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

clay. a with 1 $ thie i bridge -iolonel uke of lingo? ad the wing- [ so the 11 wen t „ Eliot Jou in :on. J. Alber Drough t en ded lale. cil at liataeut Nigh' )uke "' f aen and rhotre lay las t tion in ig conr ts, who in plain )norarY rest in- the i°- and the a COrP" 3 to th e aniletfh The ite d to ; o f the Y after' )ereollS. the g in Lil a resu lt 013 1 )d ; and Friend whiebt grs• Ad ) rePre olint d, Nol, hanke ci A if t, 113'' or the ) vor, Su ci ,inl° go fge : )Vff ee r xris7 DI 0 EY y l APKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB. TWELVE O'CLOCE. he Money Market is showing renewed symptoms of a ctivity, owi ng t o t h e preparat i ons w hi c h are being made by the commercial classes for the en gagements falling due on the 10th inst., and also in consequence of the settlement to-morrow in the English Funds. The rates of - the brokers for short dated bills have not varied, - 9 'per cent. being again the lo west quotati on , an d on t h e S toc k E xc h an ge daily loans on English Government Securities are ch arged 8 and 9 per cent. the It has been notified by the official liquidators of Madrid Bank, Messrs. Hart, Brothers, and Co., that a dividend of 12s. 6d. in the pound is now liay , able at their offices. Li the corn market this morning rather more busi ness,, was tra nsac t e d , an d pr i ces o f b ot h home -61.°w/1 and foreign wheat fully maintain Monday's e l e nt quotations. I n spr i ng corn, b eans , peas, a11011 r) no material change can be reported in 1 the Bank o f E ng l an d yester d ay th e b u llion operations consisted of an inflow of 18,000 sovereigns and £ 3 , 0 00 in bar go ld ; an d a withdrawal of 103,000 sovereigns for shipment to Brazil and 48,0 00 for Buenos Ayres, making £151,000. The Herman has arrived from New York, with £6,660 in specie. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Geor ge Scott, of Bond-court, Walbrook, official liquidator for winding up the affairs of the Rhos- Hall Iron Company (Limited.) oCLocK. According t o R euter ' s telegram Two from ' Paris to day, the French Rentes were 68f. 75c. Flat; some Uneasiness. lowing to the inclement state of the weather, and 1.t.8 supposed adverse effect upon harvest prospects, the Funds have further receded 1 per cent, Consols b e ing 871 1 for money, and 871 88 r the 6th PrOximo. Al most every class of securities i s de -1:fo Pre-ssed—an additional degree of depression being produced by the paucity of business. The New Threes and. Reduced Annuities are 861 87 ; Exche quer Bills f or J une, 4s. prem. ; Bank of E ng l an d Stock , 249 ; India 5 per Cents., 1024 1031 ; ditto 4 Per Cents., 92. F oreign Stocks are very fl at, t h e d ownw ard move ment being very conspicuous in this department. Spanish Passive Bonds have declined 1 to 1811; I, tirki sh 5 per Cents., 261 ; Mexican Ito 161 1 ; ..,_alian 21 to 501 ; and the Brazilian Ito 41 dis. ~United States 5-20 Bonds have receded I to 6811 ; ' r- 'rie Shares 4 to 411. Illinois have, however, advanced 1 to 751 I- Av ery limited amount of b us i ness h as been trans acted in the Railway Share Market, and prices Lenerally show increased depression. South Eastern, en T a nd, Metropolit an , an d N or th Western have c u declined 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire Gd Gre a t Northern 'A Stock each 15s. ; wh il e tat. :Western have advanced ss. The.-F oreign and Colonial lines are also flat. o ki_ reat Lux embourg are marked 131 ; Grand Trunk Canada have declined to 194 201 ; and Baroda to Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very inactive. ~lianee have receded to 18 1 ; Chartered Mercan tilea.,(l India London, and China to 32/ ; London Atlantic County to 621 ; London Joint-Stock to 42 ; tlantic Telegraph are marked 3* ; 1:f111 Telegraph, 12 ; Credit Foncier andMobilier Anglo-Ame -4i p re 18 ', 31 dis.; Egyptian Trading Company, and National Discount Company, 7 1 I Preoa. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES 8 , GoVERI,DstErrr FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols .Do. Account, Aug. 9 871 1 1 1 .871 -4- 7 3,Per Cent. Reduced ' . 86i a 7 61 -4- p sT W 3 Per Cent B7 4 1 e r ,w 3 1 per Cent. Jan 1894 — ~..,0 5 • A *. per Cent. Jan. 1873 — ...nnuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for,3 sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.1f:rob. Juno. Ex h -e-ecluer Bill X 1,000,3 per Cent. — Do. s ' Do £5OO — £loand £2OO — Ba h t. lA of England Stock, 5 per Cent 249 'Jo Account— -Ila INI)IAN G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do Stock 10; per Cent., AprillB74 — A.ccou n t D 1021 31 O. 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 92 O. 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 '-'O. Certificates — Do. De • 11-faced Paper 4 per Cent _ DO 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D u * 4 Per Cent., May 1879 — Do._ o. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .1 Bonds, £l,OOO — pm _ Do. Under £l,OOO Asraentte OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 41 18 Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 p d — m ".414n B onds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — p 12,° ilian per Cent De ' 4 1 Per Cent., 1852-5 8-60 1863 Do. Do A.ccou n t 80. 1865 — 4100 Bonds D e s • Sumo e rIP, £65 p a id -4s Ayres 6 per Cent — D 0 £lOO Bond s — D e 1 ch i , Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) n ilan 6 per Cent — Do. 641 p Pe er r C C en en t t — 1/0 S • . 1 3111 eel x'il), X7e paid tob, onlbran 6 per Cent. — o l 6 per Cent. E I,llobi P rincipalities ..-'O. Account loador New Consolidated 1 per Cent... , Provisional Land arrantW — Do Deferr d • e B "Ptlan 7 per Cent " 0 ., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds D o 86 90 D o £lOO B onds 1864 B4 3 85 6 tree £' GsovernmeiA Railway Debentures 7B 1 9 1 lio £BO paid ." l4 ll die ,1 Do. per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons A.ccou n t Do. Coupo I ta ns Liz% Account txuaternala 5 per C ent. — lian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Maremmana Railway _ ktexican 3 per Cent Do. Account 17 161 Do 1864 .1.)o 6, per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land. Warrants (Hectares) Do 2 per Cent . Do. Deferred Peruvian D Acco unt er Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren). Do 4 } per WA., 1862 00 Account . - rortuguese 3 per Gent., 1853 Do 3 per C en t. , 1856, '7 , ' 9 , '6O , '62 , '3 — R.b 43} I O. Account , ussian 5 D per Cent., 1822, £ St — o 4i. per Cent. 3)3 4 i Per Cent., 18 1850 60 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 881 8 9 D , O 5 per Cent. 1862 91 t ' 43 6 per Cent. 1864 zt,rdinian 5 per Cent ~ 1)0: Account 'Tallish 3 per Cent DO Accf;unt ..,71:;00 Apaotoluvneetferred D o N Deferred 311 IE3 Do A.ccount . l9l 1 Pra,Oieli Cert. of Coup not funded — ~. DO Account l4l "e chell 4 ' c D 0.4 , per eut. , p I I: Account pe r Cent.cent. D °— F., per Cent 1858 D £ ,0 0 100 Bonds — DO1L) 6 per Cent. 1862 D°Account 4Bl 9 s £lOO Bonds A., 0 6 u_ Per Cent., 1863 ~,e 6 per Cent 1865, paid up Scrip 2 -7 7 i 61 1 'Jo Ace '' ' ....so . ount v., u •1 per Cent. Guaranteed nezuela 3 per Cent. —,o 6 per (lent 1862 — °"1'0. Ac count 61) tint ... 271 8 1 8 . per Cent, 1864 A,tri T/ivid euds on the a b ove paya bl e i n Londem. iin, 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins - n p rf . o, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. 1. ) 1 . c : - %•. Pe: 0...nt. Ex. 12 Guil pr_s_ Certificates .... . it!lela Beutes per Cent. 1.4 al, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account C o usois for naoney • Di t to _Accoluit - THREE O'CLOCK. 4 3 8 pm SNARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .. Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dan„Perth, & A b.Junc !!;.London, ecrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pro' GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western --Original Dv. i. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midlaiad Do. £9 Share • Do, Birmin.. & Derby %lid. Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (i.N•E purch.b€ Do. Leeds Do. York _ Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock vo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Et.stern . Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & "Whiteha West Cornwall 100 et I 20 ai 10 100 1 Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, a Cen.ln. . . gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Bult,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- ......• • Qalcutta & 8. E., :at e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• East. Ben4al, gu., 5 do East gu. .5 p.c. Do. .1 Eitasiori irandiTrunkof Canad Do. E4nip. Mort. Bond,' I Cha . ig - e 6 p.c Do. ist e ref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prt I. Bonds , Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock 1 Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred C. t. ndia Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 iercent.. Do. New gua. 5 P.O t. South of ludia pig. 5 per cent 41 per cent Do treat Wf s. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay . 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4y do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extensioe Nlelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. lel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. R I.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scindo •• •••• • • A Do. Delhi Do. do B-1 " Do. Puniaub... • a Do.lndus 81 91 120 122 35 15 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 111 113 23 30 6 7 119 120 123 124 91 93 52 , 62: 35 37 33 36 124 121 88 92 19 20 U6l )1(1 1 90 )2 56 58 128 130 2 3 A 108 101 89 91 120 121 It 2 E. 91 43 100 all 100 100 100 ,633.4 50 52 3 25 107 109 BRITISH rossEssioNs. 63 65 93 100 I 41 4 11) Pl ltiO 100 100 all 100 100 76 80 60 65 100 102 99 /GOt 99 :01 23 22 85 87 65 68 48 52 5) 65 45 50 40 15 36 3) 24 26 24 26 105 106 1p 1 98 100 91 93 14 111 5} 54' 91 93 83 A 5 1* Oli 97 98 89 91 85 87 8 82 96 97 96 97 lb 1 96 96 Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 123 } 52} 2 1231 i 11.6iIiii 9: 90 56it 129 120 1 20 61 591 11 659 1031 35 } 66i 6 9.1 i 100 20 191 2 i io; k E 8 70 108 105 35 3 9 11 p l , 119 121 1 2 1 2p p, 75 77 108 112 150 154 73 76 45 47 66 67 7i 84 14 115 2 3 100 i0:1 53 65 COLONIAL GO VERNAENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. et. Feb. & Aug l' 0 93 95 Do. sp. C. Mar. & Sept 10) 94 96 130. sp. c. Jan. & July 109 75 77 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 99 101 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 100 102 101 1(21 Do. do; 1880-9, 100 102 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1990-91 100 100 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 131 Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.& 100 100 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 105 1 7 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 187 3 , Jan. and July Do. 1878 00. 1882, May 15, Nov. is 10) 101 103 Do. 1895, Feb. & Atw lOO 163 105 Natal qov. 6 per cent lOO 97 100 N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&.1 ul) 100 90 02 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1860 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18n to 1876 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 83 85 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 91 Do. 5 per cent lOO 73 75 734 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 .lueensland Gov. 6p. c 100 90 93 864 S. Aus. Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards llO 102 104 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 10214 11 BRITISH MINES. z Cam. Consol. Cold, Um. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 5 6 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 410 430 Drake walls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 15 17 East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 East Cam Brea 34 4 1 East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - - East Loved 3.9.0 61 71 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 Great Laxey, limited all 19 20 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 11 Great Wheal Busy-- 14.9.6 1 G. Wheal For (Helat , k6 40 18 22 Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 31 31 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 44 4 51wyndy Iron Ore, lim 34 21 14d New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 — 7 North Wheal Crofty 2.13.0 I 1 Prosper United.... 7.1.8 Providence. Uny Lelant 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 325 875 South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 174 ai -- Stray Park 35.15.6 - - Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, litn all 3 5 West Bassett (Illogan la 1 2 W. Caradon (14 tekeard 9 6 7 West Chirerton West Seton . .... Wheal Bassett 'lllOgan 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 10 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 8 Wheal Seton ...... • . 58i 140 145 —. Wheal Trelawney 5.17.0 8 10 Great Eastern, E. Counties Er., No. 2, Ditto, 6 per cent. pf., 101 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 781 _ _ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 5 per cent. irrd, 103 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 126 Lancaster and Carlisle, 2106 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Great Luxembourg, 134 San Paulo, Rm., gua. 6 per cent., 141 14 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 154 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 2 If f St. John del Rey, lim., 47 BANKS: Alliance. lim.. 181 19 181 Anglo Austrian. 5/ Anglo-Italian, lim., 94 1 9 Australasia, 671 9 Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and China. 15i 141 Chartered Ater. of India, London, and China, 33 21 3 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 4 1 1 1 English, Scotch. and Australian Chartered, 18 English and Swedish, Um, 121 imperial Ottoman, 8 71 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11M., 3 London and County, 621 London Joint Stock,`, 421 2 London and 11 estminster, 91 901 New South Wales, 43 Oriental Bank Corporation. 43 MISCELLANEOUS. A nglo - American Telegraph, 121 12 11 Am -inn° l'elegrapli, 8 per cent. gua. lim., 31 1 Berlin Water Works, lira.. 161 4 Bon , bay Gas, lira ., 41 Credit roncler and Mobiller of England, 4] 1 Ebbw Vale, 121 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., Si Electric Telegraph, 136 Gen. Credit and Final:l,le of London, lira.; 4 Hudson's Bay, 151 Land Securities, lan., 2 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 34 Peillwall Freehold Land and Dock, 4 4 Ditto, new. -- Nrtional Discount Company, 121 1 12 I Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which 31 is to pay, 3i 4 Ocean N. arine Insurance), 214 Oriental Inland Steam, 1 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lim., Ditto (Zl2), 131 THE GREAT WESTMINSTER CLOCK.--The Journal of the British Horological Institute says that the President, in his annual review of their proceedings, stated that " they had it on the authority of Mr. Ellis, of the Royal Observa tory, that there is no clock at Greenwich that keeps time so well as Mr. Denison's clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament." It reports its own rate automatically twice a day to Greenwich by electric telegraph, a test to which no other public clock has ever been subjected. Persons taking the time from it should remember that exact Greenwich time is indicated by the first stroke of the great hour bells and also by the first stroke of any of the quarter chimes, except those at the hour. Tilt SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1866. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. THE FOREIGN ENLISTM;NTATT.— Captain William Henry Ellis was placed before Sir T. Henry on remand, charged in conjunction with a seaman named Peters, to answer the charge of having enlisted English seamen to serve under a foreign flag, contrary to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The flcst witness examined this morning was George Shand, who said he was a native of Shield; and he met Ellis at Sunderland, who asked him if he 'wanted a ship. He told him he did, and lie then agreed to sign ar ticles. He was told the vessel was the Al. The witness said it looked to him as if ,she was like the Alabama, when Ellis said he did not make much mistake. He was to have £1 10s. a month. He was told the voyage was to be a yachting ono on the Chilian coast for two years. They were shipped on board the Gretton Hall, but before they could be put on board the A 1 they were brought back by the ship Caledonia to Portland Roads. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—He would not undertake to swear that the articles that were read out did not state that the voyage .was to be a yachting voyage for two years. Nothing was said about bringing the men back to England. He did not know what the chests contained, but they looked like arm chests. He had been in the Con federate service during the last war, and passed there as Francis Hammond. The witness Kelly, who was examined on a former occasion, was recalled, and said Captain Ellis was present when he signed the articles. Shand signed at the same time as he did. When he did so he could not closely examine the articles, as there were a great many persons present. He was under the impression that they were to sign for a two years' voyage under the Chilian flag. The name of the ship was mentioned as the A 1, and the voyage was to last for two years. Nothing was said about bring ing us back to England. Re-examined—Re could not say that the articles ex pressed that it was to be a yachting voyage. Capt. Ellis told him it was to be so. _ _ James Newland.—Resided in the East India-road, and on Thursday he was at the Union public-house at Lime house in the early part of July. He saw Peters there, and Bray and Hickson. He was asked by Peters if he wanted a ship. He replied yes, and he was asked to sign for a vessel that was going to take a run for Peru. He said he would sign. He did so, and was told that his rating would be ssttled when he got aboard the ship. He was to have £4 10s. as A. 8., and £6 10s. if he was rated as seaman gunner. He got an advance note fur £9, and took it to Hatton Garden and got it paid. He was told by Peters that some body would meet us the following morning at Fenchurch station. He saw several men there all going to the same ship. He had a railway ticket given him, and ho was told to go to Til bury. He got into the train, and went as directed. Geo. Smith was in the same train. When we got to Tilbury we went on board the passenger steamer, and went from there to Southend pier, and after remaining there some time ere put on board two tugs, taken to Margate, and put on board the Gretton Hall off the Tongue Light. There were 200 men in all. There was a disturbance on board the ship, in consequenc3 of its becoming known that the men were to be taken for a three years' voyage under the Milian flag. Ellis then told us we could all leave the ship if we chose, but there was no means afforded us of doing so, as the tugs were steaming off. He and about eleven others got on board one of the boats, and eventually the tug took them on board, and they returned to Gravesend the same day. At this point the examination was again adjourned, the defendants being admitted to the same bail as on the former occasion. The late Fight between Mace and Gozs. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.) The Star, at great length and with great disgust, reports the fight for the championship between Messieurs Mace and Goss. From the way in which the encounter is dcsetibdl, leis evident that the Star either employed a converted sporting reporter for the occasion, or else that the editor doctored a re port originally written in the conventional ring dialect. We are told at the outset, that yesterday morning took place " one of those wretched exhibi- tions which still continue to have some charms for a certain class—though we are happy to assert it, a small class—of the community." Small and con temptible as the class may be, the Star, being a paper of universal philanthropy, gives it nearly a column of the details of the " disgraceful proceedings." The reporter is clearly a gentle man not altogether unknown to the Fancy, for he says, " Nat whispered knowingly in our ear that the office was St. Paul's Pier, five o'clock punctual;' " but no one would ever suspect it from the " bevvtifle, morl, religious, and honrabble toan"—as Mr. Yellowplush would say—in which he writes. Occa sionally, it is true, the Old Adam gets the better of him. He cannot keep down his admiration of the " fine leoline appearance " of Mace's head (this is an improvement on the stereotyped " bull-dog mug" of the sporting papers), or his regret that the same gentleman " below the thighs seemed very much shrunken, and not at all like the man who fought Tom King;" and he talks about " first blood," and "slipping down" in the regular way, just as Mrs. Gamp, after asserting her aversion to ardent spirits, " took off the dram in quite a scientific manner." But in the main he writes in a strain of charming innocence, instead of rounds he chronicles "bouts," or "meetings;" what coarser-minded scribes call " hot uns," he describes as- " terrific blows," and he concludes with the fine moral sentiment, "though we may in some measure admire their hardihood, their disgraceful exhibition must provoke the greatest disgust." On the whole, we incline to the second of the two theories we have suggested, that the report came in the usual carnal and unconverted state in which it would naturally come from an ordinary fighting reporter, and that the editor, in order to afford the greatest happiness to the greatest number, has endeavoured to meet the wishes of all parties by putting on a moral head and tail, and scoring out such words as " round," " chancery," to substitute terms We should like very e ‘ snsu ttechnical a a d n b d a s o k ff e e t n , ' s ' i v &c., e. much to see an evangelical novel constructed on the same principle out of some of the works of Paul Feval. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDoN, Aug. B.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Aug. 7. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—J. M. May, from Huelva. FALMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind S.W. —Arrived—Sarah Payson, from Matanzas. Aug. 7.—Arrived —Charlotte, from Havaunah. • OFF LIVERPOOL, Aug. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Sir R. G. 31. Donald, from St. Stephens. QUEENSTOWIC, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie Whitburn, from Jamaica ; Eliza Taylor, from Savannah ; G. W. Harris, from Phiadelphia. BRISTOL, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Resebud, from Demerara. COWES, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Herman, from New York, and left for Bremen. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 7.—Emanuel Bcutcher, from Guernsey; Fanny Bailey, from Tarragona; Formosa, Calypso, and Agamemnon, from Jamaica; Belden, from New York; Ingeino, from Sulina. Arrived, Aug. 8. —Vesterlenden, from Iludikswall ; Venskabet, from Montreal; Katinka, from Banhok ; Nep tunis, from Quebec ; Veritas, from Pugwash. Sailed, Aug. 8. Anglesey, for Melbourne ; Leaping Water, for Kurracheo. • DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed.—Britannia, screw steamer, from London, for Gibraltar ; Foam, from Rangoon, for London. Sailed.—Boughton, screw steamer, for Bordeaux ; Joseph Straker, screw steamer, for Dieppe. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A BARMAID CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. —Mary Jane Stanterford, about 16 years old, barmaid in the employ of Mr. Benjamin Overton, of the Old Chesterfield Arms, Shepherd-street, Mayfair, was charged before Mr. Flowers with stealing cigars and other articles, the property of her master. _ _ Mr. Overton said that for some time past he had sus pected the prisoner, who was his barmaid, of robbing him. On Sunday last she went cut and never returned, and in consequence of one of his children telling him that the pri soner had taken some money from the till he communi cated with the police, and went yesterday to the prisoner, who was staying with her aunt in Bateman's-buildings, Soho, and ordered her to return with him, and she did so. He then gave her into custody, and on the officer search ing her box some cigars, stockings, and other articles (his property) were found, and the prisoner acknowledged tak ing three shillings from the till. The prisoner had been laying out money extravagantly, and had told a person named Norton not to let Mrs. Overton know what she bought. Philip Shrives, 82 0, proved being sent for, and taking the prisoner into custody for stealing different articles and money from the till. The prisoner denied three or four times taking any money, but afterwards admitted that she took three shillings from the till on Sunday. On searching the prisoner's box he found the cigars and other articles produced. Mrs. Overton, wife of the prosecutor, identified the pro perty produced, and stated on coming down stairs on Sun day afternoon she found a man who acted as potman stupidly drunk, and the next morning he told her that the prisoner had given him half a pint of gin to drink. From inquiries she had made she found that the prisoner had been spending a good deal of money of late, and she had no doubt the prisoner had robbed them to some extent. Mr. Flowers remanded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL ATTACK UPON A POOR FOREIGNRIL—A poor German, speaking very bad English, came before the magistrate this morning, and complained of the following disgraceful conduct : The poor fellow, after much time expended in the pro cess, informed the magistrate that he was a man going about with sheet glass to repair broken windows. He was called yesterday by a person in Flask-row, Pimlico, to put in a pane of glass, and was about to do so when the sheet glass he was carrying was wilfully broken by a boy, and himself attacked and beaten shamefully by others. In answer to the Magistrate, the applicant said that the glass had been wilfully broken by a boy throwing a stone through it, and then that an attack was suddenly made upon him by others, and he was much cut and bruised about the face. A very respectable-looking woman, residing at Pimlico, said she had felt it her duty to come forward and inform the magistrate how cruelly the poor foreigner had been used. He was bleeding proffsely from the face when she interfered, and the attack had been made upon him without the least provocation, because he wanted redress for his broken glass. Mr. Arnold asked if the boys could be found. The woman replied that two were known to her by sight, and could be identified. Mr. Arnold immediately issued a warrant, without fees, for the apprehension of the offenders. MARKETS.--This Day. .0- ---- MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent were only moderate. Only a mode rate business was transacted in both red and white parcels, but the prices realised were fully equal to Monday. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The trade ruled firm, and late rates were well supported. In floating cargoes of grain sales progressed slowly on former terms. Barley was in fair supply and moderate request at abou' Monday's quotations. Malt commanded but little attention at stationary prices. There was a good show of oats on offer. Fine pareels were disposed of at full quotations, but inferior samples met a slow sale at the late decline. In beans and peas very little was doing at drooping prices. The flour trade was quiet on former terms. BIUP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 410 380 - 7 1,930 Irish Foreign 7,220 1,600 100 47,990 1,750 sks bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Aug. For the corresponding week 4, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 39,010-51 s 1d Wheat 64,864-42s 6d Barley 528-32s lld Barley ... 862-27 s bd Oats BOROUGH. HOP. In all kinds of hops the transactions aro chiefly in retail and the value of inferior qualities is with difficulty sup• ported. Fine parcels, however, are firm in price. WHITE(JHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale. The trade is heavy, as follows : _ Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 6d to 4s 10d I Mutton ... 3s 8d t o 5 s 8d Veal 4s 2d to 5s 4d Pork 48 Od to 5s Od Lamb, 6s 6 to Gs 10d. ROM) MENDING IN PAEIS.—The Pont Royal is one pf the most frequented bridges of Paris. The number of vehicles which traverse it at all hours of the day is enor mous, and some diffizulty is causal by even a brief inter ruption of the traffic during the night. The extent of the traffic, however, renders necessary frequent repairs to the road. A day or two since this operation has been carried out over the whole length of the bridge, and in order to level and bind together a thick layer of broken granite the new steam roller, weighing nearly 30,000 kilogrammes, which has already been employed in other parts of the city, was brought into use. The operation commenced at 10 o'clock in the evening, and was continued throughout the night. In the morning the bridge was re-opened for traffic, the road being sufficiently levelled to allow of vehicles passing without any inconvenience. The new system of road levelling is far more rapid and more efficacious than the old plan of cumbrous rollers drawn by horses.—La France. SPORTING INTELL IGENCE. PROGRAMME OF BRIGHTON RACE CLUB RACES. THURSDAY, Aug. 9. The BRIGHTON CLUB STAKES (Handicap) of 10 so y a eac h, h ft, with 100 added by the Club ; winners of a handi cap after the weights are published 51b, the winner of the Brighton Stakes 101 b extra; weights not accumu lative ; to be ridden by members of the Club. New Course. To close and name on Saturday, Aug. 4. The CLARET STAKES of 5 sows each, with 100 added by the Club; the winner of a handicap after the weights are published 51b, and the winner of the Brighton Stakes 101 b extra ; weights not accumulative • to be ridden by members of the Club. T.Y.C. To close and name as for the Brighton Club Stakes. The SEVENTH BRIGHTON CLUB BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added by the Club, br three yr olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b; winners (matches excepted) once 51b, twice 81b extra; uutrieds allowed 31b. Bristol mile. 8 subs. Gladiator, Medina (31b), Little Jess, Ada, Brimstone (31b), Allan-a-Pale (31b), Bagum, (Stoneham (Mb). The EIGHTH BRIGHTON CLUB BIENNIAL STAKES Of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners (matches excepted) once 51b, twice 81b extra ; untrieds allowed 31b. T.Y.O. 21 subs. Stradbroke (31b), ch f Miss Bateman, Lady Rose, Red Riband, Hornet, Fairfield, Trocadero, La Freg,ato, Cathe rine, Hermit, Blinkhoolie, R u thv e n, Jasper, Vidi, Rouge Sanglier (31b), Cannon Ball, c by Leamington out of Catherine Parr, Libertine c, Gilead f, Lady Durham, and Brother to The Clyde. A PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b ; winners once 51b, twice 81b extra; maidens allowed 41b; T.Y.C. The BRIGHTON CLUB PLATE of 50 sovs ; two-year-olds 7st 71b, three 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; three year olds which have never won 50 soya allowed 101 b, maiden two yeer year olds which have run twice allowed 41b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 51b, 50 121 b; if exemption from sale is claimed 141 b extra ; last half mile. A PLATE of 100 sovs, for three year olds and upwards which have never won 100 soya; three year olds 7st 101 b, four Bst 81b, five, six, and aged Bst 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs ; T.Y.C. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two year olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 51b, five and up wards 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs or carry 71b extra; if en tered for 100 sovs allowed 71b • the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes ; A PLATE of 50 sovs, for beaten horses during the week (two year olds excepted) ; the second to receive 10 sovs ; gentlemen riders; T.Y.C. To enter at three o'clock, and the weights to appear as soon after as possible. Entries for the stakes and plates (except the two which close on Saturday, Aug. 4, and the Beaten Plate) to be made by seven o'clock on Wednesday evening. PROGRAMME OF LEWES RACES. FRIDAY, Aug. 10.—The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 gs ; 3-year olds st Mb, four 9st 71b, fife and upwards 9st 121 b ; two miles. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2 and 3-year olds ; two-year olds 7st, three Bst 91b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 50 sovs allowed 51b ; half a mile. The BOROUGH blemimcs' PLATE of 50 sovs ; 2-year olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b; one mile. A PLATE of 50 sovs ; 2-year olds 6st 71b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b ' • mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs; if en tered for 100 sovs allowed 71b ; one mile. The above four 'aces close and name by eight o'clock on Thursday evening. The WELTER Cur of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 50 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund); gentlemen riders, profes sionals 71b extra ; winners after the publication of the weights 51b extra ; one mile and a halt. Folic 3 yrs, Sealskin 3 yrs, Ostreger 4 yrs, Actma 4 yrs, Harkaway 4 yis, Jack's Alive 6 yrs, Musketeer 4 yrs, Vic toria 3 yrs, Lydia 4 yrs, Disappointment aged, Wildair 3 yrs, Maid of Erin aged, Zeloo 6 yrs, C by Froginore, dam's pedigree unknown, 4 yrs, The Tartar 5 yrs, Trapeze 4 yrs, Iconoclast 5 yrs, Soapstone 6 yrs, Effervescence 3 yrs, Bertie 3 yrs, Cranford 3 yrs, Oulton Lowe 5 yrs, The Plover 6 yrs, Black Prince 3 yrs, Surney 4 yrs, The Proctor 3 yrs, Melinda 3 yrs, British Tar 3 yrs, Goldy locks 5 yrs. The DE WARRENNE HANDICAP of 10 sous each, h ft, and 1 only (to the fund) if declared by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 7, with 100 added; winners after August 2 (at 10 a.m.) 71b extra ; T.Y.C.; about five furlongs. Age st lb 4 8 12 3 8 8 Kilkenny ... Miss Roland Age st lb Brenta ... 3 7 7 Woldga ... 6 7 7 Valmia ... 3 7 5 Gamecock ... a 7 5 Viceroy : 4 7 4 Tina ... 3 7 2 Mineral ... 3 7 2 Panacea ... ... 3 7 0 Sylph ... 3 612 Python ... ...2 6 5 Lady Blanche filly 2 6 5 Lady Valentine ... 5 8 7 Historian ... ... 5 8 5 Scheldt ... ... 4 8 5 King Hal ... Acolyte ... Gretna ... Arbutus : ... Indian Star ... 3 8 2 ... 5 8 2 ... 3 7 10 ... 5 7 10 ... 5 7 10 Acta3l ... 3 7 8 Chibisa 3 7 7 The PRIORY STAKES of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of 100 sovs 31b, of two such stakes, or of 500 sovs at any one time, 71b extra ; maidens which have Tun three times allowed slb ; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C. • (about 5 fur.); 42 subs. Knight of Downe, Dick Turpin, Stokeley, Parasol Timolaus, Antipodes, Stolen Kisses, Silence, Lochaber Hermit, Ruthven, Sir Walter, Great Gun, Binnacle, Gaiety Lupa, Hornet, Fascination, Miss Sellon colt, Slut colt, Plantago, Strathclyde, Miss Bateman, Florican, Glengar nock, Coxcomb, Lady Rose, Miss Ada, Archimage, Ayles bury, Pioneer, Cannon Ball, D'Estournel, Christmas Chimes, Fairfield, Stradbroke, Scipio, Laverna, The Rock, Promised Land, Sunnyside, Brother to The Clyde. SATURDAY.—The TOWN PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs ; half a mile. To close and name by seven o'clock on Friday evening, and the weights to be published as soon as possible. A SCURRY HANDICAP of 10 soya each, h ft; gentlemen riders ; professionals 71b ex ; T.Y.C. To close as above. The JUVENILE STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 90 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for 50 soya allowed 71b ; T.Y.C. The CASTLE STAKES of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; two year-olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sova ; if entered for 30 soya allowed 71b ; T.Y.C. A PLATE of 50 sovs ; three-year-olds 7st 71b, four Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for 50 sovs allowed 51b ; if for 500 soya 141 b extra ; one . , mile and a half. The LEWIS GRAND HANDICAP of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 7 (to the fund), with 200 added; winners of any handicap value 200 sovs after Aug. 2 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of two such stakes or of T. 5.00 sovs at any one time 101 b, tho winner of the Goodwood Cup 101 b and the second in that race 51b, any other winner 31b extra; the second to save his stake. Two miles. John Davis Breadalbane Salpinctes:... Wild Agnes Gomera ... Age et lb ... 5 8 12 4 8 7 ... 4 7 13 4 7 9 ... 4 7 4 Dulcimer ... Actrea ... Forester ... Defy ... Miss Grimston Age st lb ... 4 6 6 ... 3 6 6 ... 4 6 4 ... 4 6 2 ... 6 6 2 Scheldt Trapeze The Lizard Rama ...4 7 2 -.4 7 0 ... 4 7 0 ...3 612 Ninco Nanco (late Bro. to Guerilla)(in7lb)3 6 2 Fonder ... ...4 6 0 Cranford ... ... 3 5 12 Wild Poppy ... 4 6 12 Violent 3 5 12 Lucifer ... ... 3 610 La Dauphine 3 512 The Tartar 5 6 9 Denmark 3 5 9 The COUNTY CUP, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; 2-yr-olds 7st, three Bst 91b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; mares and geld ings allowed 31b ; winners of 100 sovs 51b, of 500 at any one time 101 b extra ; maidens allowed in the following proportions :—Two-yr-olds 31b, three 71b, four and up wards 141 b ; second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 24 subs. Two-year-olds :—Python, Bismark, Plantago, Sweet Home, Pericles, Julius, Ornament, D'Estournel, Primrose, Seville, Harpenden, Seringapatam, Commissioner, Pirate Chief. Three-years:— Potomac, Vespasian, Cecrops, Aps ley, Chepstow, Redan. Four-years :—Broomielaw, The Duke, Ostregor. Six-years :—Soapstone. The RAILWAY NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added by tho London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, for 2-yr-olds ; winners after Wednesday next 71b extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 43 subs. The Hatter, Python, Canard, Miller's Maid, Cannon Ball, B c by Marsyas out of Palmeria, Charade, Opoponax, Julius, Novice, Primrose, Bandmaster, Seringapatam, Pirate Chief, Miss Fanny, Alice, 0 by Kohinoor out of Topsail, Bonnie Doon, Ch c by Rattle out of Chamounix, Rose Stock, F by Surplice out of My Niece, Vicious, Chal lenge, Lady Craven, Miss Elizabeth, Stokeley, Carnage, Lady Clinton, Bravura, Verdi, Satyr, Musa, _Lady Pam, Hatty, Prima Donna, Charles the Second, Venom, Vice Versa, Ingratitude, Highland Sister, Land Tax, Master Robert, and Sweet Boy. RACING FIXTL AUG JRES FOR 186 G. UST. Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Btockton Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August 2l Dover 2? SEPT. Plymouth Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 Baden Baden 3l :MBER. Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall Lanark 2B OCT Northampton Lothians' Racing Club 3 Ryl. Cal. Runt and Kolso 8 Bedford 4 NOVI Newmarket 2d October— 8 Hereford Newmarket Houghton ... 22 !MBE R. Lincoln I Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. Curragh---__ _ _______ 4,5, 6 Past and Prospective Importations into America. From the New York Commercial Chronicle.) The total imports at this port, for the fiscal year just closed, reach the very extraordinary figure of $301,000,000. It would, perhaps, be rash to pro nounce this an extravagant importation, all things being considered. The close of the war found us with a general scarcity of goods. Domestic pro duction and importation had both been regulated with a conservative regard to supplying the wants of the Northern markets only. The South, which had been shut out from regular supplies of mer chandise for four years, had to be supplied chiefly from this market. With nearly two and a-half millions of bales of cotton, worth, on an average, forty cents per pound, the people of that section had adequate means of supplying their large wants. In this extraordinary condition of supply and de mand there was surely a basis for an unusually large importation, alike for the business of last Fall and the season just closed; perhaps it would be more just to credit the importers with sagacity than to charge them with recklessness in making such ample provision. At the present juncture the question presents it self—Are the importations of last year to be re garded as the measure of those for the year on which we have entered ? For very obvious reasons we think not. There is no longer any extreme pressure upon the South to purchase goods; and having supplied their more urgent necessities, they will, perhaps, during the next season, show a disposi- tion to economise consumption, so as to provide themselves with the means of producing or trading. It is, in fact, only through the most rigid economy, for a series of years, that the South can recover from the injuries it has sustained by the war. It would, therefore, be unreasonable to expect that the same amount of goods will be sold to the South during this year as last. Nor does there appear to be any reason for supposing that the Fall trade, at least, there will be any large demand for foreign goods for the Northern market. Since the close of the war there has been a heavy decline in the value of many commodities, which has limited the profits of some, and involved not a few in actual loss. To the majority of traders their balance-sheet for July Ist, 1866, affords little satisfaction ; and this lack of commercial prosperity is quite likely to be suc ceeded by a contraction of expenditures among the trading classes. At the same time the burthens of taxation are felt with greater severity, as the internal revenue laws are enforced more completely, which again becomes an incentive to economy of consump tion. Nor is it to be overlooked that domestic manufac turers are now in a position to turn out a larger amount of products than a year ago, owing to labour and capital having returned to their wonted chan nels ; and, as the result, the markets are better sup plied, and goods are slightly accumulating. It is reasonable to suppose that importers will take into consideration these facts connected with the demand, the condition of the markets, and the production of domestic goods. On the other hand, the panic at London, and the outbreak of war in Europe, have raised peculiar difficulties in the way of importing. Just at the time when the importers were arranging their orders for the Fall importation the money markets of Eng land and the Continent were convulsed by panic ; and notwithstanding the assuring effect produced by our large shipments of specie, a large amount of American commercial credits on Europe become un available, and orders consequently have been cur tailed. English merchants, owing to the loss of the Continental trade, will probably be found - willing to credit our importers to any extent they may desire; but the latest private advices from London bankers indicate that Americans are ordering with much moderation. The German markets are, to a large extent, closed to us by the operations of war. Military movements appear likely to centre in the heart of the industrial States. Large numbers of operatives have been drawn into the army, and manufacturing operations are very extensively in terrupted. More than this, the transportation routes are partially closed, and foreign credits are still de ranged. Under these circumstances, there can be but little regular importation from Germany. It is supposable, however, that should it, at a later period, prove possible to move merchandise from the interior to the ports, the manufacturers may consign to this market any surplus of goods they may_have on hand. , At present the markets of France are wholly open to us, and are likely to remain so. There will doubtless be a disposition among importers to par tially make up, in the French markets, the defi ciencies of their purchases in Germany. But here, again, comes in the question of credits. It is now very generally anticipated that France will ere long become a participant in the war ; and under this prospect Paris bankers are becoming very conser vative in the matter of foreign commercial credits. They are anxious to keep their capital within ready control, and prefer employing it in handling secu rities during the large fluctuations iin their value which naturally occur pending a period of war. The largest of European capitalists has almost entirely suspended his credits to the American trade from this motive ; and it is reasonable to suppose that others will take a similar course. Again, it is not improbable that the losses upon much of the Spring importation will induce impor ters to operate with caution for the Fall trade. The comparatively high prices of gold, and the apparent possibility that the premium may fluctuate vio lently under the derangement of our foreign, com mercial, and financial relations may be expected also to deter some from importing as fully as they other wise would. The foregoing considerations would appear to point very directly to the probability of a material reduction of our importations as compared with those of the past fiscal year. On the other hand, it would seem by no means improbable that we may have very large receipts of merchandise from Great Britain. The effects of the panic are likely to pro duce dulness in the home trade ; while the serious interruption of her large trade with the Continent will induce strenuous efforts to find a market for her surplus in the United States ; so that it is pos sible we may have unusually large consignments of British merchandise. We leave the reader to form his own conclusions from these diversified forecastings. THE MISSISSIPPI.—OId steamboat men declare the signs of the past four or five seasons point to the per manent drying up of the Mississippi river, reducing it from a stream navigable for the largest boats the whole season to one of uncertain navigation like the Missouri, passable at certain seasons, and the rest of the year shrunk to a mere creek, winding along among sand-bars and shoals. There is certainly some change taking place in our climate that is affecting our lakes and rivers. The average of water in steadily decreasing. Our " June rise," once as d. certain as the coming of the month, has totally now do not seem to affect it in the least. A d o n v t e h lo e pment of Rains which would have once swelled the river several feet rivers are gradually shrinking up. But t tie n - n - o . our railroad system makes river n a i v n i n ga eso lo to Pioneer. longer the necessity it once was.—St. Paul T ie Darwinian theory, TAILS.—AII animals, says m .le presence of a tail itself. When a lion, w i tnes s, not merely the wagging o f their about to make the fatal spring, lashes his tail, it is only an i nna te habitual trick, inherited f rom hi s r! spring fmnia n tai but origin simple o ther several millions of ti mes re moved —some sharp-like scourge of primeval s eas . T ake a r o fish v e ofh is air-bladder pre y—and very few are not fishes of preST —i m _ p io v g e d ! t s - o g m re: m into a lung, stiffen hi s four fins into legs, finish hem off with claws, leave hi m hi s scales, or, if your prefer it, either weld them into a pachydermatous hide, or convert them into shaggy fur, with bristling mane and whiskers to match ; above all, leave him his tail, which may terminate in a fly-brush or in a sting, and you have at once a land animal, from which, if you met it in a nar row lane, you would probably run away. The Dragon of Wantley was thus generated, perhaps, as well as other monsters slain by heroes. When an animal has no tail, as apes and others, the proof of its watery birth is none the weaker. It dropped its tail when it came out of the water, as a lady leaves her bathing-dress in the machine. The frog, for instance, when it ceases to be a tadpole, bequeaths its tail to its younger companions. The newt does not; preferring to retain that appendage as an ornament in after life. It is a mere matter of taste and fashion. The absence of a tail is no guarantee whatever that any creature is not a fish out of water.--Dickens's " All the Year Round." SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCA.—This Day. BRIGHTON RACES.—This DAT. The PAVILION PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 10 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund) if declared by five o'clock on Tuesday evening ; winners of any race (except matches) after Aug. 3 .51b extra ; tristol mile. Norwood w.o. The SUSSEX STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two year-olds 7st 101 b, three 9st 81b, four and upwards lOst; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs ; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 71b, 60 141 b, 50 211 b ; last half mile. Usher Miss Fanny Five ran. The BRIGHTON NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; winners of any race after Aug 3,71 b, if of the value of 400 sovs 101 b extra ; T.Y.C. (three-quarters of a mile) ; 50 subs. Seville Vice Versa... Water Cure., Nine ran. OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Bourges. . Valenciennes M ou li ns Cherbourg Baden-Baden 3' Le Mans l9 SEPTI: Baden-Baden 3, 5 , 7 1 Chantilly :MBER.: Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 MR. BATEMAN'S MUSICAL TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES.—Mr. Bateman has just concluded engagements for an approaching tour through the principal cities of America, with the following artists :—Madame Parepa, Signor Ferranti, Mr. Levy (the cornet-h-piston player), Herr Rosa, Signor Fortuna, and Signor Brignoli. Mr. J. L. Hatton is to be a member of the party. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market opens with a better feeling, and prices were rather steadier. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. We have to announce the death of the Hon. Fleetwood John Fellow, brother and heir presumptive of the present Viscount Exmouth. He died on the 2d inst. at Eastbourne, at the age of 35. The deceased gentleman married, in 1860, Miss Ferguson, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Ferguson, of Greenville, county Down, Ireland. THE INNER TEMPLE.—The sub-treasurership of the Inner Templ e h as b ecome vacant b y th e d eat h of Mr. C. E. Vau g h an. I t is ' in the gift of t h e treasurer and benchers. M r . S amuel Warren, Q.C., is the present trea surer. s H. si es Mr.htA n Jr gg. deputation eGes,fe rx[mst rre..ej.iThom as .eo of i nrßserr V enezuelannCampion,g,m.p 3 Mr.r. T.Geor ge bondholders, eHy s 1 White,cr o . - and Colonel R. H. B. BeauMmor.njt, been memorialpe placed a o f t o h e them "statesman's e sorof hhad Rutherford, en interviewM r . with c L a t o t'a' rd Stanley at the Foreign Office on Monday last. MEMORIAL TABLET TO THE LATE LORD PALMER eorfstvvoneshtasminjsutesrt STON IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—A neat and beautiful Abbey, and being,it is,• as the late Premier, it will serve to point out to the pre sent and future generations tho exact spot where his re mains are deposited. The memorial consists of a massive a i n" o s r c d or i n a e lm r" slab of beautifully polished granite, neatly and effectively ornamented round the borders with flower work. It is about eight feet long by three wide, and in the centre a large cross has been cut info the slab. The only inscrip tion is the plain and simple one of "Henry John, Viscount Palmerston. Oct. 18, 1865." No preparation has yet been made in the Abbey for the statue which is to be erected to the memory of Lord Palmerston, but it is expected that it will be placed there in the latter end of this or the early part of next year. The present memorial can be seen any day after divine service, the space where it is situate being kept clear for that purpose. REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT SHEFFIELD.—On Monday night a meeting of the working men of Sheffield was held in the Paradise-square, to consider the conduct of the Government in reference to the Hyde Park riots. Mr. S. Plimsoll, of London and Sheffield, who is the President of the Sheffield Reform League, took the chair, and there were about 12,000 persons present. The meeting was very orderly and enthusiastic. The chairman, i n an opening address, alluded to the late disturbances, and threw the blame upon Sir Richard. Mayne and the Government. If it were come to this, that the people of London were to meet only when Sir R. Mayne thought proper, we might write ourselves d own Pruss i ans a t once, minus their superior education, and mi nus t h e i n t e ll ec t an d sagac ity of Bismark. He could not see that the people of London should yield to such a Puppet as Sir R. Mayne. Councillor Skelton moved a resolution, expressing the deep indignation of the meeting at the conduct of the Government in attempting to suppress a public meeting i n , Hyde Park, and declaring the employment of the police and the military to be "unjustifiable, tyrannical, and unconstitutional, and deserving of the severest censure." Mr. Fillingham (tailor), who seconded the resolution, taunted the aristocracy with a desire to keep the people out of the park, while they at the same time did not blush to be seen there with women of questionable character. Tne resolution having been carried, Councillor Woodcock (" herbalist") moved the second, thanking the Reform League for the ma nner in which i t had advocated the rights of the working classes, and pledging the meeting to support them in their efforts to bring the question of right to a legal issue. A person named Ilibbert seconded the resolution, which was also carried. The third resolution, which was in favour of manhood suf frage and the ballot, and declaratory of an utter want of confidence in the present Government, was supported by Mr. Edmond Beales, of London, who was received with protracted applause. In concluding a lon g speech he said ho held that it was the duty of the police to have protected the proposed meeting in Hyde Park from being dis turbed by disorderly characters. He believed that already the London police was becoming too much a military power, and the dange r was increased when they saw par tisan magistrates condoning and palliating the worst ex cesses upon the part of that police, and actually refusing relief to persons who bad been seriously injured by them without their having given the least provocation. He utterly denied any intention on the part of the League to overawe the Parliament or the Government, and said that the meeting was simply for the purpose of refuting the base falsehoods that had been heaped upon the people, and of clearly proving the national feeling on the subject of Reform. Mr. 11. Horner moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Beales, which was seconded' by Mr. Thomas Orton, and carried with reiterated cheers. Mr. Beales responded at some length, but darkness had come on, and the crowd be gan to disperse rapidly. A large portion accompanied Mr Beales to his hotel, cheering loudly the while. IBER. W. Ti [LiAt) EDITiO SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. ALLEGED AITELIPT TO BLOW UP TEE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENE An absurd rumour was very prevalent this after noon of an attempt to blow up the Rouses of Par liament. It appears some foolish fellow, on Mon day morning, dropped a packet containing a small quantity of gunpowder near one of the entrances of the house. The police picked it up, and some mys terious penny-a-liner wrote the facts of the ridicu lous story to the cheap press so as to enable them to produce sensation bills. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE— This Day. BRIGHTON RACES—Tuts DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MATCH—Off. The GRAND STAND PLATE Of 50 says (Handicap) ; winners of any race after the publication of the weights 51b ex tra ; half a mile. Monitor ..... 1 Caprice 2 Wild Thyme, Goldylocks, Masson, Collaen, Virtuous, Birkdale, Stokeley, Escort, and Variation also ran. Bet ting-2 to 1 agst Monitor, 3to 1 agst Birkdale, 12 to 1 agst others. Won by a length. The BRIGHTON Cur, value 400 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 10 sovs each ; three-year-olds 7st 91b, four 9st, five, six, and age,d 9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 41b; the winner of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger, Ascot, Goodwood, orDoncasterCups,inlB6s or 1866, 71b, of two or more of those 101 b extra; those which have never won in any country above the value of 50 sovs or received 100 soy; including their own stakes as second, allowed weight in the following proportions, viz. : three-year-olds 41b, four 91b, five 141 b, six and aged 211 b; the Old Course (about two miles) ; 26 subs. Duke .. Janitar. 1 T ourmaliu Won in a canter. The OVINODEAN PLATE of 100 sovs (Handicap), for all ages ; winners of any race after the publication of the weights 51b extra; New Ovingdean Course (about six furlongs). Violet Paris 2 soapstone, Rinaldo, Kingsley, Gamecock, Maid of Erin, Alberta, Maurice), Wm. Pitt, and Verbena also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Violet, 3to 1 agst Paris, sto 1 agst Soapstone, 10 to 1 otkGrs. Won easily. The FIFTEENTH BRIGHTON BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for two yr olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst 71b ; winners of a stake value 200 sovs 31b extra for every such winning up to 91b ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes; three-quarters of a mile. 17 subs. Trocadero Mandrake Cannon Ball Betting-5 to 4on Trocadero, 6to 4 agst Cannon Ball, Bto 1 agst Mandrake. Won by half a length. FOURTH EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. Their lordships met at five o'clock, Lord REDESDALB presiding, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. USHER OF THE CLERK OF PARLIAMENTS AND OFFICE OF THE GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD. The second report in reference to these officials was considered and agreed to—Lord Redesdale paying a high compliment to the Usher of the Black Rod for the manner in which he had discharged his duties. MARK BINKE, THE LATE SUB-INSPECTOR OF THE IRISH CONSTABULARY. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for copy of any recommendation or certificate sent by the late Irish Go vernment to the late Board of Treasury for a pension or superannuation allowance to be granted to Mark Binke, late inspector of the Irish police force, subsequent to his trial for his neglect and refusal to do his duty at Balles')dare on the 26th of January, 1865. He said he had brought the subject before the house on a pre vious occasion and in another form. The noble lord then proceeded to repeat the statements he had previously made as to an alleged attempt to interfere with a female named Coghlan, in Sligo, Ireland, who desired to secede from the Roman Catholic Church, which statements have been so frequently denied. Two or three days ago he ap plied to the late Lord Lieutenant on the subject, and was informed that the pension to Binke was the act of the Board of Treasury. The Earl of DERBY said he knew nothing of the merits of the case, but that he considered that no benefit would result from the return moved for by the noble marquis, who had an opportunity afforded him of making a full statement. The motion was accordingly negatived. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY the Commons amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was read a third time and passed. PATRIOTIC FUND BILL. The Earl of MALISIESBURY moved the third reading of this bill, which was agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS ACT (IRELAND) CONTINUANCE BILL. The Earl of DERBY moved the third reading of this bill, which was agreed to. NATIONAL FISHERIES (IRELAND). On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRIOARDE, a return of the cases, in which the special commissioners for Irish fisheries had abated or removed fixed nets as in jurious to navigation, after the Court of Queen's Bench had decided that they were incompetent to do so, was ordered, and other returns on the same subject were also ordered. METROPOLITAN COMMONS BILL. The Earl of BELMOBE moved that the Commons' consequential amendments to the Lords' amendments on this bill should be considered. The motion was agreed to. The house then adjourned until Friday. The Price of Gold. L w o i n t o t n h e is E 2 n s. g l l s is p h e r jai l 1 n t sterling. prceo On The quotation of gold at P aris is about a t par , an d t f standard gold, it appears that gold is in Paris than in London. n rue fvuree of excha nge at New York on London for bills at about shortcomparing fold n i o pgeteh exchange per ounceiel ansecgere cen t, for ttoe. dearer 60 days' sight is 108 i to 109 per cent. At these rates there is a sma'l profit on the importation of gold frana the Unite I 6 tates. REPORTED SUICIDE OF THE ST. GILES'S MUR DERER.--,A, man about middle age applied for a bed at the Coach and Horses, Clapham, on Sunday evening. The house being quite full he was allowed to sleep in a loft over the stables, where he was found the next morning suspended by the neck from the beam, having hanged him self with his black silk handkerchief. Prior to committing suicide the man had carefully destroyed all traces of his identity, the mark on the band of his drawers having been cut out, and no other evidence existing on any other por tion of his apparel whichwould be likely to lead or furnish any clue to his identification. A copy of a newspaper of Thursday last was found near the body, and on the margin was written in pencil, " Beware of the name of Plummer —he has been my ruin." It is stated that the body bears a strong resemblance to the description which appeared in the daily papers last week of the wretched man Jeffreys, who is suspected of the murder of his son, the little boy who was discovered in Great Earl-street, Seven-dials, hanging from a water-cistern. The district superintendent of police, Mr. Henderson, was at once informed of the occurrence. FENIAN SCHOOLMASTERS.—Frem a Parliamentary return just issued it appears that in the month of February last two schoolmasters were arrested in Ireland on the charge of Fenianism, and since September, 1865, thirty-two schoolmasters have been arrested for the same crime. ~..~ r ar 'I