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

I IIONE! MARKET AND f IOMMERCIAL INTELLMENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. At the weekly meeting of the court of directors of the Bank of England no alteration was made in the minimum rate of discount, which still remains at 2 per cent. In the general discount market there is rather more inquiry, consequent upon the near approach of the fourth of the month, but the rates remain Unaltered. A small sum of gold, representing £7,000, was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The Guiding Star, from New York, has brought about £35,000 in specie. The Oneida, from Brazils, has arrived at Lisbon with £14,328. The directors of the Anglo-Italia❑ .Bank have determined to recommend the payment of ss. a share for interest, which is at the rate of 5 per cent. In consequence of the unsatisfactory state of the Italian currency, they propose also to return a portion of the paid-up capital. At a meeting of the City Discount Company (Limited) held this day the directors recommended that out of a balance of £4,859 lls. 3d. a sum of £5OO be written off preliminary expenses, a divi dend of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, or 3s. a share, be declared ; and the balance, amounting to £1,496 IGs. Bd., be carried forward to the next account. At the meeting held to-day of the London and County Bank the report was unanimously adopted, and the usual dividend declared at the rate of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 5 per cent., together equal to 22 per cent. per annum. The net balance of profit amounted to £96,525, the dividend and bonus will absorb £89,444, leaving £7,081 to be carried forward. The dividend and bonus is pay able on the 12th instant, free of income tax. Messrs. J. H. Schroeder and Co..have announced the dividends due the 15th August on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas (Cuba) Railroad. A notice has been issued by the Bank of England that, in order to prepare the dividend due on the 10th of October, 1867, the balances of the several accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Monday, the 2d of September, 1867, viz.:—New £3 per cent. Annuities, Reduced £3 per cent. Annuities for thirty years, Annuities for terms of years, and India £4 per cent. Stock. On Tues day the 3d September, the above-named funds will be transferable without the dividend due on the 10th October next. Bank Stock Books will be closed on Wednesday, 11th September, and re- Opened Friday, 11th October. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1867. 1866. Great Western ... ... ... ... 83,274 85,323 North Western ... "' ... ...133,204 130,861 South Western ... ... ... ... 32,594 31,018 Brightea 26,662 26,510 M idland ••• ••• ... ... ... .. . 57,642 51,430 South Easte;n ..• ::: ... 33,521 31,310 Great Northern .: ... ... ... 43,338 42,485 Lancashire and Y . 1E h . re or 8 Ire... ... • • •,.., .50 727 48,637 BristolNor' and Exeter... ... ... t ... 2, ,40 8,440 pia E astrn ... 76172 72,818 r llohoster, e Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 21,651 20,413 G e at Eastern ... 39,491 39,134 N orth Briti s h ... 30,557 29,963 Chatha and DoTer ... 15,906 14,672 aGre letrepolitan ... 4,551 4,033 at Southern and Western of Ireland... 11,059 10,232 •-,l (ll and and Gr ea t W es t ern o f I re l an d ... 0 ,263 4 , 440 Glasgow and South-Western ... ~.. 11,683 12,284 T hese returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are in most in stances very favourable. On the North-Western there is an increase of £2,343; on the South 'Western of £1,576 ; ON the Brighton of £152 ; on the Midland of £6,212 ; on the South-Eastern of £ 2 ,211; on the Great Northern of £853 ; on the L ancashire and Yorkshire of £2,085 ; on the Bristol and Ezeter, of £3OO ; on the North Eastern, of £3 ,354 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln o f £1237 ; on the Great Eastern of £357 ; on tho North British of £594 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,234 ; on the Metropolitan of £ 5 lB ; on the Great Southern and Western of Ire land of . £827 ; and on the Midland and Great Western of Ireland of £823. At the meeting held to-day of the English and Australian Copper Company, the report for the six taonths ending 31st December last was presented. The directors stated that it was necessary to impress u pon the shareholders at each half-yearly meeting t hat the statements laid before them are an estimate o nly, framed with the utmost attention to correct ness, but liable, of course, to be modified by the operations of the subseauent six months. The pre- Bent statement s h owe d an es ti ma t e d p ro fit o f £5,678 for the half-year, reduced to £3,788 by over estimate of copper on hand June 30, 1866, 411 d by restoring the small amount required to for Take op the last dividend. This will be sufficient the payment of an ad interim dividend of Is. Per shar e a f ter paying interest at the rate of 5 per :In. to the reserve fund, which at this date amounts to £11,382. Two o'CLocK. Accordi ng t o R euter ' s te l egram f rom Paris to day, the French Rentes were 69f. 07c. Firm. Advices from the Tyne report that the screw i n ' eau ler Norf o lk h as l e ft th e d oc k l a d en w i t h 1,351 1 3 -1 : 4 of rail s cons i gne d to R uss i a , thi s s hi pment t e 'ng part of the contract at present being exe t.llited by the C onse tt I ron C om p an y fo r th e Rus an railways. General depression is observable in the market s o t r t he Engli s h F un d s , a nd, indeed, throughout th e -s3e k Exchange. There is scarcely any business 1 Ilr° g r ess, and values consequently exhibit weak %e Consols are now 93i 94 for transfer,tand 94 cli im acc°ll nt ; the latter quotation showing a de °f .0 e nearly 1 per cent. Nr a '`evf Threes are 931 ; Reduced Annul -41311 ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 6 - ; ditto 4 p er C en t s ., 991 ; an d ditto Enfa c ed 11 ? C elita., 1021 t. hea For Stocks, in most instances, show increased eli,,:T e ss• Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, have de vi;.;' ,to 485 ; Spanish Passive 1, to 211 214; Greek Bond s h ave a d vanc ed 4, to 13 ; the L:slauLoan Scrip 5, to 1 prem. ; and the Chilian Se riP 4, to 25 15 discount. Fi v -ler ican Securities are also flat. Uaited States e'twenty Bonds have receded 1, to 721 1 ; and Shares to 765 7 7 . ren m tiaut io and Great Western Railway Debentures M - -I:1 steady at 26 28 ; and the Consolidated o A rtg ar . e Bonds at 22 23. ent, r / i er Y moderate amount of business has been with into in the Railway Share Market, and tiem °no or two exceptions prices show less firm- I , Great N orthern have declined 1/, Brighton li wh.,"° G reat East ern an d S ou th-E as t ern eac h I ; e M idland eater n have improved /, and North ofrlile foreign and colonial lines are without change ;I.loPortance. Great Luxemburg are dealt in at N il . 4 , East I ndian at 1085, and Great Indian )3 1 : 8111 a at 1071. Ivea-tni, Sh ares remain ve r y i na ctive. London and 111 O r i ent have declined to 995 ex div., and , 11 ster Bank Corporation to 42/. S te cellan eous and Fi nance Shares are dull, hut 7 0 u7Y2; A tlantic T e legra ph 8 per C ents. are mar k e d Vi eer °; National Discount Company 111, and Y of Egypt's Mortgage Loan 675. AIMING MARKET. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. p, l3llBl neS3 in the Mining Share Market continues (' ll l ‘7 dull. West Chiverton, Prince of Wales, b tlts ivert on Moor, Great Tor, and North Tresker y 4 ahade tAti, flatter. Annexed are the current quo- Ohl .ea .._ ehoviletrton Moor ...... 5 5; 04 tl es Gold ...... 41 's,ld Amalgamate 6 - 6/ Fast taaesut ..... 14 16 t',, Oaradon .............. 5 5/ .: ,oven ............ 6i 7 to.'7 Rtissell ............ '6 l ,Zt\yheal Grenville r e'tt, ,J,r;xey ......... 151 16i Ata l :k '„.,.' 6 41 Vor ... 15i 16 ,0 G V alley... 4,4 i 'A rt 4 croity .............. 31 3; North Treskerby Princeof Wales...s4s Od 56s Providence Mines -- South Condurrow... lls 13s Tincroft _Hi 12i West Chiverton 62} 63 West P. of Wales Wheal Basset — Wheal Buller NVheal Chiverton 7 7} Wheal Grenville — Wheal Seton 167-i- 112 i. 8 VE FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES.ES. R NMENT FUN DS . '4D , .00. 4 1 . " 4 4t . . C6IISOIS ........................... 94 4kug. a tisiimmasimemes t ‘,14 LINES LEASED a►•l' FIXED lIENTALa. Brkenlicad, 85} London, Chatham, &c•„ 41 per cent. -- Ditto, Com. l'uud stock 5 per cent., 50 roux! GN ItAILWATS. Buenos Ayres, Great Southern, 11m., gus. 7 per cent., 151 tircat Luxembourg, LO t iO atitaGN Anglo Braz Han Gold, Dolt Pedro. North Lel Rey, 2 Port Philip, I DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, t 3, BANKS: : pm Anglo- A ustrian, 8 3 / 4 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. Ifi Chartered ter. of India, Loncion, and china, 201 Imperial Ottoman, lim., 8 London and Inver Ditto, ditto, 1 k London and County, 55 6 Ditto, new, 21 London Joint Stock, 33 London and ►1 estminster,l9 101 091 Midland Bank, lim., l9i New South Wales, 41k Oriental Bank Corporation, 421 2 Unto , . or Australia, 47 Union of London, 30i k MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American 'relttrraph, 1 / 1 1 a, W Agl )-Mexican Mint, 1.31 ; AtLintic Telegrapn. Dit 0,6 p , .r zent , 70 2i Berlin Water Works, lim., Ditto, new, 5i ('eylrn Company, 81 City Discount. lim, Credit roncier of England, Urn ..11 I nrernp.t lona I Pinanciai ,ociety, huh, 21 Malian Irrigation (Canal Cayour;. Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redein. 1,70, issued 90, 33 London uieneral Omnibus Company, tirn. 2; Madras Irrigation and ;canal (guarantee d .5 per cent. by Indian Government), U. O NF.tional Discount ompany, 111 Peninsula and Oriental steam, Ditto, new, 1855, 45 6 5 Ditto, new, 1867, 11 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 87i LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKEI—This Day •-- The market opens with rather better feeling at yesterday's rates Sales probably 10,000 bales. TUE NEW DEAN OF CHESTER.—The Rev. Dr. Howson, formerly head master of the Liverpool College, was yesterday forwally inatalled jute the deanery of cneator. 3 per Cent. Reduced 931 1 1 New 3 per Cent 9 31 WI New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (11e4 Sea Teleh,raph), Au,., 1908 Marco. June. Ixchequer Bills, £l,OOO Do £5OO — Pm P m Do. £lOO & £2OO pm pP Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10/ per Cont., April 1874 2181 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb.,' 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Reoublic, 6 per Cent — . - Alstrian Bonds, 5 per vtair. 1859 9razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 741 5 Do. £lOO Bonds 751 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. — DJ 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Outtian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent A . Do. 71 B Do. „ 1867 Do. ' , Scrip, £5O paid — die C)1 mbian, 6 per Cent. 3uba, 6 per Cent. DAnisti 3 ncr Cent., 1825 D. 5 per Cent., 1864 — D nubbin Principaliti 3P, 7 per Cent Do., 8 per Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip — E!uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — eigyptian 7 per Cent — ~.. . . if)O. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds B6 Do. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO Bowls Bl 3} Do Government Railway Debentures Bll Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon:- Do. account - D J. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. It, Tian 5 I:yr Cert 1865 Do, Account ~ 4 Do. Maremmana Railway — NI 3xicar, 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — D v g per Cont. Anglo-French _ Slontevideau e per Cont. .. _ Nloorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 65 4 Do 4i per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portsguose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 rtussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 541 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B7l 61 7 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 9Ol 891 Do. Anglo-Dutch 1866 B7 61 Do. do £BO paid — pm iardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent ... • Do A ce,,unt Do New Deferred — Do. Account t Do Passive — Do Acc.ant 2ll Spanish Corn. Cort. of Coup. Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 561 1 Do Account 571 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 D Acount 3oi 30 Do 6 per Cont., 1865 Do. 1 per Cent. Guaranteed Dividends on the above payable in London. Austn%n e par Cent. Ex 10 Florins 4-k per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Itentes, 3 ner Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 3 per Cent - . 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 4Bj T lIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94 Do. Account, August 8 SHARE LlST—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES ASD sr, c Railways. Paid. Closing Prioe. Bristol and — Exeter .... Caledonian JAilibrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc B.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Aug]. at. No. 2 (ircat North oi Scotland 'Treat Northern Du. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pin tB, and W. 01 Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire k Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, Lon., Chat., and Doverl Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 1 Lon. & orth Western, Lon. & South Western! Han., Shel., .k Lincoln' iietropolitan..... Do. New Do. Extension %let rupolitan District. Do. do. Jo. Jo. and st. John's slidland Do. Li.) Share Do, Birmin.. & that.) 'lid Rent Forth British Ito. Ed„ Ptli., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. ti.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Statiordshire &S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Central Soot. N. E . Aber. stock' Do. Scot, Hid. et ack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok rail Vale 78 j6O IC7 35 46 3 6 65 6S 70 72 - -6 1 105 167 251 261 4 6 110 1 12 1011 110 91 t 5 40j 411 21 27 27 29 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & IVhiteha West Cornwall 125 127 49 50 is 17 8 12 1(8 IC9 74 76 43 i3i 118 110 1:6 LO 85 111 114 82 84 20 30 100 IL2 57 60 90 92 33 14 8 BJH 114 116 i liP Cl 65 118 118 51 55 44 46 63 63 9 1U 143 152 3 4; ihare , 20 et et 100 45 634 21 3 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN3, AUGUST 1, 1567. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. THE COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Lord Justice Rolt.) IN RE JOINT STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANY.-lIIPOR- TACT LEGAL POINT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls on the part of the petitioner, Mr. Mason. Mr. Cotton, Q.C., appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Al'cock, Q.C., for the respondents. Mr. Cotton said that the Master of the Rolls bad struck off the name of a person named Sims as a contributory to the company which had been wound up. It appeared that Mr. Mann had ac cepted a large number of shares in the company as a security, and that he subsequently transferred twenty of these to Mr. Sims through his broker. This transfer was duly made according to the regulations of the association, which was a limited liabi!ity company, and was executed in 1866. Ile contended that according to the act of the company the usual formalities in transferring shares might be dispensed with. however, the Master of the Rolls took a different view of the case, and, as Mr. Sims was an infant when the transfer was made, released him from all responsibility, and substituted the name of Mr. Mason in his place in the list, which, he argued, he had no right to do. At the conclusion of the arguments, Ills Lordship dismissed the appeal with costs. THE MEMBERS FOR MAR IT LPBONE AND THE LORDS' AMENDMEA 'IS TO ME REFORM BILL. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Thomas Chambers, members for the borough of Marylebone, visited the Representative Vestry of St. Pancras, for the purpose of explaining the various measures which had been before Parliament during the session, and the part they had taken with respect to the same. Mr. Churchwarden Furness occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, who was received with ap plause, said it was not his intention to touch upon politics, but simply address himself to subjects which had deeply affected the local interests of their con stituents. The hon. member then referred to the Poor Bill of Mr. Gathorne hardy and the bill for rendering the Poor-law Board permanent, which he and his colleague had strenuously opposed as being dcatructive of their local rights and privi leges ; but supported as those measures were, not only by the present but by the late Go vernment, such opposition had been ineffec tual. They had, however, been more successful in their opposition to the Metropolitan Board Im provement Rate Bill, and hoped thoroughly to defeat it, as being opposed to the interests of ratepayers generally. After referring to and stating the posi tion of the gas and water bills in Parliament, and expressing a hope that the clauses of the Reform Bill would not in relation to the compound house— holder produce that mischief which was contem plated in parishes in reference to the collection of rates, the hon. gentleman expressed a hope that his Parliamentary conduct had been satisfactory to his constituents. (Applause.) -Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS took similar views of the various matters which had been before Parliament to those of his colleague, and strongly condemned the principle of centralisation, and the determina tion which appeared to exist Li Parliament to de prive the people, and especially the citizens of the metropolis, of their ancient rights. (Hear, hear.) He with his colleague had resisted these encroach ments as much as possible, but had unfortunately not succeeded. He was sure their constituents must have seen the difficulties they had had to con— tend with. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Chambers also con cluded amidst applause. Mr. DOUGLAS wished to ask what the opinions of the hon. members were about church rates, as he could only see one member's name in the division list for the abolition of church rates on Mr. Had field's motion. Mr. H. LEWIS said he voted for tho abolition, and had always been opposed to compulsory church rates. Mr. CHAMBERS replied, if there was any subject upon which he had made more speeches and given more votes than another it was in opposition to church rates ; but it was impossible for a member to be present at every division. (Hear, hear.) _ _ Mr. Ross said no one could doubt either of their members upon the church rates question ; but there was a more important one, upon which the repre sented and the representatives should understand each other, especially as some people complained that both the members for Maryleboue belonged to the tea-room party. (Laughter.) The Lords were mak ing some very important and serious alterations in the Reform Bill ; for instance, the increase of the lodger franchise from £lO to £l5. Then there was the attempt to introduce voting papers; and, thirdly, there was the artful dodge of the three cornered system of voting. He thought they had a right to know the opinions of their members on these innovations. Mr. H. LEWIS said he had studiously avoided politics, but being asked questbns he was bound to answer. He and his colleague had supported the Reform Bill of the late Government, and when they found this session a still more liberal measure they felt themselves bound in duty to their consti tuents to support it, and if possible to stop the agi tation so injurious to the trade of the country, and especially to the working classes. (Hear.) lie felt sure that uo Reform Bill would prove satisfactory that had not a lodger franchise, and he disapproved entirely of its increase to by the Lords, as also of the triangular voting and the voting by papers ; and if he had an opportunity, when the bill came back to the House of Commons, he would vote against the Lords' amendments. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CHAMBERS said his answer to the first point was, that when he was a candidate for that borough he gave one pledge only, and that was that he would vote for the most liberal measure that any Govern ment could be found to bring in, and he had done so as an act of solemn duty. (Cheers.) He was equally opposed with his colleague to the amended lodger franchise and to paper voting. The triangular voting would, however, affect so few that he doubted if it was worth while to risk the loss of the Reform Bill by its rejection. (Hear.) On the motion of Mr. J. R. COLLINS, seconded by Hi.. CRANE, a vote of thanks, approval, and confidence in the members was carried with one dissentient, amidst loud applause. A .Cabinet 'Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present wore—the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Mahues bury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S: Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Lord J. Manners, Lord Na as and the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole. VISIT OF TILE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH TJ AUSTRIA.—PARIS, Wednesday.—The Emperor and Empress of the French, in order to express their sympathy with the Emperor and Empress of Austria on the Mexican catastr.phe, will shortly leave Paris for Salzburg, in Upper Austria, where the Emperor and Em press of Austria will be staying. Their visit will be of 48 hours duration, and will he incognito. It is anticipated that the visit will be returned in Paris before the end of the month. EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF PORPOISES.—The Ballycottou boatmen hemmed in a grec.t shoal of porpoises on Sunday morning, awl drove them into shallow water, where upwards of 100 were captured. The animals ave raged from 10 to 12 feet in length. While congratulating themselves on their unexpected haul the boatmen were informed that a still larger shoal had made their ap pearance outside the bay, in the same place as the first, and upon hurrying out found the report correct, an Lu mens° number of porpoises being discovered. The same stratagem as in the first case was put in practice, and for a time with equal success, the porpoises driving blindly to shore before the shouts and missiles of the boat men. Unfortunately the endeavours of a large crowd of people on shore to secure a portion of the prey alarmed the purpoises, who turned about, broke through the line of boats, and made out to sea. Tho boatmen followed, and again headed them to the land, but the conduct of the people on shore led to the same result, and the boatmen abandoned the chase. Before the spoil *as divided an earnest discussion took place as to the " luck" of the pro ceeding, many holding to the opiniou_that ill-lc:omin was. sure to follow the oaptUro of 01 , 011 a siesta porpoiso, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARL BORQUG H-STREE T. DARING ROBBERY OP A GENTLEMAN'S WATCIL—W illiam Baker, a lad, was char . ged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal ing a gold watch, of the value of . .C5O, the property of Mr. Cornwallis Tottenham, a gentleman staying at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street. - Mr. Tottonhatu was in Hanover-square, going towards the Oriental Club, when the prisoner stepped up to him and asked him the way to Brook-street, and seized his watch out of his waistcoat pocket and made off, but after running for about 100 yards he was stepped by a con stable. Mr. George Manson, of No. 81, Oxforii-street, proved seeing the prisoner run from the prosecutor, and saw there was no other boy near at the time. Police-constable Moore, 187 C, said he had searched the garden of the squaro,,but could not find the watch. Pre vious to stopping the prisoner ho saw two females pass, but did not notice anything passed to them. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. WESTMINSTER. Ito] BERM IN A PRlSM—James WilParn Pugh, a man about 40 years of ge•, was Vac.id at tho bar charg.d with a robbery in the Westminster House of Correction, Tuthill fields. Samuel Gordon, one of the warders of the prison, said that the prisoner had been employed fur the last few days in some repairs on the roof of the chapel at the prison. Last night, as he descended ; the witness thought ho looked bulky, and inquired what he had .got in his pockets. Prisoner replied " Only a handkerchief," but on prisoner putting his hand into his pockets, ho found a large lump of lead in each one of his pockets. Witness reported the cir cumstance to the principal storekeeper, who ordered pri soner to be given into custody. W here ho had been sit ting in the porter's lodge while the constable was being fetched a further quantity of lead was found. Mr. Arnold asked what lie said when the lead was found in his pockets ? The warder replied—" Nothing." Mrs. Whitlass, the wife of prisoner's employer, a plumber and painter, said that she was conducting her husband's business. during his absenco.l,Prisoner had been employed by them fer•l7 years. Up to this time ho had borne a very high, character .for honesty, and being set to look after other men suspected of dishonesty had been instru mental in bringing them to justice. She entreated, for the sake of his wife, that the magistrate would deal leniently with him. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. ROBBING A MASTER MARINER. —John Hayes, Mary Ann Hayes, and Anna Murphy, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £4l, the monies of Mr. John New land, master mariner, cf No. 3, St. Paul's-terrace, Mile-end Old Town. The prosecutor stated that about a quarter past 12 o'clock last night ho met two women, neither of whom were the two women in the dock. He accompanied them to a house in a court, the name of which he did not know. He there saw Murphy and John Hayes. They asked him for some thing to drink. He handed a sovereign to Murphy, and told her to obtain some drink. He remained in the room while she was gone, with the male prisoner and a girl named Moltman, and two other females. He shortly missed his poc ket-book containing his money. He had taken it out a few minutes previously to take a cigar out, and returned it to the breast pocket of his coat. It contained an Irish £lO note, an English £5 note, a £3 Irish, and a number of £1 Irish notes, amounting, altogether, to £4l. Mary Ann Hayes was not in the house at the time he missed his pocket book. • In answer to questions by Mr. Paget, The witness said that ono woman was sitting on his knee. No ono had a hand about his person. Murphy left the house before ho missed his pocket book. He was sure Hayes was the man he saw in the house. No one was sitting on his knee after ho last saw his'pocket book. He was perfectly sober. • Jemima Tiltman, of No. 1, Angel-court, Shadwell, said she was an unfortunate girl. About 1 o'clock this morn ing she went home and saw the prosecutor corning down the stairs. He sat down on a chair in the back room, and • gave Murphy a sovereign. She wont out to obtain some drunk. After this the twp wo.nen who were with the prosecutor left the room. The prosecutor, a girl with a brown dress, a woman, and witness remained. Soon'after wards John Hayes came in, and she afterwards observed him with a lot of bank-notes in his hand, which she told him he had better put away. She asked the prosecutor if he was going to treat her. Ile said yes, put his hand in his pocket, and missed his money. She and the prosecutor thou went to the corner of Charles-street, St. George-in the-East, but she returned to the house in Angel-gardens for her jacket and bonnet, and John Hayes and Murphy were quarrelling about some money. She ran up the court and met the prosecutor, who said he had been robbed of his money by the master of the house. Directly after this she told a policeman about the robbery. Donald 3,l`litty, a police-constable, No. 27.5., said the.pri soners wero :at infamous characters, and, had been in Cus tody before. At 4 o'clock this morning. the prosecutor and the last witness gave him some information which in duced him to arrest the prisoners in the court where they lived. On the way to the statiouhouse Murphy said the prosecutor "gave me a sovereign to get some change, but Mary Hayes has it." Ho charged Mary Anu Hayes with being concerned in the robbery, and she .said she was not indoors all night. Murphy said, " You know I gave you a sovereign." Hayes replied, "There is no good in you telling lies." Murphy said, "You know you have got the sovereign." Dlr. Paget commented on the extreme indiscretion of htwo loose women to an in famouse prosecutor accompanyingloo.se in his pocket. There was not sufficient house e withdenet4alg ainst the two women to justify him in detaining thorn. They must bo discharged. He remanded John Hayes for a week. SIR TV. MANSFIELD AND MAJOR JERVIS. Never certainly have the rights of woman been more strongly put by any of her advocates than by the Commander-in-Chi e f in India. The aides-de camp are warned that " when Lady Mansfield is in India any HINT (sic) which she may give with re gard to matters connected with the establishment, leaving of cards, reception of visitors, &c., is to be received as if it were an absolute order from the Commander-in-Chief." The double under-lining which is represented in print by small capitals, may perhaps suggest the sex of the commanding officer by whom this memorandum of military duty was framed or revised. Again,." whenever Lady Mans field may require the personal attendance of an aide de-camp, the latter is to be in uniform." Further instructions are given in the duties of military polite- ' ness. "On occasions of State balls at Government House or elsewhere, it is expected that the whole of the personal staff will avail themselves of the invitation afforded them. They should time their arrival so as to enter the rooms of the host in the suite of his excellency." " Whenever the master or mistress of the house e n t ers a room it is customary for the expectant gue s t s an d t h e sons of the family to rise, even though they have sat down to dinner. This and other forms of social ceremony cannot be too carefully attended tom.a military household." The manual of etiquette was however insufficient, and a year after a second edition was published, aimed directly at Capt. Jervis by name. He is re minded that on the day befOre, being " Lady Maus field's reception day," " many visitors called, and it seems to have been forgotten by the aide-de-camp on duty that it was part of his duty to usher in ladies or gentlemen who called, and to remain in the drawing-room while the visits lasted ; performing his part in the entertainment of the visitors, and showing them out ag tin." After some further snubs, it is laid down that " his Excellency de sires to signify his disapproval of th e disappear ance of his aide-de-camp from the drawing-room, after dinner, before the disappearance of other guests." But we cannot quote further from this curious handbook of head-quarters gentility. Bad temper bred bad blood, and from bad blood sprang an gry charges which could not be sustained, and a course of conduct which the head of the army has found it necessary so emphatically to robuke. But while we deplore and pass over these ebullitions on the part of an officer of Sir W. Mansfield's rank and merit, we are hound to measure out at least equal leniency : and to show some more tenderness than the Govern ment has done to the unfortunate aide-de-camp whose neglect of his carpet, not to say servile, duties led him into disgrace, and who was thence forth pursued with an almost feminine pertinacity of persecution. To dismiss him from the army is a hard sequel to a long course of misfortune originat ing in the bad taste of leaving Lady Mansfield's drawing-room too early, or not obeying with exact military submission her ladyship's " ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.—An ascension of Mont Blanc was made on the 20th inst. by Mr. S. - Leathe, of St. Louis, United -States, accompanied by three guides of Chamounix. Mr. teathe igft,that village on the 18th, and reached the Grauds-Mulets the same day. Oa the 1911 he started for the suum3it, but being surprised by a violent snowstorm at the Corridor was forced to return. The fol lowing day, - the weather h 3 acconl pliblied tho feat. IMPERIAL FARM A. CNN +T HOUSE OF LORDS--This EVENING• The Logo CHANCELLOR took hit; seat Ou the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITION. Lord OVERSTONE presented a p e titi on ag .,,;nst cm-- thin clauses in the bill now before the house entit: ed t he North British Railway Bilk . The Duke of CLEVELAND said there were some ca. - cumstances which would render it itnpratively necessary that a preference should bogiven to a class of shareholders. The noble duke then went into an elaborate statement as to the arrangements which some companies ware obliged to make for the issue of fresh stock, and said that in many cases it was the only means of saving the credit of the companies. The House of Commons itself had sanctioned this course of procedure. The Duke of MONTROSE said that on examining the petition he found that it IN as signed by two persons only, one of whom was as attorney and a very small shareholder, and the other was likewiSe a very small shareholder. 9. 1 :10 great body of the shareholders had assented to raise money in the way which had been sug gested, and against which course this petition had been presented, and he thought that as it was only signed by two individuals it would be going too far to expect that the house should act upon it. A railway in the position de scribed was like a stranded_ ship where the captain could raise money for repairs by a prepreference mortgage. After a few remarks from Lord REDESDALE and a reply from Lord OVERSTONE, the bill was read a third time as amended. DOGS. REGULATION BILL (IRELAND) ACT. This Bill was read a second time. THE REPRESENTATION OP THE PEOPLES' BILL. The adjourned debate on this bill in committee was then resumed. On clause 15 being proposed, Lord GREY moved as an amendment that at line 14 the words 10,000 should be omitted, and the words 12,000 inserted, and at the end of the clause should be added " the bbroughs enumerated in the second part of the schedule should only return members 'to Parliament jointly in the manner described." He condemned the whole system of redistribution which had been pr posed. The right hon.-gentlematCwho represented the other house in Parlia ment had stated that he should be willing to propose a more extensive redistribution of seats if the house would support him. Now.tite amendment he was about to propose would not be adverge to the principles of the bill, and he could not conceive I anything more inju rious than it_ would be to neglect this great question of redistribution. (LEFT SPEATCINS) HOUSE OF COMMONS. THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE JAMAICA MOT. Mr. MILL asked the Attorney-General whether he bad taken into consideration the evidence produced at the trials by court-martial lately held in Jamaica oil Ensign Cullen and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Morris, and whether it was his intention to institute proceedings against those officers in the ordinary tribunals of I his country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said be had considered the evidence referred to, and he had to say that it was not his intention to advise Mer Majesty's Government to insti tute any proceedings agains6 those gentlemen. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of royal naval reserve men who took part in the late naval review; and, if any report had been made on their conduct and eliciency, to state the nature of same, together with any reasons which might have been given for non-attendance. Mr. (•ORRY said the number of reserve men, exclusive of officers, who took part in the naval review was 450. No reasons were either given or asked for as to non attendance. The attendance of the men was quite volun tary. PATAGONIA. Mr. GREGORY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any report had recently been received as to the present condition and prospects of the W elsh colony in Patagonia • and, if so, whether there was any objection to its production and publication ? Lord STANLEY said the attempt to found the colony had been attended with much difficulty, but, according to latest information,' matters were improving. The Argen tine Government had determined -to continue the subsidy for twelve months longer, and if it should in that period be resolved to continue the efforts to found a settlement, lands would be offered by the Argentine Confederation to colonists in the interior. • THE IRISH ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Mr. MONSELL asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he could state the names of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the revenues of the Established Church ; and when he would lay upon the table of the house the instructions to be given to the commission? Lord NAAS said he could not give the hon. gentleman the information lie required at that moment, but he hoped to be in - a position to do so next week. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. FAWCETT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would give a prOinise that Parliament shall be consulted, and its opinion expressed, before either a charter is'granted to a Roman Catholic University, or before the Government sanctions any other scheme affecting univer city education in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that subject would be treated in a constitutional manner, but he refused to enter into any promise at the bidding of the hon. gentionan. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. The next question on the paper was the following, to be put by Mr. WHALLEY, " To ask the right hon. member for the University of Catnbri , lgo whether the Select Com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Title 3 and Roman Catholic Relief Acts were about to close their inquiry without hear in evidence in support of the present law ? and why the evidence of the Rev. Mr. 11'G-hoe, which has been offered in support of the present law, had not been taken 2" The SPEAKER said he did not call upon the hon. mem ber to put his _question, because it referred to a matter at present before a select committee which had not vet made its report. SIGNALS AT SEA. In reply to Mr. KENDALL, Mr. CORRY said no definite decision hail been arrived at with respect to adopting Sir Goldsworthy Gurney's system' of flashing light generally throughout her Majesty's navy. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL. In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho pro posed to procead4h the bill on Tuesday ruorniag next. PARKS REGULATION BILL. In reply to Mr. OTWAY, Mr. HARDY said it certainly was his intention to pro ceed with this bill at the earliest opportunity that presouted itself. (Hear, hear.) THE LODGER FRANCHISE. Mr. M. TORRENS gave notice that on an early day he should bring forward a motion to the effect that that House saw no reason for altering a decision it had unani mously arrived at—namely, at fixing the lodger qualifica tion at £lO. (Hear, hear.) IRISH RAILWAYS. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. MONSELL brought the condition of the Irish railways under the consideration of the house, and asked whether her Majesty's Governm e nt i n t en d t o propose any measure for the consolidation of the Irish railway system ? Lord NAAS, in reply, said at the present period it was impossible for the Government to take any steps in the matter without further information being in their pos session. (LEFT SITTING.) Bank of England Returns.—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to ti cap. 32, for the week ending she Act 7th and Eth Victoria Wednesday, July 31, 1867. ISSUE DEI 'Ai TMENT. Notes issued ....Z6,725,265 Governlnt. Debt.£ll,ols,l oo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 36,725,265 BANKLNIG D £36,725,2G5 Propriotors'Capi- • t al £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (includingExy chequer, Sav ing& banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 4,898,151 Other Deposits 20,593,817 Seven Day and other bills IPARTMErr. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £12,830,773 Other Securities 17,322,457 Notes 12,542,305 Gold and Silver Coin £48,896,723 £43,89 :,723 BANK OF FRANCE• PARIS, August 1. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the fol lowin g changes com pared with that of last week : INCREASE. .26,666,000 fr. . 6,800,000 fr. ...... .. 6,666,000 fr. N0te5.............. Cash in hand . ........... Bills di3counted DECREASE. Private accounts ............ Treasury Balance .......... Advances ................. 2,333,000 fr. soo,ooofr. 200,000 fr. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS ATRES, June 26. Exchange on London, 48i. Dry hides, 42 per 40 50. Flour — C hilian, 11; ditto, 231 b. Lum ber, Balt i more , extra, 12. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES CATTLE ACT.—A supple ment to the London Gazette of Tuesday lastsions contains thean Order an Cou ncil declaring that the provi of Order of the Ist of April last, which would determine on the Ist of August, shall be further continued to the Ist Of Septet:l.er next. in Messrs. Virtue and Co. purpose counuenoing October the publication of a now monthly mag l azino under _the editorship of Anti Any Trelicip, It wil to vailQd Th 4 , New Metropolitan Maininc• Businesw done. 26 i i 111 110 9 82 1:1 tooe I 1191 } 1 1111 i 14 1131 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. GOODWOOD RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOODWOOD CUP. The Goodwood Cup, of 300 sovs, added to a subscription of 20 sovs each, half ft; if 20 subscribers, second to receive 100 sovs ; three year , old; 7st 71b; four 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 41b; horses which have never won above the value of 50 sovs, or received 10 sovs includ ing their own stake as world horse, in any country, al lowed weight in these proportions:—Three year olds, 41b; four, 91b; five, 141 b; six and aged, 211 b; the win ners of the Ascot, Goodwood, or Doncaster Cups within an interval of two year; both Goodwood Cup days in cluded, 71b; of two or more of the above stakes and - -izes, 101 b extra. Two miles and a half. 31 subs. D u k e cf Beaufort's Vauban, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Cannon) 1 Mr. Johnsi:,'ne's Tynodale, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Cameron) 2 Mr. Graham's ? Regalia, 5 yrs, 9st Bib Five ran. Time as taken iov Benson's chronograph . Start 2.6 3aseL. —Arrival 2.11 50iec. Duration of rail Stn. 20see. RACING STAKES. The Racing Stakes of 50 soya each, for throe year olds colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Ono mil.. Julius Palmer 2 Feoder 3 . • SWEEPSTAKES. A. Sweepstakes of 200 : soya each, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b ; 31b and 51b allowed. T.Y.C. Parson 2 Painsbill 8 Helvellyn SEVENTEENTH BENTINCK STAKES. The Seventeenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a triennial stakes of 10 sovs each ; for two year olds; colts Bst I.olb, fillies Bst 71b ; T. Y. 0. Pregeag l e .. Parson 2 . Formosa .. a CHICHESTER STAKES. The Chichester Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added, fur three year olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Xi 2 Lady Hester 8 Gulnare SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. A. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for throe year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; one mile and a half; 9 subs. __ • Fripponier W.O. FIFTEENTH BENTINCK. The Fifteenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for four year olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. 1 Westwick 2 Leybourne . SUSSEX STAKES. The Sussex Stakes of 25 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; 31b allowed. T.Y.C. 1 P e ar]feather 2 Roe filly MOLECOMB STAKES. The Molecomb Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds; colt Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners 51b extra ; T. Y. C. Banditto 1 Europa 3 Le Sarazzin SIXTEENTH BENTINCK. The Sixteenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a triennial stake of 10 sovs each, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; Gratwicke Stakes Course. .1 Vauban 3 Taraban LATEST BETTING. BT. LEGER. 9 to 4 agst Vauban (taken) sto 2 agst Hermit (taken) 100 to 8 ags: Achievement 100 to 8 agst Marksman RIPON MEE] Acceptances for the St. Wilfr three-q TING, AUG. 5. rid Handicap. One mile and 'natters. Age st lb Sundeelah... ... 6 8 13 Raglan ... a 7 9 War ... ... 4 7 9 Oomus a 7 4 Jura ... 4 6 12 Acceptances fot the Me] Age st lb Sundeelab ... 6 9 0 Skylark ... 6 7 12 Audax 5 7 10 War ... 4 7 9 Raglan a 7 9 Three per Cent. ... 1 7 8 Age st lb Chronometer ... 4 611 Deceit 3 6 0 Rabbit Trap 3 5 12 Policy .„ 3 5 8 AQUATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. Tho annual contest for this old-established boat race came off this afternoon. The course was from the "Swan" at London Bridge to the "Swan" at Chelsea. In addition to the livery and badge the first man receives a guinea from the Fishmongers' Company, the fourth man a guinea an:l a half, tad the fifth and sixth a guinea each from the same source. The second and third men have long been provided for, the former having 17s. 91, and the latter V 183. 91., interest of Three per Cents. Reduced, formerly South Sea Stock, be queathed by Sir William Juliffe. Exactly at four minutes after three a goad start took place. Taylor, of Lambeth, who had been under the train ing of Bob Bain, took the lead, bat on nearing Southwark Bridge the blade of 038 of his sculls broke, which completely extinguished any chalice he may have had. Maxwell, of the Custom-house, then took the lead, closely followed by Shaw. The rest of the race is easily described, as Sliiw, in consequence of the b•id position he obtained at starting, was never able to overhaul Maxwell, and was beaten easily by about thirty yards. The others came straggling in, the list of all being Newell of Hursleydewn; whose boat filled with water every two or three minutes, which had to be bailed out. The following is the order in which they arrived at the winning post : Henry William 11axw311, Custom-houso 1 Charles Shaw, R Wierhith William John Taylor, Lambeth 3 Richard Deering, Legal-quays Thomas Hitchcock, Lambeth 5 James Robert Newell, Horsleydown 6 Maxwell was loudly cheered ou his victory; but it was the general opinion that Shaw ought to have won if he had been properly piloted up the river. Bain and Clasper have just completed a splendid four oared cutter-rigged boat for the Amateur Gentlemen's Club of York. RACING FIXT AUGLI Ripon Brighton • • 6 Brighton Cluu 8 Lewes Egham ... Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August SEPT Margate t 3 War wick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester 16 Doncaster Brecon OCT Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 RES FOR 1867. Dovor West Drayton 22 Plymouth..... 22 Lichfield Canterbury Derby Yarmouth Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden MBER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket let October 2A Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghtue NOV] Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll IItBEIL I Leamington Hunt SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, Aug. 1.--Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. OFF QUEENSTOWN, July 30.—Arrived —Conqueror, from Conception Bay, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—City of Manchester, from Bassein. PLYMOUTH, July 30.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—City of Adelaide, for Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Cold stream, from San Francisco ; Mendcza, steamer, from Monte Video; Amoor, from Havannah ; Kedar, steamer, from Alexandria. OFF Cows, July 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hansa, screw steamer, from Now York. OFF FALMOUTH, July 31.—Wind S.W. —Arrived— Guiding Star, from New York for Havre. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 31—Nina, from Antigua; St. Peters burg, steamer, from Cronstadt; Una steamer, from Odessa; Prospero, from Pomaron ; Margaret, from Stettin; Maria Pia, steamer, from Lisbon; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne; Margaret, Neptune, and Grace Rome, from Dantzic. Arrived, Aug. I— Baro n Osy, s t ea mer, from Antwerp; Troubadour, steamer, from Rotterdam; Norman, steamer, from Stettin; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne; Anne, from St. Petersbu - g. Sailed—Liffg, for Archangel; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. PEAL, Thuresday Morning. Passad—Marv, of Yarmouth, front tho East for tho West.------ ASSAULT BY TRADES UNIONISTS. —At Sheffield on Tuesday Thomas Dean and Henry Dean, brothers, file cutters, were charged with having assaulted Thomas Tim parley, a file-cutter. The assault arose out of a long standing dispute with the union at Messrs. Turton's works. The complainant was accosted, as ho alleged, by the defendants and another man on the road. lie stated that from words they proceeded to violence —tore his hair, destroyed his umbrella, and chased him into a house where he took refuge. The bench fined defendants 40s. each and costs. The Liverpool Albion gives currency to a rumour that a servant girleliving neat Liverpool, has unexpectedly come into a fortune of £200,000 by the death of a relative in one of our colonies. THE WAR IN ABTSSINIA.—We understand that, although Sir William Coghlan's plan for operations to be undertaken with a view to effecting the liberation of the prisoners in Abyssinia has been adopted by the ttovernment, the command of the expedition will probably be intrusted either to Sir William Staveley, now commanding a brigade at Poona, or to Colonel Merewether, the political agent at Aden. — The Owl. MISSING SHIP.—The Samuel C. Grant, from Baker's Island for the United Kingdom, was spoken on the 9th of February, in lat. 11 N., lo n g . 31 W., and has Lot since been heard of. SHEFFIELD, July 31.—An aggregate meeting of trades unions was held this evening at Sheffield, to pass resolutions expressing abhorrence of the trade outrages. The resolutions were adopted by the meeting, which con sisted of less than 300 persons. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The hamburg- American Company's screw steamship Germania, Captain H. F. Schwenson, from New York on the 20th of July, arrived off Cowes early this morning, trans-61144)A mails, elc., for this port, and went on to Hamburg. Sand he brougforht 18 passengers for So utham p ton and Havre, 90 Hamburg; $70,000 for Franco, $17,200 for Hamburg, and a large cargo, including 525 bags of coffee, 155 bales cotton, and 525 cases of tobacco. Fine weather was experienced on the voyage, with southerly and easterly winds. On the 30th, in lat. 49 40 N., long. 7 58 W., the Germania spoke the barque Apollo, bouud west, and six miles westbound Eddystone she passed the Bremen barque Batavia, east. NATIONAL REFORM UNION.— A meeting of the executive was held on Tuesday i night n t h e Council chamber, Gladstone -buildings, Mancheser; Mr. R. D. Itusden, the tress .rer, occupying the chair. After the adoption of the minutes, and the transaction of the routine business of the company, a spirited c onversation took place respecting the proeee ings in reference to the Reform Bill in the House of Lords on the previous night. A strong feeling was expressed that the Government had shown a gross breach of faith by tho course which it had pursued in raising the .£3 copyhold qualification to £lO, and in altering the q ualification Cu: the lodger franchise of f o t m he £l,loousteo Commons. 000persIitt was io felt by thentotherecent of decision committee that the bill, as passed by the 03111310113, was already limited enough, without being mutilated, and made more restrictive, by any action of the peers. On the termination of the conversation, the following resolution was proposed, seconded, and carried :—" This committee regrets to learn that the House of Lords, in committee last night, passed resolutions calculated to restrict the franchise propcsod in the Government Reform Bill, which is already limited and unjust in its provisions; and this committee would urge upon the House of Commons to reject the . said so-called amendments, and any others which may be prop sed, de signed to render the bill more narrow and partial than at present." Voltaire, whose frail body was enveloped in a vast pelisse, but whose eyes still gleamed magically bright from banoath the big Louis Quitorza wig of black wool which—surmounted by a red cap trimmed with fur —shaded his thin cheeks, came back to Paris to be madly wors hipped by the psople; to be embraced, in public, wn by the American R publican, Dr. Franklin ; t o be dra along the streets iu a sky-blue chariot with ave g hie old stars, like a triumphal ca r in a pitatomina o h b u st crowned with laurels b y nymphs at the theatre where his put pieces were performed; to deliver au address at the Academy, scarcely a word of which could be heard because of overwhelming applause ; to have the house he dwelt in thronged by worshippers, to whom the crowd outside looked for news as to whether ho had eaten the white of au egg, or had put the finishing touches to his last play ; to poison himself by an overdose of opium which he took to calm his nerves, super-excited by adula tion; and, just before this lest event, to be rn3ivad as a demigod at the PAais Royal.—The Gentleman's Magaz;ee. LETTER PRP.FECT.—Cockney Pupil y ea, sir, gobs' down to the gov'uour's country 'ouse—'ayurtkiu, ale that goin' on—" Tutor : " Ah, well, see and make r. few L's as Iv 11, 3lr. Pankri lge, while you're about it r —Punch. e at i e g. at New York on London tor bills CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great repetition disp la y of fireworks eta on the.occasion of the Sultan's tuum about 110 per cent. At this rate o _ t tbere palt,l6o‘clioedt,:o:2; jialicoeofilio-goth•tevtxeischv 6 a prat on tilt) importatiolvol gold trOla tho 5 atui Lbers' Plato. One mile. _ Ago st lb Jura ... 4 6 13 Sylph ... 46 12 Perseverance (late Ion) ... 4 6 11 Deceit ... ... 3 6 1 Policy ... 3 5 S WOLVERHAMPTON MEETING. TUESDAY, August 13. Acceptances for the Wolverhampton Stakes (handicap) of 20 sovs each, with 200 added. About two miles. Age st lb Age at lb John Davis ... 69 01 Honey moon ... 610 Belmont ... 4 8 01 Little Ben 3 6 9 Wild Briar... ... 47 2 Barnabo •„ 4 6 9 Chorister ... ... 4 7 21Safety •... 3 6 7 Moose ... .. 3 510 a 7 2 Vidi 6 2 Clarice ... 3 6 11 Dutch Admiral . Acceptances for the Borough Members' Plate of 60 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 7 soya each. Half a mile st . lb Age at lb Age C r anbury ... 69 1 2 Vict ress ... 37 0 Salliet ... 5 9 5 Lady Clinton ... 5 3 6 12 7 0 Queen of Trumps... a 9 0 Contract ... ... Comm i ss i one r ... 3 8 0 Isis... ... 4 61 2 Nike ... 38 0 Parma ... 36 10 Lady Valentine ... 5 7 9 Sing of Spades ... 4 6 3 6 10 Goodfellow 374 St Clair ... ... 3 Flying Jib... 47 0 Weather Isle ... 25 10 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. --- July 25, at 3.30 p.m., Commissioner, out of Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. July 26, at 3.48 p.m., Minster, out of Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood. July 26, at 3.48 p.m., Tortuga, out of Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. July 26, at 4 p.m., all Lord Conyngham's, Lord Annes ley's, and Admiral Rous's horses, out of Goodwood en gagements. July 26, after 6 p.m., Caithness and Stockmar, out of Goodwood engagements. July 26, after 6 p.m., Formosa, out of Goodwood Nur sery. July 27, at 9 a.m. , Wimborne, Preface, f by Thormanby —Nymph, and Monkey Island, out of Goodwood engage ments. Bird of Eve and Archery, ou t of the J u ly 27, at 9 a.m., Annesley Stakes at Goodwood. July 27, at 9 a.m., Wild Wind, out of the Sixteenth Bentinck Memorial at Goodwood. July 27, at 9 a.m. , The Spy and Merry an d Wise, out of the Seventeenth Bentinck Memorial at Goodwood. July 27, at 9 a.m., Booty, out of the 20 soy. Sweepstakes (last day) at Goodwood. July 27, at 10 n.m., Anth6e, out of Goodwood Nursery. July 27, at 11 a.m., Czar, out of Stewards' Cup at Good wood. ou t of Good - July 27, at 11 . 25 a.m., Michael de Basco, wood engagements. July 27, at 11.25 a.m., Rodomonte, out of Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. July 27, at 0 . 20 p .m., Cannon B.tll, out of Goodwood Stakes and Cup. Ja Stakes. 27, at 1. 50 p.m. B a rrington, o ut of Good , wood eser J y u . ly 27, at 4 p.m, Warrington, out of Goodwood Nur- GGloeonddwergoda.nd the Sunflower colt, o ut July fL 2 a 7 : - at .3 0 6S. 30 t kpo'sma"t Stakes a2t7,Gaoto6d.w3ooopf., Mositissinta filly, out of Gratwicko Sunflower and Sunbeam colts, out af J H u a ly m 2 s 7 ta , Wroughton, out of the Stewards' Cup and 3 j u u l i l t y y3 c 2 2l 9 9n :g a ank t Stte r 96B .:a3 Stakes nt:Gd:orn:paqouomd.and the Dundee colt, out of the 20 Soy. Stakes at Goodwood. July 29, at 9 a.m., Scotchtnau's Pride, Beautiful Star, and Aforning Star, out of Goodwood Nursery. July 29, at 9 a.m., Anchorite, Fugleman, The Returned, and br c by Thoratanby, out of Amelia, out of Goodwood enga gements. July 29, at 10 a.m., Strathconan, out of the Goodwood Cup. July 29, at 10.5 a.m., Dulcimer, out of Goodwood St akes. July 29, at 11.45 a.m., Lily and Churchill, out of Good wood Nursery. July '29, at 4.43 p.m., Tynedale, out of Goodwood Stakes. July 29, at 5.15 p.m., Runic, Buceutaur, and Marlyon, out of Goodwood engagements. July 30, at 9. 2.111, Lucifer, out of Goodwood Stakes. July 30, at 1.45 p.m., Hermit, out of Goodwood engage ments. July 31, at 1 p.m., Windham, out of Goodwood Cup. July 31, at 1.10 p.m., Lady Vane, out of Goodwood Stakes and Cup. JOHN STIRIC, • 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Executes Com:uissious on all tho races to any amount The full market odds laid. Price list daily. Ilit. GEO. WEnu executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's-crosc,eut, and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through his Agent; Mr. F. Butler, near Moues Brovvery. No smut% with a 337 otitis perm wills tko 51111.# wg. IBER. •-•er ,. "