The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AR COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Gold to the amount of £51,000 was received at the Bank of England yesterday, and there was also a withdrawal of £13,000. The Consolidated Bank will hold their half-yearly meeting on the 24th inst. at Manchester. A first dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound has been declared in the matter of the Steam Biscuit Flour Company (Limited), payable on the 25th inst. at the offices of the official liquidator. It will be proposed at the ensuing general meet ing of shareholders of the Anglo-American Tele graph Company to pay a dividend of £1 ss. on each £lO share, as on the last occasion, making the total distribution for the year £2 ss. per share, which is equal to about 23 per cent. for the past 12 months. },The biddings for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were, to Calcutta 4,13,000 rs. (i 41,300), to Madras 100,000 rs. (£10,000), and to Bombay 10,00,000 rs. (.£100,000). The minimum price was fixed, as before, at is. 11d. per rupee on all the presidencies. Tenders at the minimum on Cal cutta and Madras will receive in full, and on Bom bay about 63 per cent. All tenders above the minimum will receive in full. At a meeting to-day the sixtieth report of the London Joint-Stock Bank was submitted to the shareholders. The accounts which the directors presented informed the shareholders that during the six months ending the 30th ultimo the bank has made a net profit of £92,175 18s. 4d., of which the sum of £90,000 is appropriated to the payment of the usual dividend, at the rate of 12i per centum per annum, with a bonus of 6s. 3d. per share, together £1 ss. per share, leaving an unappropriated balance of £2,175 18s. 4d., to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. The guaranteed fund, with its accrued interest, now amounts to £337,839 4s. Bd. The board resolved (subject to confirmation at a speCial general meeting of shareholders) to complete the addition made to the capital of the bank in 1864, by the issue of 8,000 shares, the remain ing portion of the 20,000 shares authorised to be issued, and of which 12,000 were allotted in August 1864. These shares it is intended shall be offered in the first instance to the shareholders, in the proportion of one new share to every nine shares of which on the 25th day of July they may be the registered holders, at £25 per share, being £l5 per share the amount paid up on the existing shares of the company, £lO per share premium ; the sum to be received as premium to be added to the gua rantee fund. On the completion of this issue, the capital of the bank will be increased to 80,000 shares of £5O each, paid up to the extent of £l5 per share, thus raising the paid up capital to £1,200,000. A special general meeting has been convened for Thursday, the 25th of July, when a resolution will be proposed to authorise the issue of 8,000 new shares ; and the directors will avail themselves of the occasion of this meeting to pro pose to the shareholders certain alterations in clause 7,9, and 52, of the deed of settlement of the company, which the board deem for the interest of the bank should be sanctioned. The directors, recognising the propriety of granting pensions for long and faithful services rendered by the officers of the bank, have established rules and regulations for granting a retiring allow ance to the staff of the bank, and from the uniform interest taken by the shareholders in the welfare of those devoting themselves faithfully to promote the prosperity of the bank, the directors feel confident that the course they have adopted will meet with the hearty concurrence of all shareholders. The dividend and bonus, free from income tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 26th inst. Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) have notified that permanent, direct telegraphic com munication is now established between London and Hamburg and London and Bremen by the completion of the company's land lines in connec tion with their cable to Norderney. Hitherto the communication with these places has been carried on by the Government wires, which are also used for the local traffic ; but the new land lines of this company are exclusively for through traffic, and the communication will be constant and instantaneous. The lines will be worked by the Electric and Inter national Telegraph Company. The construction of Reuter's direct line to Berlin will be completed in about two months. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1867. 1866. Great Western ... 81,891 83,154 North Western ...128,391 127,228 South Western ... 31,691 80,515 Brighton ... ..• •.. 26,219 24,112 Midland ... 55,639 52,360 Routh Eastern ... 30,153 28,109 Great Northern ... 38,561 86,022 Lancashire and Yorkshire... ... 52,301 49,786 Bristol and Exeter... ... 7,7 9 7,463 North Eastern ... 73,865 71,680 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,061 20,321 Great Eastern ... 38,498 37,955 North British ... 37,713 29,374 London, Chatham and Dover ... ... 15,135 14,324 Metropolitan .. 4,529 4,112 Glasgow and South-Western ... 12,485 12,299 Great Southern and Western of Ireland... 10,338 10,563 Midland and Great Western of Ireland ... 5,112 4,885 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are mostly of a satisfactory character. On the North-Western there is an increase of £1,163; on the South- Western, of £1,176 ; on the Brighton, of £2,107 ; on the Midland, of £3,279 ; on the South-Eastern, of £2,044; on the Great Northern of £2,559 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,518 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £326 ; on the North Eastern, of £2,185 ; on the Great Eastern of £543 ; on the North British of £8,339 ; and on the London, Chat ham, and Dover of £Bll ; while the Great Western shows a decrease of £1,263 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of R 260. Two O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England at their /fleeting to-day did not consider it desirable to alter their minimum rate of discount. A reduction to 2 per cent. would not have excited surprise, but its maintenance at 2f per cent. afforded no disappoint ment. A further decline of 1 per cent. has been exhi bited in the English Stock Market, Consols being dealt in at 941 f for money, and for the account, on the Bth proximo, they are quoted 94 10-16 94 13-16. The New Threes are 94 3< 4 ; Reduced Annuities, 93 j 4 3i ; Exchequer Bills, 245. prem. for June ; India 5 per Cents., 111 k 1 I; ditto Enfaced 4 per Cents., 87 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 103 1 ; ditto £l,OOO Bonds, 655. prem. In the Foreign Market there has also been lees buoyancy. Mexican Stock has declined f, to 151 and the Russian Loan Scrip 1, to 1 11 prem. ; while Spanish Certificates have improved /, to 161 I ; and Greek Bonds 1, to 131 1. Italian and Turkish Securities remain without change. For American Securities there has been a very limited inquiry. Erie Shares have declined 1, to 45 1 46f ; and United States 5-20 Bonds improved to 721 ; Illinois Shares closed steadily at 76i 77k . Increased depression has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, the decline amounting to about to per cent. Great Eastern, North Western, and South Western have each declined ; Brighton and Midland each 1, and Metropolitan 4. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material alteration. Bahia and San Francisco are Marked 13 ; Bombay and Baroda, 1001 ; East Indian, 107; 1081 ; an d G reat Indian Peninsula, I . For Bank shares there has been a very moderate inquiry, Lond on an d W estm i nster have receded to 10 4 1044 ; i mper i al Ottoman have improved to 8 4, and Union of London to 381. a .Miscellaneous and Fi nance Sh ares are very in owe, and there is no change of importance to re port in values. A ng l o-American Telegraph are marked 18i ; F ore-street Warehouse, 131 ; soanta Financial, 84- ; P en i nsu l ar and Oriental L , 42 ; and Vi ceroy of Egypt's Mortgage at 681. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain at 28;30, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 22 23. MINING MARKET. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Business in the market to-day has remained very quiet, and prices generally are a shade flatter. An nexed are the latest prices : Gliivorton Moor s- 5} Chontales Gold Clifford Amalgamate 7} 74 East Basset lB 20 East Caradou 5l 51 East Russell East Wlat'al Grenville 2 Great Laxey Great Rot:Wick Great Wheal Vor Marke Valley 4l 4' 4 1 Nort'i Crofty N. Treskerby 17s 6d 22s 6d Princoof Wales 60s 0d 62s 6d Providence Mines 28 30 South Condurrow lls 13s 01 T ineroft l3 11 West Chi verton \\ est P. of Wales Wheal Basset — Wheel Bailer — Wheal Chiverton 7 7; Wheal Grenville...l7s 6d 20s Wheal Seton llO 120 BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Dent. Consols Do.. Account, Aug 8 9ll 3 per Cont. Reduced 93k 4 31 New 3 per Cent 9l 31 4 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 tunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. ' 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do . (Red Sea Televaph), Au,., 1908 2Ol March. June. :xchequer Bills, £1,000 Do £5OO pm pm Do. £lOO & £2OO pm Pm Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. (admit mock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. AccoUnt - - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cont., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873; Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 65 pm Do, under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 7ll Austrian Bonds, 5 per velit, 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent Do. 4f por Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7s* f 5 Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ()Lillian 6 per Cent Do. 4f per Cent 00. 6 per Cent A •• Do. „ B — Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £4O paid — pm C )h.mbian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 nor Cent, 1825 -- DJ. 5 per Cent, 1864 .. D..nubian Principaliti 3E, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 1867 —l, Do. Do. Scrip, £5O paid dis E tuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — egyptian 7 per Cent — 1)o. Second Issue -. Do. £lOO Bonds B5 00. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO Bonds 83,1 4 Do Government Railway Debentures B2 * Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Italian 5 per Cert 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway 491 f M. ixicaz 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevideau 6 per Cent. . — Sloorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe -avian 5 por Cent 1865 Do Account — Do 4f per Cent., 1865 Do 4} per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 401 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St B7l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 B7i Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch 1866 B7-1 Do. do £7O paid p ni Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now Detested Do. Account Do Passive .. Do Accvant 2ll Spanish Com. Cert. of Corp. Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 571 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do. 5 po Cent, 1865 Do. Account, July 3ll 1 i Dividends on the above payable in Louctut.. Austnsn a per Cent. Ex, 10 Florins Bolgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 por Cont., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 491 1 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 I Do. Account, July 10 356 32. 711 E VISIT OF THE BELGIANS. Yesterday our Belgian visitors enjoyed a very pleasant day in the Crystal Palace. There was no parade of the troops. They were allowed to go down to Sydeuham as they liked. There was free admission for them to the Palace and grounds, and when they arrived there was a series of enter tainments for them which extended from soon after noon till 10 o'cloClK at night. In addition to the orchestra of the establishment, the band of the Royal Artillery attended and performed several times throughout the day. There was more than one performance on the great organ by M. Lemmens, of the Conservatoire, Brussels, and Mr. J. Coward, organist of the Crystal Palace Company. Colonel Gregoire, commandant of the Belgian column, with his staff, and some 2,000 of the riflemen attended. The Colonel was received by Mr. Bowley, the manager, and conducted to the private balcony overlooking the terraces. The number of the general public present was over 25,000. The grand features of the occasion were the magnificent illuminations and fireworks, which commenced soon after 9 o'clock. The fireworks over, the company all assembled within the Palace, and Colonel Gregoire and his staff having taken their places in the State box, "God Save the Queen" and the " Brabancoune" were played several times amid enthusiastic cheering. It was nearly 11 o'clock before the visitors had left the Palace. It is satisfactory to learn that, with the excep tion of four or five packages, all the baggage brought over by the riflemen has been delivered to the owners. Two steamboats were employed in bringing it from the Serapis to Hungerford-market, and it consisted of no fewer than 4,000 boxes, portmantaus, &c. Some of the boxes were so heavy as to require four men to lift them. Tonight the grand ball at the Agricultural Hall will be given. It is likely to be the most brilliant fete of the kind that has ever been seen in this country. There will be no fewer than 30,000 gas lights in the hall. A magnificent State box and drawing-room have been prepared for the Prince of Wales, who is to honour the ball with his pre sence. It is expected that his Royal Highness will be accompanied by the Sultan. THE CATTLE PLAGUE INQUIRY.—The return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain, by authority of the Lords of the Privy Council, for tit* week ending Saturday, July 13, states that one fresh outbreak has been reported—viz., at East 11am Level, in Essex. Nine cases of cattle plague (viz., eight in the metropolis and one in Essex) are reported to have occurred during the week, being an increase of seven on the previous return. The whole of the diseased animals were killed. There wore six healthy cattle slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. • PROPOSED VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO MANCHESTER. —Yesterday a special meeting of the Manchester City Council was held to adopt an address to the Sultan, and also to receive a report from the deputation which waited upon his Imperial Majesty on Monday. The mayor (Mr. R. Neill) presided, and stated that while no definite reply had yet been received on the subject, the deputation was sanguine that his Imperial Majesty would honour Man chester with a visit before taking his departure from this country. Au address to his Majesty was adopted, and the mayor announced that, in anticipation of the Sultan's visit to Manchester, the Assize Courts Committee had placed the judges' lodgings and such portions of the assize courts as might be required at the disposal of the corporation for the disposal of his Majesty. An address was also voted to the Viceroy of Egypt, and entrusted to a deputation for preOentation. rHE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN% JULY 18, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share l Railways. I I Paid.! Closing Bu d = at Bristor auu Exeter .... 100 79 SI at Caledonian ..... 100 It 9 11. at Cambrian - rk and Bandon...- - - 20 Cornwall at Dublin & Belfast June., 100 65 63 F at Dun„l'erth,& Ab.Junc.l 100 70 72 100 ?..London, scrip Certi. all - - Do. 100 - - d st ,Glasgow &S. Western 100 -- - at 'Great Eastern, Ord. stk.l lOU 20 27 26k 1 1 at Do. E. Aug]. at. N 0.2 100 5 7 at Ureat North oi Scotland 100 - - at f-lreat Northern lOO 112 114 at L),. A stock lOO 112 114 110} 10 1 at Do. B stock IWO - at Do. New, is. at 25 pm, 10i - - at (HS, and W. of Irelandi 100 91 13 at tit. Western -original' Ico 43 41 402 4 1 at Du. S. Val. Rail gua. 100 - - at Do. South Wales ..... lc° - ---. at Do. W. slid. -Oxlord 100 27 30 at Do. Newport llOO 28 3 0 at Do. Hereford ..... lOO - - at Lancashire& Yorkshir 100 128 1"-0 at ' London and Blackwalll 10u - - at j1.0n., Brigh.,& S Coast, 100 51 Si 494 9181 9} at Lon., Chat., and Dover', 100 14 17 14 Eat Do. 3letrop. x. A 1 100 .0 15 106} at Len. & North Western) 100 112 113 12}12 1 at Lon. di South IVesterul 100 73 77 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln! too 45 id 414 1 st Ntetropolitan . at Do. New lO - -P st Do. Extension all It3B 110 at { Metropolitan District all 60 85 82 20 4 Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. J ohn's WA! 6 - - at Nlidland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 81 66 - slid Kent . - - at North British at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun lOO - - at Nth. Eastern-Berwioe 100 100 102 1001 25 Do. G.N•E purchase!l6.l3.4 - - at Do. Leads at Do. York lOO 92 64 a Do. Carlisle - - t 5 Do. Stook. & Darling. all 33 14 .15 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 8 9 p at North London - Do. do. 1864 5 - - 10 Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junction - Scottish Central - -- - Soot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - - - uo. Scot. Mid. stook lOO - - at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 46 48 st - -iouth Eastern - , 20 .itaines, Wok., & Wok all * 9 10 at rail' Vale 10 Do. 0 . .. 3 24 34. - Vale of H eath - - - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha i 6 - - West Cornwall lOO - - LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this company was held to-day at the bank, Prince-street, City ; Mr. G. Garden Nicoll, the chairman, pre siding. . . The SECRETARY read the report, from which it appeared that the profits for the past half-year amounted to £92,175 18s. 44., out of which the directors recommended a divi lend at the rate of 12i per cent. The net profits for the past 12 months were £1.47,861 7s. 91 _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the shareholders might be disap pointed at the reduction iu the dividend ; but there was also a reduction in the liabilities of the bank, and he believed the bank was in as safe a condition as any similar institution in the country. (Hear, hear.) The falling off in the dividend was owing. to the loss of their foreign business and the state of the mining and money markets during the past year. The latter had improved, but it was necessary for the company to proceed in a conservative spirit and with great caution. He stated, in reply to some questions, that the company had no railway connection, nor were they in any way connected with Overeud, Gurney, and Co. • Mr. KNowLEs, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion, which was unanimously adoptel, and the dividend for the first year was declared. The meeting was then made extraordinary for the election of a director in the room of the late Mr. G. Taylor, and Mr. Ormsby Gore was unani mously elected his successor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Melancholy Deaths of Five Persons by Drowning. This morning, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, proceeded with five investigations on the bodies of persons 'who met their deaths by drowning. The first inquiry was held at the Jolly Tanners' Tavern, Bermondsey, New-road, on the body of a working waterman and lighterman, named Richard Henry Read, aged 37 years, who on last Saturday evening was engaged navigating a barge on the River Thames, off East-lane Stairs, Bermondsey, when he fell overboard, •and was drowned before assistance could reach him. The second inquiry *es held at the Black Horse Tavern, Brixton, on the body of Thomas Leggett, aged one year and nine months, the son of the proprietor of the Volunteer Tavern, Brixton-road. On last Thursday afternoon the mother having occa sion to go out at a door on the landing she found deceased face downwards in the water-butt He was taken out, and medical aid called in, but life was found quite extinct. The third inquiry was held in the Board-room of Camberwell Workhouse, on the body of William Stevenson, aged 67, an independent gentleman, who accidentally fell into the water of the Grand Surrey Canal, at Camberwell, on last Wednesday evening, and was drowned. The fourth inquiry was likewise held at the same place on the bodies of Henry William and Samuel Glover, both aged respectively 12 years. On the afternoon of Wednesday last the two unfortunate lads went to a piece of water used as a brick pit at Lordship-lane, Dulwich, and went in the water to bathe. While there they got into deep water and sunk together. Although assistance was on the spot their bodies could not be recovered until some hours afterwards. The jury in each case returned verdicts that each of the deceased persons lost their lives accidentally by drowning. The proceedings then terminated. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. The market opens firmly at fully yesterday's prices. Sales probably 12,000 to 15,000 bales. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Ilritivh Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 . 5 p p . c. Feb. & Aug lOO 98 100 Du. c. Mar. & Sept 100 98 1,0 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 84 821 -- Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 82 84 83t Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&001, 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i 100 1(4 105 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO DE 94 Ceylon, Nov. 1803, 6 p.‘ 100 102 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 108 114 Mauritius , 6p. c, 187 i, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, hlayls, N0v.15 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Fel). & Aug.. 100 107 1(9 Natal 1 3ov. 6 per cent.. 100 98 100 N.l3.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 96 98 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1860 100 91 93 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1870 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1805 100 89 90 90 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 Do. 5 per cent....... 100 93 94 911 Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 91 93 944 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 104 106 Vio,Uov. 6 p. 0.3 a &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1054 1061 109/ '0 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantlo&St.Lawrence all 66 68 et Illom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 100 100 101 104 gu. 6 per cent.. 10 Do. P shares lO p iP 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron ail 4 41 10 Do. Preference 100 Butf.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 .. 100 63 71 et Calcutta &S. E., Um.. 100 at Car e Town & Dock, gu. 100 65 65 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 99 101 it East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 100 101 it East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 107 108 1071 8i 20 De. J Extension 15 et Grand Trunk of Canadi 100 17 18 tOO Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge p.c all 80 85 100 Do. lit Pref. Bonds all 53 55 100 Do. do deferred all 100 Dc. 2d Pref. Bonds_ all 40 45 IMO Du. do. deterred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook.— all 3 5 37 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 18 20 100 Do. do. deterred et India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 108 103 107 73 o. Goa. 5 per cent lB 2 P 40 Do. New gua. 52. c 6 2f , at tit. South of India gna. 5 per cent et 1) 41 per cent lov 92 94 it Do 2 20; treat Wes. of Canada all 11 141 201 Dv. New all - - £OO Do. 6p. u Be.s. pay. 187: , all 95 . 7 100 Do. 54 dv. pay. 1677-8 all 65 e 7 10 fndian Branch, limited 3 t 4' l it Madras, gua. 5 p.O 100 100 102 it Do. 41 do et Do. 41 do lOO 09 91 29 Do. Filth Extension 5 it Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 SO Mel. & Hobson's Bay all et N.B.l.C'da,6pclstpf.bs 400 83 85 it Scinde .100 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do e l /2 15 1 st Do. Punjaub a 100 98 99 at Do.lndus St.Flot 54 100 BRITISII MINES. - Cam. Consol. Gold, lien. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 7/ 61 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 410 430 Drake walls 2.1.0 it 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 29/ 20 22 East Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 East Cara BrPa 3l 3 34 2 Nast Grenville East Gunnislake . 8.3.0 4 East Lovett 3.9.0 9 10 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 31 3 1 StAubyn(G wen, 66 4 5 4 Great L..xey, limited., all 17 19 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 - - Great Wheal 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (I.l.elst"v 40 17 18 Grenville 9.0.6 1 14 Rerod's Foot . 6.10.0 31 36 tlingston Downs .... 5.10,6 21 2/ Margaret (tiny Lelant 13 17.6 6 Marke Valley 5.19.6 41 51 4 Alwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 24 1 1 New Seton North Roskear N.W l f l ßassett(lllogat, 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 34 4 Prosper United......., 8.11.0 2 24 PrJvidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 27 29 S. Caradon (St. Cleer), ll 310 540 South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 —•- - Stray Park Tin Croft 9 12 14 Vigra and Clogan, Urn.. all West Bassett (Mogan . 14 1 4 W. Caradon (Ltsteard 11 g 11 West Chi verton ...... 11 68 70 West Seton. ..... . ..... 474 130 140 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 5/ 65 70 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 23 25 IVheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . ... 384 105 115 .. Wheal Treiawnev (Lis. 5.17.0 10 12 ricilartlitNuE bliAttish Blanchester, Shellield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent. Ditto, 3i par cent., 60 I'REFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast. 6 per cent. pref. B, 30 London Brighton, kc., new 44 per cent. 18;3, 82 South Eastern 5 per cent. 1861, 87 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 5 per cent., 1101 London, Chatham, aic., 4i per cent., 504 .. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 81 and San Francine°, lisn„ gam. 7 per oval„ 13 Central Argentine, 7t great Luxembourg . , 10i I • Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 21 3 FOREIGN MINNS. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim., 4i Don Pedro. North Del Rey, 3f p ra Pestaruna United Gold, lint, 21 Pert Philip, 15-18 St. John del Rey, lim., 5Si United Mexican, lim., 11 2 1-'6 BANES. Alliance, hI a., 13i 13 Anglo-A ustrian, 7 8-18 Australasia. C 4 Consolidated, Um., Ditto, new, 4i English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 27 Imperial Bank, lim.. .8 Imperial Ottoman, lim„ 8 lard Mortgage Bank of India, Ilm., London and River Plate, 48 London and Couuty, 15 Ditto, new. 22 London Joint Stock, 43} London and estminster, IC4f 4 National Provincial of England, Ditto. d and 3d issua, 401 Provincial of Ireland, 85 2 Union of Loudon, 381 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, lira., 18i Atlantic Telegraph, Ditto, 8 per ccut., 00 Credit Foncier of England, lim, ! 3 3-16 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference, 081 Eyyptian Com. and Trading, lim.. Electric and International Telegraph, Ditto, new, 62 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 132 Hudson's Bay, 15 f London Financial Association. lim.. London General Omnibus Company, lim, 23 National Discount tAampany, 1 Pit:o, new, issued at 5 pm., It Ocean Al anne Insurance), 20 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 42 :1 Ditto, new, 1855, 13 South Australian Land, 36i Tele..raph Contruc. and Maintcn., lim , Ditto, 161 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, RM., 5 7-16 United Disebunt Corporation, lira., 31 Universal-Maine, Insurance, Um., 31 Viceroy of Egypt Pivrtgage) LQ4I3, 68y THE SHEFFIELD MURDERERS. A question - has arisen with reference to the state of feeling among the members of the implicated unions, and the demeanour of those members in the Commissioners' Court. " In some respects the ques tion is a little one ; in Others, it is - moat important. Perhaps it may be best dealt with by a sober state ment of facts. And we may here announce that some of the facts we are about to mention are not generally known. In the early days of the inquiry it was suggested to us by some of the leading gen tlemen of the town, that it was not well to suffer so many persons of a very low class to be present in the body of the court. The thing seen was that a considerable number of roughs were in attendance ; the thing suspected was, that the roughs were exercising, and would continue to ex ercise, an intimidating influence on the witnesses, by the mere fact of their presence. That they did exercise such an influence, is well known to the authorities. On the first occasion of his appear ance, Ilallam went to the court resolved to abide by the truth as recorded in his written and at tested statement to Mr. Fretson, but suddenly altered his mind, to the surprise of the solicitors. He had been got at on the staircase by whis perers intent on defeating the ends of justice, and he turned deadly pale when he looked on the array of well-known faces in the unenclosed part of the court. On the second occasion of Hallarn's appearance he was afraid— actually afraid —of being shot in open court, and it was to reassure him that the Chief Constable consented to place himself in such a position as to shield him while he was engaged in giving his evi dence. The fear may have been an absurd one, and the result of a high degree of nervous excite ment, but it was there. Since that time Ilallam has left the country. Why has he left the country ? His leaving is significant. Need we explain its meaning ? Sheffield is safe for Crookes and for Broadhead. The men who have done the deeds that have appalled all England have so little to fear that the mere reporting of their impenitent utter ances has been resented as cruel ; but the man who, by confessing the truth, has brought their deeds to light has bad, for his own security, to go forth into exile. Hallam knew, what the police also knew, and what many decent work ing men who were present in the promiscuous crowd knew, that his confesSion had brought down upon his head curses both -loud and deep, and that for the information he bad given the Commissioners he was a marked man. We grant that the great bulk of the men of Sheffield are sound at heart in their. abhorrence of murder, but there is scarcely a news agent, or a keeper of a public-house, who does not knowjustify Broadhead, and w openly tterest imprecations, not l a of u menneii into who theo pe against Hallam merely, but agai ns t th ose who . have been conspicuous in the work of bringing the Commission to Sheffield. The persons we speak of are of the class, who after Broadhead's confes sion lingered in front of the Council Hall to try to counterbalance the hOoting by clapping of 'lauds and cheers. These were no myths but deplorable realities. During the sittings of the Commission these it was who muttered their dissatisfaction when a witness let out inconvenient truths, and who laughed so often that the Chief Commission had re peatedly in his sternest manner—we rppeal to the gentlemen of Sheffield who were present to say whether we exaggerate—that the business was of most solemn character, and that if there was any more of that levity he would order the court to be cleared. Such a state of things suggests a need for strict surveillance. The snake is scotched, not killed.—Sheffield Telegraph. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. —The following candidates passed the major examination as pharmaceutical chemists yesterday :—John Scoley, Battle, Lincoln; John Butterworth, London; Walter John Churchill, Birmingham ; Samuel Jas. Gittoes, West Bromwich; Alfred Richard Hall, London; Henry Thos. Harwood, Yeovil; Archibald Ritchin, Whitehaven; John Knight, London ; John Clements Perress, Southampton ; Arthur William Postans, Bury St. Edmund's ; Henry Woolhouso Shaw, Witham ; Walter Tracy Walker, Maidstone. POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. ROBBERY PROM LORD CLAUD HAMILTON'S CARRIAGE. — John Wilton, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing a carriage rug, the property of Lord Claud Hamilton, residing at No. 19, Eaton-square. Edward Franklin, footman to his lordship, stated that yesterday evening he was informed that the prisoner had taken a rug from the carriage of his lordship, which was standing at the Royal Academy, Trafalgar-square. He pursued the prisoner, and caught him with the I' Ug under his arm. On taking the prisoner back to the carriage he asked to be allowed to go. Police-constable 92 C said the prisoner, who was given into his custody by Lord Claud Hamilton, said he did not know how he came to do such a thing. At the request of Inspector Draper, who stated that there had been several robberies of a similar kind lately, Mr..Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. ANOTHER ROBBERY IN lIYDE-PARK.—Mary Ann Fitz morns, a young woman, was charged with stealing a watch from a Portuguese gentleman. The prosecutor was accosted by the prisoner ani another female in Hyde-park last night, and one of them took his watch. They then made off. On meeting a constable, he was enabled to make him understand what had happened, and the prisoner was then taken into custody. The edd..ince not being very satisfactorily explained to the magistrate, the prisoner was remanded, it being under stood that a gentleman from the Portuguese Legation will attend on the next occasion. T HAMES. SERIOUS BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—John Rowe, a young man in the garb of a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with. feloniously and burglariously breaking into the shop of Mr. Goorge Mutable, tailor, draper, and outfitter, in Dock-street, Whitechapel, oppo site the new wing of the Sailors' Home, and stealing there from cloth, a suit of men's clot*, and other property valued at £7. Mrs. Ann Huxtable, the wife of the prosecutor, said she went to bed at half-past 10 o'clock last night, and the house was then fastened up and secured in the usual manner. At half-past 2 o'clock this morning she was aroused from her sleep by a frightful smash, and it seemed . as if the whole house was coming down. Her husband got out of bed and she followed him. Upon entering ,the shop she found a shutter down, and the window', 'f l of plate glass, smashed in, and all the clothes made up and the cloth within react' taken away., Shs went up stairs and saw the Trisoner in a court, the entrance of which was by the side of the house, and he was peeping round 'the corner. She gave information to the police constable on the boat, and the prisoner was taken into custody. _ • John Burke, a police constable, No. 49 11, said he heard the cries of "Police," and found a shutter down, and a sheet of plate glass broken in the shop of Mr. Huxtable. He was directed to the court behind the house, where the prisoner was peeping round the corner. He took him into custody. He found a pieco of board, painted of a light blue colour, near the prisoner, and now produced it. _ _ _ _ Mrs. Huxtable identified the board.. It was used for propping up the cloth in the shop window. It had been taken with a piece of cloth from the window board. Burke produced a piece of the plate glass which the burglars had smashed. It was of great thickness, and no thing but a very heavy blow could have broken it. Mr. Iluxtable's house led to a labyrinth of courts and alleys leading out of the place called Royal Mint-street, but which was better known as Rosemary-lane. There was no doubt the prisoner's confederate escaped among the courts and alleys, which were full of thieves and other bad characters. The prisoner said he was innocent. He had nothing to do with the burglary and robbery. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. Fatal Collision on the North London Railway. Last eTening, shortly after six o'clock, a fearful collision, involving loss of life and serious destruction of property, took place on the North London Railway, near the new station at Old Ford, Bow. On the west side of the line, between the station and the Old Ford entrance to Victoria park, Messrs. Waring Brothers, the contractors for the Midland Railway, now in course of construction-in St. Pancras, have large works for brickrnaking. There is a siding from the main line into the bricktield, where the bricks are loaded, and it appears that about six o'clock last evening an engine and some waggons were let into the siding from the down main line. It would seem that the signalman made the fatal omission of not closing the points, and shortly afterwards a heavy goods train from Hr.ydon-square goods depot for Camden came rattling in at a pace of about 20 miles an hour. On reaching the points the engine suddenly left its course on the m►in line, and with the heavily-loaded train of waggons behind it dashed into the sidi g, and came in fearful collision with the trucks which were standing still and in course of being loaded with bricks. The crash is described to Lave' been some thing awful, and several of the trucks were hurled on one side and almost shivered to atoms, while others were thrown over on each other. The goods engines left the rails, and went on the ballast for some distance, but fortu nately it kept an upright position. It is what is called a tank engine; the tank being first somewhat protected the more sensitive part of the locomotive from the violence of the shock. Several of the goods waggons were smashed up on one side of the line, and, as may be supposed, there was a serious loss of property. As soon as practicable, a search was made, with a view of ascertaining whether any of the work-people had perished. A labourer, named Thomas Meade, who had been only taken on that-morning, was known to have been engaged in loading one of the trucks, and after a brief examination his mutilated remains were found almost buried in the ballast, under the goods engine. The poor creature had evidently been dragged some distance, and his head was stated to have been almost crushed flat. Another workman named Frost was also found to have sustained serious injury on the head and other parts of his body. He was removed to the London Bospital, where he lies in a precarious way. The driver and fireman of the goods en gine, who kept to their posts, were also hurt., As a por tion of the broken-up goods train blocked the down line, the station master at Old Ford took the most prompt steps to warn approaching trains, and on the first excitement somewhat subsiding measures were immediately taken to protect the road. Mr. Garman, the surgeon of Fairfield road, Bow, and Mr. Gull, of Bow-road, were soon in attendance upon the wounded sufferers, and Mr. Kerrissey, the inspector of the Bow (K) police, and a large body of his force were promptly on the spot, and rendered valuable service in keeping back the great crowd which had col lected. How the signalman came to neglect the points has not transpired. lie, however, has been suspended to await the result of the coroner's inquest. During the night labourers were engaged in getting the engine on the rails, and clearing away the wreck of the shattered trucks. Had it been a passenger train that ran into the siding the consequences must have been awful to contemplate. The usual information of the occurrence has been sent to the Board of Trade. MARKETS.--This day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was very mo derate. Nearly all breeds changed hands steadily at Mon day's advance iu the quotations. The top figure was 5s 4d per 81bs. We were fairly supplied with sheep, for which the inquiry ruled steady at extreme rates. The best Downs and crosses sold at 58 2d per Blbs. There was a fair sale for lambs at from 5s 8d to 6s 8d per 81bs. The supply was tolerably good. A fair business was doing in calves at previous rates, viz., from 4s to 5s 6d per 81bs. The sale for pigs and mulch cows was heavy at, unaltered quotations. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. edsd e d s d Crse 11c Inf. beasts... 3 6 3 8 Pme ors-wool sheep 4 6 4 8 Second quality do ..3 10 4 2 Prime o'thdorin uo.i 10 5 2 Prime large oxen ..4 4 5 0 Large coarse calves. 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small do.— ••4 10 5 6 Cree. and int. sheep. 3•• 6 3 8 Large hogs .3 4 3 10 Second quality do ..3 10 4 4 , Small porkers. 4 4 4 Lan:lb....ss 8d to 6 Bd. Suckling calm, 22s to 245; and quarter-old store pigs, Us to 24s each. Road of stock on sale. • Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 412 I Beasts ..... 2OO Cows. Cows .... Sheep and lambs 10,200 Sheep and 1 , mb s 2OO Calves Vlze 412 Ca.ves ....... 21 ........... 314 220 .................... NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. Wo have moderato supplies of meat on sale hero to -dap for which the demand rules rather more Actively at our quotations. Per Sibs by the carcase. sdsd s d • d inferior beef 3O 3 4 Interior mu tton.. .•3 23 6 .11iddling do. 364 10 311ddling mutton-3 10 4 2 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 prime do .......... 4 4 4 8 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large p0rk.......: 3 2 3 1%. Veal Lamb. 4s 4d to Sc id HAY. SMITHFIELD—Meadow bay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s 61; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load. Trade doll. C UMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s 6d; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s 6d ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load A fair supply. WRITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 lOs Od; clover ' £4 Os Od to £ 5 17s 6d ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. Demand inactive. New hay is quoted at £2 108 to £3 15s, and new clover £3 to £4 15s. per load. WRECK OF A ►.STEAMSHIP.=SLIGO, July 17.-- The Rose, paddle , steamer, from Sligo for Glasgow, broke her paddle , shaft outside Haulbowline yesterday evening, and drifted on the rocks in the gale. Six passengers re ported lost. Crew and 40 others saved. The vessel will likely be got off should the weather moderate‘ ; . t is 0011 Plowing heavily from thy north-mot. NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. RICHMOND. On Tuesday, Jacob Watson sent Olmar about about two miles and a half gently. Strathconan, who is looking big and well, only trotted about. Louisa led Plaudit two miles gently ; the latter goes in his spring form, short and bad. Bob Chambers led Evelina and . Orange 13lossom a sharp gallop of thr,l:e-quarters of a mile. • MIDDLELIAM. Ou Tuesday morning Briggs left for Ireland with Castanet and the filly by Buccaneer out of Queen of the May, and T. Masterman with llonestish, Centaur having gone from Liverpool. ILSLEY. On Tuesday Lowe gave the most of his some mile and a half gallops, Aggravator having had a good one of two miles and a half, looking and going well. Of Dover's lot, " The Lyon" had some brisk canters of a mile and a half, and Gardevisure and the two year olds were sent a couple of canters of half a mile, which was all the work done by this team. LEWES. On Wednesday Thermometer, Lictor, Milian, Mexico, Violent, and Elmira only did walking ex ercise. MALTON. The Goodwcod nags, Klarinska, Weatwick, Tara ban, The Spy, Viscount, and some others, were lucky to get in the rubbing-house, whilst others made the best of their way through the drenching rain home. After it had cleared up a little the Whitewall string were sent home. There is nothing going from here to Stamford. LAItBOURNE. On Tuesday morning The Parson, Malcolm filly, Catherine Hayes filly (2 yrs), Catherine Hayes filly (3 yrs), Morgan la Faye filly, Sunflower filly, Caw dor, Mirella, and Sister to Scottish Chief cantered three-quarters of a mile ; the lot, with the exception of the last-named three, cantered the second time, but at a little better pace. Knight had out four, and, after a canter or two,Lady Rosehill led Kings land a good gallop a mile. Kimmer and Curfew Bell did a little steady trotting exercise. The rest of the teams were doing plenty of nice healthy work. NEWMARKET. On Wednesday morning Hermit was at steady work, having several slow canters with Raven. Blinkhoolie cantered once or twice, and then went a nice striding gallop for two miles. Jos. Dawson repeated the work of the preceding day with the horses then mentioned, and in addition gave Miss Harriette a long, smart gallop; while several of Lord Glasgow's lot were also more or less busy. STOCKBRIDGE. On Wednesday morning Lord Ronald led Vau ban, Lecturer, Caucasus, and Lord of the Dales a steady canter three-quarters of a mile. Mameluke, Herald, See-Saw, The Earl, Painshill, Aquila, Belfast, and Birdseeker followed at the same pace. Gomera, Seville, Red Riband, Ischia, Lady Grace, Europa, Ines, Roe filly, Pampillon, Lady Seymour, Viridis, Miss Havelock, and Lady Hester cantered three-quarters of a mile twice, after which Lady Hester led Europa a good gallop nearly a mile, Cheddington and Penthesilea doing the same. MR. GEO. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Haverstock-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. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1867. Jl:7] Huntingdon 23 W I Winchester AUQU Ripon Brighton Brighton Ohio 8 Lewes Egham .. Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford Hastings York August Southampton I G loti wood ST. Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth . Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth 27 Woynaouth Tun br Mg() Baden Baden IMBER __ SEPT 'Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon l6 00T , Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 Riehmond --. 17 "Tendon ' . Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 NOV. Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll BER. Newmarket 2d Octobor Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Boughton MBE IL I Leamington Hunt PROGRAMME OF STAMFORD MEETING. FRIDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, for all ages ; T.Y.C. A Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added; two year olds 7st 51b, four and upwards lOst 11b. Five furlongs. The Ketton Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b: one mile and a half. Knight of the Garter, Blinkhoolie, Viridis, Nariuo, Knight Errant, Bismarck, Freemason, Sister to Vedette, Friponnier, New Guinea, Flying Scud, Opoponax, The General, Achievement. Tho Stamford Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 71b, four 9st 51b, five 9st 71b, six and aged 9st 101 b ; mares allowed 41b, and geldings 71b; those that never won above the value of 50 soya or received 100 soya, including their own stakes as second allowed weight in these proportions—three year olds 41b, four 91b, five 141 b, six and aged 211 b ; the winner of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger, Ascot, Goodwood, or Doncaster Cup within an interval of two years 71b, of two or more of the above stakes or prizes 101 b extra; three miles. 25 subs. Klarinska, 5 yrs, Beeswing, 4 yrs, Gomera, 5 yrs, Moose, aged, Rama, 4 yrs, Tormentor, 4 yrs, Grand Cross, 3 yrs, Knight of the Crescent, 4 yrs, Clarice, 3 yrs, Ackworth, 6 yrs, Black Prince, 4 yrs, Annie Laurie c, 3 yrs, Moulsey, 6 yrs, Pintail, o yrs, War, 4 yrs, Dunsany, 5 yrs, Vixen c, 3 yrs, Regalia, 5 yrs, Savernake, 4 yrs, Lecturer, 4 yrs, Miss Havelock, 4 yrs, Dalesman, 4 yrs, Tourmalin, 4 yrs, Roque fort, 3 yrs, and Claverhouse, 4 yrs. The Hastings Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of 300 SOvB 41b extra; the second to save his stake ; three quarters of a mile; 16 subs. Amelia c, Europa, Inspiration, Equerry, Drand Duches s, Be! Giorno, Pompier, Ninny, New Broom, Celia , Fa Prelse Alarm, The Sphyux, 13ella Donna, Marquis of er, - sident Lincoln, and Madrid. The Johnstone Nursery Handic a p of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added; winners afte r Jul y 11 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra ; T.Y.C. 22 subs. st lb st lb Formosa ... ... 812 Splendour ... 6 6 1 1 1 1 Lady Grace ~. 8 6 lietty Aquila ••• 88 Cuckoo ••• 0•6 f l; ibdoei yt Linco l n ....• .0 . . 6 . .0. 6 10 6 10 The Earl 10 Patti ßeatrice Grey h . " 1 .1 6 2 .7 10 Churchill •.• " 5 Chivalry ••• ... 6 9 Schiedam ••• ••• • f 6 9 J il a c n r e e t B ßa nia vr i ll s ifie - 67 132 SC'earSc:ruPeen t 6 7 Festival • 6 12 Northern Star ... 6 7 c ain i o ja f 6 12 Venomous 6 7 The Clifilen Cup (Handicap), value 300 89vs, by subscrip tion of 10 sous each, with 100 added; winners of any handicap value 200 sous after July 11 (at 10 a.m.) 91b, 100 61b extra ; the weights not to .be accumulative ; three quarters of a mile; 48 subs. Age st lb 111 6 9 8 1 ... a 8 12 —. 5 8 9 ..• 4 8 6 —. 5 8 6 Age st lb Confederate 6 6 10 Tumbler 3 6 10 Miss Williams 4 Ravioli 3 6 9 Port Royal ... 6 6 7 Lady Sophie ... 4 6 7 Life Guardsman "... 4 6 7 Chepstow ... 4 6 7 Sweet Home 3 6 7 Brenta ... ... 4 6 6 Greenback ...3 6 5 Knight Errant ... 3 6 5 Ambition ... 4 6 4 Ines ... 3 6 4 Dawdle ... ...6 6 8 Her Ladyship ... 4 6 3 Violent ... ... 4 6 3 Mdlle. Cleopatre 4 6 0 Nannie . 3 6 0 Barrington 3 5 13 Salamanca.... ... 35 12 Tremble ... ... 3 5 7 C by Skirmisher— Tightfit... 3 5 7 non'soy ••• yoluntoor Monitor ••• Whitby Lord Ronald Friponnier Pantaloon ... ...3 -8 5 ...5 8 3 Fitz Ivan ... ... 3 8 0 Sultan ... Caithness .. ...5 710 ...4 7 9 Vespasian ... 4 7 9 Pericles ... 3 7 8 Mount Palatine ... 4 7 6 Tortuga 3 7 b Rodan ... 4 7 4 Mrs. Stratton 4 7 4 Victor 3 7 3 Bismarck 3 7 3 The Skipper Indian Star 7 2 7.0 Archimedes 5 6 13 Ulphus a ... 4 6 12 F Lal 3 6 12 Seville ... 3 6 11 Master Willie ... 3 6 11, The Ninth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes 0 ; 10 sovs each with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and 'geldings Bst 71b; untried horses or mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance, maidens allowed 41b; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C. 22 subs. lEolus, Aquila (31b), Inspir ation, Schiedam, Fortune Teller, Angus, Lanark, Tho Purser (Mb), Piper Chic (31b), Expectation (31b), Corinne, Discord, Wild Blood (0), Gitro, Parmergua—,Lady 13149040 (31b), Patrician (31b), Happy Thought, Weather Isle (31b), Henrietta, Earnley. The Eighth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for - three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; untrieds allowed 31h; the second to save his stake ; winners of this race in 1866 Sib extra; maidens allowed 41b ; one mile and a quarter. 24 subs. Ben Nevis (31b), Vauban (51b extra), Charming May, Blinkhoolie, f by Horror—Butterfly, St. Clair, Ettrick, Thetis, Star of India, King Charles, Prodigal, Variation, Freemason (31b), Clarke, i'ussy, ripounier (31b), Bake, Odd Fellow, Roquefort (31b), Lambourne Lass (3'. 0), Feeder, Kidderminster, c by Kohinuor—Topsail, by Vedette— igskin (31b). COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO 00M.B. t3EPTEMBEH. Name. Judge. Days of Ilunnin4 Brampton. Cumberland Mr. Warwick • OCTOBER. Aneaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire • .11r. Spofford WAR WITH ABYSSINIA. The following letter has been addressed to tike editor of the Times : Sir,—The opinion has been expressed in the columns of more than one of your contemporaries that in the war with the Emperor Theodore now imminent, a large army would be necessary. Ten thousand soldiers of all arms are commonly spoken of, and even as many as 15,000 men have been sug gested. These, with the concomitants, would amount to a considerable force, and would cost the nation an enormous sum of money.. The idea of the necessity for such a large force can only arise from an insufficient acquaintance with the power and resources of the rulers of Abys sinia. Whatever these may have been in past ages they have become so weakened and exhausted by in ternecine wars that the present Emperor and the entire country under his nomiag sway' (even were it united,and in subjection, instead of being split up into parties all, in open rebellion) could not offer any serious resistance to a well armed and disci plined European force quite insignificant in num bers according to our European Lotions. The Portuguese expedition into Abyssinia to wards the middle of the 16th century will best illus trate what is thus advanced. In of the ls4 l,uly,ted v c D el o e n b C ra hris topahscero da Gam a, , entered youngest Abyssinia brother with 450 musketeers and six small pieces of artillery, his object being to assist the Christian Emperor Claudius against the Mahomedan King of the neighbouring country of Adel, Ahmed Granye ("Mahomed Gragne"), who, with assistance obtained from the Turks, then all-powerful in the Red Sea, had invaded Abyssinia, conquered the native troops in repeated battles, and overrun and devastated most of the provinces of the empire. Da Gama first met the enem y in Tigre on the 25th of March of the following year (1542), when a conflict took place of no importance, except that the Portuguese kept their ground and the Mahome dans retreated. - Having united his forces with those of the Empress, Don Christopher marched southwards and encamped in Woffla, a district of Lasta, near the edge of the Abyssinian tableland, the enemy taking up his quarters in Zobul, the neighbouring low country to the eastward of Lasta. In the first in stance the native force of Ahmed Granye ("Ahmed the Left-handed") had consisted of 15,000 foot and 1,500 horse, with 200 Turkish musketeers; but he subsequently obtained large reinforcements from the Turkish Pasha of Zebid, on the opposite shore of the Red Sea, consisting of 3,000 Turkish in fantry, of whom as many as 700 (or, according to one account, 900) were musketeers, with ten pieces of artillery, besides numerous volunteers from Arabia. Don Christopher's army, on the other hand, consisted of his 450 Portuguese musketeers, with, it is true , numerous attendants and camp followers, to whom were joined about 12,000 native Abyssinian foot soldiers armed with spears, and a few horsemen: His field-pieces were only six in number, and these in no good condition. The two armies met in WofflA on the 30th of August, 1512, when a pitched battle ensued. At the first discharge of the Turkish artillery the whole of Da Gaina's Abyssinian allies precipitately fled. The Portuguese, though thus left,to fight single handed against so overwhelming a force, offered a long and determined resistance till they lost 160 0 their number, and their brave leader being wounded was taken prisoner and beheaded by the conqueror.. This reverse was soon Sand sigtfally revenged The Turkish Contingent from Arabia having been withdrawn in consequence of disputes between the Moslem commanders, Ahined Granye was left to his.own native resources, and the Portuguese now reduced to about 400 in num ber, having joined the Emperor Claudius, a pitched battle was fought between the Christian and Maho medau armies on the 10 th of F ebruar y , 1513, when the latter were complete l y defeated and put to flight, Ahmed himsel remaining dead on the fkld. From the foregoing details it will be perceived that the temporary defeat of the Portuguese did not arise from any super iorit y on the part of Ahmel Granye himself, but was c tused by the presence of his Turkish auxiliaries , who, besides po larger number of muskets and guns, were probably not much inferior in discipline to the Portuguese themselves. It was, in fact, as if at the present day the Emperor Theodore were aided by the Viceroy of Egypt, instead of the case being thaV this Prince could only be glad of an opportunity to unite his forces to ours in the invasion of Abyssinia. Left to his own native resources, tho Emperor Th6odore would be even less able to cope with an European force than was Ahmed, the Left-handed, himself. Capt. Cameron, writing from Magdala as lately as the 17th of last April, states that the Em peor had then but 5,0U0 followers, and the country that in his o pinion 2,000 filibusters could conquer and 3,000 regular troops hold ani settle it. For my own part, were the invading European force not much larger than that of Don Christopher de Garna. I should not despair of their penetrating and taking it single handed. With the aid of Waagslium Grobazye, the actual ruler of Tigre and Lasta, through which provinces they would have to to Magdala mar3h on that fortress, their task would become quite au easy one. — servant, am, Sir, your very obedient servant, CHARLES BEKE. Bekesbourne, July 16. SHIPPING INTELLIGENOE.—This Day. LONDON', July 18.- -Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze and cloudy weather, with rain in the morning. Off Hui ST CASTLE, Juno 18 —Arrived—Teutonia, screw steamer, from New York. • FALItouTn, July 17.—Arrived—Nueva Unione, from St. Jago de Cuba. BatsToL, J uly 17.—Arrived—Mary Dundas, from Sa vannah. - (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND; Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 17.—Normandie, steamer, frail Dunkirk; British Flag, from Calcutta ; British Tar, from Donieraral; Imur, from Sulina; Moskva, from Savannah ; Calypso, from Jamaica; Viagonte, from New York; Golden Floece, from Algoa-bay. ' Arrived, July 18. —America, from Savannah ; Holena, from St. Jago do Cuba; Chaasze, from St. John's, N.B. ; Scotia, from St. John's Alin, from Riga; Con stance, from Barbadoes ; Marmion, from Sans Francisco ; Teiton, steamer, from Boulogne; Velocity, steamer, from Calais. Sailod.—Martlet, steamer, for Dunkirk; Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Dar Sued, from Singaloro ; Ratcliffe, from Oran; British Constitution, from Colombo; Beta, screw steamer, from Oporto—all for London. Anchored—Naomi, for Antigua; Free, for Lagos ; Jessiest e amer, for Gilbert, for Bombay; San Salvador, screw Bahia (not as reported); Fairy Queen, screw steamer, for Dieppe; Murillo, screw s teamer, for Santander —all from London ; Shalland, from Shields, for Point de Gallo H.M.S. Supply, from Deptford, for Gibraltar ; Yentas, o f Guernsearom the North, for the West ; Alexand er , bark, from the West, for Loudon ; Nordstern, from Stettin, for Bordeaux. T HE REFORM BILL.—Tho following circular has been issued tof he L s o u r izo_r t l e llig iaire th b e ee M n in r i e s ci t u ry es i t n ed th b o y ll L o o u r s d e DofeLrbYrdtsozbeg"thye favour of pour lordship's att en d ance a t No. 10, Downing-street, on Friday next, the 19th inst., at three p.m.— I have the honour to be, my lord, your most vbediout onant, coLyuyi. 1 1 ,