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

„,„......_ Naval and Military Intelligence. 1 Arsenal at Woolwich, under the superintendence of __ _. e .. _--- Lieut.-Col. Freeth, Assistant-Superintendent of the The headquarters of the 31st Regt., consisting of Royal gun factories. These guns were formerly 1.9 officers, 401 non-commissioned officers and men, ' cast-iron 32-pounders and 24-pounders, and have 4i; women, and 60 children, under the command of been converted into 64-pounders and 56-pounders Lienat-Col. Eagar, embarked yesterday at noon on by the firm of Sir W. Armstrong and Co., at Elswick. board the screw steamship Avoca (on her ordinary Twenty more of these guns arrived the same day at passenger and goods traffic between London, Ply- Woolwich, and will at once be sent to proof. A 64- mouth, Falmouth, and Dublin) from Portsmouth pounder Palliser gun has also undergone a most Dockyard, for conveyance to Ireland. The left wing I severe test of endurance. This was a 32-pounder, of the regiment will follow the headquarters to Ire- weighing only 58 cwt. The test was as follows : land on Thursday next. The 31 st has b een rather Two rounds, with charges of 161 b. of po w d er an d a popular regiment during its sta y in Portsmouth 1501 b. cylinders ; 10 rounds, with ch arges o f 201 b. , garrison, and the embarkat ion and de p arture of the i rounds, with 161 b. of po w d er an d 641 b. s h e ll s. Th e i of powder and 100 lb. cylinders ; an d, fi na ll y, 10 I shells were loaded with th e i r f uze h o l es t owar d s t h e headquarters yesterday was witnessed by a large number of friends of th e officers of the regiment. Admirals Sir T. Pasl e y and G. G. Wellesley were powder, and, as the f uzes h a d b een t a k en out, t h e also present at the sailing of the Avoca. It is a I flash of the discharge set fire to the powder in the 1 somewhat remarkable fac t that not a man of the re- shells and burst th em i n th e gun . It was genera ll y ' g i m ent was on the sick lis t at the time of the head- expected that thi s t es t w o u ld h ave b urs t th e gun, q uarters' embarkation.or that it would have blown off the muzz l e or ot h er - The remainder of the 56th Re g iment embarked on wise hare rendered it unserviceable ; but b e y on d Saturday at Portsmo uth on board the merchant the one fact of the bore being scratched by th e s t eam ship Preussischer Adler , which the same after splinters of the shells no injury was perceptibl e , an d noo n sailed for Portland and Weymouth. After the gun was loaded with the same facility an d fi re d di se mbarking there the 56th the Preussischer Adler as before. It appeared from a subseque n t examina will receive on board the remainder of the 6 7 th Re- tion that some of the shells had bur s t b e f ore th ey giment, for conveyance to Queenstown, sailing for had moved, and that others had bu rs t c l ose t o th e that port from Portland this morning. muzzle of the gun. A number of 641 b. shot were then fired with 161 b. charges, but, instead of the Letters received on Thursday by our Chatham shot being rammed home, they were only pushed i correspondent announces the arrival at Quebec on down to certain positions in the gun, so as to leave the 12th inst. of her Majesty's steam transport vacant spaces between the powder and the shot. To Orontes, 500 horse power, Capt. W. Hire, with the the astonishment of every one present the gun had 2d battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, from not sustained the slightest injury. It was therefore Gibraltar, on board. The regiment, on disembark decided by the Ordnance Select Committee to put ing, was to proceed to Montreal. Tho i'a battalion the gun through a supplementary trial to ascertain of the 17th Regt., which Lad recently arrived at its maximum or highest power of endurance. Major Montreal from Halifax, had been forwarded by Palliser has expressed great confidence in its steal - 109 r 40 Toronto to strengthen the garrison at strength, and states that he has no fear of the re that station. The 47th Regt., which had been sta- suit of any reasonable amount of proof, even beyond tioned. at Toronto, had received orders to proceed what is absolutely necessary. The trial, it is ad down the country, and embark on board the mitted, has already borne out the anticipations of Orontes, for conveyance to Halifax, Nova Scotia. the inventor and manufacturers, and has fully justi- The order for the return of the Ist battalion of the fled the recommendation of the Ordnance Select 25th (King's Own) Borderers to England had Committee and their introduction of these guns for been countermanded, and at the despatch of the the consideration of the War Department, to use up mail the regiment was encamped at St. Helen's' the heavy stock of guns on hand. On account of Island, where it was to remain during the summer. their weight, their service charges will be only 61b The departure of the 30th Regiment from Canada or 81b of powder. Sufficient evidence, it is stated, had also been countermanded, and instead of that has already been obtained to prove that we have thus corps proceeding to Jamaica to relieve the 2d Bat- a most efficient and reliable addition to our stock talion of the 6th Foot, orders had arrived out direct- of rifled ordnance—a fact which, amidst the present ing its detention in Canada. The whole of the offi- difficulties which the Government is embarrassed for cers and men were to be employed, in conjunction want of serviceable guns, will be hailed with much with the Royal Engineers, in the construction of satisfaction, more especially as the two new guns additional defences and in strengthening the fortifi- now pronounced successful—those of Major Palliser tions at Point Levi, opposite Quebec. and Mr. Fraser—will be produced at a cost far The Star of India, hired troopship, having been below that of the present guns, in which the coun inspected by Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., try have long since ceased to have any confidence. embarked the following officers and troops at Grave- We have to record the death of Capt. F. E. Sey mour, R.N., which took place at Southsea, Hants, send on Saturday, under the superinte ndence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch and the officers of the on the 26th inst. The deceased entered the navy in 1801, and in 1805, in the Leander, took part in the Quartermaster -General's staff at Chatham , for con capture of Le Ville de Milan, French frigate of 46 veyance to Bombay, to augment the v arious cor p s s erving in that Presidenc y —viz., 7 men a nd 2 women guns, and the recapture of her prize, the Cl eo p a t ra , of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Drag oon Guards, from 32. In the Centaur he was enga g ed in the capture Canterbury; 51 non-commissioned officers and men, of four heavy French frigates from Rochfort after 7 women, and 7 children of the Royal Horse Artil- 7 an action in which Sir Samuel Hood lost an arm, lery, from Maidstone; 108 non-commissioned officers , accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen, and and gunners, 12 women, and 15 children of the Royal witnessed the surrender of Madeira. As acting- Artillery, depot brigade, from Woolwich ; 78 non- lieutenant in the Centaur, in August, 1808, he commissioned officers and privates, 10 women, and shared in , conjunction with th e I mp l aca bl e, 2 children of the Ist battalion Ist Royals, and one - master tailor, one man, and 10 women of the 45th in the capture of th e R uss i an s hi p ' Sewolod, 74, in the sight of the Russian Regiment, from Chatham; 15 men of the 103 d fleet near Rogerswick, after a furious conflict, in Royal Bombay Fusileers from Shorncliffe ; and 3 men of the 108th Madras Infa n try, f rom Gosport. which the Centaur lost three killed and 27 woun d e d, and the Sewolod 180 killed and wounded. He The following are the officers who embarked with afterwards served as lieutenant, chiefly on survey the above troops :—Cornet G. Watson, and Cornet ing duties . Lieutenant Seymour was appointed J. Stuart, and wife, 18th Hussars ; Capt. C. E. New- Flag-Lieutenant to his Royal Highness the Duke port, wife and child, Lieut. W. C. Black, and Lieut. of Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis J. Rudford, Royal Artillery; Capt. C. B. Steer, XVIII. to alais. Capt. Seymour was son of Lieut. Lieut. J. B. Keith, and Ensign B. G. Booth, Ist Francis Compton Seymour, grandson of Lord F. battalion Ist Foot ; Capt. R. A. Taylor, 103 d Fusi- Seymour, Dean of Wells, and great grandson of leers; and Staff-Assist. Surg. Robertson, M.D., in I Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. medical charge ; giving a total of 10 officers, two The following appointments have been made at officers' wives, and one child, 268 non-commissioned the Admiralty :—Capt. C. S. S. Stanhope, to the officers and men, 33 women, and 52 children. The Ocean, commissioned ; Lieut. E. B. Wadlow, to Star of India left the Thames yesterday. the Gladiator ; Lieut. F. Rougemont and Lieut. R. The following officers and men of the 11th (Prince H. W. Cornwall, to the Ocean ; Lieut. J. W. Gam- Albert's Own) Hussars, have embarked on board bier, to the Cruiser; Clement Ilirtzel, master, to the chartered troopship Agamemnon, at Gravesend the Wyvern ; Sub-Lieuts. E. S. Nuthall and James for conveyance to India—viz., Major Annesley, in Bedingtield, to the Cruiser ; Sub-Lieut. W. 11. Jol command ; Capts. E. Harnett, A. P. Garnett, R. J. liffe and Sub-Lieut. T. H. Leventhorpe, to the Somers, Lieuts. R. 11. Verschoyle, G. C. Cheape, L. Ocean ; S. S. H. Dickens, C. W. Wright, L. W. B. Cole, Cornets C. 11. Currey, F. Shuttleworth, Lord C. G. A. Hamilton, G. W. W. Richardson, vile, midshipmen, to the Bristol ; A. C. Hawkins, Paymaster J. A. Dyer, Adjt. St. John S. Taylor, naval cadet, nominated ; J. K. Laughton, naval Ridingmaster E. Corbett, Quartermaster Teenan, • instructor, to the Excellent, additional, for service at the Royal Naval College ; Drservice. A. Fisher, surg., Surg. G. Pain, Assist. - Surg. 0 . Barnett , and Vet. - to the Fisgard, additional, for ser . vice in the Royal Surg. C. Percivall, together with 11 staff - sergeants , R. Cur enMarine Infirmary, Woolwich ; 26 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, 5 farriers, 25 corporals, cean ; M. O'N. W. g pay -349 men, 6 officers' wives and 7 children 59 women master, to the 0 A. ven, .G. A N lar H kh a r assist.-paymaster, to the Cambridae and 63 children. Col. Fraser, V.C., Capt. Cuning assist.-paymaster, to the Ocean • 4' ll ' . ER. W . hitley Y , hame, Capt. Tempest, Lieut. Delacour, and Lieut. clerk, to the Ocean ; C. W. Jago ' , assist . .-clerk, to Preston all proceed to India overland. The follow the Dasher ; and J. S. Darling, assist.-clerk, to the ing officers of the 11th Hussars have proceeded with a portion of the regiment in the Renown :—Lieut. Ocean. M'Loughlin and Cornet Apperley. The statement in the N ava l I nte l l i gence of Wed- A circular has been issued from the Admiralty, nesday that the Antelope was the only vessel of her dated July 20, stating thattheLords Commissioners, size in the navy under the command of a lieutenant having had under their consideration the pay and was an error, the Oberon, paddle steamer, on the position of inspectors of machinery afloat, and of en- Coast of Africa, a vessel of similar tonnage and gincers in the Royal Navy, have been pleased, under engine power, being under the command of Lieut. the authority of her Majesty's Order in Council of II Hand. July 6, 1866, to create a new rank of chief inspector . of machinery afloat ; such officers to rank with pay masters in chief and secretaries to admirals of the fleet ; and to be paid full at the rate of £1 7s. sd. a day, or £5OO 7s. ld. a year. These appointments will be held by the three inspectors of machinery afloat for the steam reserve, whose pay will be in creased to £5OO 7s. ld. a year accordingly ; and by the two assistants to chief engineers in the steam factories, whose salary of £4OO a year will be in creased to £5OO. The full pay of other inspectors of machinery afloat will be increased to £1 4s. Bd. a day, or £450 3s. 4d. a year. Their Lordships have also, under the authority of the same Order in Coun cil, granted ordinary pensions of £4O a year to the widows of engineers in the event of their not being entitled to the special rates of pension established for those whose husbands have been slain in action, drowned, or killed on duty, or have died from the effects of any injury or disease caused by extraordi nary exposure or exertion on service within six months after being first certified to be ill, and also compassionate allowances according to the follow inw scale for the children of engineers :—.£s to £lO a year, ordinary compassionate allowance ; £6 to £l2 a year if the father was drowned or killed on duty, or died from injury or disease caused by ex traordinary exposure or exertion on service, within six months after being first certified to be ill ; £8 to £l4 a year if the father was killed in action, or died within six months of wounds received in action. The same regulations are to be followed in awarding these pensions and compassionate allowances as in the cases of widows and children of other officers. A naval court-martial assembled on Thursday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, under the presidency of Capt. E. Tatham, her Ma jesty's ship Bellerophon, for the trial of Second- Lieut. M. It. M. Griffith on charges preferred by Capt. D'O. D'A. Aplin for disobedience of orders given him by Capt. Aplin, the commanding officer of the ship. The Court found the charges proved, Griffiths and sentenced Lieut vice and to be dismissed from the Gladiator. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Captain i Edward W. Vansittart, which was removed from the long dock at Devonport on Wednesday, is now lying at Moorings on th e west shore at ll'amoaze. When the Achilles was placed in dock it was stated that one of her cylinders was split. This was not es the fact. One or two of the ribs, or division pieces, in the side - valve po r t s we r e cracked through con ' traction, a casualty which is usual with all large cas ti n gs. These cracks were soon repaired, and the Achilles is now waiting orders. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, at Devon port, was removed from Dock No. 2 at Keyham steamyard on Friday, and is under orders to be got reedy for active service. it is reported that Prince Alfred, will be appointed to command her. The Galatea had a burden of 3,227 tons, and has engines of 800-horse power, Four Palliser guns were on Saturday tested with perfect success at the proof butt in the Royal Miscellaneous American News. Portland, in the State of Maine, has been almost destroyed by fire. Two thousand buildings, com prising one-third of the city, are in ruins. Every bank and every newspaper -office has been devoured by the flames. Thousands of people were rendered homeless, and two millions sterling of property has been destroyed. The fire commenced a little below the end of High-street, in a boot shop. Upham's mill and Brown's sugar house were soon in flames —then Staples and Sons, and Richardson's foun dries. It next swept Graham's corner, then it burned up as far as the old Varnham House and Pleasant-street, Temple-street, Union-street, and Exchange-street were all consumed. It swept 'owe'', on the northerly side of Fore-street to India street on the east, while on the west it moved along diagonally across Middle-street and down to Cum berland-street, taking the Elm House, but sparing the first parish church ; then from Chesnut-street it made a clean sweep on the southerly side of Cumberland -street, as far east as Garden-street. The Custom House, being fire-proof, escaped, though greatly damaged. The City and County Buildings in Congress -street were considered safe, being nearly fire -proof, and the neighbouring resi dents there piled their furniture, but the whole was consumed by the flames. Some fifty buildings were blown up, but the wind was blowing a gale from the south, and the sheets of flame flew along in spite of every exertion. The lines of streets can now hardly be:traced, and a space one -and-a-half miles long by a quarter of a mile wide, appears like a forest of chimneys with fragments of walls attached to them. The homeless are accommodated in tents, in churches, and other public buildings, and efforts are being made throughout the States to furnish re lief to the sufferers. It is gratifying to see how prompt the steps have been throughout the Northern States to afford relief to the sufferers by the Portland fire. At Bangor, Boston, Biddeford, Albany, and Providence, meetings were at once held, and large sums subscribed ; and Mayor Stevens, of Portland, directed the operations of these cities into the most useful channels to aid the inhabitants of his municipality ; but this only formed a small part of the assistance rendered. Food, clothing, bedding, and building material were forwarded in large quantities. The property of the Five Cents Savings Bank is all safe, as well as the Casco Bank. On opening the Merchants' Bank's vault the contents were found uninjured. All the records and fil es of the United States Circuit and District Courts are also uninjured, as well as Lowell and Senator's jewellery vault. In strange contrast with the good actions of a Christian and civilised people are the proceedings of a set of thieves and " roughs," who have made Portland under these cruel circumstances the scene of their operations. di Lik d e th t e he ca s la to mi rm ty ybpreetarky elbeonot ragi ng se a , no sooner d the botince ot hamar% THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1866, control than Portland was filled with pickpockets from Boston and New York. On " Overend's Friday" in the city of London some of the panic- I stricken depositors received their money, and in a few minutes after leaving the suspected bank were eased of all further dread on its behalf and all fur ther anxious care as to how it should be placed. In the surging crowds that beset Lombard-street there were those who preferred taking the respon sibility on themselves. It is in such scenes of dis aster and misery that the ruffians reap their richest harvest, and the United States furnish no exception to other wealthy communities. The Philadelphia Inquirer comments on the find ing of a committee of the Chamber of Representa tives in a matter where its dignity was concerned. In the course of a debate Mr. Grinnell, of lowa, called General Rousseau, of Kentucky, a coward, and made merry over the assumed military incapa city of that officer. The general was naturally indignant at the malicious attack, and he waited to give Mr. Grinnell the opportunity to apologise. Mr. Grinnell, however, did not avail himself of this opportunity ; so the officer armed himself with a cane and gave Mr. Grinnell a switching, to which that gentleman submitted. The committee of the house decided that General Rousseau had no right to beat Mr. Grinnell, and that Mr. Grinnell had no right to slander Mr. Rousseau. They recommend that Rousseau be expelled, and they express their disapproval of the conduct of Grinnell. With this decision the Inquirer justly finds fault. It stands to reason, if Mr. Grinnell had not called General Rousseau a coward, the latter would not have con sidered it necessary to prove he was not by the " argu mentuin ad hominum." "Now without desiring to defend by the slightest implication the conduct of General Rousseau, which we think undignified, foolish, unnecessary, and demonstrating nothing, except that he has a touch of the bully in his composition, we cannot refrain from ex pressing a belief that the conduct of Mr. Grinnell deserves every punishment and cen sure which can be inflicted upon his adversary. Is it nothing to call a gallant soldier a coward ?—to insinuate that he was an object of contempt to his men?—thathe was, in fact, a pretender and a sneak? —is not a violation of truth in a matter affecting a man's character of quite as much gravity and equally censurable with an assault which is caused by stinging words ? We think so, and our plan would have been to expel both, or to censure both, or to resolve that no notice should be taken of the conduct of either." The weather during the early part of the month appears to have been as hot on the other side of the Atlantic as here. At Washington the thermometer during the day kept steadily at 100 in the shade. Seve ral cases of sun stroke had occurred, one of which had proved fatal. At New York the heat was so intense that the streets were literally deserted. Indeed it was dangerous during mid-day to walk in them, for 30 persons died of sun stroke, and 80 others were injured by the same cause. The cholera still continues in some of the cities of the States, but in a fitful and intermittent manner, and with none of that virulence shown last year in the Mediterra nean. A brief address has been prepared by the Demo cratic members of Congress, dated July 4th, cor dially approving the call for a National Union Convention, to be held at the city of Philadelphia, in August next, and indorsing the principles therein set forth. It is signed by Senators Davis, Johnson, Hendricks, Guthrie, M'Dougal, and Wright; and Representatives Niblack, Thornton, Kerr, Shanklin, Grider, Noel, Randall, Ross, Taber, Humphrey, Hogan, Boyer, Bergen, Goodyer, Winfield, Coffroth, Rouseau, Johnson, Eldridge, Dawson, Radford, Marshall, Strouse, Sitgreaves, Ancona, E. N. Hubbell, Ritter, Harding (Kentucky), Glossbrenner, Wright, Rogers. M'Culloch, Le Blond, Fiuck, and Trimble. The United States Government has decided on not rebuilding the ruined arsenal at Harper's Ferry. The depot was originally formed there to flatter Virginia. It had no particular advantages as au armoury or for manufacturing purposes, except in the supply of Cumberland coal, whilst its isolation from the seaboard and the cost of transportation made it a dear bargain to the Government. Gene ral Dyer, Chief of the Ordnance, reports that Har per's Ferry can never more be used to advantage in the manufacture of arms. He advises that the ruined buildings and the land be sold, and the little property that remains be transferred to the Great West. This locality will lose all its old importance, but it has given its name to actions which will long be remembered in that country. It was the scene of John Brown's mad expedition in the autumn of 1859. When the war broke out it was held by Lieutenant Jones, of the United States Army, with 43 men, who set the arsenals on fire, and retreated into Pennsylvania, when the Virginia militia were marching to possess themselves of the 15,000 stands of arms, and other munitions of war there stored. During the whole contest it was the highway of armies, and the tide flowed backwards and forwards, as fortune turned the scale of success. There is not another spot in America in the neighbourhood of which there has been such hard fighting. The United States have continual troubles with the Indians of the plains, and heavy expenses are placed upon the Government to keep the roads tra velled by Western emigrants free, and to protect the telegraph to the Pacific. In consideration of this matter it is well to notice that at a recent con ference with Indian tribes one of the chiefs pro posed that a force of Indians be employed by the United States, to act as guards and policemen on the plains, under the direction of the Indian Bureau. There is much merit in this idea. By taking dele gations from all the Indian tribes which inhabit the country near the routes to the Pacific, there would be a guarantee for good behaviour on the part of the communities to which they belong, which could not be obtained in any other way. The Indian guard would have an influence which no force of white men under military supervision could exert. Men would be enrolled, also, who are used to fatigue, who understand the country, and know how to deal peremptorily with hostile bands. Once embodied for that purpose the Indian patrols would be im bued with the proper spirit, and they would endea vour to repress the outrages of their associates. It may be urged that the Indians are untrustworthy, but they are not so when fairly dealt with. All the troubles that have arisen between white men and the Indians have been caused by dishonest and unfriendly acts on the part of white men, who were either unfaithful officers of the Government, or law less fellows who sought no other purpose than the indulgence of their own avarice, cruelty, and pas sions. This suggestion in regard to this patrol is certainly a good one, and it might be adopted at least as a subject of partial experiment, and the benefits and defects of the system could thereby be thoroughly tested. An American watch factory at Elgin, Illinois, with $250,000 capital, will be ready to make 60 watches per day by September. Most of the stockholders were formerly workmen at Waltham. The South Carolina papers give the particulars of the late destructive fire at Newbury, South Carolina, which ranks as fourth in size of the inland towns, and which is a place of much importance as the centre of the cotton-growin g country of that State. The fire spread very rapidly, and only stopped when there was no more to burn. The loss is estimated at $200,000, on which there was but little insurance. A late Mobile letter reports that the fine weather has given an impetus to the young cotton in Alabama, and the hope is expressed that the yield of Alabama will not be less than 300,000 bales. The wood clip in Harrison county, Ohio, the present season, it is said, will reach over 800,000 pounds. The citizens of Chicago have presented each member of their Fire Department with a life and accident insurance policy. We are glad to hear that they are about to get up a home for working girls in Chicago. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular July 25.) Our latest advices from New York, per "Java," are to the 9th inst. All Government Stocks are strong and in active demand, the favourable characler of the financial statement for the fiscal year ending 30th June causing renewed inquiry, which resulted in an advance of from one to two per cent. In Railroad Stocks business was limited, with the exception of Eries, in which the trans-- actions were heavy, equalling, perhaps, the entire list of other Stocks. On the week the advance was $B, but the market was fluctuating and uncertain, owing to the adverse rumours afloat:Oats Stocl and. Railroad Mortgagee were inactive at about former quotations. The New Yor Banks' returns exhibit some important changes, the item of loans having increased six million dollars, and the specie over two millions. Money was easy at 5 to 6 per cent. Via ' Greencastle " we have received the following quotations, being to the 14th inst. : United States 5-20's lO6-1 I Erie, Common Illinois Centrals 1221 J Gold 1.521 The following is the return of the New York Banks: Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. $ 8 June 30 250,884 $ ,168 7,797,218 26,7t6,622 204,357,272 July 7 257,534,833 9,865,266 27,296,530 203,799,711 TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR JUNE. Miles open. 1866. 1865. Increase. Decrease $ Atlantic and Great Westernso7 474,441 429,669 44,772 Chicago and Gt Eastern 118,960 91,873 26,972 Marietta and.— Cincinnati 9 83 106,315 110,185 3,870 FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES, Approximate Imports of the Year.--Gold Values. The entries of foreign merchandise during the year al the port of New York (exclusive of gold and silver' amount— _ _ _ From July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1866 5301,398,893 At other ports, estimated 100,466,290 Total Ofmliieh, gros simPo marketed rt i a n ti U on nited States Re-exported and accumulated in bond Customs Duties—On Goods marketed at New York Do. On goods at the outports 174 86- Total (official) from July 1, to March 31. $132,871,098 Since received at New York 5 32,257,809 Estimated for outports 10,750,000 43,007,899 Total gold customs for year ............... $175,878,997 Being at the average tariff of 471 per cent. on the gold value of $370,271,572 of foreign goods marketed in the United States. Approximate Imports.—Currency and Gold Values. From the port of New York• .................. $212,684,618 Ordinary, same as last year, from outports... 81,285,735 Extra, 967,375 bales cotton, from South direct 193,475,000 Total in currency Reduced to gold, average 140 per cent 318,175,252 Specie from New York Outports, same as 1865 Extra from Boston 5,000,000 77,413,550 Total of all reduced to gold 5425,588,811 Revenues of United States for fiscal year, 1866. Customs in gold, as above £175,878,997 Excise or internal taxes Miscellaneous receipts Total for year * Nine months of f icial—three months closely ascertained, During the past week we have had a very strong and active market in London for all American Securities, cur rently dealt in here, but to-day, on large importations from America, coupled with sales to realise prices have given way. United States 5-20 Bonds after touching 711, leave off 691 to -1. Illinois Central Shares have declined from 80 to 77 to 1, and Eries, which at one time were freely taken at 45, close 44 to I. For Atlantic and Great Western De bentures there has been a large demand, on both home and Continental account, at former quotations; and Virginia Sixes show an imp:ovement of one per cent. OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States 6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 694 1-; Friday, 691 70 1 691 ; Saturday, 701 11; Monday, 714 701 11 70t . ; Tuesday, 701 1 i; Wednesd a y, 701 70 64 irginia 5 per Cent Sterling Bonds: Thursday, —. Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Thursday, 451 6; Saturday, 47; Monday, 46; Tuesday, 46 ; Wednesday, 45. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1880: Friday, —; Tuesday, 67 ; Wednesday, 67. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1881: Saturday, 69. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1877: Friday, —; Tuesday, 68. Atlan. and Great Western Con solidated Bonds, 1895: Thursday, 45 44 x.c. ; Friday, 444 5 x.c. ; Saturday, 441 1 x.c. ; Monday, 441 4 x.c. ; Tuesday, 45 44 x.c. ; Wednesday, x.c. Erie Shares, 8100, all paid : Thursday, 421 3 2 4 ; Friday, 421 1 1 1 ; Saturday, 444 5 41 ; Monday, 45 1 ; 'Tuesday, 451 ; Wed nesday, 441 4. Erie Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Thursday, 684 9: Tuesday, 691 ; Wednesday, 694. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 78/ 74 ; Friday, 78 71 ; Saturday, 79 1 ; Monday, 80 791 ; Tuesday, 781 1; Wednesday, Penn sylvania Second Mort. Sterling Bonds, 187 o: Tues day, 82. Choice Localities. The facetious correspondent of the Racing Times writes on the above subject as follows : - There is a narrow winding thoroughfare leading from near the north-west corner of the late Fleet Prison to the Old Bailey, known as Fleet-lane ; it is a street finishing exactly opposite the principal en trance to the gaol of Newgate. The well-known and highly profitable concern called the Chatham and Dover Railway crosses its centre on brick arches, at one side of which, and running parallel with them, is a long, open, profitless space, where, in spite of the proximity of Topper, the greengrocer, betting men and their customers congregate in force during portions of every working day. Snugly placed between the site of a former well-known prison and the Central Criminal Court no one ca n overlook their proceedings, and they are, i n rea lit y, our passers by. It was my i ntent i on to have flying visit to the airy reg i on of Hyde Park paiddu ring a the week, but, on seco n d t h oughts, left w fastidious of harm's ing y that aristocratic spot to be attacked by a multitude of blackguards sailing under the banner of Reform, deeming it far safer to keep within civic quarters, and so avoiding knocks, which many received on the spot, and Knox of a different and practically potent character, dealt out with vigour and judg ment on the two following days. The arches are protected by a high black hoard ing, and, for the convenience of backers of horses, the company have recently opened a nicely-paved foot and carriage entrance near the south end of Farringdon-street, so that members of my extensive family may have every facility to deposit their cash. The frequenters of this pleasant locality are of the usual mixed character—" commission agents" ac commodate the smaller fry by laying odds to anything, even as low as a penny, so that the rising generation of limited resources may in dulge in our great national amusement. One lad, belonging to the outside shoe-cleaning brigade, after polishing the boots of a very seedy bookmaker, took 12 to 1 about Windham for the Goodwood Cup, engaging that if he lost his layer should have a couple of " stunning cleans" in lieu of the regular deposit, so as to avoid the expensive process of parting with actual bronze. An agent of e L st a a z b e l n is b h y men spot. p h o e t e . m T i nh This t isCo. was on the and t, not noted by me before, but, as good things cannot be two widely fl a rm new of diffused, I make known the advertisement, which runs as follows :—" Small turf commissions as low as one shilling faithfully attended to, and best 'market prices obtained, by letter only (stamped directed envelopes must be sent for answers). La zenby and Co., 36, Russell-street, Covent-garden, W.C. Double events laid ; Cesarewitch and Cam bridge, 4,000 to 1, and any horse for either of these races 100 to 1." There are a number of inge nious calculators who, with little troable, may contrive to spot a dozen horses who are certain to enter, and, according to all usual chances, ac cept also, for both the great autumn events, and therefore £2OO for a shilling would gladden the home of a working man, assuming the double event, or even the first of the two races, to come off, and the other horse to continue in training. I mean, of course, for hedging purposes ; but even if the pre diction fail the loss will be trival. It will, of course, be understood that I do not recommend even this _ little outlay except by parties who can well afford it. The names of these small turf commissioners will be familiar to the public as the inventors of Reading Sauce, and probably it was one of their establishment who administered some of the article in a wrangle at the last races there. I observed behind the arches two well-got-up bookmakers, attended by their " seeketeries," very useful appen dages where caligraphy never formed any part of their principal's education. The clerks were busily engaged in filling up tickets, and the others in receiving silver, so quickly, and to such an extent, that their capacious pockets were nearly running over. " Pop it down, my lads ; pop it down !" shouted a young fellow with an extensive drooping penny collar, and three i mmens e Brummagem rings, two on the third an d f ourt h "sausages" forming the end of his right arm, an d another on t h e s maller sausage appended to hi s l e f t arm. ,‘ This is the k'rect quarter, take my word ; no connection with any bolters or welchers. All money paid day after race. Look at my testimonials—look at 'em, sir ;" and he thrust a small printed paper into my hand. This bookmaker was known by the sobriquet of "Charley M'Dirty," although from the certificates it appeared to be Maclean. The paper was something of this 1611 d . "" Mr ' C. U. i 8 well known to us, and in his particular_ calling most trustworthy ; we have twice invited him to dinner.—Times." " Mr. Maclean's uncle was formerly an elder at the Shrubanrum Schism Establishment in this town. He is a young man unlikely to take anything out of his reach.— Brentford Banner." "Having been personally ac quainted with Mr. M. from childhood, we recommend prudent parties with small savings to consult him ; he will take care of all cash deposited.—Marrowbone Mercury." "Very good and safe party.—Green wich Growler." Nothing like testimonials to cha racter ; in short, most of the layers must have pos sessed characters of some kind, and probably pretty good ones, or, at all events, of the average belong ing to the smaller tribe who neither possess local habitations nor names, except as assumed for their peculiar callings. I was more impressed with this opinion from the absence of police and the very vigorous mode in which stray coin of any amount was snapped up. " What d'ye think o' the Prince coming in this fashion ?" inquired a crossing-sweeper of a friend. I looked round on hearing the rumbling of a car riage in the lane, thinking that the Great Gun of Wales was approaching, but the sequel showed that the vehicle was a large barrow belonging to a retailer of dirty cherries and moist strawberries, who had arrived to invest some half-pence, and the prince referred to was the black 'un for the stakes. "coin' down to the wood, George ?" asked a horsy-looking individual with very bright yellow neck-tie. " Shall if I can get the boots on," was the answer. Looking at the speaker's crabshells the operation would seem to be easy, but it appeared to have re ference to the needful supply of cash. " Work your way with us, Peter," suggested a banjo-player. "We do a fortnight's marine busi ness—black your counting-house and come." " How about the boots," responded Peter. " This way," replied the other. " Three bob to Brighton a' Monday —trot along the coast after wards—generally a trifle got out of excursions on the road." Perhaps the boots will be got on as suggested, and the sporting Arabs return with more coin than many of our better-class brethren. A little quiet conversation was going on between a foreign-looking artisan of the " Brave-Belge" order and a sly personage of seedy, genteel appearance, which I could not quite fathom, but it seemed to be a scheme for imitating tickets for the cheap excur sions to Goodwood. From a rough calculation of the number of arrivals during the half hour that I remained be hind the Arches there were about 320 persons came and went the extent of the place and departed-19 were laying odds, and the majority, say about three fourths, of the others left their cash in all kinds of amounts, from a penny upwards. It was not the busiest period of the day, so that taking four work ing hours as about the thing, it is evident that plenty of al fresco betting still goes on. I heard no bad language—plenty of slang not worth repeating —a reasonable amount of chaff, but generally.speak ing good humour prevailed. No locality can be more quiet or better adapted for the pursuit than the spot alluded to, and so long as the company can afford to keep their surplus land unoccupied instead of building ornamental structures and hiding their hideous brick arches from view, so long may the smaller tribe of sportsmen assemble here un molested. So much for the arches. Some money ought to be won, according to the prophets, and it must come in handy in these uncertain times, for I regret to say that the Bank still continues its high rate of interest, and nearly everything and everybody is being wound up, either by the Court of Chancery, the cholera, or the weather. The tipsters are un usually strong this week, many of them entreating, nay, almost imploring, a confiding and good natured public to send stamps ; whether there is any difficulty in getting the boots on, or daily sup plies of provender, or necessary cash for the current week's advertisements, I am not in the secret to know; but always consult "respectable" parties, and who knows but the following new firm—new at least to me—may not possess the correct thing, and it is to be had for the small charge of " tup pence?"—" Goodwood races.—No winner no fee.— J. Phillips and Co., 20, the Colonnade, Russell square, London, are still quite confident that their Goodwood Stakes tip will prove triumphant, his losing being a thorough impossibility, and therefore most earnestly entreat their subs to invest liberally on him, and also to stick to their other selections," &c. The Leicester-square man has for several weeks had " some of the most experienced watchers of the day" at work for him, and triumphant suc cess is "guaranteed." King (late of Manchester) says that his horse " will win the Goodwood Stakes in a walk." The other advisers are all positive, sanguine, and clear. One word as to what appears to me a decided novelty, and savours of the medical character ; it is this :—" To bookmakers and backers of horses.—All losses avoided, and certain gain in sured, on submitting your cases, however intricate, and following the instructions of John Carey, 21, Clayton-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne." As far as London and the provinces generally are concerned the advice must be by.letter only, and bookmakers as well as backers are solicited to become patients. Look well after your money during the present Goodwood week. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SAT URDAY . REVIEW" ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.—The growth of the French Emperor's influence in Europe will here after be deemed one of the most remarkable events in modern history, just as his accession to the throne will be remembered as the beginning of the movement which is changing the whole face of the Continent. When we recollect the storm of not unmerited invective in the middle of which his reign commenced, the suspicion with which a new Napo leon was regarded by every Foreign-office in Europe, and the apparent strength of the coalition that on his first diplomatic blunder might readily have been formed against him, one cannot help confessing that he has had a startling success. The manner in which he has triumphed over a sea of difficulties has been due to a combination of causes, most of which reflect credit on his ability and his character as a statesman. The first thing in his favour was the fact that his rule, prejudicial as it has been:to the in tellectual and political life of the French educated classes, was soon accepted by the mass of the French people as a rule suited to the wants of the day. The reaction imposed upon France after the Revolution, first of all by the military tyranny of the great Napo leon, and next by the successive cl ass G overnments which took its place, was unnaturally violent. The 'Empire has been probably successful because it is a sort of mean between the government of the upper and middle orders and a pure and unbridled democracy. All sections of the country, except the educated or the ambitious, gained something by the compromise. The wealthy, at the price of the political liberties of the country, secured order, and the prospect at the same time that the material resources of the nation would be intelligently developed. The army could not be dissatisfied with a regime which pro mised them prestige, and which was too dependent on their allegiance , to treat them with indifference and neglect. The lower orders were drawn by a strong class instinct to sympathise with a Sovereign who was allied with popular aspirations of every description upon the Continent, who lost no oppor tunity of acknowledging with pride that he was a nevus home , and who was certain to consult their interests before consulting the interests of any other part of the community. Accordingly the Second Empire was a success. For the first time since the battle of Waterloo, France was again one and in divisible, and any French Government which is thoroughly strong at home is sure, thanks to the restlessness and the vanity of the French people, to be strong abroad. When Napoleon 111. had once seated himself firmly in his saddle, France and her rider became for the rest of the Continent a sort of formidable Centaur, horseman and horse animated by one will and one ambition ; and from this mo ment the first great step was accomplished towards rendering the diplomatic influence of the French Foreign Office almost paramount in Europe. The second element in the success of the French Empire has been undoubtedly the rare political intelligence of the Emperor. He started with the advantage of knowing the Continent very well. He was familiar with the real strength of every European Power, and with the latent forces on which he could rely all over the world in case he should be brought into collision with this or with that Executive. These latent popular forces he neither underrated, as a partisan of old political systems might have done, nor overrated, as he would have done had he been a fanatic bent at all hazards upon carrying out a revolutionary idea. Napoleon 111. has • sympathies, which occasionally break out in his words and actions, but he was not and is not an enthusiast. If he had been a Kossuth, or a Victor Hugo, he would have over-estimated the power of democracy ; if he had been a violent anti-Catholic, he would have miscalculated the vitality still re maining in the:Papacy ; if he had been an ordinary thinker of any colour or any school, he could not have justly weighed and balanced the relative strength of opposite parties in France, Italy, and Germany. The chief foreign danger that first alarmed him was the danger of a fresh Euro pean coalition directed against himself. By a series of clever strokes he managed in turn to isolate each member of this possible coalition, and to break up the body into fragments which never can again be pieced together. He has alienated Russia from Austria, Austria from Prussia, and all of them from England. The result is that none of the Powers are more intimately allied among them selves than each of them at any moment might be with France. Nobody now, not even England, has any natural allies. The era of ententes cordiales and of natural alliances between European Courts is over, and that it is over is due to the sagacity and perseverance of the Emperor of the French. Side by side with this sagacity and patience the French Emperor has known how and when to display a magnanimity which may or may not be genuine, but which has had, in the eyes of those who do not know him, the appearance of reality. What general sentiments he has chosen to give vent to have usually been in accordance with the liberal opinions of the age. In contrast to the traditional and selfish theories of French diplomatists, he has not shown any jealousy of the greatness or prosperity of other countries. Provided that France is strong, he assures the public at large that he has no wish to see either Italy or Germany weak, and the public at large are beginning to believe him. And there have been occasions on which, under circumstances of strong provocation or temptation, he has kept his temper, and made France keep hers. We can all recollect the time when Englishmen were rather surprised that Napoleon 111. did not exhibit the least desire to benefit by Eng land's embarrassment at the time of the Indian mutiny. Nor was his conduct towards England, at the date of the Conspiracy Bill, otherwise than cre ditable. Any one who knew England saw plainly that the line adopted by the Parliament of the day, unsympathetic as it seemed, was the only line that could safely or constitutionally have been adopted. But few foreigners do know England, and it would have been a serious matter for the peace of the world if, at an hour of so much agitation and ex citement in France, the French had not been under the guidance of a far-seeing and calculating states man. When the Confederate Commissioners were seized on board the Trent steam packet by Captain Wilkes, the Emperor of the French acted with the same impartiality. It would have been very easy for a wild Anglophobist, who preferred gratifying his malice to upholding the sound principles of ma ritime law, to have fanned the controversy between the United States and Lord Palmerston's Govern ment into a blaze, and then to have taken advan tage of the difference for his own ends. Napoleon 111, did nothing of the kind, and willingly exposed himself, through his friendliness and his moderation, to the insane criticisms of the Marquis De Boissy school. A similar and equally characteristic pro ceeding was his behaviour to the young Sovereign of Belgium upon the death of the veteran King Leopold. A censorious world had been prophesying that France was only waiting for this gold en oppor tunity to getup a Belgian agitation, and to enlarge her own frontiers. The Emperor answered all these surmises and misgivings by being himself the first to telegraph to Brussels his recognition of the new monarch. All these things are doubtless capable of being explained in two opposite ways. O ne may contend that Louis N apoleon, in spite of all his fair speeches, is a conspirator and an intriguer, w h o ac t s honestly at times because he is clever enough to per ceive that honesty is his best policy. His friendly conduct to England may be accounted for by the fact that an army of volunteers has suddenly made its appearance upon this side of the Channel. His atti tude about the affair of the Trent, in like fashion, might be set down to his anxiety that th e Confede rate States should win their independence, which was stronger than his presumable wish to embroil Eng land and America. And this is actually the tone in which a number of clear-sighted and shrewd critics still talk of him. But the general world never con tinues to go on inventing invidious hypothesis of this kind when a simpler and more charitable hypo thesis will do. It is easier to interpret a monarch's actions on the assumption that, like his fellow creatures, he is a mixed character, with good and bad impulses ;- and that, though ambitious and scheming, he is open to be moved by generous sen timent, and by a desire to use his powers and oppor tunities for the advantage of mankind. _Notwith standing the ambition and the intrigues of which Napoleon 111. is admitted to be capable, the verdict of Europe is going in his favour, against those who accuse him of being a fiend in human shape. Rooted distrust of his political morality was the last barrier that stood between him and European influence, and, after a long probation, this barrier too has al most given way. • ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES. - The internal Go vernment of the States repeat in their organiza tion the mechanism of the Federal Govern ment. The Executive Power is confided to a Governor, elected in some States for one year, in others for two, and in several for four years. He commands the militia, sees to the execution of the laws, and, with the concurrence of the Legislature, takes the necessary steps to carry out the decisions of Congress, in all that affects his State. He is the channel of correspondence with the Central Power at Washington. The Legislative Power consists of a Chamber of Representatives and a Senate, elected by the same voters who send mem bers to Congress. In nearly all the States the elector is simply a citizen of 21 years of age, who has resided for a certain period in the State. There are exceptions, however, for in some the right to vote rests on a property qualification and the pay ment of certain taxes ; and in Virginia it is expressly stated that the elector must possess a furnished house. Whether the freed negroes shall possess votes has been left to the action of the individual States, but as the number of Representatives the State returns to Congress depends on the number of the voters, it is the interest of each State to admit them to the suf frage, though prejudice may rebel against it. The Judicial Power is also exercised by a Supreme Court, Circuit Court, and District Courts, which must not be confounded with the Federal tribunals of the same name. They confine themselves to the affairs of their own State. In the State of New York, the State of Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and many others, the Judges are appointed directly by the people, and only for a certain number of years. Dr. Evans proceeds to enumerate to what the States who constitute the, Union mutually engage themselves. Ist. Not to conclude any treaty, and not to form any con federation of any kind whatever without the consent of Co ngress representing t h e Union. 2nd. Not to create any impost or levy any rate in opposition to treaties concluded by the Congress of the United States with a King, Prince, or foreign State. 3rd. Not to maintain in times of peace more ships of war than judged indispensable by Congress for the defence of its shores and commerce, and not to maintain more men under arms than considered necessary by Congress for the defence of its own territory. That each State should have a well-armed, well-drilled militia, and depots furnished with suit able quantitiesof cannon, small arms, and munitions of war. 4th. Not to engage in any war without con sent of Congress except in the case of imminent inva sion, or an invasion already effected which has not given time for consultation and advice of Congress, not to deliver " letters of marque" or arm vessels against another power, until war has been declared against such power by the United States ; in short, to conform for its defence to the rules established by Congress. Such are the principal concessions which the different States have made in order to constitute a Federal Compact, and our readers can form their own conclusions how far these were vio lated by the South in forming their Confederacy. Having finished our notice of this chapter, we cannot conclude without a word about the author. Dr. Thomas W. Evans is one of those Ame r i cans who have done so much in their private capacities to advance the interests of their country. Indeed his action takes a higher flight and embra ces t h e welfare of mankind. By science, energy, and labour he made his fortune, and he expends freely the funds he realised as well as his energy and labour on science. There are few subjects more dry to the ordinary mind, and even repulsive, than sanatory inquiries ; scarcely one which requires more knowledge and work, and not one which tends more to benefit mankind. During the great struggle the United States organised a sanitary commissi on with branches scattered over the world. One was established in London, another in Paris, and volumes of instructive matter were published and freely circulated by the boards. Dr. Evans, at his own charge in bringing his own talents to bear, as well as his extensive knowledge and experience, seconded the efforts of this commission in a mann er so effectual as almost to eclipse the organised board. Thirty thousand copies of medical and o th er works, written and compiled by himself with the greatest labour and research, were given aw ay b y this gentleman. It is almost impossible to speak too highly of wealth, time, and talents thus devoted. The same labour might have produced a more brilliant and striking result, but hardly one more useful. Although long a resident in the gayest and most fascinating city of the world—although among the most successful in a profession, and in a place where success is a sure test of the highest accom plishments, Dr. Evans' heart i s w ith hi s native country. He is one of those citizens who abroad reflect honour on the land of their birth, and who are pointed to by thousands in a great city like Paris, as au instance of what Americans can ac complish, and how a patriot should use the talents with which he has been endowed. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat at this market t o-day► but farmers were unwilling to make any concession in prices, which ruled about the same as last week. The wheat and barley crops are reported to be progressing favourably, but cutting will not be gtineral before this day fortnight. White wheat (weighing 641 h), 53s to 57s ; old red aitto weighing 651 b), 51s to 53s ; new red ditto ( we ighing 601 b to 631 b), 51s to 52s ; best ma lti ng b ar l ey ( we ighing 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 388 ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b), 34s to 36s ; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 30s t.° 32s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; bean s , Ks to 39s ; peas (maple), 3 63 to 38s per qr. Flour, 37s 6d per sack. LEIOES TER SATURDAY. We had a tolerable supply of wheat at market to-:lal• Sales were made slowly, and recent rates were barely made. Not much doing in barley, and prices similar to those of last week. Oats were sparingly represented, and met a fair sale at late prices. There was not much altera tion in beans. New white wheat, 55s to 62s ; new red, 53s to 58s • old, white, 55s to 60s ; old re d, 50 8 t o 56 s per 36 stone. 'Bar ley, for malting, 35s to 40s per qr.; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, old, —s to —s ; now, 28s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 49s to 54s ; new, 48s to 51s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 44s ; seconds, 38s to 41s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat at our corn market to-day, and the best sorts made late rates. The quantity of barley shown was exceedingly small, and prices were unchanged. Oats were in small supply, with a fair de mand, at little or no alteration in the quotations. The inquiry for beans was middling, and sales were made at late rates. New white wheat, 52s to 58s ; new red, 48s to 53s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 32s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to 68 5 . Flour, 38s to 40s per sack of 2801bs. • NORTHAMPT ON—SATunzAy. New white wheat, 54s to s 58; new red, 52s to 56s ; old white, 54s to 58s; old red, 52s to 56s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 35s per 3 0 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ' • new, 26s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa. ~Aug. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 1 3 . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Aug. 5 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Aug. :1• China, Penang, and Sing,tpore, via Southampton.. Aug 3 Ditto, via Marseilles faikland Islands Gibraltar, via ~outharapton July 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton .. Aug. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via alarseilles Aug. 6 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July,2B. Ditto, via Marseilles July 28. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles... ..... Aug. 13 , esvioundland Portugal • • .. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. united btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet... Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..July 27. bleat Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. LO. Test Indies and Pacific (except Bahadias and Honduras) July 30 Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax Aug. l• Bahamas, via New York. Aug. 15 Among the stories told of the Chinese Ambas sadors who lately visited Paris is one to the effect that their enthusiasm on returning from the opera was so great that one of the official chaperons attached to their service was moved to inquire what were the items of the even ing's entertainment which had most forcibly struck their fancy, when he learned to his disgust that it was neither the house, nor the lustres, nor the scenery, nor the music, nor the costumes, nor even the ballet, that had most de lighted them, but the preliminary tuning of the instru ments by the orchestra before each lifting of the curtain ! GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.—Lord Stonier; with much heartiness and sincerity, and evidently without the need of any pressure from Mr. White, whose question elicited the declaration, acknowledged the friendly and honourable feeling of the United States Government towards this country in their treatment of the Fenian movement ; but declined to say that therefore the Ala,baulo and other similar claims now in dispute should be sub mitted to arbitration. The diecussion of these questions was terminated six or seven months ago, and he declined to reopen it, or to commit himself to any opinion as to what should be done in the event of the controversy being renewed. With a view, however, to lessen the probability of such differences arising in the future, it was intended to have a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the laws of neutrality, andy necessary to revise them: - Pall-Mall Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Confusion and Pain of the Head.—These premonitory signs of conl ing illness should have early attention, or palpitation and uneasy feelings about the heart will succeed, and be fol lowed in their turn by more serious symptoms. Hollowal'° pills display their most constant and happiest effects in dispelling these disagreeable feelings, clearing the furred tongue, rousing the torpid bowels and removing languoy and flatulency so oppressive after taking food. No medi cine is so well calculated to restore the digestive function? , so potent to soothe the nervous system. The dyspeptic, by taking these purifying pills, will substitute ease for pain, and once more renew vigour in the wasting bodyi and rekindle a healthy elasti c ity i n th e d espon d en t an' exhausted mind. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —That the fearful annual mortality Ot 6n,0(0 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if. instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines. which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the dangor of life, we were simply to study 1 104 to inc. ease the vital force by imparting new and pure blood• upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's levy lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and it° thousands of cures annually. It\yields three times as mtoh easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat. and for children it is the best substitute for human milk. D r ; Routh, physician to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children—the best authority on such matters —in his adnin .- able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th .t which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride 0 1 potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected wit h atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debt itY have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases ; and so far as I may judge from MY own experience, practice fully carries out what theory , from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate. -- In tins, 11b, 28 9d ; 21b, 48 63 ; 51b. iis ; 121 b, 228 ; 241b9 05.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 830, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 989 Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrae,e, St- John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and oho* mists.—Beware of snurious imitation& Births. DANGAR—On the 23th inst., at 35, Kensington-gardene square, the wife of H. C. Dangar, Esq., of a daughter. FOWLER —On the 27th inst., at Forest House, Leytonstone , the wife of William Fowler, Esq., of a son. POTTER—On the 28th inst., at 2, Bolton-gardens, South Kensington, the wife of Rupert Potter, Esq., barrister at-law, of a daughter. RAWSON—On the 27th inst., the wife of the Rev. A. Rai" son, Bromley-common, of a daughter. Marriages. DILLON—CROFTON—On the 18th inst., at Roscommon, th e Hon. L. Gerald Dillon, eldest son of Lord Clonbrock, to the Hon. Augusta Caroline Crofton, only daughter 0' Lord and Lady Crofton, Mote Park, county Roscommo n. HARDY —llErnußN—On the 26th inst., at the Congreei tional Church, Clapham, Herbert H. Cozens-Hardy , Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, second son of W. "•"*. Cozens-Hardy, Esq., of Letheringsett Hall, Norfolk , 0 Maria, third daughter of Thos. Hepburn, Esq., of Clap' ham-common. Deaths. CRONIN—On the 20th inst., at Crawford Villa, Spring grove, Denis Cronin,Esq., M.D., late of 35, Bruton-stre et, Berkeley-square, aged 59. 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