The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-22 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is quiet and easy. The en qtury for accommodation is very limited, and the fates tend downward, 7 to 71 per cent. being now the general quotations for the best bills. Many of n c commerci a l commun i ty are holding their securi ties in reserve in anticipation of a reduction to morrow in the official minimum. The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday comprised £22,000 in bars and 30,000 sovereigns. The attendance at the public sales of colonial wool since the opening on the 16th inst. has been good of both h ome and foreign dealers, and the latter have show n more di spos iti on t o opera t e ; superior qualities of Sydney anti Port Phillip realis ing fully the rates established at the commence ment. Cape wools, of which there is only a mode rate quantity in the present sales, have generally sustained previous rates. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris 'Bourse this morning, according to Beater's tele ram the 3 6 f g , per Cent. Berates were ; 10 e. Heavy inanimate. j3l tSineSS on the Stock Exchange is particularly 'Wet. Speculation is dull, there are few invest bleats, and the attendance is limited, so large a number of the members and their clients being out 1) ? to wn. Notwith s t an di ng the q uietude thus occa °aaed, affai rs are i ntr i ns i ca ll y soun d w ith ever y ,Ynaptoni of improvement. With good harvest respects, easier money, and large arrivals of gold, 'ere cannot b e any i n d ucemen t t o specu l a t e f or t h fal l in prices. On the contrary, most of e o perations, limited though they ma y be, a r e for ePPosite movement ; yet every now and then Prices fall simply because sales are effected to realise r° fits• Consols were hi g h er th i s morn i ng, b ut at the present moment about the same as they were yesterday afternoon, viz., 88 1 for transfer, and 46 , 8 1 1 for the account. The New Threes an d deduced Annuities remain at 871 4 ; the Annuities, ll ' BB5 , are 13 5-16 ; Exchequer Bills for March, ss. is., and ditto for J une , s s. prem. ; B an k o f Eng aad Stock, 243 ; India Stock, 212 ; and ditto 5 Per . r cents., 1031. b the Foreign Stock Market a few sales have jenght lower prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. con tane at 261 ; Spanish Passive at 191 1; and eh r . az ilien Scrip at 21 2 dis. ; but Mexican have de i-aed to 161 ; ditto .Npv 111 121; Greek, t , c) , 11 ; Spanish Certificates, 1 to 141 1; and `anan / to 521 1. hi American Securities have been in request at g . er pr i ces. United States 5-20 Bonds have ad !lced 1 to 694 701; Erie Shares, / to 451 ; but -411aots have declined 1 to 771 1• kli g l o - A.merican Telegraph are firm at 11/ ; Electric Telegraph at 135 ; and National Discount 0. at Rusin 81 prem. ss in the Railway Share Market continues moderately active, but prices in several instances Iwere f latter. G rea t N or th ern A Stock has declined t !' 13 righton ; and Great Eastern, Great Wes n' Lancashire and Yo r kshire, and Midland, each 4 r while Great Northern have advanced 1 ; North " ester littlnl ; and South Eastern, 1. e the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is Bank change of i m p or t ance a and Miscellaneous Shares are dealt in to f fair extent. London and County are firm at 65; ra don Joint St oc k, a t 43 ; M e t ropo lit an an d Pro cial, at 121 13 ; while Alliance h ay d ec li ne d t o 203 !I. Credit trl Foncier and Mobilier of England are 44e d 3 discount, and London Financial ln die. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , Do Qo'rnitxxxx'r FUNDS. i v r Cent. Con so l s , BBl 1 I 1 88 19. Account, Aug. 9 „Per Cent. Reduced B7 i 1 i 1, 1 ,i,, e1 v 3 per Cent B7l z i t - /) /r 3- .Percent. Jan. 1894 _ -° a i des , Cent. Jan. 1873 lin 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D ,o• for 30 yrs, expire sth A A p u n g " . l : 1 1 8 , 10 3 135 6 ' l° (Red Sea Telegraph), March. June. Do tteheer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent _ ... 5 dis qu X5OO 2 dis 5 Pm £lOO and £2OO Sank rie 243 r,E En land Stock, _ 4.10 Accouant INTi ii ,,„ ~.. 54 per Cent '• ---,4 uovERNUENT SECURITIES. 14'1411 Stook, 101 per Cent., AprillB74. 1 2 0 14 1 ?)°, 6 Per Cent. July, 1870 -II"' 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ ••-,0. Certificates D _ 1,0. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent _ - .6 ° 6 per Cent. Jan. 1872 0 0 n ° ' 5 i- Per Cent., May 1879 _ -°. NI ) , 5 Cent , Aug. 1873 . pooh Per t . £l,OOO _ Dr, ,1 per en t., Pm -• Wader 41,000 arg entin e trizaiito o e ß nd t:G . 3l 6FUNDSn—t. 0: 1 E 5 p O d. ' . oL_O p C m li. 48 •Pllbile, per 2 t Zili A ,a , 5 per C s eu p t er Cent, 1809 _l e' Per Cent., 1 1 8 8 0 52-58-60 o. ~ Do. _ Do Account 1865 721 11 D ° : 4100 Bonds — 24 dis illi ejl e ' S etiP, £65 paid D ° °8 Ayres 6 per Cent b° flOO Bonds Cle 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) _— JP° 6 per Cent n°. 4 i per Cent is - ' 0 . 8 per Cent pm t e ol .o l l S bia ri ti P, 6 47s paid 1115 a 6 r Cent. lla ii e, Per Cent. /)` 8 " 3 Per Cent., 1825 ba li ° ' Per Cent., .861 ... „übian Principalities 664 Do, Account bacior New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do'' P rovisional Land Warrant .. tDeferred !)P ha n 7 per Cent BG ",'°., Second Issue — Do 4-'0 4100 Bonds Do, 1864 B4l 4 ' , 4100 Bonds ft.,,?, Govemllent Railway Debentures BO dis u ' J o ; 480 paid re ex 5 0 u t s 1824-5, ex Coupons Dob_. , per e ~ 0 Account -h Coupons '" 0 . 4„..i.account i ta 'T, elnala 5 per Cent. _ 'li ar ' 6 per Cent 1865 -,,„0. Account Mexican4)o. Marerunaana Railway — ~ 3 per Cent me. Account Do 1861 ll ‘,. l) ° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French — „,..aorttevitlean 6.per Cent., 430 paid — lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent 41e, Do Land Warrants (hectares) — W Granada ............................ . D O 2 per Cent p too. Deferred trnov.ircesounpert Cont., 1865 — Do 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) 0 ° A 4 4 4 Per Cent., 1862 b "° Account ,cortsgnese 3 per Cent., 1853' , 3 b ie n 3 ,Per Cent., 185 6 , ' 7 , pt,,-„.-; AC COUnt '9, '6O, '62, 434 24 31 D o - '''a.lan 5 C t 1822, £St Do „ per en , _ 1 „I Per Cent. 1850 , .0 I ,i' Per Cent, 1860 _ b° 0 per Cent. 1859 87/ V' 5 per Cent. 1862 18 4 ,,, 5 Per Cent. 1861 -114lau. per Cent la ''o. Account P r i sh 3 per Cent. ° Acco unt _ 1 ) - '° New Deferred r i ° Accou t Do -0 p . 4 ...- aOSIV O A /,) , ,,, 1 - `'e 4-1 4.11ut D o `Bll Cert. of Coup not funded — e Account 1113 c hal'i 4 per Cent — T ur Z: `li - Per Cent. 1864 ' ti 184 6 Per Cent. 1854 1)0 A ccount 79 D o u G Per Cent. 1858 b o ' A ccount . 564 .......... .... Do 4100 Bonds .......... ... ii° 6 per Cent. 1862 0 Accou 52 B o z nt .................................. _ h 100 B uilds ~0 a 0 „ ~° Per Cent.,1863 — touo.,?,.eecieuiatent., 1865, paid up Scrip 2 - 61 i v e ,, 't per Cent. Guaranteed h ez liel 3 per Cent. 1/0 •'-',Ne Account ....... ' -- 6 ................... teh per Cent., 1862 e ; ' 11. „ ceouot ................... • — • 0 Per Cent, 1864 A u 4. bividenas on the above payablein London. B,11,,'. 11 „ 1 0, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Drif,',44 Per cent., Ex. 25f. o '- Per Cent. Ex: 12 Gull,- — It‘fia, %ertificates .............. la Cent., 1861. Ex 25f. ..... o.4..ccount . 521 Consols for r aone TWO O'CLOCK. ~. 4.litt o A t ecouu, ~v ................. „ 88 4 '.11111111.t. 1 . 1)11 . .......... 1 ..... )aths, and A ly 'diversified ry delightful A. One vol. ►us books of the art which practised in ;re admirably etters, and tly chronio ss than 9 5 beautifully the letter e history of full instrue7 an ornament ay prove use- 408. S. 0' this, with a more or less n the various ats, and sun , Fact an d tch informs araination of Story. 1 3 1 By K. T. :1 Douglas. , the author, , hooks a nor ds it inapos )ard, Grauby;? little Story, in the way I lisadventur es musing aiia rater E, Aug. 21. rternoon our, attended walked in t he ,ouise. , accompan ied yesterdayied Victoria an the Prince ° l ' sle of Wig bt ' Lock. ;d by the 0 0 ' onald, Mar l ; and Mr. Sab i ' -en dined Wit h ind the 1 1641 ' ured with le. their Royal ce and. Prili c ! e Osborn" this on, en rout e itlr mberland b BO 1-gardens Will left town O r Ladies Noe l A", still residing 11. ed at Aix -13" )lace betwe en eldost sont, Marquis ° his week 0 ha right hand ''' l3 ich, the other „ Li? . vun' The 1-3nj nee : brough t _ d t " taken a fe4 Piecesi don, mon $111 : rything here's i [Hon it, Dreie 'eace. • • a 4 table Ins „ i Humble Pie. SL of our harmed to 13310 iociation• this ass° 63 ; ut week et% o inchilsea, I storical 001 ; 1 1 : d by M r ' , i 0 ived its 03 er is the four 0 5 William °l a in 1188• la nce Edw ar i i ; lefeated. ttP ;wallowed The t°9l l l .t for Fr eu, is built, and o f thief ports c a was pill a g o , e Spalli 3 b o 'amber, " re Le c hurch a Lrd of Nv loll . l , ridge fara l derable iri ich the e ll° .. still 0 ,n -[arquiS , a t opose to /8 na ins of " of the Nil o)) , Louse. shop of 'li t , aired b 9 .ected b 9 0a.4 ne ial SYeo )ishops ~lueen °j ::(1 lay fieldt P ar liani eP o a palace °' to Crann ler the tea t gran i ris DThtly b e ~3 1 be prioc 4 „ o e old P a f ee t ch is 7° ll , e ch t r eh es still rem ter some red 111- s ecl is sip hair ishois ha t ing to of sive r e- 00 , ;coied rc; agues ° An a 11313111:1 0. f3r )r of s ad Lar dy i s thorcl u oil. lour ond t. draW l). tnic Sn~ the Ttraits. -214 ,Star. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. , 1 Railways. 88 90 125 127 38 43 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 125 6 111 113 251 251 6 7 121 123 130 01 89 91 L 3, 31 35 37 33 36 1211 :22 89 90 53a Paid.' Closing I Business Price. done. 24 II 5 Bristol anu Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.J unc S.London, ,scrip Certi 1)0. :;las2ow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' Do. E. Angl. at. .No. xl real North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, ts. at 25 pig. ICUS. and W. of Ireland tjlt.. Western -Original I Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... I Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire Sc Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, Lon., chat., and Doverl Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lyn. & :North Western, Lon. & South Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln, Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. .£9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby flid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun 'Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabt Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... .... Po. Stock. & Darling. l Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 'north Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stuck Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern italues, Wok., ca Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornwall 86 88 18 10 117 119 83 91 57 ss) 128 ii!,9 2 3 10. 102 91 93 tl9 120 11 2 9./ ,12 53 t 5 •2 21 102 104 66 68 97 99 34 35 9 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2}, :3 75 111 114 152 156 74 76 45 17 64 65 7A S 14 115 2 3. 99 iC2 53 65 1:4 19/ 611 bi 8i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence liom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gm 5 per cent... Do. b• shares liuffalo Az Lake Huron 20i 10 too 1 st ----- Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Godcrich 6 p.c. Calcutta & S. E., lira jape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. .1 Extension I Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. lst Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred . Do. 4th Pref. stook . Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. 5 p. c. Po. Qua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. tit. South of India ...... WO 100 100 all 100 100 gua. 5 per cent D.,. It per cent Do 3reat Wes. of Canada. .1 Da. New Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Niadras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extensioo llelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Niel. & Hudson's Bay.. N.lll.C'da, tipc Is t pf. ba Scinde ...... A • Do. Delhi Do. do . . 1 - 4 Do. Puniaub... • a - Do.lndus - 100 1100 2 100 100 63 116 93 100 4 4i 76 et 76 80 60 65 100 102 9911 1G0; 99 101 2 , ) 22 85 87 55 58 48 52 50 65 45 SO 40 45 35 3 1 24 24 24 26 105 106 1f 1 C A 8 100 91 93 141 141' 34 3 1 91 Q 3 83 • A 5 it 01(1 97 OS 89 '4l 85 87 8 , 82 96 97 96 07 95 96 211 I 87 105 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-61 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 93 9; D ` ) . S P. 0. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 sp. c. Jan. & July 100 75 77 77 Do. sp. e. Inscribed ak 100 75 77 Cape (.4.110pe, 6 p.c. 1873 100 99 101 Do.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 100 102 101 Do. do: 1880-9, , 100 102 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 100 113 1021 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 81 Ce- lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p lOO 100 102 60. 1878. do. 100 105 1 7 Mauritius, Ip. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. k7B to. 188'2, Mayls, Nov. 1 10 I 102 103 Do. 1805, Feb. & Ault lOO 103 105 Natal qov. 6 per cent lOO 97 100 N.B.Gov.tip.c.Ja.&July 100 90 92 931 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1864 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1871, 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 100 83 85 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 4ueensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 90 93 9:2 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 102 104 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 1021 431 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 6 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 400 420 lirakewalls 2.1.0 * I East Bassett (Illogan) 291 12 14 East Caradon 2.14.6 6 7 Oast Cam Brea 34 1 la; ast Grenville East Gunnislake . 8.3.6 - - East Loved 3.9.0 61 71 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.1 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(C4 wen. 06 4 Great Laxey, limited all 19 20 19} Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 { 14 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.0 * I G. Wheal Vor (11elst..0 40 20 21 Grenville 8.13.0 11 2 Elerod's Foot llingston Downs .. . Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 41 4 11wyndy Iron Ore, Ulu 51 21 14d New Sewn - North Itorkcar ILtssett(lllogau 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper 7.1.6 _ Pruvidence Uny Want 10.6.7 20 25 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 325 375 South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 421 -- Stray Park rinCrott..... 5 Vigra and Cligan,lllll all 3 5 West Bassett (111ogan W. Caradon (L'skeard 9 6 7 WestChiverton ll 60 65 West Seton. ..... .. Wheal Bassett 'lll ogan 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 10 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 6 Wheal Seto!), _. Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 8 10 YIEEFEUENCE SHARES. North Eastern, G.N.E.. 4 per sent. pref., 100 North EaStall, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 77 FOREIGN RAIL WA rb. Dutch Rhenish , Di Great Luxembourg. J. it San Paulo. lim.. gua. 6 per cent., 14} Wtst Flanders, 7 I DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 6L BANKS. Alliance, Urn.. 20j I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 17j City, 161 Consolidated Bank, Um., 5 Imperial Bank, Dm., 25 Imperial Ottoman, "81 London and Brazilian (Um.), 35 London and County, 65 London Joint Stock, 43 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Urn., 12/ Oriental Bani Corporation. 46 Union of Australia, 46 MISCICLLANEOUB. Anglo-American Teleg,raph, 111 / Berlin Water Works, Bo hbay Gas, lira., 4} City Discount, lira, 1 City of' Moscow Gas, lira , 11 Credit Foncier and tiobilier of England, 41 ; Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 4 Electric Telegraph, 135 English and Australian Copper, f Imperial Land Company or Marseilles. lira., 3/ London Financial Association. lira., 121 Loacou and Provincial Marine, 21 Nr.tional Discount k. ompanY, 13 4 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. 21 '1 Barnes and Mersey Marine, Insurance. lira, el OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS.—Tho Hamburg and American Company's steamer Allemannia sails at noon to-day from Southampton for New York, with the mails a full complement of passengers and a large cargo, includ ing £1C2,800 English specie, and French jewellery, value 38,000 francs. THE MAIDSTONE BLACKSMITII.—One word as to Chambers himself. His confidence in the truth of his own story is remarkable, and most deserving of notice. Ho was cautioned in Maidstone, and again in London, before giv ing his evidence in the committee-room. The committee recommended his indictment for perjury. This occurred in the middle of April, and from that time until the 9th of July, when a true bill was found by the grand jury at the Old Bailey, he continued to work at his forgo. The threatened prosecution brought with it no terrors. On the 9th of July a true bill was found; but it was not until some time afterwards that an officer was sent down to effect his arrest. The interval was sufficient to have enabled him to escape, but still he protested his innocence, and proceeded with his daily avocation. As soon as pos sible after his arrest bail was procured, and he was liberated only again to return to his forge—and there ho worked steadily and uninterruptedly until the very day of his trial. Such conduct mods no commeat.—Maidstone Journal. - LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN THE SUN, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BREAKING A JEWELLER'S WINDOW AND DARING ROB BERY.—John Caramel], a strange looking fellow, described as having no home or occupation, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with breaking a pane of glass in the shop win dow of Mr. Samuel Reid, jeweller, No. 161, Oxford-street, and stealing a gold Albert chain and other articles. Eliza Elliott., assistant to Mr. Reid, said —Yesterday evening after 8 o'clock, while serving some customers, I heard two blows on the window, and a third, which broke the glass. I went outside, and saw the prisoner struggling with some gentlemen about ono door off, and saw a gold Albert chain hanging on the prisoner's shoulder. The chain was lost in the strugglp . which took place, but several other articles were picked up by a poor man and brought into the shop. Besides the chain I have already spoken of several other articles aro missing. I picked up a piece of stone inside the window. The Prisoner— Did you see me break the window ? Witness —No, I did not. I was in the shop. James Smith, porter, 071, Star-street, Edgware-road, said— I was standing talking to a young man, and heard a crash of glass, and saw the prisoner run from tho window with something shining in his hand. I with others stopped the prisoner. Mr. Edward Carter, pork butcher, Maldon-road, ICentish7 town, said—While on an omnibus yesterday evening in Oxford-street I saw the prisoner go up to Mr. Reid's win dow and smash it, and take a lot of chains out of it. The prisoner was seized by the last witness and another person, and I assisted them in taking the prisoner to the station. The Prisoner —What did I do it with ? _ _ Witness —I cannot say what you had in your hand, but as a piece of stone was afterwards picked up, I think it probable it was done with that. James Chalkley, 199 B—l received tho prisoner in cus tody, and afterwards went to the shop and found a piece of stone in the window. This morning the prisoner said that he was hard up, had no work, and that he broke the window and meant to take some things away. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. WESTMINSTER. ATTACK 'UPON A FEMALE REFORMATORY BY BOYS.— Edwin Grove and Owen Flaxman, two boys of about 12 years of age, were charged under the following circum stances:— Mrs. Mary Harvey, of the Stone-house. Reformatory for Females, Commercial-road, Pimlico, said that yesterday evening the defendants, and a number of other boys, made an attack upon the house, and did damage. They con ducted themselves altogether in a most disgraceful way, and threw stones through the parlour-window. There were three ladies in the room, who were placed in immi nent danger by the attack. Mr. Dayman asked if she could identify either of the accused, as having been engaged in doing damage ? Witness said she saw Grove foremost amongst the boys in the disturbance, but could not say that he threw any stones. Rebecca Clark said she was having tea when the attack was made. In consequence of stones being thrown they were obliged to leave their table. Grove was the fore most in impudence and daring, but she could not say he threw a stone. Elizabeth Halford believed Grove to have thrown a stone, but could not be positive. A man came forward and said the ladies were mistaken in the identity of the boys. Mr. Dayman —Who were they? Witness—l know. Mr. Dayman—Give the police their names. If these are not the right boys, let us punish those who are. Summonses were issued against tho boys named, the witnesses ordered to attend, and defendants given over to their friends. THAMES. THE MODERN JEREMY DIDDLER —EXTRAORDINARY AND IMPUDENT BEGGING IMPOSTOR.—.IOIIII Hugh, a talr-well dressed man, aged 29 years, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Mr. John Knight, jun., deputy sur veyor to the vestry of Mile-end Old Town, and of Mr. Samuel Ludbrook, a brickmaker, and one of the vestrymen of Mile-end. A few nights since the prisoner called at the vestry-hall in the Bancroft-road, and inquired for Mr. John Knight, jun., who was called from the vestry-room in which he was then engaged. The prisoner said to Mr. Knight, "I have been recommended to call on you by Mr. Druith, a friend of yours. I have endured great and manifold privations through , being out of a situation, no one has stuck harder than I have to ob tain one, and at length, through the kindness of a Mr. Taylor, I have obtained ono at Oxford, the duties of which I can enter upon to-morrow, but I have not enough to pay my railway fare by 2s. ld. My business with you, kind sir, is to request the loan of that small sum." Mr. Knight asked the prisoner some questions relating to the business and name of the person at Oxford who had engaged him, to which he made evasive answers. Mr. Knight was satis fied the prisoner was an impostor, and called to Mr. Lud brook, a vestryman who was in the vestry hall, "Lud brook, your Welch friend is outside." Mr. Partridge—Then you knew him before. Mr. Knight—Yes, sir, he obtained a shilling of me some time ago, and he then said he had a situation to go to in Denbighshire, and ho wanted a shilling to complete his railway fare, which I lent him. Mr. Ludbrook was called out of the Vestry-hall by Mr. Knight, and at once recognised the prisoner. He told him he should give him into custody for obtaining ss. 6d. of him on the 23d of December last by false pretences. On that day the prisoner called upon him and said he was the son of a brush maker employing 70 hands—that he had lost a situation a long time ago, and had been endeavour ing to get another situation, and that the minister of a Welch chapel had at length obtained him a situa tion in Wales. The prisoner, after some further state ments in relation to the good prospects before him, said he expected a remittance to enable him to proceed to Wales, and it had not arrived, and if Mr. Ludbrook would kindly lend him 3s. to relieve his necessities until the money ar rived ho should be greatly obliged to him. He gave the prisoner 3s. and told him to call upon him again. The prisoner did so, and produced 255. or about that sum, and said it was the' remittance he had been promised, but it was not sufficient by 2s. 6d. to take him to Wales. He was completely taken off his guard by the plausible manners of the prisoner and the tale he related, and lent him a half crown, which the prisoner said he would return in a short time. After he had given the prisoner a half-crown ho went in-doors and mentioned what he had done, and his son-in-law said he has imposed upon me and obtained 2s. or as. of me by similar representations. A police-constable named James Stroud, No. 656 A reserve, said the prisoner had obtained various sums of 20 other persons by similar false pretence; and that he could not find out where he lived. Inspector'Griffin, of the K division, said 50 complaints had been made of the tall man, as the prisoner was called since he had been in custody, and that he was an arrant impostor. Mr. Samuel Ludhrook—The prisoner called upon a tallow chandler, a neighbour of mine, and said he had obtained a situation with a tallow chandler in the country, and obtained money of him. Mr. Partridge —There is no occasion for any more charges. I will hear what the prisoner has to say. The prisoner said he had tried to obtain employment in every shape, and was unable to do so, and that distress caused him to act as he had done. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner must be severely punished for this, and that people of his class did an im mense deal of harm, for they steeled the hearts of the cha ritable against doing good to the really deserving, The prisoner had imposed on many respectable men by a tissue of lies and misrepresentations. He convicted the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond, and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. KILLED BY MACHINERY.—A frightful accident occurred at the paper mills of Mr. Smith, near Durham, on Monday last. Ellen Dunning, aged re years, who worked at the mill, went into what is known as the dusting-room for the purpose of showing a companion some of the ma chinery which had recently been put into the mill. She was warned to be careful, but she laughed at the warning, and almost immediately a portion of her dress was caught by the machine she had gone to point out, and she was drawn into it and literally cut to pieces. As soon as pos sible the machinery was stopped, and the members of her body, for her head and arms were cut from her trunk, wore gathered together. Her body was fearfully mangled, and could scarcely be recognised as that of a hull - 14,n being. TDE DEAD SEA.—M. Terrell, who accompanied the Due de Luynes to Palestine in 1865, has ad dressed a paper to the Academy on the chemical composi tion of the waters of the Dead Sea. The inland lake has generally been considered untenanted by living creatures, but M. Terrell states that near Sodom ho distinctly saw a number of small fish that seemed to thrive very well. His other observations may be summed up as follows : —l. The density of the waters of the Dead Sea increases with their depth. 2. Their composition is not everywhere the same ; thus the samples taken at a distance of five miles east of Wady-Mrabba contain four times more calcium than those taken five miles east of Ras Teshkah, which contain twice as much sodium as the former. 3. Their concentration is likewise variable. 4. The samples taken north of Sodom, in that part which forms a lagoon, contain more chloride of sodium than chloride of magnesium; this explains why small fish will live in it. 5. Of all the salts contained in the Dead Sea, the bromides alone seem' to be much more concentrated at the bottom, in those strata the depth of which exceeds 300 metres. 6. Tho waters of the Dead Sea contain uo iodine, nor are there any traces of phosphoric acid. 7. Theis residue after evaporation does not by the spectroscope reveal the presence either of lithine, or ox sium, or rubidium. They contain little sulphuric acid.— Galignani's Mcssenuer. Messrs. Overend, Gniney, and Company's Meeting.--This Day. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the Loudon Tavern to-day, in consequence of a memorandum which had been circu lated by Messrs. Kingscote, ciressell, and Oppenheim, who on the 11th Juno last were appointed a committee of supervision. They stated that immediately on their ap pointment they felt it necessary to communicate with the liquidators, but they regretted to say that although the liquidators had expressed their willingness to give them information on any points connected with the liquidation, they felt themselves, by reason of the want of a legal status, to be en tirely without any such power of supervision as would enable them effectually to control the affairs of the winding-up in such a manner as they might consider con sistent with the interests of those by whom they were ap pointed. By accepting the position of a committee they had undertaken practical duties which they had not the power to discharge. Mr. GRESSELL was moved to the chair, and expressed his regret that Mr. Kingscote was detained in Scotland by the Government, and therefore they were necessarily de prived of the assistance of one of the most prominent mem bers of the committee. In what he had to lay before them he had the full concurrence of Mr. Kingscote, and the only difference of opinion between them was as to the time of holding the present meeting. They met the liquidators once a week ; but, as was stated in the circular convening the meeting, the powers with which the shareholders were invested gave them no other power than merely to carry out what the liqUidators proposed. Having gone in detail through the different proceedings which had taken place in Chancery, with which our readers are already acquainted, and by which it was decided that the shareholders who had deposited £400,000 in the pockets of Gurney, Over end, and Co., were partners, and were not entitled to any dividend until the calls had been paid, he said the creditors who were not shareholders were placed in a very different position to the shareholder creditors. The committee were dissatisfied with the proceedings in connection with the bank from the time of its becoming a limited liability com pany. In the first place, they should never have bew made a limited liability company, because at the time they were insolvent. The fact was, they had only £552,000 to meet their claims. They had a guarantee for £1,500,000, but that was not under the control of the company. It was probable no doubt that if the om ners sold the property what it realised would be placed in the hands of the liqui dators, but still they were not placed iu the position in which they were led to believe they had been placed. He did not mean to say that everything had not been done for the interests of the shareholders that could possibly be accomplished, but they knew nothing of what had taken place. The liquidators did not refuse the committee information on certain points, but it was given reluctantly. He did not charge the old company with any misconduct since the stoppage of the business of the bank; on the contrary, ho believed they had done everything that was fair and honourable. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") He contended that what was required in the interests of the shareholders was that there should be more power at 65, Lombard street. If that power were not conceded they would be called on to pay the whole £35 on their shares for the benefit of the creditors, and it would take 10 years to wind up the affairs of the company, but if the power were conceded, it would not take half that time to effect a settlement of their affairs. (Hear, hear.) He adverted to some letters be had received, in some of which some of the writers suggested that certain parties should be indicted, but there would be considerable diffi culty, and ho could not approve the adoption of that Course. Mr. OPPENHEIA after some preliminary observations, defended the conduct of the liquidators, and said it was necessary that there should be a call of £lO. He strongly condemned the conduct of the new company, which had undertaken a business with a lock-up of £300,000 debts. (Shame, shame.) These debts wore contracted by loans to companies in England and abroad, and yet, notwith standing, since the formation of the limited liability com pany £460,000 had been lent up to the stoppage of the business. Dr. CHANDLERS expressed an opinion that the company which had commenced in a state of insolvency were the parties who should be made to suffer, and not the share holders. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TunQuANn (one of the liquidators) said he consi dered that they bad been treated badly by the committee who were acting with them, and yet there had been an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with reference to what was taking place. He contended that they were merely the officers of the Court, and not of the shareholders. He then repeated in substance some of the statements ho had made at the meeting on Monday, a report of which appeared in The Sun. He said that there had been vei , . .little difference between the liquidators and the committee of supervision expressed, until the call for £lO a share. Mr. Uressell was under an erroneous impression when he stated that the committee had been referred to a list of the shareholders, and he was told that the list might be inspected or copied by him or hie solicitor. As to a copy not being supplied immediately, it was a very long document, and took four days to copy. There had been some techni cal difficulties in getting a transfer of the estates to the liquidators, but the title -deeds of the estates were in their possession, and whenever they wished the liquidators could lay their hands on the balances of the partners at the bank. He said that it would be a useless and an in jurious proceeding to publish a list of the names of the depositors, which mi g ht have the effect of operating very prejudicially to their credit. He now detailed at some ength the course pursued by the lividators, and again complained of ill treatment on the part of the committee of supervision, and was frequently interrupted in the courso of his address. Mr. HARDING (the other liquidator) said that during the visits paid weekly by the committee of supervision, it would have been i m p ossible for him an d hi s co ll eague to give even a resum e o f the results of their labours during the week, and could not possibly anticipate what was the exact information that would be required. Mr. PEAKE said that, unfortunately, he was a large share holder and depositor, and thought with others in the same position, that they s h ou l d be making progress, and for that purpose ho moved the following resolution: —" That this meeting is of opinion that it was highly desirable that some other gentleman should be associated with the liqui dators, and that the Committee of Supervision be re quested to apply to the Court of Chancery for that pur pose." (Hear, hear.) Dr. DALRYMPLE seconded tho motion, and suggested that the committee of supervision should be the parties as sociated with the liquidators. Ho maintained that unless the pressure were put on those who were engaged in wind ing up the affairs of the company a great delay wonld ne cessarily result in dealing with the vast amount of the assets of the company. Mr. HAYEs strongly condemned the conduct of the com pany in giving £500,000 for a bankrupt business : it was nothing less than collusion and robbery. (Hear, hear.) lie concluded by expressing his approval of the motion, but objected to Mr. Oppentein, who suggested that there should have been an immediate call of .qs—(hisses)—a shareholder should be one of those associated with the liquidators. After some further discussion, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the proceedings terminated. Miraculous Escape of a Lady from Fire, (THIS DAY.) A fire broke out which, had it not been for the prompt arrival of conductors T. Last and F. Thompson, of tho Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, must have resulted in a horrible death from that fearful element. About half-past 3 o'clock a.m., as a police-constable of the E division was passing the premises belonging to Miss gave necessary the land steamers by Shand, Y d thes the whole o f the inmates, a Pitts, No. 13, Lamb's Con duit-street, Bedford-row, Hol born, he found them on fire, the second that has occurred within 24 hours in th e same neighbourhood. The officer at alarm, and sent off for the Royalj onceawitshonth, Society'soanedxc po. escapess Ce managed to exception Fortunatelyneeeof a lady named Emmeline Sarah Bed well,effect their e scape in safety. Unfortu nately the lady in qu estion, who was in the third floor back, was unable to leave the ro om owing to the density of the smoke. Con ductor La st mounted his escape and found the lady in the third flo or back, almost suffocated with the heat and smoke. —e gallantly seized her, and carried her from the third floor to the second floor, and the escape being in front of the building conductor Last handed the lady over to conductor Thompson, who taking the female in his arms carried her down to terra firma, but she was in a very exhausted condition. The police, the conductors of the Society, and the firemen of the brigade and the salvage corps managed to confine the flames to the low part of the premises. The fire was ) caused, it is sup posed, by an escape of gas. The sufferer was insured. The conductor who saved the female, in searching for other persons supposed to be in the building, fell through a hole in the flooring of the ground floor, but he was not mate rially injured. The advicea received by the Agra and Master man's Bank from the Calcutta branch are consi dered favourable to the prospects of the liquidation. The High Court having no jurisdiction, the liquida tion of that portion of the business will now be conducted in harmony with the proceedings in London. in a :h n e l p ad et e itions filed at the Rolls yesterday on behalf of partiesA n Court for the winding up of the Preston Banking Company, the object being to dismiss the petition, so as to enable the bank to resume business on Friday. An order was made discharging the liqui dator, and all impediments to the re-opening the bank on that day. NG, AUGUST 2?, 1866. IREL AND. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) DUBLIN, Aug. 21. For the first time in the ecclesiastical history of Ireland a Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop's levee has been held in the Irish metropolis itself. Yesterday Cardinal Cullen held his first reception in the Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, situated close to the city, on his assumption of his recently received dignity as Cardinal Archbishop of Ireland. If an outdoor demonstration had been very 'pru dently abandoned, no "let or hindrance" was placed on th'e effect and gorgeousness of the indoor display, the scene about to be described reminding the beholder rather of a reception at Rome than of a friendly meeting of an old friend by a number of contemporaries under a new dignity in the prosaic capital of Ireland. The reception was held in the spacious hall of the College, in which a crimson dais, set off by hangings of a yellow colour, had been erected for the occasion. On this his Emi nence took his seat at an early hour yesterday, dressed in full pontificals, and wearing the Cardi nal's hat, and thereupon throughout a protracted sitting received the obeisances of a crowd of his clergy and of a number of the laity. The Cardinal was surrounded by some eight or ten of his Bishops, but in his quiet and very unobtrusive man ner appeared, as his address subsequently showed, rather to deprecate the formality and display of the day's proceedings than to enjoy or glory in it. On his assuming his throne of state, the Cardinal was loudly cheered by all present, the cheering of the throne-room being taken up and re sponded to in the flagged and bannered corridors leading to it by the crowds of the laity waiting out side for their turn to pass before him. Numerous addresses were delivered to Cardinal Cullen from various Roman Catholic bodies, such as the Catholic University, All Hallows' College, Holy Cross Col lege, the Christian Brothers, St. Vincent de Paul Society, United Confraternities, Young Men's Society, and Carmelite Confraternity: The most ambitious was that of the Dublin Roman Catholic clergy, from which the following are extracts " On a former auspicious occasion we hailed with delight your Eminence's arrival among us as the successor of our great national Apostle, sent by Pius, as Patrick was sent by Celestine ; but with still livelier emotions, if possible, do we beg to salute you to-day, returning to us a Cardina, Priest and Prince of the Holy Roman Church, the Mother and Teacher of all the Churches, into whose bosom the Prince of the Apostles poured, with his blood, the pleni tude of his heavenly doctrine and power. " Time was when an Archbishop, arriving from Rome, saw before him the almost certain prospect of purpling his garments in a martyr's blood; but better days have arisen, and with good reason has your Eminence been selected to prove that the spirit of our fathers lives on, and that, in weal as in woe, adhesion to the chair of Peter is still Ireland's proadest inheritance." _ _ Entering at considerable length into a review of the exertions of the Archbishop in swelling the im portance of Roman Catholicism in Ireland, the ad dress concluded as follows : "Earnestly do we pray for your Eminence long life and health to guard these holy trusts, and vigorously to dis charge the solemn duties which they impose. Long may you watch successfully, from the exalted post assigned to you on the towers of Sion, over the Holy City to which you are now bound by closer ties than before ; over the Uni versal Church of which you have become a Prince as well as pastor ; over our own dear fatherland, and especially over this diocese and your faithful and loving children." The Cardinal, in reply, simply returned his sin cere thanks for the spirit prompting the addresses, and regretted that he had not had time to prepare more elaborate answers. He felt, he said— " That ho had no claims or merits that would entitle him to the distinguished honour which his Holiness had been pleased to confer on him ; he felt sensibly that he was a useless servant. However, his Holiness had determined to promote him, and, therefore, however unworthy he might be, he considered himself bound to accede to the wishes of his Holiness, because he understood perfectly well that it was not a mere compliment to himself that was intended. It was a mark of his appreciation which he was happy to give to Ireland— the country which had firmly struggled for the faith, and had always preserved its fidelity to the Holy See; and a mark of his esteem and respect for all the clergy of Ireland." In the afternoon, an ode, composed especially for the occasion, by an Irish bard of modern times, commencing, " Sing, Christian muse, at length a joyous strain," and forming a perfect paean of praise, was chaunted before his Eminence, the general ad mission of the laity then commencing. Most promi nent among these were—the Lord and Lady Mayoress, Mr. Justice O'Brien, The O'Donoghue, M.P., Sir John Gray, M.P., Sir Percy Nugent, the Right Hon. W. 11. F. Cogan, M.P., Mr. J. B. Dillon, M.P., Mr. Butt, Q.C., Mr. Palles, barrister at-law ; Mr. Hammill, barrister-at-law ; Mr. Wood lock, barrister-at-law ; Mr. Carton, barrister-at law ; Mr. Lombard, J.P. ; Mr. Mathews, J.P., Mayor of Drogheda ; Alderman John Reynolds, Alderman Tarpey. The remaining names of those attending occupied several columns of the Roman Catholic journal. Outside the College the humbler class of devotees made "high holyday" throughout the day and to a late hour in the evening. Several amateur bands performed popular airs to beguile the time: t; The Sprig of Shillelagh," "Patrick's Day in the Morn ing," and other airs usually given on this side of the Irish Channel during times of popular excitement, being rendered with more power than music ; the spirits and devotion of the outside assem blage being revived from time to time by the appearance of his Eminence on a balcony calling a blessing on their heads. In the evening the Car dinal was entertained at dinner by the Dublin Chap ter of his order, about 70 sitting down. Consider able contributions came in for his Eminence pre viously as well as during the reception, and amount, it is stated on good authority, to some £4,000. The income he will enjoy will be about £1,200 per an num, derived chiefly from two parishes in Dublin Marlborough-street and Westland-row. In con cluding this brief account of an event which is the most novel and notable occurring in Ireland, it may be remarked that the most common sense members of the Roman Catholic religion here rejoice in the abandonment of any outdoor display ; while liberal minded Protestants think it quite natural that the leaders of a Church having in this country an im mense number of followers should pay a harmless semi-private tribute of respect to their accredited head.—Times. Liverpool Cotton Market.—Thii Day. The market opens with a firmer tone. Sales pro bably 10,000 bales. MARKETS.--This Day. MARTi LANE. Moderate supplies of home-grown wheat were received fresh up to our market to-day, a fair propOition of which was new produce. In consequence of the weather being more suitable for harvest work the trade for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at Monday's reduction in prices. We were well supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was very moderate. Never theless, no change took place in the currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at the recent improvement in prices. Very moderate supplies of barley were on sale. The trade ruled steady at full prices. Malt moved off slowly at late rates. Good and fine oats changed hands steadily at full prices, but for inferior parcels the demand was heavy. The supply of oats was large. Beans and peas were dull, but not cheaper. The flour trade was quiet on former terms. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,830 970 -- 520 Irish Foreign 7,290 750 - 150 - 76,710 10 sks, bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Aug. , For the corresponding week 18, 1866. last year. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Wheat 53,532-505 2d Wheat ....... 45,752-43 s lld ld Barley 5 91 -3 4s 9 d 8ar1ey......... 922-27 s 10d O a ts BOROUGH HOP. We have nothing of interest to notice in y o hops m arko the trade continues qu iet at about stationary price. WHITECHAPEL. Moderato supplies of meat are on sale, the demand for which is inactive at about late rates. Per 81b. by the carcase. 8eef......... 3 0 Ed to 4s 10d I Mutton ... Ss 8d to 5s 8d Veal ......... 40 2d s Bcl Lamb to 5s 2d i P o ork Bd. 4s Od to 58 Od , Os The Foresters' Fete. This once great metropolitan fête, which two or three years ago assumed almost the proportions of a Derby-day, seems lately to have fallen off in the numbers which attend it, and therefore, of course, in the interest which it excites. The Foresters' Day at the Palace used to be the great popular holiday of the autumn, and the scene which the grounds used to afford, when some 80,000 or 90,000 p eo pl e met in them to celebrate a great "outing" and picnic on the most wholesale scale, was one which no other place of amusement in the world could offer. Lately, however, the attractions of the Foresters' Day at Norwood seem to have fallen off—not, indeed, among the general run of the lookers on, but, we are sorry to say, among the Foresters themselves. The Crystal Palace management should look to this, and by a more liberal programme for the day's amusement at once prevent a further diminution from the- numbers that used to crowd to the great day of the year at Norwood. What the festival used to be, and what it may still be made, can be judged from the fact that evert in spite of the diminished numbers we have spoken of, at least 62,000 holiday makers were in the building and grounds yesterday and to all outward seeming did enjoy themselves most thoroughly. Such a concourse gathered to gether at one place of amusement, of course, makes a great popular festival, and its festivity is still further kept up when all, or nearly all, who visit the Palace will come in vans, or carts, or "'busses." There is no day when, considering the numbers that attend, so small a percentage come down by rail as on the occasion of the Foresters' Fête. Spring carts, with eight or nine inside, and a select, but by no means small, party on the shafts, seem to be in favour on these occasions, except when tradition is so far de parted from as to allow of a whole street being driven out bodily in four-horse vans. The rule, ho wever , is almost invariable, and it is that on this fete day all visitors prefer road to raid, and apparently any description of conveyance, no matter what its appearance or rate of progress, is considered prefer able to an express train. As a matter of course, therefore, when some 62,000 people go down to Norwood in this fashion the effect for a time in no way falls short of the road to Epsom on a Derby day. Indeed, though there is less variety in the vehicles, which, as a rule, being carts and vans, have somewhat an air of sameness, there is more of novelty about their passengers than one ever sees on any Derby-day. Every second van has, at least, its bugler, if not its band, all the members of which appear to play their tunes with equal diffi culty. Costume, too, is more diversified, for, apart from the paper plumes which are for sheer fun always worn on those days, some of the weaker members of the order will persist in arraying them selves after what is supposed to be the style of dress of Robin Hood, and it would be impossible to conceive any feebler representations of that redoubt able outlaw than were visible at the Palace yes terday. The programme at the Palace was, as we have intimated, not on a very liberal scale considering the occasion, but the Foresters came to amuse themselves, and the day being fine and no less than five or six bands going in the gardens the fun and dancing and merriment of all kinds along the ter races and up and down the grounds were begun early and incessantly kept up till dark. Kiss in the ring seemed to be the most patronised of all the games, and the amount of running which some of the most popular fair favourites must have done when they did throw the handkerchief would have entitled them to prizes at any meeting for athletic sports. Polkas, too, were unusually popular, and every part of the lawns was covered either with dancing parties or with rings, within which the handkerchief was thrown quickly and constantly far and near. The band of the Duke of York's School was present, and among these fine boys some most amusing sports were got up. The fountains, too, p'_ayed, and a balloon went up, though neither attracted any very particular atten tion; for the great amusement of all was in the space of the grounds and terraces, where the people between intervals of dancing feasted or made sing ing parties under the trees, and kept up the sports till after dusk. The whole fete passed of with the utmost success, and, as far as could be known when near its close; not a tipsy man was visible among the immense crowd, nor was there quarrel or disturbance of any kind. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY. The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the British Associa tion, whose object is "to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in different parts of the British empire with ono another and with foreign philosophers, to obtain more general attention to the subjects of science and the removal of any disadvan tages of a public kind which impede, its progress," will commence to-morrow under favourable auspices. Time was when the sturdy pioneers of scientific investigation had to pursue their researches and their labours in the solitary garret or the cloistered cell—well for them if it were not actually within the prison walls. But in these days professors are not only free to study as they list, but when they meet, once a year or oftener, in the light of day and on the public platform, to eXchange greetings and to discuss the progress made since their last muster, society rises to do them honounfles are organised, and wherever they go they are welcomed and lionised. This year cir cumstances led the association to visit Nottingham, and there is every prospect of a successful meeting. The town can hardly be spoken of as rich in public buildings, but with judicious arrangements those edifices which do exist are capable of being turned to good account, and the com mittee seem to have exerted themselves most creditably with that end in view. One central feature in Nottingham which never fails to excite admiration is the market-place, a well-paved triangular area of five acres and a half, cele brated as long ago as the reign of Henry VIII. " for the buildings on the side of it, the very great wideness of the streets, and the clean paving of it, as the fairest, without exception, of all England." In its present aspect it is surrounded with lofty and well built houses, the fronts of which nearly all project oven the basement story, and, being supported by massive pillars, form long piazzas, under which aro the shops, many of them with considerable pretensions to opulence. In the act of crossing the noble area ono is tempted to forget for the moment that it is not a Continental place, and to feel half angry with the spacious front of the Exchange for lacking that quaint tracery and elaborate carving which distinguish the town-halls of the Pays-Bas. At short distances from the principal streets, which are all remarkably clean and orderly, innumerable factories may be seen—not huge, clumsy, sooty erections, like those of Manchester, but tall, cheerful, red brick buildings, with some attempt at architectural display. Nottingham, how ever, is mainly, if not exclusively, dependent for prosperity on its lace manufacture, and latterly trade has been the re verse of brisk. The state of the money market has exer cised a further depressing effect ; so that the visit of the British Association is looked forward to by many not merely as a pleasurable event in itself, but with hopeful sensations on account of the expenditure that it will occa sion. To judge, however, from the bearing of the inha bitants, no one would imagine that distress or suffering existed. In the evening esrecially the streets aro and the with comfortably if not with well-dressed persons, t a . n prevalent air is that of cheerfulness and contenthe c '-u .o n_ e ° peculiar character of the industrial manufactur e es t , works i to proximity of large mining and other the town, and the interesting geologicahl7fiercateatuirvebsilLf the surrounding district, all justify the this ye r. Association made of a place of ineetinrgc.ool 5f t a . long, 30ft. The great hall of the Exchange , c a o n n d c e u r s t s e : 1 ball, wide, and 35ft. high, beautifully, descuocihatased, narily for a variety o N s v e i s ll o b f ea centrald r o d f u re r isnhg °went at the thea t t h r e e aT l t i rh as ee p th u o bl s i t c ayo meetings , the savant' t a t; P u t iihbr rg o;D e t r b g s ment-room. svido an area sufficiently large for nd lectures of the fortnight. t b h e ee been v i n e n t n r r g u A t e° j ts g itu bc P ru s°l6a• are justly proud of their peopl e which of was T erected°t only . a year ago, and, internally, is , among the best proportioned in the ingdom, though ex ternally a deviation from the original plan has certainly not been attended with happy effect. Probably the pre parations at the Working Mon's Exhibition Building aro entitled to rank as the most meritorious feature in the general arrangements. This "building, which originally was only intended to be temporary, has been secured for the town, and has been fixed upon as the place where two soirees will be held, and is receiving comprehensive addi tions. The walls of the gallery have been covered with paintings, photographs, &c., lent by gentlemen resident in the neighbourhood, and to the original building an annexe has been added, in which the elaborate arrangement of artificial rockwork and cascades, flowers, shrubs, and ferns, when illumined, as they are to be, by the electric light, can hardly fail to afford pleasure to the guests of the eveniug. ......._ LONDON GAZETTE. —L ast Evening. Aug. 21. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Corps of to Ro be ycaolloEnnelg-ionoe Colonel-Commandant, ral Sir Harry David Jones, G.C.8., deceased. 20th Hussars—Gentleman Cadet Charles S waine Ifogge, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice A. W. Gordon Brebner, promoted. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Thomas Mahon to be Captain, vice Frederick Close, removed to the Super numerary List on being appointed Assistant-Superiuten_ . dent of the Royal Carriage Department ; Lieutenant William Mor,:tt Barneby Walton to be Second Captain, ' vice Mahon. Royal Engineers - Captain Valentino Thomas Mairis to fro Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-ColonA Sir John William Gordon, K.C.B. ' remo7ed as a General Officer ; Second Captain Arthur Reid Lempriera to be Captain, vice Mairis ; Lieutenant Henry Cooper Seddon to be Second Captain, vice Lempriere. - Ist R?glment of Foot—Lieuteuant Robert Cosens-Weir to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Binnie Mackenzie, who retires; Ensign Arthur Julian Burnett to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Coseus-Weir ; Gentleman Cadet Edward Baynes Nixon, from the Royal Military. College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vies Burnett; Sur geon William Grautt, M. 8., from the 87th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Charles William Woodroffe, who ex changes. 7th Foot—Ensign Thomas John Raymond Mallock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles F. Powell, who retires; Gentleman Cadet John H. C. Clarke, front the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mallock. • 17th Foot—Lieutenant William Mogg Rolph to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Alexander Aitkin Ross, appointed Paymaster.. 20th Foot—Ensign John Lacey Morley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hubert Cecil Zouch de Stacpoole, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Henry %Taber, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Lacey Morley. 25th Foot—Captain Henry Pears to be Major, by purchase, vice Astley Campbell Smith, who retires ; Lieutenant John Talbot Coke lobe Captain, by purchase vice Petrs; Ensign Hugh Gough Collis to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, v.ce Coke ' • Gentleman Cadet Allen Ne ason. Adams, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign by purchase, vice - Collis. 27th Foot.—Sergeant Leonard William Peck, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, Nice Samuel. Yates Worthington, deceased. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Pinckney Simpson to be Captain,"by purchase, vice Martin Charles Selwyn Tupper, who retires; Ensign William Evans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, . yice Simpson ; Gentleman Cadet Stephen John Stevens, from the Royal Military College :Azt be Ensign, by purchase, vice Evans. 301 k Foot —Lieutenant E.St. George Smyth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Min , r ° e aye Green, who re-es ; Ensign Neil Bannatyne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smyth ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Robert Butler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchace vice Banns tyne ; Lieutenant Neil Bannatyno to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant E. St. George Smyth, promoted. 34th Foot—Captain Julius D. Laurie, from the Seconded List, to be Captain, vice Arthur Trevor Leake Chap man, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor at the Schools of Musketty. 36th Foct—Easign William Hamilton Marriott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Thomas Cram er Roberts, who retires, Gentleman Cadet John Francis Egerton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, 37 13 t h y F p u o r o c t C s e a , p vice tan Frederick John Davis to be Major, by purchase, vice F. John Nash Ind, who retires ; Lieut. N. Dew, from the 88th Foot, to be Ca p tain, b y purchase, vice Davis. 41st Foot—Captain Louis D'Acosta, from half pay, late 6111 Foot, to be Captain, vice John Edmund Harvey, who retires upon half pay on appointment as Staff 01E.- cer of Pensioners on August 20, 1866. 47th Foot—Major William George Margesson, from half pay, late 56th Foot, to be Major, vice 11. C. Ladder, promoted to a half pay Lieutenant Colonelcy, without purchase. 60th Foot—Ensign Edmund Lomax Fraser to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John William Rhodes, who retires. 70th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Henry Johnston, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice William Musgrave, who retires. 75th Foot—Lieut. Irving Stening Allfrey to ba Captain, by purchase, vice Oswald William Ever y, who retires. 86th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Henry Hard wicke Jackson from the Royal Milita►y College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Collins Wood, who retires. 87th Foot—Surgeon Charles William Woc,droffe, from tho Ist Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Grant, KB., who _ . exchanges. 88th Foot—Ensign Edward Agincourt Brind, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick N. Dew, promoted, by purchase, in the 37th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet A. I'. Boyle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brind. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Malcolm Macgregor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice William Everitt Last, deceased ; Ensign Charles Henry Tongue to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Malcolm Macgregor, whose promotion, Is Ahout purchase, ou the 20t.. July, 1866, has been cancelled. CAWLEY DEPOT —Captain George Silvester Davies, from half-pay, late 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Adjutant. STAFF—Cap:air) and Brevet-Major the Honourable L. W. Mulles, half-pay, late Rifle Brigade, to be Fort Major at Edinburgh, vice Brevet-Major Ramsay, Unattached, appointed Town Major of the Western District. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE—General Sir George Augus tus We:hem'', G.C.8., Colonel of the_B4th Foot, to be , Governor, Vice Lieutenant-General Sir 11. D. Jones, G.C.8., deceased. MEDICAL DERAIITMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon David Palmer Rose, M.D., has been permitted to resign his Commission. HALF-PAY. Captain and Brevet-Major William llemy Fitzgerald, from the GBth Foot, to be Major, without purchase. Cap;:aiu Matthew Fanning, from the 27th Foot, to be Major, without purchase. BREVET. Captain and Brevet-Major Peter Stark Lumschn, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Richard Hussey Vivian, 14th Foot, to bo Major Captain Edmund Leach, 50th Foot, to be Major. The following promotions to take place consequent on the death, on the 2d inst. of Lieutenant-General Sir HD-:y David Jones, G.C.8., Colonel Commandant of Royal En gineers. Major-General Henry Sandham, Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-General. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sir John Wil liam Gordon, K.C.8., Royal Engineers, to be Major- General. Major Arthur Frederick Warren, Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Edward Andrew Wylde, Royal Marines, to be Major. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 16. The fol7owing promotions have this day been made : Mr. John Cooper to be Acting Engineer iu Her Majesty's Fleet ; Messrs. Alexander Ferguson Mclntyre, Mr. John Forr3st, Mr. James Keay, Mr. James Finlay, Mr. Edward Ramsay, Mr. Arthur Shanks, and Mr. Thomas McFarlane, to be Engiueere is her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 i 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 571 25 62i Brussels 13 10. 1 - 13 10 lirmburg Sh or t 25 2 25 35 1. ) -• 's ._ _ _ _ ..iort A , ... Ditio 3 Months. 25 W 25 55 Marseilles Franklot: ou the Maine 1201 121 Vienna — 13 39 13 50 Trieste — 13 30 1$ L 0 Petersburgn - 27/ 28 Berlin Madrid . — 44/ 441 Cadiz Leghorn 27 85 28 5 Milan Genoa— 27 90 28 19 27 80 28 9 Naples 27 85 28 10 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. AUGUST. Hastings 2l I Tunbridge 'York August 2l I Yarmouth .................. 28 Dover Plymouth Lichfield .22217 Weymouth c S u u t f ......................... 2299 SEPT Warwick September Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 18 C an terbury Richmond OCT( SMBER. iMonmouth Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall I Lanark 2B IBER. Newmarket 2d October... 8 Hereford • .... 13 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Hunt NOVIMBER , Ryl.Liooetr Northampton ...................................................... 4 8 32' 1 11 Lincolni,vi ....................... 5 1 I L Sh oa re m we g u to r n y 1U IRISII RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. C urragli OCTOBER. 4, 5, 6 carragh l6, 17 18 .FRENCII RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l SEPTEMBER.: Baden-Baden ......... 3,5, 7 I Paris (Autumn) 2 3, 30 Chantilly .................. 16 I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 21.—Norden, front Uleaborg ; Witch of Seas, from Archangel ; Balder, from .Gothenburg ; Mill brook, from Croustadt ; llersteling, from Worctuu ; Try Again, from Rostock. Arrived, Aug. 22.—Orion and Batavier, steamers, from Rotterdam. Mr. George Lewis, of the firm of Lewis and Lewis, yesterday made an application to Vice- Chancellor Stuart for an order to inspect the books, vouchers, &c., of 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., Limited, on behalf of several shareholders. The application was opposed by the liquidators, but after hearing the evidence and the affidavit of Mr. Oswald Howell, accountant, the order was made for Thurs day next, it being shown that under the 156th clause of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1862, creditors and contributors have the right to make such investigations of the books and papers as the Court may think proper. Share 1218 864 5 181 113,i f 59 84 121 1032 3 74 3