The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market remains in a very easy posi tion, and there is no alteration to report iu the general number of inquiries for accommodation, or in the terms upon which it is supplied. No gold operations of importance took place at the Bank of England yesterday. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 7th August gives the following re sults when compared with the previous week : Th.st £3,399,455 Increaso £37,879 Public deposits Other deposits ... 5,189,684 ... lucrease 291,533 ... 19,856,932 Decreaso 736,885 On the other side of the account : Government securities £12,812,373 ... Decrease .£15,400 Other securities 16,763,303 Decrease 559,154 Notes vneinployed 12,699,355 ... Increase 1;:7,050 The amount of notes in circulation is 124,343,480, being an increase of £160,520 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £23,255,564, showing an increase of £329,111 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the price of Consols with the corresponding week of last year : At present. Same week last year. Bank bullion ... £23,255,564 £13,622,429 Notes in reserve... ... 13,912,084 3,580,229 Notes in circulation 24,313,430 ... 25,042,210 Rao of discount ... 2 per cent. ... 10 per cent. Price of Consols ••• 94f ••• 871 Tho Bank of France return for the past week shows the following changes, viz.—an increase in the cash of £700,000, in the private accounts of £480,000, and in the advances of £26,640 ; while there has been a decrease in the notes of £840,000, and in the Treasury balance of £2,000. The bills discounted remain the same as last week. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Tele graph to India Company the proceedings of the meeting held on Friday, the 12th July last, with reference to the agreement between the company and the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, were confiimed. The usual dividend of 5 per cent. per annum was also declared. Atlantic and Great Western Railway debentures have declined 1, to 251 261, but the Consolidated Mortgage bonds remain steady at 22 23. In the foreign and colonial produce markets dur ing the last few days there has been very little ani mation. Only moderate quantities of sugar have been brought forward, but prices remain steady. Superior qualities of coffee have found ready pur chasers at full rates, and the public sales of China tea have progressed at steady prices, a few superior qualities selling at a slight advance. In rice the dealings have been to a limited extent, and in tallow no material alteration can be reported in the quota tions current for present or forward delivery. The cotton report of Messrs. E. B. Liddell and Co., dated Alexandria, 27th July, 1867, states that " the only transactions we hare to report since our last of the 19th inst. are about 700 canters of low stuff for the continent. The following quotations nominal :—Good middling, llid. f. o. b. ; fair to fully fair, 13,id. toll4d. do. ; good fair, 151 d. do. With regard to cereals, the telegraphic news from Europe to hand daily since our last of the 19th produced a strong feeling in our market, and prices in favour of sellers till the 26th, when buyers were not disposed to pay the previous rates, and the Market closed a shade lower. To-day's prices were firm, at a decline of ls. from the highest point for Saidi wheat. The transactions daily have been to a fair extent, and supplies cleared out as they come to hand. Quotations :—Beans, Saidi, 295. 6d. per 4 801b5., f.o.b. ; ditto, Behera, 28s. 3d., ditto ; wheat, Saidi, 425., ditto; ditto, Behere, 395. 9d., ditto; barley, 235. 9d., ditto." With regard to wheat, Mr. Cave, of Birmingham, remarks as follows :--" Until Monday evening Weather in this district continued fine but sunless. Monday night we had heavy rain ; Tuesday showery, With more rain at night ; Wednesday and to-day mostly fine. On the whole it is very unfavourable for harvest operations, and sadly retards the ripen ing of the corn crops, while farmers are looking most anxiously for some hot sunny weather. Wheat trade during the week has been limited to present equirem en t s , an d b u y ers o p era t e w ith muc h cau ti on. '-this may partly be accounted for by the small de 'nand for flour, and also by the present unremune rative state of the trade, while the supply of far mers' wheat has somewhat increased, arrivals of foreign continuing liberal. At this day's market there was a better show of English wheat, for which there was a fair demand, more especially for picked samples, which fetched an advance of is. per qr. on the prices of last week. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 69f. 35e. Inanimate. Under the favourable influence of improved 'Weather, satisfactory intelligence from the agricul tural districts, better accounts from the principal m anufacturing towns in the Midland and North- Western counties, larger traffic receipts on the leading lines of railway, more shipping business, and a demand for really good investments, the British funds are firmer. Consols, notwithstanding their recent advance, are again 1 per cent. higher, viz., at 941 for money, and 94i Z for September. Foreign Stocks continue buoyant. Chilian scrip has advanced to 21 dis. ; Italian 1, to 484 49; Greek, 1, to 131 4 ; Spanish Passive, I, to 211 ; the Certificates, to 161 i ; and Turkish five per Cents, 1, to 304 31 ; while Mexican remain firm at 15 1*. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 941 11; Annuities, 1885, 12 15-16, 13 1; Exchequer 1 3 ills, March, 255. prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 260 ; India Stock, 220 222 ; and ditto 5 per cents, 1121 113. C ontinued firmness prevails in the Railway Share M arket. Midland have further advanced 1 ; Great Eastern, Great Northern, and London, Chatham, 4 , 11 d Dover each / ; Manchester, Sheffield, and ,4-40eoln, ; and Great Western, 1 ; while North `Vestern have receded 1, and South-Western 2. In the Foreign and Colonial lines the dealings b 470 been to a fair extent. Great Luxembourg 1.470 nced to 101 ; South Austrian and '-'oolbardo-Venetian remain at 15 ; Great Western 1:1 Canada, at 141 15 ; East Indian, at 1081 109 ; 44 d Great Indian Peninsula, at 1074 1081. A merican securities are depressed. Erie shares h 470 decli ne d 11, t o 44/ 451 ; an d Illi n oi s 1, t o 76/ 77 ; but United States are 1 1 better, at 73! 74. A,; R ank Sh ares are very i nac ti ve . L on d on an d e strainster have further declined to 85 88 ; tlioo of London to 391. aliscellaneous and Finance shares are also at 410 4 nominal values. Credit Foncicr of England are L mark e d 3 3 - 16 ; Ci ty Offices, ; Imperial f Company of Marseilles 12/ dis. ; and Viceroy ' - 'gypt's Mortgage Loan 67. AIINING MARKET. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A l3ll Mrles in the market has been very inactive. , s of fair de man d , however, has prevailed for Prince Wales and West Chiverton. Annexed are the Q tlrre nf Uh l quotations : euiliritrttioeus c li o o ki or ' 4; 41 North Troskerby 41 41- Prince of Wales... 56s 58s Opt ABt.ir,kl Amalgamate 6 61 Providence Mines ... 25 27 I.l Ast "4ssot :Imt ()oration ......... 5 5} Tincroft — }4 q ,L,urkAl ............ 61 7 West Chiverton 63 65 ( 4,, ,i‘tissell ......... 1 li West P. of Wales ... Orr"" l'aZoy ......... 16 17 Wheal Basset (;,.(!tt lt±tallick 114 W1i03.1 Vox. ... 16 17 Wheal Chiverton 6l 7 Nort c, '' Valley .. , q- 44 Wheal Grenville lOs 12s 6,1 'I C rofty ................ 31 3 1 Wheal Soton BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 3 40 v.tRISMENT FUNDS. P3r u. t) vat. Consols a 14.,...-A.ccount, Sept. 10 Ne w ,uent. Reduced 94i 1 N • - Per c t 94i- * i t o. 2 ?i Per Cont. e Jan. 1894 — 44,, uit 1 , yer Ceut. Jan. 1873 — 1) 0 1 , - _ B , 3 0 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1),,, /, ',' 3 0 yrs, expire sth April 12 15-16 131 -.% , ed Sea Telet,raph), Au o ., 1908 March. Lte4Nikor Lille, £l,000 ho £5OO '2s pni t )°• £lOO & £2OO — pin 1 -1 k of England Stock, 51 per Cent .„ 200 I)°' gland INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10i per Cout., AprillB74 220 22 1)o. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - Do. Certificates — Do. Enfacecl Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i- por Cont., May 1879 — Do. Debentures Do. Dob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 por Cent., £l,000 Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per uenc. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 • 63 Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 Do Account 7;) 41 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 por Cent — DD. 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Col .mbian, 6 per Coot. 'Om, 6 per Cent. C Ann 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — t). 6 per Cent A • D . ,1 B - .)o. „ 1867 Do: ~ Scrip, £5O paid 2 dis Danis!! 3 De- Cent.., 1825 ' DD. 3Ls Cent., 1864 D nubian Principaliti 3F, 7 per Cent Do., 8 per Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip ; GO E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — elgyptiau 7 per Cent — 1)o. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO Bonds ail 6 Do Government Railway Debentures SI I f Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, cx Coupons Do. Account Peruvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 6si Do 4 per Cont., 1865 Do 4} por Cont. (Uribarron) Do 4 1 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'5 391 fi i 1 Russian 5 por Cont., 1822, £ St Bd Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1 62 • Do. 1861 ... B7 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866. B6 51 Do. Do. £BO paid Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 por Cent — Do Account ... Do New Deforrod Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc.unt Do Com. Cert. of Coin'. not fu ,ded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 571 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 • — Do Acount 3O; I Do 6 per Cont., 1865 — Do 4 por Cont. ' Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Da Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrisa, a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2• per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. — Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money o4} I Do. Account September 10 94i 1 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION HOUSE OF COMMONS, Auo. 8. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL . " Clause C," the next amendment, read a second time Amendment proposed, in line 1 of the clause, after the word " county" to leave out the words "or borough (Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.) Question proposed, " That the words or borough,' stand part of the clause.' Question put and negatived—Motion made and question put, " That this House cloth disagree with the Lords in the said clause, as amended :"—(Mr.M'Cullagh Torrens.) The House divided—Ayes, 258 ; Noes, 205. AYES —25 S. Acland, T. D. Fawcett, H. Monk, C. Adair, 11. E. Ft idea. J. Moore. C. Adam, W. l'. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Mare, It J. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Forster, C. Morris, W. Akroyd, E. Forster, W. E. Morrison ; W. Allen, W. S Fortescue, C. P. Murphy, N. D Amberley, Vim. Fortescue, D. F. Neate, C. Andover, Lord Ga. , elee, S. Newdcgate,C. Antrobus, E. Gaskell, J. M. lorwo id, C. Armstrong, K. Gibson, T. M. O'Beirne, J. Ayrton, A. S.. Gilpin, C. O'Brien, Sir P: Aytoun, It. S. Gladstone, W. IC o*Conor Don, The Baines, E. G lads! o re, W. H. o•Loshien, Sir C. Bard. le A. C. Glyn, G. C. Onslow, G Barnes, T Glyn, G. G. Osbo me, K. B. Barry, A. IL Goldsmid, Sir F. Otway, A. Barry, C. It. Goschen. G. J. I'acke, C. W. Bass, A. Gower, F. L. Padmore, R. Bass, M. T. Gower, Lord Palmer, Sir It. Baxter, W. E. Greville, A. W. F. Parry, T. Braley, T. Gray, Sir J. Peaie, J. Beaumont, W. B. Grove, T. Peel, A. W. Berkeley, Ti. F. Gurney, S. Pelham, Lord Biddulph, H. Hadileid, G. Philips, it. N. Blake, J. Hamilton, E. W. T Pim, J. Blennerhassett, R. Ilankey, T. I'latt, J. Bonham-Carter, It. Hardeastle, J. A. PollardUrquhart,W Bauverie, IC. P. Harris, J D. Portman, W. IL 11. Bowyer, Sir G. Harting - ton,Marquis Potter, E. Brady, Dr. flay, Lord J . Potter, T. B. Brand, H. Hay. Lord W. Price, W. P. Bright, Sir C.T. Ilayter, Capt. A..D. I'ritchard, J. Bright, J. Headlam, T. E. Reardon, D. J Bruce, Lord C. Henderson, J. Itobartes, T. J. A. Bruce, li. A. Heneage, Edward Robertson, 1). Bryan. G. L. Henley, J. W. Roebuck, J. A. Buller, Sir A. W. Henley, Lord Rothohild,Baron L Buller, Sir E. M. Bibbert, J. T. Rothschild, BaronN Butler, C. S. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, A. Buxton, C. Hodgson, K. Russell, F. W. Buxton. Sir T, F. Holden, I. St. Aubyn, J. Calcraf t,J Howard, C. W. G. Samuda, J. Calthorpe, F. H. Hughes, T. Samuelson, B. Candlish, J. Hughes, W. B. Seely, C. Cardwell, E. R. Hurst, it. li. &yam Jr, Ti. D. . Carington, C. Butt, rir W. Sheridan, It. B. Castlerosse, Vist. Jackson, IV. SheAff, A. Cavendish, Lord E. Jackson, 11. Y. Simeon, sir J. Cavendish, Lord F. James, E. Smith, .1 ervoise Cavendish, Lord G. Jardine, H. Smith, J. A. Chambers, H. Jervoise, Sir J. Smith, J. B. Chambers, T. Kearsley, Capt Staepoole, W. Cheetham, .1. Kennedy, T. Stanley, F. Childers, 11. C. E. king, J. L. Stansteld, J. Cholmeley, Sir M. Kinglate, J. A. Steel, J. Clay, J. Kinglake, A. W. Stwir, 0. Clement, W. .J. Kingscote, Col. Stone, W. Clinton, Lord E. I'. Kinnaird, A. I'. Sullivan, E. Colebrooke, Sir T.N. Knatchbull- Hugest! Sykes, Col. Colerid g e, J. LabouThery, Henry Taylor, P A. Collier, Sir R. P. Layard, A. 11. Tite, W. Colvile, C. It. Lamont, J. Tomline, G. Cowen, J Lawreno .. W. Tracy, C. It. D. Cowper, H. F. Lawson, J. A. Treveirtn, G. Cowper, W. F Leader, N. P. Vauderbyl, P. Crawford, R. W. Lee, W. Verney, Sir H. Cremorne, Lord Legh, Major C. Vernon, H. F. Crossley, SirlP. Leeman ' G. Villiers, C. P. Dalglish; It. Lefevre, G. J. S. Vivian, H. H. Davie, Sir H. it F. Lewis, IL Vivian, J. Denman, G. Locke, J. Waring, C. Dent, J. D. Long, R. P. IVatkin, E. W. Dering, Sir E. Lusk, A. Western, Sir T. Dixon, Geor4e Mackie, J. Whalley, G. H. I)ilke, Sir W. M`Laren, D. Whitbread, S. Dillwyn, L. L. Maguire, J. F. White, J. Dodson, J. G. Marshall, W. White, C. Dutf, H. E. Martin, C. W. Whitworth, B. Duudas, F. Martin, P. W. Wickham, H. W. Eckereley, N. Milbank, F. Williamson, Sir IL Edwards, C. Mill, J. 8. Woods, 11. Edwards, 11. Miller, W. Wyvill, M. Eliot, Lord Mills, J. It. I oung, G. Erskine, J. E. Mitchell, A. Young R. Ewart, W. Mitchell, T. A. TELLER& Ewing, 11. E. C. Moffatt, G. Torreus, W. T. M. Eykyn, Roger Moncreiff, J. Enfield, Viscount N 0 ES—Z. 6. Adderley, C. B. Gore, J. It. 0. Morgan, 0. Annesley, Col. 11. Gorst, .1. Morgan, Major Anson, Major Grant, A. Mowbray, J. Archdall, Capt Graves, S. E. Naas, Lord • Arkwrlght, ft. Greene, E. Neeld, Sir J. Bag - galley. R. Gray, Lt-Col. Neville-Grenvllle,R Bagge, W. Grey, T Newport, Via. Bailey, C. Griffith, C. D. Noel, G. J. Baring, T. Gurney, Rt. Hon. R North, Col. Barrington, Vis. Gwyn, it Northcote. Sir S.H. Barrow, W. IL Hamilton, Lord C. Paget, It. 11. Bateson, Slr T. Hamilton, Lord C.J l'akington, Sir J. Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, I. r. Palk, Sir L. Beach, Sir M. Hamilton, Visit. Parker, Major W. Beach, W. Hardy, G. Patten, Colonel IT. Beecroft, G. S. Hartley, J. Paull, IL. Biddulph, Col. Hartopp, E. B. Peel, Gun. Bingham, Lord liarveY, it B. Powell, F. S. Bourne, Col. Harvey, R. G Pugh, D. Brett, IV. B. Ilerve3, Lord A. Read, C. S. Bridges, Sir B. W. Hay, Sir J Robertson, P. F. Brooks, R. Heathcote, G. H. Royston, Vlsot. Bruce, Sir 11. Heathlicote, Sir W. Schreiber, C. Burrell, Sir I'. Henniker, J. M. Solater-Booth, G. Campbell, A. H. Herbert, I'. N. Scott, Lord H. Capper, C. ll esketh, Sir T. hcourfield, j, ft. Cartwright, Col. Hodgson, W. 11. Selwyn, C. J. Cave, S. llogg, Lt-Col. Beverne, J. E. Cecil, Lord E. Holmesdale, Vie. Seymour, G. it. Chatterton, H. Hood, Sir A Simonds, W. n, Clinton Lord A.P. Hope, Beresford Smith, A. Cobbold, J. C. Hornby, W. 11. Smith, G Cochrane, A. D. B. llorsiali, I'. 13. Somerset, Col. E. Cole, lion. J. L. II Ahem. Lord Stanley, Lord Corranoe, r. Howes. E. Pitopford, S. G. Corry, 11. L. Hubbard, J. G. Stuart, Col. c, Courtensyjord 11 unt, G. W. Sturt, Lt.-Col, N. Cox, W. ' Jervis, Major Sturt, H. U. Crauborne, Vist. Jones, D. Surteel, F. Cubitt, G. Karslake, Sir .Y. B. Surtees. IL K. Curzon, Viscount Karalaae,E. K. Sykes, C. Dalkeith, Earl of Kekewich, S. I'. ThoroA. J. IL Dick, F. Relic, J. 'lhynne, Lord H. Dickson, Major Kendall, N. Toilemache, J. K, Dirnsdale. . Disraeli, B. It canard, It. W. Torrens, Robert. Keowu, W. Tottenham, Lt-Col. Doulton, F. Knight, I'. Treeby, J. IV, Dowdeswell, W. E. Knightley, Sir It. Turner, C. Du Cane, C. Knox, Col. Vance, J. Duncombe, W. E. Knox, Major W. IL Verner, E.W. Dunne, Gen. Lawn, Sir E. Verner, Sir W. Dutton, R. IL Laing, S. Walcott, Admiral Dyke, W. 11. Laird, J. Walker, Ma jor u. Dyott, Colonel Langton, W. G. Walpole', S. IL Eaton H. W. Lefroy, A. Walsh, Sir J. Edwards, Sir H. Lennox, Lord G. 0, WelbWaterhouse, 3. Egerton, E. C. Lennox, Lord kl. (.i. y, W. E. Iticho, Lord Leslie, 0. P. Williams, Col. Fane, Col. Liddell, H. G. Williams, F. 11, Fellowes, E. Lindsay, Col. C. Wise , H. Fergusson, Sir J. Lindsay, Col. R. Woocid, B. T. }Foyer, .1. • Lopes, Sir I'o . . IV) Id, .1. Forde, Col. Lowther, J. Wyudliam, P. Forester, Gen. Lowther, Capt. *Wynn, C. W. W. Fort, R. Mainwarang, T. Wynne, W. it. M. Freshlield, C. K. Manners, Lord Yorke, J. IL Garth, If, Manners, Lord G. Gilpin, Col. Metter, IV. TELLERS. Goidney, Cr. Moutagu, Lord R. 'Taylor, Colonel C 1990, I. ) . motgmery, sll' O Whitmore, U. June. pill pin pm THE SUN, LONDON, nil 1)A Y EV I NIN G, AUG UST 9, 1807. 190 100 100 Ico 100 100 SSitIS luo too 100 all 100 100 100 tlOO 15 100 100 95 97 93 100 98 1t:0 1 81 83 81 83 102 104 105 107 105 107 1(4 105 92 94 101 104 108 11- 102 104 161 106 105 107 107 169 98 100 99 98 91 93 89 90 104 106 93 94 96 98 01 93 104 106 1054 1081 ISIONS. 66 68 100 101 p i 44t, 4 5 6 63 71 55 65 99 101 100 IGI 107 105 17 18 98i i 97 11I; f 1101 1 11 55 101 i 1011 10a4 9 V 7 81 14 '5 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. THE POLICE AND THE BASKET WOMEN.—Five women, named Ellen Cotten, Bridget Burns, Margaret Hooper, Ann Sullivan, and Ann Shields, were charged before Mr. Ai nold with causing an obstruction in Crown-street, Soho, on the footway with baskets of fruit. Mr. Arnold ordered the cases to be taken respectively, stating that each case must depend upon its own merits, and the defendant Cotten was then placed at the bar. Police-constable Edward Bessey, 178 C, said that yester day afternoon he was on duty in Crown-street, Soho, and he saw the defendant with sumo baskets of fruit on the footway, causing such an obstructio❑ till persons could not pass. Thera were great complaints from the inhabitants. Mr. Arnold asked the constable if ho had previously cautioned the defendant. The constable said he had. Mr. Arnold inquired cit; constable whether ho asked the defendant her name and address. Tho constable said ho did not. _ _ Mr. Arnold said that should have been done. He did not see any necessity for taking them into custody. if the prisoners be causing an übArnetion, their names and addresses should be taken, and they should bn summoned. Mr. Arnold asked if the evidence was the sake in all cases, and, on the constable stating that it was, ho dis charged the defendants with a caution. Oue of the defendants said sh 3 had been at the same place with h -r stall for two years. Mr. Arnold said that was two years longer than she ought to have stopped. The Suspected Murder at Limehouse, This morning the adjourned investigation was resumed respectieg the alleged murder of Agnes Oakes, aged 22 years, who, as it was first stated, cut her throat after attempting to murder a lighter man, named John 'Wiggins, with whom she lived. The court and the streets near it were densely crowded by persons anxious to get a glimpse of the accused. IViggings was brought up before the court, in accordance with the direction of the Secretary of State. The prisoner was represented by his solicitor. A great deal of evidence was taken with the view of showing that the deceased was a person of confirmed drunken habits, and that she had inflicted the wounds which eawed death with her own hand. The surgeon, however, was of opinion that much of what had taken place, and whic'► was attributed to the deceased, was extremely doubtful, the severe nature of the wounds, in his opinion, being quite sufficient to cause utter pros tration the moment ti►ey were inflicted. The pri soner conducted himself calmly, and made a state ment to the effect that the young woman inflicted the injuries which caused her death with her own hand. The jury ultimately returned a verdict that the deceased was found with her throat cut, but the evidence was not conclusive as to how the injury had been inflicted. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, August 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor reaponding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Aug. 8. Aug. 1. c. fr. - c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,778 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 25,710,029 10 25,665,280 16 Treasury account cur rent creditor 90,338,066 59 90,392,568 68 Current accounts, Paris 251,705,602 48 237,040,537 51 Do. branch banks 89,334,313 42,078,414 Dividends payable 1,890,985 75 2,261,921 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Aug. 8. Aug. 1. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 236,532,392 4 232,995,473 34 Do. branch banks 226,179,213 219,739,481 Advances on deposit of bullion 59,088,000 59,419,300 Do. branch banks 9,477,991 9,192,475 Do. on French Public Securities 12,435,900 12,551,800 Do. by branch banks 7,223,400 7,169,600 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit F.ncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 638,197 51 634,793 78 Sundries Totnl 1,759,437,215 36 1,789,951,850 01 Get - tined by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Franco. (Signed) ItoCLAND. STALE OF TRADE. BRADFORD, Aug. B.—There is a better feeling in the wool market. The degree of firmness esta blished' last week seems to be fairly maintained. Prior to that time there had, as will be remembered, been for a long time great irregularity in prices, and almost a constant tendency to decline; but this condition of things has now disappeared, and if there is no actual improvement in the shape of advance, at any rate the basis of prices then established seems to be regarded as that in which spinners may safely operate. The result is that staplers seem more firm, while, at the same time, in the better prospect of fixity of quotations, no timidity is shown on the part of spinners, but more disposition to operate. Fine-haired wools are in steady demand, while Lincoln wools, especially hogs, are almost unsaleable. In worsted yarns there is no improvement. Shipping merchants are doing little or nothing, and though there is a fair consumptive demand on home account, there is nothing like animation in this branch. Prices are not generally lower, although some spinners seek to induce their customers to place orders by making a slight concession. SHARE LlST—This Day. Share Railways. !Bristol and Exeter .... :Caledonian 78 ;t0 1';O 111 35 15 20 et st ICO !Cambrian . . Cork and Bandon -- Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June rDun„ Perth, & Ab.Junc E.l.ondon, berip Certi Do. Claßaow ,t S. Western reat Eastern, Ord. st k. Do. E. Anal. st. No. 2 Crcat North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stook Do. B stock 3 5 55 8S 70 72 106 108 27 27 4 6 110 IL! 1.0 (12 1)o. New. is. at V\ pu, GCS, and V. of Ireland Weitern -Original I Do. J. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. \V. Mid.—Oxlonl 94 15 44 13i 21 27 27 V.. 1 Do. Newport Jo. Itereford Lancashire& IorWLII, London and Lou., Urigh.,& S Coar.l Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A I.ou. :Kurth egen, Lou. a South WeFtern Man., Shut., a Lincoln Metropolitan.-- . Do. New Do. Exten6ion 12i I 49 51 Di 17 12 113 111 7.1 78 45 ►7 24 1.0 113 112 tO 85 %Le trupolll an pi,. tricC, Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's WN Ilidland Do. £9 Share _ - tin 1 71 Do, Birmin.. Dort') raid Kent . . North British • . Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. nth. pastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E; purchase Do. Louis ..... Do. York 81 e 6 30 31 Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stook. & Darling Do. 10. 1860-6 l North London Do. do. isnl 5 Do. do. 1866 'North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union 'south Devon liouth Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Tair Vale Do. C Vale of Beath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & White heist Cornwall ORDINARY tiIiARES AND STOCKS. 2S 72 8} 111 112 111 13j 3 & 61/ ii 17 1041 59 92i 63j 4 011 51 5 Paid' Clos ing . , Business trice. dene. 1;3111. 78 4 71 12 1 561 111! 11 86 1171 61 17j 103 104 68 6) 0 92 31 35 8 9 p 114 116 I li►, 63 65 116 118 5 . 3 65 44 16 63 63, 9 10 148 152 3 4, WESTMINSTER. THROWING STONES AT WATERMEN— CAUTION TO Boss. —John Allen, a lad about 12 years of ago, was chargod as follows George Simpson, of 5, Caledonia-street, Pimlico, said that ho was a boatbuilder and waterman. Yesterday afternoon ho was painting a barge in the " Layby" of the Grosvenor-basin, when the defendant and some other boys commenced pelting him with stones. One that the defen dant throw struck him on the foot. His master, who wit nessed the transaction, ran after the defendant, and ho was handed over to the police. Mr. Thos. Hither, tho master of the last witness, said that he saw the defendant and two other other boys pelt ing the last witness with stones, and when they wore spoken to they made use of bad language. Witness ran after the boys, and in tho Grosvonor-road ho saw the de fendant take off a little boy's cap and hido it under his coat. Witness charged him with stealing the cap. A police-constable camo up, and he gave tho defendant into custody. Mr. Selfe said such dangerous proceedings must bo put a stop to, and he should fine defendant iu the sum of 55., or seven days' imprisonment. The money was paid by the boy's mother, and ho left the court in her charge. THAMES. The new magistrate, Mr. Ralph A. Benson, tha Recorder of Shrewsbury, who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Partridge, officiated for the first time this morning in his magisterial capacity. The learned gentleman was called to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple on the 26th of January, 1854. Mr. Partridge, who has gone to the Southwark Police-court, has been a stipen diary magistrate of Brighton, Wolverhampton, and the Thames Police-court for upwards of 15 years. Ho has loft behind him many pleasant recollections for courtesy, im partiality, and kindness. Ho was a capital man of busi ness, painstaking, and never hasty in his decisions. He was held in much regard by the legal profession, and by all who ever came in contact with him in business trans actions. His retirement from this Court is deeply re gretted by the inhabitants of the district, and by the shipping and mercantile community of the port of Lon don. Ms decisions in maritime cases gave much satisfac tion, and his sagacity and legal abilities wore greatly ap preciated by all who came before him. It is to be hoped that a fit successor to Mr. Partridge will be found in Mr. Benson, - who entered upon his new duties this morning, as if he was to the manner born, at ten o'clock precisely, and disposed of a great number of night charges. He com menced his magisterial labours by fining Mr. George Star lingtull, a commercial traveller, 58. for being drunk and disorderly last night. Mr. Benson asked many questions of the police relating to the street, courts, and alleys named by the witnesses, and said, " I don't know tho im mense district assigned to this court yet, but I have no doubt I shall soon know more about it. Mr. Paget has always taken his seat on the bench with undeviating punctuality at ten o'clock in the morning, and it will be a great boon to the public if Mr. Benson will follow the example of his learned collo:quo with the same regularity. John Wiggins, lighternum, charged with the wilful mur der of a woman named Oakes, with whom he cohabited, will be brought before Mr. Benson this afternoon, after the termination of the inquest in Limehouso. This case was originally before Mr. Paget I st Friday, and it is expected that Mr. Benson will remand it to some day, on which his colleague will preside. If that is not done, Mr. Benson will have to go over the same ground again. 15CiiR;KE ---finis day. MARK LANE. Owing to the changeable state of the weather, the few samples of English wheat on sale bore, to-day, were mostly held for more money. Millers, however, purchased cau tiously, at prices quito equal to Monday. Tho general quality of the supply was good. we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat, in which a fair business was transacted at full quotations. The imports continuo liberal. There was about an average business doing iu floating cargoes of grain on former terms. No English barley was on offer. Foreign parcels moved off freely, at very full prices. Malt sold slowly, on former terms. Oats commanded 6d per qr. more money, with a good demand. The supply was rather extensive. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. Seeds and cakes were a slow inquiry, at Monday's quo tations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 830 1,360 30 1,680 Irish — Foreign 47,430 320 19,640 2090 sacks. Maize 7,950 1660 brim. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets aro fairly supplied with moat. In most descriptions sales progress slowly, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s d a d, sded Inferior beef 3 2 3 0' Inferior mutton.... 3 4 3 8 Middling do. 3B 4 0 Middling mutton-3 10 4 4 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 34 3 1 6 Large Veal 3 10 pork 4 1 5 0 6 Small pork. ...... 4 0 4 Prime small d 0.... 4_ _ 1 Lamb..ts Gd to 51-0 d BOROUGH HOP. From the plantations the accounts aro again unfavour able. All kinds of hops command vory full prices, and the demand for them rules steady. Mid and East Rents Weald of Kent Sussex Farnham and country Yearlings l3os to 150 s , Olds sos to 95s o COLONIAL. TEL—Tho public sales of China produce have closed, and, in 501110 instances, slightly enhanced rates were ob tained for superior qualities. StTGAn.—A very limited business has been entered into, but superior qualities of West India fully support previous rates COFFEE.—Thero has been alair demand for Plantation Ceylon, which found ready buyers, at full values. In other descriptions there has been a moderate amount of business reported at steady prices. RICE.—A very moderate inquiry has prevailed for cleaned descriptions, but transactions to some extent have boon reported in floating cargoes for exportation at late rates. TALLOW.—no market remains very quiet, but quota tions generally aro well maintained. Old P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 455. ; now, 455. 9d. ; and last three months, 465. per cwt. LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES.--The duties on coals brought within tho metropolitan district, 131. per ton, produced in the year 1866 .£335,708— v i z., £162 , 631 on coals brought into the port of London, £112,168 on coals brought by railway, £332 on coals by i n l an d nav i gat i on, and £374 by road tra ffic . Deductions for drawback allowed, compensation AP.° wancos, and exp enses o f manage ment p re r d ed u n ce n d ed xthel,s3 not produce to £266,315. 'rho duty on wine g b g il r i a ou va s' te s ( t l " a n f7d cli n'ecelerated perfectly curable by Du [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Dysp e p sia (Indigestion) Constipation, De bility,l ~,,,igiistsoifn eev, Consumption, ie,rryy s a dt l g i ce a r, i l . In 1) nervous, it.ieoiol, ita Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such ry e colds, ess influenza, as—cough, asthma, also diarrh b ce il a io , us h n te e m m o , r f r e li v o er i( s ls , , so l r ivz t r hr c o o a n ts i : in p d l i a pia t h s o , r fl ia a , tu c le a n ta c r y r , h n m e , ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, in itability, sleeplessness, acidity, Palpitation, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of th e s t omac h an d between the shoulders, &c.We quote a few:--The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413..—" Rome, July 21, 186 G.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has ccuflned himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal, It has produced a sur prisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure No. 46,270 Mr James Roberts, Umbel merchant, of Frimley Surrey, of hit' years' diseased lungs. an L;rd yea S r t s u , ar d t ys d r e eps D ia e . cles spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partia deafness Waterford, , Lord Lieut. of t e erf N or o d . , 1,771. Lord No. 43,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dispepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and vomit ing.—Maria Joly. - Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. — In tins at Is. WI.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 65.; 5 lbs., lls. ; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 40x.—BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, 3.tegent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurela-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 298, Ozford-Ptrcet i 330 strAnd i ltd all grinerrs and aelaifitP. - _. The Sewer Flood in Belgravia. Few persons who are not actual sufferers have any notion of the frequency with which, not so very long ago, the districts in London which lie iu the line of the great sewers were liable to inunda tions of sewer-water during great storms. Within these very few years any severe thunderstorm would inundate the basements of houses in certain parts of Bond-street near the King's Scholarspond sewer, and of the Westbourne district of Paddington near the Ranelagh sewer; but since these sewers have been reconsttucted and connected with the Metro politan Main Drainage such accidents have ceased. Still, however, the important districts which are waiting for the completion of the low level sewer, especially the lower parts of South Belgravia, are exposed once in every two or three years to this horrid nuisance. These districts are below high water mark, and if their sewers were not protected by flap valves - would be inundated by a reflux of the Thames through the sewers at every high tide. As it is, during the period of high water nothing can flow out from the sewers, whose contents gradually accumulate till the fall of the tide allows them to disgorge themselves into the river. But if, during high tide, there should be an unusual rainfall, of course the sewers will be filled to an extraordinary degree, and will regurgitate into the drains of the houses which open into them, unless the latter are protected by flap-valves, as they always should be, to keep out gases, rats, and reflux water. The unluay combination of high tide with violent rain fall occurred last week, and, i n con sequence, the kitchens and cellars of houses in such low lying districts as the Vaxhall-road, the Victoria sta tion, and South Belgravia generally were . flooded with dilute sewer-water, to the height 'n some instances of three feet. The inhabitants swilll-11)ay, well n e l d l pray for the completion of the low for plenty of power to the pumps thati have the duty of lifting these occasional floc% s. Whatever the death-rate of these districts may be now, it ought to show a reduction when they cease to be resent. The from time to time inundated as at p low l e vel sewer on the n orth side is s‘'aitin Thames Embankment and the railways. g O f o n r south side the sewer is finished, and yet there were grievous cases of inundation in the firstlowestodeisitnritcetrs: The means of protec tion are two, hich noughdto t not to cepting or high lev el sewe.rs, w reach the allow the rainfall on th the'ergwhich ought lower ; and, secondly, pumps, be powerful enough to carry off any rainfall that can fall on the waterlogged area below high water ines and Gazette. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day , Sales probably 10,000 bales. American firm. Surats weak. FISHERY LUCK.—The Cornish Telegraph reports that, as a score of Mount's Bay boats were on their way, on Friday, from the coast of Ireland, where they had met with no success, to Scarborough, one boat shot her nets and took 30 maize of herrings, which bold at 355. per maize. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Britivb Columbia, 6 per cent., Dee. 31, 1872. ... CanAlov.6 p.c.Ja.& JJuly 1877-84 Uo. 6 p. 0. I•'cb. ‘5l, Aug 5 p. c. Mar. Az Sept . Do. 5 p. c. Jan. dc July I Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed rak 'Cap() G.llopc, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apl.&Oot , 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 1 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 e, lon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.t Do. 1878, do Alauritlue, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ...- us). 1832, Mayls, N0v.16 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1 Natal Gov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.dz.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t, Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent I Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Soutia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aua.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-8 1)o. 1878 & upwards Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.& July Do. do, April Ac Oot BRITISH I', Atlantic St.Lawrcnoc Born., Baroda, s Cen.ln. gu. .5 per cent... Do. / shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butf.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Calcutta t S. If., lim Jape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, East. lieng,al, gu., 5 do East 1 ()titan, gu. S p.c. Do. .1 Extension rand Trunkol Do. Equip. Mort, Bond, 1 charge R p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr, t. Bonds ) Du. do. thierred ! 130. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. ith Pref. stock Do. do. deterrcd ; t. India l'en. goo.. sp.c. 0. Gua. 5 percent. Do. New gtia. 5 p. o t. South of India gut. 5 per cent ll 41 per cent Do . ......... )reat Wes. Of Cauada.., DJ. ;Sew. 00.6 p. o B pay. 187:. )0.51 rio. pay. 1.177-8.. Indian Branch, limited .Sladras, gua. 5 p.o D0.41d0 Do. 4a do Do. Filth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. C. Mids. Rel.& Bob3on's Bay.. N. 111.C . da, 6po lstpt.ba. Sclnde Do. Delhi Do. do .. 1 Do. Puniaub.... v5l Do.lndus St.not Q ° I 80 85 53 55 40 45 35 37 18 20 101 103 - 2 p 100 101 92 V - - 11 iii 95 P 7 V 5 67 100 102 U 3 05 b 9 91 b 3 65 100 101 97 98 1 let 98 99 BRITISH MINES. ~, Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 I Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 71 51 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 419 4t) Drake walls 2.1.0 4 2 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 20 22 East Caradon ' 2.11.0 5 6 East Carn Brea St 3 34 —. East Grenville 2.14.4j 2 3 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 34 3 .4 Gam.& StAubyn(G vien. 60 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 19 Great South Tolgus 0.14.4 -- - Great Wheal ISuoy 11.9.6 - - G. Wheal Vor (lielst bu 4t, 16 IS 16j Grenville.—..— i I erod's Foot .... 4.10.0 31 34 LI ingeton Downs 5.10.6 2} 24 Alargaret (Uny Lelant 1317.6 6 is Ilarke Valley 1.0.6 4: 54 41 4 ttwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 24 It , c - ar Sewn North Itcskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogau 4.4. i. _ _ North Wheal Crotty _ Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24 Pr.,videnec ,Uny Lelant 10.6.7 27 29 ...., I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 310 350 I South Condurrow 1 S.l, heal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 —•-- - itray Park • l'in Croft.— _ Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Bassett (Mogan _ W. Caradon (Liskeard 1; 9 1 t West Chi vcrtOn ll 68 70 Vest Seton 474 130 140 W• heal Bassatt 'Mogan 54 65 70 Vhcal Buller atedruth 16 23 25 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 "-- W• heal Scton Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 10 12 1111 4 iFERENCE 82, London Brighton, new 4 .TIES ALID STOCKS. per cent. 18 3, 63 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Great Luxembourg, 10, South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, J 5 FOR.EIGN MINED. Don l'edro, Nor.ll Dcl !toy, st. John dcl Rey, lirn., 66 a BANKS. Anglo- ustrian, 8 a 9-16 Australasia, C4l 4 5 London Joint Stock, London and ‘1 etstmingter; 83 5 Unto!' or Australia, 471 Union of London, 39i MISCELLANEOUI3; City Offices, lim., 71 Continental Union Gas, lim., Ditto all), 121 Credit Fonder of England, Mu.. 3 3-16 Gen. Credit and Discount, lila., bk 3-.6 Hudson's Bay, 15 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 67 During the month ending the 30th of June last Franco and the Channel Islands exported to England, by way of Southampton, nearly 20,000,000 eggs, 14,000 bushels of fruit, 4,800 tons of potatoes, and 1,700 tons of butter. THE STATUTE LAW REVISION.—TIIC longest act of the session (22 shoots) has just boon issued on the statute law revision, repealing scans hundreds of acts. A Deputy of the Portuguese Parliament —one Senor Pedro De Brito Aranha —has written to Victor Hugo to point out that though Portugal is "uns petite con (roe sans donte," yet it has set the example to Europa of abolishing capital punishment. Victor lingo replies as under: —" Your noble letter makes my heart throb. I had heard the great news, but its repetition by you is delight ful. No; there are no small peoples. Alas! there are small men, and sometimes they lead groat nations. Peoples who aro ruled by tyrants - tt - e like muzzled lions. I adore and glorify your Portugal. It is free ; therefore it is great. Portugal has abolished punishment by death. This is a great advance in the march of improvement. To-day Portugal is in the van of European civilisation. You, Portuguese, have never ceased to be intrepid explorers. You advanced formerly in the ocean—now in the waters of truth. To proclaim such principles is better than to discover worlds. Glory to Portugal !" A CHILD KILLED BY ITS FATHER. —On Wed nesday, at the Manchester Assizes, Robert Morris, was indicted for the manslaughterof his child, Alice Ann Mor ris, at Manchester, on tLo 27th of July. The prisoner was attempting to strike his wife with a brush, when the blow fell upon the temple of the child, aged six weeks, who was in the mother's arms. In consequence of the injuries the child died. The prisoner was found guilty, and as it ap peared that he had received much provocation his lordship only sonteucod him to lour =raid hard labour. 711 E EMPRESS CHARLOTTE. Quoting from a Trieste letter the Memorial Dip lomatique says that the physicians were unanimous in recommending the Queen of the Belgians to spare her sister-in-law from any great excitement on the occasion of their first meeting after a long separa tion. At the sight of her Majesty the Empress ap peared more surprised than moved. Her peculiar sagacity caused her instinctively to comprehend that some great event had occurred when she who had been so long kept in complete isolation was allowed oncl more to embrace a beloved relative. but fearing, doubtless, to learn too speedily the irreparable loss she had sustained, she made no inquiry at the first interview for information con cerning tin .F.inperor M tx . milian. She rather appeared to study the conntenance of the Queen, in order to detect sa:n ) growl 1 for hope or alarm The Queen was attired in half in urning only, the object of occ tsioning as little excitement as possible on the mind of the august sufferer. But the latter the next morning perceived from the window of the apartment that the Queen's attendants were in deep mourning, and immediately understood the extent of her misfortune, without, however, exhibiting her deep emotion further than by a melancholy which was the more affecting that it was not expressed in words. It could not be doubted that the Empress no longer entertained any illusion as to the fate of her husband, although no one had ventured to reveal it to her. Her calm resignation was a sufficient proof of her knowledge of the sad event. THE ORIGIN 0F 711 E MERCHANTS' GUILD It seems highly probable that the home of the guild system was Germany. It originated in the sacrificial feasts of heathen times, and was modified on the introduction of Christianity. Even before towns were formed there to any great extent, sworn brotherhoods had arisen, whose members were closely bound to each other as the members of one family ; but when the towns had grown up into existence these brotherhoods were most readily - constituted, and they succeeded in gradually freeing themselves from the burdens connected with their place of resi dence, or to which the inhabitants were subjected by powerful authority. By degrees they acquired for themselves privileges from the chief ruler of the country, or from the authority to which the place belonged, and to whom the royal dues were paid in greater or less amount. " Guild" and " Town Community" were then conceptions of the same significance ; and guild-right was in many instances synonymous with town right. In England, in most of the ancient boroughs, merchant guilds were established in the Saxon periods. It is related that Ethelwulph, King of the West Saxons (circa 850 A.D.) granted to the, inhabitants of Win chester the privilege of forming such a society; and as the progress of towns was generally simultaneous we may infer the institution of similar guilds, or clubs, in other places of importance was nearly con temporaneous, if not earlier in date. The order of their development may be thus supposed : When, in the Roman-British towns, the state of security to person and property had become more or less com plete, after the conquest by the Saxons (which, it may be presumed, was not until the middle or close of the seventh century), and the inhabitants occupied in trade began, however moderately, to acquire wealth, a class of this kind was formed in every place. The term " merchant" is probably the translation from the medieval Latin of the word " mercator," which was deemed the equivalent of the old Saxon word " chapman," and this designated the towns men who were tradesmen. They were, however, a class different from what is now in existence in the same position. They were persons who either wove rude cloth at the loom, or collected the raw materials of manufacture (wool, for example), or articles o f daily consumption, and conveyed them to fairs and markets in towns adjacent, on their shoulders or on pack-horses ; for the tram; of the places in which they lived was manifestly ina lequate to their main tenance. E lea owned or occupied a small plot of ground " burgage") on which his dwelling was erected. They were not only liable to the taxes i:n posed on them by the kings, or thanes, or abbots, on or near whose doms.ina they dwelt, but they were ex posed to numerous exactions on their way to other towns, and in these towns, too, on their arrival. They were also placed in peril, and subject to obstructions, whenever they adjourned to distant localities. These incidents of difficulty and danger gave them, therefore, a common interest in their mutual safety anp mutual exemption from legalised pillage. la such/ circum stances, doubtless, the merchants or chapmen's guilds had their origin. Their members were bound to each other by oaths and pledges, and they paid a common contribution to the purse of the brother hood. They _built by their united funds a Guild Hall, wherein they met to transact their aff punished com mitted by one guild brother upo n another. They assisted each other in times of sickness and adver sity. They clubbed together to purchase c h a rters of freedom from king s and lords, to repair the town walls, and to promote other public objects. Being composed of free men, and including all the more energetic, thriving, and able inhabitant', the mer chants' guilds became, by successive steps, what were subs.quently called the corporations of boroughs. It was by them, in all probability, a transfer of the powers of the Court beet from the lords of manors to the townspeople was effected by purchase ; and as independence of jurisdiction and self-government in local affairs virtually constituted a borough, they were the persons who were styled, in charters and public documents, " burgesses" and " good men of the town." —English Municipal History, by James Thompson. ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPEY. The number of telegraphic despatches received at the central station in Paris has increased so consi derably that the administration, finding it impossible to send them by porters in all directions to their respective destinations, has adopted a plan which is already in use for the transmission of l etters) A series of iron tubes, 65 milli metres (21 i n ches) in diameter, has been laid down from the Central Office in the Rue de Grenelle St. Germain to the Hotel des Postes, and, back again to the at This continuos line ,fondles besides at the Cerclo Imperial in the Rue ~13oissyd'Angas, then at the Grand Hotel, the Bourse, Hotel da Louvre, and the Hopital de la Charite. cylinder despatches to be - sent off are put into acy er fitting loosely into the tube, but provided. with . a leathern disk which closes the vertical section of the tube completely. The means of propulsion adopted is both simple and ocaotneronaliedcal.a rAesterevaecihr s t a tion there is a c istern of w toer,eosreuppp serves reeliesd the air, the of compressed air ; thewa t town-pipes, merely ser w hil e the latter , rushing i n to the transmis sion-tube as soon as a communication with it is opened, drives the cylinder before it with extra ordinary cc as Each cylinder may con tain as many as 40 despatches, and a new one is sent of every ten minutes. There are many minute details in the working of this atmo spheric line which we cannot stop to describe ; there is one, however, which deserves to be mentioned. Suppose one of the cylinders to be stopped on its way by some accident, blocking up the passage, we must know Donewl.lerohy simplyiti is, in or der to set it right again. This is putting the reservoir into communication with the obstructed tube,from the diminution of pressure ob served we may deduce the exact volume of the ob structed space, of which we know the diameter. With these data it is easy to find the length of the tube, and consequently the point where the obstruc tion exists. General Deligny, commanding in the province of Oran, Algeria, has issued an order of the day point ing out the defective state of the national guard in that part of the colony, and directing measures to be taken to improve their efficiency. They arc to be called out every Sunday for two hours' exercise and drill and for shooting practice. In the rural dis tricts these guards are to be trained frequently to field tactics, and in the rules of attack and defence ; and, generally, the local military authorities are charged to =kg the f orce M effective SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day • STOCKTON MEETING. WEDNESDAY, Acceptances for the Iliddlesb August 14. orough Handicap. One milo half. Age st lb Sundeclah'... 6 8 12 Lord Ronald 5 8 4 Klarinska b 8 0 Declaration 4 7 13 ()zit- 4 7 12 Repul:o 4 7 4 Weights for the Wynyar Ago st lb a‘claration Olniar Bib Chambers 4 8 10 Raglan i 8 7 I{ , l olds° Andax liolstoin.. Preston 3 8 0 3 7 12 llydrophy 6 7 10 Ago st lb Paxton ... 3 7 0 Elfeta 4 6 11 Deceit ... 3 6 11 Liberal 3 6 '4 itel-tub 3 6 0 Little Treasure 3 5 10 I Plate. Seven furlongs. Age st lb The Dean 3 7 8 Frost E:feta . 4 7 7 Ca pitola 3 7 5 Lady I i Ice Miss B.,icvell filly 3 7 1 Policy The Gleatt-r 2 5 9 Merry Andrew Shibbolet PROGRAMME 01' LE WE6 Lt.lOE3. SATURDAY. The Lewes Grand Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 it, and 3 only if declared by twu p.m. on Tuesdsy, August 6, with 200 added; winners of any handicap value 200 sovs after July 31, at. 5 p.m., 71b; of two such stakes, or of 500 sovs at anyone time, 101 b extra ; the winner of the Goodwood Cup, 101 b; and the second in that race 51b extra ; any other winner, 31b extra ; second to re ceive 25 sovs ; 2 miles. 97 subs., 67 of whom pay 3 soya each. Age at lb Age st lb Lecturer ... 4 9 5 Opoponax ... 3 6 7 5 9 2 Dulcimer 5 6 7 Rama ... 4 8 9 Pearl Diver a 6 6 John Davis ... 6 8 7 Lord of the Dales 3 6 6 Dalesman ... 4 8 7 The Lizard ... 5 6 4 Beoswing 4 8 0 Vixen ... ... 5 6 2 Julius ... 3 7 12 Monitress ... 4 6 2 Miss Havelock 47 9 Gilead ... 36 0 Harry Brailsfurd 5 7 7 Mandrake ... 3 6 Zeuobia. ... 5 7 7 Nine Elms , 3 5 12 Endsleigh 5 7 4 Pirate Chief 3 5 12 Knight Errant ... 3 7 1 Isabella 4 5 10 Blinkhoolio 3 6 10 Eyesore ... 3 5 10 Maid of Masham f 4 6 8 Little Ben ... 3 5 7 Dr. Syntax ... a 6 7 Nabocklish ... 65 7 The Town Plato of 50 sovs (Handicap); half a mile. A Scurry Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft; gentlemen riders, all others 71b extra. T.Y.C. Tho Juvenile Stakes of 5 soya each; with 40 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. A Plate of 50 soya; two year olds 6st 41b, three Bst 101 b, four Oat 21b, five and upwards lOst 21b. One mile and a half. The Suss-a Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 31b and 61b. T.Y.C. 31 subs. Bona Fide, Amelia colt (31b), Chantilly, Sweet. Kato, Tom Cringle, Inspiration, St. Ronan, Forecastle, Finesse (31b), See Saw, Summer's Eve, Banditto, Chic, Monkey Island, Sweet Waters, Corinne, Ninny, Emily do Lona colt (31b), Carbine filly, Helder, Post Haste, The Forest King (31b), Samson, Boanerges, False Alarm, King Alfred (31b), Dlinute Gun, Lady Blanche filly (31b), Vertutnner filly (31b), Lictor (31b), and Madrid (31b). The Railway Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, la ft, with 50 added ; winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra; the second to cave his stake; T.Y.C. 64 subs. Carlos, Adamant, Scotclaman's Pride, Lord Palmerston, Liquidator, Splendour, b f by Knight of St . Patrick out of Miss Starford, b c t. Valentine, Fug l e man, Belle Sau vage, The Returned, Miss Gladiateur , Peninsula, Fashion, Lily, Churchill, Beauty, Brenda, Paul Jones, Vex, Macbeth, ch f Sorrel, Thorndyke, Contempt, Corinne, Prince Regent, Coup d'Eclat, Demonstration, Expectation, Bliss, Lady Diana, Beauty, Janet Rawcliffe, Ratty, Beautiful Star, Chi valry, Canute, Brought on, Clemence, f by King of the Forest out of Como Arouse, Acorn, Kettleholder, k Dia- Bird seeker, Mr. Briggs, f by Cowl —Catalpa, Lictor, Blae mond, Festival, Mexico, Choral, Ransom, Minute Gun, Benevolence, Belfast, See Saw, Cuckoo, The Earl, Nut pecker, Patrician, Lady Wentworth, Benfleet, Lump Sugar, Heather Bell, Pero. The County Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b. T.Y.C. Orion (2 yrs), Volunteer (aged), Veda (2 yrs), Bliss (2 yrs), Lady Diana (2 yrs), Chepstow (4 yrs), Leonie (2 yrs), See Saw (2 yrs), Star of India (3 yrs), Julius (3 yrs), Spe culum (2 yrs), Bombastes (3 yrs), Grand Duko (3 yrs), y e r tt s e ), p s c t o o s u v p (d 4 Lclat ( ` 2 r iyiers)Skipperv(a3u ye-p yrB D ) :E o stou stro rn se e r l (( yrs), Queen of Trumps (aged). RACING FIXT' AUGI Egham l3 Wolverhampto n l3 14 Stockton Oxford ............... Hastings 2O York August 2l Dover ................... 21 West Drayton 22 P SE T Margate 3 IVarivick Spring....., 3 Abingdon 5 Loieostor Doncaster lO Brecon OOP Northampton Autumn 1 Edi n burgh Bedford 3 NOVI Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrowsbury Autumn ll RES FOR 1867. ST. Plymouth ..... 22 Lichfield Canterbury Derby Yarmouth 27 IVoymo at h Tutibridgo iltdou Baden ,; Al MIL 1 Richmond l7 !tendon l9 IMonmouth Matichustor Autumn— 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 513E1t. Nor:mar:cot 2.1 October 7 Cheltenham l5 Normarket Houghton 1 14. DER. Leamington Hunt JOHN STIRK, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Executes Commissions on all tho races to auy amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. ME. GEO. Waau executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescont, Ilaverstock-hill, and has lists postod daily at the City Arches ; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Moux's Brewery. No con nection with any other person using the same name. AQUATICS. BERMONDSEY REGATTA. This watermau's wager for a now boat, value £23, and money prizes, took place on Thursday, under, the manage ment of Alexander Grace, but in all his efforts to carry out the affair satisfactorily were marred by the conduct of G. Baker, of Mill-stairs, one of the competitors, whe in one heat kept the men exactly ono hour at the post simply because ho was not allowed a long start. In the final heat ho and 11rilliam Deal, a man 15 years his senior, and de servedly respected, came together, and after a great deal of shuffling Baker got the lead in 2.00 yards. Deal broke his right hand scull, but getting another, he started after his man, who was 12 lengths ahead, and gradually rowed him down, so that when Deal caught him ho crossed and fouled Deal twie. The manager would have no more of this disgraceful c conduct, and s d the boat to Deal, giving universal satisfaction. SWIMMING. THE SERPENTINE. The races fo prizes presented by the National Swim ming Club took placo on Thursday morning iu the Ser pentine. The first was A Race Open to All Amateurs: members of the club barred; distance) 500 yards. Six started. J. Colo took the lead, with G. A. Viz* next, and W. Colo third. At 100 yards from the grating W. Cole got in front of his,,brother, but J. Cole soon re sumed his old place, with Vise close up to IV: Colo. On nettling the first boat-house Vizo spurted, wont iu front, an d at the finish w on b y a couple of yards, W. Cole being second, J. Cole third, the others retiring. Time, 9 min. 54 sec. Members' Handicap. This was the same course as the above. The limit of 100 seconds was awarded to J. Downe, who kept in front for nearly 300 yards, when Hooper (5) seconds' start) and Morris (15) went past him. It was now a fine raco bc tweou the last two, and at 100 yards from the finish Morris got in front of Hooper, and, increasing his load, won by eight yards; Hooper second, Long third. Time, 11 min. 8 sec. Bank of England Returns.—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to tl esp. 32, for the week ending' ISSUE PEI he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1867. Notes issued ....R37,012,83;1) £37,012,835 BiNX.INU Proprietors' Capi tal licAt. Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts): 5,189,68 Other Deposits 19,856,93.: Seven Day and o ther bills £13,437,76 0 'ARTMENT , Governmt. Debt C 11,015, 104 Other Socurities 3,281,909 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion .£37,012,833 FPARTHENT. tiovernint. Sccu tit ies(inel tiding 1 Dead Weight .A.nnitity) •... £12,812,373 Other Securities.. 16,7 3,303 N0te5............... 12,699,355 G o ld and Silvor Coin ......... 1,212,729 £43,187)760 A 11 •" Po ruj a )l s o n y b e o d u a t t to th e e o G up re le at s l o V in e e st t e r r u n cl l:. s a o il a - FATAL A CCID E NT TO A _AIMS Al RTER.—As a accideutally caught between the buffers az d greatly injured. A medical man who was sent fur re commendede his removal to the Becks Hospital at Reading, Station n d a : h d a s e i a n ie e , to which institution ho was conveyed, but the injuries he had sustained were of such a serious character that the poor OPired 1 91 1 T 1 1 9 1 . 1 4 Bitt§equwatly, 109 et; 20i 10 100 1 at - , _ r`S. ri,. 41tA