The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is very quiet, and there is no alteration to quote in the rates either for loans or discounts. On the subject of money we take the following from Mr. T. Spargo's " Guide to British and Foreign Investments," issued at Gresham House : " The plethora of money in the market will pro bably lead investors to favour foreign loans, a course always dangerous and often ruinous. Russia is coming out for a loan of 12 millions sterling for railway purposes. The security of the Russian Empire is undoubtedly good as long as Russia is not at war with the West. The Sultan also wants the sum of 20 millions, se cured by the forests and fisheries of the Empire. This vast sum will never be paid ; before the 88 years, in which the negotiators speak of paying it, are half, or, probably, one fourth expired, Moham medanism will have sunk to its doom, and the Otto man Turks cease to rule in Europe. Brazil is likely also to require assistance. That country having taken to filibustering, and attacked the brave and peaceful people of Paraguay, has been beaten repeatedly. For two years the Emperor has been making war on the La Plata, at a cost of $200,000 a day, and an awful sacrifice of life. Buenos Ayres, as the chief city of the Argentine Confederation, is by its press putting out feelers as to the eligibility of that state as a borrower in Europe. That city has aided Brazil in its infatuated proceedings on La Plata, and is suffering profoundly in the result. Row much safer for English capitalists to invest at home, in the many sound enterprises that invite their participation. Good progressive mines, such as the silver-lead mines of Cardiganshire, and other places, would bring certain returns at far higher rates of interest, while these loans to foreign des pots, whose governments are destined to perish be fore advancing public opinion, are often unable to redeem their bonds, and as unwilling as unable. With regard to the corn market at Birmingham Mr. W. C. B. Cane states as follows :—" We have had six successive days of scorching hot sun, such as :was much to be desired for ripening corn. To-day it has been showery. With the most favourable weather it will be another week or ten days before harvest is general in this district. The potato dis ease has again appeared in many places, which causes them to be forced upon the market at low prices. Wheat trade during the week has been at a complete stand-still, owing to the brilliant weather; while holders, being aware of the exhaustion of old stocks, are content to wait for a return of the demand. Foreign arrivals continue liberal. At to-day's market there was a better supply of Eng lish wheat, and where sales were pressed last week's advance was lost. At the bullion office of the Bank of England Yesterday there were no gold transactions of im portance. The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought Specie to the amount of £460,535 ; the Borussia, f rom New York, £75,000 ; and the Helvetia, £27,000. The Arago has also brought about £79 ,780. The decision in the House of Lords has been delivered confirming the judgment of Vice-Chan cellor Malins in favour of the creditors, whose re presentative, Mr. Charles Oppenheim, has exerted himself with untiring energy to bring about this settlement, which is now considered fair and just towards all parties. At the meeting held to-day of the Berlin Water Works Company, the report stated that the amount available for distribution was £23,302, from which amount the board recommended a dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum, leaving £1,117 to be carried forward. At the meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the Natal Land and Colonisation Company (Li- Mited) the directors' report stated that the accounts nl acle up to the 31st December, 1866, showed a balance of £8,804, after writing off £147 from pre liminary expenses. An interim dividend was paid last January of 2s. 6d. per share, and a further di stribution is now recommended of 2s. per sha r e, bei ng equal to 4i per cent. for the half year, and leaving £455 to be carried over. The accounts sta te that there is a balance of surplus assets over liabilities of £187,534, the former being £420,778 and the latter £233,244. dunn the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets i g the last few days there has been very little animation. The public sales of Indian tea, how ever, have proceeded at steady prices ; sugar, in Inest instances, has been a shade cheaper; while superi or qualities of Colonial Coffee have brought f ra tes. Rice has been neglected, and only 7moderate transactions have taken place in tallow at abou t previous rates. The third series of public sales of Colonial Wool I °r t he present year commenced yesterday after -1,4004 with a f a i r a tt en d ance o f b uyers. Th e d ea li ngs, however, were not very animated, although the prices r ealised were about equal to those current at ? previous a uc ti ons on May and June; the quan tities to be offered at these terms already amounts t o 12 6,846 bales. __ T he return f r o m th e B an k o f E ng l an d f or the we ek end ing t h e 14th August gives the following re 7,`"Ls when compared with the previous week : £3,404,041 Increase £4,586 üblic deposits ... 5,508,038 ... Increase 318,354 ° ther d e p os it s 19,947,453 ... Increase 90521 On the other side of the account : g,,evernment securities £12,812,373 ... No change. utlier securities ... 16,723,849 .., Decrease39,4s4 N otes unemployed 13,174,540 ... Increase 475185 The amount of notes in circulation is £24,113,070, bei ng a decrease of £230,210 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £23,491,513, showing an increase of £235,949 when compared with the Preceding return. of ' llb ieined is a comparison of the present position Ivit t t he Bank of England and the price of Consols " t he corresponding week of last year : Same week At present. B last year. )34 z 1 04 k bullion ... ... £23,491,513 ... £14,150,96 5 . i\Tobteslll reserve... ... 14,378,243 ... 4,610,866 I t : 8 ln circulation ... 24,113,270 ... 21,540,090 p.° of discount ... 2 per cent. ... 10 per cent. r ico of Consols 94-1- 83 ••• t •.• ti Atla ntic and Great Western R a il wa y Deben rtrAr°Bortga renaeain steady, at 23 25, and the Consolidated .",.. 8 Bonds at 21 22. Two O'CLOCK. 2 ' l ° A -d aY the Government broker has purchased Reduced Annuities, at the price of 941 on ceount of the sinking fund. t ril e Consol Market has undergone very little 1 1 41 , -era tien but owing to extreme dullness of busi- T 2 ll values still appear remarkably flat ; the latest tres being 94 9-16ths 11-16ths for money, and ,rll-16ths 13-16ths for the account. ti e , -h n e - Nevi Threes are 941: ; Reduced Annu.i -5 1 „ a ,,, 4 1 ' l 4 ; Bank of England Stock, 263 2 ; India 4 Lents., 113+ ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1024 1: 1 do. do. 5i per Cents., 107 f ; do. 5 per Cent. euentures, 105 i ; and do. £lOOO Bonds, 655. pm. ae 4 very small amount of business has been trans -14 eci 'II Foreign. Greek have advanced 1, to 13i 1.1; Atexican to 141 *; Turkish 5 per Cents. t 6 03 but Spanish Certificates have declined 21 1 " 4 ; Italian are 49+, and Spanish Passive, li tti 4 t he Foreign and Colonial Lines there has been ar e e , ch ange of importance. Great Luxembourg Tr i , a rked 10i ; Dutch Rhenish, 24 22 ; Grand q r r ix of Canada, 17i ; East Indian, 1091 ; and eallt Indian Peninsula, 1091 i• riti ea ere scarcely any variationin American Seen are Illinois are 1 better, at 781 ; but Erie shares no 4 tinaltered, at 45 46, and United States 5-20 at 73 / A a ots . 8 • Iderabl e b uoyancy has prevailed in the Rail re:ol, Sha re Market, and prices have shown a an a t er Y from the late depression. Great Eastern ; .1-11-4 ancas hire and Y or k s hi re h ave eac h i mproved Not,„or-lertn h IV estern, ; Great W es t ern , f ; G rea t a (A. Stock), B r i g ht on, and .lidland, each ' Aletropolitan and South Eastern, each 2. MINING MARKET. A g FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ket to°°cl b usiness has b een transacted in the mar "dab Tlao bares chiefly i 44 dowaud have been Clifford, North Crofty, North Retallick, North Treskerby, South Caradon, Great Laxey, Marke Valley, and West Chiverton. Annexed are the current quotations :-- Chiverton Moor 4' 5; Chont ales Gold Clifford Amalgamate 6 GI East Basset l4 16 East Caradon — East Lovell 6} 7 East Russell - Great Laxoy Great Rot:tlliolc Great Wheal Vor Marko Valley 4 5 Nort'i Crofty North Treskerby 1 Princeof Wales...49s 51s Od Providence /dines South Caradon 350 360 Tincroft — West Chiverton 66 68 West Seton ll5 150 Wheal Basset ... — Wheal Crebor Wheal Chiverton 6f 7 Wheal Grenville lOs 15s Od 'Wheal Seto❑ 105 110 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING nucEs. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 p3r Dent. Consols Do. Account., Sept. 10 3 per Cent. Reduced 941 gew 3 per Cent Now 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 k nnuitios, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Au,,., 1908 — Marcn. June. ':xchequer Bills, £1,000 Do £5OO —pm 28 pm Do. £lOO & £2OO — Pin Pm Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101- per Cent., Apri11874... • _ _ Do. Account' Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 por Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 Do. 51- per Cont., May 1879 lO7l Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 187 4 Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per ye/it. 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — ._. .. ... Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 74! 5 Do. £lOO Bonds -- Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent BO DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) lubo., 6 per Cent. C.Alian 6 per Cent 7of Do. 41 per Cent t)o. 6 per Cent A • Do. „ B — Do. „ 1867 „ Do. „ Scrip, £5O paid — dis 0 )lombian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 ner Cent., 1825 — Da. 3per Cent., 1864 m D inubian Principaliti 30, 7 per Cent Do., 8 per Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — dgyptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO Bonds 864 Do Government Railway Debentures B3 f Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Du. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. It)Han 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account • 721 Do. Maremmana Railway 49 BI9XiCILL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 _ Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — llontevideau 6 per Cent. . — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred r — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Per vrian 5 per Cent 1865 - Do Account 6si Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si 874 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1866 B7l 4 Do. Do. £BO paid ~ —th s Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spinish 3 por Cent Do Acemint ... Do Now DeforrAt Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Cotn. Cert. of Con . not fu .ded Do Account Curkish 6 per Cent.., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 por Gent., 1862 ... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 5B Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Acount Do 6 per Cent., 1865 DJ 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austnau o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25i. Do. Account 49 81- THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 1 Do. Account September 10 .. 94/ BURKE TS. —This day. MARK LANE. Owing to the changeable state of the weather, the value of English wheat in to-day's market was very uncertain. The supply brought forward was trifling; nevertheless, sales progressed slowly, and prices may be considered nominally the same as on Monday last. The full imports of foreign wheat have been confined to 10,520 quarters, yet the show of samples was good. The transactions, both in red and white qualities, were limited, at about previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain were held on former terms. The barley trade was firm at full quotations. There was no English barley on offer. Malt met a dull inquiry at barely stationary prices. The supply was tolerably good. We were fairly supplied with foreign oats, which moved off steadily at full prices. Beans and peas were quite as dear as on Monday. The flour trade was heavy. Seeds and cakes commanded very little attention. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 910 2,350 100 910 Irish Foreign 10,520 33,100 850 sacks NEWGATE AND LEA.DENB ALL. These markets are fairly supplied with meat, the trade or which is quiet, at our quotations. Per 81be by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beef 3 0 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do 3 10 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 4 8 Lamb. 43 edit d Inferior mutton 3 2 3 0 Middling mutton 3 8 4 0 Prime do 4 2 4 0 Large pork 3 6 3 TO Small pork 4 0 4 4 04:1 to 44 61 BOROUGH 110 P. The accounts from the plantations do not speak of any imaterial improvements. All kinds of hops have com manded full currencies, and the trade for them has con tinued firm. Mid and East Kents Weald of Kent Sussex Farnham and country 77 Yearlings l4os to 180 s Olds 6os to 112 s 71 COLONIAL. Share TEA.—The public gales of Indian descriptions have pro ceeded with some animation without change in prices. SUGAR.—The market is very quiet, and in most instances prices are in favour of buyers. Refined descriptions are in moderate request at steady rates. COFFEE.—There has been a fair demand for colonial de scriptions, late rates being in most instances well supported. RICE.—A very moderate amount of business has been entered into, and quotations remain unaltered. TALLOW.—A better tone has prevailed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 455; new, 43s 6d ; and last three months, 43s 9d. ;is Day. 'Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon...— Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Juno ' Dun„ Perth, & A b.J unc ' E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. 'Western: ;Great Eastern, Ord. st k. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland 'Great Northern Do. A 5t0ck...... Do. is stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm CitS ' and W. of Ireland • V% cetera -Original D.. S. V.l. gua. Do. South Wales Do. %V. Ovord Do. Newport Do. ilereford ..... Lancashire. YorKsh►rvl Landon and Mat:kw:Ml Lon., lirigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. iC North Western Lon. ..tz South Western !Man., Shet., A; Lincoln Metropolitan-- Do. New Do. Extension.-- Aetrupolitan District. do. do. Do. and St. John's WO Hid;and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. k Dub) uid Kent . . INorth British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun th. Eastern--Berr►iok Do. (r.N•E purchastl Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling.: Do. do. 1860-61 •1 North London Do. do. 1804 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire &S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Central Scot, N. E Aber. stock 00. Scot, Mid. stock ' Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern itaines, Wok., & Wok raft Vale Do. C Vale oY Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 64 7i 7t df 410 430 20 22 5 6 3 34 2 3 10 84 31 1 5 17 19 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 3! 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 11.2.6 16 18 1 14 34 36 2a 21 6 b 41 5a 2a 11 10 50 5 7 3i 4 2 2i 27 2U 310 340 I li 3i 4} 12 14- 1) 11 68 70 130 140 65 10 23 25 11 13 05 115 7 9 584 5.17.0 43i ettNIFELLENUE tIIIA KjCd. Great Ea tern, E. Counties Ex. ' No. 2, 661 London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge 81 h lid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 125 Midland, Leicester and ilitchin 4 per cent., 83} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Brkenbead, 876 London and (reenwich,6l FOREIGN RAILWATS Bahia and San Francisco, gua. 7 per cent., 13a Dutch Rhenish, 2 4 2 Ditto, 26 Great Luxembourg, lot Recite and San Francisco, itm. , gua. 7 per cent., 91 FOREIGN MINMj. Anglo Braz . lian Gold, 9-16 Cape Copper, 78. - Don Pedro, North Del !ley, 111 Pm Linares, lira., I Scottish Australian, 1 1-16 United Mexican, BANKS; British North American, 50j 50 Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and Cktina. Chartered tiler. of India. London. and China. 29 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, pi Imperial Ottoman. lim., 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 1 London and County, 53} 3 } Ditto, new, 20i 20 London Joint Stock, 37i London and 11 estminster. 7 . ) 69 702 69i National Provincial of England. Ditto, 'd and 3d issue, 401 Provincial of Ireland, S7l Standard of British South Africa, 1im.,122 Union of London, 301 8i MISCELLANXOU I L Atlantic Telegraph. 12 3 30 Dit o, 8 par cent , 7 Ceylon Company, 81 8 Ditto, A shares, 3 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 151 Commercial Union, Insurance. 4 Credit Fonder of Englanu. lim . 3 1 Crystal Palace, Di: to, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1051 Eyyptian Coin. and Trading, lim.. London General Omnibus Company, lim, 2 13-18 1 3 Madras Irr,gation and Canal (guaranteeCs per cent. Indian Government). 1(01 National Discount Lompanv. Ilf Panama l's;cw Zesiland and Aus. It. Mail., 61 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 17 8 Ditto, new, 1867, 2; Royal Mail Steam, u 0 Thames and Mersey Marine, 'lnsurance, lira., 5L United Kingdom Telegraph Co., Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, On SuNsTROKE.—The heat of the sun on Tuesday struck down a little girl at Noober, and she died shortly afterwards. On the same day, about noon, Charlotte Outram, a little girl at Westin°lton, was also struck, but the result is not fatal, ,as she is recovering slowly. A NOBLE GOLDSMITH.—Lady Milton's wedding ring was altogether the work of the noble bridegroom, being fashioned by his own hands from a nugget dug by him in British Columbia, during his visit to tho goldfields, after his "North-west Passage by Land," the marvellous incidents of which ho anri Dr. qwadle 'Aye 59 well par rated.—Leeds Mercury. -LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKEI- -- The market opens steadily. 12,000 bales. Sales probably WRECK OF TIIE SHIP STAR OF CANADA.—lntelli gence was yesterday received in Liverpool to the effect that the ship Star of Canada, bound from Liverpool to Montreal, with a valuable general cargo, had run ashore about 40 miles below the Pillars Rocks, while in tow of a steamer, and it is reported that the ship will become a total wreck, being hung by both ends on the rocks, and sunk 7 feet amidships. It is expected that a large portion of the cargo will be saved. PILCIIARDS.—During the past week the Cornish pilchard fishery realised something like 70 hhds., about 20 of which were forwarded to London, the rest being sold in the county. Large shoals of fish are reported to be nearing st, Ive'e, Lino Ssk during the week welo very Plentif4 20 at at 100 THE SUN. ONION, FBI y E v ENING, AUGUST 16 1867. Extraordinary Postponement of an Inquest. SUDDEN DEATU OF A SOLICITOR. This afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. Ser geant Payne, at the " Haunch of Venison," Bell yard, Fleet-street, on the body of Mr. Hockley Fred. Wood, solicitor, aged 47 years (son of the late Alderman Thomas Wood, who was afterwards many years chief clerk at the Guildhall Police Court), who died most suddenly at 30, Bouverie street, Fleet-street, on Tuesday evening last under very melancholy circumstances. It appeared that the deceased gentleman had been residing for some time at No. 30, Bouverie-street, under the name of Jones. After the jury and witnesses had waited an hour, however, it was announced by Mr. Gillett, the coroner's officer, that a medical gentleman had written to the Un dertaker, who handed it to the coroner, that the body was in such a decomposed state that it was not in a fit state to be seen, and the jury would be likely to catch a fever if they viewed it, and therefore for the public good he should dispense with the inquest. A post-mortem examination had been previously made by the doctor in attendance, and he con sidered that the deceased died from disease of the heart, accelerated by habits of intemperance. A witness in attendance made a statement that he was accused of poisoning the deceased, but the post-mortem examination of Mr. Clarence Visick clearly demonstrated he bad not died from that cause•—viz., poison. SHARE LlST—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. 991 3 J 52 81 - 1 4 1 54 3 6 05 68 70 72 - 103 110 29 30 4 6 114 116 1 5 116 95 ti 4'l 13; 25 3) 27 29 27 128 50 51 17 1S 10 )5 Ilat ;161 8t 8$ 46 17 2) IA 2S 9i -Pi 31 Closing I Business , rrioc. I done. 1131 1 3i 15 i 113 111 85 87 - - (19i 12,1; 83 99 31 32 1(5 116 G 9 V 3 95 31i 351 1 0 ii , 111 Ild lip 65 67 116 11S 57 68 45 47 (7 68 9i 10 148 252 3 4, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - 120. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 98 100 - I Du. sp. c. Mar. & Sept! 100 98 100 - 100. sp. c. Jan. & Julyj 100 82 84 841 1 - illo. sp. c. Inscribed sal 100 8 3 84 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.0.1873i 100 102 104 Do.ApL&Oc4, 1890-1900100 105 107 Do. do 1880-90 100 105 107 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 100 104 105 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 08 94 - Ceylon, Nov- 1868, 6 p.c 100 102 104 - Do. 1878, do lOO 108 Ilv 1 f 91 --Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 . - Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 100 105 107 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 - Natal tiov. 6 per cent lOO 98 100 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 96 98 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 91 93 - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 00 91 901 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 -- - - Do. 5 per cent lOO 91 93 931 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9O 97 99 971 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 97 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1808-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards ICO 105 107 - Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do. A pril & Oct lOO 1104 1111 111 BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. tun Atlantic &St.Lawrenos all 56 58 at)llom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln. 100 102 1021 gu. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. 1 shares lO p 1p 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 41 10 Do. Preference Buff,Brant, & Goderich 100 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO 68 71 st Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO - - et .;ape Town & Dock, gu lOO 55 65 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 99 101 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 100 102 102 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 108 109 10 11 10 Do. J Extension - - at ,rand Truukof Canada 100 17 1 8 174 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Boucle 1 charge 6 p.c all 80 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred ail - 100 De. 2d Pref. Boncia all 40 45 100 Du. do. deterred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock.— all 3 2 34 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Du. 4th Pret. stook all 19 20 100 Do. do. deterred - - at flt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 107 109 1(93 I 10 o. Gua. 5 per cent lB - 2 t' /0 Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 - 2t. at • t. South of India gnu. 5 per cent at 1) 41 per cent lov 92 94 at Do ..... . - - 201 Ircat Wes. of Canada all 151 151 201 Do. New..,. - • - ,00 do. op. c Bt.s. pay. 1873 all 95 17 100 )0. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 all 85 el 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 1 4' l at Madras, goo. 5 p.c 100 100 102 103 at Do. 4/ do lOO 93 85 251 at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - - at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buda. 100 - - 60 Mel. & 110:3ou's Bay all - N.ll.l.C'da,6polatpf.bs, 100 83 85 et Scinde 100 100 101 1001 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do a; 1S p at Do. Punjaub :4 100 99 100 st Do.lndus St.Flot I 100 85 87 BRITISH MINES. Cain. Consol. G old, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Urakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cara BrPa East Grenville . East Gunnislake East Lovell E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L4xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Buoy G. Wheal Vor (Relst, ilerod's Foot •••• llingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley flwyndy Iron Ore, lbw New Sewn North Roskear ---- N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United L'ruv►denoe tiny Lelan t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park . I'in Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West C hi ver Mit West Seton -- Wheal Bassett ( Mogan' Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (Lis BROMIDE OF POTASSIEII. The adulteration of this substance by iodide of potassium has become such a serious question in a therapeutic point of view, that it is a matter of great interest to find some easy way of ascertaining it. Several ways have been proposed, but none of a very practical kind and possessing at the same time a sufficient degree of exactness. A paper, by M. Amedee Blacher, in the Journal des Connaissances Illedicales, is on this account deserving of notice. M. Blacher starts from the following facts Bromide of potassium yields a white precipitate with salts of lead ; iodide of potassium a yellow one. 2. Pyroligneous acid dissolves iodide of lead, especially at the temperature of ebullition. 3. It also dissolves bromide of lead. 4. Bromide of lead is more soluble in pyroligneous acid than the iodide of the same metal. The two latter observations are duo to M. Blacher himself. Now, when, at the common temperature, pyroligneous acid is added to a precipitate of bromide of lead mixed with iodide of the same, the latter is detected by the yellow spots which almost instantly appear in the midst of the white mass. Moreover the iodide may be separated from the bromide by cooling their solution in a liquid composed of one part of pyroligneous acid and 12 of water ; for in this case the iodide is precipitated while the bro mide remains in the liquid. The former may then be collected and weighed. M. Blather's plan of operations may now be easily understood. Sup pose we have some bromide of potassium which we have reason to suspect of being adulterated with iodide. We transform the bromide i❑ quei tion into that of lead by adding to its solution in water an excess of liquid sub-acetate of lead, a substance which will equally decompose the iodide of potassium. On examining the precipitate found, if it be white there is no iodide in it ; if, on the con- trary, it be tinged with orange, we shall have prima facie evidence of the presence of iodide. In order to determine the quantity of the latter, the precipi tate must be washed and dried, then dissolved in the pyroligneous liquid above described ; and this solu tion being put into cold water, the iodide will pre cipitate, and the bromide will remain in the liquid. 7HE 20R1 0/SE. This is one of the most curious specimens of th e fecundity of nature in inventing a variety of forms and conditions of life. The tortoise, deprived of all means of attack, is provided on the other hand with the safest retreat imaginable ; a shield offering resistance to the heaviest blows, and impenetrable alike to the teeth of wild beasts and to the fangs of poisonous reptiles. In the Journal des Connais sauces Aledicales Dr. Deschamps devotes a curious article to this slowest of all creatures, in locomotion as well as in death. Francesco Redi having de prived a tortoise of its brain, found that it could live six months without it. lie cut off the head of another, but even this radical operation did not prevent the heart from beating for 12 days after The shield of this extraordinary denizen of our globe is composed of three distinct layers: the first is a bony plate forming part'of the skeleton, the next is a special osseiform envelope attached to the plate, and the third is the valuable outer shell com posed of quadrangular, pentagonal, and hexagonal plates, each of which is encircled with a series of concentric grooves. Opinions differ as to the origin and formation of the shell. Some imagine it to be the result of the transsudation of the skin, but they forget to show where the skin is. Others consider it to be an epidermoid production, not un like those which in other animals constitute horns, hoofs, &c., but here again there are difficulties, for when one of the scales constituting the tortoiseshell falls off, we see below a white plate quite equal to it in surface and shape. Under the shell, therefore, there lies its exact counterpart, with this single dif ference that the lines and grooves are inversely ar ranged. Dr. Deschamps, after a minute investiga tion, has arrived at the conclusion that this solid envelope is a calcareous metamorphosis of the derma, the fibres or elastic tissues having the pro perty of admitting of incrustation with calcareous salts. It is well known that any osseous surface exposed to the air mortifies, owing to the destruc tion of the periosteum, the membrane which supplies calcareous matter. This is precisely what happens when a scale of the tortoiseshell falls off ; the bone below mortifies and falls off too, and both are rege nerated by the action of the skin, divided into fila ments which penetrate into all the grooves. In order that this action may be safely performed without any necrosis of the bone, the scale does not fall off immediately, but opens very gradually like the lid of a tobacco box, and thus affords time for the reproduction of the new scale. THE WORK OF TIIE SESSION.—Up to the present time, including last night, the public acts exceed in number 100, and the local just beyond 200. There will be another batch on the day of the prorogation. Last year the public acts numbered 122, they will this year be about ten more ; and the locals were 363, this year they will be considerably below that number. THE LATE EMPEROR MAxlMlLlAN.—According to intelligence received in Paris from Mexico, the following is the official proclamation by which the execution of the late Emperor Maximilian was notified to the Mexican people :—" Ferdinand Mamimilian von Hapsburg, a Grand an the al c ly ou o n f try of its i n d e p en dence and Napoleon 111. of France, came e e o o fA Mexicoustlia an rob d .to of its institutions, and , although a mere usurper of the national sovereignty, assumed the title of Emperor. This usurper having been captured by the Republican forces at Queretaro on the 15th May, 1867, he was sentenced to death by a military court-martial, with the concurrence of the nation, and was shot for his crimes against the inde pendence of the nation, at Queretaro, on the 19th June, 1867, in company with Generals Miramon and •Mojia. Peace be to his ashes !"—Renter's Express. -- --- LORD BROUGHAM. —The Carlisle Journal, report ing Lord Brougham's arrival at Brougham-hall, says:— " His Lordship appeared to be in a very feeble condition, considerably more so than on his visit last year, and it seemed to require all his exertions, with the assistance of his valet, to get out of the carriage. Having descended to the platform he sat down on a chair until the train passed or, his only inquiry being as to the state of the weather, and he was then carried across the lino on another chair brought for the purpose. With the assistance of his valet he walked the short distance to his carriage, which was in waiting for him, and, having been assisted insid?, he was driven to Brougham-hall. We are informed that his lordship was in as good health as could be expected, but ho was suffering from the fatigue occasioned by his jour ney from London. Lord Brougham will attain his nine tieth year on the 19th of September next." RESCUE FROM DROWNING.—Mr. William Cubitt, of Bacton Abbey, Norfolk, the local hon. secretary of the man who since, been bathing in the when he heard National Lifeboat Institut ion, was ri ding along the beach t in he th sh at ou n t e s ig o l f lb it yourloluonodg ln few da sea, and was being carried out by a strong current which was setting out at the time. Mr. Cubitt immediately swam his horse out, and fortunately succeeded in catching the unfortunate youth by the hand just as he was sinking, and in taking him safely ashore, thus rescuing him from a watery grave. NEWSPAPERS FOR CRIMINALS.--The Austrian Minister of Justice has just decided on a singular measure. Henceforward a certain number of copies of the official journals published in the empire will be distributed gra tuitously to the crim,inals Cpnfined in the different vrisons. —Ga THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. STOCKTON RACES —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MIDDLESBOROUGH PLATE. The Middlesborough Plato of 80 sovs, added to a handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft; winners extra; the second to save his stake. „One mile and a half. 21 subs, 12 of whom de clared. Declaration .. .. Klarinska Little Treasure CORPORATION PLATE. The Corporation Plato of 50 sws ; winners of •iny handl - cap after the weights are published 51b, of one value 100 sous 7lb extra. Five lArlongs. Treasure Trove Mucjid f Dement 3 Seven ran. ELEVEN TH ZETLAND BIENNIAL. The Eleventh Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 61b ; the second to save his stake. Five furlongs. 23 subs. Russian Bear 1 Nymph colt 2 Merry and Wise 3 Five ran. STEWARDS' CUP. The Stockton Stewards' Cup (Handicap), a piece of plate value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs after Aug. 7 (at noon) 71b, of any race value 200 sovs 91b, of any race of 500 sovs valuelllb extra(extreme penalty) ; the second to save his stake; one mile; 23 subs. Lord Ronald Skylark Declaration Nine ran. GRAND STAND SELLING STAKES. The Grand Stand Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 40 added ; two year olds Bst 31b, throe 9st 131 b, four 10st 71b, five list, six and aged list 31b. Half a mile, straight. Jenny Mills Roderick Random 2 Zingara Eight ran. GARBIJT NURSERY. The Garbut Nursery Pedestrian Plato {Handicap) of 100 soya, for two year olds. Lady Flora .. Timaru Popgun . Eleven ran. FOUR YEAR OLD STARES. The Stockton Four Year Old Claret Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 forfeit., and 5 if declared, with 100 added, for four year olds in 1867; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld ings Bst 71b. Westwick Strathconan OXFORD RACES—Tins DAT. STAND PLATE. Cleopatre 1 Amour Propre Venturer Eight ran. AUDLEY NURSERY. Beauty Harmony .. 2 Cactus CITY MEMBERS' PLATE. Vampire Rupert colt Ilopvine 3 Eight ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Veda 1 Madame Cleopatro 2 Peggy 3 Fourteen ran. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. Tumbler 1 Squire •• 2 Sister to Scottish Chief Eleven ran. SELLING PLATE. Her Ladyship Sister to Abergeldie Distaff Six ran. JOHN STIRK, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Executes Comtnissious on all tho races to any amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. MR. GEo. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Ilaverstock-hill, and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near 31eux's Brewery. No con nection with any other person using the same name. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, August 16. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following cha nges com pared with that of last week : INCREASE. • Cash in hand 12,000,000fr. Private accounts 4,900,000fr. DECREASE. Bills discounted ...... 8,000,000 fr. Notes Advances 333,000fr. Treasury Balance ITALY. VENICE, Aug. 16. A great fire has occurred here in the Church of St. John and St. Paul. Titien's painting of Peter the Martyr and many other masterpieces of art were burnt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tms EVENING. The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a five o'clock. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY presented a petition from the authorities of Leicester. Tho Expiring Lands Continuance Bill was passed through Committee. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE AND THE PROROGATION. The Earl of DERBY intimated that the house would meet to-morrow (Saturday) at 2 o'clock, in order to pass certain bills, and that the prorogation would take place on Wednesday next. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved that the Com mons' amendments to this bill should be considered. Ho said that the other house of Parliament had limited the period of the act to one year, while this house had agreed that it should beefor three years, but he thought that the amendment was a trifle, and he should move that it be agreed to. The amendments were then agreed to. The Commons amendments on the Railway Company's (Scotland) Bill were agreed to. POLICIES OF INSURANCE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the amendment on this bill only left it its title. The effect of the amend ment really was that a person holding only a partialover in terest in a policy might sue for and rec the whole of its amount, and the other parr ties to it must sue him. It appeared to him quite impos sible that the house could agree to this amendment. The amendment was then disagreed to. CONSOLIDATION FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill was read a second time. HOURS OF LABOUR REGULATION BILL. this The Earl of DEVON moved the second reading of aba bill. He stated that there were an innumer ld class of employments in which children,in women,,or young persons were employed, e thislJ: Extension Bill did not contemplate, and destined to regulate the hours of labour of young persons r to the local employed in workshops, and gave Factory s A va c s t authorities, by which he meant the corporation , or , if there was none, the vestry of a town, to regulate in theiri tricts the hours of labour. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that they Anott in this bill the assistance of inspectors_asrt.heasr wictnoorywerce had, but were going to the local austth remark that they employers of labour; but he mu ought in passing this bill to be velsgratistsetfsutlantcoetthhesygrite:it employers of labour for the genser.. e t h present. 3t was given them in carrying out biil many years before they could groatwould o result no n d f e r r o a m d the original Factory Act,and thisgebtilalawyou an admirable supplement to t wthneicnneb%ev 6FhaocutiodrymAovcet.in B t b u s t there were some defects in next session to be omelet.] The bill was then rea a seFcEonßdEtNinaS BILL. COURTS OF RE This bill was re ad a second time. The Earl of DEVON moved that the CBhuilrlchbeTreemadpoa ralities Orders (Ireland) Validation ~ s econd time, was agre ed to. Th e Fortiflwcabtlicohnßill was read a second time. The Commons' amendments to the War Department Stores Bill were agreed to. The Companies' Act (1862) Amendment Bill passed through committee, and the report was agreed to. rLEFT SITTING.] --- HOUSE OF COMMONS. —This EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o'clock. CHARTERUOUSE ESTATES BILL. Thin billwaif itirgier Olgidsgedt and otaudins orders having been suspended it was read a third tune and passed. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY (ARRANGEMENTS) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. 661 71 91 1201 7/ 491 59i 10 7i 17 111 151 16 81 2 16 121 i 1 4 51 5 113 12, 13i 1181 20 VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS. Mr. OT SVAY asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was intended to withhold from the sergeant instructors attached to the volunteer corps from the ments of the line the additional two pence per diem paid to sergeants of the lino and militia? Sir J. PAKINGTON said ho presumed the question related to the 2d. lately granted. (Hear, hear.) The sergeant instructors of volunteers consisted of two classes, viz., those sergeants who have been lout to the volunteers, and who are still retained on the lists of their respective regiments, and with respect to them it was only fair that they should receive the addition. (Hear, hear.) With respect to those who had left the line and were in receipt of pensions, their case had not yet been decided. coinzurr PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. DAIWY GRIFFITII . 3 asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of the Go vernment that the bill for the Prevention of Corrupt Praeti:es at Election, which had b.!en considered and re ported on by a select committee, should 6o brought for ward at the earliest period next session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not feel competent at that mom nt to sketch out the Par liamentary campaign for the ensuing year. He should b • sorry if the bill was not passed, and the best way to achieve that object was to introduce it as soon as pos sible. PARK-LANE. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE asked the First Commis sioner of Works whether, in order to give greater facilities for the circulation of traffic and relieve the present over crowded thoroughfare of Park-lane, he would endeavo ur to obtain her Majesty's consent for cabs to cross the corner of Hyde Park from the gate at Hyde Park-corner to Stan hope-gate, in a similar manner as cabs are now per mitted to cross Hyde Park from Victoria-gate to Prince's-gate. Lord J. MANNERS said he had received no represen tations that there was too little traffic at the Stanhope gate. The traffic was too great in the other direction, and he did not think it would be advisable to interfere with the existing arrangements. Her Majesty had given her assent to the proposal for the widening of Park-lane, which would give much greater facilities to the carriage traffic in that Leighbourhood, and it was only the unfor tunate difference that had sprung up between the Metro politan Board of Works and the Corporation of the City of London which prevented the improvements being com menced. Mr. AYRTON asked whether the very rich but very much under-assessed parish of St. George, Hanover square, had been applied to to contribute to the cost of the improvement. Lord G. MANNERS replied in ,the negative, as the cost of making the improvement was to be paid for by a con- tinuation of the coal tax. BARS AND BARRIERS. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE asked the Homo Secretary if he intended next session to introduce a bill to remove the bars and barriers on the roads in Whitechapel, Gray's Inn-road, the Foundling, the Bedford, the Euston, the Portland, the Southampton, the Westminster, and the Portman estates, so as to place the metropolis in the same position as Paris and the other cities on the continent ? Mr. 0. HARDY did not propose to do any such thing. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. LEFEVRE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he would lay upon the table, before the close of the session, in accordance with the assurances given by the Chief Secretary for Ireland on the sth of July, the names of the commissioners to inquire into the revenue of the Established Church in Ireland, and also the names of the Irish Education Commissioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the reason the names were not made known was because they had not been decided. Several applications had been made, but uccess had not attended ose effts. That was the sole s cause that had led to the delay or in publishing the names. BUENOS AYRES. Mr. NORWOOD asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress had been made towards a settlement of the claim of the owners of the Cestus against the Buenos Ayres Government, which was referred to the decision of the President of the Republic of Chili in 1865 ? Lord STANLEY said he had no information on the subject, but he had communicated with her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires; as yet, however, there had not been time for an answer to arrive to his letter. EENWICH HOSPITAL. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Lord H. LENNOX stated that after a careful inspection it had been ascertained that considerable expenses would have to be incurred in converting either Queen Mary's or Queen Ann's quarters into an hospital, tut that Queen Diary's was the most appropriate and easily converted. Inspection, however, had been made and the same result had been arrived at. Under these circumstances the original offer had again been made to the authorities of the Dreadnought. INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. In reply to Mr. LEFEVRE, Sir R. PALMER said he did not intend to press the measure further during the present se ssion, in consequence of their Lordships differing from them upon some very important points in the bill. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that the house at its rising adjourn to Monday, Mr. NEWDEGATE called the attention of the house to certain circumstances connected with the select committee appointed to consider, to hear evidence with respect to, and to report upon the Ecclesiastical Titles and Roman Catholic Relief Acts, to the evidence taken by, to the pro ceedings, and to the report of the above committee. Mr. WHALLEY followed the hon. member. Mr. WALPOLE said be had sat upon that committee, and according to his view of the matter their duty iu that committee was not avoiding any particular act, or to come to any foregone conclusion. He thought the duty of the commnitte appointed was for the purpose of inquiring and reporting whether, in their opinion, there was anyihing whatever in the practical working of that act weighing upon Roman Catholi c s which made it expedient tha the act should be repealed or altered. Those who hal been i ns t rumen tal in the appointment of the committee had failed to prove that there was so, and the committee came to the conclusion that there was no practical grievanvi ce, a nd therefore it had been thou g ht unnecessary to call e dence on the THE theolCog ical ASE beOF arin CUNCANON. g of the question. Major ANSON asked the Secretary of State for the question with regard to the sentence Home Departm ent a passed on a man named Cuncanon at the last Stafford assizes ? Mt. HARDY said at present he had no official informa tion on the point. The motion was then agreed to. The house then adjourned until Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EvENING. THE FORTIFICATIONS. In reply to Mr. O'BEIRNE, Sir J.YAKINGTON said it was intended to make ex periments at targets representing accurately the iron walls and shields of the fortifications at present in course of erection at Portsmouth, Plymouth, Portland, and Pem broke. The experiments would be carried out by firing the heaviest guns at present on board any of the ships of the royal navy, and at the shortest distances; it was not at all likely ships of war would approach the forts. Lord ELCHO thought the experiments would ba much more satisfactory if instead of targets a complete section of the fortifications should be experimented upon; and with respect to the power of the guns, he should like to know if it was to be limited to those guns only in her Majesty's navy. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the targets woirld be made to represent the strength of the iron walls and shields, and the groat desire was to have a satisfactory and effectual trial. Ho was not aware that any foreign navy carried heavier guns than those on board her ajesty's ships. He s h o uld feel happy in consulting with t M he noble lord pre vious to the experiments being tried. Colonel SYKES asked whether it was intended to p lace i ron shields on the granite walls. Sir J. PAKINGTON replied in the negative. JUDGE OFTIIE ADMIRALTY COURT. In reply to Mr. GRAVES, Mr. lIARDY said he believed that the patent of the new judge was now not only made out, but sealed. (Ilear,hear.) GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of tho Admiralty if a pair of engines of about 700 horse power, ordered from Messrs. Napier and Co , about six years since, were still lying in their factory ; aud, if so, to state what ship they were intended for a nd why they had not been used ; aud whether those engines were not recentl to stet© the _p rice y offered for resale to Messrs. Napie r and Cu. and, if so, offered by that firm. i ne s that were Mr. COREY s aid there were some eng ordered in the y ear 1860 at present lying at Messrs. Napier's 3 and ; they wore ordered for a fifty -gun frigate which had been partly constructed, but in consequence of the change that had been occa.sioned by the introduction of armour clads, the building of the vessel was suspended, and she was eventually taken to pieces. The reason the engines were not put into another vessel was because they were not constructed in accordance with new improve ments, and also because it would bo unwise to build a ship in order to make use of the engines. An offer had been made for the purchase of the engines, but as the sum, £lO,OOO, was not considered sufficient it was de clined. The engines were to cost the Government £28,000, and £2,000 for fitting them to the vessel. The former sum bad been paid to Messrs. Napier, but of course the latter had not. (llear, hear, and laughter.) PRIVILEGE. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair to go into committee, Mr. WHALLEY said ho had to ask the house to give him a few minutes attention while he brought under its notice a case which he considered involved the rights of members.. The seats under the gallery he believed generally were appropriated by the Speaker to gentlemen particularly interested in the debate, and on making a pplication to the Speaker for the admission of Mr. Beales to-day the favour had been refused him, the Speaker informing him that last evening the ad mission ho had obtained for Mr. Beales had been, without his consent, extended to two other persons, and therefore he declined to have further communication with him on the subject. He stated that he knew nothing of the three persons admitted, but he distinctly stated, when he was applying for admission to the seats under the gallery, that Mr. Beales and Colonel Dickson might be admitted. The Speaker had also told him that nothing he could state with respect to his recollection of the matter would alter his (the Speaker's) impression of what he had said. He claimed the right— Col. NORTH rose to order; he should like to know what was the breach of privilege the hon. member com plained of ? The SPEAKER said they were waiting to hear. Mr. WHALLEY said he would inform the house of that when ho had sufficiently collected himself. (Hear, hear, and 14uOtor.) go could ICY fQXI 4 OW ha clicl -.aim imam tion tho nama of Col. Dickson, and he thought it was too much for the Speaker to say he did not, because ho did not hear distinctly. (Cries of " Order, order," " Chair, chair.") The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when a question of privilege was being brought forward the greatest latitude was always allowed, but it had given him, and he was sure every other gentleman present, pain to hear the Speaker, who filled ono of the highest positions in the kingdom—(hear, hear, and cheers) —and who was entitled to the highest respect-0i mr, hear, and cheero— in the manner the hon. gentleman had done. (Hear, hoar.) He therefore begged to ask whether the matter before the house involved any question of privi lege? (Cheers.) The SPEAKER, said hap the question affected any other perscn but himself, he shoul 1 have stopped the hon.inember for Peterborou.;ll sooner than he had done. lie should have liked the subject to have closed there, but the House would permit him to say one word or two as to whit occurred. The hon. gentlem in had speken to him relative to a gentleman who wits desirous of being present during the debate. He told him that yesterday ho ha I ipplied for the admission of one gentleman, which was granted; but instead of centining the admission to ono person, three had been introduced, and that he considered such a proceeding unbecoming and improper. The hon. gentleman had begun his observations with 11 nits. statement ; he had never refused admission to any gentleman, and ho was only too glad to grant a place under the gallery to Mr. Beales ; and instead of refusing he hal only asked the hon. member for Peterborough to wait until he had disposed of some business in which he was engaged, when he addressed him before they spoke on the subject ho had mentioned. (Hear, hear.) He extremely regretted that he should have been compelled to address those few words to the house. Mr. WHALLEY again rose, but was met by strong cries of " Order, order." The SPEAKER said he was compelled to say there was no question before the house in which the hon. gen tleman had a right to speak. The HON. MEMBER again attempted to address the house, but the Speaker, without taking the slightest notice, put the question, which being carried, he left the chair, and the house went into committee on the REGULATION OF T lIE PARKS BILL. Mr. DENMAN moved that the chairmaa report pro gress. He said the bill was one that could not pass during the present session, and therefore he hoped it would not be pressed forward by the Government. Mr. GILPIN hoped the Government would not go on with the bill, even though the first clause had been given up. It was one that could lead to nothing but heartburn togs and discontent, and that being the case, it would be but an act of prudence for the Government to entirely withdraw the bill. Mr. HARDY said the observations that had boon made on that occasion were much more moderate than formerly was the case. He could not, however, state the course it was intended to pursue with respect to the bill before the question before the committee was disposed of. A brief debate ensued, in which it was suggested that the Government should portion off a small part of Hyde Park asa place where public meetings might be held. The adoption of sucha reasonable proposal, it was stated, would prove acceptable to all parties. The house then divided on Mr. Denman's motion that the Chairman leave the chair, when there appeared— , . 31 For the motion ................................ Against it 55 Majority against the m otion — Mr. B. COCHRANE hoped, after such a satisfactory decision, the Government would drop the bill for the pre sent session. The principle had been vindicated, and therefore he hoped they would agree to his suggestion. Mr. H. SHERIDAN then moved that the Chairman should report progress, and other members exhibiting an intention to follow him in talking out the bill, Mr. Secretary HARDY said that, without yielding to the threats and intimidation contained in letters addressed to himself, or the language which had been indulged in out of doors, he was compelled to own that it was hopeless to attempt getting the bill through committee this session in the face of the opposition raised by an obstinate minority. Under these circumstances, the only course open to him was to assent to the motion that the Chairman leave the chair. The motion to report progress was then negatived, and the question that the chairman leave the chair agreed to. The bill was therefore lost. The Royal Militaiy Canal Bill was read a second time. I The Agricultural Gangs Bill and the County Courts Acts Amendment Bill were read a third time, and passed. The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Bill and the Thames Embankment and Metropolis (Loans) Bill were withdrawn ; and on the motion of Mr. Mos; the author of the measure, the Lords' amendments to the Banns of Matrimony Bill were ordered to be considered a month hence, a technical method of getting rid of a bill in an amended and objectionable form. The sitting was thou suspended. The evening sitting was occupied chiefly with the con sideration of the Traffic Regulation (Metropolis) Bill, which was passed through committee after undergoing several emendations. On the order for considering the amendments to the Consecration of Churches and Churchyards Bill, Mr. Gilpin moved the insertion of a clause to the effect that when any land is added to an existing churchyard a portion of it should Le allotted for burials of Dissenters, and that the amount and situation of such unconsecrated space should be determined by the parish vestry, subject to the approval of one of the principal Secretaries of State. The clause was opposed by Mr. Secretary Hardy, sup ported by Mr. Candlish, and upon a division rejected by 33tto 14. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Tho Lords' amendments to the Turnpike Acts Continu ance Bill were opposed by Mr. Nowdegate on the ground that their lordships had struck out a money clause, and thus interferedwith the peculiar privilege of the House of Commons; but on a division the amendments were agreed to by 30 to 1. The Representation of the People (Scotland) Bill, which stood for committee, was withdrawn without comment, the only Scotch member present being Mr. M' Laren, and he "gave no sign." The house adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock until three this LONDON GA GAZETTE. -THIS EVENING. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 14. The Queen has been p leased to appoint Henry Dunkley, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council o. her Majesty's Settlement of Lagos on the Western Coast of Africa. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 14. Royal Marino Light Infantry—Second Lieut. Laurence Fortescue. i to be First Lieutenant, vice BAker, retired on half-pay. COURSE OF EXCRANGE.—This Evening. - -- Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 0 12 01 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 371 25 42 Brussels - 25 424 Hamburg — 13 01 13 101 Paris Short 25 15 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 321 25 871 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 1201 Tienna — 12 iu 12 801 A nests 12 721 12 77* Petersburgn - 311 32 Berlin 49 6 Madrid Cadiz - 49i 27 2il Leghorn . 27 171 27 '27} Milan Genoa Naples - :2777 1 1 1 7 -74 1 27 27* 171 27 27f CA raferrno ..................... 3iessina ... ............. ..... Lisbon ........................ )rto .......... 27 17 51} 51} SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. -,- (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 15. —Collector, from \Vyborg ; Endea vour, from Dinan ; Helene, from Trinidad de Cuba Souvenir, from Nykobin ; Matoaka, from Petersburg City of Bombay, from Calcutta. Arrived, Aug. 16.—Leo, steamer, from Rotterdam Triton, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, Aug. 15.—Cid, steamer, for Bilboa. Sailed, Aug. 16.—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; E. W. Stettsou, for New York; Martlet, and Lord John Russell, steamers, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Solerdo, from London, for Sulina; John Bull, from London, for Quebec; Modom, from London, for St. Helena. A TREMENDOUS LEAP BY A PONY.—A pony be longing to Mr. Lovatt, builder and contractor, Darlington street, took a leap a few days ago which will astonish even the readers of the sporting journals. Thep ony stands only about 131 hands high, and whilst being harnessed in the owner's yard it suddenly too k fri g ht and leaped over a pair of gates about 8j feet high. The animal's hind legs caught as she was going over and tore away the fastenings, but the pony dropped safely in the street outside, and the only injury sustained was a slight cut. After this extraordi nary leap she proceeded no further, but allowed herself to be quietly led back to the stable. ll'olverhamplon Chronicle EARTIIQUAKES IN MITYLENE.—Letters received in Constantinople from li ityl e n e state that aor t e h lit e voi s .Dea h rna o if er c n k emt E;o ds f egl earthquake were still being felt in that island. On Satur day, Aug. 3, and on the previous Thursday, there were two heavy shocks, which were felt throughout the island. Besides these strong movements lighter ones were eon_ tinu a 1 1 y t a rs I yA n Tb t ap h n e dA :we which l si e Tc y hA o r )h f Ta P .a_ o g r po t shocks wore daily taking place. does not appear to r b: h e a ff s ec b t e u e a n l b in ad s l o y ot u h s i e n a g . angry music; t f o o r T p a l li a P y E r Prussian E l s : : followed the men and pelted • The populace . rettolleci the otation , ti4C/u1 wlt l 4 otonep till they