The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-18 00:00:00

abr ug. 17. and four DiIICOS NI horse- ith Frill- went out .day, and )s had the he Royal Augusta anted by I i ns t., to , P. C. Marj ori- Ls. Norris ttors and £70,000. wife, the rd High ler lady executed ;5, and 3 her on Truro y, books, ther por persons. , the late ;aver the robes as jp , s state irses be- e being e-square 3 residue. weep the e Ship . ad Asy id Guy's Bean by Hall, t by his gu John 1. The n under xe three Ist and died on 58. TO trriages, ,mediate vises all ;aver all 'ay, and A estate rolling ion, 03 r , John ,rustees• 3t, ill his yes the r Chi end. s.--The supply' shale oil ri g many ing elle p ,am from last been for that the Ad eing one are con- inecries atus 10r ring the t.lt 16 p l a cing ,„ ra tort . ga noet the tw ° heating scareeli troleuref ;scribed• at a du ll ito ga sl a steara listribe" with the Mors the L ieecile -1 Jar a°9 , had l ' Trti . swill o a ptaio ten° l4 god 11 AIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount demand to-day has been rather light, and since the reduction of the rate on Thurs inquiry day affairs are lo o ki ng b r i g h ter. Wi t h t h e sma ll for money and the influx of gold, there se ems every P ro b a bi lity that further facilities will be afforded the mercantile community. In the open market the average rate for the best three months' Paper is 7i per cent. At the Bullion Department of the Bank £121,000 to gold, f rom the Continent, was received yes rday. The report of the directors of the Southampton pock Company just issued states that there is a Considerable improvement in the receipts, gnd a di vidend is recommended for the half-year at the rate o f 5 per cent. pe r annum , l eav i ng t o b e carr i e d i o rward an amount of £2,247. It has been announced that the directors of the A g r a and M as t erman ' s Bank, assisted by some ofm e le ading sharehold ers , are ac ti ve l y engage d i n Dank. ,lting arrangements for the resuscitation of the success. Every o ne w ill no d ou b t h eart i ly w i sh them The movements of the precious metals during the Past week h ave been on an extensive scale as re gards th e imports, which have amounted to about £1)189,891, chiefly from the West Indies and Pacific, and the Continent. The exports have been to the , ext ent of £120 ,669, the greater portion of which has been despatched to the Continent. An interim dividend of 7s. 6d. per share for the half -year ending 30th June has been declared by the Tyne St eam - s hi pp i ng C ompany, w hi c h i s equal to 5 Per cent. per annum. Two o'CLocK. There has been no alteration in the market for Consols, which have closed at 88 * for money, and at 88z for the account—the same quotations as t hose that last prevailed yesterday afternoon. The alteration of the Bank minimum to 8 per cent. has i nduced firmness, but no speculative activity, and it Would appear that the holiday season must pass before any great animation can be experienced. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 I; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities, 181 ; Ex ,llequer Bills, for J une, i s. to ss. prem. ; Ban k o f En gland Stock is m ar k e d 245 ; Indi a S toc k , 20811 ; ditt o 5 per Cents., 103*; and ditto 5 per Cent. Debentures, 1873, loot With the except i on of G ree k Bon d s, F ore i gn Stocks have all closed buoyantly. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 261 -1 ; Mexican, 161 1 ; ditto New, llts °111 1; Spanish P ass i ve , 191 1 ; Ce r tificates, 141 1 ; 52 ; and the Brazili a n Scrip, 3} 3 dis. United 51. i States 5-20 Bonds are 68k ; Erie shares, ) 42 • 3 and Illinois, 741 75. T he operati ons i n t h e Ra i lway S h are M ar k e t h ave I bee n sh more extens i ve, and prices generally have e Wn a n upward movement. Great Eastern, tro politan, and Midland have each improved 10s. Z. at Northern A Stock 155., Lancashire and York -11: £l, and South Eastern Z 1 10s. a T he Forei gn and Colonial lines exhibitno mater i al '4alige in values. 0,-° A ank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, Union ustralia have declined to 451, and Chartered 4)-tereantile of India, London, and China to 344. coh e have i mprove d to 201, and London and trjltY are st ea d y, a t 63 . Cred i t Foncier and r..,°_ilier of England are d ea lt i n a t 31 di s. ; Gene „4l Credit at 2 dis. ; and National Discount Co. at , ; flat at 121 Prem. Anglo-American Telegraph Co. are and Hudson's Bay Co., 151 16. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a , /3e'vftlor.ENT Fume. el. Cent. Consols D o -il 8 • Account, Aug. 9 tiPeewr,e'ear• Reduced 8 8387 i New 3 per Cent 873 i 4 3 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 • 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — „uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D°•'-'O. for 30 yrs expire sth April,BBs — — (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug.,908 lB3 c,. M kx h e , e quer Bit 41,000,3 per Celli. arch. °- • 8, £5OO Eam . 9° £lOO and £2OO 215 ,----. of England Stock, 53 per Cent 1-0 Account --- t In -,111314•11 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. W a ll Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 103320, ii ° ' 6 Per Cent. July, 1870 D°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .0 ,Certificates E ° ‘ ; -r- ', °faced Paper 4 per Cent DA . '' Per Cent., Jan. 1872 if' I per Cent., May 1879 Do, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ' lOO3 b„' '0118,4 per Cent., Xl,OOO — Pm .•'.llnder x1;000 Ark,„4,I3RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Atiel.„---1 Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm braz"',,la Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — D ° l air 5 per Cent — ' 4 i Per Cent 1852-58-60 b o ~ 1863 T , D o ....,c, A • 1863 713 1 br, A mount _o• £lOO Bonds 72 n u • S e • 3 die -050,-,„, A r 'l). £65 paid Do -4 -Yres 6 per Cent £lOO Bonds 014 0 ! Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _ Do. 4 Per Cent p„' o 'l Per Cent _ b:!:," Per Cent 010 - ,,' L; riP, £75 paid eub - " 44 6 Der Cent. _ Daet, 6 ,Per Copt b,, 'i r d per Cent, 1825 _ D a u Per Ce t 1864 . eubi an pi 4 .) _ ho . .A.ce incipalities 67 6 4ctrador I‘l9er Consolidated, 1 per Cent — _ ic 'eforred — 1 0:°P . rt : t . : 48 :1 1 0 : :o °7: s l ic O di u r n ° 1 Bonds i s ase 11 in et Land Warrant 843 al 41 1864 85 Do (4„°vernment Railway Debentures 7B ldis reek paid D o . u Per Cents., 1824-5, ex C p Ou ORS -- „ Account 11 L ° ' C oupon s tti lr at ' p, lte l e°ll ut •itali,,.-- , a 5 per Cent. c',s per Cent 1865 hock A ccount I tlexi e . karernmana Railway D 0 ,44 3 Per Cent A ccount D o 111 , b o n 1864 4 aphi. ' Per Cent. Anglo-French litoo-„,"evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid `-'B,ll Inlperial 5 per Cent Ile ° Laud Warrants (Hectares) li' G ranada i r i /e 2 p er Cent — l' b „,°. Deferred s 4 N•iln 5 Per Cent., 1865 0 e. Account b° 4 ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) i) 1 . per Cent., 1862 Il e fe Account b r lnese 3 per Cent., 1853 ~ h n A Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60, '62, '3 , 4 11 R -;. 'tecount 421 . 6' 0 . 8 •11 5 per Cent., 1822, X St D° !I Per Cent. 850 D o . .i• Per Cent., 1860 D o - per Cent. 1859 5 87/ 3 b e , Per Cent. 1862 kl•d, r.i . "i"Per , Cent. 1864 — ti a ll 5 per Cent .10 11 0 .1 7. ° Per Cent D Nleeount 361 D o ° -;;5/v. Deferred —bn -'beeoullt )::,'" ... aSsive 8 1 , 4 0 iii i t e e*Unt 19f lawDo , ert. of Coup not funded — ~deeelint ,-, Ist, , U 0 ' Per Cent. — Ttl • 4 ' Pe rkiq,-, r Cent. 1864 ' • ' Per Cent. 1854 — D ° 4 "ceui 1:1.6p.,,,,01. etetia.,i.. ............ .... . _79 Do -aecelitt 553 D to fl oo Bona; ...... o Per C ent ~.,..!..... .................. Do 4ee ° ll 4t .. "U 2 50 „ 41 .0 „ , 493 " 0 6 '13°4,18 Bo 5 Per ae11t.,1.86.i — Do Per 0 „o A, _, eat, 1865 paid up Scrip — -u o '-'s-k,Unt , 261. 1 ...• . 4 e WelleZ„tr Cent. Guaranteed .111° 'eer,u3uPter Cent ' Joper 0 '•.••.... • D° Ae oo , ea t., 1 862 e• 6 Per nt ............ b i.„,Cellt, iiii......- ......... ... ~.I:l)to3ll...,o2iller:recelle:iitti i:7Bt. je.,!.a.:l3°.l:2ilsP,:Yable in L°ud°2. - I t 4eceunt: ... : ............................. 52 I Qnb, - "01 TWO O'CLOCK. U, ®foro„.,',to .4.4e0 'Lei' ................... • BB 1 nut 883 3 \ Zi'Ver ----------:----:"-____.-----__.____ POl Cotton Blarket.—This Day. — Ti le ru a r k . eahes, ealsier • Set is rather quiet, and prices, in some al ‘ probably 10,000 b a l es . es pr SHARE 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. rao I Closing Business Price. done. 111.113,11 .P.Aulet Caledonian Cambrian •• • Cork and Bandon.... art vu 124 126 35 i 5 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 !Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & &b.Junc. 1 .London, ttrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock llt 113 27 28 6 7 ;19 121 128 127 Do. B stock. Do. New, Is. at 25 pu 'GIS, and W. 01 Ireland t. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ii ereford 91 93 63i .5:1 35 37 33 30 Lancashire d; Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western 3.1 an., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan ..... Do. New 120} :2(1 Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birniln.. & Derby %11c1 Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastorn—Berwick Do. ii.IV•E Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Do. Stock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Lb:). Scot, Mid. stack Shrorishire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok ruff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Godcrich Calcutta & S. E., lim Jape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi, East. Bengal, gu., 5 do' East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c GI. South of India gua. 5 per cent -- Do. 4f per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canada-1 Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5i do, pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4f do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. it 1.0 ' da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus St.Flot COLONIAL GO VERNMEN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed ak Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&001,1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1864,6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do_ 187 s Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. & Natal qov. 6 per cent.. N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 lye., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. e S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,e. 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 BRIT1S: Cam. Consul. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cain Brea N ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk (;am.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Luxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (llelst,th G renville llerod's Foot •••• ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley riwyndy Iron Ore, lira N ew Se ton North Roskear . J.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... Providence Uny Lel an S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltekeard West Chi verton ....... West Seton• Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (m en . Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis H MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.11.8 3f 2.14,0 8.3.0 3.0.0 10.8.0 58i 5.17.0 rICE FERE NUE stiAltEt3. Great Western, 4 per cent irred., 78 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Groat Western, West Hid., Hereford, 100} FOREJ GN RAIL WAY b. Great LnxembourZ. 13} South Austrian and:Lombardo Venetian, 151 Turin and Sauna, 0 FOREIGN miNE B. rrontino and Bolivia Gold, Rm., I Port Philip, BANKS: Alliance, lira.. 201 Brazilian and Portuguese, Um., 81 Chartered Uer. of India. London, and China, 341 City , 15& Consolidated Bank, lira., 41 East London, lira., 36 Land Mortgage Bank of India. lim., London and Brazilian (lim.), 32 London and County, 63 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 101 National Provincial of England..--- Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 376 Oriental Bank Corporation, 45 Union of Australia. 451 Union of London, 451 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 121 1 Anglo-Mexican Mint, 1 6 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua. lim., 70 Berlin Water Works. lim.. 101 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, Ebbw Vale, 141 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira.. 4 General Steam Navigation, 27 Hudson's Bay, 15k 16 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, Um., 3 International Financial society, lim. ' 36 London Financial Association, lim., 126 112 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which al is to pay, 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, - Ditto, new, 50 6 Scottish Australian Investment, 1im.,120 THE MEXICAN MINISTER.—The funeral obsequies of Mrs. Duran, the wife of the Mexican Minister, will take place at the Spanish Chapel, Manchester-squ are, on Monday, the 20th inst., at half-past 10 REPRIEVE OF A MURDERER.—WiIIiam John Turner, now lying in Armley gaol, who was convicted at the recent Leeds Assizes of murdering his child at Sheffield, has been reprieved during her Majesty's pleasure. THE WIGAN MURDER. —At the Liverpool Assizes, on Thursday, Mr. J. B. Aspinall, Q.C., made an application to Mr. Baron Martin for an order that the cost of draining the canal for the purpose of having a search made for the watch of the man James Barton, who was murdered at Bawkhouse Colliery, should be paid in the ordinary way as part of the expenses of the prosecution. It will be remembered that the search was made in conse quence of statement made by the man Walton, who was discharged the other day his lordship. Baron Martin re marked that the sum (£105) was a most enormous one ; but if he found he had power to order the payment he would do so. 81 86 19 20 117 118 8) 91 1 58 57 127 128 2 3 1 ,1 104 10i 89 91 118 119 1/ 2 1 89 al 50 5: 2 21 102 104 a 6. 101 103 34 38 9 11 t, 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 73 76 45 47 64 65 7i 8 14 115 2 S ; 98 Ivl 53 55 ISIONS. 63 65 93 100 Id ip 4 44 74 84 76 80 60 65 100 102 99i /CO4 99 101 20 22 85 87 55 58 48 52 50 55 45 50 40 45 36 3) 24 26 24 26 105 106 6 1P 1 PI 98 100 91 93 141 14i 5i 5 d 91 03 83 85 1} Old 97 98 89 91 85 87 8 , 82 96 97 96 97 Itl 95 96 IT SECUR: 92 94 93 95 94 96 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 101 102 101 100 103 86 83 100 102 105 17 102 104 103 103 101 103 103 105 97 100 90 02 90 92 90 95 83 85 92 94 73 75 94 96 90 93 102 104 103 105 5 6 6 7 380 400 I ]5 17 6 7 1 2 3 By 76 3 31 19 20 1 _ a I 18 22 1 2 30 32 3 4 ti 31 41 21 IVI 35 45 2 4 , I 1 20 25 325 875 it 17& 22i 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 64. 67 105 115 80 85 10 15 3 6 !30 140 8 10 June. 1 4 5 1 261 6 } 51 61 122 28 i i 54 3f 121 201 11 181 1 i [ll7 1171 8g1 181 18 57} 1271 8 71 1 1191 1E 111 97 8 61 Si 4 106 5i 14; & I ITIES. TUE SUN, LONDOIN, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1866. THE CHOLERA. The following is the official return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea on Thursday, Aug. 16 : Cholera. Diar rhoaa. West districts .. North districts .. Central districts.. ... 12 East districts South districts ... 11 Total 61 40 The return for the sub-district of West London, south, was not received in time for publication. SPIRIT OF TAE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES. Parliaments, as a general rule, waste their Sessions in idle talk and endless disputes, leaving most of their important work to be hurried through in the last hours of their sittings. At first, time seems to be of no importance ; at last, nothing seems important but time. They begin by hours of debate on trivial subjects involving no principle; they end by hurrying through weighty measures without any debate at all, however important may be the principles involved. The Session of Con gress which has just closed forms no exception to this rule. On the contrary, it furnishes the most . striking instances of its truth. Both Houses sat from noon on the 27th all through the night until half-past four on the evening of the 28th July, when the Session closed, and Congress broke up. The strange spectacle was presented of bills debated with the Representatives asleep! and passed by a quorum roused up by the pages when the roll was called. A measure involving a sum of £40,000,000 btcrling was thus passed, and among those of vital consequences to the best interests of the nation was the rectification of the Neutrality Laws, introduced by General Banks. So valuable had time become that the presiding officers could not permit an ad journment, as the members might not again be got together to form a quorum. More than a third of the laws were rushed through in these twenty eight hours. Many without one word of debate and some involving circumstances that the nation may have plenty of leisure hereafter to repent. Fortunately, however, for the country, if -there be a weary Congress worn out by a long session through days and nights of debate, in a term heated beyond the heat even of tropical countries, there is another _tribunal which fastens on these measures and ven tilates every question involved—a tribunal which has infinitely more weight in forming the opinion of the country—the newspaper press of America. Such a scene as that presented by Congress during these 28 hours has been generally condemned by it. Many of the bills then passed have been discussed and shown up in no measured terms, and chief among those so condemned has been the revision of the Neutrality Laws. The haste with which it was in troduced and passed in the House of Representa tives has been censured by the leading journals representing all opinions, and on grounds wholly apart from the advisability of the policy. The Philadelphia Inquirer considers the measure to savour more of spite than of statesmanship. The New York Times asks, " Is it more dignified, more proper, or more expedient to modify the Neutra lity Laws for the accommodation of the Fenians than for the accommodation of foreign Govern ments, and considers it disgraceful to have legis lation in matters of the highest importance pushed to maturity at lightning speed, without thought, without care, and without regard to the possibi lities of the immediate future." The New York Evening Post terms it a disgraceful vote. Fortu nately a great statesman who has the interests of his country at heart stopped the bill in the Senate. By the determined opposition of Mr. Sumner, the amend ment was passed over to a committee, where it rested when the adjournment was proclaimed. The loan of £10,000,000 sterling to Mexico, in aid of the Liberals, was lost. But the members took better care of a clause in the Soldiers' Bounty Bill, in creasing, their own salaries from pp() to $5,000 a year. The reconstruction of the Mississippi levees at the Government expense was rejected, and although we concur in considering the burden of such works should fall on the State benefited, yet we cannot but regret that, under the circumstances, this aid was not extended to the impoverished inha bitants of countries which, unfortunately for them, had become the theatre of war, and where such vast interests were concerned. Thousands of square miles of the finest country in the Union must return to a state of nature, and change from fertile fields of culture to unhealthy swamps, if these levees be neglected. Permission was given for Nebraska to be added to the States of the Union---a permission the President is little likely to act on, considering it will bring in votes hostile to his own policy. Congress appears to have little dread of the results of the coining elections, as the Republican party knows that it carries with it the vast majority of the people. However determined the President may be in adheri n g t o hi s own p l an o f Reconstruc tion, he must pause when brought face to face with the nation's opinion, nor will this policy be strength ened by the brutal violence and uncontrolled savagery of such cities as Memphis and New Orleans. At noon, on the 28th July, the Presi dent and Cabinet sat in an ante-room of the Senate Chamber known as the President's-room. The Bills passed during the night were there hastily ex amined and received his signature. To the last President Johnson maintained bis veto policy. A measure formally returned by him was found to have been introduced into a Land Surveying Bill. Instead, however, of the Land Surveying Bill shelter ing this measure, the latter was fatal to its protector, which was vetoed. Thus this celebrated Session ended, marked, we regret to say, by a widening breech between Congress and the Executive ; but we earnestly hope, and fully believe, that the clear judgment and good sense of the President will guide him correctly in the interim, while the power remains with him, and that much of the hostile feel ings engendered will tone down before Congress meets again in December. In the Executive are some of the greatest statesmen of the Union belong ing to the Republican party. It is not likely that this time will be lost and the fracture permitted to be come impossible of rejunction. Indeed, it may be reasonably expected that public opinion will speak out, and enforce on both sides a spirit of concession which will avert the evils that must otherwise arise and be perpetuated in the country, if these fatal dis sensions gain increased force, and widen the breech in the ascendant party. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aug. 1 0 . Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. —• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet ...... Sept. 3. Ditto, by French packet . Aug. 22 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Aug. 21. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Aug 19 . Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 13 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. 27. Ditto, via blarsei Iles .. Aug. 2 - Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 13. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 13 _ Newfoundland • Aug. 29. ••111 Portugal' Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Aug. 23 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton _ • '. Ditto, via Cork . •• Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Aug. 17. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ....Sept. iO. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) 2B Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax Bahamas, via New York. Aug. 20 The Money Market Review states as follows : Commerce breathes once more. After three months of unexampled pressure, the Bank rate has been re duced 2 per cent., and there is hope that securities will once more become negotiable, and that those who have weathered the storm hitherto may escape the shipwreck which has so long threatened mer cantile England. What could have been more out of place than the pitiable platitude with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer re plied to a deputation from the leading joint stock banks that national bankruptcy was « a matter for serious consideration." The cleverest bank directors in London did not need to go to Downing-street surely when this is all the light that Government can bring to bear upon the most vital part of our national concerns, for our cur rency is the life and breath of our commerce. The large arrivals of \ bullion at the beginning of the week gave ample ground for anticipat ing the reduction of the Bank rate, and the movement seems to have been pretty well dis counted, for Consols show a rise of little more than per cent. upon the week. In fact, there has been so much recovery in the price lately, and the supply of stock, as evidenced by the heavy " contango" paid last " account," is so ample that any great and fin mediate rise in Government securities is scarcely to be looked for, Her Majesty's Ship Bellerophon. This noble ironclad weighed her anchor at Spit head yesterday about 1 p.m., for a trial of her ma chinery and new Griffith's screw with which she has recently been fitted, and also for a trial of the ship's speed over the measured mile should the wind prove sufficiently moderate, or, rather, should it be found not exceeding the limit fixed by the Admiralty re gulations for the trials of all ships over the measured mile—a force of four. The wind had exceeded this strength all the morning, and continued so at the time the frigate left Spithearl, giving but little hopes of its lessening sufficiently to enable the speed trial to come off. The ship's draught of water was 21f t. 7in. forward, and 26ft. siu. aft. The diameter of screw is 23ft. Gin., and its pit c h 201 t. M r. J o h n P enn, t h e ma k er of the ship's e ng i nes, with Mr. Penn, jun., Mr. J. Matthew, a me m b er o f t h e fi rm, an d M r. A n d erson, were on board to watch the action of the machinery. Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy and designer of the ship, was also on board. Capt. W. C. C. Chamberlain, of the Asia and Steam Reserve, conducted the trial, his staff of officers being composed of Chief Inspectors of Machinery Afloat J. Ward and G. Murdoch. On leaving Spithead the frigate made half an hour's run south of the anchorage, and on being turned again for Spithead and Stokes' Bay, she gave another proof of her extraordinary handiness under steam, and quickness in answering her helm, in reversing her course in 2 min. 10 sec. from the time of the order being given to the quarter-master at the wheel to " Hard-a-starboard." On passin g through Spithead again the wind was found to have lulled somewhat, and it was, therefore, determined to place her on the measured mile. This resolution might not have been ;taken considering that the wind still very much exceeded the Admiralty limits, but for the fact that after yesterday the tides would be unsuitable for some time to come for the trial of the ship. It was fortunate, however, for both Mr. Reed and Mr. Penn, as also for the reputation of the Bellerophon, for the re sults gave the ship a rate of speed even in excess of the anticipations of her designer, while the working of the engines and the power they developed were such as was never yet approached on any former trial of a vessel's machinery. Six runs were taken with full boiler power, which gave the following figures : Runs. Time. Speed. Steam. Vacuum. Revo in. s. Knots. Lbs. Inches. lutions. 1 4 15 ... 14.118 27 ... 25 74 2 4 14 ... 14.173 1 1 3 435 4 7 0 2 22 7 87 2 225 5 5 7 77 6 56 4 3 4 4 22 9 5 4 4 14.754 27 25 ... 76 6 4 26 13 ' 533 28 25 ... 77 Mean speed of the ship with full boiler power, 14.201 knots.; total number of revolutions of the engines, 1,918. The ship's power of turning were afterwards tested with full boiler power with eight men at the wheel. With helm to starboard three and a half turns of the wheel were taken in 22 sec., the angle of the rudder being 37 deg. The half-circle was made in 1 min. 58 sec., and the full circle in 3 min. 59 sec. With helm to port, three and a quarter turns of the wheel were taken in 18 sec., the angle of the rudder being 33 deg. The half-circle was made in 2 min. 3 sec., and, the full circle in 4 min. 30 sec. The resolutions of the engines in both in stances were 76 before putting the rudder over and 66 afterwards. put on her trials with h a lf b o il er As soon as the full power circles were completed, khe following e x c e ll en t resu lt s : commun i c ation with the after boilers wa s s h u t off, Speed. Steam. Va cu u m . Revo panowdetrh,wehsTihicihpmewg.aayse Runs. M. s. Knots. Llbs. Inches. lutions. 1 ... 4 36 13.043 ... 22 ... 26 62 2 5 28 ... 10.975 ... 25 ... 25} ... 611 3 ... 4 29 13.432 26 ... 26 ... 65i 4 5 24 ... 11.111 ... 26 Mean speed of the ship, with half-boiler power, 12,164 knots. On the conclusion of the half-power runs the shipput through her circles under the same conditions. With the helm over to port three and was the angle of the rudder being 36 d c and the full circle ~ a half turns were taken with the whe e e g l . in T 2 h 7 e se h e a s if circle was made in 2 min. 22 se , n. 27 afterwards. thesec. rudder The was e put t in h e s the hard m a helmde over, over to 64revolu tions and 5 2 in 4 revolutions before m starboard three and a h a lf turns were taken in 30 secs., the angle of th e rudder being 36k deg. The m half circle was made in 2 min. 34 sec., and the full circle in 5 min. 10 sec. The engines ma de 64 revolutions before putting the rudder over, and 52 afterwards. Six men were at the wheel. The concluding portion of the day's trial was to test the working of the engines to signal from the bridge telegraph, and in answer, this they stopoed dead from full speed ahead in 30 sec., started astern in 6 sec., and changed from full speed astern to full speed in 19 seconds. The indicated horse-power worked out from the diagrams, was 6,400. The nominal horse-power, it is almost unnecessary to observe, is 1,000. The force of wind during the trial exceeded 5. The load displacement of the fri gate at yesterday's draught of water was:as nearly;as possible 7,320 tons. The engines worked perfectly from commencement to end ; no machinery in fact could have been made to act better. The figures of speeds require no lengthened comment to show their value, and these returns were fairly got, we may mention, with the regulation length of funnel. SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.---Wind S.W.—Arrived--Garibaldi, fromplazagan. CARDIFF, Aug. 16.--vvind N.W.—Sailed—Sea King, for Yokohama. BRISTOL, Aug. 16._Wind sm.—Arrived—llighflyer, from Trinidad. SWANSEA, Aug. I.6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Yeta, and Huasco, for Valparaiso. CLYDE, Aug. 17.—Wind Nm.—Arrived—Hermonie, from Mauritius. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ebba Vale, from Pomaron for Liverpool; Eliza, from Liverpool for St. Thomas BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 17.—Spirit of the Deep, from St. John's, N.B. ; from Guernsey ; Exem from Adelaide ; Char from Akyab ; East Lothian, from Colombo ; Alwynton, Arrived, Aug. 18—Waterford , from St. P e t ers b urg; rlafr ; oill plar, from Philadelphia ; Confiden ce , Boston ; Rosa, and m lot a t r e y M H a a r r ia d , y! ro fr m om Y ß st a a r d b t a ; do L s e ; o . n m o a r r o Mary Stuart, from Memel ; s C v u e b n a b n o , Eider, steamer, from Ham burg ; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend rg fx , •om froni Co A lc:o r m eh b a o n ; ge M l a ; Dragon, steamer, from Charente; Lord John Russell, steamer, from Dun kirk ; Ostrich, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, Aug. 18.—s e ine, steamer, fo r B oulogne; Holland, steamer, for Ostend; Velocity, steamer, for Calais; Nep tune, steamer, for Havre. of the South, barque, D EAL, Friday Morning. Anchored.—Georgo Canning, of Goole, and Esther, of AG lp ne s on w r,g ie ion h f , a, A sbua lf nrq r d e u d eer , Sailor, barque, Sarah brig—all from the North, for the West. _ 1 Sunderland, Corinna,d, Ai'und Barrowbe Arundel, r qI S aul :l S :a i! Rangoon ; V enus , f rom Passed.--Victor, screw steamer, from L on d on, f or Caen; Sailed.—Nearly the whole of the outwa r d-b oun d . s P u ri n n d c e e rl L a e n w d, el f l o y r n A , from London, for The thirty-sixth opened in Not tingham moeßne tßWednesday SaSsOnsCoecxliAt,aTtilooonaN.Nv.i.-liniebe ccasion h in augural address will be delivered in th e Th eatre R oya l , by the President, Mr. W. R. Grove. The different sec tions will assemble at the rooms appoint e d f or th em, f or the reading and discussion of reports and o th er commu nications, from the 23d to the 28 th inst. Th e sec ti ons include chemical science, ethnology, eco nomic science, and statistics, and mechani ca l sc i ence. T o geology, mathematical biology, each section a separate president of eminence is appointed. On the 23d, there will be a soirée at the Working Man's Exhibition Building, which has been decorated for the purpose. On the evening of the 24th Mr. Huggins will deliver in the Theatre a discourse on " The Results of Spectral Analysis applied to the Heavenly Bodies." On the 25th there will be excursions to places of interest in the district, and in the evening a grand complimentary , concert. On the evening-of the 27th Dr. Hooker will de liver a discourse on insular flcras, and on the evening fol lowing there will be another soiree at tho Exhibition building. lE.—This Day. SPORTING INTELLIGENC: VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.-TiuS DAY, EBOR HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Westwick (taken) 3to 1 agst Gomera (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Scamander (taken) 10 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 10 agst Treasure Trove (taken> 100 to 8 agst Retrousse (taken) 100 to 8 agst Dubiety (taken) 100 to 6 agst Zonobia (taken) ST. LEGER. Even agst Lord Lyon (taken) sto 2 agst Rustic (taken) AMERICA. -,1 , --- ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA. QCEENSTOWN, Aug. 17. The Royal mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the Bth inst., arrived here at 12.25 p.m. to-day with 149 cabin passengers and $65,000 in specie. She landed a portion of the mails, consisting of 83 sacks, and 1G passengers, and proceeded for Liver pool at 12.35 p.m. All well. She experienced easterly winds throughout her passage. CANADA. OTTAWA, Aug. 7 The Governoi-General of Canada has sent to the Canadian Parliament a communication from the Colonial Secretary advising moderation in the treatment of the Fenian prisoners. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Aug. Advices from Mexico state that the Liberals were severely defeated by the Imperialists before Aca pulco on the 22d July. National Finance. The amended financial bill for funding the public debt, which passed the Senate on Thursday, July 19, is very simple in its provisions, and excludes the objectionable features contained in the M'Culloch bill, introduced by Senator Sherman, which pro posed to pay Jay Cooke and Co. forty millions of dollars for negotiating the sale of Five per Cent Bonds. The present till appropriates $180,000,000 per annum for the purpose of paying the interest on the national debt ; and so much of the same as is not required for interest shall be applied to the pay ment of the principal of the public debt. The pre sent interest-bearing debt, exclusive of the com pound interest legal tenders is, in round numbers $2,000,000,000, and the annual interest thereon amounts to $125,000,000 ; the interest on the afore said legal tenders to $16,000,000, payable when they become due next year. The amount the Secretary of the Treasury will be authorised to pay annually on the principal of the debt will be $55,000,000 per year, and the interestsaved, which next year will equa153,330,000. The year after the saving of interest will exceed $7,000,000. The third year there will be nearly $12,000,000 of interest saved by the rapid reduc tion of the principal of the debt. The bill contains another highly important pro vision. Section 4 declares that from and after January 1, 1867 (that is to say, five months hence) the lawful money required to be held on hand by the National banks, for the redemption of their currency, shall not consist in whole or in part of interest bearing legal tenders. The national banks hold almost the whole issue of interest bearing legal tenders as their reserve fund for the redemption of their circulation. The effect of the bill, if it become a law, will be to compel the banks to substitute greenbacks for interest bearing notes, which will contract the volume of currency in circulation by more than $100,000,000. This is the object the Senate had in view when it incorporated this provision in the bill. It is a long step in the right direction toward resumption of specie payments. The second section of the bill directs the Secre tary of the Treasury to notify the holders of 7-30 Bonds that they must give notice to the Treasury Department four months before their bonds mature whether they choose to exchange them for 5-20 Bonds or to be paid legal tenders for them. The great bulk of these bonds will he unquestionably converted by the holders into 5-20's. A few may be presented for redemption in cash, but none will be unless the value of 5-20's fall below par, which is not probable. The Secretary of the Treasury is already offering to exchange 5-20's of 1865 for 7-30's, but as each class of bonds are almost of equal market value, not many swaps may be made for a time. The expenses of the Government for the present fiscal year are estimated as follows : Interest to be paid on Debt 5141,000,000 Support of the Army, Navy, Pensions, Civil service, and miscellaneous of all kinds 145,000,000 Total Expenditure The receipts are estimated as follows : From Tariff 5140,000,000 From Internal Taxes Total Income *0 5390,000,000 This would leave $104,000,000 to apply in pay ment of debt. Many sound financiers estimate the receipts of the Treasury at $450,000,000 instead of $390,000,000. And others contend that the expen diture will be not less than $320,000,000. But in either event there will be a large surplus to apply toward paying the public debt.—Chicago Tribune. Diary of the Atlantic Telegraph Expedition The Great Eastern, laden with a freight in which the whole civilised world was interested, took her departure from Berehaven, Bantry Bay, at 6.30 p.m., on Thursday, the 12th of July. During the week she lay in that safe and capacious harbour her coaling was completed, and mechanics and artificers of all kinds were busily engaged in adjusting and testing the new machinery, which had been planned and executed to meet requirements and to guard against contingencies which the experience of last yoar's expedition suggested. The deck presented a very animated scene of active labour, and one could scarcely have believed that so much work could have been got through in so short a space of the time. The live stock had this year to be shipped in Ire land, whi c h occup i ed a considerable time. 10 bul locks, turkeys,k s , 1 l l s l oi l ocl if o cls o vl \v , , 114 sheep, '2O pigs, 29 geese, 14 were brought on board at Bere haven. There was dead stock, too, which consisted of 28 bullocks, 4 calves, 22 sheep, 4 pigs, 300 fowls —a goodly supply for the inhabitants of the float ing town we live in. The public already know all that occurred during the passage of the ship round from Sheerness. She left her anchorage at noon on Saturday, the 30th of June, and a telegram from Mr. R. A. Glass, the managing director of the Te legraph Construction and Maintenance Company, from Valentia, put them in possession of the fact that the shore end of the cable, haying been suc cessively landed by the William Cory steamer at Foilhommerum Bay on Saturday, the 7th of July had been buoyed on the following morning about 27 miles from the land. At 6.45 a.m. on the 12th our convoy, consisting of her Majesty's ship Ter rible, 21 guns, and the screw steamers Albany and Medway, both vessels about 1,800 tons each, left the anchorage at Berehaven, with instructions to proceed to where the ofthe Great William Cory left the buoy, and await the arrival Great Eastern. On the evening of the same day, having got up her monster anchor, the big ship steamed majestically out of Berehaven, accompanied by H. 11.5. Racoon. It was about 50 miles from Berehaven to the buoy placed over the shore end. The night was very thick, so much so that the fog whistle was kept constantly going. Wind from the south. FRIDAY, July 13. At a quarter to 3 a.m. we sighted the Terrible, and the Racoon about a quarter to 4. Shortly afterwards we saw the Albany and Medway, and at 5.50 a.m. the buoy was made out astern of the Albany. We came up close to it at 7. Signals were made to the Terrible and other ships to send boats. The Terrible's cutter came and made fast to the buoy, which was now about a cable's length from our stern. At 9.10 the Albany's boat arrived, and at 9.30 we made the end of the drum-rope on to the buoy-chain and commenced to haul in the mooring chain on the end of the shore end cable. There was a good deal of strain on the chain, which was at a considerable angle on the port side. The wind was on the port quarter, canting the ship to star board, the left-hand screw working astern. Capt. Anderson, seeing the position of the chain, gave orders to Mr. Beckwith, the chief engineer, to dis connect the port paddle-wheel, and to reverse full speed with the starboard. This order, which was executed in about 18 or 19 minutes, brought the stern of the ship in line with the cable, which was speedily "up and down." At 11.30 the end was brought on board—by 11.40 it was on the drum. This was the first practical test of the new pick-up machinery, and the steam-engine attached thereto, made by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich, and nothing could be more satisfactory than the manner in which it did its work. Preparations were now inade to make the joint. The cover ing-wires having been taken off the rope, the skilled workmen from the Guttapercha Works soon settled themselves under shelter of Mr. Can ning's office on deck (it had been raining in torrents since 9 a.m.), and completed making the joint at 1.30 p.m. Mr. Willoughby S m ith , th e c hi e f elec trician, lost no time in testing the insulation of the cable to shore, which was found to be perfect. The making of the splice was now commenced ; by 2.30 p.m. it was completed and coiled in the after cable tank. Just as the hands of the clock indicated 3.20, Greenwich time, the Atlantic Telegraph Cable of 1866 commenced to pass over the wheel at the stern of the great cable ship. A hearty cheer from those who witnessed thus far the success of the start, the firing of a couple of guns, the hoisting of the en sign, and of that compound flag of nationalities, the union-jack and the stars and stripes, which had been in the service of two previous Atlantic telegraph ex peditions, made up all the demonstrations which could be mustered. The Racoon gave us one parting gun, and availing herself of as fair a wind as could well blow in her favour, set every stitch of canvas and left for Valentia. The course of the ship was now settled IV.N.W. for 33 miles, to be changed about 9 o'clock to N.W. by W., which will take us quite clear to the southward of our mute relative of 1865. The following programme of pro3eedings for laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable of 1866 had been prepared by Mr. Samuel Canning, the chief engineer, so far back as the month of May last, and approved of by Mr. Glass, the managing director, It will be seen that punctuality up to the present moment has been pretty strictly maintained : PROGRAMME OF PROCEEDINGS FOR LAYING THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. 1. The screw steamer William Cory, having re ceived on board the shore end for the Irish coast and machinery at North Woolwich, will leave the Thames not later than the 30th inst., and proceed to Berehaven to be in readiness to lay the shore end when the weather is sufficiently flue. 2. The screw steamer Albany, having her re covering machinery, ropes, buoys, and stores on board, will leave the Thames on the 26th and pro ceed to Cardiff, fill up with coals, and go from thence to Berehaven to assist the William Cory in laying the shore end. She will afterwards accom pany the expedition to Newfoundland. 3. The screw steamer Medway, having all her coals, cable, and machinery on board, will leave the Thames about the sth July, and proceed to Bere haven to join the Great Eastern, and be ready to accompany her in laying the cable. 4. The Great Eastern will leave Sheerness on the 30th June for Berehaven, to complete her coaling, and be ready to steam out to the buoy on the shore end on or about the 10th July. The splice to the main cable will be made on board the Great Eastern. 5. After the shore end is laid by the IVilliamCory, and buoyed, if the weather is fine she will remain by the buoy, and the Albany will return to Bere haven for the Great Eastern. 6. Upon commencing to la the cable from th e y Great Eastern, the position of the Terrible will be ahead of the Great Eastern, on the port or starboard bow, to keep other vessels out of the course, and the Medway will be on the port, and Albany on th e s t a rboard quarter, in readiness to pick up or let g o a buoy, or other work as may be signalled from the Great Eastern. 7. All the accompanying ships to keep their allotted positions, and within signalling distance of the Great Eastern. 8. The speed of the ship over the ground, in paying out the cable, should in no case exceed six knots per hour. 9. In laying the cable of 1865, the average slack paid out through the deep water was 15.6 per cent., at an average speed of ship of 6.34 knots per hour, and with a strain ranging from 10 to 14 cwt. 10. The total length of cable taken out this year being 2,721 miles, it will be seen from the following estimate that 764 miles will be left to complete the line, 1865 : Distances. Cable required,.. Shoal Dee Shoal Dee P p7h Wr, Per ate 20 per Water. Water. Slack. n Valentia to Heart's Content, 1,670 1,960 1866.—Valentia to end of Shoal Water, lat. 54 deg. 21 min., long. 14 deg 40 min 164 - 175.5 Deep water — 1,333 1,599.5 Heart's Content to end of Shoal Water, lat. 49 deg. 17 min., long. 49 deg 40 miu 173 185 Totals for lino of 1866 Distance 1,670 miles. Cablel,96otniles 1863. --From the end of cable of 1863 to Heart's Content Totals for li ne o f 1 8 65 Distance 6OO miles. Cable 697.5mi1e3 'faking this 697.5 miles of cable left, and the cal grappled and spliced tai end. from 764 we have 66.5 miles )10 of 1865 must therefore be thin this distance from the 11. In the event of any unforeseen occurrence in laying the cable of 1866, by which the cable could not be recovered in the deep water, it becomes necessary to fix upon the length remaining on board with which it would be prudent to start again from the point lat. 52 deg. 51 min. N. long., 14 deg. 40 min. "W., or 164 miles from Ireland. Taking the figures in the previous paragraph with 20 per cent. of slack through the deep water, and 7 per cent. through the shoal water, the length of cable required between Ireland and Newfoundland is 1,960 miles ; this taken from the total length 2,724 miles, leaves 764 miles which could be payed out, and yet have sufficient cable left to begin again if an acci dent happened at that place ; but as the cable can be grappled in between 200 and 300 fathoms depth at lat. 52 deg. 21 min. N., long. 14 deg. 40 min. w., this would give 175.5 m il es to b e added to the 76 4 miles, making 939 miles, which Might be payed out and yet have sufficient cable to commence again at the above position and reach Newfoundland ; but, in deciding upon a point of such importance, I con.. Bider a larger margin ought to be allowed, and should not therefore advise re-commencing at the end of the shoal water if more than 130 miles had been payed out when the end of the cable was lost. In the event of such an occurrence the expedition must first return to Berehaven, or some other port, where the cable can be transhipped from the Medway into the G reatE astern before making another attempt. 12. The disconnecting gear on the Great Eastern should be tried on the passage round to Berehaven to ascertain how she will answer with both paddle and screw. 13. In case of a fault being discovered a signal from the testing-room will be immediately made by gong to the bridge and paying-out machine to reverse the engines, and by electric bell to the coil, and as soon afterwards as possible, with safety to the cable, to commence hauling back. 14. Should a fault occur, a buoy, placed ready at or near to the stern, will be immediately attached to the cable to buoy up the bight. The ship would then be kept as near this position as possible, and other buoys can be attached at intervals, if necessary ; and if the weather is such that, from the drift of the ship or other causes, too much cable is being lost, and it is necessary to cut the cable, the end will be moored and buoyed with a large ocean buoy. The latitude upon which the cable will cross each degree of longitude to be given to each officer in charge of the Medway and Albany, in order that, should the ships part in a fog, any ship having missed the Great Eastern, can steam ahead to a meridian where she can be sure the Great Eastern cannot have reached, then steam slowly back, with the view of picking up with the Great Eastern, which may be engaged recovering a fault. Both Marryat's and Colomb's signals to be used, the latter method having been already applied to the codifying of all probable signals. At any time the Great Eastern may be heard firing guns, it is to be understood by the accom panyvik ships that they are desired to close with the Great Eastern. In case of fog on approaching the Newfound land coast, the Terrible will keep close ahead to the Great Eastern, and direct the latter to alter course, by firing one gun to port helm, and two guns to starboard same, three guns, danger ahead. If the Great Eastern fires one or more guns, attendant ships to close in with her. If, when near the land, our position or Trinity Bay cannot be ascertained on account of the fog, and the weather is calm, the Great Eastern can be kept nearly in her then position with the cable ; or if, for the safety of the ship, it is necessary to keep further from the land whilst the fog lasts, the cable can be cut, moored, and buoyed, and watch buoys put down to facilitate in finding the cable buoy. This could also be done should a gale of wind be blowing up Trinity Bay, or whilst making the splice, so that it may be considered dangerous or unadvis able for the Great Eastern to go nearer the land. As soon as the Terrible has taken in coal she will proceed with the Albany to the position about one mile from the end of the cable of 1865, and place mark buoys for guidance in grappling. The Med way and Great Eastern will follow as soon as they have coaled; but should they not join the Terrible and Albany by the time they have placed the mark buoys the Albany will proceed to grapple for the cable, and if she succeed in grappling it she will lift it as far as possible without approaching the break ing strain, she will then buoy the grapnel rope, and grapple for the cable again further on. By con_ a t i n n u e i n n d g t t o h i t s h s e h e surface,m a y s uac and e d e d b n i n o y l i f i t t i n ing r t e h a e d i b n i e g s h s t f o o r r the Great Eastern. Should the Great Eastern and Medway arrive be fore the bight or end of the cable is grappled or raised, they will take up their position and commence grappling. If the three ships are grappling for the cable at the same time their relative positions will be—Med way to the west, with the greatest lifting strain, the Great Eastern in the middle, and the Albany to the end will be secured either by the Great is broken by the Medway the te so that if the cable Ea o s vi ded with grapnels both f or cast, withiliel;silifting r s n ti o a r in t The ships will be provided cable. breaking and holding ; he Albany. prevent the possibility of a b s ol t d o of the cable, and a gale of gs ab u l l e to the surface, buoys are provided raising the c the grapnel ropes, and watch buoys for buoying sightingthegrapnel buoys,' placed to assist in winlidthspersinhips have CANN ius i A N aTia G ua , RgniAnyg, in case ships are driven away from their position. J Engineer.uly 14. Director. (Approved) R. A. GLASS, (Signed) SAMUEL the (hsi Course during the night N.W. by W., wind W.S.W. to W.N.W. A h omeward -bound steamer pa sed us about 11.30. About 2 a.m a message arrived from Valentia for Mr. Canning from Mr. Glass, intimating that at a meeting held yesterday on the island, at the instance and at the in vitation of Mr. Henry Bewley, of 'Dublin, and of Mr.ll:vau, of London, for the purpose of invoking God's blessing on those engaged in the undertaking, the warmest sympathy was expressed towards all on board the Great Eastern. A reply was sent by Mr. Canning thanking Mr. Glass for these good wishes, and conveying the intelligence that everything was progressing most satisfactorily, and that the greatest confidence was felt in success. The paying out machinery is worki ng t o perfection. The cable comes up from thlentank with great ease an d f ac ili ty . Th e ca b le - watch are cthea this expediti on i n canvass d resses , w hi c h fi t over their ()nu._ ..... nary clothing. They are fastened from behind. The officer in charge is clothed similarly to the men. The Terrible, Albany, and Medway are keeping their allotod position. Weather fine ; smooth sea. At noon, ship's time, we were 135.5 miles from Valentia and 1,533.5 from Heart's Content. Had payed out 144.58 miles of cable. Lat. 52 deg. 0 min. 15 sec. ; lung. 14 deg. 0 min. 3 sec. SUNDAY, July 15. All through yesterday the paying-out machinery worked so smoothly, the electrical tests were so perfect, the weather was so fine, that fresh confidence in the ultimate result has been naturally inspired. The recollection,how ever, of the reverses of the expedition of 1865 is always before those who have the greatest reliance in success; and there is a quiet repose about the manner of the chief prac tical MEM Qn board, which ii an earned that they will not LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AUG. 17. Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed to the public on and after Monday next, the 20th instant. They will be re-opened, under the usual regulations, on and after Monday, the 27th instant. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AuG. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay, M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardingo Kingscote, C. 8., M.P., resigned. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Nicholson, Esq., M.D., and John Rawlins Sempor, Esq., to be Members of the Executive Council of the Island of Antigua. _ _ The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Dent, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong. WHITEHALL, AUG. 16. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto John von Sonnentag Haviland, Gentleman, the office of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion o James Robinson Planche, Esq., to the office of Somerset Herald. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18f Ditto s Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 57f Brussels — 25 57f Hamburg — 13 10f Paris Short 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —120 f Vienna — 13 30 Trieste — 13 30 Petersburgt Berlin Madrid — 44 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 90 Naples — 27 90 11 19 12 2i 12 2i 25 62) 25 64 13 11 25 35 25 571 25 60 121} 13 60 13 60 27} 6 281 44i 46 28 10 28 10 s 10 28 10 The Commissioners of Kingstown have invited the American squadron to :sit Dublin Bay on their return from St. Petersburg. No doubt the Dublin Corporation will give the officers of our fleet and the Americans a hearty welcome. EARLY CLOSING ON SATURDAYS.—It will be in the recollection of our readers that at a meeting of ladies held about a month since at Stafford-house, on the invitation of the Duchess of Sutherland, it was decided to make an effort to obtain a weekly half-holiday for those employed in the retail establishments of Loudon, particu larly at the West-end. The linendrapers' and mercers' trades were selected for the primary experiments, and, after hearing the arguments adduced in favour of such a course, 34 of the leading houses agreed to make the essay by closing their business at 2 o'clock on Saturday. So far the experiment, we believe, has proved satisfactory, and 38 other houses in various retail trades have adopted the same course, while a large number of smaller houses have deter mined to close at 5 or G o'clock on Saturday. ISSK 100 100 100 all 100 100 731 4 1021