The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND 1051MERCIAL tIqTELLIGENON, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At the weekly meeting of the court of directors of the Bank of England no alteration was made in the minimum rate of discount, which still remains at 2 per cent. In the general discount market there is rather more inquiry, consequent upon the near approach of the fourth of the month, but the rates remain unaltered. A small sum of gold, representing £7,000, was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The Guiding Star, from New York, has brought about £35,000 in specie. The Oneida, from Brazils, has arrived at Lisbon with £14,328. The directors of the Anglo-Italian Bank have determined to recommend the payment of ss. a share for interest, which is at the rate of 5 per cent. In consequence of .the unsatisfactory state of the Italian currency, they propose also to return a portion of the paid-up capital. At a meeting of the City Discount Company (Limited) held this day the directors recommended that out of a balance of £4,859 11s. 3d. a sum of £ 5 OO be written off preliminary expenses, a divi dend of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, or 3s. a share, be declared ; and the balance, amounting to £1,496 16s. Bd., be carried forward to the next account. At the meeting held to-day of the London and County Bank the report was unanimously adopted, and the usual dividend declared at the rate of 6 Per cent., with a bonus of 5 per cent., together equal to 22 per cent. per annum. The net balance 'of profit amounted to £96,525, the dividend and bonus will absorb £89,444, leaving £7,081 to be carried forward. The dividend and bonus is pay able on the 12th instant, free of income tax. Messrs. J. H. Schroeder and Co._have announced the dividends due the 15th August on the Bay of liavana and Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad. A notice has been issued by the Bank of England that, in order to prepare the dividend due on the 10th of October, 1867, the balances of the several accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Monday, the 2d of September, 1867, viz.:---New £3 per cent. Annuities, Reduced £3 per Cent. Annuities for thirty years, Annuities for terms of years, and India £4 per cent. Stock. On Tues day the 3d September, the above-named funds will be transferable without the dividend due on the 10 th October next. Bank Stock Books will be closed on Wednesday, 11th September, and re opened Friday, 11th October. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up t'° this day, are in round figures as under : Gre 1867. 1866. islo _a t Western ..._83,274 85,323 orth Western SoT- 'uth Western lirightOn. Midland ..,133,204 130,861 ... 32,594 31,018 ... 26;662 26,510 ... 57,642 51,430 mouth Eastern 33,521 31,310 great Northern ... 43,338 42,485 I,ra.neashire and Yorkshire... 50,727 48,637 istol and Exeter... ... 8,740 8,440 North Eastern . . 76,172 72,818 lianchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 21,651 20,413 G reat Eastern 39,491 39,134 :Northo British 30,557 29,963 l dc'n, Chatham, and Do T er 15,906 14,672 Metro Great pohtan 4,551 4,033 S outhern end Western of Ireland... 11,059 10,232 Gl asgow and Great Western of Ireland ... 5,263 4,440 '"aggow and South-Western ~. 11,683 12,284 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are in most in stances very favourable. On the North-Western there is an increase of £2,343; on the South- Western of £1,576 ; ox the Brighton of £152 ; on the Midland of £6,212 ; on the South-Eastern of £ 2 ,211; on the Great Northern of £853 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,085 ; on the Bristol Rod Exeter, of £3OO ; on the North Eastern, of 3,354 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Of £1237 ; on the Great Eastern of £357 ; on the North British of £594 ; on the London, Chatham, und Dover of £1,234 ; on the Metropolitan of £5lB ; on the Great Southern and Western of Ire land of £827 ; and ou the Midland and Great Western of Ireland of £823. At the meeting held to-day of the English and Australian Copper Company, the report for the six months ending 31st December last was presented. The directors stated that it was necessary to impress upon the shareholders at each half-yearly meeting that the statements laid before them are an estimate o nly, framed with the utmost attention to correct ness, but liable, of course, to be modified by the °Perations of the subsequent six months. The pre- S ent statement showed an estimated profit of £ 5 ,67 8 for the half-year, reduced to £3,788 by ov er estimate o f copper on h an d J une 30, 1866, and by restoring the small amount required to make up the l as t di v id en d. Thi s w ill b e su ffi c i en t pthe payment of an a d interim dividend of Is. .r u r t share aft er pay i ng i nterest at t h e rate o f 5 per to the reserve fund, which at this date amounts t o £11,382. Two O'CLOCK. a According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to ay, the French Rentes were 69f. 07c. Firm. , 4 "vices from the Ty ne report that the screw steamer Norf o lk h as l e f t t h e d oc k l a d en w i t h 1 , 35 1 'tons b of rail s cons i gne d to R uss i a, thi s s hi pment r ein g part of the contract at present being exe .4ted by the Consett Iron Company for the Rus man railways. f General d epress i on i s o b serva bl e i n th e mar k et s O t t the Engli s h F un d s , an d, indeed, throu g hout th e I , °e k Exchange. There is scarcely any business rt Progress, and values consequently exhibit weak ti:. Consols are now 93i 94 for transfer4and 94 ac count ; the latter quotation showing a de °f nearly 4per cent. t Th e eve Threes are 931 f ; Reduced Annui ilf„'3l, ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 5 " - a ; ditto 4 p er C en t s. , 99f ; an d ditt o E n f ace d Per C ents., 1021 he rei—a 8 Stocks, in most instances, show increased cli:T e se• Itali an 5 p er C en t s ., 1861, h ave de wc.,e" 4 - , to 48 } ; Spanish Passive 1, to 211 211 ; . 4 4 e Greek B onds have advanced 1, to 13 f ; the %jail Loan Scrip to I 1 prem. ; and the Chilian ° an Scrip to 2f 1f discount. Pit n l eri can Securities are also flat. United States Ilir - ," v entY Bonds have receded 1, to 721 ; and --ow Shares to 76i 77. reAtlantic and G rea t W es tern Railway Debentures Mortgage steady at 26 28 ; and the Consolidated ° ds at 22 23. Artgage Bon ve ry moderate a m ount of business has been etit Ivita red „ into in the Railway Share Market, and r tes . one or two except i ons pr i ces s h ow l ess firm -41,• Great N orthern have declined Brighton 1 ,;, 11 4 ,, il Ild Great E astern and South-Eastern each ; vre Mi dland have improved I, and North f of foreign and colonial lines are without change oilnportance. Great Luxemburg are dealt in at p e ,. ° l , East Indian at 108 f, and Great Indian uinsula at 1074 . Ban k shares remain very inactive. London and o r : L naluster h ave declined to 99f ex div., and 111 tal B ank Corporation to 421. Miscella neous and Finance Shares are dull, hut atev 70 uY ; Atl antic Telegraph 8 per Cents. are marked V icc ; Nati ona l Discount Company 111, and r°3- of Egypt's Mortgage Loan 67f. AIINING MARKET. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. verb dull. )/11Si n ess in th e Mining Share Market continues elliverton West Chiverton, Prince of Wales, ar e a , Moor, Great Tor, and North Treskerby Cations ` ankle flatter. Annexed are the current quo • erton Moor ...... 5 sf, Cl Jlotales Gold ..... 41 5 ta:t Basset Amalgamate 6 61 zaeset ............ 11 16 86t Caradott ......... 5 51 E t Lovell ......... 61 7 Est ......... Tr,aet \Viaeal Greuville reat Laxey ...... .. 15 „,,s.t Wheal Vor ... 16 1 1 16 161 Valley . 4& Aort4 Crofty ... .... 31 3i North Treskerby 1 Prince of Wales...sl s Od 5 f 6s Providence Mines -- South Condurrovv... 11s 13s Tincrof t ... 111 121 West Chiverton 62/ 65 West P. of Wales Wheal Basset ...... Wheal Buller Wheal Chiverton 7 7i Wheal Grenville Wheal Seton 1071 1121 iIItITISII PLAIDS TWO O'CLOWE. GOVERNMENT FUNDS ° Itr tieutdonsols . : .... ....mum...." 94 —°' 4e(41111t 7 diug. e iiittotiolima l ..... too 94 3 per Cent. Reduced 931 1 New 3 per Cent 9 31 I New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Doped Sea Telegraph), Au g ., Marcn. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO Do £5OO pm Do. £lOO & £2OO - pm Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lBl Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent.., Oct. 1868 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — A , istrian Bonds, 5 per vt:r.“ - .. 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 11 per Cent., 1852-58-6 U Do. 1863 Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 — Do Account 74i Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Guinan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent A . Da. „ B Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £5O paid — dis C s 3, mbian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danisn 3 ner Cent., 1825 , —• Da. 5 r Cent., 1864. J. o pei D nubian Principaliti ja, 7 per Cent Do., 8 per Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip — B tuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — e:gyptian 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds B6 Do. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO Bonds Bl Do Government Railway Debentures — Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account .. — Do. Maremmana Railway — 3,l.3xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1863 -- Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — Yontevideau 6 per Cent. . — Vloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen June. pm pm pm Do. Deferred Do Land gsfan-ants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do 44 per Cent, 1865 Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41. per Cent, 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 tiussian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Ceat., 1862 ....................... Do. 5 per Cent., 1861 ..................... . Do. Anglo-Dutch 186 6 B7 Do. do £BO paid — prn Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent ... Do Acc4iunt Do New Deferred Do. Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. Do Account Curkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account s7i Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Acount 3Ol 30 Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D 1 por Cent. Guaranteed Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian n per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch •‘:-4. per (:Ant. Ex. 12 Guil., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French llentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 3 per Genf. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 484 1 . TWO O'CLOOK. Consols, Money 93g 44 Do. Account, August 8 94 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE7 —This Day The market opens with rather better feeling at yesterday's rates Sales probably 10,000 bales. A SYMPTOM OF THE SEASON.—The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his Sessional dinner to the principal officers and clerks of the House of Commons last evening' The following were present : —Sir Denis Lo Merchant. Lord Charles Russell, Sir Thomas Erskine May, Mr, Henry Ley, Mr. Rickards, Captain Gosset, Mr. Howard Mr. Frere, Mr. Pal grave, Mr. M. Rose, Mr. Hodgkin, Mr Charles Pall, Mr. Postlethwaite, Mr. Collins, Mr. Hearn, Mr. H. B. Mayne, Mr. Marriot, Mr. Bull, Mr. Eales, Lieutenant-Colonel Forester, Mr. Broom, Mr. Glyn, Mr. E. Loy, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Conroy, Mr. Stone, Mr. Austin Leigh, Mr. Webber, Mr. Ferguson Davie, Mr. Milman, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Laughton, Rev. Dr. Merivalo (chaplain), and Mr. Alfred Denison (private secretary). The Bishop of Gloucester has given notice that he will mcvo the rejection of the first clause in the Banns of Matrimony Bill on Friday. This clause declares the legal time for the publication of banns to be after the second lesson, and its rejection will be tantamount to the defeat of the measure. THE NEW DEAN OF CIIESTER.—The Rev. Dr. 'Towson, formerly head master of the Liverpool College, was yesterday formally installed . into tha deanery of Chester. ASSAULT BY TRADES UNIONISTS.—At Sheffield on Tuesday Thomas Dean and Henry Dean, brothers, file cutters, were charged with having assaulted Thomas Tim perley, a file-cutter. The assault arose out of a long standing dispute with the union at Messrs. Turton's works. The complainant was accosted, as he alleged, by the defendants and another man on the road. Ile stated that from words they proceeded to violence—tore his hair, destroyed his umbrella, and chased him into a house where he took refuge. The bench fined defendants 40s. each and costs. The Liverpool Albion gives currency to a rumour that a servant girl, living near Liverpool, has unexpectedly come into a fortune of £200,000 by the death of a relative in one of our colonies. THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA.—We understand that, although Sir William Coghlan's plan for operations to be undertaken with a view to offoctiug the liberation of the prisoners in Abyssinia has been adopted by the ttovernment, the command of the expedition will probably be intrusted either to Sir William Staveley, now commanding a brigade at Poona, or to Colonel Merewether, the political agent at Aden.— The Owl. MISSING Smr.—The Samuel C. Grant, from Baker's Island for the United Kingdom, was spoken on the 9th of February, in lat. 11 N., long. 31 W., and has tot since been heard of. SHEFFIELD, July 31.—An aggregate meeting of trades unions was held this evening at Sheffield, to pass resolutions expressing abhorrence of the trade outrages. The resolutions were adopted by the meeting, which con sisted of less than 300 persons. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. -The Hamburg- American Company's screw steamship Germania, Captain H. F. Schwensen, from Now York on the 20th of July, arrived off Cowes early this morning, trans-shipped mails, &c., for this port, and went on to Hamburg. She brought 18 passengers for Southampton and Uavre, and 90 for Hamburg ; $70,000 for France, $17,200 for Hamburg, and a large cargo, including 525 bags of coffee, 155 bales cotton, and 525 cases of tobacco. Fine weather was experienced on the voyage, with southerly and easterly winds. On the 30th, in lat. 49 40 N., long. 7 58 W., the Germania spoke tho barque Apollo, bouud west, and six miles west of the Eddystone she passed the Bremen barque Batavia, bound east. NATIONAL REFORM UNION.— A meeting of the executive was held on Tuesday night in the Council chamber, Gladstone-buildings, Manchester; Mr. R. D. Rusden, the tress I ror, occupying the chair. After the adoption of the minutes, and the transaction of the routine business of the company, a spirited conversation took place respecting the prow° sings in reference to the Reform Bill in the House of Lords or. the previous night. A strong feeling was expressed that the Government had shown a gross breach of faith by the course which it had pursued in raising the .E 5 copyhold qualification to £lO, and iu altering the qualification foi the lodger franchise from £lO to £l5, in opposition to the recent decision of the House of Commons. It was felt by the committee that the bill, as passed by the Commons, was already limited enough, without being mutilated, and made more restrictive, by any action of the peers. Cu the termination of the conversation, the following resolution was proposed, seconded, and carried ;—" This committee regrets to learn that the House of Lords, in committee last night, passed resolutions calculated to restrict the franchise proposed in the Government Reform Bill, which is already limited and unjust in its provisions; and this committee would urge upon the House of Commons to reject the said so-called amendments, and any o thers which may be prop .sed, de signed to render the bill more narrow and partial thati at present." 'rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1867 SIIABB LlST—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share; I Railways. Paid.' Closing i Business x-- • rme. I done. ilk 181,01 anti Exeter •••• 'Caledonian 78 260 IC7 109 35 16 20 at at 100 )ambrlan h:ork and Bandon.... ~1 wed . •.1 !Dublin & Belfast Juno. ' Oun„rertl),,t Ab.Junc., &.London, scrip Certi.' Do. 3 5 E 5 68 70 72 ‘llasgow & S. Western l Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. 105 IG7 251 261 4 6 IMO — . E. Angl: St. No. Y. Great North of Scotland' Great Northern Do. A stock . Do. B stock I 110 112 10J 110 Do. New, is. at 25 pin' GtS, and W. of Ireland Weetern -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales 94 16 4(4 411 W. Mid.—uxtOid Newport Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire Lindon and Blaekwall! Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast' Lon., Chat., and Daverl Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. & .North Western, Lon. & South IYestern! Illan., She., & Lincoln letropolitau..... Do. New Do. Exicasion...... iletrupolitao. District. i/o. do. do. 00. and St. John's W'd Ilidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Liirmin.. & Derby did Kent . . North British . ...... Do. NM., rth., & Dun ',Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do. (I..N•E purchase' Do. Leads ..... Do. York DC, Carlisle ..... Do. Stook,& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . . Do. do. 1866 'North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction . Scottish Central Soot. N. E ,ADer. stock' 00. Scot, Min. stock Siaropshire Union South Devon south E.atern Staines, Wok., & Wok Tuff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall 2t } 49i 81 I itf 109} f 1 in9i 1 j 114 i 14 1131 45 On 2/ COL /DUAL GOVERNhIENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per oeut., Leo. 31, 1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-e4 - lac). 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July ,110. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape ti.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 llo.Apl. &Oct . 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-90 110. Jan.&July, 1890-11 Do. 5 per Dent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 Do. 1878, do Nlattritius, 6 p. C, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... )o. 1882, Slayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Felt. & Aug atal 'joy. 6 per cent !N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tta Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. d. Aus.Gov. 6 p,O. 1808-0 Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,tlov. 6 p.o.Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 luo !00 100 , SSEi 95 97 98 100 98 l'.o , 81 83 81 83 102 104 105 107 105 107 104 105 It A 102 104 108 11, 102 104 IG4 106 105 107 107 109 98 100 96 98 91 93 89 90 104 106 93 94 96 98 91 93 104 108 les} 106 i ,SIONS. too it 20 too 'to too / 66 68 100 101 P IP 4 41 5 6 WO WO 100 all 100 100 63 71 t 5 05 SPJ 101 100 IGI 107 108 17 18 911 9O 94 105 1101 1011 1 vaq tot 1971 1001 1 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Conaol. Gold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated BO 7f 6 1 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist 1 410 430 Drakewalla 2.1.0 .4 f East Bassett (Ill ogan) 294 20 22 12 East Caradon 2.11. r, 5 6 East earn BrPa 32 3 34 Naga Grenville East Gunnislake ..8,3 M 1 4 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 34 31 tiarn.& StAubyn(ll wen. 46 4 5 4 ';reat L ,xey, limited ali 17 19 Jreat South Tolgus 0.14.e ;rent Wheal tsuoy... 11.9.6 Wheal Vor (Heist o It, 17 18 ircnvilie ...... 1 El erod's Foot 8.'0.0 31 3 4 ilingston Downs ...... 0.6 2 21 Margaret tUny Lelant 4 17.6' 6 a arke Valley ......... *.10.6 41 51 4 'A wyudy Iron Ore, final 31 21 11 Sewn North Roskear Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13,0 31 4 rrosper United 8.11.0 2 24 Vr , vidence Uny Lela nl 10.6.7 27 29 I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 310 310 !South Condarrow S.Whcal Fran. (Mogan 8.18.9 stray Park CM Croft )2 14 Vigra and Clogan, Urn - West Itassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard I t 9 .1 West Chiverton 4West Seton ..... 174 130 140 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 5;, 65 70 'Wheal Buller (Redruth $6 23 25 Wheal Mary Ann (Men ? 11 13 Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 10 12 FOREIGN RAILWATIS. Luxembourg, 101 V/ FOREIGN MINER. Anglo Brazilian Gold, 4 von Pedro, North Let !icy, 2 1t P Port rhiliP, Gros DOCKS. r ondon and St. liatbarine, 53} DAN AB: Anglo- Austrian, 81 imperial Ottoman, Um., 8 London and River Plate, Ditto, ditto, 1 London and County, 65 London and 1% estminster, 90 101 091 Oriental Bank Corporation, 421 Union of Australia, 17 MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-American Telegraph, Urn., IP* Aglu-Mexican Mint, In Atlintic reiegrapri, 23 Dit 0, 8 p.r rent., 70 2i City Discount, lira, I Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. Ir7o, Issued 90, 30 London Generai Omnibus Company, lim, 2; Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteedls per cent. by Indian Government),,lt 0 Nrtional Discount t ompany, 111 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 1855, 45 6 Ditto, new, 1867, if Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 6711 Voltaire, whose frail body was enveloped in a vast pelisse, but whose eyes still gleamed magically bright from beneath the big Louis Quatorze wig of black wool which—surmounted by a red cap trimmed with fur —shaded his thin cheeks, came back to Paris to be madly worshipped by the people; to be embraced, in public, by the American Republican, Dr. Franklin; to be drawn along the streets iu a sky-blue chariot studded with gold stars, like a triumphal car in a pantornine ; to have his bust crowned with laurels by nymphs at the theatre where his pot pieces were performed ; to deliver an address at the Academy, scarcely a word of which could be heard because of overwhelming applause ; to have the house he dwelt in thronged by worshippers, to whom the crowd outside looked for news as to whether he had eaten the white of an egg, or had put the finishing touches to his last play ; to poison himself by an overdose of opium which he took to calm his nerves, super-excited by adula tion; and, just before this last event, to be received as a demigod at the Palais Royal.—The Gentleman's Magazine. Messrs. Virtue and Co. purpose commencing in October the publidation of a new monthly magazine under the editorship of Anthony Trollope. It will be called The New Metropolitan Magazine. LETTER PERFECT.—Cockney Pupil :—" Yes, sir, goin' down to the gov'nour's country 'ouse—'aymakin' an' that goin' on—" Tutor ; "Ab, woll, see and make r. few h's aS yell, Mr. Paukridge, while you're about it T.—Punch. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. THE COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Lord Justice Rolt.). IN RE JOINT STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANY.-I3IPOR TANT LEGAL POINT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls on the part of the petitioner, Mr. Mason. Mr. Cotton, Q.C., appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Al!cock, Q.C., for the respondents. Mr. Cotton said that the Master of the Rolls had struck off the name of a person named Sims as a contributory to the company which had been wound up. It appeared that Mr. Mann had ac cepted a large number of shares in the company as a security, and that he subsequently transferred twenty of these to Mr. Sims through his broker. This transfer was duly made according to the regulations of the association, which was a limited liability company, and was executed in 1866. He contended that according to the act of the company the usual formalities in transferring shares might be dispensed with. However, the Master of the Rolls took a different view of the case, and, as Mr. Sims was an infant when the transfer was made, released him from all responsibility, and substituted the name of Mr. Mason in his place in the list, which, he argued, he had no right to do. At the conclusion of the arguments, His Lordship dismissed the appeal with costs.. THE MEMBERS FOR MAR YLPBONE AND THE LORDS' AMENDMENIS TO THE REFORM BILL. • Yesterday afternoon Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Thomas Chambers, members for the borough of Marylebone, visited,the Representative Vestry of St. Pancras, for the purpose of explaining the various measures which.. had been before Parliament during the session, and the part they had taken with respect to the same. Mr. Churchwarden Furness occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, who was received with ap plause, said it was not his intention to touch upon politics, but simplyaddress himself to subjects which bad deeply affected the local interests of their con stituents. The hon. member then referred to the Poor Bill of Mr. Gathorne Hardy and the bill for rendering the Poor-law Board permanent, which he and his colleague had strenuously opposed as being destructive of their local rights and privi leges ; but supported as those measures were, not only by the present but by the late Go vernment, such opposition had been ineffec tual. They had, however, been more successful in their opposition to the Metropolitan Board Im provement Rate Bill, and hoped thoroughly to defeat it, as being opposed to the interests of ratepayers generally. After referring to and stating the posi tion of the gas and water bills in Parliament, and expressing a hope that the clauses of the Reform Bill would not in relation to the compound house— holder produce that mischief achich was contem plated in parishes in reference to the collection of rates, the hon. gentleman expressed a hope that his Parliamentary conduct had been satisfactory to his constituents. (Applause.) Mr. T.IIO3IAS CHAMBERS took similar views of the various matters which had been before Parliament to those of his colleague, and strongly condemned the principle of centralisation, and the determina tion which appeared to exist iu Parliament to de prive the people, and especially the citizens of the metropolis, pf their ancient rights. (Hear, hear.) He with his colleague had resisted these encroach ments as much as possible, but had unfortunately not succeeded. He was sure their constituents must have seen the difficulties they had had - to con— tend with. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Chambers also con cluded amidst applause. Mr. DOUGLAS wished to ask what the opinions of the hon. members were about church rates, as he could only see one member's name in the division list for the abolition of church rates on Mr. Had field's motion. Mr. 11. LEWIS said he voted for the abolition, and had always been opposed to compulsory church rates. Mr. CHAMBERS replied, if there was any subject upon which he had nude more speeches and given more votes than another it was in opposition to church rates; but it was impossible for a member to be present at every division. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ross st.id no one could doubt either of their members upon the church rates question ; but there was a more important one, upon which the repre sented and the representatives should understand each other, especially as some people complained that both the members for Marylebone belonged to the tea-room party. (Laughter.) The Lords were mak ing some very important and serious alterations in the Reform Bill ; for instance, the increase of the lodger franchise from £lO to £l5. Then there was the attempt to introduce voting papers; and, thirdly, there was the artful dodge of the three cornered system of voting. He thought they had a right to know the opinions of their members on these innovations. Mr. H. LEWIS said he had studiously avoided politics, but being asked questions he was bound to answer. He and his colleague had supported the Reform Bill of the late Government, and when they found this session a still more liberal measure they felt themselves bound in duty to their consti tuents to support it, and if possible to stop the agi tation so injurious to the trade of the country, and especially to the working classes. (Hear.) lle felt sure that no Reform Bill would prove satisfactory that had not a lodger franchise, and he disapproved entirely of its increase to £l5 by the Lords, as also of the triangular voting and the voting by papers ; and if he had an opportunity, when the bill came back to the house of Commons, he would vote against the Lords' amendments. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CHAMBERS said his answer to the first point was, that when he was a candidate for that borough he gave one pledge only, and that was that he would vote for the most liberal measure that any Govern ment could be found to bring in, and he had done so as an act of solemn duty. (Cheers.) lie was equally opposed with his colleague to the amended £l5 lodger franchise and to paper voting. The triangular voting would, however, affect so few that he doubted if it was worth while to risk the loss of the Reform Bill by its rejection. (Hear.) On the motion of Mr. J. R. COLLINS, seconded by Air. CRANE, a vote of thanks, approval, and confidence in the members was carried with one dissentient, amidst loud applause. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmcs bury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, L or d S tan l ey, th e Duke of Buckingham an d Ch andos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the C hanc ellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Cor r y , L ord J. Manners, Lord Naas, ESS OF THE MP FRENCH TO AUSTRIA. — PARis, Wednesday.—The andtlhserrßiogFhtTHHoEn. E S ),slepnEcertrolß AND E Walpole.rt Ir T . Emperor and Empress of the French, in order to express their sympathy with the Emperor and Empress of Austria on the Mexican catastrophe, will shortly leave Paris for Salzburg, in Upper Austria, where the Emperor and Em press of Austria will be staying. Their visit will bo of 43 hours' duration, and will be incognito. It is anticipated that the visit will be returned in Paris before the end of the month. EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF PORPOISES.—The Ballycotton boatmen hemmed in a gre: - ..t shoal of porpoises on Sunday morning, and drove them into shallow water, where upwards of 100 were captured. The animals ave raged from 10 to 12 feet in length. While congratulating themselves on their unexpected haul the boatmen were informed that a still larger shoal had made their ap pearance outside the bay, in the same place as the first, and upon hurrying out foundthe report correct., an La mmas() number of porpoises being discovered. The same put in practice, and f s o tr r ata a ge t n i t me as porpoises driving w in ith the eg fi u l a - s l t su ca c s c e es w s, a t s he blindly to shore before the shouts and missiles of the boat men. Unfortunately the endeavotirs of a large crowd of people on shore to secure a portion of the prey alarmed the purpoises, who turned about, broke through the line of boats, and made out to sea. The boatmen followed, and again headed them to the land, but the conduct of the people on shore led to the same result, and the boatmen abandoned the chase. Before the spoil was divided an earnest discussion took place as to the " luck" of the pro ceeding, many holding to the opinion that ill-fortune was 611r0 to follow the capture of eYelt a tingle porpoise. POLICE INTELLIGEA - CE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING ROBBERY OF A GENTLEMAN'S WATClL—William Baker, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal ing a gold watch, of the value of £5O, the property of Mr. Cornwallis Tottenham, a gentleman staying at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street. Mr. Tottenham was in Hanover-square, going towards the Oriental Club, when the prisoner stepped up to him and asked him the way to Brook-street, and seized his watch out of his waistcoat pocket and made off, but after running for about 100 yards he was stopped by a con stable. Mr. George Manson, of No. 81, Oxford-street, proved seeing the prisoner run from the prosecutor, and saw there was no other boy near at the time. Police-constable Moore, 187 C, said he had searched the garden of the square but could not find the watch. Pre vious to stopping the prisoner he saw two females pass, but did not notice anything passed to them. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. BRITISII I' Atlantic & St. Lawrence florn.,Baroda,4Cen.l.n. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Antral° & Lake Huron Do. Preference utf.,Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. ,872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim ;a, e. Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do, 'East ludian, gu. 5 p.c.' Do. J Extension ;rand rrunkot Canada' 00. Equip. Mort. Bonds ) I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deterred ' De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. Ith Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred t. India Yen. gun. op.c. • o. (I as. 5 per cent.. 00. New oda. 5 p. c 'it. 6out h orindia gua. 5 per cent L per cent.... Do :rest Wes. of Canada.. D.,. New , o. 6 p. o .13. n. pay. 187:: .0.51 do. pay. 1877-B_ , Indian Branch, limite..l 'dadras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 42 4o Do. ig do Do. Filth Extension llelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Hobson's Bay.. N. HI C'da, 6pc Ist pt. be . Sein de . . Do. Delhi Do. do ./ Do. Punjaub.... Do. Indus St.Flot 21 27 27 29 123 49 50 1) 17 8 12 108 109 71 7d 4.1 14 118 119 1'..6 107 80 85 1.11 1141 82 81 - - 29 30 100 102 57 59 90 92 33 H 8 0 p 114 116 I 111 , 61 .65 116 118 53 65 44 46 63 63 f) lo 148 154 3 4 80 85 53 55 40 45 35 37 18 20 lOci 10S 2p, 100 101 92 9t 14 11i 95 t 7 65 67 100 102 93 95 89 91 83 85 100 101 97 98 1 lii 98 99 WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY IN A PRISON.—James William Pugh, a man about 40 years of age, was p!ac2d at the bar charged with a robbery in the Westminster House of Correction, Tothill- Samuel Gordon, one of the warders of the prison, said that the prisoner had been employed fur the last few days in some repairs on the roof of the chapel at the prison. Last night, as ho descended, the witness thought he looked bulky, and inquired what ho had got in his pockets• Prisoner replied " Only a handkerchief," but on prisoner putting his hand into his pockets, he found a large lump of lead in each one of his pockets. Witness reported the cir cumstance to the principal storekeeper, who ordered pri soner to be given into custody. W here ho had been sit ting in the porter's lodge while the constable was being f- tched a further quantity of lead was found. Mr. Arnold asked what he said when the lead was found in his pockets ? The warder replied—" Nothing." Mrs. Whitlass, the wife of prisoner's employer, a plumber and painter, said that she was conducting her husband's business during his absence. Prisoner bad been employed by them for 17 years. Up to this time he had borne a very high character for honesty, and being set to look after other men suspected of dishonesty had been .nsi-ru mental in bringing them to justice. She entreated, for the sake of his wife, that the magistrate would deal leniently with him. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. BOBBING A MASTER MARINER. —John Hayes, Mary Ann Hayes, and Anna Murphy, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £4l, the monies of Mr. John New land, master mariner, cf No. 3, St. Paul's-terrace, Mile-end Old Town. The prosecutor stated that about a quarter past 12 o'clock last night he met two women, neither of whom were the two women in the dock. He accompanied them to a house in a court, the name of which ho did not know. He there saw Murphy and John Hayes. T hey asked him for some thing to drink. He handed a sovereign to Murphy, and told her to obtain some drink. Ho remained in the room while she was gone, with the male prisoner and a girl named Moltman, and two other females. He shortly missed his poc ket-book containing his money. He had taken it out a few minutes previously to take a cigar out, and returned it to the breast pocket of his coat. It contained an Irish £lO note, an English .£5 note, a £3 and a number of £1 Irish notes, amounting, altogether, to -£4l. Mary Anu Hayes was not in the house at the time he missed his pocket book. In answer to questions by Mr. Paget, The witness said that one woman was sitting on his knee. No one had a hand about his person. Murphy left the house before he missed his pocket book. Ile was sure Hayes was the man he saw in the house. No one was sitting on his knee after ho last saw his pocket book. Ho was perfectly sober. _ Jemima Tiltman, of No. 1, Angel-court, Shadwell, said she was an unfortunate girl. About 1 o'clock this morn ing she went home and saw the prosecutor coming down the stairs. He sat down on a chair in the back room, and gave Murphy a sovereign. She went out to obtain some drunk. After this the two wo:nen who wore with the prosecutor loft the room. The prosecutor, a girl with a brown dress, a woman, and witness remained. Soon after wards Tolle Hayes came in, and she afterwards observed him with a lot of bank-notes in his hand, which she told him he had better put away. She asked the prosecutor if he was going to treat her. He said yes, put his hand in his pocket, and missed his money. She and the prosecutor then went to the corner of Charles-street, St. George-in the-East, but she returned to the house in Angel-gardens for her jacket and bonnet, and John Hayes and Murphy were quarrelling about some money. She ran up the court and met the prosecutor, who said he bad been robbed of his money by the master of the house. Directly after this she told a policeman about the robbery. Donald M‘Kay, a police-constable, No. 275; sail the pri soners were all infamous characters, and had been i❑ cus tody before. At 4 o'clock this morning the prosecutor and the last witness gave him some information wkich in duced him to arrest the prisoners in the court where they lived. On the way to the stationhouse Murphy said the Prosecutor "gave me a sovereign to get some change, but Mary Hayes has it." He charged Mary Ann Hayes with being concerned in the robbery, and she said she was not indoors all night. Murphy said, " Yuu know I gave you a sovereign." Hayes replied, " There is no good in you telling lies." Murphy said, " You know you hare got the sovereign." 31r. Prget commented on the extreme indiscretion of the prosecutor accompanying two loose women to an in famous house with £4l loose in his pocket. There was not sufficient evidence against the two women to justify him in detaining them. They must be discharged. He remanded John Hayes for a week. SIR W. MANSFIELD AND MAJOR JER VIS. Never certainly have the rights of woman been more strongly put by any of her advocates than by the Commander-in-Chief in India. The aides-de camp are warned that " when Lady Mansfield is in India any HINT (sic) which she may give with re gard to matters connected with the establishment, leaving of cards, reception of visitors, &c., is to be received as if it were an absolute order from the Commander-in-Chief." The double under-lining which is represented in print by small capitals, may perhaps suggest the sex of the commanding officer by whom this memorandum of military duty was framed or revised. Again, " whenever Lady Mans field may require the personal attendance of an aide de-camp, the latter is to be in uniform." Further instructions are given in the duties of military polite ness. "On occasions ol State balls at Government House or elsewhere, it is expected that the whole of the personal staff will avail themselves of the invitation afforded them. They should time their arrival so as to enter the rooms of the host in the suite of his excellency." " 'Whenever the master or mistress of the house enters a room it is customary for the expectant guests and the sons of the family to rise, even though they have sat down to dinner. This and other forms of social ceremony cannot be too carefully attended to in a military household." The manual of etiquette was however insufficient, and a year. after- a second edition was published, aimed directly at Capt. Jervis by name: He is re minded that on the day before, being " Lady Mans field's reception day," " many visitors called, and it seems to have been forgotten by the aide-de -tampon s duty that it was part,of his duty to usher . in ad or gentlemen why called, and to remain rni.tli; drawing-room while the visits lasted ;pedo 1 his part in the entertainment of the visitors, and showing them out again." After some further snubs, it is laid down that " his Excelle.ney de sires to signify his disapproval of the disappear ance of his aide-de-camp from the drawing-room, after dinner, before the disappef Ance of other guests." But we cannot quote gentility. further from this curious handbook of head-quarters f ro m bad Bad temper bred bad blood, and blood sprang angry charges s which conduct not be sustained, and a cour e of uoduulcdt which the head of th e army has found vrt necessaryodeplore But so emphatically to re buke. . art of an and pass over these e bullitions on th an d P inerit, we e officer of Sir W. Mansfield's rank are bound to measure out at least and to show some more ten aide-de-camp dcrness theagnutallielGenoiveenrenyl ruent has done to the unfortunater et, not to say servile, whose neglect of pertinacity duties led him intohidsis7raPee, and who was thence forth pursued with T an almost feminine p di.iniss him from the army is a of persecution. hard sequel to a lon o g Course of . misfortune originat ing in the bad taste of leaving Lady Mansfield's too early or not obeying with exact drawing - room ' ~ military submissio n her ladyship's hints. ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.—AII ascension of Mont. Blanc was made on the 20th inst. by Mr. S. Leathe, of St. f Louis, United States , accom p anied by three g uides O Chamouniz. Mr. Leathe left that village on the 18th, an hed reac hed the Grands - Mulets the same day. On the 19th started for the summit, but being surprised by a violeut snowstorm at the Corridor was forced to return. The fol lowing day, the weather havin6 moderated, accom pliahed the feat, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. AGRICULTURAL CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BILL. Mr. FANVOErr moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to make provision for the com pulsory education in the rural districts, and the bill further provided that in places where there were no schools the rrtepayers should be called upon to provide means for the education of children engaged in agciculture. Mr. ARTHUR PEES cordially supported the motion for the second reading of the bill, and said it was the right of every child in the State to have the opportunity afforded them of taking advantage of the benefits of education to the extent of reading, writing, au 1 arithmetic. Mr. BEACH moved that the bill be read a second time that day thr a months, on the ground that the provisions of the measure were solely inadequate to effect the object it had in view. He contended that the services of a certi ficated schoolmaster ought to Le engaged, but in small agricultural parishes the means of paying the salary of , such a competent person Wel'i3 entirely wanting. It was true that objection did not apply to large parishes, but because that was the case ho did net see how it was to be expected that parishes not of such dimensions should be called upon unaided to do the same. It had been stated that the children of the agricultural labourer were taken too early from school, but from the report of Mr. Sandford it appeared that the children in the mining districts were removed from the means of education much earlier than those in the rural districts. He did not say this to justify the system, but only for the purpose of mentioning a positive fact, when it was proposed to deal generally with the question of the education of children. The bill proposed that the children in the agricultural districts should only be allowed to work every other day, but as the weather was an impor tant matter in agricultural operations, the farmer would be called upon to employ a double set of children to make up for the loss of labour that would be incurred on wet and stormy days. He thought it would be impossible to carry out the bill in an efficient manner, and he gave it his strongest opposition. - •• Mr. B. STANHOPE said that the great principle of the bill - that the children should only labour on alternate dlys—was quite impracticable. Lie could have understood a proposal for the education of the children in the winter season, when these children certainly would have the opportunity of attending school ; but the bill did not con tain such a practical proposal. He thought the bill would work very objectionably, and therefore he could not sup port it. After a discussion the motion for the second reading was withdrawn, and then the bill was ordered to be dis charged. MASTER AND WORKMEN'S BILL. The bill which was to carry out the recommendation of a select committee to form councils of arbitration and conciliation for the settlement of trade disputes passed through committee, on the understanding that, in the event of the Government objecting to tho bill, the discus sion should be taken upon the bringing up of the report. SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAYS BILL. Mr. J. A. SMITH moved the discharge of the order for the second reading of this bill, as he felt that it was impossible to secure the passing of the measure during the present session. He intended, if his life was spared, on the first day of the next session to move for leave to re-intro duce the bill, but it would be in an improved shape, as some of the mistakes in the present bill would be remedied. Major JARVIS hoped the bill the hon. member had given notice of his intention to introduce would be more in accordance with the petitions which had been presented in its favour. The order of the day was then discharged and the bill was withdrawn. The other orders were disposed of and the house ad journed. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. LISBON, July 31. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Oneida has arrived here from the Brazils, and will leave at 4 p.m. to-day for Southampton with £14,328 in specie, 1,852 bags of coffee, 300 barrels of tapioca, 150 rolls of tobacco, 222 packages of sundries, and 107 passengers. The Shannon, with the outward mail of the 9th July, was at St. Vincent (Cape Verds) on the 20th instant. The Island of Heligoland. Mr. Frank Buckland writes as follows in Land and {Voter :—" By the kindness of the Governor of Heligoland, the lion. Lieut. Col. H. Fitzliardinge Maxse, I have received a very interesting curiosity. It is the barrel of a soldier's musket, fished up by an oyster-dredging boat near this little island. The Governor thinks that it must have been lying at the bottom of the sea since the time of our 1 French war. The musket has bceu broken in half ; one piece is 19k inches long, the other 1G inches. The wood portion still remains perfect, only stained with oxide of iron from the rust of the barrel. Around the greater portion of this musket a firm hard concrete has formed, and gives a famous illustration how common sea -shingle, when in contact with iron at the bottom of the sea, will form a 'pudding-stone,' almost harder than any cement we know of. I think this fact may be use ful to engineers in building breakwaters, &c. Around the lower end of the musket was a great lump of the natural concrete, but wishing to make out the il form of the lock, and w ith great difficulty, and the spo ing of many tools, I managed to chisel off most of the concrete, taking as a guide an old Waterloo musket, so as to k make out the a natomy of this pseudo-fossil lock. found, however, was entirely absent, uor could I find any traces of the powder-pan or other parts of the machinery. I was also anxious to ascertain if the musket was still loaded, but the barrel being full of con crete I could not pass down a ramrod, nor can I well cut into the iron. Of course it is impossible to say with accuracy how long the musket has been under water. 118 d, however, that on the conclusion of the peace in 14 England retained possession of the island. I do not know when there was any fight ing there. Will any of our own correspondents kindly give us information on this point ? In his letter to me the Governor gives the following interesting ' particulars relativ e to the sea-fishery I am glad to see that Land and Water has taken up the deep sea fishery. My island has now become thehat fide q uarters of a larg e fleet of Hull cutters — in 30 to 50 what b oa ts they are! They generally come in number on Saturday nights. They will be here, probably abou t 100 of them, all the summer, and, like last year, ice is brought out to them from Eng land once a week. They make, or made last year, t r emendous hauls o f cod, sole, turbots, &c., the latter particularly fine. I heard, however, lately that they ar e now obliged to„ o as far as the.eoast_ o f Jutland. It is impossible to overrate the position of this island as of great importance to our inercants‘ilee.ani;ll case e in o g f interests, and as au outpost for co , W e ser. The Prussians would give their eyes war, commanding as it does the Elder,. Elbfeo,raintd; but though our official langietri isnecessarily German, the I 0 tel,aoatsscahreeeal ditto,coin- ( u nwritten). r have itt theiren). 'They 1) 0 1 e m t e p l l y e distinctcomplete distinct would scout the idea of being annexed to Prussia.' g b a ra ag nc a h The Governor has also kindly sent me some speci mens of oysters from Heligoland. I was much sur prised with their appearance ; the shell is very white, and by no means so heavy as that of ordinary deep sea oysters. On opening them I was much sur ised at their being so plump and white, as, living pr in the deep sea, it is contrary to the rule that they should be pluinp. Upon reflection I think I find the reason of this. They must have been dredged up from some portion of the sea coast to the eastward of the island, and the bed from whence they come could not, I think, be far away from the estuary of the Elbe. This is one of the largest rivers in Germany, being about 710 miles long, and has an estuary of several miles in width. The tor rent of water coming down such a river as this would extend its influence very far out to sea, and thus the oysters over a large extent of sea-bottom, even though at a considerable distance from the land, would assume the characteristics, not of deep-sea, but of estuary oysters, which live in water more or less diluted with fresh springs from the land. May not this fact be turned to account by the inhabitants of Heligoland ?" COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTE3IBER. Judge. Days of Running DraPlPton: Cumberland . .... . Mr. Witrvc OCTOBER ~ Ancaster and Willoughby, LaitiOglattiresisuliumusiti hir• sPagorci Imo 1 2 Name. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GOODWOOD RACES —This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOODWOOD CUP. Vauban .. Tynedale Regalia e• ~,.. a Five rau. RACING STAKES. Julius Mt liner Feodor SWEEPSTAKES Parson Painshill ildvollyn 3 BETTING ON THE COURSE. G nomvooD cur. 10 to 6on Vauban (taken) 100 to 30 ngst R-gatin (taken) 9to 1 ngst Tynedsle (taken) JOHN STICK, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Executes Commissions on all the races to any amount The full market odds laid. Price list daily. Mn. GEO. WEBS executes commissions, by letter only at his residence, 123, Queen's-cresceut, layerstock-hill, and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Meux'a Brewery. No connexion with any other person using the same name. PROGRAMME OF GOODWOOD RACES. FRIDAY. Chesterfield Cup (handicap) value 300 sovs, by subscrip tion of 15 sovs each, for three yrs old and upwards ; Craven Course. Age st 1b Moulsey 11 ... Age 8 9 t lb 6 Enchanteur ... 3 6 Mirella of the .. D . ales . ..10 . 4 3 6 6 Regalia ... 5 9 6 Mis s Harriette ... 4 610 LordOstreger Ronald ... •5 5 9 8 12 9 Lorcl Wild Agnes 5 8 8 I nes 3 6 7 Bradamante ... 68 7 1 Langham ... 46 7 Virids 3 8 5 , Wolsey s L a if l e am G a u n a ca rd . s e rn 43 6 7 ... 4 6 7 A Caithness 3aerrignei d Sultan ... ... 5 8 2lMandrake • .:: 3 6 7 4 4 7 8 12 2 K 1 ska ... 5 8 0 Opoponax 3 6 7 Duke of York ... 4 712 Thalia *** ... 4 6 G Monitor ... 5 7 10 Camellia Vespasian 4 7 10 Foresight R 5 f, 6 6 3 Apsley 4 7 9 Minster 3 Challenge .. 3 7 9 Lochaber 3 6 a R e pulse ... ... 477 La Dauphine .. 46 2 - Laneret ... 4 7 7 Attack colt 3 6 1 Skirmish ... ... 57 7 Gladiator „.„ 4 6 0 Lozenge ... ... 57 6 Charles 11. ••• 3 6 0 Batthyany... ... 57 4 Greenback... 3 6 0 Ch e ltenham ... 37 4 Narino ... 36 0 Cerf Volant 3 7 4 Vidi 3 6 0 Act0n......4 7 4 Nann ie 3 b 12 Tynedale 3 7 4 Mayonaise filly ... 4 5 11 B om bastes... 37 2 Redbourne... ... 35 11 Friday ..• 57 2 Tremble ... 35 11 P o rt Royal ...aged 7 2 Pyrrhic ... 35 9 Knight Errant 37 0 Gentle Kitty filly... 35 9 Ischia ... 4 7 0 Silenu s 8 5 9 Blinkhoolie 3 6 13 Pakrita 3 5 8 Union Jack ... 66 12 New Guinea ... 5 7 3 5 8 Fitz-Ivan 3 6 12 Fortunio 3 Seville ... 36 12 Summertime 35 5 7 7 Dulcimer 56 11 Skirmisher ... 3 The Duke of Richmond's Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; New Mile. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs ; three yr olds ist 11th, four 9st 71b, five lOst 21 b, six and a g ed lOst 41b ; about three miles and five furlongs. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for horses maiden at the time of entry ; Craven Course. A Sweestes of 10 Boys each, h ft ; two year olds Gst 31b, thpreeak Bst, four Bst 81b, five and upwards Bst 121 b ; T.Y.C. The March Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; two year olds, 7st 71b, three, 9st. Half a mile. B re nda, 2 yrs, Lady H ester, 3 yrs, Seville 3 yrs, Billet, 2 yrs, Patti, 2 yrs, Midwife, 3 yrs, Problem, 3 yrs, Jeanie Deans, 3 yrs, Hush, 2 yrs, Peace, 2 yrs, Ines, 3 yrs, Pur ser, 2 yrs, The Earl, 2 yrs, Poleaxe, 2 yrs, Weather Glen,lsle 2 yrs. Vex, 2 yrs , Freemason, 3 yrs, Spitfirdre, 2 yr of the s, Isles— arm, 2 yrs, Tript hon g , 2 yrs, Ch f by L Lady Lurewel l,2 y rs, Belphegor, 3 yrs, L o ua de Vie, Dulcet, 2 yrs, Victress, 3 yrs, Toy, 2 yrs, Claymore, 2 yrs, Ca nute, 2 yrs, Sir Oliver, 3 yrs, Substance, 2 yrs, Limner, 2 yrs, Festival, 2 yrs, Dick Turpin, 3 yrs, Herennianus, 2 yrs, Gipsy Quee n, 3 yrs, and Parma, 3 yrs. The Nassau Stakes of 50 sovs each for three year old fillies; Bst 101 b each. 20 subs. Lady Fyfield, F by Newrninster, out of Irish Queen, Charming May, Stolen Kisses, Problem, Ines, The Em press, The Duchess , Sister to Merry Wife, Sister to Vedette, Lit,a, lona, F by Dundee—Blanche of Middlebie La Puce, Perdition, Pussy, Cellina, I' by Wild Dayrell out of Rupee, F by Voltigeur, out of Blondelle, and Blush. Rose. The Nursery Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of 15av sovsant each, 5 ft, with 100 a dded ; winners of the II ai, L, Findon, Molecomb, or Bentinck Memorial Stakes, 61b; of any two of those races, 9lb extra. Last mile. 90 subs. st lb Formosa ... ... 8 12 See-saw •.. ... 8 11 Contempt ... 8 8 Examiner ••• ... 8 7 Bel Giorno 8 7 Purser Babiean Prince of Orange 8 7 Lo Sarrazin 8 4 The Earl ... 8 4 Charnwood ... 8 8 0 Angus Lord Palmerston ... 8 0 st lb Schiedam .• ... 7 0 c by The Dupe—Lady Manche ... 7 0 fby Vedette —Hope ... 7 0 Franchise 0 Mellow •.. ... 613 Papillon ••• 613 Handsome Jack ... 613 Merry Andrew 6 13 Cotytto 612 Aquilla •.. ... 612 Demonstration ... 6 12 Splendour 6 10 Chantilly ... 610 The Parson ... Black Diamond Cuckoo ••• B,reas ••• ... 8 0 ... 7 12 ... 7 11 ... 7 11 7 n 131ueskin .•• Fashion •.• Rosso ..• Slinuto (Jun ... 6 10 ... 6 10 .. 6 10 ... 6 10 Belfast ••• ••• Lictor ... ... 710 St. Valentine ... ... 610 Scotchtuan's Pride ... 710 Demon... ... ... 6 7 Birdseeker ..• ... 7 9 Sister to Maid Marian 6 7 The Faun ... ... 7 9 Choral ... ... .., 6 7 Purveyor •.. ... 7 8 Sea Serpent ... ... 6 7 False Alarm ... ... 7 7 Elmira Chic ... ... ... 7 7 John Leech ... ... 6 6 Liquidator ... ... 7 7 The Persian ..• ... 6 6 Dulcet ••• ••• 77 Di Vernon ..• ... 6 6 Lump Sugar ... ... 7 7 Citron ... ... •.. 6 6 Bandit ... ... 7 7 Henry the First ... 6 6 Banditto ••• ... 7 6 War Queen ... ... 6 5 Ritualist ..• ... 7 5 Beautiful Star ... 6 5 President Lincoln ... 7 5 c by Loup-Garou— liatchment ..• ... 7 5 Lady Constance ... 6 5 Lily (late End's End)... 7 4 Festival ..• ... 6 4 Kettleholder ... ... 7 4 Boarskin ••• .. 6 3 Marquis of Carabas ... 7 2 Laird of Scotland ... 6 2 Canute ... ... 7 2 Vortigern (h b) ... 6 2 Osprey ... ... 7 2 Eastloy. ... ... 6 2 Warrington ..• ... 7 2 Licymuta ... ... 6 0 Corinne ... ... 7 2 Kingsland •.. ... 6 0 Janet It ... 7 0 Churchill .•• ... 512 The Returned ... 7 0 Thorndyke ... ... 512 Betty ... ... 7 0 Oracl e ••• ••• ... 510 ..• ... 5 9 Prince Regent ... 7 0 Paul Jones rho Morning Star ... 7 0 Lady Mary ... ... 5 7 Sister Isle ... ... 7 0 Acorn ... ... ... 5 7 A Sweepstakes of 20 sous each, h ft, fur two year olds; colts, Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. C by St. Albans out of Cantine, f by Birdhill out of The Roe, Pleasure Boat, Booty, Purveyor, Tympanum, c by Dund , e out of Curse Royal, Grandee, St. Ronan, Offering, Midshipman Easy, Galley, Innerdale Clemente, Arran, See Saw, Boreal, Pace, Balsamo, 'Banditto, Monkey Island, Le Turn Out, Sweet Waters, BUCOLItallr, Thunderstorm, Turn Out, .Lictor, Roll-call, Northerner, and Aunt Soler. --- RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. AUGUST. 6 5 .11voesiotrpor.; ........................... .. .. 2 2 22 22 Lewes ..................... 9 Lichfield Blißrilirgglihntto°nn". .. ... .u :. ............... : .................. 8 Plymouth .... 26 Eghani ..... ............... 13 Canterbury Wolverhampton ......... 13 Derby Stockton .................. 14 Yarmouth 27 Oxford ..............•• . •••.................... 15 Weymouth Hastings ..................20 Tunbridge 29 York August ............ 21 Otden Badon SEPTEMBER. Margate .................. 3 I Richmond l7 Warwick 5pring......... 3 Hendon l9 5 Monmouth Abingdon .................. Loicester .......... 5 Manchester Autumn 2O Doncaste ..... ... r ............... 10 Newmarket Ist October 24 Brecon ..................... 16 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. LONDON, Aug. 1.--Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. OFF QUEENSTOWN, July 30.—Arrived— Conqueror, from Conception Bay, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—City of Manchester, from Bassein. PLymom, July 30.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—City of Adelaide, for Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Cold stream, from San Francisc 3lendcza, steamer, from Monte Video ; Amoor, from Savannah ; Kodar, steamer, from Alexandria. O FF COWES, July 30.—Wind N.W. —Arrived—liansa, screw steamer, from New York —. O F F FALMOUTH, July 31. Wind S.W. --Arrived— Guiding Star, from New York for Havre. _ .----- GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 31—Nina, from Antigua; St. Peters burg, steamer, from Croustadt; Una steamer, from Odessa; Prospero, from Potuarun ; Margaret, from Stettin; M ar i a f ro m Rotterdam; Norman, steamer, Pia, steamer, from Lisbon ; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne; Margaret, Neptune, and Grace Rome, ham stomper, from Boulogne; Anne, from Arrived, Aug. I—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; 111.1oromubsadteotutria, s;tesameienre,, from St. Petorsbu-g. 13oulogne. Sailed —Liffey, fur AreiviDeei ; Rig-w, 6te4.3lnr, for DEAL, Thuresday Morning rus,ol—nary, of Yea4outb, from the) Lid for tho West. i