The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-27 00:00:00

.----------- '"'"---"------- THE AUSTRO-FRENCH ALLIANCE. Naval and Military Intelligence. — o — Ncue Frewlen Blatt, a semi-official orga n of The preparations for the Aby ssinian campaign the 1 the Chancellor of the Empire, Baron Von Beast, are now fairly begun. Yeste rda y the departments in Woolwich Arsenal receive d instructions from the publishes the following remarkable leader : We think that there is no need of a Russo - Prus - War Department to occupy th e mselves in the I sian alliance to incite an accord between France arrangements for furnishing the expedition, which 0 and Austria. The cause of that accord is of a date is to be despatched from India with the slightest more recent; it dates from the treaty of Prague, possible delay. The members of the Ordnance Select Committee continue d their investigation of the pack- which, it is true, is a mere convention conc luded between Austria and Prussia, but the tenor of saddles and mountain transport, already referred to which is of an importance eminently European. in 7 he San, and urged the necessity of carrying out The peace of Prague has created in the very the proposal of Capt. Fenn with all reasonable haste. centre of Europe a power unknown there since the A. nuniter of mules and bat anim ds, it is stated, are great Emperors of Germany. It is true that, till to be purchased at Malta and Gozo for the mountain now, it has been contended that a great and service. A large amount of stores of every con- we porful State in the middle of Europe:was neces ceivable kind necessary for the campaign, to be de sary to maintain peace on the Continent ; but, in spatched in transit to M alta, will shortl y be in that readiness for shipment at Woo lwich, includin g 7- i it would be desirable that such a State case, should be animated with pacific ideas. Such event pounder rifled guns, with complete equipment and . would have occurred had Germany succeeded in stores, the efficiency and abundance of which the ' country has reason to be well satisfied with. Col. recovering her ancient grandeur; for Germany i s an empire of civilization and progress—an empire of Campbell, superintending the Royal gun factories peace. Instead of a united Germany, there rose a at Woolwich, has, moreover, been instructed to pre- great and powerful Prussia, which has thus be pare two additional batteries of steel guns as .e ad come a new danger for the peace of Europe. It juncts to the brass batteries in course of prepare- . is fact that the Hohenzollerns must be logically tion on the approved system alluded to. The new a aggressive, because a pause from Prussia would batteries will fire the same species of projectiles— amountto a backward step. After Frederick the namely, a 71b. shot. The weight of each gun will Great, that pause brought on Jena; the pause of the not exceed 1501 b. Twelve carriages, also of spa, Holy Alliance brought on Olmutz. Prussia must for their equipment, are to be made in the Royal be active ; in other words, she must aim at con- Carriage Department at Woolwich, under the direr- nests and never cease to disquiet Europe. Un tion of Col. Clerk ; the weight of each carriage q • . f or tunately, close to her are numerous morsels , without wheels to be less than lcwt., and they will such as to excite her appetite. Germany is at thus be available for transport in the most rugged the present time under the yoke of Prussia ; mili and difficult passes of the enemy's country. Capt. tardy speaking, Prussia is a great power. It is of Gordon, superintendent of the Military Stores, was paramount necessity to circumscribe that 'power, on Sunday in consultation with Sir John Peking and the end must be reached by means of the ton and the various officials of the War Depart treaty of Prague. What Prussia took from the merit in Pall-mall, and was instructed to urge the Austrians at Kieniggratz, and what France had matter forward without delay. The manufacture granted to her previously, has been in Germany of the new batteries will occupy about six weeks, limitedby the Maine. But what neither France nor and it is a matter of doubt if their assistance will Austria did ever acquiesce in is that Prussia should then be required. Col. Boxer, commanding the plant her foot in Southern Germany. Already s he department of the Royal Laboratory, has given has twice tried to do so. Firstly, by her treaties direction for the issue of case shot and a thorough of offensive and defensive alliances; secondly, by supply of stores for their use when ready. The the Zollverein convention. Austria could, with expedition will be under the chief command of reason, find in these a violation of the treaty of Major-Gen: Napier and Brigadier-Gen. Staveley. Prague, because in both circumstances Prussia used A rumour was current yesterday at the Military her preponderance, and compelled the southern Train Camp at Woolwich that the 17th troop, Capt. states to accept her proposals. Corbett, 18th, Capt. Baby, the 19th, Capt, MeNeil, But enough of concessions. As soon as Prussia and the 20th, Capt. Bruce, are to be held in readi puts forward for the third time exigencies that ness for departure ; but as the whale of the troops would destroy the independence of the southern will be supplied from India it is probable that the states of Germany, Austria and France ought to Military Train will be held in reserve only to com oppose Prussia. To-day they openly ask in Prussia pose a relief for India. The officers under orders to why France should interfere with the treaty of accompany the troops are as follows :—Major Prague? Such a question is sheer nonsense, and Buller, in command ; Surg. BP Arthur, Lieut. it is also a denegation of the truth, both precon lVarner, Lieut. Warren, Ensigns Andros, Stow, certed and bold. and Newbury. Let us ignore that at Nikolsburg M. Benedetti 'The whole of the officers and sappers and miners was always between Count Bismarck and Count of the Royal Engineers employed in the fieldwork Mensdorff. But would it not be a shameful thing depot at head-quarters, Chatham, have been en to forget that France by her attitude greatly gaged for several weeks past in the formation of helped Prussia to go on with the war of 1866? parallels, magazines, and stockades, and in the erec- Has not the Prussian Prime Minister been at tion of batteries and other fieldworks preparatory to Biarritz—did he not offer Luxemburg to France some siege operations on an unusually extensive as the price of her benevolent neutrality ? Had scale, which are fixed to take place on Mon lay next, not France shown herself disposed to such an ar on which occasion there will be a review of the en rangement--had she informed Italy that she w as tire farce of the garrison. In addition to the regular opposed to her conquering Venetia through troops it is intended that a large body of Volunteer f observa- Prussia—had France placed a corps o corps shall take part in the operations, which, from uld Prussia have tion at Lille or at Besancon—would th be e arrangements in progress, promise to carried been able, even with her needle guns and her in out on a scale of great magnitude. For some tellectual strength, which we gladly admit, to send months past the whole extent of the lower lines at Bohemia ? a single man to the frontiers of Chatham has been in possession of the Royal Engi- The arriere pewee of a Prusso-Russian affiance neers, who have covered every portion of the ground had not yet dawned at that time. Russia was not at their disposal with trenches, batteries, saps, ma- ready, and the pacification of Poland—we mean gazines, and other works which are carried down to her crushing—was not in the advanced state that the Medway, several hundred men, under the super- it is now. And, also, the Prussian army did not vision of a numerous body of officers, having been possess then that assurance and that confidence daily employed in the fieldworks ever since the wea- in its own strength that it entertains now. Prussia ther would permit. The siege operations will be per would have deemed herself happy if she had been serially directed by Sir Jelin F. Bargoyne, G.C. 8., able • to acquire the Elbe Duchies for a portion of Inspector-General of Royal Engineers. the county of Glatz, and for a large stun of money. The depot of th :22 1 Regime:it, now stationed ,Th , e Sovereigns of Hanover, of Hesse, and of Nas at Chatham, is shortly expected to proceed frcim sau would sit still on the'r thrones. It is France that garrison to Newcastle, the route for the de, ar which has accomplished the greatness of Prussia. ture of the regiment being daily expecte 1 at Chatham And the Emperor Napoleon should not be entitled from the Horse Guards. to interfere with what is going on in Germany ! The Channel squadron, comprising the ironclad Is it, perhaps, because he did not paraph any pact screw steamships Minotaur, flagship of Rear - Admi - with Count Bismarck at Biarritz? No. We can ral Frederick Warden, Capt. James Goodenough ; reckon on the association of the principal Prus- Bellerophon, Capt. Edward Tatham ; Achilles, Capt, sian organs, if we recognize the right of France to Edward Vansittart ; and Lord Clyde, Captain interfere in what is going on on her frontiers. We Roderick Dew, C. 8., arrived in Portland harbour are edified enough about that continual bavardage on Saturday from the westward. The fleet are of inimity from France to Germany. It was the under orders to remain at the Portland rendezvous same in old times ; but we do not know yet to until the Lords of the Admiralty make their annual day if we must prefer Prussian hegemony to the official inspection of her Majesty's ship stationed in Emperor Napoleon's protection upon the Rhenish Portland harbour, as well as the progress of the Confederation. Bid one thing is certain—Austria works connected with the fortifications in course of and France, the most interested neighbours, are construction on the Verne heights, the breakwater, compelled to keep a careful watch, since not Ger &c. Their Lordships are expected to arrive at many, but Prussia, has acquired so much power in Portland on Wednesday or Thursdey next. the centre of Europe. A wider development of The' ironclad screw corvette Pallas, Capt. M. Prussia would give them the right to oppose that Connolly, joined the Channel squadron on Sunday country in common. This would not be an alli at Portland. ante against Germany, but one against Prussia. The unarmoured screw steamer Trafalgar, 72, So far the Viennese journal. The Journal des 2,900 tons, 500-horse power (nominal), late the Debats of Saturday had a still more striking decla flagship of the Coastguard at Queen's Ferry, is ration as to the intentions of Russia and Prussia. ordered to be brought forward for the first division Here are the salient points of the Daats article:— of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, in readiness The news received at Vienna from Berlin is not for being recommissioned. It is stated at Chathani at all satisfactory, and in no way pacific. It is that he is intended for service in one of the ports believed that the Prussian Government is continu of Ireland. ing its war p reparations, under the pretext that the The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 35-, was other Powers have set the example. The Prussians placed, on Saturday, in No. 1 dock at Ke,yham. say that it is necessary they should fortify them- The screw steam frigate Phietie, 35, Capt. John selves against certain dangers with which they say Bythesea, will probably leaye Plymouth fur Halifax they are menaced. It is the same tactics which on Saturd ty next. Prussia employed against Austria last year, with ller Majesty's double-screw gunboat Plover, under what success is well known. The report has spread a series of experimental trials, has again returned in Vienna that the Prussians are placing cannons to Woolwich, and was yesterday docked to shift her on the ramparts of Cologne, and are also actively two-bladed screw, to be replaced with a three at work on the fortifications of Mayence, which bladed one, in readiness for another trial of speed. they desire completed. Certain things, it is said, The trial just completed was to test the increase of have been pronounced by General Moltke, the speed caused by the fan having been reefed 2 feet importance of which is probably exaggerated. The forward, and which gave an additional speed of I , ! general having been invited to give his opinion on about one-tenth of her former trial. The increased I the new organization of the French army, such as speed was registered at 10.792 full speed and 9-186 ' I will result from the Bill presented to the Corps half po titer ; 'and with the port engine stopped the 1 Legislatif, and which will be discussed next winter, speed was 8-264 knots per hour, which was very • „ replied, Ihe French army, no matter what is favourable. The Plover was commanded by Com. I done, will always be inferior in number to the Dillon, of the Steam Resenve at Woolwich, and I Prussian army, in consequence of our landwehr Mr. Steel and Mr. Crossland were in attendance institution. The battalions of infantry of the from the Admiralty and the Controller's Depart- landwehr can, whenever we like, supply us with merits. She will be shortly commissioned, and is 249,000 men to reinforce our permanent army." pronounced especially suitable for China, the River Russia, also, is not in good grace ; the under- Plate, or any shallow water service. This will be stand i ng b etween th e C a bi ne t s of Vienna and St. P er first commission. Petersburg is singularly cool. Not only does the Lieut. and Adjt. John Straghan, Royal Marine Cabinet of Vienna not forget the tolerance which Light Infantry, is appointed to be Second Captain ' the Russian Government extended to the at the Woolwich Division, vice Capt. Wilson, re- • Sclavonian meetings at Moscow, where Austria tired full pay. was publicly attacked with great violence, but it Lieut. T. A. Le Breton is raieed to increased pay, reproaches the Cabinet of St. Petersburg for its vice Straghan. incessant propaganda in the provinces of Turkey, The following appointment has been made in the and even in Galicia. That propaganda is being Royal Naval Reserve :—C. Douglas, to be sub-lieut. The following appointments were made yester en pushed with prodigious activity , a nd it is impos • .—Staff , Commander B. B. Bible to deny its results. At the sa me t ime Russia day at the Admiralty Stuart, Staff Comeiander W. G. Aldrich, and Staff 1 lis reorganizing and completing her a rm y . It is • stated at Vienna that Russia is at the present Commander J. Symons, to th e Fisgard ; Lieut. C. B. Payne, to the Nelson ; Lieut. G. T. Morrell, t moment concentrating considerable bodies of the Fisgard, additional, for te • •' ° troops on the frontiers of Austria. The Danubian temporary service as Transport Officer at Deptford ; Lieut. Duke D. principalities have refallen into the same state of Yonge, hient. C. J. Wise, Lieut. Spencer M. Med- agitation and disorder as at the commencement Icy, Liutit. W. F. BJughey, Lieut. E. L. Greet) of last 'year, and this disorder is attributed to and Lieut. if 7 V. Lewis, to the Fisgar•l, aildi:ionali Russian influence. It is expected that another revolution fur temporary service in transports . ; Navigati ng ► will shortly take place, when Prince Charles will be dis Lieuts. J. E. Seudam ere and J. F. A ylen , to the missed. "It all these things," o the Jaseur ; we are told, " w hi c h g i ve grea t i mpor t anc e to the Fisgard ; Sub-Lieut. C. E. Ste wart t meeting of the two E J. D. Gilpin, paymaster, to the Indus ; E. Jago, mperors. The statesmen of Austria have paymaster, to the Nelson ;G. R. Johnson, assist.- c , ,th erefore, made on this meeting their paymaster in charge, to the Oberon ; and F. Hynd- prowamme, which is o n ly b are d on con j ec t ures , no doubt, but man, assist,-paymaster, to the V ictor y . state of things so true, on a situation so pressing, that they acquire great probability. We have said that it did not seem possible that the two Emperors should separate wi • thout speaking of the affairs of Mexico and the Eastern question. We may add that it neither seems possible that they can dispense with exchanging views - their on the affairs of Germany, and we will endeavour to explain the opinions entertained on subject by those statesmen interested in this question. We shall, at the same time, say how these statesmen persuade themselves that the gulperor Napoleon ought to aPproye of their views, [ADTERnszwrr.]-11olloway's OintmAnt and Pills are the most appropriato remedies for the blotches, pimples, boils, awl earbuncles, which are annoying, sometimes dangerous, and always disfiguring , when summer heats alternate witu wet wintry weather. The subtle permeat ing powers of this ointment, by repressing inflammation and irritalon, reduce the skin to its actual temperature and colour, while radically exp.dling the eaus° of the blemishes from the system. 'the pills assist the cooling and purifying itifitiolice of the ointim•ut by dispelling all that is gross from th e bowols, and by thoroughly rectify ii, i ngihgebtinn muter his treatment evory organ of the body re,,d to cast off both irregularities and impurities, whereby the health becomes robust, the feelings joyous, and the skin soft and silky. and join with them, in the interest of France. According to our correspondents, the Austrian statesmen, of whom they are, in a kind manner, the 'interpreters, start from this point—that the Treaty of Prague has not definitively settled all the questions to which war gave rise, and that in many respects the situation of Germany has remained provisionary ; this is so true that that situation has been greatly modified since the sign ing of the treaty, and especially by the arrange ments entered into by Prussia and the four Southern states. But Prussia has not finished, and she fol lows without delay the execution of her designs. She has already obtained such an influence over llessc-Darmstadt that one might ahnost say that Maycnce is in her power. She is not the less powerful in the Grand Duchy of Baden, for at any moment she may be mistress of Rastadt. But Prussia, since last year, has rather lost than gained in the Kingdoms of Bavaria and Wurtemburg. In those countries a strong repugnance is felt for the military institutions of Prussia, and even for her civil and political institutions—liberal in appear ance but very harsh and very absolute in reality. The Prussians, moreover, have manners which repel rather than attract. There is, therefore, among the people of Bavaria and Wurtemburg a great dislike for Prussia. Now, at the same time as the populations of Bavaria and Wurtemburg separate themselves from Prussia, they draw closer to Austria, in such a manner that Austria has gained what Prussia has lost, independent of the affinities which exist between the populations of those two kingdoms and Austria. The question being thus stated, its theoretical solution is very simple, according to the opinion of Austrian statesmen. The Southern states should form an association and unite with Austria as a confedera tion, distinct and separate from the North German Confederation, with which, however, it could form a close alliance. Thus Germany would be united as thoroughly as she can be without giving um brage to her neighbours, and the rights of all would be respected; Prussia with the North and Austria with the South German Confederation would be two great European Powers quite independent from each other, quite free in their action, and between which there would no longer be any pretext for antagonism. Miscellaneous Foreign News. Secretary M'Culloch, on the 7th instant, pub lished a statement of the Public Debt of the United States, as it appeared on his books on the Ist August, 1867, of which the following is the abstract : c. Debt bearing gold interest 1,678,906,691 80 Debt bearing paper interest ... 574,964,855 0 Debt on which interest has ceased 15,636,815 87 Debt without interest 417,177,533 72 Total debt, August 1 2,686,685,896 30 The correspondent of the Times remarks on these figures that there " has been no public debt state ment since the Ist of June, and during two months since that statement the debt has been reduced the small amount of P 51,623. On the Ist of January last the debt amounted to $2,675,062,505 43e., so that during the seven months of 1867 that have passed by it has been increased $11,623,391." We cannot understand what the object of this gentle man can be in misrepresenting so systematically the financial condition of the United States. It is manifestly unfair to calculate the receipts and ex. penditure, the total debt, without bringing into the account the amount in the Treasury on the date of the statement. He omits to say that the Secretary of the Treasury ceased for some months to redeem the superfluous paper currency, and that the balance in the Treasury bad accumulated to the unpre cedented sum of $102,905,174 in gold, and $72,474,296 in currency, making a total of $175,379,470, being nearly thirty-three millions in excess of the sum given in the return of the Ist February, that is just six months before. Thus the corr spondent omits from his calculation the trifle of six millions sterling in hard cash in Uncle S.:m's coffers, which he has allowed to accumulate instead of paying away. The cur- rency d ;IA has been reduced during the year 323,063,711. The net reduction of the Public Debt during the sixty days that preceded this statement was $4,309,000, and during the year ending August Ist $121,792,850, taking into account the increase in the Treasury balance of 535,007,357. The Times' correspondent, in esti mating his own resources, would not overlook his balance with his banker. But this is precisely what he does when estimating the financial position of the United States. The split in the Cabinet at Washington is now explained. Mr. Stanton, it was known, has all along opposed the policy of the President., fully identifying himself with the Republican majority in Congress. Several reasons combined to induce Mr. Johnson, when fairly relieved from the presence o' Congress, to force Mr. Stanton to resign his office He wrote to the Secretary, stating that considera tions of a high character constrained him to ask that gentleman to withdraw from the Cabinet, to which Mr. Stanton replied that public considerations of a high character constrained himto hold his office till the next meeting of Congress. The President appears to have submitted to the Attorney-General the ques tion whether he had a right under the law regulat ing the tenure of office to remove the Secretary of War. The Attorney-General considered that law to apply only to persons appointed to office by Mr. Johnson ; and as Mr. Stanton was not among the number, the President retained the power of re moving him. Mr. J o h nson a dd resse d hi s com munications to Colonel Townsend the Assistant Adjutant-General, and Mr. Stanton refrained from attending the Cabinet meetings. The Cabinet held the right of the President to remove the Secretary, though two of the numb er cons id ere d i t wou ld b e injudicious to exercise it. B o th G enera l G ran t an d Chief Justice Chase gppealed to the President to forego his intention, but in vain. Mr. Johnson has taken the step, and it now remains to be seen whether Congress will reassemble as threatened for the express purpose of impeaching the President. General Grant has been appointed to the vacant post, to act till the Senate meets. The Indian Commission, consisting of Culonel Taylor, Senator Henderson, Colonel Tappan of Colorado, M. Sanborn of Minnesota, and Generals Sherman, Hancock, and Terry, met at St. Louis on Tuesday, the Gth inst., and elected Colonel N. G. Taylor Commissioner of Indian Affairs, president ; and A. S. 11. White, of the Indian Bureau, secre tary. They agreed that General Sherman and Col. Taylor should communicate with the officers and agents under their control, despatching runners to the Indians in:the vicinity of their localities, asking a meeting at Fort Laramie, at full-moon, in Sep tember, to be followed by a general assembly at Fort Lamed of all tribes south of the river Platte at full-moon in October. The board a ijourned, to meet at Leavenworth, Kansas, on the following Monday, and then to proceed to Omaha, ascending the Missouri river to its highest accessible point to confer with the Indians, and examine the lands for a Northern reservation. General Sherman, although totally disbelieving in any satisfactory re sult, has given the following instructions to the troops: —"Do not invade the country south of the Arkansas river, except in pursuit of parties guilty of hostile acts. I want the deliberations of this Commission to be as little disturbed by acts of our troops as pos sible, so that this effort to settle thelndian question peaceably, may have a fair chance for success." While the peace commission was sitting Spotted Tail, with aparty of savages, struck the Union Pacific Railroad at Plum Creek, 223 miles west of Omaha. There he heaped ties upon the line, then the party concealed themselves till a train rushed on the ob struction, when the driver, a fireman, two break men, and three telegraph operators were killed. The savages at once rushed on the disabled train, killing and mutilating seven persons ;—the wreck was set on fire and the bodies consumed. Two days after, Spotted Tail murdered three other men along the line. The Indians made a daring dash on the Smoky Hill route line, killing seven labourers six miles from Fort Harker, Kansas, running off 20 horses and mules at the Big Creek stage-station, although exposed in broad daylight to the fire of 50 infantry and a dozen employes not 300 yards away. Indeed the war has become general, and Western news- THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 27, 1867.1 papers are filled with stories of Indian outrages and depredations. In Louisiana 42,662 whites and 79,129 blacks have registered, which gives the blacks the control of that State. In Alabama the whole number re gistered is 112,400, of whom 65,700 are blacks, giving the majority also in that State to the negroes. At Savannah, Georgia, the white voters registered number 2,269, and the blacks 3,062. Registration is to commence at once in South Caro lina, the post commanders acting as superintendents. General Howard, chief of the Freedmen's bureau, has been named for the Presidency, and it is sup posed that he will have a strong negro backing. Great complaints have been made in Tennessee that negro labourers who voted the Republican ticket have been discharged by their Conservative employers. An additional burden has thus been thrown on the Freedmen's bureau to find employment for these destitute labourers. Thaddeus Stevens has written to state that at the next se. , sioil of Congress he will introduce a bill to confiscate the property of Southern employers who have dismissed freedmen for voting for Republican candidates. Coolies have been imported into the Southern States, three or four cargoes having arrived from Havanna, and been placed on plantations in Louisiana. The At torney-General is preparing instructions for the United States District attorneys on this subject, the nature of which are as yet unknown. A shocking account is given in the New York limes of the execution of General Santiago Vidaurri at Mexico from a correspondent who was an eye- witness. Admiral Tegethoff had passed through Washington on his way to New Orleans, where the Austrian frigate Elizabeth awaits his arrival, whence he will proceed to Vera Cruz to receive Maximilian's body, which has been delivered to the Prussian Minister. Santa Anna had been sent to Vera Cruz for trial. Official advices received in Paris by mail from Mexico to the 20th July confirm the telegraphic intelligence published by the ltloniteur of the 11th inst. respecting the position of the French Minister, and the probability of his 1 1 speedy departure. The Austrian Charge d'Affaires has left for the coast, intending to return by way of Tampico. The Belgian and Italian representatives remained in the capital. Juarez entered the city of Mexico on the 15th July, and officially issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, which was couched in moderate language. No important arrest had been effected since the execution of Vidaurri. A report is going the round of the papers that Juarez refused to pay Lopez the 3,000 ounces of gold for which he had sold Maximilian and Queretaro, ob serving, ' 6 We must never encourage traitors." Lopez will be the heavy villain of many a story, and active breins are no doubt at work painting the At West Point a board, composed of army officers, has lately been sitting to consider General Emory Upton's new system of infantry tactics. The United States' troops, both regulars and volunteers, have hitherto been drilled on Hardy and Casey's system. General Upton's combines infantry and cavalry tactics, giving greater facility and rapidity to movement, with extreme simplicity. The method which the West Point board is expected to adopt makes of four men the unit upon which company's movements are formed. The rear rank are correspondingly numbered. Each group of eight men moves and acts together as a separate When on the march the column is in :ours, and the line is formed by wheeling the fours, right or left. The old division into platoons and sections is abandoned, and only those evolutions re tained whose value has been tested by actual service. We confess that we do not understand the value of the new system of tactics, from the few remarks we have seen, basing movements on this unit of fours rank and tile. If the column be on the march in th..ir sections of fours, right in front, and line is formed by wheeling the fours to the right, it follows that the line and companies are inverted, as we are informed that the fours are told off from right to left. How is this remedied? How is the front in creased ? Some years ago the unit of British in fantry was threes— a radically bad system. For simplicity there is no formation equal to fours, formed as in the British army. After General Up ton's experience it is scarcely probable that he would propose other than a highly practical system, and if he did a board of competent officers would not approve it. It is calculated that a line of a a single rank, armed with breechloaders, would be more destructive in its fire than the double line with muzzle-loaders, and the new system gives great facilities for forming rank entire. The bat talion, brigade, and division drill and disc i p line are said to be brief, concise, and intelligent. Many improvements are also said to be introd uced into skirmish drill. Tin mines have been discovered in Madison county, Missouri, near the famous Pilot Knob. A company has been formed, who have opened a lode and extracted some small parcels of ore. The tin crops out from the bill side, giving every facility for working, and the metal yields from 4 to 15 per cent. A reward of $lO,OOO was long ago offered for the discovery of a tin mine, and it is believed that the United States will derive great advantage if the mine proves as rich as anticipated. Professor Nathan 11. Parker has reported on this discovery, and Professor Beauregard has furnished an analysis, of which the result is as follows : " Having pulveris,al one pound five and a half ounces of ore (tin stone), g a thered from the surface of the lode, and selected from different places, I united with this ore four ounces of two chemical agents necessary to facilitate the disagregation' of the mineral from the granite and other foreign matters. After having composed this mass to a white heat for two hours, iu a German sand-pot, I obtained the following result : " 11 grains of pure white tin. " 17 grains of pure black tin. " If we take into consideration the difficulty aris ing when extracting a metal so oxidable, and the loss of which is not less than 20 per cent. from using a new pot (or crucible), the results of the assay are certainly very satisfactory." The Iron Age says that the importance of the dis covery is much grea ter than its money value wo uld indicate, as be in g the one mineral in which the United States w as hitherto deficient. For the fiscal year ending June , 1866, England received in gol d for tin plates $ 6,097,609, and for blocks, pigs , or bars o Thef tin steam for City arrived at Con stantinople from Italy, with 66 American ex cursionists, on Saturday last. On Wednesday, 31st July, the monitor Onon daga left New York for France, having been sold to the French Government. When outside Sandy Hook she encountered a gale of wind and was com pelled to return in distress. She was built by Mr. Rowland, the iron plates being fixed on the bull without the usual backing of wood. Two large centrifugal pumps were placed on board, supposed to be able to pump her clear of water in an hour, even if full. For some reason or other they did not act as anticipated, and as water gained rapidly, for a short time she was in danger. The Dunderberg made a trial trip on Frid,ty, Aug. 9, in charge of a French crew, with Admirals Paris and Raynaud on board. There was a little delay in consequence of the ignorance of the French firemen in using an thracite coal, but when the fires had been kindled the performances of the ship gave great satisfaction. Last Saturday she was taken into the basin at Cherbourg, where there is no dock sufficiently large to receive her without alteration. Her exact di mensions are as follows:—Extreme length, 380.0 ft.; extreme beam, 72.10 ft. ; depth of main hold, 27.07 ft.; height of casemate, 7.09 ft. ; length of ram, 50.00 ; draught when ready for sea, 21.00 ; displace ment, 7,000.00; tonnage, 5,090.00 ; weight of iron armour, I,ooolb. Mr. Webb, it is said, has cleared $700,000 by thus safely delivering her to France. The barque Plato, with the Fenian expedition on board, returned to New York on the 28th July, and gave the follceaing account of the cruise. On the 27th. of April last this vessel, of 500 tons register, with 350 picked and well-armed men, left America to liberate Ireland. She was spoken off Newfoundland by a British man-of-war, when she displayed American colours. On the 23d May, baying received a supply of fresh water and provisions from the Isle of Torry, she proceeded to the Kinsale Head, where she was informed a man of-war was cruising. On learning this she put to sea, where she remained several days before run ning into Bantry Bay. After communicating with the shore, they left the Bay and landed a party on the 6th June, who were captured at Wexford. On the 9th, at Antrim Bay, they received an account of the Wexford affair. A descent upon Antrim was then discussed, from which. their friends on shore dissuaded them. After remaining some time at Antrim they proceeded to Belfast Lough, where several consultations were held with Feniaus on shore as to their chances on heading an insurrection. On all sides they appear to have been strongly ad vised not to attempt it ; therefore, after cruising for a few days more on the coast, they returned to the United States. They state that they communicated freely with their friends in Ireland by _means of signal rockets. A curious case has arisen under the Reconstruction Act. General Sickles issued an order forbidding judges in his districts to entertain suits for matters which had occurred from the 19th December, 1860, to 15th May, 1865. Lieut.-Colonel Frank, command ing the post of Wilmington, interpreted this order to extend to the decisions lately ruade by Chief Justice Chase in North Carolina. United States Marshal Goodloe, of North Carolina, reported to Attorney- General Stanberry that the process of the United States Circuit Court, shortly sinco held by the Chief Justice at Raleigh, was obstructed by the Colonel's order oh the plea, that the caw decided were within section. the period designated. The Marshal states that mony then closed with the examination of four witnesses he has suspended action till he hears from General in surrebuttal. The per diem of the jurors at this time Sickles, or receives instructions from Washington, amounts to $1,384. The jurors are allowed $2 per day. Four being anxious to avoid collision with the military of them were sworn in 59 days ago, and others two days afterward. The Government is also responsible for the authorities in the performance of his duty. By the hotel bill of the jury, and it is not known yet what it letter of the Act it "is believed that General Sickles amounts to. From the latest accounts of Deputy Marshal has the power, though Congress never intended Phillips it appears that the amount actually paid to wit that such power should be exercised against the nesses up to this time is $11,963 51c. The fees allowed Supreme Court. It is hoped that General Sickles are $1 25e. per day, and sc. each way for every mile tra will disallow the act of his subordinate. yelled. The largest amount paid to any ono witness was to St. Marie, who received $668 15c. for 113 days' attend- The Treasurer of New Orleans dismissed by ance, and 4,894 miles travelled. Tho court also ordered General Sheridan was Joseph Hernandez. The that the witnesses for the defence should be pail, and of General continuing his course on the Bth instant, these Stephen F. Cameron received $137 95J. for 61 days' dismissed Edward Dougherty, Judge of the Twelfth attendance, and 617 miles travelled. G moral E. G. Loo Judicial District of Texas, for denying the supre- received $230 35e. for 61 days' attendance and 1,511 miles macy of the laws of Congress, an l openly de- travelled. - Nem York Times, August 10. nouncing the Government of the United States. Edward Bass was appointed his successor. Ile a'so removed Thomas E. Adams, chief of the New Orleans police, at the request of Mayor Heath, who was succeeded by J. J. Williamson, ex-chief of police. But the cup of Sheridan's misdoings, in the eyes of the President, was now full. Ile had bowled over the States' officers of his district like nine-pins, but a mightier hand was now in the act of bowling over himself. In spite of the strong advice of General Grant, the President removed General Sheridan, and appointed General Thomas his successor. FRENCH INTERFERENCE AT R.031E. A good deal of strong languzge was expended in Italy last week about an alleged breach of the convention by the French Government, - which, it was said, had sent General Dumont to Rome to review the Antibes Legion and harangue them about their desertions. The fact was denied offi- cially on the part of France. This week a new grievance has been discovered in the shape of a written document. The Gazette cle France publishes the following letter, from Marshal Niel to the Commander of the Legion, Colonel D'Argy : " Paris, June 21, 1867. " My Dear Colonel,—My attention has been too seriously fixed on the Roman Legion to allow me to ignore the grave events which have taken place for some time past. How can tha desertion, no longer individual but collective, which threatens to reduce your effective to nothing—how can it be explained ? The soldier has nothing to envy in the condition of the troops of the mother country. He is commanded by French officers, having a respectable standing in our army ; he serves a respectable cause, which he asked to serve ; he has before him what has always animated the French soldier—an enemy to fight with, a danger to con front ; and yet he shamefully deserts the flag he freely chose, and abandons his chiefs, to follow foreign reprobates, who try to seduce the soldi e from his duty. "The desire to return to his country is not an excuse, for he well knows that as soon as he re enters France he will be sent in a disciplinary corps to Africa, where he will remain till he has served his time. I deplore this state of things, my dear colonel, because it is a stain on our army which, wherever it is represented, ought to conserve its prestige for honour and courageous self-denial. But, notwithstanding such sad incidents, I do not despair of seeing the good qualities which your Legion possesses wipe away by devotion and per severance the remembrance of the past few months. " Your energy, my dear colonel, is well known to me ; the Government of the Emperor and that of the Holy Father know that it will not be found wanting. It is necessary that your officers, on whom you so justly rely, impart confidence to the troops by their attitude, by their words, and by that military spirit which, in France, has been the source of such great things. I shall be glad to signalize to the Emperor all whose conduct is meri torious, whether among the oMcers or the privates. I know thatyou are about to present to me Sergeant Doussain and two of his men, and it will be with great interest that I shall examine them. " Tell your legion, my dear colonel, that our eyes are upon them, and that I am deeply pained at any injury to its flag, which is so justly vene rated; I place the legion on the same footing as other corps of our army in all that concerns its military honour and the necessities of its organiza tion.—Receive, my dear colonel, the assurance, &c., NIEL." It is only necessary to remark that if the Italians be sincere in their desire to carry out the conven- traitor in strange form and unenticing colours. The little scene with his wife emanates, we suppose, from a hand skilful in drawing on imagination. A new kind of fire-proof is described by the Idaho World as follows:—While at Centreville, the other day, we were shown a novel kind of fire-proof above ground cellar, belonging to and in the rear of the store of Duke and Co. Tho inner walls are of wood—ordinary plank. Against these upon the outside are the novel and perfectly fire-proof walls, made of mere dry earth mixed with molasses, with short cut fibres of old rope, to servo as hair in plastering, included in the mixture. When prepared, this strange plaster ing is spread on the boards, with a heavy plank to retain the mixture in the place intended, and then a big maul is brought to play upon the plank to beat the mix ture solidly in. This is the process. and it is repeated, layer upon layer, and width upon width, until the whole mass is two feet thick, and entirely envelopes the building. A roof of the same material, put on the same way, is added, and the building or cellar is com pleted. Tho collar of Duke and Co. has boon finished only a few days, and yet this covering of dry earth, molasses and hempen fibre is so hard that a nail cannot bo driven into it, and it is impervious to either fire or water. It is an invention of Mr. J. B. Duke's, and though a good many laughed at him, and tried to convince him, while he was putting on the queer mixture that it would be a signal failure, all now admit that his head was soundest on that, and all agree that it is a model fire-proof collar ho has made. Tho yacht Vesta, which Lorillard, of New York, entered fur the great ocean race, has been purchased by Richard Baker, jute., of Boston. A self-propelling steam fire engine has been com pleted in Manchester, New Hampshire, and made a suc cessful trip through the streets. The Worcester machinists, Wood, Light, and Co., are making six profile or edging machines, used in the manufacture of gun-locks, for the Russian Government. They will cost $5,000, and are to be finished in November. HITTING ONE'S BEST FRlEND.—Operatives strik ing work. —The Free Lance. John Weson, a shiftless fellow, living at Boston Corners, had the good luck to finds box containing $5,000 in Spanish dollars, while picking berries in the woods the other day. A paper with illegible writing on it was found in the box, but there was no clue as to when or by whom the deposit was made. VEGETABLE HAlR.—Californian papers state that there is now dug out of the mountains of the Sierra Nevada Range a better material for beds than has been hitherto available in the markets of the world. It is the soap root, which grows in unlimited quantities in that region. It is a bulbous root, enveloped in a very tough and supple fibre, resembling somewhat the husk of cocoa nut in colour and appearance, but nearly as tough as whalebone. Tho roots are dug chiefly by Chinamen, bound in bundles of 1001 b each, and brought on poles to the factory. The first work is to put the roots through a picker similar to a thrashing mac!tine, which is run by horse power. This separates the fibre into a hair of eight or ten inches long, which is placed in a large vat or 'steamer till it becomes flexible, and is free from all gummy or glutinous matter. It is then dried on flats in the sun, put through another fine picker turned by a Chinaman, then taken and twisted into ropes, at a common rope walk, then steamed again, which sets the curl. The ropes are then bound in bales and are ready for the market. The natural colour is brown, but it is often coloured black, and an export would find it hard to tell it from curie I hair. —Toronto Globe. The great strike just at an end in the iron-works of Pennsylvania has, ended badly for the strikers. The origin of the s+rike was an announcement by the iron masters in December last, that in consequence of the decline in prices the wages of puddlers--then receiving nine dollars a ton—would be reduced. On hearing this the puddlers struck, and the other workmen dependent on them were, of course, compelled to follow their example. Three thousand men have conse quently been out of work for seven months. The dispute has now been arranged on the following basis :—The pud dlers are to receive 9 dollars per ton for the first fortnight in August, and after that date are to be paid in proportion to the selling price of iron. To attain this result, which they might readily have attained without any strike at all, strikers have thrown away at least 3,000,000 dollars. THE YEAR OF GREAT PLENTY.—The agricul tural department at Washington reports that there has never before been so favourable a prospect for uniformly good crops since the establishment of the statistical bureau. The average production of wheat has been fivo bushels for each individual in the country, but the promise for the present year is about six bushels. The statistical returns for July show an improvement in the condition of winter wheat over last year in every State but Texas, Nebraska, and Minnesota, the diminution in the latter case being four per cent. The highest improvement is in Ohio, 160 per cent, West Virginia 78, Georgia 96, Tennessee 72, Indiana 54, Kentucky 53, Michigan 35, Vermont 25, New Jersey 25, New York 17. All the States except Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania show an increase of spring wheat on last year. The ave rage of corn is unusually largo, and other grains show an improvement over last year, though not so great as in wheat. Other productions generally of July reports show a largely increased yield. In fact, the reports received from all sections, except in certain limited localities, are most encouraging, and indicate highly remunerative re sults for agricultural labour. Mr. Stetson, of the Astor House, has related to a few, an anecdote of Mr. Webster, with whom he had for a long time been very intimate. On one occasion—ten or twelve years before his death—Webster was in his room, a dozen gentlemen with him, to dine. One of thorn asked the great Daniel : " What, Mr. Webster, is the most seri ous thought that over occupied your mind?" The ex pounder of the Constitution was silent for a few minutes, and seemed to be reflecting deeply. His face at last lighted up, and his whole soul shone through it. He rose with dignity, and said in his deep, rich tones—" The most serious thought that ever occupied my mind was my responsibility to Almighty god." And for twenty minutes—to quote Stetson—his languag; sparkled like the sunshine upon molten diamonds. I have heard Webster in almost every great effort he ever made, but I never heard him so fluently eloquent, so much the representative of the glorious genius he was, so incomparably superior to all other orators of this or any other country, as on that never-to-be-forgotten occasion. THE SunnArr TRIAL.—It is now 59 days, in cluding Sundays, since the first juror was sworn in. During the progress of the trial 282 witnesses in all were examined. The prosecution first examined 74 witnesses in chief ; 92 witnesses wore examined by the defence ; the prosecution followed in rebuttal, and after examining 73 witnesses, none others appealing, the defence was allowed to examine 13 witnesses in rebuttal, principally in relation to witnesses whose characters had been assailed. The prosecution, re main, examincd 26 yfitown iu rQbutto7 and the teoti- tion, they cannot wish the Antibes Legion to desert; they cannot be jealous of the interest which French officers of rank feel in the efficiency and good conduct of that volunteer corps of French soldiers who have to support not only the throne of the Holy Father, but the honour and credit of the French military character. We cannot affect to doubt that the Italian Government is sincerely desirous to ward off any Garibaldian attack from Rome. Overwhelming reasons of policy, involving considerations of no less moment than the existence of the Italian Kingdom itself, compel thcmto pro tect the Pope from without. We suspect, how ever, an arriere pens& ; a secret hope that some internal uprising which the Pontifical forces may be unable to cope with, will open the door to an Italian occupation of the :city and adjoining coun try. It is a delusive hope. Not only has Gari baldi's star long ago paled, but all accounts agree to assure us that the Pope's Government is per fectly able to keep order in his own dominions, if only he be guaranteed against invasion from abroad. He will be aided by his own subjects. There are, in fact, no malcontents in Rome. How should there be, when Rome alone is prosperous, and is the one oasis in the dismal swamp into which all Italy is sinking deeper and deeper ; in plain English, the slough of despond, of irretriev able ruin, national bankruptcy, and social insol vency ! The Romans know when they are well off. The late assemblage of bishops and other foreign ecclesiastics brought above a million ster ling in hard cash into the city. And in a few months there will be the General Council. The following letter from Rome, in the Debats, is worth all the more as evidence, because the writer is evidently no friend to the Pontifical Go: vernment. He says :—" I believed for an instant that an invasion of the Pontifical territory was imminent, that a rising of the Romans would take place, and a serious attack upon the temporal go vernment would be made. What I see and hear confirms me in the opinion that the moment for great events is not yet come. That does not mean that the Romans have become less hostile to the domination of the clergy, that they are less desir ous to escape from it and to proclaim themselves Italian citizens ; but it does mean that they do not judge circumstances to be favourable, and violent means are not much to their taste. The fact can not be dissimulated that the prestige of Garibaldi has greatly diminished, and that his popularity is on the wane. Happy would it be for Italy if the hero of Caprera could be persuaded of that truth. His 'intemperate language and his incessant dia tribes against the government of his country, against the parliament of which he forms part, against the army which has preserved him from more than one check, have alienated from him the sympathy of many. People are at length convinced that he is a man of action, enterprising, audacious, always ready for an attack, but incapable of direct ing a party, of ripening a project, and executing it with prudence. His transports are disapproved, his temerities dreaded, association in his enterprises refused. Such is the general opinion of the Ro mans of a man they have not ceased to admire, but to whom they are not willing to confide their faith. The sentiment which dominates here is absolute confidence in the policy of Victor Em manuel and his Government, and a blind submis sion to the orders or instructions from the Cabinet of Florence. What formed the strength of the former national committee was that the source whence it drew its inspirations was known ; if the new junta attempts to depart from that line of conduct it will expose itself to finding a greater number of dissidents." So, if the Romans wait for Victor Emmanuel, and his Italian Majesty, in , his turn, wait for the Romans , it may be long lenough before the "party of action" work their will on Rome.— Westminster Gazette. [NDVERTISEMENT.)—IIyspepsia (Indigestion) Constipation, De bility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, aro only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, hcemorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and cars, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickneso, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, brJnohitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pain s at the p it of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially aloes, abandoning all other remedies, he has ccnilned himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Ara i t Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal, It has produced a sur prisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure No. 46,270 Mr James Roberts, Umbel. merchant, of Frimley Surrey, of . hit tl years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, awl part's, deafness. Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Docies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dispepsia, nervousness, , sthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and vomiting.—Maris, Joly." Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.— In tins at ls. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs., lls. ; 12 lbs., 225.; 21 lbs., 40s.—BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, stegent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 182, Piccadilly and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and! 89, QlNTikatrQet 330 Strand; and all gmers and cherateta, COMMER CIA L INTELLIGEN CE. The favourable harvest weather has had more to do with the late improvement in public securities than any change that has taken place in the , appearance of Conti nental politics. In that respect no change has taken place ; the same largo standing armies are still kept up and nothing has been done as yet to place Europe upon a peace footing, though it is said that it is the intention of the French Government to give public opinion soon some security in that respect, in order to restore con fidence; but no article in the .2Lfoniteur can have any beneficial effect unless it is accompanied by a decree for .the reduction of the army ; the only act on the part of France that can enable Foreign Governments to reduce their war expenditure. The lirvest is now far advanced in France ; the yield is stated to be under an average crop, the quality being not so good as was expected. In Algeria there has been a total failure on account of the excessive dry weather, and the Government will be obliged, it is stol, to send the seed necessary for the next crop. The country, it is stated, is in a state of famine, and importations of corn for sustenance will also be neces sary. It is, therefore, not probable that corn will fall much in price this year, unless large supplies arrive front America, where the crops are said to be very promising. Any rise in Stock Exchange securities is an immediate cause of reaction by the realisation of old standing limits for sales, together with the distrust still entertained by the operators in the possible permanence of any advance, each moderate rally that has occurred, whether from fa vourable harvest prospects or the influx of bullion, hav ing throughout the present year been speedily followed by a return of weakness and stagnation. At the meeting of the London and South-Western Railway a dividend was declared at the rate of 3 1 per cent. per annum, payable on the 2nd of September, amounting, on £7,772,641 4s. sd. of paid-up capital, to .£145,737 Os. 5d., leaving to be carried over to the current half year £1,664 13s. 11d. The average rate of interest on the mortgage debt has been slightly increased, it stand ing for the half year at 4.40 per cent. as compared with 4.31 for the corresponding period of 1866. During the half year great exertions have been made to reduce the working expenses, and a saving has been made of £10,454, with a reduced mileage of trains run of 128,140. It is anticipated that the same saving will be made during the coming half year ; and, as it is to be expected that deben tures will be renewed at reduced rates, there is every prospect of a better dividend for the present half, as the first six weeks show an increased receipt of £17,000. The chairman gave a full explanation of the accounts,%nd said that the liabilities of the new lines under construc tion amounted to only £650,000. A resolution was passed against any further extensions or branches without first consulting the shareholders. With the present good management the South-Western will, no doubt, stand well in the market. The directors of the London and North-Western Rail way Company have issued'their report with statement of accounts for the half-year. They show that the net pro ceeds of the working for that period have been £917,851 17s. 5d., to which has to be added the balance from last account, amounting to £24,500 6s. 3d., together £942,35 2 3s. Bd. From this sum they pay a dividend at the rate of 5-1 per cent. per annum, leaving £28,676 4s. Bd. to be car ried to the credit of next half-year. The traffic returns show for the six months a decrease of £10,723 in receipts from passengers, and an increase of £21,649 in those frog' goods as compared with the corresponding period of 1866. With regard to the South-Eastern Railway, it is stated that the accounts of the company are made up to the half year ending the 31st of July last, and are now in course of audit. They show a total net profit of £330,613 avail able for dividend, after the rate of £2 16s. 6d. against 17s. 6d. in the corresponding period of last year. It ar pears, however, that the arectors have adopted the sound resolution to recommend the proprietors to charge to re venue the whole of the interest, amounting to £29,182, on the unproductive capital for lines and works unfinished/ including the direct Tunbridge line, a process which wil l reduce the amount available to £78,694, and will give a dividend after the rate of '2 per cent. per annum, and lag ° a balance of £2,300. In relation to the Rio Improvements Company, it al ) " pears that the Brazilian Government have, as usual, Pa la punctually the half-yearly tax to the agents of the pany, Messrs. John Moore and Co., of Rio. At the tremely low rate of exchange, caused by the continuance of the war, and the creation of paper money, the remit tance is only £34,700, to pay expenses and dividend W I/ a share capital of £850,000 and debentures, during this first half year. • The report of the directors of the Great Northern na ll i way Company has been issued. The receipts on capital account for the half year are £560,565. Mortgages to 0 0 amount of £62,300 have been paid off, and £24,600 has been reborrowed at a reduced rate. The revenue account show s ' receipts £992,373, and expenditure £544,193, leaving, after, payment of fixed and preference charges, the soil'° £163,953, from which it is proposed to pay a dividend 8,1 the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. The interest paT upon the mortgage debt of the company is £42,9 41 ' against £31,613, paid during the corresponding six mont hs of last year, showing that a largo saving may be pected when the debentures are renewed. The 00' capital authorized to be raised is £18,315,460, and the total powers not exercised £3,197,211. The weekly trafg ° shows a fair amount of increase, and the dividend for the ast six months of last year was at the rate of 8 per cent' per annum. The business in the markets for stocks and shares 10 ' 4 not been of an extensive character. Railway shares el: hibit greater firmness. Foreign stocks continue neglectedv; they may, however, be expected to improve if no ° e re loan is brought out, and the peace of Europe mad e °0 secure. The bargains in English securities are fa r froo large— Westminster Gazette. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER--Auo. 24. 301 This market was well supplied with new whea'" i last week's prices declined about 3s per qr. 403 Wheat, white 8 3 s 7133 Beans, Driazagan...... 3o 48 6 red 603 7 8 Middle and small.-44s 0 Barley ... ... 42s 48s Peas, white. ........• : 383 40 Oat ..... ... s 8 grey ...as CHELMSFORD—ArG. 23. 10 ifr There were many samples of now wheat 00 63 5 fiV . day, the principal in good condition, but business w 3 c a to ther slow, merchants and millers not being incl i g n ria buy except at lower rates. A few transactions 10 " corn, at late rates. 40 400 6 Whedt, old white 58s 726 Peas, Partiidge ...... - o•• new (Os 751$ White.... .. ..•• 34 30 0.4 000 0 old red '.6s 66s Baling ....... •:,,, 4 a new. 61s 70s Dun.... ..... .••.....- 0 -: 5 ; 8ar1ey..... 26s 358 dit•o, nevil• • 400 5 , 4 Lhevalier $• a 538 Beans, Tick, old ....• • 4 " 39 0 46 0 Grind Ilf, , 'Os 32s new. ••• . 0 Malt 663 744 Harrow 1 ick B • 42 o 4 5$ Chevalier 68s 76i new.. .• 41 43 0 S9O Oats ••• 2os 26s Mazagan. ..... - vitt DEEN—Atm. •23. Prices for all descriptions of grain were on 5 leg 0 1 ° last seek. There was a quiet business done, Wi t ' attendance. White wheat 58s Od to 63s Od} buS Ile Red wheat 50 s Od to 58 s Od 621 b V 1. Potato oats 28 s Od to 29 s Od t aim , v) bus hel C om mon oats 26s 6d to 27s Odf '''— 1. Bere 35s Gd to 36s Gd t ,q,t, 111)0 11C Barley 35s 6cl to 36s 6d) "--- ; 28 0 ; ? Oatmeal 20s Gd to 21s Gd boll 0 .. .250w' Flour, hue 52s Od to 51s Od ?sack of KIRKCALDY—Auci. 24. Too Small supplies of wheat at our market r to-dao l lbe r 10 samples of oats; and ono of barley. Wheat Was - favour of buyers. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First...—. 628 6d ; 3es Od 2 78 Od ecend.... (3s Od I —s Od als 6d Turd , C 44 Od ' —a Od —0 °l' COAL MARKET. Price por ton at the closeof the market. s. (1 6 ' s. d. 1 9 6 Holywell Main l7 0 Original Hartlelvol .• 1 8 North Pelton Gas Haswell Wharncliffe l7 3 East Hartlepool ...... 16 . 11 9 Bradyell'slletton lB 3 Tunstall ~ .. . .......... 0 Kelloe Heugh Hall lB 6 Kepier Grange ••• ships at market, 44—sold, 42. Births. th e "' L BAKER—On the 2 , lth inst., at Bayfordbury, 11"-s. the Leet of W. Clinton Baker, Esq., of a daugh ter. - 1 1 use , IP CAMPBELL— On the 21th inst., at Glebela nd Kent, the lady of Captain A. IL E. earaplX" Madras Cavalry, of a son. 14° GWYTHER—On th 24th inst r ., at Meadowero" Sydenham, Mrs. IL Gwythe, of a daughter. Marriages. ~,13 , cio' t TWIBILL —ROGERS—On the 22d inst. at 9t. t. James s iir jeli g t (lepton, Lieut.-Col. James Twibicl, late' 38th nglof ti V. to 'Maria Josina Catharine, widow of the 'at° ' ~ Armstrong Rogers, 95th Regiment. roto r `, l , WEATRERALL —EMMEL —0 n the 24th last, at Q t "S ` of Bay,water, Frederic Weatherall, Esq., of Iligiw,liteo park, and the Temple, to Helen August, clatbetiv the late Herru P. I'. Emmy], - Press ' ss.a. of lthoimbollerS, J. Deaths. 1 1r. ANDERSON —Oa the 25th • inst., at Clap ~ Y . Auders9n, aged 83. , , r ee. , FARADAY — On ham, Sarre), .f the 24th inst., at 'Hampton Coarvb 0, Faraday, of the Royal Institution, aged 76. t _Gol. HILL—On, the 22d inst., at Tickhill Castle, Ve t ' • JO' J. Hill, late of the 7th Hussars, aged 69. KIFG —On tho 23d inst., at Wellington-road, D ° ©Ste t, tort Smyth-King, Esq., barrister -at - law . 13ico s ja a MARSIIAM —On the 24th inst., at Bieester lic alse t - -no it the Rev. Charles ligreshatn, vicar of Stoic () PJ C. Oaversfl Br e w old, aged 8 1 . ptoll-Cre6Celit' W ESSEL —On the 251 h inst, at 14, R. H. Wessel, Esq., aged 45. ---' ——-- _ _2l - - --------$ I London : Printed and Published by WILLIA3I ADS rlo. 1 ",:f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tres SO Offlothriopti" Strand, in the Precinct of the SP voy, .in _OO ' Kidttleaez.--Tuesdsy, August 27, 1867: