The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-02 00:00:00

li 0 ''t A.N D COMMIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: s he ltf t g eneral discount market, this morning, have pres en t e d no material alteration, either with regard to the ntina!)er of enquiries or the terms , u pon which t h ey are granted. 7} per cent. is the lowest charge for the b e I)best description of m ercan til e ~aPer, and the b ro k ers are still showing a great ueal of reserve, because they anticipate a good demand on preparations for the 4th of the month. Toe failure has been announced of Messrs. Co r p i . ,ji.raggietti, and Co., hi th e L evant tra d e, with li abiliti es and at £60,000, an d assets at 44°,00 . Th e books have been placedin the h an d s of Messrs. Hart, Brothers, the accountants. The prospectus has appeared of the Merchant 11113Png Company, with a capital of £1,000,000, half to be first i , 3sued in shares of £5O each. i t he undertaking is introduced by the Imperial mtereintile Credit Association, and the Credit t °bll ier and it proposes to purchase the business, i te°llB u 3 , docks, plant, fleet, &c., of Messrs Somes Tk r°t here, a large and old-established firm at Poplar. The fleet consists oi: 18 vessels, and is' in active and eruallerative employment in the East Indies, China, and Australian trades. The terms for the transfer °I the prop erty aro highly satisfactory ; f o u r com petent surveyors ere to be chosen, t wo by. the cora ellaa s a nd two by the firm, who are t o va l ue t h e i s : .tue • Messrs Somes are t o re t a i n a l arge i nterest h, association, an d t o t a k e a l oad i ng share in its pSeine 13,4" Irxoepeet'as of the Free masons ' T avern Com -41,718 issued with a capital of £65,000, in 6,500 e h: Bh ares• This company is formed for the pnr, h otel Of f h well-known and extensively patronized t o anti ta vern, situate in Great Queen-street, Other with the extensive buildings now being i,oidett to the Original house. The present proprietor saf t • °°l:l tinue his valuable services, and the most -stsiectory results are anticipated by the directors. At Two o'CLocit. telegramt Paris this day, accarding to M r . R eu t er ' s ,i, the F rench 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. ti o 48 English St oc k M ar k et s h ows l i ttle anima . 1 , 4 1 ' , although - .pric es are we ll ma i nta i ne d . T he h i : 4 ' have been steady to-day at yeste r d a y' s quo oh.°4, and if it were not for monetary a f f airs pun i t "'ea for a ri se wou ld poss ib ly b e made. As is the Unsettled aspect of the discount a r 4r e ke t Produ ces uncerta i nty. C onsols for money Th,, 89 ! '4, and for the account, 89f 90 . "ev? Threes and Reduced Annuiti e s are 891. I; 831' he quer Bills, March, 10 s . di s ., an d J une, 105. to 8• dis.; India 5 per Cents., 1041 d; and &faced P e r Cents., 102 f. 1 2 4 , 1 ' i the Foreign Market there i s no t much alai e 'ion, but prices have been rather firm. Turkish Per Cents., 1858, are 71! 721; do. Consolides, Mexican, 29; I; do. New, 261 i ; Greek, 231 p 4 '; Spanish Passive, 291 ; do. Certificates, 101 ; 70 4tu guess, 48 ; and the Conf e d era t e L oan, 751 1 . t 1 . 13 usiness in the Railway Sh are M arket has con ,°, tied inactive, but i n a f ew i nstances prices have /Illitly improved. Midl an d h ave advanced 10s. ; l atehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £l, and North W eiler/2, £1; Caledonian, however, have declined 18 s. at T hu Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, ahem previous rates. ( 1, 1/ ' 4l t and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. L on - A ll Joi nt Stock have advanced to 51; Bank of -6?stralasia have declined to 521, and Alliance to Maritime Credit Company shares are quoted 4uf i r T al la. ; Thames Plate Glass Company, 1 prem . ; e,,„ . "ltion' Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding — P 111 3", 2 prem. a I)Gb,e7c4tteertll,4l:TerilEo:B,44.rillioullßP:FDBDS—CLOSlNG PRICES. 89i IT i 90 891 891 i , 9 3 Per Cent. Reduced 89k i 9 Z tew 3 per Cent. New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891.... A u ° 6 Per C•• t Jan. 1873 -'oltuities, 3(;),11T" xpi . eJan. 1880 _— Do for 30 e ra, expire sth APTill,lBB — Do (Red Bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 Mach. Ex chequer Bills, £l,OOO, Do 10 dis 6 8 dis June. D o li k i. £lOO and £2OO .. 242 3& 31 per Cent. 10 dis i,, England Stk, 51 per Ct. : h 4 . ce°4llt. 12. CiOVERIIMENT SECURITIES. 213 111 Va Stock, 1i per Cent., April 1874 _ IS° 4,ocount 1041 ,)° o per Cent. July, 1870 ...' ° Account... •.• .......... t4e 4 Per Ce nt 100 _ . .... .oet 1888 ~.. Do Certificates _Nu° Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .u o 5 102 i ll b_ „Per Cent., Jan. 1872 -,-,° "Z Cent., May, 1879 1 - '0 4 Parr Cent., Aug. 1865 b , ~ Bendl; 1,000 ................ "under £1,000.,.... . ... A i FAR E IGN F UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -usLrian Donde, 5 per cent .. ~. Do 1859 — Gra4llla4 6 per Cent...... Do 4 par Ceut., 13 2.58 6U 8(V1 Do 1863 _ 13 acnos Ayres 6 per Cent 4-)0 Account ...... . . „ Dot per Cent. (Dele.r.r ... 3 per cent.). • ._"— vhflian 6 per Cent. ..... D o 4 ..... _ „ , i pet Cent. • ..... _ glenZ°;ool 6 per Ce 4°4, per Cent. ... . 4 ,,b . 0 6 per Cent, 1.g6.4, ... _ X l Nar New Co nsolidated, 1 p©r Cent —..... t 4 'ell 3 per Cent. 1825 103 R,yptian 7 per C ' t 103 0100) Second Issue: i c i e k 6 per Cent., 1824-s,ex-Coupons -- to Account ............ 13° CattPous 13414eccunt... - 234 . ..) tj"llstala 6 per cent. hvi ab ` B , B9 and 1859 kie x f, - a Per Cent.(Marommana Railway) 72 t 1)-44 per Cent 29i $ bcl Account ...... b c ' l, 6 Per Cent, 1864 ~ -die Lo re Cent, Scrip, Ex. 25f ....Cc .. bil t G Per .Cent. Anglo-French /4 00 . 0 Scrip, £23 Pal liewrien I mperial 6 p er cent ])" Uransda -(1 2 Cont. b per Ilu Deterred .. ..... P eh . l44: ..n nd 4 lr u a e r r ra c n e ts nt (liectares) 11 0 ::'''' - • f CrribarTen) 0 "per Cent. k _ _ 1 . 1) 1) ,.? 4 .l le p o e u r nt Cent. • 1562 °'k 3 per Cent., 1853 _ Doge hl 0 2'3 • 48 1 , b4,ount ~c r7,,y,'6 ,o'. . 471 8 ,I)(ldAPer Cent.,lN't Alb i i,,‘I C COUtt .. •A , c 9 .) , £St . 91/ 1.) B -4 6 per Cent., io-- .. 1 ) 0 1i 5 per C ent., 1850 1860 D e a .. „ , Per Cent 1859 881 Do 's Per Cent, 1862 ...... 89/ b;i1glo-butch •• • • Pm at.ii,;?,°l'il), £lO paid 83. -- t. 5 ‘ c t 1),„ A pct. en Bpe,..', ecount .6.017 3 per cent 50i D o , .ccount 13° ,`Tett. Deferred b`i, 4,,ccoilait ...................... — ~ 61) ' 4E"ive ° Accoaut .. ; ........... ...... Plllieb. Cert. of . Coup not . funded • 101 i 6 1)0 Account ............ _ wedigh 4 per de s n . t . .. 6. . t'4l),;iiiBtlPpe4rCf?enti.dlBs4 — Pm iiioo ipe..crouenetti.t. iiis.B. ........ — o— -721 11 4ea°4llt D 04) , : , ''loo 13onds. • ....- 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 7 7? )t h a 4:100 Donde . bo c D o 1863 .. 99/ \rut). karanteed Cent..... bezticla 3 per C e n t. Dolicit, e°°llllt 1) ( -, /,' Per Cent., 18'62 4,ecA)unt .. dis D o .°,l'iP 430 p.a.id . -° it per Cent .... A i , , Divid e s on th e a b ove paya b le in London, e;4 . r tt i rl a. ° 4 , 5 pperrzz..ExE. x. 25 1 f 0 Florins. . DC 4ccoluit ............... 94 itl'Ult;i42PlePreiCeenet.C.ieti.ficlGs ai.l -,,'1k1, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 I,r-ua Account .......... francs 67-1- ~,,e4el/ Itentea, 2 per Cent .. -- p,_ - 0 arßon d i, :‘ 'Vial] I) 11 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. ...... Lt'llno nteso, 5 per Cent.,Ex. 25f THREE O'CLOCK. %uaols Money „ 1)° 4"%u1t;..:11. ................ ) MARKET SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOR.S. °, ttitel, Railway% 18.14. st 10 st st 50 20 10 10 Do York Do Carlfole.. ..... North London 1.16.4 Do New ..... North StatTordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun. Staines, Wok.,au d Wok Stookton tt Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Meter ' Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford do Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. &R Weet Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 1.2.10 Glr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,rindMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 1.1 Do A A gets no div Do. till6pc.pan.bas been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&A.b. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk i Ditto A stock : Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Great Western DoSir Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Biaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr..th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares... .. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwia Do, G.N.E. purchas, Do Leeds Closing Business Price. done. Paid. I $ 9 91 85 47 1244 123 k 6 7 35 36 16 17 91 03 110 112 48 49 7i 7t 133 135 153 155 128 13.: 90 9! 691 701 121 .1216 70 72 103 103 93 (4 117 1176 VB6 locri 666 C 76 111 1124 138± 1381 107 IC9 55 Ed 25 26 110 111 88.1 87i 07A OSt 126 129 14p 79 81 1U 111 126 130 38 40 67 59 85 87 922 Vai !103 105 7 i 86 374 381 101 114 0 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 98 103 35 37 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shim- Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 Wanda ek St Lawrenet all 58 6 0 58i Sk 1 I 3om.,Barodadt.Ccntlnd 100 1013 1023 101 1 2 Gu. 5 per oent.. 20 Do. New ... ..... 8 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 73 par 3 p 203 autialo and Laxc Huron all a 51 10 Do. Preference .... . all 73 81 100 Buffalo,Brant,dxGodricl 100 75 80 / 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1 1, 1871 100 Do. do. July , 187, 100 75 10 iOO Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 75 80 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Lin, 100 97 99 993 st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 94 95 steek Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p.. 100 102 104 1033 23 Stook Last Indian. gu. sp. c 100 102 103 1021 33 2 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 par 4 p 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 Par t P stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 193 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 72 3 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 673 100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 55 67 10000 Do. 3d Pref. stock . all 48 6 ! 100 Do. do. deferred.... .. all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc all 28 30 . 00 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook OtandiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 102 103 103 23 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 par 3 l' Do. January, 1882 .. stook Zitt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 1821 1103 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 93 91 91 3 203 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 84 ill 100 Do. 53 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 3 d 31) stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 991 1003 ICO3 100 stock Do.ll p. o. Extension 100 93 05 stook Dc. 33 d 0........ 'CO 8 ) 6 1 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Alelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bildt, 100 50 nab. & Hobson's Bay. all 59 61 100 Do. 7p. c. Blortg. Bds. all 90 New Br unswlck et Caudp Class A an a B all I 6 N.ll.l.C'daB pc let p 1 bas , 100 82 8 4 stock Bcinde ... )... —.. (100 101 101 stock Do. Delhi 1 4,3 , ' 100 99i ICOI ZU Do. do ' .a E2 pr 3p 51 Do. Ponjaub Do. 1)0, ___ _ . ?„...,- i . stock I Do. Indue.St. no.) 1 klOO , 91 95 ) COLONIAL; GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.e.Ja. Jul , - 1877-81 100 03 1(0 081 10) 99 1)o. a p.c. VOL& Aug. 100 I.OJ 103 - Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 103 I Do. 6p. c..lan.&July. 10i 87 8) Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 87 8 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1871; 100 104 100 Do.Ap Oct&. 1880 100 107 .109 Do. 1890 100 I)9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 I Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 ,Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cant, 100 106 ICB N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 93 100 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. V. Gov. 5p 1, ISol 100 97 09 - I Du. sp. e.,18t1 to 1. - i - if 100 Wi I'7l , I Do. d0.,1888 azupwds 100 VOA 076 97 2 I- New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - 'Nova ,Scotia Gov. 6 p. C. j ste rling, 1875 lOO 99 101 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 103 101 16. Aus G61).0.1878.4; up lOO 105 103 - Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&july 100 - 'Do. to 6 p.a. An.‘tOot.. 100 1091 1104 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consul. Gold 1 / ulifford Amalgamated 33 31 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 570 680 5771 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 C.B 70 —•East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ....... 1.14.0 284 294 294 - East earn Brea 3.4.0 81 81 8/ E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.13.0 44 6 - IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 581 0 8 Great South Tolgus 178 21- 2/ Wheal Vor (lielston 40 26 28 'Grenville... 6.16.( 61 if 111er:4'6-Foot ...... 8.12 38 40 ilingston Downs 4.18.0 31 44 Lady Bertha - Margaret (Guy Lelant 94 8 10 Ilarke Valley.. 4 %lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 24 If .1 New Setun lO 75 85 —• North Downs 3 14 If N.Wh'll3asset(lllo4an, 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty t'ar Consols (St. Blazey Providence (Uny telnt.; 10.0.7 4) 42 South Caradon(StCleer, If 470 480 13. earn Brea (Illogan) Fran. (IllogAn. 18.18.9 45 50 iStray Park 30.17.6 28 30 Tamar Stiv..t Lead Min. fin Croft 9 174 184 I West Basset (Illogan), l4 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 15 17 West Soton Wheel Basset (Mogan; 54 874 9?,t Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 x 5 28 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott 8.5.8 14 2 Wheal Mary Ann ( * Men.) 8 14 16 Wheal 3cton 584 220 230 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent.. Ditto, 4 S per cent. red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Lancashire and Yorkshire, ti per cent. stock, Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., loOs Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct..:921 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo (lim.). qua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), FOREIGN MLNEEL Port Philip, 1 St. John dcl Rey (lim.), 40 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., 21 BANNS. Alliance (Um.), 67 Anglo Austrian, 7KI Anglo-Italian, limited, Si Australasia, 54 Bank of British Columbia, British and Californian, hm., 51 City, 138 i Hindustan, China, and Japan (1im.),(35 4i Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 221 Imperial Ottoman, 17} Land Mortgage Bank of India, HM., Si London B ink of Mexico and S. America, MO, C London Bank of Scotland, Um., 50 London and County, 78 7i London Joint Stock, 50 491 51 London and Northern, lirn., 221 Merchant Bank, Urn., 3oi Oriental Baru Corporation, 59 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lira., 13i South E :stern, lira., 9 Union of Australia, 52} Union of London, 53 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine,,72j MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Coma any, 75 Company Commercial o f A U ri f r i l o c n, anlnsurance,Merchants,o 8 11 I m o . , k 3 Credit r, 10i 11 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Prcierence, 109 Egyotian Corn. and Trading, Um., 3; English and Scottish Marine, lim., 51 Gen.'Credit and Finance of London, 1im. , 74 7 Hudson's Bay. 17 Ilumber Iron Works, 36 Imperi , d Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 10 gl I nternat i ona l Financial society, nm., 91/ 4 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 7 Land Credit of Ireland, lim., 5 Land Securities, , 6 51 London Financial Association, lirn., 24 6 Ditto, new, 20} 2 ) London General Omnibus Company, 2E3 London Mercantile Discount, lira., 5i Milwall Iron Works, 5i •. National Discount Company, lira., nit I Ditto, new,l t North In iti s h and Mercantile Insurance, pm, 19 ocean 5) arine (Insurance), 4t Peninsula and Oriental Steam, ditto, new,',so 49i Itto Janeiro City Improvements, Um.. Ditto, new, 31: R o lri Mail stea m , 91 .-,k4itnes and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 7} n Diemen's Land, 10 Warrant Finance, Lim, 5; 13RI 159 4 1 31 74 70 69; 70 1211 1 71 107 44 1 73 18} 99} 683 8 7/ 1381 i I i P 1:01 i 67i 7 i 98 7i i 100 all all all all 100 100 100 8.13.4 100 100 THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EV*ENING, AI:JOUST 2, 18G4. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Jr. Commissioner Goulburn). IN RE MARTIN. The bankrupt was described as of Kilburn, "gentle man," and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts to secured creditors amount to £l2B—un secured, £2lO —and liabilities on accommodation bills, £1,005. The assets consist of some household furniture. Mr Bagley opposed, and asked for a cash account. The bankrupt stated that ho had no income, but was maintained by his wife out of her settlement, the validity of which the assignees disputed. Mr Sargood said that the bankrupt had foolishly given the bills to a friend, but had not received any consideration. Hit 4 Honour said that such cases must be watched. The Court left the door open too wide to let these "gentle men" in. An adjournment was ordered for enquiry. IN ItE SIMMONDS. The bankrupt was an auctioneer clerk at Brompton, and applfed to pass and take his order of discharge. The debts are £6OO ; no available assets. Mr Sykes, for the official assignee, said the accounts were very remarkable. There were no less than 7 tailors, 4 butchers, 8 drapers, an upholsterer, cigar dealer, 5 linen merchants, a pianoforte manufacturer, and all other descrip tions of tradesmen, to the number of 80, and one lawyer. . . His Honour said this was one of those cases which ought to be diligently watched. It was one which clearly came under tho section of the„A.ct of Parliament relative to un justifiable extravagance in living. A creditor opposed, and said that the bankrupt had ob. tained goods from him on hire, but took them away, although he (the oreditor) had refused to give credit, and only consented to let the goods on hire on the condition that they should not be removed without his written authority. As the creditor hod not proved his debt the opposition could not be maintained. Mr. Read urged that the bankrupt was only 21 years of age, yet he had a wife and three children, and he had given up a situation to go into partnership, and was deceived— hence his difficulties. His Honour said that the expenditure had been most unjustifiable, and the discharge would be suspended for 6 months, but as Mr Sykes did not appear protection would be granted. The bankrupt said he would pay all his debts if he ever had the means. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. EXPERT JUVANILE PRACTITIONERS.—Jane Barclay, a girl 14 years of age, was charged with having, in company with another girl of the same age, named Eliza Barclay, robbed a shopkeeper. Eliza Hanzal, of 58, King's. road, Chelsea, hosier, said that the two prisoners entered the shop on Saturday and re quested to be shown some stockings. While they were upon the counter Barclay, who is only 14 years old, said to the other girl, "Have you got your purse ?" and upon her replying in the negative, told her to go home and fetch it, and Barclay immediately loft, and after an absence of a few minutes returned, and said that their mother was coming to measure the stockings. A silk scarf, which had been on the counter a short time before, was then missed, and the girls both endeavoured to get away, but Barclay was then captured, and being brought to this court yesterday, was remanded to a future day. Police-constable Dosch, 312 B, said that he apprehended the prisoner Barclay last night in Old Pyo-street, IVest ster. He had been, since she had got away from the King's road, in quest of her, and from information succeeded in finding her last night. On searching her he found the miss ing scarf, some new stays, and other articles of wearing apparel. Mr Arnold asked whether owners had been found for the latter property. _ _ The police replied that there had not as yet, although there could be very little doubt that the things had been stolen. The prisona had given no account whatever of how she became possessed of the things, which were very good. The mother of the prisoner, a creditable looking woman, was present, and said that she had not before seen her daughter for a fortnight. She had suddenly left her home then, and she had no idea where she had been spending her time or how she lived. Prisoner was remanded to be brought up with the other girl. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 ; new do., £3 to £1 ss; clover, £4 03 to £5 15s; and straw, £1 Os to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate. CUMBEHLAND.—OId mew tow hay, £2 lOs to ; new do., £3 to £4 sa; clover, £1 O to £5 15s; and straw, £1 Us to lOs per load. Trade firm, WHITECHAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2 10e. to £5 ; new do, £3 to 58; clover, £4 to £5 15s; and straw, Us to £1 10s. per load. A steady demand. CALCUTTA An CHINA MAILS. By the overland mail we have received letters and papers from Calcutta to June 22. Money at Calcutta was easy. All shares were rising, and there was a fear that considerable spe culation might arise if 'he Bank rate were lowered farther, as seemed probible. There was not much demand for bills on London, and exchange had given way. The Friend of India states that it has received intelligence which leads it to look for war with Bhcotan :—" [t is an unfortunate fact that the Bhooteas so far overpowered the Hon. Ashley Eden's prudence as to induce him to sign a treaty ceding to them the whole of A..13=1. This wretched treaty they now insist upon cur complying with, and we need scarcely say that the Government, unlike its special envoy, has not the least intention of yielding to them. It would not have exacted retribution for the insults cast upon Mr Eden, but undoubtedly it will not suffer this tribe of savages to lay a finger upon British territory. If, then, the Bhooteas are obstinate, war will be declared against them at once. This is the position in which matters at pre sent stand." On the other hand, the Englishman states that the " Oracle," which the Bhooteas saw fit a short time since to consult on the advisability of attacking the British, has opened its mouth and answered in the words of wisdom. " Beware, oh ye Bhooteas !" it says, "for the Feringhees are a powerful nation. There will be no success if ye wage war against them, and therefore Mabakall orders his children not to cross the Berhampootra. But if the Fering bees invade Bhootan, lo I defeat shall come upon them, for it is written that Bhootan shall never own subjection to any but the Dhurm Rajahs of Bhootan and Thibet. The Ilurkaru again states that :—" N o t w ithstand an expeditionary forcein g a ll will N. reportsp proceed e e t d o t t h o e E c h o o n o t t raanr y i ' ll the coming cold season. Preparations are quietly but steadily going on in Fort William with this view. Government has instituted inquiries as to how light two regi ments at the Presidency—the 25th and 40th N.l. can march, what number of mules they will require for baggage purposes, and what arrangements are necessary regarding shoes, warm clothing, &c. The Eurasian Mountain Train Battery is to accom pany these regiments, and probably some European troops will be sent also. Her Majesty's 27th Regi ment, ,now at Dinapore, is named as the corps likely to supply the European portion of the expe dition." Mr Wood, of the firm of Wood, 011iffe, and Co., merchants and army agents, has been con victed of breach of trust, and sentenced to years' imprisonment, with hard labour. His partner, Mr 011iffe, left India some months ago. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, (From the Hurkaru of June 22.) During the past week we have no material change to note in the general position of trade. Exports go forward moderately, and we do not look for more activity until prices are cheaper than at present. This must be the case with the arrival of larger supplies shortly on the opening of the rivers. The chief transactions of the week have been in sugar, saltpetre, and jute. With the two former prices have fully recovered the late decline, and there is a good inquiry at present rates. Jute is taken off freely, and the stock of best quality is very light. The present prices of raw silk deter buyers: In imports, cotton piece goods close without animation generally, and it would be difficult to effect large sales at the current quotations, and we baliove in some cases lower prices are named. Grey roadapollams, jaconets, and the heavier makes of grey shirtings have been chiefly in re quest. The season for printed cottons is approaching, and heavy sales have been made in anticipation, at a consider able advance. The twist market shows no further im provement; buyers are shy, stocks of white mule are low in first hands. The money market is abundantly supplied, and facilities aro readily obtainable in the open markets below the Bank of Bengal rates. The directors at their weekly meeting, on the 16th current, reduced 1 per cent. on the interest on loans on Governwent securities. It is anticipated that a further reduction will take place to-morrow, at the weekly westing. Contrary to expectation our Government paper market has not maintained the momentary higher quotations following on the reduced rates, demanded for new teas had closed the market. We have dates from Nagasaki to the 24th tilt. The Prince of Satsuma has purchased the steamship Lotus for 120,000 dose. Tne foreign residents had celebrated the Queen's birthday by an unusual " jollification." Her Majesty's ship Perseus fired a salute at noon, and was followed by one of the shore residents, who kept up a brisk if not heavy fire for some short time. The thirst for amusement had been by no means subdued, for we hear that a grand theatrical performance was to come off on the 26th ult. on board her Majesty's ship Perseus, while the 28th had been appointed for a regatta. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. ® _. The gigantic works carried on in the construction f this important harbour, originally under the ~ u perintendence of the late Mr. Rendel, but during the last seven years under the dine' ion of Mr. John Hawkshaw, as engineer.in-chief, are approaching to a close; and within the next or following year will, as far as the great northern breakwater is con• cerned, be fully completed. When finished the harbour will rank amongst the finest displays of engineering and mechanical skill in the kingdom. In the early progress of the harbour discussions frequently took placa in Parliament in reference to the outlay incurred in the prosecution of the works ; but, on Mr. Hawkshaw's appointment as chief engi neer, some modifications of former designs were adopted, by which the general effectiveness of the harbour was fully maintained. For several years about 1,500 hands were employed in the great un dertaking, the larger number in quarrying stone from Holyhead Mountain, and the remainder in forming the breakwater. This number, in the last year or two, has been greatly reduced, and at the present time not more than 200 are employed. An improvement of very great importance will immediately be added to the harbour. The floating light• moored -of the extremity of the northern breakwater is about to be removed, and in its stead a fixed light is intended to be placed in the solid stone of that great protective work, as near to its extremity as possible. This will materially increase the efficiency of the harbour in gales of wind, inasmuch as the floating light owing to the length of cable neces sary to moor it in 10 fathom water, with a high range of tide, rendered it necessary for vessels enter. ing to give it a wide berth to escape the danger of being driven on the opposite coast. The transformation of Holyhead Harbour from what it was a few years ago to what it now is, and its leviathan proportions, can be viewed only with wonder and admiration by those who can recollect its former insignificance. Some important addi tions are still, however, desirable. The pier accoma modations for passengers to and from Ireland, although well designed, conveniently placed, and being strengthened and improved, are, after all, only temporary expedients, which will require extensive yearly repairs to maintain, and can last only a short time. Mr. Hawkshaw, some time ago, designed stone-packet piers of a permanent character, which would render the accommodation as perfect as it is possible to be. These are at pre sentin abeyance, but there is a general feeling that they could be carried out; and there can be no doubt that the exigencies of the postal service will before long necessitate their construction. In addition to the works which the Government are completing at Holyhead, the London and North Western Railway Company are materially increas ing their accommodation for goods traffic. The old harbour is being very much improved at their. ex pense, and under the sanction of the Government. The harbour is being deepened, and a long length of vertical sea walling, with water frontage, is being erected, reclaiming and enclosing an area upon which a large goods shed is to be bcilt. This shed will be fixed so that goods can be taken immediately from the steamer and placed under shelter. COLONIAL. TEA—Business bas been rather dull. A small quantity, however, is announced for public sale to-day, and prices are expected to rule a shade easier. SUGAR—The market has continued very inactive, and quotations for West India have slightly given way. In the refined market there is little change of importance. COFFEE —The demand for Colonial descriptions has been steady, and prices have in many instances been sustained, the stocks on hand, however, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a alight increase. RlCE—Only a moderate business has been done in East Indian descriptions, at about previous rates. TALLOW—Business has continued inactive, although quotations for both present and forward delivery are well maintained. P.Y. C. on the spot is 41s. 6d., and last three months 435. 6d. to 435. 9d. SHIPPING-THISDAYS LONDON, Aug. 2.—Wind this day at noon—Soutl4. Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Aug. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Helen Burn, from Rio Grande. PORTSIEOUTII, Aug. I.—Wind W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Syrian, for Plymouth. CARDIFF. Aug. I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Anna Marie, from Miramichi. Sailed—Alhatiosa, for Singsporo—Wil liam, for Rio Jarieiro. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. I.—Wind W.--Arrived—Surprise, from Cardenas. SCILLY, Aug. I.—Wind N , W.—Salled—Enterprise, for Bahia. OFF QUEENSTOWN, Aug, 30, —Arrived--Gcncral Wind ham, from Callao. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) CALAYESIIND, Tuesday Morning: Arrived, Mtg. I—:lforris, from Porto Rico—Concordia, New York—RoP':in Castle, from Caloutta—Progress, from Alexandria—Yiaofman, from Richibucto—lsabella Robin son, from r , - )olombo—Sir George Pollock, from Pugwash— Campr.ne, from Gottenburg—FirEs, from Cronstadt. Sailed, Aug. I—Granville, for Mauritius. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Elita, schooner, from the west, and Apphia, from Grenada, both for London—Raven, of Yarmouth, and Favourite, of Poole, from the north, for the west—Rapid, from Gloucester, for the Baltic—Ben Limoud, and Fourth of November, from Quebec, for Hull. Sailed—Lorat with others, westward. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES.—In the act passed on the 14th ult. to grant additional facilities for the purchase of small Government Annuities, and for assuring payments of money on death, it is recited that in the Act 16th and 17th of Victoria, cap. 45, deferred annuities of small amounts can only be granted upon the condition that the full amount ranked to purchase such annuities be paid in one sum or by annual payments dining a course of years fixed at one time of purchase. It also recites that under the Mar:i act contracts for payment of a sum of money on death cannot be entered into except on the condition that the party contracting for such payment on death at the time purchase a deferred annuity on his life. The law is now altered, and it is enacted that deferred annuities may be granted on the condition to be fixed, at the time of pur chase, and that the sum regaired to purchase the annuity be payable in smaller instalments, and at shorter periods than before. By the former act £3O was the limit of the annuities, but they may now extend to £5O. The section requiring a deferred annuity to be purchased of the Na tional Debt Commissioners is now repealed in part. No contract for payment on death is to be entered into by or on behalf of any person under the age of 16 or over 60. Fresh tables are to be constructed, and until the tables made in pursuance of this act can be legally acted on it is not to corae into force so far as to enable any grant to bo made of an insurance, or any grant of an annuity the consideration money for which is paid by instal ments more frequent than annual instalments. By this act it is provided that on a life policy after the payreen la of the premiums for five years, a person on surrendering the same is not to receive less than one-third of the payments made, or may have granted to him a paid-up policy on ,buch an immediate or deferred life annuity. Jurisdiction is given to the County Courts on the Commissioners of the National Debt refusing payment. Contracts may be assigned. The National Debt Commissioners are to regulate the payments by instalments, and they are at no time to be less in amount than 2s. The Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Treasury, may authorize his officers to receive money under this Act, and regulations may be made by the Post-office to carry out the provisions. The accounts under this Act are to be submitted to the Public Audit Commissioners. INAUGURATION OF THE ALBERT STATUE AT PERTH BY THE QUEEN.—Her Majesty has intimated her intention to be present at the inauguration of the statue to the late Prince Consort on the North Inch of Perth about the end of August. The ceremony will take place early in the forenoon, probably of Tuesday, the 30th, and at its conclusion her Majesty will continue her journey north ward to Balmoral. CHINA AND JAPAN. We have advices from Shanchai to June 6, and frotn Hong Kong to June 13. There is no intelligence of importance from Pekin. Mr. T. F. Wade is on his way to the capital of China in order to relieve Sir F. Bruce, who goes home on leave of absence. The Overland China dlail observes ;—« Altogether he has been a good minister, honestly seeking to bring his country into respect among Chinese statesmen, and vigorously opposing everything which tended to give the impe rial Government an advantage over us in diplomatic discussion. We therefore trust that Sir Frederick will not for many years disoonneot himself from China." i !Colonel Gordon's force has been disbanded and a parting gratuity paid to the g ce th rs n a f nd ae m rv e i e ne . , The and were presented with a few sum handed to each officer varied f rom 4,000 dollars to 100 dollars, according to l e e ffi n in active service these men had ee o ccas i ona l l oot — t h oug h t aw h oe e l rl ChineseeaSollars ee alhp ranka mipaid n; . and th.weyh fi i i t Gordon was opposed to looting—and, as they did not live expensively, the savings of most of them are s alining of the force r w a h th h e a r lo co n n e s w id a e a ra n b o l n e s . iderd The e d a i bl b e to i• manage it, and arose from the proposed retirement o f C o l. Gordon, Colonel Gordon took also from considerations of expense. libelled to the Overland The various actions since command of the disciplined force we recapitulate : _Capture now in Hung fcrhominaam:e.imboyraonndeuomf his surlate officers 4th April, uapture of Fushan, penril2,ou l t B .9 63 f7 E ca n p g tu la r n e d of Taitsen, Ist May,l 1863; capture of Quinsan, 31st May, 1863; cap ture of Wokong, 27th July, 146 ~„ 63 ; capture of Palachiaou, 29th September, 1863; action at Wokong, 13th Oct ober, 1863 ; capture of Walung chiaon, 23d Octob er, 1663 ; aeti _ on at Wokong, 26th October, 1863; capture of L k ee ee, Ist No vember, 1863; capture of W ant;, 11th November, 1863; capture of Fu si g wan, 19 Lh November, 1863 '. T. unsuccess f u l attack on the —owmun of Soochow ' stockades, 27th November, 1863; capture of Yesing, 29th February, 1864; capture of Leyang, 9th March, 1964; unsuccessful attack on Kintang, 23i March, 1804; Chang-chow-foo, ei, -I May , 1864, This shows that the force has had more than a fight a month since it has been under Gordon. — The following intelligence from Japan is from the China Overland M a il :_d F r om Japan we have dates to the 29th of May. The perfect state of tine certainty with regard to alarming rumours, which has always marked our ports in Japan, still con tinues. Our own advises are that everything is quiet. Sir R. Alcack has been at Yedo, and arrange ments are made for quartering British troops near the city. A portion of the 20th Regiment goes to Yokohama immediately, And they w i ll no doubt bring out the undesirable result of rendering Sir R. Alocck unnecessarily con fident in .his lately resume d position of Minister. The worst is to be feared from this official, and it is much to be regretted that he should have relieved Colonel Neale at a time like the present. Rumour says that Yokohama i s menaced by an approaching J a panese force under Prince Cbiusiu. We are are advised to give no credence to this report." The following is from th e .North China Herald of June 4 :-- , t From Yokohama we have li ttle news of interest. Oar correspodent inform s us that the English and French Ministers had gone to Yedo, there to meet the Gorogio- Her Majesty's ship Pelorus had arrived, and the Racehorse had left for Hakodadi. Two-sworded mon are sometimes im pertinent, but never go so far as to offer actual violence. It is reported that the Japanese Govern ment are greatly annoyed at finding information regarding Japanese affairs, which they Would have wished to withhold, published in the forei gn papers which they have translated for their own reading. They imagine thht such intelligence must be elicited from native teachers in foreign employ. In conse quence all teachers engaged by foreigners must for the future have a certificate from the custom-house, and have all other means taken to ensure detection in case they become too communicative. Domestic servants are also to be re-registered. About 600 bales of silk had been settled during the fort night ending 20th Msy, but the exorbitant rates The Disaster on the Erie Railway, From the imperfect accounts as yet received re specting the late terrible collision on the Erie Rail road, we extract the following :—" At Port Jervis the double track of the Erie Railroad ends, and for the next 24 or 25 miles the road is but a single track to Lackawasen Junction, with occasional lengths of double track where the nature of the road permits, Throughout the whole of this distance, and for some miles further on, the railroad runs up the val ley of the Delaware, and is full of sharp curves and awkward turns, along which it is often impossible for the engine -driver to see more than 50 or 60 yards in advance. It was along this piece of the road, about two miles from Shohola, and when turning a point of one of the abutting hills, that the train ot 18 emigrant cars, with the freight of 958 souls, running at the rate of 25 miles an hour, met a coal train of 50 cars, with each a load of 12 tons, that came thundering down the incline from Lecke waxen. Wheu the trains came in sight of each other they could not have been much more than 100 yards apart, the drivers not having time even to reverse their engines and jump off before death was upon them; the driver of the passenger train, named William Ingram, and his fireman, named Tuttle being both taken off the engine dead, as was the fireman of the coal engine, named Philo Prentiss. The shock was tremendous and its results awful, though fortunately neither of the engines left the line. The tender of the passenger engine was turned up on end, the wood for fuel being thrown in front, and burying the driver and fireman before named. The first car, of course, was utterly de• stroyed, being jammed, as a spectator describes it, into a space less than 6ft., while, to complete its demolition, the tender that had been tipped on end fell back on its roof. It contained 37 men, some of whom were on the platform at the time of the col lision, and from its wreck 36 were taken out dead, only one man escaping with his life by falling be tween the platforms to the earth. Three of the cars in all were total/y destroyed, and seven or eight of them so much broken as to be entirely useless, and it was in these cars that the greatest loss of life occurred, for when the collision took piece two Union soldiers were placed as sentinels at each door on the platforms of each car, which were also oc cupied by some of the rebels beguiling the way by conversation with the sentry. Of the men thus standing all were immediately killed save one or two. The scene is described by those who escaped as most appalling—the road blocked up with debris, car piled upon car in the most indescribable confu sion, the bodies of those thrown from them covering the road at every step, the flying dust and blinding smoke from the quenching fires, t he noise of the escaping steam, and, above all, the fearful groans and heartrending cries of the injured and expiring will never be forgotten. Some of the corpses w ere shockingly mutilated, heads completely crushed, bodies transfixed, impaled on timbers or iron roads, or smashed between the colliding beams." A MAN CRUSHED TO PIECES.—On Saturday a shocking accident befel a man named Samuel Daw son, a carder, of Todmorden, employed at the Bark Island Mills, near Halifax. Dawson was attempting to throw the strap off a carding machine, when his clothes were caught hold of by the strap ; he was taken round the shaft, and in an instant he was sa dreadfnlly broken to pieoes that his limbs dropped on the floor. His body wos frightfully muti lated, and had to be picked up piecemeal. Deceased was about 40 years of age, and has left a wife and family. THE PLYMOUTH FORTIFICATIONS. —The masons at the north-eastern defences of Plymouth are now on strike, and the masons' labourers are consequently obliged to be idle also. It is not a question of wages, time of working, or of any ordinary right and privileges of the body, but is a stand made against an arrangement volun tarily entered into by the whole body of men, and from which the masters derive no benefit whatever. It was re. , solved by the workmen employed on the fortifications that, as they had come from all parts of the country and had no provision for their attendance in case of sickness, a medical club should be started among them, the members of which paid 3d. per fortnight for advice during illness. This was unanimously agreed to; but it being found that there was some irregularity in the payments, it was resolved that the contractors be requested to render such payment compul sory. To this they acceded. The masons, however, or rather the masons' society's officers, have taken offcnce at the use of the word "shall," and have called off all the society men, on the ground that the dignity of the men has been injured, and they must not work under any such stipulation. Whether the medical society thus esta blished is the best possible form in which the men may be benefitted is wholly beside the question at issue. The rule was made at the request of the men, awl the masters can derive no benefit from its operation. MYDDLE TON HALL. Last evening Mr and Mrs Hermann Vezin reappeared amongst their admirers in Islington, to which locality they have been strangers since the termination of the Phelps management of Sadler's Wells Theatre. The talented artistes gave a miscellaneous entertainment, consisting of readings and recitations from English, Scotch, and Germanpoetry, and although comparatively new to such a performance, the experiment has been attended with so much success that it is more than likely they will be induced to repeat it. The programme consisted of selections from Westland Maraton's come dy "Donna Diana," "Hamlet," "As You Like It," The Charge of the Light Brigade," &cello's " Elfin King," Sir E. B. Lytton's translation of Schiller's " Diver," Hood's "Domestic Asides," Little Jim," by Farmer, "After the Chase," by James Albery, " Th e R aven " an d " Bells," by Edgar Allan Poe, &o, M rs V ez i n was ex tremely happy in " Little Jim," and poor Tom Hood's piece, whist the deeper feelings were touched by her animated telling recitation of the charge of the "Light Brigade." Vazin's elocution was faultless, and the selections that fell to his share were all given with the greatest taste and feeling. The hall was extremely well attended, and wo have to congratulate Mr and Mt s Vezin on the pleasure of their united efforts, produced against a very numerous attend ance and appreciating audience. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, BRIGHTON RACES—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BRISTOL PLATE. The Tyke Jane Shoro Eight ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Fille de I'Air Peon 9 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens quiet, with rather easier prices than those of Friday last. Sales, about 4,000 bales. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have in some instances been rather cheaper. Tea has continued dull, but at steady rates, while superior descriptions of coffee have maintained former quotations. In rice, fruit, and saltpetre there has been no change, while tallow has continued at steady rates for both present and forward delivery. The half-yearly meeting took place to-day of the Bank of Wales. Mr, Daniel in the chair. The report submitted for adoption stated that the balance•sheet showed that the gross profit for the three months, including £1,115 7s. 3d. brought forward from last account, amounted to £4,937 183: 2d., and that after deducting salaries, rent, and current expenses, there remained a balance of £2,287 19s. The directors recommended that out of this last-mentioned sum £1,584 2s. 4d. should be appropriated to the payment of a dividend for the last six months, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, upon all the shares of the com pany upon which £2O per share had been received; that £5OO should be placed to the credit of a re • serve fund ; and that the balance, £203 16s. Bd., should be carried to profit and loss new account. On the 30th of June, the business of Messrs. Lock, flulm, and Co., of Pembroke and Tenby was trans ferred to this bank, and the directors had much pleasure in stating that it was effected without the loss of a single account, and that the business fully realised their expectations as to its value and importance. The Frenadenblate of Vienna says :—" No report was drawn up of the first sitting of the Conference, and no secretary has been appointed, it is said, for that purpose. The intention appears to be to draw up only a final proces-verbal, or, perhaps, only the treaty of peace. Baron Benner (Austria) will be charged with that task." Baron de Biegeleben, second plenipotentiary for Austria at the Conference of London, has arrived in Vienna from Trouville, where he bad been staying a month. Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Czachester Fortescue, M.P., have been entertaining a select circle at Strawberry Hill during the past week. Lord and Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Miss Montagu will leave Montagu House on Wednesday for Hazelwood, Watford, Horts. DEATH FROM FRlGHT.—Yesterday an inquest was held in Mansfield-street, Kingsland-road, on the body of Thomas Robinson, aged tour year. From the evidence it appeared that deceased was greatly frightened on Satur day fortnight in consequence cf a quarrel between his mother and another woman, and was attacked with con vulsions of which he did on Thursday last. The jury re turned a verdict in conformity with the evidence. How TO MAKE TEA.—The very best way to extract the finest flavour from tea is to put a couple of teaspoonfuls in a little silver strainer, hold it over the teacup, and pour boiling water gently through it, with out the use of teapot at all. The same tea cannot be used for two cups without losing in flavour. Milk and cream are thought to injure the taste of the finest sorts of tea, a few drops of orange or lemon-juice to im prove it. The costliest of the teas used in Rusaia is a yellow tea, called " the flower of spring;" it pries is as high as five pounds sterling for the pound weight, and the Russian pound is less than ours.--Dickens "All the Year Round," just published. NEARLY Two MILES OF FIRE.—A portion of the furze growing on Reston-common, near Bromley, Kent, having been wilfully set on fire, it continued to burn in patches, and the high wind of yesterday fanned the smouldering fire so high that it caught other portions of the common, and at length flames covering an area of nearly two miles shot up into the air. So fearful did the scene become that it was apprehended the flames might extend to the Fox tavern, and also to some dwellinghouses. One hundred men were employed to cut trenches so as to pre vent further mischief. The flames continued to rise through out the whole of the night, and there seemed no likelihood of entirely extinguishing them during the present week. THE NEW LAW ON "TICKETS OF LEAVE."— The law on " tickets of leave" is amended by an act (27 and 28 Viet., c. 47) just printed. No person is to sentenced to penal servitude for a less period than five years, and after a previous conviction the least period is to be seven years. Justices, where authorised by the Secre tary of State, can order corporal punishment for offences committed in convict prisons. With regard to tickets of leave, which are called "licences" in the act, they are to be in the form set 'forth, and the "conditions" on which they al e granted are stated. The parties are to be under the surveillant 3 of the police, and to report themselves. On any infraction the offenders are to be remitted to their former custody, to undergo the unexpired sentence, in addition to the one inflicted for a subsequent offence. A LADY KILLED BY LIGLITNING.—Yesterday afternoon a terrific thunderstorm passed over Inverness, and we are deeply sorry to say proved fatal to a young lady. Mrs. and Miss M'Cleay had been out some distance in the country, and when crossing the wooden bridge over the Ness, Miss M'Cleay was struck by lightning, and was killed on the spot. Her mother who was beside her was seriously injured, and was for a time insensible while the shock. Miss M'Cleay was the daughter of the late Mr. M'Cleay, factor to Sir James Mackenzie, Avoch, and was much beloved for the many virtues that adorned her cha racter. Her untimely death as created a deep sensation in Inverness, for such an occurrence has not happened in the town within the recollection of the oldest people in it.— Elgin Courier. REVIEW AT WORMWOOD SCRlll33.—Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac• companied by the Inspector-General of Cavalry and a bril lien staff, proceeded to Norwood Scrubs, for the purpose of making an inspection of troops, The regiments on the ground were the Ist Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (Colonel Viscount Gough) and the 12th Lancers (Colonel G. H Lockwood;. The fineness of the morning drew to gether a vast number of persons, who witnessed the evolu tions of the troops with much interest. CONSERVATISM IN NORFOLK.—An attempt i 8 to be made at the ensuing general election to recover another of the seats for Norfolk to the Conservative party, the Hon. H. Walpole having intimated his intention to appear as a candidate for the eastern division in conjunction with Mr E. Howes, M.P. In 1856 both the seats for the division were held by the Whigs ; in 1859 ono was recovered to the Conservatives, and now an effort is to be made to oust Lieut.-Col. the Hon, W. C. W. Coke, the Liberal sitting member. A fine ship, the Esmokg, 716 tons, homeward bound, with a valuable cargo, from Calicut, was lost this morning on the French coast, near Cherbourg. It was blowing a gale at the time from the W.S.W., and she was running up the Channel for London, when she wets ashore at Yobourg. By this it is inferred tha t the lights on the French coast must have been mistaken for the Eng - - lieh lights. The ship and cargo are largely insured. A special agen was despatched to-night from Lloyd's Salvage Association to the scene of the wreck , to p rotect the in terests of the underwriters and merchants. THE RECTORY OF ST. 13unIAN.--The Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, has conferred the Rectory of St. Burian, rendered vacant by the death of the Hon. and Very Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, M.A., formerly of Trinity-hall, Cambridge, on the Rev. Thomas B or l ase Coulson, M.A., of Trinity College, of C s am t. nt Danes,bcrsldegmee,formerly u Strand.r a t e o f theTh e benefice metropolitan parish worth about £l,OOO a y ear . It c was formerly a deanery and a reculiar, Mr Stanhope having Leen dean since 1819. In 1850 Lord Portman, on behalf of the Princo of Walee, introduced into Parliament and passed a bill providing for the abolition of the deanery and the division of St. Burian into three distrcts—netnelyrSt. Burian, St. Leven, and Sennen, Mr. Coulson will there fore not take the title of dean, LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 2. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. H. E. Maskew, M.A., Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain of the Third Class. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im• portance in the Gazette : W. H. Truss, warehouseman, Carey-lane George Knight, bootmaker, Notting-hill John G. Kellow, tobacconist, Woolwich Robert Tanner, grocer, Stratford Percy Dando and John Chetwynd, shipbrokere, Leaden hall-street John Reed, solicitor, Dulwich William Hasted, butcher, Pimlico George Clark, painter, Kennington-cross John C. Decker, merchant, Regent's Park-road James LoAet, cab proprietor, Coledonian-road George Holland, cab proprietor, Caledonian-road John Turner, builder, Hammersmith John 'Watkins, traveller, Hackney Edward Martell, grocer, Whitchurch, Southampton Fred. Shepherd, printer, Caxton-h'•use, Islington SECOND EDITION. BUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. sourimowN PLAIT. Doublet • Confusion Six ran. BRIGHTON STAKES. • Redcap..., Bally Edmond Magnum BDnum Seven ran. MARINE PLATE. Lytham Voluptaa _ _ Eight ran. NURSERY STAKES. Nukuheva .......... 1 Attache . Fifteen ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. George Seorah and William Cooper, timber merchants, Sheffield. James Holmes, cloth manufacturer, Morley SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert M'Gregor, tailor, Glasgow J. and J, Bonnyman, blacksmith, Aberdeen William Taylor Keith, merchant, Aberdeen] Course of Exchange.---This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 11 Antwerp .... 25 621 25 70 Brussels — 25 62t 25 70 Hamburgh Paris ... . Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 25 70 Frankfort on Maine — 120/ 120 a Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 311 31a Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn f Milan Genoa Naples Palermo.. Messina Lisbon Oporto 48 48i 4Si 4SO 25 724 25 77i 25 72} 25 77t 25 72} 25 77} 25 72} 25 77k 25 75 25 80 25 75 25 SO 51i 52 52 62i ACCIDENT AT THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT.— This morning considerab:e sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Ludgate-hill, in consequence of a most frightful accident, which it is feared will terminate with loss of life. The workmen were raising an enormous iron girder, sixty-eight feet in length, and weighing fourteen tons. When about twelve feet high, the chain of the crab by which it was being hoisted snapped in three places, and fell with a great crash, the workmen flying in all directions. One man, named Jones, jumped off into the road from the top of the girder. The centre lodged on some thick piles of timber at the base of the derrick. The other end rested on the kerb, on the south side, where the men were at work. As soon as possible Sergeant Hurst and Sergeant Trim, of the City police, with a body of con stables, rescued James Peach, aged 50 vars, with a frac tured skull ; Samuel Coppoek, aged 44 years ; and John Ryall, all severely injured. Cabs being procured, they were removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where they now remain in a dangerous condition. ATTEMPAITED WIFE MURDER IN CLERKEN WELL. —Last night some excitement was caused in Seke.. ford-street, Clerkenwell, in consequence of loud cries of . "Murder" and "Help" proceeding from the house num bered 34i in that street. On the police entering the house, they found upon the ground, in a pool of blood, the wife of a gold polisher named Elias John Roland. The unfor tunate woman was in an insensible state, and it was at first thought that life was extinct. A medical gentleman was called in, and finding that the female was not dead advised her instant removal to the Royal Free Hospital, which was done, and she was received by Mr John D. Hill, the resident medical officer of the institution, who placed her under care of Mr Wakley, the house surgeon for the week. Upon examining the poor creature those gentlemen found an incised wound on the top of the head. The skull was also fractured at the point of the wound. There were also two other contused wounds on the head, evidently inflicted with some blunt instrument. There was also a wound on the right arm, and one a little larger on the left arm, showing that the instrument employed had been used several times and with great force upon the person of the unfortunate woman. The wounds on the head having been dressed and proper stimulants administered, the poor creature became some what conscious, and gave to the medical men and Inspector Allen the following particulars of the affair :—About half•• past 4 o'clock in the afternoon her husband came to her and asked for some money, which she refused to give him, when he took up a chopper which was in the room, and struck her on the head, knocking her down and rendering her insensible. The husband was at once taken into cus tody, and was charged at the Clerkenwell Police Court, this morning, with feloniously cutting and wounding his wife, Ann Roland, by striking her on the head with an axe, whereby her life was in danger. He was remanded. ASTRAY IN THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.—The persons residing near the entrance to the Catacombs, at the old Barriers St. Jacques, were last night alarmed by hearing a loud knocking and shouting, apparently proceed ing from persons below. The police being informed of the fact, the keys were procured, and when the door was opened five men came out. It appears that while working hi the cellar of a brewery in the Rue Darreau they had found a grated opening leading to the Catacombs, which they im mediately determined to visit. They accordingly broke away the bars, and, having provided themselves with lan terns, commenced their explorations. They soon got be wildered in the intricate passages, but, fortunately, after wandering about for mo:a than three hours, at last reached a place where their cries could be heard. They were con ducted to the nearest commissary of police, who, after ascertaining their identity, discharged them from custody. ENGLISH PUBLISHERS AND FRENCH TRANS LATORS.—M. Louts Reveil, a young F rench aut h or, bein g in London lately, happened to meet with an English novel which he found interesting. As it bore the us u al notice, " the right of translation is re served," he applied t o t h e publisher and obtained the n ecessary permission. H av i ng . -y, y ou h ave - fi w n h i o s , h o e d n r h e i e s d t t a n s g k , thehefirst offered page,h e i e x c t i r as izs e l ad " t o n w t h o M. De n t u, actually been translat in g Paul Feval's Filet du Diable' into French I" and such was really the case . So that it appeartwhoeuwldorkinto E that the without permission, h a d authorisede London publisher, after translating Reveil to turn it bank again into F rench I D ES TRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM,,The thunder passedpd s over , n w e i t t n h j o u n ry t h w a i s th tak th en e leavingstorrti obehind u r i s t d m a e y m l e a r s e t h l h e a t s ra n c n es t . the e r a e s t e i r s in known, rged pe ither t a b p n e t r i s n o n r or ar property,twhere so greatest intensity, the buildings for the Western Cooking Depot have been completely destroyed. The event took place a few minutes past 6, shortly after the workmen en gaged in the erection of the building had left their work. The building was nearly finished, the exterior being wholly complete, and the interior fittings being also to some extent advanced. The structure, which is about Soft, long and Oft, broad, was a brick erection, with a frontage of stone, and the roof was composed of iron beams, the empty space being filled with wood. Immediately after a bright, vivid glare of lightning, the whole of the roofing and the brick walls fell with a crash that mingled loudly with the roar of the thunder. A portion of the building falling on a wooden tenement used as a mission station in connexion with the Free Church broke through the roof and damaged one side of it very considerably. The destruction was complete, only the stone frontage being left standing; and yesterday th e scene of the occurrence, which w as visited by many hun dreds, presented a curious illustration of the pranks the all powerful fluid may perfornr—w!rod, iron, and bricks being mingled together in odd confusion, the wood being twisted into the most fantastic forms. Luckily no one was in the building at the time, the workmen employed thereon having just left,—Nort4 British Daily Ala Ll. 85 7 1.4 k i 48 I