The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-02 00:00:00

e r with ;11 her gusts the ith 311 - ' .+.,,. . SIONEit-MA KET COMMERCIAL TWELVE O'CLOCK. The official rate of discount at the Bank of Eng land is continued at 10 per cent. A notification to this effect has just been made by the authorities to the large number of people who were assembled within the precincts of the establishment in anxious expectation to hear that a reduction of at least 1 p er cent. would have been made. The maj or i ty of the commercial classes, however, who regard the position of the institution from a Public point of view were not disappointed, because it was foreseen that, previous to an altera tion, the reserve of notes required to be considerably increased. For the moment the money market is quiet, owing to the securities which have been held over in anticipation of a change. The demand for accommodation, however, is likely to increase, especially as provision will have to be made for the . bills arrivi ng at maturity on the 4th—next Satur day. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great W estern 1866. 1865.81,685 76,778 North Western 129,320 128,441 South Western 31,018 31,663 Brighton Midland South E astern 51,430 50,86 8 31,30 31,663 Great N orthern 42,485 38922 Lancast er and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 8,440 8,259 North Eastern 72_', 818 71,792 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,413 20,398 Great Eastern Londo n and Chatham and Dover 14,672 14,137 , These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are, in several instances, of an unfavourable character. On the Great Western o however, there is an increase of £1,907 ; on the North Western of £879 ; on the Midland of £562 ; on the Great Northern of £3,563 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,077 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £181; on the North-Eastern of .E1,02d; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £l5 ; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £535 ; while the South- Western shows a decrease of £645 ; the Brighton of £3,414 ; the South-Eastern of £363 ; and the Great Eastern of £486. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) announce that Definitive Certi ficates are ready to be exchanged for scrip of the Imperial Ottoman Loan (Five per Cent.) 1865. At the meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the London and County Bank, the report pre sented recommended the usual dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 5 per cent. for the half -year, which is equal to 22 per cent. per annum. A balance of £17,468 is carried forward. The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the City Discount Company was held to-day. The report presented recommended a dividend of rath er 2 8. 6d. per share, free of income tax, which will be more than 10 per cent. per annum ; and to carr y forward to ne w Profit and Loss Account £771 14s. 91 T he sum of £7,000 in gold was taken to the Bank Yesterday, ma ki ng a tota l o f £168 , 000 i n the w e e k ince the date of the last return, while the with drawals for exportation have been £lB,OOO. The bar silver brought by the West India packet has been disposed of for shipment to the Continent at 6 4d. per ounce, which has been about the current rate for some days past. T he dividend on the Four per Cent. Turkish loan naranteed by England and France was paid yes terday It appears, however, that a sum of £65,800 re quired to pay off the bonds drawn in accordance ,With the regulations for the sinking fund has not been provided by the Ottoman Government. It is a lso Said that even th e di v id en d mone y was not all forthcoming, but has been made up by the guaran teeing Governments. Representations are confi dently put forth that the amount may shortly be expected but the irregularity in such a case as this 18 a fatal symptom, and furnishes a further strong , r c°lnbl entary on the glowing pictures of future tir kish prosperity consta n tly presented a few years back , by British officials in Parliament and else vf"ere. As th e pr i ce of the Guaranteed Stock is abou t par, the non-fulfilment of the stipulation re- P. li l :ding the sinking fu n d i s no t h ur tf u l t o th e ders. Th e guaran t ee i ng Governmentsi who are 'bo und in case of Turkish default to continue paying the dividends are the sufferers. Th e suspension has been announced of Mr. Ed ward , L Tiernan, o f G r eat Tower-street, engaged in the tea trade, with liabilities for £30,000 or £40,000. The assets are said to be small. The North British Daily Mail of yesterday an -ounces the stoppage of Mr. David Law, sole part and ner the firm of Edington and Sons, ironfounders en gineers, of Glasgow. The estimated liabilities ar e £232 000 and the assets £120,000. The stop sage appear s t o h ave been d i rectly cause d b y th e ;P e nsion of Me ssrs . M'E wen an d Bryson, on i„„h_ese estate it i s sa i d Mr. Dav i d L aw ran k s f or t 9,000. A meeting of creditors is called for Frid ay ,. C T he Bank of E ng l an d h ave g i ven not i ce th a t o n e uday, th e 3 d of September, the New Three per ye h ts., Redu ce d Th ree per Cents., Annu i t i es f or 30 Year Annuitie s f or t erms o f years, an d I n di a Four per Cents. will be transferable without the dividend d ue On the 1 oth of October next; also that the that the books of Bank stock will shut on Wedues .t7Y, the 12th of September, and open on Thursday, 11th of O ctober. s The bid dings for £350,000 in bills on India took Place Yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro rrtions allotted were—to Calcutta, £231,450 ;to l.adras, £5,600 ; and to Bombay, £17,900. The 4 _, um prices w ere as b e f ore -I s. 10d. on Cal .vr. and Madras, and is. 101 d. on B om bay, at i ch rates all o t ments were made in full. These res ults sho w t h e demand for the means of remit ttance to the E ast to b e still extremely light, although amount taken is a little in excess of that upon t he last occasion. In the matter of Overend, Gurney, and Co. °United) the case of Mr. Henry Grissell, who is a shareholder of 80 shares, and a depositor of £ 16 ,000, was taken by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley Yesterday as representing that of the class of de- Positors who are also shareholders. The Vice- Chancellor decided that, according to present law, Mr. Grissell is a partner, and as such can receive no part of his deposit until all the other creditors are paid in full, but must meanwhile pay calls upon his shares. Considering that the remaining liability of Mr. Grissell on his share is fixed at £2,800, and that the debt due to him by the company is £16,000, the hardship of his position is most striking, and will furnish another warning to the public to have as little to do as possible with any limited companies on which any portion of the capital remains un called. The following Bombay telegram, dated 23d July, Z as just b een received by Messrs. W. C. Sillar and , ill 6 e . : — Exchange o n L on d on f or a fi rs t- c l ass Bank months' sight, per rupee, ls. Hid ; the Cal cutta rate f or d o., per rupee, 2s. ; exchange on Cal ceUtta at sight, 1.01.1- to 101 f ; Government 4 per isi h t• Paper, rs.; do. 5 per cent., 106irs. ; do. per cent., Mil's.; Bank of Bombay rate of dis b-°:114, 12 ; b ar gold, 99f touch, 16-6 rs. per tola ; to r sil ver, 17 to 171 b e tt ernes , 103i rs . p er 100 as ; 12,00 0 b ales cotton sailed from Bombay dur 4ug the fortnight. Piece goods active. Two o'CLocK. Re At the Pari s B ourse, t hi s morn i ng, accord i ng to 46.11ter% telgrarn, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 69f etne 11l the mark e t f or Consols t h ere h as b een a de cent i per cent. co m pared with the prices cur yestrday afternoon. The stagnation of busi the ". s peculati ve account and for investment are ca uses of the prevailing depression. At the s ir time the market may, on the whole, be con -131, er ed Strong and healthy. Consols are for the co u e h e , nt for money, and 88 : 1 for the ae - N e -- " At the last moment the latest prices of di tto es jj4 hr ef -- tot ,n wa6ceactie 87 i; India 5 per Cents., 103 ; 51 per Cents., 1064 ; and ditto 18s . preen. ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. 3s. dis. float of the Foreign Stocks are at fractionally lower rates. Italian have declined I, to 51i 52; Spanish Passive to 198 204 ; Mexican I, to 178 ; do. New 4, to 14 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. _ a , to to 268 I t ; Greek continued at 11i 12 ; the Spanish Certificates at 14-1 8 ; and Brazilian Scrip at 324 dis. American Securities are generally firm. United States 5-20 Bonds have advanced -I. to 691 ; Erie shares s to 424 434 ; and Illinois are 74 ex div. In the Railway Share Market business has re mained very quiet, and prices aro a shade flatter, South-Eastern and North-Western have each de declined 55., and Midland 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain without any material change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull Al liance have declined to 201 ; Hindustan, China, Japan to 31 ; and London and Westminster to 90i ; Anglo-American Telegraph are dealt in at 13i 141; Atlantic Telegraph, at 31 n ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 3 dis. ; and General Credit at 18 0;s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, July 10. 3 per Cent. Reduced B7l New 3 per Cent B 7l New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 March. Juno. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 4 3 Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent — Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1871 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 lo6} Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO pm Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., .£, 5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds 72 Do. Scrip, £75 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do £lOO Bonds — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Coot.) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent Do Scrip, £75 paid Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferred Kgyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue B6 [ Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures — Do. £6O paid ;reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account ctuaternala 5 per Cent. — ttalian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do. Maremmttua Railway — Ilexican 3 per Cent Do. .A CCUUut Do 1861 — Do 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French — A l ontevtdean 6 per Cent., £3O paid lloot:sh Imperial 5 per Gent — Do Land War-ants (lleau - es) New Ctanada — Do 2 pe.. Ce-tt — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1,853 Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent.. 1822, £ St — Do 1i- per Cent. 1850 Do 4i per Cent.. 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1861 — .Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acc , s,unt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account l3l Spanish Cert. of Coup not:funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1.864 Turkish 6 pe: Cent. 1851 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £ l .OO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1.862 Do Account 5O Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed......,,,, _ Verezeela 3 per Cent. — Ditto account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do.. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 26 54 . Dividends on the above payablein Lonuou. 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Fl or i ns per cent.. Ex. 25f DABuvistgclirhailli.l4' q. -_ s per Cent. E. 12 Guil,, Do. Certificates .......... French Rentes 3 per Cent. .................. _ Italian.s per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... .... _ Do. Account 56} Two O'CLOCK. Consols for money .................-.•........... 88 Do. AccountBB-1 MARKETS. 7 -Tkis Day. - e-_ ~_ METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale hero, to-day, in but middling- condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily, at full quotations. Otherwise the de mand was heavy, at late rates. The top figure was 5s 8d per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderate. Downs and half-breds sold freely—other breeds slowly, at Monday's currency. Lambs commanded rather more attention, at from 6s 8d to 8s per Sibs. The supply was by no means extensive. Calves were very firm, with a fair supply in the market. In, pigs scarcely any business was trans acted. Per 81b to sink the offal. s cl e d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 dad 2 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 2 5 S Second quality do ..4 4 4 10 Prime s'thdown d 0.5 .0 6 o Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 4 Large coarse cal res. 4 4 4 14 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 65 8 Prime small do. 50 5 6 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 10 4 2 Large hogs .........,4 0 4 0 Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....6s 8d to 86 Od. uck lin and quarter-old store pi gs, 3 0s Sgcalves, 20s to 23s ; 1) 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts 9G2 1 Cows. — Sheep and lambs 9,820 Calves 362 No 294 1 Foreign supply. Beasts C0w5..... 412 Sheep and 1 ,mbs Ca 'yes .. Pigs 299 45 MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets aro fairly Supplied with meat, which moved off steadily as follows : Beef, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per Slb by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 4s to .£6 lOs ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 1O to £5 lOs ' • and straw, £2 2s to £2 lOs per l oa d. A fair demand. OU MBERIAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6 10s Od; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 20s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 2s to £2 12s per load. Supply moderate. WH ITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 4s to £6 lOs Od ; new do. £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 15s to £7 Os Od ; new d 0. ,, £4 10A to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. A slow trade, COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley l7 6 W allsEnillLswell 2O 6 East Hartlepool Kelloe South Hetton Tees Framviellgate lB 3 s. d. Walls End Hetton 20 G Tro!rwell Main l7 6 Original Hartlepool Cassop Braddyell's Hetton l9 9 Lambert's W.Hartloy 17 6 Hough Hall l9 6 Ships at market, 33—sold, 30. SANITARY CONDITION OF LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday the Liverpool Town Council unanimously resolved to in crease the salary of Dr. Trench, medical officer of health, from £750 to £l,OOO per annum. The council also ag eed togive.£s,ooo towards the erection of an hospital for infec- tious and contagious diseases. It was stated that the public had subscribed £B,OOO for the same purpose. It was likewise resolved to take the management of the scaveng ing and removal of refuse and night-soil into their own hands. It was stated that in Manchester and other large towns such a step had worked well both in an economical and sanitary point of view. 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 BRITISH MIND'S. Cain. Consol. HIE Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated.' Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) ! East Caradon East Cam Brea ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy.-- G. Wheal Vor (Helst , u renvil le Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lclant Marke Valley flwyndy Iron Ore, lin, Nev Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Coadurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Weal Trelawney 2.1.0 296 2.11.4 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 PREFERENCE SHARES South Eastern (Reading ALns., £l.O, o 7 5 7 425 445 11 12 11 7 8 i 1 2 3 di 7! 3 31 19 20 18 22 11 2 30 32 31 32 4 6 31 21 lid 35 45 2 4 I 1 20 25 325 375 ;I 2 174 42 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 6-1 67 105 115 80 85 10 15 3 5 190 150 8 10 ski 5.17.0, AND STOCKS• ,6), 212 2 LINES LEASED AT .FIXED RENTALS Chester and Holyhead, 64 Ditto, 5 p-r cent., 112 Preston and Wyre, 41i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 182. Namur and Liege, gm. 6 per cent. pl., Da Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent. pl., 9 FOI3EIGN 311 N laq. Chontales Gold:and Silver Mining, Don Pedro, Nor. h Del Rey, St. John del Rey, lira., 471 6 BANKS, Alliance, lim.. 26• Anglo Egyptian, lim., 10 Anglo-Italian, lira., 10 1 East London, lira., 31 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 31 Imperial Ottoman, 81 1 London Chartered Plank of Australia, 2 1 2 London and County, 62 1 London Joint Stock, 421 London and 11 estminster, 9O 90 Merchant Bank, lira., 151 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 23 and 3d issue, 39/ Union of Australia, 474 Union of London, 44/ MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, )32. 14} Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 3/ 1 City of Moscow Gas, lim , 121 Co.amercial Insurance, 61 Credit Fonder and Hobilier of England, 51 1 5 Crystal Palace, 38 Ditto, Preference, - 10S Ecglish and Australian Copper, . 1 1. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira.. 41 1 Land Securities, lim., 2 London Genera: Oninibus Company, lira , 31 Nrtional Discount i ompany, 121 Nerbudtt Coal and Iron, 4 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. (Cl:,), 15 '1 hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira , 6i Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.,,, Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Vet ds. by British packet Ditto, by French packet Cape oi Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Ditto, via Marseilles ..... Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Parlia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton , .Au,. 19. .Aug. 13. .Aug. 5. .Aug. 22 .Aug. 21. .Aug 3. .Aug. 13 • Aug. 3. ..Aug. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. 12 Ditto, via Alarseilles Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton .....,,Au g . 3. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 6. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via ➢larseille 3 Aug. 13 Newfoundland Lortugal TilE SUN, LONDON, TRUE SDAY EVENING, A MUST 2, 1866. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MANSION-HOUSE, Samuel ()key, a diminutive urchin, about 14, was charged before Alderman Stone, the sitting magistrate, with picking pockets. From the statement of one of the City detectives, it appeared that he saw the prisoner and some other lads in Lower Thames- street yesterday afternoon, and ho watched them and saw them put their hands into the pockets of several ladies. He saw the prisoner follow a lady, and as she was about entering a cab with a gentleman put his hand into her pocket, but the lady declined to go to the station. On searching the prisoner he found on his person 4s. 2d. in silver and coppers, and a whistle, which the young thieves of the metropolis were in the habit of using to call each other. Ife also found a piece of coal in his trousers pocket. Alderman Stone—Coal ! what did he want of coal ? The officer explained that these young thieves were in the habit of putting a piece of coal in their mouth when they went out of a morning for good luck. (Laughter.) Ho said that the prisoner was well known to the police as one of a gang of young thieves who infested Thames street and its neighbourhod, and had been previously con victed. Sentenced to 3 weeks' imprisonment. Thomas Long was charged with stealing a purse con taining two duplicates, a half-sovereign, five shillings, and some halfpence, the property of Elizabeth Cuthess, a mar ried woman residing in Vauxhall-road, Lambeth. A policeman said that last evening ho saw the prisoner on Old Swan pier, and his suspicions being excited, he watched him on board of the Matrimony steamboat. Ho followed the prisoner, and detected him in the act of put ting his hand into the pocket of a young lad. He found on the prisoner the purse, duplicates, and money in question, which wero identified by Mrs. Cuthess as her property. The prosecutor corroborated this evidence. The prisoner, who stoutly protested his innocence, was recognised as an old offender, and was remanaed for a week. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share i Railways. Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian 90 92 121 123 35 15 13 15 4 6 87 70 70 72 Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc ELLondon, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angi. st. No. 21 Great _North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. 13 stock 112 111 '49 30 5 6 120 122 120 Jl.il Do. New, is. at 25 pun G tS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original DO. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtoro 91 93 63 33, 34 3.3 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lane•ishire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall' Lon., Brigh., S Coast. l Lon., Chat., and Dover' Do. Metrop. Ex. A Luu. & .North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 12.11 :25 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. I Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid;and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. 8c Derby NI id Kent .. (North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchast Do. Leeds Do. York D. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-6 l North London .. Do. do. 1,,,1 Do. do. 1885 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale o► Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & White ha WeAt Cornw.lll ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 121} 4 128 7; 20 i 118 17i I 571 13 0 1 30 / 11 101 91) 1221 } i Business done. p aid. l C r lo ri s ce in ! 1 BRlTisri 91 93 21 23 118 1184 92 ;3 68 60 13!) 131 2 3 p - 11) 92 94 125 i /23 11 2 p J 7 54 56 3 25 107 109 69 71 104 106 35 35 9 11 p i 119 121 ' 1 20 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 48 68 69 74 84 14 115 2 3; 100 .03 53 55 ,SIONS. Atlantic A St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Ai Cen.ln. E 3 65 93 100 Id fp 4 4f 7f 8f gu. 5 per cent... - Do. F shares Buffalo .SL Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff., Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- f ..• •.• • • Calcutta & S. E., Um Town & Dock, go Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu. 5 do East Indian, gu. , 5 P.C. 76 80 55 60 100 102 90A 1004 100 101 ExVnsimi Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr f. Bonds. Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock 1 22 23 85 87 57 60 58 55 50 55 45 SO 40 45 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 107 1 1 r);,: do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 percent. • New gtia. 5 p. c t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D,4 41 per Cent 98 100 91 93 Do great Wes. of Canada.. 15k 15:' 55 3 d 91 9.3 83 85 15 Old 98 99 89 91 85 87 Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay 1 N. Ill.C'da,6pc Ist pf. bs Seinde •• ..... • Do. Delhi Do. do .......... 1 Do. Puniaub n Do.lndus St. Flo " 8) 82 96 97 96 97 1 i , l 95 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Can.Gov.6 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.&ocl , 1890-1900 1 Do. do ; 1880-901 Do. Jan.SrJuly, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April, an a 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( Do. 1878, do 3tauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July 92 94 93 95 94 96 75 77 75 77 99 191 102 104 102 101 100 103 86 83 11,0 102 10 1 7 Do. 1'478 ... Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. !t, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. Natal qov. 6 per cent.. N. 13. G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J al) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 e 102 1(4 103 105 101 103 1(3 105 97 100 P 3 02 90 92 90 95 83 85 92 01 73 75 DO: 6 p.c. 1888 to 189 2 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,G ov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, s pril & Oct 94 96 90 93 102 104 IC3 105 1014 21 2 DIARLBOROUGH-STREET. A PAUPER.—Mary Fox was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the door of St. Martin's workhouse. The case having been proved, Mr. Knox asked if anything was known of the prisoner? Dacke, one of the workhouse officers, said that on Aug. 28, 1860, the prisoner was brought before the late Mr ; Beadon for disorderly cond uc t, an d sen t ence d t o seven d ays ' imprisonment. On the 4th Nov. she was brought before the same magistrate, and discharged with a caution. She was twice before the magistrates in 1861, and once repri manded and once committed for seven days. In 1863 she was charged wah taking away her clothing, and aiter be ing remanded seven days was discharged ; again charged with a similar offence, remanded for 14 days, and dis charged; again, for disorderly conduct, committed for seven days. In 1864 she was charged with taking away her clothing, before Mr. Knox, remanded seven days, and discharged. In 1865, charged with being drunk and dis orderly and discharged. In 1866, drunk and disorderly : committed for 21 days ; making away with her clothing 21 days ; again, the same offence, 21 days ; and, again, the same offence, 21 days. Mr. Knox committed her for a month with hard labour. THAMES. TOBACCO SMUGGLING.—George Turnbull, a young sailor, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with smuggling 511bs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. Mr. Wm. Mallett, an officer of Customs, stated that he searched the ship Waterwitch, from Montreal, off Black wall yesterday, that the prisoner denied four different times that he had anything liable to duty concealed in his berth. He search his (prisoner's) berth and found there silbs. of tobacco of foreign manufacture. The value and duty amounted to £1 10s. 3d. The prisoner—l have nothing to say. Mr. Woolrych— Then you must pay £1 10s. 3d. or be imprisoned 14 days. _ CHOLERA IN COURT.—Police-Sergeant Saunders, No. 50 K, reported to Mr. Woolrych that a woman named Mary Drummond, charged with being drunk and disor derly, was in the yard behind the court and in great pain. Sho was labouring under choleraic diarrhoea. Mr. Woolrych—Then do not bring her into court. That will make her worse. Police-Sergeant Smith No. 47 K, said that Mr. Horton, the divisional surgeon of police, of High-street, Stepney, had been sent for to see the woman. Would his worship be kind enough to discharge her, and order her removal? Mr. Woolrych—Yes, how are you going to remove her ? Smith—ln a cab, sir. Mr. Woolrych—Send her to the Workhouse, under Mr. Horton's directions, and let ber be taken care of. As far as I am con cerned she is discharged. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—Ws Day. LONDON, Aug. 2.—Wind this day at noon South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, August I.—Young England, from Montreal ; Arctic, Miramichi ; Ann Falcon, from Demerara ; Indus, from Calcutta ; Sarah Ann, from Guernsey. Arrived, Aug. 2.—The Equity, from Porto Rico ; Row land Evans, from. New York ; Meggy, from Sulina ; Re nate, from Alexa n d r i a; Reward, Emma, T r it on, Z uma, Esther, Mary J ane, V ivid, Rover, Young L ou i sa, an d Sarnia, from G uernsey ; Leonne, from Abbev i l l e ; Argo naut, from M on t real ; Vir, from Faro ; Von llaedon Cartlon, from Leghorn; Cato, from Archangel ; Serepta, from Cronstadt ; Besidido, from Lagos ; Raven, from Mait land, Montr ea l ; Winsome, Montreal ; Ilenrich, from St. P e t ers b ur gh ; Stefano Opa nach, from T r i este ; Anna. from Montreal ; John, from Dunkirk ; L e d s k neff, from Quebec ; Gratitude and from Hamburg. Sailed, Aug. 2 . —The Onega, for Petersburg. Passed. DEAL, Thursday Morning. from Rio Grande ; Germania, —li ebe, from London, for Miramichi; Delhi, ship, from th e west, for London; Dailey, of Chester, and Myrtle, of Whit stable, from the north, for the west. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, .s. Market quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. DESTRUCTIVE - _ this (Thursday) m orning several serious fires occurred FlRES.—During last night and in the met ropo li tan district. Ono fire took place in the premises bel ong i ng to Mr. Mill er , a c l o thi er , situate at No. 167, Edmo n d s - p l ace, Bethnal-green: The building was two stories hi g h , and the shop contained a great amount of stock. Tho discovery was made by a police-constable of the K division, who succeeded in arous i ng t h e i nmates, who happily eff ec t ed a safe retreat. Conductors 31cCul loch,:Beer, and Beaton promptly attended with two of the Royal Society's escapes, and several land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co. a tt en d e d , un d er th e comman d o f Mr. Gatehous e , th e chief officer of the Eastern district. Plenty of wat er h aving been procured, under the direction of Mr. F. Edi nger, the steamers were set to work. Another fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Gomme, a dai ryman, No. 14, Alpha-place, tKilburn. Tho discovery was mado by police-constable 188 of the X divi sion. Conductor Ilutchin arrived with the Royal Society's escape, and was followed by the Kilburn Volunteer engine and the land steamers, as well as a strong body of the Salvage Corps. Some of the neighbours managed to save the children, and the other persons effected their escape. Owing to the combined exertions of all present the fire was ex tinguished, but the damage done was considerable.—A fire likewise broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. Bunting, wholesale stationers, No. 8, Falcon-square. The names commenced in the basement, and was making rapid progress when Conductors Mellott and Shaw arrived with two of the Royal Society's escapes, and the land steamers followed from Whitecross-street and other stations. The fire was not extinguished until the basement and ground floor -were severely burnt, and the u pper part damaged by heat, etc. The m;gin of the dis aster is unknown. began dfafirlom the rivers of Scot , a co ns id era bl e supp l y SCOTCH PEARLS.—It is cu r i ous that, just as our Eastern land. Mr. Unger, of Edinbur gh, the c hi e f d ea l er i n these Scottish pear ls, which are very be au tif u l , an d th e i ns ti g ator of the trade i n Scotland es of e s x t e c i e l i e p n e t a rl pearls h now cahied on, pays a great deal of mone y annually, chiefly to the peasantiy in the neighbourhood of the p ear l- pro d uc i ng -fis e lj was b rivers, for these ( j aledon!an gems, many of which are of great individual value, the L3st lirlids ranging in price from <£s to £5O ; as much as £lOO, •71deed, has been ob tained for a fine specimen. It is not unlikely, I thinl-, from the impetus given to the fishery by the dealers, that the streams of Scotland will speedny be exhausted, for mussels in Scotland are not found in beds, as in the sea, but indil,:due l ly or in vey small clusters, W hi ch, of con s©, are greedny seized upon and at once destioyed in the hope of obta; ei,-.g a f ew of the gems. As regards the productive nes:, of the Scottish p earl-mussel ; a pracreal hand t e ll s vs that one pearl is on t he avera g e f ound in eveiy 13 she"s; but as only one pearl in eveij ten is saleable, it requires the desti action of po shells in order to find that one gem. Of course, shells are oc asionally found that contain a great many pearls, but these are an excapiion to the rule, and it may be eas ly calculated how long the capital stock of any river will sta nd out a g ainst the de he effoi'.s of the peasantiy surrounding it when they know that by a little exertion they can pay their rent by collecting pearls. —Cornhlll Magazine for August. The Oza understands that Lord Cowley has sent in his resignation as ambassador at Paris, and that ho merely holds office until the Government have decided on his successor in a post which it is far from easy to fill. ETON COLLEGE ELECTION.--The following is the result :—F. Armistead, C. Bryans, J. G. P. Mackenzie, J. -E. C. Welldon, G. C. G. Milman, P. J. Tuck, C. G. Brown ing, H. S. Salt, F. E. Grainger, E. W. Collin, R. C. Reads, C. A. D. Clark, J. H. J. Ellison, R. T. Richardson, J. B. T. Hill, C. M. F. Mun d y , F. F reeth, E. F. r, Gould. Sir J. B. Lillie on Increasing the Destructive Powers of Musketry. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin,—As a great waste of ammunition is oc casioned by infantry soldiers in engagements with an enemy, through the want of steadiness in the mode of firing musketry, the constant movement of troops, loading and firing while in a state of great excitement with fixed bayo nets, rendering the muskets topheavy, and with out that steady support so essential in the act of firing' to keep the barrel at its proper level, the consequences have been that scarcely one shct in several thousands leas taken effect, as proved by comparisons made in various armies between the quantity of ammunition expended in action and the returns of killed and wounded--a fact to which I can myself bear evidence from my exper i ence during the Peninsular War in the different en gagements which took place, from the first lauding of the British troops in Portugal, in 1808, to the battle of Toulouse, in 1814, which terminated the war. The superiority of artillery over infantry in strik ing objects, although at much greater distances, is well known, as, notwithstanding muskets being generally depressed. or raised to a greater elevation than that at which pieces of heavier metal are fired, the bullets mostly either fall short of their object or pass over the enemy's head ; whereas a cannon ball seldom or never strikes the ground until it reaches the object at which it was aimed. Under these circumstances it occurred to me that if musket barrels were placed on gun-carriages the same advantages possessed by heavy guns would be thus obtained. I consequently pointed out to the lat?, Loris Hardinge and Herbert how easily this could be effected, by producing by way of example a small gun-carriage, on which were placed six rifle barrels at intervals of eight or ten inches, and each barrel provided with a revolving cylinder containing twenty charges, by which means 120 shots per minute, if necessary, could be dis charged in rapid succession by one man simply turning a winch handle ; but I suggested at the same time that I considered several minutes prefer able for such rapid firing. On each of these car riages or rifle batteries, when in action, being re moved for reloading, they should be replaced with the greatest expedition by others ready loaded, so as to render it impossible for an enemy's column to escape almost total annihilation if allowed to ap proach within 100 to 150 yards. To produce these results the batteries should be masked by lines of . cavalry or infantry unto. after the commencement of an engagement, and the enemy's column allowed to approach within the aforesaid distances ; then, on being unmasked, this destructive fire should be Portable iron-faced screens presenting angles that would turn off every musket ball can be folded up and carried on these gun carriages for the protection of the men employed in firing ; and as for artillery, no man or horse could stand within the range of these batteries ; moreover, no field guns could be brought to bear on them at such close quarters without committing greater havoc on their own troops. These batteries being of slight construction could be easily trans ported from one place to another on the backs of horses or mules, and when in the field of battle can be wheeled about by one man with as much facility as a wheelbarrow. The direction of the fire can be elevated or depressed, and traversed to the right or left with the same facility as a field-piece. Their advantages in engagements in streets or narrow passages must, therefore, be obvious. Although Lords Hardinge and Herbert admitted these advantages they replied that they considered the approbation of the Ordnance Select Committee indispensable for all improvements in the art of war, notwithstanding that the batteries in question were highly approved of by Colonel (the: Captain) Boxer, who, though inferior in rank, in my humble opinion far exceeded in scientific acquirements any of the members of the special committees thus em ployed, who may, moreover, never have seen a shot fired in action. It is likewise an implied reflection on infantry officers to have it inferred that they are less capable of forming opinions as to the value of improvements in the musket than officers of a different branch of the service, who in the field of battle have nothing to do with that weapon, and without whose assist ance battles have been fought, as proved when Soult, advancing for the relief of Pampeluna, at tacked our forces at Roncesvalles on the 25th July, 1813, on which occasion our troops were engaged until the 2d of August without the use of artillery, and during the whole of which time the rifle corps I commanded was engaged every day—three days in retiring until the 28th, when our d i fferent divisions having been concentrated a general engagement took place, in which the enemy were defeated ; and the remainder of the time in driving them back to Ron cesvalles, from whence they came. It is to be hoped, under these circumstance; that our Ministers of War will, in future, adopt all re cognised improvements in the art of war, more rr ticularly as regards small arms, without going through the ordeal of obtaining the approbation of any ordnance officer ; and as an instance has been thus given of victories having been won without the aid of artillery, it may be presumed that engines of war connected with small arms could be adopted without a reference to artillery officers being consi dered indispensable. The desire, however, to con tinue in the old rut of routine is so inherent in our system that it is difficult to hope for a change un less a commanding mind is placed at the head of the War Department. As a further proof of what I have stated, I can observe that when the late Lord Herbert came to my house to see one of these batteries he seemed much pleased with it, more particularly when I showed him a letter from Major Vandeleur of the Artillery, under whose care one of them had been placed for trial at Woolwich, and who was so satis fied with the results that he said that if we had had forty or fifty of them at the battle of Inker mann, where he was engaged, the havoc on the demo column of Russians which closed on orr troops would have been enormous, as in such a dense mass at such close quarters a rifle ball would have passed through several men. However, an Ordnance officer who accompanied his lordship e approved of this evidence on the part of Major Vandelen which, like that given by Colonel Boxer on a preN:ous occasion in favour of these batteries, was sufficient to induce the Ordnance Committee to adhere to the.' - .• previous unfavourable decisions. The ; superiority of the rapid firing of the Prussian breech loaders, to which the recent defeats of the Austrians are to be attributed, may, however, in duce the present Minister of War to consider that he will be rendering as great a public service by causing an inquiry to be made as to the merits or demerits of the engines of war adverted to, as he rendered by ordering the conversion of all our Enfield muzzle-loaders into breech-loaders without consulting any Ordnance Committee ; as we know not how soon it may be necessary to introduce improvements of this nature to compensate for the numerical inferiority of our army compared with those of other Powers.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., JOHN SCOTT LILLIE. Union Club, Ju'y 31, 1866. METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The fornw:ng return has been made of the number of each rank of police in jt'red drr:ng the meetings in Hyde Park on Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday, the 20d, 24th, and 25th of July : E3ndered Unfit for Duty—Superintendents, 1; inspectors, 2 ; police-sergeants, 9 ; police-constables, 33 ; total, 45. Slightly Injured—Superintendents, 9 ; inspectors, 18 ; police -sergeants, 23 ; police-constables, 170 ; total, 220. Total Number Injured—Superintendents, 10 ; inspectors, 20 ; police -sergeants, 32 ; police-constables, 203 ; total, 265. The Commissioner was shack several times by stones thrown at him ; he received a severe contusion on the side of the head and a cut on the temple which blackened his eye. Each of the Assistant-Commissioners was struck several times by stones throws at them. NEW ACT ON REVIS) VG BARRISTERS.- - Yesterday an Act of Parlirment was printed declai'ng that a bar rister, be;ng a commoner under the Act 16 and 17 Viet., c. 57, is not disqualified as a rev:sing banister. Under the Registration of Voters Act (6 and 7 Vic. c. 18), the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench appoints, in the months of July or August in every year, a revising barrister for the county of Middlesex and Metropolitan boroughs, as well as the City of London. ISSE; 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 i f I ITIES. IMPERIALPARLIAMENT a th lluded to be an arrangement b e t ween the Government an sittingrs on the Opposition bench, but with the details of which he was not conversant. Tho circumstance of the case was that that he received a communicationfrom Government announcing that no objection would be taken, to the bill, provided it was not pressed further this fses, sion. He was, therefore, su r p r i se d that hon. members on the Government bench should have risen up and opposed the bill. He hoped that in future Goveinments would their own minds better. (Hear, hear, and laughter) H O was astonished to find the member for Birmingham, the recognised and established bugbear of the country— (laughter)—brought into connection with this bill. H e never knew of any such proposal as that contaiu e d in the bill having been made by the right hon. member. The bill did not interfere with the monies offered by mom, hers of the Church, and he denied that it would hay s the effect of excommunicating any portion of ta u , community. Ho could not admit the figures of th o right hon. gentleman the member for Oxfordshire, but there was no doubt at all that the land of a farmer would be assessed more heavly than the house of a resident in a borough. The same argument, however, applied to tho bill of the Solicitor-General. There was ono funda mental objection to both bills. There was a charge on every tenant of land, and they both proposed to give that charge as a present, if the person wished it. He was not satisfied that because he had not met the objections of every one he should withdraw the bill. The encourage ment he had received was iu his opinion ample. With regard to the b"1 of the hon. member for Warwicksb.-7-o, that proposal had already been considered by the house and negatived. At the close of the speech of the right hon. gentleman the Opposition side of the house called for a division, and, several members of the Government immediately rose and left, amid a burst of ironical cheers. Colonel TAYLOR explained that the Government L a d stated their intention not to divide the house. Tho SPEAKER then put the motion for the second reading, which was carried without a single negative. The Church Rates Abolition Bill, the Church, H a t es Commutation (No. 2) Bill, and the Church Rates Amend ment Bill were withdrawn. 4 The Attorneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Bill mid the Con solidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill wore road a third time and passed. THE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LA.ST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were agreed to :—Barntisland Harbour and Dock, Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station), Devon Valley and North British Railway Companies (Arrangements), Glasgow Bridges, Glasgow Corporation Water, Newport Railway, Pembroke and Tenby Railway, St. Martin in tho Fields Workhouse, &e., Re- wilding. This bill was ordered to be read a third time to.. morrow. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house then adjournel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. GOODWOOD RACES.-THIS DAY. ZETLAND STAKES. Wild Briar Beelzebub LATEST BETTING. 2 GOODWOOD CtiP. 6 to 4 on Tourmalin 2 to 1 Duke don't run. Scratched—Janitor. YORK AUGUST MEETING. WEDNESDAY, August 22. Weights for the Ebor Handicap. Two miles over the 014 Course. Age st lb Windham ... 5 9 0 John Davis 5 8 12 Dalby ... 5 8 10 Regalia ... ... 4 8 10 Cambuscan ... 5 8 7 Cathedral ... 5 8 7 Miner 5 8 5 Moulsey ... 5 8 5 Scamander ... 5 8 2 Empress of India... 5 8 0 Breadalbano 4 7 13 Archimedes ... 4 7 12 Buckfoot 5 7 10 Kangaroo ... 4 7 9 Friday ... 4 7 9 Harry Brailsford 4 7 7 Rose ... 5 7 2 Ceylon ... 3 7 2 Honesty ... 3 7 2 Lysander ... ... 4 7 0 Gomera 4 7 0 Treasure Trove ... 3 7 0 War... 3 •7 0 Age st lb Zenobia 4 6 10 Selim ... 3 6 9 Lecturer ... 3 6 7 Lochiel 3 6 6 West wick ... 3 6 6 Retrousse ... 3 6 Fitzroy ... 3 6 4 Wild Parsley 4 6 3 Miss Haworth ... 3 6 3 Whalebone ... 3 6 2 Dubiety ... ... 4 6 2 Helen ... 5 6 0 Caithness ... ... 3 6 0 Othello ... 3 6 0 Kingfisher... ... 3 6 0 Midia colt ... ... 3 6 0 Limber Magna 3 5 12 Glendale ... 3 5 12 10n... ... ... 3 5 11 Chronometer ... 3 .5 10 Messmate ... 3 5 9 Ilazeldean ... 3 5 9 Black Prince, by Vixen ... 4 612 V o l ti geur ' -... 3 5 8 Watchbox....: . ... 4 611 Saucy 80y... .. 35 7 Siberia ... ... 46 10 L a d y o f th e T ees... 3 5 7 Forfeits to be declared on the 7th of August, at twelvo _ . o'clock at noon. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. AUGUST. Airdrie 2 Deauville Hastings 2l York August 2l Dover 2R Plymouth 2 Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 Baden Baden :MBER. Ripon 6 Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 SEPT] Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall Lanark 2B OCT IBER. Newmarket 2d October... 8 Hereford .....18 Newmarket Houghten ... 22 Northampton 2 Lothians' Racing Club 3 Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 8 Bedford 4 NOVEMBER. , Lincoln Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5, 6 STRAND UNION. On the motion of Sir J. SIMEON, copies were ordered of letters addressed by Dr. Rogers to the guardians of the Strand Union and the Poor Law Board, of the report of Mr. Parnell, and of the correspondence on the subject of such report. THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, returns were ordered of the number of private bills introduced and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in the session of 1866 ; of the number of select committees appointed ; of the number of divisious of the house; and of the number of days on which the house sat dining the session. EXPORTS, &c. On the motion of Mr. HENLEY returns were ordered of the official value and declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom in each year from 1826 to 1865, both inclusive ; the aggregate amount of each five years ; and the percentage of increase or decrease in each period of five years ; and of the gross amount of revenue received from taxes in the United Kingdom in each of the years afore said; the average amount of each five years; the estimated population of the United Kingdom at each period of five years ; and the amount of taxation per head on the popu lation of the United Kingdom at each of such periods. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to Mr. Dons(); Mr. CORRY said the report of the select committee on Trade in Animals was considered at a council held yester day, and, with every desire to relax the restrictions upon the traffic in cattle at the earliest possible moment con sistent with safety, the Govei - arnent did not think it 1? 1- Tisablo yet to issue any new Order either as regarded the metropolis or elsewhere. The disease had decreased so much, however, that he hoped a relaxation of the restric tions would be practicable in a short time. TIIE COURT OF PROBATE. In reply to Mr. W. LESLIE, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that designs had been asked from a number of architects, with the view of making prov:sion in the New Palace of Justice for the safe custody of walls, and for the due transaction of the busi ness of the Com'', of Probate. In reply to Mr. WALDEGItAXE LESLIE, who asked what arrangements would be made for the safe custody of wills, and for the due transaction of the Court of Probate between the present time and the beding of the New Palace of Justice, seeing that the Metropolitan Board of Works would very shortly take possession of the buildings of Doctors'- commons for the purpose of carrying on the now street from Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion House, Lord JOHN MANNERS said negotiations were pending for the transference from the Board of Works of a piece of ground to the west of the present site, upon which buill ings would be erected fully sufficient for the custody of wills and the cal rying on of the business of the Court of Probate. He did not think, however, that it would be necessary to remove the wills until the new Palace of Jus tice was ready. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. Major DICKSON said that in the absence of the Presi dent of the Board of Trade he would postpone until to morrow asking if his attention had been called to the reports of the embarrassment of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and if he had taken any measures to secure the public against the inconvenience of any interruption in the working of those lines. COMPULSORY CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. The adjourned debate on Mr. Neate's amendment to the second reading on this b'll was resumed by Mr. HENLEY, who believed that the two main provi sions relied upon by Mr. Gladstone, as embodying the principle of the bill, would be found to be most mischievous in their operation, and he considered that they would inflict a great blow upon the voluntary system. It would be the greatest curse to the voluntary system to saddle it with a machinery of taxation which, though so highly vaunted by the right hon. member for South Lancashire, would be an act of the greatest injustice in the agl 'cultural districts. He proceeded to substantiate this assertion by figures, which he contended could not be controverted, and ho opposed the bill on the ground that it would introduce a machines; which would not only be mischievous, but which would prove woi ',bless for the purpose for which it was introduced. Mr. A. PEEL hoped to see a settlement of this much vexed question, and said he would wept and vote for this b'll because he saw in it an earnest symptom of that which he believed we must came to—and which he believed the sooner we came to it the better—namely, an unconeitional and untrammelled abolition. Mr. HUNT would be sorry to see a broad lino of de marcation drawn between Churchmen and Dissenters by the system of ticketing, and he confessed that this bill ticketed Dissenters by exclusion, because the proposal was that no person was to vote unless he had previously his name in a book, stating his willingness to pay church rates. The principle of the measure lay at the root of the question of Church and State. He maintained that there could be no connection between the State and the Church unless there was legal provision for the repair of the church. He be lieved that the signatu•e of the book would afford the means of putting the screw on conforming ministers, and he thought this would 1:3 a great ev:l. He should vote for the second reading of the bill, but ho at the same time reserved the i:ght to vote against the bill in any future session. Mr. GOLDNEY said, as he understood, it was propesed to allow the bill to pass the second reading, but if they did so he did not think there was any reason why a clause might not be introduced in committee similar to what the hon. member (Mr. Neate) proposed in his amendment. The object of the WI ; as he read it, was that the votes should be compulsory, but that they should not be com pulsm:ly raised by a legal process, and as some such clause as that to which he had referred might be introduced, he would vote for the second reading. Mr. T. CHAMBERS alluded to the great change of sen timent in regard to this bill, many of those members who had at first thanked the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Glad stone) and spoken in favour of the bill now coming for ward, and expressing themselves entirely in au opposite sense, and absolutely one or more of them putting their names on the back of other bills introduced into this house, entirely inconsistent with the bill of the right hon. gentleman. They objected to the clause which closed the courts of law, but that was the veiy clause which he ap proved of. He entirely disapproved of all the others, believ ing that any attempt at compromise would be hopeless and unsuccessful. It was an impossible compromise. He be lieved that the Church would be as well if not better sup ported under the voluntary system than under the com pulsory system, but by attempting a compromise they would lose all the grace of voluntaryism by having that form of law, and they would lose the form of law by the rates not being compulsoi;. Lord J. MANNERS said if the principle of this bill was accepted it would be better to go the whole length and adopt the bill of the member for Bury St. Edmunds. He deprecated the taleng away from the poorer classes of the country the pHs 'lege hithet Lo guaranteed to them free of cost, and contended that the bill. would invalidate the existing relations between the Church and the State. Alluding to the preamble of the bill the noble lord said the second clause of it was a charge against a large number of the people of England—an assumption that they cou'd not discuss and settle a penny, twopenny, or threepenny rate without ill-f-eling• He defended the character of his coun tiymon against the assault of the i:ght hon. gentleman, and said that it was a libel on the people of Etikland— whether Churchmea or Dissenters—to say that they could not decide in theirproperlyconstitutodlocal courts the very simple question of the rate which it was desirable to levy. Further, the bill would divide every parish into two hostile camps—those who world pay and those who world not ; and he could not conceive anything more calcu lated to lead to local sti'te. He characterised the proposal as an arrow from the quiver of the hon. member for Bir nflgham, and that it would not settle the question. Con nected as he (Lord J. Manners) had been with this ques tion for several years, he never remembered of any bill on the subject with regard to which so universal condom; nation had been expressed has had been expressed out hon. gentleman. house with reference to the bil b l of the right . gentleman. character Sir G. GREY affirmed that the compulsory of church rates had been done away • y ferable to that believed the b' Pro centres of population, and that it Was , I , V o i ll t h l very small parishes . Ho because it left the nds, of the member for Bury St. E to nlu w hil e it did away with i c a on ttihneu large i n r om le; j y l i p n a g y t m h .c e nns r ta a byyi , n a ltehgaalt process. He con curredgehtbeg e m r mweaasn manlyTh e tmhae machinery nw w eer i ry t with ofoe Mr. Goldney i the spirit of the amendment of Mr. Neate, the surplus funds in the hand s o f e in it t h r e o r du b c y ed app in ropi au l s o gi r ° d ne W s ho or pr y ec a e n d y ed ot h h i directed against the abolition of rates, but that question had Enceclehsiasftitchate cnoornbirnaleti already been settled by the house, the only diversity of opinion being on matters of detail, which could be settled in detail. — iir.'SELWYN said the bill was a mere repetition of the proposition made over and over aga i n b y the hon. member for Birmingham and others, and believed it to be destl ac tive of tho nationality of the Church. He never could assent either to its pr!nciples or details, and would far rather ac cept a total abolition of church rates. He hoped the mea sure would be withdrawn, and that (hiring the recess some one more worthy of the name of a compromise would be proposed. The discussion was continued by Mr. Holden, Mr. sew degate, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Hadfield, after which Mr..GLA.DSTQSE said therix4t CQminissioner of Works OCTOBER. curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. Salutes 2B, 29 1 Caen 29, 30, 31 AUGUST. Deauville....., 4, 5, 61 Le Mans Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 20 Bourges... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, LONDON. MR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) executes COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the principal races throughout the season, from X 1 upwards, on receipt of cash or Post-office Order (payable at Piccadilly office). COMMISSIONS as u sual at starting prices on the day of a race at all the principal.meetings. For further particulars and prices, see the advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY and SATUR DAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of stamped directed envelope. N.B.—lt is particularly requested that ALL LETTERS Sporting gba L c i k f e e, rs A o u f g h . 2 0 0 r , e 1 e e 8 , 64 w . — h o" may W e a h r We v satisfied that containing CASH be registered. without anyfear or hesita tion, omtitsTon tl amount, to 100, c tmailolenTril,lstsieennnd intending onu bdoubt whom their Jermyn-streot." AQ,IIATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. The annual contest by " six 'prentices" for the livery given by the late Mr. Thomas Doggett, the comedian, took place on Wednesday, the distance rowed being from the Swan at London-bridge to the Swan at Chelsea. The names of the competitors, which have to be selected by ballot, were Arthur Isles, Kew; James Flower, Poplar i Thomas James Atkinson, Bermondsey; George Jones, Surrey Canal ; Robert Colpus, Thames Ditton ; and Ed ward Robert Beard, Alderman's Stairs. The start took place at fivo o'clocl - , and after a very good race they arrived at Chelsea as follows : Iles (Kew) ••• "' --- Beard (Alderman's -stairs) ... Flower (Poplar) ••• Jones (Surrey Canal) ••• ••• (R o t h e Won easy. Atkins Colpus t t h t o e n ) ) ... 5 ~, G GERMANY, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, August 1. The Common Council held an extraordinary meeting to-day to agree to an address to the King and Crown Prince on their return from the seat of war. The address, of which the contents will not be allowed to transpire before its presentation to the King, was adopted without dis cussion. A resolution was also agreed to that arrange ments should be made for a grand illumination of Berlin on his Majesty's arrival. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida, with the above mails, passed the Needles at 11.40 a,m, to-day. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2. The North American Lloyd's steamer Atlantic, 'rom New York, passed the Needles at 11.40 a.m. to-day. 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