of the re- I except that he has a touch of- the bully in suit of anyreasonable amount of proof, even beyond his composition, we cannot refrain from ex what is absolutely nec es s ary. The trial, it is ad- I pressing a belief that the conduct of Mr. milted, has already borne out the anticipations of I Grinnell deserves every punishment and cen the inventor and manufacturers, and has fully justi- sure which can be inflicted upon his adversary. fled the recommendation of the Ordnance Select Is it nothing to call a gallant soldier a coward ?—to Committee and their introduction of these guns for insinuate that he was an object of contempt to his the cbnsideration of the War Department, to use up men? —thatlie was, in fact, a pretender and a sneak? —is not a violation of truth in a matter affecting the heavy stock of guns on hand.arges will o be t 6th their weight, their service .charges . of a man's character of quite as much gravity and or 81b of powder. Sufficient evidence, it is stated, equally censurable with an assault which is caused has already been obtained to prove that we have thus by stinging words ? We think so, and our plan a most efficient and reliable addition to our stock would have been to expel both, or to censure both, oof rifled ordnance--a fact which, amidst the present or to resolve that no notice should be take n o f th e difficulties which the Government is embarrassed for conduct of either." want of serviceable guns, will be hailed with much The weather during the early part of the month satisfaction, more especially as the two new guns appears to have been as hot on the oth er s id e o f th e now pronounced successful—those of Major Palliser Atlantic as here. At Washington the thermometer and Mr. Fraser—will be produced at a cost far during the day kept steadily a t 100 i n th e s h a d e. Seve below that of the present guns, in which the coup- ral cases of sun strokehad occurred, one of which had try have long since ceased to have any confidence. proved fatal. At New York the heat was so intense We have to record the death of Capt. F. E. Sey- that the streets were literally deserted. Indeed it mour, R.N., which took place at Southsea, Hants, was dangerous during mid-day to walk in them, on the 26th inst. The deceased entered the navy in for 30 persons died of sun stroke, and 80 others 1801, and in 1805, in the Leander, took part in the were injured by the same cause. The cholera still capture of Le Vile de Milan, French frigate of 46 continues in some of the cities of the States, but in guns, and the recapture of her prize, the Cleopatra, a fitful and intermittent manner, and with none of 32. In the Centaur he was engaged in the capture that virulence shown last year in the Mediterra of four heavy French frigates from Rochfort, after nean. an action in which Sir Samuel Hood lost an arm, A brief address has been prepared by the Demo accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen, and cratic members of Congress, dated July 4th, cor witnessed the surrender of Madeira. As acting- dially approving the call for a National Union lieutenant in the Centaur, in August, 1808, he Convention, to be held at the city of Philadelphia, shared in conjunction with the Implacable, in August next, and indorsing the principles therein 74, in the capture of the Russian ship set forth. It is signed by Senators Davis, Johnson, Sewolod, 74, in the sight of the Russian Hendricks, Guthrie, M'Dougal, and Wright; and fleet near Rogerswick, after a furious conflict, in Representatives Niblack, Thornton, Kerr, Shanklin, which the Centaur lost three killed and 27 wounded, Grider, Noel, Randall, Ross, Taber, Humphrey, and the Sewolod 180 killed and wounded. He Hogan, Boyer, Bergen, Goodyer, Winfield, afterwards served as lieutenant, chiefly on survey- Coffroth, Rouseau, Johnson, Eldridge, Dawson, ing duties. Lieutenant Seymour was appointed Radford, Marshall, Strouse, Sitgreaves, Ancona, Flag-Lieutenant to his Royal Highness the Duke E. N. Hubbell, Ritter, Harding (Kentucky), of Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis Glossbrenner, Wright, Rogers. M'Culloch, Le XVIII. to Calais. Capt. Seymour was son of Lieut. Blond, Fiuck, and Trimble. Francis Compton Seymour, grandson of Lord F. The United States Government has decided on Seymour, Dean of Wells, and great grandson of not rebuilding the ruined arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. The depot was originally formed there to flatter The following appointments have been made at Virginia. It had no particular advantages as an the Admiralty :—Capt. C. S. S. Stanhope, to the armoury or for manufacturing purposes, except in Ocean, commissioned ; Lieut. E. B. Wadlow, to the supply of Cumberland coal, whilst its isolation the Gladiator ; Lieut. F. Rougemont and Lieut. R. from the seaboard and the cost of transportation H. W. Cornwall, to the Ocean ; Lieut. J. W. Gam- made it a dear bargain to the Government. Gene bier, to the Cruiser; Clement Hirtzel, master, to ral Dyer, Chief of the Ordnance, reports that Har the Wyvern ; Sub-Lieuts. E. S. Nuthall and James Bedingtield, to the Cruiser; S u b-Li eu t . W . H . Jol- ' per's Ferry can never more be used, to advantage in the manufacture of arms. He advises that the life and Sub-Lieut. T. H. L event h orpe, to the ruined buildings and the land be sold, and the little Ocean ; S. S. H. Dickens, C. W . W r i ght, L. W. property that remains be transferred to the Great Mathews, C. B. K. Smith, an d J . S. E. de Watts- vile, midshipmen, to the B r i s t o l ; A. C. Hawkins West. This locality will lose all its old importance, but it has given its name to actions which will long naval cadet, nominated ; J . K . Laughton, naval be remembered in that country. It was the scene instructor, to the Excellent, addition a l, for service of John Brown's mad expedition in the autumn of at the Royal Naval College ; Dr. A. Fisher, surg., 1859. When the war broke out it was held by to the Fisgard, additional, for service in the Royal Lieutenant Jones, of the United States Army, Marine Infirmary, Woolwich ; R. Curgenven, pay- with 43 men, who set the arsenals on fire, and master, to the Ocean ; M. O,N. W. G. Markham retreated into Pennsylvania, when the Virginia assist.-paymaster, to the Cambridge; R. N. Halt', militia were marching to possess themselves of the assist.-paymaster, to the Ocean ; H. E. Whitley, 15,000 stands of arms, and other munitions of clerk, to the Ocean ;C. W. Jago, assist.-clerk, to war there stored. During the whole contest it the Dasher ; and J. S. Darling, assist.-clerk, to the was the hi g h way o f arm i es, and the t i de fl owe d Ocean. backwards and forwards, as fortune turned the The statement in the Naval Intelligence of Wed- scale of success. Th ere i s not another spot i n nesday that the Antelope was the only vessel of her America in the neighbourhood of which there has size in the navy under the command of a lieutenant been such hard fighting. was an error, the Oberon, paddle steamer, on the Coast of Africa, a vess e l o f similar tonnage and the The United Stat es h ave con ti nua l t rou bl es w ith Indians of the plains, and heavy expenses are engine power, being under the command of Lieut. placed upon the G overnment t o k eep t h e roa d s tra il. Hand. veiled by Western emigrants free, and to protect the telegraph to the Pacific. In consideration of this matter it is well to notice that at a recent con ference with Indian tribes one of the chiefs pro posed that a force of Indians be employed by the United States, to act as guards and policemen on the plains, under the direction of the Indian Bureau. There is much merit in this idea. By taking dele gations from all the Indian tribes which inhabit the country near the routes to the Pacific, there would be a guarantee for good behaviour on the part of the communities to which they belong, which could not be obtained in any other way. The Indian guard would have an influence which no force of white men under military supervision could exert. Men would be enrolled, also, who are used to fatigue, who understand the country, and know how to deal peremptorily with hostile bands. Once embodied for that purpose the Indian patrols would be im bued with the proper spirit, and they would endea vour to repress the outrages of their associates. It may be urged that the Indians are untrustworthy, but they are not so when fairly dealt with. All the troubles that have arisen between white men and the Indians have been caused by dishonest and unfriendly acts on the part of white men, who were either unfaithful officers of the Government, or law less fellows who sought no other purpose than the indulgence of their own avarice, cruelty, and pas sions. This suggestion in regard to this patrol is certainly a good one, and it might be adopted at least as a subject of partial experiment, and the benefits and defects of the system could thereby be thoroughly tested. - ' An American watch factory at Elgin, Illinois, with $250,000 capital, will be ready to make 60 watches per day. by September. Most of the stockholders were formerly workmenksutdestructivehaas Ca a ur o t r tl W hi nfii n a ar l et papers a am. size t Newbury,o f t h give the inland t i n lan ile South d particulars towns,Carolina, au cotton-growing which .iowhich httTtihoehhene-ligrarsSanteoaowing country of th a t State. T e h c e e n fi t r r e e s o p f re t a n d e place of much i mportance as th very rapidly, and only stopped when there was no Inure to r burn. The loss is estim a t e d at $ 200,000, on which there was bluatteliti‘tfleobinilseurlaentcte reports th a t th e f i ne weather e. A has given an impetus to the y oung cotton in Alabama, I and the hope is expressed that the yield of Alabama will not be less than 300,000 bales. The wood clip in Harrison county, Ohio, the present season, it is said, will reach over 800,000 pounds. The citizens of Chicago have presented each member of their Fire Department with a life and accident insurance policy. We are glad to hear that they are about to get up a home for working - - 'girls in Chicago. Miscellaneous American News. • Portland, in the State of Maine, has been almost destroyed by fire. Two thousand buildings, com prising one-third of the city, are in ruins. Every bank and every newspaper -office has been devoured by the flames. Thousands of people were rendered homeless, and two millions sterling of property has been destroyed. The fire commenced a little below the end of High-street, in a boot shop. Upham's mill and Brown's sugar house were soon in flames —then Staples and Sons, and Richardson's foun dries. It next swept Graham's corner, then it burned up as far as the old Varnhara House and Pleasant-street, Temple-street, Union-street, and Exchange -street were all consumed. It swept lower on the northerly side of Fore-street to India street on the east, while on the west it moved along diagonally across Middle-street and down to Cum berland-street, taking the Elm House, but sparing the first parish church ; then from Chesnut-street it made a clean sweep on the southerly side of Cumberland -street, as far east as Garden -street. 1 The Custom House, being fire-proof, escaped, though greatly damaged. The City and County Buildings in Congress-street were considered safe, being nearly fire -proof, and the neighbouring resi dents there piled their furniture, but the whole was consumed by the flames. Some fifty buildings were blown up, but the wind was blowing a gale from the south, and the sheets of flame flew along in spite of every exertion. The lines of streets can now hardly be:traced, and a space one -and-a-half m il es l ong by a quarter of a mile wide, appears like a forest s with fragments of walls att ac h e d to them. of The hneoyless are accommodated in te n t s , c mv in churches, and other public buildings, and efforts throughout the States to furnish are being made re lief to the sufferers. It is have been throughout by the Portland gratifying to seethheow prompt Northern s th ta e te sps s te to fire. At B angor , Boston, afford relief to the sufferers d Mayor Stevens, of Biddeford, Albany, l a a n r d ge Pr m o i v na i s den su ce h , se m ri e h e e t d in ; gs s of these Portland, directed th e operation a w n ere at once held, and cities into the most useful channels to aid only in habitants of his m un i c ip a lity ; b u t this formed a small part of the assistance rendered. Food, clothing, bedding, and building material were forwarded in large quantities. The property of the Five Cents Savings Bank is all safe, as well as the Casco Bank. On opening the Merchants' Bank's vault the contents were found uninjured. All the records and files of the United States Circuit and District Courts are also uninjured as well as Lowell and Senator's jewellery vault. In strange con t rast with the good act i ons of a Chr istian and ci v ili sed people are the proceedings of a set of thi " roughs," who have made Portland under and these cruel circumstances the scene of their operations. Like the stormy petrel on a raging sea, no sooner did the calamity break beyond the bound, of human (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular July 25.) Our latest advices from Now York, per "Java," are to the 9th inst. All Governnient Stocks are strong and in active demand, the favourable characler of the financial statement for the fiscal year ending 30th June causing renewed inquiry, which resulted in an advance of from one to two per cent. In Railroad Stocks business was limited, with the exception of Eries, in which the trans actions were heavy, equalling, perhaps, the entire list of other Stocks. On the week the advance was $B, but the market was fluct ua ti ng an d tmeer t a i n owing to the adverse rumours ailoat...aState 5tOClO awl' Railroad Mortgages were inactive at about former quotations. The New Yor Banks' returns exhibit some important changes, the item of loans having increased six million dollars, and the specie over two millions. Money was easy at 5 to 6 per cent. Via " Greencastle " we have received the following quotations, being to the 14th inst. : United States 5-20's lo6f I Erie, Common Illinois Centrals 1221 I Gold ls2k The following is the return of the New York Banks: Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. $ 8 June 30 250,884 8 ,168 7,797,218 26,A6,622 204,357,272 July 7 257,534,833 9,865,266 27,296,530 205,799,711 TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR JUNE. Miles open. 1866. 1865. IncreasEDecrease. $ 8 $ $ Atlantic and . Great Westernso7 474,441 429,669 44,772 Chicago and Gt Eastern Marietta and Cincinnati 283 106,315 110,185 118,960 91,873 26,972 FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Approximate Imports of the Year.—Gold Values. The entries of foreign merchandise during the year at the port of New York (exclusive of gold and silver) amount— _ From July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1866 5301,398,893 At other ports, estimated 100,466,290 Total gross importation . Of which, marketed in United States 370,271,572 --- Re-exported and accumulated in bond ...... $31593626 Customs Duties—On Goods marketed at , , New York ....................................... $100,696,631 Do. On goods at the outports... 32,174,867 Total (official) from July 1, to March 31. $132,871,098 Since received at New York 532,257,809 Estimated for outports 10,750,000 43,007,899 Total gold customs for year ............... $175,878,997 Being at the average tariff of 471 per cent. on the gold value of $370,271,572 of foreign goods marketed in the United States. Approximate Imports.—Currency and Gold Values. From the port of New York ................ $212,684,618 Ordinary, same as last year, from outports... 81485,735 Extra, 967,375 bales cotton, from South direct 193,475,000 Total in currency Reduced to gold, average 140 per cent 348,175,252 Specie from New York Outports, same as 1865 Extra, from Boston 5,000,000 77,418,550 Total of all reduced to gold 5425,588,811 Revenues of United St a t es f or fi sca l year, 1866. Customs in gold, as above £175,878,997 Excise or internal taxes Miscellaneous receipts Total for year --- * Nine months official—three months closely ascertained. During the past week we have had a very strong and active market in London for all American Securities, cur rently dealt in here, but to-day, on large importations from America, coupled with sales to realise prices have given way. United States 5-20 Bonds after touching 714, leave off 691 to 4. Illin o i s C entral Shares have decl inedfrom 80 to 77 to 4, and Eries, which at one time were freely taken at 45, close 44 to 4. For Atlantic and Great Western De bentures there has been a large demand, on both home and Continental. account, at former quotations; and Virginia Sixes show an improvement of one per cent. OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK. —United States 6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882 : Thursday, 694 1; Friday, 694 704 694 ; Saturda, 704 Monday, 714 701 14 701 ; Tuesday, 704 44 1; Wednesday, 704 70 691. Virginia 5 per Cent Sterling Bonds: Thursday, —. Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Thursday, 454 6; Saturday, 47; Monday, 46; Tuesday, 46 ; Wednesday, 45. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1880 : Friday, —; Tuesday, 67 ; Wednesday, 67. Allan. and Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1881: Saturday, 69. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. Penns. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1877: Friday, ; Tuesday, 68. Atlan. and Great Western Con solidated Bonds, 1895: Thursday, 45 44 x.c.; Friday, 441 5 x.c. ; Saturday, 411 x.c. ; Monday, 441 4 x.c. ; Tuesday, 45 44 x.c. ; Wednesday, x.c. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid : Thursday, 424 3 2 4; Friday, 424 - a4 ; Saturday, 444 5 44 ; Monday,- 45 4 ; 'T uesday, '454 ; Wed nesday, 4414. Erie Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Thursday, 684 9: Tuesday, 691 ; Wednesday, 694. Illinois Central 6 per C en t. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 784 74 ; Friday, 78 71 ; Saturday, 79 4 ; Monday, 80 794 ; Tuesday, 784 4; Wednesday, —. Penn sylvania Second Mort. Sterling Bonds, 1875: Tues day, 82. Choice Localities. The facetious correspondent of the Racing Times writes on the above subject as follows : There is a narrow winding thoroughfare leading from near the north-west corner of the late Fleet Prison to the Old Bailey, known as Fleet-lane ; it is a street finishing exactly opposite the principal en trance to the gaol of Newgatc. The well-known and highly profitable concern called the Chatham and Dover Railway crosses its centre on brick arches, at one side of which, and running parallel with them, is a long, open, profitless space, where, in spite of the proximity of Topper, the greengrocer, betting men and their customers congregate in force former well-known day. Snugly placed during betweenportions the of sieveryte of w a o r f prison and the Central Criminal Court no one can overlook their proceedings, and they are, i n rea lit y, our fastidious of harm's way, pa without any p ro b a bi l i ty of offend ingers by. It w as my intention to have paid a flying visit to the airy region of Hyde Park during the week, but, on second thoughts, left that aristocratic spot to be attacked by a multitude of blackguards sailing under the banner of Reform, deeming it far safer to keep within civic qu ar t ers , and so avoiding knocks, which many received on the spot, and Knox of a different and practically potent character, dealt out with vigour and judg ment on the two following days, a high bl ac k hoard ing, and, for the convenience of backers of h orses , The d arches t a h r e e c p o r n o v t protected c b e y the company have recently opened a nicely-paved foot and carriage entrance near the south end of Farringdon-street, so that members of my extensive family may have every facility to deposit their cash. The frequenters of this pleasant locality are of the usual mixed character—" commission agents" ac commodate the smaller fry by laying odds to anything, even as low as a penny, so that the rising generation of limited resources may in dulge in our great national amusement. One lad, belonging to the outside shoe-cleaning brigade, after polishing the boots of a very seedy bookmaker, took 12 to 1 about Windham for the Goodwood Cup, engaging that if he lost his layer should have a couple of " stunning cleans" in lieu of the regular deposit, so as to avoid the expensive process of parting with actual bronze. An agent of the eminent firm of Lazenby and Co. was on the spot. This is a new establishment, not noted by me before, but, as good things cannot be two widely diffused, I make known the advertisement, which runs as follows :—" Small turf commissions as low as one shilling faithfully attended to, and best market prices obtained, by letter only (stamped directed envelopes must be sent for answers). La zenby and Co., 36, Russell-street, Covent-garden, W.C. Double events laid ; Cesarewitch and Cam bridge, 4,000 to 1, and any horse for either of these races 100 to 1." There are a number of inge nious calculators who, with little trouble, may contrive to spot a dozen horses who are certain to enter, and, according to all usual chances, ac cept also, for both the great autumn events, and therefore £2OO f or a sh illi ng wou ld gladden the home of a working man, assuming the double event, or even the first of the two races, to come off, and the other horse to continue in training. I mean, of course, for hedging purposes ; but even if the pre diction fail the l oss w ill be tr i va l. It will, of course, be understood th a t I do not reco mmend even this little outlay e xcep t b y part i es w h o can well afford it. The names o f th ese sma ll turf commissioners will be familiar to th e pu bli c as the inventors of Reading Sauce, an d proba bl y it was one. of their establishment who administered some of the article in a wrangle at the last races there. I observed behind the arches two well-got-up bookmakers, attended by their " secketeries," very useful appen dages where caligraphy never formed any part of their principal's education. The clerks were busily engaged in filling up tickets, and the others in receiving silver, so quickly, and to such an extent, that their capacious pockets were nearly running over. " Pop it down, my lads ; pop it down !" shouted a young fellow with an extensive drooping penny collar, and three immense Brummagem rings, two on the third and fourth ," sausages" forming the end of his right arm, and another on the smaller sausage appended to his left arm. 6( This is the k'rect quarter, take my word ; no connection with any bolters or wel c h ers. All money pa id d a y a ft er race . Look at my t es ti monials—look at ' em, s i r ;" and he thrust a small printed paper into my hand. This bookmaker was known by the sobriquet of " Charley M'Dirty," although from the certificates it appeared to be Maclean. The paper was something of this kind—" Mrs C. M, is well known to us, and in his particular calling most trustworthy ; we have twice invited him to dinner.—Times." " Mr. Maclean's uncle was formerly an elder at the Shrubanrum Schism Establishment in this town. He is a young man unlikely to take anything out of his reach.— Brentford Banner." "Having been personally ac quainted with Mr. M. from childhood, we recommend prudent parties with small savings to consult him ; he will take care of all cash deposited.—Marrowbone Mercury." "Very good and safe party.—Green wich Growler." Nothing like testimonials to cha racter ; in short, most of the layers must have pos sessed characters of some kind, and probably pretty good ones, or, at all events, of the average belong ing to the smaller tribe who neither possess local habitations nor names, except as assumed for their peculiar callings. I was more impressed with this opinion from the absence of police and the very vigorous mode in which stray coin of any amount was snapped up. " What d'ye think o' the Prince coming in this fashion ?" inquired a crossing-sweeper of a friend. I looked round on hearing the rumbling of a car riage in the lane, thinking that the Great Gun of Wales was approaching, but the sequel showed that the vehicle was a large barrow belonging to a retailer of dirty cherries and moist etrawberries, who had arrived to invest some half-pence, and the prince referred to was the black 'un for the stakes. " Goin' down to the wood, George ?" asked a horsy-looking individual with very bright yellow neck-tie. " Shall if I can get the boots on," was the answer. Looking at the speaker's crabshells the operation would seem to be easy, but it appeared to have re ference to the needful supply of cash. " Work your way with us, Peter," suggested a banjo-player. "We do a fortnight's marine busi ness—black your counting-house and come." " How about the boots," responded Peter. " This way," replied the other. "Three bob to Brighton a' Monday --trot along the coast after wards—generally a trifle got out of excursions on the road." Perhaps the boots will be got on as suggested, and the sporting Arabs return with more coin than many of our better-class brethren. A little quiet conversation was going on between a foreign-looking artisan of the " Brave-Belge" order and a sly personage of seedy, genteel appearance, which I could not quite fathom, but it seemed to be a scheme for imitating tickets for the cheap excur sions to Goodwood. From a rough calculation of the number of arrivals during the half hour that I remained be hind the Arches there were about 320 persons came and went the extent of the place and departed-19 were laying odds, and the majority, say about three fourths, of the others left their cash in all kinds of amounts, from a penny upwards. It was not the busiest period of the day, *so that taking four work ing hours as about the thing, it is evident that plenty of al fresco betting still goes on. I heard no bad language—plenty of slang not worth repeating —a reasonable amount of chaff, but generally speak ing good ,humour prevailed. No locality can be more quiet or better adapted for the pursuit than the spot alluded to, and so long as the company can afford to 'keep their surplus land unoccupied instead of building ornamental structures and hiding their hideous brick arches from view, so long may the smaller tribe of sportsmen assemble here un molested. So much for the arches. Some money ought to be won, according to the prophets, and it must come in handy in these uncertain times, for I regret to say that the Bank still continues its high rate of interest, and nearly everything and everybody is being wound up, either by the Court of Chancery, the cholera, or the weather. The tipsters are un usually strong this week, many of them entreating, nay, almost imploring, a confiding and good natured public to send stamps ; whether there is any difficulty in getting the boots on, or daily sup plies of provender, or necessary cash for the current week's advertisements, I am not in the secret to know; but always consult " respectable" parties, and who knows but the following new firm—new at least to me—may not possess the correct thing, and it is to be had for the small charge of " tup pence?"—" Goodwood races.—No winner no fee.— J. Phillips and Co., 20, the Colonnade, Russell square, London, are still quite confident that their Goodwood Stakes tip will prove triumphant, his losing being a thorough impossibility, and therefore most earnestly entreat their subs to invest liberally on him, and also to stick to their other selections," &c. The Leicester-square man has for several weeks had " some of the most experienced watchers of the day" at work for him, and triumphant suc cess is " guaranteed." King (late of Manchester) says that his horse " will win the Goodwood Stakes in a walk." The other advisers are all positive, sanguine, and clear. One word as to what appears to me a decided novelty, and savours of the medical character ; it is this :—" To bookmakers and backers of horses.—Ali losses avoided, and certain gain in sured, on submitting your cases, however intricate, and following the instructions of John Carey, 21, Clayton-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne." As far as London and the provinces generally are concerned the advice must be by letter only, and bookmakers as well as backers are solicited to become patients. Look well after your money during the present Goodwood week. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE 44 SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.—The growth of the French Emperor's influence in Europe will here after be deemed one of the most remarkable events in modern history, just as hiS accession to the throne will be remembered as the beginning of the movement which is changing the whole face of the Continent. When we recollect the storm of not unmerited invective in the middle of which his reign commenced, the suspicion with which a new Napo leon was regarded by every Foreign-office in Europe, and the apparent strength of the coalition that on his first diplomatic blunder might readily have been formed a gainst him, one cannot help confessing that he has ha a startling success. The manner in which he has triumphed over a sea of difficulties has been due to a combination of causes, most of which reflect credit on his ability and his character as a statesman. The first thing in his favour was the fact that his rule, prejudicial as it has beento the in tellectual and political life of the French educated classes, was soon accepted by the mass of the French people as a rule suited to the wants of the day. The reaction imposed upon France after the Revolution, first of all by the military tyranny of the great Napo leon, and next by the successive class Governments which took its place, was unnaturally violent. The Empire has been probably successful because it is a sort of mean between the government of the upper and middle orders and a pure and unbridled democracy. All sections of the country, except the educated or the ambitious, gained something by the compromise. The wealthy, at the price of the political liberties of the country, secured order, and the prospect at the same time that the material resources of the nation would be intelligently developed - . The army could not be dissatisfied with a regime which pro mised them prestige, and which was too dependent on their allegiance to treat them with indifference and neglect. The lower orders were drawn by a strong class instinct to sympathise with a Sovereign who was allied with popular aspirations of every description upon the Continent, who lost no oppor tunity of acknowledging with pride that he was a novas komo, and who was certain to consult their interests before consulting the interests of any other part of the community. Accordingly the Second Empire was a success. For the first time since the battle of Waterloo, France was again one and in divisible, and any French Government which is thoroughly strong at home is sure, thanks to the restlessness and the vanity of the French people, to be strong abroad. When Napoleon 111. had once seated himself firmly in his saddle, France and her rider became for the rest of the Continent a sort of formidable Centaur, horseman and horse animated by one will and one ambition ; and from this mo ment the first great si ep was accomplished towards rendering. the diplomatic influence of the French Foreign Office almost paramount in Europe. The second element in the success of the French Empire .has been undoubtedly the rare political intelligence of the Emperor. He started with the advantage of knowing the Continent very well. lie was familiar with the real strength of every European Power, and with the latent forces on which he could rely all over the world in case he should be brought into collision with this or with that Executive. These latent popular forces he neither underrated, as a partisan of old political systems might have done, nor overrated, as he would have done had he been a fanatic bent at all hazards upon carrying out a revolutionary idea. Napoleon 1.11. has distinct sympathies, which occasionally break out in his words and actions, but he was not and is not an enthusiast. If he had been a Kossuth, or a Victor Hugo, he would have over-estimated the power of democracy ; if he had been a violent anti-Catholic, he would have miscalculated the vitality still re maining in the:Papacy ; if he had been an ordinary thinker of any colour or any school, he could not have justly weighed and balanced the relative strength of opposite parties in France, Italy, and Germany. The chief ,foreign danger that first alarmed him was the danger of a fresh Euro pean coalition directed against himself. By a series of clever strokes he managed in turn to isolate each member of this possible coalition, and to break up the body into fragments which never cau again be pieced together. He has alienated Russia from Austria, Austria from Prussia, and all of them from England. The result is that none of the Powers are more intimately allied among them selves than each of them at any moment might be with France. Nobody now, not even England, has any natural allies. The era of ententes cordiales and of natural alliances between European Courts is over, and that it is over is due to the sagacity and perseverance of the Emperor of the French. Side by side with this sagacity and patience the French Emperor has known how and when to display a magnanimity which may or may not be genuine, but which has had, in the eyes of those who do not know him, the appearance of reality. What general sentiments he has chosen to give vent to have usually been in accordance with the liberal opinions of the age. In contrast to the traditional and selfish theories of French diplomatists, he has not shown any jealousy of the greatness or prosperity of other countries. Provided that France is strong, he assures the public at large that he has no wish to see either Italy or Germany weak, and the public at large are beginning to believe him. And there have been occasions on which, under circumstances of strong provocation or temptation, he. has kept his temper, and made France keep hers. We can all recollect the time when Englishmen were rather surprised that Napoleon 111. did not exhibit the least desire to benefit by Eng , land's embarrassment at the time of the Indian mutiny. Nor was his conduct towards England, at the date of the Conspiracy Bill, otherwise than cre ditable. Any one who knew England saw plainly that the line adopted by the Parliament of the day, unsympathetic as it seemed, was the only line that could safely or constitutionally have been adopted. But few foreigners do know England, and it would have been a serious matter for the peace of the world if, at an hour of so much agitation and ex citement in France, the French had not been under the guidance of a far-seeing and calculating states man. When the Confederate Commissioners were seized on board the Trent steam packet by Captain Wilkes, the Emperor of the French acted with the same impartiality. It would have been very easy for a wild Anglophobist, who preferred gratifying his malice to upholding the sound principles of ma ritime law, to have fanned the controversy between the United States and Lord Palmerston's Govern ment into a blaze, and then to have taken advan tage of the difference for his own ends. Napoleon 111, did nothing of the kind, and willingly exposed himself, through hisfriendliness and his moderation, to the insane criticisms of the Marquis De Boissy school. A similar and equally characteristic pro ceeding was his behaviour to the young Sovereign of Belgium upon the death of the veteran King Leopold. A censorious world had been prophesying that France was only waiting for this golden oppor tunity to get up a Belgian agitation, and to enlarge her own frontiers. The Emperor answered all these surmises and misgivings by being himself the first to telegraph to Brussels his recognition of the new monarch. All these things are doubtless capable of being explained in two opposite ways. One may contend that Louis Napoleon, in spite of all his fair speeches, is a conspirator and an intriguer, who acts honestly at times because he is clever enough to per ceive that honesty is his best policy. His friendly conduct to England may be accounted for by the fact that an army of volunteers has suddenly madeits appearande upon this side of the Channel. His atti tude about the affair of the Trent, in like fashion, might be set down to his anxiety that the Confede rate States should win their independence, which was stronger than his presumable wish to embroil Eng land and America. And this is actually the tone in which a number of clear-sighted and shrewd critics still talk of him. But the general world never con tinues to go on inventing invidious hypothesis of this kind when a simpler and more charitable hypo thesis will do. It is easier to interpret a monarch's actions on the assumption that, like his fellow creatures, he is a mixed character, with good and bad impulses ; and that, though ambitious and scheming, he is open to be moved by generous sen timent, and by a desire to use his powers and oppor tunities for the advantage of mankind. Notwith standing the ambition and the intrigues of which Napoleon 111. is admitted to be capable, the verdict of Europe is going in his favour, against those who accuse him of being a fiend in human shape. Rooted distrust of his political morality was the last barrier that stood between him and European influence, and, after a long probation, this barrier too has al most given way. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES. - The internal Go vernment of the States repeat in their organiza tion the mechanism of the Federal Govern ment. The Executive Power is confided to a Governor, elected in some States for one year, in others for two, and i n severa l f or f our years.. He commands the militia, sees to the execution of the laws, and, with the concurrence of the Legislature, takes the necessary steps to carry out the decisions of Congress, in all that affects his State. He is the channel of correspondence with the Central Power at Washington. The Legislative Power consists of Chamber of Representatives and a Senate, elected by the same voters who send mem bers to Congress. In nearly all the States the elector is simply a citizen of 21 years of age, who has resided for a certain period in the State. There are exceptions, however, for in some the right to vote rests on a property qualification and the pay ment of certain taxes ; and in Virginia it is expressly stated that the elector must possess a furnished house. Whether the freed negroes shall possess votes has been left to the action of the individual States, but as the number of Representatives the State returns to Congress depends on the number of the voters, it is the interest of each State to admit them to the suf frage, though prejudice may rebel , against it. The Judicial Power is also exercised by a Supreme Court, Circuit Court, and District Courts, which must not be confounded with the Federal tribunals of the same name. They confine themselves to the affairs of their own State. In the State of New York, the State of Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Mississippi, an d many ot h ers , the Judges are appointed directly by th e peop l e , an d only for a certain number of years. Dr. Evans proceeds to enumerate to what the States who constitute the Union mutually engage themselves. Ist. Not to conclude any treaty, and not to form any con federation of any kind whatever without the consent of Congress representing the Union. 2nd. Not to create any impost or levy any rate in opposition to treaties concluded by the Congress of the United States with a King, Prince, or foreign State. 3rd. Not to maintain in times of peace more ships of war than judged indispensable by Congress for the defence of its shores and commerce, and not to maintain more men under arms than considered necessary by Congress for the defence of its own territory. That each State should have a well-armed, well-drilled militia, and depots furnished with suit able quantities of cannon, small arms, and munitions of war. 4th. Not to engage in any war without con sent of Congress except in the case of imminent inva sion, or an invasion already effected which has not given time for consultation and advice of Congress, not to deliver " letters of marque" or arm vessels against another power, until war has been declared against such power by the United States ; in short, to conform for its defence to the rules established by Congress. Such are the principal concessions which the different States have made in order to constitute a Federal Compact, and our readers can form their own conclusions how far these were vio lated by the South in forming their Confederacy. Having finished our notice of this chapter, we cannot conclude without a word about the author. Dr. Thomas W. Evans is one of those Americans who have done so much in their private capacities to advance the interests of their country. Indeed his action takes a higher flight and embraces the welfare of mankind. By science, energy, and labour he made his fortune, and he expends freely the funds he realised as well as his energy and labour on science. There are few subjects more dry to the ordinary mind, and even repulsive, than sanatory inquiries ; scarcely one which requires more knowledge and work, and not one which tends more to benefit mankind. During the great struggle the United States organised a sanitary commission with branches scattered over the world. One was established in London, another in Paris, and volumes of instructive matter were published and freely circulated by the boards. Dr. Evans, at his own charge in bringing his own talents to bear, as well as his extensive knowledge and experience, seconded the efforts of this commission in a manner so effectual as almost to eclipse the organised board. Thirty thousand copies of medical and other works, written and compiled by himself with the greatest labour and research, were given away by this gentleman. It is almost impossible to speak too highly of wealth, time, and talents thus devoted. The same labour might have produced a more brilliant and striking result, but hardly one mo r e useful. Although long a resident in the gayest and most fascinating city of the world—although among the most successful in a profession, and in a place where success is a sure test of the highest accom plishments, Dr. Evans' hea r t i s w ith hi s native country. He is one of those citizens who abroad reflect honour on the land of their birth, and who are pointed to by thousands in a great city like Paris, as an instance of what Americans can ac complish, and how a patriot should use the talents with which he has been endowed. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH- SATURDAY, There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to -day, but farmers wore unwilling to make any concession in prices, which ruled about the same as last week. The wheat and barley crops are reported to be progressing favourably, but cutting will not be general before this day fortnight. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 53s to 57s ; old red aitto weighing 651 b), 51s to 53s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), 51s to 52s ; bast ma lti ng b ar l ey (weighing 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 388 ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 52110, 34s to 36s ; distilling ditto (weighing bOib to 521 b), 30s to 32S ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, Ws to 398 ; peas (maple), 3 6 s to 38s per qr. Flour, 37s 6d per sack. LEIOES TER SATURDAY. We had a tolerable supply of wheat at market to-day. Sales wore made slowly, and recent rates were barely made. Not much doing in barley, and prices similar to those of last week. Oats were sparingly represented, and met a fair sale at late prices. There was not much altera tion in beans. New white wheat, 55s to 62s ; new red, 53s to 58s ; old, white, 55s to 60s ; old red, 50s to 56s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 35s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, old, —s to —s ; new, 28s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 49s to 54s ; new, 48s to 51s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 448 ; seconds, 38s to 41s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat at our corn market to-day, and the best sorts made late rates. The quantity of barley shown was exceedingly small, and prices were unchanged. Oats were in small supply, with a fair de mand, at little or no alteration in the quotations. The inquiry for beans was middling, and sales were made at late rates. New white wheat, 52s to 58s ; new red, 48s to 53s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 32s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28s to 30s per 24 - stone. Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to as' Flour, 38s to 40s per sack of 2801bs. 3,870 NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New white wheat, 54s to s 58; new red, 52s to 56s ; old white, 54s to 58s ; old red, 52s to 56s per 36 Stone. BarleY for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 35s per 3 ° stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ' • new, 26s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. rea' 9l 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. a.ustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton. Aug. S 9• Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet. Aug. 5. Ditto, by French packet cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and .St. Helena.... Aug. -I china, Penang. and Sing,tpure, via Sou: hampton..Aug 3 Ditto, via Marseilles Calkland Islands Gibraltar, via •iouthanton July 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 3 Ditto, via Maneilies India (Bombay), via Southampton July 23 Ditto, via tlarseilles Aug 6 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ju1y.,28. Ditto, via Marseilles Ju'y 28. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via ......... .... Aug. 13 ewfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ...... . United btates and British North America, by Bri• tish packet . . Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork •••• Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ...July 27. West Coabt of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .„ Aug. iO. West Indies and Pacific (except Baha:uas and Honduras) _ . Cuba and Mt xico Bermuda, via Halifax Bahamas, via New Y ork. July 3 0 • • Aug. 15 Among the stories told of the Chinese Ambas' sadors who lately visited Paris is one to the effect that their enthusiasm on returning from the opera was so grea t that one of the official chaperons attached to their service was moved to inquire what were the items of the even ing's entertainment which had most forcibly struck that fancy, when he learned to his disgust that it was neither the house, nor the lustres, nor the scenery, nor the music, nor the costumes, nor even the ballet, that had most de lighted them, but the preliminary tuning of the instru ments by the orchestra beforo each lifting of the curtain GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.—Lord Stanley, with muc h h ear ti ness an d s i ncer i ty, an d ev idently without the need of any pr 6 ssure f rom Mr. W h i te, w hose question elicited the declar a ti on , ac k now l edged the friendly and honourable feeling of the 'U n it e d St a t es G over nment towards this country in their treatme n t o f the Fenian movement; but declined to say that therefore the Alabam a 'and other similar claims now in dispute should be sub mitted to arbitration. The diecussion of these questions was terminated six or seven months ago, and he declined to reopen it, or to commit himself to any opinion as t° what should be dono in the event of the controversy being renewed. W ith a view, however, to lessen the probability of such differences arising in the future, it was intended to have a Royal Commission to inquire into the working 0f the laws of neutrality, and.if necessary to revise them. -- Pall-Mall Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT. - Holloway's Pills. Confusion and Pain of the Head.—These premonitory signs of corn' ing illness should have early attention, or palpitation an d uneasy feelings about the heart will succeed, and be fol lowed in their turn by more serious symptoms. Hullownf g pills display their most constant and happiest effects in dispelling these disagreeable feelings, clearing the furred tongue, rousing the torpid bowels and removing languor and flatulency so oppressive after taking food. No ulecli due is so well calculated to restore the digestive functions, so potent to soothe the nervous system. The dyspeptic , by taking these purifyi ng pill s , w ill su b s tit u t e ease 1 ° pain, and once more renew vigour in the wasting hody'l and rekindle a healthy elasticity in the despondent.an d exhausted mind. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality 01 6',0:0 young children and delicite persons of all ages may b e arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines' which, though apparently relieving the patient, have i n reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the clangor of life, we were simply to study WI to inc ease the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and Infauts' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and ~. thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as MO : easily assimilated nourishment as the best m eat, and fo children it is the best substitute fo r h uma n milk. P' ‘ ; Routh, physician to the Sama r it an H os pit a l f or Women a il — Children—the best authority on ouch matters —in his admit" able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub' stances, th A which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, 0 011 0 i taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle svhic l/ is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, ther e " fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debi fry have completely recovered. I have given it with the greafe" advantage in such cases ; and LI far as I may judge from 111 own experience, practice fully carries out what theory' from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate .-- In tins, 11b, as 9d; 21b, 48 61 ; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 228 ; 24117 : ;N.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Londo n ' also Phillips, tea dialers, 8, King William-street ; at 61, Gracecharch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsga te . street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand , 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96 ' Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace. St. John's-wood. London; and all respectable grocers and mists.—Beware of snurious imitations. Births. DANGAR—On the 23th inst., at 35, Kensington-garde ne square, the wife of H. C. Dangar, Esq., of a daughter. FOWLER —On the 27th inst., at Forest House, Leytonsto pet the wife of William Fowler, Esq., of a son. POTTER—On the 28th inst., at 2, Bolton-gardens, Sout h Kensington, the wife of Rupert Potter, , Esq., barrister at-law, of a daughter. RAWSON—On the 27th inst., the wife of the Rev. A. 1183 " son, Bromley-common, of a daughter. Marriages. the DILLON—CROYTON—On the 18th inst., at Roscommon, Hon. L. Gerald Dillon, eldest son of Lord Clonbrockt o f the Hon. Augusta Caroline Crofton, only daughter Lord and Lady Crofton, Mote Park, county Roscoraal°l3. Mum' —HErsuitx—On the 26th inst., at the Cong o g 3 i tional Church, Clapham, Herbert H. Cozens -Hardy' ;1, Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, second son of V. to Cozens-Hardy, Esq., of Letheringsett Hall, Norfolk' , Maria, third daughter of Thos. Hepburn, Esq., of Oaf' ham-common. Deaths. -- --- CRONIN— On the 20th inst., at Crawford Villa, Spring: l grove, Denis Cronin,Esq., M.D., late of 35 , Br uton-strew Berkeley-square, aged 59. KINGSFORD —On the 26th inst., at Littlebourne , Xentl 11. Kingsford, Esq., of 6, Queen's - gate - gardens , South en sington, aged 74. ATACREAN - On the 16th inst., at Leghorn, John F. 3-facr enl3 ' Esq., banker, Rome, aged 39. NICHOLSON—On the 27th inst., the Rev. Dr. Nic holsov j rector of Abbey Parish, St. Alban's, Rural Dean , Hon. Canon of Rochester. RICHARDS—On the 27th inst., at Chase-side, Enfield, dlesex, Miss F. Richards, at an advanced ago. SUTTON —On the 25th inst., at Clarendon-terrace, Bwecrf road, St. John's-wood, Wm. Sims Sutton, Esq ., lato ° Birmingham, aged 55. SOTHEBT—On the 27th inst., at 7, Great Cheylle -row' Chelsea, Mary A. Sotheby, aged 90. London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAM AN of No. 112, Strand, Ptiater. et Tru; suN I, ; ° ' ; Strand, in the Prc.oinet oi: the Savoy, in the CC*l34 ALiddlepeici—llto4day, July 30,1366. I f.or, ik e elle!