The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

7R-IDES' OUIRAG'ES COMMISSION. FOURTEENTH DAY. MANCHESTER, Sept. 20. The court opened at the usual hour, Mr. B. T. Williams, barrister, of the Temple, was present to watch the proceedings on behalf of the Amalga mated Carpenters, Mr. W. T. Roberts represented the trades generally, and Messrs. Cobbett and Wheeler were present on behalf of the Masters' Association. Mr. James Johnson, sworn—ls the representative and a partner of Messrs. Knowles and Co., colliery proprietors of Pendlebury. They employ about 3,000 colliers. There was a colliers' union, but they had not employed union men since 1816. About 1,400 men left last November to join the union. There bad been no dispute about wages to lead to it. Some of them had privately joined and persuaded the others. The wages were then higher than they had ever been, and this took place when the trade was depressed in Staffordshire and Corn wall, and the agents of Messrs. Knowles obtained 500 colliers from those counties and double the number came of their own accord, hearing the re muneration was good. Until they got the cottages emptied of the old families they had to purchase beds and bedding and provide temporary lodging for about 150 of the new men. About 1863 upwards of 300 colliers turned out at their colliery at Stone Clough, but most of them came back on the old terms. The wages of men and boys would average 22s.—the men's wages would be about 295. Many of the 1,400 who had left had given up the union since, and come back. In March last there was a fire in the store room where the new corners were accommodated. It had been an oil store, and burnt freely. There were £5OO worth of stores, and the damage done was about £BOO. If it had not been early discovered, there must have been an explosion from the near proximity of a gasometer and a ton of blasting powder, which would have caused an immense loss of life. It had been rumoured that great mischief was intended, but there had not been a threatening letter. Two letters came from the union, which witness pro duced. The contents were of no moment. One of them, dated Dec., 1866, from the committee, asked why, as masters had unions, they objected to the men. Witness read one of the letters, dated the 18th of May, which came from the society men who had left them. It stated that the men knew and were ashamed to say they had put the company to great expense and inconvenience, but they (the men) had been led on like fools by men who cared little so long as they got 30s. a week, and were made 'somebodies.' They offered to make the union into a sick club and return to work if they might be taken on again and have their faults overlooked. Mr. Knowles replied that he could not enter into any negotiations, but they afterwards took on any of the men who came back and offered themselves of their own accord. Did not think the fire originated iu spontaneous combustion or through accident. They were told that a man named Tattersfield had said there would be something serious before long, and he feared it would happen the following Sunday, which it did. Tattersfield afterwards denied saying so. The fire broke out in a shed adjoining the build ing destroyed. John Walworth, sworn—ls a wheelwright living at Pendlebury, and remembered the strike at Knowles's Colliery. Remembered the new hands. He had six of them lodgers. While they were there the windows were broken—six panes were broken while one of the lodgers went to the front room to write a letter, and there was a shout of " knob sticks," and stones were thrown through the window at him. They lived with witness about four months, and had to be guarded to and from their work all the time. About last Christmas he was attacked by a drunken collier. William rulford, collier, said last year he was working for Messrs. Knowles, after the strike. One night in September a bottle was thrown through his chamber window and exploded. Stones and bits of bottle flew on to the bed where he and his wife lay. Some of the union men had told him he would rue coming to Pendlebury, and called him a "knob stick." Samuel Potts, police officer, said he remembered the strike, and he had to report a great many dis turbances at the time. Stones were then thrown at the men continually for about five minutes. Ten policemen had to be placed on Messrs. Knowles's property to guard the premises and colliers. Joseph Robinson, a collier from Bristol, said he came to work after the strike, and was waylaid and beaten by the turnouts. Afterwards had his windows broken. Went back to work at Bilston because it was dangerous to remain at Pendlebury. Joseph Robinson, collier, from Bilston, Stafford shire, said he worked at Messrs. Knowles's. After the strike a man named Wilson knocked him down after cries of " Knobstick," while he was walking with his wife and child. Henry Jones, one of the colliers, said he was knocked down at his own door in February by union men and rendered insensible. Some of them were tried and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. John Barnet, a Bilston man, gave evidence that he was accosted while working for Knowles and Co. at his own house door, and was felled by union men who professed to have come to ask if he would join the union. Matthew Bowling, a factory operative, detailed a case of outrage in which, last December, he was attacked one dark night, and had his skull broken, and was badly beaten on the supposition that he was a "knobstick" collier. Thomas Halladay, vice-president of the Miners' Association, said the delegates for the different lodges met every Monday fortnight. There are 50 lodges, and a delegate attends from each. They looked after accidents and wages, and sought improvements in the law when desirable. The weekly subscription was 6d. His duty in case of a dispute was to go to the master and hear the reason, and report it to the meetings of lodge delegates. Went to Mr. Andrew Knowles after he had locked out his men, but Mr. Knowles would not hear him. His object was =to bring about a reconciliation if be could. He heard the master usually first, then the men, and then made his report. Witness is a lecturer, and had lectured the colliers not to use violence when strikes occurred, endeavouring to persuade them they would always best advance their cause by the ob servance of peace. They had all their receipts and payments carefully entered, and all the books of the association were ready and open to examination if the Commissioners thought fit to look at them. They paid the 1,400 men for the six months they were locked out in 1866 for being union men, and in the former strike in 1863 he should think not less than £16,000. Moses Cotton, secretary to the Miners' Provident Society, said he remembered the men being prose cuted for the assault at Pendlebury, but he did not know that any money was spent out of their funds to defend them. He produced all the books and said there had been none destroyed and no erasures. Mr. Pickering said he found an entry of £BlB on behalf of victim members—how was it expended ? Witness—To supportmen on strike. Men on strike were supported, but if they got into trouble money was not paid for that. John Mason, warper, stated that in November he was iu company with a man named Doherty at a public-house in Ancoats who offered him a glass of ale. Ile suspected it was poisoned and threw it away. He went out with Doherty when a man named Ilall came up and threw vitriol in his eyes. Doherty was sentenced to four and Hall to six years' penal servi tude for the offence. Doherty was placed in the witness box, and said he also was a warper, and a member of a union. lie denied that he put anything in last witness's glass. His disagreement with Mason was because the latter employed women, and he thought it would have the effect of lowering wages. The inquiry had not concluded when our report was despatched. DEATH FEO3I SUFFOCATION.—As a number of people were stacking corn on Mr. Featherstonhaugh's farm at Park Hill, Hylton Castle, near Newcastle, on ThuNday, the iron supports gave way in such a manner as to topple a large stack to the ground. A girl, 19 years old, was unfortunately buried underneath, and was suffo cated before it could b 0 =wired. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. EDINBURGH, Friday. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held here today ; Mr. Stirling, the chairman, presided. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the surplus was this half-year increased by £30,000, but the increased capital charges ab sorbed £13,000. They had, he thought, already made satisfactofy reductions in the expenditure, but the permanent way and plant would still require a large outlay. He believed that all the branches now in course of construction would be opened before the close of the year. A long discussion took place, in the course of which suggestions were offered as to the uniformity of accounts, Sunday trains, and keeping friendly relations with other railway companies. ➢lr. ROUGIIED moved that no dividends be de clared, but he found no seconder. The CHAIRMAN having replied, the report was adopted, and the dividends recommended therein were declared accordingly. The meeting was then made special, and a reso lution was passed authorising the issue of £843,000 debentures. PEEBLES. The report of the directors states that the increase of revenue in the past half-year was £264, as com pared with the same half of 1866. The available balance amounted to £3,201, out of which the directors recommended the usual dividend of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference shares, and a dividend at the rate of 6} per cent. per annum (being an increase of per cent.) on the ordinary shares, both payable on the Ist of October next. There would also be paid to the North British Com pany, in terms of the lease, £205, being one-half of the surplus of the company's income, after providing a dividend on the ordinary shares, leaving a balance of £45 for the next account. CALEDONIAN. The following is the report by the directors of the Caledonian Railway, to be read at the half-yearly general meeting of the company, to be held at Glas gow on the 25th inst. : The accounts show available for dividend, £313,001 Bs. 10d. Thus—Balance of account for the half year ending July 31, 1867, £306, 259 lls. 3d. ; surplus from previous half year, £6,741 17s. 61d. After payment of dividends on preference stocks, including the stocks of the Scottish Central and North-Eastern sections, and of the Forth and Clyde Canal—£2o9,2o6 lls. 9d.—there remains £103,794 17s. ld. The directors recommend a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum (less dividend on that portion of the stock chargeable against premium account), £98,291 7s. 10d. ; leaving to be carried to the credit of the next half year £5,503 93. 3d. The receipts of the half year of the whole system, as compared with the combined receipts of the Cale donian and Scottish North Eastern for the corre sponding period of last year (before the amalgama tion) have diminished £21,719, while the charges against revenue, including the augmented dividend on the Scottish North Eastern stocks, have in creased £19,538. The sum available for dividend is thus reduced £41,257. The reduction in the receipts is mainly owing to the following circumstance : The accounts of the Scottish North Eastern Com pany to the 31st July, 1866, included the " foreign traffic" for seven months, and other items ; and, to that extent, six months' traffic of this year is com pared in the accounts with the revenue for seven months in 1866. The weekly published state ments of comparative traffic contrasted the actual drawings of the corresponding periods. The protracted stagnation in almost all branches of trade and manufactures, and the suspension of labour in the Lanarkshire mineral districts, owing to disputes between the pit owners and the miners, have had a depressing effect on the revenue. Since the close of the half year one of these causes of depreciation has, to some extent, been removed by the return of the coal miners to work, but one third of the iron furnaces on the line are still out of blast. Previous to the 31st of July £372,334 of the Five per Cent. Preference Stock No. 3 was assigned to special applicants. Shareholders may have allot ments of the remaining portion of the stock at par on application to the secretary. It will be advisable at this meeting to give a distinctive title to those portions of the Scottish North-Eastern preference stocks which, though created, had not been issued at the date of the Amalgamation Act ; and, as a matter of form, a resolution will also be taken to authorise the issue of mortgages under the provisions of the Forth and Clyde Canal Acts. In terms of the 17th section of the Solway Junction Railway Act, 1867, the shareholders will be asked to authorise subscription to the amount of £60,000 towards the capital of that railway, for which the company will receive 5 per cent. preference stock, ranking next in order to the Solway Company's mortgages for £126,600, and before all their other securities. This contribution will enable the Solway Company to proceed vigorously with the construc tion of their railway, which will join the Caledonian at Kirtlebridge, and secure to this company a large amount of traffic which might otherwise be diverted from the line. The contingent agreement under which the subscription is proposed to be made will be submitted to the meeting for approval. The Solway Act of last session authorises the Cale donian Company to raise capital for their sub scription ; but the shareholders will not at present be asked to exercise this power. The expenditure of capital (£482,937) during the half year has been restricted within the narrowest limits com patible with the progress of necessary works and the supply of plant for new lines. Xiscellaneous Foreign News. _ - (From Correspondent of the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, Sept. 19. The French press has been commenting this week on the slovenly dress adopted by Englishmen of the present day when travelling abroad, comparing it most unfavourably with the rigorous correctness of attire for which an English gentlemen of the " good old times" was distinguished. To be " neat and clean," the definition an old lady once gave me as the leading characteristics of a gentleman, is too much overlooked both at home and abroad ; and true it is that such traits are often ne glected, when difficulties in carrying baggage are imposed on the tourist. Places of entertain ment, however, who desire more rigorous observance of dress, can impose their own rules of admission. While in the colonies, and in places far removed from the "Latest Fashions," carelessness may pro ceed from many causes ; but in Paris, the centre of all the newest and best taste, and with the example of others around, there is little or no excuse. The Christian rule, "Let all things be done decently and in order," will solve all difficulties, and indicate the right course to modify the costume according to the occasion or employments. It would be as inappropriate to appear in a racket court in a full. dress evening costume, as at the opera, in " a soft (dirty) hat, and a red flannel shirt." _ . The Liberte tells us a meeting was held at Wies baden last week, of the shareholders of the Wies baden and Ems Kur.val to consider the propositions of the Prussian Government for continuing the present system of gambling at those places. The Government agreed to sanction the tables till the 31st December, 1870, on condition that a reserve fund was formed amounting to a million of florins —nearly £86,000. To effect this the Company were to pay to the town on the 31st of Decem ber, 1867, 400,000 florins—the same amount 31st December, 1868, and 200,000 florins on the last day of 1869. The shareholders rejected these terms as ruinous, but it is thought they will make some ptoposition of their own. Ilomburgh is in similar difficulty. No doubt some scheme will be devised to continue an attraction which has drawn countless visitors to the baths at these places. No effort is being spared to perfect Paris. It must no t on l y b e agreeable to look at, but a vigorous crusade is now inaugurated to banish influences that are objection able, Heavy duties are imposed on a'.l. manufactures which involve disagreeable effluvia, and if this result could be attained without oppression or ruin to honest workers long established it would be well to imitate so excellent an example. At present Madame de la Cretaz, the proprietor of a large candle manufactory at Vaugirard, a suburb of Paris, is complaining that the new system of octroi has ruined a business which has been established 37 years. Her son, who carried it on, having died, the works were let to a company, who paid Madame de la Cretaz 800 a year for rent of the building and plant. The new system of octroi was introduced on the Ist January of the present year. The ob. ject was to drive from Paris all objectionable manufactures by imposing on the raw and offensive materials a prohibitory tax, while no drawback is allowed when the manufactures are exported across the octroi line. By this means all the raw materials for Madame de la Cretaz's candles were heavily taxed, while the company were unable to reimburse themselves on the candles when perfected. The result was that after an eight months' struggle, it was found impossible to carry on the work ; and on the 28th August Madame de la Cretaz received a judicial summons to appear before the tribunal to hear the new association declared in a state of dissolution :—" Inasmuch as an increase of more than 100,000 fr. on the annual imposts with which the manufactory is burdened renders it impossible to carry it on, and already a very serious loss has been incurred by the associa tion." The subject is a difficult one to deal with wisely and fairly to all parties. But one thing is clear, that in the formation of all new towns, and before "vested rights" can assert their claims, it is the bounden duty of all municipal bodies to prohibit within the boundaries of a town, all works which nauseate and affect the health, comfort, and plea sure of the inhabitants. Complaints are heard from California that scant justice was shown to their wines on exhibition at Paris. It is objected that the wines were ranged on shelves, corks up, and within six feet of the chimneys of the great restau rant. The corks were in consequence continually flying from the bottles, or bottles bursting every day, and in this condition they were allowed to pass to the test of the French jurors. It is said that Count Bismarck is suffering in health from the cares and responsibilities of the last three years, and that in consequence he meditates retirement from public affairs, which all believe will be only temporary, and will not effect any change in the policy of the Prussian Government. The Marquis de Moustier, it is rumoured, will also with draw from his post. M. de Lavalette and M. Drouyn de Lhuys are both mentioned as probable successors. The Jardin d'Acclimatation of Paris has just re ceived five fine young lions from England. They were brought by way of Dieppe in a large cage, and were placed in the goods warehouse of the railway station until one of the persons belonging to the Jardin came to claim them. A strange packet to consign " per goods' train !" The Emperor has always taken a lively interest in the acclimatation of animals and plants ; and the garden in Paris is one of the most successful in the world. Horace Greeley, who lately astonished every one by proposing himself as bail for Mr. Davis, has now caused additional surprise by confessing that he is opposed to Woman Suffrage. He was uni.• vernally supposed to be in favour of extending the privilege of voting to women, but he now declares that he has arrived at the conclusion that women do not care to vote. I believe he is in the right. There are some women—but they are the minority—who would avail themselves of the power, if they had it ; but the majority—the modest and retiring daughters and mothers in civilised countries—care not for political contests, and would shrink from the publicity which personal agitation in popular ques tions would involve. It will always be found that the higher the civilisation the greater the tendency to make home the centre and the theatre of woman's empire. And, indeed, if properly and fully dis charged, the duties and occupations of the home world are quite enough for her time and strength. Picture the calls upon an educated woman as head of a family. The education, culture, training of her children, the duties of society, the discharge of hospitality, efforts to help others in an unobtrusive way, correspondence, &c., &c., and say, if all this, and a judicious, vigilant superintendence of all under her roof-tree, is not enough for one who may not be at all times strong. The Californian elections have unexpectedly re sulted in a great Democratic triumph, for in the last elections the majority for the Republican ticket was 18,000. The following despatch to the President, dated San Francisco, September 6, shows how stupidly the Republicans have managed matters in that State : "We have carried the State by 10,000, electing our whole ticket, two members of Congress, and a majority of the Legislature. This is purely a triumph of the policy of your administration, condemning distinctly Congressional reconstruction and negro suffrage, North and South. " THOMAS J. HENLEY. "JOHN F. liceamEy." The Radicals nominated a most obnoxious ticket against an excellent selection of the Democrats for Governor, Mr. Charles Haight, and not only split their party, but caused defections so numerous as to result in a total defeat. The Democratic candidate was elected Governor by a majority of 3,000. The New Free I ress says :—" In response to re peated requests from Greece to act as mediator in the Cretan question, the United States have ordered the American Minister at Athens to declare that any intervention in the conflict between Turkey and Greece does not come within the province of the United States." An answer dictated by com mon sense, for the Government at Washington could commit no greater folly than in allowing the nation to drift into these European complications. The Springfield Republican states that a well informed Republican of Ohio writes to Washington " that the state ticket will be elected by from 30,000 to 40,000 majority, and the Republicans will carry the Legislature, but that negro suffrage will be de feated by from 40,000 to 50,000. This will be worse than outright defeat. It will convict the party of dishonesty and meanness in forcing equal suffrage upon the South and rejecting it at home, and the disgrace of the fact will attach to the party everywhere, will tell against us in the other fall elections, and will have more influence against proper reconstruction in the South than anything the President can do. We will not believe that the Republicanism of Ohio is made of such worthless material." News from Berlin states that the Federal postal law at present before the Council received its definitive form last Saturday, and will now be speedily disposed of by the Imperial Diet. That law chiefly asserts three points—viz., the rela tions of the postal system towards the North German Confederacy ; (2) the reforms of the postal system ; and (3) the postage. In framing the Federal postal budget, great difficulties arose from the circumstance that it was necessary to frame estimates for a territory within which there were various postal systems. In general the principle was acted upon that the estimates ought to corre spond to the respective populations. The postal receipts have been estimated at 22,965,560 thalera, and the expenditure at 20,511,060 thalers. The news from Mexico is via Havannah to Ist September. It is denied that the body of the Emperor Maximilian was mutilated, nor has it arrived at Vera Cruz. Admiral Tegethoff was at that city on the 26th August, en route for the capi tal. Santa Anna was still confined in the castle of San Juan d'Lilloa. his son was organising an ex pedition at Havannah to invade Mexico for the purpose of liberating his father. All Generals con demned at Queretaro have been pardoned. Juarez has asked the Mexicans to hold the election for President. The Hydra, surveying steamer, left for Bombay last Sunday morning to sound up to Aden, for laying the Anglo-Indian cable. The Peace Congress at Geneva adopted a resolu tion before separating, which is now placarded over the town. The preamble states that the Govern ments of the great States of Europe have proved themselves incapable of preserving peace and insur ing development, increasing standing armies, a courseincompatible with the progress and welfare of all . classes, particularly of the working classes, There fore, after proposing certain measures, they deter mined to found a Franco-German journal, to be published at Me, called the United States of Europe, the subscription to which is to be 10c. a month, or If. 20c. a year. How they intend to circulate such a journal in France and Germany is not shown, but the Governments attacked are not likely to lend the aid of their postal arrangements to propagate the doctrines which the United States of Europe will advocate. The Telegraphic Conference of representatives from the French, Austrian, Turkish, and Swiss Governments, at Berne, has determined to reduce, by one-third, telegraphic charges for passing over their territories of messages between England and India ; and between London and Austria, provided that this reduction should be ratified by their re spective Governments. The American squadron off Cadiz has sailed for Greece. Tho steam yacht Quaker City measures 1,600 ton; and has been freighted for five months for $90,000. Every passenger has his own cabin. On Sunday last the United States squadron, under the command of Admiral Farragut, arrived in the Copen hagen Roads, having come through tha Great Belt and the Cattegat. The American Legation in Rome has been closed, and the mission of the United States to the Papal Govern ment discontinued. A large poultry establishment is about to be esta blished in the immediate vicinity of Now York city. Such establishments have never yet succeeded except in France. The present undertaking will test the practicability of such an enterprise in America. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Saturday, Sept. 7. The most noticeable feature of the week has been the rise in the price of gold, which yesterday closed at 1421 after selling at 1421. The clearings at the Gold Exchange Bank were $65,896,000, and the balance $762,565. Mr. M'Culloch has, through means of the Associated Press, given circulation to the correction of a clerical error in the Debt bearing currency of the statement of the Ist instant. THE PUBLIC DEBT. CORRECTION OF THE PUBLISHED STATEMENT. Washington, Sept. 6.—The Secretary of the Treasury has addressed the following letter to the Washington Agent of the Associated Press : "Treasury Department, Sept. 6, 1867. " Sir,—ln the statement of the Public Debt on the Ist there was a clerical error in the amount of debt bearing currency' interest in the three year compound interest notes by not deducting the amount that had matured— sl2,672,73o—from the total amount then outstanding, viz., $91,512,330, which should have been $78,839,600. The total amount outstanding on the Ist of August matured, and not matured, was $114,857,850. Of this amount there was redeemed during August $24,345,520, leaving the total outstanding Sept. 1, 1867, $91,512,330. " This correction leaves the debt outstanding, less cash in the Treasury, $2,492,783,365.05, instead of $ 2 , 5 05,456,095.05.—Very respectfully, "H. M'CuLLocu, Secretary of the Treasury." Money continues abundant at 4 to 5 per cent. on call on Governments, the first class commercial bills being dis counted at from 6to 7. At Chicago financial affairs re main much the same, as there is a plentiful supply for sound transactions at 10 per cent. The excellence of the crops gives great satisfaction throughout the country and some strength to business transactions. The advices from Alabama represent the harvest as unprecedented, the portion falling to the freedmen alone being greater than the number of bushels of the entire corn crop of Alabama in any previous year. A correspondent of the Tri bune states that the fodder is so immense, and the weather so favourable, that it will be very many years before another bale of Ohio grass is used by a farmer in Alabama. Hay had fallen from 60 to 70 dollars a ton, the prices of lass spring, to about a third of that sum. The cotton crops of Georgia promise well, but from Louisiana the accounts are bad. The Charleston Courier thinks the crop will reach 2,500,000 bales, if circumstances continue favourable, but it might be reduced to 2,000,000 bales by an early frost. Prom all I can gather, this amount is considered a fair estimate of the coming crop which is now being gathered. Alabama, it is thought, will give 700,000 bales. The statement of the Public Debt to the Ist September is as follows : Debt bearing interest in coin 81,715,687,741 80c Debt bearing interest in paper Debt on which interest has ceased 19,440,375 87 Debt without interest Total debt, September 1 52,653,792,189 64c. The Treasury vaults contained at that date $101,263,020 in gold, and $47,073,074 59c. in currency, giving a total of $148,336,094 59c. This balance when subtracted leaves the debt at $2,505,456,095 05c. The letter we have given above corrects a clerical mistake reducing the total to $2,492,783,365 05e., which, 1 need scarcely say, is a satis factory result. The transactions yesterday at the Sub-Treasury were : —From Customs, $506,000 ; gold notes, $64,000 ; total receipts, $2,214,419 56; total payments, $778,251 50; balance, $112,633,339 54. The receipts of the Western Union Railroad Company for the week ending August 31 were :- 1867. 1866. Increase. $33,095 52 $26,831 20 $7,264 32 From January 1 to August 31 :- 1867. 186 G. Decrease. $394,044 52 $499,545 15 $105,500 63 Foreign Exchange is firm. Bills at 60 days on London are quoted at 109 to 1091 for commercial; 1091 to 110 for bankers'; do. at short sight, 1091 - to 1101 ; Paris at 60 days, 5.184 to 5.15 ; ditto at short sight, 545 to 5.131 i Antwerp, 5481 to 515 ; Swiss, 5181 to 5.15 ; Ham burg, 351 to 361 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 41; Frankfort, 401 to 41; Bremen, 781 to 781; Prussian thalers, 711 to 72. Government Bonds continue in demand, and have improved fractionally on the advance of gold. As yet the Democra tic agitation for redeeming the 5-20 gold bearing issues in currency at the expiration of the five years has only so far affected them as to prevent a higher rise in sympathy with gold. The market for railway shares is heavy on continued inaction. To-day the books are closed for Erie, which led yesterday to some cash transactions in the Stock to influence the elections. New York Central closed at 1061 to 1061, with much firmness, as well as North Wes tern Preferred and Rock Island. Erie 69f 699, Reading 102 f 103, Michigan Southern 829 83, Cleveland and Pittsburgh 874 88}, Rock Island 1041 1041, North-Western 461 ;161, North-Western Preferred 701 701, Fort Wayne 1051 106. (From Messrs. Belding, Keith, and Co.'s Circular.) 80, Lombard-street, E.C., Friday Evening. Since our last report of this day week the market for American Securities has been tolerably active. Some con siderable shipments of United States 5-20 Bonds have been received and offered in the market, and this, coupled with the maintenance of th 3 high premium of gold in Now York, has depressed quotations, although prices would have fallen considerably lower had it not been for the ne gative demand both on home and continental account. The last telegraphic despatch from New York announces the agitation of the question of paying off 5-20's in currency, but this has had no effect there beyond causing a decline of 4 per cent. in both issues. Yet there are many dubious holders on this side, and we think that it would be a wise policy on the part of Congress were they to make a supplemen tary act, stating that this debt, as a rule, is a specie obligation, and will be paid as such. We are fully convinced it would enhance the market value of the Bonds, augment the number and amount of investments, and more fully establish the credit of the United States Govern ment. The 1862 and 1865 Bonds close this evening at 724 73, and 704 to 4 respectively, which is an improve ment of 4 per cent. on last week's figures. There is still a difference of over 2 per cent. between the two issues, notwithstanding that the 1865's meet with a very good in quiry. Nothing has been done in Eries, and they close very flat at 434 to 4t4. Illinois, for which there is a tole rable demand, touched 78 on Tuesday, but they have since receded 4 per cent., leaving off to-night at 77 to 771. Rail way Bonds are quiet; Atlantic and Great Western Deben tures are stead Mortgage Bonds at 224 t o 22i. y, at 254 to 2 6 4 ; and the Consolidated (From Messrs. Bowles, Brevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, Sopt. 20, 1867. Via Queenstown, the advance in gold in New York, together with the general weakness of the Bourso, have occasioned some decline in Americans, which we quote, closing• September 19 :-1862, 82a ; 1865, soi 80}, the latter, as will be seen, again ruling at a disadvantage of quite 21 per cent. Our advices from Now York are to the 18th inst. : Gold, 144 i; United States Bonds (1862), currency. The Bente closes at 6B 95 The Italian closes At Exchange on London 25 21 Annexed will bo found the official statement of the Public Debt of the United States on the Ist of September, 1867, which we have just received from the Secretary of the Treasury. (From E. E Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Sept. 18.) Our advices from New York, by the Scotia, aro to the 4th instant ; they report a slight improvement on previous quotations for the public funds, but there was but alirnited demand. Railroad Stocks were steady, with a moderate amount of buying. Cleveland and Toledo and Michigan Southern both show an advance, the former on a rumour of a contemplated amalgamation with Lake Shore lino. State Stocks and Railway Mortgages remained without any noteworthy charge. After our last of this day week the London market for United States Government Bonds was slightly depressed on fresh importations, but from the very largo demand on Continental account, as well as a moderate steady home absorption, the quotations gradually improved until yes terday, when advices by telegraph from Now York an nounced that the question of paying off the 5-20 Bonds in curroucy wg§ asaiu being agitated, and although thin has been frequently done by political aspirants when address ing Western audiences, and hence ceasing to have much, if any weight, it is especially to be regretted that any clique in the States should be found willing to jeopardise the credit and good faith of the Government merely to answer some party political end. It is true that there is nothing either in the acts of Congress authorising the issue of the bonds in question, or on the face of the bonds themselves rendering it compulsory on the Treasury to redeem them at maturity in gold ; but they have been so largely taken both here and in Europe generally on the repeated assurance of the TJnited States Government that they would be paid off in gold that it would be almost tantamount to repudiation to assert now that they are to be redeemed in currency. We think it woul•I be a wise policy on the part of Congress to set this vexed question at rest by a short supplementary act, declaring that this portion of the debt in all particulars, both as to interest and principal, is a specie obligation, as we feel assured it would inspire great additional confidence to investors on this side of the Atlantic. Tho old issue of 5-20 Bonds close 721 to 73, and the 1865's 708 /. Erie Shares have been dull and neglected, but Illinois have been in sound request, and were taken early in the week at 78, but leave off slightly easier, the last price being 77 to 77/. Atlantic and Groat Western Debentures aro last quoted 25/ to 3G, and Consolidated Bonds 22 to 23. THE PAN-ANGLICAN CONFERENCE. (From the London Standard of Friday, Sept. 20.) Seven o'clock in the morning is rather an early hour at which to hope to gather together a congre gation in a City church, especially when it is re membered that few Londoners reside within three or four miles of their places of business. At St. Lawrence's Church, Gresham-street, yesterday there was, however, a very fair average congregation at the early celebration of the Holy Communion. The Rev. B. M. Cowie, the vicar, was the celebrant. The choir numbered upwards of 50, and several clergy were among the congregation. The Bishop of Arkansas, United States, took his place at the north side of the altar, and Bishop Tozer at the south side. This former prelate advanced to the altar rails and gave out as his text St. John, chap. vi., v. 8-9, " One of His disciples saith unto Him, There is a lad here which bath five barley loaves and two small fishes ; but what are they among so many ?" The bishop alluded to the difficulty of our realising at the present day the scene depicted in the parable from which the text was taken. That, out wardly, referred to personal wants alone ; but it depicted the Church even in the, present day ; it pointed to the vast multitudes growing up around us on every side in ignorance and sin, and about whom we could not fail to hear, in the still small voice of conscience, our Lord's saying, " I have compassion on the multitude." The bishop then alluded to the Church in the United States, and re marked that, although in the States the number of clergy was much smaller than in this country, the number of bishops was proportionately very much greater, and there was the great distinction also that in the States there were more bishops than dio ceses-34 dioceses and 42 bishops. Some of these were assistant bishops and some missionary bishops, several of the latter being in charge of upwards of 200,000 square miles of country, of regions still in habited by the Indian, and almost inaccessible. They laboured from Oregon, in the north, adjoin ing the Russian territory, to Mexico, in the south. The bishop then gave some details of the work of the venerable Bishop of Wisconsin, the first mis sionary bishop of the United States, who was con secrated in 1835, and whose whole energies had been devoted to the work, who had been gratified to see in his lifetime . 5 missionary bishops within the sphere of his original diocese, each having au aver age of 43 clergy, or 200 in all. But the offertory of the morning would be devoted to the new missionary diocese of Montana, Idaho, and Utah, to which the young but devoted Bishop Tuttle was last year appointed, and whose pioneer had under gone so much danger and hardship. He asked for the prayers and sympathies of those present, assur ing them that they would go on in the fear and the faith of God, trusting that in his own good time He would be pleased to grant them the result for which they laboured. The Bishop then, with uplifted hands, feelingly recited the invocation. The choir sang the hymn, " Bread of heaven on thee we feed." Bishop Tozer pronounced the absolution. About 60 persons communicated, be sides the choir and officiating ministers. The Bishop of Arkansas, with uplifted hands, pronounced the benediction, and so ended one of the most interesting services of the series, cementing the bond of union between the Church of this country and her daughter Church of the United States. The offertory amounted to over £lO. At one o'clock the church was so crowded that great inconvenience must have been sustained by the worshippers, who, however, carefully attended to the service, and evinced their interest in it even to the conclusion. The choir sung the usual pro cessional hymn. The "Te Deum" having been sung, and the hymn, " To thee, 0 dear, dear coun try," the Bishop of Rhode Island, U.S. (the Right Rev. Dr. Clark), delivered an address. The right rev. prelate dispensed with a text, and gave an account of the past and present history of the Ame rican Church, from the time when the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel established its first mission on the shores of New England, in 1702, when the population of the North American colo nies was computed at 250,000 by Colonel Dudley, the then governor, to the present time, when it ex ceeds twenty millions. The early missionaries in North America laboured single-handed amid mani fold difficulties, and did all that men so situated could accomplish. In later times there has been more perfect organisation and resources have in creased, but there is everywhere the cry for help, and thus a work of surpassing importance was com mitted to the Church. The bishop very carefully avoided any political allusions, and his address throughout was that of a Churchman speaking for the sake of his God and for his fellow-Christians throughout the world. The Bishop of North Carolina (Dr. Atkinson) pronounced the blessing. The recessional hymn was " 0, Paradise." In addition to the home clergy present we noticed the Bishop of Jamaica, the Bishop of Arkansas (U.S.), the Bishop of lowa (U.S.), the Bishop-designate (by the Church) of Pieter - Maritzburgh, the Rev. M. D. Walker, of New York (U.S.), &c. ; and amongst the congre gation were Philip Cazenove, Esq., and many well known " City" men. The offertory amounted to upwards of £3O. There was so great a crowd out side the church, and unable to gain admission, that it really must be a matter of regret that the metro politan cathedral is not opened for such services. The rector of a City church undertaking the work (we presume at considerable private expense) is entitled to the best thanks of all who are privileged to join in any one of the services. Long before the time for opening the doors for the eight o'clock service the approaches to the church were thronged, and the few remaining citizens who consider it expedient to reside and to sleep within easy distance of " Old Cheape" were quite asto nished at the great influx of strangers to the regions of business, and the more so because the aforesaid strangers were on devotional and not on business purposes intent. Within a few minutes after the doors were opened every seat was occupied, although a large amount of extra accommodation had been provided. The procession entered headed by the choir singing the usual hymn, and among the clergy who followed were the Rev. Dr. Evans, Rev. J. Trew, Rev. W. R. Scott, Rev. G. P. Pownall, Rev. R. Sanders, Rev. J. V. Walters, Rev. W. Panck ridge, Rev. Dr. Finch, Rev. W. W. Roberts, Bishop Tozer, of the Central African Mission. The preacher of the evening was another prelate of the United States, the Right Rev. Dr. 11. W. Lee, of lowa, who selected for his text, St. Matthew xiii., verses 31, 32 —" The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field ; which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." It would, per haps, be difficult to select any more appropriate text for a discourse on missionary work, and it was cer tainly treated in a most masterly manner. The preacher has the advantage of a fine voice and great eloquence. Every word was heard in which he exem plified the parable, and showed how the mustard-seed represented the word of God. At first it was minute and almost imperceptible, but it gradually grew and expanded like the tree of th e parable--a single conversation, the quotation of a single text of the inspired writ, had in numerous instances effected the most wonderful results, and thus it was with the great missionary enterprise of the Church, com mencing with the feeble and almost insignificant efforts of the pioneers of the faith in the earlier stages of missionary enterprise. The bishop's dis course was remarkably good, and was listened to with the most commendable patience when the great length to which it extended is taken into con sideration. The offertory was, at the desire of the preacher, devoted in moieties to the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel and the Church Missionary SociQty. Some of our contemporaries have persisted in stating that the Rev. Francis Lyne, better known as Father Ignatius, has taken part in these services. Without reference to other considerations it is only fair to state that the statement is entirely without foundation. Mr. Lyne has not officiated at either of the services. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A MUSIC HALL. On Sunday morning a daring burglary was per petrated at the Alhambra Music Hall, Dundee, and a most diabolical attempt made to blow up the building. One of the property men employed at the Alhambra, and whose special duty it is to visit the place on Sunday morning by daylight to see that all is right, was startled, on entering at nine o'clock last Sunday morning, to find the whole place pervaded with a suffocating smell of gas. He advanced, however, as far as the stage ; but there he found matters in such a plight that he hurried off immediately to the proprietor (Mr. W. M'Farland) with the startling intelligence that the Alhambra had been broken into and the gas turned on. Mr. M'Farlaud lost no time in communicating with the police, and, having procured the attendance of several officers, proceeded to the Alhambra. On entering the smell of gas was found so intolerable that some of the party had to seek the fresh air in order to recover themselves. It was found on examination that above 20 of the gas taps had been turned on. These are situated at the right wing of the stage. On descending under the stage, it was found that the whole of the meters and " feeders" had also been turned on. By this means gas had been made to flow from every pipe in the establishment, quite as much as if the hall had been completely illuminated for an evening performance. It was exceedingly fortunate that, by a wise arrangement for the better ventilation of the hall, means were afforded for allowing free egress to the immense volumes of gas which must have been collected. As soon as the hall had been cleared of the gas sufficiently to admit of an examination being made, it was dis covered that the place had been broken into through a window in the " flies." The frame of the latter had been completely smashed in, five large paving stones found under the stage showing bow the work had been done. Outside the window a piece of timber had been reared against the wall as if to enable the burglar or burglars to gain access, and the adjoining bricks were sprinkled with blood, as if some hurts had been sustained. The interior of the hall was found to have been completely ran sacked. Behind the scenes, at the " wings," in the dressing-rooms, under the stage, and in the proprie tor's private office, the spirit of mischief had been hard at work. Every locked trunk and box about the place had been forced open, the locks rendered utterly useless, and the contents strewn heedlessly about the floor. The extensive wardrobe belonging to the proprietor, as well as private wardrobes of the various artistes engaged by him, had all received some share of attention, and costly garments of every description lay scattered about in " the most admired confusion." Several articles of dress and jewellery had been abstracted, but these bore so small a proportion to the sum total of the goods which might easily have been turned into "hard cash," that there is some difficulty in believing the sole motive of the depredators to have been that of securing plunder. Among other articles belonging to the " professionals," which were appropriated, were a pair of new boots, for which the thief had kindly substituted a couple of worthless Bluchers. Mr. M'Farland's private office (near the public en trance) had also been entered, and a number of pri vate letters belonging the artistes torn open and read, and afterwards thrown upon the floor. Several half-burned matches were discovered in various places, indicating that the burglars had entered in the dark. We may mention that this is not the first occasion on which the Alhambra has been subjected to the tender mercies of midnight prowlers. A fortnight ago the place was forcibly entered, several valuable suits of apparel belonging to the artistes stolen, and a number of locks wrenched open by violence.—Dundee Courier. POSTAL LVSTRUCTIONS. Post-office Department, Washington, Aug. 20, 1867. Whereas Article 5 of the new Postal Convention, con cluded between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the Bth day of July, A.D. 1867 provides, that " international news papers, book packets (including printed papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravin gs,drawings, photographs,li tho graphs, sheets of music, &c.), and patterns and samples of merchandise (including seeds and grain), shall be transmis sible by either office at such charges (not less than threepence in the United Kingdom, or six cents in the United States per four ounces on book packets and patterns or samples of merchandise), and under such regulations as the de spatching office may from time to time lay down ;" and whereas the provisions of the said Article are to be carried into effect in each country on the Ist of October, A.D. 1867 : It is hereby ordered that the rates of postage to be levied and collected in the United States on and after the Ist of October, 1867, upon the international newspapers, printed matter, and other postal packets enumerated in the said Article, posted in the United States and addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be as follows, viz.:— Newspapers and unsealed circulars, two cents each. Pamphlets and periodicals, when not exceeding two ounces in weight, two cents each. Pamphlets and periodicals over two ounces in weight, and other printed matter, except books, including printed papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravings, draw ings, photographs, lithographs, sheets of music, and so forth, four cents per four ounces or a fraction of four ounces. Books, six cents per four ounces or a fraction of four ounces. Patterns and samples of merchandise, ei ht cents per four ounces or a fraction of four ounces. And it is further ordered that the regulations to be ob served and enforced in the United States, with respect to the printed papers of all kinds and other postal packets enumerated in the said Article, shall be the following, viz. : 1. The postage charges herein established must in all cases be fully prepaid at the office of mailing in the United States, by means of United States postage stamps affixed outside the packet or its cover. if not so prepaid the packet cannot be forwarded. 2. Newspapers, circulars, pamphlets, periodicals, books, or other printed papers, including maps, plans, prints, en gravings, drawings, photographs, lithographs, sheets of music, &c., must be wrapped or enveloped in covers open at the sides or ends, so as to admit of the enclosures being removed for examination. 3. No newspaper, pamphlet, periodical, or article of printed matter (other than book packets) may contain any word or communication, whether by writing, printing, mark or signs upon the cover or wrapper thereof, except the name and address of the person to whom it is sent, the printed title of the publication, the printed name of the publisher or vendor who sends it; or, in case of news papers or other regular publications, when sent to sub scribers direct from the office of publication, the printed date when subscription expires. It must not contain a letter or any communication in writing, or other en closuro. 4. No book packet may contain anything that is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, nor any communication of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or communication be printed. But entries, merely stating from whom or to whom the packet is sent, shall not be regarded as a letter. 5. No book packet must exceed two feet in length or one foot in width or depth. . _ _ 6. Any book packet which is not open at the sides or ends, or has any letter or communication in the nature of a letter written in it, or upon its cover, cannot be received or forwarded in the mail ; and it is the duty of postmasters, whenever they have ground for suspecting au infringe ment of any of the above conditions, to open and examine book packets, patterns, samples, or other postal packets posted at or passing through their offices. 7. Patterns or samples of merchandise must not be of intrinsic Yalue which rule =ludo from the limas all articles of a saleable nature, or whatever may have a mar ket value of its own apart from its mere use as a pattern or sample, or where the quantity of any material sent osten sibly as a pattern or sample is so great that it could fairly be considered as having on this ground an intrinsic value. 8. No packet of patterns or samples must exceed 24 inches in length, or 12 inches in breadth and depth, or 24 ounces in weight. 9. Patterns or samples must not bear any writing other than the address of the persons fur wbom they are intended, except the address of the sender, a trade mark and num bers, and the prices of the articles. 10. There must be no enclosures other than the patterns or samples themselves. The particulars which are allowed to be furnished under the preceding regulation must in all cases be given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on small labels attached to the patterns, or samples, or the bags con taining them. 11. Patterns or samples must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be of easy examination. Samples, how ever, of seeds, &c., which cannot be sent in open covers, may be enclosed in bags of ;inen or other material fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened for examination. 12. Patterns, samples, or other packets containing liquids, poisons, explosive chemicals, or other articles likely to injure the contents of the mail bags, or the person of any officer of the post-office, are positively ex cluded from the mails. 13. The law and regulation of this department which excludes obscene books, pamphlets, pictures, prints, or other publications of a vulgar and indecent character, from the mails of the United States, are also to be enforced with -respect to books, pamphlets, pictures, prints, or other pub lications of like character addressed to the United King dom or other foreign country. 14. Letters, newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, or books posted in the United States, and addressed to the United Kingdom, may be registered at the office of mailing upon payment of a registration fee of eight cents in addition to the ordinary postage charges, both of which must bo pre paid. But the reduced registration foe of eight cents on letters will not take place until the Ist of January, 1868. 15. Newspapers or other kinds of printed matter, book packets, patterns, and samples of merchandise originating in the United Kingdom and addressed to the United States will be received in the United States fully prepaid, and must be delivered free of charge to the party addressed at the office of destination in the United States. Article 5 of the aforesaid convention also prescribes the following specific regulations to be observed and enforced in each country, viz.:— " Neither office shall bo bound to deliver printed papers, the importation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country to which they aro trans mitted. "So long as any customs duty is chargeable in the United States on the importation from the United Kingdom of any of the articles enumerated above, such customs duty shall be leviable in the United States, and the pro coeds shall accrue to the United States Treasury. "Except as above, no charges whatever shall be levied in the country in which international newspapers, book packets, and patterns, or samples of merchandise are de livered." Postmasters are instructed to levy and collect in ad vance, on and after the first of October, 1867, the rates of postage as fixed by this order on the different kinds of printed matter and other postal packets herein enumerated, observing strictly the regulations herein established with respect to each classification of the same. So much of the new convention as relates to inter national letters exchanged with the United Kingdom will not take effect until the Ist of January, 1868 ; and in the meantime the postage charge on letters will continuo, as at present, at 21 cents for a single rate of half an ounce or under. But on and after the Ist of January, 1868, the single rate of postage on international letters will he re duced to 12 cents. The offices of exchange on the side of the United States aro New York, Bobton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco. ALEX. W. RANDALL, Postmaster-General. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. There was a fair attendance at to-day's market, and wheat met with a good oneral demand, white advancing 3d por 1001 b. Flour was scarce, and brought is per sack more money. Oats and oatmeal dull, and no change in prices. Barley, beans, and peas a moderate business, at the extreme rates of Tuesday last. Indian corn in active request, white making 42s to 42s Gd. S TAMFORD—FRIDAY. We hal a very tolerable show of wheat to-day, and prices must be quoted the same as last week. Barley in moderate show, and prices irregular. Oats scarce, At late rates. Beans in steady request, and prices as before• New white wheat, 65s to 70s ; red do., 60s to 66s per 8 6 stone. Barley, malting, 40s to 50s; grinding, 27s to 3 53 per qr. Oats, new, 25s to 31s ; old, 32s to 36s per 21 stone• Beans, 46s to Ms per 38 stone. Peas as of late. DERBY-FRIDAY. There was a middling supply of wheat on offer to-daYi w'th a steady trade, at about the rates of last week. Oats were steady at extreme quotations. Barley ruled fires. Beans scarce. Peas a firm trade. New white wheat, 66s to 72s ; do. red, 60s to 65s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 39s to 46s per qr. ; grinding, 34s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28s to 325; old, 33s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 45s to 525; _new, 38s to 453 per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. At our market to-day English wheat met a healthy and firm demand, and the business done was at the extreme rates of last Friday, and in some cases an advance of le per qr for fine NI hito. New barley still in'sshort supPlY• Other articles were very little changed. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. A fair supply of wheat. Trade was inactive, and prices fully supported. There was a slender show of barley, at late prices. For oats quotations were fully maintained• Beans were not plentiful, and unaltered in price. New white wheat, 66s to 71s ; new red, 60s to 65s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 45s per qr ; grinding' , 36s to 40s per 30 stone. Oats, 26s to 3Us. Beans, 455 to 50s per 38 stone. BRISTOL S UGAR—FRIDAY. The demand for all kinds of sugar has been rather quiet this week, and a moderate business has been done at late prices. Rum steady. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. d. I 5 . d East Hartlepeol Tees Kelloe Wal bottle Hartley._ 15 u West Hartley North Pelton Gas .„12 ' t, 33—sold, 32. Holywell Main l7 0 I Hartlepool New Belmont l9 6 WalLs End Hetton Riddell Hetton Lyons 19 3 Ships at marke Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &nstralia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oot. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles ...... _ Oct. 14. Ditto, via Panama ......... ......... ... Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet Sept. 22. Cape Verde. by Brazil paotet ..... , . Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena Sept. 27. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Oct. 3. - - _ Ditto, via Mar Bellies Falkland Islands Oct. 41 Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Sept. 27. India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marsell es Sept. 21. Malta, Egypt, (to. Sept. 27. Ditto, Marseilles Sept. 21. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Sept. 20. Ditt.), via Mareeiiles Newfoundland Sept. 25. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Sept. 27. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 3. West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- mas) Cuba and 31 exico Sept. 23. Bahamas, via New York Oct. 9 Bermuda, via Halifax -Sept. 25• Births. BATTYE—On the 19th inst., at Hardwicke Grange, Salop the wife of Richard Battye, Esq., barrister-at-law, of son. CLERK—On the 1901 inst., at 19, Ca.dogan-place, the wife of Major Clerk, of a son. IIEATII—On tho 19th inst., at Clay-hill, Enfield, the WU° of Henry G. Heath, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. BELLOC—PARKES--On the 19th inst., at St. James' 4l Spanish-place, Louis Marie Bolloe, only son of the /at e ; Jean H. Belloc, of La Celle (Seine-et-Oise), Director 0 ' the Royal School of Design of Paris, to Bessie Rayne r Parkes, only daughter of the late Joseph Parkes, Es ( 1 1 of Wimpole-street, taxing master in Chancery. PHILI3RICK—BEADEL—On the 19th inst., at the parish church, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Egerton Philbrick, E 41.1 solicitor, Hastings, to Emily, daughter of the late Jameg i Beadel, Esq., of Broomfield Lodge, Essex. Deaths. ADDISON—On the 19th inst., in Dean's-yard, Westminster Jane Addison, widow of the late Joseph Addison, BEV barrister-at-law, aged 78. CARR n the 19th inst., at Ashdown Villa, WickliaM' terrace, New-cross, Mr. John Carr, of 20, Lawrence-lan e ' Cheapside, aged 56. FRY—On the 16th inst., at 14, Vivian-terrace, Moss-sicit'; Manchester, Ann Fry, relict of the late Thomas Fry, 0 ' Tunbridge-Wells, aged 92. OVERALL - On the 19th inst., at St. Ann's-hill, Wands"worth, Surrey, Samuel Overall, aged 83. WRITELOCKE —On the 17th inst., at The Hill House, 1. 3-1- bridge, B. C. Wbitelocke, Eq., aged 81. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREVO O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN ODlce, No 1 121 , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County O h Middlesex.—Saturday, September 21, 1867.