The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-15 00:00:00

: itONEY - XAEKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial classes are now looking anxiously forward for the result of the weekly court of the Bank of England directors to-morrow, because there is now some foundation for the hope that the rate of dis count will b e reduced l or 2 per cent. F rom a ll quarte rs gold is now flowing into the vaults of the Bank, and it is also believed that a portion of the notes so long hoarded by the country bankers has been returned to the metropolis, when they will soon find their proper channel, and add to the reserve of the Bank of England. The money market is there fore quiet, as bills are being held in reserve. In the Meantime the quotations of tile brokers are 1 and 2 per cent, below the official minimum for the best description of short-dated paper. The official liquidator of Agra and Masterman's Bank has announced that although the precise posi tion of the accounts in India, China, and Sydney , I ' a s not yet be en ascer t a i ne d , h e h opes to b e ena bl ed i° commence the payment of a dividend of ss. in the pound on Monday, the 17th September. The amount upon which such dividend will be payable is £7,500,000, and £1,875,000 will be required for such distribution. There are 10,000 creditors, . 6 )000 of whom, it is estimated, will receive payment I n London, and therefore it is intended to issue notice to 2,000 to call on the 17th and 18th, 2,000 on the 19th and 29th, and the remainder on the 21st and 22d September. Two o'CLocK. T he English Stocks have been rather active and Burn e r, quotations showing a slight improvement. ness on speculative account is, however, very restricted, owing to the quietude of political affairs, t an d the la rge num b er o f d ea l ers w h o are now :king their usual summer vacation. Consols are 7efor money, and 881 1 for th e accoun t. Th e t ew Threes and Reduced A nnu iti es are 871 ; l eilequer Bills for March, par; ditto, June, 3s. t e lai• ; India 5 per C en ts., lonlo3/ ; and ditto nfaced 5 per Cents., 100. zg,htly . _Quotations for Foreign Sto c k s h ave var i e d very Spanish Passive have advanced 1 t o 1911; 61ian, • to 511 ; and Brazili a n S cr ip, 141 31 26 18 . while Turkish 5 per Cents. declined 1 to 1 ; Mexican, 1 to 161 8 ; Greek, however, re rifled at 111 ; an d S pan i s h Certificates at 141 1. 41 , e rinan Securities are depressed. United States ` l3l3 onds are 681; Erie shares, 421 ; and dlllinois, 4i 7 5. . Bu siness in the Railway Share Market has con tinued inactive, the settlement of the account having occu pied the chief attention of the dealers and aPecu lators. Prices, however, are a shade firmer. 1, a ' tl cashire a n d Y or k s hi re an d Midl an d have each Bned 1, Met ro p o lit an /, G rea t Eastern and ghton each 1, South Eastern 1, and Great Wes tern wi l :h t e Foreign and Colo n ial li n es rem ain inactive Which have exception of the Grand T r unk of Canada, ' ll 4 have improved to 22 and 221 c.l3auk and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet. 4ty Bank are marked 151 4 ; London and County, ; London Joint-Stock, 401 ; Atl an ti c Tele- Z a Ph, 3/ ; Anglo-Am er i can T e l egrap h, 121 4; redit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 31 dis. ; Co ' niau Trading Co., 51 dis. ; Nati ona l Discount o. t 7, I prem. ; and Scottish Austrialian Invest 115i. lIRITII3II FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. P Gc *rEILICSEENT FUNDS. DoCent. Con so l s A 881 3 • -,ccount, Aug. 9 87 3 I , l Pe o- r E'not• _,Reduced ti e ,"" ',per Cent 873 3 7 Th w 'I Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A per Cent Jan 1873 — -114uities, 30 ys, pire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs r , - ex e p x ire sth Aug —Do (R e d sea T e l egrap h) , ug., 1908.1 r—arch. June. 7 .:lellequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. par 3 Do. £5OO par Do 3 138, £lOO and £200 D ll k Of England Stock, 5 per Cent 1 0 Account — / ,""131-41:3 G9VERNALENT SECURITIES. '' 4 • l l Stock, 103 per Cent., AprillB74 — D Do •account n ° ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 11,' 4 ,Per Cent., Oct. 1888 r ,"' ~ ,e rtificates — 1) 0, 1) '' - plafaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o. 4 4,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D "11 ) er Cet., May 1879 — D °, — -°. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 1) )3 ends, £l,OOO — pm n• 'under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ta 4gentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — p 41 18 • „ trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Il l zil iall 5 per Cent _ °' 4 1 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 bo. 1863 -,0 Account '1865 „ I Do. 70 a Li . -,: j o o .• x s le.it Bonds — 71 paid Vine Ayres 6 per Cent — b 0 4100 Bonds — Chi? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Don 6 per Cent D: 6 4 1 Per Cent — ti per Cent CoIO°XIIP, £75 paid — Pm C ub I'n 6 per Cent. — b k a ' 6 Per Cent. Do Wal l I , 3 per Cent" 1825 — Ua l , o '„? Per Cent., 1864 .. D o , -4a n Principalities -'1 4 a ) (1 ° 1 " New Consolidated, 1 per Cent., — 6 )3 0 ~D Provisional Land Warrant eferr e d B ; Pti a 4 7 per Cent e o ., ue econd Iss £lOO Bonds ' P'Do 3 ° 4100. Bonds 1864 bno• Government Railway Debentures. ___— ( ir i, O paid ' .0 6 . ' Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 103 B s ' 40 count ~.0. C oupons ti...u.U. Account 6 1411 5 Accountent 1865 b 0 Re x ?' Mareminana Railway — 1) -call 3 Per Cent °. Ac count B o bo 6 1864.. 10,,, Per Cent. Anglo-French . Atoo-ridean 6 per Cent., £3O paid CBll Imperial 5 per Cent 4 0 Land W nts (Hectares) ew Gra, arra O ~ nada _ b a z Per Cent _ pe 0. Deferred .I.) ll.V : i 'ln Per Cent., 1865 B°o 3Account D c , A , u Per Cent. (U r ib arren ) ~ () 0 11 . Per Cent, 1862 D'keeont p 1853 1), r, Per e 3 Cent.,Per Cent., 1856 '7, '9,-'6O, '62, '3, 42 k 11 . it sB 7 k Account . b oA 4 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7 8 • N A I Per C en t. 1850 4, ; Per Cent" 1860 • D ° u , Per Cent. 1859 t,,.4 Per Cent. 1862 873 kird• " Per Cent 1864 9l sqoi B3.l 5 • Do. Spa,,i account .1 ) sh 3 per Cent . .6:: 4:l7A.eceerjeroluluinettf erred • -' e assiv e tpta,..ticeleurit D,,, Cert. of Coup not funded — ii , - . 4 • e colit ed 4.4 A ‘.. , A , Do ' Per Cent. — • k liii t i,p, oPer Cent. 1864 Do -- A ' " Per Cent. 1854 77 D o -&ceount 6 D o Per Cent. 1858 Dol3 • Account 0 1.00 Bonds 6 DPer Cent. 1862 D°boo Account 41 ° 0 Do d s 6 n D o 6 Per Cent., 1863 Do .A.(1!.: Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 263 ,D o. 4 ,elnit 1 eneztiort,CeUt• Guaranteed 9B D os ~a ° Per Cent. Do. .r ee r ° eta., 1862 — Do aunt ... • • 6 per , erit, ilie.i ...... C 0n.,,, . 1)bri44 13 on the above payablein London. -u4s f o bit+ r TWO O'CLOCK. y .0 . cunt. ............ 7/ •C ........_ I t t GINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS' DISPUTE con a:1.1.11:14 aLI. bx.-IsTo satisfactory settlement has yet been ti „ at in regard to the dispute which has solong „,"ea bet eritto ween shipbuilding firms on the Clyde and their th e et e n. For several weeks past, it is generally . workown2 'Nth those Yera have been enabled to carry on their th e „ teen who returned on the terms offered them,. tip pre Te of others who remained out being (1438,i,:1ee It LONv appears that an under-current which ate 44 ittitaction has existed among the latter class, supplied t by greetieletlgfli taken practical shape, and last week the ap- Strik e. 11 elrPeuters, bound and unbound, went out on QlaB9olo Licreld. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share/ Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid.! Closing I Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab. June &London, Scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. •e Great Northot Scotian(' Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. New. Is. at 25 pu , Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Originail Do. S. VII. Rail gun_ Do. South Wales' . 1 1 1)o. W. 3.11d.-Oxlord Do. Newport. Do. Ilereford Lancashire S, Yorkshire Landon and Illackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share _ Do, Birrain.. & Derby %lid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchast 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 Uo. Scot, Mid. stack ' Shropshire Union South Devon iouth Eastern Staines,. Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo az Whiteha Weat Cornwall BRITISH POSSEI Atlantic Az St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, a& Cen. In. U. 5 per cent.. Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- I "Jabuttn & S. E., Rm Jape Town Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Mast Bengal, gu. , 5 do East kedian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. lat eref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do: do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Po. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. (IL South of India ...... gua. 5 per c;;;t 41 per cent Do Great W(s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. 0. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 dos:pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do D h Eo. Fiftxtensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel.. Hudson's Bay C' da, 6pc lst pf.bs Scinde ...... A • Do. Delhi D°. do . . t,' s 6. Do. Punla u b... • a- Do..lndus St. Flo WO 100 WO all 100 100 68 90 120 122 35 45 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 111 113 27 28 6 7 ►1; 118 1.3 ►2l 91 93 53 5 35 37 33 313 12 34 12 I 83 85 19 20 117 11761 82 91 56 57 129 ID 2 3 p 106 101 89 91 122 if 2 91 03 46 GO 2G 21 104 100 67 69 101 103 31 36 9. 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 164 73 76 45 47 65 66 7i 8 14 195 2 3 p 100 ;03 53 55 ,SIONS. 63 65 93 100 Id ip 4 4i 7i Si 76 SO 00 65 too I'r2 9911 1604 99 101 20 22 85 87 55 58 43 52 50 55 45 50 40 15 3i 3J 24 26 24 26 105 116 1 P 1v 98 100 91 93 144 141 54 3 4 91 93 83 45 34 01,1 1 97 98 s 9 91 85 87 8' 82 96 97 96 97 li 1 0 95 96 COLONIAL GOVEItNMENT SECUIt. British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.G p.c.Ja. & July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. C. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-11 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-01 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 um, 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 P. ( Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. lb Do. 1895, Feb. & Natal 9ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 c Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct,. 92 94 93 95 94 96 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 104 102 104 100 103 86 8.) 100 102 105 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 (03 163 105 .97 100 90 92 90 % Alt 90 95 83 85 92 91 73 75 94 96 90 93 102 104 103 105 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 BRITISIT MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira , Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated , Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst ' Drakewal is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ,„„1 East Cam 8rea........ East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Hassell (Tavistkl Gamaic StAubyn(G Wen.l Great L.mey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy... G. Wheal Vor (Heist , n' Grenville Herod's Foot • • • Hingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Va11ey.......,., siwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nev Sewn North Roskear N.Wh 'I Bassett (Itlogao North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West C hi verton ....... . West Seton ...... Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 296 2.13.( 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8. L Londc Di 5§4 5.17.0 5 6 6 7 410 430 15 17 7 8 1 2 3 61 74 3 3j 19 20 I 18 22 •11 2 30 32 31 31 4 6 31 4; 21 11,1 35 45 2 4 I 1 20 25 325 375 t 17i i2i 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 61 67 105 115 80 85 10 15 3 5 110 145 8 10 1,1,--F—aERENCE SHARES AND STOCILn. In, Brighton. 41 per cent., 1858, itto, new, 4i per cent., 1863, 90 BANKS. Anglo Egyptian, lim., 91 Consolidated Bans, Rm., 41 Hindustan. China, and Japan, ilm 21 London and County. 62 London and South-Western, lim., 171 Provincial of Ireland, 78 South Australia. zB} Union of Australia. 45 Union of London, 43 DOCKS. Surrey Commercial, 103 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua. lira., Credit Fonder and Slobilier of England, 41 I Discount Corporation. Si 6 Et glish and Australian Copper, Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim., 31 4 Hudson's Bay, 15. E London Financial Association, lira., 9 National Discount t ompany. 121 Quebrada Laud. Rail, and Mining. lira.. 11 Scottish Australian Investment, Um., 1151 FEMALE BEAUTY.—The plainest face is redeemed by a lovely skin and colour; the most beautiful is not per fect without it. Paints and powders are absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but the silly wearers of those ruinous ,applications. A gentlewoman of rank, from philanthropic motives, is anxious to impart to every one of her sex, rich or poor, the means of procuring the most beautiful natural complexion by wholesome, simple, effective, and inexpensive means.—Send stamped directed envelope for particulars to Mrs. GRANTLEY, 4, Connaught terrace, Hyde-park, London, W.---(Apyr.) CHOLERA.—It is important that the public should be acquainted with the best means for preventing the spread of this pestilence. The leading medical autho rities recommend the use of MCDOUGALL'S DISINFECTANTS as the cheapest and most efficient. They combine the good effects of Carbolic and Sulphurous Acids, the disin fection being permanent, and not temporary only, as is the case with mere 'deodorisers, such as Chloride of Lime, ece. Messrs. MCDOUGALL will forward "Suggestions for the Prevention of Gholera " on application at their deplits : London, 11, Arthur-street West, London-bridge ; Man chester, Riga-street, Shudehill. The ironclad frigate Lord Warden, 24, 1,000- horse power, will, in accordance with orders received yesterday at Chatham, proceed this morning to Devonport, to which port she will be navigated by a number of riggers and seamen attached to the dockyard and reserve. She will take a number of engineers and stokers from the steam reserve, Mr. Eames, assist.-inspector of machinery at Chatham dockyard, also proceeding rDund to Devonport in her to superintend the report upon the working of her engines and machinery. The Lord Warden is to be brought forward for commission with all despatch. TILE sun, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 186 Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) CHARGE OF CHILD-MURDER. Margaret Baker, 25, unmarried, was indicted for the wilful murder of her female child. Mr. Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner. - • It appeared that the prisoner was cook in a gentleman's family at Upper Tooting, and that on the 15th of Tune she got up two or three times during the night and dressed herself, saying to a fellow-servant who slept in the same room with her that she was ill, and she continued to be so during the following day (Sunday). She continued ill all Sunday and Monday, and on Tuesday certain indica tions in the bed-room proved that she had given birth to a child. Mr. Ribton made a very forcible appeal on behalf of the prisoner. • Mr. Justice Keating having summed up the evidence, The jury returned a verdict of concealment of birth, and The learned Judge sentenced her two years' imprison ment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Plato Sexton and Raymond Ayres were indicted for un lawfully assaulting and robbing Francis Allen. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Frank Allen, a seaman, was indicted for inflicting grievous bodily harm on the person of George Witters. The prisoner was a seaman, and while at sea and en gaged on duty he wilfully left the wheel of the ship, whereby she was driven out of her course ; and when the mate remonstrated with him he struck him, and eventually he seized the prosecutor, and, with a knife in his hand, threatened to murder him. He was secured and sent home for trial. The jury found him guilty, and The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) George Morris Mitchell, 38, agent, was indictefd for stealing five pieces of paper, the property of the Incorpo rated Law Society of the United Kingdom. The prisoner, it was alleged, procured a number of books from the society to make extracts, and while the books were in his possession he removed certain pages from the books, which were afterwards found at his lodgings. The Jury returned a verdict of " Not guilty." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN UNHAPPY PAHL—William Peck, a groom, living in North Bruton-mews, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, charged with assaulting his wife, Marie Peck. The complainant, a respectable-looking female, said— I have been married eight years to - the prisoner, and have throe children. On Monday my husband accused me of being intoxicated, and he then struck me and threatened to do for me. Mr. Tyrwhitt —Worn you intoxicated ? Complainant—l should be ashamed to be guilty of such a thing. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Has he ill-treated you before ? • Complainant—Yes, constantly, for the last two years Prisoner—Did you not go out and stop till three in the morning ? COmplainant—Yes, at a friend's house, but that was to escape your ill-usage. Mr. Tyrwhitt—A man who beats his wife can always invent something against her. The prisoner will have to find two sureties in £2O each to keep the peace for three months. The United States, Chili, and Peru. The Minister of Peru does himself the honour of transmitting to the editor of The Sun translation from the Spanish of two official documents pub lished on the 16th of June last in Santiago de Chile by the Government of . Chili. Peruvian Legation, 14, King-street, St. James's, August 11. (Translation.) Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chile, June 14, 1866. To his Excellency Alvaro Cobarrubias,—Sir,—Pornell founded reasons I have hitherto not deemed it convenient to answer or coutrad;.et the numerous assertions which, from time to time, have appeared iu the newspapers of this city, prejudicial to the reput lic that I have the honour to represent, and extremely injurious to the friendship Which has for so long a time existed between Chili and the United States; now, however, I feel convinced that to remain &lent any longer would be to do my cJuntry and myself great injustice. I cannot permit the population of Chili to think that my Government should have sent to a sister Republic an agent that would perform a single act against her well-being or her honour, and much less to display such paltry duplicity as the false report of Mendez Nunez would induce them to infer. Your Excellency knows better than the rest of the in habitants the true motives that stimulated me to mediate for peace, and that although my action was not official, yet that it was open and honourable in every respect. From the official report of the Spanish admiral it might be in ferred that I acted solely in the interest of Spain ; that I considered highly just and fair the unreasonable terms proposed for peace ; that I openly offered my congratula tion to him and gave my approbation to his determination to destroy Valparaiso, and indeed that I in all respects ap proved of his conduct. To say that all this is not true — that it is not true not only in its wording but also in its meaning, is the object of the present communica tion. The first proposal submitted to your Excellency's consideration by Commodore Rodgers and by myself was the absolute cessation of hostilities, and a mutual salute, do - that war shOuld terminate by peaceful negotiation., I thought it consistent with my duty to recommend this pro pokal, and only this, and it was refused by the Spanish admiral, as he himself declares in his official report. Per from recommending to the Government of Chili, or of supporting Admiral liendez's ultimatum, which com prised in its terms the restitution of the ship Covadonga, with her flag and armament, in exchange for merchant vessels, Spanish prizes, I told him distinctly that Chili neither could nor would accept it, that there was an im merse difference between a ship-of-war taken in a fair engagement and helpless merchant vessels captured by a powerful squadron, which latter could derive very little honour from their capture, and your Excellency will doubt less recollect that when I presented to you these condi tions of the Spanish admiral, then not considered under the appearance of an ultimatum, I took particular care to explain that I merely proposed them to your Excellency as coming from him, for what they were worth, and that they were by no means recommended by me. The admiral says further "that Commodore Rodgers approved of his resolution to bombard Valparaiso," and that I repeated the same words. This is also contrary to the truth. Not only did I not approve of so unjust an act, but I advised him to delay the execution of his sanguinary orders, and, until he should have received new instructions from his Government, not to carry into effect an act that would dishonour Spain for ever. I told him when I retired that we had met and should separate on f-iendly terms; that in the fulfilment of our respective duties, each ought to be the judge of his own acts; and that if I should find it necessary to enter into a conflict with him, I hoped that this would not alter the respect which one soldier should have towards another. By my protest against the bom bardment of Valparaiso, of which I herewith enclose a copy, your Excellency will perceive that I did not approve by a single word the conduct adopted by Spain, and that her agent in his official report has represented in a manner entirely false my person and my sentiments towards the Government and the people amongst whom 1 have been sent to reside. Isaw Admiral Nunez, not in an official character, but as a private indiv:dual, who anxiously desired peace between two nations, to which war could not produce any good, but would, on the contrary, inflict much evil, not only on them, but to commerce and civilisation. I had no dispute with him, and if because I communicated with him frankly and openly, and because I did not treat him nor leave him coldly, he believes that I sympathised with Spain, the is under a very great mistake. I avail myself o: this opportunity to offer to your Excel lency the assurance of my distinguished consideration. (Signed) J. KILPATRICK. (Translation.) Legation of the United States in Chili, Valparaiso, March 28, 1866. The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the note directed to him by his Excellency the. Commander-in-Chief of her Catholic Ma jesty's cquadron in the Pacific, her Catholic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, under date of the 27th inst., accompanied by a manifesto addressed by his Excellency to the repre sentatives resident in Chili of foreign nations. In this document his Excellency is pleased to assign the reasons which in his op'nion justify the employment by the forces under his command of hostilities of extreme rigour against the port of Valparaiso and others on the coast of Chili, a period of four days being granted for the removal to a place cf safety of the old, the children, and the infirm. The undersigned has transmitted copies of the said mani festo to his colleagues of the diplomatic body. On his part he doeir not consider himself called upon to analyse the causes of the present war, or the fruitlessness of the exertions which have been made until now to put an end to it, by conciliatory means or by the force of arms ; but he considers himself called upon to make urgent represen tatiors, and to protest solemnly against the destruction of a port purely commercial, and almost the exclusive pro perty of inoffensive neutrals. His Excellency affirms that the establishment of the blockade on the coasts of Chili was conducted with lenity, and that neutrals have been cour teously treated; but after finding these means inefficient to obtain the desired reparation on the part of Chili, the forces under his command made two distinct attempts to obtain by hostile attack the satisfaction re quired by Spain ; and finally, that not having been able to succeed on account of insurmountable natural obstacles, it becomes his duty to subject Chili to the rigours of war, and in consequence that ho will open fire with the guns of his squadron upon Valparaiso and any other port that he may decal expedient, as a terrible act of hostility legitima tised for the reasons before stated, and which will throw the responsibility cf all the evils that may result exclu sively on the Government of Chili. These reasons fail to satisfy the undersigned, as they wi l l also fail to satisfy civilised nations of his Excellency the Spanish admiral being justified in having recourse to a class of hostilities characterised by his Excellency himself with great reason as terrible to chastise an enemy, whom, by such a mode of proceeding, he would be far from chas tising by legitimate means of war. Although the right of belligerents permits recourse to such extreme measures with a view to carrying out military operations properly so called, it does not include the necessary destruction of private property when no result advantageous to the legi timate ends of the war can thereby be attained. Interna tional law expressly exempts from destruction purely com mercial towns such as Valparaiso, and the undersigned would request his excellency to very seriously consider the immense loss that the neutral residents are likely to under go, considering the impossibility they find themselves in of removing, within the short term granted them, their household fUrniture, their effects, and their merchandise. Should his. Excellency, notwithstanding, persevere in his intention of bombarding the port of Valparaiso in spite of the grave representations which I have made above, it only remains for the undersigned to reiterate in" the most decided manner, in the name of his Government, his most solemn protest against the said act as unusual, unneces sary, and repugnant to the laws and customs of civilised nations ; reserving to his Government the right of pursu ing the course which it may deem proper, in view of these premices. The undersigned has the honour to renew to his Excel lency the Commander-in-chief of the naval forces of her Catholic Majesty in the Pacific, and her Plenipotentiary, the assurance of his distinguished consideration. (Signed) J. KILPATRICK. To his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of H.C.M.'s Naval Forces ill the Pacific, &c. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, Mr. E. W. Brown, conneetei with the civil service, at tended at Chatham dockyard yesterday for the pur pose of submitting to the officials of that establish ment a newly invented binnacle lamp about to be fitted on board the Reindeer, now preparing for sea at Chatham. The experiments previously carried out by Mr. Brown with the invention at the joiners' shop of the dockyard, in the presence of the leading officials, fully bore out the merits claimed for the in vention over all other binnacle lamps, not the least of which are a considerable gain to the light by the plan on which the reflectors are constructed, the perfect and entire illumination of the reflector card from the absence of a downward shadow, and the great facility with which the bearings of any object can be taken at night. A further improvement has also been effected in the invention at the suggestion of Admiral Ryder, in the adoption of a transparent index, notifying the course to be steered, thceopnossiultitoedn of the. index being so pla ced that it can be with reference to the compass card. Tho invention has been adopted on board the Great Eastern. The course of exchange at New York on London for billB at 60 days' sight is 1081 to 109 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of goia from the United Mate. Eagle Insurance Company. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Friday, August 10, at their offices, Ludgate-hill. The chair was occupied by Charles Chat field, Esq. The notice convening the meeting and also the ioport were read. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, the year which has just passed has been a very satisfactory one to this company, for in it has taken place the amalgamation with the Na tional Mercantile Company, and we have also commenced operations for building our new house in Pall-mall, and I hope, when we have another annual meeting, it will take place in the new office, which will have a room fitted for the purpose, not so large as this perhaps, but quite large enough for the purpose for which we shall require it. I am happy to be able to say that since the amalgamation everything has gone on harmoniously, and it is my belief, and I may say also the general belief of the directors, that the result will be advantageous to both companies. (Hear, hear.) In making a comparison of the accounts of the past year with those of the preceding year, it is rather difficult to be very clear, because of the alterations in the foundation of the accounts ; the year before we had our own accounts only to look to, and now these accounts are the combined accounts of the two companies. You have had those accounts read to you, and 1 do not know that I can throw much light upon them, further than to state that the balance of the account is £69,000, and is more than it was before. The previous year there was a difference of £50,000 ; now, as I have said, it is £69,000, which is not entirely owing to the amalgamation with the other com pany, for the year before included an item of receipts which this past year does not—l allude to the amount received for profit on realisation of reversions. This year reversions have not dropped in, and therefore we are in a better po sition than a cursory view would appear to make us, for we have not had that profit on realisation of re versions to add to our amount ; and yet the balance, or rather the amount, is £69,000 instead of £50,000, without having had that profit to help to swell it. (Cheers.) With regard to new business, it is not quite so large as the year previous. The premiums are less, but they are not so much less as they appear to be when you consider that a considerable portion of the new premiums for the former year were laid out again in re-assurance, so although there appears a considerable difference, it is, as I have said, much less than it appears. The expenses of management are just about the same as in the year before, and, I believe, about the same as they are likely to continue. The ex panses of management of the National Mercantile, included in these accounts, will eventually cease altogether; indeed, they will I believe cease at once, and so far the combined companies will be carried on at a less expense than they were separately, and that will constitute a considerable portion of the benefit to be derived from the amalgamation. The claims on the decease of lives in our own company would appear at a smaller figure if it stood alone ; but this amount of claims is for the two companies. Next year we shall present you with the full accounts of the amalgamated companies, and then we shall be able to make a better comparison. This is the fourth year of our quinquennial period, and next year will be the fifth, and consequently the bonus year ; and we we have no reason to doubt but that we shall be able to present to you such a statement as will be deemed satisfactory. (Cheers.) lam not aware th a t there is anything else for me to say, but I shall be very happy to answer any questions which any gentleman may put to me. I now beg to move that the report and accounts be received and adopted. Mr. RUSSELL —Following the precedent (and a good one it is) which is invariably set by the chairman of this com pany, I beg, without remarks, to second the motion made by the chairman for the adoption of the report. Mr. J. DOINE—T wo years ago I put a question with re spect to tho London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and as to whether, when they took our premises, they paid for them. I was told they had not paid, but were going to pay interest ; I will now ask whether they have paid the principal, or whether any arrangement has been come to with them ? I may also remark that I think there is a - discrepancy in the amount of the proprietors' fund as it stands here, and the amount as read by the secre tary—it stands here at £178,340, but I think that he read the amount d 4 fferently. Will you kindly explain how it is ? The CHAIRMAN—With respect to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, I am happy to say they owe us nothing—we have received everything from them which they owed us. With respect to the discrepancy in the proprietors' funds, I may state that the number of shares varies a little, for sometimes when shares have been for sale the shareholders have brought them to us, and if we think it desirable we purchase them. That is the rea son a little alteraaon takes place from time to time in what is called the proprietors' fund, and it causes that apparent discrepancy. Mr. J. DOANE —Have-we the tight, under the deed, to take the shares and cancel them? The Guam:aux—Yes, we have the power. Mr. J. DOANE—Then we have really cancelled so many shares ? The CHAIRMAN—We have. Mr. J. DOANE —lt Will be so much the better for the other shareholders. (Cheers.) Sir H. D. VirOLFF -I am sure we must all be gratified with the report, and also pleased to find that the directors have carried on so strictly the business which they under took to carry on. (Hear, bear.) The chairman says that in the new building the meeting room will be smaller, but I have no doubt it will be large enough for the purpose ; in my experience of companies the confi dence of the shareholders in tho directors is measured by the scantiness of their attendance at the annual meetings. (Cheers.) The report is especially gratifying, as we are now approaching that golden dawn which visits ns only once in five years, and I am sure, from the manner in which the business is conducted, that we shall have evety reason to be satisfied with the report which the directors will next year make to us. I shall, in a few minutes, take the liberty of proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for the excellent manner in winch they have conducted the affairs of the company. _ . The resolution icy the adoption of the report was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN I now beg to propose that Mr. Thomas Allen be re-elected an auditor of the company. Mr. WARREN DE LA RUE seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Sir H. D. WOLFF—I now beg to move that the best thanks of the shareholders be given to the chairman and direc'ers for their aaeution to the affairs of the company. The resolution was seconded by Mr. NELSON and carried. The CB AlRMAN—Gentlemen, I beg to return thanks for the vo:o which you have just passed,and to assure you that it will be our endeavour at all times to give our best ser vices to the advancement of this company, and, in short, to do everything in our power to promote your interests. (Cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. Her Majesty's gun surveying vessel Nassau, 4, commissioned by Capt. Mayne for the Pacific, and under orders to proceed to the Straits of Magellan, has been detained at Woolwich for a few days in order to undergo some alterations suggested by Capt. Mayne, such as the supply of bow stoppers for the chain cable, &c. She will probably leave Woolwich on Mouda7 next for Greenhithe to adjust compasses. WESTMINSTER. ALLEGED UNMANLY ATTACK UPON A WOMAN.—A young man, who gave the name of James Kiug, was charged with violently assaulting Emily Rigby, whose head bore marks of ill-treatment. Complainant said she was standing on Friday night last with her sister near the Gun Tavern in Lupus street, Pimlico, when the defendant, who had been on terms of intimacy with her sister, suddenly came in sight and rushed towards them. Her sister ran away, when he immediately attacked her by knocking her down and then kicking her on the head and arms. Her head was bathed for an hour or two, and then she went to St. George's Hos pital, of which she is still an in-patient. Mr. Selfe—Did anything pass between you before he struck you ? Complainant—Not a word. I had not given him any offence or any provocation. Charles Tapping, of 125, 'Lupus-street, said he was in Lupus-street between 10 and 11 o'clock last Friday night, and saw defendant run towards the complainant and knock her down. with a blow on the breast. She gave him.no provocation, and he thought, of course, that they were man and wife. Mr. Selfo—Oh, yes ; he thought he was exercising his marital rights. (Laughter.) Witness— After he had done it he ran away. He seemed to know very well what he was about. Defendant denied the assault, and the sister, in her de-- sire to screen him, endeavoured, in direct opposition to the disinterested witness, to show that complainant was very drunk, and fell down and hurt herself. The officer who took defendant into custody proved that complainant's sister threatened her violently, and said that she knocked her down. A witness was afterwards produced, who said that de fondant knocked complainant down by accident in trying to strike her sister. Mr. Selfe lined him 20s. or 14 days. THAMES. AN INoItDINATE LOVE of SWEETMEATS.-A dirty, ill dressed boy, with a head of hair that sadly wanted comb ing and the attentions of a hair-dresser, who gave the name of William Johnson, was brought before Mr. Par tridge, charged with stealing a quantity of sweetmeats and marbles, the property of Thomas Henry Capon, of No. 52, Mansell-street, Whitechapel. Mrs. Elizabeth Capon said the prisoner came into her shop and took the little gin bottles off the counter and began to eat them as fast as he was able. (Laughter.) Mr. Partridge—Eat gin bottles! H ow cou ld h e d o that ? (Great laughter.) The witness said her gin bottles were made of sugar, and soon disappeared down the prisoner's throat. (A laugh.) He then devoured three tarts—(roars of laughter) —lollipops, also elu-campune, scissors, and other choice sweetmeats. He cleared her counter, and proved to be a very Dando for sweets. She said "I hope you intend to pay for what you have eaten?" to which he replied, " Certainly, but I must have a bottle of ginger beer to wash down the sweets." She uncorked a bottle of ginger beer, which he drank, and finished by breaking the bottle. She then de manded the money for the sweetmeats, and he refused to pay her, and took a pocket-full of marbles from a bowl. Mr. Partridge—Sweet marbles. Witness—No, sir ; stone marbles. _ _ _ John Pales, a police constable, No. 99 H, said he took the prisoner into custody and found 19 marbles upon him. The prisoner was charged with eating gin bottles, scissors, tarts, and custards ; and he admitted that he had a de lightful tuck out--(laughtor)—but he had no money to pay for anything, and would pay presently. The prisoner afterwards said, "Base is the slave who pays." (Laugh ter.) Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner his age and occupa tion. The Prisoner—l am nineteen. and,a sailmaker. Mr. Partridge—You are not nineteen surely ? The Prisoner—Yes, I am next birthday. Mr. Partridge—What do you mean by going into this woman's shop and devouring her sweetmeats ? The Prisoner—l don't know. Pales said the prisoner h'td been in custody before for attempting to rob the wife of a corn porter. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. THE CHOLERA AND BRANDY.—EIiza Walker, aged 64, a thin, pale-faced woman, in a pauper's dress and large white cap on her head, was Charged with being drunk and dis orderly. A police constable said the prisoner was brought before his worship yesterday for being refractory in the work house of St. Geor ge - in - the-East, of which she was an in mate, and discharged because the porter could not get to tho court in time to give evidence against her. The prisoner said that after she was discharged a gen tleman gave her some brandy to keep the cholera away. She was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment and hard labour. Suspected Child Murder, --- Last evening, at s i x ----4.---- o'clock, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an inquest in the board room of Camberwell Workhouse, respecting the death of a male child, found in the Grand Surrey Canal. Joseph Murrell said that he was in the service of Mr. Neville, the proprietor of the Watermen's Arms, in Hill street, whose premises adjoin the Surrey Canal. Yesterday (Monday) morning, at half-past 10 o'clock, he was on his premises, when he saw a flat fish-basket between two boats. He raised it, and the basket fell to pieces, and a bundle came out of it. It was wrapped up in a kind of calico, and bound round with cord, and by pressing it with the sticks he found that it contained the body of a child. He gave the deceased to the parish officer (Mr. Woodman). The body was so badly decomposed that he could not handle it. Mr. Woodman said that from information he received he went to the Watermen's Arms beerhouse, and received the body of a dead male child. He weighed the body, and found that it was of full growth. The body was wrapped in a portion of an old sheet and brown paper. The body was much soddened, and appeared to have been in the water five or six days. The learned Coroner put it to the jury whether they would like to adjourn, to have an autopsy of the body. The body was in such a state of decomposition that it appeared to him that it would be almost impossible to tell whether the lungs had been inflated or not. Therefore, if they did not require any further evidence he should advise the jury to return an open verdict. The jury returned a verdict of "Found Drowned." Fatal Case of Burning. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the Duke of Clarence, Penton-street,! Kennington-road, on the body of a little girl, aged seven years, named Anna Budding; whose parents reside at. Nine Elms. The evidence proved that the unfortunate child, on Monday week, having procured a quantity of shavings, , struck a light and set fire to them and in her anxiety to extinguish the flames her clothes be came ignited, and she was terribly burned. She was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, bat in spite of all that could be done the child died on Monday. Verdict, " Accidental Death." A MANCHESTER PIANISTE IN GERMANY. —The Niederrheinische Musikzeitung of the 28th ult., pub lished at Cologne, under the editorship of Professor Bis choff, thus speaks of a young lady belonging to this city who has been studying at the Musical Conservatory in that town, and who is shortly returning to this country : —" We had lately an opportu ni ty to witness in a private circle of this town the performance of Miss Victor:a Rosen feld, one of the ablest piano players that have received their training in our Musical Co nservatory. This young lady is possessed of a very considerable general talent for musio,—a talent that assisted her also in profound studies on the science and theory of that art. In her play on the piano she has achieved already a high degree of skill and power, and the technical finish by Which she masters the instrument, as well as the bount y of her touch, aro truly remarkable. In her delivery wemoticed an u rcommon gift of expression and that sensible shadowing without which a true artist cannot be imagined. With such rare qualities we cannot but augur for her a ver y successful career in her beautiful alt, and our best wishes accompany her on her return to England."-47lIanchccer Examinv, Aug 4, 1866. POLICE CONFERENCE.- 011 Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the members of the police and constabulary forces of the United Kingdom was held at the Borough Police-station, Windsor, for the purpoce of considering several matters relating to the rules of the force, as affect ing superannuation, mutual assurance, izc. Mr. Maxwell, deputy-chief constable of Devon, Presided, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. Gibson, chief clerk of the Heats force ; Mr. C. Stretten, deputy-chief constable of the county of Cambridge; Mr. Young, Bedford; Mr. Ilodg kinson, Bucks, &c. 116: 17i 90 99i 100 991 55j 61 ITIES. en 6 71 SPORTING INTELLIGRNO.—This Day. CITY BETTING—(Tms DAY). EBOR HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Glendale (taken) 10 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken) 12 to I agst Zenobia (taken) DERBY. 100 to 8 agst D'Estournel (taken) 15 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rake (taken) 22 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cerfvolant (taken) 50 to 1 agst Pedagogue (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bombastes (taken) AMATEUR E(ANDICAP F (From a Correspondeni 'OR THE CES A RE WITCH t of the Sporting Life.) Age at lb The Duke ... 4 9 5 Soapstone ... 6 9 2 0 st regor ... 4 9 0 Elland 4 8 12 John Davis ... 5 8 10 Moulsey .. 5 8 9 Broomielaw ... 4 8.9 Cambuscan 5 8 8 Brown Bread 4 8 7 Regalia ... ... 4 8 7 Lord Lyon ..• 3 8 7 Klarinska, ... 4 8 6 Scamander ... 6 8 Rustic •.• ... 3 8 5 Longdown... ... 4 8 4 Sundeelah,.., 5 8 3 Breeze 5 8 3 Gontran 4 8 Mathilde 4 8 King Charming 4 8 2 Kangaroo ••. 4 8 2 Tourmalet ... 4 8 0 Scarborough ... 4 8 0 Archimedes ... 4 7 13 Ackworth ••• 5 7 13 Bradamante 5 7 12 Bea Earl 4 7 10 Fidelite 5 7 10 Tormentor ... 3 7 9 Dr. Syntax ... 6 7 9 Pearl Diver ... 6 7 9 Gibraltar • ... a 7 8 Lord Ronald . 4 7 8 Salpinctes ... 4 7 8 Sandal ... 5 7 7 Wild Agnes ... 4 7 .7 1 Hartshorn 3 7 7 Matamore 4 7 7 Mail Train ... 5 7 7 N u 4 7 7 Godmersham 4. 7 6 Planet ... 5 7 6 La Fortune ... 4 7 6 Arkenside ... 4 7 5 Mr. Pitt ... 3 7 5 Ethelred ... 5 7 5 Redan ... 3 7 4 Pintail ... 5 7 4 Nightvatch ... 4 7 4 Gomera ... 4 7 3 Peon ... ... 5 7 3 Watchbox... ... 4 7 3 Harry Brailsford.., 4 7 3 Tourmalin 3 7 3 Brahma ...4 7 3 Friday ... 4 7 2 Philosopher ... 6 7 4 Flare-up ... 4 7 2 Pepper's Ghost ... 4 7 2 II Re Galantuomo 4 7 2 Lightning ... 4 7 2 Rama ... ... 3 7 1 Verdant ... ...4 7 1 Abergeldie ... 3 7 0 Musketeer... 4 7 0 Blue Riband ... 3 7 0 Lightheart ... 4 7 0 Wild Parsley ... 4 6 13 Comus 6 6 13 Dayrell ... 4 6 13 Flatcatcher 3 6 12 Wild Poppy ... 4 6 12 Harefield ... 3 6 12 Czar ... ... 3 6 12 Endsleigh ... 4 6 12 Love Apple ....4 6 11 Dean Swift ... 5 6 11 Valiant ... ... 5 6 11 Lady Tredegar ... 4 6 10 Lothario ... 3 6 10 Guido ...4 6 10 Ceylon ... ...3 6 10 Ischia ... 3 610 Holstein ... 6 9 Elfeta ...3 6 9 Miss Haworth ... 3 6 9 Lively ... 4 6 9 Age st lb I Treasure Trove 8 6 9 Podargus ... 3 6 9 Lucifer 3 6 S Dulcimer ... 4 6 7 Rococo ... ... 3 6 7 Siberia ... ... 4 6 7 Lady Bohun ... 5 6 7 Lecturer ... ... 3 6 7 Miss Stephenson gelding ... 6 6 7 llawkswell 3 6 6 Duke of York 3 6 6 Surney 4 6 6 Camellia, 4 6 6 Dalesman ... 3 6 6 Scheldt 4 6 6 Dubiety ... 4 6 6 Advance ... 4 6 6 Carouge 4 6 6 War „. 3 6 6 Queen Mary ... 3 6 5 Miss Harriette 3 6 5 Sealskin 3 6 5 Terror 3 6 5 Lochiel ... 3 6 5 Belmont ... 3 6 5 Freedom ... 3 6 5 Emigrant ... ... 3 6 5 Helen _ 5 6 4 Othello 1.. 3 6 4 Cranford ... 3 6 4 Eakrin g ... 3 6 4 Belzoni 3 6 4 Roland 3 6 3 Zenobia ... 4 6 3 West wick ... 3 6 3 Retrousse ... 3 6 3 Farce ... 6 6 3 Gong ... 3 6 3 The Special ... 3 6 2 Princess of Wales 4 6 2 Violent ...3 6 2 Proserpine 3 6 2 Vigorous ... 3 6 2 Ameer 4 6 2 Aldcroft 3 6 2 Brimstone... ... 3 6 2 Fan ••• ..• 4 6 2 Plutus ... 3 6 1 Dagmar !... ... 3 6 1 O by Promised Land —Rather High ... 3 6 1 Jollity 3 6 1 Stabber ...3 6 0 Primate ... 3 6 0 Hopvine ... 3 6 0 Loaf Sugar 3 6 0 Quick March ... 3 5 13 La Favorite ... 3 5 13 Messmate ... 3 513 Acta3a ... 3 5 13 Prince of Wales ... 3 5 12 Ninco Nanco ... 3 5 12 Glendale ... 3 5 12 Black Prince 3 5 12 Splitvote 3 5 11 Squire ...3 5 11 Lady Vane 3 5 10 Chronometer ... 3 5 10 Chepstow :.. ... 3 5 10 Caithness ... 3 5 10 Mrs. Allen ... 3 5 9 Slender 3 5 9 Slieve Carne ... 3 5 9 Monk of Avon ... 3 5 8 Gentile Dame ... 3 5 8 Fleur des Bois ... 3 5 8 Potomac ... 3 5 8 Verite 3 5 7 Sportsman ... 3 5 7 Miss Williams ... 3 5 7 Fire-eater ... ... 3 5 7 Duet ... ...3 5 7 Medina ... ... 3 5 7 Jetty Treffz c 3 5 7 Outcast ... 3 5 7 Thalia ...3 5 7 RACING FIXTL AUG JRES FOR 1866. UST. Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings " 21 York August 2l Dover 2? Plymouth Lichfield Tuubridge 26 Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 Baden Baden IMBER. Monmouth Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall . 27 Lanark 2B SEPT Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Breon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond OCT, Northampton 2 Lothians' Racing Club 3 Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 8 Bedford 4 NOV] Lincoln Newmarket 2d October... 8 Hereford ..... 18 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 iMBE R. Shrewsbury _ ll Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5 , 6 OCTOBER. Curragh - 16, - 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Cherbourg l9 1 Tarbes l9, 22 Le Mans l9 Blois 26, 28 Laon l9 20 e _ , Badnßaden 3l SEPT :AIBER. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Ch an tilly Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 S HIPPING INTELLIGE NCE---This Day. LONDON, Aug. 15.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 14.—Wind s.w._ Sailed—Caro line Harris, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Royal William, from Demerara ; Boreaß, from New York ; Eme rald, from Sulina. BRISTOL, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Evernas, from Trinidad. CLYDE, Aug. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—E. M. Fer moy, from Havanna. FALMOUTH, Aug. Holland, from Akyab. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Zaid —CARDIFF, Aug. 12.-.-Wind N.W.—Sailed—Star Queen, for Quebec. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 14.—Richard, from St. John's ; Beatrice, from Demerara; Ann Moore, from Barbados ; Anniversary, from Jamaica; Orange Girl, from Kingston; Plynlymon, steamer, from Nantes ; Victor, steamer, from Brussels. Sailed, Aug. 15.—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Bel gium, steamer, for Ostend ; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Vigilant, steamer, for Calais ; Eider, steamer, for Brussels. Arrived, Aug. 15. Olivia, steamer, from Dantsic; Orion, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Edessa, from Guernsey ; Eve rard Delius, from New York; Jno. Wray, from Dunkirk; Come On, from Constadt; Batavier, steamer, from Rot terdam; Sara, steamer, from Trquville,:-Ofty of Hamburg, steamer, from Havre. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Aug. 14.--Golden Sea, from London, for Port Phillip ; Helena Donner, from Hamburg, for Cardiff ; Pris cilla, from the Cape of Good Hope, for London. Passed (in tow).—Warwick Castle, from Calcutta, for London. Passed.—Margaret (of Shields), and Philemon (of Dart mouth), from the north, for the west. Anchored—Lily, from Porto Rico. HAS THE MOON AN ATMOSPHERE ?—This is per haps the question of deepest interest connected with our satellite, involving as it does the conditions on which, so far as we can conceive, the possibility of life in any sense of the word must inevitably rest. Without the presence of air, and of its correlative, water, our minds can picture nothing but the solitude and the silence of deat h. Th at N: such, in tact, is the present condition of the mooltasie th all but unanimous verdict of scientific °brie rs are dis moveable spots suggestive of clouds or vs:o f, : the belts p Jupitor cernible on the moon's face, or the mobile spots of Mars. N su o c t h ra a a c s es s een at the point of the usual pheno mena of atmospheric ref:action are a disc, either on the of occultation of stars by the Thena moment of immersion dark or the luminous limbc.alculation is exactly that at previously determined b is ooybserved to take place, or at least which the immersion of . e xactitude, allowing for the agrees with it to involve a density of ordinary limits thousandth part of the density of fae(ll-Z,ewhic would atmosphere only ono thousandth such vacuum as this can, in fact, be our own. There pro duced oven by our most powerful air-pumps. re mains the phenomenon of Baily's Beads. But it is gene rally agreed amongst astronomers that these appearances are to be referred to a totally different kind of solution Schrceter, indeed, was induced to think he had detected a lunar twilight, through observing a faint glimmer at the extreme cusps of the crescent soon after new moon. From this he could infer the existence of an atmosphere to a cal culated height of 450 metres above the mean level of the plains. But his observation has not been borne out by later experimentalists. On the contrary the extreme sharp ness of the lunar shadows, and their intense darkness, ex tending equally from the top to the bottom of the moun tains, together with the absence of gradations or differences of tint, forbid the idea of gaseous or atmospheric strata of varying intensity.—Saturday Review. I BER. The Great Plate and Jewel Robbery at W I Whitmore's. The following appeared in our Third Edition of las evening.] This afternoon George Johnson, alias Captain Martin alias George Jigg, was indicted at the Old Bailey for beirt in possession of a quantity of loose diamonds and a pair of valuable earrings, a portion of the property stolen fromtho residence of Mr. Whitmore, M.P. for Bridguorth, in July last. The prisoner had called at the house of Mr. Whitmore upon a frivolous errand, • and it is sup posed that while he was standing inside Mr. Whitmore'a house for an answer to his inquiry he let in an accompKe e, who succeeded in • carrying off a vast quantity of Flavor plate from the dining room, and jewels from the bed room, of Mrs. Whitmore. The prisoner, it was proved, about 11 .days after the robbery, sold 150 diamonds; and also took the earrings tq, an engraver to have certain marks erased, and on his going to the shop to get them again, he was captured by the police. • In his defence the prisoner said he purchased the things of a man in the neighbourhood of Messrs. Debenbam and Storr's sale-room in Covent-garden. The jury found him guilty. Some police officers in attendance said the prisoner was the associate of burglars, and that at his lodgings they found a variety of housebreaking implements (produced of the most perfect description. ' The prisoner said the police had hunted him down f:COM. spite. The Common-Sergeant sentenced him to seven years' penal servitude. The earrings and diamonds produced at the trial were ordered to be given up to Mr. Whitmore. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-Au;. 14. (Before Mr. Sergeant Dowling.) THE RIOTS IN HYDE PARK. Samuel Alias; 13, Alfred Barrett, 14, David Clarke, la, Patrick Hortigan, 15, and Charles Jones, 14, were indicted for stealing 16elb. weight of lead, value £lss., the property of the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works andPublio Buildings, and Joseph Mitchell was indicted for the re ceiving and buying the same; well knowing it to havebeeu stolen. Three of the prisoners, dirty-looking urchins, pleaded guilty, the others not guilty. It appeared that the five boys had stolen the lead from the railing which had been pulled down by the " roughs" at the Refol..n meeting in Hyde-park, and had taken it to the prisoner Mitchell's house in Brindley-stroet to sell. The jury found Barratt and Mitchell not guilty. The other prisoners, who had pleaded guilty, were then put forward to receive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Sergeant Dowling sentenced them to three days' im prisonment, and as all sentences date from the first day of the session they were then discharged. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. WHITEHALL ; ArG. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Wm. Stubbs, M.A., to be Professor of Modern History in th e University of Oxford, in the room of Goldwin Smith, Esq., M.A., resigned. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles Findlater Stevenson to the church and parish of Barry, iii the Presbytery of Arbroath, and county of Forfar, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Home. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Ara. 14. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George Hamilton Heaviside, from the Bengal Cavalry, to be Lieutenant, vice Howard James Barton, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. 13th Hussars—Captain George Edward Hill, from the 7 1st Foot, to be Captain, vice Gilbard, who exchanges. 20th Hussars—Cornet George R. J. Shakespear to be Lieutenant, vice J. R. Glover Sweeny, deceased ' • Cornet A. W. Gordon Brebner to be Lieutenant, vice Theodore William Hogg, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps; Gentleman Cadet Laud Kavanagh, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Cornet, vice Shakespear. Royal Artillery—Lieut. Henry Bond to be Second Captain, vice Thomas Henry Pitt, removed to the Supernumerary List on being appointed to an Instructorship in the Royal Military College ; Surgeon Matthew Combe M.D. having completed 20 years' full-pay service, t o be Sur geon-ME jor, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1866. Coldstream Guards—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Cle ment William Strong to be Major, without purchase, with the rank of Colonel, vice Major and Brevet-Colonel Arthur St. George Herbert Stepney, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay ; Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Henry Walter Campbell to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Strong ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. John Robert William Vesey to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. H. W. Campbell; Waller Phillip Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu. tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. R. W. Vesey. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Richard Llewelyn Roberts to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. St. George Gray, promoted. 11th Foot—Ensign George Brehm to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice George Theobald, deceased; Ensign Wm. Henry Beevor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Brehon, whose promotion by purchasti on the 15th June, 1866, has been cancelled; Ensign Wm. Wyn yard Baird O'Brien, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Beevor. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Richard John Woodhouse has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale ofidti commission. 16th Foot—Ensign Rigby Wason to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Grant, who retires ; Gentle man Cadet Charles William Clement, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wason; Gentleman Cadet William Charles James Lacy, from tho Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by puiTeliase, vice Henry Eyre Joote, iiho retires. 20th Foot - Gentloman Cadet Nathaniel William Woray, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. W. B. O'Brient, transferred to the 11th root ; Lieutenant David O'Neill Power, to be Ad jutant, vice Lieutenant William Glencross, who resigns the appointment. 32d Foot—Surgeon Jonas King Carr, M.D., having com pleted twenty years full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d February, 1866. 34th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Ansell Boggs, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wyatt, who ex changes. 37th Foot—Captain Edward Hugo Budgen, from half pay, late 82d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Thomas Smith, who retires upon half-pay. 51st Foot—Captain James Warren Hastings Anderson, from half-pay, late 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles Leslie Baillie Hamilton, placed upon half-pay. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Louis Wyatt, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boggs, who exchanges; Surgeon Thomas Parr, having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1866. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Meade has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission; Ensign Henry Donald Browne to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice John Henry Gumbleton, who retires ; Ensign Edward Bernard Coleman, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne. 71st Foot—Captain George James Gilbard, from the 13th Hussars, to be Captain, v i c e Hill, who exchanges. 97th Foot—Major Edward D ou g lass Harvest, from half pay, late 97th Foot, to ho Major, vice James Florence Murray, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase. 100th Foot—The services of Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain Joseph Hutchison, have been dispensed with. 105th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Bignell, from a depot battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Langford, deceased. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Walter Hepburn Melitas Fitzher bert to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Fair field, who retires; Richard Frederick Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzherbert. Ist West India Regiment—Edward John West Laing, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lockhart Mare It. Kennedy, whose appointment on 15th June, 1866, has been cancelled. Ce be ylongimen v t ic — e S T e h rg om ea a n s t Assistant -Surgeon Quartermaster, Rifle Regiment—Sergeant-Major t'Connors to bid to resign his An drew Thomas Carbery has been MEDICAL DEPA.R.TMENT.—Stuff it - M M i a l t r , John dece. Arch George 98th Foot, to be Staff Assistant -S urgeon, Commission ; Assistant-Surgeon Sapinerunelcher, from the Traynor, who resigns. Colonel, without purchase ; 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant- bent Hudson Wood, from HALE-PAL—Major James re co Murray, from the Captain and Brevet -Majo r 81 1 / 4 v -r . ' nant-Colonel Lothian Nichol- Captain and Brevet Lieruteusving 67th Foot, to be Major, wit_ho_u,t Tu . rchase. completed the qualify son, C. 8., Royal Engingeusttenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions o of f the Royal Warrant of 3d February, having completed the service in the rank 1866. and cl3.le:et Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Corn- Captaina z service m the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be qualifyingunder the provisions of the Royal V r arrant a 3d Royal Artillery, Colonel, ___. wallis Maude, . 13 . February, isia, . p a ynu , th th Ister wt e honorary rank of Major, John Wheatley, half-pay, late of a Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. p a ymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Thomas Smith, half-pay, late 37th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Major Charles Armstrong, 3 - th Foot' eto have the local. rank of Lieutenant -Colonel in India. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. . -.._.~_ Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 18} Ditto 3 Months. 12 21 12 2i Rotterdam Antweip — 25 57k 25 62f Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 25 25 30 Ditto 3 Months. 25 50 25 35 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120 121/ Vi enna — 13 40 14 Trieste — 13 40 14 Petersbmzu - 26f 271 B er li n Madrid 431 44 Cadiz Leghorn— 27 90 28 10 Milan -27 90 28 10 27 90 28 10 Genoa — 27 90 x ...28 10 Naples _-.....g.00........1 A REMARKABLE BULLETIN. —In Fredonia, New York, the Health Board, in order to stir the people to action with regard to cleaning up, have posted the follow ing notice :—" The cholera is coming! By order of the committee." , --r Tr. ;and noon I his Lined mrSe Elon. r of the ICCSS 1 to the r, is feet, ;TS. Own L stle, tend • tli" a nd on aint turn /\ fr. one, v to at the 5 of iily, ssed rbt day road a nd the This the ster ;T ait aero be re- led ng a )Iv. )I.lt 'or tou et 204 to 100 204 20 iOO 14 5 v I