The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

aONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL N E . . 4 - 01 z , TWELVE O'CLOCK. The condition of the money market is becoming more favourable. With only a light demand upon the Bank for discount accommodation, and a large number of bills falling due, there appears good reason to hope for a reduction in the official mini mum next Thursday. The Exchanges, too, are more favourable than they were last week, and the bullion movement is not so adverse. For the pre sent, however, the rates show no important change, a nd 8 per cent, is still the lowest quotation for the best bills. At the Bank of England the bullion operations consisted of an influx of £120,000, £60,000 being In bar gold and the remainder in sovereigns. A notification has been posted in the Stock Ex change to the effect that by the mail arrived yes terday, £2,605 16s. Bd., the equivalent of $17,198 15 c., have been received on duties collected on ac count of the Venezuela Loan. The Cctober divi dend is provided for. Remittances on account of the Mexican divi dends have been received by Messrs. Baring Brothers, amounting to P 54,201 42c. and £49,159 14s. 4d. in bills of exchange. The report of the Mediterranean Extension Tele graph Company, to be presented on the 10th of August, recommends a dividend of 3s. per share, leaving £4Bl to be carried forward. The company have been much inconvenienced by delay on the Part of the Italian Government in settling their accounts. Two o'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's telgram, the 3 per cent. Relates were 68f 82e. At the Stock Exehange there has not been much fluctuation, and business has been much restricted to the bi-monthly settlement. The Funds were flatter in the morning, but have since returned to the depreciated pri ces last current yesterday after noon. The extreme inactivity of business, the limited attendance of speculators, " who seem to have had enough of it," and the small number of investments contribute to title prevailing quietude. Consols are 888 1 for money and 881 / for the 9th prox. Reference is still made in the house to the reported illness of the Emperor, and to the difficulties which may yet arise from the recent Continental wars. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. dis ; Bank Stock, 250 ; and India 5 per Cents., 102/ 1031. Foreign Stocks have been in good demand, chiefly _ o wing to the settle m ent of the account. Spanish Passive have advanced 1, to 204 ; the Certificates to 148 151 ; Italian I, to 511 8 ; Turkish 5 per C ir e nts• f, to 27/ 28 ; Mexican 1, to 17 * ; do. remain at 141; Greek, at 11i 12 ; and the Brazilian Scrip, at 31 2/ discount. American secu rities are gene r ally firm. United States 5-20 Bonds have risen 1, to 69/ ; Erie shares 1, to 41/ 42/ ; and Illinois are to 74 75. In the Railway Share Market there has been !ery little business transacted, and prices have slightly g i ven way . Great Western have declined I ° B 9 and South-Western, Midland, and South- Ea stern each 55., while Lancashire and Yorkshire h ave improved 7s. 6d., and North-Western ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, but at Stea dy, prices. Antwerp and Rotterdam are marked 4, Grand Trunk of Canada 22/ /, and East Indian 100 1 4 B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet, I , a nd show littl e var i a ti on as regards values. Al liance are de a lt in at 201 cx div. ; Hindustan, China, and Japan, at 3 31; Anglo-American Tele aPh, at 121 1 ; Atlantic Telegraph at 31 1 ; Credit oncier and Mobilier of England, at 3 dis. ; and Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, at 11/ 121, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols Do. A ccount, July 10. BB u Per Cent . R e d uce d B7l 1 NgW 3 per Cent B7l 1 ~w 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 'Jo. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 ''' lll ,!ltlities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 -, 1 0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 March. June. '.hrellequer Bills, .£1,000,3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO 4 dis Do £lOO and £2OO fr ank rs of E ng l an d S toc k , 5 per C en t _ ' 0 Account radian GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. gqian Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 — bO. Account h 5 per Cent. Oct. 1870 ". 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates 13,0. Enfaced Pap er 4 per Cent D . 5 per C ent , Jan. 1872 1 ) ° 5- 1 per Cent., May 1879 15°. D eb., 4 p er ent, Aug. 1866 o Bonds, £l,OOO Do• under £l,OOO pm k r . J'OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 45 cli t a ill n e 5 R ; e p r ublic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm A ''s list ri.ala Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Cent — °' 4 i Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ~ Do. 1865 4 , 0 Ac count D ID. £ l OO Bonds — Du. s • £65 . dis Btv.. Orli), paid ; 40 5 A.yres 6 per Cent Do £lOO Bonds o i Clc i . - Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ~lati 6 per Cent — ''-'°. 4 * per Cent — D°Do. 6 0 Per Cent i 3 0 0 1 ' c. 1 113, £75 paid Cuinibian 6 per Cent. — .1 . ) 5 6 Per Cent. b4llallish 3 per Cent., 1825 — 0 0 11b i,au Principalities , Account 'Vador New C onso lid a t e d , 1 per C ent — ... 7 .hi o o tia ~t,tPe n r fe o ; r vi e s d ional Land Warrant — N 2-, per Cent .D °., Second Issue BB Do £lOO Bonds D D. 1864 o £lOO Bonds — ep o • Government Railway Debentures. 811 1 kuo. £6O paid ireek 5 Do per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons . Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Tuaternala 5 per Cent. taiian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Marommana Railway Ilexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French M ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid &lowish Imperial 5 per Cent , Do Land Wa rran t s (H ec t ares ) "ew Granada _ Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 Do Acc oun t P ortug uese 3 per Cent. 1853 n p ° 3 per Cent, 185 d, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — R uO. Account Deusn 5 per Cent 1822, £St — ~ q per Cent. 1850 4/ per Cent., 1860 DODo 3 per Cent. 1859 88 ,0 per Cont. 1862 ti '"? 5 per Cent. 1864 9l ardali an 5 per Cent 8 Do. Account P iT li sh 3 er Cent .J 0 Account Po New Deferred — 'Jo Account ,Do Passive e uo Account l9l Pr,uaish Cert. of Coup not funded — ..., 'Jo Account l4l W edish 4 per Cent. — I,4DobriccoloiA.,.Bhele6poer Cent. 1864 Account Cent. 1854 82 ° Per Cent. 1858 ° Ae ou ,0 £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent 1862 Do. Ai l. cooou ß n o t nds — D o 6 _ per Cent., 1863 DoA(..° 0 per count Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — ,0 I,A V eus3 • -. per 3 C perent. Guaranteed — zuela Cent. Ditto a ccount D o is i )Doo:A6Pe p ec e r° r uC C lle 'e tn n t .t, 1188 6 6 : — vre_ueliDividends on t h e above payablein London. Reuto -• vent . — B 0• 5 -s a per ~ e nt. P Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. Account 9 . e ousols for mone 51/ TWO O'CLOCK. 0000000000000000 .-- BBl 1 ])°' A CCQunt y 88f000000000000 .. 000000000 3..5., 111 , :FERNNCE saAttEs AND sToun 3onsolidated, 6 per cent . stock, I to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., At° 4y per cent., rd., 9S feu REIGN ttAll. WA IS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 91 Imperial Mexican, 4m., 61 5 F 11. Cape Copper, lin►., 9 Cobre Copper, 6 BAN It Alliance, ling.. 2O Chartered Bank of ihdia, Australia. and China, 14 'onsolidated Bans, 5 Hindustan, China, and japan. 11m., 3i 3 _rational Provincial of England. 13) RISC ELLA N1+1() U Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 1 1 Atlantic Telegraph, 6 per cent. gua., 31 Berlin Water Works. lira., lei 10 Credit r'oncier and slobilier of England, 51 4; 6 Electric Telegraph, 138 i Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira., 4 General Steam Navigation, 26L tiudson's Bay, 16 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lira., 18} Rio de Janeiro Gas, 2:a Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Ditto (Zl2), 12i lla [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated 1, y drugs of every I:l:script ion, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic.. Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, P sthma, also diarrhoea, haernorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritAbility, sleepless news, acidity, palpitation, hear burn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, dm We quote a few :—Cure No. 16,276. MrJames Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and Par tial deafness. —Cure No. 17,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of t 1 atertord, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. Fit ty years' Indescribable as on y 1. om dyspeps!.a, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting_ Maria July —Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham. Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.— In tins, 11b, 2s 9,1 ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 228 ; 241 b, 405.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dialers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gr acechurch-strei,t ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, blotting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London ; and all respectable grocers and che• /atom—Beware of 11purious imitations. ~~' ~.Y~ SHARE MARKETS,— This Day. - - - share qatiways. Paid ) Closing Price. uItDIAARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Business done. (/Bristol auu Exttet Caledonian ..... Cork and Bandon.. ICorn wall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Pertli,& •,b.June. kl.Lonuon,._trip Certi. LO. Glasgow ez S. Western. Great. Eastern, Ord.stk.l Do. E. Angl: st. No. 1! Great North of Scotland! Great Northern D. A stock • • ! Do. B stock Do. .\ ew, is. at 25 pa , Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D .. 6. `AI. Rail gaa. Do. South Wales ...„ Do. W. Mid.— Oxford vo. Newport,. o. Here ford. Lanc,,shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackivall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. I , :x. A Lun. & ~orth IVesteril Lon. & South Wester': Man., She.., & Lincoln ;Metropolitan. Do. New I Do Extension Metropolitan District d,. do Uo. and John's W'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, tiirrniu Dern) id Kent North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—ierwie: Do. G.N•E purchANt Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. ttock.& Darling, Do. do. 1860-61 North Loudon .. Do. do. 18A1 Do. •to. 1865 N orth Staffordshire N. & S. 1V . Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Min. bt.. , cic (Shropshire Union Soutti Devon ,outh ii.. stern ':sines, Wok., le Woi. Pail' Vale.. Do. C Vale oT Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw LLITISti Atlantic & St. Lawrence Baroda, Cen.ln. • go. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo tt Lake Huron Do. Preference 13 utt,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lirn 'au e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Ben, al, gu., 5 do East IL dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr. I. Bonus Do. do. delt-rred to. , d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred . D. 4th Pref. stook Du. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c tit. South of India gun. 5 per cent . 4t per cent.. Do , reat W 5.01 Canada.. New Do. 6p. c. Bd., pay 1873 , o. 5: 00. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Meib. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. ,Mel. Hudson's say N. Eil. C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Bcinde Do. Delhi ;''' d Do. do Do. Pun;aub.... Do. Indus St. Flo 'OI.ONIAL GOVER British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Deo. 31,1972... - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-7:4 Do 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar & Sept sp. Jan. & July Du. 5 p. .. Inscribed sk Cape 0.11 uric, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. &Oct , IH9O-1900 Do. do: 1880-90 Do. Jan. &J 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April, and .5 Oct., Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p Do. 1878, do 1 Mauritius, .. p. c, 1821, 1 I an.and July Do. 1 , 78 90.188?, May 5, Nov Do. 1595, Feb. Jr Aug..l N taxi Gov. o per cent.. N.1.1.G0v.6 p.c.Ja..lz<l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent....... Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 ctueensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-t) Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Oov. 6 p.c. 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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. - -~ MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A £2O FINE FOR AN ASSAULT.—Wm. Johnston, gentle man, of No. 29, Arlington-street, Islington, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Margaret Taylor, of 107, Winchester-street, Pimlico. The complainant, who had a black eye (after being dis charged for being drunk and incapable) said—l went to supper at Clarke's, near Leicester-square, shortly before one in the morning, and a lady coming out struck me, and then the defendant struck me. Mr. Knox—You have a black eye ; is that the effect of the defendant's blow ? Complainant—lt is, sir. M. Knox—Had you any quarrel with either the female or the defendant ? Complainant —Not at all, sir. They are both strangers to me ? Defendant—l deny striking her altogether. Henry Hill, a clerk, residing at 36, Old Compton-street —I saw the complainant and another female fighting, and afterwards the defendant struck the complainant three times. ➢lr. Knox—Was the defendant sober ? Witness —I do not think he was. I should not think a sober man would do such a thing. The defendant after wards tried to get away in a cab, but I had him brought back. The defendant— She knocked my hat off. Mr. Knox—But you don't mean to say that that is suffi cient provocation to strike the complainant three times. Dickenson, 165 U—On being told by the last witness that the defendant was trying to get away, I stopped the cab, and the complainant, who had a fearful black eye, gave the defendant in charge for assaulting her, and I took him into custody. Kr. Knox—Was the defendant drunk or sober ? Constable—Drunk. The Defendant—She took my hat off and trod on it, and assaulted the female with me without any cause. Mr. Knox—What are you ? The Defendant—A gentleman. Mr. Knox —I do not wish by my decision to do that which may ruin you for life, although your conduct has been brutal. Be the complainant what she may she is en titled to protection. I will not send you to prison under the Common Assault Act, but I will deal with you under the Aggravated Assaults Act, under which the penalty may be £2O, and will give you the option of eithor paying that sum or going to prison for a month with hard labour. The Pearl Fishery. After a fishery has been determined upon, and the boats have been engaged, licensed—for which a small fee is charged—and numbered, the commence ment of active operations is often delayed on account of unsuitable weather, generally because of a north east wind blowing from the shore, whilst the proper wind for the fishery is a breeze blowing from the sea, sufficiently powerful to carry the boats to the shore. This is ascertained by the experiment of making a boat go out once or twice. When the wind is strong enough to blow her right inshore, then the fishery begins, a lucky day being selected by the natives for the commencement. The start of the fishery is usually the beginning of March. Before the time the bank which is to be fished is marked with flags. At the commencement of the fishery a sign al gun is fired at midnight, when the fleet immediately sets sail—the ardapanars, or head men, of the fisher caste leading the way with a light shining, as a guide to those who follow ; a light is also shown at intervals by the Government guard ship. Starting at so early an hour, the boats reach the vessel long before daylight, and they are re quired to anchor till they can see to fish. Soon after sunrise a signal gun directs the fleet to proceed to the fishing grounds, and at half-past 6 the hoist ing of a flag permits the divers to begin their labours. Immediately 500 or 600 naked swarthy figures plunge into the tranquil water. Active operations are usually car ried on for six hours, the divers descend ing into and rising from the water with great regu larity. Each boat is furnished with five diving stones, with a complement of two divers to each stone. The divers belonging go down time about ; while one is down the other is breathing and resting. . . . . The shark-charmer, a cunning person, who is considered so indispensable to the fishery that he is paid by Government, is constantly in attendance at the . fishing-bank. At one time the charmer used to be allowed a percentage of one oyster per day from each diver, but this has been commuted into a money payment. Accidents have never been known to occur on the pearl-banks from sharks, which is of course attributed by the superstitious natives to the wise charming of the charmer; but it is quite easy to suppose that the noise made by so many divers frightens away these ferocious monsters. Exaggerated stories have been told of the time that a pearl-diver can remain under water, two minutes and even three having been mentioned as the com mon time, but 50 seconds is the usual period when the men are regularly at work ; instances have, however, been frequent of an immersion lasting for 80 and even 87 secs. The divers enter strenuously into their work, and a good hand will, when the mussels axe plentiful, send up as many as 3,000 in the course of the six hours he is on the pearl-ground. At a given signal the fishery ceases for the day : then the crews which have been lucky shout for joy, others who have obtained but a scant supply linger on the bank till driven away by the guards. If the breeze be not strong enough to carry the boats to the shore, the men have to take the oars and row them home. Meantime the boat-owner has been in utter anxiety to know what luck his boat has had, and the moment the little vessel reaches the shore he springs forward to ascertain the result of the day's diving, and to look over and fondle the wealth giving shells. Others, all who are speculating in the fishery, are quite as anxious about the day's take ; and the fact is, that the thousands of people who gather on the coast—and they are so numerous that it looks as if a large town had suddenly been set down by the sea-side—are more or less speculators in the fishery : it is one great lottery. All kinds of people are assembled, and they are from all coun tries, and are of all colours, of many castes and of very different occupations ; they erect with great rapidity tents, huts, bazaars, and shops ; there are sutlers, jewellers, and merchants of all kinds on the scene, the grand idea being there, as everywhere else, to make money. Everybody speculates, from the wealthy Ilindoo merchant, who buys the right of fishing down to the humblest outcast—for there are questionable characters of all kinds to be seen around, monks, fakirs, beggars, and the like. Strokes of luck are constantly being announced ; a poor man may buy a fanam's worth of shells, and find himself in consequence of his purchase in pos session of a little fortune. One person at a recent fishery bought three shells for a sum which could be represented by t\' opence of our money, and in one of the shells he found the largest pearl of that year's fishing.—Cornhill Magazine for August. NEEDLE Gux.—Count Henry Krasinski, in his Arce), weapon in the world. He repeatedly actual politicalds pamphlet iEpuroe,,, entitled " Coup d'CEil sur l'etat Londonte f Burlington dpeuvbolitsehdead small B e s h 4 a -5 in chapter ter to h descrip tion of the n ee dl e gun, and pronounced it to be the most terrible infantry ad urged upon th e war authorities its adoption for the British army, and received a letter of thanks for some of his sug gestions, which were taken up and acted upon. The com mittee of Trinity officers, rather strangly, did not, how ever, give an equally favourable opinion. A BALLOON ADVENTURE.--A Frenchman, named Buislay, ascended in a balloon from New York on the 4th inst., and in the course of his flight performed sundry trapeze feats. By and by a heavy rainstorm came on, and the balloon began to descend. It soon became apparent to Monsieur Buislay that ho had lost all control of his appa ratus, and that ho must look to his individual safety when nearing the earth again. Most fortunately for hi'n, the storm was driving him over the surface of the Hudson liver in a n or th erly direction. Fearing the balloon would sti:ke the w a t er and entangle him in its meshes, he, when t fat s noa i e x rir. sye t Is y mi ebkdo f ae estbaethyt rocketwi severalna st disappearedh tea in anei persons nb - , s ns p be draeaenrns beneath hnefhrot Jersey hea n wrne sea t esi yea e striking si t sEh r ic a loei p r: e oo z , e Ttna , henh c ead l i r e sw a twi vhanatievnesorgs wit nessed the tet i Some of these hastened toward the place, but others, less humane, proceeded on their way, apparently not caring for the life of a human being. Young Buislay, on coming to the surface, after his first plunge, being a flue swimmer as well as gymnast, struck out manfully for the New York shore. The wind and tide proved almost too much for him, however, and had not Mr. Kiator, of the Clare mont Garden, reached him as soon as he did, ho must have been drowned. Mr. Kiator, on first seeing the difficulty in which the balloonist was placed, had hastened to launch his boat, and be ready to render such assistance as might be required. When he reached young Buislay that gentle man was nearly exhausted, by his effo,:s at both flying and swimming. He was taken to the shore, and a few drops of stimulating beverage served to restore him to his acrobatic self. Efforts were at once made to secure the unruly balloon, which had meantime quietly descended into the river, and the monster was finally landed, wet and obstinate, but uninjured.—New York Times. TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN ARKANSAS.—On Satur day, the 2nd inst., a man arrived in Fayetteville in the stage, and informed the Sheriff and two other persons that there were four men who world be in town shortly from Missouri, who had killed an old man, robbed a store and grocery, and that he had raised a company and pursued them, but failing to overtake them, he had taken the stage and come on ahead. Pretty soon the four men came into town, got off their horses, hitched them, and one wen t into the store of Mr. Stone, and the three others went into a grocery to take a drink. Before they had time to take a drink, the sheriff, c lerk of the court, Mr. Reed, Mr. Wing, an d Colonel Gunter, went i n t o the grocery to arrest them. Mr. Wing said to them, "Gentlemen, you may consider yourselves prisoners." Wi t h t h at one o f the men called out t o the others to "shuck themselves," postmaster, and with that each of them drew two revolvers, and com met cad firing. lin Wing, the post master, was shot dead, and the man who cam e in p ursuit wa s shot under the chin in the throat, and he died in a few minutes ; and Colonel Gunter was shot in the arm, shattering the bone. The threewent out;men raentdreabtyedthouist toifmte the citizens the door, had collected, , still fi r in g as they and an attempt was made to arrest the desperadoes, but as they were armed, and most of the citizens were not, they all made their escape. A posse of men immediately started in pursuit of them. They found one of the men sitting leaning against a tree, having been shot through the abdomen. The pa rt y told him th ey would bring him an ambulance and take him to town, but when they re turned they found him dead, he havi ng cut his throat and stabbed himself in sev eral p laces. T he other three men were heard of in the neighbourhood of Elm Spring, ono being badly wounded in the knee. Our informant did not state who shot th ese des p erad oes, but we presume some of the party mu st have been a rmed, and fired on r them, or perhaps some of the citizen s fired as they were etreating. Colonel G untei's arm is shattered below the elbow, and it is thought will have to be amputated.—Fort Smith Herald, June 12. CONFESSION OF MURDER BY A FENIAN.—A man named Kearney has given himself up to the police as the murderer of Clarke, in February last, on the banks of the Royal Canal, near Dublin. He alleges he was told off along with some other Fenians to assassinate Clarke, who was fired the fatal shot. Lie was to be brought before the suspected of being an inform er. Kearney declares that he magi strates to-day. THAMES. STEALING SUGAR.—Patrick Connor, a boy, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with wilful and malicious damage. The prisoner was detected placing a hoop stick through the wires of a ventilator in the lower story of a sugar house in Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, for the purpose of obtaining sugar from the pans in the sugar-house and suck ing it off the stick. He damaged the wires in doing so, and was given into the custody of the police. Mr. John Price, the manager of the establishment, said that his principal had suffered much by the depredations of boys who brought sticks and put them into the pans and sucked the sugar off in large quantities. Some boys had brought cans and filled them with sugar in a liquid state from the pans in the refinery. He had seen as many as a dozen boys engaged in the work of plunder at one time. Mr. Paget said the charge against the boy was not one of theft, but wilful damage. He thought it would be very easy for the prosecutor to avoid the damage and plunder complained of. * .A. proper fence of perforated zinc or other material should be provided, and the efforts of idle and mis chievous boys to pilfer sugar would be avoided. Boys would steal sugar and eat it whenever they could get at it. The prisoner was very properly locked up all night, and if he had ,not been, he should have cer tainly punished him. If the prosecutor would speak to his carpenter, or builder, or any ingenious mechanic, a fence could be provided for the windows which would put the ingenuity of all the boys in England at defiance, and ventilation could be secured effectually. It was not only necessary to do that to protect the property of sugar re finers and prevent depredations, but also to prevent the education of young thieves. The boy now charged was taken to a lock up, introduced to an inspector, and locked up in a cell with other thieves. He was already fa miliarised with the police. That was the beginning of the education of young thieves. It was desirable that prevention should be used not, punishment. He discharged the prisoner. 'WES T3I INS TER. A PAUPER'S INDEPENDENCE. —Joseph Terry, an able bodied man, was charged with the following misconduct in St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. George Blandford, the porter at the workhouse, said that at half-past 5 last evening a load of wood came to the house, which had to be brought in. The defendant was, amongst other paupers, sitting in the yard, and he asked him to assist in bringing the wood in, when he refused, and said he would see witness -- before he wnnlrl Lk, Mr. Arnold—ad he assign any reason for his refusal ? Witness—He said he did not come there to work. He could work outside. Mr. Arnold—Had you authority to set defendant and others to work ? Witness—l had from the master. Defendant—Every time I goes in there he's always a bullyragging of me. Mr. Arnold - He asked you to work. Defendant—l did'nt go in there to work. If I'm to work I'll work outside. I told him I did not get my living in the workhouse, and if I was expected to do anything I should discharge myself. Mr. Arnold—lf you are being maintained in the work house you are bound to work. According to your notion you are to live there in idleness. Defendant—l don't see why I should work three. Mr. Arnold—Has this man been hero before ? Gawler—Yes, two or three times. Mr. Arnold—l shall commit him for 14 days to hard labour in the House of Correction. MARKETS.---This Day. -- .0. - HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 10s to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 15s ; old clover, £5 Os to 17 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Gs Od; new do., £3 12s to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAFEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 6s Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 4s to £5 16 ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet. A small parcel of Assam, however, about 1,500 packages, will be offered at public sale this day. SUGAR. —A fair amount of business has been done, and late rates are well maintained for all descriptions of West India. In the refined market there is a good demand, and common lumps and titters are quoted 455, to 455. 6d. per cwt. COFFEE.—There bars been a good demand for colonial descriptions, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon have fully maintained previous values. RlCE.—Holders continue to demand full rates, which has in some measure checked extensive operations. SALTPETRE.—There has been very little business re ported, and quotations are a shade lower. TALLOW.—The tallow market has been steady during the past week with a fair amount of business doing, both on the spot and for forward delivery ; prices, however, re main without alteration. The latest advices from St. Petersburg quote the Exchange 28id. On tallow the price was nominal at 57 sil. ro., with no business doing in con sequence of the unsettled state of the Exchange. To day the market is steady at 44s 3d on the spot ; 45s is de manded for new Ukraine ; for the last three months 46s is paid ; Australian 44s ; and South American 45s to 465, both nominal. Town tallow 42s 6d. A STARTLING STORY FROM MEMPHIS.---A West ern paper has a telegram from Memphis, dated June 30, to the following effect :—" The old Tecumsen plantation, now owned by E. P. Johnson, located on the Mississippi river, about seven miles above Grand Lake, was this year leased and cultivated by several Northern gentlemen, under the firm name of Adams Von Pelt and Co. The'r names wore Brigadier General Adams, Captain Von Pelt, and Captain Jons, all of the United States army. The first was formerly Colonel of the Eighth Ohio. They were getthag along very prosperously tntil last Tuesday morn ing. Before daybreak of that day, while the rain was pouring down, and all were asleep, fear men, disguised by the blacking of their faces and other means, broke into the house, woke these gentlemen with pistols at their heads, and demanded their money and arms. Being literally helpless, the latter were delivered up, and a trunk containing about three thousand dollars of the for mer was pointed out. The robbers immediately forced it and secured the prize, and proceeded to iifie the pockets and pick up whatever valuables they could find. Two of them Jut the house, and the officers were left in charge of the other two armed men, but these four seemed to have been but the skirmish line of the robbers; while these were robbing the house, a large body of ruffians en tered the stable and wantonly killed the animals whiehhad been placed there for shelter. The coloured labourers were awakened by the firing, and most all of them having served in the army, and having retained their arms, started boldly for the stable. The robbers fired upon them and killed five, but the others returned the fire in good ear nest, and retired to their quarters. The band then set the stable on fire, and this and the cotton gin and the en gines propelling it were destroyed in the flames. They then moved off in a body to the woods again. In the morning, after busying the murdered negroes, the planters and their hounds followed the assassins until satisfied by the number of their tracks that they could not cope with so many, when they returned to the plantation. Along their trail they saw frequent marks of blood, showing con clusively that the fire of the negroes had taken effect." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS DAT. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amen,iments to the following bills were agreed to :—Eltham Valley Railway, Halesown and Bromg grove Branch Railway, South Eastern, and London, Chat ham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways, and Thames River Purification. HAMILTON ESTATE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BILLS CONSIDERED. The Downpatrick, Dundrum, and Newcastle Railway Bill, and the Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction Railway Bill were considered and ordered to be read a third time. CURRENCY AND BANKING. Mr. WATKIN rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously pleased to issue a royal commission directed to the investigation of the causes which have led to the late se vere and protracted pressure in the money market, and to the continuance, for a long period, of a minimum rate of discount of 10 per cent. at the Bank of England ; and also to investigate the laws at present affecting currency and banking in the United Kingdom, and to report what (if any) alterations have become expedient therein ; and fur ther, that it be an instruction to the commissioners to pre sent their report and the evidence taken by them on or before the Ist February, 1867. In doing so he remarked that the Chancellor of the Exchequer the other day formed his hearers that all that was required to restore the money market to its former condition was time, peace, and a good harvest. Peace had now been brought about, and there was every prospect of a good harvest ; yet, notwith standing these circumstances, the minimum rate a`, discount was still 10 per cent., while in Paris it was 3 . 1- per cent., in Brussels 6 per cent., in Amsterdam 7 per cent., and in Vienna 5 per cent. Whether the cause might be found in defective legislation, or in rash speculations of individuals under legislation in itself good and satisfactory, he con tended that in either case those who made the laws ought not only to make them but to watch over their working, to fathom the difficulties, in order to see what further legisla tion was necessary, and, if possible, next year. to carry it into effect. Replying to the question why he had not moved for a committee instead of for a commission, ho re marked that they had arrived at such a late period of the session that a committee would simply mean the shelving of the subject till next year. The committee would then occupy the whole of next session, and instead of legislation in 1867 the whole thing would be shelved till 1868, when a period of prosperity may have sot in, and be delayed and forgotten till 1876 or 1877. Consequently they ought to inquire now, and, as they could not inquire by a com mittee, they ought to do so by a commission. Since he gave notice of his motion he had received letters from many persons in England and the Continent, and he must say the whole tone of them was in favour of inquiry. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Act for 1860, Revising Banisters Qualifications, Postmaster-General, Charitable Trusts Deeds Enrolment, Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation, Devon Valley and North British Railway Companies, Berwickshire Railway, Laugharne Railway, Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Rail way, London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Chatham and Dover Dockyards and Branches), North British Rail way (Glasgow Branches), Sheffield Water, Groat Eastern Railway (Alexandria Bank Branches), and about thirty other private bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Somerset, and Lord Colville. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Colnebrceke Railway, Cambrian Railways (new works), Elesmere and Glynn Valley Railways, Hounslow and Me tropolitan Railway, Bo'ness and Grangemouth Railway, and Louth and Lincoln Railway. PAROCHIAL BUILDINGS (SCOTLAND) AMEND- MENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. GLEBE (LANDS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARDS' (No. 2) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Lord ItEDESDALE moved that the order for the third reading should be discharged. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY opposed the motion on the ground that sufficient notice of it had not been given. The house then divided. Contents 2B Non-contents l9 Majority _ _ The motion of Lord hedesdale was accordingly adopted, and the order for the third reading of the bill discharged. THAMES NAVIGATION BILL. This bill was read a second tine, and the standing order of the Nos. 37 and 38 were considered and dispensed with in reference to this bill. FEES (PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS) BILL. This bill was read a second time. NEW FOREST POOR RELIEF BILL. This bill passed through committee. ROCHDALE VICARAGE BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, and con siderable discussion took place on the different clauses. Some amendments were proposed, but they were negatived without a division. The British Columbia, the Military Pay, the Public Works Loans (Ireland), the Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bills, and others, were read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HO USE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. ROYAL COMMISSION. After the reading of prayers, Sir Augustus Clifford, the " Black Rod,"summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal assent declared by Commission to se veral bills. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were agreed to :—Anglesey Central Railway, Eastern London (Eastern Extension) Railway, and Midland Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, etc.). The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bray and Enniskerry Railway, and Putney and Fulham New Bridge. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time : —Ardmore Harbour, Belgravia and South Kensington Now Road, Delabole Railway and Bos sinney Harbour, Pagham Harbour, Sheila' Almshouses Charity, South Essex Railway, Limerick and Castle Con nell Railway. Mr. BARRINGTON took the oath and his seat for Eye, in the room of Sir E. Kerrison, who has been elected for East Suffolk. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR OF REFUGE. On the motion of Sir S. NORTHCOTE, a copy was ordered of the quarterly reports of the engineer in charge of the harbour of refuge works at Holyhead, since the let day of January, 1863, when the harbour was transferred from the Admiralty to the Board of Trade. COMPANIES' ACT, 1862. On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL a return was ordered of all societies and companies registered under the Com panies' Act (1862), 25 and 26 Vic. c. 89; specifying the name and objects of the society or company, and the regulations of each as to the votes of members. THE ORDNANCE CORPS. Major JERVIS asked the Secretary of State for War whether any measures had been agreed on with the Treasury with a view of increasing the retiring allow ance for the Ordnance Corps, and thus rendering them more efficient. General PEEL replied in the negative. BRITISH MUSEUM. On the motion of Mr. LOCKE copies were ordered of the correspondence, subsequent to the Ist day of October, 1864, between the Civil Service Commissioners and the Principal Librarian of the British Museum, respecting the examina tion of candidates for situations in that department; and of all communications from the officers of the British Mu seum to the trustees thereof, on the same subject. THE LORD CHANCELLORSHIP OF IRELAND. In reply to Mr. O'BEIRNE, Lord NAAS read a letter, addressed by Mr. Napier to Lord Derby, declining the office of Lord Justice of Appeal. PARK-LANE. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, before the railings of the park are re placed in Park-lane, it would be taken into consideration whether it would be desirable to take advantage of the present opportunity for widening any part of Park-lano ; and whether he had observed the very defective quality of the brickwork supporting the railing, and if care would be taken that the new railing shall be of an improved and stronger construction. Lord J. MANNERS replied in the affirmative. LAND TENURE IN IRELAND. Mr. REARDEN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a like bill for the tenure and improvement of land in Ireland to that which was introduced by her Ma jesty's Government in 1852, and which contained a clause use granting compensation fo r retrospective as well as durable improvements. Lord NAAS said he could give no other answer than that which he gave the other day in the course of the de bate on the subject of land tenure in Ireland. The ques tion would receive the serious co nsideration of the Go vernment during the recess, and if they saw their way to bring in a bill to provide for bond fid,e improvements effected by tenants. Ho did not think the bill of 1852 would now give satisfaction. LANCASTER SMOOTH OVAL BORE RIFLE. Mr. OSBORNE asked the Secretary of State for War it . was true that the Lancaster s mooth oval bore rifle (as supplied to the Royal Engineers), when converted to the Snider breech-loader, with the Boxer cartridge, had given much better shooting than either the Enfield, or five grooved rifles. General PEEL replied in the affirmative. THEATRICAL REGULATIONS. Lord E. BRUCE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, early next session, to bring in a bill for the better regulation of theatres and places of public entertainment, in accordanco with the report of a committee of this house on theatrical licences and regula tions. Mr. WALPOLE said the subject would receive consi deration during the recess, with the view of a bill being brought in next session, but whether it would be in exact accordance with the report of the committee he could not say. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to Sir J. C. JERVOISE, Mr. CORRY said the cattle plague instead of increasing was decreasing. Tho returns last week were lower than ever. IT I l'..:‘ THE EUROPEAN WAR. In reply to Mr. OTWAY, Lord STANLEY said the Germanic Confederation, as it existed before the war, had practically ceased to exist. EXTRADITION TREATIES ACT AMENDMENT SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Da GOODWOOD MEETING. -JULY 31. CRAVEN STAKES. Brahma SWEEPSTAKES. qt Confederate Indigestion 1 ...... 2 Paris t ...... . 3 Eight ran, STEWARDS' CtiP. 3 to 1 agst Mrs. Stratton (offered) 100 to 8 agst Sultan 100 to 8 agst Mayonaise Arrived—Gardevisure, Split the Difference, Nightwatch, Marksman, Zambesi, Beelzebub, Blanche Middlebie filly, Lucifer, Redan, and Sweet Home. RACKETS. MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TH4 OPEN COURT. There was a very large gathering on Monday at the fine grounds of the " Belvedere," Pentonville, to witness the contest for the championship of the open court, as to who should be the holder of the challenge cup, and for t t stake of £lO a-side. The competitors were both clran pions—Edwin Lamberth, the present holder, and first man of the open court, and Frank Erwood, the noted champion of the close court. The game was the first three out of five. Edwin Lamberth is supposed to come nearest to the celebrated John Mitchell, and is only twenty years o f age, was in excellent condition, weighing 10st., and stands about 51t. 6in. Frank Erwood is more than double his opponent's age, but shorter in stature. Much excite ment was apparent among the thousands assembled as Mr. Morris took his status as re f eree , M essrs . Thompson, and Caplin being umpires. Lamberth won the " ,/ and went away in good style for the first ace, and n - Aade 5 love before his opponent scored ; many " fresh head s were called, the veteran playing in first-rate styl, 37 an d , amidst much cheering, ho made it 6 all; the youngster next made 7,8, and 9, and actually 10 to 7, when Erwood went away, and, amidst loud cheers, scored 11, and the first game. The betting, which had been much in favour of Lamberth, now came to evens. In the second hand they were 1 and 1, 2 and 2, when the youngster went on to 4 it was Erwood 5 to tho other's 6, and the former, having increased his score to 7, the young-un once more got in, made 11, and thus won the second game—it being thus " trick and tie." In the third game better play could never have been previously witnessed. Toe science of Erwood would have told in a close court, but his more youthful antagonist made 11 to 4—thus being 2 to 1. In the final game, it was thought at one time that Erwood would score his second game, but he only marked 6 to 11; in this, as in many other instances, it being again proved that "youth will be served." A very handsome subscription was made for the losing man. BILL. In reply to Mr. WHITE, Lord STANLEY said it was not his intention to pro ceed with the bill that night. THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. In reply to M r . MAGUIRE, - - Lord NAAS said he proposed to ask leave to-morrow night to bring in a bill further to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. Mr. MAGUIRE said he would propose an amendment on the motion for the second reading of the bill. THE HYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION. Mr. B. COCHRANE, adverting to the remarks which he made in the house a few evenings ago, maintained that he was perfectly correct in his statement with reference to the letter written by the hon. member for Birmingham, and characterised a paragraph which appeared in a morning paper on the subject as malicious. He would not have taken any notice of the paragraph, he said, had it not been copied into other papers. Mr. HADFIELD rose to order, and asked if it was fair to make such observations in the absence of the bon. member for Birmingham. (Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER said there was a difference between personal explanation and charges against others. In regard to a charge against newspapers the rule is that the paper should be read, and the hon. member should proceed with a motion on the subject. Mr. APLAREN thought the accusation of Mr. Cochrane as unfounded as the original charge, and expressed his belief that the letter was never written to the newspapers at all, but to an individual who had sent it to them. Mr. COCHRANE again rose to address the house but was called to order. After some observations from Mr. HADFIELD, who deprecated an accusation being made against an hon member in his absence, the subject dropped. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a second time. On the motion for going into committee on the Fortifi cations (Provisions for Expenses) Bill, Mr. OSBORNE expressed his objection to embarking in a designfor erecting fortresses for which they had no guns, and without knowing what the expenses might be. General PEEL defended the bill. Mr. GLADSTONE objected strongly, in a time of peace and financial prosperity, to commencing a new work by means of a loan, particularly at this period of the session. It was in a time of pressure and alarm, he explained, that it had originally been proposed to pay for these fortifica tions by loans, and tho house had been then committed, not to a precise amount of expenditure, but to certain works, and no others ; and, moreover, it had always been the custom to lay an estimate on the table at the beginning of the year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER reminded the house that the present Ministers were not liable for providing for the fortifications by loans—in fact, some of them had objected to it, and also that the Minister of War was in possession of ample funds, pointing out, as to the argument of tho lateness of the period, that it was as late in the session when Lord Palmerston made his chief pro posal. However, if the house objected to proceeding with a new work in this manner, and at this time, the Govern ment had no wish to insist upon it. Some further discussion took place, in the course of which Mr. Watkin drew attention to the earthwork defences found so effectual in the American war. Mr. O'Beirne re commended that the forts should be plated with iron, and Mr. llorsman reminded the house of the circumstances under which the first loan for fortifications was raised. Ultimately, Sir S. Northcote, on behalf of the Govern ment, withdrew the bill, undertaking that next session every such new work should be brought before the house in the shape of an estimate. The remaining clauses of the Public Healthßill were dis cussed in committee, and agreed to. The Reformatory Schools Bill passed through committee The .industrial Schools Bill was also taken in committee and the first 24 clauses were agreed to. A number of bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at 5 minutes past 2 o'clobk. THE ARMISTICE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DARMSTADT, July 29. The Sovereigns of Baden, Darmstadt, and Saxe- Meiningen have followed the example of the King of Bavaria, by addressing propositions for an armistice direct to the King of Prussia. Prince Frederick of Wurtemburg and Barons von Yarn buhler and von Halwigk are about to proceed to the Prussian head-quarters. BERLIN, July 30. The King of Hanover has sent one of his Aides de-Camp to the Prussian head-quarters. King William, however, refused to receive him. Prince Frederick William, the heir-apparent of Electoral Hesse, has solicited the protection of France, in order to secure his hereditary rights of succession. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram was received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), at 5.55 p.m., July 30, from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com pany (Limited) : VALENTIA, JULY 30. " The annexed despatch will explain the absence of intelligence from the United States and Canada, an d the delay in the transmission of messages to places west of Newfoundland. The public will be glad to know that the obstruction is only tempo rary, and likely to be removed in the course of the present week. The Atlantic cable works with great perfection. The communication is rapid and dis tinct at 6i words, or about thirty-four letters per minute : " Cyrus Field, Newfoundland, to Stewart and Glass, Valentia. , Many thanks for your congratulations. On our arrival here I learnt, with much regret, that Mr. Mackay had not been able, with the appliances he had, to repair the cable across. I at once char tered the Bloodhound, and she is now alongside the Medway taking in cable, grapnels, &c., and leaves to-night (Sunday). We hope to get the cable re paired this week. I have chartered the steamer Dauntless to carry the messages across until the cable is repaired, and she left for her destination this morning, and will be there on Monday night.' " SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) LoynoN, July 31.—Wind this day at noon—South ' Westerly ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with heavy rain. CARDIFF, July 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Lilly Dale, for Monte Video. ond, CLYDE, July 29.—Wind S.W. — Arrive d—Hamm from Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, July 30.—Wind from Akyab. GRAPR. BY ELECTRIC TEL E red—Amor, Tuesday Morning. GBAvs sEND, T Arrived, July 30—Caledonian, from Demerara ;Leopard, from Mdeo ; Ken from from Antigua ; Raton, from Al_os land, Souvenir, Bay ontevi England, from yon, South- Calcutta ; Flora, from 5 G ue rnsey; harvest Queen, f rom Archangel, Bartey, f r o m cede, from An tigua ; Catherine L D emer ara; Lea, f ro m Dunkirk; Mary Blake, from An ;ivAed,ntajgrt3'l.—Himalaya, from Cant er b ury, New from Tuticorn. Zea uAb l rra and ; Sylph, screw steamer, from Barbadoes ; Derwent water, from Cocanada ; John Barden, from Grenada. Equivalent, from Guernsey ; Eaglet, from Cochin ; City of Hamilton, from Montreal ; Como, from Singapore; Hum boldt, from New York ; Panther, from Boulogne. Sailed, July 30.—Norma, for Halifax; Ferozepore, for Colombo; Nautilus, for St. Kits. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—lris, from Quebec, for London ; H.M.S. Ante lope, from the River, for West; Aurora, ship, from Mon treal, for London; H. J. G. S., Commercial Code, from South West, for London ; Bilbao, screw steamer, from London, for Bilbao. Anchored—Main, from London, for Quebec Sailed—lmogene, for East, with several others for West ward. PEDESTRIANISM. BROMPTON. GREAT WALKING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—EIGHT Mum; IN THE HOUR.-At the West London Cricket Ground, yesterday, George Topley attempted and accomplished his great task of walking eight miles within the hour. The stake was £5O a-side, Mr. Wakefield acting as umpire for Topley, while Mr. Buller looked after the interests of the scythe-bearer, and H. Day accompanied the pedestrian throughout the distance. We may state at once that Topley, it was decided, completed his task, with 21 se conds to spare—an immense undertaking. He walked the first quarter in 1 min. 29 sec., and the first mile in 6 rain. 56 sec. He completed in fine style two miles in 14 min 29 sec. ; three miles, 21 min. 58 sec. ; and half the dis tance, four miles, 34 secs. within in his time, that is, in 29 min. 26 sec. ; five miles in 36 rain. 52 sec.; six in 44 min. 26 sec.; and seven in 52 min. dead. It will be thus seen that Topley had eight minutes left to walk the last mile and admirably timed by his mentor, the Regent-street Pet, he came in in advance of time, as previously stated, by 21 sec., the whole time of the eight miles being 59 min. 39 sec. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market opens with a moderate inquiry. Sales probably 8,000 bales or more. WE RESIGNATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CABINET. Immediately upon the receipt of tne President's vote of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill in Congress, the House of Representatives passed the bill over the veto by a vote of 104 to 33, and the Senate adopted the same course by a vote of 33 to 12. The follow ing correspondence between President Johnson and Postmaster-General Denison has been published :—. " Washington, July 11, 1866. " Sir, —I have the honour to tender you herewith my resignation of the office of Postmaster-General, to take effect upon your notifying me of its acceptance. In thus with drawing ,from the Cabinet, it is proper to say that I do so chiefly because of the difference of opinion between us in re gard to the prlposed amendment to the constitution, which approve, and the movent for the convention to be held In Philadelphia on the 14th proximo, to which I was opposed, My confidence in the patriotism of the Union Republican party and the conviction that upon its permament control of the Government depend in a large measure the peace and happiness of the country, will not admit of my holding an equivocal attitude in respect to it. Assuring you of my personal regard and appreciation of the uniform courtesy I have received from ycu, I am, very respectfully yours, &c. ) " W. DENNISON. " To the Executive. "Executive, Mansion Washington, D.C., July 14, 1166. " Sir,—Your resgnation of the office of Postmaster- General, tendered in your letter of the 11th, is hereby accepted. Fully appreciating your kind assurances of personal regard, I am very trully and respectfully yours, " ANDREW JOHNSON." " To the Hon. William Denison, Washington, D.C." Attorney-General Speed has sent the following letter of resignation to the President : "Attorney-General's Office, Washington, Monday, July 16, 1866. " To THE PRESIDENT. " Sir,—l hereby resign to you the office of Attorney- General of the United Stites. Be good enough to accept my thanks for the kindness, consideration, and confidence you have ever shown to me.—l have the honour to be, sir, most respectfully, "JAMES SPEED." The President has offered the appointment of Attorney.. General to the Hon. Henry Stanberry, of Kentucky. Tho New York Time., asserts that Mr. Stanberry will no doubt accept the nomination. ,—.-- COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 f 12 1+ Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 4o 25 52 Brussels Hamburg — 13 91. 13 91, Paris Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 114 119 Vienna — 13 2U 14 0 Trieste — 13 20 14 0 Petorsburgti - 27 271 B er li n Madrid . — ' 44 44f 45 C a di z 28 20 L eg h orn 28 20 Milan Genoa2B 20 27 22 77 85 90 0 Naples —o _---...m•M1............=1•0 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and tl(Zhaigt exchange on London is 25 . 10 per £1 sterling. On c these rates with the English Mint price of 43 lis. Pe r ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is t 3-10ths percent. dearer in Paris than in London. coa rse of exchange at New York o n L on d on f or bills at about 60 days' sight is 1081 to 1081 per c ent. At th ese r ates there is scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United Stat4B At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the share holders of the London and St. Katharine Docks Company, the report recommended a dividend of 2 per cent., free of income tax, for the past six months. Professor Agassiz says that the strip of " high lands which divide the waters flowing into the St. Law rence from those flowing into the Atlantic," is the oldest land in the world. It was once a lonely sea beach, washed by a universal ocean. SIR WILLIAM WILLIAMS.—The newly created baronet, for the first time since he has attained the honour, visited his extensive foundry at Perran on Thursday, and was received with a salute of guns, after which the workmen and agents assembled in front of the office, and led by one of Sir William's partners, Mr. W. 11. Lanyon, of Tullimar, three tremendous cheers were given for Sir William, three for Lady Williams, and three for their eldest son, Mr. F. M. Williams, M.P. for Truro. Ralph, the head clerk, then read a congratulatory ad dress which had been prepared at the unanimous request of the employes. Sir William having responded in suitable terms ) the men repaired to their several duties.— Western Morning News. The Athenxunz says that the contents of a large cemetery—probably that belonging formerly to the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul—at Shrewsbury have been disco vered by the workmen engaged in constructing the new railway station in the town named. usta )ant les. am art, Ad she Ligh law ate y to 1. - too / 100 100 100 1 all 100 5 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 ISSR 100 too 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 100 100 iE 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 10u 100 100 100 00 100 100 • 190 100 100 1: 0 100 100 30 531 3 124} 58 i 1001 } 221 I I 51 98 n 901 85 31 ,6i 61 4.