The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-03 00:00:00

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P OLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. -- BOW-STREET. John Butter, a youth about 16 years of age, was placed at the bar s on remand, charged with stealing a coat and other articles of wearing apparel. The evidence in this case was given when the prisoner underwent his first examination, and was to the effect that the:prisoner procured the articles by false representations. Re was remanded for further inquiry, and this morning a foreigner, a chemist, carrying on business in Sherrard street, appeared as a witness, and informed the magistrate that the prisoner had been in his employ for a week, but a f ew days ago he absconded from the situation, having, in the temporary absence of the witness's brother, broken open a desk and stolen about £3 in money therefrom. The p r i soner , on b e i ng as k e d w hat he had to say to the char ge, replied, " Nothing." Sir Thomas Henry asked if any inquiry had been made as to the manner in which the boy had been conducting himself for the last two or three years. A Warder, from the House of Correction, said in March, 186 3, he was discharged from Feltham Reformatory, where he had been for three years ; since which time he had been co nvicted as a rogue and vagabond more than once, besides which he had been committed to prison on other charges. Sir T. Henry said, on the first occasion of the prisoner b eing placed before him he thought the case might have been disposed of summarily, but the witnesses had not signed their depositions. The evidence given to-day had quite altered matters, as he could not deal with the pri soner after what had been related by the warder from the P ri son. He should fully commit the prisoner for stealing the money of his master, and ho should also require the Witnesses in the first case to attend, in order that they M ight be bound over to prosecute the prisoner in that case also. WESTMINSTER. Anowrcz AT THE RESIDENCE OF ADMIRAL ROBINSON.— Daniel Edwards, late butler in the family of the Admiral, Was charged before Mr. Arnold with the following an noyance at his residence in Eaton-place : P olice-constable 324 B said that he was last night on duty in Eaton-place, when he heard a ringing of the bell at 70, Eaton-place. He went there and found that the Prisoner had got into the area. This was at about one o'clock. He called up one of the servants, when, on being admitted, he found the prisoner, who was given into his custody. The prisoner stated that he had his discharge the pre- I loos night, and that he thought, as it was late, after fleeting with some friends, he would go and take his lodging for the night at his late master's. Arnold—How came you to ring the bell at the time if the morning you did ? It was at a very late hour—one o'clock in the morning. You had no business to go at such all hour. Prisoner—l went there merely to sleep, and I should have gone into the cellar bad I not been stopped by the Policeman. The constable said that he not only rang the servants' but the visitors' bell, which caused great alarm in the house. . The prisoner was fined 10s., or, in default, seven days' Imprisonment. THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.—Two boys, named Thomas Wilmot and Herbert Lewis, were brought up this morning, the first for obtaining £4 by false pretences, and the other With stealing £lO the monies of his master. Each prisoner Was about 14 years of age. Wilthot, who is the son of James Wilmot, a stevedore, had been guilty of repeated acts of dishonesty, and in custody some time ago. He was then mercifully dealt With and discharged. He called on Mrs. Elizabeth Wickers, married woman, of No. 55, Cannon-street, St. George in -the-East, on Monday last, and represented that his father required the loan of £2 or £3. Mrs. Wickers, who knew the boy's father, and had been in the practice of advancing i lha money, gave the boy £4, the whole of which he s qUandered with other boys. His father never authorised him to obtain the money. The prisoner was remanded, and the magistrate would send him to the Industrial School at Feltham, or some other reformatory, after the proper in quiries had been made. Lewis was in the employ of Mr John Sparks, builder, of lat ely 12, Ki ng - stree t , T ower -hill. Th e p r osecutor bad missed cash from his desk, although he invariably t he it locked. A careful examination convinced him that " . ,e 0 desk had been tampered with, and that the lid of the 8 7k was loose, and could be raised. Yesterday he placed the of card in the desk, and in such a position that if 8 . desk was disturbed the card would fall out. On r i ng to the desk again he discovered the card on the 2 3 r, and missed more cash from a drawer in the desk. He 7 1 . 0 (1 the prisoner into his office, and by alternately telling r e ' 110 would be severely punished if he did not reveal 043 1 11 4 and that it would be better for him to do so, lied a confession from the boy that he had stolen the ..to ne 0 _ Y. The prisoner afterwards made out a list in his 8:7 h andwriting of articles he had purchased with the ! Zell property, a portion of which he had given to other pi _Ye; The list commenced miscroscope, ices, pandean thelje The magistrate would read no farther, and said • r_Prisoner was a fit subject for a reformatory school. He remanded him till Tuesday next. MONEY MARKET AND COMM:23OUL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 4D VANCE IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT The dire c t ors o f th e B an k o f E ng l an d h ave ra i se d their minimum from 3f to 4 per cent.—a measure slo t, generally anticipated. Still, as the private b ankers and brokers, shhwed their reluctance to ne g o tiate mercantile paper at less than 3f per cent., there was a pressure upon the national establish -3424) which is always preferred when no advantage :" 2 k be obtained in other quarters ; an d th e autho rities,4. as will no doubt be shown by th e G azette re "gills this evening, have acted judiciously in the ha ve they have adopted. Perh a p s it wou ld 4a lre been better if they had made their I k evious advance one instead of one-half Quite cent. but, at the same time, it was reasonable to suppose that the tendency of ,„, aff airs at that period might not continue. Though -1 2 1 1 may consider the rise inimical to the com iZereial community, the reverse is probable, since he recent cheapness of money has indicated adver i3V instead of prosperity, as will be seen by the A ~c iarcl of Trade Returns. With th e c l ose o f the ' er ican war enterprise bet ween thi s coun t r y an d Ne w York is likely to be developed to an enormous ar e gree, and already arrangements are making which p e no doubt operating upon the value of money. e l therefore, business is reviving, it is a matter of an d rather than otherwise, merchants 4 d lld others will have to pay more for the accommo dation they require to widen their operations at ' ° //le and abroad. 8 , T he discount market remains in a very quiet. ~'ate, little Sr no business having been negotiated "Inee the alteration has been announced. The joint-stock and private discount firms have made a proportionate advance in their allowances on deposit accounts. The National Discount Com pany, Messrs. Alexander Cunliffe's and Co., overend, Gurney and Co., &c:, will g i ve 3 per cent for money at call, 3+ per cent. for seven days' no tice of withdrawal, and 3} per cent. for 14 day s . ~,, joint-stock banks will allow 3 per cent., the "), Mon and Westminster as usual making the ex ception for su ms un d er £5OO, for which they will , give 2 per cent. th: 111 , e report to be presented to the shareholders at half- B ank yearly - yearly meeting of the London and County of - L l q states that the net profit to the 30th June, ter deducting interest to customers and payment a Itflltli cha rges, and making provision for bad an d a ,„l debts a re £106,821 . Thi s a dd e d to the Cot°llnt brought forward froth last account makes a 1, I °f £125,450 f or appropr i at i on. The d i rectors I;:iethPose to declare th e usua l di v id en d o f 6 per cen t, th e bOm is o f 9 half per cent, making 15 per cent for ard year, leaving £13,660 to be carried for- to this G ast week's ra il way rece i p t s ascerta i ne d up a Y are in round figures as under :- 1865. 1864 • £76,777 £77,322 ... 125,252 121,411 1 , 441 W ee es te Oh W rn ••• 01th..tern " • 4 44 Western . „ ii, i ght oil ... 31,663 29,90 7 ti ~( 11a „nd *** *** ... 29,934 29,069 50,868 49,183 g l) re -ia. t as i e ... • ''' ::: 30,487 80,295 /.4 1 , 1 4t North r e n r , •••• •• • ::: ... 38,922 38,603 Ilri a ea'lhire and f • k h : ; - li o 1 and , or air . ... 44,590 43,473 8209 8,088 4 i lii ta t xaeter ... 71,792 68,558 (4eat Eag e r , Sheffield and Lincoln ... Th 4404 3tera 41°1 8 ell' . • ... ". .• 20,398 19 274 ... ' .. .. ... 37,024 34,635 eOrt eli : returns, when compared with those of the f 4 taa;• BlD"cli ng period of - last year, are generally o thei4faetory character. On the North-Western of k e i i4 , an increase of £3,841, on the South-Western of 0: 56 , on the Brighton of £865, on the Midland Great -°5 , On the Sonth-Eastern of £192, on tl Ip-ork Northern of £319, on the Lancashire and f ki7 i llhi re of £ 1 ,087, on the Bristol and Exeter o , Manche °ll the N orth-Eastern of £3,234, on the ter; Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,151, and on the Great Eastern of £2,389. The Great Western, however, shows a decrease of £545. The biddings for bills on India took place yester afternoon at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were—to Calcutta, £163,500 ; to Madras, £2,000 ; and to Bombay, £lOO,OOO. The minimum price was as before-Is. loid. on Calcutta and Madras, and is. 10d. on Bombay. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at Is. 111 d. will receive about 75 per cent., and on Bombay at Is. Hid., about 70 per cent. These results show a diminution within the past fortnight of the demand for means of remit tance to the East. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 75c. The English Stock Market has been subjected to a fractional fluctuation. As soon as the announce ment was made that the Bank rate had been ad vanced a decline at once occurred in the Funds. A firmer tone, however, has since prevailed, and Con sols are 898 90 for money, and 90 for the Septem ber account. Foreign Stocks have also slightly recovered since the opening of the market. Turkish Consolides are 494 j. ; Mexican, ex all, 23* 4 ; New Loan, 22i 23* ; Greek, 204 21; Spanish Passive, 28* t; Certificates, 13* 4 ; Italian, 64 ; and the Confe derate Loan, 7 9. In American Securities there has been a little more business, and quotations were fractionally im proved. United States 5-20 Bonds, 68 f ; Erie shares, 534 544 ; and Illinois, 791 f. In the Railway Share Market, the dealings have been to a moderate extent, but prices, with one or two exceptions, have given way. Metropolitan have declined £1 155.; Great Northern A Stock, £1 ss. ; Brighton, £1 ; Midland, 10s. ; and Great Western, ss. ; while Great Eastern have improved ss. ; and North Western, 15s. /The Foreign• and Colonial lines remain inactive at about former values. Bank and Viscellaneous shares have continued in fair request, and prices generally remain steady. Union of London are dealt in at 52f ; London and County, 751 76 ; Alliance Bank, 29 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 91 ; and Ottoman Financial, Bf. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings : Hodges' Dis tillery, 1 1} prem. ; Anglo Greek Steam Navigation Company, 11 21 prem. ; General Exchange Bank, lf 2f prem. ; Marseilles Extension Railway and Land Company (Limited), 11 21 prem. ; the New Issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 4 dis. ; Northern Assam Tea, par f prem. ; Chubwa Tea, par f pm. ; Albert Bridge, 1 1* prem. ; Massa Carrara Marble, 2 2f prem. ; Downs Docks, 1 1f prem. ; London Quays, 1 1 dis. ; British India Trust and Agency Corporation, 1 1f prem. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company (Limited), 11 14 prem. ; London Bridge Land, 1 / pm. ; International Sugar Refinery, / 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Aug. 8 9O 891 ó per Cent. Reduced 894 I- 1 New 3 per Cent. 894 1 1 New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent — Do. £5OO 3 Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 247 6 8 Do Account . — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 Do- Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account — Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 41 Per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do. Account - Do.£B6p_aid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue 97+ Do £lOO Bonds 9Bi Do. 1864 941 I Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account — Do. Coupons Do. Account Cluatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Ltalian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 — Do Scrip, £67k paid dim Do 5 per Cent., 1864 D. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent. 23 I Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean E per Cent, £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4} per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds dis Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account A.,,,, ........... Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 471 I tfussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St~ Do 44 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 bardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account 47f Do New Deferred Do Account 3Bl Do Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. ti t per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account 941 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1f per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 73i 4 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Scrip, £35 paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 99f Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Do Account _ _ Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41- per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cont., Ex. 12 Gail 63 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 9Bl French Routes, 4i per Cent. Do Account • Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account • TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account Do. Sept , 9O Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very quiet. Sales probably 5,000 or 6,000 bales. murder, The Jo f u o r l I n o a w l e d P de by r s o u n i nc suicide, states a te s was that s com a m n i a t t t t e e d m pt to three days since at Ham (Somme). A young labourer name Lent 6, aged 19, who was married only a few months since, had behaved so ill to his wife that she left him and entered the service of M. Line, receiver of taxes in the town. Her husband went to her, and, failing to persuade her to return home, dis charged at her a double-barrelled pistol loaded with small shot, inflicting wounds, which, though severe, are not likely to prove mortal. The man was arrested on the spot, and taken to the lock up at the police-station ; but during the night he hanged himself with his handkerchief to the handle of the window, and was found quite dead the next morning. HIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1865. Inauguration of the Welsh Memorial to the Late Prince Consort. TENBY, Wednesday. This ceremony which has been so long looked for ward to by the inhabitants of South Wales, took place to-day, and although it had only been par tially begun when my parcel was despatched to catch the last available train, I am enabled to sketch the proceedings and summarise them briefly by tele graph, and supply the incidents of the progress of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur up to the event itself. The Prince, in fulfilment of previous arrangements, arrived here last evening, and had an opportunity this morning of making a short and early survey of the beautiful bay in which this town is situate and observing its romantic position. The Royal Prince left Pembroke Dockyard for Tenby yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, proceeding on his journey by road, and taking Carew Castle and other " lions" of the locality in his route. He travelled in an open chariot drawn by four horses, and was accompanied by Sir Charles Phipps and two other gentlemen, one of whom was said to be the Prince of Leiningen. The Royal party entered Tenby by the Pembroke road. sded Crse. di inf. beasts... 3 10 4 4 second quality do ..4 6 5 Prime large oxen ..5 2 5 4 Prime Soots, &e.... 5 4 5' 6 Crse. and int. sheep. 4 6 4 10 second quality do ..5 0 5 6 A few minutes after the appointed time (six o'clock) a single gun, fired from the battery of the Ist Pembrokeshire (Tenby) Volunteers, followed by a Royal salute, announced the arrival of the Royal visitors within the precincts of the town, and shortly afterwards the carriage containing his Royal Highness, with Colonel Phipps and the rest of his suite, was seen approaching the Gate house Hotel. There were at this time in wait ing to receive his Royal Highness at the hotel the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Llanover, Mr. Lort Phillips, M.P., Col. Stepney, the Mayor of Tenby (Mr. White), attended by his mace-bearer, and Mr. Mason (one of the town council and secre tary to the memorial committee), other members of the corporation, magistrates, &c. His Royal Highness gave a dinner party, late in the evening to a select few of the distinguished people of the district. - It must not be supposed that though apparently late in carrying out the idea of a Welsh national memorial to the late Prince Consort; the people of Wales feel less interest than the rest of her Ma jesty's loyal subjects in commemorating the virtues of the great and illustrious personage of whom Tennyson, in his " Idylls of the King," writes thus : ;SIONS. 57 50 101 i 1024 pr 4j 1 1 ri 94 IC2i " A Prince indeed, Beyond all titles, and a household name Hereafter through all time, Albert the Good." The memorial this day inaugurated was com menced in Dec., 1864, when the first stone was laid— a massive block of Welsh marble, in which was a cavity enclosing an inscription on vellum, dedicat ing the memorial as " A mark of loyalty to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and of affec tionate respect and gratitude to the memory of her Royal Consort, Prince Albert the Good." The monument consists of a statue of the late Prince Consort, Bft. 9in. high, carved from a block of the finest Sicilian marble. It stands upon a pedestal 18 feet high, which is formed of grey marble (the native limestone of the district), and has four en graved panels of Sicilian marble. The pedestal rests upon a platform at the top of three ranges of steps forming a square of 23i feet. The blocks of the foundation are grafted into the solid rock, and a mound of earth neatly tuned slopes into unity with the Castle-hill, of which it forms the summit. The figure stands with the head uncovered and baton in hand, at tired in field marshal's uniform and wearing the mantle and collar of the Order of the Garter. The artist is Mr. John Evan Thomas, a native of South Wales, and the work is spoken of as one of the finest specimens of the sculpture of our time. The likeness is striking. The pedestal was built by Mr. Thomas, of Pembroke, under the superinten dence of Mr. H. Maule Ffinch, architect. The panel to the statue's right hand presents a shield, upon which are sculptured in high relief the arms of the earliest Kings of Wales, borne by Llewelyn ab Gruffyd, the last native Sovereign. The panel behind the statue is distinguished by originality of design. It represents the monogram of her Majesty and Prince Albert within escutcheon, which is supported on the one side by the rampant "red dragofi of Cadwaladr," and rests the other upon a partially recumbent but resilient leek, a scroll being interwoven inscribed'with the old motto— " Anorchfygol Ddraig Cymru," which being inter preted means—" The dragon of Wales is invincible." Henry VII. raised triumphantly the banner of the red dragon at the battle of Bosworth Field ; the red dragon was used as a supporter of the Royal arms by successive monarchs of his line ; and the red dragon continues to this day to be the Welsh crest of our British sovereigns. The leek is said to have been especially honoured by St. David's use of it during his ascetic preparation for his public ministry among the mountain solitudes of Llanterry, when " He did only drink what crystal Hondda yields, And fed upon the leeks he gathered in the fields." Mr. Thomas's sculpture of his country's most ancient symbol, the leek, and which Shakspere has immortalised in another way, is admirable. The panel to the left hand of the statue bears a shield charged with the late Prince's hereditary arms, quartered with those of her Majesty. The front panel forms a tablet, upon which the following inscription is engraved in large and ancient characters :—" Albert Dda, Priod Ein Gorhoffus Frenhines Victoria (Albert the Good, Consort of our beloved Queen, Victoria). This me morial of H.R.H. Prince Albert was raised by the inhabitants of Wales, and inaugurated at Tenby, by his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, his third son, on the 2d day of August, 1865." The statue is placed on an elevated position on Castle Hill, a pe ninsula jutting out into the sea from the town, and its elevated position brings it on a level with the top of the spire of the parish church of Tenby. It is, therefore, visible at a great distance at sea, and from the land, and it is believed that it will be seen with a good glass from the opposite coast of Devon. A remarkable coincidence is connected with the ceremony of to-day, which ought not to be passed over without notice. About 400 years ago the Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., sought shelter at Tenby, with his mother, after being besieged in Pembroke Castle, and were lodged by Mr. Thomas White, then mayor of Tenby, and a wealthy wine merchant, whose monument still forms an interest ing object in the parish church. Mr. White provided a vessel for the Royal fugitive, l which conveyed him safe to Brittany, a service for which he was after wards rewarded with a grant for life of the King's lands around the town. It is a curious fact that on the present occasion a lineal descendant of this White—Mr. George White, also a wine merchant —is now mayor of Tenby, and thus he becomes associated with another event connecting Tenby with the national history. 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 3 / 4 162 3 / 4 1(3 104 18 a 88 90 65 66 55 60 57 58 50 52 45 48 40 44 27 t 8 26 27 102 i l l 3ã i P i I p irr SECU 97 99 99 101 94 100 :31 61i 82 44 101 103 105 107 106 1(8 108 110 102 104 108 110 102 104 104 106 106 108 102 104 95 97 9) 101 22 94 90 91 102 104 83 85 9i 10 26 28 585 600 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 60 all 1.1.0 40 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 94 £3.0 21i 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 4 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.8 8 584 7 1 18 20 12 13 6 61 21 2 10 11 31 41 2 4 19 20 If 21- 331. 841 2 21 41 43 2 2/ 21 8 51 54 21 11 16 18 35 45 13 15 1* 11 1i 2 30 32 490 500 15 2. 0 13 15 180 174 0 86k 109 75 801 180 )90 81 85 15 20 1031 181 11 13 200 205 161 14 1031 i 102} 951 ,ITIES. 9O I 110* 10 A FLY'S EYE.—If we examine the eye of a fly, for example, we shall observe that it forms the seg ment of a sphere projecting from each side of the head. If we pursue the examination further with the aid of a microscope we shall find that the surface is mapped out, as it were, into countless numbers of separate lenses arranged side by side like the cells of a honey-comb. These lenses, somewhat conical in shape, converge towards the centre of the spherical segment. It has been computed that the eyes of some of the butterfly tribo number from 10,000 to 40,000; of these hexagonal facets Hooke counted 7,000 in the eye of the house fly. What, therefore, is lost by want of mobility is gained by extension of power.—Once a Week. -• THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S SHOW._.. The show of the Highland and Agricultural Society opened on Tuesday at Inverness, under somewhat inauspicious cir cumstances as regards weather. In the evening the ban quet of the society took place,. and was well attended. The Duke of Argyll, who presided, in proposing the toast of " Prosperity to the Highland and Agricultural Society," announced that Government intended to set on foot a sys tem of collecting agricultural statistics in England and Scotland, similar to that in force in Ireland. Subsequently, on the health of the Secretary of the Society, Mr. Hall Maxwell, being proposed, that gentleman intimated his re signation of his office, and received a special vote of thanks for his long and valuable services.—Scotsman. THE CIGAR SKIP.—A vessel known as the " cigar ship" has been on the stocks at Mr. Hepworth's yard, in the Isle of Dogs, for a long time, but is now nearly ready for launching. It is stated that upwards of £lOO,OOO have been expended in her construction, and it is anticipated that she will attain the speed of 25 miles an hour. MARKETS---This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was but moderately supplied with beasts, chiefly in middling condition. Prime breeds sold freely, at very full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at late rates. The show of sheep was rather limited for this time of year. Downs and half breeds moved off steadily, at full quotations. Long-woolled sheep were a dull inquiry, at late rates. Lambs commanded very little attention, at from 6s. to 7s per 81bs. The demand for calves was far from active, at late currencies. Pigs com manded full prices. In milch cows very little was doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdsd Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 8 6 0 Prime S' th down a 0.6 2 6 4 La ;:e coarse calves. 4 2 4 8 Prime small d0......4 10 5 2 Large hogs .....3 10 4 4 Small porkers 4 8 4 10 The returns obtained from our mines and collie6es by Mr. Robert Hunt, keeper of mining records in the Museum of Practical Geology, and published annually by her Majesty's Stationery-office, have just been completed. From the commercial value of those mineral statistics the necessity of the earliest possiblepublication of them has been strongly urged. We • are informed that the most earnest efforts haVe been made to meet this desire. It has, however, been found impossible, to obtain the numerous returns from the mines at an earlier period than midsummer, owing to the circumstance that much of the ore which is raised in the last year is not prepared for the market until the end of the first six months in the present one. When it is remembered that those statistics, pre senting +o us, as they do, the immense value of a. ° mineral productions of these islands, are obtained without the exercise of any official authority—th a t they are communicated to the Mining Record -office upon application to the owners of mines, collieries, and smelting works, as free-will offerings, it Qannot but be admitted that they indicate the most liberal feelings on the part of those immediately concerned, and also bear evidence of the estimation 'in - which this annual record is held. Of all the meialliferous mines the detailed- production of each individual mine is given ; but the quantities of coal produced and of pig iron made are published in districts. It appears there is no hesitation on the part of the coalowners and ironmasters to furnish the keeper of mining records with the yequired in formation, but it is understood that the returns so supplied shall not be published. On this point Sir Roderick I. Murchison, who, as Director-General, introduced Mr. Robert Htint's.labours to the public, remarks in his " Notice" : " The production of British coal has now reached the enormous• quantity of nearly 93,000,000 tons. The returns from the collieries have during this year' been freely given, and, doubtless, when it is known that these returns are treated as strictly confidential, and used only to compute the total production of each coalfield, they will always be readily communicated. By such means alone can accuracy be secured in these highly important national returns." We have been furnished with an early copy of this publication, from which we are enabled to give the following general abstract : " Coal.—There were at work during 1864 no less than 3,268 collieries in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1853 there appear to have been only 2,397. The quantity of coal raised, sold, and used during last year from all these works was 92,787,873 tons. The largest quantities were produced from the following coalfields:— Tons. Durham and Northumberland -23,248,367 Scotland Lancashire Staffordshire and Worcestershire South Wales and Monmouthshire 10,976,500 Yorkshire 8,809,600 " There was an increase in our exportations of coal to foreign ports in 1864 of 524,208 tons, the quantity exported in 1863 being 8,275,212 tons against 8,800,420 tons in 1864. An extensive detailed table is given showing the ports to which this coal was sent in the several countries receiving it, and distinguishing the exportation from each coalfield. From the coalfields shipping coal the quantities sent to ports in the United Kingdom amounted to 10,588,132 tons in 1863, and in 1864 they had risen to 10,970,711 tons, the quantities of coal brought by railway and sea, within the London district, during the last three years, being as follows : Tons. 1862 1863 1864 "Iron.—The extension of our iron manufacture, and the increasing development of iron ore-producing districts is strikingly shown by these returns. Last year we obtained 10,064,890 tons of iron ore from our own rocks. Even this large quantity was insufficient for our wants, and we im ported 75,191 tons more. This was employed to feed 612 blast furnaces, which produced of pig iron— Tons. In England Wales 988,729 Scotland The total make of the kingdom being... 4,767,951 " Of pig iron we exported 465,951 tons ; all the rest was converted into merchant iron. This was effected at 127 iron works, where 6,262 puddling furnaces were in activity, and 718 rolling mills performing their herculean labours of producing bars and rails. "Gold.—During 1864 this precious metal was obtained from five mines in Merionethshire ; 2,336 tens of auriferous quartz were crushed and treated by the amalgamating pro cesses. From this the adventurers obtained 2,387 ounces of gold, the value of which was £9,991. By an improve ment in the process of amalgamation, the discovery of Mr. William Crookes, F.R.S., the well-known discoverer of tho new metal thaliurn, it is expected that the production of British gold will be considerably increased during the current year. " Tin.—The tin obtained from the mines of Cornwall and Devonshire in 1864 was certainly in excess of that ever before procured, although the tin mines and stream works of this our only staniforous district have been diligently worked for more than 200 years. 15,211 tons of tin ore were raised by the miners, the largest quantity from very deep mines. This produced of metallic tin 10,108 tons. The price of tin during 1864 was lower than it has been during any year since 1853, and more than£l4 a ton below the price of 1859. The system of mining which prevails renders it imperative on the managers of mines to use every effort to satisfy the shareholders by the regular payment of diri dends, or, at all events, to prevent a depreciation in the value of the shares by avoiding "calls." To obtain this end tin ore has been raised, " dressed," and sold in an already glutted market at whatever price the smelter could offer. Hence the value of the ore sold, £925,969, which was up wards of £38,000 less than the money value of the block tin sold in 1863. " Copper.—From 192 mines in South-Western England and about 30 distributed over other parts of the United Kingdom 214,604 tons of copper ore, producing 12,302 tons 13cwt, of metallic copper, were obtained. In addition to this our smelters imported 67,283 tons of ore, 26,018 of copper regulus, 10,015 tons of bricks and pigs, and 14,924 tons of copper bars, &c., from our own colonies and other countries. " Lead and Silver.—There was an increase in our produc tion of lead in 1.861 ; 94,433 tons of lead ore, principally galena., were dressed, sold, and smelted. This produced 91,283 tons of lead, and gave us 641,0880 z. of silver. " Of zinc ores, nearly all being the sulphide of zinc (com monly called black jack), 15,047 tons were mined, producing 1,040 tons of metal. • "Of iron pyrites—ores used for the sulphur they contain in our sulphuric acid and soda works—wo procured 94,458 tons. In addition we find returns of a small quantity of each, manganese and wolfram, together with arsenic, ochres, barytes, porcelain and pottery clays, and salt." The total value, at the place of production, of the minerals obtained in 1864 (exclusive of building stones, bricks, and the like) was £31,604,047. The value of the metal smelted from the metalliferous ores was £15 , 281 , 869 , so that if we add to this the value of our coals at the pit's mouth, £23,197,968, and £1,500,000, the estimated value of the other earthy minerals, of which returns are 'given in the "Mineral Statistics," we have as the aggregate value of mineral treasures £39,979,837. VITAL STATISTICS.—In 1863, the latest year for which returns have been issued, the birth rate was 3.539 per cent. in England, 2.686 in France, 3.988 in Austria, 3.912 in Italy. The marriage rate (persons married) was 1.688 per cent. in England, 1.600 in France, F 734 in Aus tria, 1.626 in Italy. The death rate was 2.305 per cent. in England, 2.244 in France, 3.110 in Austria, 3.115 in Italy. Commonly the mortality is higher in France than in Eng land ; and to a certain extent the French ratio is lessened through the returns for that country including Frenchmen dying abroad, whether civil or military. THE CHILD MURDER IN LEICESTERSHIRE.--The woman named Adkins, who, as there is too much reason to believe, murdered her little boy by throwing him down a well, at Pegg's-green, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, last week, as already stated, has been committed for trial on the coroner's warrant. NORWEGIAN EMIGRANTS IN THE TYNE.—The steamer Queen, from' Drontheim, arrived in the Tyne on Tuesday morning, having on board a number of passengers who are about to proceed to the copper mines of Lake Superior. The steamer Hylda also arrived in the Tyne the previous morning, from Drontheim, with passengers for Lake Superior. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT WINCHESTER. — The convict John Hughes, who was found guilty at tho last assizes of the murder of , Maria Clements, at Ports mouth, will be executed in front of Winchester Gaol on Friday morning. THE NEW GOVERNOR IOR HONG KONG.—The post of Governor of Hong Kong, we hear,'has been offered to and accepted by Sir Richard Greaves WDonnell, Lieut.- Governor of Nova Scotia.—London and China Telegraph. STAMPS AND TAXES.—In the year ending the 31st March last the duty on tobacco and snuff amounted to £6,115,997 16s. ld., and that on dogs to £210,409 10s. 11d. The revenue from penny stamps was £519,288 ss. 3d., and the net produce £500,249 18s. 6d. THE SWEEPING OF THE STREETS OF PARIS.—The work is accomplished by a brigade of men and a brigade of women. The expense is estimated at £90,000 for clean ing the pavement, and £70,000 for the labourers. Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Da . for 1864, BRIGHTON RACES Tnrs any. MATCH. Musketeer boat Paris. SEVENTH BIENNIAL. Stoneham i Ida Four ran. CLUB STAKES. Flying Horse A nansas lla,3lan RACING FIXT AUG Knutsford Reading Wonlock ll Radcliffe l4 Woodford and Loughtn l5 Egham l5 Stockton l6 Tiverton l6 Oxford l7 SEPTE: Warwick — 5 Cheadle Totness and Bridgetown 6 King's Lynn 6 Leicester 7 Dover Hereford 7 Bridgewater ............. 7 Doncaster . ........................ 1 ......................... '2 . 1 ORES FOR 1865_ It7ST. York GreatYarmouth 22 Plymouth • 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Tunbridge Derby Summer 3O Ipswich Weymouth 3l MBEI. Brecon lB Richmond .. l9 Canterbury l9 Hendon (Welsh Harp) 2l Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26. Walsall Lanark THE SPANISH LEGITIMIST PARIY. _ _*___ REL7TER'S EXPRESS. The following communication M f r A e D n i i z I T D r , J e s u t d 3 a l t . e d 20th inst., is published by the Epoca " During the last fortnight the residence of the Countess Molina and the Princess Beatrice d'Este have been much visited by Spanish travellers and French legitimists. Repeated conferences have been held upon the question, whether a restoration should be attempted in Spain, taking advantage of the agitation produced by the Italian question. The partisans of this policy were ready to answer for a powerful rising in Dragon and other parts of Spain. Those opposing this course, the chief among whom was Count Morella, were of opinion that the mon archial party had all to gain by an expectant policy and would risk much by precipitate action at present. The diplomatists of the party believed that great events would take place in the peninsula before the end of the year. It is known that a fraction of the Radical party advocated the Regency of the Duke of Victoria (Marshal Espartero), while the younger Radicals wish to effect by one means or another a change of dynasty in favour of Don Fernando of Portugal, as a preliminaray to an Iberian union. This, it was urged, would be the propitious moment for a general rising of the old Monarchical party, which, say its chiefs, would then be supported by the immense majority of the nation." The Epoca, in an article deploring the great de cline in the public funds, says : " The legitimate expectations that the accession of the Duke of Tetuan to power, the recognition of Italy, and the impulse given to ecclesiastical liqui dation would cause a rise in public securities, have been deceived. Our consolidated debt, without doubt, from the effect of the last loan, has never been quoted so low since 1860. " A foreign journal, speaking of this decline, pro poses what would certainly be no remedy, namely, to recognise the certificates, settle the Passive debt, and double the railway subsidies, that is to say, augment the State expenditure by 100 millions reals. " Without opposing in principle a settlement of the Spanish debt we see another remedy. This would be to reduce the State Expenditure, and diminish by 100 per cent. all the unproductive ex penses of the nation, commencing with the mayr, to carry out the reform of the provision tariff, and the tax upon articles of consumption, in order that the people may eat cheaper, and consuming more, live at a cheaper rate. Let us also have Govern ments whose term of office shall count by years. Such alone will be the salvation of Spanish finance. " In the contrary case, this profound prostration of credit and every element of prosperity will pro duce before a year is out very serious complications in Spain. We must live within our means and not believe ourselves to be a nation of fabulous wealth and property. Royal decrees have been published, appointing Don Juan Valera Alcala Galiane to the post of Spanish Minister to Frankfort,- Electoral Hesse, Hesse Cassel and Nassau. The Marquis Alhama, formerly discharging these functions, is transferred, in the same quality, to the Court of the King of the Belgians, replacing the Marquis of San Carlos. Don Jose Luis Albareda is appointed Spanish Minister at the llague, replacing Don Vicente Gutierrez de Teran. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Aug. 3.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with showers: TORBAY, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived--Theodoro, 'rom Porto Rico. KINGROAD, Aug. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Scandina vian, from Quebec. CARDIFF, :Aug. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lily, for Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived--- Mohawk, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Windsor, from Quebec ; Hawk, screw steamer, from Valentia, and left for London. MUMBLES, Aug. I.—Wind W.—Anived—Port Regent, from Wallenos. --A-LYDE7 A 2. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—David liqnsh, , from Halifax. FALMOUTH,Aug.Aug I.—Wind N.W.—A rr i ved—Shakspero, from Matanzas. DUNDEE, Aug. I.—Wind S. E. — Arrived—Cognac, from Montreal. FLEETWOOD, Aug. 2.—Wind S.W. — Sailed—Nelson, for Miramichi. Aug. I.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Prince Oscar, from Buenos Ayres. TEIGNMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Galatea, for Quebec. SWANSEA, Aug. I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Russold, from Iluelva. OFF PonTSMOUTIt, Aug. 31. Arrived.—City of Paris, from Calcutta. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share! Railways. 13.14 et at et 50 20 10 10 lirol., & Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A 4- gets no div. D ' been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A 5t0ck......... Do. B 'o Do. New, is. at 25 pa Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weston D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. .511 d.— Oxford Do. Newpo , t Do. Re: eford Lane *shire & Yorkshire L.:,ndon and Blackwali Lon., thigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO.I shares ffetropolitan. Do. New iSlid'and Do, Birmin ez Derby, Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18e4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Cc ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot., Mid. stick shrews & welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon south E , . stern Staines, Wok., & Wok ,Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Do. A Irredeemable Do. A redeemable f 6 16 17 90 02 109 111 47 44 81 91 100 100 100 100 100 1301 1311 1411 1454 128 .32 67 VO Mt 65i 63 C 5 41 46 40 45 105 :06 1144 120 93 95 106 108 39 11 1211 :22 999 10 53 51 136,E 137 k 3i 3,p 13 i 130: IGO 1(2 52 54 t 4 110 111 67 69 102 101 31 Pi 10 11 i) 121 123 1 3 / 4 2p 78 80 11 3 / 4 12 15) 155 57 Si. 61 63 58 60 Bl' 62 9 10 156 159 34 p 104 106 .18 50 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 471 it 132 e le MI 3} 1191 f 91 100 122 99i 100 3} 811 1 i pawl Closing ! Business Price. I done. )35i 41 51 5 111. 1301 33 BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, & Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Bra 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bondi 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. Id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred . . Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c so. Gun. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do 'Great Vcr, s. of Canada.. Da. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. Si do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Beds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.Kl.C'da, pc Ist pf. bds Scinde lk Do. Delhi Do. do ... .1 Do. Punjaub.... vo Do. Indus St. Flo OSSE all 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GO VERNAIEN' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872. ... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G, Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 Natal Gov. a per cent N.B.Gov. 8 p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. A us. Gov. 8 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct 100 100 100 100 100 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 .SH M . BRIM; Cam. Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett allogan) East Caradon as t Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved K W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus a Wheal Vor (Heist , u Grenville flerod's Foot •••• Efingston Downs argaret (Uny Lelant Harke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nan ilea New Se ton North Downs. North Roskear Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crof ty Prosper United Pr ,videnee Uny S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lkekeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett tlllOgan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheat Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Union... 96 18 132 133 bi 61 100 101 12 12* 8 1 8 1' 1 1 0 12 i 82 841 d 1011 1021 95 97 89 91 66 66 3 5 82 81 100 101 100 101 I - id [OO 101 91 93 98 100 102, 104 105 107 IC9 1101 INES. Lambs....6s Od to 74 Od. Striding calves, 194 to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 28s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. _ Foreign supply. - Beasts (1 Cows. Sheep and lambs Ca ves 912 Pigs Beasts . . _ 1,100 11. ws .. 14 Sheep and lambs 6,'!40 Calves 936 figs 330 MEAT MARKETS. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL.—There is a fair demand for each kind of meat, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 68 4d; veal, 48 Od to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 2.—There was a fair demand for stock to-day at full prices. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 4d; mut ton, 4s Gd to Gs 4d ; lamb, Gs Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Aug. 2.—Prime beasts and sheep sold freely at very full prices ; otherwise, the demand was in a very sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 48 8d to 6s 4d ; lamb, ffs 10d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 58 Od ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b. • Suckling calves, 17s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 21s to 265; and milch cows, £l5 to £l9 each. HAY MARKFiTS SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £5 lOs Od to £6 6s Od ; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 lOs ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; new ditto, £5 108 to £6 Os ; and straw, £lBs to £1 14s per load.. A moderato demand. CUWIERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 lOs Od to £6 lOs Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 15s ; old clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os-; new ditto, £5 10s to £6 Os; and straw, £1 9s to £ll6s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadowhay, £5 lOs Od to £6 6s Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Supply moderate. COAL MARKET. Price per ton gat the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Buddle'sWestHartley 16 '9 Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Lambert's W. Hartley 16 9 Cassop Wylam l6 6 Carway and Duffryn Hetton 2O 0 Malting 24 0 Braddyell's Hetton.... 19 0 Cowpen Hartley l7 0 East Hartlepool Holywell Main l6 6 Hetton Lyons lB 3 W.Wylam l6 0 Tees ships at market, 54 ; sold, 42. An Old Soldier of the Great Napoleon. The oldest of the parties who were engaged in the Boulogne conspiracy of 1840, Etienne Laborde, died yesterday, aged 84, in the Palace of the Luxem bourg, of which he was the Military Governor. Laborde entered the service in 1804, was lieutenant of Infantry in 1811, went through the German and Russian campaigns, in which he was twice severely wounded. He accompanied Napoleon to, Elba in 1814, returned with him to France, and was present at Waterloo. He was placed on half-pay on the Restoration. He returned, however, to active service after the Revolution of 1830, with the command of the 41st of the Line, and with it made the campaign of Belgium. In 1834 he was named Commandant de Place at Cambrai, but was placed on the retired list in 1838. Known to be warmly attached to the Bonapartist cause, he was readily admitted as one of those appointed to execute the plot of 1840. He was arrested with the rest of the conspirators at Boulogne, and tried by the Chamber of Peers, when he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, which the Government allowed him to complete without difficulty in a maison de santj at Chaillot. In the " order of the day" issued on board the Edinburgh Castle by Prince Louise Napoleon allot ting their parts to his associates, Laborde was designated as lieutenant-colonel in command of the artillery of the centre ; and in the general instruc tions he was " chatted with the immediate forma tion of a battalion of volunteers whom he' was to assemble on the Place d'Armes in front of the Hotel de Ville of Boulogno." In opening the case befere the Chamber of Peers the Procureur du Roi said of Laborde that he he had repeatedly declared he had " vowed to the Emperor and his family a fidelity which would only end with his life," and that this was the reason why he joined in the plot which Prince Louis con cocted in London. "It was this connexion," con tinued the Procureur,— 4t Which placed him under the influence of the Prince, who induced him to join in an enterprise, the apparent motive of which he only told him, though he concealed the real one ; and it was the Prince who persuaded him to bring his uniform with him, to put it on, and to use his weapons when he gave him the order to do so." The Procureur added : 4, There is one other circumstance concerning Laborde which it is important to mention. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 41st, and the conspirators had substituted for the buttons of his uniform the buttons of the 40th, in order to make the coat of the lieutenant-colonel the same as the coats in which the domestic seavants of the conspirators were decked out. Laborde says that he knew nothing of that change ; but how believe him when we find it impos sible to explain satisfactorily how his lieutenant colonel's coat was found in the vessel, and how the buttons could be changed ?" Laborde was proposed as candidate for the Con stituent Assembly in 1848, but without success. He was more fortunate in 1849, when he was elected in the Charente Inferieure to the Legislative Assembly, where he took his seat and voted with the majority who were opposed to Republican institutions. On the dispersion of the assembly on the 2d of Decem ber, 1851, he retired into private life, and some few years after was appointed to the post which he held till his death. He published many years ago an interesting account (called Napoleon et sa Garde) of the journey from Fontainebleau to Elba, the Emperor's sojourn there, and his escape to France. A few weeks ago he pereeived his end approaching. The Emperor paid him a visit before his departure for Plombieres. It was about this time that the old man destroyed all the papers of a political cha racter, and said to be highly interesting, which - he had in his possession. —Paris Correspondent of the Times. Infanticide• A writer in a contemporary says—lnfanticide is, I believe, the great crime of England. The Tor quay murder proves it to be reduced to a system, with regular practitioners and fixed fees. Is the system to be continued, and are we to do nothing to put an end to it ? In Russia, at every large town, there is a magnificent institution for the re ception and care of foundlings. There they are re ed without question. U nless belonging to a special religion, they are baptized, numbered, clothed, given over to a healthy nurse, and tended with attention and tenderness. At a certain age they are billetted on peasant families, which receive from the' Government payment for maintenance until the children arrive at an age to maintain themselves. In . France similar institutions exist, as also in Italy and Greece. I believe they also exist in Ger many, and even in Turkey children abandoned at a mosque are reared at the public expense. Why is England the only country destitute of an institution which should be one of the first established by a Christian community ? lam occasionally answered that such an institution would be conducive to in continence. Surely, deplorable as this may be, it is less atrocious than murder, and those who calmly reflect on our social exigencies will not de velop a greater offence as the means of checking the minor delinquency ! In these days of emigra tion and colonisation we should have no difficulty disposingin of the population that would accumulate by saving from assassination illegitimate infants. Arrangements might doubtless be made with our colonies for securing to them a means of livelihood. At all events, I would entreat you to call the atten tion of your readers to the subject—one of paramount importance, the neglect of which is a national sin. I should be glad to co-operate with any persons wishing to devise a remedy for this great evil. PREFERENCE S Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 95 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., 102 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland. Oxford let guaranteed stock, 120 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent,: - Ditto, 4i per cent. pt. stook rd., 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. .ARES. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pr., . Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 99 London, Chatham, (tc.. Metrop. lhst., B 6 per cent., 104 8 Metropolitan 5 per cent.,lCB Vale of Neath, zl} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 133 Preston and Wyre, 13 Wilts and bomers.t, 87 FOREIGN MINES, St. John del Rey, lim., 43 BANKS. Alliance, 11m., 29 Anl4lo Austrian, 64 Bank of ()tag°, Urn. ' 61 Bank of Queensland, 11m, 20 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 24 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 21 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10* East London, Him, 5 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lira., 12 114 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Urn.), Ditto, new, 111 Imperial Ottoman f 154 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 44 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 104 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 214 London and County, 751 I 6 London Joint Stock, 47 London and South African, 181 London and South-Western, lim., 201 Ditto, new, NI London and 11 , stininster, 93 fletropolitan and l'rovincial Bank, lim., 15} National Provincial of England, Ditto, ?d and 3d issue, 444 National Bank, 98* Provincial Banki , ,g Corporation, lim., Ditto (.£lo‘, Union of London, 62* DOCKS. London and St. Katbartne, 711 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, B:per cent. gua., 4 I Bombay Gas, dm., 51 I Ditto, 3d issue, ug City of London Real Property, lira 41 City of Moscow Gas, lira , 3 i Company of African Merchants. lim.. 21 Credit Yonder and Mobilier of I fnglanu, Crystal Palace, 39 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira. ;51 International Financial Society, lim., 6 London General Omnibus Company, 3 1 M. dray Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), I +1 Nowgong Tea, lim., I Ottoman Financial ssociation, Um., Si Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Bin., 3 Rio de Janeiro City Improve - nents. Bra., 2 Telegraph Constructh n and Maintenance, lim.. 13 121 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance); 11m., Universal Marine, Insurance, Bra., 61 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 2.—Havanna, from Minititlan ; llalden, from Quebec; Ormer, from Pugwash ; Fanny, from Dalietta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Devonshire, from St. Kitt's, for London. Passed in Tow—Wanbojeeg, from Calcutta, for London. J Anchored—Arbutus, from London, for Demerara. The French Tribunal of Correctional Police yes terday tried a man named Roumier, employed as a pointsman on the Versailles railway, on a charge of having by his negligence caused the accident of the 6th ult. It may be remembered that, owing to one of the switches not being properly fastened, a train ran off the line on that day, near the Pont de la Revolte, and so alarmed four soldiers, who were on the top of a carriage, that they jumped off. One of them was so severely injured that he died the same day, and the others received severe contusions. Evidence having been given to show that Roumier had not fastened the switch according to the regula tions, the Tribunal declared the charge proved, and condemned him to three months' imprisonment. A CAUTION TO SEA-BIDE BATHERS.—A melan choly death by drowning occurred at Lowestoft on Saturday last. Apartyof gentlemen from the office of the Norwich Mercury wore there for a day of pleasure, and some of them went to bathe, when Mr. W. Henry Darken, who had been swimming, was suddenly observed to go down, and before assistance could reach him he died. Every possillo exertion was used to restore animation, and medical aid was promptly given, without avail. TRUE FRENCH POLITENESS.—The /Jockey Club (says Galignani) has just lost one of its most amiable members, M. Alexandre Bouchet. The following anecdote is related of him :—" Perceiving ono day, after a heavy fall of rain, a very well-dressed young woman standing at the edge of the side pavement of the Boulevard, and evidently much perplexed as to the best method of traversing the sea of mud before her, he gallantly advanced, took her up in his arms, and carried her across dry s h o d. The lady made no objection to the mode of transit, but on being sot down, expressed her gratitude as follows Sir, you are an insolent fellow !' Thereupon M. Bouchet immediately repaired the wrong by again transporting .her, with the same precautions, to the very spot whore ho had first met her, and took his leave with a profound salutation."