The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-12 00:00:00

NEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE OCLOCK. The rate of di scount at the Bank of ' England continues at 10 per cent, and there was no expecta tion that a reduction would be made. The outflow of gold f rom the establisment during the past week has been upon such an immense scale, and the dis tribution of -th e ] h a lf -yearly dividends have com bined to weaken the position of the establishment, and to preclude any hope of a downward move tient being effected for some time. The inquiry for acco mmodation is now small, and although the brokers in the open market have an abundance of _ C apital at t h eir command, the quotations for the hest bills.still range from 8 to 10 per cent. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1866. 1865. Great W estern North W estern rn 127,122 123,564 South We s t ern B righton Midland 23,894 22,854 S outh East ern 50,956 48,804 Great N orthern 26,662 27,243 Lancaster and Yorkshire 49,285 45,210 Bristol and &etc North East , 71,668 68,674 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22,661 20,420 Great Eastern London and Chatham and Dover These returns, when compared with those of the "eB P ° liding period of last year, are generally lr of a satisfactory cha rac t er. O n t h e G rea t W es t ern t here is an i ncrease of £5,169 ; on the North /4 "'tetra of £3,558 ; on the Brighton of £1,040 ; on the Midland of £2,132 ; on the Great Northern of £3lB ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of 4,07 5 ; on - the Bristol and Exeter of £l2l ;on the North-Eastern of £2,994 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,244 ; and on the Lon don, Chatham, and Mier of £328 ; while the South -Western shows a •decrease of £953 ; the South -Eastern - of £581; and the Great Eastern of £2,196. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the French Rentes were 67f. 55c. Better. The Stock Exchange Markets have exhibited l'llewed indications of weakness, and a slight de cline in almost all descriptions of securities has taken place. The news from the continent is far from encouraging, and the adverse tendency of the specie movement has induced sales. The English Funds are depressed, and Consols are 87+ for money, and 871 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86+ ; Bank of England Stock is marked 2474 ; and India 5 per Cents., 1034 4. Pre p ar ations for the se ttl emen t h ave engrosse d the greater part of the attention of the members, and several sales of foreign stocks having taken place, prices are generally lower. Italian have receded to 52 1 k ; Spanish Passive, Ce rtificates 1, to 19i ; Spanish , 1, to 151 151 ; 25+ 26i ; G Turkish 5 per Ceuta., 1, Greek, 1, to 111 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1, to 4 1 dis. and Mexican, 1, to 151 I. American psecurities are generally at steady quotations. United at es 5-20 B onds have improved 1, to 67k and 76i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been "cry quiet, the dealers and speculators being chiefly occupied with the settlement. Prices, in most in 13,,tances, were depressed. Great Eastern declined 1; Metro ..i-reat Western, ; London, Chatham, and Dover, politan, and North Easter (Berwick) each ; _ an d South Eastern, 1 ; while Great Northern ad vanced 4 ; ditto A Stock, 3 ; and Lancashire and w Yorkshire, 4. a The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are also Shade flatter. Great Luxembourg have declined to _124 and East I n di an to 99 100. B ank and Mi scellaneous Shares continue very to 2 quiet.. Lon don Charter e d o f A ustra li a h ave receded 4 Alliance to 22 2 ; London and West tacredit ins ter are mar k ed 95 ; Union of London, 471 ; Poncier and Mobilier of England 1 dis. ; International_. Financial, 11 di s . ; General C r edit, 2 ; and National Discount Company 8+ 4 prem. RITISU FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , geVERNMENT IruNDs. 1- 0 Der Ce n t, Consols 871 ii ~ D. A ccount, July 10. 87- 1 '- o,,per Cent. R e d uce d B 6} i 1 1 i '''err 3 per C ent f Do. 86 1 iff N 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 5 p r Cent. Jan. 1873 An,nuities, e 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 iio. f or 30 yrs, exp i re sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. Eze ilequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do.- £5OO B anic o o f England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do.— 1)0. Account 1031 1 i 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do- Certificates — Do. D o. 5 Enf aced Pap er 4 per Cent per Cent., J an. 1872 D °. 51 Per Cent. Do. Bon eb M t. ay 1879 lO6 Do. D ., 4 per Cen, Aug. 18 66 ds, £l,OOO Put Do. under £l,OOO 10 pm FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Argentine R epublic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — Pal Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent .. . .. .. ... . Do. 41 per Cent , 1852-.58-60 Do. ' 1863 ▪ ........... Do. 1865 Do Account Do. XlOO Bonds Bunos en DC * s crip, £55 paid Ayres 6 per Cent D xlOO Bonds .. ChiliDo 1 per Cent. (Vete .... 3 . ' Pe . r Cent ) an 6 per Cent 0 DoDo. 4 1 per Cent . 6 per Cent ... olombDo Scrip, £5O paid ian 6 per Cent. banisCua, 6 per Cent. ... . h 3 per Cent., 182.5 Danubian Principalities Do. Account ........ Eillador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent DoDo., Provisional Land warrant,,,,, — gYptiDeferred , -- Doan 7 per Cent ~ Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds • , Do. 1864 4-'0 £lOO Bonds ... ........ -.. ... Do. Government Railway Debedures — Dcs- £6O paid ........ ..-..., G reek £6 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 111 DoD,°- Account Do. Coupons -- ituat. Account Italiernala 5 per Cent an 5 Per Cent 1.865 Do Account....... . ail . , Do- Mareramana Railway a-Lexical:l 3 per Cent 00. Account ................... . De iigi .. .. .... .. 1.)0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French kontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Pn an 5 per Cent., 1865 4-',O- Account ... 4- ' 0 3 per Cent. (Ukbarren) nno i. 4i. Per Cent., 1862 °4-ecolint .............. . Portuguese 3 per dent' 1853 • D ir ,o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, D. ."(:)* AccOlint • — "11.8jan 5 per Cent., 1822, £St B5l D3Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Don°4i Per Cent, 1860 3 Per Cent. 1859 t,-, 5 per Cent 1862 ardins per Cent. 1861 ian 5 per Cent s Do. Account .. . P,11,45h 3 per Cent -1,',0 Acc/Ant ,'-'° New Deferred—. -V,O A ccount R 1.„,-,0 Passive -11li-10 Acc*unt ... —• .. . S -°all Cert. of ................. funded • wedis A-c colmt .. . ..... . h 4 per Cent. .riDo. 41 per Cent 1861 n n c4 h 8 per Cent. 1854 ;3- ecount „. 6 per Cent. 1858 ',Jo. Account 55 6 koo xioo ............. ...... Bonds' . DDo 6 per Cent 1862 Do Account o £lOO Bonds . .. . Do 6 Per Cent.,186.3 .... DoDo 5 per Cent 1 865, paid up Scrip 2sf 1 6 f 6 Do A,ocou -'' 4 tit ............................. _ I re • Per Cent. Guaranteed Dittonezuela 3 per Cent. accoutd • 1J0D.„,0 8 per Cent. , 186 2 1• 8.62 . Account .1 27 De . 6 Per Coni, . 184 ..... : ~ Dividends on the. above pay• able in Lomita'. ktiliai 5 per Cent 1861. Ex. 23f. Zo. Account . .' ... . 52 14 21 231 THREE O'CLOCK. Conso!s for mono:7 871 Do, A n , ............. .--.. ....4011111, ............ 1196.1.11,111.• June, Share/ Railways. I r a i d. ' C p lo ri s oe in . g B T o re at 'Bristol and Exeter lOO 89 91 91 St Caledonian lOO 125 127 at Cambrian 5 Cork and Bandon all 13 15 20 Cornwall all 4 6 st Dublin & Belfast Junc lOO 67 70 at Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc ICO 70 72 100 .London, tcrip Certi all Do. 1 0 d et Glasgow &S. Western 100 112 111 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 31 82 st Do. E. Angi. at. No. 2 100 5 6 5 at Great North of Scotland 100 st 'treat Northern lOO 121 123 124 1 et DJ. A stock lOO 1;.,0 131 130 at Do. B stock lOO Do. New, is. at 25 pn• 101 (itS, and W. of Ireland 100 at (4t. Western -Origins! lto 511 52 at Do. S. Val. Bail gua. 100 st Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.— Oxiord 100 at Do. Newport lOO 31 33 at Do. Hereford lOO - st Lanca.shire&Yorksiin 100 123 /23; 121 1 st London and Blackwall 100 et Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 100 93 04 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 20 22 211 1 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO et Lon. & North Western 100 1171 1181 II: 1 at Lon. & South Western 100 91 73 st Man., Shei., & Lincoln 100 59 61 at Metropolitan all 1321 1331 10 Do. New B4 2 ) 3 p 10 Do. Extension.... 8 lip Metropolitan Distri ct. . all 84 86 85 ( Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd 6 et Ilid'and 9 Do. L 9 Share 5 11 2 at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 95 47 25 11 id Kent at North British st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO 4 26 at :stn. Eastern—Berwick 100 109 110 101 25 Do. G.N*E purchaat 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds et Do. York lOO 1064 1071 at Do. Carlisle .. .. 100 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. all 35 85 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 9 It p st North London 10 Do. do. 1864 .. 10 Do. do. 1865 at North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction et Scottish Central et Scot. N. E Aber. stock 100 65 67 at DO. Scot, Mid. st•Jek lOO et Shropshire Union 100 et South Devon lOO 46 18 st South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 74 84 et Taff Vale lOO 14 215 114 10 Do. C st Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 2 at West Cornwall lOO 53 55 "..4.1%...........m....... SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,.t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Moron Do. Preference Butf.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. 1572-3- ..... Calcutta & S. E., Lim :;ape Town 46 Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East, Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mart, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gun. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4/ per cent Do Great %Ves. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 i Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8- 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 4/ do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde ..... • Do. Delhi Do do . . Do. Punl au b... • g- Do.lndus St. Flo. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 52 54 100 101 Icl f p 4 44 7i tif 76 80 55 60 100 102 1601, 1W) 101 18} 19i 85 87 b 7 60 58 55 50 55 45 50, 40 45 37 41 24 26 23 25 lot to 1 P I 1 3 P 97f 981' 91 93 151 lug Si S a 91 93 83 85 7} Odd 98 DO $9 01 65 87 96} 97i N 97 1 3 - 951 983 COLONIAL GO VERNIkIEN' British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.d& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apl. & Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. c Do. 1878, do .11auritius, fi p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 00.1882, May 15, Nov. I 6 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal , iov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. S. `V. Gov. 5 p 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. al 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868.91 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.,Ta &July Do. do, A pril & Oct 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 71' SECUIt: 92 94 93 93 94 96 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 101 102 101 100 103 86 8) 100 102 105 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 103 103 (05 97 100 90 02 90 92 CO 95 83 f 5 92 91 76 78 94 96 94 96 102 104 8I n 101 105 BRITISIE MINES. Cam. Conßot. Gold, lira , Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cona. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brca. East Grenville . East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great LiXey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Iclelst,e Grenville Elerod's Foot .... llingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley itwyndy Iron Ore, 11w New Sewn North Roskear . N.Wh'l Bassett (.1 Rogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence ,ljnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin 'Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (11logan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton. ..... ..... Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth' Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29 2.14.1. 3% 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 5k4 6.17.0' 8 7 5 7 425 445 12 11 7 8 i 1 2 3 di 3 74 3 y 19} tOil to 18 22 11 2 33 35 31 31 4 6 3 i lid 35 45 2 4 i 1 20 25 325 :375 If I 17i 24 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 67i 72i 105 115 80 85 10 15 3 6 145 155 10 12 fIiEFERENCE SHARES. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. 120 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 43 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg*, 12} South Austrian and:Lombardo Venetian, 14i S3uthern of France, 20 BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 5 Australasia, 68 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 16f Chartered ller. of India, London, and China, Pit 61 Imperial Bank, Urn., 26} Imperial Ottoman, 8 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.,:3} London and River Plate, 49 8} Ditto, issued at 1} pm., 2} London and County, 66 London Joint Stock, 4 5 S London and 11 estminster, 95} 5 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., 4} Union of London, 46} 6 MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-American Telegraph, 01 I Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gust., n 3 1 Berlin Water Works, lira., 91'10 Credit Fonder and nobilier of England. 3 4 4 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 107 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 34 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 London, 11m., 4 31 Hudson's Bay, 16, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavourl. 3E4 4 3jj Lon 'oa. and Provincial Marine, 21 Alltiras Irrigation 'and Canal, Ditto a 18 Royal Mail Steam, 103 Universal Marine. Insurance, lira., 21 DEATH OF THE EARL OF LANESBOROUGH.—We have to record the death of the Earl of Lanes borough, who expired at half-past four on Saturday after noon at his residence in Stanhope-street, Park-lane, after a short illness. Since Wednesday last the earl had been sinking. The late George John Danvers Butler Danvers, Earl of Lanesborough, Viscount Lanesborough, and Baron of Newtown-Butler, county Fermanagh, in the peerage of Ireland, of which the earl was a representative peer, was the only issue of the Hon. Augustus Richard Butler- Dawkins, by his first marriage with Mary, daughter and heir of Sir John Danvers, Bart. He was born Gth Decem ber, 1794, and married, first, 29th August, 1815, Frances Arabella, third daughter of the late Colonel Stephen, F. W. Fremantle ; and, secondly, 24th November, 1851, Frederica Emma, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Charles Bishop, and widow of Sir Richard Hunter, of Dulany House, Sussex. The deceased earl succeeded to the family honours on the demise of his cousin, Brinsley Butler, fourth earl, 16th June, 1847. The deceased nobleman was a Conservative in politics. He is succeeded by his nephew, Lieut. John Vangfitart Danvers, R.N., eldest son of the lion. Charles Augustus Butler Danvers, of the Madras Artillery. The present peer wai born 18th April, 1839. THE SUN, _ LONDON, THURSDAY ENTNING, JULY 12, 1866, LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE C. M. CREAGH. This bankrupt was a brevet major in the army, and to day he came up for the order of discharge. Tho case was again adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE ASSAULT ON AN ACTRESS BY A SUPPOSED MAD MAN.---Oornelius Speedy, a respectable-looking man, who was last week charged with assaulting a young woman, who described herself as an actress, and gave her name Alice Shell, Little Rupert-street, was again brought before Mr. Knox. When beforo the magistrate lust week the defendant be haved in such a violent manner that every ono who wit nessed his conduct believed him to be mad. On being placed at the bar to-day his conduct was quite the reverse of what it had been on the former occasion. Mr. Knox told the defendant that he understood he had been labouring under delirium tremens, the result of exces sive drinking. He (defendant), a strong man, had been guilty of an unprovoked and violent assault on an un offending young woman. The defendant said his mind had been affected three or four times, but not so much from drink as trouble. Ho had five months ago lost his wife through a premature confinement, and grief through that had broken hint down. What ho had done, and for which he was now very sorry, was the will of God, and he begged pardon for acting as he had done. He would, if the magistrate would let him go back to Ireland, never offend again. Mr. Knox said that the defendant talked about bis act being the will of God. It was evident that it arose through his giving way to drinking. He could not permit such things to be passed over, and he would be unworthy of the position he held if he did se. He should commit the defendant for two months with hard labour. A Meeting of London Thieves. Last evening a gathering of a most peculiar character took place in the neighbourhood of the Middlesex Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, in accordance with an advertised notice running thus :—" Thieves, thieves, thieves, attend the public meeting in the Mission-house, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, near to Hicks's-hall, on Wednesday evening next. Addresses will be delivered by a returned convict and three convicted thieves. Doors open at seven. Free admission." The building in which the meeting was held is part of rebuilt premises, No. 55, Turnmill-street, immediately facing the wall of the Metropolitan Railway, and used as the Cow-cross District Mission-house. The large room originally intended for the assembling of the fraternity is nice and cleanly white washed, with comfortable seats and a sort of platform or rostrum at the end facing the entrance, and capable of accommodating 300 or 350 persons when filled. In addi tion to the above, which was advertised, a very pressing invitation was issued by Mr. W. J. Cattlin, who acts as secretary to the mission, to all the most depraved charac ters in this notorious neighbourhood, including, as it does, the purlieus of Cow-cross, West-street, Saf fron-hill, and the hundred-and-one adjuncts of the Fryingpan alley stamp. The thieves wore visited at their own homes, and in the quarters where they were known by a privileged few to resort ; but the result was that soon after the appointed hour the large room was crammed to suffocation, and indeed at a subse quent period of the evening the demand of the crowd to hear the various speakers was so vehement that it was found necessary to despatch some of those down on the list to speak to hold a second meeting in another part of the building, and this was as speedily and as densely crowded as the first, and still there were crowds of lin gerers outside who found it impossible to gain ad mission, and expressed their disappointment in no very measured terms. Precisely at half-past seven the proceedings commenced wiih Mr. Cattlin offering up a suitable prayer, after which the assemblage, which up to this time was composed about equally of males and females of nearly all ages, and of a very quiet and respectful demea nour, commenced singing a hymn to the accompaniment of a blind young woman on the harmonium, when a violent rush was heard from the approaches from the street, and immediately the place was besieged by a mob of men and boys, who wore most indubitably the badge of the class to which they belonged, and for whose especial benefit the meeting had been called. In every description of dress, broad-cloth coats, fustian suits, the seedy and shabby gen teel, the ragged shirt sleeve, unvested, and a piece of string to uphold the nether garment, with a majority of begrimed flesh and suspiciously cropped hair ; this stream poured into the place. The coarse sallies and jest; and in some few cases the condemnation of the atmosphere in language not fitted for ears polite, completely drowned the singing and playing, and it was some time before the efforts of the committee resulted in getting this great influx properly seated, and restoring something like quiet. However, with all this apparent rabble;thelanguage uttered generally was not of that character which might have been expected from that class. Beyond a slight admonition for laughing and talking, there was nothing to complain of in the general conduct of the closely packed mass, unless it was the use of such expressions as "Come out, Jim, this is too hot for me," or "All right, Bill, I've sent out for a gallon of ale ; let's have that." On the other hand, the majority paid marked attention and respect to the addresses of the various speakers, and joined heartily in the singing of the hymns, and in more than one case the tears could be seen running down the cheeks of some of the older thieves. One man, evidently approaching his allotted threescore and ten, sob bed audibly, on the expression of some well pointed moral, and wiped his eyes with his old cloth cap. Amongst the juveniles the true character of Lord Shaftesbury's young London Arab was plainly manifested. After singing the 64th Hymn, Mr. Cattlin delivered a short but impres sive address, introducing the " returned convict," and the "converted thieves" to the meeting, and in doing so spoke of his experience in the mission, and of the sorrow and misery of the thief, even in his best times, and their mental and bodily sufferings at others. He pointed to the various scriptural texts which were•con spicuously placed in different parts of the room in support of his exhortations to his hearers to repentance. A young looking man, of foreign appearance (John F--), who was described as a converted billiard-marker and gambler, then offered a very long prayer, and some portions of the Scrip tures were read. Jim S-- was then introduced as one of the converted thieves. He was dressed in a suit of black, and appeared in a very anxious mood to deliver his address. He traced the history of his fall from the path of honesty and his return to it again. As the speaker was retiring a scene of great violence and uproar took place, in consequence of the entrance of a man in a state of mad intoxication, and who was said to be blind ; he screeched and howled, and tearing off his coat challenged the best man to fight. The women rushed out of the place screaming, and in the melee several people were knocked down, but at length two or thee powerful men seized the intruder and carried him out, receiving severe blows, kicks, and scratches as their reward. The returned convict (on order being restored) then came for ward and delivered his address; and after some further prayer and singing the meeting was brought to a close, and the large assemblage quietly dispersed. There were no police about the place in uniform, although a dotectiye or two wore recognised by some of the fraternity. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. The shooting for the first, or 200 yards stage of the Queen's Prize commenced at nine o'clock, and owing to the arrangements made by Capt. Costin, proceeded without hitch of any kind during the day. It is too soon to form any estimate yet as to the 60 shots who may prove victorious in the earlier stage of the contest, since many who are well to the front in the first or second distances fell away or are overtaken by others at a later period. The follow ing, however, are the highest scores, as far as those have been at present recorded : MST STAGE QUEEN'S.-200 Yards. Points. Private Pitts, Ist Somerset Corporal Newlyn, Ist Hereford Private Henderson, "12th Corn. Private Carslake, Oxford University 18 Private Burton, 26th Middlesex... ... 18 Private Kethro, 4th Surrey ... ... 18 Major Richardson, 11th Surrey ... ... 18 Ensign Gale, 10th Surrey ... 18 Col.-Sergeant Hogg, 12th Surrey ... 18 Sergeant Challoner, Ist Wst. York ... 18 Private Soraine, 23d Wet. York 18 COlToral Howes, let Somerset 18 Sergeant Hardy, 16th Lincoln ... 18 Private Fisk, let London 18 Sergeant Duncalfe, Ist Cheshire 18 Corporal Barnes, Edinburgh 18 Corporal Davy, 3d Essex... 18 Corporal Chuter, 25th Surrey 18 Sergeant Goss, 7th Monmouth ... Sergeant Young, Ist Somerset ... 18 Corporal Picken, 3d Wigton 18 Private Smith, 2d Tower Hamlets ... 1 8 WINNERS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S CHALLENGE VASE AND PRIZES. Soven Shots at 500 Yards. Winner of Vase, Gold Jewel, and £6 Points. Lieut. Chapman, 12th N. York ... 25 Winner of Silver Medal and .£5. Private R. Ford, 12th Surrey ... Winner of Bronze Cross and £4. Private Radcliffe, 2d Middlesex... 24 Winners of £4. Sergeant Syme, Ist Lanark 24 Corporal C. Churchill 2d Dorset... Sergeant Johnstone, Bth Stafford ... 24 Winners of £3. Sergeant 0. APAlullen, Ist Herts 23 Corporal Butcher, Gth Hereford... 23 Corporal Ferguson, Ist Inverness 23 Private Hanishaw, sth Northampton 23 Corporal Bullimore, 6th Tower Hamlets 23 Capt. Sanderson, 14th Somerset... 23 Winnero of £2. Private J. Hewitt, Ist Surrey ... 23 Private F. Wishart, Ist Surrey 22 Corporal Robinson, 15th N. York 22 Private S. Morris, 4th Sussex 22 Captain Payne, 23d Surrey ... 22 Captain Baxter, 2d Middlesex 22 Colour-Sergeant J. Cumberland, Ist Notts. 22 Major S. Scott, 33d Lancaster ... 22 Lieut. Walford, Ist Warwick ... 22 Serj•ant-Major Robinson, 2d Line. 22 Sergeant Morrell, Hon. Artillery Co. 22 Sergeant S. Penman, 3d Durham ... 22 Ensign Walker, Gth Kincard. 22 Private Hodgkins, Ist Surrey ... ... 22 . Sergeant T. Norfolk, 13th Suffolk ... 22 Private Thompson, 9th Surrey ... 22 Assist.-Surgeon Handley, 12th Lin. 22 Private H. J. Child, Ist Salop ... 22 FIRS T• STAGE, ALEXANDRA.-200 Yards. Winner of £2O. Points. Private Taylor, Bth Derby ... ... 19 Winners of £l5. Sergeant Girdwood, 3d Ayr ... ... 18 Private Yorkston, 2d Edinburgh 18 Wianers of £lO. Major Bridgeman, West Middlesex 18 Private Hay, 15th Middlesex 18 Sergeant Robson, Ist Newcastle 18 Captain Goodliffe, L. R. 13. ... 17 Sergeant Brown, 17th West York 17 Ties : Sergeant Burns, 3d Lancashire, £lO 17 Quar.-Sergt. Overton, 4th Stafford, £5 17 Winners of £5. Captain Picken, 3d Wigtown 17 Sergt. Spencer, 7th Northamp. 17 Colour-Sergeant Bloom, Ist Notts 17 Private C. Other, 12th N. York ... 17 Sergeant Russell, Ist North York 17 Private Westcott, 7th Surrey 17 Lieutenant Burt, Ist Warwick 17 Private Dawson, 4th W. York 17 Private Getley, Ist Cheshire ~. 17 Sergeant Higham, Ist Lancashire ... 17 Private Johnstone, 2d Roxburgh. ... 17 Master of Lovat, 7th Inverness ... 17 Private Ingram, Ist Lanark ... 17 Colour-Sergt. Clarke, 27th W. York ... 17 Ties:— Sergeant H. Lucas, 38th Mid., £5 ... 17 Captain Hancock, Ist Wor., £3 17 Winners of £3. Sergeant Hall, 14th Salop ... ... 17 Corporal Bennet, 21st Somerset ... 17 Ensign Sprott, sth Lancashire ... 17 Corporal M'Vittie, Gth ditto .. 17 Corporal Bonnet, 6th ditto 17 Sergt. Bruore, 4th North York ... 17 Ensign Kennedy, 3d Lanark ... ~. 17 Captain Kinnear, Edinburgh ... 17 Sergt. Johnson, Gth Cheshire 17 Colour-Sergt. Cortis, 11th Sussex ... 17 Corporal Tatham, 36th Middlesex 17 Sergt. Philip, 2d South Middlesex 16 Captain M'Kenzio, 3d Ross 16 Ensign Pixley, Ist Middlesex 16 Lieutenant Shard, 3d Cornwall ... 16 Sergeant Bacchus, 2d Middlesex 16 Ties for prizes of £3 each. Private Dunlop, 15th Middlesex 16 Corp. Hepplestoue, 6th Lancashire 16 Private Wyatt, Ist London ~. 16 Surgeon Stormont, Ist London ... 16 Sergeant Wilson, lst Stirling 16 Sergeant Fletcher, Ist Warwick 16 Captain Cotesworth, 2d Essex „. 16 Ensign Blackburn, Ist Gloucestershire 16 Captain Harrison, 19th West York 16 Sergeant Morris, 3d Kent 16 Captain Mulliner, Ist Lan. Eng. 16 Private Peake, Ist Manchester 16 Private Barrett, 2d North. 16 Private Scott, 4th Ross ... 16 Lieut.-Colonel Iltlford, Leicester 16 Sergeant Holmes, Ist Middlesex 16 ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP.—llighest Score. Lieut. P. Cunlifee, 26th Cheshire ... 34 points. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR'S PRIZES. — Five Rounds at 600 Yards. Winner of £lO. Points. Capt. Punshon, Isz Newc. (tie) ... 1 8 Winners of £5. Capt. Astley, 49th Regt. (tie) ... 18 Serg. Cortis, 11th Sussex... 17 Winners of £3. Lieut. Davidson, 3d Forfarshire... ... 17 Private H. Lane, Bristol ... 17 Private Wishart, Ist Surrey ... 16 Private J. Halsall, 21st Lancashire ... 16 Private R. E. Rugg, Ist Warwickshire... 16 Private L. Burt, Ist Warwickshire 16 Private J. Wyatt, London R. B. 16 Private Hon. J. Gordon, C. U. 16 Sergt. W. Ferguson, Ist Inverness ... 15 Capt. R. Morris, 9th Middlesex...___ 15 FIRST SERIES EXTRA PRlZES.—Highest Scores. Points. Lieut. A. Coates, 2d Renfrew 20 Lieut. Fletcher, Liverpool 20 Ensign Boynton, York 19 Sergt. IL Lane, Bristol 19 lion. Mem. C. Miller, Bristol ~„ 19 Sergt. W. Ferguson, Inverness... ... 19 Sergt. W. Rigby, Dublin... 19 Private F. M. Eden, Inns of Court ... 19 Assist.-Surg. Henderson, Midlothian ... 19 Capt. R. Morris, 9th Middlesex ... ... 15 At the last meeting of the Association it was pro mised that two boxes should be placed on future occasions outside and in front of the Council tent, to be called respectively " The Owl" and " The Earwig," of which one should be intended for the reception of suggestions, the other of complaints. These two boxes made their appearance yesterday, supporting appropriate figures of a size which, in the language of sculpture, would be called heroic. The Belgians yesterday proceeded to London to pay their respects to the Lord Mayor. To night they will be entertained at dinner by the Volunteers, and to-morrow evening there will be festive games in their honour in the Highland Camp. It migh t be a question of some delicacy how far the Council of the National Rifle Association, founded for the development and encouragement of rifle shooting in this country, would be justified in app l y in g any portion of its funds to the hospitable entertainment of foreigners, however welcome as guests to this country, bearing in mind that our Tir National, unlike the Belgian, is maintained by individual and not by State con- tributions. Any difficulty, however, which might arise upon this head has been obviated by subscrip tions freely entered into by everybody at Wimble don for the purpose of feasting the visitors in a be coming manner. An entertainment committee has been formed, consisting of Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay, Captain Page, and Captain Pixley repre senting the official, and Captain Styan, Lieutenant Harrison Wier, and Lieutenant Furley representing the non-official element. The attendance of the Belgian Minister is looked forward to, and with a view to add éclat to the proceedings the bands of the London Rifle Brigade, Queen's Westminsters, Ist Surrey, and London Scottish regiments have been placed at the disposal of the committee. Of these the London Scottish band is, in a measure, the private band of the Council of Wimbledon, perform ing two or three times every day, with much apr plause, in different parts of the grounds, their UM bandmaster, Mr. Louis Beck, having bestowed great pains upon their training. Some idea of the rate at which the Camp has grown and is growing yearly may be gathered from the official status sent in to the Camp-commandant, Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville. Last year there were sleeping in the marksmen's camp and regi mental quarter 900 Volunteers, not taking into ac count the staff of the Association, camp followers, soldiers, police, or anybody else, but strictly the wearers of aVolunteer uniform. This year those 900 have grown into 1,150, and a corresponding growth is observable in all the other departments. Honourable mention has been repeatedly made of the Club, which this year is even more luxuriously fitted up than on former occasions. In addition to its other features the Camp also boasts of a capacious theatre. Last evening, after gun-fire, a dramatic performance was here given by memb ers o f th e St. George's Rifle Corps, affording m uc h amusemen t and satisfaction to the Camp, an d an attentive audi ence. Lord and Lady Elcho, and several members of the Council, honoured the performances with their presence, and these did not conclude until a late hour. THAMES. MELANCHOLY EVENT.—William Stiffen, a carman in the service of Mr. William Stephens, a respectable and exten sive dust contractor in Shadwell and Wapping, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with causing the death of a child named Rebecca Hornibrook, aged six years. The prisoner was coming out of his master's dustyard this morning with a horse and cart for the purpose of making his dust collections, when the deceased got in the way of the horse, was knocked down and run over. She was killed.. The prisoner was driving in a careful manner, and it did not appear there was any blame to be attached to the prisoner. _ _ Mr. Partridge believed the coroner's jury would return a verdict of accidental death. He liberated the prisoner on his own recognizanccs to appear on Saturday next. EMBEZZLEMENT.— Frederick Schummecher, a German bakor, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with feloniously appropriating to his own use various sums of money he had received for and on account of Christian Hisir, his master, of John-street, Limehouse. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Hisir for six weeks, when he left without previous warning. It was afterwards discovered by his master that he had been re ceiving money of his master's customers to whom he had delivered bread, and that he had not accounted for the same. There were a great many cases against him ; the magistrate selected three—the prisoner received 10s. from one customer, 3s. sd. from a second, and 2s. 7d. from a third. He was committed for trial on the three charges. MARKETS.---This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here to-day. All prime breeds moved off steadily, at full prices; otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. A few very superior beasts realised 68 per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly ; nevertheless, very little change took place in the quotations. The best Downs and half-breds produced fully 6s per 81bs. Lambs were in moderate supply and fair request, on former terms—viz., from 6s 8d to 8s per 81bs. Calves were very inactive, at barely stationary prices. In pigs very little was doing, at last week's currency. Per 81b to sink the offal. •adad 6 d s d Crse. it inf. beasts... 3 10 4 4 Pmeers-wool sheep 5 2 5 S Second quality do ..4 0 5 0 1 Prime s'thdown e 0.5 0 6 I Prime large oxen ..5 2 5 6 Large coarse calves. 4 4 5 2 Prime Scots, itc....5 8 5 10 Prime small d0......5 4 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 8 4 2 Large hogs .4 0 4 e Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 Small porkers. 4 8 5 0 Lamb....6s 8d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts .. - 936 Cows. Sheep dnd lambs.... 10,2)0 Calves -- 370 rigs 3SO Foreign supply. Beasts 564 C0w5..... — Sheep and 1 mbi Ca ves ... 312 Pigs 74 MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL.—The demand for all kinds of meat is heavy, as , follows :—Baef, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; mut ton, 3s 6d to 6s Od; lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s 04.1; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITIIFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os; new do., £3 10s to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. Supply limited. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 4s to £6 Os Od; new do., £3 15s to £4 lbs ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £2 2s to £2 10s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os; new do, £3 lOs to £4 10s ; old clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. A short supply. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market opens quiet, but steady. Sales pro bably 8,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. Loxpox, July 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. BRISTOL, July 6.—Wind S.W. Sailed—Charles, for Newfoundland. CLYDE, July 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—King Oscar, from llavannah; Mary Band, from Pernambuco; Hydra, from Santa Cruz. GLOUCESTER, July 11.—Wind S.W —Arrived—Home, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, July 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived — Bury St. Edmunds, from Mauritius for London. Sailed—Ocean Sprite, for St. Kitt's. _ . LIVERPOOL, Julyll.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tennyson, from Bombay. 4 ,5 f • SOUTHAMPTON, July 12. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Avoca, screw steamer, from Alexandria. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPN. I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 11—Cantray, from Dantzic; Moses Parry, from Hamburg ; Helena Florentina, from Petersburg: Arrived, July 12—Perseverance, from Medemblik ; Velocity, from Calais. Sailed, July 11—Killa Lass, for Constantinople, Alving ton, for Colombo; Trafalgar, for Bombay; Joseph Hume, for St. Vincent ; Patricia, for Jamaica. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, July 11.—Red Riding Hood, from London, for Hongkong; Joseph Hume, from London, for St. Vin cent ; H. G. B. T., Commercial Code, for the west; County of Ayr, from London, for Glasgow. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Irresolute, for the eastward. Alhambra Palace. The great attraction at the present time in the metropolis is the performance of "El Nino Eddie," a wonderful boy, at the Alhambra Palace. Al though but 11 years old, he performs all the feats which won for M. Blondin a world-wide reputation. That a child of such tender years should possess such wonderful nerve and self-reliance is remark able ; but he seems to be quite enamoured of his perilous pathway as he trips over the obstructive line with cat-like dexterity. The happy smile which radiates the countenance of the little fellow whilst-going through his astonishing performance bears a remarkable contrast to the fear depicted in the upturned faces of the audience ; he never evinces the slightest fear, not even under the difficult circum stances of having a sack placed upon his head, or with his feet enclosed in baskets. El Nino Eddie is the son of Mr. Richard Rivers, and was born in New York in 1855 ; he is, consequently, in the tenth year of his age. He made his first appearance as a pro fessional rope-dancer in Havana, in 1863, with Chiarini's Circus, where he created the most extra ordinary furore, and received the appellation of "El Nino," by performing all the perilous, daring feats of Blondin and Leon Javelli. As a tight rope dancer he equals the greatest and excels the majority of the most renowned artistes that have been seen in this or any other country, exhibiting the same grace that Herr Cline did in his youthful dayp ; in fact, this wonderful boy is brimful of talent, and exhibits a marked genius for every de partment of his profession. El Nino Eddie's en gagement is a brief one ; we, therefore, advise a visit to the Alhambra, although the temperature in London is almost equal to an Indian summer. City Sewe s Commission. The Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London met in the Sewers Court-room, at Guildhall, on Tuesday, for the despatch of public business. Mr. Deputy De Jersey, the chairman of the commission, presided, and there was a large attendance of members. The first part of the sitting was occupied in the hearing of applications for cellar flaps, shop fronts, and other projec tions over the public ways of the City, and subsequently three summonses taken out against Mr. Starkey, one of the contractors under the commission, were disposed of. Two of them related t) neglect in cleansing certain streets in the City, and the third to neglect in the removal of dust from one of the houses within his district. After hearing the several summonses at length, fines amounting to £l3 were imposed. DISEASED MEAT. Dr. LETIIEBY, the medical officer of health, presented a report stating that during the past week the markets and slaughter-houses of the City had been duly inspected, and that the officers had condemned 8,4991 b. of moat as unfit for human food. It consisted of 30 sheep, 6 pigs, 35 calves, 17 quarters of beef, and 225 joints of meat. Nearly the whole of the meat was in a putrid state. He added, that on Thursday last one of the inspectors seized in Newgate market three-quarters of a cow in a very diseased condi tion, which were condemned by Mr. Alderman Salemons as unfit for human food. It was now submitted that the case was of sufficient importance to require investigation with a view to legal proceedings. The matter was referred to the solicitor to make the necessary investigation accordingly. Dr. LETIIEDY further stated that in consequence of the large amout of slaughtering now carried on in several of the slaughter-houses in Newgate-market he found that they were not sufficiently cleansed, and were becoming very offensive. In one case which occurred on the Saturday previous the offal had accumulated to such an extent as to be a nuisance from its putrefactive condition, when it . was removed. He therefore suggested that orders should be given to the inspectors to summon before the magistrates the persons who neglected to perform the cleansing of their slaughter houses in accordance with the rules and regulations of the commission. The recommendation was agreed to, and the inspectors of markets and slaughter-houses were instructed to proceed in the manner suggested. THE GAS SUPPLY. Upon the subject of the gas supply to the City during the past week, Dr. Letheby reported that the illuminating power of the gas had been..censtantly above the require ments of the Act of Parliament, and the average propor tionPeCeeCrntral Company's gas had 11tY and Chartered Com -0-0 cubic feet; but the ap manoiue o sn f tw s o u af l s p s h lue u lsp r sh i tu n hra t in h n e 2t gas hoegGr o ari f . ena t s h t on three occasions been excessive, and the gas of the Char tered Company had been overcharged with ammonia. It was decided that a copy of Dr. Letheby's report should be forwarded to each of the companies supplying the City with gas. A communication was read from the parish of St. Mary, o peration of the City authori tiesand district boards of the tho mlselitnrlogYptitoohnlistahisnekmivnaagkrifionurgstahpneareei co-operation to induce the water com panies su pply water to the inhabitants on es Sundays a deputation should be appointed to wait on the companies with that object; and also that petitions should ginof the that s metropoliswe 1 a e n d ays to e ther of the week, and sug g be presented to both Houses of Parliament for such an amendment of the Metropolis Water Act, 1862, as shall compel the companies to ad opt a constant instead of the present intermittent supply. The matter was referred to the General Purposes Com mittee for consideration. After disposing of some other business, the commissioners adjourned. THE NEGLECTED CONDITION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.—England, with its deaf and dumb popula tion of 12,236, supports 11 institutions for their education, containing together about 1,000 pupils ; Scotland supports 5, with about 240 inmates ; and Ireland 7, with about 400 pu pils —about one-t we lf th o f a class of un inmates : making in all 23 school; with accommodation s who have been describ e d as " d e fi c i en t i n for fe r t a u b n o a u t e t l b , e 6 i 4 n o g the sense most important to the intellectual and spiritual nature of man," whose need of education is most urgent, and whose claims upon our pity are both powerful and just. There are, therefore, 18,671 deaf-mute; out of the 20,311 in this country, for whom no recognised means of instruction are provided. Many of these are, no doubt, instructed privately; but, supposing we admit that 5,000 (?) have received some sort of education, there still remains more than 15,000 in a state of mental destitution—the ma jority young and capable of instruction. In the Metropolis alone there are 1,819 deaf-mute; and there is school ac commodation for about one-sixth only of that number.— How to ZittCate the Deaf and Dumb, by J, copicston. (9j 10009 ITIES. The Abyssinian Captives. The folio wing letter has been received from the Emperor of Abyssinia by Dr. Beke. It was brought by Mr. Martin Flad, one of the missionaries so long detained in that country, who has just arrived in England with despatches for her Majesty's Govern ment. Mr. Flad quitted the Emperor's camp at Zagye, on the south-western edge of Lake Tsana, on the 20th day of April last, at which place Mrs. Flad and their three children, Consul Cameron, and the remaining captives, together with Mr. Rassam and his suite, are detained until Mr. Flad's return :-- " In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, one God, King of Kings, Te'oderos, may this reach the Englishman Charles Theodore Beke. Thou and thy wife, by the power of God, have reached my country. Are you well ? I, God be praised, am well. What time you come ? Come by Matamma. As regards the persons who were imprisoned, by the power of God, out of friendship to the Queen of England, I have liberated them and given them to Mr. Hormuz Rassam. May this (give you pleasure. Written at Zagye in the 7358 year since the creation of the world and the 1858th year since the birth of Christ." To this letter is affixed the Emperor's seal, bear ing the device of " the Lion of the Tribe of Judah," with the title, " The King of Kings, Teoderos of Etheopia," in Ethiopic and in Arabic characters. Railway and Other Companies. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Chatham-place, Black friars ; Mr. Everitt in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was to appoint a bill for separating the construction of the Kidwelly Branch Railway from the general undertaking of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail way. The Solicitor read the whole of the bill for autho rising the construction of the Carmarthen and Car digan (Kidwelly branch) as a separate undertaking, and for that purpose to raise £lOO,OOO of additional share capital, with the usual borrowing powers. The separate capital of the Kidwelly branch was to be entitled to 6 per cent. interest, and any surplus to be assigned to the general shareholders of the company. It also appeared that £70,000 was authorised to be raised by the Carmarthen and Car diganshire Company's Kidwelly Branch Act 1865, but the affairs of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company being so involved it was found impossible to construct the Kidwelly branch unless entirely separated from the general undertaking. It was also very desirable for the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway to construct the branch to the Kidwelly coal district ; and it was arranged that the share capital of the Kidwelly branch should consist of the two sums mentioned of £lOO,OOO and £70,000, making £170,000, in 17,000 shares of 10 each. The sum of £2 per share was to be paid up, and when 60 per cent. of the whole amountwas paid up the shares might be divided into preferred and deferred shares. The CHAIRMAN, in moving a formal resolution approving the bill, said he thought it would be de sirable for the absent ordinary shareholders to know that, out of 2,800 ordinary shares, proxies had been sent in favour of the bill by holders of 2,477 shares. Out of £161,080 of preference capital, proxies were sent representing £123,000 in favour of the bill. On the motion of Mr. KNIGHT, seconded by Mr. TYLER, a formal resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously, and the proceedings termi nated. RAILWAY BILLS. Ih Room A, House of Lords, yesterday, the oppo sition in the case of the Cambrian (New Works) Bill was withdrawn. The following were heard and adjourned :—The Aberdare and Central Wales Junction ; the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Deviations) ; the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Extensions) ; the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Additional Powers) ; the Swansea and Clydach ; and the Brecon and Llandovery Junction. In Room B the Teme Valley Bill was passed. The following were heard and adjourned :—The Pembroke and Tenby, the Great Western, the Wye Valley, the Northampton and Banbury Junction, and the Barry (Extension). In Room C the Exe Valley Bill was thrown out. The following were heard and adjourned :—The Colebrook and the Llanelly. In the Painted Chamber, the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (Central Station and Lines) Bill was again heard and adjourned. In Room D the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill was again heard and adjourned. INDIAN CARRYING (LIMITED.) The report of the directors states au estimate only could beformedof the probable net result of the ac counts for the year which would be presented at the next meeting. The directors recommended that an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cente.eman company as before, be paid upon the capital of :he to business Notwithstanding the serious drawdbealcayss which had arising from the difficulties i on o f goods on transmission of of gross re been experienced in the tr t a h the East Indian RailN,Vacysidency, showed prcecrieoi pd to, s an of last aa i usdtcayr at the ceipts in the Ben Presidency. lo) gross receipts Presi ,oivevrertyholasergfeo increase the g e aac.lsoeir neisntphoetnigdie: same time taken place he Bombay Presidency had The business -llt improved considerably, but still not suln :iesnotly to render it remunerative. Under all the circumstances the directors considered it the wisest course to withdraw for the present from the Bombay Presidency, and to devote the means at their disposal to the prosecution of their operations in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies, which had been successful so far and offered good prospects for the future. The condition of the money market had continued to prevent the directors from exercising the power of rai s i ng a ddi t i ona l capital, but it had become necessary to make a call of 6s. per share, payable in September next. The brig Sealark, 8 tender, to the Implacable, Lieut. J. N. Croke, returned to Plymouth on Mon day from a cruise in the Channel to exercise the nay al apprentices. She left again yesterday. THIRD EDITIO7N-s. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLOCK. BRIDGEWATER ELECTION —(This Da. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. STATE OF THE POLL-11 O'CLOCK. Va,uderbyl 217 Patton 2OB Majority for Vanderbyl CLOSE OF THE POLL-4 O'CLOCK. Vanderbyl Patton 275 Majority for Vanderbyl SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. READING RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KING'S MEADOW STAKES. Mr. Prior's Troublesome (Loates) Mr. Brayley's Bitter Sweet (Murray) 2 Captain Barron's Hidalgo (Grinashaw) 3 Betting-6 to son Troublesome, 2to 1. agst others. Won by a length. BERKSHIRE STAKES. Skirmish.. w. o. LADIES' PLATE. II eliotrope 1 Victoria 2 Usher Ten ran. Won by a head. READING STAKES. Musjid colt 1 Misfortune 2 Blush Rose . 3 Five ran. Won by a head. CAVERSHA\I STAKES. Usher Birkdale Rosaline c. 3 Five ran. WIIITLEY STAKES. A. D. Wagner Opposition Begum Five ran. Dead heat for second place. _ _ _ t NURSERY STAKES. Aggravator ................................................ 1 Miss Frances ............................................ 2 Mimilus .................................................. 3 Won by two lengths. Fifteen ran. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken) TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON. • • - MR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the principal races throughout the season, from upwards, on receipt of cash or Post-office Order (payable at Piccadilly office). COMMISSIONS as usual at starting prices on the day of a race at all the principal meetings. For further particulars and prices, see the advertisement in. The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY and SATUR DAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of stamped directed envelope. N.B.—lt is particularly requested that ALL LETTERS containing CASH be registered. The Spiirting Life, Aug. 20, 1864.—" We are satisfied that all intending backers of horses, who may have been for merly in doubt whom to trust, will, without fear or hesita tion, send their commissions, to any amount, to 100, Jermyn-street." BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, July 12. The Bank of France return for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with the previous account : DECREASE. Cash in hand ll millions. Commercial Bills 2l! ~ Advances Notes soi millions. Treasury balance Current accounts 35 4-5 „ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Great North and Western (Ireland) Railway, West Brom wich and Walsall Railway, Lyme and Sutton, Spalding and Bourne, and Norwich, Spalding Railway Companies, and Bray Improvement. THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON. The Earl of HARDWICKE drew attention to the ex periments that had been recently made in gunnery, and expressed his satisfaction that the result of the last experi ments had in all probability been tho means of preventing loss of ships and life. It appeared that the ram bow gun was as disastrous to the ship from which it was discharged as to the vessel against which it was directed, for if it destroyed the latter it sunk itself. There was something defective either in the scientific principle involved or the carpentry of the ship, and in either case the subject was one of the greatest national importance. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE CHANCERY BILL. Lord CRANWORTH moved the second reading of this bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR objected to the second reading of the bill, as it would virtually abolish the office of Master of the Rolls, which office was one of great im portance and antiquity. It was proposed that the Master of the Rolls should be made one of the Lords Justices in the event of a vacancy, and the effect of that would bo to destroy all original jurisdiction on the part of the Master of the Rolls, and the whole saving proposed to be effected would be £l,OOO a year in the salaries of the Lords Justices, because the bill contemplated the appoint ment of an additional Vice-Chancellor, in consequence of transferring the duties of one of the Lords Justices to the Master of the Rolls. [LEFT SITTING.] Bank of England Returns,•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to 1 cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, July 11, 1866. ISSUE DE Notes issued ....£28,287,515 'ARTMENT. Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and __ _ __ ___ Bullion Silver Bullion .., — £28,287,515 BANKING 11 £28,287,5 1 b Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (includiaig Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 2,726, /39 Other Deposits 21,472,485 Seven Day and _ 06,881 other bills ... £43,118,29i lEPARTMENT. Go vernmt. S ecu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) :.•• £10,278,123 Other Securities.• 29,039,534 Notes ............... 3,091,685 Gold and Silver Coin ......... 705,955 L 4 3,118,2 9 -7, h a lf-yearly meeting to-day o f th e Metro politan p rov incial Bank, the report submitted t the and for adoption making stated that after writing off b a d an d ample provision i n terest o payable , fpaeivderyankdind,there re for m doubtful reb debts, for rebate, and for ex pensesains at credit of pro fit and loss a sum of £10,202 Bs. 4d., showing a net profit of 6 per cent. per annum. am The directors of the Alliance Bank have issued their report, which states that the available total of profits for the past hall-year amounts to £27,256, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum is recommended. TIIE.LATE PRINCE DE CONDE.—The Worcester shire tenantry of the estate of his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale have just adopted an address of condo lence to him on the death of the Prince de Conde. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Evesham has also been held, at which a similar address was voted. FRANCE AND THE NEEDLE-GUN.—The Evenement has received the following "communicated" note :—" In your number of the 6th you assert that the Prussian needle gun was presented to the Emperor Napoleon two years back, and that his Majesty merely thought fit to place it among his curious arms. The gun in question was pre sented to the Emperor six years ago, and immediately the committee of artillery, by his Majesty's orders, engaged in the task of comparing together all the guns which load at the breech. Upwards of 100 models were trie nd d, a it was only last year that an arm Was adopted far superior to the Prussian one. The troops a t the Camp of Chalons w ill i n a short time receive a great number." Dr. Denvir, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, died yesterday morning, at Belfast. Dr. Den vir was a man of advanced age, and about five or six years ago his coadjutor, Dr. Dorrian, took the entire cbarire of th 3 diocese. Le nd -:,ss ?ss nd he Of IC r. 20i 10 100 I 93 8 1051 I I I