The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-02 00:00:00

PPNw''' far sday. ill with ith her .ugUSt 3 ent out our of terdaY• 'mance livered audi to the end the would r ZIONEIP lARKET AND COMMERCIAL ENTELL tclF, tr TWELVE o'CLocs. Theo fficial rate of discount at the Bank of Eng land is continued at 10 per cent. A notification to this effect has j us t b een made by the authorities to the large number of people who were assembled within the precincts of the establishment in anxious expectation to hear that a reduction of at least 1 per cent. would have been made. The majority of the commercial classes, however, a ho r egard the position of the institution from Public point of view were not disappointed, because it was foreseen that, previous to an altera tion, the reserve of notes required to be considerably increased. For the moment the money market is quiet, owing to the securities which have been held over in anticipation of a change. The demand for acconnnodation, however, is likely to increase, es pecially as provision will have to be made for the b i . lls arriving at mat ur it y on th e 4 t h —next Satur day , Th e last week's ra il way rece i pts, ascerta i ne d up ido this day, are in round figures as under 186 G. 1865. Great Western 81,685 76,778 North W estern 129 South W estern Brighton Midland 26,510 29,924 South E astern 51,430 50,86831,310 31,663 Great N orthern 42,485 38,922 La uca 48,637 44,560 ster and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 72,818 71,792 8,440 8,259 anchester Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,413 20,398 Great Eastern London and Chatham and DoTer 14,672 14,137 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are, in several instances, of an unfavourable character. On the Great Western, however, there is an increase of £4,907 ; on the North Western of £879 ; on the Midland of £562 ; on the Great Northern of £3,563 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,077 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £lBl ; on the North-Eastern of £1,026 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £l5 ; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £535 ; while the South- Western shows a decrease of £645 ; the Brighton of £3,414 ; the South-Eastern of £363 ; and the Great Eastern of £486. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) announce that Definitive Certi ficates are ready to be exchanged for scrip of the Imperial Ottoman Loan (Five per Cent.) 1865. At the meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the London and County Bank, the report pre sented recommended the usual dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 5 per cent. for the half -year, which is equal to 22 per cent. per annum. A balance of £17,468 is carried forward. The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the City Discount Company was held to.-day. The report presented recommended a dividend of 2s. 6 d. per share, free of income tax, which will be rather more than 10 per cent. per annum ; and to Ca rry forward to new Profit and Loss Account £771 14s. 9d. The s um of £7,000 in gold was taken to the Bank Yesterday , making a total of £168,000 in the week since the date of the last return, while the with drawals for exportation have been £lB,OOO. The bar silver brought by the West India packet atbeen S t 600. disposed of f or s hip men t to the Continent per ounce, which has been about the current rate for some days past. The dividend on the Four per Cent. Turkish loan guarant eed by England and France was paid yes l.claY. It a p pears, however, that a sum o f £65 , 800 re quired to pay off the bonds drawn in accordance Z vi th the regulations for the sinking fund has not p r ovided by the Ott oman Government. It is for s aid that e ven t h e d i v i den d money was no t all t°rtbeonling, but has b een ma d e u p by the guaran ,eeing Gov ernments. Representations are confi dently expected ently l e s put forth th a t t h e amoun t ma y s h or tly b e " but the irr egu l ar it y i n suc h a case as this a fatal , symptom, and furnishes a further strong I;3lnolentary on the glowing pictures of future kish prosp er i ty constantly presented a few years back by British officials in Parliament and else where. As the p r i ce o f th e G uaran t ee d St oc k i s about par ' the non-fulfilment of the stipulation re tailig the s i n ki ng f un d is n ot h ur tf u l to the 1 2 ,: lcier s• The guaranteeing Governments who are tb -il d in case of Turkish default to continue paying e r r divi dends are the sufferers. The suspension has been announced of Mr. Ed- Tard Ti ernan, of Great Tower-street, engaged in heea trade, w i t h li a bi l i t i es for £ 30, 000 or £40 , 000. assets are said to be small. to T he No r th B ritish Daily Mail of yesterday an telinees the s t oppage of Mr. David Law, sole part an'a°f the firm o f Edi ngton and Sons, i ronfoun d ers engineers, of Glasgow. The estimated liabilities are p 232,000, and the assets £120,000. The stop patuge appears to have been directly caused by the wisapension of Messrs. M'Ewen and Bryson, on Q 7 9813 estate it is said Mr. David Law ranks for F °°°. A meeting of c r edito r s is called for rid y. A i rl' he Bank of England have given notice that on e e °ll4 aY, the 3d o f September, the New Three per 37ea tt r t s.) Reduced Th ree per C ents., A nnu i t i es f or 30 4 /inuities for terms of years, and India Four Pe r duCents. w ill be transferable without the dividend transfer the 10 th of October next ; also that the da books of Bank s t oc k w ill s h u t on Wednes th t h 6 12th o f S eptember, and open on Thursday, Vith of October. v 'the biddi ngs for £350,000 in bills on India took Dortle?? yesterday a t th e B ank of England. The pro allotted were-to Cal cu tt a , £231,450 ;to m ad ra s , £5,600; and to Bombay, £17,900. The 11I nuna prices were as before- 1 -Is. 10d. on Cal ,.ta and Mad ras, and Is. 100. on Bombay, at ;"alch r ates allotments were ma d e in full. These , n its show th e demand for the means of remit tance to th e E ast to be still extremelylight, although the amount t a k en is a little in excess of that uon t he last occasion. p In the matter of Overend, Gurney, and Co. sh areholder the c ase o f M r. Henry Grissell, who is a of 80 shares, and a depositor of £16,000, was taken by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley Yesterday as representing that of the class of de positors who are also shareholders. The Vice- Chancellor decided that, according to present law, Mr. Grissell is a partner, and as such can receive to part of his deposit until all the other creditors are paid in full, but must meanwhile pay calls upon his shares. Considering that the remaining liability of Mr. Grissell on his share is fixed at £2,800, and that the debt due to him by the company is £16,000, t he hard s hi p o f hi s pos i tion is most striking, and will 'arnish a no th er warn i ng to the public to have as lit tle to d o as poss ib le with any limited companies o 4 , w hich any po r ti on o f t h e cap i tal remains un called. CThe following Bombay telegram, dated 23d July, o lust b een received by Messrs. W. C. Sillar and bill. --E xchange on London for a fi r st- c l ass B an k 6 months' sight, per rupee, is. Hid ; the Cal cutta rate for do., per rupee, 2s. ; exchange on Cal eeti t o at :14. sight, 101 i to 104 ; Government 4 per 1u• Paper, 89ir s . ; d o. 5 per cent., 106irs. ; do. count P e r cent., 111/ rs.; B ank of Bombay rate of dis bar 12 ; bar go ld , 99i touch, 16-6 rs. per tola ; to t silver , l7 to 17i betternes, 103irs. per 100 g th e2,ooo bales cotton sailed from Bombay Bur fortnight. Piece goods active. Two O'CLOCK. „ At th Ate t v. e Paris Bourse, this morning, according to ver s3 45,. wigrarn, the per cent. Rentes were 69f cline t he ma r k et for Consols there has been a de reut ° f per cent. compared with the prices cur- Yesterday afternoon. The stagnation of busi gas el l speculative account and for investment are 8 4 ,, 1 eal lsee of the prevailing depression. At the eidti ale the market may, on the whole, be' con k:red strong and healthy. Consols are for the Haut 81 i for money, and 88k I for the ac lNie lit ' At the last moment the latest prices of ditto Threes are 87 i; India 5 per Cents., 103 ; 04 , flfaced 5i per Cents., 106; ; and ditto At " ' 18 s• prem. ; 4cist the Exchequer Bills, 4s. 3s. dis. Foreign Stocks are at fractionally In the Railway Share Market business has re mained very quiet, and prices are a shade flatter. South-Eastern and North-Western have each de declined 55., and Midland 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain without any material change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull Al liance have declined to 201 ; Hindustan, China, Japan to 31 ; and London and Westminster to 901; Anglo-American Telegraph are dealt in at 13i 14i ; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 1 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 3 dis. ; and General Credit at dis. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GC VERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, July 10. 3 per Cent. Reduced B 7 l- New 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 March. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — 4 3 - Do. £5OO _. ... Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent — Do Account INDLLN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. [radian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l2 pin Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 ., . 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds 72 Do. Scrip, £75 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do £lOO Bonds — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) (Milian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent Do Scrip, £75 paid Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferred tcgyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue B6 Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds 864 Do. Government Railway Debentures — Do. £6O paid .reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account civatemala 5 per Cent. !telian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do. Maremmana Railway — llexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada — Do 2 per Cent — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ` — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 - -Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per C en t ., 1856 '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 874 Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account 194 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account — Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 44 per Cent. 1861 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 5O Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864...,.. 26 54 7 4 Dividends on the above payablein London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. Certificates . .......... 904 French Relates 3 per Cent. .................. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 524 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for money .............. Do. A.ccount MARKETS.7-This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale to-day, in but midtaling condition. P r i me b ree d s rovedhere, mand was heavy, at late rates. The top figure was 5s 8d per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderate. Downs and half-breds sold freely—other breeds slowly, at Monday's currency. Lambs commanded rather more attention, at from Gs 8d to 8s per Blbs. The supply was by no means everY film, with a fair supply in the market. Call:lyes pigswer scarcely trans acted. _ __ Per 81b to sink the offal. ads d d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Pme ers-wool sheep 6 2 5 5 Second quality do ..1 4 4 10 Prime S'thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 4 Large coarse calves. 4 4 4 14 Prime Scots, acc....5 6 5 8 Prime small d0......5 0 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 2 Lar ge hogs ..4 0 4 0 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 ia 32a each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 962 Beasts 412 Cows. C0w5..... — Sheep and lambs 9,820 Sheep and limbs Calves 362 Calves . 299 rigs 204 IPigs 45 MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, which moved off steadily as follows : Beef, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 7s 0d; veal, 4s Od to 56 4d; and pork, ls Od to 5s 4d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 4s to £6 lOs; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os • old clover, £5 5s to £ 7 Os Od ; new do., £4 10 s t o £5 10;• ' and straw, £2 2s to £2 103 per lead. A fair de man d . CIIII BERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4106 to £6 lOs Od; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 20s to £5 108; and straw, £2 2s to £2 12s per load. Supply moderate. WIII TECRAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 4s to £6 lOs Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 15s to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 lOs to £5 108 ' • and straw, £2 Os to .£2 108 per load. A slb w trado. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley l7 6 Walls End Haswell 2O 6 East Hartlepool Kelloe 18 9 South Hetton Tees ... ... . Framwellgate lB 3 s. d. Walls End Hetton 20 6 Holywell Main l7 6 Original Hartlepool Cassop Braddyell's Hetton l9 9 Lambert's W.Hartley 17 6 Heugh Hall l9 6 Ships at market, 33—sold, 30. SANITARY CONDITION OF LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday the Liverpool Town Council unanimously resolved to in crease the salary of Dr. Trench, medical officer of health, from £750 to £l,OOO per annum. The council also agreed to give.£s,ooo towards the erection of an hospital for infec tious and contagious diseases. It was stated that the public had subscribed £B,OOO for the same purpose. It was likewise resolved to take the management of the scaveng ing and removal of refuse and night-soil into their own hands. It was stated that in Manchester and other large towns such a step had worked well both in an economical and ;military point of view. lower rates. Italian have declined 1, to 51f 52; Spanish Passive k, to 191 201 ; Mexican I, to 171 1 ; do. New 4 7 to 14 I ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. 1, to to 261 j ; Greek continued at 11k 12 ; the Spanish Certificates at 141 ; and Brazilian Scrip at 324 dis. American Securities are generally firm. United States 5-20 Bonds have advanced I to 691 ; Erie shares 1 to 424 434 ; and Illinois are 74 ex div. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1866. 'his Day. , SSE ISIONS. 63 as 93 100 Id ip 4 44 7a 86 1('O 100 100 all 100 100 76 80 55 60 100 102 901 ICO, 100 101. 22 23 85 87 57 40 58 55 50 55 45 50 40 45 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 6 1 p 1 20 I 118 174 5 71 134 30 11 10/ i 911 b 122 k I i 1001 f i 211 2 25i 1051 Sir J. S. Lillie on Increasing the Destructive Powers of Musletry. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a great waste of ammunition' is oc casioned by infantry soldiers in engagements with an enemy, through the want of steadiness in the mode of firing musketry, the constant movement of troops, loading and firing w hil e in a state of great excitement with fixed bayo nets, rendering the muskets topheavy, and with out that steady support so essential in the act of firing to keep the barrel at its proper level, the consequences have been that scarcely one shot in several thousands has taken effect, as proved by comparisons made in various armies between the quantity of ammunition expended in action and the returns of killed and wounded--a fact to which I can myself bear evidence from my experience during the Peninsular War in the different en gagements which took place, from the first landing of the British troops in Portugal, in 1808, to the battle of Toulouse, in 1814, which terminated the war. The superiority of artillery over infantry in strik ing objects, although at much greater distances, is well known, as, notwithstanding muskets being generally depressed or raised to a greater elevation than that at which pieces of heavier metal are fired, the bullets mostly either fall short of their object or pass over the enemy's head ; whereas a cannon ball seldom or never strikes the ground until it reaches the object at which it was aimed. Under these circumstances it occurred to me that if musket barrels were placed on gun-carriages the same advantages possessed by heavy guns Auld be thus obtained. I consequently pointed out to the late Lords Hardinge and Herbert how easily this could be effected, by producing by way of example a small gun-carriage, on which were placed six rifle barrels at intervals of eight or ten inches, and each barrel provided with a revolving cylinder containing twenty charges, by which means 120 shots per minute, if necessary, could be dis charged in rapid succession by one man simply turning a winch handle ; but I suggested at the same time that I considered several minutes prefer able for such rapid firing. On each of these car riages or rifle batteries, when in action, being re moved for reloading, they should be replaced with the greatest expedition by others ready loaded, so as to render it impossible for an enemy's column to escape almost total annihilation if allowed to ap proach within 100 to 150 yards. To produce these results the batteries should be masked by lines of cavalry or infantry until after the commencement of an engagement, and the enemy's column allowed to approach within the aforesaid distances ; then, on being unmasked, this destructive fire should be opened. Portable iron-faced screens presenting angles that would turn off every musket ball can be folded up and carried on these gun carriages for the protection of the men employed in firing ; and as for artillery, no man or horse could stand within the range of these batteries ; moreover, no field guns could be brought to bear on them at such close quarters without committing greater havoc on their own troops. These batteries being of slight construction could be easily trans ported from one place to another on the backs of horses or mules, and when in the field of battle can be wheeled about by one man with as much facility as a wheelbarrow. The direction of the fire can be elevated or depressed, and traversed to the right or left with the same facility as a field-piece. Their advantages in engagements in streets or narrow passages must, therefore, be obvious. Although Lords llardinge and Herbert admitted these advantages they replied that they considered the approbation of the Ordnance Select Committee indispensable for all improvements in the art of war, notwithstanding that the batteries in question were highly approved of by Colonel (then Captain) Boxer, who, though inferior in rack, in my humble opinion far exceeded in scientific acquirements any of the members of the special committees thus em ployed, who may, moreover, never have seen a shot fired in action. It is likewise an implied reflection on infantry officers to have it inferred that they are less capable of forming opinions as to the value of improvements in the musket than officers of a different branch of the service, who in the field of battle have nothing to do with that weapon, and without whose assist ance battles have been fought, as proved when Soult, advancing for the relief of Pampeluna, at tacked our forces at Roncesvalles on the 25th July, 1813, on which occasion our troops were engaged until the 2d of August without the use of artillery, and during the whole of which time the rifle corps I commanded was engaged every day—three days in retiring until the 28th, when our different divisions having been concentrated a general engagement took place, in which the enemy were defeated ; and the remainder of the time in driving them back to Ron cesvalles, from whence they came. It is to be hoped, under these circumstances, that our Ministers of War will, in future, adopt all re cognised improvements in the art of war, more par ticularly as regards small arms, without going through the ordeal of obtaining the approbation of any ordnance officer ; and as an instance has been thus given of victories having been won without the aid of artillery, it may be presumed that engines of war connected with small arms could be adopted without a reference to artillery officers being consi dered indispensable. The desire, however, to con tinue in the old rut of routine is so inherent in our system that it is difficult to hope for a change un less a commanding mind is placed at the head of the War Department. As a further proof of what I have stated, I can observe that when the late Lord Herbert came to my house to see one of these batteries he seemed much pleased with it, more particularly when I showed him a letter from Major Vandeleur of the Artillery, under whose care one of them had been placed for trial at Woolwich, and who was so satis fied with the results that he said that if we had had forty or fifty of them at the battle of Inker mann, where he was engaged, the havoc on the dense column of Russians which closed on our troops would have been enormous, as in such a dense mass at such close quarters a rifle ball would have passed through several men. However, an Ordnance officer who accompanied his lordship dis approved of this evidence on the part of Major Vandeleur, which, like that given by Colonel Boxer on a previous occasion in favour of these batteries, was sufficient to induce the Ordnance Committee to ... ---- adhere to their p rev i ous un f avoura bl e decisions.— - The superiority of the rapid firing of the Prussian breech-loaders, to which the recent defeats of the Austrians are to be attributed, may, however, in duce the present Minister of War to consider that he will be rendering as great a public service by causing an inquiry to be made as to the merits or demerits of the engines of war adverted to, as he rendered by ordering the conversion of all our Enfield muzzle-loaders into breech-loaders without consulting any Ordnance Committee ; as we know not how soon it may be necessary to introduze improvements of this nature to compensate for the numerical inferiority of our army compared with those of other Powers.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., JOHN SCOTT LILLIE. Union Club, July 31, 186 G. METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The following return has been made of the number of each rank of police in jured during the meetings in Hydo Park on Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday, the 23d, 24th, and 25th of July : Rendered Unlit for Duty—Superintendents, 1; inspectors, 2 ; police-sergeants, 9 ; police-constables, 33 ; total, 45. Slightly Injured —Superintendents, 9 ; inspectors, 18 ; police-sergeants, 23 ; police-constables, 170 ; total, 220. Total Number Injured—Superintendents, 10 ; inspectors, 20 ; police-sergeants, 32 ; police-constables, 203 ; total, 265. The Commissioner was struck several times by stones thrown at hinr; he received a severe contusion on the side of the head and a cut on the temple which blackened his eye. Each of the Assistant-Commissioners was struck several times by stones thrown at them. NEW ACT ON REVISING BARRISTERS.—Yesterday an Act of Parliament was printed declaring that a bar rister, being a commoner under the Act 16 and 17 Viet., c. 57, is not disqualified as a revising barrister. Under the Registration of Voters Act (6 and 7 Vie. c. 18), the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench appoints, in the months of July or August in every year, a revising barrister for the county of Middlesex and Metropolitan boroughs, as well as the City of London. SHARE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Share raid. I Closing I Business Price. clone. V 0 V 2 121 123 35 95 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 112 111 2) 30 5 6 120 122 129 131 120 i 128 71 I.Xtier Caledonian 'C t 1 U'ork and Bandon. Corn wal Dublin & Belfast J unc. Dun„Per th, & Ab.J unc. kl. London, crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ()rd. stk. Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 1 Do. New, Is. at 25 pa , GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid. —Oxiord Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. .10. Do. and St. John'siV'd Jlidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birrain.. Derby Mid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Dc. Carli.lle Do. Stook. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. st Jck Shropshire Union South Devon 'south Eastern Staines, Wok., Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH Atlantic& St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butr.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Cslcutta & S. E., lirn e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East lndian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension : rand Trunk of Canad 4 Do. Equip. 31ort,_Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist l'rcf. Bonds Do. do deferred .. D. 2d Prof . Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Du. Ith Pn.q. stock Do. do. deterred Bt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c tit. South of India gin. 5 per cent ll 4f per cent Do (treat Wcs. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Hl.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do 7:l Do. Puniaub Do.lndus 01 93 63 63, 34 3,3 124 A 125 91 93 21 23 118 1184 92 1.3 58 60 130 131 2 3 p , lip 02 94 L 251 12,5 It 2 p 9.) J 7, 54 56 3 25 107 109 69 71 104 100 35 36 9 11 DI 119 121 1 2p 1 2 75 7 7 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 48 68 69 76 86 14 , 115 2 3; 100 103 53 55 88 100 91 93 158 151 bi 3 d 91 93 83 85 1} Ofd 98 99 h 9 81 85 87 8) 82 06 97 96 97 1 31 95 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEOUR. ,ITI ES. British Columbia, 6 per c alnB e .7 n4. -0 , 8v 1) 4. o e c . 31 j , a 1 . 5 4t 72. 0. u . 100 _ y . 100 92 94 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1:0 93 95 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 D j D a o o p . 0 5 5 G . p l 3. C ci Inscribed n p .0. j 1 u 87 l sk y 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 7 9 5 5 10 7 7 1 7 7 Do.Ap1.&001. 1890-1000 100 102 104 Do. do: ISBO-9 100 102 104 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 100 100 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April end 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 8) 86 Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.( 100 IGO 102 Do. 1878, do lOO 105 1.7 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov :1 10) 101 103 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 103 105 - Natal 'oov. 6 per cent.. 100 97 100 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&.July 100 90 02 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186,, 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 83 85 84 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 Do. 5 per cent.... .... 100 73 75 73} 4 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 93 851 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-0 100 Do. 1878 & upwards llO 102 104 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 a 1011 21 2 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 5 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 425 445 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 29/ 14 11 East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 East Carn Brea 33 1 1 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - - East Lovell 3.0.0 61 7j E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 Great Laxey, limited all 19 20 194 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 f 11 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 I G. Wheal Vor (llelston 40 18 22 18/ Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 ilerod's Foot ... 8.10.0 30 32 ilingston Downs 5.10.6 31 31 Margaret (Tiny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 41 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 21 lid New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'lßassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... 7.1.6 Providence ,Uny Lefant 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 325 375 South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 i2l Stray Park Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 3 5 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 6 7 West Chiver ton ll 64 67 West Seton- Wheal Bassett tlllog - an 51 80 85 Wheal Buller atedruth 16 10 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton —. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 8 10 rREFERENCE SHARES South Eastern (Reading Anne., £l.O, AND STOCKS. .6), 211 2 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 54 Ditto, 5 per cent., 112 Freston and Wyre, 41} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Wilts and Somerset, 80 Dutch Rhenish, 181 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pl., 181 Sambre and Meuse, 56 per cent. pf., 9 Western and North-Western of France, 211 I'tta,ElG-14 MD tub. Chontales Gold:and Silver Mining, 11 Cobre Copper, 1 3 2 Don Pedro, North Del Rey, liapunda, lim., I 1 St. John del Rey, lim., 476 8 7 8 BAN A& Alliance, lim.. 201 1 --- . Anglo Egyptian, lim., 10 Anglo-Italian, 11111., 10 I Bank of British Columbia, 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 15 141 Chartered Mer. of India, London, and China, 34 Colonial, 391 40 Consolidated Bank, lim., 61 5 East London. lint., 31 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 31 Imperial Ottoman, 81 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 2 London and County, 62 1 5 London Joint Stock, 421 2 London and Westminster, 901 90 9i Merchant Bank, lim., 151 15 National Provincial of England, Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 391 National Bank, 80 Standard of British South Africa, lint., 141 Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 3 Union of Australia. 47.!, Union of London, 411 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 131 HI Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 31 1 f 1 Berlin Water Works, him, lc} City of Moscow Gas, lim., 121 Commercial Union, Insurance, 61 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, ai 6 Crystal Palace, 38 Ditto, Preference."loS Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 4 31 klectrio Telegraph, 1303 1 English and Australian Copper, Yore-street Warehouse, lint„ 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, lint., 41 1 1 Hudson's 8ay,116 Land Securities. lim., 2 • London Financial Association, lira., 13} London General Omnibus Company, Urn, 3j National Discount Company, 12} Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which 31,ii to pay, 4; Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 4 Otago and Southland Investment, Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto, £l9), 15 Royal Mail Steam, 109 Telegraph Constructicm and Maintenance, lira.,_ Ditto (£l2), 15 THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The harvest has commenced in the Newmarket district, as regards both wheat, barley, and oats, and it will be general by the end of the week. In consequence of emigration end the high price of labour in other parts of the country, many of the farmers aro complaining of an insufficiency of men for the harvest work-. POLICE IN This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. Samuel Okey, a diminutive urchin, abOut 14, was charged before Alderman Stone, the sitting magistrate, with picking pockets. From the statement of ono of the City detectives, it appeared that ho saw the prisoner and some other lads in Lower Thames• street yesterday afternoon, and ho watched them and saw them put their hands into the pockets of several ladies. He saw the prisoner follow a lady, and as she was about entering a cab with a gentleman put his hand into her pocket, but the lady declined to go to the station. On searching the prisoner he found on his person 4s. 2d. in silver and coppers, and a whistle, which the young thieves of the metropolis were in the habit of using to call each other. lle also found a piece of coal in his trousers pocket. . _ Alderman Stone —Coal ! what did ho want of coal ? The officer explained that these young thieves were in the habit of putting a piece of coal in their mouth when they went out of a morning for good luck. (Laughter.) He said that the prisoner was well known to the police as one of a gang of young thieves who infested Thames-; street and its neighbourhod, and had been previously con victed. Sentenced to 3 weeks' imprisonment. Thomas Long was charged with stealing a purse con taining two duplicates, a half-sovereign, five shillings, and some halfpence, the property of Elizabeth Cuthess, a mar ried woman residing in Vauxhall-road, Lambeth. A policeman said that last evening he saw the prisoner on Old Swan pier, and his suspicions being excited, he watched him on board of the Matrimony steamboat. Ho followed the prisoner, and detected him in the act of put ting his hand into the pocket of a young lad. He found on the prisoner the purse, duplicates, and money in question, which were identified by Mrs. Cuthess as her property. The prosecutor corroborated this evidence. The prisoner, who stoutly protested his innocence, was recognised as an old offender, andwas remanded fora week. M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. A PALTER.—MaIy Pox was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the door of St. Martin's workhouse. The case having been proved, Mr. Kuox asked if anything was known of the prisoner? Dacke, one of the workhouse officers, said that on Aug. 28, 1860, the prisoner was brought before the late Mr ; Beadon for disord er ly con d uct, and sentenced to seven days imprisonment. On the 4th Nov. she was brought before the same magistrate, and discharged with a caution. She was twice before the magistrates in 1861, and once repri manded and once committed for seven days. In 1863 she was charged with taking away her clothing, and after be ing remanded seven days was discharged ; again charged with a similar offence, remanded for 14 days, and dis charged; again, for disorderly conduct, committed for seven days. In 1864 she was charged with taking away her clothing, before Mr. Knox, remanded seven days, and discharged. In 1865, charged with being drunk and dis orderly and discharged. In 1866, drunk and disorderly : committed for 21 days ; making away with her clothing : 21 days ; again, the same offence, 21 days ; and, again, the same offence, 21 days. Mr. Knox committed her for a month with hard labour. THAMES TOBACCO SMU GGLING.—George T urnbull, a young sailor, s wl l s bs. br o o f ug fo h r t e b ig ef n o' m .e alniurfalClrt°u°rehlch ch arged w i th smuggling tobacco. Mr. Win. Mullett, an offices of Customs, stated that he searched the ship Waterwitch, from Montreal, off Black wall yesterday, that the prisoner denied four different times that he had anything liable to duty concealed in his berth. He search his (prisoner's) berth and found there silbs. of tobacco of foreign manufacture. The value and duty amounted to £1 10s. 3d. The prisoner—l have nothing to say. Mr. Woolrych— Then you must pay £1 10s. 3d. o: be imprisoned 14 days. CHOLERA IN COURT.--Police-Sergeant Saunders, No. 50 K, reported to Mr. Woolrych that a woman named Mary Drummond, charged with being drunk and disor derly, was in the yard behind the court and in groat pain. She was labouring under choleraic diarrhoea. Mr. Woolrych—Then do not bring her into court. That will make her worse. Police-Sergeant Smith No. 47 K, said that Mr. Horton, the divisional surgeon of police, of lligh-street, Stepney, had been sent for to see the womax. Would his worship be kind enough to discharge her, and order her rembval? Mr. Woolrych—Yes, how are you going to remove her ? Smith—ln a cab, sir. Mr. "Woolrych—Send her to the workhouse, under Mr. Horton's directions, and let her be taken care of. As far as I am con cerned sho is discharged. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. LONDON, Aug. 2. —Wind this day at noon South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, August I.—Young England, from Montreal ; Arctic, Miramichi ; Ann Falcon, from Demerara ; Indus, from Calcutt a ; S arah Ann, from Guernsey. Arrived, Aug. 2 . —The Equity, from Porto Rico ; Row land Evan s , f rom New York ; Meggy, from Sulina ; Re nate, from Al exandria ; Reward, Emma, Triton, Zuma, Esther, Mary J ane, Vivid, R over , Young Louisa, and Sarnia, from Guernsey ; Leonne, from Abbeville ; Argo naut, from Montreal ; Vir, from Faro ; Von Haedon Cartlon, from Leghorn; Cato, from Archangel ; Seropta, from Cronstadt ; Besidido, from Lagos ; Raven, from Montreal; Henrich, from St. Petersburgb ; Stefano Opa nach, from T rieste ; Anna. from Montreal ; John, from Dunkirk ; L e d s k neff, from Quebec ; Gratitude and Mait land, M on t real; Winsome, from Haniburg. Sailed, A ug. 2.—The Onega, for Petersburg. Passed.—ll e b e DEAL, Thursday Morning. ship, f rom the from Rio Grandy; Germania, , from London, for Miramichi; Delhi, west, Myrtle, of Whitstable, from th e nort h , f or t h e west. for London; D a iley, of Chester, and Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. DESTRUCTIVE this (Thursd ay ) morning several serious fires occurred FIRES. —D u r i ug l a st night and in the m e t ropolitan district. One fire took place in the premises b e l onging to Mr. Mill er, a clot hi er, s it ua t e a t N o. 167, Edm on d s -place, Bethnal-green" The building was two stories hi g h , and the shop contained a great amount of stock. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the K division, who succeeded in arousing the inmates, who happily eff ected a saf e retreat. Con d uctors McCul loch,:Beer, a n d B eaton promptly attended with two of the Royal Society' s escapes, Falcon-square. belongingalcNovna-ss qm a k i n g Shand, Mason, and Co. attended, under the command of Mr. Gatehouse, the chief officer of the Eastern district. Plenty of water having been procured, under the direction and several land steamers by of Mr. P. Edinger, Another fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Gomm, a dair yman, No. 14, Alpha-place, 'Kilburn. The the steamers were set to work. discovery was made by police-constable 188 of the X divi sion. Conductor ilutchin arrived with the Royal Society's escape, and was followed by the Kilburn Volunteer engine and the land steamers, as . well as a strong body of the Salvage Corps. Some of the neighbours managed to save the children, and the other persons effected their escape. O w ing to the combined exertions of all present the fire was extinguished, but the damage done was considerable.—A to Mr. Bunting, wholesale stationers, No. 8, fire likewise broke out in the extensive range of premises uare. The flames commenced in the basement, rapid progress Whe n and Conductors Mellott and Shaw arrived with two of the R oyal Society's escapes, and the land steamers fol lowed from Whi tecross-street and other stations. The fire was not exti nguished until the basement and ground floor were sev erely burnt, and the upper part damaged by heat, s!icc. The origin of the dis aster is unknown. that, just as our Considerable ridiveerarsbloefsuspeoplty rY beautiful, and the rall: the now carried on, chid dealer in Scot land. e s d x t . e e cm SCOTCHI i ll e P r n .eta Unger, pearls l- n Efl g As e hß r Lr w B o Y. f a —b s eElgdtaiEdinburgh, is derived i e r uf g ar i f h i r .lo :o as much as £lOO, indeed, has been ob tained the 5 1 1 ; ( 3 specimen. It is not unlikely, I think, payst instigatorh es these a S c ogt great e i nf s a h tt thhc p ieee e aalrnl tradees,i neighbourhood b : n.nio whichmoney ehc yaoortoleadannvuodeuf as , chiefly peasantry pearl-producing rivers, for these Caledonian gems, .many of which are of great individual value, the best kinds ranging in price fromt f a r o i n m e d t 4 h s e for t i o r i . 1 given to the fishery b -Y the dealers, that the streams of Scotland will speedily be exhausted, for mussels in Scotland are not found in beds, as in the sea, but individually or in very small cluster; which, of course, are greedily seized upon and at once destroyed in the hope of obtaining a few of the gems. As regards the productive ness of the Scottish pearl-mussel, a practical hand tells us 4a petus that one pearl is on the average found in every 13 shells ; but as only one pearl in every ten is saleable, it requires the destruction of 130 Shells in order to find that one gem. Of course, shells are occasionally found that contain a great many pearls, but these aro an exception to the rule, and it may be easily calculated how long the capital stock of any river will stand out against the determined efforts of the peasantry surrounding it when they know that by a little exertion they can pay their rent by collecting pearls. —Cornhill Magazine for August. The Owl understands that Lord Cowley his sent in his resignation as ambassador at Paris, and that he merely holds office until the Government have decided on his successor in a post which it is far from easy to fill. ETON COLLEGE ELECTION.--The following is the result :—F..Armistead, C. BiTans, J. G. P. Mackenzie, J. E. C. WellOon, G. C. G. Milman, F. J. Tuck, C. G. Brown ing, H. S. Salt, F. E. Grainger, E. W. Collin, R. C. Reade, C. A. D. Clark, J. H. J. Ellison, R. T. Richardso n , J. B. T. Hill, C. M. F. Mundy, F. Froth, E. F. IL Gould. Juno. 8 pm rrIIIIUD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLock. THE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NICKOLSBERG, Aug. 2. The King will leave Prague on Saturday morn ing for Gorlitz, where his Maj esty will dine at 5 p.m., and arrive at Berlin at 11 the same evening. LOHR, Aug. 2. The Prussian head quarters will be transferred to-morrow to Wrurzburg, which town, with the ex ception of the Marienberg and main district, will remain in the possession of the Prussians during the armistice. NEW ITALIAN LOAN. FLORENCE, Aug. 2. A Royal decree has been issued to-day ordering a national loan of 350,000,000 lira. The issue price will be 95 per cent., and will be payable in six in stalments extending from Bth October, 1866, until the Ist April, 1867. It will bear interest on the nominal value at the rate of 6 per cent., of which 5 per cent. will be paid by coupon and 1 per cent. in prizes. The interest will be payable every six months, the first payment falling due on the Ist of April, 1867. The first drawing for prizes will take place in October, 1870. The prizes will range from 100 to 100,000 lira. A MERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2. The North American Lloyd's steamer Atlantic, from New York, passed the Needles at 11.40 a.m. to-day. ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO. FALMOUTH, August 2, The New York and Havre Company's United States steampship Arago, from Havre on the Ist inst. for New York, arrived here to-day, with 265 passengers. Having embarked 59 more from Fal mouth, she proceeded on her voyage. SOUTHAMPTON ; August 2. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Teutonia, from New York on the 21st ult., passed the Needles at 2.30 p.m. to-day. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida has arrived here. The commercial crisis at Rio de Janeiro was sub siding. Money was easier, and treasury bills were discounted at 6 per cent. The news from the seat of war is discouraging, the Brazilian camp having suffered a severe bom bardment without being able to reply. The allied army was also suffering greatly from sickness. It is reported at Monte Video that a battle had been fought in which the allies were worsted, and Gen. Ozerio killed. In Monte Video a run had been made upon the Banks, and Government had decreed a suspension of specie payments for a period of six months. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, August 2. The Bank of France return for the week ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with the previous account : INCREASE. Cash Notes l5 11 DECREASE. Commercial bills Current accounts 5 3-5 Advances 1 1-5 Treasury balance— unchanged. Bank of England Returns.•--This Evening An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Aug.l, 1866. ISSUE DE Notes issued ...X27,932,340 'AILTMENT. Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £27,932,340 £27,932,340 BANKING . D: _ Proprietors' Capi tal £1 4,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div oEPARTMENT. Governnat. Sdeu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £10,128,123 Other Securities 26,567,368 Notes 2,412,390 Gold and Silver Coin ..... 861,000 Accounts) 3,189,580 Other Deposits 17,738,851 Seven Day and other bills £39,968,881 439,968,881 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS 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 : Imperial Gas Company (No. 3), North British (Tay Bridge) and Caledonian and Scottish North Eastern RRaiaillwwaTCompanies. THE JAMAICA COMMISSION. The Earl of ROMNEY said that he wished for some ex planation on the part of the Government in reference to the proceedings of this commission. Some difference of public opinion prevailed in reference to the course adopted by the military and civil authorities in the late outbreak at Jamaica. Earl of CARNARVON said that the importance of the question brought under the consideration of the house by the noble earl could not be exaggerated, but he regretted at the present late period of the session it would be impossible to give Parliament and the country at large a full and satis factory explanation on the subject. The result of the commission showed that excesses had been committed by the executive representing this country, but the cir cumstances were very exceptional. As regarded the part taken by the navy in Jamaica, he must say that that branch of the public service was free from the blame that was at tributable to other departments, but at the same time sufficient had been developed in the course of the inquiry to justify the course he had adopted in directing an inves tigation by the authorities of the Admiralty. Ho referred to the peculiar functions of the commission, which, he said, were analogous merely to those of a grand jury. He adverted next to the names of some of the principal officers who had taken a prominent part in repressing the insurrection, and said that their conduct was not free from grounds of censure. He thought that there were grounds for disapproving of the policy pursued by Governor Eyre. He said that ho had given instructions to Sir John Grant, in whose discretion and energy he had the greatest reli ance, to make every inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the late outbreak in Jamaica. Earl RUSSELL expressed his high approval manner in which the Commission had con ducted labours. i 3 theirthe The subject then dropped. THE PUBLIC PARKS. Earl RUSSELL, at the request of Earl Derb y , consented to postpone a question relative to the public parks, of which he had given notice for that evening, until to morrow. The following bills were read a second time : —Turn pike Trusts Arrangements , Poor-law Amendment, and Aberdeen Provisional OrdeConfirmation. The Land Drainage Supplemental Bill passed through committee. The other orders of the day were then dispos e d o f , and the house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TIIIS EV ENING. - The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were agreed to :—Barry Railway (E x t ens i on), Cambrian Rail- Hou way ns s ( low and MetrNew Works), opolitan Ellesmereßaial way. nd Glyn Valley Railway, THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Ardmore Harbour, Belgravia and South Kensington New-road, Delabolo Railway and Bossinney Harbour, Limerick and Castle Connel Railway, Market Bosworth School, Pagham Harbour, Sheils' Alm s h ouses Charity, South Essex R a il way, and Brighton West Pier. DOCKYARDS. On the motion of Mr. SEELY a return was ordered of the cost and rate book price of building, of fitting, and also of repairing and refitting, Ice., each boat in each of her Ma jesty's dockyards for 1865-6. JAMAICA. On the motion of Mr. C. cial'lN a copy or extracts ws s ordered on the correspondeneb between the Beard Adm ralty and Admiral Hope on the conduct of naval of or in the recent deplorable occurrence in Jaraacia. EAST INDIA COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. CRAWFORD asked whether her Majesty's Govern ment would take into their early consideration the recom mendations of the select committee on the East India com munications. Mr. W. HUNT said the report of the committee was under two heads —" Postal" and "Telegraphic" communi cation. He could give no answer with reference to tele graphic communication, but as regarded postal comniuni - cation the Government had determined to accept the report of the committee. TEE RECENT MONETARY CRISIS. Mr. CRAWFORD asked the Attorney-General whether, with reference to the number of insolvent estates now in course of being wound up under the orders of the Court of Chancery, any arrangements were in contemplation, by which the delay which must arise, by reason of the long vacation, in the administration of these estates, and the distribution of their assets, might be avoided. The ATTONEY-GENERAL said there was always one judge's chambers open during the vacation, and therefore no delay could arise. ILLEGAL EXACTIONS IN CHINA. Col. SYKES asked the Secreary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it had come to his knowledge that in the provinces in which and adjoining to which the treaty porta are situated, in the north of China, the local mandarin for the kat two years have been in the habit of exacting heavy illegal transit duties on merchandise in breach of treaty ob ligations. Lord STANLEY said ho had no information in refe rence to this matter. METRICAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. J. B. SMITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he was aware that there was a bill before the Congress of the United States of America to adopt the metrical system of weights and measures ; and, seeing that the metrical system was in use in France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Italy, and that Russia has intimated her intention also to adopt it if Eng land adopts it, whether, with the view to facilitate the growing intercourse between the nations of the world, the noble lord will take the opportunity of returning peace in Europe to invite a congress of nations to consider the practicability of adopting an international system of moneys, weights, and measures. Lord STANLEY understood that there was a bill be fore Congress of the kind to which the hon. member re ferred, but he did not know what had become of it. He had long been in favour of the metrical system, but he could not blind himself to the fact that there would be great difficulties in introducing it in England. It would be a long time before it would find acceptance with the people. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. In reply to Major DiCXSON, Sir S. NORTHCOTE said it was true that this company had purchased a large portion of land, for which they were unable to pay. THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION. Mr. J. S. MILL presented a petition from the meeting held in the Agricultural Hal], Islington, on Monday even ing. The petitioners considered that the closing of the gates at Hyde-park, and the exclusion of the people were illegal, and were accompanied by gross acts of violence on the part of the police. (" Oh, oh," from the Conservative benches.) In conclusion, they prayed the house to insti tute a full inquiry into the conduct of the Chief Commis.. sioner and the police under his orders on the occasion_re ferred to. In reply to Major KNOX, Mr. MILL said he was not a member of the Reform League ; to the council of which, or Mr. Beales himself, the hon. member might apply for particulars. (Laughter.) CHURiiii RA TES. Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that early next session he would introduce a bill in reference to church rates, if the subject was not taken in hand by the Government. FLEFT SITTING.I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.This Day. • GOODWOOD RACES.—TIIIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ZETLAND STAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; untried stallions allowed 31b. One mile. Mr. R. C, Naylor's Wild Briar (Challoner) 1 Mr. J. La Mert's Beelzebub (Fordham) 2 Betting-11 to 8 on Wild Briar. SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; fillies, Bst 101 b; those got by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b ; both, 51b. T.Y.C. Six subs. Mr. Savile's Harlequin f (Cannon) 1 Lord Portsmouth Haidee (Wells) 2 Maid of Mashain f (French) 3 Carming May and Thorsday also ran. Betting-2 to 1 on winner, 5 to 1 bar one. MOLECOMB STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; a winner 51b extra ; winner of the Levant Stakes, 71b extra. T.Y.C. 29 subs. Mr. Merry's Marksman (Fordham) 1 Mr, W. G. Craven's Bismark (Goater) 2 Mr. Padwick's Pericles (Custance) 3 Milan, Ettrick, Prodigal, Red Shoes, Freemason, and Mandrake also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Bismark, sto 2 agst Freemason, 6 to 1 agst Marksman. RACING STAKES of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. One mile. 18 subs. Mr. M. Dennett's Langham (F. Adams) 1 Mr. Henry's Apsley (French) 2 Mr. Bowes's War (J. Adams) 3 Staghound also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Staghound, 5 to 2 agst War, 3 to 1 agst Langham, 5 to 1 agst Apsley. THE GOODWOOD Cur, ;valve 300 sovs, added to a sub scription of 20 sovs each, h ft; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes ; throe-yr olds to carry 7st 71b, four, 9st, five, 9st 71b, six and aged, 9st 101 b; in. and g. allowed 41b; pure Barbs, Turkish, or Arabian horses allowed 321 b ; horses foaled in America or the British Colonies allowed 71b ; horses which have never won above the value of 50 sovs or received 100 sovs including their own stake as second horse, in any country, shall bo allowed weight in these proportions—three yrs old, 41b, four, 91b, five, 141 b, si and aged, 211 b; the winners of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger, Ascot, Goodwood, or Doncaster Cups, within an interval of two years, both Goodwood Cup days in cluded, to carry 71b, of two or more of the above stakes and prizes, 101 b extra ; two miles and a half (29 subs.) Marquis of Hastings' The Duke Baron Rothschild's Tourmalin (Peake) 2 Lord Bateman's Moulsey (Morris) 3 Archimedes (Edwards) 0 Watchman (Cannon) 0 FOURTEENTH BENTINCK MEMORIAL STAKES, a Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for foals of 1862 ; colts Bst 71b fillies Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. 35 subs. Klarinska Nightwatch La- Fortune 3 CHICHESTER STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. S tar 1 Sister to Minie 2 Salliet Nine ran. Won by a length. FIFTEENTH BENTINCK MEMORIAL STAKES, a Triennial Stakes of 10 sous. each for foals of 1863 ; colts, Bst 71b fillies, Bst 31b. Gratwicke Stakes Course. 24 subs. Leybourne 1 West wick 2 Beelzebub .• Four ran. Won by three Darts of a length. SIXTtENTII BENTINCK MEMORIAL STAKES, a Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for foals of 1864 ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 32 subs. Vauban 1 Parmesan filly Sunnylocks ..... 3 Won by a length. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. SEPTEMBER.. Warwick Septembe r 4 I Monmouth Leicester 6 Manchester Autumn...... 25 Doncaster Brecon l7 I Walsall Canterbury lB Lanark 28 Richmond YORK AUGUST MEETING. WEDNESDAY, August 22. Weights for the Ebor Handicap. Two miles over the Old Course. 5 8 12 John Davis 5 8 10 Dalby ••• 4 8 10 lb R ega li a .„ ..• 5 8 7 Windham ••. C a mbuscan 5 8 .7 Age st C a thedral 5 8 5 sot lob Miner 5 8 5 Moulsey • Seamander • ... 5 8 2 Empress of India... 5 8 0 Breadalbane ... 4 7 13 Archimedes ..• 4 7 12 Buckfoot 5 7 10 Kangaroo ..• •.. 4 7 9 Friday ••• 4 7 Harry Brail s f or d •.• 4 7 Rose "• ••• 5 7 2 Honesty Ceylon ••• 3 7 2 •.• 3 7 2 Lysande r 4 7 0 Gowen. .• 4 7 0 Treasure • Trove .„ 3 7 0 War ••• _ 3 7 0 Vixen •••• 4 6 12 Watchbox_ _ 4 611 Siberia ••• _ 4 6 10 Forfeits to be declared on U o'clock a Age st lb Zenobia 4 6 10 Se 3 6 9 Lecturer 3 6 7 Lochiel 3 6 6 Westwick 3 6 6 Retrousse ... 3 6 Fitzroy 3 6 4 Wild Parsley 4 3 Miss Ilaworth 3 6 8 Whalebo ne 3 6 2 Dubiety 4 6 2 • Helen 5 6 0 ••• •• Caithness 3 6 0 Othello ••• 3 6 (1 Kingfisher... ... 3 6 0 Midia colt ... ••• 3 6 ° Limber Magna ... 3 5 12 nd mll C lGo h a l e ne r zs dl a o ae l i en e 3 3 3 33 : 5 5 5 1 11 021 Black Prince, by V oltigeur 3 5 8 Saucy 80y... .. 3 5 7 Lady of the Tees... 3 5 7 7th of August, at twelve it noon., TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON. MR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter • sail's) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on on all the principal races throughout the season, from .£1 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 Sportanan 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 Sporting Life, Aug. 20, 1864.—" We aro,satisfied that all intending backers of horses, who may have been for tniloenr y s i e n n d d o u t te liir c o o n m i t m o i t s i s •u i osnt,s:V lto a v n it ) h , o tt u m t o f e u a n r t o r t h o e lo t a t): Jennya-street." jak given v that must ;hoso on de- alp aid rd, I